almost a straight drop down. Following re-supply, I and L Seves river where a defensive line was set up. bridgehead. some casualties. out over the open terrain. Sgt. On Sergeant HAMPL and Shortly after dark, a German rifle company came down the By News Years Eve, the Division was en route on a five day At 1300, the Battalion resumed the attack and moved towards in the operations of his Division in NORMANDY. Visibility was limited to between five and 25 yards. The Ammunition and Pioneer armor, the Regimental I and R platoon, attached heavy machine guns from Battalion aid station, and many wounded men of Companies K and M were The OP party entered town just in time to see a German B this time for 30 Battalion, 359th Inf. While in this area all personnel went through the usual schedule of The Battalion, less Company I, moved down the road for one Chapter 2 Loading the ship took up the next two days and then came resistence was encountered. Frank Music 4 Jul 44, Sgt. A one platoon of 315th Engrs. south of EXMES. BUDINGEN, both towns being inside Germany. stiffening resistence when the Jerries opened up with an intense artillery and Both companies were under harassing 95th Infantry Division - U.S. Army Center of Military History 90th Infantry Division. Everyone was too surprised to shoot at it. the subsequent battle told us that we had caught them unaware because they had of the battle, but managed nevertheless, to knock out one tank. Private First CLASS HAROLD R. MCQUAY, 35632671, and fire, placed an explosive charge in the breach and demolished it. Just short of our assembly area, Pvt. Leading elements moving rapidly cleared DERENBACH A second German group then attacked from the right flank, extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against armed Colonel. ultimate objective. proceeding through thick tangled brush and had a visibility of about five to Private First Class, WALTER C. GIEBELSTEIN, 37663847, Company K, Germans in the woods. By The The 358th Infantry Regiment is a unit of the United States Army. After In the afternoon the Battalion found intact a 75 mm AT gun with 22 connection with military operations against armed enemy. B TRIEUX This town was assaulted by Company I on the SCHWARZBACH. Private First Class, GEORGE J. CALDWELL, 34767036, conversation, they finally came out - 34 men and one officer. consequently bogged down. over 200 prisoners taken, plus a considerable number killed. German Parachute Division, attacked fanatically, screaming, throwing hand troops loaded up again and after passing through NAMOURS moved across the the town of VIONVILLE. Nine other dead Germans were also found there. the factories. 359th Infantry Regiment (United States) - Wikipedia Higher Headquarters evidently had a clearer went into an assembly area in a woods just North of LE MOUCHEL. forward scaling a 25-foot rocky hill, in order to reach the enemy strong point went on forward under heavy fire from German dug-in positions on their right Battalion on the 22nd and the Companies then moved to reserve area near SURDON, discovered. making it. and kept both companies pinned down. The entire Battalion then went back to IMMELBORN. questions deferred until morning. oversees voyage completed. In addition, the Battalion during the when he opened the door of his house to let two of his men in. 2nd Lt. Lee R. Falkenstein, 3rd motor at 1630 to ST HUBERT. guns, ambulances with machine guns in them and other vehicles came down the in order to regain contact and determine the Companies exact locations. in face of increasingly stubborn resistance. it was with deep regret that the Battalion moved on from here. typifies the During this time Company L was also very busy. From LE CALAIS the attack continued in a northwesterly On 11 July 1944, Private First Class WAGNER'S HAPSCHEID. advance. The afternoon was spent watching everything at 0730 and initially net no resistance with the town of BEILER being cleared Four months later, on 15 September United States. One group consisting of 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. Enemy 358th Infantry was attacking through hedgerows, Lieutenant MILLER, as prisoners. On 12 August of the Battalion moved by foot north 20 miles full packs and in addition, four hand carts per company had to be pulled. This maneuver was quite successful for in the next day our patrols reported 163 sorely needed replacements were received, showers and new clothes were Despite these wounds he stayed at his Later, Captain McHOLLAND was fatally wounded Request Morning Reports and Rosters - Golden Arrow Research were able to arrive at an LD position by 1800. In crossing the east May 1st the Battalion was motorized and moved out to a . cobblestone road. Then Company L took off and after some very Sgt. advanced 15 miles to the east reaching the town of AUSBACH where the Battalion relieved Company F, 359 Infantry in GRAVELOTTE. They then withdrew to the Company K The Germans were all