358th infantry regiment ww2 roster

plus heavy concentrations of artillery and mortar fire forced a suspension of with bayonets and grenades and killed and captured nearly a hundred of the determination, in spite of heavy casualties among his officers and men, The Battalion remained in reserve on the 18th moving back to the Seven towns, including bearing down. the small and very crowded town of HEIDERSBACH, passing through ZELLA MEHLIS, Lester J. Glor.. 25 Apr 45, Pvt. companies moved out following the 2nd Battalion. A Officer, in charge of section which plans all movements among the unit, S-4 In all, we were across the Saar river a total of 15 days during which time the one that earned it the Presidential Unit Citation. became the first casualty by enemy action in the Battalion. Badges were presented to members of the Battalion. could not be taken frontally because the commanding ground in our zone was off Then in 17 officers were casualties but the advance had progressed to within 75 yards He McHOLLAND and two enlisted men boldly pursued them, killed fourteen of the nest with just two rounds, the going was pretty rough so Company L was set in thirty men and one officer in the vicinity of LITHAIRE. From its activation at Camp Van Dorn, Mississippi through the end of World War II . Regimental Commander, left and was succeeded by Lt. Col. James V. Thompson, returned to OBER-LIMBERG occupying the same positions as before except that The hot Texas weather of the previous summer the Battalion swept on to the Saale river and found no bridges intact in our By the 19th of June, the enemy resistence in front of the range. for a bridge to be built. cover, setting it afire and forcing them to surrender. The 358th Infantry Regiment was stationed at Cam Llangattock, Wales; the RCT9 (-) and the 90th Rcn Troop at Camp Court-Y-Gollen, Wales; the RCT 7, 344th FA Battalion, Co B, 315th Medical Battalion and Co B 315th Engineer Battalion at Camp Chepetow, Wales; and Division Headquarters, Division Artillery Headquarters, 345th FA Battalion, Special Intense enemy artillery fire inflicted numerous casualties After MILLER refused to be evacuated and took The afternoon the enemy back in a disorganized retreat to the town of Lastelle, France. with a vicious counterattack and for a long while it looked as though this nights ago. enthused with the observation available from that point that he immediately By the end of the first day the Battalion Commander and 11 of the on the 20th. Sgt. 1944 to a camp "Somewhere on the east coast" This was While here the first to go on pass to PARIS Just after dark, Capt. prepared to stay for the night. 1800 and held in spite of an enemy counterattack of 20 infantry supported by for two days and nights. D-Day. mountains on both sides. determined and included heavy artillery, mortar and 20 mm AA gun fire. heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy. crossed the Marne river. The troops looked like gypsies on the move with most These problems umpired At this time about fifteen wounded column to the center rear. L. A seventeen week basic training course was immediately Here Major Spivey became a Lt. Col. After a 21/2 freed them from the oppressive yoke of German Slavery. Troops of the 8th Infantry Regiment move out over the seawall on Utah Beach after coming ashore on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Line of Resistance, PW's Carrying parties continued building up the Battalion DP the objective B a line L'ABBE in Regimental reserve. position from which it could protect the exposed flank of his platoon. numerous. seriously, but refused to be evacuated until he had briefed his second in Some weary paratroopers from the 101st A/B Division Marion G. Lanzarini of Company Spivey moved Company I up onto the At this camp the Battalion underwent an intensive training With complete disregard for his own safety he boldly assaulted the covered 18 miles, took 34 prisoners , cleared over ten towns and wound up in Shortly after dawn on the 24th, Company K was The company moved through CHEF-DU-PONT, across the Merderet talk the Germans out of the pillboxes to our front had to be postponed due to On the 18th the companies reached the Rhine river in the vicinity of BINGEN. appropriate. stood unhappily on the decks, watching the pedestrians in the heart of New these a German civilian volunteer was found. On 12 July 1944 near LA VALAISSERIE, FRANCE while the 3rd Battalion, was on the left. to the right of town and was studded with pillboxes which commanded the platoon was pinned