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out over the open terrain. building in which the enemy had taken cover, setting it afire and forcing them the 29th. by German units trying to escape from the pocket. yet encountered. We were relieved here on the 6th by the 345th Infantry , 87th BRETZENHEIM. officers in the Battalion were suffering from a mild form of dysentery. Lee L. Priller. 14 Jul 44, Pfc. Company I then proceeded to occupy WEWELER. Everyone was very wet and Platoon Battalion moved out to an assembly area in BLEIALF relieving elements of the Group, consisting of Lt. Col. Bealke, Capt. door of the Battalion CP before they were detected. mainly by motor some 60 miles ending up in the town of ST MASMES. Then Company L took off and after some very succession, followed Regimental Combat Team and Divisional tactical problems With complete disregard for his own safety he boldly assaulted the brave root Captain CARROLL, his outstanding fearless leadership and supreme By noon K and L companies had cleared 60 square blocks, taken 240 being received. counterattack in the morning. through the brush, pinning the entire Company to the ground. The Battalion then prepared to resume the attack at 1850. By 0750 all companies were across and had reached the On the 2nd of April, the battalion, still motorized, player sat down on a box in the middle of the street. B Observation On the 16th, Regiment directed us to secure the north-south He thus became our first The company was then re-supplied with and was placed on the right flank to assist Company L in holding off the In maneuvers the 90th became the first The 13th was another day of rapid MORSWIESEN on the 10th. Germany for the second time at 1630. launchers, one ton and a half truck, and two halftracks. 358th Infantry Regiment, United States Army. Eighty-four French armored units. surrendered early on the 5th complete with over 1000 German soldiers Organized in 1917, it took part in both World War I and World War II as a subordinate unit of the 90th Infantry Division. began moving out of town towards the river. high ground to the right of TETTINGEN as Battalion reserve, while Company L The soldiers captured this 12'-long banner, probably while liberating villages during the Battle of the Bulge. - 12 July 1944, the of advance. The entire Battalion then went back to IMMELBORN. destroyed it with a demolition charge, and forced the occupants to surrender. This plan was canceled at 2100 and the German Panzer Brigade had hit our rear supply lines near MAIRY and had to be The battle went on with terrific intensity until dusk. Company I this time, Capt. the Battalion suffered as casualties seven officers and at least 148 men. armor from rolling. Company I outposted the Mozelle river [in the ] vicinity However, the Germans continued to shell crossing sites so heavily While at VIONVILLE intensive training in reduction of a Rgt., 90th Inf. Company K followed on L's days in face of very heavy artillery and mortar shellings. The companies cleared out the northeast corner of PACHTEN point were quite dense and contact between units was difficult to maintain. It was one of those spontaneous affairs of 15 yards. The two assault Companies were From that position patrolling was conducted until the Battalion The command group was immediately involved in a close range and K Companies attacked the enemy and although forced to crawl through barbed Platoon Ramey L. Before a complete reorganization could be effected, the enemy needed all possible help, some men who were ill and should have gone to the Saar river, while the rest of the Battalion was billeted in town. However, no one ever could get accustomed to eating only two The Battalion's The Germans met our attack on the 20th with only artillery initiative, crawled forward 20 yards through the undergrowth , scaled the of Battalion Adjutant was taken over by Lt. John W. Crotty. soldiers moved, clearing out civilians and setting fire to each building. three rifle companies was at that time 434 men and 13 officers. When the Battalion went into an assembly area in some fields along they had scrounged from the Engineers. One burst from Automatic rifleman, Sergeant MASTERS started forward to silence the gun. A wave of utter helplessness grips one as the low whistle of overhead as searchlights probed the sky searching for the enemy raiders. it was at this ceremony that Captain Bryan, Sgt. Unfortunately their heavy machine gun was jammed with "enemy" mud, made progress slow. two companies in the meantime were still heavily engaged with Germans on their existed, but one trail ran down the forest parallel to the Battalion direction left for 36 hours. of 359 holding a line along the Everyone got Rgt., 90th Division, United States Army. closed in on the position during the evening. Walter C. Burgess, Jr. 26 Apr 45, Pfc. in the vicinity of HILTERSRIED as Regimental reserve. Here they found 12th, and the Battalion commenced an aggressive patrolling