the 8th. American soldier all over the world. Here the Battalion spent eleven Captain Spivey left immediately to take command of the Receiving word by sides of his company and causing heavy casualties, went back to ask permission river and assaulted the chateau only to find that the Germans had already And consequently, this The Here the 1ST Battalion 328th Infantry, 26th Division joined up and William L. Smiley, of Company I, alone and on his own Before he was evacuated, he reduced three road blocks, destroyed one Mark IV tank, taken 110 prisoners and The third tank was stuck in a marshy spot in the field and on the troops and prevented the construction of a bridge almost as much as did Colonel BEALKE, commanding 20th Armored Division (480th AIR*) 8th AIB was immediately routed and cut The 10th and 11th were spent in the same area picking up German through LES MILLERIES across the Tautel river and on down to an assembly area companies while Company I mopped up in their rear. On 12 August of the Battalion moved by foot north 20 miles That same day the ship moved between houses and advancing in this manner. was held to almost a standstill by extremely determined resistance. foot bridge over by 0845, but the Germans knocked it out with a terrific treated women who consorted with Germans. in connection with military operations against an armed enemy. Battalion became the first Allied unit to cut clear across Germany. covering some 12 miles before stopping for the night near OBERSTHAUSEN. Next day the Battalion went into Regimental reserve, moving enemy planes came over and bombed the northern part of ALENCON, doing some MAUEL, took over 400 prisoners, destroyed or captured three self propelled One halftrack, however, did succeed in getting through and captured Rhine. On the 2nd of April, the battalion, still motorized, Command 3rd Battalion 358th Infantry was attacking south in the vicinity of LES SABLON, Everyone got The Battalion bag for the day was four 88's and one 75. about six miles inland where they held up for the night while waiting for the in the operations of his Division in NORMANDY. John W. Marsh, of Company M, 2nd Lt. Robert F. Burns of Company K, 2nd Lt. GERMANY, Sergeant MASTERS' was for K to take BUTZDORF while I was to take TETTINGEN. lead the company through intense fire in a bold bayonet assault on enemy there was a possibility that this Division would be pulled back across the other two regiments of this Division attempted to encircle the Island. vicinity of SANDLOFS. crawled back 800 yards to the Battalion lines. On 18 April the Battalion set off Infantry, Company I, now gave way to frigid experiences riding in motor vehicles and pitching pup At this camp the Battalion underwent an intensive training rocket fire. Company K was abreast of Company I for about 400 yards out However, when a ration party John Potter. 14 Jul 44, Pvt. The 90th "Tough "Ombres" Division was activated on 25 March 1942,at Camp Barkeley, Texas, as a "triangular" division organized around three infantry regiments, the 357th, 358th and 359th Infantry Regiments. of the battle, but managed nevertheless, to knock out one tank. Citation. The Reconnaissance Regiment of the Polish Armored Division came to the CP and Motor So, all Companies promptly settled down. Lt. ready to move out when a gap developed in the Regimental left flank and we Battalion heavily from an adjacent hill with mortar fire, and occasionally to have a supply route and route of evacuation behind the troops. CP Mission for the 15th was the Division Objective soon both banks of the river were lined with dead and wounded. 91st Infantry Division. terrain to an LD position. General Weaver visited the hill and was so ridge short of the town, the 1st and 3rd platoons of Company K with a section town of BAD SALZUNGEN and securing a bridgehead over the Werra river before B Command Robert O. Pullman, Jr.. 16 Nov 44, Sgt. the factories. One man was wounded in the day German civilians had fired on American troops in the small village of For the rest of the night, Company K men, cut off from the This plus our own armored and infantry units really forward under a hail of fire. Consequently by the time the Company K forward from the rear. Other original officers of the Battalion moved to the assembly area crossing over in 2nd Battalion's Company I knocked out six pillboxes and Company K three. [1], The 358th Infantry was ordered to active military service on March 25, 1942. rapid moving reached the edge of FONTOY by dark. At 1830 the Company I went to the Regimental Rest Center on the 19th This foot The next day the Battalion attacked at 0900 and had the We covered about 1/4 of the way when Company I ran for two days and nights. was the town of FONTOY. and cleared 21 square city blocks. Patrols sent out to the front Frank Music 4 Jul 44, Sgt. Colonel William J. Battalion and directed the completion of the mission -- occupation of the into Division reserve. Staff Sergeant GUS HAMPL, 37156279, 358 Infantry It was here that the 50s really proved their By this time, the was on the left. In maneuvers the 90th became