A unit history of the U.S. Army's 143rd Field Artillery Battalion during World War II, under the 40th Infantry Division, along with a short unit history prior to World War II.

Certain items or titles listed in a title of contents for a given volume may not be in the listed order, or were bound in a different volume. A volume may have multiple tables of contents, and some tables of contents may not be at the beginning of that volume. Volumes contain highlighting and handwritten corrections. Includes poetry written by the author, newspaper articles, leaflets, sketches, maps, photographs, and other realia and related items. Section four is incorrectly numbered, it is contained in both Volumes I and II. Material is different in each volume. Volumes II and IV contain a diary (of the author?) interspersed throughout the volume, and isn't listed in the tables of content. Volume VI includes the author's obituary. Title of Volumes I-V comes from binder's spine title. Volumes VI and VII are cataloger-devised titles. Some sections have a title.

Volume I14 Dec 1942 - 26 Sep 1942 -- Section - One -- The history and organization of the 143d Field Artillery -- First tractor drawn artillery in the world -- Mexican border service -- Service in World War I -- Reorganization of the 143d Field Artillery -- The Folsom Penitentiary riot -- 1928- Oakland National Horse Show -- Duty during the North Sacramento floods -- Relief of Colonel Randol -- Assignment of Lieutenant Colonel Otto E. Sandman -- A major change in the 143d Field Artillery -- First truck-drawn reconnaissance, selection & occupation of position -- The 1934- San Francisco waterfront strike -- The Second Battalion cited for training -- Redesignation of Battery "E", 144th Field Artillery -- Camp San Luis Obispo, California, dedicated -- Composition of the 40th Infantry Division -- Duty in Southern California -- 40th Infantry Division Officer Candidate School -- 40th Division commander active in the Army for 33 years -- 40th Division Artillery commander has a long Army record -- Prominent men in the 40th Division -- The sunburst insignia of the 40th Division -- The battalion insignia -- Section - Two -- The battalion on duty in the United States -- Camp San Luis Obispo, California -- The spring of 1941 -- The first selectee soldiers -- Various locations of the battalion in 1941 -- The battalion in maneuvers in Washington -- The return to California -- First furloughs granted the unit -- Second group of selectee soldiers join the unit -- California Governor's Day Review -- Participation in the 79th Brigade maneuvers -- Los Angeles Armistice Day and celebrations -- Again at the Hunter Liggett Military Reservation -- Section - Three -- War! December 7, 1941! -- The battalion's first day of World War II -- The battalion at the Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studio -- The batteries occupy various coastal positions -- "Jeeps" join the outfit -- Battery "A", moves again -- Griffith Park, Los Angeles, California -- A change in ordnance -- First attack on American shores, 23 February 1942 -- Duds! -- Secret guns -- Alondra Park, Garden City, California -- The Red Devil insignia comes into it's own -- The battalion concentrates at Santa Barbara -- Fort Lewis, Washington -- The battalion designated as station troops -- Artillery service practice -- The birth of the 160-Infantry Regimental Combat Team -- Duty at Camp Stoneman -- "So long, U. S. A." -- Section - Four -- Departure for foreign service -- The overseas roll call, 143d Field Artillery Battalion, "The Red Devils" -- The battalion staff -- Headquarters - Battery -- Battery "A" -- Battery "B" -- Battery "C" -- Service battery -- Medical detachment. Volume II 24 Sep 1942 - 10 Jul 1945 -- Section - Four -- A soldier's reward -- Departure for foreign service -- A brief description of an Army transport -- Across the Pacific -- Officers and men on the overseas roll call -- Chinese ancestry with the battalion -- Battalion mileage since 3 March 1941 -- War time mileage -- Section - Five -- Honolulu Harbor to Hilo, Hawaii -- A ball park to the rescue -- An interesting trip -- The final destination -- Activation of provisional gun batteries -- Battery "C" moves to South Point -- Dust