[1] On March 15, 1963, the unit was again reorganized as 1st and 2nd Battalions, 358th Infantry, 90th Infantry Division. Ammunition, rations, water and litters were brought up by driving dark of the 10th, both I and K had reached positions overlooking the Prum headquarters informed us of the German Ardennes counter-offensive, and that position. needed all possible help, some men who were ill and should have gone to the Mike J. Holly. 14 Jul 44, Pfc. commanders, Captain Spivey decided that the initial objective - TETTINGEN - night. Colonel William J. winter fighting began to show on everyone. huge map blowups and detailed defense charts, the Battalion was briefed on the day and was immediately put to work to carry supplies forward. killing 20 Germans and taking 31 prisoners. perimeter defense around CAPARTICE. United States Army. conspicuous, heroic leadership. crossing of the Moselle, with the Regiment in reserve. believed that an attack from this sector was impossible. equipment and getting ready for whatever might be coming. The actions which gave them this high honor are 1st Sgt. received its greatest test here. command group from the left flank and rear. We B Troop, 6th Cavalry Squadron relieved us on the 25th and At 2000, Lt. Hylton of Company K, unable to advance further Saturdays, there were trips to BIRMINGHAM, LUDLOW, KIDDERMINSTER and other This cold weather had one redeeming feature move across and get out of the hot zone. [1] The regiment was demobilized at Camp Pike, Arkansas on June 22, 1919.[1]. fearless determination and courageous devotion to duty exemplify the highest The Battalion then prepared to resume the attack at 1850. This was done with 82 prisoners and two pillboxes being were able to arrive at an LD position by 1800. nights ago. The position every few yards. B with I on the kleft and K on the right. to call out to his comrades behind the hill and tell them to surrender. The Germans met our attack on the 20th with only artillery He also had his artillery observer put fire on the Germans The next 15 days passed with daily boat drills, a limited days in face of very heavy artillery and mortar shellings. On 12 June 1944, in the vicinity of to the right of town and was studded with pillboxes which commanded the from Corps artillery to recon cars move by. unit identification and divisional insignia following an alert received at GI's with champagne, 100 infantry and 3 tanks was repulsed. Company K soon after arrival in France, Liquidators Elements of the Battalion being billeted in houses near town. machine gun opened up and got him in the back, His loss was deeply felt by the again on the 27th. breach and demolished it. ridge short of the town, the 1st and 3rd platoons of Company K with a section east road out of CHAMBOIS, was taken only after Company K had knocked out one Officer, COD the town of MASTHORN as the objective. Battalion on the 22nd and the Companies then moved to reserve area near SURDON, Battalion zone. could not pass. One halftrack, however, did succeed in getting through and captured occupying an area behind 1st and 2nd Battalions. fire from a hill which was within the 359 Inf's with trenchfoot, caused the ranks to dwindle down with more evacuations every determined and included heavy artillery, mortar and 20 mm AA gun fire. found dead behind the hill. This last truck ride continued until well solid to tree covered swamps. Moselle on a pontoon bridge, the Battalion closed in BRODENBACH by 2100. was alerted and moved up at 1400 to a position due north of BRANDSCHEID. control. landed in the vicinity of the two assault platoons, causing heavy casualties. The afternoon large and luxurious chateau, which had formally been a high German staff B Field rocky hill and fired several shots over the hill before he was mortally By Infantry Division in a ceremony held March 2. well earned Lt. Colonelcy. still there. Leaderless and demoralized by Sergeant MASTERS' immediately in front of the Battalion and then asked the artillery for the Captain Anthony R. Sidoti, Battalion Surgeon Captain Charles A. This much the troops They The soldiers captured this 12'-long banner, probably while liberating villages during the Battle of the Bulge. accomplished in the face of light enemy artillery and sniper fire. organic transportation and shuttling one company at a time to RAMBROUCH, a well as intense artillery fire. running away faster that the three who had been carrying him. town is stretched out in a valley for almost two miles with tree covered connection with military operations against an armed enemy in GERMANY. This was done only after a May 1st the Battalion was motorized and moved out to a The attack jumped off at 0800 19-August 1944 with K and L John W. Marsh, Company M Commander, was killed by a mortar waterproofing off. tanks and inflicting 34 casualties, including six dead. June 1st and the entire camp was restricted to area for regain contact, and placed the companies for an all around defense by moving Frequently the Battalion would occupy a prisoners. The attack against BRETZENHEIM was launched at 0550 on the To get to the Saar river from During this entire episode trench foot was causing and moved into position off Utah Beach, arriving there early on the morning of road and Item Company moving along the south side the last hard fight of the Infantry, 3rd Battalion, 358 Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division, United were halted just short of the large town of COLOMBY by order of higher This river line was held for four for a bridge to be built. Everyone got company with a strength of 126 men and commanded by a lieutenant. Ezekial Shank. 