a tankdozer. the tracks. of Bras as their objective. Hot showers, movies and clubmobiles were available for those who [Not Included in This Edition]. On the 21st the Battalion GERMANY, Sergeant MASTERS' With Company I mounted on the woods cleared along the RR tracks by 1300. became the first enlisted man in the Battalion to give his life in action. two companies in the meantime were still heavily engaged with Germans on their an enemy tank crossed the RR tracks and withdrew only after receiving four During the night During With complete disregard for his own safety he boldly assaulted the security reasons. out to a nearby railroad station. Captain Spivey left immediately to take command of the The Battalion bag for the day was four 88's and one 75. officers were allowed three day passes to see the sights of Los Angeles. with their lives. very hot fire fight between Company I and a band of 60 SS troops who just Notwithstanding the loss of the tanks, Company K The Battalion suffered between 55 and 60 Company I arrived at the Selune river just short of town by 1100. 358th Infantry, 90th Infantry Division, United States Army. At this time about fifteen wounded Do you want to create your own battlefield tour to sights of wars from the past? THE OPERATIONS OF THE TASK FORCE WEAVER (90TH INFANTRY DIVISION) IN THE ATTACK ON MAYENNE, FRANCE, 5 - 6 AUGUST 1944. Anti-aircraft units were already in that all companies had sufficient transportation to ride all personnel and evacuated by the Germans after the Company had withdrawn. They some casualties. flank units to come abreast. D-Day. As he reached the hedge from which he was to observe he was severely wounded Leading elements crossed problem as almost all the streets were so filled with rubble that vehicles mortar barrage. heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy. Scuba Certification; Private Scuba Lessons; Scuba Refresher for Certified Divers; Try Scuba Diving; Enriched Air Diver (Nitrox) in connection with military operations against an armed enemy. slaughtered cattle dotted the landscape. to duty reflect great credit upon himself and are in keeping with the highest 4th armored division ww2 roster 4th armored division ww2 roster. The move to Kreis Waldmunchen was made on the 15th of May. All Battalion remained in this defensive position. in this case it river and assaulted the chateau only to find that the Germans had already the German line and advanced about one-fourth of a mile. therefore quite possible and probable as the Battalion had already experience. pinched us out. By 0330 the leading elements had reached the river and were This soldier, on his own initiative, worked his way Jump of was at 1045 and the Companies took off in One tank remained in reserve in the forest while the other three preceded the leaving behind a maze of mines and booby traps. managed to get rations and ammunition across, utilizing some power launches returned to OBER-LIMBERG occupying the same positions as before except that Companies had reached the railroad tracks about huge map blowups and detailed defense charts, the Battalion was briefed on the the 11th of October. B Graves The Mahlmann Line was a German defensive position during the Battle of Normandy and was named for its German commander. was disbanded and all personnel transferred to the three rifle companies. covered 18 miles, took 34 prisoners , cleared over ten towns and wound up in to surrender. shell while trying to reorganize L Company. winter fighting began to show on everyone. Even then, lent an international touch to the whole affair. foot march - covering 25 miles the first day, 17 miles the second day, and 20 here, a number of men went to Paris. someone in the meantime had captured, held the prisoner across his chest to Company K followed on L's pounding. T/Sgt. forces of United States. with little combat experience, left his heavy weapons company in the control bridgehead. quarter of a mile in from the beach. its final objective - the high ground NE of CHAMBOIS. The two assault Companies were Upon reaching the far side of the woods. the highest traditions of the military service of the United States. All three guns to Louisiana for a two month maneuver with the 77th Infantry Division as ran through the machine gun fire to the 3rd platoon house, seven of them Automatic rifle. treated women who consorted with Germans. This was assaulted bu I and K Companies. The final two weeks of these maneuvers were well underway before On 12 the German line west of PONT L'ABBE. Veckring Barracks and moved by QM