331 infantry regiment, 83rd division

A Co, 87th Chemical Battalion, from July 5th to 16th, 1944 In the 331st, the 2nd and 3rd battalions jumped off abreast at 0445 hours from the vicinity of Meautis. Then the heavies came in low, a hundred at a time. They Served With Honor; A World War II Family Website A Company B Co, 705th Tank Destroyer Battalion (SP), from August 6th to 16th, 1944 We specialize in Army patches. He said he would take the job for 30 days to see how it worked out. Great Discounts & More! A last note. It can be seen by clicking here. You can read it by clicking here, or on the Combat Medic's Badge. We hardly ever hear anything except rumors, and some of these are fantastic. "When I Joined VetFriends, I read about the email locator service, and sent an email to my old friend. For three days the Nazis continued to pour reinforcements into the town. MPAD | Museum of the Kansas National Guard The division crossed the Leine, 8 April, and attacked to the east, pushing over the Harz Mountain region and advancing to the Elbe at Barby. At the end, the 83rd Division, born in war, was disbanded and all its men reassigned to other units. 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 330th took Strass and the 331st took Gey, one of the most strategic points in the network of German defenses protecting the vital approaches to Duren. Fighting there and on nearby terrain was extremely. 29th Infantry Division: June 6: Omaha: Anything will help. Heartpounding does not adequately describe the experience of watching all this at close range. A Co, 813th Tank Destroyer Battalion (SP), from July 10th to 13th, 1944 Chapter Twenty-Six of the author's The Great Boer War, which Smith, Elder, & Co. published in 1900.This web version is based on the Internet Archive version digitized from an unidentified library in 2010 with funding from the Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation.. There are numerous monuments in France honoring the GIs of the 83rd Division. This richly illustrated book chronologically describes the course of Operation Overlord through 357 specific events. I Company The 83rd spent Thanksgiving in that tiny country. Even the paint on their helmets looked as if they had just been unpacked." Liberation of Langenstein Concentration Camp by 83rd Division Casualties were heavy. Certain divisional units saw action, such as the 332nd Infantry Regiment, in Italy (Battle of Vittorio Veneto). 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. Operation COBRA began the morning of 25 July. Captain William A. Smith was born Dec. 30, 1888, in Valley Falls, Kansas. 121st Inf (8th Div), from August 6th to 15th, 1944 Overall, the division had 170.2 percent replacements. The inmates were malnourished and in extremely poor physical condition. 83rd Infantry Division (German Empire) - Wikipedia Co., 2nd Bn., 331st Inf., 83rd div. They fought in the Ardennes, facing the point of the German Bulge. My worst nightmares are still in those rows.". These histories are courtesy of Myra Miller, PhD, of Footsteps Researchers. Paul Theophane Boyle - NHD Silent Heroes guns destroyed much of the enemy artillery and machine gun emplacements and forced them to surrender. Cemeteries & Memorials; Burial Search; About Us; Education; Facebook; Twitter; YouTube; Instagram; ABMC Headquarters 2300 Clarendon Blvd, Suite 500 Arlington, VA 22201 Phone: 703-584-1501. I'd hate to think of our son having to grow up to fight."TDC. E Company Well see, if I ever get around to integrating the information from the Unit Journals. After liberation, the death rate continued at approximately 2550 people per day, due to the severe physical debilitation of the prisoners. They continued the mission, and took Remich on 28 September. July 14, 1944: Hotat My dad's Individual Deceased Personnel File indicates cause of death as "Shrap. Dec 24, 2018 - 331 Infantry Regiment 83rd Infantry Division. 332nd Infantry Regiment ; 369th Experience ; Americans All! Original Item: Only One Available: This is a wonderful condition M1917 US Army uniform tunic, worn by a member of the US Army's 83rd Infantry Division. These newly-acquired vehicles were quickly painted olive-green and fitted with a U.S. star before joining the 83rd. Many of them are buried in U. S. Military Cemeteries, and can be found by searching the This single overlay for 14 July shows the 330IR pulled back but in a defensive set up to the north-east of Sainteny; very much in line with what we saw with the last two overlays for 13 July. 83rd Infantry Division Research & Documents - Facebook 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. At a height of 5 ft. 7.5 in., he probably didn't have an ounce of fat on his body. The division was disbanded in . 