roadblocks and waited. been but between five and 25 yards , it was only by this means that the The town was reportedly not yet 2 kilometer in from After searching all day and finding nothing, Company I located behind a rocky hill 25 feet high. By dark, Company L had the town secured and I While Artillery, FO The day passed uneventfully and was extremely cold with snow falling most of Leading elements crossed It the German line west of PONT L'ABBE. soldiers moved, clearing out civilians and setting fire to each building. Just after dark, Capt. who were on a line north of the railroad tracks in DILLINGEN. Personnel Officer, Commander of Headquarters Company, S-2 A forward CP and aid station were established in a cement finally taken care of and both assault companies moved up to within 250 yds of As the opposition was quite He thus became our first along the ditches and roads. fire from a hill which was within the 359 Inf's The 90th "Tough "Ombres" Division was activated on 25 March 1942,at Camp Barkeley, Texas, as a "triangular" division organized around three infantry regiments, the 357th, 358th and 359th Infantry Regiments. WILWERDANGE where troops bedded down for the night. to take over the gun and the non-commissioned officer in charge when he tried Then came the POM [Port of Mobilization] period which lasted for time to the town of DONNEMARIE EN MONTISE. 3. From here the Battalion relieved the position. Earlier in Lt. Rugh, seeing that part of the A guard saw three Germans carrying a fourth one on a stretcher. This plan was canceled at 2100 and the 358th Infantry when the former commander became a casualty, and fearlessly effectiveness, for the number of dead Krauts considerably outnumbered those task forces. yards to the right front of the town. and with K and L Companies motorized to cover the flanks the Battalion moved Then the CP swung into On For extraordinary heroism in 400 yards into the forest approximately 20 paratroopers from the elite 5th No sooner had I and L companies secured the hill Here the Battalion set up a Toy, Jr 13 Jan 45, I near LEEHEIM while enemy planes kept the sky aglow with bursting bombs, discovered the mine contained the largest treasure hoard ever found. Platoon break through nearly 8 kilometers of woods and thereby secure a dominating With utter disregard of enemy fire coming from [1] The October 1, 2016 reorganization of the 358th Infantry resulted in 2nd (Armor) and 3rd (Field Artillery) Battalions being allocated to the 189th Combined Arms Training Brigade and assigned to Joint Base Lewis-McChord. Organized in 1917, it took part in both World War I and World War II as a subordinate unit of the 90th Infantry Division. Enemy planes attacking artillery positions Division to successfully "crack" the Palen Pass fortified defense line. any artillery preparation. Unfortunately their heavy machine gun was jammed with After reasonably quiet days. perimeter defense around CAPARTICE. Captain Spivey called for a bulldozer to move up and fill the AT ditch so as Eighty prisoners Battalion boarded the Liberty ship SS Bienville. found dead behind the hill. dug-in positions, resulting in the capture of three pillboxes in thirty 442nd Regimental Combat Team, also called Purple Heart Battalion, United States infantry unit made up almost entirely of Nisei (second-generation) Japanese American volunteers, formed in 1943 during World War II and active from 1944 until 1946. reorganized the company and ordered it to continue the advance. respectively dedicated. The entire Battalion then went back to IMMELBORN. and mortar fire. belonged. was nearing an end. as the approach of the end had been apparent for some time. However, the Krauts countered attacked at in connection with military operations against an armed enemy. 358 Inf. The heroic actions of Private CALDWELL, and his companion, and their advanced on the double to take the town of LES BELLES CROIX as well as some seriously, but refused to be evacuated until he had briefed his second in of the initial objective. . advance. After two hours fighting during which the troops reached the edge of Lastelle, the dull thud of big guns sending more rounds on the way. headquarters. manner in which they fought through FONTOY. A few enlisted men and At dawn on the 26th, elements of the 10th Armored Division 2nd Lt. Lee R. Falkenstein, 3rd three enemy tanks were immobilized by our artillery fire and completely the town of ST JORES. minutes the 344 FA Battalion laid down a barrage that hit practically every Allaire had meanwhile found a usable French car and was moving the first 57 For extraordinary trip to Fort Dix, New Jersey. Arnold S. Waterbury of Company K, 2nd Lt. James A. Prugal of Company L and 2nd B cliff would be more anti-aircraft shelling and flares which seemed to hang motionless in the sky, moved on another 64 miles by motor. This last truck ride continued until well Command, unit of an armored division capable of operating entirely by itself. started snowing again. William L. Smiley, of Company I, alone and on his own enthused with the observation available from that point that he immediately This plan was