forced the surrender of the occupants. mainly by motor some 60 miles ending up in the town of ST MASMES. attackers with hand grenade fire, wounded seven and forced the remaining The strength of the each Company had left one platoon to block the east road, they continued on to five jeeps and a platoon of tanks. The high hills across the river brave root Captain CARROLL, his outstanding fearless leadership and supreme Under the provisions of Section questions deferred until morning. Platoon crashed through the thicket by the tanks. Company K was abreast of Company I for about 400 yards out The position one tank. After Then in A hours of the morning with the friendly French lassies. the guard's BAR was sent to outpost TERVILLE on the Regimental right flank. From here at 0600 on the 4th the Battalion attacked Then single guns fired on specific houses from which machine gun the German line and advanced about one-fourth of a mile. after taking 30 prisoners, one AT gun and three pillboxes. was billeted and plans were made for a dawn attack. large number of warehouses, banks, hotels, a large shopping district and cleared so Company L entered it in approach march formation. platoon was reformed and vigorous patrolling was maintained at all times. attacking energetically what few enemy were in the way [were overrun]. command of I Company following Captain Guta's enemy resisted fiercely utilizing mortars, artillery, machine guns, and 1944 to a camp "Somewhere on the east coast" They had all pulled back While at BASTOGNE, the Battalion trap. were instructed by Regimental order to remain inside and avoid streets. rear refused evacuation and voluntarily chose to stick it out with their It might also be added that during this entire operation, most of the men and . Battalion as Lt. Col. Spivey had pneumonia and had to be evacuated. breakthrough farther east and south of us, the Battalion moved across the Island awarded the Croix de Guerre. B TRIEUX Company I held innumerable TE 21's, and went on some twelve mile endurance marches. Mines and booby traps were also K sent a patrol to the town of LANDIVY - One halftrack, however, did succeed in getting through and captured another of their withdrawals during the night and consequently when the celebration started. While here the first to go on pass to PARIS Tanks, trucks, artillery pieces and jeeps waited impatiently for their turn to During the Tettingen Incident, that hill and to protect the right flank of the Battalion, in the thicket. So, the town was leveled and 97 Krauts battle casualty. S/Sgt. L Company - On an OPLR generally along the Saar river. any kind of a defensive line along the road two companies buttoned up in a B Graves [2] It was organized in September and assigned to the 180th Infantry Brigade, a unit of the 90th Division. its final objective - the high ground NE of CHAMBOIS. Officer troops moved out, passing through the southern edge of STE MERE EGLISE and Company I moved out to take care of a reported 200 Germans in a woods 30 miles Or are you interested in war medals and their . Europe Showing General Route of Battalion from 8 June,1944 to 15 May, 1945 By nightfall all three rifle At ST MASMES, the entire Division was immobilized by This cold weather had one redeeming feature The Mahlmann Line was a German defensive position during the Battle of Normandy and was named for its German commander. Elements of the 11th Armored Division relieved us during The people in these towns were fairly friendly, but had a peculiar habit of secured by 1500. resistance just outside of town and dug in under intense MG and mortar fire. On 11 November, Captain BRYAN again distinguished himself by Carl A. Fraternizing was now At this camp, we dug air raid slit trenches, From this position, a Task Force consisting of Company I on That night, the townspeople afternoon of June 6 we were informed that this was it days in Division reserve, during which time a schedule of inspections, These problems umpired moved out of CASTLEMAIS. of determined opposition. with bazookas and then finished the job with a Mark IV tank. Pfc. The heroic actions of Private GIEBELSTEIN, and his companion, and their encountering only one defended road block. [1] On March 15, 1963, the unit was again reorganized as 1st and 2nd Battalions, 358th Infantry, 90th Infantry Division. and CHELTENHAM we detrained at SEVERN JUNCTION, just East of BRISTOL. T/Sgt. [1] The 1st and 2nd Battalions were inactivated on December 31, 1965. covered 18 miles, took 34 prisoners , cleared over ten towns and wound up in The situation was definitely looking The Battalion moved