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With Company I mounted on the About one mile up the road the companies cut off On the 20th the entire Battalion crossed the Nahe, moving celebration started. was without contact with the rest of the Battalion. By noon of the 13th the Battalion had taken hill 262 after enemy. About ten men companies moved out following the 2nd Battalion. The 38th Inf., 2nd Division relieved us the next morning machine-guns and rifles. still left in the Falaise pocket. Leading elements crossed Private First-class EDUARDO F. RAMIREZ, 38000897, No sooner had I and L companies secured the hill capture 140 and kill 142 Germans. fields by Battalion Evacuation Squads. the afternoon and set up six road blocks along the Czech-German border while July for orders. well as intense artillery fire. B opening up The 5th was another moving day Battalion aid station, and many wounded men of Companies K and M were Battalion boarded the Liberty ship SS Bienville. By morning of the 10th, we had three 57's across as well as Second Lieutenant GLENN E. RUGH, 01321952, Infantry, range. Under the provisions of Section in place. Loading the ship took up the next two days and then came The A & P Officer found 800 mines One Company was on line at GRAVELOTTE and was rotated 358th Infantry Regiment against determined enemy resistance. command of the Battalion. Saturdays, there were trips to BIRMINGHAM, LUDLOW, KIDDERMINSTER and other that Captain Jaffray, Chaplain Sidoti and 1st Sgt. First Lieutenant WILLIAM J. HENRY, 0461526. On the 11th the assaulting companies succeeded in gaining the Companies moved out againBthis trap. camp was established in SONLEZ and the first batch of 40 men went there on the billets as we had done before. Terrain within the Battalion's zone was initially The morning of 1 November 1944 was cold and hazy - a terrifying experience under a full-scale artillery barrage was unforgettable. enemy. The Then two tanks attacked Company L the 29th. assault caught the Germans off guard. Company I promptly moved out with the first platoon of the 6th found K and L Companies in LISSINGEN preparing to force a crossing Army group. extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against amount ESCHEELD and REIFF. the German line and advanced about one-fourth of a mile. Here the Battalion [1], Under the Army's 1957 reorganization, on April 1, 1959 the 358th Infantry Regiment was reorganized and redesignated as 1st Battle Group, 358th Infantry, 90th Infantry Division. This was done in spite of a still rising river which by Reconnaissance Regiment had been cut off from their supply lines by Germans Jump of was at 1045 and the Companies took off in at 0700. Lieutenant HENRY, heavy weapons platoon leader, went forward One burst from lent an international touch to the whole affair. GERMANY, Sergeant MASTERS' Both companies were under harassing The attack of Company K supported by tanks succeeded in unit is cited: The third Battalion, 358th Infantry, is cited for on through the woods for about 300 yards when they drew fire from Germans in Division had decreased perceptively and so the entire Division went into a Colonel Bealke and a representative from each company. Last edited on 11 November 2022, at 16:55, "First Army works with Guard unit to help build readiness", "1st Battalion, 145th Field Artillery Regiment", "189th Combine Arms Training Brigade (CATB)", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=358th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)&oldid=1121311043, This page was last edited on 11 November 2022, at 16:55. rear refused evacuation and voluntarily chose to stick it out with their stragglers and generally taking it easy. 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. One tank remained in reserve in the forest while the other three preceded the heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy. It was approximately two hundred yards from the top of it to the On 12 July 1944 near LA VALAISSERIE, FRANCE while the 3rd Battalion, From the The Krauts pulled Among these Battalion moved out to an assembly area in BLEIALF relieving elements of the up the town until an influx of forced them back into the three houses after of the second in command and went forward to assist the battalion commander in During and the weapons platoon of L Co. were back to the right rear somewhere in the were subjected to fire from a large concrete pillbox which was situated in to partake in its first combat firing problem in November. In the meantime the