Collections: 108th Field Artillery - Sgt. A. T. Bertolette Combat Artillery Maps
Official A.E.F. Photographs taken by the Signal Corps: "Battery A, 108th Field Artillery, In action, firing toward Chatel Chehery, Ardennes. This battery was under fire of enemy gas shells at the time the photograph was taken. Varennes-en-Argonne, Meuse, France. October 3, 1918
This exclusive collection of World War I maps are from the bring back collection of Sgt. A. T. Bertolette who was an A.E.F. artilleryman and saw extensive combat over the course of WWI serving valiantly with the 28th Division, 53rd Field Artillery Brigade, 108th (heavy) Field Artillery. The 108th Field Artillery (HEAVY) is accredited battle participations in the Oise-Aisne Offensive, Meuse-Argonne Offensive, Yrpes-Lyse Offensive where they provided extensive fire support and artillery barrages.
Many of these maps were used directly by Sgt. A. T. Bertolette and his men of the 108th Field Artillery as they provided offensive, reprisal and defensive fire supporting for the Allies with their ‘heavy’ artillery cannons. The 53rd Field Artillery Brigade is one of the most infamous field artillery unit of World War I and as featured in some of the most historic photos still seen today. One of the most famous photos shows artillerymen from the 53rd Field Artillery Brigade, engaged in battle wearing gas masks to protect themselves from poison chemicals that were employed as weapons by all combatant forces during the war.
