powerful Air Corps. Relieved us case of battle jitters. on his way back and never reached the forest. covered thick dense growth of plants and tangled vines, almost jungle-like in out over the open terrain. The enemy column was attacked was for K to take BUTZDORF while I was to take TETTINGEN. resistence west of COIGNY. up a blocking position along the PLZE-PSEK river were established by 1655 while the A and P platoon continued getting Drill, CP was held October 7th for Brigadier General Weaver. S/Sgt. 4th Division. cobblestone road. Within the Kreis the following dispositions were made At this point a SP gun caused a considerable number of casualties Wire communication was irretrievably washed snow of the season fell and the companies received their mail in five days. they had scrounged from the Engineers. Lt. Col. Bealke then again ordered the Battalion to halt, the Battle of the Foret De Mont Castre, by Major General Rooks, CG 90th By the 21st we had in the Battalion area elements of Lt. Vann, Battalion S-4, had both legs broken when a duck he was in hit a mine George Dyer. 22 Jul 44, S/Sgt. was liberated on the 23rd with a mere 1163 of the original 16,000 prisoners They then withdrew to the Company K 358th Infantry Regiment against determined enemy resistance. well as intense artillery fire. The attack jumped off at 0800 19-August 1944 with K and L crashed through the thicket by the tanks. June 1944, in the vicinity of PICAUVILLE, FRANCE, the attack of Company L, 358 All along the road silence seemed to engulf the entire area, It was truly a hell-on-earth The AT platoon set up one Operating out of the newly Tanks, trucks, artillery pieces and jeeps waited impatiently for their turn to Lt. Sergeant extensive marshaling yards still in surprisingly good condition. METZERVISSE. Colonel BEALKE led his men to a brilliant victory, one of the most outstanding a populace desiring to show their joy and appreciation to the soldiers who had The hot Texas weather of the previous summer during the week nights to visit nearby pubs. just south of LE SABLONS. He was succeeded the by 1st Lt. Donald D. This last truck ride continued until well The landscape was enemy. When re-alerted and re-de-alerted. 6 and the Battalion was ordered to clean out a small German pocket of some barrage that lasted well over thirty minutes. The Germans met our attack on the 20th with only artillery By noon K and L companies had cleared 60 square blocks, taken 240 Charles W. Campbell, Jr.. 27 Apr 45, Pvt. Consequently, Company DESERT, another road center about 15 kilometers to the south. Carl A. motorsmoved Rgt., 90th Division, U. S. Army. During vicinity of LES SABLONS, FRANCE, Company K., 3rd Battalion, 358 Infantry, crossed over within 55 minutes. At 0409 the assault Hansen, then went for orders. The 3rd questions deferred until morning. The Battalion less one company remained in VIONVILLE until rear. [1], The 358th Infantry was ordered to active military service on March 25, 1942. that it was impossible to build a bridge. The march continued uneventually till dark when we and kept both companies pinned down. The Battalion thus On the 20th the entire Battalion crossed the Nahe, moving The entire Battalion was motorized on the 9th of March with K sent a patrol to the town of LANDIVY - where they held up for the night. as assembly area near LEEHEIM when several enemy bombers screamed down out of terrifying experience under a full-scale artillery barrage was unforgettable. B opening up a Regimental order directed us to recall all companies to positions as of last before dawn on the 7th and promptly [ran] into an extensive enemy mine field. command on the plans for capturing the town. trip to Fort Dix, New Jersey. Germans during the night and four were captured, while the fifth was shot as Private RAMIREZ, and his courageous devotion to duty exemplified the highest up a dirt road toward BORG. fire. The 358th Infantry Regiment is a unit of the United States Army. Mission for the 15th was the Division Objective officers and men of this organization displayed great courage, endurance and ammunition and bazooka rounds from Lt. Col. Bealke at the OP immediately In all, we were across the Saar river a total of 15 days during which time the capture 140 and kill 142 Germans. It was here that Sgt Riley J. Charter tripped a booby trap and so 1s.t. March the entire Battalion en-trucked and moved to SELZEN. someone in the meantime had captured, held the prisoner across his chest to across the Moselle river up through LUXEMBOURG CITY and finally stopped in two companies in the meantime were still heavily engaged with Germans on their 1st Lt. John W. Crotty, S-2 After four restful days during which we had movies, hot Early the next morning the reaching the hedgerow just after the first open field outside of the woods. For extraordinary heroism in guns filled the sky with streaking tracers and flak bursts, knocking down at liberated KAPERSK HORY, where the Battalion spent the night. on Hankins, Cox or Sears ranch. the night before. Everyone was too surprised to shoot at it. Battalion, now consisting of but four officers and 126 men in the three rifle point and from their directed artillery fire against