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I am the Artillery, King of Battle! For two centuries I have kept our
Nation safe, Purchasing freedom with my blood. To tyrants, I am the day of
reckoning; to the suppressed, the hope for the future. Where the fighting
is thick, there am I... I was there from the beginning, meeting the enemy face to face, will to
will. My bleeding feet stained the snow at Valley Forge; my frozen hands
pulled Washington across the Delaware. At Yorktown, the sunlight glinted
from the sword and I, begrimed... saw a Nation born. Hardship... and glory
I have known. At New Orleans, I fought beyond the hostile hour, showed the
fury of my long rifle... and came of age. I am the Artillery! DEPEND ON
ME!
Westward I pushed with wagon trains... moved an empire across the
plains... extended freedom's borders and tamed the wild frontier. I am the
Artillery! DEPEND ON ME!
I was with Scott at Vera Cruz... hunted the guerrilla in the mountain
passes... and scaled the high plateau. The fighting was done when I ended
my march many miles from the old Alamo.
From Bull Run to Appomattox, I fought and bled. Both Blue and Gray were
my colors then. Two masters I served and united them strong... proved that
this nation could right a wrong... and long endure. I am the Artillery!
DEPEND ON ME!
I led the charge up San Juan Hill... scaled the walls of old
Tientsin... and stalked the Moro in the steaming jungle still... always
the vanguard, I am the Artillery!
At Chateau Thierry, first over the top, then I stood like a rock on the
Marne. It was I who cracked the Hindenburg Line... in the Argonne, I broke
the Kaiser's spine... and didn't come back 'till it was "over, over
there." I am the Artillery! DEPEND ON ME!
A generation older at Bataan, I briefly bowed, but then I vowed to
return. I assaulted the African shore... learned my lesson the hard way in
the desert sands... pressed my buttons into the beach at Anzio... and
bounced into Rome with determination and resolve. I am the Artillery! DEPEND ON ME!
The English channel, stout beach defenses and the hedgerows could not
hold me... In the Pacific, from island to island I hopped... hit the beaches and
chopped through swamp and jungle... I set the Rising Sun. I am the
Artillery! DEPEND ON ME!
In Korea, I gathered my strength around Pusan... swept across the
frozen Han... outflanked the Reds at Inchon... and marched to the Yalu.
Withdrew in the face of Chinese hoards in winter's deep freeze and
stabilized the line at the 38th guaranteeing freedom's ring to South
Korea. DEPEND ON ME!
In Vietnam, while others turned aside, I fought the longest fight, from
the Central Highlands to the South China Sea I patrolled the jungle, the
paddies and the sky in the bitter test that belongs to the Artillery.
DEPEND ON ME!
Around the world, I stand... ever forward. Over Lebanon's sands, my
guns steady aimed... and calm returned. At Berlin's gates, I scorned the
Wall of Shame. I spanned the Caribbean in freedom's cause, answered
humanity's call. I trod the streets of Santo Domingo to protect the
innocent. In Grenada, I jumped at Salinas, and proclaimed freedom for all.
My arms set a Panamanian dictator to flight and once more raised
democracy's flag, In the Persian Gulf, I drew the line in the desert,
called the tyrant's bluff and restored right and freedom in 100 hours.
Duty called, I answered. I am the Artillery! DEPEND ON ME!
My artillery pieces... on the wings of power... keep the peace
worldwide. And despots, falsely garbed in freedom's mantle, falter...and
hide. My ally in the paddies and the forest... Where brave men fight... there fight I. In freedom's cause... I live, I
die. From Concord Bridge to Heartbreak Ridge, from the Arctic to the
Mekong Delta of Viet Nam, to the Caribbean... and onward to the Pursian
Gulf... the King of Battle! DEPEND ON ME!
Always ready... then, now, and forever .. as the caissons go rollin' along .....
I am the Artillery! DEPEND ON ME!
I broke out at St. Lo, unbent the Bulge... vaulted the
Rhine... and swarmed the Heartland. Hitler's dream and the Third Reich
were dead.
I teach, I aid, I lead.
