US Army Training Center - Yearbook (Fort Sill, OK)

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nlsronv or THE 525TH BUCKET FIELD ARTILLERY The 526Th Field ArTillery BaTTalion was acTiva- Ted aT Camp Joseph T. Robinson, ArlcanSaS GS 6 IOS-mm. l-lowiTzer BaTTalion on I7 April I944. The BaTTalion was aTTached To The 2I3Th Field ArTillery Group under The XXI Corps and FourTh Army. Cadre Tor The 526Th came Trom The lO3rd ln- TanTry Division. lvlaior l-larold L. Beynon was Ba++aIion commander. ln may I944 Msgar Ellis Danner assumed command oT The BaTTalion. The 2l3Th Field ArTillery Group, wiTh The 526Th Field ArTillery BaTTalion was TransTerred To The XXXVI Corps in SepTember oT I944. LT. Colonel Edgar E. Delv1uTh Toolc command oT The 526Th Field ArTillery BaTTalion in Novem- ber l944. ShorTly ThereaTTer The BaTTaliOn was TransTerred Trom 2l3Th Field ArTillery Group To ReplacemenT and School Command. Under ReplacemenT and School Command BATTALIUN The BaTTalion was spliT up inTo Three parTs: Head- quarTers BaTTery, Service BaTTery and A BaT- Tery were sTaTioned aT Camp lvlaxey, Texas. BaTTery B was sTaTioned aT Camp l-lowze. Texas while BaTTery C was aT Camp Livings- Ton, La. Each Tiring baTTery supplied overhead Tire Tor The lnTanTry Advanced ReplacemenT Training CenTer aT each camp. On 5 April I945 The 526Th Field Ar+iIIery BaTTalion was reassembled aT ForT Sill, Oklahoma and placed under School Troops, Field Ar+iIIery School. Gn The day beTore iTs TirsT anniversary. I6 April l945, The 526Th Field ArTillery BaTTalion WGS redesignaTed The 526Th RoclceT FA BaTTalion. The IO5-mm. l-lowiTzers were exchanged for T-66 4.5 mulTiple roclceT launchers. The 526+h commenced Training as a RoclceT BaTTalion and compleTed Training aT ForT Sill, Oklahoma. 1. J 4. 4 A5' MOM Eiecvll' us Medic SRMUEL P ii 1 GEORGE F' . Elequiivt' 1 LATHR,

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ir EDGAR E. DEMUTH LIEUTENANT COLONEL, FIELD ARTILLERY Commanding ir

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ET DN I: I-lead- A Bal- . Texas. I-Iowze, Livings- overhead Iacernent Artillery Oklahoma I Artillery ersary. I6 rtalion was Battalion- ,anqed to ne 526i r I1 't5IIOVl and offla' tel? ITCQ .. 'f'7,l THOMAS M.ARTlN, JR. HASIE E, HENDERSON RALPH M HENDERSON Malor Captain Captain Executive Officer Commanding Officer Battery B Battalion S-3 'lx 'N EVN 'Nw --. .--' , ,ai ALFRED LEFKOWITS GEORGE W. NEWELL FRANCIS L. PLOUFF Captain Captain Captain Commanding Officer Commanding Officer Battalion S-2 Battery C Service Battery IRD ,,-nv vo. 'ir'-'H 9x iffy, .al X 'I' 'fl 1 A . JAMES F. SULLIVAN GEORGE C. AYCRIGG NEIL D, BERLEKAMP CLARENCE E. CASSIAS PAUL E, CHAMBERLAIN Captain First Lieutenant First Lieutenant First Lieutenant First Lieutenant Commanding Officer Executive Officer Battery A Platoon Leader Battery C Battalion Motor Officer Reconnaissance Officer Headquarters Battery Battery A JP' 'ff-35 lik ang. .r 1' l L 1 uf H SAMUEL L. COHEN LLOYD E. JONES JAMES J. MacGILLlS First Lieutenant First Lieutenant First Lieutenant Medical Officer Executive Officer Battery C Platoon Leader qs M...-4 4-W' L 1 WILLIAM H. MAWHINNEY BRUCE E, McDONALD RUEL B. MEADOWS First Lieutenant First Lieutenant First Lieutenant Platoon Leader Battery A Battalion Motor Officer Motor Officer Headquarters Battery ,u.....qv ,,. fx .IVR 4- L. mr' .-.--7 X.. 4,4 .X gi? 1' N , . 'Q GEORGE W. STEPHENSON CHARLES L. NASHAN BENJAMIN H. PARKINSON, JR. JOHN S, WALMSLEY WILI IAM D, WALTERS WINSTON B. CARROLL First Lieutenant First Lieutenant First Lieutenant First Lieutenant First Lieutenant Second Lieutenant Executive Omcer Ba-tery B Battalion Survey Officer Battalion S-I and Adiutant Motor Oiticer Battery A Assistant gammunications Reconnaissance Officer icer Battery C 'Tk A ,, . talfva . I ' ' xiii' ef RY ' ' H , ,.,. .. . LATHROP MILMAN JOHN R. SCHAEUBLIN KENNETH IE. SCOTT Second Lieutenant Second Lieutenant SGCOHC-I Lieutenant Motor Officer Battery B Ammunition Train Commander Platoon Leader Battery A ' ' I 9125 K 'Xl V-.I ,ff .Afe-I ROBERT L. STROMER WILLARD W. WHITING MYLES F. LAMPKINS Second Lieutenant Second Lieutenant Warrant Officer tiqt Reconnaissance Officer Platoon Leader Battery C Assistant Battalion S-4 Battery B