Photo Gallery - 244th Field Artillery Battalion

Photo Gallery

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244th Field Artillery Battalion Colors

Five original Officers of the 244th F.A. Battalion Headquarters. Camp Shelby Mississippi

Pvt. Norman J. Reeves. Pvt. Reeves came to the 244th as a S/Sgt. and was one of the original eight enlisted men and five officers chosen from the 172nd Field Artillery Battalion transferred to Camp Shelby to activate the 244th F.A. Bn.

Pvt. N. J. Reeves photo. Battery B Street Camp Blanding Florida. Basic training

Pvt. Norman J. Reeves Camp Blanding, basic training

Aerial Photo of Camp Shelby Mississippi 1941

Aerial Photo of Camp Shelby 1941

Top row second from right #7 - T. B. Marriott. Photo Officer Candidate Course, Ft. Sills Oklahoma, Class No. 24, 10th Section, 28 May 1942 to 18 August 1924

Demonstration Day Fort Sill Artillery School 1942

Demonstration Day at Ft. Sill Artillery School 1942

Savage (left) & Malm (right) at Fort Sill Artillery School 1942

Lt. Marriott - Fort Sill Artillery School Home 1942

1st. Lt. Thomas B. Marriott, Jr.

OCS Graduation Picture, 2nd. Lt. Marriott

One of the large tent theaters at Camp Shelby Mississippi

Camp Shelby Basic Training 1942 - Tec/5 B. G. Rogers Jr. Route 3, Glennville, Ga

Camp Shelby Basic Training 1942 - Tec/5 B. G. Rogers Jr. Route 3, Glennville, Ga

Tec/5 B. G. Rogers Jr.

Camp Shelby Basic Training 1942 - Tec/5 B. G. Rogers Jr. Route 3, Glennville, Ga

Interior of cafeteria in the Service Club at Camp Shelby Mississippi

1st Lt. William D. Hightower

Lt. William D. Hightower, Nashville Tenn 1943

Pete Daley, Wm. D. Hightower, Bobby Beckner, Gentry in Flight School Pittsburg Kansas 1943

Dance Hall inside the Service Club at Camp Shelby Mississippi

Camp Shelby Basic Training 1942 - Tec/5 B. G. Rogers Jr. Route 3, Glennville, Ga

Camp Shelby. Photo taken from the water tower

Bill Morris, Hattiesburg Miss, 1942

Pvt. Robert S. Joachim

TEC/5 Harold D. Metheny , Left, Wauchula, Florida, Bob Kepp at basic training

Tec/5 Willner Beach

Cpl. Jasper A. Mathis, Battery B standing on the right. Camp Slelby. Cpl. Mathis was killed in the line of duty.

Pfc. L. Jung Yot, Battery A, Camp Shelby training Battery A

Camp Shelby training Battery A man

Camp Shelby Victory Salute Show, Field House Camp Shelby, Mississippi 1942

Camp Shelby training Battery A men

Camp Shelby training Battery A men

Training Camp Shelby Battery A men

Camp Shelby Battery A men

1st. Lt. Bob Malm Camp Gordon

Bob Malm, John Duker and Early Times. 244th, Camp Gordon

Funeral of Pvt. Joseph Creevey, Battery B 244th F.A.B. killed in the line of duty October 28, 1942 outside of the Hulett- Winstead Funeral Home

Joseph Creevey funeral, Calvary Cemetery

Joseph Creevey funeral, Calvary Cemetery

Cpl. Ernest Gairo, Pfc. Robert N. Grant, Pfc. Rodman P. Fredericks, Pfc. Max H. Gorgus, Battery B Camp Shelby

Caption reads - "Pvt. Joseph I. Barnett Camp Shelby"

Caption reads L to R - "Pvt. Kirby H. Hoyle and Pvt. Willner Beach" Camp Shelby

Caption reads - Joseph I. Barnett at Camp Shelby

Cpl. Ernest Gairo, Pfc Robert N. Grant, Pfc. Rodman P. Fredericks, Pfc. Max H. Gorgus, Battery B Camp Shelby

Camp Shelby Battery A man

Camp Shelby training Battery A man

Stateside, Battery A men

Camp Shelby Battery A men

Pfc. L. Jung. Yot, Camp Shelby training Battery A man

Stateside Battery A men

Fort Benning Main Interference

Fort Benning the main post 1940

The Infantry School Fort Benning

Infantry School Building Fort Benning

The Infancy School Building and the Officers Club behind

Headquarters 4th Division Harmony Church Fort Benning

Gowdy Field and Doughboy Stadium behind

Doughboy Stadium

Caption reads - "Damos in Arms, Tec/5 Damos Rowe and Hubert Rickerd" 1943

In front of the Infantry School, Ft. Benning Georgia. Right - 1st Lt. Thomas B. Marriott 1942

Rail transport of a 155 mm M1 Long Tom

Medium Tractor M4 - Allis Chalmers

Mess Hall with pie for dessert

Camp Gordon, Lt. Bernard T. Kaylor, Jr 1943

Camp Gordon Lt. Hightower 1943

Buddies of Pfc. Edward H. Walsh (center) Charley Battery, Camp Gordon

L to R Dick Galway, Kenneth Dickerson, Mrs. T. Price, Tom Marriott, Louis and Sally Macado, Agusta Ga 244th Camp Gordon.

Dick Galway and Dick Galway jr, at christening Camp Gordon.

244th's Ted Price & daughter at daughters christening Camp Cordon

Lt. Ray Lee & Anne Mullen 244th Camp Gordon christening

Luis Macado & baby Dick Galway jr. 244th Camp Gordon.

Sally and Luis Macado with Dick Galway jr. at Christening. Camp Gordon

L - Unknown. R - Cpl. Kilby H. Hoyle, Battery C. Leave just prior to shipping out, Coney Island Brooklyn N.Y

Camp Gordon railway station platform, Georgia

Basic Training. Pvt. Norman J. Reeves

Camp Gordon bus, Georgia

Captured German Photo. General Erwin Romal Inspecting Normandy Beach Defenses

Captured German Photo. Field Marshal General Erwin Romal Inspecting Normandy Beach Defenses

Captured German photo of Normandy floating beach defenses. Showing three Tellermine #2 1942 and three Tellermine #3 1943 each with approximately 12 lb of TNT

D-Day and the beach landing

LST's putting men and equipment ashore on Normandy beach during low tide in the first weeks of the Normandy invasion June 1944

Camp Shanks New York

Coney Island leave from Camp Shanks. Next stop England. Back seat - Lockwood, Kuhn, Strickland Front Seat - Driver Harvell, Roberts just before leaving for war

L - Unknown. R - Cpl. Kilby H. Hoyle, Battery C. Leave just prior to shipping out, Coney Island Brooklyn N.Y

Pvt. Norman J. Reeves and Buddy. Camp Shanks.

