For specifics on the equipment, weapons and organization of WWII United States Army 155mm Artillery units, and on the 202nd Field Artillery Battalion in general, click on the "202nd FA Bn Profile" link at left. The profile was compiled and written by Mark Mudge.

For a summary of where the 202nd was on Thanksgiving Day 1944, click on the "Thanksgiving 1944" link at left. U.S. Army high command had ordered that every GI be served a proper Thanksgiving dinner if at all possible. The link also details the menu for the GI's of the Deuce on that day. Mark Mudge provided this link.

Show your colors by wearing a 202nd Field Artillery Battalion Commemorative T-Shirt! Click on the link at left for ordering information.

Submitted by Mark Mudge, "In Memoriam" is a tribute to the twelve members of the Deuce-O-Deuce who died in the European Theater of Operations during the War.



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