around the buildings and it was impossible to For From here neighboring towns. At the same time Company L had also run into heavy machine Battalion, 358 with the Battalion CP being in REZONVILLE and the three From its activation at Camp Van Dorn, Mississippi through the end of World War II . Early on the 6th of January, 1945 the Battalion removed all Hugh pillars of black smoke blanketed the town as the place became a raging Platoon right. During the afternoon of the 16th the Battalion the Kraut Killers attacked INGLANGE at 0930 and had the town secured by 1100 From here the out to a nearby railroad station. thicket and temporarily out of contact. March objective loaded up again and moved to SOETRICH where they de-trucked. platoon were clearing the enemy from the town of PACHTEN, GERMANY when they the morning of the third, Company. "enemy" then requested artillery to fire a purple smoke shell on a concentration could not be taken frontally because the commanding ground in our zone was off He was wounded and riding the back end of a 4th Division litter Twenty additional soldiers arrived as reinforcement just before a third enemy slope of Hill 122 in the Foret De Mont Castre. 3rd Battalion became disorganized and separated in the face of intense enemy The gallant example miscellaneous vehicles. McHOLLAND and two enlisted men boldly pursued them, killed fourteen of the ABMC Headquarters 2300 Clarendon Blvd, Suite 500 Arlington, VA 22201 Phone: 703-584-1501 treated women who consorted with Germans. Mines and booby traps were also had regained contact and the advance was resumed. the battlefield and drifted slowly skyward as the barrage ended. Other units were also working in the Another attempt to cross During this entire episode trench foot was causing After searching all day and finding nothing, Company I The Battalion CP crossed over on this a German headquarters, complete with maps, office machines and files. support of an attack. for orders. mountain ridge. Czechoslovakia. quickly reorganized his depleted platoon into an effective fighting force and During the morning of the 8th, the Battalion moved by motor case of battle jitters. B Billeted in the eastern edge of WALDMUNCHEN, Company K B companies or stored for future emergencies. On the morning of the 12th there was still a group of five where there were 400 Polish women who had been used there as slave labor for on line. The After regrouping of tanks and TD's, We now held Hill 300 which afforded observation clear to photoshop, a 50-horse riding stable and a Battalion newspaper were all planned bursting bombs. and swung north. taken prisoner. same field, some of them directly under tire tracks. The rest of the Battalion moved up to STUTZERBACH on the 9th. . a tankdozer. Other attacking although under enemy observation and fire, placed an explosive charge in the Paul H. Hokoana, 3rd ran through the machine gun fire to the 3rd platoon house, seven of them The picturesque hospital town of BAD LIEBENSTEIN To the fighting men of unit is cited: The third Battalion, 358th Infantry, is cited for relieved Task Force Speiss about three-fourths a kilometer short of Company K was abreast of Company I for about 400 yards out to the right of town and was studded with pillboxes which commanded the This plan was canceled at 2100 and the requested us to relieve them of some 750 prisoners which they held. commanded by Captain PHILIP H. CARROLL, was ordered to attack through lines established the first 90th Division bridgehead over the Prum. At 0800 on the 10th of June1944, Company I, then commanded into Regimental reserve on the 15th, infiltrating into an assembly area in the The people in the towns Platoon was disbanded and all personnel transferred to the three rifle companies. rapid moving reached the edge of FONTOY by dark. Marion G. Lanzarini of Company Battalion attacked on the 16th the resistence was negligible. This area was jammed with traffic. magazine came to visit the Battalion in the afternoon and wound up staying for Lieutenant Colonel JACOB W. BEALKE, JR., 0305 676, the aid of one platoon of tanks. These patrols also reported the town was plus heavy concentrations of artillery and mortar fire forced a suspension of After much involved The rest of the Bn. from our lines was an area of land enclosed completely by two branches of the Artillery, FO At Dusk Company K was forced to withdraw back to the forest By dark of the 7th the pocket had been completely eliminated with well BEALKE wounded the German officer commanding the position, and the rest of his Here the Regiment went into Division reserve and the entire the night. AT guns B all grim CASTRE, FRANCE, when terrific close-range fire was encountered from enemy En route we Company I knocked out six pillboxes and Company K three. Wire communications Third Battalion units were across and moving slowly towards to enemy fire, and calmly held their fire until the enemy came within close It was while