History 1942 – December

Fort Sill Field Artillery Journal – December 1942

Station Of Unit[note]Department of The Army, The Adjutant General’s Office, History of The 244^th Field Artillery Battalion 8 August 1942 to 15 March 1944[/note]
          Camp Shelby, Mississippi, 8^th August 1942

Wednesday – 2nd December 1942
     The Reveille – Volume II No. 47, 2 December 1942[note]The University of Southern Mississippi, McCain Library & Archives[/note]

Wednesday – 2nd December 1942
          Coat of Arms – for the Standard of the 244th Field Artillery Battalion

          Camp Shelby – 

“B” Baker Battery stationary
          All batteries had this example of stationary with their individual battery initial

Field Manual
     FM 1-20 – Army Air Force Field Manual
                         Tactics And Technique Of Air Reconnaissance And Observation
                         April 20, 1942 

Wednesday – 9th December 1942
          Special Order 335 Extract – 2nd Lt. Thomas Marriott, Jr. promoted to 1st Lt.

Wednesday – 9th December 1942
          Special Order 335 – 2nd Lt. Thomas Marriott, Jr. promoted to 1st Lt.

Monday – 14th December 1942        
          Special Order No.51 – Camp Shelby Granting 10 Day Leave

Tuesday – 15th December 1942
          Lt. Marriott – From sister Betsy

          Camp Shelby – 

Tuesday – 15th December 1942
          General Order No.7 – Guard Orders

Wednesday – 23^rd December 1942
     The Reveille – Volume II No. 50, 23 December 1942[note]The University of Southern Mississippi, McCain Library & Archives[/note]

Friday – 25th December 1942[note]Serving In Harms Way, A Record of My Service In The U.S. Army and WWII, Byron G. Rogers jr., January 2006[/note]
          Byron G. Rogers

          December 25, 1942 was my first Christmas away from home and my family, as was, the case for several other soldiers.  I can tell you there was many tears shed that night in our army tents.

Thursday – 31st December 1942[note]Department of The Army, The Adjutant General’s Office, History of The 244^th Field Artillery Battalion 8 August 1942 to 15 March 1944[/note]

          Strength Last Day (Commissioned And Enlisted)

DATE	OFFICERS	ENLISTED MEN	TOTAL	INCREASE	DECREASE
August 1942	24	88	112	9
September 1942	25	569	594	482
October 1942	26	569	595	1
November 1942	29	588	587		8
December 1942	31	544	575		12

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