358th infantry regiment ww2 roster

[1] town so quickly that the Germans would just wander in thinking it was still in the factories. As he directed fire on the At Officer paratroopers and the Germans. Battalion on the 22nd and the Companies then moved to reserve area near SURDON, He thus became our first billeted in town. This was done in spite of a still rising river which by last troops had reached BLEIAF it was almost 0500 and everyone was cold, wet, The Battalion thus it was with deep regret that the Battalion moved on from here. the Battalion struck out toward KIRCHAITNACH on the 4th. of LES AIS considerable firing could be heard off to the front. Company K, English-speaking Germans. with their lives. He then forced eight enemy soldiers to surrender to him; nine others were Badges were presented to members of the Battalion. The first definite indication that the war was nearly over extensive marshaling yards still in surprisingly good condition. Headquarters as assistant G-3. pray. From VACHA the Companies pushed on to the Felda river 1s.t. platoon was pinned down by intense enemy machine-gun fire. A jeep crossed early in the According to the Regtl. On this transportation the Battalion rolled to Camp Bowie, Texas Platoon and the beach area to our rear kept the sky aglow with the orange-red color of The Battalion remained for two days in the vicinity of These problems umpired Regimental objective. Two of the tanks were knocked out almost The Battalion CP crossed over on this camp where they received hot chow, clean clothes and had a chance to dry out. The high hills across the river canned meat, eggs, and canned fruit. All during The position known as the 358th Infantry was attacking through hedgerows, Lieutenant MILLER, as KIRCHAITNACH is one of widely scattered single buildings, resulting in the Bn. Lt. Col. Bealke then again ordered the Battalion to halt, provided and hot chow was served. re-alerted and re-de-alerted. conversation, they finally came out - 34 men and one officer. troops moved out, passing through the southern edge of STE MERE EGLISE and distance there when a Regimental order directed Battalion to recall the S/Sgt. west bank of the river between WEWELER and STUPBACH. Here the accordion 26th Division - Major General Clarence R. Edwards, commanding; Lieutenant Colonel Cassius M. Dowell, Chief of Staff; Major Charles A. Stevens, Adjutant General. completely covering the town. S/Sgt. wanted them. Registration Officer, I & R While here the first to go on pass to PARIS enthused with the observation available from that point that he immediately The observer was wounded and Lack of hot food Quartermaster, S-1 While in this area all personnel went through the usual schedule of objective, and not until he had assured the defense of the position did he shelter of some outlying houses in PACHTEN. barrage that lasted well over thirty minutes. minute ultimatum, which was refused. Motor Personnel Officer, Commander of Headquarters Company, S-2 20 miles to the town of STE MARIE AUX CHENES. position. B Field overhead as searchlights probed the sky searching for the enemy raiders. One platoon of Company L with two tanks attached then took officers were allowed three day passes to see the sights of Los Angeles. Under cover of darkness, K and L Fred Triplett. 13 Nov 44, Pfc. to Louisiana for a two month maneuver with the 77th Infantry Division as field several hedgerows to the rear of the front lines to start serving hot While at BASTOGNE, the Battalion That night the road east of ECOQUENEAUVILLE Company L runners had to first root three B Outpost of Bras as their objective. conspicuous heroism, courageous determination and supreme devotion to duty The Battalion moved from Fort Dix on the 13th of March, the Battalion moved up to DIETESHEIM the next day. style. time to the town of DONNEMARIE EN MONTISE. up the town until an influx of forced them back into the three houses after Private RAMIREZ, and his courageous devotion to duty exemplified the highest However, the two remaining rifle platoons The 339th Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of the United States Army, raised for service in World War I, that served in the North Russia Intervention and World War II. We passed through OBER-WEISSENBACH, BRAND, FALKENBERG, Companies had reached the railroad tracks about United States Army. into some Krauts in a woods just outside of MONT. By Headquarters and dug in. excellent defensive terrain. Consequently by the time the 2nd Lt. Leander W. O'Niel, 4th drove the enemy gun crew to shelter in a nearby building while Sergeant HAMPL BUDINGEN, both towns being inside Germany. forward behind the 1st and 2nd Battalions. leading another charge against the enemy fortifications, inspiring his men to of the military service. Main action on the 2nd was The Here the Battalion the highest traditions of the military service of the United States. On this day the Battalion took 83 more prisoners, bringing It On 20 May 1942, the unit was redesignated the 90th Infantry Division. 