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134th Infantry Regiment"All Hell Can't Stop Us" |
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134th Infantry Regiment"All Hell Can't Stop Us" |
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Military Service
| PLACE OF ENLISTMENT: FT MCCLELLAN ALABAMA | 1-19-1943 |
| FT. McPHERSON GEORGIA | 1-26-1943 |
| CAMP SAN LUIS OBISPO , CALIFORNIA |
1-30-1943 |
| CAMP RUCKER ALABAMA | 3-4-1943 |
| TENNESSEE MANEUVERS |
11-18-1943 |
| CAMP BUTNER NORTH CAROLINA |
1-25-1944 |
| CAMP KILMER , NEW JERSEY | 5-1-1944 |
| PORT OF EMBARKATION |
5-4-1944 |
| IN TRANSIT TO CORNWALL ENGLAND |
5-12-1944 |
| CORNWALL ENGLAND (ARRIVAL) | 5-27-1944 |
| NORMANDY FRANCE | 7-6-1944 |
| LUXEMBOURG | 12-26-1944 |
| BELGIUM | 1-8-1945 |
| FRANCE | 1-19-1945 |
| BELGIUM |
1-31-1945 |
| HOLLAND | 2-4-1945 |
| GERMANY |
2-4-1945 |
| HOLLAND |
3-12-1945 |
| GERMANY | 3-20-1945 |
| FRANCE | 7-11-1945 |
| ENGLAND |
8-24-1945 |
| SENT TO USA (LEFT) ENGLAND |
9-5-1945 |
| CAMP KILMER , NEW JERSEY |
9-5-1945 |
| FT McPHERSON GEORGIA | 9-5-1945 |
| DISCHARGED FT. McPHERSON GEORGIA | 9-14-1945 |
| RANK | |
| PRIVATE |
1-19-1943 |
| PRIVATE FIRST CLASS | 8-5-1943 |
| SERGEANT | 7-25-1945 |
| ASSIGNED TO BATTERY "B" 216TH FIELD ARTILLARY BATTALION | 2-3-1943 |
| The official Division History credits the 216th
Field Artillery Battalion with firing the first round of artillery in
World War II for the 35th Infantry Division and to preserve for possible
historical use the following description is here in after set out; Battery B 216th Field Artillery Battalion Section #2 Gun # M2-A1, 16096 Tube # 2-U-1091-C Carriage # M-2 #5497 Source: 216th Field Artillery After Action Report 1 October 1944 |
Thanks to Phil Chaffin for the photos and information about his father. If you have any information about Battery B or would like to exchange information about the 216th Field Artillery Battalion please contact him at pchaffin@bledsoe.net