12/17/1944 267th FAB removed from combat, relieved from XII Corps and placed on special duty with the Provost marshal, 3rd Army as of 0600 12/18. Battery C, 243 FAB relieved of attachment with 267th FAB.  The Battalion was ordered to move to Johannes Bannburg Concentration Camp near Boulay to take over the administration of the Allied Prisoner of War Camp which was overrun by 3rd Army on 12/1.

12/18/1944 267th FAB Fire Mission: Battalion fires 193 rounds on hostile batteries, excellent effect. These were the last rounds fired in anger by guns of the 267th FAB.   The Battalion was given the mission of guarding bridges and administering and evacuating POWs in the 3rd Army area.  This is pursuant to Troop Assignment No. A-75, 17 Dec 44, AG 322 GNMCC.    3rd Army military police and all sectors concerned with transportation were confronted with the most complex troop movement problem of the campaign when 3rd Army  was given the mission of attacking the south flank of the enemy's Ardennes salient.  Special officer couriers were dispatched to each military police battalion with 4 troop movement routes.  All possible personnel were concentrated on traffic duty.  There was a constant flow of traffic over the period of movement, more than 11,200 vehicles passing over the 4 routes.  

12/19/1944-12/29/1944 Niedervisse France 267th FAB left Neufgrange and arrived at Allied Prisoner of War Camp near Niedervisse and Boulay on 12/19.  Then, Battery C traveled 35 miles south to Nancy and assumed mission to guard the Third Army Rear Command Post.  Battery B moved 31 miles in the same direction to Pont-à-Mousson to guard roads and bridges in the vicinity.  Along with the 4405 Quartermaster Service Company, 1st and 3rd Companies, 151st French Infantry Regiment, 31 Gendarmes from the 10th Legion Gendarmes and the 4th and 8th Squadrons, 4th Regiment, French Republican Guards, Battery B guarded 7 railway tunnels, 27 railway bridges, 1 highway overpass and 14 highway bridges. The remainder of the Battalion (Headquarters, Service and A Batteries) remained to administer and evacuate the liberated prisoners.  On 12/28, the former prisoners were evacuated to Toul France.  On 12/29, the last of the 267th artillerymen left, traveling 37 miles to  Hayange France.    Also on 12/19, planning had already been in progress whereby 3rd Army would pivot to attack the south flank of the enemy penetration developing against the First Army in the Luxembourg/Belgium area.  III Corps was withdrawn from the Saar front and moved north to the vicinity of Arlon.  4th Armored and 80th Infantry Divisions, together with their organic artillery were detached from XII Corps, attached to III Corps and moved rapidly north from positions on the extreme south flank of the 3rd Army.    Artillery was extensively regrouped to support the offensive operations on the northern front.  All regrouped units moved immediately and closed in the vicinity of the III Corps artillery assembly area at Villers during the night of 12/19-20.  From 12/19 to 12/28, the 3rd Army Forward Echelon Headquarters proceeded ninety miles to a new location in Luxembourg.  Because of the shift north, reconnaissance for a location for the Rear Echelon were made, starting 12/21 in 5 locations.  Esch sur Alzette Luxembourg was selected on 12/29 and the advance party proceeded there on 1/1/1945.  

12/20/1944 3rd Army Tactical Echelon headquarters moves to Luxembourg.  Rear headquarters remains in Nancy France. 

12/21/1944 3rd Army units assume defense of the city of Luxembourg, the steel mill at Differdange and radio station Luxembourg at Junglinster.  Enemy forces continue to advance in VIII Corps zone.  Bastogne is cut off and surrounded.  3rd Army is preparing to attack the south flank of the enemy salient.

12/22/1944 3rd Army assaults enemy forces.  Dissemination to all corps and divisions of detailed information concerning Germans operating in American uniforms and equipment was completed.  Unnecessary civilian traffic was cleared from roads.  The Provost Marshal was directed to clear at his discretion any main supply route except for the most essential civilian traffic.  

12/23/1944 3rd Army General Patton's prayer for fair weather was followed in a few days by a break in the lowering skies, which had prevented full air support.  Clear weather aided tremendously in halting the enemy's Ardennes penetration and in driving him back into the Siegfried Line.  The General's prayer was: "Almighty and most merciful Father, we humbly beseech Thee, of Thy great goodness, to restrain these immoderate rains with which we have had to contend.  Grant us fair weather for battle.  Graciously harken to us as soldiers who call upon Thee that armed with Thy power, we may advance from victory to victory, and crush the oppression and wickedness of our enemies, and establish Thy justice among men and nations. Amen."  Because of the threat in the rear areas, in consequence of the fluid tactical situation, the military police became a primary force in the maintenance of security and the apprehension of suspected spies and saboteurs.   