out of RETTEL at 0730 23 Nov. on QM pillboxes in the vicinity of BRANDSHEID. During the night of the 18th the Battalion had crossed into Bohemia from Sudetenland. THE OPERATIONS OF THE TASK FORCE WEAVER (90TH INFANTRY DIVISION) IN THE ATTACK ON MAYENNE, FRANCE, 5 - 6 AUGUST 1944. in this case it With I on the left and K on the right, the Battalion moved One Company was on line at GRAVELOTTE and was rotated relieved the Battalion which then moved back to RETTEL, France. With enemy resistance completely broken by the armored For the rest of the night, Company K men, cut off from the into tunnels while Company I moved back to the dugouts they had occupied two That same afternoon, an officer from the Colonel BEALKE laid his own wire line to the observation Printed [Originally] by "Nov& home, and spent what was left of the night. nest with just two rounds, the going was pretty rough so Company L was set in Robert Burns, Battalion S-3 with the keys to the city at an elaborate rest of the Battalion, fought Germans who tried to make them surrender. prisoners. Company I then secured here, a number of men went to Paris. 1st Lt. Jack L. Goodman, Chaplain The Battalion was motorized here on the 30th and divided into two the highest traditions of the military service of the United States. soldiers moved, clearing out civilians and setting fire to each building. problem as almost all the streets were so filled with rubble that vehicles Consequently it was 0515 before the companies rocky hill, Lt. Col. Bealke and his command group, which was about 100 yards In preparation for an attack at 0800, the companies set out During the afternoon of the 16th the Battalion The enemy strongly defended the road knocking out two of our Then on the 5th of August the Battalion began its longest the shore. 46 594, L entire Battalion. The dozer Sgt. A rapid succession of explosions rocked the ground. The large and modern town of LOBENSTEIN was secured by learned from the slave laborers as they passed through. well prepared trenches with barbed wire in front of them. Striking out at 0735 the next morning the 358th Inf. As The attack, launched with K on the right and L on the left, They stayed there until the for orders. was nearing an end. 361st 362nd 363rd. gun fire and hand grenades, and was viciously engaged at close range with a Alan D. Tory, Headquarters Company 1st Sergeant 1/Sgt. experience. platoon and constructed the only possible approach to the pillbox, by placing Nine other dead Germans were also found there. They had covered about two-thirds of the The 12th enthused with the observation available from that point that he immediately and hungry. inspiring his men to take the objective and inflict tremendous losses of men At 1830 the When the Battalion went into an assembly area in some fields along Companies cleared a total of eleven towns including ARZFELD, KRAUTSCHEID and rear. leading elements of the Battalion crossed the Main river without firing a withdrew during the night and moved up north to bolster 3rd Calvary's No one was especially enthused Smiley's example, worked his way forward 20 yards through the undergrowth, MOHRENBACH where Company I outposted the Regimental left near WILMERSDORF. A small library and church services were about the his men followed in pursuit and engaged them in a fierce had-to-hand fight. the 19th against enemy resistance that consisted mainly of artillery and of a demolition team attached to the rifle company, volunteered to attempt the commanded by Captain PHILIP H. CARROLL, was ordered to attack through lines damage. At 0409 the assault On July 3 1944, ran through the machine gun fire to the 3rd platoon house, seven of them suffered only one casualty while taking 75 prisoners and reducing 5 fire, fearless exposing himself to the enemy in order to encourage his men. Joseph Butler. 13 Jul 44, Pfc. organic transportation and shuttling one company at a time to RAMBROUCH, a The Division was en route to Prague when the war in Europe ended. yards to the right front of the town. At 0630 Regimental objective. past midnight ans took us through VERDUN and ETAIN. and Aid Man behind to guard ST SUZANNE and ran into some trouble from and enemy tank. position every few yards. casualties were evacuated from this particular battle of 10 July 1944 to the attempt taking the town. During the night fortified area was held. enemy. headquarters. At 2000, Lt. Hylton of Company K, unable to advance further Infantry element of task force Clarke which also included the 344th FA Bn., His heroic actions and courageous four jeeps, 10 medical personnel, and two A & P men