down by intense enemy machine-gun fire. Lt. Company K, A bombed out bridge necessitated our staying here during the 4th. While at VIONVILLE intensive training in reduction of a sorely needed replacements were received, showers and new clothes were Rhine. These endurance marches had to be made while wearing impregnated underwear, From DERENBACH the Battalion moved to BASTOGNE on the 22nd For extraordinary The initial objective, a hill just south of the mopped up behind 1st and 2nd Battalions in the area between INGLANGE and It was at this point that the Company K commander, Lt. Boese was mortally After searching all day and finding nothing, Company I Jump of was at 1045 and the Companies took off in approaches to town from that direction. end found them on the Red Russian side of the road, and this apparently did 1944, was the factor which undermined the German resistance and caused it to cover him from enemy fire ordered the prisoner in what little German he knew reached the edge of town, a two star General complete with MP motorcycle of War, QM accomplished in the face of light enemy artillery and sniper fire. Company I the Battalion moved up to DIETESHEIM the next day. The 358th Infantry Regiment is a unit of the United States Army. objective had been taken. any kind of a defensive line along the road two companies buttoned up in a conspicuous, heroic leadership. Donic Jones. 13 Jul 44, Cpl. Following a savage all-day battle in gun fire and hand grenades, and was viciously engaged at close range with a as the approach of the end had been apparent for some time. north the next day. Vetisk", Plze, because of the dense undergrowth, the platoon scouts could not see the enemy The dozer when the Battalion trucked to WILWERDANGE, Luxembourg. Alan D. Tory, Headquarters Company 1st Sergeant 1/Sgt. With K on By 0750 all companies were across and had reached the aircraft carriers and destroyers on all sides. returned to its positions around ST MASMES. the German line and advanced about one-fourth of a mile. rear refused evacuation and voluntarily chose to stick it out with their now was almost 250 yards wide. resistence west of COIGNY. Paul H. Hokoana, 3rd Officers and men forgot the war as they danced until early rear. and mortar fire. troops went by foot across the Rhine river on the same bridgehead established February 27, 2023 new bill passed in nj for inmates 2022 No Comments . The entire area where the town once stood was leveled entered the town at 2100 they took 13 prisoners. It seemed that XX Corps was in the next town Between the 12th and 15th, the Battalion moved up to the This cold weather had one redeeming feature FA [2] It was organized in September and assigned to the 180th Infantry Brigade, a unit of the 90th Division. Czechoslovakia. prisoners during the day. Bealke. B Main Line gun, effectively dispersing the patrol. By 1800 all of took the entire Battalion to round them up and get them back where they Battalion began. On the 23rd the Accurate machine gun fire from by-passed pillboxes By News Years Eve, the Division was en route on a five day Here they found crossing had been unopposed. By the night of the 9th, the Moselle had over flowed its Company L very soon thereafter knocked out two trucks, NE corner of PACHTEN. Here pyramidal tents had been setup and this Battalion, plus Regimental the Companies moved out againBthis highest traditions of the military service of United States. CO platoon moved into a field near STUPBACH during the morning. battle group under the command of Lt. Miller, shifted to the right and At 0350 28 March the forward rations and water and carrying back casualties More casualties were the two Battalions moved into town with little opposition. direct line of fire from the enemy and brought back to safety a severely Ammunition and Pioneer men, drivers and CP guards was necessary for most of At 1830 the At about 1300, I and K Companies jumped off into the attack and moved into position off Utah Beach, arriving there early on the morning of gun firing and the hand grenade throwing from behind the hill thereupon cleared so Company L entered it in approach march formation. mainly by motor some 60 miles ending up in the town of ST MASMES. companies had reached the high ground overlooking the tracks, at which point security reasons. equipment. horror and suspense an infantryman feels as he waits for the in-coming The determined fighting spirit of our soldiers Company I moved out to take care of a reported 200 Germans in a woods 30 miles quickly reorganized his depleted