SS Mormacmoon, photo from ship maker, taken at completion, prior to U. S. Navy armament. Courtesy Tec/4 James W. Wingate

Moramacstar, sister ship of Moramacmoon with U.S. Navy armament

Major Carey Clark, Asbery Park England 1944

Harold D. Metheny standing in the doorway of a Nissen hut England

Caption reads - "Sgt. Robert H. Bishop, Albury Park" England just prior to the channel crossing

England, invasion build up of US equipment

LST Departing England

LST 315 location unknown

Stern view of LST 316 tied to another LST

LST 315 brings troops, equipment and supplies and takes German POW's to an internment camp.

LST 315 transporting troops and equipment. Location unknown

LST 316 beached while unloading onto Normandy beach

German POWs are motor transported from 244th PWE (Prisoner War Enclosure) and taken to Division POW Camps for processing, further interrogation and holding

Caption reads - "Failaise Gap" near Le Mans France

Caption reads - "Failaise Gap" near Le Mans France

Caption reads - "Failaise Gap" near Le Mans France

German POW's are provided water ration from a "Jerry" can by another German POW with 244th Cpl. supervises the water rationing

Caption Reads - Avranches France

George S. Patton and General Dwight D. Eisenhower with XII Corps Photographer

Lt. Marriott wrote; "My good friend Lt. Anderton in Ermsdorf Luxemburg a few weeks before he was killed by a Teller Mine"

L to R. Unknown, Joseph G. Hamilton, Norman J. Reeves, John W. Coyne, Jr., Leo H. Sevigny, Richard E. Galway, Harry J. Greer

Caption reads - "Red Cross personnel, Hof" Germany 1945

Caption reads - "The effect of the 155 mm Long Tom." Demolished German village now occupied by the 244th

No caption - France women 1944

Getting a haircut. 1st Lt. Max L. Garland France 1945

The barber shop chair and haircuts in France

No caption - "France Family" with 244th Liaison air craft, 1944

September to 17 October, Fresnes-en-Woëvre France. Caption reads - "Coffee and donuts in Verdun at the Red Cross Club Mobile" Lt. Anderton just right of center

Bridge built by 244th and U.S. Engineers in France

Caption reads - "Here are some Germans building a road in France. They came in handy for us"

10 September to 17 October. Fresnes-en-Woëvre, France. 1st Lt. Tom Marriott Headquarters Battery and the Red Cross Donut Mobile.

Caption reads - "I didn't think he would have take it. But he did and this is the results". In back of the 13th Postal Regulatia at Verdun

Road sign directing travelers to Fresens-en-Woever and Commerece on N408 between Verdun and Metz France. Today this is the intersection of D903 and D908

Caption reads - "Verdun forest between Verdun & Metz where we camped while in Verdun"

Verdun France, Captain William U. Savage, Richmond, Va. Battery A digging in with pick and shovel near Verdun France

Verdun France Lt. Shinaberry

Caption reads - Seized on a train near Verdun, a 10cm K-18 is fired toward Metz by the 244th FA Bn. in support of the 90th Infantry Division"

ETO USO Jack Benny, Ingrid Bergmann, Frances Langford

ETO USO Jack Benny, Ingrid Bergmann, Frances Langford

Headquarters in the woods Verdun France. Captain John Coyne Headquarters Battery

Enlargement of previous photo. Headquarters in the woods Verdun France. Captain John Coyne Headquarters Battery

Tec/5 John R. Gaskin Route #1 Waynesboro Mississippi with observation plane France 1944

Caption reads - "Survey detail Verdun woods"

Caption reads - "English speaking Frenchman with two children" and Lt. Hightower

Caption reads - "Service Battery" men

Baker Battery man creating berms for emplacement

Caption reads - "Instruments and radio crew"

1st Lt. Wm. D. Hightower France

Caption reads - "Captured near Verdun, this 15 cm S.F.H. 18 gets a coat of GI paint before being put into service near Metz"

Caption reads - "Tec/5 Charles C. Collinsworth, 1st Lt. Wm. D. Hightower, Tec/5 John R. Gaskin Jr., Frens" France

Caption reads - "Maintenance Crew 6th Section"

Caption reads - "Dontilly France." From the back of a truck the town's people of Donnemarie-Dontilly France shave the heads of women who collaborated with the Germans. The building is on the North West corner at the intersection of Rue de Four and Place du Marchee’ Donnemarie-Dontilly, France.

Adolf Hitler Kaserne, Toul France November 1944. Today, 516ème Régiment du Train, Avenue du Maréchal Joffre, 54200 Écrouves, France

"Open Under New Management", Adolf Hitler Kaserne Toul France November 1944. Today, 516ème Régiment du Train, Avenue du Maréchal Joffre, 54200 Écrouves, France

244th artillery was used in the killing this 280mm railroad gun. The back of the photo reads "Big Bertha"

M4 Tractor pulls a captured German 8.8cm Fliegerabwehrkanone 36 gun to artillery ordnance for a certification and then used against German Forts in the Metz France area. 1944

M4 Tractor pulls a captured German 8.8cm Fliegerabwehrkanone 36 gun to artillery ordnance for certification and then used against German Forts in the Metz France area. 1944

Two M4's with 15 cm sFH 18 (150 mm) German howitzers in tow. Scavenging the French countryside for German artillery and ammunition.

Red Cross personnel “Paula” in Nancy France, Paula married Captain William U. (Doc) Savage in Germany

Red Cross personnel “Paula” in Nancy France. Paula preparing for wedding with Captain William U. (Doc) Savage.

