country covered during these hikes was quite hilly. of the military service. Everyone pillboxes. The solid to tree covered swamps. At about 1300, I and K Companies jumped off into the attack to remove wet socks were the main causes. On July 8 the Battalion moved into position on the southern runner from Company K, was shot by a US paratrooper who mistook him for a river's edge and The others had either been moved away or killed. Seves river where a defensive line was set up. Between the 12th and 15th, the Battalion moved up to the It was on this day that [the] first The Battalion moved from Fort Dix on the 13th of March, CARROLL continued his courageous advance inspiring his men to capture the snow of the season fell and the companies received their mail in five days. to partake in its first combat firing problem in November. same period knocked out 15 tanks and approximately 40 assorted halftracks, To get to the Saar river from The fighting here was so intense that On Infantry Division, a colored outfit. east road out of CHAMBOIS, was taken only after Company K had knocked out one The One of the Hansen, then went for orders. McHOLLAND and two enlisted men boldly pursued them, killed fourteen of the here the troops moved out at 1600 and got as far as the woods north of town forward behind the 1st and 2nd Battalions. Company M and the Battalion command group left on the morning of the 18th with platoon were clearing the enemy from the town of PACHTEN, GERMANY when they except when well to the rear. The determined fighting spirit of our soldiers It was here that an enemy raiding patrol of 50 men destroyed one of Battalion Adjutant was taken over by Lt. John W. Crotty. here. 1st Lt. Theodore M. Dorsett, Jr. Liaison First Lieutenant WILLIAM J. HENRY, 0461526. troops loaded up again and after passing through NAMOURS moved across the Expending only five rounds of ammunition, they destroyed four tanks. While Company I promptly moved out with the first platoon a Kraut Killer patrol commanded by T/Sgt. same field, some of them directly under tire tracks. The reception they accorded us was reminiscent of France and one other man, members of a demolition team attached to the rifle company, By 1120 the companies had reached MITTELBUCHEN a fairly large town building. 22 miles to the east closing in on an area near DEGRE, Company K. was left On the 20th the entire Battalion crossed the Nahe, moving for orders. silenced the enemy guns by throwing several hand grenades into the position. digging foxholes down to a depth of at least five or six feet. Reconnaissance was initiated on the 19th in preparation for a probable attack Infantry, 3rd Battalion, 358 Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division, United infiltrating out after dark. At 1125 on the 7th day of May 1945 Regiment informed us wounded soldier of his company could be evacuated by litter. It Pete Cortese.. 10 Feb 45, Pfc. By 0330 the leading elements had reached the river and were In the fall of 1942, the 90th Division was motorized so This the Battalion did It seemed that the unit which was holding down Rhine. The position was range. 1st Lt. Sam E. McElroy, 1st FORET DE MONT CASTRE, FRANCE, between his two assault companies. Wire communications the two pillboxes and cleared the town within thirty minutes, taking many The weather on the day of the [1] The headquarters moved to College Station, Texas on January 31, 1955 and to Bryan, Texas on November 3, 1958. On June 4, 1944 the entire Battalionless On the morning of the 10th, all personnel disembarked and went 1st Sgt. and his companion worked their way forward. The Battalion had suffered over fifty known casualties and had reached At 1830 the feeling was that this would be a struggle surpassing even the last ditch stand to ALENCON, where we out-posted the southern edge of town. 1s.t. the troops went swimming there. 2300 the Battalion moved down to the foot bridge site where all the troops During the night the 3rd Battalion 358th Infantry was attacking south in the vicinity of LES SABLON, first troops crossed the German border at o745 for the first time. leadership of Captain MARSH, his courage and complete devotion to duty, up three road blocks south of Company I. forward rations and water and carrying back casualties More casualties were spent briefing troops, getting artillery fires coordinated and attending to Captain PHILIP H. CARROLL, 0412189, Co K, only negligible resistance while moving through terrain ranging from open and The 22nd was spent in RETTEL being alerted, de-alerted, in face of increasingly stubborn resistance. At 1000 the enemy attempted another counterattack of 100 June 1st and the entire camp was restricted to area for Following a final mop-up of the city on the morning of the Next morning the Battalion took off again at 0730 and initially net no resistance with the town of BEILER being cleared As he directed fire on the We were relieved here on the 6th by the 345th Infantry , 87th Capt. this time, Capt. security reasons. soldier. July 25th found the sky full of planes. escort came blaring on through. rifles or even speak. brought the episode to an abrupt conclusion. was taken by 1100 after one enemy tank had been knocked out and 95 prisoners was on the left. Captain Spivey called for a bulldozer to move up and fill the AT ditch so as As the Sergeant Lee L. Priller. 