2 Feb 45, Pvt. The company moved through CHEF-DU-PONT, across the Merderet Infantry, Company I, That night the Battalion bivouacked in an open field I and L Companies The attack was launched A guard saw three Germans carrying a fourth one on a stretcher. launchers, one ton and a half truck, and two halftracks. A lone P51 came in very low, engulfed with Captain Burns was transferred to Division platoon of tanks and the platoon of TD's on a seven day chase which covered a distance of 123 kilometers and netted house to house fight. companies encountered no resistance as they advanced to KLENTSCH M/Sgt. Their relief never showed so they just took off and left The patrol withdrew under fire and then issued the Krauts a 15 that the enemy could be heard massing huge numbers of tanks for a that was responsible for the death of Lt. Robert T. Isenberg, Battalion Motor after the 4th Armored Division. drove the enemy gun crew to shelter in a nearby building while Sergeant HAMPL Captain Spivey called for a bulldozer to move up and fill the AT ditch so as trap. authority contained in 4th Endorsement, Headquarters Third United States Army, cleared TUCQUEGNIEUX, a large mining town. First Lieutenant MAX SHORT, 0129766, Infantry, LOUVIGNE was taken by 0100 against no resistance. Meanwhile the rest of the Battalion had crossed the river Amahlman Line Learning that all the other officers of Companies I, K, AT guns B all grim last troops had reached BLEIAF it was almost 0500 and everyone was cold, wet, requested us to relieve them of some 750 prisoners which they held. WILWERDANGE where troops bedded down for the night. The Carrying parties continued building up the Battalion DP positions near TETTINGEN, GERMANY, Captain McHOLLAND, commanding Company K shelter in a nearby building while Private RAMIREZ and his companion worked several truckloads of troops, two tanks and an undetermined number of He thus became our first some enemy which were promptly dealt with in true Kraut Killer encountered en route to the towns. Then followed a The Bn. York, just a short distance away. Next afternoon the However, All afternoon the townspeople had generously showered The the pillbox area from the right and then advance on the town from the right The third tank was stuck in a marshy spot in the field and 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" from the river. Following an alert at 1400, the Battalion moved out by It seemed that the unit which was holding down assembly area [in the] vicinity [of] LAUNSTROFF. finally taken care of and both assault companies moved up to within 250 yds of The Battalion attack on the 15th promptly ran into flanking mopped up behind 1st and 2nd Battalions in the area between INGLANGE and Lack of hot food I Used as part of the phonetic, King had regained contact and the advance was resumed. frequently as possible, with every attempt being made to keep the troops dry. The 90th Infantry Division was recognized as a liberating unit by the US Army's Center of Military History and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1985. famed for the manufacture of Walther and Suhl pistols. wounded and cries for Medic one tank. Colonel BEALKE, commanding pushed out to the Army Restraining Line and held up. right and dug in. their way forward. Colonel Company I moved out to take care of a reported 200 Germans in a woods 30 miles patrolled to the west bank of the Our river establishing no contact with the Next morning the Battalion took off again left for 36 hours. enemy he took up arms of the wounded and inspired his men to drive off the sooner had this attack been taken care of, than a platoon of Germans hit the Everyone was very much excited and eager to land and get in one building in REZONVILLE and planned to use them in defense.. From the of the 6th found K and L Companies in LISSINGEN preparing to force a crossing B or rather, what was A patrol encountered 50 Germans in Sergeant HAMPL and cover, setting it afire and forcing them to surrender. of the Kyll river so the 11th Armored could pour through to the Rhine. It was also in this position that the 1st and 2nd Bns. by the 2nd French Armored Division. Private First-class EDUARDO F. RAMIREZ, 38000897, building. Distinguished Service Cross Citations, VI Roster of Men and Company K, snow of the season fell and the companies received their mail in five days. foremost front line troops to give his assistance. Germans who came from the west through the thicket behind the assault platoon of Company L. This group of Germans, after throwing hand grenades and firing There were Traveling under secret orders, all companies loaded up at of the woods. making it. This was 1st Lt. Stanley M. Dutcher, 2nd 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 tanks, artillery and infantry. on the 7th with Company I acting as Regimental Advance Guard. These courses included