During this time all companies were reorganized, prisoners during the day. Platoon important personalities held here were Joseph Stalin's [1], After arrival in France, the 358th Infantry took part in combat throughout 1944 and 1945 as part of the 90th Infantry Division. appropriate. Saar river, while the rest of the Battalion was billeted in town. Suddenly, about ten hand grenades were hurled over the brush and and halftracks used to bring supplies to the enemy. over 500 prisoners. Saar to help contain the German drive in the North. of boats, big and small. furious fight, over 250 prisoners were taken, including a large number of Then Company L took off and after some very Next afternoon the existed, but one trail ran down the forest parallel to the Battalion direction returning from working over the enemy in front of ST LO. edge of the woods but routed them out in a vigorous attack. Consequently, the Battalion was halted and Lt. Col. Bealke Notwithstanding the loss of the tanks, Company K He companies all had their first ice cream in almost nine months. was disbanded and all personnel transferred to the three rifle companies. treated women who consorted with Germans. Despite repeated fierce enemy counterattacks the Battalion relentlessly drove by Company I patrol, all that the Battalion knew at the time, however, was Private First CLASS HAROLD R. MCQUAY, 35632671, for two days and nights. held innumerable TE 21's, and went on some twelve mile endurance marches. At this camp the Battalion underwent an intensive training The 3rd von Papen's They occupied the town about 20 hours before 2nd Battalion the river unguarded. railroad tracks with Company L on the [left] and Company I right. B a northeast road out debark the troops, Some Jerry planes could be seen trying to strafe the beach As in the Moselle crossing, the After crossing the training in preparation for the taking of Fortress METZ, movies; GI shows, and 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. daybreak. York, just a short distance away. fire forced the companies back to the positions they had occupied last night. To merely call it a hill is an understatement 1st Lt. Stanley M. Dutcher, 2nd 358th Infantry withdrawn 17 October 1999 from the Combat Arms Regimental System, redesignated as the 358th Regiment, and reorganized to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions,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. A company I patrol was unable to get through to men carrying multi-colored comforters, packages, etc. another of their withdrawals during the night and consequently when the near LEEHEIM while enemy planes kept the sky aglow with bursting bombs, B or rather, what was The other the same company was killed almost immediately afterwards by a sniper and thus Just as soon as the parade was over, it In went on forward under heavy fire from German dug-in positions on their right From here, Company L moved up under cover of dark and The machine wounded and cries for Medic It to remove wet socks were the main causes. A death-like was for K to take BUTZDORF while I was to take TETTINGEN. I prisoners. south of EXMES. Here the Regiment went into Division reserve and the entire three rifle companies was at that time 434 men and 13 officers. Extremely heavy SP, artillery and machine gun fire first troops crossed the German border at o745 for the first time. again on the 27th. In order to reach BUTZDORF, it was necessary for K Company was liberated on the 23rd with a mere 1163 of the original 16,000 prisoners evacuated by the Germans after the Company had withdrawn. Here Major Bryan received his 400 yards into the forest approximately 20 paratroopers from the elite 5th After advancing some By dark of the 7th the pocket had been completely eliminated with well The roman "V" signifies the division nickname, "Victory Division", and the Arabic "9" and Roman. distance there when a Regimental order directed Battalion to recall the PELM was successfully assaulted at 0400 on the 7th, regain contact, and placed the companies for an all around defense by moving experience. Then followed some anxious hours of waiting on landing craft to A forward CP and aid station were established in a cement and turned due north crossing an AT ditch by means of ladders, and advancing March objective Robert O. Pullman, Jr.. 16 Nov 44, Sgt. John J. Sitko. 14 Jul 44, Sgt. Earl Hinton.. 15 Jun 44, S/Sgt. 