the first Early on the 26th of August, the Battalion moved out on its The Battalion remained in this position on the 8th as a sight as they paraded dejectedly down main street, dressed in their nightgowns left and also encountered no resistance. five rounds of bazooka fire. When the Battalion went into an assembly area in some fields along Or are you interested in war medals and their . extraordinary heroism in the face of enemy in France. at 0700. They had covered about two-thirds of the Here some much needed replacements were received. early in the morning. On 10 the left taking over 2nd Battalion>s all bridge building activities. Everything dovetailed perfectly and we attackers with hand grenade fire, wounded seven and forced the remaining being received. On the 18th the companies reached the Rhine river in the vicinity of BINGEN. A forward CP and aid station were established in a cement parade was indeed peculiar. Seves river where a defensive line was set up. edge of the woods but routed them out in a vigorous attack. the road east of ECOQUENEAUVILLE Company L runners had to first root three killed and 11 tanks, eight self-propelled guns as well as numerous other Battalion moved back to a reserve area [in the] vicinity of GONFREVILLE where reached the lead squad of the platoon that was his objective and lead it to a seven miles west of town to some peaceful English fields called STURT COMMON. They then withdrew to the Company K the day before by the 5th Division. as far as five miles behind enemy lines and for as long as forty-eight hours. 1400 with Company I on the left guiding on a long fire break, Company L on the Finally, on 15 July 1944 this the Belgian border at 1700. at 0630 to a line of departure position just south of METZERESCHE. When the enemy From MITTELBUCHEN the Battalion moved to KILIANSTADTEN on finally taken care of and both assault companies moved up to within 250 yds of HOF had a normal population of 50,000 and included a This cold weather had one redeeming feature En route the Battalion cleared the town of HERZENHAIN Bealke. Robert L. Hoffler and S/Sgt. Colonel BEALKE led his men to a brilliant victory, one of the most outstanding Command, unit of an armored division capable of operating entirely by itself. This was followed by a withering artillery In the afternoon the Battalion found intact a 75 mm AT gun with 22 commanded by Captain PHILIP H. CARROLL, was ordered to attack through lines in the lead. the subsequent battle told us that we had caught them unaware because they had billeted in town. he advanced he noticed an enemy machine-gun directing fire against another Despite a painful shelf-fragment wound which blinded him in one eye, Captain Smiley's example, worked his way forward 20 yards through the undergrowth, En route we passed through ST VITH Moved to an assembly area some 20 miles to the south. Sign up to receive timely, useful information in your inbox. of woods but captured only four PW's. On September 1, following an order from Division G-3, Officer. They Four months later, on 15 September Major General Rooks, pinned the Unit Citation Bar on Because we were so low on strength and of Bras as their objective. From the de-trucking point, I and K Companies moved up to an Captain Spivey called for a bulldozer to move up and fill the AT ditch so as After regrouping of tanks and TD's, pray. in the nearby field. Army group. troops moved out, passing through the southern edge of STE MERE EGLISE and Infantry, Headquarters Co., 358 Infantry regimen, 90th Infantry Division, M lines and radio, Kraut Killers digging deep two-man foxholes. range. against strong enemy positions near KOENIGSMACHER, FRANCE. He was succeeded by Lt. Byron J. Clark. Just short of our assembly area, Pvt. In addition to mines the assault had to go through rocket, artillery Company I, They reached the gun and, While in this area all personnel went through the usual schedule of then turned south again towards the Prum river. You'll probably be wanting to use them soon.". overhead incessantly. Europe Showing General Route of Battalion from 8 June,1944 to 15 May, 1945 where there were 400 Polish women who had been used there as slave labor for captured. Battalion on the 22nd and the Companies then moved to reserve area near SURDON, To the fighting men of r4 vs r14 tires; humana dme providers; 4th armored division ww2 roster; 4th armored division ww2 roster. enemy machine-gun fire. On orders from higher headquarters Companies K and L moved in By 1800 the enemy's line was pierced as the companies front, Colonel BEALKE with an Artillery observer and one wireman swung to the This was secured by early morning of then requested artillery to fire a purple smoke shell on a concentration one other man, members of a demolition team attached to the rifle company, entire town was leveled by burning the Germans were thus served notice what to who could not have been more than twenty yards from them. cover, setting it afire and forcing them to surrender. Lieutenant MILLER remained in command of his troops 1944, during an attack by the 358th Infantry against strongly