Early November, the 244th locates another 88 mm Flak gun in Western France

Marker reads - Unknown comrade. Who goes to war and falls, falls into the arms of god. Caption reads; I’ll bet Adam can read what’s written on this German soldiers grave

November 1944 - The guns were located, as well as complete rounds of matching ammunition

November 1944 - Reconnaissance parties from the 244th, Corps Artillery Ordnance and G-4 sections were sent out to locate weapons, sights, spare parts and ammunition

On November 14th captured weapons were turned over to the 244th Field Artillery Battalion. The Artillery was to be used against the German held forts around the Metz area

The difficulty encountered early on with captured German guns was the lack of sights.

Capt. W. “Doc” Savage, Richmond Va., inspects the German 88 mm Flak 18 (18.8 cm Flak 18) in Briey France

Captain William U. Savage's Jeep One Bump

Early November Briey, France. French child salutes the cameraman

Captain W. U. Savage, Richmond Va. Battery A. In France

Battery B practicing operating LVT's "Alligators" in the streets of Sierck-les-Bains while attached to the 55th Combat Engineer Battalion. The mission was to support the XX Corps in a Saar river crossing.

Lt. Tom Marriott, HQ Battery, AOP sits in a German fighter cockpit at Metz Airport while scavenging for aircraft instruments for 244th's Liaison airplanes

German Airfield Metz France, while scavenging aircraft instruments for the 244th's AOP Liaison airplanes, September 1944

Road signs reads Metz Center

8 Rue Saint Andre, 57950 les Metz, France. 24 November 1944, HQ 244th F.A. Bn. Now the ESID Metz - Establishment of the defense infrastructure service of Metz

1st LT. Max L. Garland Headquarters Battery, 1st LT. Ernest Hendry C Battery, France 1944

8 Rue Général Franiatte, 57950 Montigny-lès-Metz, France. Battery B's location while firing captured German weapons

Caption reads - "Baker Battery fired captured German weapons from these garages upon Fort Driant and Verdun". Two German prisoners are followed buy guard as truck passes.November 1944

German 8.8 cm Pak 43-41 gun being fired from Metz onto German fortifications with the roof of the garages in the background.

No Caption - The 244th Field Artillery use a captured German 88mm gun to provide fire support for the 6th Armored Division during the battle of the Bulge 21 December 1944 National Archives

Caption reads - "A soldier from the 244th cleans off 88mm rounds prior to being loaded for firing 21 December 1944". 8.8cm German Pak 43-41 ammunition being prepared to be fired from Metz France area onto German fortifications.

Alligators, LVT 4. Soldiers from Battery B, 244th were temporarily assigned to transport supplies on LVT's across the Saar River to soldiers fighting in the vicinity of Saarlanutern Germany, 14th December 1944. This photo illustrates another crossing somewhere using LVT's to land where there were high steep banks in the landing zone.

Monument aux Morts, Metz, France in its original configuration after WWI.

Monument aux Morts, Metz, France during the WWII German occupation when the Germans altered it to honor German dead soldiers.

Monument aux Morts, Metz, France after the fall of Metz. Two 244th men stand one on each side of the Monument 1944

Metz Monument aux Morts, Metz, France 2015. Two Great-grandsons of Major Clark stand on each side of the monument

Firing captured German weapon winter 1944

Captains reads - "Ermsdorf Luxembourg - 21 January 1945." Looking west to east across the Weiße Ernz River bridge. The stable, left, has been transformed into a house and the building that is completely destroyed was rebuilt after the war.

Enlargement of Item 179. Captains reads - "Ermsdorf Luxembourg - 21 January 1945." Looking west to east across the Weiße Ernz River bridge. The stable, left, has been transformed into a house and the building that is completely destroyed was rebuilt after the war.

Captains reads - "Capt. Nathaniel H. Soloman, Medical Detachment, Ermsdorf Luxembourg." Looking west to east across the Weiße Ernz River bridge. The stable left, has been transformed into a house and the building that is completely destroyed was rebuilt after the war.

Enlargement of Item 182. Captains reads - "Capt. Nathaniel H. Soloman, Medical Detachment, Ermsdorf Luxembourg." Looking west to east across the Weiße Ernz River bridge. The stable left, has been transformed into a house and the building that is completely destroyed was rebuilt after the war.

Medical Corpsman winter 1944 / 1945

PFC Merle J. Coy, Battery B. Caption reads - Coy the Kid

Firing captured German weapon winter 1944

Working on the 155 mm M1 Long Tom nitrogen recoil system

Battery A's Roving gun that created the Long Gun Episode in Echternach Luxembourg while firing on Bitburg 28 February 1944

Luxembourg Air Section. L to R: Pfc. William J. Roesler, Tec/5 John R. Gaskin jr, Pfc. Robert B. Eubanks, Tec/3 Gordon W. Lockridge, Zittig Luxembourg 30 December 1944

Sgt. George Gregoriani's gun, Battery B. Consdorf Luxembourg 27 December 1944

4th from L. Pfc Wally A. Parsons, Battery B Consdorf, Luxembourg

Lt. Marriott's Strassenkarte Luxembourg map. The "railroad" looking line leading from Luxembourg City to the shaded ares is the rout flown by 244th Liaison aircraft at the beginning of the Battle of the Bulge. The shaded ares represents the zone of fire by the 244th F.A. Bn. during that time.

4th from L Pfc. Wally A. Parsons Battery B Consdorf Luxembourg

Battery A Roving gun that created the Long Gun Episode in Echternach Luxembourg while firing on Bitburg 28 February 1944

Capt. Daniel E. Brewer Battery B. Consdorf Luxembourg

Pfc. Doc Edwards, Battery B shoveling, snow, cleaning out his dugout at Ermsdorf Luxembourg. January 1945

L to R. Captain Victor M. Torres - Dewey Oklahoma; Captain James R. Winkworth - Monroe Michigan; 1st Lt. Frank J. Mauger, Racine Wisconsin

A dog and a deer, Charley Battery pets

Luxembourg Air Section. L to R: Pfc. William J. Roesler, Tec/5 John R. Gaskin jr, Pfc. Robert B. Eubanks, Tec/3 Gordon W. Lockridge, In the background is the Chapelle Saint-Nicolas, Zittig Luxembourg, 30 December 1944

Luxembourg 1944

Pfc. William R. Roseler, In the background is the Chapelle Saint-Nicolas Zittig Luxembourg. 30 December 1944

Lieutenant Hightower. Caption reads - "I wanted you to see the sweater, but did turn out plain enough". In the background is the Chapelle Saint-Nicolas of Zittig Luxembourg. 30 December 1944

Lieutenant Hightower. Caption reads - "I wanted you to see the sweater, but did turn out plain enough". In the background is the Chapelle Saint-Nicolas of Zittig Luxembourg. 30 December 1944

S/SGT A. G. Luckasevic, Charleston, Pa, Battery A. and Jody. Caption reads - "Picked Up Jody In Fels" Luxembourg

Caption reads - "Sgt. Valley, Consdorf'" Sgt. Valley was Killed 19 February 1945, 1600 hours near Crauchten (Kruchten, Germany) The building in the background is the former Hôtel du Müllerthal, Henri Schiltz Consdorf Luxembourg.