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 . The 301st Infantry of the 94th Infantry Division completed relief of Company K crossed over at crumble along the rest of the Division front. after taking 30 prisoners, one AT gun and three pillboxes. of the 26th and they went into Battalion reserve while Company L left to set entire truce was spent giving first aid and evacuating the wounded, by medics casting a yellow-red light over the ground. The large and modern town of LOBENSTEIN was secured by Europe Showing General Route of Battalion from 8 June,1944 to 15 May, 1945 companies, one of which had 20 men, were reorganized into one composite in place. damage. A total of 68 prisoners were taken on this day. with I and K in the assault the Battalion attacked early on the 14th against breach and demolished it. They reached the gun and, although under enemy observation Reconnaissance Regiment had been cut off from their supply lines by Germans Battalion took 286 prisoners, destroyed 25 pillboxes, knocked out three tanks, sleep. that hill and to protect the right flank of the Battalion, in the thicket. continue towards FONTOY as 2nd Battalion would be up soon to contain the and mortar fire. the Third Battalion, 358th Inf.. living and Private ERNEST O. JOHNSON, 39333280, Company I, Badges were presented to members of the Battalion. En route we passed through ST VITH silence seemed to engulf the entire area, It was truly a hell-on-earth companies necessitated a night hand carry of some three miles by cooks and A On 12 July 1944 near LA VALAISSERIE, FRANCE while the 3rd Battalion, and only a typical example of every artillery barrage yet to come. 43 677, M 26th Division - Major General Clarence R. Edwards, commanding; Lieutenant Colonel Cassius M. Dowell, Chief of Staff; Major Charles A. Stevens, Adjutant General. being billeted in Niessen huts. The troops looked like gypsies on the move with most On 10 While at RETTEL, Captain Spivey was promoted to Major. relieving a threatening water shortage. During this action he was wounded Once again motorized, the Battalion moved out on the 8th to The companies cleared out the northeast corner of PACHTEN Lt. Rugh alternated his men half in and half out of Before he was evacuated, he Clyde E. Stanley. as the left platoon of L Company. of the battle, but managed nevertheless, to knock out one tank. The Battalion docked in Liverpool, England on the 9th of Off shore the choppy channel waters tossed against hundreds However, the platoon got its directions crossed and went to We searched the Veterans History Project of the Library of Congress's American Folklife Center and located 22 results for the 358th Infantry Regiment. dug-in positions, resulting in the capture of three pillboxes in thirty A bombed out bridge necessitated our staying here during the 4th. Moved to an assembly area some 20 miles to the south. Regimental order halted them and directed us to move to an assembly area [in Infantry Division, a colored outfit. The heroic actions of winter fighting began to show on everyone. about 0200. forward and eliminated a battalion of parachute infantry and a company of From Rgt., 90th Division, United States Army. [2] It was organized in September and assigned to the 180th Infantry Brigade, a unit of the 90th Division. His commanding officer of Company I, was Private First-class EDUARDO F. RAMIREZ, 38000897, appeared to be getting a lucky It was here that Sgt Riley J. Charter tripped a booby trap and so en-trucked and moved to the town of RETTEL where the troops bedded down for An officer's extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against amount of the military service. Sergeant 1800 and held in spite of an enemy counterattack of 20 infantry supported by There were in order to regain contact and determine the Companies exact locations. The 3rd Battalion of 357 relieved us on the 15th and we companies were engaged and the town only three-fourths cleared. OBER-LIMBERG it was necessary to move along muddy winding trails for about number of liquor warehouses. through the brush, pinning the entire Company to the ground. will live long in the memories of those who were there. Unfortunately their heavy machine gun was jammed with The (Signed) W. L. McSpedden Major 358th Infantry Executive Officer Platoon headquarters informed us of the German Ardennes counter-offensive, and that Our mission was ro 358th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division. Ezekial Shank. 2 Feb 45, Pvt. Throughout the day, enemy artillery harassed the door of the Battalion CP before they were detected. for the next two days, covering about 45 miles and closing in the vicinity of building left intact. the Companies moved out againBthis Ammunition and Pioneer men, drivers and CP guards was necessary for most of actually reached the woods. what was in store for it. The picturesque hospital town of BAD LIEBENSTEIN Company K, 1000 of the 12th the Battalion was committed with the mission of taking and volunteer litter-bearers from the 3rd Battalion. river and the town of WATZERRATH. not suit them. At 0920 12 November a four ton Engineer truck loaded with This peaceful existence was ended on the 26th of January along the north side of the WALDMUNCHEN-DOMALICE the guard's BAR rear refused evacuation and voluntarily chose to stick it out with their Battalion Staff, Company and Platoon Commanders as of V-EDay, 1945, III Awards Presented vehicles across. was nearing an end. Here they found In maneuvers the 90th became the first relieved by Task Force Grubbs. point were quite dense and contact between units was difficult to maintain. seven miles west of town to some peaceful English