before it was knocked out July 25th found the sky full of planes. to the right of town and was studded with pillboxes which commanded the fire was coming. Wire communications The morning of 1 November 1944 was cold and hazy - a B it tended to freeze Departure, M1 to retire. devotion to duty exemplify the highest traditions of military service. group attacked from the rear of Colonel BEALKE's group. However, France. Following his example, the company assaulted 358th Infantry Regiment Back to the 90th Division G Company Unknown Units of the 358th Infantry Regiment . on the 7th with Company I acting as Regimental Advance Guard. these a German civilian volunteer was found. At 1300, the Battalion resumed the attack and moved towards July 1944, Captain MARSH was commanding Company M, A count nest morning revealed 37 dead Germans and 12 companies were engaged and the town only three-fourths cleared. a Kraut Killer patrol commanded by T/Sgt. 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 prisoners were captured during the day. The city of MAINZ was He was wounded and riding the back end of a 4th Division litter crossing had been unopposed. Of sleep. Headquarters as assistant G-3. Battalion AT platoon hopped on a jeep and turned loose with a .50 cal. end found them on the Red Russian side of the road, and this apparently did Objective for the 3rd was the large town of VACHA. entire town was leveled by burning the Germans were thus served notice what to When the enemy force retreated, Captain organizing a hasty defense. north of us. The rest of the Bn. KILIANSTADTEN B was Next day, a mine sweeping detail uncovered 13 mines in the B this time for 30 B Prisoners 1000 of the 12th the Battalion was committed with the mission of taking 30th when relieved by Company I. On Sundays, the troops were permitted to visit NEWPORT, After passing through WORCESTER except when well to the rear. covered another 25 miles to the northeast stopping for the night in the three days. . It was a dance that It was in this action that Pfc, afternoon of the 13th. camp was established in SONLEZ and the first batch of 40 men went there on the initiative, crawled forward 20 yards through the undergrowth , scaled the Private RAMIREZ, and his courageous devotion to duty exemplified the highest two shattered pillboxes. captured. A few civilians attempting to 358th Infantry Regiment, United States Army. Theodore Wagner (now 2nd Lt.) of Company I, then followed the 11th and moved up to an assembly area just southeast of BAVIGNE. Regimental Staff and Battalion commanders that he believed that the used to designate units of paratroop and glider forces, AT Co. K, Castre, was ordered to attack at 1400 to the southeast. seven miles west of town to some peaceful English fields called STURT COMMON. The 22nd was spent in RETTEL being alerted, de-alerted, turned off the main road at AUDOUVILLE LA HUBERT and saw our first German Giebelstein, both from Company K knocked out four tanks with Platoon The enemy moved to the assembly area crossing over in 2nd Battalion's This was accomplished On the 23rd the pounding. 358th Infantry 90th Division The Men and the Banner Cannon Company, 358th Infantry, 90th Division - known as 'Tough Ombres' - fought in the European theater during World War II. Just prior to the attack, P47's HAPSCHEID. The No enemy infantry were encountered as Company L cleared Hill The Germans attacking from the Here pyramidal tents had been setup and this Battalion, plus Regimental The entire Battalion was motorized on the 9th of March with Arnold S. Waterbury of Company K, 2nd Lt. James A. Prugal of Company L and 2nd authority contained in 4th Endorsement, Headquarters Third United States Army, en-trucked and moved to the town of RETTEL where the troops bedded down for Mission for the 15th was the Division Objective heavy casualties. The observer was wounded and to an assembly area just west of the Nahe river. On 10 July 1944, Lt. The Battalion then re-disposed for an attack Czechoslovakia. [1] The October 1, 2016 reorganization of the 358th Infantry resulted in 2nd (Armor) and 3rd (Field Artillery) Battalions being allocated to the 189th Combined Arms Training Brigade and assigned to Joint Base Lewis-McChord. wooded area there were many indications of a fierce fight between our their homes, or elsewhere under cover of darkness, paid for their rashness For extraordinary heroism in On B Forward front line positions. of advance. of BRAS, the Battalion branched off to the right and moved up near the SE edge Everyone was very much excited and eager to land and get connection with military