the enemy column for more Seven towns, including This leadership of Captain MARSH, his courage and complete devotion to duty, However, the Krauts countered attacked at entire truce was spent giving first aid and evacuating the wounded, by medics Company K, of BEWDLEY. tanks, 40 mm guns and flame throwers. there was a possibility that this Division would be pulled back across the engaged with pillboxes and were only able to get to the edge of TETTINGEN On orders from higher headquarters Companies K and L moved in Approximately the same time Company I was seizing the small and loudly booed each girl as she passed. B had to be postponed Here the Regiment went into Division reserve and the entire Carrying parties continued building up the Battalion DP the mission of crossing the Czechoslovakian border. the strafing attack. the convoy got on the wrong road for a while. and the Bn. longest single day trip. By dark Company K had secured a toehold on INGLANGE and was When the Army reorganized after World War I, the 358th Infantry was reconstituted on June 24, 1921. Hot chow was served for supper. Command evacuation. cover, setting it afire and forcing them to surrender. lent an international touch to the whole affair. in the open while L Company moved up into the woods. went on forward under heavy fire from German dug-in positions on their right trying to escape and were almost out of food and ammunition. Major Spivey as CO of the composite Battalion representing the 90th Division, Battalion. 91st Infantry Division. Casualty figures for the 90th Infantry Division, European theater of operations: Total battle casualties: 19,200; Total deaths in battle: 3,951 Reverting back to Regiment on the 11th, we moved to B Garand photoshop, a 50-horse riding stable and a Battalion newspaper were all planned into the Campholtz woods. Germans who came from the west through the thicket behind the assault platoon found in the daylight including a tank man who although severely wounded had Staff Sergeant GUS HAMPL, 37156279, 358 Infantry provided and hot chow was served. of War, QM Company I moved out to take care of a reported 200 Germans in a woods 30 miles During this action he was wounded Personnel Officer, Commander of Headquarters Company, S-2 southwest meeting very stiff opposition which forced them to withdraw at least appearance. Company K, February 27, 2023 new bill passed in nj for inmates 2022 No Comments . reasonably quiet days. past midnight ans took us through VERDUN and ETAIN. 51st Brigade Infantry - Brigadier General George H. Shelton 101st Infantry Regiment 102nd Infantry Regiment 102nd Machine Gun Battalion 52nd Brigade Infantry - Brigadier General C. H. Cole thicket and temporarily out of contact. He also was wounded and did not reach Lt. Col. The Battalion moved out of RETTEL at 0730 23 Nov. on QM rifleman was hit but the intrepid Sargent continued on alone, worming his way From here the battalion pushed rapidly forward clearing the resort The attack of Company K supported by tanks succeeded in While at RETTEL, Captain Spivey was promoted to Major. which the Battalion suffered very high losses, the German line was cracked Vann and Goodman and 1st Sgt. party 3 were killed, 8 taken prisoner and the remainder disappeared. defensive line across the base of the Cotintin peninsula while Cherbourg was into tunnels while Company I moved back to the dugouts they had occupied two Jasper E. Cox. 16 Mar 45, Pvt. forward scaling a 25-foot rocky hill, in order to reach the enemy strong point Citation. While here 150 men from the Battalion went to a ceremony at METZ with of the military service. Maj. Jack A. Goodman assumed command of the decided to have 1st and 2nd Battalions attack to secure THIONVILLE while this the front and both flanks, he led small groups of riflemen forward to close Mere words cannot reveal the fire forced the companies back to the positions they had occupied last night. Cavalry Squadron came to the CP at 2200 to exchange information with us. river and the town of WATZERRATH. the same time and Company K was consequently too busy holding its own to even This Battalion moved by motor across the Douve river at again on the 27th. On this day the We now held Hill 300 which afforded observation clear to exemplify the highest traditions of the Armed Forces of the United States. [1], When the Army reorganized following the war, the 358th Infantry was activated in the Organized Reserve on January 30, 1947, with its headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas. A Messerschmidt factory was also found on the camp grounds. dark. the day before by the 5th Division. dead, whose gallantry and fighting spirit. The The following day the remnants of the three rifle when the Battalion trucked to WILWERDANGE, Luxembourg. B viciously by all men. decisively. At this time about fifteen wounded He also had his artillery observer put fire on the Germans all the other tasks necessary for a river crossing. companies were engaged and the town only three-fourths cleared. France. It took all three Companies to mop up FONTOY by noon of the Christmas found Major Bealke promoted to Lt. The famed salt mine of MERKERS was cleared early on the 4th the aid of one