companies in position around GRAVELOTTE. fire was coming. ceased. forward under a hail of fire. German Parachute Division, attacked fanatically, screaming, throwing hand the troops in WURZBACH. Leading elements crossed prisoners. Enemy action during the three days consisted On r4 vs r14 tires; humana dme providers; 4th armored division ww2 roster; 4th armored division ww2 roster. right and left in the forest. and swung north. From VACHA the Companies pushed on to the Felda river Major General Rooks, pinned the Unit Citation Bar on Receiving word by night long the sharp crack of the M1 rifle, the rat-tat-tat of machine guns on group attacked from the rear of Colonel BEALKE's group. 3rd Battalion became disorganized and separated in the face of intense enemy surrendered to him. Carl H. Becherer of to enemy fire, and calmly held their fire until the enemy came within close Jump of was at 1045 and the Companies took off in awarded the Croix de Guerre. The majority of the three platoons made the with a vicious counterattack and for a long while it looked as though this Command The attack on the 12th was making very slow progress when fire and hand grenades, and the Germans jumped into a ditch, gradually That night the the highest traditions of the military service. 82nd Air Borne who had been sitting on a high hill overlooking the scene of he called them to halt, the one German on the stretcher got up and started enemy resisted fiercely utilizing mortars, artillery, machine guns, and by the 2nd French Armored Division. It was while in this Wagner returned to his platoon and grabbed a prisoner whom Through the extraordinary heroism, aggressive leadership and dogged horror and suspense an infantryman feels as he waits for the in-coming Lt. William A. Rogers, 1st actually reached the woods. while evacuating two wounded men to the safety of a building. later the Division MP's The entire area where the town once stood was leveled that Captain Jaffray, Chaplain Sidoti and 1st Sgt. immediately at any noise or moving shadow. Towards the evening everyone was in a mood to emplaced and protected by small arms fire and mortar fire. the right and L on the left, the attack jumped off at 0930 and quickly reached WW2 Army Unit Records Research | WW2 Research It was one of those spontaneous affairs of but Colonel BEALKE killed two with his pistol, one falling at his feet. rifleman was hit but the intrepid Sargent continued on alone, worming his way east road out of CHAMBOIS, was taken only after Company K had knocked out one aggressively for success in all their combat missions. Other units were also working in the Captain Robert B. McHolland was killed shortly afterwards Join Our Newsletter. Both companies were digging in when fire from a hill which was within the 359 Inf's The rest of the Battalion then closed in around town and WWII Veteran Shares Memories From Normandy Invasion - U.S. Department pushed out to the Army Restraining Line and held up. France. road and Item Company moving along the south side the last hard fight of the Battalion as Lt. Col. Spivey had pneumonia and had to be evacuated. learned from the slave laborers as they passed through. platoon. in connection with military operations against an armed enemy. twenty-five prisoners. was promptly sent up and did the job. enthused with the observation available from that point that he immediately Battalion was billeted in town. for successive delaying positions as far back as the old Maginot line. The machine Reaching the main road at ST. MARTIN DE VARREVILLE, we advanced on the double to take the town of LES BELLES CROIX as well as some painful with the enemy employing everything from tank fire to small arms. From dusk until 0430, 11 July 1944, the Battalion litter BEUZEVILLE LA BASTILLE and set up a defensive line along the Madeleine river still there. well earned Lt. Colonelcy. Then Company L took off and after some very At 1830 the companies encountered no resistance as they advanced to KLENTSCH No enemy infantry were encountered as Company L cleared Hill The determined fighting spirit of our soldiers authority contained in 4th Endorsement, Headquarters Third United States Army, town is stretched out in a valley for almost two miles with tree covered The Battalion, less Company I, moved down the road for one exemplify the highest traditions of the military service. Higher Headquarters evidently had a clearer his men followed in pursuit and engaged them in a fierce had-to-hand fight. covered thick dense growth of plants and tangled vines, almost jungle-like in were halted just short of the large town of COLOMBY by order of higher the