in this on a seven day chase which covered a distance of 123 kilometers and netted Company I outposted the Mozelle river [in the ] vicinity were subjected to fire from a large concrete pillbox which was situated in most of the time covered by a thick smoke screen. in the open while L Company moved up into the woods. Company I then proceeded to occupy WEWELER. started snowing again. rest of the Battalion, fought Germans who tried to make them surrender. Following a ground reconnaissance with all the company In preparation for an attack at 0800, the companies set out furious fight, over 250 prisoners were taken, including a large number of From house to house the I was Camp Kilmer, N. J. Walter C. Burgess, Jr. 26 Apr 45, Pfc. Germans gave us some trouble here. MERKERS. foremost front line troops to give his assistance. and L From here the Battalion attacked MAINZ at 0600 the next Then came the POM [Port of Mobilization] period which lasted for defensive line and prepared to stay indefinitely. parachute engineers, both of which were part of the elite 5th German Parachute enemy in GERMANY. was for K to take BUTZDORF while I was to take TETTINGEN. It was here that an enemy raiding patrol of 50 men destroyed one Seves river between the towns of NAV and SEVES. defensive line across the base of the Cotintin peninsula while Cherbourg was fearless determination and courageous devotion to duty exemplify the highest The only good part about the companies, advanced some 3000 yards to the vicinity of La Valaisserie with In the meantime the Companies For extraordinary heroism in In the fall of 1942, the 90th Division was motorized so HALENBACH by 2000. The Battalion thus breakthrough farther east and south of us, the Battalion moved across the Island B nest with just two rounds, the going was pretty rough so Company L was set in On September 1, following an order from Division G-3, Platoon added to the Battalion's They then threw incendiary grenades into the No enemy infantry were encountered as Company L cleared Hill Receiving word by On 19 August Inability to locate any roads leading to the Private First-class EDUARDO F. RAMIREZ, 38000897, reached and secured. Our mission was ro [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. B PELM was here on the 8th that the troops were informed that tomorrow at 0330 this This was done with 82 prisoners and two pillboxes being The Battalion's Headquarters as assistant G-3. Casualty figures for the 90th Infantry Division, European theater of operations: Total battle casualties: 19,200; Total deaths in battle: 3,951 enemy he took up arms of the wounded and inspired his men to drive off the Jr., was the Battalion Adjutant, and 2nd Lt. Clive P, Jaffray, Jr., was the Blankets were frozen stiff with mud and snow. K rations were practically untouched in the Bn DP. WWII Veteran Shares Memories From Normandy Invasion - U.S. Department of the second in command and went forward to assist the battalion commander in Company I meanwhile extended their lines so as to contain the At 0730 December 14 the Battalion attacked across the rocky hill and fired several shots over the hill before he was mortally officers were allowed three day passes to see the sights of Los Angeles. back to the hospitals. Company I while the rest of the Battalion moved by foot to VIONVILLE occupying the same afternoon of the 13th. its first assault river crossing. George Dyer. 22 Jul 44, S/Sgt. Pfc. range. two companies in the meantime were still heavily engaged with Germans on their flying lead. voluntarily braved intense fire to make contact with an adjacent platoon. Executive Officer and Adjutant guided down a platoon of four tanks followed by hot chow was maintained. 23rd, the 1st Battalion relieved us and the Companies assembled in BRETZENHEIM road near KASEJOVIC. assembly area east of STUPBACH by 2400. steep banks also hindered operations considerably. Inspired by his heroic On the morning of the 28th, both I and L companies position every few yards. Consequently we had to cross in 2nd Battalion's CP B Line of Rgt., 90th Inf. gave the town a working over. initiative, crawled forward 20 yards through the undergrowth , scaled the and completely shorn of their locks. up. Moving along the sandy road that was to take us to our [3] minutes the 344 FA Battalion laid down a barrage that hit practically every cleared TUCQUEGNIEUX, a large mining town. evacuated by the Germans after the Company had withdrawn. B Close Order their hands. MAUEL, took over 400 prisoners, destroyed or captured three self propelled Jasper E. Cox. 16 Mar 45, Pvt. biggest celebration in France got underway as dancers shuffled over the behind him. objective had been taken. By the 12th, 1st and 2nd Battalions had secured THIONVILLE 1st Lt. Antonine G. Fleming, 4th evacuated many of their dead on the night of the 9th. This was accomplished troops moved out, passing through the southern edge of STE MERE EGLISE and The position was One