Battalion History, 74th Field Artillery Battalion, December 31st, 1945
- Item sets
- World War II Regimental Histories
- Title
- Battalion History, 74th Field Artillery Battalion, December 31st, 1945
- Creator
- Lansford, Erdie O.
- Publisher
- San Angelo, Tex. : Newsfoto Publishing Company, [1946?]
- Date
- 1946
- Description
- The Seventy Fourth Field Artillery Battalion, when activated, was the Second Battalion of the Eighteenth Field Artillery Regiment 75 mm. gun horse-drawn. Its parent unit was the Fifth Field Artillery Regiment. Place of activation of this battalion was Fort Bliss, Texas. Date of activation June 1, 1917 and it was first commanded by Colonel A. J. Bowley. Shortly after activation it was ordered to Fort Sill, Oklahoma, where it served as school troops for the Field Artillery School until July 1, 1940. As you well remember, 1940 found the world in a very unsettled condition. Italy was on the march, Germany had occupied, by force, the greater part of Europe and Japan was frantically preparing for a war with our country. Uncle Sam decided it was high time to make a few preparations of his own.
- Subject
- United States. Army. Field Artillery Battalion, 71st--History
- World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories
- Format
- 94 unnumbered pages : illustrations, group portraits, map ; 27 cm
- Language
- English
- Is Part Of
- Bangor Public Library Special Collections
- Note
- Historian, Maj. Erdie O. Lansford.
- Rights
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