Station Of Unit1
          Camp Shelby, Mississippi, October 1942.

           Caption reads – October 1942 Camp Shelby – Sgt. Leo Bernier and Sgt Ray Cormier Dressed For Guard Duty

          Caption reads – “October 1943 Camp Shelby Miss. – S/Sgt. Oscar Patterson’s Wedding Sitting On 105mm How. With The Mrs.”
1st Lt. Marriott to the left of and just behind the bride, pointing

          Caption reads – “October 1942 – The Bride and Groom.”
1st Lt. Marriott to the right side of photo behind the trails

          Caption reads – “October 1942 – The Couple Being Paraded Around Camp.”  The sign on the truck reads At Last I Found You and the sign on the 105mm How. reads Just Married

          Caption reads – October 1942 – Sitting On a 105mm How Being Towed By 2 1/2 GMC

          Caption reads – October 1942 – The Military Procession. Officers and family following.

          Caption reads – 24th October 1942 – New Orleans, Tulane Stadium Kickoff – Tulane v U of North Carolina

          Caption reads – 24th October 1942 New Orleans La. – Tulane Stadium, Sgt. Roland Demers and Sgt. Ray Cormier

          Caption reads – 24th October 1942, New Orleans LA. – Tulane Stadium, Tulane v U of North Carolina. Tulane 29, UNC 14

          Caption reads – 24th October 1942 New Orleans LA – Looking At City’s Skyline From Tulane Stadium, The Sugar Bowl Stadium

          1st. Lt. Marriott

          Camp Shelby – Battery “A” Men

          Camp Shelby – Battery “A” Men

Saturday – 31st October 19424
          Strength Last Day (Commissioned And Enlisted)
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DATEOFFICERSENLISTED MENTOTALINCREASEDECREASE
August 194224881129
September 194225569594482
October 1942265695951
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  1. Department of The Army, The Adjutant General’s Office, History of The 244th Field Artillery Battalion 8 August 1942 to 15 March 1944
  2. The University of Southern Mississippi, McCain Library & Archives
  3. The University of Southern Mississippi, McCain Library & Archives
  4. Department of The Army, The Adjutant General’s Office, History of The 244th Field Artillery Battalion 8 1942 August to 15 March 1944