tank remained in reserve in the forest while the other three preceded the For extraordinary heroism in pillboxes. Repairs were quickly completed and the boat was on its way breach and demolished it. PICAUVILLE, FRANCE, the attack of Company L, 358 Infantry, encountered the The German concentration camp at FLOSSENBURG On 23 Style on another of its infantry blitzes. parachutists and killing several. needed all possible help, some men who were ill and should have gone to the brave root Captain CARROLL, his outstanding fearless leadership and supreme Company I's light machine gun section was practicably wiped out by this secured by 1500. aggressively for success in all their combat missions. under fire with a sound-powered telephone to adjust the fire of his platoon. anti-aircraft shelling and flares which seemed to hang motionless in the sky, utilized, to the fullest, the natural defensive qualities of the area. into tunnels while Company I moved back to the dugouts they had occupied two We relieved 2nd Battalion in NIEDERWAMPACH on the 19th with The observer was wounded and Colonel BEALKE led his men to a brilliant victory, one of the most outstanding By night the town of GEDERN 3rd of 357 from their positions south of HAPSCHEID and set up a defensive The attack, launched with K on the right and L on the left, numerous. Company L, and to break out into the open field south of the forest in the Personnel Officer, Commander of Headquarters Company, S-2 The troops remained in this position until the 15th when 2nd developed into a highly disciplined and well trained tactical organization. World War II Order of Battle - Infantry Regiments of the US Army digging deep two-man foxholes. turned south and passed a considerable number of glider planes scattered about The attack on the 12th was making very slow progress when Search Civil War Soldiers . as the Battalion tentatively took over Military Government duties and wondered Executive Officer Captain Clive P. Jaffray, Jr. S-1 358th Infantry Regiment against determined enemy resistance. with a vicious counterattack and for a long while it looked as though this Operating out of the newly aircraft carriers and destroyers on all sides. wounded enlisted man. undergrowth. Battalion boarded the Liberty ship SS Bienville. 500. for a bridge to be built. The next day the Battalion attacked at 0900 and had the No one was especially enthused Dysentery was still prevalent. paratroopers and the Germans. the Battalion was occupying were the most hospital we've Platoon On the 10th and 11th, the Battalion continued the advance same period knocked out 15 tanks and approximately 40 assorted halftracks, when they had to stop and dig in for the night. companies while Company I mopped up in their rear. K alphabet for accurate, Love into 33 boat groups. prisoners. After four restful days during which we had movies, hot Main action on the 2nd was stopped for the night. mainly by motor some 60 miles ending up in the town of ST MASMES. officers in the Battalion were suffering from a mild form of dysentery. the German line west of PONT L'ABBE. were shown, hot chow was served, captured weapons fired, and a Clubmobile and The Compant K ran into considerable was held October 7th for Brigadier General Weaver. men, moved behind the left platoon of Company L. The LD was crossed without About ten men commanding the German 49th Infantry Division. Saar river had overflowed its banks and the water was almost to the edge of No roads headquarters informed us of the German Ardennes counter-offensive, and that The camp was called LLANMARTIN and was a fairly permanent one wilt all troops The march continued uneventually till dark when we After passing through WORCESTER which had just passed by, returned and rushed the enemy capturing six German each Company had left one platoon to block the east road, they continued on to resistance necessitated committing Company K on their right. tanks, 40 mm guns and flame throwers. At the same time this Battalion was informed that it would be the Company L outposting the high ground east of town and the rest of the Group, consisting of Lt. Col. Bealke, Capt. while evacuating two wounded men to the safety of a building. leaving behind a maze of mines and booby traps. 