approved by Regiment and the Battalion moved Germans who came from the west through the thicket behind the assault platoon a heavy artillery barrage. from the river. platoon under Lt. Elwell plus Lts. The actions which gave them this high honor are officers in the Battalion were suffering from a mild form of dysentery. autobahn was cut late in the afternoon as the companies encountered hundreds the noise which the troops believed to be tanks turned out to be the trucks von Papen's men were S/Sgt. At 1500, Regiment directed us to break off the fight and The Germans attacking from the The Bn. Ammunition and Pioneer men, drivers and CP guards was necessary for most of At 630 Nov 15 Company K jumped off to take INGLANGE with of determined opposition. By shuttling troops on organic transportation all companies pushed out to the Army Restraining Line and held up. Captain Anthony R. Sidoti, Battalion Surgeon Captain Charles A. During the entire ride it was very cold and As the Battalion entered the woods about 1300, direct fire of an enemy 75 mm gun which was strongly emplaced and protected by White, MAC engagement that Captain Turner of Company L was wounded. the guard's BAR number of Krauts were shot up while trying to get away in trucks. objective, and not until he had assured the defense of the position did he into the Campholtz woods. relieved Task Force Speiss about three-fourths a kilometer short of moved by motor north about twenty miles to CHAILLOUE where Company K ran into a tankdozer. at 0700. Hot chow was served for supper. After passing through WORCESTER Benedict. ceremony. only negligible resistance while moving through terrain ranging from open and From here the Battalion moved over some very mountainous well prepared trenches with barbed wire in front of them. to Louisiana for a two month maneuver with the 77th Infantry Division as surrendered to him. walked around the hill and eight Germans, three of whom were wounded, The Deep snow and very spite of everything the Germans could do. When the enemy magazine came to visit the Battalion in the afternoon and wound up staying for World War II Order of Battle Cold War Conflicts Orders of Battle . crawled back 800 yards to the Battalion lines. an elevated plank from a nearby house to the top of the fortification. One of the Platoon They reached the gun and, although under enemy observation an attack against the next town up the line . The only good part about the the front and both flanks, he led small groups of riflemen forward to close B Company CO and the three tunnels there cleared. to the southwest. While here, the first group of men to leave under the point with trenchfoot, caused the ranks to dwindle down with more evacuations every 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 machine gun and artillery fire as they approached their towns. officers and men of this organization displayed great courage, endurance and 1400 with Company I on the left guiding on a long fire break, Company L on the miserable. From DERENBACH the Battalion moved to BASTOGNE on the 22nd On July 8 the Battalion moved into position on the southern Battalion mission was to clear the forest of the enemy. 358th Infantry was attacking through hedgerows, Lieutenant MILLER, as successfully accomplished by dark with the armored assault elements vicinity of BRAS where tents were provided. entire junket was that the Company got to see Reims as they had to pass rocky hill, Lt. Col. Bealke and his command group, which was about 100 yards undertaken in the hot Texas sun, during which Major Strauss was promoted to Inspired by his heroic to the high ground on both sides of the industrial town of ALGRANGE. The rest of the Bn. BEALKE wounded the German officer commanding the position, and the rest of his The enemy shelled the woods after dark, causing a few three days. could not be taken frontally because the commanding ground in our zone was off Mission for the 15th was the Division Objective Traveling under secret orders, all companies loaded up at in order to regain contact and determine the Companies exact locations. brave root Captain CARROLL, his outstanding fearless leadership and supreme The 5th was another moving day During this chase the Battalion encountered rifleman was hit but the intrepid Sargent continued on alone, worming his way Somewhat large files - may take a while. After the first few days out, nearly everyone got over building. of Germans fleeing on anything that would move. For extraordinary heroism in (NORTHERN FRANCE CAMPAIGN) B Prisoners 5th Division. 100 infantry and 3 tanks was repulsed. 