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698th Field Artillery Battled First Po Valley Shells
Second Lieut. Quido T. Krum pach of Wheeler Avenue leads the 698th Field Artillery Battalion known for firing the first shells into the Po valley for General W. Clark’s Fifth Army. The unit operates six 240 mm howitzers and two 8 inch guns and has struck bridges pillboxes towns across the Italian campaign earning Croix de Guerre from French forces.
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Quido T. Krumpach
Wheeler Avenue
698Th Field Artillery
Po Valley
Italy
W. Clark
Fifth Army
Cassino
Anzio
Liri
Rome
Arno River
Gothic Line
698Th
New Zealand
Eighth Army