Enlargement of Item 204 - Caption reads - "Sgt. Valley, Consdorf'" Sgt. Valley was Killed 19 February 1945, 1600 hours near Crauchten (Kruchten, Germany) The building in the background is the former Hôtel du Müllerthal, Henri Schiltz Consdorf Luxembourg.

No caption - 244th men, one showing off his P-38 trophy. Consdorf Germany

The train station in on the right of the 155mm Long Tom and the former Hôtel du Müllerthal, Henri Schiltz, not shown on the left. Just South of Consdorf Luxembourg 27 January 1945

Sign reads "You Are Now Entering Germany, Courtesy of 166th Engineering Bn." This is the Dillingen bridge crossing the Sauer river (Sûre in French) taken from the Luxembourg side of the river. This river had to be crossed to enter Germany.

T/4 Willner Beach, Battery C and another, fill a water tank from the bridge. Sign reads "You Are Now Entering Germany, Courtesy of 166th Engineering Bn." This is the Dillingen bridge crossing the Sauer river (Sûre in French) taken from the Luxembourg side of the river. This river had to be crossed to enter Germany.

Germany near Luxembourg

Caption reads - "Leaving Ermsdor for Beforterhaide" Luxembourg. Battery A with Long Tom in tow. December 11 Issue of Life Magazine and Chow on top

Caption reads - "The road and curve at Cruchten Germany where 1st Lt. Anderson and others were killed". At the very bottom of the photo there is a truck that marks the spot.

Winter in Luxembourg. Battery A man

Winter in Luxembourg. Battery A man

Caption reads - Luxembourg

Dragons teeth Siegfried Line Sauerlatern Soarlautern

Passing through part of the Sigfried Line

Saarlautern, crossing the Siegfreid Line Saarlautern Germany

Captain Savage, Richmond Va. Battery A. atop a German pill box in the Siegfried Line. This was the result of the 155 mm Long Tom.

Tec/5 Charles C. Collinsworth France 1945

France Tec/5 Charles C

Caption reads - Here are some good Germans. Good Krauts are always 6 feet underground. They have black and gray crosses for their dead. We have white

Bitburg, 7 March 1945 the Battalion drove through Bitburg and crossed the Kyll River to Orsfeld Grermany. Bitburg was a major German supply center for the Ardennes offensive and the target of the 244th

John F. Coyne, Jr., Joseph G. Hamilton Metz France

Wrecked building anywhere in Germany

No caption - In battery and awaiting orders

No caption - In battery and awaiting orders

Caption reads - Cpl. Norbert B. Schulte, Cpl. Wiley A. Parsons, Pfc. Henry J. Butcher, and others in Battery B, Coblenz Germany

No caption - In battery and waiting for orders

Caption reads - "Our guns can hit a dime or the top a tree miles away"

Caption reads - "Buildings knocked out from our artillery fire"

88 mm gun to the left of this German artillery unit. Captured German photo

German artillery unit. Captured photo

88 mm gun to the left. Captured German photo

German 88 mm Artillery Unit. Captured photo

Caption reads - "On recon to Koblenz", Aeppli, Marriott, Myers, Greer, Winkworth, Brewer

Caption reads - "Just before crossing the Rhine" River

Crossing the Rhine. The first 1301st Engineer General Service Regiment Rhine River Bridge looking north downstream

France, L to R TEC/5 John Gaskin, 1st. Lt. Max Garland, Unknown

Crossing the Rhine river pontoon bridge. The first bridge

Germany near Luxembourg though the photo looks like a Rhine River crossinf.

The Rhine river and George Patton meet. Before crossing, here in the middle, he urinated into the Rhine River to express his feeling.

Cpl. Louis H. Delfino, France

Leaving Oppenheim Germany. Crossing the Rhine River looking back into Oppehneim. The sign reads Oppenheim

Approaching the President Roosevelt Memorial Bridge, the second Rhine River bridge Oppenheim Germany

1301st Engineer General Service Regiment President Roosevelt Memorial Rhine River Bridge Number 2

President Roosevelt Memorial Bridge Rhine River crossing, Oppenheim Germany, the second bridge

Approach to the second 1301st Engineer Rhine bridge looking upstream and south from the east bank

The second President Roosevelt Memorial Bridge, 1301st Engineer General Service Regiment. The photo shows the Rhine River bridge looking north downstream from the Oppenheim side, Germany

Rhine River from the second bridge

The Rhine river pontoon bridge

Signal Corps photo of 155 mm Long Tom going into battery, Gelnhausen, Germany

Caption reads - "Joseph G. Hamilton Fort Bragg" N.C. 1941

Unknown, but good friends

Caption reads - "Lt. Hightower and 1st Sargent William A. Faulkner, Maginot Line" 1944

Caption reads - "Two days prior to going into the Siegfried Line". Camouflaged 244th 155 mm Long Tom. February 1945,

Caption reads - "hunting jack rabbits with his Burp Gun". 1st Lt. Hightower with his "Burp Gun". The "Burp Gun" is either a Sturmgewehr 43 or 44. Also known as the MP 43 and MP 44 (Maschinenpistole 43 and 44)

Caption reads - "Pfc Wally A. Parsons, Consdorf, 27 December" Luxembourg

Lt. Hightower, Zittig Luxembourg 1944

Battery A Long Tom in Luxembourg winter

Battery A men in Luxembourg

Luxembourg winter Battery A man

Caption reads - "Pfc. William R. Roseler, In the background is the Chapelle Saint-Nicolas Zittig Luxembourg., 30 December 1944

Baker Battery, No. 4 Gun Section. February 1945, two days prior to going into the Siegfried Line

Baker Battery, No. 1 Gun Section. February 1945, Two days prior to going into the Siegfried Line

1st. Lt. Tom Marriott showing his Bronze Star with Oak Leaf cluster and silver battle stars on the European, African, Middle Eastern Campaign Ribbon (EAME). The 244th earned all five battle stars in the ETO. The five bronze battle stars are replaced with a single silver star which represents five battles.

