Unit History
136th AAA Gun Battalion
Original Unit History: 'The Historical Record of the 136th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Gun Battalion (Mobile)'. Commanded by Lt. Colonel Wallace R. Langston. The book is printed in Belgium by De Vos-Van Kleef, Antwerp in 1945.
This copy once belonged to Pfc. Edward K. Norton (#36681053) who was with D Battery, 136th AAA Gn Bn, as a crew member of Gun #4.
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The Names & The Research
Identification of the list of names in our copy of the Unit History. Pfc. Edward K. Norton was the original owner of the book and was a member of D Battery, 136th AAA Gn Bn. All other soldiers who wrote their names down were members of this unit. One day, they decided to write their names in this Unit History Book. A souvenir that now contains 25 names, including 13 names of the entire crew of ‘Gun No. 4’, plus the owner of the book, and 12 names from other sections of D Battery.
Crew of Gun No.4. See their names below, from left to right and from bottom to top
Cpl Phillip D. McDermott
#33745221
Gun No.4
Pvt Lin On Hoo
#36680777
Gun No.4
Pvt Joseph J. Rosenbarger
#36040130
Gun No.4
Pfc Peter E. Piazza
#33791895
Gun No.4
Pvt Joseph J. Bedekovich
#33697925
Gun No.4
T/5 Arthur J. Kasch
#36829532
Gun No.4
T/5 Louis J. Fabrizio
#33314594
Gun No.4
Pfc Edward K. Norton
#36681053
Gun No.4
Pfc Clark E. Forespring
#33763712
Gun No.4
Pfc James A. McCann
#13200120
Gun No.4
Harry J. Leszczynski
#
Gun No.4
T/5 Elwin W. DeSaintjean
#36762151
Gun No.4
Pvt Joseph P. Allen
#33314594
Gun No.4
T/4 Anthony J. Rotella
#32163815
Gun No.3
Pfc Robert W. Farrar
#6911025
Gun No.3
Redmond J. Ford
#31359746
Gun No.2
T/5 Odell P. Cooper
#33655097
Communication Sector
Sgt Steven Batka Jr.
#36680797
Height Finder Section
Sgt. James J. Murphy
#33166120
Machine Gun Sgt
T/Sgt Fred Spurlock
#
Radar Section
Pfc. Eugene W. O'Brien
#36680727
Radar Section
T/5 Gerald H. Farmer
#36829356
Gun Mechanic
T/5 Allan D. Bryan
#33731214
Motor Pool
Pfc. Frank Maurone
#33792010
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