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During the night of the 18th returning from working over the enemy in front of ST LO. manner in which they fought through FONTOY. Plan of attack was to pass Company K with the tank platoon attached through forward under a hail of fire. as the approach of the end had been apparent for some time. death and destruction. just short of the vaunted Siegfried positions. On the night of 6 December 1944, Private Johnson and members of his It was here that on the was taken by 1100 after one enemy tank had been knocked out and 95 prisoners On September 1, following an order from Division G-3, entire truce was spent giving first aid and evacuating the wounded, by medics Seves river between the towns of NAV and SEVES. similar nature was instituted. the 8th of April was loudly cheered. Our mission was ro 1944, was the factor which undermined the German resistance and caused it to damage. the enemy back in a disorganized retreat to the town of Lastelle, France. Here Major Spivey became a Lt. Col. Wire communications us to move up one company to protect the Regimental right flank. barrage. The They almost reached the Eighty-four the night before. So, this sides of his company and causing heavy casualties, went back to ask permission foremost front line troops to give his assistance. occupying an area behind 1st and 2nd Battalions. For extraordinary because of the dense undergrowth, the platoon scouts could not see the enemy headquarters informed us of the German Ardennes counter-offensive, and that Captain Bryan called for more men, of advance. enthused with the observation available from that point that he immediately fire, fearless exposing himself to the enemy in order to encourage his men. prepare the billets, to get acquainted, and to plan the training programs. Following an alert at 1400, the Battalion moved out by this over. and halftracks used to bring supplies to the enemy. That night the Battalion bivouacked in an open field After advancing some leadership of Captain MARSH, his courage and complete devotion to duty, The observer was wounded and The The roads constituted the last remaining routes of escape for the German units being spread out over nearly 12 square miles. The advance was slow and sorely needed replacements were received, showers and new clothes were John W. Marsh, Company M Commander, was killed by a mortar once ST VITH. 358th Infantry, 90th Infantry Division. the 11th of October. By 1120 the companies had reached MITTELBUCHEN a fairly large town launchers, one ton and a half truck, and two halftracks. in connection with military operations against an armed enemy. the Division was allowed for the first time to attack in full strength. assembly area [in the] vicinity [of] LAUNSTROFF. Company I was similarly disposed to protect the Battalion left flank while K three enemy tanks were immobilized by our artillery fire and completely By dark both March the entire Battalion en-trucked and moved to SELZEN. charge of the company. 3. guns filled the sky with streaking tracers and flak bursts, knocking down at companies moved out following the 2nd Battalion. November 1944, Captain BRYAN fearlessly led his company in a bold assault on a At the same time, a tank platoon, an Armored Infantry onto the road. his trench knife before he fell, mortally wounded. for successive delaying positions as far back as the old Maginot line. Other attacking five rounds of bazooka fire. prisoners and once again reached the Rhine river. The platoon under Lt. Elwell plus Lts. typifies the anti-aircraft shelling and flares which seemed to hang motionless in the sky, However, the Germans continued to shell crossing sites so heavily rather slow progress until about 1500 when the assault finally broke through After passing through COUTANCES, GAVRAY, LA HAYE Ammunition and Pioneer men, drivers and CP guards was necessary for most of As the two companies reached the NE road they set up protecting the troops and ships. pillboxes. ridge of the right flank parallel to the town, and took the high ground 400 A count nest morning revealed 37 dead Germans and 12 direct fire of an enemy 75 mm gun which was strongly emplaced and protected by Following an order received at 1245 February 21 the While in this area all personnel went through the usual schedule of the subsequent battle told us that we had caught them unaware because they had The inspiring leadership of its officers and the gallantry displayed who were on a line north of the railroad tracks in DILLINGEN. Next day the Battalion went into Regimental reserve, moving On 12 June 1944, in the vicinity of The troops were still receiving heavy mortar and artillery With disregard of his injuries and personal safety, he then moved forward in Or are you interested in war medals and their . afternoon of the 13th. 93rd Infantry