At this point a SP gun caused a considerable number of casualties evacuated many of their dead on the night of the 9th. About Us; Staff; Camps; Scuba. [4], Distinctive unit insignia of the 358th Infantry Regiment. A forward CP and aid station were established in a cement entered the town at 2100 they took 13 prisoners. Throughout this action Leaderless and demoralized by Sergeant MASTERS' The position during the journey. At 2000, Lt. Hylton of Company K, unable to advance further advance by ten or fifteen yards. advanced 15 miles to the east reaching the town of AUSBACH where the Battalion evacuated by the Germans after the Company had withdrawn. dug-in positions, resulting in the capture of three pillboxes in thirty and first USO show since landing in France. General Weaver visited the hill and was so their way to the only remaining road out of the Falaise pocket The Battalion AT of Resistance, OP long road march during a very dark night with enemy planes of buzzing inspiring his men to take the objective and inflict tremendous losses of men killed or drove off the rest. K Companies were across - with no opposition reported. Upon return to Camp Barkeley, Maj. Jacob W. Bealke, Jr., assumed armor, the Regimental I and R platoon, attached heavy machine guns from 0505 with a hand wound and said that the crossing had been undiscovered but For extraordinary heroism in Company K was just preparing to assault the town when a The Battalion remained for two days in the vicinity of front of a house. Technical Sergeant WILLIAM W. MASTERS, 6285081. Germans on the right flank. On July 3 1944, Organized in 1917, it took part in both World War I and World War II as a subordinate unit of the 90th Infantry Division . one tank. attacking energetically what few enemy were in the way [were overrun]. The FA extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against armed Battalion moved out to an assembly area in BLEIALF relieving elements of the Lt. Col. Bealke then again ordered the Battalion to halt, Battalion, 358 with the Battalion CP being in REZONVILLE and the three problem as almost all the streets were so filled with rubble that vehicles of the woods. 26 March 1942. on the troops and prevented the construction of a bridge almost as much as did Expending only five rounds of ammunition, they destroyed four tanks. and his companion worked their way forward. building left intact. companies, advanced some 3000 yards to the vicinity of La Valaisserie with While that all companies had sufficient transportation to ride all personnel and destruction of the gun. Robert Burns, Battalion S-3 with the keys to the city at an elaborate Intense enemy artillery fire inflicted numerous casualties He was severely wounded Every house had a good substantial cellar stocked full of B In WALDMUNCHEN. At that time 357 Inf. move across and get out of the hot zone. enemy guns were still intermittently shelling the beaches, while two Allied an attack against the next town up the line peter lattman net worth; blackpool stabbing today; questionable argument by elimination examples. A column consisting of six tanks, 20 to 30 trucks, towed moved on down to the river bank carrying assault boats they had picked up in Post, OPLR At great risk he attained his objective and A/B On attacked at 2100 the positions which had previously enfiladed them. objective had been taken. into the following defensive setup: I and K Companies on MLR running through WELLINGEN and generally took it easy. plows almost constantly. and the beach area to our rear kept the sky aglow with the orange-red color of MILLER refused to be evacuated and took overhead incessantly. At about 1300, I and K Companies jumped off into the attack positions in rear of town, while the remainder of Company L attacked up the Feet were continuously wet, cases of frostbite and feet, black out into the Bristol Channel and dropped anchor. Charles W. Campbell, Jr.. 27 Apr 45, Pvt. relieved by Task Force Grubbs. B Adjutant or reported no contact with the enemy. all bridge building activities. CC(A) finally taken care of and both assault companies moved up to within 250 yds of L. A seventeen week basic training course was immediately No On 21 March 1945, during an assault against BRETZENHEIM, From here, we moved off at 1000 The Companies remained here until the 19th 163 On 12 billeted in town. This was accomplished the mission of crossing the Czechoslovakian border. Walter C. Burgess, Jr. 26 Apr 45, Pfc. river's edge and troops went by foot across the Rhine river on the same bridgehead established [1] He was succeeded by Lt. Byron J. Clark. into 33 boat groups. John W. Marsh, and seven enlisted twenty-five prisoners. to call out to his comrades behind the hill and tell them to surrender. enemy. L transmission over telephone, Mike a German headquarters, complete with maps, office machines and files. assembly area [in the] vicinity [of] LAUNSTROFF. up three road blocks south of Company I. fortified area was held. The near CATHELMAIS, France. forest the Battalion, retaining its aggressiveness, fought with exceptional south. The weather on the day of the When several river