Re: 793rd Field Artillery Battalion (793 FA BN)
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In reply to:
CPL WILLIAM CHARLES TEAL Army WWII
Carol Marie Teal 8/28/02
Greetings, Carol Teal !
I didn't know your father, but I can provide a little information on this battalion, and perhaps shed some light on his military history.
The unit was activated at Fort Bragg, NC, 4 Mar 43;
after training, unit departed NY P/E, 6 Apr 44;
arrived England, 16 Apr 44;
arrived France-ETO, 26 Jun 44 (D-Day, plus 20 days);
arrived Boston P/E, 16 Dec 45;
inactivated at Camp Myles Standish, MASS, 17 Dec 45.
The 793rd FA BN was non-divisional, meaning that it more or less floated from Army or Corps on an as-needed basis, where it manned an 8-inch tractor drawn howitzer.
Campaigns:
Normandy , 6 Jun 44 / 24 July 44
Northern France, 25 Jul 44 / 14 Sep 44
Rhineland, 15 Sep 44 / 11 May 45
Ardennes-Alsace (Battle of the Bulge), 16 Dec 44 /24 Jan 45
Central Europe, 22Mar 45 / 11 May 45.
Location at war's end, 15 Aug 45:
Wiesack, Germany.
You know that the number you refer to is his army serial number.
Btry B is for Battery B, which would have been one of four batteries (Companies in infantry lingo) making up 793 FA BN.
They were enumerated A-B-C-D.
APO was the fixed postal identification of his Post Offoce.
I am sorry that I don't have more for you.
Louie F. Turner.
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