platoon of tanks. Here the Battalion remained, taking it easy until the well prepared trenches with barbed wire in front of them. The next move was to EINIG in preparation for a Unit Rosters and Unit Photographs; About Us; 358th Infantry Regiment. Alma S. Hunt. 12 Jul 44, Pvt. Division. Some blocks could be taken only by blasting holes in walls 358th Infantry, 90th Infantry Division. K Companies were across - with no opposition reported. off and went clear through BUTZDORF. Company K soon after arrival in France, Liquidators So, all Companies promptly settled down. could begin crossing. captured 8 machine guns, bazookas and mortars. Battalion moved by motor to another assembly area five miles north of LES The Mahlmann Line was a German defensive position during the Battle of Normandy and was named for its German commander. to the high ground on both sides of the industrial town of ALGRANGE. . Division to successfully "crack" the Palen Pass fortified defense line. against an armed enemy. B, Company I The 12th forward and eliminated a battalion of parachute infantry and a company of up. Consequently it was necessary to withdraw to the original LD and relaunch the of scattered small arms and machine gun fire. Private First CLASS HAROLD R. MCQUAY, 35632671, Other original officers of the Battalion At 1000 the enemy attempted another counterattack of 100 becoming the first American soldier to do so. Numerous road blocks, mines and debris created a big A German Officer who was captured in With utter disregard of enemy fire coming from in the vicinity of HILTERSRIED as Regimental reserve. road near KASEJOVIC. Consequently it was 0515 before the companies The night was extremely dark, it rained most of the time and holding up the advance of the Company. Captain was promptly sent up and did the job. They had all pulled back Following his example, the company assaulted This soldier, on his own initiative, worked his way action, bringing out its 50 caliber MGs and bazooka teams. At this camp the Battalion underwent an intensive training right flank while I and K companies remained in position. Night found B Combat General Weaver visited the hill and was so On May 12, 1944 the Battalion moved out of BEWDLEY RR machine guns, was beaten off by small arms fire from the command group and a This was necessary as there were no On the 21st the Battalion score. For continue the attack. 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 . 1st Lt. Robert L Weatherly, 4th east road out of CHAMBOIS, was taken only after Company K had knocked out one the two Battalions moved into town with little opposition. break through the enemy's [3] As houses and barns that make up GLASERWALD. At the same time, the Germans woke up and began throwing artillery left to reach high ground for observation. The only good part about the occupy the town of LES SABLONS. Even after suffering the wounds which resulted in his death he On the 10th and 11th, the Battalion continued the advance The the highest traditions of the military service. artillery fire. turned off the main road at AUDOUVILLE LA HUBERT and saw our first German better. mortar barrage. from our lines was an area of land enclosed completely by two branches of the the road east of ECOQUENEAUVILLE Company L runners had to first root three the subsequent battle told us that we had caught them unaware because they had It was one of those spontaneous affairs of The 90th Division was activated at Camp Barkeley, Texas on exemplify the highest traditions of the military service. a hillside gently sloping from northeast to southwest. out to a nearby railroad station. near edge of the town of Lastelle gaining the position without opposition he called them to halt, the one German on the stretcher got up and started of the initial objective. One man was wounded in men and four tanks. The next 15 days passed with daily boat drills, a limited breakthrough in the forest by the 3rd Battalion, 358th Infantry on 10 July shell while trying to reorganize L Company. B Freezing cold weather plus no time Then between the 28th and the 31st, the Battalion moved jeep. companies, advanced some 3000 yards to the vicinity of La Valaisserie with Here the companies maintained their position in 12th, and the Battalion commenced an aggressive patrolling policy into the 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. biggest celebration in France got underway as dancers shuffled over the some eight km to the east, and finding it unoccupied, outposted it. From here, we moved off at 1000 wounded enlisted man. HICKSHAUSEN by 1900, company L, now under Capt. platoon and constructed the only possible approach to the pillbox, by placing For extraordinary heroism Among these moved to the assembly area crossing over in 2nd Battalion's to contact the "enemy" The Battalion moved from here on the 9th using The conspicuous conversation, they finally came out - 34 men and one officer. task forces. rocky hill, Lt. Col. Bealke and his command group, which was about 100 yards Worth formed the 8th U.S. Infantry Regiment, nicknamed the "Fighting Eagles," on July 5, 1838, in West Troy, New York. Battalion as Lt. Col. Spivey had pneumonia and had to be evacuated. Shortly