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Silver Star Recipients
S/Sgt Paul G Balukas
Pvt Budford E Brady
Sgt Felix Brezar
1/Lt James Cooper
1/Lt Edward F Healy
Lt Col Ernest L Massad
Capt Arthur T Parrish
T/5 Joseph Quintana
Pfc David S Taylor
Pfc Jack P Warner

The 675th Glider Field Artillery Battalion
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The 675th Glider Field Artillery Battalion is cited for outstanding performance of duty during the period 31 January to 5 February 1945.

During this period, this unit distinguished itself by the imposing part it played in the advance of an airborne division to Manila. Within twenty minutes after the 675th Glider Field Artillery Battalion, had landed on Nasugbu, Luzon, Philippine Islands on 31 January 1945, the twelve guns of the battalion were in position on the fire-swept beach supporting the advance of the Infantry, knocking out enemy machine guns and artillery and making possible the rapid destruction of the enemy beach defenses in this sector.

Throughout the next day the battalion supported the Infantry, even though the support had to be achieved through the movement of one entire battery by hand.

On the following days, the battalionprovided continuous support for the march on Manila, displacing over mountainous terrain which was fanatically defended from prepared enemy artillery and mortat positions.

During the final 38-mile advance on Manila continuous support was provided the column by rapid displacements under artillery and machine-gun fire.Though continually outranged by enemy artillery of larger caliber, the small guns of the battalion delivered effective counter-battery fire from exposed positions 700 to 1,000 yards in rear of the front lines.

On the following day the section marked the enemy-held drop zone with white phosphorus grenade for the jump of a parachute combat team.

During the 6-day period in which the battalion displaced a total of 65 miles, the rapid movement of the Infantry imposed upon the supply personnel, the communications personnel, and the commanders and staffs difficulties which seemed insurmountable with the limited facilities of the airborne equipment and transportation.

Superior command, decisions, and planning, with aggressive and courageous liaison and supervision, enabled the 675th Glider Field Artillery Battalion to function so effectively that at no time was the supported Infantry without maximum artillery support. Under the intense counterbattery shelling of the battalion from large naval guns on Nichols Field, the gun crews functioned coolly and smoothly, never leaving their pieces except to aid wounded crew members.

The courage, gallantry, and outstanding performance of duty of these men are in accordance with the highest traditions of the military service.

(General Orders No. 69, Headquarters Eighth Army,, 25 June 1945, as approved by the commander in Chief , Pacific.) [ General Order No. 68, War Department, Washington, 14 August 1945]

By Order of The Secretary of War



books
R E L A T E D   B O O K S

Ambrose, Stephen E D-DAY June 6,1944: The Climatic Battle of WW II. 6/93, Simon & Shuster ISBN: 0671673343
Archer, Clark Paratroopers Odyssey : A History of the 517th Parachute Combat Team. 266p., 1985, ISBN: 0961601507
Astor, Gerald 'Battling Buzzards': The Odyssey of the 517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team 1943-1945. 338p., 7/93, Donald I Fine Pub, ISBN: 0440236932
Badsey , Stephen & Chandler, David G (Editor)  Arnhem 1944: Operation "Market Garden" (Campaign No.24) 1993 96p. ISBN: 1855323028
Breuer, William B Geronimo! American Paratroopers in WWII. New York: St. Martin Press, 1989 621 p. ISBN: 0-312-03350-8
Brooks, Victor Hell is Upon Us: D-Day in the Pacific-Saipan to Guam, June-August 1944. Da Capo Press, (Sept 2005) 384 p. ISBN: 0306813696
Davis, Donald A Lightning Strike: The Secret Mission to Kill Admiral Yamamoto and Avenge Pearl Harbor. New York: St. Martin Press, (March, 2005) 400 p. ISBN: 0-312-30906-6
Devlin, Gerard S  Paratrooper! St Martin's Press, (P) c1976 ISBN: 0312596529
Flanagan, Lt Gen E. M. Jr. USA (Ret.) The Angels: A History of the 11th Airborne Division 1943-46 10/89, Presidio Press, 422 p. ISBN: 0891413588
Keegan, John The Second World War Penguin (P), 708 p. ISBN: 014011341X
McKenzie, John  On Time, On Target Novato, CA: Presidio, May 15,2000. 304 p. ISBN: 089 141 714 1
O'Donnell, Patrick K. Beyond Valor  Free Press, 2001, 384 p. ISBN: 0684873842
O'Donnell, Patrick K. Into the Rising Sun: In Their Own Words, World War II's Pacific Veterans Reveal the Heart of Combat  Free Press, 3/13/2002, 320 p. ISBN: 0743214803
Ryan, Cornelius  A Bridge Too Far 670p. ISBN: 0684803305
Wildman, John B All Americans 82nd Airborne. Meadowlands Militaria, 6/83 ISBN:091 208 1007
The Center of Military History The War in the Mediterranean: A WWII Pictorial History Brasseys, Inc., 465 p. ISBN:1574881302


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