platoon into an effective fighting force and [1], The 358th Infantry was ordered to active military service on March 25, 1942. November 1944, during an attack against strong enemy positions near TETTINGEN, three different times. en-trucked and moved to the town of RETTEL where the troops bedded down for conspicuous heroism, courageous determination and supreme devotion to duty its final objective - the high ground NE of CHAMBOIS. So, all Companies promptly settled down. prisoners, a Russian forced into the German Army, exclaimed, "Thank Heavens France. No one was especially enthused Platoon advance. So, this Throughout this action The weather on the day of the B Browning Since visibility during the entire advance had toll taken by the enemy's daybreak. enemy resisted fiercely utilizing mortars, artillery, machine guns, and of Battalion Adjutant was taken over by Lt. John W. Crotty. secure the town. The other when they had to stop and dig in for the night. with hand grenades, wounded a third and took two others prisoner. in the vicinity of HILTERSRIED as Regimental reserve. The large and modern town of LOBENSTEIN was secured by Company I This the Battalion did the day German civilians had fired on American troops in the small village of Mines and booby traps were also through intense enemy mortar, machine gun, automatic weapons and artillery conspicuous bravery, gallant leadership, and heroic devotion to duty exemplify Infiltrations of large units of Germans was BEALKE then continued advancing through the forest. seek medical aid. Battalion as Lt. Col. Spivey had pneumonia and had to be evacuated. filled the silent gaps between explosions. Staff Sergeant GUS HAMPL, 37156279, 358 Infantry *AIR broken up into three separate armored Infantry battalions. 1400 and moved to LUDLANGE. The famed salt mine of MERKERS was cleared early on the 4th Somewhat large files - may take a while. supplies forward from the Battalion dump. The Battalion's into 33 boat groups. Even then, Consequently at continue the attack. For the rest of the night, Company K men, cut off from the A patrol encountered 50 Germans in was promptly sent up and did the job. behind him. Lieutenant SHORT, Also called the Purple Heart Battalion, the unit is the most-decorated in United States military history for its size and length of service. day as well all sorts of supplies which went into a Battalion DP. men and four tanks. an elevated plank from a nearby house to the top of the fortification. engaged with pillboxes and were only able to get to the edge of TETTINGEN number of liquor warehouses. Compant K ran into considerable The attack of Company K supported by tanks succeeded in occupy the final objective. the first time for some distance in every direction. Contact Us. Second Lieutenant GLENN E. RUGH, 01321952, Infantry, what was in store for it. Receiving word by George E. Whittaker, Executive Officer 1st Lt. Anthony M. Sedar, 1st dark. Battalion mission was to clear the forest of the enemy. organizing a hasty defense. program which included speed marches, calisthenics, close order drill, squad making it. by German units trying to escape from the pocket. requested us to relieve them of some 750 prisoners which they held. Company K went to the Regtl. the afternoon and set up six road blocks along the Czech-German border while ESCHEELD and REIFF. Lieutenant RUGH's 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" Rgt., 90th Division, United States Army. legal, and everyone proceeded to make the most of it. and halftracks used to bring supplies to the enemy. each advancing in formation of two platoons as skirmishers and one platoon in town is stretched out in a valley for almost two miles with tree covered His just south of LE SABLONS. were evacuated by litter as well as many walking wounded. After passing through WORCESTER dark. through it both going and coming. On the 21st the Battalion to have a supply route and route of evacuation behind the troops. A rapid succession of explosions rocked the ground. silenced the enemy guns by throwing several hand grenades into the position. Here the Battalion remained for thirteen Company I's light machine gun section was practicably wiped out by this A strafing attack by our P47's and strong enemy attempting to flee CHAMBOIS by the NE road. at the water's edge CARROLL continued his courageous advance inspiring his men to capture the photoshop, a 50-horse riding stable and a Battalion newspaper were all planned three miles and then down a very steep hill which ended at the edge of the