493rd Armored Field Artillery Battalion

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1-1-1945
The pictorial history of the 493d Armored Field
Artillery Battalion of the 12th Armored Division in
the European Theater of Operations
Paul H. Shepard
United States Army
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Wriffen and Photographed
hy fhe Officers and Men of fhe Baffalion
1945
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THIS BOOK,
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BEING NOT ALONE
A HISTORY OF THE ACTION,
IS A TRIBUTE AND OUR PLEDGE
TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE GALLANT MEN,
OF THE 493rd
ARMORED FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION,
WHO DIED FIGHTING.
Peter L. Varrone
Everette C. Carter
Sam Foster
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Edward F. Maile
William F. Parker
Henry L. Marble
Emmett T. Elliott
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493d PICTORIAL HISTORY
SUPERVISING COMMITTEE
Major William P. Wilson
Lt. Robert E. Lee
Lt. Warren H. Weisz
EDITOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY SjSgt. Vernon F. Wetzel
HEADQUARTERS BATTERY
Historical Editors Tee. 5 Jefferson D. Herrman
SjSgt. Milton E. Hopper
Pictorial Editor Sgt. Charles E. Wilmeth
"A" BATTERY
Historical Editor T ec. 5 Herbert G. Arenz
Pictorial Editor Sgt. Charles T. Witty
"B" BATTERY
Historical Editor T ec. 5 Paul R. Miller
Pictorial Editor T ec. 5 Earl J. Callahan
"C" BATTERY
Historical Editors Cpl. John S. H. Held
Pfc. John T. Miller
T ec. 5 Edward F. Cotter
Pictorial Editor SjSgt. Jean P. Heineman
SERVICE BATTERY
Editor . . . . . . . . . . T ec. 5 Curtis B. Bauerle
ART
Pfc. Abraham Siegel
Tee. 5 Jack McLaughlin
PRINTED BY E. KIESER KG · AUGSBURG- GERMANY
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CONTENTS
Page
COMMENDATION, COL. HARTMAN . 6
THE COMMAND . . . . 8
KENTUCKY TO FRANCE 10
BATTLE DIARY .... 11
WE'VE SEEN-WE'LL REMEMBER 72
HEADQUARTERS 74
ABLE 98
BAKER 118
CHARLIE 130
SERVICE 148
AWARDS 164
BATTALION ROSTER, HOME ADDRESSES 171
MAP, ROUTE OF MARCH
HEADQUARTERS
493D ARMORED FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION
A.P.O. 262, U.s. ARMY
31 May 1945
SUBJECT: Commendation
TO : ill Officers and Enlisted Men of the 49Sd .Armored Field
Artillery Battalion.
I wish to express commendation and appreciation for your spirit,
aggressiveness and valor which you have so continuously displayed tbro:ugh
out y-Qur training and especially througlxmt your every combat mission.
From your first action near Weisslingen and through Singling~ Ludweiler,
Bischweiler, :Brumath, Colmar and south, Singling, Etzlingen, Klein Rosseln,
and on through Trier, Ludwigshafen, Wurzburg, Schweinfurt, Nurnburg, Dillingen
and the Danube, Augsburg, Munich, Murnau and Oberau, all tasks were accomplish
ed with magnificent leadership and initiative on the part of all personnel.
Your outstanding devotion to duty and desire to see a job well done, commands
much respect and reflects great honor upon yourselves and the 495d Armored
Field Artillery Battalion.
Those wl:x:> stood so gallantJ.y beside you Slld have fallen during the trying
hours are deserving of our highest honor. Their loss has been most keenly felt
by all and they will be remembered by llil entire nation and held in tbB highest
esteem.
It is with the utmost pride in your accomplis.tments and most sincere
appreciation of your efforts that I, wm was privileged to command you in
these operations, wish you every continued success whether it be in combat or
in civilian life.
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CHARLES D. HAR'lliAN, JR.,
Lt. Colonel, F. A.,
Commanding.
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LT. COLONEL CHARLES D. HARTMAN, JR.
Entered service as Battalion Assistant Communications Officer of Hq.,
l'6th FA Jan. 12, 1937. Was subsequently Battery Executive and LnO in
the 16th FA. Served as Battery Executive, Battery Commander and S-3 in
the 8th FA, and as Battery Commander, S-2 and S-3 with the 54th FA.
Became Executive and S-3 of the 493rd AF A 16th June, 1942, and assum
ed the duties of Battalion Commander, 494th AF A on the 12th August. Was
Executive Officer of Artillery Command, and became Battalion Commander,
493rd AF A 28th April, 1943. Home town: Arlington, Virginia.
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Lt. General Alexander M. Patch Maj. General Roderick R. Allen
THE COMMAND
Col. Charles V. Bromley I Lt. Col. Harry E. Lardin I Colonel Charles R. Gildart
Brig: General Riley F. Ennis
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