522nd Field Artillery Battalion

The 522nd Field Artillery Battalion of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team was known for its outstanding firing speed and accuracy. Many of the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion men had backgrounds in science and engineering. They needed strong mathematical skills to calculate target distance, gun range, gun angle, and powder strength. In 1945, the 522nd was sent separately to Germany to pursue the hastily retreating German troops. They unknowingly stumbled into the sub-camps of the infamous Dachau death camp and helped to free survivors.

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img Survivors of the Dachau death march (ddr-densho-22-134)

The 522nd Field Artillery Battalion liberated Dachau death march prisoners near the town of Waakirchen. Here they try to find the prisoners shelter.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-22-134/

img Soldier at Camp Shelby [?] (ddr-densho-22-419)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-22-419/

doc Go For Broke photograph album (ddr-densho-22-17)

Clarence Matsumura's Go For Broke photograph album.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-22-17/

img 522nd Field Artillery Battalion at the Eagle's Nest / Kehlsteinhaus (ddr-densho-22-132)

Soldiers of the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion posing at Hitler's retreat near Berchtesgaden, known as the Eagle's Nest in English and Kehlsteinhaus in German.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-22-132/

img Volunteers for the Military Intelligence Service (ddr-densho-22-77)

Caption in album: "Volunteers please / Just prior to V-J day came a survey of Volunteers was made for the Camp Savage (later Fort Snelling) language school for men to ship to go to school and on to Japan to fight. Here the two above photos show as the volunteers were made ready to leave for …

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img Clarence Matsumura standing near a river (ddr-densho-22-97)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-22-97/

img Survivors of the Dachau death march (ddr-densho-22-138)

The 522nd Field Artillery Battalion liberated Dachau death march prisoners near the town of Waakirchen.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-22-138/

img 522nd Field Artillery Battalion soldiers departing (ddr-densho-22-66)

Caption in album: "522nd FA Bn. Donauworth / As all good things must, end came by the point system the old timers made a departure for a well deserved home and a discharge. The new reinforcements and all the law pointers were."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-22-66/

img 522nd Field Artillery Battalion soldiers looking out from the interior of the Eagle's Nest / Kehlsteinhaus (ddr-densho-22-133)

Soldiers of the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion posing at Hitler's retreat near Berchtesgaden, known as the Eagle's Nest in English and Kehlsteinhaus in German.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-22-133/

img Clarence Matsumura and a young girl (ddr-densho-22-101)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-22-101/

doc Enlisted record and report of separation (ddr-densho-22-93)

Clarence Matsumura's Army discharge paperwork.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-22-93/

img Soldier next to the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion sign (ddr-densho-22-335)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-22-335/

img Lt. Col. Baya M. Harrison (ddr-densho-22-27)

Caption in album: "LT. Col. Baya M. Harrison / A practicing lawyer in civilian life. / 522md Bn C.O."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-22-27/

img Mitsugi Kudo (ddr-densho-22-161)

Caption on reverse: "Mitsugi Kudo / Mar. '43."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-22-161/

img 522nd soldier kneeling next to downed German planes (ddr-densho-22-109)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-22-109/

img George Oiye building a fire for survivors of the Dachau death march. (ddr-densho-22-135)

The 522nd Field Artillery Battalion liberated Dachau death march prisoners near the town of Waakirchen.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-22-135/

doc Notice of classification (ddr-densho-22-87)

Clarence Matsumura's notice of classification

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-22-87/

doc Certificate of fitness (ddr-densho-22-89)

Clarence Matsumura's certificate of fitness for induction into the Army.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-22-89/

img Clarence Matsumura next to a 522 FABN EMS Club sign (ddr-densho-22-431)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-22-431/

img View down a street in Germany (ddr-densho-22-78)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-22-78/

img Soldier at Camp Shelby [?] (ddr-densho-22-422)

Caption on front: "Ol Beanie" and "G.I. Jerk!"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-22-422/

img 522nd soldiers with captured German soldiers (ddr-densho-22-107)

522nd Field Artillery Battalion soldiers collecting the belongings of German Waffen-SS soldiers.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-22-107/

doc Article from The Jerusalem Post (ddr-densho-22-10)

Article published in the Jerusalem Post. In 1992, a reunion was held in Jerusalem, Israel which brought together soldiers from the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion and the people they liberated from Dachau concentration camp. There are a few errors in this article. First, the correct designation is the 522nd, not the 526th, Field Artillery Battalion, Second, …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-22-10/

img Soldiers, 522nd Field Artillery Battalion (ddr-densho-22-15)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-22-15/

img 522nd Field Artillery Battalion in formation (ddr-densho-22-429)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-22-429/