3/330 We honor them in loving memory. wikipedia.en/83rd_Indiana_Infantry_Regiment.md at main chinapedia OH Still on 12 July, I assume end of day, we have a regimental plan for outposts on the 83rdsside of the Taute River and marsh. Infanterie-Division was formed at Truppenbungsplatz Kningsbrck in December 1941 as a "Walkre"-Division (1) and was disbanded in December 1943. Contribute to chinapedia/wikipedia.en development by creating an account on GitHub. US soldiers with German prisoners of war//Robert Capa, 83rd Infantry Division in Europe in World War II 1944. Soldier Accounted For From World War II (Sweeney, B.) - Defense POW/MIA GitHub export from English Wikipedia. Courtesy Mike Catrambone, Colonel James D. D-Day and Battle of Normandy media library: archives photos and videos, Souvenir shop featuring t-shirts, caps, mugs, models or posters inspired by D-Day and the Battle of Normandy, D-Day Overlord - Marc Laurenceau 2003-2023. My dad's story ends here, but the 83rd's does not. Oliver returned home, he brought with him a remarkable collection of F Company photos. 331st infantry 83rd division ourgrowingpaynes New Member Joined: Oct 6, 2016 Messages: 3 Likes Received: 0 I am researching my grandfather's military history. This would seem to indicate a pretty good advance on the 12th then. The 9th Army had also been slowly advancing north of Aachen towards the Roer. Ive decided I will come back to incorporating geographic data points later. 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. var sc_project=709359; By 15 July, the 83rd had regrouped along the Ays River. The headquarters was organized on 27 September 1921. The following soldiers were reported as missing in action. The division was formed in November 1914 as the "Division Posen 1", part of the Posen Corps ( Korps Posen ), and became the 83rd Infantry Division in June 1915. It was active between 1941 and 1944, with a brief period of inactivity between 30 December 1943 and 16 March 1944. 1st Platoon: 1st Lieutenant George W. Stahley, killed on July 4, 1944 My worst nightmares are still in those rows.". GitHub export from English Wikipedia. 331st Regiment, 83rd Division Colonel James D. Shonak Commander 331st Anti-Tank Company Boyle, Paul (C) KIA Catrambone, Michael Hq. Tous droits rservs, 453rd AAA AW Battalion (Mbl), from July 1st, 1944 to July 9th, 1945. Troupes de la 83rd Division traquant les derniers snipers allemands dans les rues de Saint-Malo. He was not a large man, but my mother said the Army "built him up," and he never looked better. The 3.5 by 1.5 mile target area was only 1,500 yards in front of the American line. Basic training of the new recruits was conducted at Camp Sherman, northwest of Chillicothe, OH. The troops under Elster's command were not an organised fighting unit. July 28, 1944: Feugres D. Root; S/Sgt. Fays was finally secured, along with Ferme de Menil, on January 15. Private First Class David Allen Glascock ASN 35671319 served as a member of the 330th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division during World War Two and fought in Normandy, Northern France and Rhineland before getting Wounded in Action on December 5th, 1944. We will see once we get to the various reports. The TTF was the 331st Infantry regimental newspaper. To avoid needless loss of life, Elster negotiated a surrender. Go to top.. Henry Irving Tannenbaum--Company F, 331st Infantry Regiment 324th Field Artillery Battalion (155 Howitzer), Anti-aircraft artillery He fits the description that Sarge gives of the medic, and he is also from Alabama--as Sarge recalled. 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. The Drive To the Elbe 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. Subscribe to 330th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division Footer menu. It was initially made up of enlisted draftees from Ohio and Pennsylvania, with a cadre of Regular Army, Officers Reserve Corps, and National Army officers. The shield is red for artillery and the black pile represents part of the 83rd Infantry Division insignia. The wounded and defenseless GIs were then shot and killed, one by one. The division was activated in September 1917 at Camp Sherman, Ohio. 473rd AAA AW Battalion (SP), from August 22nd to September 17th, 1944, Field artillery I still can't see why they can't be held to their jobs like we are. 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. At war's end, the "Thunderbolt" division had established a bridgehead on the Elbe River. The Germans knew the routes that the 83rd would have to take, and from concealed positions dug beneath the hedgerows, they ranged in on the advancing GIs with mortars and artillery. 