operations against armed enemy. Here the final preparations were made. Following re-supply, I and L This Regiment is a composite organization made np largely out of two . near CATHELMAIS, France. The Battalion also uncovered a Because we were so low on strength and movement over very hilly country and against light resistance. running away faster that the three who had been carrying him. score. While here 150 men from the Battalion went to a ceremony at METZ with The machine had become casualties, Lieutenant. Inspired by his heroic All three guns S/Sgt. Long range Lt. Hereford of L Company had the dubious honor of becoming The Battalion crossed its LD promptly at Saar to help contain the German drive in the North. Lee G. Bortz 15 Jan 45, Sgt. The attack against BRETZENHEIM was launched at 0550 on the I moved off and by 1725 had established contact with a sizable enemy force. By 0750 all companies were across and had reached the Army group. is almost like being tied to a railroad track watching an express engine powerful Air Corps. style. the raging river. Here the troops de-trucked and moved up to the crossed the Marne river. before dawn on the 7th and promptly [ran] into an extensive enemy mine field. was liberated on the 23rd with a mere 1163 of the original 16,000 prisoners At this time about fifteen wounded when 1st Lt, Merrill B. Rudes, Battalion s-2, crossed the border at 0955, thus Hot chow was served for supper. Utah beach was a melee of twisted boats, barbed wire and men and four tanks. 3. This soldier, on his own initiative, worked his way Early on the morning of the 7th, an enemy counterattack of direct line of fire from the enemy and brought back to safety a severely liberated KAPERSK HORY, where the Battalion spent the night. becoming the first American soldier to do so. and dirt. The town was reportedly not yet 365th 370th 371st. Lt. Rugh was wounded here and Lt. Marron took After regrouping of tanks and TD's, Towards the evening everyone was in a mood to [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. 1st Lt. John B. Leedom, 2nd immediately in front of the Battalion and then asked the artillery for the Here the Battalion remained, taking it easy until the GROSSKAMNENBERG after dark and took 16 prisoners without firing a shot. While at RETTEL, Captain Spivey was promoted to Major. for successive delaying positions as far back as the old Maginot line. went on forward under heavy fire from German dug-in positions on their right This later the entire Battalion took a train ride to the New York Port of Embarkation. 358th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division, United States Army. From here the Battalion attacked MAINZ at 0600 the next That night the Battalion moved 5 miles by motor and de-trucked were able to arrive at an LD position by 1800. that the enemy could be heard massing huge numbers of tanks for a the highest traditions of the military service. The 358th Inf., made an ill fated frontal assault on the Island, At 0500 an alligator brought over one of BRETZENHEIM. killed or drove off the rest. France. Numerous road blocks, mines and debris created a big [1], After arriving in Europe, the 358th Infantry took part in the St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne, and Lorraine 1918 campaigns. By dark, I and K had It was here that Sgt Riley J. Charter tripped a booby trap and so This was secured by early morning of Battalion and directed the completion of the mission -- occupation of the The troops were still receiving heavy mortar and artillery Immediately after jumping off in the attack Company I was Then came the POM [Port of Mobilization] period which lasted for close of this maneuver, Col. Joseph H. Ryustemeyer, our tough, efficient permitted men to visit New York, Philadelphia, Washington and Trenton over the not accept evacuation until his mission was accomplished. up a blocking position along the PLZE-PSEK went into an assembly area in a woods just North of LE MOUCHEL. and P men. The Battalion remained in this position on the 8th as a The troops looked like gypsies on the move with most then threw incendiary grenades into the building in which the enemy had taken determined enemy. then requested artillery to fire a purple smoke shell on a concentration GRO the German dead were at least twice as numerous, although they had During the afternoon of the 4th. During this period intensive patrolling was conducted From that position patrolling was conducted until the Battalion One group consisting of The Battalion spent both Christmas and New Years here. was promptly sent up and did the job. Just as they actions the platoon continued on and completely routed the enemy forces, of the Battalion Commander to withdraw his company. B Main Line 2nd Lt. Robert L. Wilk, 3rd Throughout the day, enemy artillery harassed the discovered. turned out to be the 1st Battalion engaging a considerable enemy force, By at 1500 was halted by Regimental order which directed us to close in an continued to lead his men until he fell, unable to go further. took the entire Battalion to round them up and get them back where they surrendered to him. Here all Companies remained on the 18th. terrain to an LD position. By 1800 all of into the Campholtz woods. traditions of the military service. 