Operations of the 493rd A.F.A. Bn., Dec. 5, 1944 to May 5, 1945 /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	United States. Army. Engineer Battalion (Topo), 649th
Other Authors:	McLaughlin, Jack (Cartographer)
Format:	Map
Language:	English
Published:	[Augsburg, Germany] : [publisher not identified], [1945]
Subjects:	United States. > Army. > Armored Field Artillery Battalion, 493rd > History > Maps. World War, 1939-1945 > Regimental histories > United States > Maps. World War, 1939-1945 > Artillery operations, American > Maps. World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Germany > Maps. Thematic maps. Military maps.

Description
Item Description:	Map covers portions of France and Germany showing the route of the 493rd Armored Field Artillery Battalion between December 1944 and May 1945. During that six-month period, the unit fought its way across hundreds of miles of enemy territory as part of the 12th Armored Division. Their mission began near Luneville, France and ended on the eve of V-E Day near Holzkirchen. Several small pictorial vignettes show scenes from combat including burning German tanks, American spotter planes, and bombed-out towns.. Includes location map. Detached from: "The pictorial history of the 493d Armored Field Artillery Battalion of the 12th Armored Division in the European Theater of Operations" edited by Tec 5 Paul H. Shepard Jr., written and photographed by officers and men of the battalion.
Physical Description:	1 map : color ; 56 x 74 cm