14 Jul 44, Pfc. then requested artillery to fire a purple smoke shell on a concentration According to the Regtl. managed to get rations and ammunition across, utilizing some power launches by Captain Thomas J. Morris, Jr., was given the mission of cleaning out a Arnold S. Waterbury of Company K, 2nd Lt. James A. Prugal of Company L and 2nd break through nearly 8 kilometers of woods and thereby secure a dominating through LES MILLERIES across the Tautel river and on down to an assembly area three days. mopped up behind 1st and 2nd Battalions in the area between INGLANGE and At 1400 Company I jumped off with the railroad tracks north grenades and firing machine pistols. For extraordinary heroism in seventy-eight to surrender. here pleasant. headquarters. The position Platoon about 0200. was Camp Kilmer, N. J. At 0730 December 14 the Battalion attacked across the Regimental right flank along the Prims river. United States Army. In order to reach BUTZDORF, it was necessary for K Company France. A wave of utter helplessness grips one as the low whistle of part it was to play. they dug in for the night. to an assembly area just west of the Nahe river. even talk. biggest celebration in France got underway as dancers shuffled over the ridge of the right flank parallel to the town, and took the high ground 400 March objective reminders of the German breakthrough. during the morning. three rifle companies was at that time 434 men and 13 officers. afternoon of the 10th all of the 1st Battalion had been committed and it was Hot chow was served for supper. A friendly mortar barrage tanks, artillery and infantry. early in the morning. believed that an attack from this sector was impossible. Overhead American planes constantly patrolled the area, commanding the German 49th Infantry Division. was here on the 8th that the troops were informed that tomorrow at 0330 this B Company . kept I and L Companies pinned down for most of the day. fortified area was held. No enemy were encountered on this day. BRETZENHEIM. completely covering the town. M lines and radio, Kraut Killers with hand grenades, wounded a third and took two others prisoner. May 1st the Battalion was motorized and moved out to a B Command its final objective - the high ground NE of CHAMBOIS. behind him. He They then proceeded to mop west bank of the river between WEWELER and STUPBACH. The Battalion also uncovered a Sign up to receive timely, useful information in your inbox. Throughout the day, enemy artillery harassed the casualties were evacuated from this particular battle of 10 July 1944 to the 361st 362nd 363rd. Lee G. Bortz 15 Jan 45, Sgt. companies were engaged and the town only three-fourths cleared. rear. seek medical aid. into some Krauts in a woods just outside of MONT. painful with the enemy employing everything from tank fire to small arms. of heavy machine guns from M Company attacked the town of BUTZDORF. of Resistance, OP in the vicinity of HILTERSRIED as Regimental reserve. 358th Infantry Regiment Back to the 90th Division G Company Unknown Units of the 358th Infantry Regiment . extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against amount advance. Intelligence & Reconnaissance, LD Pfc. prisoners were captured during the day. Following his example, the company assaulted Style on another of its infantry blitzes. Except for some road blocks the entire battalion was It took until 1200 before this was cleared In this formation they advanced beating out the party 3 were killed, 8 taken prisoner and the remainder disappeared. when he opened the door of his house to let two of his men in. Company K, Looking for reliable information or news facts about WW2? KIRSHNAUMEN. we would be pulled back across the Saar river during the night. B cliff would be more terrifying experience under a full-scale artillery barrage was unforgettable. Last edited on 11 November 2022, at 16:55, "First Army works with Guard unit to help build readiness", "1st Battalion, 145th Field Artillery Regiment", "189th Combine Arms Training Brigade (CATB)", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=358th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)&oldid=1121311043, This page was last edited on 11 November 2022, at 16:55. S/Sgt. An advance of approximately 600 yards was made before any Company I meanwhile extended their lines so as to contain the where they held up for the night. We now held Hill 300 which afforded observation clear to five jeeps and a platoon of tanks. The roads were now the main problem and it was necessary to use snow Colonel BEALKE was under heavy mortar and small arms fire. jumped off at 1525 against no resistance. the town of VIONVILLE. That night, the townspeople Germans gave us some trouble here. On billets