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. Richard E. Chipps was also a First Sergeant--of L Company. I became intrigued with the combined 83 ID / 330 IR overlays and decided to add the data points from the After Action Reports, Unit Journals and Morning Reports. The 83rd Infantry Division was first activated in the fall of 1917, several months after the United States entered World War I. The journey took them through the thick forests of the highland country east of Verdun. D Company 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. Col. Shonak recalls those brutal days in a series of letters, which for the first time tell the true horror of warfare in the Normandy hedgerows: "God we lost a lot of men. You can read it by clicking here, or on the Combat Medic's Badge. They spent 244 days in combat and suffered 23,980 casualties, 15,248 of which were combat casualties. Yet as you wander down these quiet paths they swarm around you, crouching low. Not sure it happened here, well have to wait till I get through the reports. Although he was a young man, my father was ancient by Army standards. 331st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) | Military Wiki | Fandom US Army Patches - Army Unit Patches and Army Regiment Patches. The prisoners were detailed to build underground factory installations and to carry out forced labor for Organization Todt. This, combined with coming of age during the great depression, taught him how to make do with what was at hand. 83rd Infantry Division Documents - 331st Infantry Regiment 331 IR - Indiana Military June 25, 1944: Omaha Beach 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. H Company L Company, 331st Infantry Regiment: Colonel Martin D. Barndollar Jr., killed on 4 July 1944 near Mautis, replaced by Lieutenant Colonel William E. Long, replaced on 7 July 1944 by Colonel John C. Whitcomb, replaced on 9 July 1944 by Colonel James D. Bender, replaced on 11 July 1944 by Colonel Robert T. Foster, replaced on 13 July 1944 by Colonel Robert H. York. annotated for each man: Staff Sergeant Edward J. Devlin, 31188341, 542 (communications chief) Social Media. It was initially formed from the garrison infantry regiments of Fortress Posen (Festung Posen). The map contains the locations, based on the coordinate on the morning report, shown in NATO symbology . On July 4th, for instance, the 83rd Division (including the 329th) began an attack directly south of the Utah beachhead in western Normandy. On 7 December, the 83rd Division relieved the 4th Infantry Division and attacked to clear the west bank of the Roer on 10 December. They fought their way through swamps that the Germans created by flooding the fields. 908th Field Artillery Battalion (105 Howitzer) It was initially made up of enlisted draftees from Ohio and Pennsylvania, with a cadre of Regular Army, Officers Reserve Corps, and National Army officers. Appendix During the rush to the Elbe river, wartime correspondents nicknamed the 83rd "The Rag-Tag Circus"[11] due to its resourceful commander, Major General Robert C. Macon, ordering the supplementing of the division's transport with anything that moved, "no questions asked". Note the discarded rolls of film and pictures scattered in the snow that were likely taken from them in a routine search, 9 January 1945. William T. Oliver is one of the GIs in the photo at the top of this page. In 1985, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the US Army's Center of Military History began a program to honor US Army divisions that took part in the liberation of Nazi camps. On 1 March, the 83rd Division advanced toward the Rhine in Operation Grenade, and captured Neuss. Nazi propaganda letters were a "Christmas present. As each house was taken, it was subjected to violent enemy counterattacks. U.S. Intelligence estimated between 3,000 and 6,000 German troops occupied St. Malo. The west bank of the Rhine from north of Oberkassel to the Erft Canal was cleared and defensive positions established by 2 March and the division renewed its training. It shows a bit of all three 83rd ID regiments. Next page: 322nd Field Artillery Bn. The 6th Regiment, Infantry, was organized June 24, 1799, of five companies, most of which dated back to 1785. 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. 802nd Tank Destroyer Battalion (T), from July 1st to December 7th, 1944 B Company The 83rd Division established a bridgehead over the river. Overall, the division had 170.2 percent replacements. Near Cherbourg. *83rd Infantry Division * Normandy * Brittany * Ardennes * Rhineland * Central Europe * 83rd Infantry Division * Rolland Joseph Gustave Despres is the man that started this project, and to tell his story I must also tell the the story of the 83rd infantry division. Every enemy unit or town that surrendered or was captured subscribed its quota of rolling stock for the division, usually at gunpoint. They advanced toward the Taute River while rain soaked the earth and drenched their already muddy fatigues. Basements of houses became aid stations for the wounded. Their patrols advance beyond the line Div Lamb, Emanuel (H) Lt. Col. Leniel MacDonald Richmond, Floyd J. D Company I am looking for general info: Where they were based in US. Most, if not all of them, 83d Infantry Division - U.S. Army Center of Military History J Company It suffered heavy losses at Normandie and Falaise pocket in August 1944 and was disbanded in October 1944.