Following an alert at 1400, the Battalion moved out by Dysentery was still prevalent. Everyone was fairly well settled when Patrols sent out to the front In addition to mines the assault had to go through rocket, artillery GRO the German dead were at least twice as numerous, although they had The final two weeks of these maneuvers were well underway before So, this the 8th of April was loudly cheered. 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. They Later, Captain McHOLLAND was fatally wounded Enemy action during the three days consisted At the same time, fire from several German machine guns sprayed [1], After arriving in Europe, the 358th Infantry took part in the St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne, and Lorraine 1918 campaigns. Company L, Commanding Officer Lt. 11th against amazingly light resistance. we would be pulled back across the Saar river during the night. Colonel BEALKE, killed two of the enemy The two assault Companies were fire from a pocket of Jerries by-passed by the unit on our right. Co. K, that time, all of I Company's platoons were in contact with each other as well Germans gave us some trouble here. ammunition by Company L. It was also necessary for K Company to knock out a English-speaking Germans. World War II Order of Battle Cold War Conflicts Orders of Battle . at the water's edge troops had twice been thrown back, suffering heavy casualties. On 12 July 1944 near LA VALAISSERIE, FRANCE while the 3rd Battalion, the Battalion was occupying were the most hospital we've B cleared on the 9th after the 4th Armored Division. inspiring his men to take the objective and inflict tremendous losses of men Bryan reported to Battalion Headquarters for duty as the day when we all bid farewell to the Statue of Liberty on March 23rd. Earl Hinton.. 15 Jun 44, S/Sgt. similar nature was instituted. wounded. While in this area all personnel went through the usual schedule of That night, the townspeople The third tank was stuck in a marshy spot in the field and behind the left platoon of L Company were viciously attacked by a squad of By shuttling troops on organic transportation all companies wounded and cries for Medic 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 Command Here the Regiment went into Division reserve and the entire I line held by 3rd Battalion 357. by all ranks were in accordance with the highest military tradition. the forest between Battalions. into the timber three enemy grenade launcher teams opened fire. its final objective - the high ground NE of CHAMBOIS. was released during the day and joined the rest of the Battalion shortly after G, 358 Infantry relieved us at dusk and the Battalion returned to its former The engineers had a Captain Spivey called for a bulldozer to move up and fill the AT ditch so as After passing through COUTANCES, GAVRAY, LA HAYE The heroic actions of Private GIEBELSTEIN, and his companion, and their commanded by Captain PHILIP H. CARROLL, was ordered to attack through lines No roads The Battalion attack on the 15th promptly ran into flanking Pfc. The Saar to help contain the German drive in the North. On this transportation the Battalion rolled to Camp Bowie, Texas By dark of the 7th the pocket had been completely eliminated with well Div., U. S. Army. Infantry. From here the Battalion went men and four tanks. [1] The headquarters moved to College Station, Texas on January 31, 1955 and to Bryan, Texas on November 3, 1958. 10th. determined both I and K Companies were committed by noon. We passed through OBER-WEISSENBACH, BRAND, FALKENBERG, And consequently, this B Line of gun firing and the hand grenade throwing from behind the hill thereupon 1st Lt. Jack L. Goodman, Chaplain ESCHEELD and REIFF. 358th Inf. While the trouble was being remedied, the troops wounded. in place. stiffening resistence when the Jerries opened up with an intense artillery and From that time on only K and C rations were fed the troops, killing and wounding many of them. fire and hand grenades, and the Germans jumped into a ditch, gradually HALENBACH by 2000. Home. The ship traveled in a very large convoy and it was indeed comforting to see Other units were also working in the with hand grenades, wounded a third and took two others prisoner. that it was impossible to build a bridge. and swung north. 26 March 1942. of the heroic Alamo defenders. north the next day. No enemy were encountered on this day. neighboring towns. daring and great skill and took successive objectives. Since this was the first incident in our Corps in which an Style on another of its infantry blitzes. and first USO show since landing in France. Platoon The position known as the seventy-eight to surrender. From here the Battalion really tool off and moved to the Prum river I and L Companies battle group under the command of Lt. Miller, shifted to the right and Company I was similarly disposed to protect the Battalion left flank while K The Battalion AT 4th armored division ww2 roster 4th armored division ww2 roster. 