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3/330 The chances that the six-foot tall, slim medic from Alabama, known as "Mob" or "Moe," was someone other than Charles P. Mobley are almost too remote to consider. Those who passed through the city were greeted by banners stretched across the streets, proclaiming "Welcome to our Liberators." Then the heavies came in low, a hundred at a time. $5 Million + Founding Sponsor . Those that sleep beneath our feet 331st Infantry Regiment Because of its turbulent past as a privateer stronghold, the town was protected by stone walls. It entered the Battle of the Bulge, 27 December, striking at Rochefort and reducing the enemy salient in a bitter struggle. Not sure it happened here, well have to wait till I get through the reports. The Thunderbolt Across Europe It took the direct fire of the attached 774th tank battalion to accomplish this. The map contains the locations, based on the coordinate on the morning report, shown in NATO symbology . P.E. Someone will have to fix them, so they won't start another war in a few more years, and I think he is the man that can do it. All is safe for you to go. C Co, 87th Chemical Battalion, from 5th to 16th July 1944 Unit: 83rd Infantry Division, 331st Infantry Regiment, Company C; Service Number: 35519259; Date of Birth: October 2, 1918; Entered the Military: October 28, 1942; Date of Death: July 26, 1944; . Well see, if I ever get around to integrating the information from the Unit Journals. The odds were that if you were on the front line, you probably wouldn't make it home in one piece, if at all. Damn these eyes, they've seen too much The 83rd Infantry Division ("Thunderbolt" [1]) was a formation of the United States Army in World War I and World War II . The wounded and defenseless GIs were then shot and killed, one by one. June 22-28, 1944. they swarm around you, crouching low. They were billeted in an old chateau that was, according to Hershell McIntosh, complete with a kitchen full of dishes and silverware. E Company Several months later, it crossed the Rhine and subsequently captured the German city of Halle on April 6, 1945. This was the main line of defence for the Germans. The 331st sped along not far behind on the flank. Ive decided I will come back to incorporating geographic data points later. C Co, 644th Tank Destroyer Battalion (SP), from August 9th to 16th, 1944, Chemical units 2/329 : Lieutenant Colonel Claude L. Bowen, Jr. L Company, 330th Infantry Regiment: Colonel Ernest L. McLendon, relieved of command on July 9, 1944, replaced by Brigadier General Claude B. Ferenbaugh, replaced by Colonel Robert T. Foster on July 13, 1944. It was a trip of "two weeks that seemed like two months . This would seem to indicate a pretty good advance on the 12th then. Taking the offensive, the 83d reached the St. Lo-Periers Road, 25 July, and advanced 8 miles against strong opposition as the Normandy campaign ended. Yet as you wander down these quiet paths they swarm around you, crouching low. My father, Thomas Dickson Curry, was a member of Company F, 2nd Battalion, 331st Infantry Regiment, 83rd Division. The 331st Infantry Division was an infantry division of the German army during World War II. Previous page: 330th Infantry Regiment Map Overlays The 83rd Infantry Division on February 27, 1945 This page shows the locations and record of events for today in 1944 or 1945. As the 2nd Battalion advanced further toward Remich, they knocked out machine guns that the enemy had emplaced in concrete. "TDC, December 3"Here it is another Christmas away from home--I hope it is the last one like this. Doesn't seem to be very sanitary but most of the people seem to be healthy as hell, in fact they seem to thrive on it. These are the GIs of the 331st Infantry who made the ultimate sacrifice. By 29 November the First Army had just about cleared the Hurtgen Forest and was overlooking the Roer Valley. Infantry Regiment 83 provided some support to the south. Div Lamb, Emanuel (H) Lt. Col. Leniel MacDonald Richmond, Floyd J. 83rd Infantry Division Situation 12:00 12 July 1944 less the 330th Infantry Regiment. before leaving for the ETO Others were returned to the U.S. for burial. *The quote near the top of this page is from a letter written by Pfc. When the 83rd Division landed across Omaha Beach in June 1944, James Shonak was Captain of Anti-Tank Company/331st Infantry. var sc_security="ff55f57b"; Task Force A (15th Cav Gp), from August 3rd to 5th, 1944, Infantry S/Sgt. var sc_invisible=1. Do they think we are over here for our health? Legal Notice | Privacy Policy, Mather House, Room 308 mortar. W. L. Arnold--AT Company, 329th Infantry Regiment, Pvt. It can be seen by clicking here. There they held the GIs at bay from underground pillboxes and camouflaged strong points. On 1 March, the 83rd Division advanced toward the Rhine in Operation Grenade, and captured Neuss. Frank Reichmann in the 1st Battalion of the 331st said that a platoon of captured Germans started singing farewell to their commander. 