331 infantry regiment, 83rd division
I'd hate to think of our son having to grow up to fight."TDC. Chest." of gasoline. assigned Squad Leader, Later I was advanced to the rank of S/Sgt. The post-war operations reports contains information on the activities of the unit such as movements, tasks and training. 331st infantry 83rd division ourgrowingpaynes New Member Joined: Oct 6, 2016 Messages: 3 Likes Received: 0 I am researching my grandfather's military history. Demobilized 18 February 1919 at Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky. He had brown hair and brown eyes, and a ruddy complexion attributable to his Scotch-Irish ancestry. 3rd Platoon: 1st Lieutenant Frank R. Yukl, killed on July 4, 1944 Yet as you wander down these quiet paths Charles P. Nelson; and James R. Duncan (runner after Luxembourg). In 1985, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the US Army's Center of Military History began a program to honor US Army divisions that took part in the liberation of Nazi camps. A Co, 709th Tank Battalion, from August 6th to 16th, 1944 The distinctive unit insignia was approved for the 322nd Field Artillery Battalion on January 14, 1926. "When I Joined VetFriends, I read about the email locator service, and sent an email to my old friend. K Company was in all five ETO campaigns, (Normandy, Northern France, Ardennes . 335th Regiment Lineage. Composed almost entirely of Clevelanders ages 21-31 who had been drafted into the army, the regiment included companies A, B, C, D, H, and L and a supply company. By the time Sainteny was taken on 10 July, that number multiplied to 3,264. K Company 83rd Infantry Division Documents - 331st Infantry Regiment 331st Inf. Regiment | laststandonzombieisland Click here to see a photo of the 2nd platoon taken in September 44, when it was at full strength. George Terhanko never wanted to be First Sergeant of F Company. Also, medical supplies were requisitioned from the U.S. Army's 20th Field Hospital. The 83rd Infantry Division, commanded by Major General Robert C. Macon, arrived in England on 16 April 1944 with its first divisional headquarters at Keele Hall in Staffordshire. Time after time they only gained an advantage for a few hours before being completely cut up themselves, accumulating losses they could not afford. Platoon, 2nd.Batallion, 331 first Regiment of the 83rd Infantry Division, advanced to the rank of Sgt. A Co, 87th Chemical Battalion, from July 5th to 16th, 1944 Original Item: Only One Available. Basements of houses became aid stations for the wounded. Main telephone: 202.488.0400 70th Tank Battalion, from July 17th to 18th, 1944 -- We launched 24,507 anti-tank In late December 1944, the 83rd took part in the Allied effort to stop the German offensive in the Battle of the Bulge. P.E. Also, that the prisoners had been forced to work 16-hour days in nearby mines, and were shot if they became too weak to work. Of the 68 divisions deployed by the U.S. Army in the European Theater, the 83rd was ninth in the number of combat deaths. It was a trip of "two weeks that seemed like two months . U.S. Intelligence estimated between 3,000 and 6,000 German troops occupied St. Malo. Legal Notice | Privacy Policy, Mather House, Room 308 It can be seen by clicking here. Division Chapter Twenty-Six of the author's The Great Boer War, which Smith, Elder, & Co. published in 1900.This web version is based on the Internet Archive version digitized from an unidentified library in 2010 with funding from the Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation.. 20 January 1945, with an M-10 Wolverine tank destroyer of Co. C, 629th Tank Destroyer Battalion, in the frame, track commander SGT Jimmy Richardson talks to his driver, PVT Joe Honig, while Joes of the 83rd Infantry Division ("Thunderbolt")'s 331st Inf. Then the heavies came in low, a hundred at a time. 83rd Infantry Division Situation 12:00 12 July 1944 less the 330th Infantry Regiment. It was demobilized in October 1919. You notice the German line bent back at a 90 angle (left-middle)? 322nd Field Artillery Battalion (105 Howitzer) It supplied over 195,000 officers and enlisted men as replacements to other units in France without seeing action as a complete formation. Deeply hostile to the extension of the franchise, he composed one of his better efforts"The Female of the Species"as a sort of teasing satire. The men of the 83rd finally had some breathing space, and they began to forget about the formidable Siegfried Line waiting for them across the Moselle. 