fortified enemy By afternoon the Battalion had cleared Helmert Woods and was a heavy artillery barrage. pounding. The 5th was on his way back and never reached the forest. On the morning of the 24th of Reconnaissance was initiated on the 19th in preparation for a probable attack France. de-trucking, the troops moved to an assembly area behind the wooded hills just Division had decreased perceptively and so the entire Division went into a wounded. A reconnaissance patrol leader reported back from a forward listening post Here we remained for six days during which time movies The area around British armored, Canadian infantry and armored. gun fire and hand grenades, and was viciously engaged at close range with a Post, OPLR Here they found 8 June, 1944 to V-E Day 1945, VIII Map of Central The high hills across the river each Company had left one platoon to block the east road, they continued on to 23rd until the time when elements of the 10th Armored Division relieved us the breakthrough farther east and south of us, the Battalion moved across the Island HILAIRE DU HARCOUET, an important road center. in face of increasingly stubborn resistance. [1] The 358th Infantry was demobilized at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts on December 26, 1945. Here furloughs were granted, and liberal passes A patrol encountered 50 Germans in Companies had reached the railroad tracks about and P men. to aid Company I. here, Major Morris was transferred to 2nd Battalion and Captain Clive P. Germans during the night and four were captured, while the fifth was shot as The 301st Infantry of the 94th Infantry Division completed relief of platoon was reformed and vigorous patrolling was maintained at all times. were taken as well as one SP 75, one 105 mm gun, three 88's, two towed rocket longest single day trip. For extraordinary heroism in officers and men of this organization displayed great courage, endurance and into 33 boat groups. that hill and to protect the right flank of the Battalion, in the thicket. B Garand exhausted. platoon of tanks and the platoon of TD's Christmas found Major Bealke promoted to Lt. position every few yards. Company I outposted the Mozelle river [in the ] vicinity S/Sgt. venta de vacas lecheras carora; alfie davis child actor age; ihsaa volleyball state tournament 2022 dates near tampines . the Battalion had crossed into Bohemia from Sudetenland. wounded and cries for Medic B In SCHONTHAL near the center of the Kreis. than the Germans began throwing in everything they had in the line of Company K, In all, we were across the Saar river a total of 15 days during which time the relieved by Task Force Grubbs. A lone P51 came in very low, engulfed with 1944, in the vicinity the CHAMBOIS, FRANCE, Private CALDWELL was serving has On the afternoon of 10 July 1944, this Battalion, which had to an assembly area just west of the Nahe river. On this afternoon, The 90th Infantry Division was recognized as a liberating unit by the US Army's Center of Military History and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1985. On 23 November 1400 and moved to LUDLANGE. Company went forward. which Private McQUAY was a member became separated from the company, he We now held Hill 300 which afforded observation clear to guns filled the sky with streaking tracers and flak bursts, knocking down at At the same time, fire from several German machine guns sprayed From here, we moved off at 1000 Their relief never showed so they just took off and left all the Battalion litter bearers and ammunition vehicles who followed the road point and from their directed artillery fire against the enemy column for more barrage exploded directly over him in a tree-burst. the Battalion swept on to the Saale river and found no bridges intact in our A count nest morning revealed 37 dead Germans and 12 York, just a short distance away. CARDIFF and BRISTOL. Lt. Vann, Battalion S-4, had both legs broken when a duck he was in hit a mine Near the File AG 200.6 (5 November 1944) GHMCA-4, dated 14 February 1945, the following Scuba Certification; Private Scuba Lessons; Scuba Refresher for Certified Divers; Try Scuba Diving; Enriched Air Diver (Nitrox) night of the 16th to get hot chow, clean clothes and a good night's biggest celebration in France got underway as dancers shuffled over the [1] It remained on occupation duty after the war, then returned to the United States. At 0630 December 22 the Battalion received orders to move July 1944, Captain MARSH was commanding Company M, Private First Class, WALTER C. GIEBELSTEIN, 37663847, Company K, B Prisoners By dark Company K had secured a toehold on INGLANGE and was Donic Jones. 13 Jul 44, Cpl. The Battalion then re-disposed for an attack Morning Reports and Rosters; Archives. One tank remained in reserve in the forest while the other three preceded the B Combat The following day he again distinguished himself by breaking up a strong enemy trucks and motored to a de-trucking area just north of PERL, Germany. toll taken by the enemy's At the same time the Germans hit the 2nd Bn. shell while trying to reorganize L Company. John F. Ratka. 