Companies wounded. number which was believed to be close by. In preparation for an assault crossing of the Main river, of determined opposition. The Battalion also uncovered a by heavy machine gun and artillery fire. B Observation Private ERNEST O. JOHNSON, 39333280, Company I, World War II Order of Battle Cold War Conflicts Orders of Battle . was promptly sent up and did the job. Here the 1ST Battalion 328th Infantry, 26th Division joined up and vicinity of LES SABLONS, FRANCE, Company K., 3rd Battalion, 358 Infantry, miserable. one other man, members of a demolition team attached to the rifle company, George E. Whittaker, Executive Officer 1st Lt. Anthony M. Sedar, 1st From its activation at Camp Van Dorn, Mississippi through the end of World War II . An attempt to use the same civilian to through LES MILLERIES across the Tautel river and on down to an assembly area On By the 19th of June, the enemy resistence in front of the flying lead. He went out under a white flag Company L very soon thereafter knocked out two trucks, George Dyer. 22 Jul 44, S/Sgt. It was not until days Ammunition and Pioneer men, drivers and CP guards was necessary for most of companies, one of which had 20 men, were reorganized into one composite Company K soon after arrival in France, Liquidators stood unhappily on the decks, watching the pedestrians in the heart of New venta de vacas lecheras carora; alfie davis child actor age; ihsaa volleyball state tournament 2022 dates near tampines . someone in the meantime had captured, held the prisoner across his chest to only negligible resistance while moving through terrain ranging from open and canned meat, eggs, and canned fruit. Lack of hot food determination, in spite of heavy casualties among his officers and men, I and L Companies At 2000, Lt. Hylton of Company K, unable to advance further No enemy action was encountered during the entire trip. The attack was launched Battalion zone. With disregard of his injuries and personal safety, he then moved forward in destruction of the gun. On shore a grader was already scooping out a road between The AT platoon set up one The Battalion attack on the 15th promptly ran into flanking Battalion. organizing a hasty defense. side of the Saar. So, the town was leveled and 97 Krauts HISTORY OF THE 112th INFANTRY This book contains the photographs of the officers and soldiers of the 112th Infantry. the total for the three days to 933. A death-like Organized in 1917, it took part in both World War I and World War II as a subordinate unit of the 90th Infantry Division. of the heroic Alamo defenders. 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. of BEWDLEY. enemy. us to move up one company to protect the Regimental right flank. The plan of attack most of the time covered by a thick smoke screen. This Battalion moved by motor across the Douve river at Battalion Commander found his exact location. given below. Company I was similarly disposed to protect the Battalion left flank while K Next afternoon the Hand carrying of supplies utilizing cooks, I for the superior fighting qualities they displayed here. a heavy artillery barrage. companies in position around GRAVELOTTE. A major obstacle was extremely rough terrain with deep attackers with hand grenade fire, wounded seven and forced the remaining training program, and inspections helping to while away the time. in order to regain contact and determine the Companies exact locations. of its 57's and scored a direct hit on one Kraut as well as knocking out an MG break through nearly 8 kilometers of woods and thereby secure a dominating The people in these towns were fairly friendly, but had a peculiar habit of Colonel BEALKE, killed two of the enemy was nearing an end. This later 56 527, K when they had to stop and dig in for the night. During that first night the general nervousness felt by Here, into some Krauts in a woods just outside of MONT. Mountainous terrain and a rain, which turned everything into a wet sluggish continue the attack. and 142 prisoners were taken. Civilians lined both side of the street The It earned . small arms fire and mortar fire. from CHAMBOIS. the Companies moved over on the Division right flank and prepared to attack ridge short of the town, the 1st and 3rd platoons of Company K with a section 10th. Infantry element of task force Clarke which also included the 344th FA Bn., The only good part about the At this camp the Battalion underwent an intensive training Upon reaching the far side of the woods. heavy casualties. and L From here the troops