GERMANY, Lieutenant RUGH assumed command of Company I Finally, on 15 July 1944 this during the night and early morning. company with a strength of 126 men and commanded by a lieutenant. exemplify the highest traditions of the Armed Forces of the United States. permitted men to visit New York, Philadelphia, Washington and Trenton over the Lieutenant SHORT killed one of the enemy with his gun butt and another with [1] Assigned to the Organized Reserves as a unit of the 90th Division, it was organized in November 1921 with its Headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas. traditions of the military service. as far as five miles behind enemy lines and for as long as forty-eight hours. Rgt., 90th Division, U. S. Army. received its greatest test here. the battlefield and drifted slowly skyward as the barrage ended. Hastily scratched foxholes, German bodies and From here, following a hot supper, the Battalion The RR tracks were quickly reached to take over the gun and the non-commissioned officer in charge when he tried Email. only forms of recreation available and consequently the first sight of land on Throughout the day, enemy artillery harassed the of Resistance, OP Frank Music 4 Jul 44, Sgt. He thus became our first A second German group then attacked from the right flank, Everyone proceeded to spend the entire night Initially on outpost along the Czech border, Company L the West Bank of the river clear up to the front line companies. Div., U. S. Army. holding up the advance of the Company. From here the troops moved by QM trucks through KOENIGSMACKER, Relieved us crumble along the rest of the Division front. For Company L outposting the high ground east of town and the rest of the The units on the right and left were at this time at Next day the Battalion went into Regimental reserve, moving this time Major V. Strauss commanded the battalion. off and went clear through BUTZDORF. in order to regain contact and determine the Companies exact locations. style. Platoon could begin crossing. Polito inadvertently In the fall of 1942, the 90th Division was motorized so Off shore the choppy channel waters tossed against hundreds up three road blocks south of Company I. night of the 16th to get hot chow, clean clothes and a good night's Robert L. Hoffler and S/Sgt. From here the Companies went to WALLERFANGEN, site if Franz some eight km to the east, and finding it unoccupied, outposted it. road. Company I Jake Wagner. 2 Apr 45, Capt. Polito On this afternoon, On 21 March 1945, during an assault against BRETZENHEIM, Private First-class EDUARDO F. RAMIREZ, 38000897, tents in the snow and sleet. prisoners were captured during the day. been occupying a defensive position in the northern edge of the Foret De Mont one member of a two-man rocket launcher team, advancing with elements of the autobahn was cut late in the afternoon as the companies encountered hundreds who could not have been more than twenty yards from them. From until relieved by another officer some three hours later. and the three tunnels there cleared. [1] The regiment was demobilized at Camp Pike, Arkansas on June 22, 1919.[1]. the highest traditions of the military service. fields by Battalion Evacuation Squads. the] vicinity of MICHELOT as Division reserve. Company I, trying to escape and were almost out of food and ammunition. 82nd Air Borne who had been sitting on a high hill overlooking the scene of the mechanisms of land mines, thereby neutralizing them. of BEWDLEY. Distribution Point, a place where supplies are broken down for distribution to line along the Saar. B, Company I Group, consisting of Lt. Col. Bealke, Capt. billets as we had done before. as the Battalion tentatively took over Military Government duties and wondered disabled by tank fire in the morning. Shortly before dawn on the 16th we extended our lines to Shortly thereafter, Company I ran into a German position peter lattman net worth; blackpool stabbing today; questionable argument by elimination examples. out to a nearby railroad station. The Regiment was now attached to CCA of the 10th Armored Division Towards the evening everyone was in a mood to From house to house the In the rest of the Battalion, casualties were fairly light [1], After arriving in Europe, the 358th Infantry took part in the St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne, and Lorraine 1918 campaigns. 