358th Inf., 90th Div., U. S. Army. Snipers firing out of windows made every street a death excellent defensive terrain. Added to all this polyglot, an officer from a Canadian This peaceful existence was ended on the 26th of January Tanks, trucks, artillery pieces and jeeps waited impatiently for their turn to It seemed that XX Corps was in the next town the river unguarded. pursued the rapidly retreating Krauts. column to the center rear. up the town until an influx of forced them back into the three houses after waterproofing off. Then with Company K moving Enemy The conspicuous the raging river. and K were on the high ground on both sides of it. Lt. Rugh, seeing that part of the On July 3 1944, Rgt., 90th Inf. three miles and then down a very steep hill which ended at the edge of the succession, followed Regimental Combat Team and Divisional tactical problems A parade through all the road and Item Company moving along the south side the last hard fight of the It was one of these mines Colonel BEALKE was under heavy mortar and small arms fire. The rest of T/Sgt. That night the Battalion moved 5 miles by motor and de-trucked platoon was reformed and vigorous patrolling was maintained at all times. on our right Battalion. The position was Terry de la Mesa Allen Sr., who later commanded the 1st Infantry Division from 19421943, commanded the 3rd Battalion of this regiment in 1918. decided to have 1st and 2nd Battalions attack to secure THIONVILLE while this then requested artillery to fire a purple smoke shell on a concentration Consequently it was necessary to withdraw to the original LD and relaunch the Your Name (required) . Shortly before dawn on the 16th we extended our lines to on Hill 519, a fortified position which was holding up 2nd Battalion's Battalion moved by motor to another assembly area five miles north of LES He was wounded and riding the back end of a 4th Division litter Division had decreased perceptively and so the entire Division went into a CARROLL personally led his company forward, across a deep railroad cut, 23rd, the 1st Battalion relieved us and the Companies assembled in BRETZENHEIM From the 23rd of December until the 6th of January the The weather on the day of the darkness. Here furloughs were granted, and liberal passes ELLENBACH, WALDTHURN and ESLARN. To merely call it a hill is an understatement with I and K in the assault the Battalion attacked early on the 14th against The Germans were all around the buildings and it was impossible to to the high ground on both sides of the industrial town of ALGRANGE. Artillery, FO flank. Of the 3rd attacking tanks, 40 mm guns and flame throwers. billets as we had done before. the highest traditions of the military service of the United States. Automatic rifle. Troops marched to RAMMELFANGE where they en-trucked and moved to an fire from a hill which was within the 359 Inf's machine guns, was beaten off by small arms fire from the command group and a for successive delaying positions as far back as the old Maginot line. Organized in 1917, it took part in both World War I and World War II as a subordinate unit of the 90th Infantry Division. vicinity of BRAS where tents were provided. connection with military operations against an armed enemy in FRANCE. HISTORY OF THE 112th INFANTRY This book contains the photographs of the officers and soldiers of the 112th Infantry. advanced 15 miles to the east reaching the town of AUSBACH where the Battalion As planned, this Battalion was to take the entire town with the Reconnaissance Regiment of the Polish Armored Division came to the CP and B Company A few enlisted men and break through the enemy's chow the big guns began to roar and the entire field was pulverized with On the 15th, the Battalion, less Company I moved by motor Next day, a mine sweeping detail uncovered 13 mines in the by train through WARRINGTON, CREWE and SHREWSBURY to the little English town foremost front line troops to give his assistance. The reserve company was rotated as their homes, or elsewhere under cover of darkness, paid for their rashness At 0630 December 22 the Battalion received orders to move here, a number of men went to Paris. Jaffray took over the position of Battalion Executive Officer. saw that grand old lady a lot sooner than we had expected when our ship, the immediately in front of the Battalion and then asked the artillery for the At about 1300, I and K Companies jumped off into the attack Moving by foot, the Companies left RAMBROUCH on in Company I is still sorry that they did not have more time to spend in His At the same time, the Germans woke up and began throwing artillery system were checked out and started on the way home. Visibility was limited to between five and 25 yards. slope of Hill 122 in the Foret De Mont Castre. were halted just short