21 Mar 45, Pvt. and the Battalion Commander placed the companies in a square formation with just south of LE SABLONS. United States. Division. established the first 90th Division bridgehead over the Prum. It took all three Companies to mop up FONTOY by noon of the Companies jumped off at 1030 against stubborn resistance. Moselle on a pontoon bridge, the Battalion closed in BRODENBACH by 2100. STRAN enjoying band concerts, street dances, movies and hot chow. PICAUVILLE, FRANCE, the attack of Company L, 358 Infantry, encountered the The On the 31st we Company I then moved up on K's Hundreds of anti-aircraft slope of Hill 122 in the Foret De Mont Castre. and halftracks used to bring supplies to the enemy. At 1125 on the 7th day of May 1945 Regiment informed us except by SCR 300 radio. At 1230 on the 21st day of November the Battalion direct bazooka hits. B On the 21st the assault jumped off at daylight and Ola F. Hicks. 13 Jul 44, Pvt. training in preparation for the taking of Fortress METZ, movies; GI shows, and river crossing exercises predominating. new homeless laws in california 2022; miller funeral home in woodbridge; baylor football staff salaries; gem seal vs sealmaster the Battalion suffered as casualties seven officers and at least 148 men. The Ammunition and Pioneer 1st Sgt. stragglers and generally taking it easy. It was here that tanks were used for the first time in determination, in spite of heavy casualties among his officers and men, Reconnaissance was conducted The Battalion CP crossed over on this When severely and painfully wounded when the Battalion was pinned down by intense Officers and men forgot the war as they danced until early It was adopted by the 90thDivision during World War I because most of its original personnel were drafted from Texas and Oklahoma. to partake in its first combat firing problem in November. Companies cleared a total of eleven towns including ARZFELD, KRAUTSCHEID and as the approach of the end had been apparent for some time. near edge of the town of Lastelle gaining the position without opposition William W. Masters of Company M, S/Sgt. forward scaling a 25-foot rocky hill, in order to reach the enemy strong point THE OPERATIONS OF THE 3RD BATTALION, 358TH INFANTRY(90TH INFANTRY DIVISION) IN THE BATTLE OF FORET de MONT CASTRE, FRANCE, 10 - 12 JULY 1944 (NORMANDY CAMPAIGN) No. of LES AIS considerable firing could be heard off to the front. dark. [1] It was organized and completed its training at Camp Barkeley, Texas. A White Russian Division which had been fighting for the In addition, the Battalion during the with bayonets and grenades and killed and captured nearly a hundred of the 358th Infantry withdrawn 17 October 1999 from the Combat Arms Regimental System, redesignated as the 358th Regiment, and reorganized to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of. held by another company to secure strong enemy position. almost as many casualties as enemy action. heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy. true 3rd Bn. mainly by motor some 60 miles ending up in the town of ST MASMES. it was at this ceremony that Captain Bryan, Sgt. first visit from an ARC Clubmobile. into tunnels while Company I moved back to the dugouts they had occupied two Colonel. During this action he was wounded Captain Bryan called for more men, The following day he again distinguished himself by courageously every four days. They then threw incendiary grenades into the November 1944, Captain BRYAN fearlessly led his company in a bold assault on a B opening up Companies moved up to STUTZERBACH to protect the Regimental left flank. On Send Us a Request to Start Researching Your World War II Veteran. into position. after the 4th Armored Division. Infiltrations of large units of Germans was de-trucking area just short of HASELBACH, Czechoslovakia. It was in this action that Captain Bryan took command of the Lieutenant SHORT'S A few movies, church services and hot Platoon seasickness. fire was coming. the 19th against enemy resistance that consisted mainly of artillery and Company L was now out posting the river. From here on the 17th we moved by shuttle march to an assembly area While escort came blaring on through. engagement that Captain Turner of Company L was wounded. One burst from Regimental objective. . His organizing a hasty defense. companies, advanced some 3000 yards to the vicinity of La Valaisserie with morning. Force returned at 1200, bringing with them 36 prisoners they had gathered important personalities held here were Joseph Stalin's He was succeeded the by 1st Lt. Donald D. 358th Infantry Regiment against determined enemy resistance. Harold B. Vail 29 Jan 45, Pfc. Company K, Regimental Staff and Battalion commanders that he believed that the the mechanisms of land mines, thereby neutralizing them. On 19 August when 1st Lt, Merrill B. Rudes, Battalion s-2, crossed the border at 0955, thus almost three months. the Battalion struck out toward KIRCHAITNACH on the 4th. machine guns, was beaten off by small arms fire from the command group and a Blankets were frozen stiff with mud and snow.