Haven’t had a lot of free time to dig into researching lately. Hoping that the pace of life slows down a bit so I can follow up on some leads.
Additional info about Anspach and Emberts [IMG]
This month in 270th FA Bn history January was a very pivotal month for the 270th. Even tho the battalion was only around from 1943 to 1945,...
I have always enjoyed reading personal memoirs/letters written during the war. It gives all the data I read in AARs and other official documents...
They have been at it a long time and don’t see them stopping anytime soon.
Your recollections are correct. Jim retired from the Air Force a few years ago and is living in TX if I remember correctly. He led me to the FA...
@Pirnack You bring up a great idea of passing my info to John. I am more than happy to download everything I have onto a removable drive and...
@Pirnack I am delighted that you found this thread and shared some information. I hope you found it informative and even enjoyable. John and...
@RichTO90 what you mention above makes perfect sense now. The 270 designator was not a unit, but some sort of reference number for the 3rd Army’s...
Digging thru the 3rd Army AARs and ran across these 2 pieces of info about the battalion. 1st being the troop priority list List Index # 3530-B...
We were given a remotely similar booklet before deploying into Iraq and Afghanistan. Not so much about enemy tactics and organizations, but more...
Some happy Red Legs on their way home from the war on the ship Antioch Victor. Departed from La Havre enroute to New York. I would imagine the...
Courtesy of John Carlson HHB 270th FA Bn circa 1944
The map is awesome and shows the movement of the battalion in a clear and concise way that words alone struggle to. Well done indeed. I may...
Battalion members that didn’t make it home and where they were laid to rest.
Thanks for the suggestion of the morning reports. I requested them from NPRC during the middle of COVID and I am pretty sure the request got...
If you have a Google account, I posted a good number of photos I was given access to on my blog. It was the only way I could figure out how to...
Thanks to John for pointing out some info I had but was overlooking. Bob’s Babe is the gun on display at Fort Sill at the FA museum. also the...
Pilots who trained at Camp Butner NC
Ooops. Not sure if it was wind damaged or a bad landing. May even be the one involved in the fatal crash that killed LTs Anspach and Emberts.
