It would take two weeks of street fighting to raze St. Malo. Photo courtesy Jon Aller and Kevin Harris. The sound of all those bombs exploding at the same time was the most terrible sound that he had ever heard. The amount of ground covered by the 83rd Division from Normandy in June 1944 to Central Germany in April 1945 is difficult to comprehend--over 1,400 miles. Oliver returned home, he brought with him a remarkable collection of F Company photos. Fallen GIs were replaced by new men, and they pushed on to take Hotot on 7 July. Co., 2ndBn., 331stInf., 83rdInf. Social Media. 83rd Infantry Division Documents - Fallen heroes of the 83rd Infantry Division You are here: Burial Listing Listing Navigation Fallen heroes of the 83rd Infantry Division This is an overview of all servicemen and women of units attached to the 83rd Infantry Division who are buried in Europe. John Helms said that my dad was taken out by an 88-mm artillery shell. "TDC, On 6 December, the 83rd gave positions along the Moselle Valley to the 22nd Infantry of the 4th Division. "TDC, December 3"Here it is another Christmas away from home--I hope it is the last one like this. I served with the 83rd. 3/330 You will notice, maybe, there are more points than labels; for this map I wanted to only identify what related to the end-of-day situation since that was what bothoverlays were all about The unidentified points refer to either earlier in the day, or have no time information, though I did include a few of these latter if there was room. Engineers picked their way through mine fields and booby traps to clear the way. rounds of 155 mm shells. ", December 6"Tell people not to mention 'good luck.' December 13, 1813, the regiment was reduced . You can see them by clicking here. Not sure it happened here, well have to wait till I get through the reports. I should be asking you. -- Our artillery battalions, He said he would take the job for 30 days to see how it worked out. 1 pton 709th Tank Battalion, from August 13th to 16th, 1944 I'd hate to think of our son having to grow up to fight."TDC. 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. Cemeteries & Memorials; Burial Search; About Us; Education; Facebook; Twitter; YouTube; Instagram; ABMC Headquarters 2300 Clarendon Blvd, Suite 500 Arlington, VA 22201 Phone: 703-584-1501. From Normandy To the Bulge. 83d Infantry Division "Thunderbolt Division" "Ohio Division" The 83 rd Division insignia consists of a monogrammatic design in gold spelling out the word "O-H-I-O" on a black triangular. serving as Platoon Sgt. Casualty figures for the 83rd Infantry Division, European theater of operations: The 83rd Infantry Division received its nickname, the "Thunderbolt" division, after a division-wide contest for a new nickname held in early 1945. For the first time in more than a month, they faced heavy artillery fire. 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Thomas, Jr. (since June 29, 2021), 308th Train Headquarters and Military Police, 329th, 330th, 331st, and 332nd Ambulance Companies and Field Hospitals, Ordered into active military service: 15 August 1942 at Camp Atterbury, Indiana. The December 8, 1944 Headquarters Company, 330th Infantry Regiment morning report listed the men from Communications Platoon who were killed during the previous day's incident, adopted below with Military Occupational Specialty (M.O.S.) June 25, 1944: Omaha Beach The DPAA said that in December 1944, Bernard Sweeney was assigned to Company 1, 330th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division. 1st Platoon: 1st Lieutenant George W. Stahley, killed on July 4, 1944 There are numerous entries for each day's events showing the time of occurrence for each. My dad was killed in action that morning as the GIs slugged their way out of the Hurtgen and advanced to the villages of Strass and Gey. 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. The blue items come from the overlays; the brownish points, if you can see them, are geographic locations reported inthe various reports, while the dark blue / purplish items are labels explaining the geographic location data points. B. Lyon Company, 1912. Frank E Douglas earned the Silver Star for action the 8th August 1944, serial no 0-1296500. That city was taken on 13 April. This overlay obviously has more to do with the 331st IR than the 330th IR. By the end of September, the division had moved into Luxembourg. Soldiers of the 83rd Infantry Division of the U.S. move on the street in the French town of Saint-Malo (Saint Malo). Heroes of the 331st Infantry Regiment, 83rd Division Those that sleep beneath our feet slumber in profound repose. Cleveland, SirJames 139 Sergeant Major Check out this awesome '83rd+Infantry+Division+-+Thunderbolt' design on @TeePublic! Whilst he was a prisoner of war, he was tried by the Reich War Court in Nazi Germany, in his absence, and condemned to death. On 1 March, the 83rd Division advanced toward the Rhine in Operation Grenade, and captured Neuss. July 28, 1944: Feugres He had brown hair and brown eyes, and a ruddy complexion attributable to his Scotch-Irish ancestry. Oliver and view many of the photos by clicking here. I guess the people must be used to voting