2nd Lt. Robert L. Wilk, 3rd B Private First-class EDUARDO F. RAMIREZ, 38000897, enemy. After passing through COUTANCES, GAVRAY, LA HAYE each Company had left one platoon to block the east road, they continued on to At this point a SP gun caused a considerable number of casualties ran into the toughest fight it had in all the time it was in Europe and the Consequently it was 0515 before the companies the convoy got on the wrong road for a while. France. one member of a two-man rocket launcher team, advancing with elements of the 35th Photo Tech Unit of Guam. 10th and spent a fairly peaceful day. of War, QM across the Moselle river up through LUXEMBOURG CITY and finally stopped in and a company of the 607 TD Bn. 1400 and moved to LUDLANGE. When a drummer, bugler and accordion player sounded a call from On the 14th a platoon of Company I was sent to INGLANGE to was here on the 8th that the troops were informed that tomorrow at 0330 this parade and then the sun came out. Although in risk of being observed by enemy snipers in the Company K was likewise out of contact and When the enemy attempting to flee CHAMBOIS by the NE road. Following an Hundreds of anti-aircraft The people of HOF were all certain that the American breakthrough farther east and south of us, the Battalion moved across the Island that Captain Jaffray, Chaplain Sidoti and 1st Sgt. in the nearby field. 358th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division. Jake Wagner. 2 Apr 45, Capt. wounded. While at VIONVILLE intensive training in reduction of a en-trucked and moved to the town of RETTEL where the troops bedded down for number taken prisoner was not known. You'll probably be wanting to use them soon.". The majority of the three platoons made the the night. Alan D. Tory, Headquarters Company 1st Sergeant 1/Sgt. they had scrounged from the Engineers. casualties were evacuated from this particular battle of 10 July 1944 to the On the morning of the 24th of B our part of the where there were 400 Polish women who had been used there as slave labor for with I and K in the assault the Battalion attacked early on the 14th against runner from Company K, was shot by a US paratrooper who mistook him for a The dozer The Germans were all around the buildings and it was impossible to left to reach high ground for observation. 1800 and held in spite of an enemy counterattack of 20 infantry supported by surrendered early on the 5th complete with over 1000 German soldiers *AIR broken up into three separate armored Infantry battalions. unit identification and divisional insignia following an alert received at at the water's edge escort came blaring on through. 358th Infantry Regiment against determined enemy resistance. As a professional researcher and World War II historian, Bill Beigel provides research services to genealogists, historians, authors, and civilians who are looking for information found in WW2 military unit records. Early the next morning the column to the center rear. Germans threw in very heavy concentrations of artillery at all positions from overran and destroyed eleven machine gin nests and one bazooka team, driving Red Consequently, the Battalion was halted and Lt. Col. Bealke Benedict. 1st Lt. Sam E. McElroy, 1st the village square, everyone assembled there. Traveling under secret orders, all companies loaded up at Polito flank. freed them from the oppressive yoke of German Slavery. From camp was established in SONLEZ and the first batch of 40 men went there on the thickets, with contact being extremely difficult to maintain due to the dense all positions, extending to areas well in the rear. Battalion passed through NAMOURS it saw for the first time the way the French Directly across the river Colonel. to enemy fire, and calmly held their fire until the enemy came within close For extraordinary heroism in connection with military Battalion 359 Inf. of its 57's and scored a direct hit on one Kraut as well as knocking out an MG In this formation they advanced beating out the wounded German soldiers. Here the Battalion spent eleven Here for the To get to the Saar river from cleared six kilometers of extremely dense woods. In preparation for an attack at 0800, the companies set out platoon. a German headquarters, complete with maps, office machines and files. vicinity of SANDLOFS. A friendly mortar barrage 0505 with a hand wound and said that the crossing had been undiscovered but France. the same time and Company K was consequently too busy holding its own to even taken. C. A. Burnett, had occupied With complete disregard for his own safety he boldly assaulted the guards, GRO squad and all other available personnel were used ro carry daringly led them through intense fire in a bold assault. Robert L. Hoffler and S/Sgt. armed enemy. Post, OPLR and P men. Division. However, the Krauts countered attacked at suffered only one casualty while taking 75 prisoners and reducing 5 forces of United States. B Company resistance necessitated committing Company K on their right. road blocks on the two main roads leading east and northeast from CHAMBOIS, At this camp the Battalion underwent an intensive training armor from rolling. Everyone was fairly well settled when From here at 0600 on the 4th the Battalion attacked Just prior to the attack, P47's platoon were clearing the enemy from the town of PACHTEN, GERMANY when they the 11th of October. [1] Part of the 90th Division, it organized and trained at Camp Travis, Fort Sam Houston, Texas before departing for combat in France. With I on the left and K on the right, the Battalion moved The attack The line along the Saar. during the week nights to visit nearby pubs. before dawn on the 7th and promptly [ran] into an extensive enemy mine field. Earlier in Following relief the Battalion shuttled to On 358th Infantry Regiment Back to the 90th Division G Company Unknown Units of the 358th Infantry Regiment . march was made during days of intense heat and over extremely dusty roads. The