Thanks Jim;
Reading the account, it appears that the your Grandfather and my Dad were in different areas of the front. The 9th was attached to the 1st US Army, while the 374 FA Bn was attached to Patton's 3rd Army. The 1st Army was generally immediately to the north of the 3rd Army while my Dad's unit was a "Front Line" unit. I say "Front Line" in quotes since the 155 mm Long Tom guns could fire 16 miles, and so they didn't need to be within sight of the enemy to be engaged. I suspect that they saw far more Germans (as PW's) during the French Campaign while they were doing MP duty and guarding PW pens.
During the battle of the bulge, he was assigned to guarding a bridge or intersection near the boarder of France and Luxumbourg (the southern flank of the battle). Other guys in his unit were transferred to 26th and the 95th Infantry divisions to serve as infantry since they didn't receive their 155's until early spring 1945.
Here's a few more pictures from my Dad's collection related to this thread.
A picture from Buchenwald.
The infantry marching through town (most likely from the 5th, 76th or 90th Infantry divisions)
More infantry advancing... (after posting, I just noticed that this picture was taken within a few minutes of the first picture above)
Even in the mechanized 2nd World War, much of the infantry movement was still done the old fashioned way. Walking
Judging from the geography, I suspect that this is observing across the Mosel river.
Chasing the front lines, most likely somewhere in Germany
Sending another shell towards the Germans -- somewhere in Germany.
Ironically, at the end of the War, his future father-in-law (an officer level Paymaster in the German Army) was most likely within cannon range of my Dad when he surrendered to the US Army. The two men ended up never meeting since my Mom's Dad was transfered back to the Russians and died in a Russian prison camp near Tablisi in 1947.