Brought into service 221 Rank attained by these
 officers on November 25, same 221 officers June 25,
 1940 as follows: 1945:
 1 Brigadier General 2 Brigadier Generals
 2 Colonels 9 Colonels
 9 Lt. Colonels 43 Lt. Colonels
 14 Majors 72 Majors
 55 Captains 93 Captains "
 51 First Lieutenants First Lieut. (None)
 88 Second Lieutenants Second Lieut. (None)
 A record of the number of enlisted men who qualified
for and attained commissioned rank through Officers Can-
didate schools is not available, but the number is large and
many of them attained high rank.
 After completion of the Basic Training Program came
 another period of training for a second AGF Firing Test
 of the Division Artillery and its Battalions. These tests .?
 were again passed with a record equal to any artillery in
 the army. Combined infantry-artillery firing tests followed;
 then Division maneuvers in southern Mississippi. July
 1943 found the Artillery in Louisiana participating once 1
more in Army maneuvers there. Near the end of these
maneuvers it became apparent that the division was "hot"
for shipment overseas and after a short period of uncer-
tainty as to which direction it would go it was hurriedly
shipped from Cypress, Louisiana, and closed in Camp
Picket at Blackstone, Virginia in September 1943.
 Now began a period of the most intensive and beneficial
training the Artillery had yet encountered-Mountain
training near Elkins, West Virginia-Preparattion for a ._
third AGF Artillery Firing Test at Camp A. P. Hill near
Bowling Green, Virginia-Completion of the tests at Camp
Butner, North Carolina-Amphibious Training at Camp
Bradford near Norfolk, Virginia, culminating in actual
amphibious landings form Chesapeake Bay in the Solo-
mons Island Area. The artillery of the Division was now
ready for any assignment and by the end of February 1944
all elements had staged at Camp Patrick near Norfolk,
Virginia, had shipped out of Hampton Roads, and were
on their way through the Panama Canal to Oro Bay, New
Guinea (Buna-Gona Area) in the Southwest Pacific.
 Although the country was strange, the heat was intense
in the daytime, malaria and scrub typhus prevalent, and
the "fuzzy-wuzzy" natives interesting: the men immediately
settled down to the construction and improvement of their
camp near DOBODURA. An acclimating training program
was instituted and many baseball diamonds were con-
structed although there was little time available for base-
ball. It was here the artillery received the tractor equipment
and bulldozers which were to prove so valuable and reli-
able in future operations. More amphibious training was
conducted and emphasis was placed on learning how to live
and fight in the jungle. Preparations were soon underway
for another series of AGF artillery firing tests, which were
completed in the same excellent manner as before. Morale
was excellent and everyone was anxious to prepare in
everyway possible for the combat in which they knew
they would soon participate.
 On June 28, 1944 the first of the Artillery Battalions left
to praticipate in combat, when the 149th Field Artillery
Battalion as part of the 124th Regimental Combat Team Top: Harbor at Oro Bay
was ordered to the AITAPE area. The remainder of the Center: Headquarters
artillery began their combat experience when the Division area on Morotai.
moved to the WAKDE-SARMI area in August. Upon com- Above: Natives at cere-
pletion of this operation and that at AITAPE, the division monial. Note headdresses,
consolidated for the MOROTAI, and later the MINDANAO birds of paradise.
operations. Activities of the Artillery in these operations are
best described in the narratives of the several battalions. Right: Native belles






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