Additional Reading and Resources

In an effort maintain the integrity of the website and provide ready access to material and information about the 65th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, U.S. forces operating in the European Theatre of Operations from 1942-1945, and World War II overall, the sources of information cited (i.e., official documents, published works, or valuable websites) are listed below.

 

Official Documents

"Deaths Sustained by This Unit." 1945. Headquarters, 65th Armored Field Artillery Battalion.

"Historical Record of the French Campaigns." 1945. Headquarters, 65th Armored Field Artillery Battalion.

"Journal and File for 1943." 1943. Headquarters, 65th Armored Field Artillery Battalion.

"Journal and File for 1944." 1944. Headquarters, 65th Armored Field Artillery Battalion.

"Journal and File for 1945." 1945. Headquarters, 65th Armored Field Artillery Battalion.

"Unit History for 1944." 1945. Headquarters, 65th Armored Field Artillery Battalion.

"Recipients of the Bronze Service Arrowhead Award." 1945. Headquarters, 65th Armored Field Artillery Battalion.

"Unit History for Radio Program." 1945. Headquarters, 65th Armored Field Artillery Battalion.

 

 

 

Bibliography

Ambrose, S. E. 1994. D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Climatic Battle of World War II. Simon and Schuster, Inc. New York. 655 p.

Ambrose, S. E. 1992. Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest. Simon and Schuster, Inc. New York. 460 p.

Atkinson, R. 2002. An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1941-1943.  Henry Holt and Company. New York. 681 p.

Bradley, O. N. 1951. A Soldier's Story. Henry Holt and Company. New York. 618 p.

Gordon, J.F. 2001. Flying Low--And Shot Down Twice During World War II in a Spotter Plane. Southfarm Press. Middletown, Connecticutt. 219 p.

Gudmundsson, B. I. 1993. On Artillery. Praeger Publishers, Westport, Connecticut. 176 p.

Kaufman, D. 2004. 65th Armored Field Artillery Battalion. Trading Post, The American Society of Military Insignia Collectors. p. 25-31.

Kershaw,  A. 2003. The Bedford Boys: One American Town's Ultimate Sacrifice. Da Capo Press. Cambridge, Massachusetts. 274 p.

Patton, Jr., G. S. 1947. War As I Knew It. Houghton Mifflin Company. 287 p.

Pyle, E. 1986. Ernie's War: The Best of Ernie Pyle's World War II Dispatches. Edited by D. Nichols. Simon and Schuster, Inc. New York. 431 p.

Stafford, D. 2003. Ten Days to D-Day: Citizens and Soldiers on the Eve of the Invasion. Little, Brown, and Company. New York. 377 p.

U.S. Army. 1960. United States Army in World War II. Special Studies. Chronology 1941-1945. Compiled Mary H. Williams. Center for Military History, U.S. Army. Washington, D.C. 660 p.

Whiting, C. 2000. Bloody Aachen. Spellmount Limited. 155 p.

65th Armored Field Artillery Battalion Association. 1947. Rounds Complete. Fidelity Press, Philadelphia. 215 p.

 

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