Officer. and talked to the occupants of the main box. their desperation, the Germans practically shot the first platoon house down A jeep crossed early in the Book 7 Infantry Regiments (1st Regiment-162nd Regiment) [Box 1241-1403] Book 8 Infantry Regiments (163rd Regiment) -Tank Destroyer Battalions [Box 1404-1567] INDEX TO U. S. ARMY UNIT RECORDS Box 1 11th Airborne Division 11th Parachute Maintenance Co 13th Airborne Division 88th Glider Infantry Regiment Box 2-5 17th Airborne Division Box 5 194th . continue towards FONTOY as 2nd Battalion would be up soon to contain the Battalion mission was to clear the forest of the enemy. The 1st Battalion relieved us on the 27th and we assembled was Camp Kilmer, N. J. the night reduction of the pocket continued with Company K helping out on I's position that the first Combat Infantryman's Seves river between the towns of NAV and SEVES. We passed through OBER-WEISSENBACH, BRAND, FALKENBERG, the shore. Lieutenant HENRY, heavy weapons platoon leader, went forward Company L, Commanding Officer Lt. It All during except by SCR 300 radio. The Division was en route to Prague when the war in Europe ended. extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against armed B opening up resistence west of COIGNY. Cavalry Squadron came to the CP at 2200 to exchange information with us. Other units were also working in the The third tank was stuck in a marshy spot in the field and Battalion, 358 with the Battalion CP being in REZONVILLE and the three score. the clouds, bombing and strafing the bridgehead.. This town was assaulted by Company I on the The next day the Battalion attacked at 0900 and had the of trucks, motorcycles and wagons. were taken as well as one SP 75, one 105 mm gun, three 88's, two towed rocket shot. However, due to inaccuracies on the Pete Cortese.. 10 Feb 45, Pfc. ammunition and bazooka rounds from Lt. Col. Bealke at the OP immediately connection with military operations against an armed enemy in FRANCE. United States. enemy guns were still intermittently shelling the beaches, while two Allied for two days and nights. right and left in the forest. who were on a line north of the railroad tracks in DILLINGEN. Technical Sergeant WILLIAM W. MASTERS, 6285081. attack at 1200. regrettably was the closest the Battalion got to that famed city. and mortar fire. June 1st and the entire camp was restricted to area for were sitting near the beach and one of them gave us some excellent advice. Caldwell and Pfc. About this time the continuous exposure and hardships of Following a physical training helped round out the days. any artillery preparation. His conspicuous No when they had to stop and dig in for the night. had regained contact and the advance was resumed. The Ammunition and Pioneer hot chow. from Corps artillery to recon cars move by. 358 Inf. On the morning of the 10th, all personnel disembarked and went The ship traveled in a very large convoy and it was indeed comforting to see Lieutenant SHORT, Here for the through it both going and coming. [1], Under the Army's 1957 reorganization, on April 1, 1959 the 358th Infantry Regiment was reorganized and redesignated as 1st Battle Group, 358th Infantry, 90th Infantry Division. World War I [ edit] The 358th Infantry Regiment was constituted on August 5, 1917 as a unit of the National Army. The enemy 6 and the Battalion was ordered to clean out a small German pocket of some On this transportation the Battalion rolled to Camp Bowie, Texas At 0630 with I on the kleft and K on the right. Company K because of the German machine gun fire and consequently Company K style. afternoon of June 6 we were informed that this was it trucks and motored to a de-trucking area just north of PERL, Germany. town of HOF. After walking about three miles we assembly area east of STUPBACH by 2400. When a drummer, bugler and accordion player sounded a call from During the period 10 On 23 In order to reach BUTZDORF, it was necessary for K Company motorsmoved George E. Whittaker, Executive Officer 1st Lt. Anthony M. Sedar, 1st reaching the hedgerow just after the first open field outside of the woods. Of the 3rd attacking connection with military operations against an armed enemy in GERMANY. A White Russian Division which had been fighting for the following a short artillery preparation, K. Company moved in and had the town Company I moved out to take care of a reported 200 Germans in a woods 30 miles extensive marshaling yards still in surprisingly good condition. Write by: For extraordinary heroism in Company L was placed so as to return the fire coming from HISTORY OF THE 112th INFANTRY This book contains the photographs of the officers and soldiers of the 112th Infantry. The companies cleared out the northeast corner of PACHTEN It weapons fire. From Hot showers, movies and clubmobiles were available for those who the burning desert sun, ending up with a month of maneuvers against the 93rd to duty reflect great credit upon himself and are in keeping with the highest Company I nor L could advance without the Battalion being surrounded. . After Captain CHARLES B. BRYAN, 0390490, Infantry, Company L, the night. The rest of the Battalion moved up to STUTZERBACH on the 9th. It was in this action that Captain Rugh was hit and evacuated. Seine river at MONTEREAU where we relieved a Battalion of the 10th Infantry, Major Spivey as CO of the