US Army Training Center - Yearbook (Fort Carson, CO)

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60M aielcf fzfillmy Eaifllafian i A Division first was racked up hy the 60th Field Artillery Battalion one day after Operation Torch, the inyasion of North Africa, was under way. This was accom- plished when battalion guns assigned to the 60th RCT's 3rd Battalion dueled with Vichy French artillery and con- sequently became the first 9th Division unit to make a river crossing in YVYV II. Allied Forces had high, hopes of .stopping Rommelfv Afrika Korps at the Kasserine Pass and prevent him from capturing Telzessa, the main Allied supply center in T11- nisia. But, to do this, artillery support was necessary. Nearly 800 miles away the 60th FA and 9th Diyarty received the order to proceed to Tebessa. Despite had weather and rough terrain they arrived in time. The Cer- mans were already infiltrating the pass when they arriyed. WVith hardly enough time to dig in. the tillth FA opened fire. Firing at almost flat trajectory. the artillery completely crushed the German attack. The Afrika liorps was through as an ellecliye fighting unit. In Sicily the 60th FA saved the lst Battalion of the tiflth RCT when they were pinned down near Nlonte Camo- lato. Although they could see nothing ol' the entrenched Germans, the artillery layed down a barrage that prey enled the enemy from moving. Finally, with the air of a spotter in a small plane, the tillth silenced enemy guns. At Ihr' famed hatllr' of Reniagen. the 60111 Fl lIOIllllll'll enemy installations located on ilu' lieiglils ozierloolcing the Llllll'lIll0l'H Ifriflge.

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sad, qiefcl 14 'ufilfeaq Battalion Lieutenant Colonel H. P. RIMMER Battalion Commander X 3 QUBERTS X 1!Lt, 2fLt, Captain WILLIAM P, ROBERTS ROBERT 1, HYDE JAMES L, THOMPSON Adjutant s-2 s-3 R P x C-W-fl Mfsgr. Mfsgr. LAWRENCE R. FREGEAU JAMES R, CARROLL JAMES J, NEWMAN 5,4 Sergeant Major Operations Sergeant

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i 662' L - 6014 giefcf rqaliffeaq Eailaldan ,-4'--'ik Major Major XVILLIAM -I. LUECK FORREST A. WALKER Battalion Clmnmander Executive Officer 'f luui Captain Captain Captain lst Lieutenant ROBERT ll. GULLEY CLAUDE H. PLEXICO MORGAN L. YVALLER ANTHONY BONAVIRE Adj. and S-2 S-4 S-3 Asst. S-3 -6 lst Lieutenant lst Lieutenant Mfsgf. Sgt. DONALD IDANFORTH RALPH E. HICKEY JACK MeCARTER BEAZELL Liaison Oiheer Liaison Oflieer Sgt. Major Training Aids NCO