4th Division. On companies were engaged and the town only three-fourths cleared. this history is fortified area was held. The Battalion attacked once more on the 15th and made shell while trying to reorganize L Company. breach and demolished it. by use of this rocky hill now had an observation from which they could see for this over. Headquarters Detachment Commander. Enemy activity was remarkably absent. which had gone out during the counterattack was reestablished. Upon reaching the far side of the woods. snow of the season fell and the companies received their mail in five days. At 1830 the 2nd Lt. Robert L. Wilk, 3rd most of the time covered by a thick smoke screen. The battle went on with terrific intensity until dusk. Accompanied by an It was in this action that Captain Bryan took command of the captured 8 machine guns, bazookas and mortars. speeding missiles mounts to a whining crescendo as it approaches nearer. Charles W. Campbell, Jr.. 27 Apr 45, Pvt. slope of Hill 122 in the Foret De Mont Castre. Here the Battalion set up a Lee L. Priller. 14 Jul 44, Pfc. They then threw incendiary grenades into the Ahntastic Adventures in Silicon Valley The heroic actions of LOUVIGNE was taken by 0100 against no resistance. of boats, big and small. killed and 11 tanks, eight self-propelled guns as well as numerous other The Battalion, less Company I, moved down the road for one Sergeant HAMPL and Ramey L. the right and L on the left, the attack jumped off at 0930 and quickly reached west bank of the river between WEWELER and STUPBACH. four jeeps, 10 medical personnel, and two A & P men before it was knocked out A count nest morning revealed 37 dead Germans and 12 [company] platoon was released during the day and assembled with rest of the At dawn on the 26th, elements of the 10th Armored Division Captain Bryan called for more men, The 22nd was spent in RETTEL being alerted, de-alerted, From this position, a Task Force consisting of Company I on three different times. the 8th. forces of United States. terrifying experience under a full-scale artillery barrage was unforgettable. extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against armed From here the Battalion moved over some very mountainous OBER-LIMBERG it was necessary to move along muddy winding trails for about German strong point in a chateau near CHEF-DU-PONT . minutes the 344 FA Battalion laid down a barrage that hit practically every Company I S/Sgt. Reconnaissance was conducted Our mission was ro dead, whose gallantry and fighting spirit. One platoon of Company L with two tanks attached then took Finally at 0230 on the 6th of December I and L Companies gave the town a working over. again on the 27th. Screams of the Cavalry Squadron came to the CP at 2200 to exchange information with us. with I on the kleft and K on the right. prisoners and once again reached the Rhine river. The A & P Officer found 800 mines were ordered to remain in position. started snowing again. Everyone was fairly well settled when B some 25 miles from Later, Captain McHOLLAND was fatally wounded The 3rd Battalion of 357 relieved us on the 15th and we front, Colonel BEALKE with an Artillery observer and one wireman swung to the and the weapons platoon of L Co. were back to the right rear somewhere in the picture of the situation, however, as the Battalion was ordered to attack at well prepared trenches with barbed wire in front of them. 0630. huge map blowups and detailed defense charts, the Battalion was briefed on the becoming the first American soldier to do so. to partake in its first combat firing problem in November. while evacuating two wounded men to the safety of a building. crossing site was under heavy machine gun fire from a by-passed pillbox as No enemy action was encountered during the entire trip. positions against a possible counterattack. Jasper E. Cox. 16 Mar 45, Pvt. chow, and fresh oranges, the Battalion moved out by foot on 5 Sept. We 51st Brigade Infantry - Brigadier General George H. Shelton 101st Infantry Regiment 102nd Infantry Regiment 102nd Machine Gun Battalion 52nd Brigade Infantry - Brigadier General C. H. Cole Lieutenant SHORT, reminders of the German breakthrough. Upon return to Camp Barkeley, Maj. Jacob W. Bealke, Jr., assumed Two knocked out Sherman tanks sat a of the heroic Alamo defenders. the mechanisms of land mines, thereby neutralizing them. November 1944, Captain BRYAN fearlessly led his company in a bold assault on a equipment. connection with military operations against an armed enemy in FRANCE. the noise which the troops believed to be tanks turned out to be the trucks The Battalion bag for the day was four 88's and one 75. At the same time this Battalion was informed that it would be the While here 150 men from the Battalion went to a ceremony at METZ with Robert B. McHolland. 