12/25/1944 Every means was used by the enemy to disrupt supply and communications in the 3rd Army rear areas.  A delay in delivery of supplies to III Corps was caused by sabotage, the rail line between Longwy France and Arlon Luxembourg, having been out in five places.  

12/27/1944 3rd Army military government personnel to the south evacuated more than 3,000 German civilians and approximately 2,500 scattered villagers from the Saar River area.  They were moved to concentration areas to the rear of regimental lines both for military security reasons and to simplify control problems.  

12/28/1944 An investigation was made by 3rd Army into the possibility of enemy agents using pigeons as a return means of communication.  

12/29/1944 Hayange France The 267th Left Niedervisse and arrived Hayange France where it established its headquarters with Headquareters and Headquarters Battery, Service Battery and the Medical Detachment   

12/31/1944 267th FAB Headquarters still located in Hayange France.  Men who served with Battery C from 1/1/1944 to 12/31/1944 by state: Alabama 4, Arkansas 4, California 7, Florida 1, Georgia 12, Illinois 11, Indiana 3, Kentucky 3, Louisiana 1, Maine 1, Michigan 7, Minnesota 3, Missouri 2, New Hampshire 4, New Jersey 5, New York 13, North Carolina 7, North Dakota 2, Ohio 12, Oklahoma 1,Oregon 1, Pennsylvania 7, Rhode Island 2, South Carolina 2, South Dakota 5, Tennessee 3, Texas 3, Virginia 4, West Virginia 1, Wisconsin 6

1/1/1945-1/31/1945 Officers of the 267th FAB completed a reconnaissance of all railway lines within the 3rd Army area and determined location of important bridges and tunnels that were unguarded or inappropriately guarded.  The following installations were guarded in connection with the security of Lines of Communications during January by 3rd Army Provost Marshal Security Subsection troops: 36 Railway bridges; 7 Railway tunnels; 25 Highway bridges; 1 Highway overpass; Twelfth Army Group Communications Center, Luxembourg; 3rd Army Radio Center Luxembourg; Post Telegraph and Telephone Building, Metz; Repeater Station, Aubange Belgium; Post Telegraph and Telephone Building Luxembourg; SHAEF Radio north, Sandweiler Luxembourg; and SHAEF Radio west, Longwy France by the 267th FAB (less Battery C, being used for defense of Rear Command Post in Nancy France and stockade guard for general prisoner).  Other units guarding these installations include: 4405 Quartermaster Service Company (an all-black unit); 1st and 3rd Companies, 151st Infantry Regiment (French); and 734th FAB

1/1/1945 Charles Asztalos Promoted to Private First Class

1/7/1945-1/9/1945 Over 3 days the 3rd Army Rear Echelon Headquarters moves from Nancy France, 69 miles north, to  Esch sur Alzette. It was necessary to establish the HQ in 3 large schools (using 2 more as barracks), an office building, and numerous stores and apartments.  One small hotel was used for overnight guests.  Officers were billeted with private families after the city and steel plant officials had conducted a door-to-door survey for available rooms.  Motor parks were all in open lots due to lack of garage space.  One officer mess for 245 and one enlisted mess for 850 were established in the Supply Group building.  

1/11/1945-2/10/1945 Charles Asztalos arrives in Luxembourg For Duty in ETO.  Military pay was paid in Belgium Francs.

1/20/1945 Charles Asztalos awarded Overseas Service Bar

1/27/1945 267th FAB Situation Report: HQ&HQ Battery Hayange France 91 Personnel; Battery A Cons La Grandville France 104 Personnel; Battery B Virton Belgium 102 Personnel; Battery C Belval Luxembourg  100 Personnel;  Sv Battery Hayange France 32 Personnel; Medical Det Hayange France 12 Personnel. Total 441 Personnel. 

1/31/1945 Charles Asztalos awarded Bronze Service Star for Northern France Campaign

2/1/1945-2/28/1945 The following installations were guarded in connection with the security of Lines of Communications during February by 3rd Army Provost Marshal troops: 35 Railway bridges and tunnels; 16 Highway bridges; Repeater Station Aubange Belgium; Twelfth Army Group Radio , Romain France ; Twelfth Army Group Radio, Kapellenberg Germany;  3rd Army Radio Center Luxembourg;  Post Telegraph and Telephone Buildings located in Luxembourg towns of Bettembourg, Dudelange, Kayl,  Differdange, Bascharage and two other locations by the 267th FAB (less ten enlisted men from Battery C, being used for stockade guard for general prisoner).  Other units guarding these installations include: 1st and 3rd Companies, 151st Infantry Regiment (French); 734th FAB; 631st Tank Destroyer Battalion; and 11th Belgian Fusilier Battalion attached for administration and training. 

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