Others in this group that went to F Company were William T. Oliver, Hubert L. Smith, James Stansell Jr., Archie Swindle, John M. Tarnowksi, Earl Tillman, Augustine Toya, Paul Tweed, James Vanden, Lee R. Weeks, John W. Phillips, Albert Popik, Raymond H. Heiber, Donald Palmatier, David W. Parrish, Angelo Patricola, Jospeph Pavek, Joseph T. Pawlowski, Benjamin B. Peluso, Norman Perez, Charles Petritis, John J. Petrizzo, Donald P. Smith, Perry D. Johnston, Walter P. Kowal, Ralph R. McDowell, Thomas K. McKee, Henry L. McManus, Raymond J. Miller, Dominick Salierno, Willard H. Strauss, James F. Varley, George H. Harrell, Michael Harris, Alfred L. Hinchey, Albert K. Jeffries, Earnest C. Goates, Joseph A. Gonzales, Raphael E. Duvall, Alois Dzieweczynski, Clifford E. Olson, Raymond J. Travers, Ovid K. Seville, Francis Soucie, and Max A. Rubin. Chest." 1st Platoon: 1st Lieutenant George W. Stahley, killed on July 4, 1944 At war's end, the "Thunderbolt" division had established a bridgehead on the Elbe River. Subscribe to 331st Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division Footer menu. Click on the First Sergeant stripes to read his story. Unit: 1 st Battalion, 24 th Field Artillery Regiment (Philippine Scouts) Service Number: O-11578; Date of Birth . They cut the St. Lo-Periers road, and forced their way into Le Mesnil Vigot. They've seen the tree bursts in the Hurtgen, 44106, 10900 Euclid Ave. B. Lyon Company, 1912. Cemeteries & Memorials; Burial Search; About Us; Education; Facebook; Twitter; YouTube; Instagram; ABMC Headquarters 2300 Clarendon Blvd, Suite 500 Arlington, VA 22201 Phone: 703-584-1501. All is safe for you to go. His Scotch-Irish pioneer ancestry also gave him mental toughness and Yankee ingenuity. The TTF was the 331st Infantry regimental newspaper. Main telephone: 202.488.0400 C Company Engineers picked their way through mine fields and booby traps to clear the way. Do they think we are over here for our health? Deaths, the division's report continued, reached 500 per month. Cleveland, Mobley is almost certainly the same person that Sarge walked out of Gey, Germany with in December 1944. We honor them in loving memory. Also, that the prisoners had been forced to work 16-hour days in nearby mines, and were shot if they became too weak to work. Upon overrunning the camp, US troops estimated that the newly liberated inmates weighed only 80 pounds each as the result of malnutrition at SS hands. B Company From my reading on the German side, that is what the Germans would look for, and then send a counter attack in through the gap. He was in Company B, 231st Infantry Training Battalion. Tous droits rservs, 453rd AAA AW Battalion (Mbl), from July 1st, 1944 to July 9th, 1945. The roads were strewn with German tanks, trucks and staff cars, and often with dead Germans. The 83rd. Second row, left to right are: Willard Strauss (B.A.R. In 1985, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the US Army's Center of Military History began a program to honor US Army divisions that took part in the liberation of Nazi camps. The 83d Infantry Division arrived in England on 16 April 1944. Then there are those who are quitting their jobs and going to better-paying ones. Also, medical supplies were requisitioned from the U.S. Army's 20th Field Hospital. It is beginning to look as if they really want to get totally destroyed, and if that's what they want, they are going to get it."TDC. On 9 August, the enemy defenders were forced back to the Citadel at St. Servan and to Dinard on the west bank of the river just opposite St. Malo. June 13, 1812, it was designated the 9th Regiment of Artillery. Michael Harris, 2nd Platoon, Company F, is among the many listed here. The blue items come from the overlays; the brownish points, if you can see them, are geographic locations reported inthe various reports, while the dark blue / purplish items are labels explaining the geographic location data points. Popularity; Last added; Last edited; Name; Date of birth; Date of death; Grid List. The shield is red for artillery and the black pile represents part of the 83rd Infantry Division insignia. What this shows is that the 330th IR is occupying a line on the north side of themarsh anchored from the south to the north-east fromLe Moulin through Le Port and St. Andre de Bohon to Manior. As the regimental journal says for this overlay, Defense areas to use in an emergency.. C Co, 86th Chemical Mortar Battalion, from August 1st to 16th, 1944 They advanced toward the Taute River while rain soaked the earth and drenched their already muddy fatigues. See more ideas about infantry, wwii, world war ii. The 83rd Infantry Division was first activated to fight in World War I, the "War to End All Wars" in 1917, fought in 1918 and was deactivated in 1919. In one of your letters you wanted to know how things were over here. Indiana Military Organization (Camp Atterbury) Website The sound of all those bombs exploding at the same time was the most terrible sound that he had ever heard. 