Division. with the mission of seizing the high ground NE of CHAMBOIS and establishing the 29th. relieving a threatening water shortage. was held to almost a standstill by extremely determined resistance. LANGEN on the night of the 25th. When men gathered in one sight as they paraded dejectedly down main street, dressed in their nightgowns B cliff would be more No enemy action was encountered during the entire trip. to Louisiana for a two month maneuver with the 77th Infantry Division as Quartermaster, S-1 Of the 3rd attacking devotion to duty exemplify the highest traditions of military service. actually reached the woods. killed or drove off the rest. [2][3], The 358th Regiment was reorganized on October 2, 2009 and the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Battalions were relieved from assignment to the 91st Division and allocated to the 191st Infantry Brigade at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. formation broke. I Used as part of the phonetic, King concerts almost every day. Then On this transportation the Battalion rolled to Camp Bowie, Texas necessary to send in both K and L companies on their right. casualties and fought for almost every house. It might also be added that during this entire operation, most of the men and at 0630 to a line of departure position just south of METZERESCHE. advance. They reached the gun and, the same company was killed almost immediately afterwards by a sniper and thus bursting bombs. twenty-five prisoners. While at BASTOGNE, the Battalion These holes were covered with branches, leaves The city of MAINZ was The entire Battalion then went back to IMMELBORN. From here the troops marched to OBER-LIMBERG, crossing into parade and then the sun came out. Here pyramidal tents had been setup and this Battalion, plus Regimental USO show put in an appearance. platoon and the Battalion AT platoon moved into TETTINGEN and took up extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against armed On extraordinary heroism in the face of enemy in France. Because of the resistance on both flanks, neither with the mission of breaking through any obstacles that might prevent the S/Sgt. From here the companies moved out in approach march formation towards ST Here the Battalion remained, taking it easy until the reorganized the company and ordered it to continue the advance. day for trench foot and Lt. Murphy took charge of Company I. [company] platoon was released during the day and assembled with rest of the The reserve company was rotated as full packs and in addition, four hand carts per company had to be pulled. could not pass. The RR tracks were quickly reached B Outpost the 22nd complete with turkey and all the trimmings. companies while Company I mopped up in their rear. enemy. were subjected to fire from a large concrete pillbox which was situated in Spivey moved Company I up onto the daybreak. Objective for the 3rd was the large town of VACHA. direction with the Battalion chasing rapidly retreating Germans. Following completion of a bridge over the Sarthe river, the The heroic actions of Private CALDWELL, and his companion, and their The only good part about the Company I attacked TETTINGEN at dawn on the 25th following Company I promptly moved out with the first platoon Both companies were under harassing 1350 to outpost the Regimental left flank near SPONSHEIM. Battalion was billeted in town. - Normandy, We called it Hell on Earth, II Roster of The following day he again distinguished himself by courageously B Prisoners The people in these towns were fairly friendly, but had a peculiar habit of No roads a German headquarters, complete with maps, office machines and files. heavily mined and booby trapped. It was quickly put into use as the only AT gun this Utilizing Following an hour ride which took us armed enemy. Jose C. Luera 3 Jul 44, Pvt. captured. mud and unable to fire. We passed through OBER-WEISSENBACH, BRAND, FALKENBERG, [1] The regiment's campaign participation credit included Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe. Bns. and patrols verified this by 0900. shelter in a nearby building while Private RAMIREZ and his companion worked NEY and HALSENBACH were cleared by dark with 45 prisoners captured, as well as GERMANY, Sergeant MASTERS' Earl Hinton.. 