B A T T E R Y "A"
                    997th Field Artillery Battalian
                                                      20 May 1945

	The second battalian 195th F.A. was activated on the 14th day of
April 1942.  At that time this unit, designated as "D" Btry 195th F.A.
consisted of one officer (Capt George L. Wilson then 1st Lt) and 19 
enlisted men. The battalian was activated at Camp San Luis Obispo Calif.
On the 1st day of March 1943 at Ft. Ord Calif. the battalian was re-
designated the 997th FA Bn.  Following is a list of the locations and
dates of the battery from the time it left Ft. Ord Calif:
	27 Apr. to 17 Aug. 1943		Camp Granite, Calif. (DTC)
	21 Aug. to 31 Dec. 1943		Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri
	 3 Jan. to 25 Jan. 1944		Camp Wiles Standish, Mass.
	26 Jan. to 12 Feb. 1944		Fort Devens, Mass.
	13 Feb. Entered Foreigh Service.
	14 Feb. 1944 Boarded Liner "Ile de France" at POE Halifax, Canada
	16 Feb. to 23 Feb. 1944		Enroute to England
	24 Feb. Debarded at Greenock, Scotland.
	25 Feb. to 5 Apr. 1944		Camp Hursley, Hampshire Eng.
					    (Winchester)
	 6 Apr. to 8 June 1944		Camp Checkondon, Berkshire Eng.
					    (Reading)
	 9 June to 20 June 1944		Okehampton, Devons, Eng.
	21 June to 24 June 1944		Fawley, Hants, England
					  (Marshalling Area)
	25 June Boarded LST Southhampton, Eng.
	26 June 1944 On the English Channel
	27 June 1944 Debarked from LST on Omaha Beach, Normandy, France.
	27 June to 30 July 1944		Cerisy la Foret, France
	31 July to  1 Aug. 1944		St. Jean-des Baisants France
	 2 Aug. to  3 Aug. 1944		Torigni-Sur-Vire, France
	 4 Aug. to 10 Aug. 1944		St. Martin Don, France
	11 Aug. to 13 Aug. 1944		Vire, France (Martilly)
	14 Aug. to 17 Aug. 1944		Lalande-Vamount, France
					    (St Germaine)
	18 Aug. 1944 In Motor Convoy via Carrouges, France
	19 Aug. to 26 Aug. 1944		Marcei, France (Argentan Pocket)
	27 Aug. to 30 Aug. 1944		Senonches, France
	31 Aug. to 13 Sept.1944		Versailles, France (Paris)
	14 Sept to 16 Sept 1944		Fourmies, France
	17 Sept to  5 Oct. 1944		Schonberg, Belgium
	 6 Oct. to 27 Oct. 1944		Bullingen, Belgium
	28 Oct. 1944 to 27 Jan. 1945	Rott, Germany (Seigfried Line)
		      (Three different positions)
	28 Jan. to  4 Feb. 1945		Kalterherberg, Germany
	 5 Feb. to 28 Feb. 1945		Eicherscheid, Germany
	 1 Mar. to 10 Mar. 1945		Dreiborn, Germany
	11 Mar. to 22 Mar. 1945		Sinzig, Germany (Aranthal Castle)
	23 Mar. to 24 Mar. 1945		Eich, Germany
	25 Mar. to  2 Apr. 1945		Bendorf, Germany
		  (Crossed Rine River 25 Mar.)
	 3 Apr. to  6 Apr. 1945		Neustadt, Germany
	 7 Apr. to  9 Apr. 1945		Kassel, Germany
	10 Apr. to 17 Apr. 1945		Gottingen, Germany
	18 Apr. to 20 Apr. 1945		Groitzsch, Germany
	21 Apr. to 26 Apr. 1945		Leipzig, Germany (LP)
	27 Apr. to 10 May  1945		Zwickau, Germany (MulsenSt Jacobs)
			(Victory Position)
	11 May to date			Brotterode, Germany