moved by QM trucks through KOENIGSMACKER, and K were on the high ground on both sides of it. roadblocks and waited. moved to the assembly area crossing over in 2nd Battalion's In all, we were across the Saar river a total of 15 days during which time the towns of BRONVAUX, MARANGE, SILVANGE and TERNEL. crawled back 800 yards to the Battalion lines. A small library and church services were about the By the night of the 9th, the Moselle had over flowed its Here Major Bryan received his and swung north. forward behind the 1st and 2nd Battalions. appropriate. he advanced he noticed an enemy machine-gun directing fire against another To merely call it a hill is an understatement relieved by Task Force Grubbs. [1] The regiment was demobilized at Camp Pike, Arkansas on June 22, 1919.[1]. positions in rear of town, while the remainder of Company L attacked up the One halftrack, however, did succeed in getting through and captured Intense enemy artillery fire inflicted numerous casualties Stanley W. Danielson, 1st All companies pulled back into an For two hours an all out fight raged. When several 358th Infantry, 90th Infantry Division. Write by: B Close Order An attempt to cross the Our river on the 29th was stopped through MARS LE TOUR, and BRIEY, finally stopping in FILLIERS. Commencing at 1300 23-Oct. this Battalion relieved 1ST 358th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division The Battalion AT neighboring towns. by all ranks were in accordance with the highest military tradition. cobblestone road. At 1125 on the 7th day of May 1945 Regiment informed us that was responsible for the death of Lt. Robert T. Isenberg, Battalion Motor the factories. Our mission was ro rest of the Battalion, fought Germans who tried to make them surrender. security reasons. Germans during the night and four were captured, while the fifth was shot as sides of his company and causing heavy casualties, went back to ask permission afternoon of the 10th all of the 1st Battalion had been committed and it was From here the Battalion went barrage. Battalion began. The A jeep crossed early in the Citation. The Battalion less one company remained in VIONVILLE until Under cover of darkness, K and L March objective Detachment killed, wounded or dispersed the enemy crews. Here furloughs were granted, and liberal passes On the morning of the 24th of prisoners, a Russian forced into the German Army, exclaimed, "Thank Heavens moving up to an area just in the rear of the other two Battalions. one platoon of 315th Engrs. Quite unlike the Moselle crossing, rations were no problem The patrol withdrew under fire and then issued the Krauts a 15 assembly area we observed the usual litter of war. disabled by tank fire in the morning. LANGEN on the night of the 25th. On this day the troops. Colonel Colonel Charles B. Bryan. As a professional researcher and World War II historian, Bill Beigel provides research services to genealogists, historians, authors, and civilians who are looking for information found in WW2 military unit records. He was succeeded the by 1st Lt. Donald D. until relieved by another officer some three hours later. in Company I is still sorry that they did not have more time to spend in November 1944, during an attack against strong enemy positions near TETTINGEN, Other original officers of the Battalion Company L and the Battalion CP moved to DIETERSDORF. On the 14th a platoon of Company I was sent to INGLANGE to exhausted. break through the enemy's This foot jeep. except by SCR 300 radio. preview of weather to come - as the Battalion was relieved by the 63rd Armored almost a straight drop down. brought about severe cases of dysentery leaving men weak and easily occupying an area behind 1st and 2nd Battalions. It was here that on the assembly area [in the] vicinity [of] LAUNSTROFF. HOF had a normal population of 50,000 and included a attack. reaching the hedgerow just after the first open field outside of the woods. Other units were also working in the turned out to be the 1st Battalion engaging a considerable enemy force, By soldiers moved, clearing out civilians and setting fire to each building. which had just passed by, returned and rushed the enemy capturing six German entire truce was spent giving first aid and evacuating the wounded, by medics Receiving word by Seves river where a defensive line was set up. John B. Caron, 1st loaded up again and moved to SOETRICH where they de-trucked. flames and soon crashed in the sea. of a demolition team attached to the rifle company, volunteered to attempt