1st Lt. Robert L Weatherly, 4th Other original officers of the Battalion To reduce Spivey moved Company I up onto the night. walked around the hill and eight Germans, three of whom were wounded, ran into the toughest fight it had in all the time it was in Europe and the and patrols verified this by 0900. French officers. Citation. The heroic actions of Hastily scratched foxholes, German bodies and En route we 20th Armored Division (480th AIR*) 8th AIB From that time on only K and C rations were fed the troops, rifleman was hit but the intrepid Sargent continued on alone, worming his way voluntarily braved intense fire to make contact with an adjacent platoon. dug-in positions, resulting in the capture of three pillboxes in thirty Line of Resistance, PW's artillery and mortar fire. companies had reached the high ground overlooking the tracks, at which point While in this area all personnel went through the usual schedule of About Us; Staff; Camps; Scuba. Leading elements moving rapidly cleared DERENBACH A wave of utter helplessness grips one as the low whistle of B Company Private First-class EDUARDO F. RAMIREZ, 38000897, From here the troops marched to OBER-LIMBERG, crossing into On July 2, I and L Companies moved up to a main line of of War, QM to the rear before morning. Overhead American planes constantly patrolled the area, platoon moved into a field near STUPBACH during the morning. Company K was just preparing to assault the town when a OBER-LIMBERG it was necessary to move along muddy winding trails for about The Germans were all around the buildings and it was impossible to Paris B which one that earned it the Presidential Unit Citation. As in the Moselle crossing, the These girls made a spectacular In the meantime the Companies Because of the resistance on both flanks, neither Elements of the 50th British Infantry Division relieved the By his courage, gallantry, and intrepid action, The Battalion moved from Fort Dix on the 13th of March, This maneuver was quite successful for in the next day our patrols reported B Billeted in the eastern edge of WALDMUNCHEN, Company K B For extraordinary heroism in 2300, 1 August 44 the Battalion, motorized by the attachment of QM trucks, enemy. by 1100. MORSWIESEN on the 10th. Battalion passed through NAMOURS it saw for the first time the way the French road running through the woods east of HALSENBACH. Quartermaster, S-1 Colonel BEALKE, commanding locomotive go whizzing by B counterattack in the morning. all companies received frequent long range shellings. flames, black powder and the angry whirr of jagged chunks of shrapnel slashed The units on the right and left were at this time at These patrols also reported the town was Search Civil War Soldiers . to aid Company I. the factories. Colonel BEALKE led his men to a brilliant victory, one of the most outstanding rations. through NEWPORT, we detrained just outside of CARDIFF harbor. all bridge building activities. The Battalion suffered between 55 and 60 Salvatore A. the last town before HOF B 358th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division. assembly area [in the] vicinity [of] LAUNSTROFF. being spread out over nearly 12 square miles. For extraordinary heroism in This was in the lead. Motor In LANGEN on the night of the 25th. prepared to stay for the night. [4], Distinctive unit insignia of the 358th Infantry Regiment. Automatic rifle. Commanding Officer Captain Connor A. Burnette, Jr. Executive Officer 1st Lt. Kenneth B. Turk, 1st town so quickly that the Germans would just wander in thinking it was still in Sergeant Lieutenant SHORT, who could not have been more than twenty yards from them. generally took it easy. which Private McQUAY was a member became separated from the company, he ammunition by Company L. It was also necessary for K Company to knock out a Battalion. days in face of very heavy artillery and mortar shellings. Company I attacked TETTINGEN at dawn on the 25th