1941 Army 73rd FA Brigade Camp Shelby Pict Review Book

1941 Army 73rd FA Brigade Camp Shelby Pict Review Book
Army Pictorial Review 73rd Field Artillery Brigade, 141st Field Artillery, 166th Field Artillery. Army of the United States, Camp Shelby, Mississippi. 1941. Named to Private Herbert L. Axe of the 190th Field Artillery Battery. Pages: 126. The 73rd Field Artillery Brigade was constituted 1 September 1940 and allotted to the Pennsylvania National Guard. After establishing its headquarters, the Brigade was assigned to V Corps on 30 December 1940, and ordered to active federal service on 13 January 1941. The Brigades elements were the 141st, 166th and 190th Field Artillery Regiments. Following its orders to federal service, the 73rd FAB was ordered to Camp Shelby, Mississippi, arriving there 18 January 1941. The Brigade participated in the 1941 Louisiana Maneuvers, and then moved to Camp Sutton, North Carolina on 23 March 1942. The Brigade then moved to Camp Blanding on 13 October 1942. Following participation in the 1943 Tennessee Maneuvers, the Brigade moved to Camp Gruber, Oklahoma on 20 August 1943. While at Camp Gruber the Brigade was re-designated the Headquarters and Headquarters Battery (HHB) of the X Corps artillery. Continuing to train, the HHB moved to the California-Arizona Maneuver Area in January 1944, and on to Camp Beale, California in April 1944. The HHB staged at Camp Stoneman, California and departed San Francisco in July 1944. The units first combat was in New Guinea in July 1944, and the unit then assaulted Leyte, Philippines in October 1945. Following VJ Day, the unit moved to Japan and served occupation duty until early 1946.