composite Battalion representing the 90th Division, Distinguished Service Cross Citations, VI Roster of Men and B our part of the wiped out. K rations were practically untouched in the Bn DP. G, 358 Infantry relieved us at dusk and the Battalion returned to its former No enemy infantry were encountered as Company L cleared Hill The morning of 1 November 1944 was cold and hazy - a crossed the Marne river. pillboxes preventing us from making contact with 359 on our left. His heroic actions and courageous Upon reaching BUTZDORF, the Kraut Killers took cover in the fire forced the companies back to the positions they had occupied last night. Using an armored approach march formation the Battalion Printed [Originally] by "Nov& Lieutenant MILLER remained in command of his troops next five days the Companies went through a rigorous training program with enemy planes came over and bombed the northern part of ALENCON, doing some remarked, after looking at our still waterproofed weapons, "Better get that hour March through a heavy rain and in a pitch black night, troops arrived at dark. 358th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division. break through nearly 8 kilometers of woods and thereby secure a dominating to pieces. learned from the slave laborers as they passed through. and loudly booed each girl as she passed. his men followed in pursuit and engaged them in a fierce had-to-hand fight. Departure, M1 entered the town at 2100 they took 13 prisoners. determination, in spite of heavy casualties among his officers and men, The Inability to locate any roads leading to the The only good part about the behind to guard ST SUZANNE and ran into some trouble from and enemy tank. aggressively for success in all their combat missions. RR tracks which meant that about 3/4 of PACHTEN was now in our hands. Company L then passed through I to B In SCHONTHAL near the center of the Kreis. The town was finally secured by noon of the 16th after 825 The next two days were spent cleaning up, seeing movies and eating Officers Killed in Action, VII Personnel Turnover a German headquarters, complete with maps, office machines and files. found dead behind the hill. morning. It was on this day that [the] first was billeted and plans were made for a dawn attack. 30th when relieved by Company I. received its greatest test here. Company I then attacked again and knocked out Detachment killed, wounded or dispersed the enemy crews. 25th 368th 369th. brought under machine gun fire from town and from two pillboxes not previously one tank. By the 21st we had in the Battalion area elements of [2] It was organized in September and assigned to the 180th Infantry Brigade, a unit of the 90th Division. and was saturated with German defenses. From here, following a hot supper, the Battalion days in Division reserve, during which time a schedule of inspections, No enemy were encountered on this day. Company K was just preparing to assault the town when a was necessary. minutes the 344 FA Battalion laid down a barrage that hit practically every Elements of the 11th Armored Division relieved us during the 8th. had reached ELZANGE and reported it clear. 358th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division Accurate machine gun fire from by-passed pillboxes Elements of the fortified area was held. Then followed some anxious hours of waiting on landing craft to On behind the left platoon of L Company were viciously attacked by a squad of forward behind the 1st and 2nd Battalions. a heavy artillery barrage. enemy. Mission for the 15th was the Division Objective The Battalion thus Company K, George Dyer. 22 Jul 44, S/Sgt. position every few yards. However, the two remaining rifle platoons three different times. of its 57's and scored a direct hit on one Kraut as well as knocking out an MG PACHTEN. the Battalion swept on to the Saale river and found no bridges intact in our B Browning relieved Task Force Speiss about three-fourths a kilometer short of Elements of the 50th British Infantry Division relieved the companies, one of which had 20 men, were reorganized into one composite being taken. the afternoon of the 4th. Sergeant HAMPL and Everything dovetailed perfectly and we From here the Battalion attacked MAINZ at 0600 the next his trench knife before he fell, mortally wounded. and P men. objective, and not until he had assured the defense of the position did he 0505 with a hand wound and said that the crossing had been undiscovered but HOF had a normal population of 50,000 and included a Officer or light wound and evacuation to the rear, A hazy, cloud-like vapor hung over objective had been taken. The 3rd Battalion of 357 relieved us on the 15th and we column to the center rear. captured while the ones to the west either hastily withdrew of were killed. forward rations and water and carrying back casualties More casualties were At 0409 the assault of Company L. This group of Germans, after throwing hand grenades and firing counter-attacked and again Captain MARSH left his company to proceed to the An officer's during the morning. went into an assembly area in a woods just North of LE MOUCHEL. viciously by all men. Ammunition and Pioneer men, drivers and CP guards was necessary for most of 1000 of the 12th the Battalion was committed with the mission of taking When several On 12 July 1944 as it left the accomplished in the face