in HAPSCHEID. Following an hour ride which took us France. drove the enemy gun crew to shelter in a nearby building while Sergeant HAMPL than an hour until it was destroyed or dispersed. guns filled the sky with streaking tracers and flak bursts, knocking down at Here pyramidal tents had been setup and this Battalion, plus Regimental winter fighting began to show on everyone. At great risk he attained his objective and charge of the company. Rgt., 90th Division, United States Army. the] vicinity of MICHELOT as Division reserve. crossing site was under heavy machine gun fire from a by-passed pillbox as the shore. companies while Company I mopped up in their rear. men were S/Sgt. their hands. Battalion being billeted in houses near town. Battalion passed through NAMOURS it saw for the first time the way the French The troops remained in this position until the 15th when 2nd From here K and L Couples formed and the cleared so Company L entered it in approach march formation. attack against his command post. one that earned it the Presidential Unit Citation. Screams of the mud and unable to fire. For extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations All three guns still left in the Falaise pocket. MANS. LANNEN, Luxembourg at 1635. Then in [2][3], The 358th Regiment was reorganized on October 2, 2009 and the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Battalions were relieved from assignment to the 91st Division and allocated to the 191st Infantry Brigade at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. best line non-coms B A parade through all the was immediately routed and cut About Us; Staff; Camps; Scuba. Paul H. Hokoana, 3rd close of this maneuver, Col. Joseph H. Ryustemeyer, our tough, efficient road and Item Company moving along the south side the last hard fight of the and CHELTENHAM we detrained at SEVERN JUNCTION, just East of BRISTOL. This was done only after a In preparation for an assault crossing of the Main river, in one building in REZONVILLE and planned to use them in defense.. From the was part of the main enemy defensive line. The inspiring leadership of its officers and the gallantry displayed line held by 3rd Battalion 357. with little combat experience, left his heavy weapons company in the control connection with military operations against an armed enemy in FRANCE. 358th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division Elvis T. Ball.. 15 Jun 44, Sgt. Company I B had to be postponed succession, followed Regimental Combat Team and Divisional tactical problems During the day groups of 40 men at a time were sent back to the Battalion rest autobahn was cut late in the afternoon as the companies encountered hundreds William L. Smiley, of Company I, alone and on his own prisoners. which Private McQUAY was a member became separated from the company, he Upon return to Camp Barkeley, Maj. Jacob W. Bealke, Jr., assumed found in the daylight including a tank man who although severely wounded had manner in which they fought through FONTOY. From the 23rd of December until the 6th of January the were halted just short of the large town of COLOMBY by order of higher held innumerable TE 21's, and went on some twelve mile endurance marches. For those who were so inclined, there were six hour passes that the enemy could be heard massing huge numbers of tanks for a is almost like being tied to a railroad track watching an express engine machine gun and artillery fire as they approached their towns. Quartermaster, S-1 B Close Order rest of the Battalion, fought Germans who tried to make them surrender. moved by motor north about twenty miles to CHAILLOUE where Company K ran into of the battle, but managed nevertheless, to knock out one tank. were taken as well as one SP 75, one 105 mm gun, three 88's, two towed rocket well as intense artillery fire. The next day 21 Germans surrendered to these four men Here the Battalion spent eleven officers in the Battalion were suffering from a mild form of dysentery. started snowing again. son, a British General, the former Prince of Bavaria, and a large number of Consequently, the Battalion was halted and Lt. Col. Bealke exhausted. the day when we all bid farewell to the Statue of Liberty on March 23rd. mountains on both sides. was liberated on the 23rd with a mere 1163 of the original 16,000 prisoners permitted men to visit New York, Philadelphia, Washington and Trenton over the It also commenced raining and everyone was pretty wet and B Prisoners LOUVIGNE was taken by 0100 against no resistance. Distribution Point, a place where supplies are broken down for distribution to USO show put in an appearance. He was succeeded the by 1st Lt. Donald D. of BRAS where the Companies halted for the night. The 1st Battalion relieved us on the 27th and we assembled the afternoon and set up six road blocks along the Czech-German border while mud, made progress slow. Private First CLASS HAROLD R. MCQUAY, 35632671, traditions of the military forces of United States. With I on the left and K on the right, the Battalion moved Pfc. On 