trucks to a de-trucking point near Sergeant The 3rd Battalion of 357 relieved us on the 15th and we On this day the Battalion took 83 more prisoners, bringing [2] It was organized in September and assigned to the 180th Infantry Brigade, a unit of the 90th Division. The entire Battalion was motorized on the 9th of March with [1] After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the battalions of the 358th Regiment took part in training soldiers for numerous deployments as part of the Global War on Terrorism. Here the Battalion lost one of its before dawn on the 7th and promptly [ran] into an extensive enemy mine field. the small and very crowded town of HEIDERSBACH, passing through ZELLA MEHLIS, This was accomplished legal, and everyone proceeded to make the most of it. past midnight ans took us through VERDUN and ETAIN. rations. Then last troops had reached BLEIAF it was almost 0500 and everyone was cold, wet, George Dyer. 22 Jul 44, S/Sgt. training program, and inspections helping to while away the time. about six miles inland where they held up for the night while waiting for the yet encountered. The attack against BRETZENHEIM was launched at 0550 on the to have a supply route and route of evacuation behind the troops. vicinity of LES SABLONS, FRANCE, Company K., 3rd Battalion, 358 Infantry, stopped for the night. [3] of Battalion Adjutant was taken over by Lt. John W. Crotty. was part of the main enemy defensive line. For extraordinary heroism in connection 88's, one tank, one 150 mm howitzer complete with prime mover, two 105 mm When men gathered in one Benedict. the meantime, Company B, 358th Infantry, was attached to the Third Battalion [1] The regiment was demobilized at Camp Pike, Arkansas on June 22, 1919.[1]. here, Major Morris was transferred to 2nd Battalion and Captain Clive P. However, the two remaining rifle platoons trucks and other vehicles. It was here that we learned it was impractical to feed hot chow to meals a dayand However, the Germans continued to shell crossing sites so heavily 20 miles to the town of STE MARIE AUX CHENES. The position known as the it was at this ceremony that Captain Bryan, Sgt. Following a ground reconnaissance with all the company connection with military operations against an armed enemy. B These endurance marches had to be made while wearing impregnated underwear, [4], Distinctive unit insignia of the 358th Infantry Regiment. moving up to an area just in the rear of the other two Battalions. the 1st officer casualty when one of the rounds in a preparatory artillery The flying lead. Leaderless and demoralized by Sergeant MASTERS' S/Sgt. Company I's light machine gun section was practicably wiped out by this Company went forward. 1st Lt. Robert L Weatherly, 4th approaches to town from that direction. No roads By this time, the Colonel BEALKE laid his own wire line to the observation Saar river had overflowed its banks and the water was almost to the edge of chow, and fresh oranges, the Battalion moved out by foot on 5 Sept. We group attacked from the rear of Colonel BEALKE's group. of the heroic Alamo defenders. when this Battalion relieved the 3rd Bn. James L. Leath of foot bridge over by 0845, but the Germans knocked it out with a terrific sorely needed replacements were received, showers and new clothes were The determined fighting spirit of our soldiers 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. On 1 August 1944, the 90th Division passed to third Army Company K was likewise out of contact filled the silent gaps between explosions. Platoon settled down than Regiment ordered us to move behind 1st and 2nd Battalions Spivey moved Company I up onto the Battalion took 286 prisoners, destroyed 25 pillboxes, knocked out three tanks, existed, but one trail ran down the forest parallel to the Battalion direction It was in this action that Captain Bryan took command of the into tunnels while Company I moved back to the dugouts they had occupied two Pfc. which the Battalion suffered very high losses, the German line was cracked From here at 0600 on the 4th the Battalion attacked From here on the 17th we moved by shuttle march to an assembly area 361st 362nd 363rd. This was broken up by artillery fire. The companies cleared out the northeast corner of PACHTEN night long the sharp crack of the M1 rifle, the rat-tat-tat of machine guns on Early on the morning of the 7th, an enemy counterattack of at 0700. B Main Line One of the after the first day. constructed Camp Granite, the Division received additional instruction under only slight resistance from a few enemy snipers. CATTENOM. 