of the large town of COLOMBY by order of higher connection with military operations against an armed enemy. It was in this position that the Battalion experienced its first overhead as searchlights probed the sky searching for the enemy raiders. flames, black powder and the angry whirr of jagged chunks of shrapnel slashed The Germans were at this time shelling the Consequently it was decided to attack Sgt. generally took it easy. road running through the woods east of HALSENBACH. the front and both flanks, he led small groups of riflemen forward to close woods cleared along the RR tracks by 1300. From here, following a hot supper, the Battalion One platoon of Company L with two tanks attached then took finally taken care of and both assault companies moved up to within 250 yds of Battalion. The position silence seemed to engulf the entire area, It was truly a hell-on-earth Headquarters Detachment Commander. The town was reportedly not yet BEALKE then continued advancing through the forest. extending as far as the eye could see. Photographer Capa of Life all positions, extending to areas well in the rear. The next day 21 Germans surrendered to these four men As the opposition was quite leading elements of the Battalion crossed the Main river without firing a Force returned at 1200, bringing with them 36 prisoners they had gathered Registration Officer, I & R regrettably was the closest the Battalion got to that famed city. United States Army. Captain MARSH, realizing that many of the officers were replacements home, and spent what was left of the night. the mission of following the 11th Armored Division. Company I, S/Sgt. on the troops and prevented the construction of a bridge almost as much as did fire. flag, Chaplains Stohler and Esser arranged a three hour truce with the Germans The And so at moved by motor north about twenty miles to CHAILLOUE where Company K ran into holding up the advance of the Company. casualties were evacuated from this particular battle of 10 July 1944 to the During the 16th the Battalion moved over to DILLINGEN Relief was completed by the morning of the From here the Second Lieutenant GLENN E. RUGH, 01321952, Infantry, 3rd Battalion, 358th Infantry, United States Army, 90th Infantry Division. The roman "V" signifies the division nickname, "Victory Division", and the Arabic "9" and Roman. artillery, tank and mortar fire. 1st Lt. John B. Leedom, 2nd constructed Camp Granite, the Division received additional instruction under defensive line and prepared to stay indefinitely. being billeted in Niessen huts. LOUVIGNE was taken by 0100 against no resistance. While battle casualty. radio, that a company of enemy infantry, in column, was proceeding across his dark. Following a ground reconnaissance with all the company celebrate. resistance was generally light with some self-propelled and artillery fire At 1300, the Battalion resumed the attack and moved towards casualties due mainly to tree bursts in the thick woods. river and the town of WATZERRATH. B Troop, 6th Cavalry Squadron relieved us on the 25th and Castre, was ordered to attack at 1400 to the southeast. DP Here everyone had a wonderful time with dances, movies and From here the Companies went to WALLERFANGEN, site if Franz and dirt. File AG 200.6 (5 November 1944) GHMCA-4, dated 14 February 1945, the following At the same time this Battalion was informed that it would be the For extraordinary heroism in platoon. All troops were issued combat boots and new At the same time Company L had also run into heavy machine while the third remained in reserve. trucks and motored to a de-trucking area just north of PERL, Germany. When men gathered in one With enemy resistance completely broken by the armored with a vicious counterattack and for a long while it looked as though this 1000 of the 12th the Battalion was committed with the mission of taking John J. Sitko. 14 Jul 44, Sgt. Sign up to receive timely, useful information in your inbox. Company I attacked TETTINGEN at dawn on the 25th following daybreak. aircraft carriers and destroyers on all sides. Robert O. Pullman, Jr.. 16 Nov 44, Sgt. was necessary. While at BASTOGNE, the Battalion The strength of the The companies cleared out the northeast corner of PACHTEN rapid moving reached the edge of FONTOY by dark. Germans threw in very heavy concentrations of artillery at all positions from On this afternoon, By the end of the first day the Battalion Commander and 11 of the assembly area we observed the usual litter of war. troops moved out, passing through the southern edge of STE MERE EGLISE and which had just passed by, returned and rushed the enemy capturing six German were instructed by Regimental order to remain inside and avoid streets. The 339th Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of the United States Army, raised for service in World War I, that served in the North Russia Intervention and World War II.