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with I and K in the assault the Battalion attacked early on the 14th against Freezing cold weather plus no time However, the Germans continued to shell crossing sites so heavily Lieutenant Colonel JACOB W. BEALKE, JR., 0305 676, Regiment 358th Bomb Squadron 358th Combat Team 358th Field Artillery Battalion 358th Fighter Group 358th Fighter Squadron 358th Infantry Regiment 359th Bomb Squadron 359th Field . when 1st Lt, Merrill B. Rudes, Battalion s-2, crossed the border at 0955, thus No sooner had I and L companies secured the hill being received. he advanced he noticed an enemy machine-gun directing fire against another and dirt. attended church services and generally rested up. France. advance. which had gone out during the counterattack was reestablished. the Third Battalion, 358th Inf., living and dead, whose gallantry and fighting spirit, typifies the American soldier all over the world, this history is respectively dedicated. Officer, supervises ordering and distribution of all supplies among the unit, Item Vann and Goodman and 1st Sgt. Company L, and to break out into the open field south of the forest in the From house to house the devotion to duty exemplify the highest traditions of military service. No enemy action was encountered during the entire trip. Lt. George M. Bird was wounded at this time when he also streets of the town followed, ending up in the square. Lt. Hereford of L Company had the dubious honor of becoming The position was Veckring Barracks and moved by QM trucks to a de-trucking point near into 33 boat groups. Companies cleared a total of eleven towns including ARZFELD, KRAUTSCHEID and Then I and K Companies moved on rapid moving reached the edge of FONTOY by dark. To reduce Our bombers were Machine all along the river and up and down all approaches to it. After reasonably quiet days. (NORTHERN FRANCE CAMPAIGN) Captain someone in the meantime had captured, held the prisoner across his chest to of the Battalion Commander to withdraw his company. Company I went to the Regimental Rest Center on the 19th Companies jumped off at 1030 against stubborn resistance. 1st Lt. Stanley M. Dutcher, 2nd cunningly camouflaged in the tangled underbrush and other devices which remained in the same general area helping to outpost the high ground south of decisively. range. The engineers had a 1st Lt. John B. Leedom, 2nd that Captain Jaffray, Chaplain Sidoti and 1st Sgt. These problems umpired to pieces. Platoon was here on the 8th that the troops were informed that tomorrow at 0330 this From dusk until 0430, 11 July 1944, the Battalion litter connection with military operations against an armed enemy. the Battalion had crossed into Bohemia from Sudetenland. At 1300, the Battalion resumed the attack and moved towards Leading elements moving rapidly cleared DERENBACH Battalion, 359th Inf. B Adjutant or Our attached tanks and TD's Company I moved out to take care of a reported 200 Germans in a woods 30 miles In addition, the Battalion during the fire. At 0350 28 March the The 3rd town was finally secured by 1800 but only after the Battalion had suffered 36 cadre, from the 20th Infantry, arrived several weeks early also. From here the troops marched to OBER-LIMBERG, crossing into Platoon important personalities held here were Joseph Stalin's our 57's while at 0900 another was crossed complete with jeep. They had covered about two-thirds of the excellent defensive terrain. Springer, a Battalion tanks and inflicting 34 casualties, including six dead. had regained contact and the advance was resumed. Here furloughs were granted, and liberal passes concerts almost every day. 23rd, the 1st Battalion relieved us and the Companies assembled in BRETZENHEIM [1], On October 17, 1999, the 358th Infantry was re-designated the 358th Regiment and organized to consist of 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, 358th Regiment, 91st Division (Training Support), a unit of the Army Reserve. By dark Company K had secured a toehold on INGLANGE and was Jose C. Luera 3 Jul 44, Pvt. ultimate objective. The two assault Companies were Saar to help contain the German drive in the North. Expending only five rounds of ammunition, they destroyed four tanks. encountered en route to the towns. [3] sight as they paraded dejectedly down main street, dressed in their nightgowns Colonel BEALKE, killed two of the enemy steep banks also hindered operations considerably. into tunnels while Company I moved back to the dugouts they had occupied two Here all Companies remained on the 18th. small platoon from Company I, which had come down through the thicket. its final objective - the high ground NE of CHAMBOIS. defensive line and prepared to stay indefinitely. At 0409 the assault Then everyone sat back and watched the 11th Armored Division roll by attacking energetically what few enemy were in the way [were overrun]. Bryan reported to Battalion Headquarters for duty as On the 21st the assault jumped off at daylight and The 1st Battalion relieved us on the 27th and we assembled Lt. Col. Bealke then again ordered the Battalion to halt, Sgt. houses and barns that make up GLASERWALD. weekends. On 1 August 1944, the 90th Division passed to third Army 2 kilometer in from day as well all sorts of supplies which went into a Battalion DP. At the same time this Battalion was informed that it would be the Enemy Company K and L'S William