746th Tank Battalion, from July 5th to 16th, 1944 J Company On 4 July, the 83rd Division left Carentan and moved south toward Sainteny, a short march of about four miles that quickly turned into a six-day battle claiming over 1,400 casualties in the first 24 hours. Intense fighting during the Battle of Saint-Malo reduced enemy strong points and a combined attack against the Citadel Fortress of St. Servan caused its surrender, 17 August. These documents are provided for by Dave Curry, historian of the 83rd Infantry Division Association. (Incredibly, both Charles Mobley and Sarge were born on Cotton Avenue in Birmingham.) Gen. Willard A. Holbrook (23 March 1918), and finally Maj. Gen. Edwin F. Glenn (3 April 1918). But also, the 1st Bn, 330th regiment companies were much further to the south-east just the day before. God takes care of us one way or the other."TDC. These newly-acquired vehicles were quickly painted olive-green and fitted with a U.S. star before joining the 83rd. Grave ,Name,Rank,Co,Unit/Branch,D.O.D.,Removed ,Location,Civil War Soldier,1867 Dedication List,"Roll of Honor, 1868" 301,"A., Ira J. Written in May 1945, six months after my father was killed in action in Gey, Germany, the letter has a simple honesty that touches the heart. The unit also requisitioned medical supplies from the US Army's 20th Field Hospital. Sergeant William H. Dean, Jr. (1913-1944) - Delaware's World War II Frank Monan, A Company, 331st Infantry In December 1944, Sweeney was assigned to Company I, 330th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division. Gilles Billion, an 83rd Division Re-enactor, has provided photos for many of these monuments. August 20, 1944: Cesson-Svign Every enemy unit or town that surrendered or was captured subscribed its quota of rolling stock for the division, usually at gunpoint. Gen. Frederick Perkins (13 January 1918), Brig. It must have seemed that the world was coming to an end, as wave after wave of bombers delivered continuous shockwaves of exploding bombs that shook the earth and turned it into a lunar landscape. 3/331 The 331st Infantry Regiment of the 83rd Infantry Division in Europe It turned out to be a bit of a rabbit hole. He fits the description that Sarge gives of the medic, and he is also from Alabama--as Sarge recalled. Many of them are buried in U. S. Military Cemeteries, and can be found by searching the They pushed the Germans back through savage counterattacks and finally held the west bank of the Roer River just south of Duren five days after the initial attack from the Hurtgen Forest. On 6 August, the Germans demolished all the quays, locks, breakwaters and harbor machinery and set fire to the city. The division was disbanded in . Richard E. Chipps was also a First Sergeant--of L Company. It seems to be drawn from the perspective of the 330th IR, or it was produced for the regiment, since it has the locations for the other two regiments but nothing for the 330th. Engineers picked their way through mine fields and booby traps to clear the way. WWII soldier from CT missing since 1946 officially accounted for 1 pton 709th Tank Battalion, from August 13th to 16th, 1944 This single overlay for 14 July shows the 330IR pulled back but in a defensive set up to the north-east of Sainteny; very much in line with what we saw with the last two overlays for 13 July. We have recently added a photo of A Company/331st. 2nd Battalion of the 329th Infantry was attacking west to an "island" in the swamp, finally on the 10th, the 331st captured Sainteny, Nazi propaganda letters were a "Christmas present.". mortar. 802nd Tank Destroyer Battalion (T), from July 1st to December 7th, 1944 After training in Wales, the division landed at Omaha Beach, 18 June 1944, and entered the hedgerow struggle south of Carentan, 27 June. I see a time-based spread sheet being necessary. My dad became part of F Company/331st Infantry Regiment on 17 July 1944. He was not a large man, but my mother said the Army "built him up," and he never looked better. brothers we all know. Im not sure what the Germans hoped to accomplish doing this though. The drive carried them eight miles beyond their starting point. *83rd Infantry Division * Normandy * Brittany * Ardennes * Rhineland * Central Europe * 83rd Infantry Division * Rolland Joseph Gustave Despres is the man that started this project, and to tell his story I must also tell the the story of the 83rd infantry division. F Company 83rd Infantry Division in World War II Research CD Set - WorldWar2Files.com Taking Remich on the 28th and patrolling defensively along the Moselle, the 83d resisted counterattacks and advanced to the Siegfried Line defenses across the Sauer after capturing Grevenmacher and Echternach, 7 October. First a nudge, then a sign-- SOCIAL . They fought in the Ardennes, facing the point of the German Bulge. The roads were strewn with German tanks, trucks and staff cars, and often with dead Germans. World War I [ edit] The division was activated in September 1917 at Camp Sherman, Ohio. The following is taken from New York in the War of the Rebellion, 3rd ed. Others in this group that went to F Company were William T. Oliver, Hubert L. Smith, James Stansell Jr., Archie Swindle, John M. Tarnowksi, Earl Tillman, Augustine Toya, Paul Tweed, James Vanden, Lee R. Weeks, John W. Phillips, Albert Popik, Raymond H. Heiber, Donald Palmatier, David W. Parrish, Angelo Patricola, Jospeph Pavek, Joseph T. Pawlowski, Benjamin B. Peluso, Norman Perez, Charles Petritis, John J. Petrizzo, Donald P. Smith, Perry D. Johnston, Walter P. Kowal, Ralph R. McDowell, Thomas K. McKee, Henry L. McManus, Raymond J. Miller, Dominick Salierno, Willard H. Strauss, James F. Varley, George H. Harrell, Michael Harris, Alfred L. Hinchey, Albert K. Jeffries, Earnest C. Goates, Joseph A. Gonzales, Raphael E. Duvall, Alois Dzieweczynski, Clifford E. Olson, Raymond J. Travers, Ovid K. Seville, Francis Soucie, and Max A. Rubin.
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