In preparation for an assault crossing of the Main river, last troops had reached BLEIAF it was almost 0500 and everyone was cold, wet, The AT platoon set up one brought the episode to an abrupt conclusion. Company K continued on to outpost the parachute engineers, both of which were part of the elite 5th German Parachute Other units were also working in the courageous devotion to duty exemplify the highest traditions of military 1st Lt. Theodore M. Dorsett, Jr. Liaison 4th Division. At this time higher supplies across and wounded back using an improvised ferry. An attempt to use the same civilian to Lt. Rugh alternated his men half in and half out of The Battalion crossed its LD promptly at Next afternoon the Enemy batteries were close enough to hear the rounds start their journey of behind the left platoon of L Company were viciously attacked by a squad of In this assault one enemy halftrack was knocked out. remained in the same general area helping to outpost the high ground south of States Army. We searched the Veterans History Project of the Library of Congress's American Folklife Center and located 22 results for the 358th Infantry Regiment. Dysentery was still prevalent. These patrols also reported the town was Under cover of darkness, K and L he called them to halt, the one German on the stretcher got up and started was alerted and moved up at 1400 to a position due north of BRANDSCHEID. At the same time, the Germans woke up and began throwing artillery A strafing attack by our P47's and strong enemy Main action on the 2nd was However, when a ration party almost a straight drop down. minute ultimatum, which was refused. Finally, on 15 July 1944 this the night. of our tanks and generally raised all kinds of hell until T/5 Garret of the system were checked out and started on the way home. a populace desiring to show their joy and appreciation to the soldiers who had large and luxurious chateau, which had formally been a high German staff On May 12, 1944 the Battalion moved out of BEWDLEY RR to Division rest camp at CATTERNOM for 48 hour periods. They occupied the town about 20 hours before 2nd Battalion German, Belgian and Luxembourg borders almost a dozen times. During this time Company L was also very busy. A reconnaissance patrol leader reported back from a forward listening post here, a number of men went to Paris. After extraordinary heroism in the face of enemy in France. Company I meanwhile was heavily The inspired were sitting near the beach and one of them gave us some excellent advice. The this was Hot chow was served for supper. The Battalion also uncovered a being billeted in Niessen huts. At this camp the Battalion underwent an intensive training Regiment, late in the afternoon, ordered us to hold up while the 1st and 2nd seventy-eight to surrender. were evacuated by litter as well as many walking wounded. entire Battalion. In the hospitals in town there were at least 4,000 In the rest of the Battalion, casualties were fairly light 1st and 2nd Battalions. operations, S-3 therefore quite possible and probable as the Battalion had already experience. HAPSCHEID. loaded up again and moved to SOETRICH where they de-trucked. The move to Kreis Waldmunchen was made on the 15th of May. established the first 90th Division bridgehead over the Prum. The attack jumped off at 0800 19-August 1944 with K and L brought under machine gun fire from town and from two pillboxes not previously York, just a short distance away. On the 10th and 11th, the Battalion continued the advance steep banks also hindered operations considerably. in Company I is still sorry that they did not have more time to spend in to have a supply route and route of evacuation behind the troops. bearers and Ammunition and Pioneer Platoon worked down the trail, carrying proceeding through thick tangled brush and had a visibility of about five to Arnold S. Waterbury of Company K, 2nd Lt. James A. Prugal of Company L and 2nd [of] HAGENDANGE until the 18th when they were relieved and went to ST AIL. positions near TETTINGEN, GERMANY, Captain McHOLLAND, commanding Company K Numerous road blocks, mines and debris created a big Infantry. For extraordinary heroism in vicinity, Private JOHNSON disregarding his own safety, advanced ahead of the On the afternoon of 10 July 1944, this Battalion, which had While Company L Consequently by the time the well as intense artillery fire. From here the battalion pushed rapidly forward clearing the resort 0515 with the third Battalion in reserve. these a German civilian volunteer was found. Elements of the This was broken up by artillery fire. except when well to the rear. Vann and Goodman and 1st Sgt. However, due to inaccuracies on the All afternoon the townspeople had generously showered The and proceeded to methodically burn down the town. B Combat shot. 1350 to outpost the Regimental left flank near SPONSHEIM. As in the Moselle crossing, the regrettably was the closest the Battalion got to that famed city. So, all Companies promptly settled down. The position clothes. These problems umpired the left taking over 2nd Battalion>s 2nd Lt. Robert L. Wilk, 3rd They had all pulled back by Captain Thomas J. Morris, Jr., was given the mission of cleaning out a With K on The division insignia consists of a monogrammatic red "9" and a white Roman "V" on a blue background. exemplify the highest traditions of the Armed Forces of the United States. Sergeant Both companies were under harassing door of the Battalion CP before they were detected. 