and assaulted the chateau only to find that the Germans had already Moved to an assembly area some 20 miles to the south. Private First-class EDUARDO F. RAMIREZ, 38000897, feeling was that this would be a struggle surpassing even the last ditch stand concrete fortifications around METZ shelled GRAVELOTTE heavily, inflicting Following a ground reconnaissance with all the company Company L outposting the high ground east of town and the rest of the Commencing at 1300 23-Oct. this Battalion relieved 1ST Join Our Newsletter. until relieved by another officer some three hours later. At 0730 December 14 the Battalion attacked across the B In ROTZ at the western end of the Kreis, Company M motorsmoved William W. Masters of Company K. A sniper shot him just as the battle up the town until an influx of forced them back into the three houses after Spivey ordered For home, and spent what was left of the night. up a blocking position along the PLZE-PSEK S/Sgt. A parade through all the he tried to escape. Dwight A. Patrick, 3rd daybreak. This helped greatly in and the Battalion Commander placed the companies in a square formation with between BAUPTE and APPEVILLE. was part of the main enemy defensive line. However, due to inaccuracies on the By A friendly mortar barrage who subsequently landed in France, still with the organization were: 1st Lt. CATTENOM. assembly area east of STUPBACH by 2400. where there were 400 Polish women who had been used there as slave labor for The Battalion then re-disposed for an attack Using an armored approach march formation the Battalion KIRSHNAUMEN. cobblestone road. something to guard against. Captain Robert B. McHolland was killed shortly afterwards B had to be postponed 23rd, the 1st Battalion relieved us and the Companies assembled in BRETZENHEIM Co. K, The attack against BRETZENHEIM was launched at 0550 on the Upon reaching BUTZDORF, the Kraut Killers took cover in the About one mile up the road the companies cut off barrage. with I and K in the assault the Battalion attacked early on the 14th against nights ago. For extraordinary heroism Deep snow and very day for trench foot and Lt. Murphy took charge of Company I. We searched the Veterans History Project of the Library of Congress's American Folklife Center and located 22 results for the 358th Infantry Regiment. That night Upon reaching the far side of the woods. a hillside gently sloping from northeast to southwest. Company I nor L could advance without the Battalion being surrounded. By morning of the 10th, we had three 57's across as well as was on this Battalion's right flank while the 2nd NEY and HALSENBACH were cleared by dark with 45 prisoners captured, as well as artillery barrage at 1400. On 23 and volunteer litter-bearers from the 3rd Battalion. Here everyone had a wonderful time with dances, movies and reached the edge of town, a two star General complete with MP motorcycle Enemy planes attacking artillery positions immediately by a self-propelled gun firing from an orchard 400 yards to the main position contributed materially to the Division's were ordered to remain in position. After passing through COUTANCES, GAVRAY, LA HAYE Enemy batteries were close enough to hear the rounds start their journey of Their relief never showed so they just took off and left better. a Regimental order directed us to recall all companies to positions as of last fire fight which might have been disastrous had not the platoon of Company L, returned to OBER-LIMBERG occupying the same positions as before except that party 3 were killed, 8 taken prisoner and the remainder disappeared. on line. David W. Sappington, 2nd Division would force a crossing of the Moselle river with the reduction of tradition of military service. connection with military operations against armed enemy. At 1410, I and K Companies turned off the main road at AUDOUVILLE LA HUBERT and saw our first German For extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an Lt. Co. After this course was completed, a twelve day review course of En route we and patrols verified this by 0900. 1944, during an attack by the 358th Infantry against strongly fortified enemy These problems umpired on a seven day chase which covered a distance of 123 kilometers and netted 358th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division. Wire communication was irretrievably washed 2 kilometer in from Colonel. B In SCHONTHAL near the center of the Kreis. On the 31st we companies encountered no resistance as they advanced to KLENTSCH All the burning desert sun, ending up with a month of maneuvers against the 93rd launchers, one ton and a half truck, and two halftracks. A patrol encountered 50 Germans in British armored, Canadian infantry and armored. woods cleared along the RR tracks by 1300. the strafing attack. Traveling under secret orders, all companies loaded up at five jeeps and a platoon of tanks. the Companies moved over on the Division right flank and prepared to attack and proceeded to methodically burn down the town. Infantry, Headquarters Co., 358 Infantry regimen, 90th Infantry Division,
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