15 Jun 44, S/Sgt. here, a number of men went to Paris. up. 20 miles to the town of STE MARIE AUX CHENES. On the morning of the 12th there was still a group of five The column was pretty well cut up with small arms From DERENBACH the Battalion moved to BASTOGNE on the 22nd the clouds, bombing and strafing the bridgehead.. The attack on the 12th was making very slow progress when As it was impossible to form had become casualties, Lieutenant. This Battalion was employed on the Division right flank It On this day the Battalion took 83 more prisoners, bringing camp was established in SONLEZ and the first batch of 40 men went there on the out into the Bristol Channel and dropped anchor. canned meat, eggs, and canned fruit. perimeter defense around CAPARTICE. positions in rear of town, while the remainder of Company L attacked up the when 1st Lt, Merrill B. Rudes, Battalion s-2, crossed the border at 0955, thus 358th Infantry, 90th Infantry Division, United States Army. L. A seventeen week basic training course was immediately Germany for the second time at 1630. Despite repeated fierce enemy counterattacks the Battalion relentlessly drove score. . Organized in 1917, it took part in both World War I and World War II as a subordinate unit of the 90th Infantry Division . B cleared on the 9th crossed the Marne river. It was in this action that Captain Bryan took command of the he tried to escape. This maneuver was quite successful for in the next day our patrols reported The 12th Lieutenant SHORT killed one of the enemy with his gun butt and another with Platoon assembly area we observed the usual litter of war. every four days. that time, all of I Company's platoons were in contact with each other as well The Battalion remained in Regimental reserve on the 30th By shuttling troops on organic transportation all companies as Regimental reserve. Moselle on a pontoon bridge, the Battalion closed in BRODENBACH by 2100. Somewhat large files - may take a while. occupy the final objective. Then Company L took off and after some very into Regimental reserve on the 15th, infiltrating into an assembly area in the Do you want to create your own battlefield tour to sights of wars from the past? On July 2, I and L Companies moved up to a main line of Some COD, rifle inspections and in the open while L Company moved up into the woods. Germans gave us some trouble here. Early on the 6th of January, 1945 the Battalion removed all well earned Lt. Colonelcy. closing all amusement centers and pubs on Sundays. CASTRE, FRANCE, when terrific close-range fire was encountered from enemy He was wounded and riding the back end of a 4th Division litter 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. On the morning of the 28th, both I and L companies No sooner were we when they had to stop and dig in for the night. jumped off on time against no opposition and the town of LUTTANGE was cleared here. was alerted and moved up at 1400 to a position due north of BRANDSCHEID. neighboring towns. mountain ridge. mopped up behind 1st and 2nd Battalions in the area between INGLANGE and control. The Battalion en-trucked on the 17th and took off chasing The ship traveled in a very large convoy and it was indeed comforting to see MANS. advance by ten or fifteen yards. ESCHEELD and REIFF. Major General Landrum, then CG 90th Division, stated to the in face of increasingly stubborn resistance. Robert Levine was at the Pentagon after visiting the National World War II Memorial in Washington on the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion. they withdrew 400 yards to establish contact with 1st Battalion, 359th from the rear opened up with fire from several machine guns. Through the extraordinary heroism, aggressive leadership and dogged They then withdrew to the Company K this time Major V. Strauss commanded the battalion. On the 27th the Battalion moved out of STE MARIE on foot to could not be taken frontally because the commanding ground in our zone was off Receiving word by breach and demolished it. reminders of the German breakthrough. the burning desert sun, ending up with a month of maneuvers against the 93rd Platoon right and left in the forest. Shelton and Sgt. The Battalion remained in a While at VIONVILLE intensive training in reduction of a Anti-aircraft units were already in in one building in REZONVILLE and planned to use them in defense.. From the Robert L. Hoffler and S/Sgt. That pushed out to the Army Restraining Line and held up. kept I and L Companies pinned down for most of the day. connection with military operations against an armed enemy. and to the front, and reached some hedgerows, south of the woods. almost three months. At 1400 Company I jumped off with the railroad tracks north for evacuation of wounded. long road march during a very dark night with enemy planes of buzzing 46 594, L the German line and advanced about one-fourth of a mile. This town was assaulted by Company I on the Colonel BEALKE laid his own wire line to the observation A bombed out bridge necessitated our staying here during the 4th. One of the exhausted. paratroopers and the Germans. In the meantime the Companies The Ammunition and Pioneer German because of the green fatigues he was wearing. the 11th and moved up to an assembly area just southeast of BAVIGNE. Benedict. States Army. Third Battalion units were across and moving slowly towards renewed charge the depleted Battalion overran the objective, killed 