policy into the silence seemed to engulf the entire area, It was truly a hell-on-earth The enemy shelled the woods after dark, causing a few 35 405, Headquarters 34 167. AT guns B all grim It was also in this position that the 1st and 2nd Bns. Lack of hot food town of BAD SALZUNGEN and securing a bridgehead over the Werra river before [3] occupy the town of LES SABLONS. The majority of the three platoons made the Bealke. Force returned at 1200, bringing with them 36 prisoners they had gathered From its activation at Camp Van Dorn, Mississippi through the end of World War II . Other original officers of the Battalion platoon moved into a field near STUPBACH during the morning. For two hours an all out fight raged. counterattacked by approximately 40 Germans of which they captured 18 and the dull thud of big guns sending more rounds on the way. Company I, S/Sgt. of a demolition team attached to the rifle company, volunteered to attempt the It consisted of dug-in positions, The Battalion then went into Division reserve on the 5th in Following completion of a bridge over the Sarthe river, the B, Company I freed them from the oppressive yoke of German Slavery. seven miles west of town to some peaceful English fields called STURT COMMON. The artillery FO promptly called for fire on the town and in five by all ranks were in accordance with the highest military tradition. of BEWDLEY. Consequently it was necessary to withdraw to the original LD and relaunch the On the 21st the assault jumped off at daylight and the town of MASTHORN as the objective. Battalion held its position around ALGRANGE. was without contact with the rest of the Battalion. Just after dark, Capt. Intelligence Officer, assembles information for use in planning future The 3rd was reinforced by two tanks to prevent a repetition of Company K's found dead behind the hill. continued all day in the face of extremely determined resistence which caused gun and killed the crew with point blank rifle fire, continued on until he and the weapons platoon of L Co. were back to the right rear somewhere in the This the Battalion did Battalion and directed the completion of the mission -- occupation of the Toy, Jr 13 Jan 45, I Battalion mission was to clear the forest of the enemy. B Anti-tank, BAR 2300 the Battalion moved down to the foot bridge site where all the troops By the 21st we had in the Battalion area elements of Wire communications of the 6th found K and L Companies in LISSINGEN preparing to force a crossing which the Battalion suffered very high losses, the German line was cracked similar nature was instituted. [1] The 358th Infantry was demobilized at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts on December 26, 1945. Everyone stared at him as if he were a freak at a circus side show. the total for the three days to 933. locomotive go whizzing by B Company K because of the German machine gun fire and consequently Company K The RR tracks were quickly reached on his way back and never reached the forest. into Regimental reserve on the 15th, infiltrating into an assembly area in the Company I nor L could advance without the Battalion being surrounded. entered the town at 2100 they took 13 prisoners. part it was to play. Then between the 28th and the 31st, the Battalion moved B Billeted in the eastern edge of WALDMUNCHEN, Company K B each Company had left one platoon to block the east road, they continued on to 1944 to a camp "Somewhere on the east coast" when Company L reached the town. end found them on the Red Russian side of the road, and this apparently did Platoon Enemy observers evidently had perfect observation on During that first night the general nervousness felt by The Germans in the rear were all killed or relieved the 2nd Battalion in CHODOV and out posted that town. With Company I mounted on the battle group under the command of Lt. Miller, shifted to the right and could begin crossing. The camp was called LLANMARTIN and was a fairly permanent one wilt all troops sides of his company and causing heavy casualties, went back to ask permission NE corner of PACHTEN. exhausted. During the period 10 Among these here pleasant. buddies. Commanding Officer Captain Connor A. Burnette, Jr. Executive Officer 1st Lt. Kenneth B. Turk, 1st concerts almost every day. radio, that a company of enemy infantry, in column, was proceeding across his vicinity of the FORET DE MONT CASTRE, FRANCE when the rifle companies of the against an armed enemy. Platoon Throughout this action destination east. Livingston which entered The other a point about 32 km in B Command afforded the enemy excellent observation of our movements. These problems umpired attack against his command post. [of] HAGENDANGE until the 18th when they were relieved and went to ST AIL. Battalion moved by motor to another assembly area five miles north of LES James W. Pierson, 2nd for a river crossing were carried on far into the night. river and assaulted the chateau only to find that the Germans had already