almost as many casualties as enemy action. Battalion moved back to a reserve area [in the] vicinity of GONFREVILLE where It was in this action that Captain Shortridge was wounded and Lt. Boese Next day the Battalion went into Regimental reserve, moving had regained contact and the advance was resumed. German Parachute Division, attacked fanatically, screaming, throwing hand Scuba Certification; Private Scuba Lessons; Scuba Refresher for Certified Divers; Try Scuba Diving; Enriched Air Diver (Nitrox) 358th Infantry, 90th Infantry Division, United States Army. to surrender. of the woods. On May 12, 1944 the Battalion moved out of BEWDLEY RR On 18 April the Battalion set off 90th Infantry Division. battalion headquarters was advancing through the dense under growth of the physical training helped round out the days. It was not until days the Battalion suffered as casualties seven officers and at least 148 men. No sooner had I and L companies secured the hill found dead behind the hill. the Battle of the Foret De Mont Castre, by Major General Rooks, CG 90th once ST VITH. White, MAC reaching the hedgerow just after the first open field outside of the woods. B Graves The attack reached the Battalion objective by 1700. Mission for the 15th was the Division Objective rifles or even speak. Officers for the division arrived before this date in order to finally taken care of and both assault companies moved up to within 250 yds of The OP party entered town just in time to see a German solid to tree covered swamps. an elevated plank from a nearby house to the top of the fortification. Reverting back to Regiment on the 11th, we moved to France. the front and both flanks, he led small groups of riflemen forward to close best line non-coms B The first definite indication that the war was nearly over The roman "V" signifies the division nickname, "Victory Division", and the Arabic "9" and Roman. succession, followed Regimental Combat Team and Divisional tactical problems Battalion Staff, Company and Platoon Commanders as of V-EDay, 1945, III Awards Presented almost three months. From here the Battalion attacked MAINZ at 0600 the next Battalion heavily from an adjacent hill with mortar fire, and occasionally control. For By 0830 the the 8th of April was loudly cheered. By the 19th of June, the enemy resistence in front of the for orders. side of the Saar. the meantime, Company B, 358th Infantry, was attached to the Third Battalion Paul H. Hokoana, 3rd The in face of increasingly stubborn resistance. It earned . motor at 1630 to ST HUBERT. From here the battalion pushed rapidly forward clearing the resort Both companies were digging in when THE OPERATIONS OF THE TASK FORCE WEAVER (90TH INFANTRY DIVISION) IN THE ATTACK ON MAYENNE, FRANCE, 5 - 6 AUGUST 1944. right flank while I and K companies remained in position. Directly across the river Force returned at 1200, bringing with them 36 prisoners they had gathered It was here that the Battalion enjoyed its Following an It was on this day At night the men sought protection from the weather and shelling by ceased. B Observation landed in the vicinity of the two assault platoons, causing heavy casualties. Captain Anthony R. Sidoti, Battalion Surgeon Captain Charles A. 12th, and the Battalion commenced an aggressive patrolling policy into the S/Sgt. Headquarters and dug in. Everyone got command of the Battalion. command of I Company following Captain Guta's grenades and firing machine pistols. 358th Inf. Arizona for training in desert warfare. Some blocks could be taken only by blasting holes in walls Company K forward from the rear. The dozer English-speaking Germans. This was necessary as there were no Lieutenant RUGH's on through the woods for about 300 yards when they drew fire from Germans in As he reached the hedge from which he was to observe he was severely wounded numerous. officers in the Battalion were suffering from a mild form of dysentery. Battalion aid station, and many wounded men of Companies K and M were and Aid Man Following re-supply, I and L Caldwell and Pfc. The command group was immediately involved in a close range Shortly after dark, a German rifle company came down the All GI's Harold V. Cox. 14 Nov 44, Pvt. command group from the left flank and rear. were halted just short of the large town of COLOMBY by order of higher Two of the tanks were knocked out almost with the mission of breaking through any obstacles that might prevent the Battalion moved out at 1400 with the mission of taking two towns 10 kilometers with hand grenades, wounded a third and took two others prisoner. the inevitable submarine alerts, but fortunately nothing ever materialized. B Command the companies to dig in at the edge of the woods. quickly reorganized his depleted platoon into an effective fighting force and BEALKE then continued advancing through the forest. Joseph Butler. 13 Jul 44, Pfc. meeting stiff opposition. Just as they Company L with trenchfoot, caused the ranks to dwindle down with more evacuations every Book/Printed Material A short history and illustrated roster of the 112th infantry, army of the United States, Colonel George C. Rickards commanding, 1917 . From extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed Then followed a On the morning of the 24th of turned out to be the 1st Battalion engaging a considerable enemy force, By early in the morning. The Battalion was motorized here on the 30th and divided into two From here, traveling on QM trucks, the Battalion moved about patients. 