and respirators -- Mainland rear detachment arrives -- Battalion Headquarters at Naalehu, Hawaii -- Disbandment of provision units -- Another change in command post locations -- Battery "C" moves by elements -- A nasty accident -- Holes in the ground -- A suspected enemy landing -- 105 Service practice -- 26th November 1942, Thanksgiving Day at Hilo, Hawaii -- One year of war duty -- Wartime duty in Hilo, Hawaii, T. H. -- A short description of Hilo, Hawaii -- The battalion is ordered to Oahu, T.H. -- Occupation and mission while at Kemoo and Waialua -- Hut City, Schofield Barracks, T. H. -- Kahuku or Camp Waldorf -- Inoculations and injections -- 143d Field Artillery departs for the South Seas -- Christmas Eve. Volume III 23 Dec 1943 - 1 Dec 1944 -- Section - Six -- The "Red Devils" on the high seas -- Christmas Day - 25 December 1943 -- Along the route to Guadalcanal -- Pago Pago, island of Samoa -- Again on the high seas -- Friday - 31 December 1943 -- New Year's Day - 1 January 1944 -- The Fiji Islands sighted -- In the Coral Sea -- Section - Seven -- The "Red Devils" arrive in the British Solomon Islands -- The battalion area -- The "Cocoanut Grove" Theatre -- Dangers in the area -- Captured documents -- General Kanda Masatane's Order of the Day -- The Solomon Islands -- A description of a typical island in the Tropics -- History of the islands -- Since Pearl Harbor -- Natives -- Their origin and language -- A few of the temperamental characteristics of the natives -- Some of their customs and taboos -- Pidgin English -- Common words -- Activities in the Solomons -- Shore fire control parties -- Preparation for combat -- A general description of New Ireland -- Amphibious landings from an APA -- At the Rauvato Mission -- Before departure to New Ireland -- A staggering disappointment -- Guadalcanal -- Overlay - North Coast Guadalcanal -- General Kanda Masatane's Order of the Day - 24 Feb 1944 -- Surrender term that would have ben imposed on American troops had they surrendered at Guadalcanal -- On a South Sea island -- Soldier builds his own Jeep - Story of M.Sgt. Mikel Deluca -- Before departure for New Ireland -- All is not war in the Solomons -- A candid critique from New Guinea -- Torokina attack diary -- Overlay Bismarck Archipelago -- Section - Eight The 143d Field Artillery in the Bismarck Archipelago Campaign -- The "Fuzzy Wuzzie" Angels -- A mother's reply -- The Japs "tipped off" on invasion plans of New Britain -- To Cape Gloucester, New Britain -- At sea enroute to New Britain -- At Cape Gloucester, New Britain -- A grim tragedy of the war -- Left hand traffic and Australian Pound notes -- Activities on New Britain -- Helmets as containers for documents -- Tortures, neglect & death face Allied Prisoners of War -- A short study of New Britain -- Rabaul, New Britain - before the war -- Some more activities on New Britain -- A tropical storm -- Two years ago today - 24 September 1944 -- The Backhander Task Force -- The 143d Field Artillery in the Bismarck Battle -- Japs capitalize on New Britain tragedy -- Souveniring G. I. gets a lucky break -- Some notes on fighting in the jungles -- Armistice Day - 11th November 1944 -- The 757th Field Artillery Battalion. Volume IV 2 Dec 1944 - 27 Feb 1945 -- Section - Nine The Luzon Campaign and the Invasion of the Philippines -- General Brush's message to the Division -- Atrocities of the Japs - a story of a bunch of men on a March to Death -- The loading and training for Luzon -- Beer and all you could drink -- To New Guinea -- "WACS" and the "Aussies" swim -- Amphibious landings on New Guinea -- Life on a transport -- Departure from the Manos Islands -- This is it! The Philippines -- Invasion Day - Luzon, P. I., "This is it" -- Objective - Tarlac! -- What was left of Tarlac -- That was us! -- On to Banbam -- Command post in a hillside cave -- The Artillery CP out in front -- Next stop on the "Red Devil" Special -- Section - Ten -- Yanks threaten Clark Field; 54 miles to Manila -- Japs making a stand and shell Clark Field -- Foe shells Clark Field from the hills -- Clark Field and fortress recaptured -- The three treys -- Oaklanders in cited unit in Philippines -- Luzon troops save showers -- The sounds of battle -- Clark Field