Baker Battery, No. 3 Gun Section. February 1945, two days prior to going into the Siegfried Line

Baker Battery, No. 2 Gun Section and Jody the Dachshund picked up in Luxembourg. February 1945, two days prior to going into the Siegfried Line

In battery and awaiting orders

TEC/5 Harold D. Metheny Wauchula, Florida. Somewhere in Germany

Captain W. U. Savage, Richmond Va., Battery A. Doc's German staff - reconnaissance car, the Schwimmwagen was an amphibious all-wheel-drive vehicle

Caption reads - Simmern, Germany"

Luxembourg winter. Battery A gun crew

Luxembourg winter. Battery A gun crew

Caption reads - Pfc. Ernest M. Mayo, Pfc Henry J. Butcher, Pfc Ray P. Augustino, Battery B, Themar, Germany

Caption reads - "A ten minute break on the way from Cham to Le Mans" France 1945

No caption - Gun section brewing some coffee. Germany

Caption reads - "Captain James R. Winkworth", HQ

Caption reads - "Captain Victor M. Torres", Battery Commander Battery B, Dewey, Oklahoma. Somewhere in France

Caption reads - "Harold D. Metheny" Germany

No caption - ETO Promotions Cham Germany

Caption reads - "Harold D. Metheny sitting" left

Caption reads - "Lt. Col. John J. Davis, Major Robert G. Humphrey" Germany 1944

Caption reads - L to R - "Pfc. Edward A. Wantke, Pfc.. Robert A. Coble, Pfc. Stanley G, Girdvainis" all Baker Battery

Caption reads - "Lt. Hightower Toul" France 1944

CAption reads - "Tech/5 Harold Metheny"

Caption reads - "Ermsdorf" Capt. W. U. Doc Savage, Battery A. Luxembourg

No caption - Ridding on the breach of the Long Tom

Caption reads - "Major Humphries", HQ

No caption - Major Clark at forward position with infantry .50 cal. Browning, Luxembourg.

No caption - Battery A men

No caption - Ammunition transfer from M4 Tractor to gun position

Caption reads - "awaiting road clearance Winklarn" 244th gun crew Germany

No caption - Third Army is clean-shaven

Gun crewman Battery A

50 cal. AA mount manned by Battery A

50 cal. AA mount manned by Battery A man

Gun crewman Battery A

Battery A men with 95 lb. 155 mm rounds

Dinner, Battery A man

Battery A man with 95 lb. 155 mm round

Battery A man and M4 Tractor

1st Sgt. Raymond Cormier, A battery

Battery A man with M14 powder canister

Caption reads -"Hotel accommodations anywhere in Germany" with bathtub

Battery A gun crew

Self-explanatory, Battery A man

Anywhere in Germany. Battery A man Photo

Self explanatory, Battery A man

1 February 1945, two days prior to going into the Siegfried Line. Battery A gun.

Battery A man with Jagdpanzer IV, Sd.Kfz. 162 tank destroyer with a 7.5 cm KwK 42 main gun

Battery A Man with German Kubelwagen

Bath time, Battery A men

Photo of Battery A men

Photo of Battery A M4 tractor and taken by Battery A man

Battery A 155 mm Long Tom In action

George S. Patton US Military Cemetery

Caption reads - L to R - "Rogers, Churchman", unknown, unknown

Metheny, Harold Dean

Cologne Cathedral practically untouched. City badly damaged. Sign reads: Sight Seers Keep Out Fighting Men

Caption reads - "Waiting for artillery to soften", Germany

Battery A photo

Caption reads - "Our mess Sargent and a little German farm girl"

Caption reads - "Pfc. William J. Roesler, Pfc. Robert B. Eubanks" Headquarters Battery 1945

Caption reads - "Ohrdruf Concentration Camp. Ohrdruf Germany near Hof" Germany

Caption reads - "Concentration Camp, Ohrdruf near Hof" Germany April 1945,

Caption reads - Ohrdruf Concentration Camp, near Hof" Germany April 1945,

Caption reads - "Hungarian refugees" -moving away from the front lines 1945

No caption - Awaiting fire direction Weimar Germany

Plassenburg Castle photo aerial Sat May 15 1999. Kulmbach, Germany. The 244th had the entire wine cellar to themselves

Champagne and Beer from the Plassenburg Castle at Coburg Germany, April 1945

Tec/4 Herman A. Barksdale, ___---____, Cpl. Wiley A. Parsons, Battery B with bottles from the Plassenburg Castle

Tec/4 Herman A. Barksdale, ___---____, Cpl. Wiley A. Parsons, Battery B with bottles from the Plassenburg Castle

Caption reads - "Old pals". 1st. Lt. T. B. Marriott, jr. Glen Ellyn Illinois & PFC Lewis E. Atkins, Marble Hill Georgia. Germany

Caption reads - "Kitchen crew"

Caption reads - "Pfc. Merle J. Coy, Pfc. Edward A. Wantke." Steaks for dinner, Haf Germany

Caption reads - "Pfc Mitchell, Pfc Jack Berry, S/Sgt Floyd R. Williams, Tec/5 Nello C. Stover, Pfc William S. Graff Battery B. kitchen"

Caption reads - "Pfc Raymond Peracciny and the kitchen crew Hof", Germany

Caption reads - "Battery B kitchen crew". L to R - Harold D. Metheny, Bob Kepp, S/Sgt. Floyd R. Williams

Caption reads - "Awaiting road clearance Winklarn" Germany, 244th gun crew

Caption reads - "S/Sgt. Clayton A. Harris, Tec/5 Roy E. Airesman, Tec/4 Homer E. Montminy, Pfc. Thomas G. Pendray, Winklam" Battery B,

No caption - Gun crew and M4 Tractor

Caption reads - "Winklarn awaiting road clearance". 244th gun crew

Second of two AOP which caught fire, landed and burned

One of two AOP which caught fire, landed and burned

Hunting Tiger - Panzerjäger Tiger Ausf. B; Sd. Kfz. 186, with a 12.8 cm Pak 44

From another view. Hunting Tiger - Panzerjäger Tiger Ausf. B; Sd. Kfz. 186, with a 12.8 cm Pak 44

Battery A gun crew

Able Battery's last gun emplacement looking east to west. The building in the background is Kostel sv. Vavřince. Kostel sv. Vavřince is the locatin of the 244th Memorial Plaque. The farm field the four Able Battery guns were located in was owned by Mr. Miloslav Vesely.

