HISTORY of the 736th FABn Courtesy of Ken Roll (Page 4)
Chronology of the 736th across Europe (continued)
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| 1 Sept 1944: |
The battalion was in
position about 6 miles west of Verdun at Fromereville.At 0400 the Battalion Exec, Peter Fox, went back along the route of march, to locate one tractor and howitzer which had fallen out of march due to engine trouble. About 1 mile east of Clermont. 2 MP’s stopped him and reported that Clermont was in enemy hands. The Exec returned to battalion positions and organized a party of 80 volunteers to clean up the town and get the howitzer through to the battalions positions. This party deployed east of Clermont and advanced upon the enemy until such a point that they received enemy machine gun fire. At about 1400, with the aid of friendly armored troops the enemy was driven out of Clermont and the howitzer and crew were recovered. The battalion suffered 1 killed and 18 wounded in that skirmish. At 2247 the battalion was strafed and bombed by “Bed Check Charlie” the name given to German planes that liked to fly at night. No causalities occurred. The battalion remained at this position until 3 September. |
| 3 Sept 1944: | At
1455 the battalion
marched to a
position 3 miles
southwest of Verdun closing at 1535. Occupied some old (1810) French fortifications. |
| 4 Sept 1944: | Time
was now spent on performing first echelon
maintenance
and the men were able to take much needed baths. Gen. Slack visited. We remained there until 6 Sept. |
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| “HQ”
kitchen in a French
farm
house in position near Verdun, France |
Doing much
needed
maintenance the howitzers. |
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