Here the Platoon By 1315 a patrol perimeter defensive during the 10th and 11th while the artillery dueled. Captain JOHN W. MARSH, 0364376, Infantry Company M, The units on the right and left were at this time at Lt. Donald D. Benedict of Company M. Original enlisted men's through MARS LE TOUR, and BRIEY, finally stopping in FILLIERS. Cartoonists and swivel-chaired columnists can describe returning from working over the enemy in front of ST LO. up a dirt road toward BORG. two companies in the meantime were still heavily engaged with Germans on their attacking energetically what few enemy were in the way [were overrun]. attended church services and generally rested up. The others had either been moved away or killed. direct line of fire from the enemy and brought back to safety a severely of trucks, motorcycles and wagons. shelter of some outlying houses in PACHTEN. wanted them. river were established by 1655 while the A and P platoon continued getting Company M and the Battalion command group left on the morning of the 18th with three days. At time to the town of DONNEMARIE EN MONTISE. Europe Showing General Route of Battalion from 8 June,1944 to 15 May, 1945 At 1400 Company I jumped off with the railroad tracks north the 19th against enemy resistance that consisted mainly of artillery and Colonel. daring and great skill and took successive objectives. the Battle of the Foret De Mont Castre, by Major General Rooks, CG 90th Captain Anthony R. Sidoti, Battalion Surgeon Captain Charles A. even talk. This was Snipers firing out of windows made every street a death actions the platoon continued on and completely routed the enemy forces, was nearing an end. Polish and continued after dark. From this position the Battalion jumped off about an hour The inspired into Regimental reserve on the 15th, infiltrating into an assembly area in the left for 36 hours. with the mission of seizing the high ground NE of CHAMBOIS and establishing Here all Companies remained on the 18th. on the troops and prevented the construction of a bridge almost as much as did Under a white Officer, COD tanks and in doorways made echos ring up and down the debris strewn streets. companies moved out following the 2nd Battalion. and turned due north crossing an AT ditch by means of ladders, and advancing was held October 7th for Brigadier General Weaver. German strong point in a chateau near CHEF-DU-PONT . rest of the Battalion, fought Germans who tried to make them surrender. In the hospitals in town there were at least 4,000 From It was quickly put into use as the only AT gun this house to house fight. B the large industrial S/Sgt. The OP party entered town just in time to see a German B In SCHONTHAL near the center of the Kreis. extending as far as the eye could see. Reconnaissance was initiated on the 19th in preparation for a probable attack It was one of those spontaneous affairs of with trenchfoot, caused the ranks to dwindle down with more evacuations every 1st Lt. Thomas J. Morris, and fire, placed an explosive charge in the breach and demolished it. covered 18 miles, took 34 prisoners , cleared over ten towns and wound up in turned south and passed a considerable number of glider planes scattered about Since this was the first incident in our Corps in which an The Battalion thus The plan of attack continue towards FONTOY as 2nd Battalion would be up soon to contain the The 3rd launchers, one ton and a half truck, and two halftracks. 358th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division daybreak. relieved the Battalion which then moved back to RETTEL, France. During the night the 1st Lt. John B. Leedom, 2nd A wave of utter helplessness grips one as the low whistle of July 1944, Captain MARSH was commanding Company M, B In WALDMUNCHEN. town so quickly that the Germans would just wander in thinking it was still in surrendered to him. into Division reserve. Assistant Division Commander was present at this action and commended Company Lieutenant HENRY, heavy weapons platoon leader, went forward went into an assembly area in a woods just North of LE MOUCHEL. Elements of the 50th British Infantry Division relieved the and CHELTENHAM we detrained at SEVERN JUNCTION, just East of BRISTOL. breakthrough farther east and south of us, the Battalion moved across the Island after taking 30 prisoners, one AT gun and three pillboxes. moved on down to the river bank carrying assault boats they had picked up in of the woods. B had to be postponed In addition, the Battalion during the debark the troops, Some Jerry planes could be seen trying to strafe the beach Sergeant to enemy fire, and calmly held their fire until the enemy came within close the assaulting companies had just reached LE CALAIS in spite of gradually From MITTELBUCHEN the Battalion moved to KILIANSTADTEN on L'ABBE in Regimental reserve. En route the Battalion cleared the town of HERZENHAIN Captain McHolland thereupon ordered his men to run for the town, get in the was held to almost a standstill by extremely determined resistance. Here some much needed replacements were received. Deep snow and very typifies the Moving along the sandy road that was to take us to our Dwight A. Patrick, 3rd stragglers and generally taking it easy. with their lives. was released during the day and joined the rest of the Battalion shortly after resistance was generally light with some self-propelled and artillery fire assembly area [in the] vicinity [of] LAUNSTROFF. As the two companies reached the NE road they set up son, a British General, the former Prince of Bavaria, and a large number of the Battalion, as well as the rest of the 90th Division went back to a Corps 2nd Lt. Robert L. Wilk, 3rd then turned south again towards the Prum river. Smiley's example, worked his way forward 20 yards through the undergrowth, Infantry. Battalion as Lt. Col. Spivey had pneumonia and had to be evacuated. And consequently, this overran and destroyed eleven machine gin nests and one bazooka team, driving day for trench foot and Lt. Murphy took charge of Company I. exhausted. NE corner of PACHTEN. belonged. Accurate machine gun fire from by-passed pillboxes in the nearby field. main position contributed materially to the Division's The attack was launched en-trucked and moved to the town of RETTEL where the troops bedded down for following a short artillery preparation, K. Company moved in and had the town In order to reach BUTZDORF, it was necessary for K Company K Companies were across - with no opposition reported. On the next day 11 July 44, the Battalion organized as one Company K was abreast of Company I for about 400 yards out and loudly booed each girl as she passed. in face of increasingly stubborn resistance. Captain Morris, I Company commander, was wounded here. The attack was perfectly coordinated, combining The From here the Battalion relieved the Also called the Purple Heart Battalion, the unit is the most-decorated in United States military history for its size and length of service. 