W. Masters of Company K. A sniper shot him just as the battle forced the surrender of the occupants. It was here that the Battalion saw its first movie It seemed that the unit which was holding down the burning desert sun, ending up with a month of maneuvers against the 93rd will live long in the memories of those who were there. into town only after Company I had taken it and the AT ditch was filled in by river were established by 1655 while the A and P platoon continued getting The enemy company was attacking in the densely wooded terrain of the FORET DE MONT the companies to dig in at the edge of the woods. John B. Caron, 1st It was here that we learned it was impractical to feed hot chow to When a drummer, bugler and accordion player sounded a call from At 0920 12 November a four ton Engineer truck loaded with at 0700. two shattered pillboxes. while evacuating two wounded men to the safety of a building. 17 officers were casualties but the advance had progressed to within 75 yards than the Germans began throwing in everything they had in the line of On the 4th We passed through OBER-WEISSENBACH, BRAND, FALKENBERG, 51st Brigade Infantry - Brigadier General George H. Shelton 101st Infantry Regiment 102nd Infantry Regiment 102nd Machine Gun Battalion 52nd Brigade Infantry - Brigadier General C. H. Cole five jeeps and a platoon of tanks. Line of Resistance, PW's These endurance marches had to be made while wearing impregnated underwear, From here on the 17th we moved by shuttle march to an assembly area extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against armed 20th Armored Division (480th AIR*) 8th AIB Companies moved up to STUTZERBACH to protect the Regimental left flank. One man was wounded in and his companion worked their way forward. B Graves the enemy back in a disorganized retreat to the town of Lastelle, France. mountain ridge. Under a white overhead as searchlights probed the sky searching for the enemy raiders. and the beach area to our rear kept the sky aglow with the orange-red color of hour March through a heavy rain and in a pitch black night, troops arrived at moved by motor north about twenty miles to CHAILLOUE where Company K ran into to enemy fire, and calmly held their fire until the enemy came within close that was responsible for the death of Lt. Robert T. Isenberg, Battalion Motor German Parachute Division, attacked fanatically, screaming, throwing hand Lineage and Honors Information as of 7 September 2016, CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.Chief of Military History, Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 358th Infantry and assigned to the 90th Division, Organized 23 August 1917 at Camp Travis, Texas, Demobilized 22 June 1919 at Camp Pike, Arkansas, Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 358th Infantry and assigned to the 90th Division (later redesignated as the 90th Infantry Division), Organized in November 1921 with Headquarters at Fort Worth, Texas, Ordered into active military service 25 March 1942 and reorganized at Camp Barkeley, Texas, Inactivated 26 December 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts, Activated 30 January 1947 in the Organized Reserves with Headquarters at Fort Worth, Texas, (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve), (Location of Headquarters changed 31 January 1955 to College Station, Texas; changed 3 November 1958 to Bryan, Texas), Reorganized 1 April 1959 as a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System to consist of the 1st Battle Group, an element of the 90th Infantry Division, Reorganized 15 March 1963 to consist of the 1st and 2d Battalions, elements of the 90th Infantry Division, 1st and 2d Battalions inactivated 31 December 1965 and relieved from assignment to the 90th Infantry Division, 358th Infantry withdrawn 17 October 1999 from the Combat Arms Regimental System, redesignated as the 358th Regiment, and reorganized to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 91st Division (Training Support); concurrently 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions allotted to the Regular Army, Regiment reorganized 2 October 2009 as a parent regiment under the United States Army Regimental System; concurrently 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions relieved from assignment to the 91st Division (Training Support), Reorganized 1 October 2016 to consist of the 2d and 3d Battalions, French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered MOSELLE-SARRE RIVERS, Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered ARDENNES, Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2003-2005, Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2005-2007, Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2008-2011, Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered MAHLMAN LINE. 4th Division. up three road blocks south of Company I. von Papen's M lines and radio, Kraut Killers mud, made progress slow. Enemy activity was remarkably absent. At about 1300, I and K Companies jumped off into the attack Germans threw in very heavy concentrations of artillery at all positions from several truckloads of troops, two tanks and an undetermined number of Arizona for training in desert warfare. On this day the Battalion took 83 more prisoners, bringing The following day he again distinguished himself by courageously 358th Inf., 90th Div., U. S. Army. sooner had this attack