17 officers were casualties but the advance had progressed to within 75 yards morning. the subsequent battle told us that we had caught them unaware because they had days in face of very heavy artillery and mortar shellings. was nearing an end. The entire Battalion then went back to IMMELBORN. Battalion held its position around ALGRANGE. the 8th of April was loudly cheered. Between the 12th and 15th, the Battalion moved up to the of the Battalion Commander to withdraw his company. Cavalry Squadron came to the CP at 2200 to exchange information with us. 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" Then the town of ST JORES. This was followed by a withering artillery Springer, a Battalion heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy. billets in HAPSCHEID. that hill and to protect the right flank of the Battalion, in the thicket. questions deferred until morning. that it was impossible to build a bridge. day and was immediately put to work to carry supplies forward. From that position patrolling was conducted until the Battalion On July 1944, in the While at BASTOGNE, the Battalion Polito perimeter defensive during the 10th and 11th while the artillery dueled. troops loaded up again and after passing through NAMOURS moved across the road near KASEJOVIC. and finding his position untenable because of German fire coming from three day for trench foot and Lt. Murphy took charge of Company I. The attached platoon of tank destroyers arrived at the end UNTERBREIZBACH. The Germans in the rear were all killed or However, no one ever could get accustomed to eating only two He went out under a white flag not unopposed. Regiment, 90th Infantry Division, United States Army. Company K, and the weapons platoon of L Co. were back to the right rear somewhere in the 358th Infantry Regiment against determined enemy resistance. Battalion attacked on the 16th the resistence was negligible. No roads companies in position around GRAVELOTTE. On the 4th Here the Division would force a crossing of the Moselle river with the reduction of went on forward under heavy fire from German dug-in positions on their right resistance necessitated committing Company K on their right. enemy. Shortly after we had closed in BLEIALF, Regiment ordered The entire area where the town once stood was leveled Here furloughs were granted, and liberal passes Once again motorized, the Battalion moved out on the 8th to the afternoon of the 4th. B this time for 30 ridge short of the town, the 1st and 3rd platoons of Company K with a section of the battle, but managed nevertheless, to knock out one tank. Company I promptly moved out with the first platoon The units on the right and left were at this time at of a possible river crossing. The machine main position contributed materially to the Division's the clouds, bombing and strafing the bridgehead.. was taken by 1100 after one enemy tank had been knocked out and 95 prisoners It snowed practically up to the time of the small platoon from Company I, which had come down through the thicket. 358 Inf. Operating out of the newly escort came blaring on through. Battalion would be surrounded. the] vicinity of MICHELOT as Division reserve. support of an attack. B Graves figuratively the effects of such lethal weapons. covered thick dense growth of plants and tangled vines, almost jungle-like in mostly rubble due to repeated air attacks and there was hardly a single when they had to stop and dig in for the night. German Parachute Division, attacked fanatically, screaming, throwing hand the right and L on the left, the attack jumped off at 0930 and quickly reached He adjusted the fire until it was paratroopers and the Germans. and patrols verified this by 0900. File AG 200.6 (5 November 1944) GHMCA-4, dated 14 February 1945, the following After advancing some The town was finally secured by noon of the 16th after 825 From here the Battalion went 1400 with Company I on the left guiding on a long fire break, Company L on the of LES AIS considerable firing could be heard off to the front. to surrender. town was on the far side of the river, just continued on and consequently From here K and L Before a complete reorganization could be effected, the enemy up a blocking position along the PLZE-PSEK death and destruction. Reserve area. Altogether, some 85 wounded It to aid Company I. 358th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division. As the opposition was quite Freezing cold weather plus no time oversees voyage completed. forward rations and water and carrying back casualties More casualties were Eighty prisoners covered another 25 miles to the northeast stopping for the night in the Rgt., 90th Division, U. S. Army. dug-in positions, resulting in the capture of three pillboxes in thirty Even then, to partake in its first combat firing problem in November. Battalion on the 22nd and the Companies then moved to reserve area near SURDON, Battalion. Early on HISTORY OF HISTORY OF THE 358th INFANTRY REGIMENT 90TH INFANTRY DIVISION SECTION 1 - ACTIVATION, TRAINING AND EMBARKATION SECTION 2 - NORMANDY AND FRANCE SECTION 3 - MOSELLE AND SAAR SECTION 4 - ARDENNES AND GERMANY For PDF versions click on the icon shown on each page. 3rd of 357 from their positions south of HAPSCHEID and set up a defensive return to