Caption reads - Digging in final week of the war. Tedražice Czechoslovakia

Caption reads - "Pfc. Robert A. Coble and Cpl. Joseph F. Campbell" Battery B

Able Battery gun - Mr. Jakub Vesely son of Miloslav Veselý who's field Able Battery guns were located. Tedražice 40, Hrádek, Czechia.

Charley Battery's last gun position of the war, just across the road from Kostel sv. Vavřince and up the hill in the field.

Charley Battery last gun position of the war looking east to west. Hrádek u Sušice Czechoslovakia

Charley Battery last gun emplacement. Looking from south to north from highway 1698. Across the street fromCharley Battery's last gun position of the war, just across the road from Kostel sv. Vavřince and up the hill in the field and just east of Hrádek u Sušice and just west of Tedražice, Hrádek, Czechia.

No caption - Chow time, Battery B Tedražice Czechoslovakia

No caption - Doing the dishes, Battery B Tedražice Czechoslovakia

No caption - Eto the dog, Soldier Unknown Tedražice Czechoslovakia

Caption reads - "Big Stoop Lucas". Pfc. Robert W. Lucas. Czech May 1945

No caption - Battery B Tedražice Czechoslovakia

No caption - ETO the dog and Battery B man Tedražice Czechoslovakia

The guest register from 1945 at Kostel sv. Vavřince, Hrádek, Czechia. Signed by Thomas B. Marriott 1st Lt. F.A. 7th May 1945

No caption - Battery B Tedražice Czechoslovakia

No caption - Battery B Tedražice Czechoslovakia

No caption - Battery B Tedražice Czechoslovakia

No caption - Battery B Tedražice Czechoslovakia

No caption - Battery B Tedražice Czechoslovakia

No caption - ETO the dog and Battery B mann Tedražice Czechoslovakia

Caption reads - L to R. "Tec/5 Earl E. Keener, Cpl. Dudley J. Chandler, Miff, Grepe, 1st. Lt. Jacob W. Shinaberry, and Eto the dog" Tedražice Czechoslovakia

Caption reads - L to R. "Tec/5 Earl E. Keener, Cpl. Dudley J. Chandler, Miff, Grepe, 1st. Lt. Jacob W. Shinaberry, and Eto the dog" Tedražice Czechoslovakia

Caption reads - Battery B Tedražice Czechoslovakia

No caption - Digging in final week of the war Tedražice Czechoslovakia

Caption reads - "Smith And Smith", HQ Battery

No Caption - Charley Battery digging in final week of the war. Tedražice Czechoslovakia

Caption reads - "Pfc. Robert A. Coble and Edwards" Battery B.

No caption - Digging in, final week of the war Tedražice Czechoslovakia

Caption reads - "Bob, Pfc. Curtis H. Smack, Jr. and Blimp", Battery B

Caption reads - "Joe, Bill, Coble, Ed" Battery B

Caption reads - "Chic"

No caption - Lt. Marriott, his jeep and driver are surrounded by towns people outside Zámek Hrádek, Headquarters of the 244th in Hrádek u Sušice

No caption - Lt. Marriott outside 244th HQ, Zámek Hrádek, with Hrádek u Sušice towns people May 1945

Caption reads - "Tec/4 Leuois C. Blizzard", Headquarters Battery

Caption reads - "Pfc. Frank J. McDaniel", HQ Battery 7 May 1945

No Caption - Charley Battery digging in final week of the war. Tedražice Czechoslovakia

No Caption - Charley Battery digging in final week of the war. Tedražice Czechoslovakia

No caption - Digging in, final week of the war. Tedražice Czechoslovakia

No Caption - Digging in, final week of the war. Tedražice Czechoslovakia

No caption - Looking west to east the last four gun emplacement Battery B Tedražice Czechoslovakia 8 May 1945

No caption - The last four gun emplacement, Battery B looking from west to east. Tedražice Czechoslovakia 8 May 1945

Caption reads - "No. 1 Gun Section Battery B" Tedražice Czechoslovakia

Caption reads - "No. 3 Battery B' gun and crew atop Rough House celebrating VE Day. Tedražice Czechoslovakia

Caption reads - "No. 4 gun Section Battery B and ETO the dog", V-E Day, Tedražice Czechoslovakia

Caption reads - "Good luck - Joe", (Joe Moosey). Photo of T/5 Hal Metheny" taken in Czechoslovakia V-E day.

Caption reads - "Cute EH!!!" Sušice town squair, V.E. Day

No caption - Sušice town square V-E Day taken from the Hotel Fialka Czechoslovakia

No caption - Staff car, officers and enlisted men became an instant attraction to all. Duker, Atkins, Cpl. Grace, VE Day from Hotel Fialka, Susice Czechoslovakia 1944

No caption - 244th air strip along Hwy. 1698 Tedražice, Hrádek, Czechia. Looking east to west with Kostel sv. Vavřince in the background.

Caption reads - "Two Czechoslovakian friends. She washed my cloths. You can see them on the fence. Their son took this picture, an amateur photographer." L to R, Pfc. Joseph P. Moosey, Mrs. Karolina Jílek and her husband Vojtěch Jílek.

Caption reads - "The old lady and her son." L to R, Pfc. Joseph P. Moosey, Mrs. Karolina Jílek and her son Josef Jílek. Her husband took the photo.

No caption - Last gun emplacement preparing to leave. Hrádek u Sušice Czechoslovakia May 1945

No caption - Battery B closing trails. S/Sgt Arthur J. Pelchat, Pfc. Harren O’Neal, Pfc Norbert B. Schulte, Pfc. Daniel J. Cylkowaki, Cpl. Norbert B. Schult, Tedražice Czechoslovakia

No caption - Packing up and ready to move to the Cham Germany.