for F.D.R. All is safe for you to go. German guns in the Siegfried Line east of the Moselle poured salvos into the lines, resulting in 30 casualties, the heaviest losses in over a month. Previous page: 330th Infantry Regiment Map Overlays August 10, 1944: Dinan 908th Field Artillery Battalion (105 Howitzer) Haute-Marne. A GI in the 9th Division described the scene from his foxhole. The 83rd. 196th FA Group, from August 7th to 16th, 1944 of gasoline. G Company He was not a large man, but my mother said the Army "built him up," and he never looked better. The story of how the 83rd survived winter in the Battle of the Bulge, 83rd Infantry Division Association website, 83rd Infantry Division Legacy Chapter Email Group, Mapping the Overlays: 83rd Division maps for Normandy Campaign, Samuel J. Bifano--B Battery, 324th Field Artillery, Sgt. Move out! mortar. C Co, 709th Tk Bn, from August 12th to 16th, 1944, Tank Destroyer units Every enemy unit or town that surrendered or was captured subscribed its quota of rolling stock for the division, usually at gunpoint. -- We consumed 25,006,000 gallons I got a half-dozen packs of cigarettes from Mom the other day and they just got here in time--we didn't get any for a few days, so you can see that we are having the same trouble over here as the people back home. June 13, 1812, it was designated the 9th Regiment of Artillery. The wounded and defenseless GIs were then shot and killed, one by one. L Company, 83rd Artillery Division The earlier nickname, "Ohio," was based on the division's insignia (which includes the name "Ohio," where the division was raised during World War I). against the enemy. By 15 July, the 83rd had regrouped along the Ays River. December 2"These shoes we wear are quite the thing--sometimes I think my feet would be warmer without shoes. 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.". These reports are courtesy of Myra Miller, PhD, of Footsteps Researchers. The 331ST INFANTRY REGIMENT served during WORLD WAR I as part of the U.S. Army 83d Infantry Division. Joe [Ordanez] Ordonez, Texas, Pvt 331 Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division dies 8 Aug 1944, Soldiers of the 331st Regiment, 2nd battalion, are ready to depart Passau for Cherbourg and a boat home, September, 1945. 1/329 : Major George A. Wishart Regiment, 83rd Infantry It shows my fathers company, F, and we are approaching the day he was seriously wounded and shipped the the States. Then, more than 380 medium bombers dropped 650 tons of high-explosive and fragmentation bombs, while 550 fighter-bombers dropped more than 200 tons of high-explosive and napalm. Although he was a young man, my father was ancient by Army standards. 3rd Platoon : lieutenant Virgil M. McClintic, wounded on July 4, 1944 at Mautis Then the heavies came in low, a hundred at a time. The 332nd Infantry Regiment was formed on 30 August 1917 as part of the 83rd Division. The division was formed in November 1914 as the "Division Posen 1", part of the Posen Corps (Korps Posen), and became the 83rd Infantry Division in June 1915. Platoon, 2nd.Batallion, 331 first Regiment of the 83rd Infantry Division, advanced to the rank of Sgt. Melvin V. Park, K Company, 329th Infantry, 83rd Division, Liberation of Langenstein Concentration Camp by 83rd Division, Everett W. Singleton, Sr., G Company, 331st Infantry, 83rd Infantry, 329th Reenactment Group, Reading, PA, Indiana Military Organization (Camp Atterbury) Website, AWON (American World War II Orphans Network). The 83rd United States Army Reserve Readiness Training Center trains soldiers in leader, functional, and DMOSQ programs. 333rd FA Group, from August 15th to 18th, 1944 These eyes have seen the bloody hedgerows in the rain. W. L. Arnold--AT Company, 329th Infantry Regiment, Pvt. J Company Shonak The 83rd Infantry Division ("Thunderbolt"[1]) was a formation of the United States Army in World War I and World War II. It can be seen by clicking here. D Company The unit included men from Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia, Michigan, New York, Illinois, Indiana, New Jersey, Wisconsin, Maryland, North Carolina, Kansas, Connecticut, Kentucky, Washington, D.C., Tennessee, and even included T/Sgt. 2nd Platoon: 2nd Lieutenant Donald L. Richardson, killed on July 4, 1944 It can be seen by clicking here. The west bank of the Rhine from north of Oberkassel to the Erft Canal was cleared and defensive positions established by 2 March and the division renewed its training. The 330th Infantry Across Europe J Company We honor them in loving memory. 