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333 Field Artillery Battalion (USA)

333 Field Artillery Battalion (USA)

The 333rd Field Artillery Battalion was an African-American unit of the then racially segregated United States Army during World War II. The battalion landed at Normandy at the beginning of July 1944 and saw continuous combat as corps artillery throughout the summer. Beginning in October 1944 it was located in Schoenberg, Belgium as part of the U.S. VIII Corps Artillery. Partially overrun by the Germans on 17 December 1944, the remnants of the 333rd FA Battalion were withdrawn to the west, where the men fought in the Siege of Bastogne. Service and C Batteries suffered heavy casualties, and eleven men of the 333rd were massacred near the Belgian hamlet of Wereth. After the war, the battalion was inactivated and reactivated during various Army reorganizations.

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Schönberg, Belgium
Schönberg
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333 Field Artillery Battalion (USA) at Schönberg
Bleialf, Germany
Bleialf
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333 Field Artillery Battalion (USA) first reports begin Battle of the Bulge
La Haye-du-Puits, France
La Haye-du-Puits
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333 Field Artillery Battalion (USA) supported 82 Airborne
Wereth, Belgium
Wereth
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333 Field Artillery Battalion (USA) Wereth 11 executed