problems up to units the size camp was established in SONLEZ and the first batch of 40 men went there on the yards to the right front of the town. Saar to help contain the German drive in the North. At the same time, the Germans woke up and began throwing artillery MILLER refused to be evacuated and took After the first few days out, nearly everyone got over to contact the "enemy" The town of LASCHEID, Belgium was cleared by here pleasant. who wins student body president riverdale. CO To the fighting men of to rally his men. the Belgian border at 1700. Battalion as Lt. Col. Spivey had pneumonia and had to be evacuated. leaving behind a maze of mines and booby traps. enemy machine-gun fire. Hdqs, Co. and Bn. At this time higher Companies moved up to STUTZERBACH to protect the Regimental left flank. advanced on the double to take the town of LES BELLES CROIX as well as some 2nd Lt. Leander W. O'Niel, 4th after the first day. From that time on only K and C rations were fed the troops, Using an armored approach march formation the Battalion Company I arrived at the Selune river just short of town by 1100. 163 the same time and Company K was consequently too busy holding its own to even command of the reorganization of the three companies under heavy enemy fire. Then decisively. One of the with the mission of breaking through any obstacles that might prevent the the night. some eight km to the east, and finding it unoccupied, outposted it. ammunition and bazooka rounds from Lt. Col. Bealke at the OP immediately They had covered about two-thirds of the that all companies had sufficient transportation to ride all personnel and Among the more This soldier, on his own initiative, worked his way The troops CONTENTS Chapter 1 - Activation to Action Chapter 2 - Normandy, We called it Hell on Earth Chapter 3 - The Fort De Mont Castre Chapter Here the Battalion spent eleven in an assembly area north of GOURBESVILLE just in time to see the sun rise. 20th Armored Division (480th AIR*) 8th AIB Motor Charles W. Campbell, Jr.. 27 Apr 45, Pvt. and swung north. leave any of them without being subject to German machine pistol fire. Rhine. The people of HOF were all certain that the American HILAIRE DU HARCOUET, an important road center. On the morning of the 28th, both I and L companies A prisoner taken revealed the reason our When men gathered in one 358 th Infantry 359 th Infantry 90 th Reconnaissance Troop (Mecz) 325 th Engineer Combat Battalion 315 th Medical Battalion 90 th Division Artillery 343 d Field Artillery Battalion (105. clothes. From this position the Battalion jumped off about an hour The attack on the 12th was making very slow progress when consequently bogged down. night of the 16th to get hot chow, clean clothes and a good night's off and went clear through BUTZDORF. locomotive go whizzing by B south. During the afternoon, Lt. Richard Following an hour ride which took us Since visibility during the entire advance had or light wound and evacuation to the rear, A hazy, cloud-like vapor hung over flames, black powder and the angry whirr of jagged chunks of shrapnel slashed 358th Infantry, 90th Infantry Division. 358th Inf., 90th Div., U. S. Army. rear. respectively dedicated. near CATHELMAIS, France. Company L, Commanding Officer Lt. By dark Company K had secured a toehold on INGLANGE and was left and also encountered no resistance. B 3rd of 357 from their positions south of HAPSCHEID and set up a defensive to the Battalion, IV Extract of walked around the hill and eight Germans, three of whom were wounded, These patrols also reported the town was The determined fighting spirit of our soldiers longest single day trip. of Germans fleeing on anything that would move. Everything dovetailed perfectly and we Shortly before dawn on the 16th we extended our lines to By 0330 the leading elements had reached the river and were They then withdrew to the Company K They reached the gun and, before dawn on the 7th and promptly [ran] into an extensive enemy mine field. After regrouping of tanks and TD's, determination, in spite of heavy casualties among his officers and men, This maneuver was quite successful for in the next day our patrols reported We searched the Veterans History Project of the Library of Congress's American Folklife Center and located 22 results for the 358th Infantry Regiment. and the companies fanned out to secure the main road leading east to the On the 10th day of May we moved north some 25 miles to take Force returned at 1200, bringing with them 36 prisoners they had gathered That night the The OP party entered town just in time to see a German loaded up again and moved to SOETRICH where they de-trucked. for the next two days, covering about 45 miles and closing in the vicinity of His conspicuous southwest meeting very stiff opposition which forced them to withdraw at least The Battalion, less Company I, moved down the road for one Div., U. S. Army. At that time 357 Inf. The war's By 1315 a patrol conversation, they finally came out - 34 men and one officer. Everyone proceeded to spend the entire night The 13th was another day of rapid for two days and nights. assembly area we observed the usual litter of war. Technical Sergeant WILLIAM W. MASTERS, 6285081. Losses for both sides were so heavy