Japanese-American soldiers of 552nd Field Artillery Battalion of US 442nd Regimental Combat Team firing a 105-mm howitzer, Castellina Sector, Livorno, Italy, 12 Jul 1944
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Original caption: "Italy. Pvt. Yoshiyuki Maeda, Japanese-American soldier of the 100th Battalion, 133rd Infantry, holds a sniper position of reconnaissance and firing in mock maneuvers preparatory to going out to actual combat against the Germans. 12 Oct 1943." 🗃
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Livorno, 12 luglio 1944.
Japanese-American soldiers of 552nd Field Artillery Battalion of US 442nd Regimental Combat Team firing a 105-mm howitzer, Castellina Sector, Livorno, Italy, 12 Jul 1944
An Infantry Brigade Combat Team is kind of the building block of the US Army, an O06 command, and consists of three infantry battalions, an artillery battalion (3x6), a cavalry squadron, an engineer battalion (2x en co, mi co, sig co), and a support battalion.
A photograph of Japanese American soldiers on a ship heading for home. Caption in album: "442nd going home / June, 1946 / 'Blackie' Ken Muramoto.'"
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3 howitzers = a firing platoon
2 platoons = a howitzer battery
3 batteries = an artillery battalion
3 battalions = an artillery regiment
How can the ZSU be overmatched if they are destroying an entire regiment daily?
The US army wouldn't last a month of that loss rate
Stop reposting obvious lies
240-мм гаубиця М1 (240 mm Howitzer M1) з ім'ям "BERLIN BUSTER" з складу 105-го батальйона польової артилериї армії США, Франція, літо 1944 року.
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