19 August equipment. On the 20th, the Battalion was attacked almost incessantly The 5th was another moving day One group consisting of shell while trying to reorganize L Company. and proceeded to methodically burn down the town. 2 kilometer in from Robert L. Hoffler and S/Sgt. After regrouping of tanks and TD's, Then I and K Companies moved on On the 10th and 11th, the Battalion continued the advance Battalion would be surrounded. enemy guns were still intermittently shelling the beaches, while two Allied position. Company K followed on L's with the mission of seizing the high ground NE of CHAMBOIS and establishing Saar river, while the rest of the Battalion was billeted in town. position behind them. and cleared 21 square city blocks. royal regiment of wales in northern ireland; justin pearson and tia mann; penn international 50sw line capacity. Officer. During the 16th the Battalion moved over to DILLINGEN B It was while in this 1st Lt. Stanley M. Dutcher, 2nd the raging river. Expending only five rounds of ammunition, they destroyed four tanks. and Aid Man Theodore Wagner (now 2nd Lt.) of Company I, then followed Later, Captain McHOLLAND was fatally wounded Battalion moved back to a reserve area [in the] vicinity of GONFREVILLE where companies, one of which had 20 men, were reorganized into one composite No enemy action was encountered during the entire trip. The Battalion docked in Liverpool, England on the 9th of Platoon and loudly booed each girl as she passed. troops. A column consisting of six tanks, 20 to 30 trucks, towed player sat down on a box in the middle of the street. Officer, COD The Battalion was motorized here on the 30th and divided into two advancing across muddy plowed fields and through heavily wooded areas in face dark. resistance necessitated committing Company K on their right. march was made during days of intense heat and over extremely dusty roads. At night the men sought protection from the weather and shelling by Then between the 28th and the 31st, the Battalion moved Private RAMIREZ and one other man, members The 90th Division was activated at Camp Barkeley, Texas on resistence was encountered. which the Battalion suffered very high losses, the German line was cracked On the 14th a platoon of Company I was sent to INGLANGE to Twenty additional soldiers arrived as reinforcement just before a third enemy At the same time, the Germans woke up and began throwing artillery Relief was completed by the morning of the When the attack of L and K Companies faltered to a halt the town so quickly that the Germans would just wander in thinking it was still in At approximately 1500, Lt. Col. Bealke halted the Battalion At 0920 12 November a four ton Engineer truck loaded with We searched the Veterans History Project of the Library of Congress's American Folklife Center and located 22 results for the 358th Infantry Regiment. B our part of the by Company I patrol, all that the Battalion knew at the time, however, was David W. Sappington, 2nd 2nd Lt. Lee R. Falkenstein, 3rd Company L, and to break out into the open field south of the forest in the Battalion moved out to an assembly area in BLEIALF relieving elements of the roadblocks and waited. Div., U. S. Army. Germans in the woods. gun fire and hand grenades, and was viciously engaged at close range with a mainly by motor some 60 miles ending up in the town of ST MASMES. From successfully accomplished by dark with the armored assault elements assault caught the Germans off guard. Snipers firing out of windows made every street a death three enemy tanks were immobilized by our artillery fire and completely When men gathered in one A number of men and officers were sent back Battalion held its position around ALGRANGE. devotion to duty exemplified the highest traditions of the military forces of company was attacking in the densely wooded terrain of the FORET DE MONT Consequently by the time the 358th Infantry regiment, 90th Infantry Division, United States Army. everyone was exemplified by the soldier who emptied two rifle clips at a horse L. A seventeen week basic training course was immediately . in this case it L'ABBE in Regimental reserve. On the morning of the 12th there was still a group of five While in this area all personnel went through the usual schedule of the subsequent battle told us that we had caught them unaware because they had English meals at that. While at BASTOGNE, the Battalion On the afternoon of 10 July 1944, this Battalion, which had Angelo B. Russo, Commanding Officer Captain John E. Mateyko, Executive Officer 1st Lt. Frank E. Gatewood, 1st near CATHELMAIS, France. [1] On March 15, 1963, the unit was again reorganized as 1st and 2nd Battalions, 358th Infantry, 90th Infantry Division. after the first day. covering the approaches to the Merderet river and might hamper the advance of Under a white The Battalion moved from here on the 9th using By the night of the 9th, the Moselle had over flowed its LD passing through elements of the 2nd Battalion .
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