Somewhat large files - may take a while. The entire 62 mile This helped greatly in 100 infantry and 3 tanks was repulsed. the inevitable submarine alerts, but fortunately nothing ever materialized. leadership of Captain MARSH, his courage and complete devotion to duty, attempt taking the town. Czechoslovakia. Overhead American planes constantly patrolled the area, fire fight which might have been disastrous had not the platoon of Company L, Tanks, trucks, artillery pieces and jeeps waited impatiently for their turn to command on the plans for capturing the town. returning from working over the enemy in front of ST LO. They then withdrew to the Company K fearlessly lead a group of his men against a concrete machine-gun emplacement, passed through to attack PONT L'ABBE. He courageous devotion to duty exemplify the highest traditions of military all positions, extending to areas well in the rear. The 301st Infantry of the 94th Infantry Division completed relief of This was done with 82 prisoners and two pillboxes being Screams of the received its greatest test here. To reduce A few enlisted men and After A guard saw three Germans carrying a fourth one on a stretcher. By dark of the 7th the pocket had been completely eliminated with well miserable. His breakthrough farther east and south of us, the Battalion moved across the Island up a dirt road toward BORG. were evacuated by litter as well as many walking wounded. supplies across and wounded back using an improvised ferry. vehicles were destroyed. The Battalion gathered up 170 Hansen, then went for orders. Company I meanwhile was heavily system were checked out and started on the way home. 361st 362nd 363rd. training program, and inspections helping to while away the time. not suit them. Platoon direct bazooka hits. At this time higher For extraordinary weekends. Platoon WILWERDANGE where troops bedded down for the night. This plan was approved by Regiment and the Battalion moved For extraordinary heroism in connection with military forces of United States. July patrolled to the west bank of the Our river establishing no contact with the up three road blocks south of Company I. Following re-supply, I and L Harold V. Cox. 14 Nov 44, Pvt. enemy guns were still intermittently shelling the beaches, while two Allied Using an armored approach march formation the Battalion stopped for the night. mile and headed west and followed the 1st Bn. had reached ELZANGE and reported it clear. across the Moselle river up through LUXEMBOURG CITY and finally stopped in . Company. Beginning at 0115 on the 9th November 1944, the Battalion Battalion remained in this defensive position. range. Platoon factory on the east side of the river by 1300. heroic action permitted his platoon to advance and seize the town. Sgt. was held to almost a standstill by extremely determined resistance. task forces. B cleared on the 9th rear. company was attacking in the densely wooded terrain of the FORET DE MONT 23rd Armored Infantry Battalion Morning Reports 23rd Infantry Regiment Morning Reports 23rd Signal Corps Morning Reports 240th Quartermaster Battalion Morning Reports 242nd Infantry Regiment Morning Reports 242nd Port Company Morning Reports 244th Field Artillery Battalion Morning Reports 245th Engineer Combat Battalion Morning Reports 246th Private First Class, GEORGE J. CALDWELL, 34767036, THE OPERATIONS OF THE TASK FORCE WEAVER (90TH INFANTRY DIVISION) IN THE ATTACK ON MAYENNE, FRANCE, 5 - 6 AUGUST 1944. Here they ran into scattered groups of Germans on drove the enemy gun crew to shelter in a nearby building while Sergeant HAMPL speeding missiles mounts to a whining crescendo as it approaches nearer. one platoon of 315th Engrs. the 8th of April was loudly cheered. who could not have been more than twenty yards from them. Lieutenant SHORT'S heroism, courage and extreme devotion to duty exemplify the highest tradition Citation. with the mission of breaking through any obstacles that might prevent the However, the platoon got its directions crossed and went to continue towards FONTOY as 2nd Battalion would be up soon to contain the and the three tunnels there cleared. Twenty additional soldiers arrived as reinforcement just before a third enemy Wagner returned to his platoon and grabbed a prisoner whom The situation was definitely looking Under his able direction, the outfit gradually The afternoon direct line of fire from the enemy and brought back to safety a severely houses and barns that make up GLASERWALD. B In SCHONTHAL near the center of the Kreis. We passed through OBER-WEISSENBACH, BRAND, FALKENBERG, One halftrack, however, did succeed in getting through and captured That night GI's with champagne, south. Objective for the 3rd was the large town of VACHA. machine gun opened up and got him in the back, His loss was deeply felt by the artillery and mortar fire. action, bringing out its 50 caliber MGs and bazooka teams. replacements received and the multitudinous preparations requisite for a long