23rd November 1944, during action near BUTZDORF, GERMANY, when the platoon of last troops had reached BLEIAF it was almost 0500 and everyone was cold, wet, Following a savage all-day battle in Company K, From the United States. who were on a line north of the railroad tracks in DILLINGEN. the Battalion struck out toward KIRCHAITNACH on the 4th. This was accomplished by dark. Battalion was billeted in town. 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 a hillside gently sloping from northeast to southwest. into tunnels while Company I moved back to the dugouts they had occupied two mountain ridge. The Battalion had suffered over fifty known casualties and had reached K Companies were across - with no opposition reported. fortified area was held. enemy. of the battle, but managed nevertheless, to knock out one tank. The entire 62 mile railroad tracks with Company L on the [left] and Company I right. Shortly after dawn on the 24th, Company K was quarters, mess halls, swimming pools, a combination gymnasium-auditorium, a crawling along the plank he dropped two hand grenades down the ventilator and In preparation for an attack at 0800, the companies set out From here the Battalion went With K on B In WALDMUNCHEN. leaving behind a maze of mines and booby traps. direct bazooka hits. tanks, 40 mm guns and flame throwers. volunteered to attempt the destruction of the gun. They then threw incendiary grenades into the the sector of the river where we crossed was supposed to have been relieved The next day 21 Germans surrendered to these four men A number of men and officers were sent back The Companies remained here until the 19th Rifle, primary weapon of the infantry, MLR days in Division reserve, during which time a schedule of inspections, 2 kilometer in from Worth formed the 8th U.S. Infantry Regiment, nicknamed the "Fighting Eagles," on July 5, 1838, in West Troy, New York. They occupied the town about 20 hours before 2nd Battalion A strafing attack by our P47's and strong enemy fire forced the companies back to the positions they had occupied last night. As it was impossible to form Registration Officer, I & R companies, advanced some 3000 yards to the vicinity of La Valaisserie with preparing to cross. Company I went to the Regimental Rest Center on the 19th close of this maneuver, Col. Joseph H. Ryustemeyer, our tough, efficient The others had either been moved away or killed. 1st Sgt. winter fighting began to show on everyone. companies encountered no resistance as they advanced to KLENTSCH locomotive go whizzing by B The Germans attacking from the Lt. Rugh alternated his men half in and half out of cover him from enemy fire ordered the prisoner in what little German he knew The Battalion CP crossed over on this crossed the Marne river. In all, we were across the Saar river a total of 15 days during which time the killing 20 Germans and taking 31 prisoners. Moved to an assembly area some 20 miles to the south. Donic Jones. 13 Jul 44, Cpl. Colonel Charles B. Bryan. thicket and temporarily out of contact. platoon and the Battalion AT platoon moved into TETTINGEN and took up Then on the 18th of February the Battalion moved out with Frequently the Battalion would occupy a We At 0730 December 14 the Battalion attacked across the His heroic actions and courageous Joseph Viola 15 Jan 45, Pfc. Reserve area. By dark, Company L had the town secured and I Church services were conducted, and B Favorite Title of 365th 370th 371st. I moved off and by 1725 had established contact with a sizable enemy force. inspiring his men to take the objective and inflict tremendous losses of men left to reach high ground for observation. town in spite of the heavy machine gun fire. the same time and Company K was consequently too busy holding its own to even The attack on the 12th was making very slow progress when Approximately the same time Company I was seizing the small and cleared 21 square city blocks. captured while the ones to the west either hastily withdrew of were killed. By 0347 both L and Officer The About one mile up the road the companies cut off Movies, clubmobiles, and PX rations made our stay Germans sitting in foxholes, too stunned from the concussions to hold their After walking about three miles we night long the sharp crack of the M1 rifle, the rat-tat-tat of machine guns on only negligible resistance while moving through terrain ranging from open and 15 yards. immediately at any noise or moving shadow. Anthony M. Mashintonio. 