FROM HORSES TO ARMOR

by
O. D. Linder
Copyright 2005

From Horses to Armor is a story about the authors’ four years, three months and twenty-three days in the service during World War II. A story told with words, memorabilia and pictures, from his Selective Service registration on Oct. 16, 1940, his Class 1A classification on Dec. 19, 1940 to his Honorable Discharge on Oct. 14, 1945. A story of how the 83^rd Field Artillery Battalion went from horses to armor during the two or three years it was attached to the Field Artillery School at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, USA. How the Battalion, after leaving the school, became a part of all five major battles fought in Europe. It landed at the Utah beachhead, in Normandy, with Patton’s Third Army. After a few days, it began serving in Northern France, with the 6^th Armored Division, a part of Patton’s Third Army, to Brest. It joined the 2^nd Armored Division “HELL ON WHEELS” to the flooded Roer River. It immediately began serving in the Bulge by joining the First Army, 3rd Armored Division “SPEARHEAD” supporting several units including the famous Col. Hogan and his 400 and the 82 Airborne. It was with the 3^rd Armored Division for the rest of the war while serving in the Rhineland to Cologne. It served in Central Europe, where the Spearhead division made the longest one day drive made during the war, 101 miles, to close the Ruhr pocket and on to the Elbe River. After the war ended, in Europe, the Battalion became a part of the occupation of divided Germany. During the entire summer of 1945, it continued to serve on the western side of the dividing line in southern Germany while the Russians were on the eastern side of the line.

The story is told with words of experiences, 92 figures of experiences, maps and drawings, all indexed, and over 300 pictures of the personnel who served in Battery B and its equipment, all indexed. The book is fully indexed.

The book is a tape bound soft cover. It is size 8-1/2 x 11, and has 236 pages.

The price is $35.00 plus $2.50 p&h. A 6% sales tax is required for West Virginia USA Residents.

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Penny Linder, 83 Sheffield Court, Bridgeport, WV, USA, 26330

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