No caption - Preparing to winch the barrel out of battery. Last gun emplacement Hrádek-u-Sušice Czechoslovakia May 1945

Caption reads - With barrel in position to transport, "Cpl. Norbert B. Schulte, Cpl. Wiley A. Parsons" Battery B, finish readying to move from Tedražice Czechoslovakia to Cham Germany, post VE Day 1945

No caption - Aggravator III ready to leave Tedražice Czechoslovakia 8 May 1945

Caption reads - "Photos with buddies in Europe". Right Tec/5 Willner Beach

No caption - 244th M4 tractor passing through Sušice from Tedražice Czechoslovakia on their way to Cham Germany 10 May 1945

Caption reads - "TEC/5 Harold D. Metheny" Wauchula, Florida, Cham Germany 1945

Caption reads - "T/5 Rogers, T/4 Strickland, T/5 Morris" Cham Germany

Caption reads - "Hal Metheny" Cham Germany

Caption reads - "Pfc. Joseph P. Moosey and Tec/5 Harold D. Metheny" V-E Day Czechoslovakia

Caption reads - "Tec/4 Louis C. Blizzard and Tec/5 Harald D. Metheny" Cham Germany

No caption - The Schwager Villa 244th HQ sits just downhill and across the street center of photo from Battery B 155mm M1’s and M4 Tractors at rest, Cham Germany

No caption - Cham Germany 244th Headquarters, The Schwager Villa, courtesy of the Schwager family

Caption reads - "No. 1 gun section Baker Battery lived here". This is across the street from the Schwager Villa, 244th Headquarters. and next to Baker Battery Officers house. This building is gone and the property redeveloped. Cham Germany 1945

Caption reads - "Baker Battery Officers" just across the street from the Schwager Villa, 244th Headquarters. Telephone wires run to the second floor and down into the first floor from HQ. Cham Germany

No caption - Photo of "Doc" Savage and Battery A man

Caption reads - "Able Acres" Able Battery Cham Germany

Caption reads - "Able Acres Cham" Germany, 10 May to 11 July

No caption - Cham PW enclosure looking generally west to east just below Obere Regenaner St2146.

No caption - Cham PW enclosure looking generally west to east just below Obere Regenaner St2146.

No caption - Cham PW enclosure looking generally south to north just above Oberer Regenaner St2146. The Germans used their own trucks to be transported to Cham.

Caption reads - Chow time in Cham Germany

No caption - Chow time in Cham Germany

Caption reads - "Capt. John Duker, Lt. Bill Hightower, Lt. Bernard Kaylor" volleyball at Cham Germany

No caption - Cham. Maintenance, Able Battery M4 Tractor and Dodge 3/4 ton, 4x4 Cargo Truck just east of today's Maria Hilf Redemptoristenkloster,

Caption reads - "Cham" Rail yard U.S. bomb damage, Cham Germany

No caption - Inspecting an aircraft hanger while scavenging aircraft parts for 244th AOP aircraft

Caption reads - "Cham" U.S. Bomb damage Cham Germany

Caption reads - "Cham" Rail yard bomb damage and Regen River looking west south-west from the northwest area of Cham Germany.

No caption - Rail yard bomb damage and Regen River looking west south-west from the northwest area of Cham Germany

No caption - Regen River looking down stream from the Biertor or Castle Gate bridge along the Meranweg

No caption - Regen River looking upstream from the Biertor or Castle Gate Bridge Cham Germany

No caption - Morning Exercise, Cham

Caption reads - "Barte Boyude " on the 155 mm Long Tom. With th Maria Hilf Redemptoristenkloste spire to the far left side of photo. Cham Germany

Caption reads - "Honey can you see the waffle. It is a very good one". In front of 244th HQ Cham Germany 1945

Caption reads - "Byron Rogers"

Caption reads - "Bill Morris, B.G. Rogers"

Caption reads - "Bill Morris, B.G. Rogers"

Caption reads - "Pfc. William G. McDonald". Taken in Sattelpeilnstein Germany just south of Cham

Caption reads - L to R, "Cpl. Kilby H. Hoyle, Pfc. Edward H. Walsh" in Sattelpeilnstein Germany

No caption - Battery A man Cham German Airfield

No caption - Battery A man Cham German airfield

Caption reads - "Tec/5 Hal Metheny", Cham Germany May 1945

Caption reads - "TEC/5 Harold D. Metheny, PFC. Joseph P. Moosey," June 1945, Cham Germany

No caption - Nuns from Kirche St. Josef walk on Rosenstraße in the marketplace. Cham Germany

Promotions Cham Germany.

Caption reads - Tom Marriott Jim Winkworth

Caption reads - William J. Carpenter C Battery, Jim Murray Headquarters Battery clerk

Caption reads - Rogers & Ammons

Each Battery had it's won gun maintenance area in the large field across the street from the 244th HQ. 10 May to 11 July Cham Germany

Gun maintenance. 10 May to 11 July Cham Germany

Gun maintenance. 10 May to 11 July Cham Germany

In the large field in front of Headquarters Cham Germany

Gun maintenance. 10 May to 11 July Cham Germany

No Caption - No caption - In the field across from 244th HQ Cham Germany

No Caption - Cham Germany in the field across from 244th HQ

The 244th arriving at the German airfield for parade day. 27th June 1945 with General Patton presenting awards. Cham Germany

Battery falling in to enter the parade ground. 27th June 1945 with General Patton presenting awards. Cham Germany

Able Battery unloading and in formation. Parade day Cham Germany

Unloading and in formation, Baker Battery. marches to the parade field.

Baker Battery reading to enter onto the parade field. Large rain clouds follow them

Parade Day at the German airfield, 27th June 1945

Another Battery taking the field

Lining up by Battery for formation. 27th June 1945

Getting the batteries together. Cham Germany 27th June 1945

The 244th on the parade ground on the south west side of Cham Germany 27th June 1945

L to R;. 1st Lt. Thomas J. McLaughlin, "B" Battery, Captain Daniel E. Brewer, "B" Battery, 1st Lt. Bernard T. Kaylor jr., "C" Battery, 1st Lt. Frank Mauger "HQ" Battery, Pfc. M. M. Matta "A" Battery, 1st Lt. Jacob W. Shinaberry 'B" Battery, 1st Lt. John P. Perfetti"C' Battery, 1st Lt. Thomas B. Mrriott Jr. "B" Battery. Parade day 27 June 1945

L to R;. 1st Lt. Thomas J. McLaughlin, "B" Battery, Captain Daniel E. Brewer, "B" Battery, 1st Lt. Bernard T. Kaylor jr., "C" Battery, 1st Lt. Frank Mauger "HQ" Battery, Pfc. M. M. Matta "A" Battery, 1st Lt. Jacob W. Shinaberry 'B" Battery, 1st Lt. John P. Perfetti"C' Battery, 1st Lt. Thomas B. Mrriott Jr. "B" Battery. Parade day 27 June 1945

No caption - Parade day

Last minute parade instructions Cham 27 June 1945

Caption reads - "Must've been scratching a mosquito bite." One dot over Capt. Brener, two dots over Capt. Torres.