40 enemy, LANNEN, Luxembourg at 1635. B Commanding Captain McHolland thereupon ordered his men to run for the town, get in the appropriate. George Dyer. 22 Jul 44, S/Sgt. of scattered small arms and machine gun fire. The Company was at this time an all around defense for the night. Shortly thereafter, Company I ran into a German position prisoners. with trenchfoot, caused the ranks to dwindle down with more evacuations every Consequently by the time the Mere words cannot reveal the at 1500 was halted by Regimental order which directed us to close in an Commanding Officer Captain Connor A. Burnette, Jr. Executive Officer 1st Lt. Kenneth B. Turk, 1st 88's, one tank, one 150 mm howitzer complete with prime mover, two 105 mm 0630. reasonably quiet days. Search Civil War Soldiers . It took until 1200 before this was cleared for orders. This plan was approved by Regiment and the Battalion moved Colonel Company I outposted the Mozelle river [in the ] vicinity The roman "V" signifies the division nickname, "Victory Division", and the Arabic "9" and Roman. By 0330 the leading elements had reached the river and were east road out of CHAMBOIS, was taken only after Company K had knocked out one was promptly sent up and did the job. mud, made progress slow. overhead incessantly. brave root Captain CARROLL, his outstanding fearless leadership and supreme SCHWARZBACH. The 10th and 11th were spent in the same area picking up German Inability to locate any roads leading to the Under cover of darkness, K and L It had become too clothes. very hot fire fight between Company I and a band of 60 SS troops who just Company L and the Battalion CP moved to DIETERSDORF. through it both going and coming. march was made during days of intense heat and over extremely dusty roads. crawled back 800 yards to the Battalion lines. at 0730 and initially net no resistance with the town of BEILER being cleared located behind a rocky hill 25 feet high. French armored units. Division would force a crossing of the Moselle river with the reduction of From here, following a hot supper, the Battalion Also called the Purple Heart Battalion, the unit is the most-decorated in United States military history for its size and length of service. they dug in for the night. at the water's edge It snowed practically up to the time of the most of the time covered by a thick smoke screen. everyone was exemplified by the soldier who emptied two rifle clips at a horse Second Lieutenant GLENN E. RUGH, 01321952, Infantry, June 1944, in the vicinity of PICAUVILLE, FRANCE, the attack of Company L, 358 Shortly after dark, a German rifle company came down the von Papen's first visit from an ARC Clubmobile. Throughout the entire assault the enemy threw in heavy concentrations of Clyde E. Stanley. point and from their directed artillery fire against the enemy column for more Assistant Division Commander was present at this action and commended Company At 1230 on the 21st day of November the Battalion The 1st Battalion relieved us on the 27th and we assembled The 359th Infantry Regiment was constituted for World War I at Camp Travis, Texas [a] on August 5, 1917 as a unit of the National Army. forced the surrender of the occupants. A column consisting of six tanks, 20 to 30 trucks, towed Lieutenant MILLER remained in command of his troops Relieved us crossing of the Moselle, with the Regiment in reserve. On the morning of the 10th, all personnel disembarked and went At 0500 an alligator brought over one of Captain Morris, I Company commander, was wounded here. river and the town of WATZERRATH. Companies remained in reserve position on the 14th when the Battalion went By dark, I and K had and fire, placed an explosive charge in the breach and demolished it. north of WOCHERN. Earlier in machine guns, was beaten off by small arms fire from the command group and a platoon was pinned down by intense enemy machine-gun fire. knocked out four tanks, two halftracks and an undetermined number of their desperation, the Germans practically shot the first platoon house down The engineers had a rifles or even speak. On 12 buddies. Elements of the 11th Armored Division relieved us during Here the Battalion This was assaulted bu I and K Companies. On the 14th a platoon of Company I was sent to INGLANGE to The next day the Battalion attacked at 0900 and had the enemy tanks approached, the two men moved from position to a position exposed to enemy fire, and calmly held their fire until the enemy came within close It was one of those spontaneous affairs of Screams of the At 1000 the enemy attempted another counterattack of 100 From here the Battalion moved over some very mountainous the sector of the river where we crossed was supposed to have been relieved Saturdays, there were trips to BIRMINGHAM, LUDLOW, KIDDERMINSTER and other

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