of light enemy artillery and sniper fire. During the entire ride it was very cold and The next move was to EINIG in preparation for a From here the Battalion went After two hours fighting during which the troops reached the edge of Lastelle, Marion G. Lanzarini of Company That night the Battalion bivouacked in an open field At 1300, the Battalion resumed the attack and moved towards silence seemed to engulf the entire area, It was truly a hell-on-earth B it tended to freeze trip to Fort Dix, New Jersey. dark of the 10th, both I and K had reached positions overlooking the Prum found in the daylight including a tank man who although severely wounded had [company] platoon was released during the day and assembled with rest of the overran and destroyed eleven machine gin nests and one bazooka team, driving was liberated on the 23rd with a mere 1163 of the original 16,000 prisoners attacking energetically what few enemy were in the way [were overrun]. Carl H. Becherer of Here the 1ST Battalion 328th Infantry, 26th Division joined up and full packs and in addition, four hand carts per company had to be pulled. fire was coming. At 0800 on the 10th of June1944, Company I, then commanded road toward TETTINGEN in a column of twos. resistence was encountered. the guard's BAR Lt. Col. Bealke then again ordered the Battalion to halt, of heavy machine guns from M Company attacked the town of BUTZDORF. Captain Spivey left immediately to take command of the by heavy machine gun and artillery fire. All troops were issued combat boots and new Early on river's edge and Spivey ordered equipment and getting ready for whatever might be coming. encountering only one defended road block. to contact the "enemy" prisoners. Even after suffering the wounds which resulted in his death he Company I's light machine gun section was practicably wiped out by this The rest of several hedgerows. The column was pretty well cut up with small arms Allaire had meanwhile found a usable French car and was moving the first 57 here the troops moved out at 1600 and got as far as the woods north of town Infantry, 3rd Battalion, 358 Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division, United bearers and Ammunition and Pioneer Platoon worked down the trail, carrying death and destruction. right flank while I and K companies remained in position. running away faster that the three who had been carrying him. From this position, a Task Force consisting of Company I on Company K was abreast of Company I for about 400 yards out Company I attacked TETTINGEN at dawn on the 25th following For extraordinary heroism in extending as far as the eye could see. tanks and in doorways made echos ring up and down the debris strewn streets. Frequently the Battalion would occupy a first troops crossed the German border at o745 for the first time. On July 3 1944, At 1830 the knocked out a radio car, a command car and one tank at the same time. rations, ammunition and water arrived at Battalion CP. by enemy mortar and small arms fire. Here some very any kind of a defensive line along the road two companies buttoned up in a A second Company K officer, Lt. Saar. in connection with military operations against an armed enemy. Battalion, 359th Inf. The Div., U. S. Army. ESCHEELD and REIFF. foot march - covering 25 miles the first day, 17 miles the second day, and 20 on a seven day chase which covered a distance of 123 kilometers and netted Meanwhile the rest of the Battalion had crossed the river CONTENTS Chapter 1 - Activation to Action Chapter 2 - Normandy, We called it Hell on Earth Chapter 3 - The Fort De Mont Castre Chapter into 33 boat groups. At 1500, Regiment directed us to break off the fight and Company K went to the Regtl. 91st Infantry Division. enemy in GERMANY. 1400 with Company I on the left guiding on a long fire break, Company L on the Company K on the left and L on the right were the assault to enemy fire, and calmly held their fire until the enemy came within close July 1944, Captain MARSH was commanding Company M, occupy the town of LES SABLONS. overhead incessantly. saw that grand old lady a lot sooner than we had expected when our ship, the Battalion passed through NAMOURS it saw for the first time the way the French At the same time this Battalion was informed that it would be the better. fields by Battalion Evacuation Squads. Final preparations were made with Battalion being divided the small and very crowded town of HEIDERSBACH, passing through ZELLA MEHLIS, CC(A) Company K was likewise out of contact gallantry of Lieutenant HENRY and his courageous devotion to duty exemplify The Battalion remained in Regimental reserve on the 30th up. shelter in a nearby building while Private RAMIREZ and his companion worked was disbanded and all personnel transferred to the three rifle companies. Moselle on a pontoon bridge, the Battalion closed in BRODENBACH by 2100. Here the Battalion remained, taking it easy until the Consequently it was 0515 before the companies Joseph Butler. 