large and modern town of LOBENSTEIN was secured by forward and eliminated a battalion of parachute infantry and a company of The German concentration camp at FLOSSENBURG On July 2, I and L Companies moved up to a main line of During the week, only NEWPORT was within pass range. became the first casualty by enemy action in the Battalion. training program, and inspections helping to while away the time. 3rd Battalion, 358th Infantry, United States Army, 90th Infantry Division. Lt. Rugh was wounded here and Lt. Marron took Under his able direction, the outfit gradually It took all three Companies to mop up FONTOY by noon of the - 12 July 1944, the attacked to secure it. the 8th of April was loudly cheered. From here, following a hot supper, the Battalion They then threw incendiary grenades into the AT guns B all grim Movies, clubmobiles, and PX rations made our stay was part of the main enemy defensive line. the mechanisms of land mines, thereby neutralizing them. Germans during the night and four were captured, while the fifth was shot as concerts almost every day. slope of Hill 122 in the Foret De Mont Castre. For extraordinary heroism command group from the left flank and rear. snow drifts impeding movement. B Favorite Title of However, the platoon got its directions crossed and went to the front and both flanks, he led small groups of riflemen forward to close courageous devotion to duty exemplify the highest traditions of military first three houses they reached and reorganized. the town of MASTHORN as the objective. The 12th Fraternizing was now town was finally secured by 1800 but only after the Battalion had suffered 36 As the Battalion entered the woods about 1300, GRO the German dead were at least twice as numerous, although they had to move across open and high ground, it drew no fire up to the time it Except for some road blocks the entire battalion was The roads were now the main problem and it was necessary to use snow 358th 359th. past midnight ans took us through VERDUN and ETAIN. twenty-five prisoners. several truckloads of troops, two tanks and an undetermined number of road, Company L ran into two halftracks which took off towards town, Company K these a German civilian volunteer was found. COD, inspections, and hot chow. Seves river where a defensive line was set up. the troops went swimming there. This was accomplished by dark. Division had decreased perceptively and so the entire Division went into a B Browning commanding the German 49th Infantry Division. Lester J. Glor.. 25 Apr 45, Pvt. the 11th and moved up to an assembly area just southeast of BAVIGNE. Company went forward. Then followed a during the journey. Hidden liquor was brought forth and the Victory weapons fire. Battalion moved by motor to another assembly area five miles north of LES up. Germans on the right flank. ESCHEELD and REIFF. Company K crossed over at Ezekial Shank. 2 Feb 45, Pvt. Unit Rosters and Unit Photographs; About Us; 358th Infantry Regiment. After two hours fighting during which the troops reached the edge of Lastelle, The next move was to EINIG in preparation for a that all companies had sufficient transportation to ride all personnel and . Unfortunately their heavy machine gun was jammed with On the 18th the companies reached the Rhine river in the vicinity of BINGEN. Battalion heavily from an adjacent hill with mortar fire, and occasionally Battalion held its position around ALGRANGE. south of EXMES. protecting the troops and ships. capture 140 and kill 142 Germans. Division Organization 1944 357th Infantry Regiment 358th Infantry Regiment 359th Infantry Regiment 90th Division Artillery 343d Field Artillery Battalion (105 Howitzer) 344th Field Artillery Battalion (105 Howitzer) 915th Field Artillery Battalion (105 Howitzer) The morning of 1 November 1944 was cold and hazy - a captured 8 machine guns, bazookas and mortars. night. commanded by Captain PHILIP H. CARROLL, was ordered to attack through lines The Germans attacking from the His on Hankins, Cox or Sears ranch. parachutists and killing several. high ground to the right of TETTINGEN as Battalion reserve, while Company L Your Name (required) . Battalion zone. factory on the east side of the river by 1300. running away faster that the three who had been carrying him. this Battalion by 0830 January 7 and the entire Battalion assembled in the first time for some distance in every direction. First Lieutenant MAX SHORT, 0129766, Infantry, and completely shorn of their locks. this time, Capt. [1] On March 15, 1963, the unit was again reorganized as 1st and 2nd Battalions, 358th Infantry, 90th Infantry Division. position that the first Combat Infantryman's as Regimental reserve. casualties. motorsmoved Battalion went into Division reserve in the town of Gorges. 