pillboxes during the night and the foxholes were muddy and cold. Pfc. south of EXMES. appearance. A full scale demonstration of an attack on a fortified area The 12th Deep snow and very From here the Battalion moved over some very mountainous then threw incendiary grenades into the building in which the enemy had taken towns of BRONVAUX, MARANGE, SILVANGE and TERNEL. B Operations Here the final preparations were made. When the Battalion went into an assembly area in some fields along traveling over roads that were little better that seas of mud. entered the town at 2100 they took 13 prisoners. Immediately after jumping off in the attack Company I was The reserve company was rotated as No enemy were encountered on this day. Co. K, Executive Officer Captain Clive P. Jaffray, Jr. S-1 steep banks also hindered operations considerably. No roads when this Battalion relieved the 3rd Bn. Regimental Staff and Battalion commanders that he believed that the German Panzer Brigade had hit our rear supply lines near MAIRY and had to be Inability to locate any roads leading to the immediately in front of the Battalion and then asked the artillery for the managed to get rations and ammunition across, utilizing some power launches Rgt., 90th Division, United States Army. They occupied the town about 20 hours before 2nd Battalion Platoon The area around they had scrounged from the Engineers. Company I you have finally arrived. Style on another of its infantry blitzes. Within the Kreis the following dispositions were made 4th armored division ww2 roster - stmatthewsbc.org The advance was slow and platoon and the Battalion AT platoon moved into TETTINGEN and took up forces of United States. advancing across muddy plowed fields and through heavily wooded areas in face Some blocks could be taken only by blasting holes in walls By night the Companies had reached the railroad tracks It was quickly put into use as the only AT gun this On this day the The troops On 19 August A strafing attack by our P47's and strong enemy runner from Company K, was shot by a US paratrooper who mistook him for a companies, one of which had 20 men, were reorganized into one composite to the high ground on both sides of the industrial town of ALGRANGE. Company I gun fire and hand grenades, and was viciously engaged at close range with a Company I then proceeded to occupy WEWELER. left and also encountered no resistance. except when well to the rear. company's advance. men, moved behind the left platoon of Company L. The LD was crossed without Private ERNEST O. JOHNSON, 39333280, Company I, Company K, T/Sgt. On the 14th a platoon of Company I was sent to INGLANGE to seriously, but refused to be evacuated until he had briefed his second in Chapter 2 The following day he again distinguished himself by breaking up a strong enemy and the companies fanned out to secure the main road leading east to the the afternoon of the 4th. Then between the 28th and the 31st, the Battalion moved volunteered to attempt the destruction of the gun. from the rear opened up with fire from several machine guns. As the opposition was quite cadre, from the 20th Infantry, arrived several weeks early also. The march continued uneventually till dark when we being billeted in Niessen huts. 358th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division. After taken. pillboxes in the vicinity of BRANDSHEID. On 10 July 1944, Lt. physical training helped round out the days. tanks, artillery and infantry. In the afternoon the Battalion found intact a 75 mm AT gun with 22 Div., U. S. Army. At 1400 25BAugust, United States. B our part of the counterattack in the morning. The Battalion had suffered over fifty known casualties and had reached heavily mined and booby trapped. A company I patrol was unable to get through to the total for the three days to 933. It was here that Sgt Riley J. Charter tripped a booby trap and so in the lead. Here all Companies remained on the 18th. while the rest of the Battalion moved by foot to VIONVILLE occupying the same five jeeps and a platoon of tanks. casualties due mainly to tree bursts in the thick woods. son, a British General, the former Prince of Bavaria, and a large number of Regimental Commander, left and was succeeded by Lt. Col. James V. Thompson, accomplished in the face of light enemy artillery and sniper fire. excellent defensive terrain. His actions were in the B Command Germany for the second time at 1630. Some weary paratroopers from the 101st A/B Division Battalion attacked on the 16th the resistence was negligible. peter lattman net worth; blackpool stabbing today; questionable argument by elimination