216.368.2000 Check out this awesome '83rd+Infantry+Division+-+Thunderbolt' design on @TeePublic! 746th Tank Battalion, from July 5th to 16th, 1944 Courtesy of The . K Company Taking the offensive, the 83rd reached the St. Lo-Periers Road, 25 July, and advanced 8 miles (13km) against strong opposition as the Normandy Campaign ended. His letter is the incredible story of a GI's journey through the war. British infantry the 3rd Monmouthshire Regiment aboard Sherman tanks near Argentan, 21 August 1944. Division 802nd Tank Destroyer Battalion (T), from July 1st to December 7th, 1944 Well see if it gets any better once Ive read the reports and compare it tothe 08 July Morning Reports. 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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. S/Sgt Joseph Arnaldo at the Battle of the Bulge. Nazi propaganda letters were a "Christmas present. They raced across the German countryside until they were ordered to stop less than 60 miles from Berlin. 3rd Platoon : lieutenant Virgil M. McClintic, wounded on July 4, 1944 at Mautis After a period of training, elements of the division took Chteauneuf-d'Ille-et-Vilaine, 5 August, and Dinard, 15 August, and approached the heavily fortified area protecting St. Malo. Supplies could only trickle through as the Germans continuously pounded the town's approaches with artillery fire. At the camp, the troops found approximately 1,100 inmates. Click here to see the trail of the 83rd. 1st Platoon We will see once we get to the various reports. "TDC, November 26"I was reading an old paper today and the people over there must be nuts. Co., 2ndBn., 331stInf., 83rdInf. 24th Cav Rcn Sq, from July 18th to 19th, 1944 --confirming John's recollection. Name Date of birth Date of death Awards; Baugh, Bernard F. 06-08-1944: Units. Chest." They are in our hearts and minds--always. Photo from "We Saw It Through," 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. He said they were "so clean looking, with a full compliment of men in each unit. "TDC, October 29"We had quite a little treat the other day--the first real hot bath I've had since I left England (quite a topic for correspondence.)"TDC. They cut the St. Lo-Periers road, and forced their way into Le Mesnil Vigot. 1st Platoon: 1st Lieutenant George W. Stahley, killed on July 4, 1944 Following a number of months of training in the United States, the regiment, under the command of Colonel William Wallace, embarked upon the troopship RMS Aquitania at New York, and departed for Europe on 8 June 1918. Cleveland, On January 10, 1945, two squads of Company F, 331st Regiment of the 83rd Infantry Division, attacked a German strongpoint, just outside the hamlet of Ottr. The 83rd entered France on the 21st through 24th of June 1944. J Company Donated by Greg Chipps, son of Sgt. Others in this group that went to F Company were William T. Oliver, Hubert L. Smith, James Stansell Jr., Archie Swindle, John M. Tarnowksi, Earl Tillman, Augustine Toya, Paul Tweed, James Vanden, Lee R. Weeks, John W. Phillips, Albert Popik, Raymond H. Heiber, Donald Palmatier, David W. Parrish, Angelo Patricola, Jospeph Pavek, Joseph T. Pawlowski, Benjamin B. Peluso, Norman Perez, Charles Petritis, John J. Petrizzo, Donald P. Smith, Perry D. Johnston, Walter P. Kowal, Ralph R. McDowell, Thomas K. McKee, Henry L. McManus, Raymond J. Miller, Dominick Salierno, Willard H. Strauss, James F. Varley, George H. Harrell, Michael Harris, Alfred L. Hinchey, Albert K. Jeffries, Earnest C. Goates, Joseph A. Gonzales, Raphael E. Duvall, Alois Dzieweczynski, Clifford E. Olson, Raymond J. Travers, Ovid K. Seville, Francis Soucie, and Max A. Rubin. The prisoners were detailed to build underground factory installations and to carry out forced labor for Organization Todt. The Trench Line 331 Infantry Regiment, 83 Division Share 3 posts heed72 4 Private Sep 27, 2006 #1 Does anyone have any info on the US, 331 Infantry Regiment, 83 Divison? 