WORLD WAR II HISTORY 92nd Armored Field Artillery Battalion: The 92nd Armored Artillery Battalion was activated on 8 January 1942, the men coming from the 14th and 17th Armored Artillery Battalions. Time out please: At noon on 4 July 1944 about 280 guns took part in the salute to Independence Day, the 92nd Armored Artillery Battalion took part in this celebration effort. During three days on 5- 8 July 1944, the 92nd Armored Artillery fired in support of the Royal Horse Artillery and the 50th British Brigade. The 92th with others helped to break up a counterattack west of Hottot, France destroying four tanks and killing eight infantry. Prior to the St. Lo.( referred to as operation Cobra ) breakthrough the 92nd Armored Artillery Battalion was assigned to the division reserve and to be in direct support of the 41st Armored Infantry Regiment (division reserve). Division reserve was commanded by Col. Sidney R. Hinds. Operation Cobra started on 25 July 1944 at 0945. On 28 July 1944 about 0300 in the afternoon a frontal attack was made by the Germans from the direction of Cerisy la Salle and directed toward Pont Brocard, & Notre Dame De Cenilly. The 92nd Armored Field Artillery was of material assistance in breaking up these attacks, some times by direct fire. On the night of 29-30 July 1944 the 92nd Artillery, moving to a new position, had to fight its way into its area near Bois de Soulles, France. When Combat Command "B" called for fire support, the battalion complied although they were also under attack at the time. The Germans were so close that one self-propelled howitzer was sent to engage a German self-propelled gun with direct fire, while "C" Battery faced in another direction to destroy another second gun. Please remember that the Armored Field Artillery were very mobile, not by choice but by necessity in order to survive. Because of the rapid advance of the 2nd Armored Division pockets of heavy resistance were sometimes bypassed causing some concern and definite risk to normally units that were supposed to be secure in their operation. Artillery units were moving rapidly to keep within range of the enemy. When the Germans finally fell back, the artillerymen found 150 dead, along with many damaged or abandoned vehicles. About 0100 on 30 July 1944 the 92nd was called upon to place artillery fire 200 yards in front of the divisions main forces to prevent them from a frontal attack by the Germans. On 3 October 1944 again crossed the German border this time crossing the Wurm River at Marienberg, attacking the Siegfried Line frontally. Combat Command "B" consisting of 41st Infantry Regiment, 76th Armored Regiment, 78th and 92nd Armored Field Artillery Battalions, assisted the 30th Infantry Division in scouring Palenberg, pushing on to take Ubach and later Frelenberg, Waurichen, and Beggendorf. On 11-30 October 1944 in the vicinity of Neerbeek, the 2nd Armored Division and the German forces maintained defensive positions. Employing 110 or more artillery pieces, Division artillery fired more than 45,000 rounds into enemy territory during the three week period from 11-31 October 1944 Division artillery units included the 14th, 78th, 92, and attached 65th Armored Field Artillery. Heavy fire was laid into the following towns Hongen, Friealdenhoven, Rottgen, Puffendorf, Floverich, Gereonsweiler, Setterich, Siersdorf, Geilenkirchen, which were being used as communications and assembly centers. Later on 9 January 1945 while flushing out the Germans around Samree, Belgium the 92th Armored Artillery was shelling a woods nearby and flushed out three German tanks two escaped , one destroyed and burned on the spot. Late on the evening of 28 February 1945 the 92nd Armored Artillery Battalion overran and captured a four-gun 105mm battery near Grevenbroich, Germany.The advance was so fast that some artillery units had to clear their areas of lagging Germans who were left behind by the retreating forces in order to setup their guns. On 30 March 1945 the 82nd Reconnaissance Battalion was advancing far to the front of the division main forces around the Haltern-Dulmen line, that they caught up with a train. Reporting this to division this was passed on to the 92nd Armored Artillery, they fired an artillery salvo and cut the train in half.. The prisoners taken from the train thought that the American forces were still on the other side of the canal ( Dortmund-Ems Canal ), they had no idea we were on the east side. Then on to occupy Berlin for the forty five days in July, August 1945. In 1948 at Ft. Hood, Texas Lt. Col. C.E. Stuart was commanding officer. The 92nd Armored Field Artillery Battalion also served in the Korean Conflict.