Jo Ann: In the artillery they had Batteries(company) and one gun secrion of a battery could be sent to one place while another would be sent elsewhere. My Brother Ken was in the 159th Combat Engrs. They also served as Inf. when needed. C-159 was at Bastogne while he was i n Deikirch Lux. They all saw combat in the Bulge. If you are planning a website you should check on old dairies the GIs of 397th had. Then get all the reportsthat NARA has on this unit. THere is a real story there. Paul Hinkle @aol.com wrote: Thank you so much for your reply. Yes I am trying to find out just that, but that is but a small thing that I search for. I would like to someday be able to put all the information on a website for the 397th AAA. I have some information but it is general in content. I would like more specifics. I know that they were not recognized a lot but lost a lot that day. Where I get lost is, was all the beaches part of the 1st army? was the 116th and the 16th on different beaches? How were these man picked to go that day and not later as part of the mulberrys. How come some like my dad ended up in different places. He didn't stay with the mulberrys later he was shot(and shipped home) defending airfield A-92 in Belgium New Years Day. Some of his original unit was with him, but who? Was it just done by company? you go here, you go there? Wasn't there two different armies there that day, the first and another one? Aren't there something called morning reports? Something written by the people in command ? Do you think they would have them for the day before d-day or that morning before they took that puddle jump into hell? Mr. Hosbach, I have read a lot of your answers to many question on this site and would like to thank you for helping so many of us searching for answer for your time, patience and sharing your knowledge. To any one else please feel free to contact me with regards to the 397th AAA. I do have some of the rosters and pictures. Also someone's response ended up in my spam box and it got deleted accidentally please re-send. ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== Please do not send virus warnings to the list. If you have concerns about a virus, contact your list admin or join VIRUS-DISCUSSIONS-L@rootsweb.com subscribe in the subject line. We are an international list. Please remember to tell us what country your ancestor was from and what country you are in now if different. This helps us help you. If you give dates please help us understand the date you are referring to. For example: 4 Nov 1944 or Nov 4, 1944. ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx Yahoo is my non-personal mail. For personal mail only use <pdhinkle@radiotower.net> --------------------------------- Blab-away for as little as 1¢/min. Make PC-to-Phone Calls using Yahoo! Messenger with Voice.