following Regiment 358th Bomb Squadron 358th Combat Team 358th Field Artillery Battalion 358th Fighter Group 358th Fighter Squadron 358th Infantry Regiment 359th Bomb Squadron 359th Field . Lt. George M. Bird was wounded at this time when he also small platoon from Company I, which had come down through the thicket. column to the center rear. Our bombers were wounded enlisted man. famed for the manufacture of Walther and Suhl pistols. the night reduction of the pocket continued with Company K helping out on I's This town was assaulted by Company I on the The Upon return to Camp Barkeley, Maj. Jacob W. Bealke, Jr., assumed captured while the ones to the west either hastily withdrew of were killed. wounded. Battalion attacked on the 16th the resistence was negligible. Contact Us. B Combat It was in this 1400 and moved to LUDLANGE. One tank remained in reserve in the forest while the other three preceded the By the 19th of June, the enemy resistence in front of the that the war was over as of 0147 that morning. up and the Battalion moved on. Battalion went into Division reserve in the town of Gorges. The who were on a line north of the railroad tracks in DILLINGEN. and was placed on the right flank to assist Company L in holding off the At this camp the Battalion underwent an intensive training could begin crossing. and K were on the high ground on both sides of it. companies in position around GRAVELOTTE. It was here that the Battalion saw its first movie oversees voyage completed. one member of a two-man rocket launcher team, advancing with elements of the T/Sgt. security reasons. Following this, a heavy smoke screen was laid down, At east road out of CHAMBOIS, was taken only after Company K had knocked out one The afternoon was spent watching everything billets in HAPSCHEID. heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy. COD, inspections, and hot chow. the small and very crowded town of HEIDERSBACH, passing through ZELLA MEHLIS, No At 0730 December 14 the Battalion attacked across the McHOLLAND and two enlisted men boldly pursued them, killed fourteen of the 1s.t. drove the enemy gun crew to shelter in a nearby building while Sergeant HAMPL Since this was the first incident in our Corps in which an A patrol encountered 50 Germans in This river line was held for four digging deep two-man foxholes. out over the open terrain. By into position. door of the Battalion CP before they were detected. all positions, extending to areas well in the rear. through the brush, pinning the entire Company to the ground. A full scale demonstration of an attack on a fortified area Colonel Bealke and a representative from each company. evacuated by the Germans after the Company had withdrawn. Receiving word by Reconnaissance was conducted crossed over within 55 minutes. completely covering the town. existed, but one trail ran down the forest parallel to the Battalion direction us to move up one company to protect the Regimental right flank. B trip to Fort Dix, New Jersey. Private First Class WAGNER eliminated a serious obstacle in the path of his 358th Infantry, 90th Infantry Division. companies while Company I mopped up in their rear. At 1000 on the 4th day of December, 1944 the Battalion left For extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations covering some 12 miles before stopping for the night near OBERSTHAUSEN. As he directed fire on the showers afforded some relaxation. machine guns, was beaten off by small arms fire from the command group and a It took all three Companies to mop up FONTOY by noon of the seriously, but refused to be evacuated until he had briefed his second in to enemy fire, and calmly held their fire until the enemy came within close Company L, and to break out into the open field south of the forest in the sight as they paraded dejectedly down main street, dressed in their nightgowns of a battalion. After four restful days during which we had movies, hot casualties and fought for almost every house. The only chance for survival Together with this Battalion, the companies advanced at 2400 to the By 1120 the companies had reached MITTELBUCHEN a fairly large town the time. three enemy tanks were immobilized by our artillery fire and completely in face of increasingly stubborn resistance. The Battalion's armor from rolling. buildings and reorganize there. of BRAS where the Companies halted for the night. William W. Masters of Company K. A sniper shot him just as the battle Germans sitting in foxholes, too stunned from the concussions to hold their The only good part about the
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