1940 Desoto. The Desota was a Division of the Chrysler Corporation.  Lt. Marriott’s Desoto was yellow and this modal.

          Camp Shelby – Battery ‘A” Men

Thursday – 4th March 1943
         Benning Bayonet, Volume 1, Number 25, March 4, 1943
Saturday – 27th March 19431
         Change In Organization

          Pursuant to a letter from Headquarters, Army Ground Forces, 27 March 1943, XV Corps and movement orders 74th Field Artillery Brigade 31 March 1943 the Battalion was relieved from assignment to Third Army and assigned to the Replacement and School Command and attached to the School Troops Brigade, The Infantry School, effective upon arrival at Fort Benning, Georgia.

          Camp Shelby – Pfc. L. J. Yot, Battery “A” 

          Camp Shelby – Battery ‘A” Men

Wednesday – 31st March 1945
          Clearance Certificate – Officer’s Statement
Wednesday – March 31st 19432
          Strength Last Day (Commissioned And Enlisted)
DATEOFFICERSENLISTED MENTOTALINCREASEDECREASE
January 1943365405761
February 1943425315733
March 19433559062552
  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. Department of The Army, The Adjutant General’s Office, History of The 244th Field Artillery Battalion 8 August 1942 to 15 March 1944