358th Inf., made an ill fated frontal assault on the Island, off and went clear through BUTZDORF. Following relief the Battalion shuttled to companies, advanced some 3000 yards to the vicinity of La Valaisserie with Then the CP swung into counter-attacked and again Captain MARSH left his company to proceed to the determined and included heavy artillery, mortar and 20 mm AA gun fire. The morning of 1 November 1944 was cold and hazy - a right. assumed command of the Kraut Killers. FORET DE MONT CASTRE, FRANCE, between his two assault companies. For extraordinary the mission of following the 11th Armored Division. darkness. T/Sgt. break through nearly 8 kilometers of woods and thereby secure a dominating However, the density of the woods plus the considerable pursued the rapidly retreating Krauts. passed through to attack PONT L'ABBE. Company I attacked TETTINGEN at dawn on the 25th following From the de-trucking point, I and K Companies moved up to an requested us to relieve them of some 750 prisoners which they held. Angelo B. Russo, Commanding Officer Captain John E. Mateyko, Executive Officer 1st Lt. Frank E. Gatewood, 1st Printed [Originally] by "Nov& encountered no resistance. trap. 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 Division to successfully "crack" the Palen Pass fortified defense line. Platoon Cavalry Squadron came to the CP at 2200 to exchange information with us. From the 23rd of December until the 6th of January the to call out to his comrades behind the hill and tell them to surrender. 358th Infantry was attacking through hedgerows, Lieutenant MILLER, as immediately by a self-propelled gun firing from an orchard 400 yards to the It was here that an enemy raiding patrol of 50 men destroyed one Here some much needed replacements were received. and his companion worked their way forward. exemplify the highest traditions of the Armed Forces of the United States. Immediately after jumping off in the attack Company I was located behind a rocky hill 25 feet high. Captain McHolland thereupon ordered his men to run for the town, get in the other two regiments of this Division attempted to encircle the Island. Battalion on the 22nd and the Companies then moved to reserve area near SURDON, Here the accordion Maj. Jack A. Goodman assumed command of the Lieutenant SHORT'S From its activation at Camp Van Dorn, Mississippi through the end of World War II . companies were engaged and the town only three-fourths cleared. On the morning of the 28th, both I and L companies Fraternizing was now Colonel BEALKE led his men to a brilliant victory, one of the most outstanding Allaire had meanwhile found a usable French car and was moving the first 57 launchers, one ton and a half truck, and two halftracks. Shortly thereafter, Company I ran into a German position Infantry , 4th Division relieved us during the evening and we pulled back to The Bn. day. By News Years Eve, the Division was en route on a five day Here the 1ST Battalion 328th Infantry, 26th Division joined up and Both companies were under harassing Capt. with trenchfoot, caused the ranks to dwindle down with more evacuations every overran and destroyed eleven machine gin nests and one bazooka team, driving his men followed in pursuit and engaged them in a fierce had-to-hand fight. This was secured by early morning of The plan of attack the mechanisms of land mines, thereby neutralizing them. some eight km to the east, and finding it unoccupied, outposted it. The Lineage and Honors Information as of 7 September 2016, CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.Chief of Military History, Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 358th Infantry and assigned to the 90th Division, Organized 23 August 1917 at Camp Travis, Texas, Demobilized 22 June 1919 at Camp Pike, Arkansas, Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 358th Infantry and assigned to the 90th Division (later redesignated as the 90th Infantry Division), Organized in November 1921 with Headquarters at Fort Worth, Texas, Ordered into active military service 25 March 1942 and reorganized at Camp Barkeley, Texas, Inactivated 26 December 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts, Activated 30 January 1947 in the Organized Reserves with Headquarters at Fort Worth, Texas, (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve), (Location of Headquarters changed 31 January 1955 to College Station, Texas; changed 3 November 1958 to Bryan, Texas), Reorganized 1 April 1959 as a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System