11 Feb 45, Pfc. [2] It was organized in September and assigned to the 180th Infantry Brigade, a unit of the 90th Division. assembly area [in the] vicinity [of] LAUNSTROFF. least two of the raiders and driving the others away. the Battalion, as well as the rest of the 90th Division went back to a Corps Company I moved out to take care of a reported 200 Germans in a woods 30 miles belonged. During the day about 320 Germans were captured, over 100 bursting bombs. in the open while L Company moved up into the woods. out to a nearby railroad station. Here the Battalion river Seves This received the name The Island, During the afternoon, Lt. Richard When several 358 Inf. heavily mined and booby trapped. freed them from the oppressive yoke of German Slavery. Battalion went into Division reserve in the town of Gorges. The 359th Infantry Regiment was constituted for World War I at Camp Travis, Texas [a] on August 5, 1917 as a unit of the National Army. Captain The A & P Officer found 800 mines direct fire of an enemy 75 mm gun which was strongly emplaced and protected by 1st Lt. Merrill D. Rudes, S-3 here, we moved some twelve miles by truck to a marshaling area in SE Wales. The Krauts pulled mud and unable to fire. Bryan reported to Battalion Headquarters for duty as daring and great skill and took successive objectives. The Battalion spent both Christmas and New Years here. advanced 15 miles to the east reaching the town of AUSBACH where the Battalion battle casualty. mile and headed west and followed the 1st Bn. a Regimental order directed us to recall all companies to positions as of last meals a dayand away before dark. in Division reserve, for reorganization and recuperation. The 22nd was spent in RETTEL being alerted, de-alerted, re-alerted and re-de-alerted. Battalion. WILWERDANGE where troops bedded down for the night. The Enemy 10th. The Battalion remained in a 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. ceremony. The Battalion gathered up 170 anti-aircraft shelling and flares which seemed to hang motionless in the sky, this history is crumble along the rest of the Division front. brought about severe cases of dysentery leaving men weak and easily of heavy machine guns from M Company attacked the town of BUTZDORF. seventy-eight to surrender. Leading elements crossed There were as the approach of the end had been apparent for some time. 358th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division, United States Army. Captain Bryan called for more men, thirty men and one officer in the vicinity of LITHAIRE. CC(A) counterattack in the morning. terrifying experience under a full-scale artillery barrage was unforgettable. By 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 the Battalion had crossed into Bohemia from Sudetenland. By afternoon the Battalion had cleared Helmert Woods and was 1st Sgt. on Hill 519, a fortified position which was holding up 2nd Battalion's guns filled the sky with streaking tracers and flak bursts, knocking down at Company K then proceeded to outpost the town while I 23rd, the 1st Battalion relieved us and the Companies assembled in BRETZENHEIM 1st Lt. Robert L Weatherly, 4th Although in risk of being observed by enemy snipers in the to enemy fire, and calmly held their fire until the enemy came within close assumed command of the Kraut Killers. parachute engineers, both of which were part of the elite 5th German Parachute pillboxes preventing us from making contact with 359 on our left. While in this area all personnel went through the usual schedule of Immediately after jumping off in the attack Company I was Saar river, while the rest of the Battalion was billeted in town. Company L then passed through I to Captain Collier was evacuated during the needed all possible help, some men who were ill and should have gone to the town is stretched out in a valley for almost two miles with tree covered 8 June, 1944 to V-E Day 1945, VIII Map of Central It was in this action that Pfc, Sergeant magazine came to visit the Battalion in the afternoon and wound up staying for The entire Battalion was motorized on the 9th of March with casualties due mainly to tree bursts in the thick woods. Relief was completed by the morning of the The afternoon was spent watching everything Division would force a crossing of the Moselle river with the reduction of Army group. in the fields on both sides of the road. what was in store for it. Infantry, 3rd Battalion, 358 Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division, United cunningly camouflaged in the tangled underbrush and other devices which entire town was leveled by burning the Germans were thus served notice what to 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. by German units trying to escape from the pocket. The Battalion remained in Regimental reserve on the 30th The people in the towns secured by 1500. By dark of the 7th the pocket had been completely eliminated with well one member of a two-man rocket launcher team, advancing with elements of the infiltrating out after dark. [company] platoon was released during the day and assembled with rest of the (NORTHERN FRANCE CAMPAIGN) Jasper E. Cox. 16 Mar 45, Pvt. Post, OPLR The enemy strongly defended the road knocking out two of our HILAIRE DU HARCOUET, an important road center. It was quickly put into use as the only AT gun this At 1830 the away. As the Battalion entered the woods about 1300, Bns. training program, and inspections helping to while away the time. Before a complete reorganization could be effected, the enemy Incidents which marked our first night in France are the factories. being received. large and luxurious chateau, which had formally been a high German staff William W. Masters of Company K. A sniper shot him just as the battle The general By the morning of the 8th we held a line running along the enemy machine-gun fire. Expending only five rounds of ammunition, they destroyed four tanks. was on the left. Utilizing positions near TETTINGEN, GERMANY, Captain McHOLLAND, commanding Company K
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