Barnes, Hubert D., fl. 1944-1945 Headquarters 969th Field Artillery Battalion

GLC09591.03

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GLC#
GLC09591.03-View header record
Type
Documents
Date
October 9, 1944
Author/Creator
Barnes, Hubert D., fl. 1944-1945
Title
Headquarters 969th Field Artillery Battalion
Place Written
France
Pagination
2 p. : Height: 20.4 cm, Width: 33.5 cm
Primary time period
Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945
Sub-Era
World War II

The document is typed by Lt. Col. Hubert D. Barnes to the Adjutant General in Washington, D.C. The document details action against enemy and the after-action report for the month of September. The primary objective was the reduction of the enemy at Brest and the Crozon Peninsula. No casualties directly from enemy fire; however, Private Wesley Pickett was killed from the premature burst of a shell. Once the reduction was completed, they marched from September 28 to September 30 to the Western Front at Plouider, a town north the Western Front at Lesneven. Four officers received decorations.

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