and Fort Stotsenburg battles -- A flame flares backwards -- The battalion's part in the battles -- Forward observer's team cut off on top of "Objective Hill" -- Japs select to fight in the hills -- Preparations developed weeks in advance -- Typical caves and tunnels -- Japanese cave war is not new -- Relieved for a needed rest -- The battalion is commended by General Hervey -- The battalion is also commended by General Kreuger -- The "Red Devils box-score" -- Section - Eleven Occupation and burning of Manila -- War in a city -- Yank doughboys hit the road to Manila -- Luzon invaders start down the road to Manila -- Manila is ancient, modern, and a strategic Pacific crossroad -- Plunging towards Manila -- Manila -- Occupation and burning of Manila -- Mopping up in Manila continued -- Manila Japs still fighting -- American move towards Nichols Field -- New advances in Manila area -- Clearing up Manila processes -- Manila battle flame into tenth day -- Japs face extermination in Manila -- Stubborn Japs continue to resist in Manila -- Pacific war developments - Manila battle rages -- American troops recapture Bataan -- Yanks land on Corregidor -- Action in Corregidor, Bataan and Manila -- Clearing of the Corregidor caves -- Japs defendingly savage in Manila -- Manila defense line is cut -- Manila falls * Next stop Tokyo -- Rescue at Cabanatuan -- Three columns closing in -- End in sight for Manila Japs -- 3,700 hungry civilians liberated from the Japs -- Battle for Manila ends -- Jap losses in the Philippines -- Yanks fan out in Manila -- Fighting continues in area around Manila -- Yanks capture high ground around Manila -- The campaign is closed -- Section - Twelve -- The jungle lament -- To rest at San Jacinto, Luzon, P. I. -- In the bivouac area -- A visit back to Manila -- The return to San Jacinto -- Preparation for the Southern Philippines invasion. Volume V 28 Feb 1945 - 22 Apr 1945 -- Section - Thirteen -- Mother's darling -- Departure from Luzon and subsequent battles of the Southern Philippines -- In the China Sea -- The Negros Campaign -- Forward observer parties -- Personnel who landed at Pulupandan Point -- The war on Occidental Negros -- The battalion goes into position -- In the Granada-Guimbalon area -- On the Matabang River -- Defense position in the Negrots area -- Reconnaissance, of Saravia, Malago and Alicante Airfield -- Negros to Fabrica reconnaissance -- Artillery fire on the forward elements -- Japs land on Negros by sailboat -- Supply dumps destroyed -- Much action occurs -- These are rough sectors -- "Pig trails" -- Pillboxes and spider holes -- The beginning of the end for the Japs on Occidental Negros -- Bulldozers bury the dead -- An attempt of infiltration -- Infiltration of the 222nd Field Artillery -- Reports of civilians and guerillas -- Fox holes are not always safe -- Monsoon season -- Some lucky GIs go home -- Philippine Islands are not clean -- "Rumors are flying" -- To Panay and rest -- Rest area at Guimbal -- First flag raised on Panay -- Departure for home -- The Honor Roll, "Red Devil Battalion and the Division Artillery" -- "Our dead" -- General Order No. 1, Hq GHQ - Divine services -- A message from General MacArthur -- Division Artillery dead -- Memorial services -- The memorial address -- Decoration ceremony -- Orders of the Purple Heart -- Bronze Star decorations -- Air Medal Awards -- Commendation - recent amphibious maneuvers -- Commendation - performance of the Red Devils -- Commendation - Luzon Campaign - from General Brush -- Commendation - Luzon Campaign - from General Hervey -- Commendation - Luzon Campaign - from General Krueger -- Commendation - Luzon Campaign - from General Brush -- Commendation - Palawan, Zamboanga and Panay - from General MacArthur -- Commendation - hold on Negros - from General Eichelberger -- Commendation - Visayan Campaign - from General Eichelberger -- Commendation - Visayan Campaign - from General Eichelberger -- Commendation - Visayan Campaign - from General Eichelberger -- Departure of Lieutenant Colonel Nickell from the battalion -- General Orders No. 75, Hq Eighth Army, 29 June 1945 -- General Orders No. 134, Hq Sixth Army, 30 June 1945. Volume VI Ribbons, newspaper clippings, maps, etc. Volume VII Photos.