September-October - Air Defense Artillery
September-October - Air Defense Artillery
September-October - Air Defense Artillery
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:45 AAA PLANNING FOR THE INVASION OF SOUTHERN FRAi:, -.<br />
Based on the above scales, the total AA requirements 167 Lt Col J\lurrin<br />
were: 215 Lt Col J\load"<br />
us FRENCH TOTAL 406 Lt Col Baruhan<br />
l Brigade Hq & AAAOR 4 0 4 409 Lt Col Batson<br />
f Group Hq 12 0 12 410 Lt Col Watson<br />
Gun Bns 17 7 24<br />
:\W Bns 20 20 40<br />
SP Bns 3 0 3<br />
S/L Bns 2 0 2<br />
BB Btries 3 0 3<br />
Brigadesa.<br />
One with VI US Corps.<br />
b. One with French Armee "B."<br />
c. Two with Seventh Army to command all AAA in<br />
rear of the rear boundaries of VI Corps and<br />
Armee "B."<br />
SP & A\\1 Bns-Each US Inf Division has one SP Bn and<br />
each French Division has one Organic A\\' Bn.<br />
French-The French do not have any Brigades or Groups<br />
but each Division and Corps does have an AA<br />
Special Staff Section which commands all AA assigned<br />
or attached to that formation.<br />
2. After many conferences with the AA Officer of<br />
AFHQ, the following American AAA units were assigned<br />
to Seventh Army for Operation "DRAGOON";<br />
Brigades CG<br />
Groups<br />
31 Brig Gen Chapin<br />
34 Brig Gen Robinson<br />
35 Brig Gen Townsend<br />
44 Brig Gen Tobin<br />
1<br />
5<br />
9<br />
68<br />
74<br />
80<br />
91<br />
105<br />
106<br />
209<br />
213<br />
505<br />
CO<br />
Colonel vVilliamson<br />
Colonel Henegan<br />
Colonel Lavery<br />
Colonel French<br />
Colonel Bender<br />
Colonel Cole<br />
Colonel Hafer<br />
Colonel Turnbull<br />
Colonel I-Iartman<br />
Colonel Townson<br />
Colonel Goodman<br />
Colonel Roy<br />
GUll Bns (Mobile) CO<br />
62 Lt Col Buynoski<br />
67 Lt Col Ea;le<br />
68 Lt Col Bates<br />
72 Lt Col Dowd<br />
108 Lt Col Anderson<br />
214 Lt Col Kietzman<br />
216 Lt Col Hammond<br />
403 Lt Col Campbell<br />
Gun Bns (SM) co<br />
73 Lt Col Rinker<br />
74 Lt Col Dicter<br />
87 Lt Col Orrick<br />
112 Lt Col Eubank<br />
SP BIIS<br />
106<br />
HI<br />
443<br />
S/L Bns<br />
331<br />
353<br />
CO<br />
Lt Col Arnold<br />
Lt Col Leary<br />
Lt Col Lars~n<br />
AlFB1JS(Mobile) co<br />
107 Lt Col Pope<br />
431 Lt Col Davis<br />
433 Lt Col Thompson<br />
436 Lt Col Schultz<br />
437 Lt Col Mayden<br />
439 Lt Col Bowers<br />
451 Lt Col Synder<br />
533 Lt Col Dance<br />
534 Lt Col Donigan<br />
536 Lt Col Brubaker<br />
893 Lt Col Utke<br />
894 Lt Col Chandler<br />
895 Lt Col \Volf<br />
898 Lt Col Kress<br />
AlF Bns (SAI) co<br />
20 I Lt Col Sherfesse<br />
400 Lt Col Hempstcad<br />
454 Lt Col Shaver<br />
638 Lt Col Hocker<br />
896 Lt Col Anderson<br />
899 Lt Col Smith<br />
CO<br />
Lt Col Armstrong<br />
Lt Col Courtcnay<br />
BB Blrys (VLA) co<br />
102 i'v1ajorFlente<br />
103 l\llajor Jones<br />
I04 Major Kohlcr<br />
CO<br />
31 lVlajor vVitt<br />
34 Major Higginbothan1<br />
35 Major Jakobowsky<br />
44 Major Brown<br />
III Preparation a1ld Orga1lization of Assault AAA<br />
VI Corps - D Day<br />
35 AM Brigade 433 AM AvV Bn<br />
108 AAA Gun Bn 451 AAA AvV Bn<br />
57<br />
I. All the AA units selected to accompany the assault<br />
forces and initial follow-up wcre relieved of opcrational missions<br />
in Italv and Sicily and movcd to the Salerno Invasion<br />
Training C~nt~r for a 'short period of intensive amphibiou~<br />
training with divisions and re-equipping prior to actual<br />
embarkation from Naples and Taranto.<br />
The organization of AA for thc assault was:
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