I happened upon this WWII-era video and it reminded me of the incident where the 733rd was part of a decoy operation. From my map (originally from the book, “Ghosts of the ETO”):
02 November – 10 November 1944: The 733rd was part of ‘Operation Dallas’, which made extensive use of inflatable decoys and flash simulators. On 08 November German planes circled the area to survey it. The men weren’t sure if the decoy worked or failed.
There is a memorial cannon dedicated to the 733rd Field Artillery Battalion. The memorial is located in Waterbury, Connecticut (at Thomaston Avenue and Commons Court). Many of the men who served in the 733rd came from Waterbury.
I discovered the memorial on the Memorial Day Foundation website.
I think I got all of the bugs out of the forum, so I put it online today.
To participate in the forum discussions…
-click ‘FORUM’ above
-click ‘Login’ (now in the grey bar at the top of the page)
-click ‘Register’ if you haven’t registered already, otherwise login with your user name and password
Be sure to register with a valid email address, because you will need to confirm your email address to be able to use the website!
See you on the forum!
I have been in contact with several new (!) connections to the 733rd over the past few weeks and I am excited to get the website updated with photos and other information that I’ve gathered. I’ll publish it as time allows.
I’m currently working on the back-end of the site to make it so people can communicate together here rather than just through me (via email). This way everyone will be able to benefit from these amazing connections!
The next two or three weeks should bring good things. Stay tuned…
Published May 2015, this detailed interview of Earl Brooks gives us an oral history of his time in the service. Some of it is difficult to hear, so I have also included the transcription here. The interview is over an hour long, but because of the audio quality I found reading it to be the better option and it only took about 20 minutes. There are some good stories included. Enjoy!
Here is the original website where I found this interview.