DEPEND ON ME!
| First Name | MI | Last Name | Military Skill | Most Significant Position |
| Albert | B. | Akers | Artilleryman | Commanding General - Fort Jackson |
| Herbert | H. | Albritton | Artilleryman | |
| Don | C. | Anker | Artilleryman | |
| Carl | F. | Arnold | Artilleryman | |
| Bruce | B. | Bailey | Artilleryman | |
| James | T. | Barron | Artilleryman | |
| Harold | A. | Barton | Artilleryman | |
| Robert | E. | Bauers | Artilleryman | |
| Merton | J. | Bangerter | Artilleryman | |
| Elmer | H. | Birdseye | Artilleryman | |
| Patrick | M. | Brian | Artilleryman | NucWpnsEmpOff -Europe (CENTAG) |
| Charles | E. | Bryant | Artilleryman | |
| Lewis | M. | Casbon | Artilleryman | |
| Paul | A. | Coughlin | ForeignAreaSp | CO,1/42 FA Bn |
| William | E. | Crouch | Artilleryman | |
| Charles | A. | Crowe | Artilleryman | |
| Michael | M. | Davis | Artilleryman | |
| Alan | M. R. | Dean | Artilleryman | Bn CO 1/8 Arty |
| William | L. | Depew | Artilleryman | CO, 1st Armored Div. Artillery - USAREUR |
| John | T. | Derrick | Senior Staff Officer | |
| Otto | C. | Doerflinger | Artilleryman | OTIG |
| Kie | O. | Doty | Artilleryman | |
| Juan | F. | Doval | Artilleryman | |
| Norman | E. | Dunlap | Artilleryman | |
| Bruce | E. | Emblad | Artilleryman | |
| Henry | C. | Evans | R&D Offcr. | CO 559th Arty Gp |
| Joseph | L. | Fant | Artilleryman | DepCmdGen 2nd US Army |
| George | C. | Filchak | Artilleryman | |
| Redmond | V. | Forrester | Artilleryman | CS - US Command, Berlin |
| Charles | R. | Gildart | Artilleryman | CO FA Bn |
| Myles | S | Grant | Artilleryman | |
| Theodore | W. | Griesinger | Artilleryman | BatCmdr 555 FA Bat, 5th RCT | Frank | E. | Hamilton | Artilleryman | CO, 7th Bn, 5th Arty (HAWK) |
| Barry | M. | Harriss | Artilleryman | Opns Officer - 45th Air Defense Bde |
| Edward | P. | Hartnett | Artilleryman | |
| John | V. | Hemler | Artilleryman | CO 2/83 SP 8" Bn |
| John | P. | Hill | Artilleryman | AMSAA |
| Jonathan | L. | Holman | Artilleryman | |
| John | R. | Hook | Artillerylman | |
| Robert | A. | Howes | Artilleryman | |
| Russell | L. | Johnson | Artilleryman | CO II Corps Arty |
| James | A. | Keeley | Artilleryman | |
| Lawrence | M. | Kelly | Artilleryman | |
| Joseph | W. | Knittle | Artilleryman | |
| William | L. | Lemnitzer | Artilleryman | G3-2FFV |
| John | B. | Lewis | Artilleryman | |
| Robert | B. | Lins | Artilleryman | |
| James | M. | Lowerre | Artilleryman | |
| Joseph | A. | Luger | Artilleryman | |
| William | A. | Malouche | Artilleryman | |
| Robert | L. | Massenburg | Artilleryman | |
| Charles | C. | McLean | Artilleryman | |
| Robert | W. | Milburn | FArtyUCmdr. | BnCmdr 1st Bn 11th Arty |
| Wayne | D. | Miller | Artilleryman | |
| Lawrence | L. | Mintz | Artilleryman | MSPH Brazil LO |
| William | S. | Monsos | FieldArtyOfficer | G4-Berlin Bgde |
| John | J. | Moroney | Artilleryman | |
| Dean | D. | Mulder | Artilleryman | |
| William | G. | Owens | Artilleryman | |
| Edouard | A. | Peloquin | Artilleryman | |
| Walter | C. | Phillips | Artilleryman | |
| James | R. | Pitts | Artilleryman | |
| Joseph | W. | Rawlings | Artilleryman | |
| John | L. | Ross | Artilleryman | |
| Herbert | NMI | Roth | Artilleryman | |
| Richard | L. | Ryan | Artilleryman | |
| Derrick | W. | Samuelson | Artilleryman | |
| Joseph | F. | Schuman | Artilleryman | |
| Donald | R. | Schwartz | Artilleryman | |
| Joseph | L. | Sites | Artilleryman | |
| Robert | W. | Snyder | Artilleryman | CO HqCmd USARL |
| William | N. | Thomas | Artilleryman | Iran Desk Officer, OASD, ISA |
| Edgar | C. | Thomas | Artilleryman | |
| Dudley | NMI | Thompson | Artilleryman | |
| Peter | L. | Thorsen | Redleg Foreign Area Spec | Chief-USMLM, CincGSFG, Potsdam |
| Lowell | E. | Torseth | Artilleryman | |
| Donald | A. | VanMatre | Artilleryman | ARPA |
| Gustave | NMI | Villaret | Artilleryman | |
| Daniel | H. | Wardrop | Artilleryman | |
| Francis | E. | Winfield | Artilleryman | |
| William | B. | Woodson | Artilleryman | |
Revised: 09/21/2006
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