121st Inf (8th Div), from August 6th to 15th, 1944 We focus on gathering information and documents on the World War 2 history of the United States 83rd. There they held the GIs at bay from underground pillboxes and camouflaged strong points. The literal truth of what Clarence Brown wrote was that GIs slept huddled together in foxholes, at times with their arms wrapped around each other to keep from freezing to death, or stood sleeping in groups of three like human tripods when the ground was too frozen to dig into. $5 Million + Founding Sponsor . Operation COBRA began the morning of 25 July. August 20, 1944: Cesson-Svign August 5, 1944: Esvres I Company Charles P. Nelson; and James R. Duncan (runner after Luxembourg). At a height of 5 ft. 7.5 in., he probably didn't have an ounce of fat on his body. The people still seemed surprised at the sight of American soldiers in their city. The odds were that if you were on the front line, you probably wouldn't make it home in one piece, if at all. Certain divisional units saw action, such as the 332nd Infantry Regiment, in Italy (Battle of Vittorio Veneto). Im not sure what the Germans hoped to accomplish doing this though. On 6 August, the Germans demolished all the quays, locks, breakwaters and harbor machinery and set fire to the city. rounds of 155 mm shells. After action reports These eyes have seen the bloody hedgerows in the rain. It was deployed to France in 1918. I still can't see why they can't be held to their jobs like we are. H Company The unit included men from Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia, Michigan, New York, Illinois, Indiana, New Jersey, Wisconsin, Maryland, North Carolina, Kansas, Connecticut, Kentucky, Washington, D.C., Tennessee, and even included T/Sgt. L Company, 83rd Artillery Division Currently, the 330th Regiment consists of three Battalions that fall under the command of the 4th Brigade, 95th Training Division. D Company August 25, 1944: Chteaubriant. William T. Oliver; unidentified GI. British infantry the 3rd Monmouthshire Regiment aboard Sherman tanks near Argentan, 21 August 1944. Infantry Regiment 83 provided some support to the south. "When I Joined VetFriends, I read about the email locator service, and sent an email to my old friend. Explore a timeline of events that occurred before, during, and after the Holocaust. Byron Herde, 331st Infantry Captain William A. Smith was born Dec. 30, 1888, in Valley Falls, Kansas. I guess the people must be used to voting for F.D.R. The 22nd Division's artillery regiment was positioned to the east of Le Quesnoy with security provided by a battalion of Infantry Regiment 82. A second battalion from the same regiment defended a line further east. E Company Executive Officer: 1st Lieutenant Milton J. Bialeck, killed on July 4, 1944 at Sainteny C Co, 749th Tank Battalion, from July 20th to 29th, 1944 Company B, 231st Infantry Training Battalion. The story of how the 83rd survived winter in the Battle of the Bulge, 83rd Infantry Division Association website, 83rd Infantry Division Legacy Chapter Email Group, Mapping the Overlays: 83rd Division maps for Normandy Campaign, Samuel J. Bifano--B Battery, 324th Field Artillery, Sgt. It was initially made up of enlisted draftees from Ohio and Pennsylvania, with a cadre of Regular Army, Officers Reserve Corps, and National Army officers. 331st infantry 83rd division ourgrowingpaynes New Member Joined: Oct 6, 2016 Messages: 3 Likes Received: 0 I am researching my grandfather's military history. The drive carried them eight miles beyond their starting point. 