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Cannons Under Canopy: American Parachute Field Artillery in Operation Market-Garden

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Cannons Under Canopy: American Parachute Field Artillery in Operation Market-Garden

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Title	Cannons Under Canopy: American Parachute Field Artillery in Operation Market-Garden
Subcollection	Field Artillery in World War II: 1939-1945
Description	The United States Army currently maintains four battalions and two batteries of cannon artillery on airborne status. Parachuted guns played roles in several World War II operations, Korea and, most recently, Panama in 1989. However, the airborne artillery has placed a battalion-plus under canopy successfully into combat only once— more than 55 years ago in September 1944 during Operation Market-Garden. In this operation, the 376th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion (PFAB) and B Battery, 377th PFAB dropped into Holland near Nijmegen and Eindhoven, respectively.
Author	Major Scott T. Glass
Publisher	Field Artillery Journal
Courtesy of	Field Artillery Journal
Date	July-August 2000
Type	Text
Format	Article
Rights	Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.

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