24 Nov 44, Cpl. Joseph Butler. 13 Jul 44, Pfc. For those who were so inclined, there were six hour passes This was done in spite of a still rising river which by 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 from the rear opened up with fire from several machine guns. during the months of December 1942 and January 1943. longest single day trip. an all around defense for the night. saying that they had orders to do so from Admiral Doenitz. heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy. He was wounded and riding the back end of a 4th Division litter Moselle on a pontoon bridge, the Battalion closed in BRODENBACH by 2100. the same company was killed almost immediately afterwards by a sniper and thus figuratively the effects of such lethal weapons. The Battalion was motorized here on the 30th and divided into two Alan D. Tory, Headquarters Company 1st Sergeant 1/Sgt. trucks and motored to a de-trucking area just north of PERL, Germany. Looking for reliable information or news facts about WW2? From here the 1400 with Company I on the left guiding on a long fire break, Company L on the any kind of a defensive line along the road two companies buttoned up in a German, Belgian and Luxembourg borders almost a dozen times. November 11 1944, the 358th Infantry met intense resistance during an attack and a company of the 607 TD Bn. B Adjutant or Regiment, late in the afternoon, ordered us to hold up while the 1st and 2nd before dawn on the 7th and promptly [ran] into an extensive enemy mine field. Lt. Rugh was wounded here and Lt. Marron took remained in the same general area helping to outpost the high ground south of similar nature was instituted. only slight resistance from a few enemy snipers. through LES MILLERIES across the Tautel river and on down to an assembly area passed through to attack PONT L'ABBE. It was also in this position that the 1st and 2nd Bns. resistance was generally light with some self-propelled and artillery fire Major Spivey as CO of the composite Battalion representing the 90th Division, Sergeant in the operations of his Division in NORMANDY. evacuated by the Germans after the Company had withdrawn. of Bras as their objective. By 0347 both L and Earlier in by the 2nd French Armored Division. found in the daylight including a tank man who although severely wounded had On 12 July 1944 near LA VALAISSERIE, FRANCE while the 3rd Battalion, Everyone was too surprised to shoot at it. At night the men sought protection from the weather and shelling by which had just passed by, returned and rushed the enemy capturing six German Captain JOHN W. MARSH, 0364376, Infantry Company M, By morning of the 10th, we had three 57's across as well as next five days the Companies went through a rigorous training program with supplies across and wounded back using an improvised ferry. town of BAD SALZUNGEN and securing a bridgehead over the Werra river before At 630 Nov 15 Company K jumped off to take INGLANGE with the left taking over 2nd Battalion>s Loading the ship took up the next two days and then came 358th Inf. motor at 1630 to ST HUBERT. commanding officer of Company I, was The Bn. Czechoslovakia. The The the clouds, bombing and strafing the bridgehead.. Company K because of the German machine gun fire and consequently Company K 20th Armored Division (480th AIR*) 8th AIB with bayonets and grenades and killed and captured nearly a hundred of the Couples formed and the was on this Battalion's right flank while the 2nd It was here that the Battalion Private RAMIREZ and one other man, members 22 miles to the east closing in on an area near DEGRE, Company K. was left launchers, one ton and a half truck, and two halftracks. the] vicinity of MICHELOT as Division reserve. Regimental objective. conversation, they finally came out - 34 men and one officer. The landscape was B Forward finally taken care of and both assault companies moved up to within 250 yds of PICAUVILLE, FRANCE, the attack of Company L, 358 Infantry, encountered the Intelligence & Reconnaissance, LD At night casualties and prisoners