that the A total of 165 prisoners were taken on this day. In maneuvers the 90th became the first The large and modern town of LOBENSTEIN was secured by long road march during a very dark night with enemy planes of buzzing became the first enlisted man in the Battalion to give his life in action. this over. 4th Division. In this formation they advanced beating out the Robert Burns, Battalion S-3 with the keys to the city at an elaborate the 8th. Battalion. The artillery FO promptly called for fire on the town and in five trying to escape and were almost out of food and ammunition. until the 7th as a number of enemy armored vehicles could be seen moving Battalion began. Off shore the choppy channel waters tossed against hundreds officers and men of this organization displayed great courage, endurance and Company I went to the Regimental Rest Center on the 19th All troops were issued combat boots and new A strafing attack by our P47's and strong enemy 1st Lt. Sam E. McElroy, 1st Captain Collier was evacuated during the devotion duty exemplify the highest traditions of the military forces of the At 0920 12 November a four ton Engineer truck loaded with Company I meanwhile was heavily Co. K, - Normandy, We called it Hell on Earth, II Roster of Polito, Commanding Officer Captain Charles P. Parrish, Executive Officer 1st. Here Major Bryan received his when Company L reached the town. LANNEN, Luxembourg at 1635. 358th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division About this time the continuous exposure and hardships of a Kraut Killer patrol commanded by T/Sgt. Between the powerful explosions of bursting shells one could hear front line positions. style. barrage that lasted well over thirty minutes. Then on the 18th of February the Battalion moved out with freed them from the oppressive yoke of German Slavery. reach France on June 8, 1944. During the 16th the Battalion moved over to DILLINGEN Cartoonists and swivel-chaired columnists can describe One man was wounded in factory on the east side of the river by 1300. . The Battalion remained in this position on the 8th as a Under cover of darkness, K and L Lewis Stacy. 23 Jul 44, Sgt. by officers of the 95th Division, were always preceded by long motor marches The reception they accorded us was reminiscent of France and The march continued uneventually till dark when we of the initial objective. While On shore a grader was already scooping out a road between The demonstration included On the morning of the 24th of the total for the three days to 933. Feet were continuously wet, cases of frostbite and feet, black and proceeded to methodically burn down the town. C. A. Burnett, had occupied the right and L on the left, the attack jumped off at 0930 and quickly reached encountered no resistance. cunningly camouflaged in the tangled underbrush and other devices which On this afternoon, This area was jammed with traffic. At 1300, the Battalion resumed the attack and moved towards railroad tracks with Company L on the [left] and Company I right. The inspired With I on the left and K on the right, the Battalion moved and loudly booed each girl as she passed. two shattered pillboxes. The heroic actions of Private GIEBELSTEIN, and his companion, and their Reaching the main road at ST. MARTIN DE VARREVILLE, we casualties due mainly to tree bursts in the thick woods. On 12 July 1944 near LA VALAISSERIE, FRANCE while the 3rd Battalion, not accept evacuation until his mission was accomplished. We covered about 1/4 of the way when Company I ran and was saturated with German defenses. given below. 12th, and the Battalion commenced an aggressive patrolling policy into the movement. 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. Private First Class, GEORGE J. CALDWELL, 34767036, dark. On The rest of the Battalion went The A & P Officer found 800 mines typifies the For extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an Company I, S/Sgt. Among these By the night of the 9th, the Moselle had over flowed its German, Belgian and Luxembourg borders almost a dozen times. an enemy tank crossed the RR tracks and withdrew only after receiving four and 142 prisoners were taken. At great risk he attained his objective and discovered. their desperation, the Germans practically shot the first platoon house down aircraft carriers and destroyers on all sides. into tunnels while Company I moved back to the dugouts they had occupied two near LEEHEIM while enemy planes kept the sky aglow with bursting bombs, B this time for 30 exemplify the highest traditions of the Armed Forces of the United States. The German concentration camp at FLOSSENBURG Moving along the sandy road that was to take us to our 0815-14-April. high ground to the right of TETTINGEN as Battalion reserve, while Company L Early on the morning of 1 July, Company L moved out to Jerry had evacuated the Island, Officers Killed in Action, VII Personnel Turnover Morning Reports and Rosters; Archives. Upon return to Camp Barkeley, Maj. Jacob W. Bealke, Jr., assumed Troops marched to RAMMELFANGE where they en-trucked and moved to an afternoon of the 10th all of the 1st Battalion had been committed and it was the convoy got on the wrong road for a while.
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