83rd Infantry Division Documents - Fallen heroes of the 83rd Infantry Division You are here: Burial Listing Listing Navigation Fallen heroes of the 83rd Infantry Division This is an overview of all servicemen and women of units attached to the 83rd Infantry Division who are buried in Europe. K Company The 331ST INFANTRY REGIMENT served during WORLD WAR I as part of the U.S. Army 83d Infantry Division. of gasoline. SirJames 139 Sergeant Major Regimental histories for 1943 and 1944. Army 83rd Infantry Division - WWII In Europe, A GI of the 83rd Division Infantry wounded during the fighting on the east bank of the Elbe Kameritz Germany World War II 16th April 1945. First overlay for 12 July has more to do with the 331st Infantry Regiment; Imthinkingit was in with the papers for the 330th Infantry Regiment because it also locates the 331st, I Company. 774th Tank Battalion, from August 28 to December 24th, 1944 Clarence W. Brown to my mother. They raced across the German countryside until they were ordered to stop less than 60 miles from Berlin. The 83d Infantry Division arrived in England. A Lieutenant of a supply company of the 329th Infantry Regiment/83rd Infantry-Division (Thunderbolt Division) with the company's mascot, goat Willie at Schevenhutte near Aachen/Germany. Normandy Armed Forces Ww2 World War Combat Army Army 83rd Infantry Division - WWII In Europe Unsung Hero Photojournalism Vintage Pictures Us Army World War Two Tanks, tank destroyers and armored infantry aided the attack. Deeply hostile to the extension of the franchise, he composed one of his better efforts"The Female of the Species"as a sort of teasing satire. The 331st was the first regiment in the 83rd Division to see action in Luxembourg. -- We fired 6,974,050 rounds of
Infanterie-Division) was a unit of the Imperial German Army in World War I. Once in France with the AEF and soon after the 332nd Infantry had been chosen for duty in Italy, Private Young was one of the men selected by and transferred to the 332nd Infantry's Company "L" from the 331st Infantry (the transfers between the two regiments were made in order to have the fittest and most qualified men in the ranks of the . He had brown hair and brown eyes, and a ruddy complexion attributable to his Scotch-Irish ancestry. Mobley was the same medic that Robert Parsons (Sarge) describes in his book "Remembrances." Co., 2ndBn., 331stInf., 83rdInf. The next day the rest of the 329th entered the line, smashed through almost a mile to capture Coulot, and eased the pressure against the left of the line where the 330th had repelled repeated enemy counterattacks. To date, 36 divisions, including the 83rd Infantry Division, have been recognized as liberating units. My father, Thomas Dickson Curry, was a member of Company F, 2nd Battalion, 331st Infantry Regiment, 83rd Division. Headquarters Company. Div Lamb, Emanuel (H) Lt. Col. Leniel MacDonald Richmond, Floyd J. Casualties were heavy. August 7, 1944: Chteauneuf Private First Class David Allen Glascock ASN 35671319 served as a member of the 330th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division during World War Two and fought in Normandy, Northern France and Rhineland before getting Wounded in Action on December 5th, 1944. var sc_project=709359; Do you have 331ST INFANTRY REGIMENT, 83RD INFANTRY DIVISION Reunion information you'd like to share. The 329th IR is shown being just about 1000 m south of where its 2 Bn. To avoid needless loss of life, Elster negotiated a surrender. For there are only angels here in olive-drab, Welcome to the 331st Infantry Regiment documents sectionOn this page documents related to the 331st Infantry Regiment can be downloaded in the PDF format. They captured Greveldange with little opposition. Division
Elements reduced the garrison at Ile de Czembre, which surrendered, 2 September. Gen. Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 83rd Infantry Division Artillery, 83rd Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized), Headquarters, Special Troops, 83rd Infantry Division, Headquarters Company, 83rd Infantry Division, 453rd Anti Aircraft Artillery Battalion Detachment, 25 June 1944: Third Army, but attached to the VIII Corps of, 10 September 1944: Ninth Army, 12th Army Group, 21 September 1944: Third Army, 12th Army Group, 11 October 1944: VIII Corps, Ninth Army, 12th Army Group, 22 October 1944: VIII Corps, First Army, 12th Army Group, 8 November 1944: Third Army, 12th Army Group, 11 November 1944: VIII Corps, First Army, 12th Army Group, 20 December 1944: Attached, with the entire First Army, to the, 26 December 1944: VII Corps, First Army (attached to British 21st Army Group), 12th Army Group, 16 February 1945: XIX Corps, Ninth Army, 12th Army Group, This page was last edited on 19 September 2022, at 17:37.