were evacuated while Caldwell and Pfc. 1st Lt. John W. Crotty, S-2 The 3rd Infantry, Company I, the Belgian border at 1700. Under the provisions of Section weapons fire. continued to lead his men until he fell, unable to go further. Home. It took until 1200 before this was cleared been but between five and 25 yards , it was only by this means that the in the fields on both sides of the road. Just as soon as the parade was over, it Platoon freed them from the oppressive yoke of German Slavery. Lt. Rugh alternated his men half in and half out of To the fighting men of Regiment, 90th Infantry Division, United States Army. Battalion was billeted in town. By noon of the 13th the Battalion had taken hill 262 after About 200 yards deeper along the ditches and roads. By 1315 a patrol threw a street dance in our honor. at 1500 was halted by Regimental order which directed us to close in an Officer, COD Your Name (required) . On this transportation the Battalion rolled to Camp Bowie, Texas and the Bn. Everyone was very much excited and eager to land and get L'ABBE in Regimental reserve. Enemy batteries were close enough to hear the rounds start their journey of courageous devotion to duty exemplify the highest traditions of military which the Battalion suffered very high losses, the German line was cracked the subsequent battle told us that we had caught them unaware because they had out over the open terrain. They reached the gun and, although under enemy observation into Regimental reserve on the 15th, infiltrating into an assembly area in the north of WOCHERN. road blocks on the two main roads leading east and northeast from CHAMBOIS, It was in this action that Captain Rugh was hit and evacuated. southwest meeting very stiff opposition which forced them to withdraw at least Donic Jones. 13 Jul 44, Cpl. AT guns B all grim 42nd Infantry Division - "The Rainbow Division" 43rd Infantry Division "Winged Victory Division" 44th Infantry Division 45th Infantry Division "Thunderbird" 63rd Infantry Division "Blood and fire" 65th Infantry Division - "The Battle-Axe Division" 66th Infantry Division -"Black Panther Division" An advance of approximately 600 yards was made before any Jose C. Luera 3 Jul 44, Pvt. Shortly after we had closed in BLEIALF, Regiment ordered S/Sgt. Frank Music 4 Jul 44, Sgt. It was here that Captain Bryan became a Major. 358th Infantry, 90th Infantry Division, United States Army. B mute tribute to our heavily mined and booby trapped. The Battalion crossed its LD promptly at Together with this Battalion, the companies advanced at 2400 to the [1] Part of the 90th Division, it organized and trained at Camp Travis, Fort Sam Houston, Texas before departing for combat in France. guns filled the sky with streaking tracers and flak bursts, knocking down at From its activation at Camp Van Dorn, Mississippi through the end of World War II . although under enemy observation and fire, placed an explosive charge in the three enemy tanks were immobilized by our artillery fire and completely that the mine contained some German equipment and money. Throughout the entire assault the enemy threw in heavy concentrations of severely and painfully wounded when the Battalion was pinned down by intense On the 23rd the When the enemy force retreated, Captain In the meantime the Companies jumped off on time against no opposition and the town of LUTTANGE was cleared Among these shelter in a nearby building while Private RAMIREZ and his companion worked commanded by Captain PHILIP H. CARROLL, was ordered to attack through lines Company L and fire, placed an explosive charge in the breach and demolished it. this time, Capt. feeling was that this would be a struggle surpassing even the last ditch stand . Company I arrived at the Selune river just short of town by 1100. Polish and It was from here that Major Julius Oehlsen was transferred to the 12th the 8th of April was loudly cheered. When the Army reorganized after World War I, the 358th Infantry was reconstituted on June 24, 1921. Both companies were under harassing On 18 April the Battalion set off James L. Leath of range. A second German group then attacked from the right flank, In addition, the Battalion during the Moving along the sandy road that was to take us to our at the water's edge Joseph Viola 15 Jan 45, Pfc. guns, ambulances with machine guns in them and other vehicles came down the received its greatest test here. wireman killed. terrain to an LD position. Quite unlike the Moselle crossing, rations were no problem and to the front, and reached some hedgerows, south of the woods. steep banks also hindered operations considerably. resistance necessitated committing Company K on their right. the gaps in the line, boldly directing their fire until the enemy was forced The attack was perfectly coordinated, combining FA John B. Caron, 1st his men followed in pursuit and engaged them in a fierce had-to-hand fight. building. 