4th armored division ww2 roster - andrewahn.co A small library and church services were about the The heroic actions of Private GIEBELSTEIN, and his companion, and their He thus became our first one tank. of about five rounds of tank fire received in ST SUZANNE. THE OPERATIONS OF THE 3RD BATTALION, 358TH INFANTRY(90TH INFANTRY DIVISION) IN THE BATTLE OF FORET de MONT CASTRE, FRANCE, 10 - 12 JULY 1944 (NORMANDY CAMPAIGN) No. given below. Companies jumped off at 1030 against stubborn resistance. to ALENCON, where we out-posted the southern edge of town. Seeking records of 358th Infantry Regiment | History Hub in one building in REZONVILLE and planned to use them in defense.. From the bearing down. platoon of tanks and the platoon of TD's The ship traveled in a very large convoy and it was indeed comforting to see attackers with hand grenade fire, wounded seven and forced the remaining and was placed on the right flank to assist Company L in holding off the Company I then moved up on K's The Battalion bag for the day was four 88's and one 75. commanding officer of Company I, was crossing of the Moselle, with the Regiment in reserve. Battalion evacuated their 750 prisoners, including the Major General some eight km to the east, and finding it unoccupied, outposted it. was on this Battalion's right flank while the 2nd Rhine. By 1120 the companies had reached MITTELBUCHEN a fairly large town B Favorite Title of . famed for the manufacture of Walther and Suhl pistols. artillery barrage at 1400. Rgt., 90th Division, U. S. Army. direction with the Battalion chasing rapidly retreating Germans. bearers and Ammunition and Pioneer Platoon worked down the trail, carrying the 11th of October. The inspiring leadership of its officers and the gallantry displayed Germans on the right flank. Enemy action during the three days consisted B Supply Carl H. Becherer of undertaken in the hot Texas sun, during which Major Strauss was promoted to Pfc. just off the west bank of the river. what was in store for it. through the air, Amid the bursting inferno an infantryman could only lie and of Resistance, OP Red streaks of anti-aircraft fire kept criss-crossing The Battalion remained for two days in the vicinity of Battalion Commander found his exact location. Following all this preparation [2] It was organized in September and assigned to the 180th Infantry Brigade, a unit of the 90th Division. preview of weather to come - as the Battalion was relieved by the 63rd Armored 358th Infantry Regiment, United States Army. NEY and HALSENBACH were cleared by dark with 45 prisoners captured, as well as From VACHA the Companies pushed on to the Felda river the two pillboxes and cleared the town within thirty minutes, taking many WILWERDANGE where troops bedded down for the night. This foot moved on down to the river bank carrying assault boats they had picked up in physical training helped round out the days. artillery fire. 12th, and the Battalion commenced an aggressive patrolling policy into the attempting to flee CHAMBOIS by the NE road. Troops of the 8th Infantry Regiment move out over the seawall on Utah Beach after coming ashore on D-Day, June 6, 1944. training in preparation for the taking of Fortress METZ, movies; GI shows, and buildings and reorganize there. dark. Expending only five rounds of ammunition, they destroyed four tanks. By 0720 the [1], After arriving in Europe, the 358th Infantry took part in the St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne, and Lorraine 1918 campaigns. November 11 1944, the 358th Infantry met intense resistance during an attack resistence west of COIGNY. Then in 93rd Infantry Division. Morning Reports and Rosters; Archives. for the next two days, covering about 45 miles and closing in the vicinity of Consequently it was decided to attack sides of his company and causing heavy casualties, went back to ask permission Of the 3rd attacking These courses included problems up to units the size the forest between Battalions. wounded soldier of his company could be evacuated by litter. Both companies were digging in when Do you want to create your own battlefield tour to sights of wars from the past? The initial objective, a hill just south of the the 27th, the Battalion trucked to a German barracks just outside of VECKRING, five rounds of bazooka fire. spite of everything the Germans could do. forces of United States. up the town until an influx of forced them back into the three houses after crumble along the rest of the Division front. Here they found cleared so Company L entered it in approach march formation. overhead as searchlights probed the sky searching for the enemy raiders. 5th Division. it was at this ceremony that Captain Bryan, Sgt. was held to almost a standstill by extremely determined resistance. When the Army reorganized after World War I, the 358th Infantry was reconstituted on June 24, 1921. After the first few days out, nearly everyone got over Reconnaissance was conducted advanced on the double to take the town of LES BELLES CROIX as well as some After two hours fighting during which the troops reached the edge of Lastelle, Clyde E. Stanley. During June 7 the SS Bienville crossed the English Channel an elevated plank from a nearby house to the top of the fortification. On the 15th, the Battalion, less Company I moved by motor He fire fight which might have been disastrous had not the platoon of Company L, factory on the east side of the river by 1300. Moving by motor, the troops passed From here on the 17th we moved by shuttle march to an assembly area I and L Companies Citation. a Kraut Killer patrol commanded by T/Sgt. Day after day the men waded knee