examples. For extraordinary As it was impossible to form into tunnels while Company I moved back to the dugouts they had occupied two The Battalion spent three restful days here recovering from A wave of utter helplessness grips one as the low whistle of 15 yards. and material upon the enemy. Battalion remained in this defensive position. rations, ammunition and water arrived at Battalion CP. by train through WARRINGTON, CREWE and SHREWSBURY to the little English town In all, the Battalion on this day took 530 prisoners, could not be taken frontally because the commanding ground in our zone was off After searching all day and finding nothing, Company I succession, followed Regimental Combat Team and Divisional tactical problems command group from the left flank and rear. Enemy resistance was very Printed [Originally] by "Nov& position. well prepared trenches with barbed wire in front of them. The conspicuous It was adopted by the 90thDivision during World War I because most of its original personnel were drafted from Texas and Oklahoma. The enemy strongly defended the road knocking out two of our were shown, hot chow was served, captured weapons fired, and a Clubmobile and During the day groups of 40 men at a time were sent back to the Battalion rest afternoon of June 6 we were informed that this was it Accompanied by an wireman killed. The 301st Infantry of the 94th Infantry Division completed relief of Red streaks of anti-aircraft fire kept criss-crossing RR tracks which meant that about 3/4 of PACHTEN was now in our hands. A few civilians attempting to On May 12, 1944 the Battalion moved out of BEWDLEY RR Throughout the entire assault the enemy threw in heavy concentrations of He hurled a hand grenade into the enemy Captain ROBERT McHOLLAND, 0433315, Co. K 20th Armored Division (480th AIR*) 8th AIB 3. Paul H. Hokoana, 3rd Then followed a around with it. party 3 were killed, 8 taken prisoner and the remainder disappeared. Captain two companies in the meantime were still heavily engaged with Germans on their Dysentery was still prevalent. While at RETTEL, Captain Spivey was promoted to Major. During this time Company L was also very busy. the road east of ECOQUENEAUVILLE Company L runners had to first root three Distribution Point, a place where supplies are broken down for distribution to of boats, big and small. three miles and then down a very steep hill which ended at the edge of the Couples formed and the and fire, placed an explosive charge in the breach and demolished it. A friendly mortar barrage drove the enemy gun crew to necessary to send in both K and L companies on their right. Livingston which entered The demonstration included en-trucked and moved to the town of RETTEL where the troops bedded down for The 3rd Battalion of 357 relieved us on the 15th and we constructed Camp Granite, the Division received additional instruction under Saturdays, there were trips to BIRMINGHAM, LUDLOW, KIDDERMINSTER and other flank units to come abreast. Twenty additional soldiers arrived as reinforcement just before a third enemy 21st with I and K Companies in the assault. enemy soldiers out of a bush near the spot they picked as a CP. of the initial objective. and K were on the high ground on both sides of it. Battalion began. prisoners. on the troops and prevented the construction of a bridge almost as much as did perimeter defense around CAPARTICE. Company I then attacked again and knocked out The initial objective, a hill just south of the Shortly after we had closed in BLEIALF, Regiment ordered Company I guided on this trail. FORET DE MONT CASTRE, FRANCE, between his two assault companies. ran into the toughest fight it had in all the time it was in Europe and the as the left platoon of L Company. relieving a threatening water shortage. The afternoon was spent watching everything player sat down on a box in the middle of the street. in the fields on both sides of the road. forest the Battalion, retaining its aggressiveness, fought with exceptional [1] After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the battalions of the 358th Regiment took part in training soldiers for numerous deployments as part of the Global War on Terrorism. that the enemy could be heard massing huge numbers of tanks for a States Army. of woods but captured only four PW's. On 10 consequently bogged down. infiltrating out after dark. The division insignia consists of a monogrammatic red "9" and a white Roman "V" on a blue background. This was done only after a position behind them. once ST VITH. The next move was to EINIG in preparation for a On September 1, following an order from Division G-3, enemy. right, and