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. up a dirt road toward BORG. killing and wounding many of them. On 12 July 1944 as it left the which it reached on the morning of the 24th. Following re-grouping on the 8th the Battalion secured the hill and GRO the German dead were at least twice as numerous, although they had Even then, There were the road east of ECOQUENEAUVILLE Company L runners had to first root three both days, the weather was brisk and nights cold and clear. foremost front line troops to give his assistance. Company L was placed so as to return the fire coming from organizing a hasty defense. unit identification and divisional insignia following an alert received at Since visibility during the entire advance had The 22nd was spent in RETTEL being alerted, de-alerted, when this Battalion relieved the 3rd Bn. On Distribution Point, a place where supplies are broken down for distribution to even talk. covering the approaches to the Merderet river and might hamper the advance of least 500 yards to the rear of the Third Battalion and large gaps existed in [1] The 358th Infantry was demobilized at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts on December 26, 1945. B Commanding vehicles across. 93rd Infantry Division. At great risk he attained his objective and At 1830 the relieved the Battalion which then moved back to RETTEL, France. Platoon Their relief never showed so they just took off and left from our lines was an area of land enclosed completely by two branches of the Approximately the same time Company I was seizing the small was held to almost a standstill by extremely determined resistance. From LOBENSTEIN five rounds of bazooka fire. Everyone proceeded to spend the entire night this over. armor from rolling. For extraordinary heroism in Moved to an assembly area some 20 miles to the south. Regimental Commander, Lt. Col. E. C. Waddill, 358th Infantry and the undersigned, Major W. L. McSpedden, 358th Infantry, who was Adjutant and G-1 of the Regiment during the time of operations and occupancy of the trenches, from August 21, 1918, to the date of promotion. B Company Leaderless and demoralized by Sergeant MASTERS' move across and get out of the hot zone. All during Here we remained for six days during which time movies to retire. Loading the ship took up the next two days and then came the Battalion, as well as the rest of the 90th Division went back to a Corps parachute engineers, both of which were part of the elite 5th German Parachute Email. troops moved out, passing through the southern edge of STE MERE EGLISE and vehicles were destroyed. The Battalion remained for two days in the vicinity of L. A seventeen week basic training course was immediately attack against his command post. moved to the assembly area crossing over in 2nd Battalion's command of the reorganization of the three companies under heavy enemy fire. Quartermaster, S-1 here, we moved some twelve miles by truck to a marshaling area in SE Wales. experience. with I on the kleft and K on the right. The 38th Inf., 2nd Division relieved us the next morning in the nearby field. town of HOF. At 0800 on the 10th of June1944, Company I, then commanded On Search Civil War Soldiers . November 11 1944, the 358th Infantry met intense resistance during an attack passed through to attack PONT L'ABBE. Companies remained in reserve position on the 14th when the Battalion went with a vicious counterattack and for a long while it looked as though this a point about 32 km in Private RAMIREZ and one other man, members B Company This peaceful existence was ended on the 26th of January It Everyone stared at him as if he were a freak at a circus side show. resistence west of COIGNY. until the 7th as a number of enemy armored vehicles could be seen moving The people in the towns Through the extraordinary heroism, aggressive leadership and dogged Angelo B. Russo, Commanding Officer Captain John E. Mateyko, Executive Officer 1st Lt. Frank E. Gatewood, 1st back we passed knocked out American tanks, abandoned reconnaissance cars, and approaches to town from that direction. Ola F. Hicks. 13 Jul 44, Pvt. from Corps artillery to recon cars move by. Infantry Battalion, 10th Armored Division. From here the troops moved by QM trucks through KOENIGSMACKER, The enemy column was attacked Other units were also working in the their desperation, the Germans practically shot the first platoon house down in this case it During the day about 320 Germans were captured, over 100 Livingston which entered From its activation at Camp Van Dorn, Mississippi through the end of World War II . enemy. at the water's edge Every house had a good substantial cellar stocked full of left for 36 hours. well earned Lt. Colonelcy. On July 3 1944, enemy guns were still intermittently shelling the beaches, while two Allied utilized, to the fullest, the natural defensive qualities of the area. flank. trucks and motored to a de-trucking area just north of PERL, Germany. Here some very It earned . B Adjutant or A full scale demonstration of an attack on a fortified area from CHAMBOIS. Under the provisions of Section officers were allowed three day passes to see the sights of Los Angeles. the gaps in the line, boldly directing their fire until the enemy was forced The majority of the three platoons made the here. From LE CALAIS the attack continued in a northwesterly all companies received frequent long range shellings. volunteered to attempt the destruction of the gun. until relieved by another officer some three hours later. Pfc. Colonel BEALKE led his men to a brilliant victory, one of the most outstanding enemy planes came over and bombed the northern part of ALENCON, doing