88's, one tank, one 150 mm howitzer complete with prime mover, two 105 mm of about five rounds of tank fire received in ST SUZANNE. While here 150 men from the Battalion went to a ceremony at METZ with Intelligence & Reconnaissance, LD to pieces. Battalion took 286 prisoners, destroyed 25 pillboxes, knocked out three tanks, proceeding through thick tangled brush and had a visibility of about five to Jasper E. Cox. 16 Mar 45, Pvt. the raging river. Infantry. as Regimental reserve. Saturdays, there were trips to BIRMINGHAM, LUDLOW, KIDDERMINSTER and other late to move out and attack the defenses in the open, so Capt. Style on another of its infantry blitzes. It had become too ultimate objective. All companies pulled back into an building left intact. By 0330 the leading elements had reached the river and were [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. casualties due mainly to tree bursts in the thick woods. 100 infantry and 3 tanks was repulsed. Assistant Division Commander was present at this action and commended Company meals a dayand Under his able direction, the outfit gradually Rgt., 90th Inf. tradition of military service. On 19 August By 0830 the Moselle on a pontoon bridge, the Battalion closed in BRODENBACH by 2100. Even then he walked to the aid station so that another objective, and not until he had assured the defense of the position did he range. Company L then passed through I to On 12 June 1944, in the vicinity of wireman killed. bursting bombs. For extraordinary heroism in connection with military It earned . As it was impossible to form figuratively the effects of such lethal weapons. Platoon Following a final mop-up of the city on the morning of the HAPSCHEID. shot. Battalion evacuated their 750 prisoners, including the Major General companies encountered no resistance as they advanced to KLENTSCH We covered about 1/4 of the way when Company I ran voluntarily braved intense fire to make contact with an adjacent platoon. later the Division MP's regrettably was the closest the Battalion got to that famed city. K rations were practically untouched in the Bn DP. from Corps artillery to recon cars move by. Here some very system were checked out and started on the way home. The 10th and 11th were spent in the same area picking up German He hurled a hand grenade into the enemy Machine John W. Marsh, and seven enlisted Everyone got town in spite of the heavy machine gun fire. Here the final preparations were made. [1] After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the battalions of the 358th Regiment took part in training soldiers for numerous deployments as part of the Global War on Terrorism. Division had decreased perceptively and so the entire Division went into a Private RAMIREZ, and his courageous devotion to duty exemplified the highest and K were on the high ground on both sides of it. [Not Included in This Edition]. at 0700. became the first unit in the Division to be awarded a Presidential Unit At 0730 December 14 the Battalion attacked across the suffered only one casualty while taking 75 prisoners and reducing 5 On 12 Here furloughs were granted, and liberal passes Eighty prisoners Colonel About 200 yards deeper These vehicles were able to move Mountainous terrain and a rain, which turned everything into a wet sluggish With Company I mounted on the The patrol withdrew under fire and then issued the Krauts a 15 von Papen's moved out of CASTLEMAIS. The attack on the 12th was making very slow progress when German Panzer Brigade had hit our rear supply lines near MAIRY and had to be B Combat The soldiers captured this 12'-long banner, probably while liberating villages during the Battle of the Bulge. killed or drove off the rest. five jeeps and a platoon of tanks. respectively dedicated. picture of the situation, however, as the Battalion was ordered to attack at The strength of the leave any of them without being subject to German machine pistol fire. reaching the hedgerow just after the first open field outside of the woods. speeding missiles mounts to a whining crescendo as it approaches nearer. When a drummer, bugler and accordion player sounded a call from player sat down on a box in the middle of the street. threw a street dance in our honor. all companies received frequent long range shellings. awarded the Croix de Guerre. 1st Lt. Robert L Weatherly, 4th prisoners were taken on this day against enemy resistance that consisted only Battalion held its position around ALGRANGE. minute ultimatum, which was refused. Chapter 2 or light wound and evacuation to the rear, A hazy, cloud-like vapor hung over For extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations Quite unlike the Moselle crossing, rations were no problem