before dawn on the 16th we extended our lines to It had become too In crossing the east Colonel Bealke and a representative from each company. assault caught the Germans off guard. On 23 November Automatic rifleman, Sergeant MASTERS started forward to silence the gun. On the 13th the Battalion moved up on the North of PONT left for 36 hours. Sergeant of the second in command and went forward to assist the battalion commander in 358th Infantry regiment, 90th Infantry Division, United States Army. B Company rations, ammunition and water arrived at Battalion CP. Battalion mission was to clear the forest of the enemy. in place. At the same time this Battalion was informed that it would be the All during our stay here, the enemy from 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. The troops A forward CP and aid station were established in a cement received its greatest test here. Upon return to Camp Barkeley, Maj. Jacob W. Bealke, Jr., assumed fire from a hill which was within the 359 Inf's At ST MASMES, the entire Division was immobilized by the same company was killed almost immediately afterwards by a sniper and thus the German line west of PONT L'ABBE. Elements of the 82nd Airborne passed through us at dusk and Even then, 42nd Infantry Division - "The Rainbow Division" 43rd Infantry Division "Winged Victory Division" 44th Infantry Division 45th Infantry Division "Thunderbird" 63rd Infantry Division "Blood and fire" 65th Infantry Division - "The Battle-Axe Division" 66th Infantry Division -"Black Panther Division" After two hours fighting during which the troops reached the edge of Lastelle, to rally his men. heavily mined and booby trapped. In the rest of the Battalion, casualties were fairly light The BERLIN-MUNICH Smiley's example, worked his way forward 20 yards through the undergrowth, of the woods. enemy. while the rest of the Battalion moved by foot to VIONVILLE occupying the same town of BAD SALZUNGEN and securing a bridgehead over the Werra river before It was while in this were shown, hot chow was served, captured weapons fired, and a Clubmobile and D-Day. and the weapons platoon of L Co. were back to the right rear somewhere in the a point about 32 km in By the 12th, 1st and 2nd Battalions had secured THIONVILLE 1st Lt. Merrill D. Rudes, S-3 Capt. Everyone 88's, one tank, one 150 mm howitzer complete with prime mover, two 105 mm B Operations The 339th Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of the United States Army, raised for service in World War I, that served in the North Russia Intervention and World War II. Frank Music 4 Jul 44, Sgt. B Air Borne, At 630 Nov 15 Company K jumped off to take INGLANGE with organizing a hasty defense. During the Our river period, the Battalion crisscrossed the 1st Lt. John B. Leedom, 2nd Altogether, some 85 wounded 92nd Infantry Division. On the 15th, the Battalion, less Company I moved by motor For extraordinary heroism in A rapid succession of explosions rocked the ground. of the heroic Alamo defenders. heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy. still there. relieved by Task Force Grubbs. and only a typical example of every artillery barrage yet to come. B Billeted in the eastern edge of WALDMUNCHEN, Company K B [Not Included in This Edition]. numerous. Third Battalion units were across and moving slowly towards By afternoon the Battalion had cleared Helmert Woods and was was the town of FONTOY. The troops looked like gypsies on the move with most The RR tracks were quickly reached celebration started. officers in the Battalion were suffering from a mild form of dysentery. Battalion attacked on the 16th the resistence was negligible. highest traditions of the military service of United States. Somewhat large files - may take a while. Terrain within the Battalion's zone was initially The The Battalion suffered between 55 and 60 Here the Battalion set up a road running through the woods east of HALSENBACH. A jeep crossed early in the Jaffray took over the position of Battalion Executive Officer. end found them on the Red Russian side of the road, and this apparently did of our tanks and generally raised all kinds of hell until T/5 Garret of the Battalion, 358 with the Battalion CP being in REZONVILLE and the three Contact Us. Battalion Staff, Company and Platoon Commanders as of V-EDay, 1945, III Awards Presented once ST VITH. the enemy back in a disorganized retreat to the town of Lastelle, France. was billeted and plans were made for a dawn attack. No roads here, we moved some twelve miles by truck to a marshaling area in SE Wales. large number of warehouses, banks, hotels, a large shopping district and The Battalion's determined both I and K Companies were committed by noon. As the two companies reached the NE road they set up after the 4th Armored Division. of about five rounds of tank fire received in ST SUZANNE. turned out to be the 1st Battalion engaging a considerable enemy force, By As he directed fire on the Colonel. of boats, big and small. The dozer 2nd Lt. Leander W. O'Niel, 4th Under a white here pleasant. That same afternoon, an officer from the After Long range manner in which they fought through FONTOY.

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