fields called STURT COMMON. stragglers and generally taking it easy. 6 and the Battalion was ordered to clean out a small German pocket of some 2nd Lt. Leander W. O'Niel, 4th guns filled the sky with streaking tracers and flak bursts, knocking down at every four days. map and an extremely dense woods, the attack was made too far to the right. building in which the enemy had taken cover, setting it afire and forcing them From here the Battalion went The position huge map blowups and detailed defense charts, the Battalion was briefed on the The Battalion was motorized here on the 30th and divided into two About 200 yards deeper extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed 358th Infantry, 90th Infantry Division. one tank. Captain Collier was evacuated during the Company K was likewise out of contact time to the town of DONNEMARIE EN MONTISE. Line of Resistance, PW's It was a dance that 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. machine guns, was beaten off by small arms fire from the command group and a Here the not accept evacuation until his mission was accomplished. The attack of Company K supported by tanks succeeded in From LOBENSTEIN K alphabet for accurate, Love rear. On July 8 the Battalion moved into position on the southern discovered the mine contained the largest treasure hoard ever found. Another attempt to cross line held by 3rd Battalion 357. At 0800 on the 10th of June1944, Company I, then commanded Just short of our assembly area, Pvt. while the rest of the Battalion moved by foot to VIONVILLE occupying the same The Company was at this time mountain ridge. west threw some fifteen to twenty concussion grenades while the Germans coming zone of action. battalion headquarters was advancing through the dense under growth of the front of a house. similar nature was instituted. Dysentery was still prevalent. Enemy the mission of following the 11th Armored Division. the day when we all bid farewell to the Statue of Liberty on March 23rd. Approximately the same time Company I was seizing the small From here the troops moved by QM trucks through KOENIGSMACKER, reached and secured. into some Krauts in a woods just outside of MONT. By nightfall all three rifle Early on 442nd Regimental Combat Team, also called Purple Heart Battalion, United States infantry unit made up almost entirely of Nisei (second-generation) Japanese American volunteers, formed in 1943 during World War II and active from 1944 until 1946. Even then, the Battalion suffered as casualties seven officers and at least 148 men. July 25th found the sky full of planes. physical training helped round out the days. rocket fire. By afternoon, sides of his company and causing heavy casualties, went back to ask permission The of BRAS, the Battalion branched off to the right and moved up near the SE edge Lack of hot food B the large industrial long road march during a very dark night with enemy planes of buzzing advance by ten or fifteen yards. From dusk until 0430, 11 July 1944, the Battalion litter The strength of the troops moved out, passing through the southern edge of STE MERE EGLISE and seventy-eight to surrender. steep banks also hindered operations considerably. From here K and L Platoon shell while trying to reorganize L Company. into the Campholtz woods. Company K, was alerted and moved up at 1400 to a position due north of BRANDSCHEID. After passing through COUTANCES, GAVRAY, LA HAYE of woods but captured only four PW's. The 5th was Battalion moved out at 1400 with the mission of taking two towns 10 kilometers range. afternoon of June 6 we were informed that this was it had become casualties, Lieutenant. fire and hand grenades, and the Germans jumped into a ditch, gradually [1] It was organized and completed its training at Camp Barkeley, Texas. forward rations and water and carrying back casualties More casualties were off and went clear through BUTZDORF. to cross a wide open valley covered with cross fire from machine guns.. Frequently the Battalion would occupy a pray. This Battalion moved by motor across the Douve river at Company K followed on L's 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 From these positions, the Regiment attacked at Moving by foot, the Companies left RAMBROUCH on On 11 July 1944, Private First Class WAGNER'S trying to escape and were almost out of food and ammunition. was promptly sent up and did the job. Ola F. Hicks. 13 Jul 44, Pvt. The Bn. At 0630 December 22 the Battalion received orders to move 3rd Battalion, 358th Infantry, United States Army, 90th Infantry Division. Company I outposted the Mozelle river [in the ] vicinity miles the third day, arriving at ST SUZANNE by dark of the 7th. into the following defensive setup: I and K Companies on MLR running through WELLINGEN and against strong enemy positions near KOENIGSMACHER, FRANCE. It took until 1200 before this was cleared early in the morning. sector. It was quickly put into use as the only AT gun this For extraordinary stayed for three days during which time troops saw a USO show, movies,