Cham Germany Parade 27 June 1945

Doc. Savage takes a photo of the parade

At ease and the rain is coming Cham 27 June 19945

Lt. Marriott speaking to a friend. Cham parade day 27 June 1945

On the parade field at ease, Cham

Parade day Cham Germany 1945

In formation and at ease awaiting the arrival of General Patton

Parade formation and did it rain, 27th June 1945

At attention and waiting for General Patton and the rain

244th Color Guard

On the parade field in formation with the arrival of General Patton.

On the parade field in formation with the arrival of General Patton.

87. Pass in review just prior to the rain. Cham Germany May 1945

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Passing in review parade day Cham Germany 1945 with rain is in the forecast

At attention in the pouring rain preparing to receive awards from General Patton 27th June

Pouring rain and preparing to receive awards presented by General Patton 27th June

The 244th on the parade field in the rain, 27th June

Pvt. receiving award. Gen Patton presenting

Captain receiving Silver Star. Gen Patton presenting

Captain W. U. (Doc) Savage, Richmond, Va. Medal Awarded by General Patton,

Lt. Marriott receiving Bronze Star award. Gen. Patton presenting

1st Lt. being presented the Silver Star by Gen. Patton

Lt. Hightower receiving the Silver Star, Gen. G Patton presenting,

Patton presenting award. Parade day

Pvt. receiving award from General Patton

Pvt. receiving handshake after award

Caption reads - "Major Carey A. Clark, Major Robert G. Humphries, and Capt. Nathaniel H. Soloman presenting Bronz Star"

Enlisted members receiving awards, Major Carey A. Clark, Major Robert G. Humphrey presenting

Cham Germany, unknown

Caption reads - "SS PW troops reburying dead. Germans Cham Germany

Caption reads - "SS PW troops reburying dead"

Caption reads - "SS PW troops reburying dead" Germans

Caption reads - "Fueling up by P.W.'s at Metz" on the way to La Mans from Cham Germany

Caption reads - "1st Lt. Thomas J. McLaughlin in jeep on the way to La Mans" from Cham Germany

Caption reads - "Traveling From Cham To Le Mans" 11 June to 13 July 1945

Caption reads - "Ten minute break" on the way from Cham to Le Mans France

Caption reads - "Passing through French streets" on the way to Le Mans from Cham

Caption reads - "Würzburg" Germany

Caption reads - "Baker Battery 244th F.A. Orderly tent, Le Mans" France, Post War 1945

Caption reads - "244th motor pool Le Mans" France

Caption reads - "Kitchen and infirmary Le Mans" France 13 July to 28 July 1945

Caption reads - "The PX at Le Mans France" 13 July to 28 July 1945

Caption reads - "PWE (Prisoner of War Enclosure) Le Mans" France 11 June 1945 to 13 July 1945

Caption reads - "Camp Nord" Paris France

Lt. Hightower with his Bücker Bü 181 Bestmann which was left at the docks in Antwerp Belgum. He wanted to take it to the US so badly. 1945

Lt. Bernard T. Kaylor flew right seat with Lt. Hightower who was trying to ship this Bücker Bü 181 Bestmann to America. The plain was left on the dock at Antwerp

Unloading at the docks in La Harve for the trip home

No caption - 7 August 1945, waiting dockside to board the ship in the background on the way to England.

Caption reads - "Le Harve leaving France" on the way to England

No caption - Camp Barton Stacey, Barton Stacey Winchester, Hampshire, England

Caption reads - "Lt. Kaylor Battery C, Capt. Duker HQ Battery, Capt. Savage" Battery B,

Caption reads - "WAF Sec. for returning USAAF Sudbury Station 174, 486th Bombardment Group air fields back to England" 1945

No caption - Back row L to R. 1st Lt. Robert E. Malm, Phillips Wis., Battery A., Capt. William Savage, Richmond, Va., Battery A., 1st Lt. Bernard T. Kaylor, jr. New Orleans

Caption reads - L to R "Savage, Kayler, Brewer unknown"

Caption reads - "Kaylor and the Queen". 1st. Lt. Bernard T. Kaylor jr, on his way to the US

No caption - Boarding for the return home

No caption - New York Harbor. In the distant the sign on shore reads Welcome Home Well Done

No caption - Transportation Corps Welcome Home-Well Done greats the returning. New York Harbor 1945

George S. Patton jr., "To The Officers And Men of The 3rd Army HQ"

The 244th Field Artillery Battalion Memorial Plaque outside Kostel sv. Vavřince, Hrádek, Czechia

The May 8th liberation day celebration Hrádek Czechia. The Hrádek citizens celebrate their liberation from German occupation, the end of WWII and the 244th Field Artillery Battalion. Kostel sv. Vavřince is in the background.

No caption - Charley Battery Firing 155 mm

No caption - Charley Battery Firing 155 mm

No Caption - Charley Battery Firing 155 mm

Location unknown - Left Tech/4 Kilby H. Hoyle and Pvt. Joseph I. Barnett

Caption reads - Tech/4 Kilby H. Hoyle in Germany on bridge

Caption reads - "Tec/4. Willner Beach (right) with" buddies. Vacha, Germany

Caption reads - "Tec/4 Willner Beach in Shirt" Vacha, Germany

Caption reads - "Pvt. Willner Beach and Hoyle at Fort Gordon." L to R Pvt. Kilby H. Hoyle and Tec/5 Willner Beach

St. Bartholomew's (St. Bartholomä) A Roman Catholic church in the Berchtesgadener district of Bavaria. It is located on the western shore of the lake Königssee.

No Caption - Boy on bike. Location unknown

Caption reads - "April 10, 1945 Vacha", Tec/4 Willner Beach Germany

Caption reads - "Joseph I. Barnett" in Germany

Caption reads - "Willner Beach on River Bridge" Germany

Private Marriott with the Ill. National Guard 122nd F.A. Battalion 1941