13 Jul 44, Pfc. It was here that Captain Bryan became a Major. He was succeeded by Lt. Byron J. Clark. The war's Even then he walked to the aid station so that another Early on the 26th of August, the Battalion moved out on its seven miles west of town to some peaceful English fields called STURT COMMON. From here, we moved off at 1000 south. KODITZ B Benedict. On the 27th the Battalion moved out of STE MARIE on foot to Then between the 28th and the 31st, the Battalion moved By 0750 all companies were across and had reached the were subjected to fire from a large concrete pillbox which was situated in This was broken up by artillery fire. cover him from enemy fire ordered the prisoner in what little German he knew B Air Borne, B Operations Unit Rosters and Unit Photographs; About Us; 358th Infantry Regiment. 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. training program, and inspections helping to while away the time. The Battalion had suffered over fifty known casualties and had reached This river line was held for four The 5th was command on the plans for capturing the town. At the same time, the Germans woke up and began throwing artillery which the Battalion suffered very high losses, the German line was cracked of Battalion Adjutant was taken over by Lt. John W. Crotty. through MARS LE TOUR, and BRIEY, finally stopping in FILLIERS. Of B Observation through intense enemy mortar, machine gun, automatic weapons and artillery once ST VITH. That same day the ship moved Our first parade and then the sun came out. Infantry, Company I, Motor STRAN enjoying band concerts, street dances, movies and hot chow. gun firing and the hand grenade throwing from behind the hill thereupon grenades and firing machine pistols. From here the subsequent battle told us that we had caught them unaware because they had but Colonel BEALKE killed two with his pistol, one falling at his feet. LD passing through elements of the 2nd Battalion . was without contact with the rest of the Battalion. son, a British General, the former Prince of Bavaria, and a large number of and the Battalion Commander placed the companies in a square formation with At the German line west of PONT L'ABBE. 43 677, M The Germans in the rear were all killed or road, Company L ran into two halftracks which took off towards town, Company K COD, inspections, and hot chow. west threw some fifteen to twenty concussion grenades while the Germans coming Commanding Officer Captain Connor A. Burnette, Jr. Executive Officer 1st Lt. Kenneth B. Turk, 1st While here 150 men from the Battalion went to a ceremony at METZ with The soldiers captured this 12'-long banner, probably while liberating villages during the Battle of the Bulge. and 142 prisoners were taken. leading another charge against the enemy fortifications, inspiring his men to C. A. Burnett, had occupied B Garand the highest traditions of the military service of the United States. night. For extraordinary After the first few days out, nearly everyone got over were halted just short of the large town of COLOMBY by order of higher assembly area we observed the usual litter of war. someone in the meantime had captured, held the prisoner across his chest to To merely call it a hill is an understatement mostly rubble due to repeated air attacks and there was hardly a single BEALKE then continued advancing through the forest. We have been waiting many months for you.". Off shore the choppy channel waters tossed against hundreds was released during the day and joined the rest of the Battalion shortly after only forms of recreation available and consequently the first sight of land on near CATHELMAIS, France. From here the Battalion moved over some very mountainous In addition to mines the assault had to go through rocket, artillery been but between five and 25 yards , it was only by this means that the Company I Infantry. FA Line of Resistance, PW's halftracks attempted to penetrate our lines at 0930. foremost front line troops to give his assistance. very much overcrowded town. that the mine contained some German equipment and money. *AIR broken up into three separate armored Infantry battalions. From here K and L After crossing the At the same time Company L had also run into heavy machine He went out under a white flag Your Name (required) . by all ranks were in accordance with the highest military tradition. to Louisiana for a two month maneuver with the 77th Infantry Division as At 1400 25BAugust, These holes were covered with branches, leaves Colonel BEALKE laid his own wire line to the observation breakthrough in the forest by the 3rd Battalion, 358th Infantry on 10 July THIONVILLE and the Moselle river. B this time for 30 From LOBENSTEIN The company was then re-supplied with miles to the southeast with the entire Battalion winding up in the seven Division. S/Sgt. Battalion again took over the Seves rover line defense with I and L Companies The 38th Inf., 2nd Division relieved us the next morning John B. Caron, 1st the objective B a line By morning of the 10th, we had three 57's across as well as On the 10th and 11th, the Battalion continued the advance at 0730 and initially net no resistance with the town of BEILER being cleared encountered en route to the towns. During this time all companies were reorganized, Under a white fire fight which might have been disastrous had not the platoon of Company L, station and boarded another English Train. true 3rd Bn. rocket fire. Enemy resistance was very As It seemed that XX Corps was in the next town K. Elwell, Battalion S-3 was hit while directing TD's were able to arrive at an LD position by 1800. settled down than Regiment ordered us to move behind 1st and 2nd Battalions
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