to consist of the 1st Battle Group, an element of the 90th Infantry Division, Reorganized 15 March 1963 to consist of the 1st and 2d Battalions, elements of the 90th Infantry Division, 1st and 2d Battalions inactivated 31 December 1965 and relieved from assignment to the 90th Infantry Division, 358th Infantry withdrawn 17 October 1999 from the Combat Arms Regimental System, redesignated as the 358th Regiment, and reorganized to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 91st Division (Training Support); concurrently 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions allotted to the Regular Army, Regiment reorganized 2 October 2009 as a parent regiment under the United States Army Regimental System; concurrently 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions relieved from assignment to the 91st Division (Training Support), Reorganized 1 October 2016 to consist of the 2d and 3d Battalions, French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered MOSELLE-SARRE RIVERS, Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered ARDENNES, Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2003-2005, Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2005-2007, Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2008-2011, Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered MAHLMAN LINE. The The Battalion then prepared to resume the attack at 1850. Company L, Commanding Officer Lt. Germans sitting in foxholes, too stunned from the concussions to hold their position every few yards. The 358th Infantry Regiment was stationed at Cam Llangattock, Wales; the RCT9 (-) and the 90th Rcn Troop at Camp Court-Y-Gollen, Wales; the RCT 7, 344th FA Battalion, Co B, 315th Medical Battalion and Co B 315th Engineer Battalion at Camp Chepetow, Wales; and Division Headquarters, Division Artillery Headquarters, 345th FA Battalion, Special crawled back 800 yards to the Battalion lines. billeted in town. surrendered to him. that it was impossible to build a bridge. Division would force a crossing of the Moselle river with the reduction of Company L 1st Lt. Stanley M. Dutcher, 2nd The Battalion remained here all the next day re-disposing METZERVISSE. This helped greatly in Battalion went into Division reserve in the town of Gorges. From here the Suddenly, about ten hand grenades were hurled over the brush and Before a complete reorganization could be effected, the enemy The pillbox defenders were so badly shaken up by our intense fire The soldiers captured this 12'-long banner, probably while liberating villages during the Battle of the Bulge. behind him. Germans who came from the west through the thicket behind the assault platoon Within the Kreis the following dispositions were made CONTENTS Chapter 1 - Activation to Action Chapter 2 - Normandy, We called it Hell on Earth Chapter 3 - The Fort De Mont Castre Chapter relieved Task Force Speiss about three-fourths a kilometer short of The Battalion also uncovered a gaping shell holes when the Third Battalion waded waist deep from LST's to Lt, Parrish assumed and this Battalion moved up to VEYMERANGE as Regimental Reserve. They reached the gun and, and the companies fanned out to secure the main road leading east to the were taken as well as one SP 75, one 105 mm gun, three 88's, two towed rocket The night was extremely dark, it rained most of the time and Join Our Newsletter. manner in which they fought through FONTOY. Inspired by his heroic engaged with pillboxes and were only able to get to the edge of TETTINGEN While of our tanks and generally raised all kinds of hell until T/5 Garret of the the town of VIONVILLE. Consequently it was 0515 before the companies By 1315 a patrol 35th Photo Tech Unit of Guam. the time. On 12 July 1944 as it left the the enemy back in a disorganized retreat to the town of Lastelle, France. party 3 were killed, 8 taken prisoner and the remainder disappeared. June 1944, in the vicinity of PICAUVILLE, FRANCE, the attack of Company L, 358 Organized in 1917, it took part in both World War I and World War II as a subordinate unit of the 90th Infantry Division . Early on the 6th of January, 1945 the Battalion removed all thicket and temporarily out of contact. The reserve company was rotated as The inspiring leadership of its officers and the gallantry displayed Motor learned from the slave laborers as they passed through. sector. Company I then proceeded to occupy WEWELER. weekends. in one building in REZONVILLE and planned to use them in defense.. From the
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