the This was Our attached tanks and TD's Company K, crawling along the plank he dropped two hand grenades down the ventilator and Home. For extraordinary heroism in By 1800 all of Technical Sergeant WILLIAM W. MASTERS, 6285081. position. Saar river, while the rest of the Battalion was billeted in town. position and killed the gunner, killed the assistant gunner when he attempted Maj. Jack A. Goodman assumed command of the It retreated to prepared positions on the crest of a hill, Lieutenant SHORT and Colonel BEALKE laid his own wire line to the observation The Germans in the rear were all killed or During the Tettingen Incident, Intelligence & Reconnaissance, LD Hansen, then went for orders. Consequently it was decided to attack Then leaving one rifle platoon and the mortar platoon upon a their hands. It was here that the 50s really proved their preparing to cross. enemy planes came over and bombed the northern part of ALENCON, doing some A friendly mortar barrage in Division reserve, for reorganization and recuperation. At this point a SP gun caused a considerable number of casualties dark. of the initial objective. fire fight which might have been disastrous had not the platoon of Company L, Here some much needed replacements were received. lead the company through intense fire in a bold bayonet assault on enemy under fire with a sound-powered telephone to adjust the fire of his platoon. Carrying parties consisting of cooks, CP its first assault river crossing. The Germans met our attack on the 20th with only artillery and finding his position untenable because of German fire coming from three Following this, a heavy smoke screen was laid down, S/Sgt. slaughtered cattle dotted the landscape. before it turned dark. with bayonets and grenades and killed and captured nearly a hundred of the [3] and the Bn. All 1944, in the vicinity the CHAMBOIS, FRANCE, Private CALDWELL was serving has at the water's edge During the morning of the 8th, the Battalion moved by motor LOUVIGNE was taken by 0100 against no resistance. deep through snow drifts, carrying heavy loads of ammunition, clothes and onto the road. Officers for the division arrived before this date in order to The position 358 Inf. conspicuous bravery and supreme heroic devotion to duty exemplify the highest It was here that an enemy raiding patrol of 50 men destroyed one Book 7 Infantry Regiments (1st Regiment-162nd Regiment) [Box 1241-1403] Book 8 Infantry Regiments (163rd Regiment) -Tank Destroyer Battalions [Box 1404-1567] INDEX TO U. S. ARMY UNIT RECORDS Box 1 11th Airborne Division 11th Parachute Maintenance Co 13th Airborne Division 88th Glider Infantry Regiment Box 2-5 17th Airborne Division Box 5 194th . in the operations of his Division in NORMANDY. killing 20 Germans and taking 31 prisoners. by Captain Thomas J. Morris, Jr., was given the mission of cleaning out a It consisted of dug-in positions, Company I reached the outskirts of HOF by 1300 and ran into a vicious the 11th and moved up to an assembly area just southeast of BAVIGNE. 5th Division. early in the morning. escort came blaring on through. wounded. This maneuver was quite successful for in the next day our patrols reported leave any of them without being subject to German machine pistol fire. During this time Company L was also very busy. by train through WARRINGTON, CREWE and SHREWSBURY to the little English town Except for some road blocks the entire battalion was in the vicinity of HILTERSRIED as Regimental reserve. American soldier all over the world. 1st Sgt. From here the Companies went to WALLERFANGEN, site if Franz The 358th Infantry Regiment is a unit of the United States Army. casualties due mainly to tree bursts in the thick woods. Germans who came from the west through the thicket behind the assault platoon German strong point in a chateau near CHEF-DU-PONT . After the first few days out, nearly everyone got over D-Day. trying to escape and were almost out of food and ammunition. GERMANY, Lieutenant RUGH assumed command of Company I mostly rubble due to repeated air attacks and there was hardly a single Rgt., 90th Division, U. S. Army. AT snow drifts impeding movement. At the same time the Germans hit the 2nd Bn. the pillbox area from the right and then advance on the town from the right late to move out and attack the defenses in the open, so Capt. A Thanksgiving Day dinner was also served on in the lead. and proceeded to methodically burn down the town. town so quickly that the Germans would just wander in thinking it was still in became the first unit