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New 175 Outfitrormed At PostJoins III CorpsI! A new 175mm setr-propelled |gun uni'v.q the 2nd Battalion, 941.h Artillery, was formally ac-, llvalcd at Fori Sill Saturday,The unit is the second to be; activated at the post within thc? past three months.1 AeliW-cd in late April was) '*.he 4th Battalion. 28ih Artillery.] .also a 175mm unit. H has an! iauthorised strength of 522 of-, [fleers and men. jBoth units have become part i of Fort SiU’s JII Corps Anil-]I lory. jAuihohzec) strength of the new j unit was not announced, but is;:probably similar lo that of the I unit activated in April.Seventh to be Organized • The battalion is the seventh jl75mm gun outfit to be organized at the U.S. Army ArtiJlery;artd Missile Center.The Army's first 175mm unit, - r ithe 2nd Sattelrorr, 32nd Aitil-. ' Jew. was organized in March. Ii * ■jof 1953 at Fort Sid. and another. | I the 6ih Battalion, 34th Artillery.!'was organized later that same'jyear.Both those units have been, !serving in South Viet Kamij since last fall. jI Attending the activation cere-tijmony Saturday at the Old i Post Quadrangle were Maj.I Gen. Hurry H, CriU. Fort Sill i commander, and Brig. Cen.: John D. Ton-ey Jrr. Ill Corps! 'Artillery commander. |LU Cof. Trefry Is CO ¥ Battalion commander is It' I Col. Richard G. Trefry. a 1950; West Point graduate. Prior to] 5: the farms; activation, the unitwas commanded by U. Col. j Eugene L. Adoue, 4Isl Croup] executive officer.| Maj. Paul F. X. Makin. who I previously served with V Corps* h( Ariilfcrv in Genu any. is execu- EBbitirelive officer and Maj. Rowland M Parks Jr.. who formerly served with the 8th Infantry D| tnvision Artillery. also m Ger-i many, is Battalion S-3.The battalion was originally constituted into the Regular Army in 1933 as Bauery B cfj a the 94th Field Artillery. j m The unit went through many: inartileaI changes over the years and Avas Inactivated in 1957 at For: jIlood, Tex., as Headquarters be •and Headquarters Battery, 2nd Blt; Battalion. 94th Artillery.During World War 71 the unit saw action in campaigns in' IVormandy. Northern France.St.Pispthe Rhineland, Ardcnnes-Alsace thJy(yesand Central Europe.The baltalion ’ commander.,Col. Trefry, come lo For: Sill recently from die Armed- th; Forces Staff College. , seHe entered the Annv Air- , Force in 1943 as an enlisted; Be man. and served one year in; ca Greenland. Following the war.j tin he entered the U.S. Military I He Academy at West Point. : ca
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Lawton Constitution and Morning Press
Lawton, Oklahoma, US
Sun, Jul 10, 1966
Page 10
Full Page
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Gerald F.
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