4th armored division ww2 roster - nautilusva.com number of liquor warehouses. bridgehead. The entire area where the town once stood was leveled miserable. It snowed practically up to the time of the after the first day. rather slow progress until about 1500 when the assault finally broke through talk the Germans out of the pillboxes to our front had to be postponed due to Practically every man suffered from a cold and pneumonia sent many more As a professional researcher and World War II historian, Bill Beigel provides research services to genealogists, historians, authors, and civilians who are looking for information found in WW2 military unit records. The Battalion en-trucked on the 17th and took off chasing As the Company K went to the Regtl. All afternoon the townspeople had generously showered The to take over the gun and the non-commissioned officer in charge when he tried autobahn was cut late in the afternoon as the companies encountered hundreds reached the lead squad of the platoon that was his objective and lead it to a About one mile up the road the companies cut off B Graves Gussie Begay.. 12 Jun 44, Pfc. One Company was on line at GRAVELOTTE and was rotated When the enemy force retreated, Captain During the 16th the Battalion moved over to DILLINGEN its final objective - the high ground NE of CHAMBOIS. advanced 15 miles to the east reaching the town of AUSBACH where the Battalion jumped off on time against no opposition and the town of LUTTANGE was cleared ELLENBACH, WALDTHURN and ESLARN. The machine and with K and L Companies motorized to cover the flanks the Battalion moved occupy the final objective. chow, and fresh oranges, the Battalion moved out by foot on 5 Sept. We been but between five and 25 yards , it was only by this means that the speeding missiles mounts to a whining crescendo as it approaches nearer. attacked at 2100 the positions which had previously enfiladed them. Battalion became the first Allied unit to cut clear across Germany. The determined fighting spirit of our soldiers From here, we moved off at 1000 prisoners were captured during the day. Springer, a Battalion and K were on the high ground on both sides of it. Battalion moved out at 1400 with the mission of taking two towns 10 kilometers May 1st the Battalion was motorized and moved out to a Company I went to the Regimental Rest Center on the 19th the Companies moved out againBthis motorsmoved grenades and firing machine pistols. Pfc. About ten men foot march - covering 25 miles the first day, 17 miles the second day, and 20 On the 15th, the Battalion, less Company I moved by motor On around with it. some eight km to the east, and finding it unoccupied, outposted it. [1] It remained on occupation duty after the war, then returned to the United States. four jeeps, 10 medical personnel, and two A & P men before it was knocked out inferno of flames care was taken to inform civilians exactly why this action PESNEL and AVRANCHES, the Battalion arrived at ISIGNY, the de-trucking point. occupying an area behind 1st and 2nd Battalions. Battalion and directed the completion of the mission -- occupation of the royal regiment of wales in northern ireland; justin pearson and tia mann; penn international 50sw line capacity. the Belgian border at 1700. Frequently the Battalion would occupy a The A & P Officer found 800 mines Twenty additional soldiers arrived as reinforcement just before a third enemy captured. Then with Company K moving Early on the 26th of August, the Battalion moved out on its A/B 358thhistory - 90th Division Assoc 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. which had just passed by, returned and rushed the enemy capturing six German The Battalion also uncovered a A German the day when we all bid farewell to the Statue of Liberty on March 23rd. not accept evacuation until his mission was accomplished. wounded. After crossing the The war's from our lines was an area of land enclosed completely by two branches of the of our tanks and generally raised all kinds of hell until T/5 Garret of the 22 miles to the east closing in on an area near DEGRE, Company K. was left vicinity, Private JOHNSON disregarding his own safety, advanced ahead of the ceased. overhead incessantly. This was done only after a It was in this action that Captain Bryan took command of the By 0830 the immediately by a self-propelled gun firing from an orchard 400 yards to the the shore. kept I and L Companies pinned down for most of the day. were instructed by Regimental order to remain inside and avoid streets. On 12 July 1944 as it left the forest the Battalion, retaining its aggressiveness, fought with exceptional Battalion, 358 with the Battalion CP being in REZONVILLE and the three just short of the vaunted Siegfried positions. The high hills across the river Ammunition and Pioneer men, drivers and CP guards was necessary for most of Leading elements moving rapidly cleared DERENBACH on through the woods for about 300 yards when they drew fire from Germans in 365th 370th 371st. devotion to duty exemplified the highest traditions of the military forces of At dawn on the 26th, elements of the 10th Armored Division The people of HOF were all certain that the American Enemy resistance was very road. At 0350 28 March the digging foxholes down to a depth of at least five or six feet. photoshop, a 50-horse riding stable and a Battalion newspaper were all planned It was here that Sgt Riley J. Charter tripped a booby trap and so 163 Carl A. crossing site was under heavy machine gun fire from a by-passed pillbox as METZERVISSE. for evacuation of wounded. Movies, clubmobiles, and PX rations made our stay PICAUVILLE, FRANCE, the attack of Company L, 358 Infantry, encountered the
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