62nd Armored Field Artillery Battalion

62nd Armored Field Artillery Battalion
62nd Armored Field Artillery Battalion
Active	1942–1945
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army
Type	Field artillery
Engagements	World War II North African Campaign; Invasion of Sicily; Operation Neptune; Battle of Elsenborn Ridge;

The 62nd Armored Field Artillery Battalion was formed in 1942 at Fort Bliss, Texas. The 62nd served in the campaigns in North Africa, Sicily, and Europe. They received a unit citation for their activities on D-Day at Omaha Beach. Elements of the unit were transported ashore by USS LCT-209. On 17 December 1944 the 62nd Armored Field Artillery Battalion destroyed a column of roughly 40 German tanks and support vehicles at the Battle of Elsenborn Ridge.^[1]

References

^ MacDonald, Charles B. (1985), A Time for Trumpets, The Untold Story of the Battle of the Bulge, William Morrow and Company, Inc., ISBN 0-688-03923-5

External links

Resources on the battalion
Gallery
[1] After Action Report
[2] 62nd in North Africa
[3] 62nd in Sicily
[4] Jerry Eades - "My Life in the Army, 1936–1940"
[5] Jerry Eades - "Eades and Other's Stories"

References

MacDonald, Charles B. (1985), A Time for Trumpets, The Untold Story of the Battle of the Bulge, William Morrow and Company, Inc., ISBN 0-688-03923-5

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[1] MacDonald, Charles B. (1985), A Time for Trumpets, The Untold Story of the Battle of the Bulge, William Morrow and Company, Inc., ISBN 0-688-03923-5

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