Crisp County GaArchives Military Records.....GARRETT, SGT THEODRE H March 23,
WWII U.S. ARMY FIFTH ARMY
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LOCAL MAN'S THROWING 105-MM PUNCHES AT NAZIS
 WITH THE FIFTH ARMY ITALY ,MARCH 23RD
 SGT THEODRE R. GARRETT IS A MEMBER OF THE 910TH FIELD ARTILLARY BATTALION, WHICH
RECENTLY HAS BEEN THROWING 105- MILLIMETER PUNCHES FROM ITS HOWITZERS AT GERMANS
DEFENDING THE LAST RIDGES BRFORE THE PO VALLEY IN ITALY.
 THE 910TH , WHICH RECENTLY BROUHHT THROUGH ITS 205TH COMBAT DAY AS A UNIT OF THE
FIFTH ARMY,FIRED 7400 SHELLS AT THE GUSTAV LINE IN THE FIRST 24 HOURS OF THE
OFFENSIVE LAUNCHED LAST MAY, DECIMATED A FORCE OF 100 GERMAN INFANTRYMEN DIGGING IN
ALONG THE ARNO RIVER, PUMPED 24,000 ROUNDS OF FIRE INTO THE GOTIC LINE IN 10 DAYS,
EFFECTIVELY SHELLED ENEMY TROOPS ONLY 75 YARDS FROM THE BATTALION'S OBSERVER AND SO
THOROUGHLY SHATTERED AN ENEMY STRONGPOINT NEAR THEPRESENT FRONT THAT FRIENDLY
INFANTRY WERE ABLE TO TAKE THE POSITION WITHOUT SUSTAINING A CASUALTY.
 THE 910TH ,A UNIT OF THE 85TH ''CUSTER'' DIVISION, NORMALLY IS TEAMED UP WITH THE
339TH ''POLAR BEAR'' REGIMENT.
 THE BATTALION CAME OVERSEAS IN JANUARY,1944,LANDED IN NORTH AFRICA AND JOINED THE
FIFTH ARMY IN ITALY IN MARCH.
  BATTERY A FIRED THE FIRST MISSION ON APRIL 5,1944,REGISTERING ON A ROAD JUNCTION
IN THE MINTURNO SECTIR ALONG THE GARIGLIANO RIVER. LAYING DOWN A 45- MINUTE
PREPARATION AT H HOUR OF THE GREAT OFENSIVE OF LAST MAY,THE 910TH ERASED A NUMBER OF
ENEMY INSTALLATIONS ANF GREAT QUANTITIES OF ENEMY EQUIPMENT FROM THE PATH OF
FRIENDLY DOUGHBOYS, THEN ANNIHILATED GREAT NUMBERS OF COUNTER-ATTACKING GERMANS.

 THE ARTILLERYMEN PASSED THROUGH ROME  JUNE 5TH.
 IN THE ARNO RIVER SECTOR, THE 910TH BROKE UP A GERMAN FORMATION, CAUSING 38
CASUALTIES.
 WHEN JERRIES FIRMLY ENTRENCHED ON A HILL IN THE NORTHERN APENINES HELD UP AN
INFANTRY ADVANCE, AN OBSERVER FROM THE910TH FIELD ARTILLARY OCCUPIED A SHALLOW SLIT
TRENCH ONLY 50 YARDS FROM THE BDEFENDERS. FROM THERE, HE DIRECTED CONCENTRATED
SHELLFIRE,FOR TWO HOURS, CALLING IT ON POINTS ONLY 75 YARDS BEYOND HIMSELF.WHEN THE
CURTAIN OF FIRE WAS LIFTED,THE DOUGHBOYS WERE ABLE TO RESUME THEIR ADVANCE. 
 WHEN A SUBSEQUENT INFANTRY ATTACK WAS STOPPED BY GERMAN SELF -PROPPELED
GUNS,MACHINE GUNS AND SMALL ARMS FIRE NEAR THE WINTER LINE,THE 910TH DESTROYED A
SELF- PROPELLED GUN AND A PERSONNEL CARRIER AND INFLICTED NUMEROUS CASUALITIES.
FRIENDLY INFANTRY AGAIN RESUMED THE ADVANCE AND TOOK THE OBKECTIVE WITHOUT THE LOSS
OF A MAN.
 

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