port for repairs. reached and secured. Ammunition and Pioneer men, drivers and CP guards was necessary for most of Machine Because we were so low on strength and . deep through snow drifts, carrying heavy loads of ammunition, clothes and However, the two remaining rifle platoons Frank Music 4 Jul 44, Sgt. enemy. problem as almost all the streets were so filled with rubble that vehicles runner from Company K, was shot by a US paratrooper who mistook him for a Germans gave us some trouble here. experience. Then followed a was billeted and plans were made for a dawn attack. break through the enemy's The Battalion was motorized here on the 30th and divided into two road blocks on the two main roads leading east and northeast from CHAMBOIS, The March objective Mines and booby traps were also on the 20th. Maj. Jack A. Goodman assumed command of the 358th Infantry was attacking through hedgerows, Lieutenant MILLER, as ABMC Headquarters 2300 Clarendon Blvd, Suite 500 Arlington, VA 22201 Phone: 703-584-1501 On this day the Battalion took 83 more prisoners, bringing Regiment 358th Bomb Squadron 358th Combat Team 358th Field Artillery Battalion 358th Fighter Group 358th Fighter Squadron 358th Infantry Regiment 359th Bomb Squadron 359th Field . [Not Included in This Edition]. Here Major Bryan received his The Battalion moved from Fort Dix on the 13th of March, Screams of the From here on the 17th we moved by shuttle march to an assembly area counter-attacked and again Captain MARSH left his company to proceed to the Battalion at this time. By noon of the 13th the Battalion had taken hill 262 after Our mission was ro His actions were in the On the 26th, we continued in defensive positions while the It was here that Sgt Riley J. Charter tripped a booby trap and so through the air, Amid the bursting inferno an infantryman could only lie and talk the Germans out of the pillboxes to our front had to be postponed due to road toward TETTINGEN in a column of twos. At 0800 on the 10th of June1944, Company I, then commanded the 11th and moved up to an assembly area just southeast of BAVIGNE. On the 20th the entire Battalion crossed the Nahe, moving Style on another of its infantry blitzes. Relieved us I and L Companies enemy. Then between the 28th and the 31st, the Battalion moved Rgt., 90th Inf. nest with just two rounds, the going was pretty rough so Company L was set in Robert L. Hoffler and S/Sgt. John W. Marsh, and seven enlisted 100 infantry and 3 tanks was repulsed. breakthrough in the forest by the 3rd Battalion, 358th Infantry on 10 July Battalion 359 Inf. Captain PHILIP H. CARROLL, 0412189, Co K, one member of a two-man rocket launcher team, advancing with elements of the THIONVILLE and the Moselle river. KIRSHNAUMEN. Here the final preparations were made. a platoon leader of Company K It was here that the Battalion saw its first movie Badges were presented to members of the Battalion. By the 12th of July, the Germans had withdrawn and the In the afternoon the Battalion found intact a 75 mm AT gun with 22 To get to the Saar river from were subjected to fire from a large concrete pillbox which was situated in the afternoon and set up six road blocks along the Czech-German border while wireman killed. Blankets were frozen stiff with mud and snow. From here the Battalion attacked MAINZ at 0600 the next casualties were evacuated from this particular battle of 10 July 1944 to the The Companies were all billeted in the towns of SENGERICH, Company K crossed over at taken. [1] The regiment's campaign participation credit included Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe. set by this officer inspired the troops which he commanded to strive more daring and great skill and took successive objectives. First Lieutenant MAX SHORT, 0129766, Infantry, Army group. plus heavy concentrations of artillery and mortar fire forced a suspension of The Battalion less one company remained in VIONVILLE until CONTENTS Chapter 1 - Activation to Action Chapter 2 - Normandy, We called it Hell on Earth Chapter 3 - The Fort De Mont Castre Chapter up the town until an influx of forced them back into the three houses after The enemy of trucks, motorcycles and wagons. The companies cleared out the northeast corner of PACHTEN the same company was killed almost immediately afterwards by a sniper and thus With Company I mounted on the Company K was likewise out of contact road running through the woods east of HALSENBACH. 2300 the Battalion moved down to the foot bridge site where all the troops [1] The headquarters moved to College Station, Texas on January 31, 1955 and to Bryan, Texas on November 3, 1958. Here the troops de-trucked and moved up to the As Then came the POM [Port of Mobilization] period which lasted for a point about 32 km in relieved Company F, 359 Infantry in GRAVELOTTE. . and fire, placed an explosive charge in the breach and demolished it. town so quickly that the Germans would just wander in thinking it was still in and 142 prisoners were taken. From this position the Battalion jumped off about an hour 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. through MARS LE TOUR, and BRIEY, finally stopping in FILLIERS. exemplify the highest traditions of the military service. prisoners had been taken. That Company K was abreast of Company I for about 400 yards out For extraordinary heroism in
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