21 April Moved to Brand and Hoflas.
22 April Moved to Grossen Sterz. Snow.
23 April Moved to Schonbrunn. Rain. Fired on fortified towns.
24 April Moved to Pleystein. Snow. Fired on enemy machine guns.
25 April Moved to Eslarn and Hannesried. Fair weather; the impossible had happened.
26 April Moved to Schmitzdorf, Zifling and to Runding.
27 April Fired on Beckendorf, Arndorf. Moved to Gehstorf, Niederndorf and Grub.
28 April Moved to Madersdorf. “B” Battery takes 10 prisoners. “C” Battery engages in a fire
fight with some Krauts. It fires direct fire into a woods filled with Germans at the range of 600 to 800
yards. 1 SS Officer Kaput. Takes 198 prisoners.
29 April “A” Battery to Neukirchen. Returns to Madersdorf during the day. “B” Battery took 6
prisoners.
30 April Snow. 311 prisoners of War had been taken by or surrendered to the battalion during the
month.
1 May Snow Fired on Seugnhof and Neu Aign, Germany.
2 May Moved to Schafberg. Snow. Fired on enemy strong points.
4 May Rain Fired on enemy vehicles, self propelled guns, tanks and artillery.
5 May Moved to assembly areas. “A” Battery at Traidersdorf, “B” and “C” Batteries at Barndorf;
Headquarters at Wolkersdorf, Service at Hofern. Then moved to Paseko, Czechoslovakia. Traveled 71
miles.
6 May Moved to Kasperske Hory. Fired on Seckerberg.
7 May Moved to Draznovice (Drazowitz). At 0930 authentic information received that Germany
had unconditionally surrendered to the Allies at 0241. Surrender to become official at 090001.
10 May Moved to Resanice. In a defensive position.
11 May Col. Charles A. Pyle takes command of The 90th Division Artillery.
14 May Moved to Neunburg, Germany and Occupation area. Traveled 88 miles.
18 May Moved into garrison. Start cleaning equipment, resting and being a part of the army of
occupation.
8 July Many of our old buddies and 88 pointers leave us for demobilization units. Many new
friends step into their places.
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