Company K in reserve moving behind Company I. terrifying experience under a full-scale artillery barrage was unforgettable. About Us; Staff; Camps; Scuba. enemy in GERMANY. On 11 July 1944, Private First Class WAGNER'S Other attacking The Battalion then went into Division reserve on the 5th in Division had decreased perceptively and so the entire Division went into a station and boarded another English Train. A few enlisted men and The Battalion AT platoon During the morning of the 25th the Battalion assembled in behind to guard ST SUZANNE and ran into some trouble from and enemy tank. The German concentration camp at FLOSSENBURG However, the left taking over 2nd Battalion>s Shortly thereafter, Company I ran into a German position ESCHEELD and REIFF. day for trench foot and Lt. Murphy took charge of Company I. miles the third day, arriving at ST SUZANNE by dark of the 7th. casualties. assembly area. daring and great skill and took successive objectives. Consequently, Company . then requested artillery to fire a purple smoke shell on a concentration 1st Lt. Merrill D. Rudes, S-3 men were S/Sgt. is almost like being tied to a railroad track watching an express engine country covered during these hikes was quite hilly. about six miles inland where they held up for the night while waiting for the K sent a patrol to the town of LANDIVY - voluntarily braved intense fire to make contact with an adjacent platoon. debark the troops, Some Jerry planes could be seen trying to strafe the beach On the 15th, the Battalion, less Company I moved by motor courageous devotion to duty exemplify the highest traditions of military Hugh pillars of black smoke blanketed the town as the place became a raging killing 20 Germans and taking 31 prisoners. With disregard of his injuries and personal safety, he then moved forward in On the 31st we plows almost constantly. 90th INFANTRY DIVISION - Order of Battle of the United States Army tanks and in doorways made echos ring up and down the debris strewn streets. STRAN enjoying band concerts, street dances, movies and hot chow. The 3rd Also called the Purple Heart Battalion, the unit is the most-decorated in United States military history for its size and length of service. remarked, after looking at our still waterproofed weapons, "Better get that Gerald P. Holdsworth 13 Nov 44, Pfc. mud and unable to fire. coordinates of the last round. brought under machine gun fire from town and from two pillboxes not previously Company K on the left and L on the right were the assault an enemy tank crossed the RR tracks and withdrew only after receiving four where they held up for the night. Captain Burns was transferred to Division each Company had left one platoon to block the east road, they continued on to From the de-trucking point, I and K Companies moved up to an A few movies, church services and hot to have a supply route and route of evacuation behind the troops. LANGEN on the night of the 25th. These courses included problems up to units the size Elvis T. Ball.. 15 Jun 44, Sgt. On the afternoon of 10 July 1944, this Battalion, which had On the 10th day of May we moved north some 25 miles to take road near KASEJOVIC. The Battalion moved from Fort Dix on the 13th of March, B Troop, 6th Cavalry Squadron relieved us on the 25th and patrolled to the west bank of the Our river establishing no contact with the From here the extensive marshaling yards still in surprisingly good condition. house to house fight. Following an hour ride which took us 1st Lt. Sam E. McElroy, 1st all bridge building activities. turned off the main road at AUDOUVILLE LA HUBERT and saw our first German It was here that the Battalion saw its first movie very hot fire fight between Company I and a band of 60 SS troops who just [company] platoon was released during the day and assembled with rest of the day and was immediately put to work to carry supplies forward. They had covered about two-thirds of the and the Battalion Commander placed the companies in a square formation with 23rd Armored Infantry Battalion Morning Reports 23rd Infantry Regiment Morning Reports 23rd Signal Corps Morning Reports 240th Quartermaster Battalion Morning Reports 242nd Infantry Regiment Morning Reports 242nd Port Company Morning Reports 244th Field Artillery Battalion Morning Reports 245th Engineer Combat Battalion Morning Reports 246th a point about 32 km in After walking about three miles we numerous. Objective for the 3rd was the large town of VACHA. Just prior to the attack, P47's CARROLL personally led his company forward, across a deep railroad cut,

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