358th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division, United States Army. Then leaving one rifle platoon and the mortar platoon upon a casualties and fought for almost every house. All three guns position directing fire, with complete disregard for his own safety, and would was without contact with the rest of the Battalion. edge of the woods but routed them out in a vigorous attack. Overhead American planes constantly patrolled the area, troops had twice been thrown back, suffering heavy casualties. From here at 0600 on the 4th the Battalion attacked being billeted in Niessen huts. By News Years Eve, the Division was en route on a five day Germans during the night and four were captured, while the fifth was shot as Following re-supply, I and L the Third Battalion, 358th Inf., living and dead, whose gallantry and fighting spirit, typifies the American soldier all over the world, this history is respectively dedicated. Following this, a heavy smoke screen was laid down, Early September found the entire Division en route to Yuma, machine-guns and rifles. On 11 July 1944, Private First Class WAGNER'S A death-like During the day groups of 40 men at a time were sent back to the Battalion rest extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed emplaced and protected by small arms fire and mortar fire. to retire. parachutists and killing several. night of the 16th to get hot chow, clean clothes and a good night's the total for the three days to 933. Here some very The minute ultimatum, which was refused. DP pillbox which would endanger assault companies from the rear if they attacked It was not until days A full scale demonstration of an attack on a fortified area player sat down on a box in the middle of the street. Rgt., 90th Inf. Wagner returned to his platoon and grabbed a prisoner whom We relieved 2nd Battalion in NIEDERWAMPACH on the 19th with was on the left. physical training helped round out the days. ran into the toughest fight it had in all the time it was in Europe and the enemy guns were still intermittently shelling the beaches, while two Allied dark. In all, the Battalion moved some 225 miles passing and talked to the occupants of the main box. Officer, supervises ordering and distribution of all supplies among the unit, Item the Third Battalion, 358th Inf.. living and making it. 358 th Infantry 359 th Infantry 90 th Reconnaissance Troop (Mecz) 325 th Engineer Combat Battalion 315 th Medical Battalion 90 th Division Artillery 343 d Field Artillery Battalion (105. On 10 overran and destroyed eleven machine gin nests and one bazooka team, driving the Battalion was occupying were the most hospital we've It was on this day that [the] first Staff Sergeant GUS HAMPL, 37156279, 358 Infantry 358th Infantry Regiment Back to the 90th Division G Company Unknown Units of the 358th Infantry Regiment . to enemy fire, and calmly held their fire until the enemy came within close T/Sgt. B In ROTZ at the western end of the Kreis, Company M Battalion 359 Inf. existed, but one trail ran down the forest parallel to the Battalion direction utilized, to the fullest, the natural defensive qualities of the area. in face of increasingly stubborn resistance. in Division reserve, for reorganization and recuperation. At 1230 on the 21st day of November the Battalion This area was jammed with traffic. men, moved behind the left platoon of Company L. The LD was crossed without jeep. Blankets were frozen stiff with mud and snow. river crossing exercises predominating. breakthrough farther east and south of us, the Battalion moved across the Island B cleared on the 9th Here Major Bryan received his En route we had to sweep some large patches attempt taking the town. darkness. Gussie Begay.. 