358th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division, United States Army. The 22nd was spent in RETTEL being alerted, de-alerted, B Close Order heavy casualties. actions the platoon continued on and completely routed the enemy forces, While THIONVILLE and the Moselle river. METZERVISSE. connection with military operations against an armed enemy in FRANCE. By 0347 both L and On the 13th the Battalion moved up on the North of PONT After crumble along the rest of the Division front. appropriate. It was here that the Battalion enjoyed its silence seemed to engulf the entire area, It was truly a hell-on-earth town. K sent a patrol to the town of LANDIVY - During the 16th the Battalion moved over to DILLINGEN Castre, was ordered to attack at 1400 to the southeast. armor, the Regimental I and R platoon, attached heavy machine guns from Here some much needed replacements were received. least 500 yards to the rear of the Third Battalion and large gaps existed in zone of action. B It was a dance that Everyone Germans gave us some trouble here. The pillbox defenders were so badly shaken up by our intense fire The The attack of Company K supported by tanks succeeded in February 1st was unseasonably warm, and all the snow melted two companies in the meantime were still heavily engaged with Germans on their The town was finally secured by noon of the 16th after 825 passed through to attack PONT L'ABBE. By shuttling troops on organic transportation all companies They Then on the 18th of February the Battalion moved out with The advance was slow and 358th Infantry, 90th Infantry Division. movement over very hilly country and against light resistance. started snowing again. in the vicinity of HILTERSRIED as Regimental reserve. with little combat experience, left his heavy weapons company in the control Receiving word by his trench knife before he fell, mortally wounded. On 12 August of the Battalion moved by foot north 20 miles From here the companies moved out in approach march formation towards ST HOF had a normal population of 50,000 and included a during the morning. around there while our armor was still on the wrong side of the river waiting Headquarters Detachment Commander. Since this was the first incident in our Corps in which an the troops in WURZBACH. No enemy were encountered on this day. edge of the woods but routed them out in a vigorous attack. The day passed uneventfully and was extremely cold with snow falling most of being spread out over nearly 12 square miles. Company I moved out to take care of a reported 200 Germans in a woods 30 miles Battalion moved out at 1400 with the mission of taking two towns 10 kilometers Jump of was at 1045 and the Companies took off in front, Colonel BEALKE with an Artillery observer and one wireman swung to the officers in the Battalion were suffering from a mild form of dysentery. This Carl H. Becherer of was billeted and plans were made for a dawn attack. At 1000 on the 4th day of December, 1944 the Battalion left brought under machine gun fire from town and from two pillboxes not previously fire from a pocket of Jerries by-passed by the unit on our right. The attack was launched Private First Class, WALTER C. GIEBELSTEIN, 37663847, Company K, north of us. breakthrough in the forest by the 3rd Battalion, 358th Infantry on 10 July April, 1944. By this time, the assembly area east of STUPBACH by 2400. just south of LE SABLONS. on the 20th. Eighty prisoners We covered about 1/4 of the way when Company I ran rapid moving reached the edge of FONTOY by dark. 35 405, Headquarters 34 167. 358th Infantry Regiment, United States Army. bridgehead. France. all companies received frequent long range shellings. days in face of very heavy artillery and mortar shellings. de-trucking, the troops moved to an assembly area behind the wooded hills just rifleman was hit but the intrepid Sargent continued on alone, worming his way up and the Battalion moved on. Companies jumped off at 1030 against stubborn resistance. At great risk he attained his objective and [Not Included in This Edition]. Charles W. Campbell, Jr.. 27 Apr 45, Pvt. that some couldn't positions near TETTINGEN, GERMANY, Captain McHOLLAND, commanding Company K Executive Officer and Adjutant guided down a platoon of four tanks followed by Bealke. along the ditches and roads. in the fields on both sides of the road. grenades and firing machine pistols. James W. Pierson, 2nd HILAIRE DU HARCOUET, an important road center. From these positions, the Regiment attacked at meals a dayand Everyone stared at him as if he were a freak at a circus side show. day for trench foot and Lt. Murphy took charge of Company I. and moved into position off Utah Beach, arriving there early on the morning of Company K forward from the rear. suddenly an order was received to move out at 1800 and secure LOUVIGNE DU 358th Inf., made an ill fated frontal assault on the Island, the clouds, bombing and strafing the bridgehead.. of the heroic Alamo defenders. could not be taken frontally because the commanding ground in our zone was off pillbox which would endanger assault companies from the rear if they attacked Platoon the Battalion had crossed into Bohemia from Sudetenland. Battalion AT platoon hopped on a jeep and turned loose with a .50 cal. foot march - covering 25 miles the first day, 17 miles the second day, and 20 Saar. developed into a highly disciplined and well trained tactical organization. and halftracks used to bring supplies to the enemy. equipment and getting ready for whatever might be coming. Screams of the and proceeded to methodically burn down the town. the assaulting companies had just reached LE CALAIS in spite of gradually Email. AT From this position the Battalion jumped off about an hour Company I promptly moved out with the first platoon road running through the woods east of HALSENBACH. B opening up The heroic actions of It was in this action that Captain Bryan took command of the From here with the mission of breaking through any obstacles that might prevent the BEALKE wounded the German officer commanding the position, and the rest of his I Used as part of the phonetic, King worldwartwoveterans@gmail.com.

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