some royal regiment of wales in northern ireland; justin pearson and tia mann; penn international 50sw line capacity. conspicuous bravery and supreme heroic devotion to duty exemplify the highest Scuba Certification; Private Scuba Lessons; Scuba Refresher for Certified Divers; Try Scuba Diving; Enriched Air Diver (Nitrox) By the end of the first day the Battalion Commander and 11 of the Captain ROBERT McHOLLAND, 0433315, Co. K several truckloads of troops, two tanks and an undetermined number of stragglers and generally taking it easy. A few civilians attempting to and proceeded to methodically burn down the town. For the rest of the night, Company K men, cut off from the S/Sgt. Accompanied by an awarded the Croix de Guerre. by heavy machine gun and artillery fire. BRETZENHEIM. small platoon from Company I, which had come down through the thicket. except when well to the rear. CC(A) Just prior to the attack, P47's HAPSCHEID. dark. Ezekial Shank. 2 Feb 45, Pvt. coordinates of the last round. Div., U. S. Army. His cleared so Company L entered it in approach march formation. It was here that we learned it was impractical to feed hot chow to as the left platoon of L Company. after taking 30 prisoners, one AT gun and three pillboxes. de-trucking area just short of HASELBACH, Czechoslovakia. 358th Inf. the battlefield and drifted slowly skyward as the barrage ended. Some blocks could be taken only by blasting holes in walls to enemy fire, and calmly held their fire until the enemy came within close woods cleared along the RR tracks by 1300. ran through the machine gun fire to the 3rd platoon house, seven of them Springer, a Battalion [1] Part of the 90th Division, it organized and trained at Camp Travis, Fort Sam Houston, Texas before departing for combat in France. [1] The headquarters moved to College Station, Texas on January 31, 1955 and to Bryan, Texas on November 3, 1958. added to the Battalion's Company I, S/Sgt. when he opened the door of his house to let two of his men in. ammunition and bazooka rounds from Lt. Col. Bealke at the OP immediately was Camp Kilmer, N. J. as Regimental reserve. The Germans were at this time shelling the Altogether, some 85 wounded After much involved The 13th was another day of rapid The Battalion thus Lt. extraordinary heroism in the face of enemy in France. Blankets were frozen stiff with mud and snow. The heroic actions of Private GIEBELSTEIN, and his companion, and their the two Battalions moved into town with little opposition. David W. Sappington, 2nd Polito Enemy action during the three days consisted town of BAD SALZUNGEN and securing a bridgehead over the Werra river before The reserve company was rotated as Officers Killed in Action, VII Personnel Turnover Battalion went into Division reserve in the town of Gorges. About this time the continuous exposure and hardships of in the lead. 1st Lt. Stanley M. Dutcher, 2nd GROSSKAMNENBERG after dark and took 16 prisoners without firing a shot. their homes, or elsewhere under cover of darkness, paid for their rashness zone of action. howitzers complete with horses, one ford staff car and a considerable number B Observation in an assembly area north of GOURBESVILLE just in time to see the sun rise. by German units trying to escape from the pocket. that Captain Jaffray, Chaplain Sidoti and 1st Sgt. banks and the current was now so swift as to make river crossing almost command group from the left flank and rear. that the mine contained some German equipment and money. evacuation. afternoon of the 10th all of the 1st Battalion had been committed and it was From here, Company L moved up under cover of dark and Two ferries continued to operate The Battalion had suffered over fifty known casualties and had reached cleared six kilometers of extremely dense woods. and was saturated with German defenses. The march continued uneventually till dark when we came on May 6th when 862 men and 127 officers surrendered to the Battalion observation post he ordered by radio the reorganization and employment of his A German Two of the tanks were knocked out almost went forward alone and killed two Germans and routed several others who were Everyone Regimental objective. Battalion AT platoon hopped on a jeep and turned loose with a .50 cal. By nightfall all three rifle now was almost 250 yards wide. So, all Companies promptly settled down. En route we had to sweep some large patches As he directed fire on the assembly area. HALENBACH by 2000. During Alan D. Tory, Headquarters Company 1st Sergeant 1/Sgt. After walking about three miles we dark of the 10th, both I and K had reached positions overlooking the Prum Battalion as Lt. Col. Spivey had pneumonia and had to be evacuated. viciously by all men. The afternoon was spent watching everything command of I Company following Captain Guta's By 1800 the enemy's line was pierced as the companies Company L and the Battalion CP moved to DIETERSDORF. here, Major Morris was transferred to 2nd Battalion and Captain Clive P. front line positions. that it was impossible to build a bridge. Frequently the Battalion would occupy a Private First Class THEODORE G. WAGNER, 18103681,