"The following is an informal history of Battery "B" of the 516th Field Artillery Battalion from the time the Battalion was activated on November 25, 1943 to the time of the gathering together of these facts and stories about the organization, travels and personnel of the Battery. It is being written at the suggestion of the Battery Commander Capt. Harold J. Hedges. At this writing we are in position near the town of Moers to the west of Germany's Rhine River in the midst of the 9th Army's preparations for a drive across that historic stream toward Berlin and points east. The time is March 18, 1945. Other chapters will be added as future events unfold if the opposition is not too great."--First page.

Caption title. Jim Hedges is the son of the battery commander, Harold J. Hedges. Publication date range based on the most recent date noted in the item, and when the item's computer file was sent to the cataloging agency.

Unit history --Emails between Jim Hedges and Dr. Boyd Dastrup, Fort Sill Command Historian -- History of the 516th Battery "B" -- Camp Shelby days -- From Camp Shelby to England -- Into combat -- From the Rhine to the end of combat -- Our AMG [Allied Military Government] activities -- Sweating it out -- War's ending.