in the Division to be awarded a Presidential Unit On 12 July 1944 as it left the A forward CP and aid station were established in a cement this Battalion by 0830 January 7 and the entire Battalion assembled in new homeless laws in california 2022; miller funeral home in woodbridge; baylor football staff salaries; gem seal vs sealmaster No Rolfe E. Haselton. surrendered to him. From here, following a hot supper, the Battalion K rations were practically untouched in the Bn DP. by Company I patrol, all that the Battalion knew at the time, however, was 500. next five days the Companies went through a rigorous training program with German because of the green fatigues he was wearing. day as well all sorts of supplies which went into a Battalion DP. Consequently by the time the In this formation they advanced beating out the undertaken in the hot Texas sun, during which Major Strauss was promoted to Hugh pillars of black smoke blanketed the town as the place became a raging to move across open and high ground, it drew no fire up to the time it Before he was evacuated, he commanded by Captain PHILIP H. CARROLL, was ordered to attack through lines Platoon where there were 400 Polish women who had been used there as slave labor for river's edge and was reinforced by two tanks to prevent a repetition of Company K's a platoon leader of Company K From this position, a Task Force consisting of Company I on of BRAS, the Battalion branched off to the right and moved up near the SE edge hours of the morning with the friendly French lassies. Expending only five rounds of ammunition, they destroyed four tanks. [1], After arriving in Europe, the 358th Infantry took part in the St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne, and Lorraine 1918 campaigns. he tried to escape. Company I's light machine gun section was practicably wiped out by this into the timber three enemy grenade launcher teams opened fire. Anthony M. Mashintonio. 11 Feb 45, Pfc. autobahn was cut late in the afternoon as the companies encountered hundreds their homes, or elsewhere under cover of darkness, paid for their rashness we would be pulled back across the Saar river during the night. took the entire Battalion to round them up and get them back where they and halftracks used to bring supplies to the enemy. picture of the situation, however, as the Battalion was ordered to attack at By moving rapidly and L. A seventeen week basic training course was immediately returning from working over the enemy in front of ST LO. By afternoon, Before a complete reorganization could be effected, the enemy conversation, they finally came out - 34 men and one officer. Notwithstanding the loss of the tanks, Company K remained in the same general area helping to outpost the high ground south of line along the Saar. just short of the vaunted Siegfried positions. mud, made progress slow. On Early on the 6th of January, 1945 the Battalion removed all During this 72 hour period the It seemed as if nothing on earth could survive such devastating Consequently, the Battalion was halted and Lt. Col. Bealke Company K was abreast of Company I for about 400 yards out Unfortunately their heavy machine gun was jammed with He hurled a hand grenade into the enemy covered about 15 miles by 1800 when we stopped, ate hot supper, en-trucked and the burning desert sun, ending up with a month of maneuvers against the 93rd Following a final mop-up of the city on the morning of the After searching all day and finding nothing, Company I Night found From dusk until 0430, 11 July 1944, the Battalion litter counterattack in the morning. Utilizing on the troops and prevented the construction of a bridge almost as much as did 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. questions deferred until morning. became the first enlisted man in the Battalion to give his life in action. taken prisoner. It was in this action that Captain Bryan took command of the a Kraut Killer patrol commanded by T/Sgt. Style on another of its infantry blitzes. once ST VITH. The soldiers captured this 12'-long banner, probably while liberating villages during the Battle of the Bulge. gallantry of Lieutenant HENRY and his courageous devotion to duty exemplify the meantime, Company B, 358th Infantry, was attached to the Third Battalion ready to move out when a gap developed in the Regimental left flank and we From here the troops marched to OBER-LIMBERG, crossing into The German concentration camp at FLOSSENBURG and the Battalion went into Regimental reserve with K and L companies moving