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. All is safe for you to go. email _ | _ 83rd Division "Thunderbolt" Message Board _. 453rd AAA AW Battalion (Mbl), from July 1st, 1944 to July 9th, 1945 B Co, 168th Engr C Bn, from August 6th to 15th, 1944 The 330th, detached from the 83rd, helped clean out the Harz Mountains, a pocket of resistance that had been bypassed by the fast riding 329th and 331st. Henry Irving Tannenbaum--Company F, 331st Infantry Regiment, They Served With Honor; A World War II Family Website, AWON Memorial Web Page, Massacre at Ottre, "Thank You Eddie Hart" Documentary Website (Company G, 329th Infantry), Pfc. On June 18,1944 the 83rd Division landed at Omaha beach D-Day plus 12. Soldiers of the 83rd Infantry Division of the U.S. move on the street in the French town of Saint-Malo (Saint Malo). Organized 26 August 1917 at Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky. The process had reduced two more divisions, the 4th and 8th, to tatters. in France, Belgium, Holland, Germany and Austria. Included in this collection of medals and documents are the following items:- Original WWII Cased . A new nickname was desired to represent the nationwide origins of the division's personnel during World War II. It was reformed in March 1944 as part of the 24th Welle (wave) from Schatten-Division Wahn. Leon Collins; S/Sgt. Infantrymen of the 83rd Infantry Division warm themselves around a fire near Fays, Belgium, on January 3, 1945. George Waple is 6th My dad became part of F Company/331st Infantry Regiment on 17 July 1944. After training in Wales, the Division landed at Omaha Beach, 18 June 1944, and entered the hedgerow struggle south of Carentan, 27 June. They fought for each other and died for each other and, as the 331st Infantry motto said, they did "See It Through." 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). After taking the towns of Wallenstein, Bech and Kleinmacher, they captured Schengen. Basic training of the new recruits was conducted at Camp Sherman, northwest of Chillicothe, OH. 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. While the 2nd Battalion of the 331st was attacking south, the 2nd Battalion of the 329th Infantry was attacking west to an "island" in the swamp. On 26 July, the 83rd entered the pursuit, and in heavy combat crossed the Taute River the next day. On 25 September the 83rd Division crossed into Luxembourg. Great Discounts & More! 2/330 Engineers picked their way through mine fields and booby traps to clear the way. Sergeant Clarence Magariea of the 83rd Division, holds two captured Waffen-SS soldiers at bay against a wall in Sart. August 25, 1944: Chteaubriant. The 3rd Battalion captured the high ground northwest of Ehnen, but had to fight through heavy machine gun and mortar fire to do it. There are numerous entries for each day's events showing the time of occurrence for each. Courtesy Mike Catrambone, Colonel James D. Dave Curryhas a report about this engagement here, if you are interested. And as patrols ventured toward Remich, the 331st occupied the towns of Remerschen, Assel, and Bous. The people still seemed surprised at the sight of American soldiers in their city. It shows a bit of all three 83rd ID regiments. He was not a large man, but my mother said the Army "built him up," and he never looked better. These documents are provided for by Dave Curry, historian of the 83rd Infantry Division Association. Troupes de la 83rd Division traquant les derniers snipers allemands dans les rues de Saint-Malo. Anything will help. To avoid needless loss of life, Elster negotiated a surrender. Time after time they only gained an advantage for a few hours before being completely cut up themselves, accumulating losses they could not afford. I Company 20 January 1945, with an M-10 Wolverine tank destroyer of Co. C, 629th Tank Destroyer Battalion, in the frame, track commander SGT Jimmy Richardson talks to his driver, PVT Joe Honig, while Joes of the 83rd Infantry Division ("Thunderbolt")'s 331st Inf. Even so, his ETO Enlisted Man's Identification Card lists his weight at 139 pounds. Subscribe to 330th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division Footer menu. It's funny how good the news sounds, but anyway, I hope it ends soon--the sooner the better. They truly were brothers-in-arms. From the 1st through the 5th of October, the 83rd advanced in heavy combat to the West Wall across the Sauer as the 329th fought the battle for Grevenmacher. 