THE 562nd ANTIAIRCRAFT ARTILLERY Automatic Weapons ...

THE 562nd
ANTIAIRCRAFT ARTILLERY
Automatic Weapons Battalion
(Mobile)

HISTORY PRIOR TO DEPARTURE OVERSEA$
The Battalion wa's activated April 20, 1943 at
Camp Stewart, Georgia as the 562nd Coast Artillery
Battalion (AA) (Mobile). In May the designation
was changed to 562nd Anti-Aircraft · Artillery Battalion
(A W) (Mobile). The Battalion went through
basic and unit training at Camp Stewart until October,
1943. On October 8th the Battalion· moved to Camp
, McCoy, Wisconsin, arriving October 11th. While at
Camp McCoy the Battalion went through combined r
training with the 76th Infantry Division. This included
a month from February 16 to March 13, 1944
on winter maneuvers in the Ottawa National Forest
in northern ·Michigan. The Battalion had a permanent
camp near Watersmeet, Michigan.
On June 13, 1944 the Battalion left Camp McCoy
for Fort Fisher, North Carolina, arriving on June 15.
Fort Fisher Iwas a sub-area of Camp Davis, North
Carolina. While at Fort Fisher, the Battalion did a
lot of refresher training, including considerable firing.
On August 24 the Battalion moved to Camp 'Davis to
prepare for overseas movement. On September 24' the
Battalion left for the Staging Area,- Camp Miles Standish,
lYfassachusetts.
562ND OVERSEAS HISTORY
We leff Boston' on October 7, 1944 ab8ard the USS
Mount Vernon, fonnerly the SS George Washington.
The trip on the whole was fairly smooth. Towards
the end the seas got a bit rough and quite a few n1en
foun.d it easier to stay in their bunks than get up.
On October 15th we docked at Liverpool, England.
We soon learned, however, that we were not to stay
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Fitzwater, Carroll F.
Fulton, Charles F.
Gallina, Louis A.
Gallos, Arnold J.
Garrett, Seaborn.
Gentry, George "H.
Gilchrist, Frede"riel\: A.
Giulioli, Alfred.
Graff, Carroll J.
Groell, Joseph J., Jr.
Haaf, Karl D.
Hargis, Carl H.
Hawkins, Ernest B.
Helfer, Emmett M.
Hendrickson, Eugene A.
Hill, Olsen C.
Horin, John P.
Hudson, Frederick D.
J ablin, Cecil.
Jankowiak, William C.
Jeffers, Marley D.
Johllson, Gerald W.
J ohnson,Virgil H.
Jones, Joseph L., Jr.
Joyner, Paul H.
Kato, Frank.
Kempf, William J.
Ketchmark. Steven J.
. King, Leonard VV.
King, William F.
. Knott, Rudolph J.
KosinskI, Victor J ..
Kozisek, Miles E.
Krause, William V.
Krauth, Louis J.
Kunar; Richard H.
Labombard, Robert F.
LaMarca, Benjamin. J.
Lamontague, George H.
Laquerre, Raymond J.
Leach, Eugene L.
Long, Donald E.
Maiden, Dennis W., Jr.
Marshall, Harry B., Jr.
Masterton, Harry.
. Masucci, Anthony J.
Mathis, Eugene W.
Matuszek, Walter J.
Mark, Stephen B.
Mayer, Oscar C., Jr.
McCann, J ohnsie R.
McClaskey, James.
McFadden, Floyd E.
McLeland, Clifford E.
McMahon, Edward F.
McNair, Charles B.
Michaud, Edward J.
Miller, Kelzie R . .
IVlodica, J aJnes.
Moylan, Edward J.
Murphy,Howard W.
IVlyer, Roy K.
Myers, Morton M.
N ardello, Michael.
Newman, Edward B.
Northrop, Robert W.
N otarfrancesco, lVIiles lVI.
. . Novok, Jolin P.
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O'Keefe, Francis J.
Orsog, Joseph J.
Osborne, Jolin D.
Oshel, Clifford G.
Parton, Buck.
Pasek, Bruno W.
Pauley, Howard IV!.
Pavia, James R.
Pavlovic, John.
Peddicord, Charles VV., Jr.
Pierson, Lloyd
Plantamura, Michael J.
Pucillo, Paul V.
Ragueso, Ralph.
Rasnick, Edgar M.
Ranieri, James J ..
Rebottini, Artilio N.
Rhodes, Marvin E.
Rowland, Howard vV.
Ryan, Francis W.
Salavantis, Stanley P.
Schemoon, Edward.
Schmitt. Fr8derick H.
Scuro, Michael.
Shark, Nicholas.
Shepard, Bernard C .
Silver, Benjamin;
Sin10ne, Peter E .
Sirull, Robert L
Slingerland, John vV.
Smith, Charlie J.
Smith, Edwin R.
Sn1i th, W illialn J.
Solis, Alfonso L.
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Stamis, Constantine.
Stavas, Frank H.
Stypinski, George S.
Swanson, Peter L.
Tatun1, Riley H.
Tertel, Edward J . .
Tetreault, Robert J.
Thomas, Lawrence J.
Tippett, John W.
Trexler, Norman W.
Tszcinka, Marian.
Tuck, James A.
Vandivner, Theodore.
VanKouwenberg, James A.
Vick, Joseph J.
Virginski, Chester S.
Wadsworth, Daniel F., Jr./
Wall, Turner S.
Watson, David R.
West, George W.
Wheeler, Lavere L.
Whithorn, Philip .
. vVilkins, David G.
Woodward, Kenneth A.
Wooley, David E.
Wright, Preston V.
Yeag'er, James F.
Yurick, William C., Jr.
Zitz, Anthony . .
Zoecolini, Louis.
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