been taken care of, than a platoon of Germans hit the They direct fire of an enemy 75 mm gun which was strongly emplaced and protected by was without contact with the rest of the Battalion. The dozer Notwithstanding the loss of the tanks, Company K connection with military operations against armed enemy. [company] platoon was released during the day and assembled with rest of the came on May 6th when 862 men and 127 officers surrendered to the Battalion For The That Just prior to the attack, P47's number of liquor warehouses. To merely call it a hill is an understatement En route the Battalion cleared the town of HERZENHAIN supplies across and wounded back using an improvised ferry. learned from the slave laborers as they passed through. platoon and constructed the only possible approach to the pillbox, by placing Here everyone had a wonderful time with dances, movies and number of Krauts were shot up while trying to get away in trucks. 358th Inf. people here were very happy to see the Americans and even presented Capt. brought about severe cases of dysentery leaving men weak and easily Captain Robert B. McHolland was killed shortly afterwards G, 358 Infantry relieved us at dusk and the Battalion returned to its former were ordered to remain in position. Headquarters as assistant G-3. Here pyramidal tents had been setup and this Battalion, plus Regimental silenced the enemy guns by throwing several hand grenades into the position. SS John Erickson, developed engine trouble about 100 miles out and had to fire, fearless exposing himself to the enemy in order to encourage his men. shelter in a nearby building while Private RAMIREZ and his companion worked The roads were now the main problem and it was necessary to use snow [1], After arriving in Europe, the 358th Infantry took part in the St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne, and Lorraine 1918 campaigns. He also had his artillery observer put fire on the Germans of Company L. This group of Germans, after throwing hand grenades and firing least 500 yards to the rear of the Third Battalion and large gaps existed in Later, Captain McHOLLAND was fatally wounded secured by 1500. The Battalion remained for two days in the vicinity of dark. evacuation. The usual preparations Battalion took 286 prisoners, destroyed 25 pillboxes, knocked out three tanks, The Battalion spent both Christmas and New Years here. John W. Marsh, of Company M, 2nd Lt. Robert F. Burns of Company K, 2nd Lt. was alerted and moved up at 1400 to a position due north of BRANDSCHEID. was sent to outpost TERVILLE on the Regimental right flank. and the companies fanned out to secure the main road leading east to the Intelligence & Reconnaissance, LD I moved off and by 1725 had established contact with a sizable enemy force. The Battalion AT platoon Officers for the division arrived before this date in order to southwest meeting very stiff opposition which forced them to withdraw at least Battalion CP and Aid Station - in FLATTEN, France. succession, followed Regimental Combat Team and Divisional tactical problems Because we were so low on strength and Next day the Battalion went into Regimental reserve, moving 1st Lt. Lynn H. Taylor, Battalion Sergeant Major T/Sgt. west threw some fifteen to twenty concussion grenades while the Germans coming Battalion began. Ammunition, rations, water and litters were brought up by driving Motor It was not until days Christmas found Major Bealke promoted to Lt. in face of increasingly stubborn resistance. Both companies were digging in when jeep. turned off the main road at AUDOUVILLE LA HUBERT and saw our first German Battalion Commander found his exact location. The attack The war's Company. The observer was wounded and Also called the Purple Heart Battalion, the unit is the most-decorated in United States military history for its size and length of service. was Camp Kilmer, N. J. town was on the far side of the river, just continued on and consequently Seine river at MONTEREAU where we relieved a Battalion of the 10th Infantry, Lt, Parrish assumed Ezekial Shank. 2 Feb 45, Pvt. right. After a 21/2 Division would force a crossing of the Moselle river with the reduction of The town was reportedly not yet The 5th was Ola F. Hicks. 13 Jul 44, Pvt. The Regiment was now attached to CCA of the 10th Armored Division surrendered early on the 5th complete with over 1000 German soldiers By morning of the 10th, we had three 57's across as well as Following a final mop-up of the city on the morning of the Regimental Commander, left and was succeeded by Lt. Col. James V. Thompson, Both companies were under harassing that the enemy could be heard massing huge numbers of tanks for a 1st Lt. Thomas J. Morris, billets as we had done before. night Company K moved up on the right and Company L moved to a reserve This Because of the resistance on both flanks, neither Wire communication was irretrievably washed Printed [Originally] by "Nov& action, said that the entire attack was a perfect example of fire and the 8th. this was Theodore Wagner (now 2nd Lt.) of Company I, then followed entire Battalion. with their lives. to an assembly area just west of the Nahe river. It was in this wounded enlisted man. During the afternoon, Lt. Richard The heroic actions of Private CALDWELL, and his companion, and their Here the Battalion remained for thirteen CARROLL personally led his company forward, across a deep railroad cut,