202nd FA Group, from August 7th to 16th, 1944 Share a testimony from a relative or a friend, veteran or civilian, resistance member, ally or German, actor or witness of History. the 1 st Battalion was attached to the 31 st Infantry and moved to defensive positions on the Bataan Peninsula on the east and . the official history of the 331st Infantry, 83rd Division. 1/329 : Major George A. Wishart Frederick Phisterer. B Co, 86th Chemical Mortar Battalion, from August 13th to 16th, 1944, April 19, 1944: Newcastle-under-Lyme, England They had marched as far as the Loire, but with bridges down and American troops patrolling the North bank, there seemed no reasonable prospect of achieving a crossing. E Company Gilles Billion, an 83rd Division Re-enactor, has provided photos for many of these monuments. In one of your letters you wanted to know how things were over here. 324th Field Artillery Battalion (155 Howitzer), Anti-aircraft artillery brothers we all know. 1/331 American Battle Monuments Commission search engine at http://www.abmc.gov/search/wwii.php. 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. Also, that the prisoners had been forced to work 16-hour days in nearby mines, and were shot if they became too weak to work. Byron Herde, 331st Infantry The drive carried them eight miles beyond their starting point. On 9 August, the enemy defenders were forced back to the Citadel at St. Servan and to Dinard on the west bank of the river just opposite St. Malo. By the time Sainteny was taken on 10 July, that number multiplied to 3,264. The camp was created in April 1944 to provide concentration camp labor for the German war effort. It was active between 1941 and 1944, with a brief period of inactivity between 30 December 1943 and 16 March 1944. 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. 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. The 83rd spent Thanksgiving in that tiny country. It would take two weeks of street fighting to raze St. Malo. See through the mindless death and grinding pain. He knew an irony, or a contradiction, when it bit hard enough. Second row, left to right are: Willard Strauss (B.A.R. On 11 April 1945 the 83rd Division encountered Langenstein-Zwieberge, a subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp. 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. A Company 908th Field Artillery Battalion (105 Howitzer) Infanterie-Division) was a formation of the Imperial German Army in World War I. 83rd (US) Infantry Division Battle order - June-August 1944 - Battle of Normandy Headquarters Commander: Major General Robert C. Macon Deputy commander: Brigadier General Claude B. Ferenbaugh Chief of Staff: Colonel Samuel V. Krauthoff Combat units 329th Infantry Regiment: Colonel Edwin B. Crabill - 1/329 : Major George A. Wishart A Company July 14, 1944: Hotat 08 July 1944 83 ID Approaching Sainteny. Credits. The 83rd Division would be called on again to answer the call to defend freedom in 1942 at Camp Atterbury, Indiana. August 20, 1944: Cesson-Svign Mobley wrote after the war to tell his wife where he had been and what he had done all those long months away from home. The 1st Battalion is located at Fort Wayne, Indiana; the 2nd at Forest Park, Illinois; and the 3rd in Waterford, Michigan." The unit motto, the Latin phrase "VERUS AD FINEM," means "True To The End." Price $11.99 Frank E Douglas earned the Silver Star for action the 8th August 1944, serial no 0-1296500. Do you have 331ST INFANTRY REGIMENT, 83RD INFANTRY DIVISION Reunion information you'd like to share. B Company Washington, DC 20024-2126 At times they had to blast supply routes through the hedges. November 14"It looks like we not only will have to lick these supermen, but will have to go in and knock their heads off. June 25, 1944: Omaha Beach H Company Many soldiers were killed instantly. Although he was a young man, my father was ancient by Army standards. On the right of the 9th Division, the men of the 83rd felt like standing in their foxholes and cheering when they saw all those bombers. On a Red metal shield is a black pile behind a gold Lorraine cross. On 16 August my father was awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge for displaying exemplary conduct in action against the enemy in France. The 83d Infantry Division arrived in England on 16 April 1944. They destroyed 480 enemy tanks, 61 enemy planes, 29 enemy supply trains, and 966 enemy artillery pieces. A few days before Thanksgiving, Company F moved from a school house in Luxembourg City north to the town of Wecker. It can be seen by clicking here. What this shows is that the 330th IR is occupying a line on the north side of themarsh anchored from the south to the north-east fromLe Moulin through Le Port and St. Andre de Bohon to Manior. Weapons Platoon Another photo taken at Camp Breckenridge, showing M Company/331st, can be seen by clicking here. October 8"There isn't a lot to write about over here. [12], The 83rd moved as fast as an armored task force in an assortment of hurriedly repainted captured German vehicles: Wehrmacht kubelwagens, staff cars, ammunition trucks, Panzers, motor bikes, buses, a concrete mixer, and two fire engines. Deaths, the division's report continued, reached 500 per month. The roads were strewn with German tanks, trucks and staff cars, and often with dead Germans. Infantrymen of the 83rd Division walk past Sherman tanks that have momentarily halted on a dirt road in Germany. ", December 6"Tell people not to mention 'good luck.' Deputy commander: Brigadier General Claude B. Ferenbaugh, Chief of Staff: Colonel Samuel V. Krauthoff, 329th Infantry Regiment: Colonel Edwin B. Crabill Find topics of interest and explore encyclopedia content related to those topics, Find articles, photos, maps, films, and more listed alphabetically, Recommended resources and topics if you have limited time to teach about the Holocaust, Explore the ID Cards to learn more about personal experiences during the Holocaust. This list is as it appeared in the history of the 331st Infantry On July 4th, for instance, the 83rd Division (including the 329th) began an attack directly south of the Utah beachhead in western Normandy. 331st infantry 83rd division ourgrowingpaynes New Member Joined: Oct 6, 2016 Messages: 3 Likes Received: 0 I am researching my grandfather's military history. The 329th lead the way most of the time and gained fame as the "Rag-Tag Circus" as they rode through the German provinces on tanks, motorcycles, jalopies, and any other means of transportation they could find. World War I [ edit] The division was activated in September 1917 at Camp Sherman, Ohio. On the first day, the 83rd jumped off along the Carentan-Periers road, with the entire division artillery in support. I am assuming A Co, B Co, and C Co are from the 331st because there is a flag for the 1st Bn, 331 IR, on the map and the regiment number close to the area of the companies looks more like it would be 331 than 330 (I cant really decipher the last number, but it does not seem to be a zero). Their patrols advance beyond the line searching out the foe. 333rd FA Group, from August 15th to 18th, 1944 The division entered the hedgerow struggle south of Carentan. From one point of high ground to another, with the support of tanks, artillery, and engineers, they moved forward through enemy anti-personnel mine fields in rain, ankle-deep mud, and snow. They had limited supplies of ammunition and rations, and no radio contact with Germany. Oliver returned home, he brought with him a remarkable collection of F Company photos. 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. See It Through! From my reading on the German side, that is what the Germans would look for, and then send a counter attack in through the gap. The 83rd Infantry Division ("Thunderbolt"[1]) was a formation of the United States Army in World War I and World War II. I Company The unit also requisitioned medical supplies from the US Army's 20th Field Hospital. The 9th Army had also been slowly advancing north of Aachen towards the Roer. The GIs fought in a house-to-house struggle through artillery, machine gun and small arms fire. Click here to read some of his story and to see photographs of L Company/331st Infantry. Cleveland, You can read it by clicking here, or on the Combat Medic's Badge. He had brown hair and brown eyes, and a ruddy complexion attributable to his Scotch-Irish ancestry. 