1st Platoon 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. Harry C. Gravelyn was Captain of Company D, 331st Infantry, 83rd "Thunderbolt" Infantry Division, United States Army, during World War II. On June 18, 1944, less than two weeks after the Allied D-Day invasion of western Europe, the "Thunderbolt" division landed on Omaha Beach and began advancing into France. Time after time they only gained an advantage for a few hours before being completely cut up themselves, accumulating losses they could not afford. The next day the rest of the 329th entered the line, smashed through almost a mile to capture Coulot, and eased the pressure against the left of the line where the 330th had repelled repeated enemy counterattacks. They are in our hearts and minds--always. Demobilized 18 February 1919 at Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky. The 83rd Division command post was in a school building in the city of Luxembourg. The division was activated in September 1917 at Camp Sherman, Ohio. Cleveland, Commanding Officers Artillery: Brig. After training in Wales, the Division landed at Omaha Beach, 18 June 1944, and entered the hedgerow struggle south of Carentan, 27 June. Mustered out: June 23, 1864. Second row, left to right are: Willard Strauss (B.A.R. assigned Squad Leader, Later I was advanced to the rank of S/Sgt. Because of its turbulent past as a privateer stronghold, the town was protected by stone walls. Even so, his ETO Enlisted Man's Identification Card lists his weight at 139 pounds. I Company Most, if not all of them, August 7, 1944: Chteauneuf For there are only angels here in olive-drab, Fays was finally secured, along with Ferme de Menil, on January 15. They destroyed 480 enemy tanks, 61 enemy planes, 29 enemy supply trains, and 966 enemy artillery pieces. 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. After 17 weeks of training my father received his certificate as an armorer-artificer and was transferred to Ft. George Meade, Maryland on 4 March 1944. Many of them are buried in U. S. Military Cemeteries, and can be found by searching the F Company: Captain Richard E. Randal, wounded on July 4, 1944 Their patrols advance beyond the line searching out the foe. In addition, the "Thunderbolt" division recovered the camp's documents for use by war crimes investigators. Anything will help. UNITED PRESS LjEASED WIRE SERVICE THE EVENING G ESTABLISHED 1S81 XENIA, OHIO, SATURDAY, JU^E 29, PRICE THREE CENTS SUPPLY Y B Co, 86th Chemical Mortar Battalion, from August 13th to 16th, 1944, April 19, 1944: Newcastle-under-Lyme, England They are, from left to right, first row: my dad--Thomas D. Curry; Larry Dalton (field promotion to 2nd Lt., Silver Star); Dominic Colestro (runner until Luxembourg); and "Doc" Berrardi (platoon medic). 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. First overlay for 12 July has more to do with the 331st Infantry Regiment; Imthinkingit was in with the papers for the 330th Infantry Regiment because it also locates the 331st, I Company. American Battle Monuments Commission search engine at http://www.abmc.gov/search/wwii.php. rifle and rocket grenades. The 83rd's position placed them in just the right spot for a front-row view of what was, according to Michael Doubler in his book "Closing With the Enemy," the largest air-ground operation ever attempted by American forces. H Company The 83d Infantry Division arrived in England on 16 April 1944. All I hope is that he puts these Germans in their place, when this is over. Thanks to Kathy Mobley Mathews for allowing us to use this material. The division was disbanded in . The only Germans encountered were patrols. See through the mindless death and grinding pain. 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. Hq. First a nudge, then a sign-- Move out! The people still seemed surprised at the sight of American soldiers in their city. We would like to thank Crown Family Philanthropies and the Abe and Ida Cooper Foundation for supporting the ongoing work to create content and resources for the Holocaust Encyclopedia. Richard E. Chipps. It's funny how good the news sounds, but anyway, I hope it ends soon--the sooner the better. 08 July 1944 83 ID Approaching Sainteny. Every house was an arsenal with ammunition supplies stacked at each window, and every basement was reinforced with double walls of cement and steel. All is safe for you to go. A Lieutenant of a supply company of the 329th Infantry Regiment/83rd Infantry-Division (Thunderbolt Division) with the company's mascot, goat Willie at Schevenhutte near Aachen/Germany. 12 July 1944, 10:00; 330 IR , I Co; 331 IR, A Co, B Co, C Co. There were no welcoming home parades for the Thunderbolt Division, but the GIs of the 83rd would carry its memory home with them. Currently, the 330th Regiment consists of three Battalions that fall under the command of the 4th Brigade, 95th Training Division. On a Red metal shield is a black pile behind a gold Lorraine cross. 12th FA Obsn Battalion (-Btrie A), from August 7th to 16th, 1944 Smith; S/Sgt. Deaths, the division's report continued, reached 500 per month. A Co, 634th Tank Destroyer Battalion (SP), from July 10th to 13th, 1944 C Company D-Day and Battle of Normandy Encyclopedia, Commander: Major General Robert C. Macon It expresses a basic truth that was obvious to every GI on the front lines in Europe, but evades most of us until we realize the brutal conditions that they were forced to endure. 400thFA Battalion, from July 31st, 1944 to August 2nd, 1944 The literal truth of what Clarence Brown wrote was that GIs slept huddled together in foxholes, at times with their arms wrapped around each other to keep from freezing to death, or stood sleeping in groups of three like human tripods when the ground was too frozen to dig into.
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