Batty B, 282nd Field Arty.
3rd Army
World War II
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Cpl. Willis Shumaker
Purcettsville, W. Va.
Drafted 22 July 1943
Discharged 30 December 1945 |
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Stationed
Camp Rucker, Ala.
Tenn. Manuvuers Feb. 1944
Hospitalized, frost bite
Ft. Riley, Kan.
Camp Kilmer, NJ
USS Lewis Pasteur
Whales
Utah Beach Aug. 8, 1944
Chartres, France
Sigfried Line, Rhineland
Ohrdruf Concentration Camp
Berchtesgaden Bavarian
Czechoslovakia Frontier
Eyewitness to massacre at Ornsdorf Concentration Camp. Battery supported numerous 3rd Army Divisions
in fire support roles. Remained on front lines during the Ardennes Offensive, Winter 1944-5. Primary duties were
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