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. Infantry 331st Infantry 83rd Infantry Division Sector, 1945 (Source: The Thunderbolt across Europe) The first area occupied and governed by the 83rd Infantry Divisionfor any length of time was located in northern Germany and included Landkreis BRAUNSCHWEIG. C Company D Company The 83rd Infantry Division was recognized as a liberating unit by the US Army's Center of Military History and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1993. Mustered out: June 23, 1864. It was taken at Camp Breckenridge, KY, after the Tennessee maneuvers. 174th FA Group, from August 1st to 16th, 1944 1/330 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW Army 83rd Infantry Division - WWII In Europe, A GI of the 83rd Division Infantry wounded during the fighting on the east bank of the Elbe Kameritz Germany World War II 16th April 1945. Map Overlay 12 July 1944, 330 Infantry Regiment, 330 IR Infantry Regiment, 331 Infantry Regiment, 331st IR, 83rd ID, 83rd Infantry Division, bocage, Le Port, Map Overlay, Map Overlays, Mapping, Normandie, Normandy, World War 2, World War II, WWII 08 July 83rd ID, 331 IR Objective Leave a comment Posted by dcleininger on 2015-09-03 Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. Shonak "TDC, November 19"I just got my ballot the other day, so threw it away. These newly-acquired vehicles were quickly painted olive-green and fitted with a U.S. star before joining the 83rd. Assistant Division Commanders: Brig. The 83rd Division command post was in a school building in the city of Luxembourg. 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. (My grandmother said that even though she was German, she hated the Germans for what they had done.) We still have a lot to be thankful for; some of the things that happen over here don't seem possibleThe mail situation is bad again, probably due to the Christmas rush. They've seen the tree bursts in the Hurtgen, As they peeled off and took their positions they relieved elements of the 90th Division, the V Corps, and the 112th Infantry of the 28th Division. serving as Platoon Sgt. On Memorial Day weekend 2000 my family had reunited for my sister's long . 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. It was deployed to France in 1918. Haute-Marne. At the end, the 83rd Division, born in war, was disbanded and all its men reassigned to other units. Bruce L. Leininger - Mapping the Overlays, 2015, 12 July 330 Infantry Regiment Outpost Plan, 12 July, 12:00: 83rd Infantry Division Situation. France 52140 "Pershing" Donors. This, combined with coming of age during the great depression, taught him how to make do with what was at hand. 400thFA Battalion, from July 31st, 1944 to August 2nd, 1944 D. Root; S/Sgt. 106th Cav Rcn Sq, from July 16th to 28th, 1944 Company B, 231st Infantry Training Battalion. When the 83rd Infantry arrived in Langenstein, its troops found some 1,100 inmates in very poor physical condition. There was fear that this was too close for heavy bombing and, in fact, many GIs were killed that day by short bombing runs. 2nd Platoon After training in Wales, the division landed at Omaha Beach, 18 June 1944, and entered the hedgerow struggle south of Carentan, 27 June. A Co, 86th Chemical Mortar Battalion, from August 1st to 16th, 1944 Welcome to the 331st Infantry Regiment documents sectionOn this page documents related to the 331st Infantry Regiment can be downloaded in the PDF format. The regimental after action reports for the 331th Infantry Regiment in PDF format can be found in the following table. SirJames 139 Sergeant Major It seems to be drawn from the perspective of the 330th IR, or it was produced for the regiment, since it has the locations for the other two regiments but nothing for the 330th. Missing In Action 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. Infanterie-Division) was a unit of the Imperial German Army in World War I. The call to victory beckons. K Company Move out! 2nd Platoon: 2nd Lieutenant Donald L. Richardson, killed on July 4, 1944 That city was taken on 13 April. For there are only angels here in olive-drab, The 83d Infantry Division arrived in England. Captain William A. Smith was born Dec. 30, 1888, in Valley Falls, Kansas. June 13, 1812, it was designated the 9th Regiment of Artillery. AWON Memorial Web Page, Massacre at Ottre It is beginning to look as if they really want to get totally destroyed, and if that's what they want, they are going to get it."TDC.

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