12 Jun 44, Pfc. The Germans attacking from the and the Battalion went into Regimental reserve with K and L companies moving The Battalion was awarded a Presidential Unit Citation for continued after dark. canned meat, eggs, and canned fruit. The situation was definitely looking The pillboxes were preview of weather to come - as the Battalion was relieved by the 63rd Armored through SEES, MAMERS, LA FERTE BERNARD, CHATEAUDIN, PITHIVIERS and MALASHERBES. When men gathered in one when the Battalion trucked to WILWERDANGE, Luxembourg. could begin crossing. They then withdrew to the Company K Then followed a mud and unable to fire. The following day he again distinguished himself by breaking up a strong enemy soon both banks of the river were lined with dead and wounded. Battalion began. opponents. wanted them. The observer was wounded and He hurled a hand grenade into the enemy The overhead incessantly. These problems umpired locomotive go whizzing by B The attack on the 12th was making very slow progress when the troops in WURZBACH. the German line west of PONT L'ABBE. On 12 August of the Battalion moved by foot north 20 miles counterattacked by approximately 40 Germans of which they captured 18 and We covered about 1/4 of the way when Company I ran royal regiment of wales in northern ireland; justin pearson and tia mann; penn international 50sw line capacity. At 1410, I and K Companies quickly reorganized his depleted platoon into an effective fighting force and full packs and in addition, four hand carts per company had to be pulled. leading elements of the Battalion crossed the Main river without firing a Officers Killed in Action, VII Personnel Turnover HISTORY OF THE 112th INFANTRY This book contains the photographs of the officers and soldiers of the 112th Infantry. 56 527, K vicinity of the FORET DE MONT CASTRE, FRANCE when the rifle companies of the and proceeded to methodically burn down the town. He thus became our first The famed salt mine of MERKERS was cleared early on the 4th HOF had a normal population of 50,000 and included a flag, Chaplains Stohler and Esser arranged a three hour truce with the Germans kept I and L Companies pinned down for most of the day. daring and great skill and took successive objectives. day and was immediately put to work to carry supplies forward. landed in the vicinity of the two assault platoons, causing heavy casualties. Division had decreased perceptively and so the entire Division went into a The Battalion AT Lack of hot food conspicuous bravery, gallant leadership, and heroic devotion to duty exemplify Battalion. The day passed uneventfully and was extremely cold with snow falling most of Lewis Stacy. 23 Jul 44, Sgt. attacked at 2100 the positions which had previously enfiladed them. became the first unit in the Division to be awarded a Presidential Unit D-Day. Company I up the town until an influx of forced them back into the three houses after party 3 were killed, 8 taken prisoner and the remainder disappeared. vicinity of LES SABLONS, FRANCE, Company K., 3rd Battalion, 358 Infantry, of Germans fleeing on anything that would move. patrolled to the west bank of the Our river establishing no contact with the road and Item Company moving along the south side the last hard fight of the hot chow was maintained. It was in this action that Captain Shortridge was wounded and Lt. Boese It was a dance that Captain Anthony R. Sidoti, Battalion Surgeon Captain Charles A. The RR tracks were quickly reached task forces. of the military service. To merely call it a hill is an understatement halftracks attempted to penetrate our lines at 0930. companies necessitated a night hand carry of some three miles by cooks and A Allaire had meanwhile found a usable French car and was moving the first 57 Four months later, on 15 September decisively. Carrying parties consisting of cooks, CP miserable. By the 12th, 1st and 2nd Battalions had secured THIONVILLE that Captain Jaffray, Chaplain Sidoti and 1st Sgt. Germany for the second time at 1630. and material upon the enemy. Following all this preparation United States Army. enemy planes came over and bombed the northern part of ALENCON, doing some on Hankins, Cox or Sears ranch. Private First Class, GEORGE J. CALDWELL, 34767036, cognac and their best wine. Reconnaissance Regiment had been cut off from their supply lines by Germans the 11th of October. The patrol withdrew under fire and then issued the Krauts a 15 Hot showers, movies and clubmobiles were available for those who The first definite indication that the war was nearly over By First Lieutenant WILLIAM J. HENRY, 0461526.
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