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Heodquorlers 320th Engineer (C) Bollolion

95th lnfontry Division
Camp Shelby, Mississippi
6 October 1945

To the officers and men of the 320th Engineer Battalion:

It has been said that upon the Engineers in World War H

rested heavier responsibilities than ever before. Your accom-
plishments in the execution of these added duties in all of our
combat operations were of the highest quality and efficiency.
Your resourcefulness with improvised methods{ tireless ingenu-
ity and indomitable spirit made no obstacle insurmountable.
After we left Indiantown Gap for overseas duty the battalion
came into real existence as a combat unit. Pride in organization
of all ranks grew rapidly as we progressed in battle. Your team
spirit and techniques improved in each operation. The spirit of
loyalty{ cooperation and devotion to duty left nothing to be
desired. This was especially true during the tough fighting and
building assignments in the Metz{ Saar and Ruhr areas.
Your experiences and the friendships you have made will be
a great pleasure to you in years to come.

Now you will return to your chosen places as soldiers or

civilians with a clearer concept of why we fought to preserve
our established freedoms and the democratic form of govern-
ment. Upon leaving the Battalion each of you is assured that
your job has been well done.

I shall always cherish the privilege and honor of having

been your commander during the maneuvers in the United
States and our campaigns in the European Theater of Opera-
tions.
Sincerely{

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JAMES I. CROWTHER
Lieutenant Colonel/ Corps of Engineers
Batta lion Commander and
Division Engineer.

*
Col. Crowther commanded the 320th Engineers
from January, 1943, until inactivated in October,
1945. A native and resident of Baltimore, Mary-
land, he was graduated from West Virginia Uni-
versity in 1935. He began active duty in February,
1941, as First Lieutenant with the 20th Engineers,
(C) Regiment, at Fort Benning, Georgia. After
graduation from the Fourth Divisional Officers'
and Third Field Officers' Training Courses at Fort
Belvoir, Virginia, he was assigned to command
the 32Dth Enginee r Battalion.
Major Byron E. Doll Major Robert T. Davis Capt. Roland C. Carroll Capt. Charles F. Cassidy

Battalion Headquarters •

*
COL. JAMES I. CROWTHER, Commanding Officer
COL. LELAND B. KUHRE, Commanding Officer
MAJOR BYRON E. DOLL, Executive Officer
MAJOR ROBERT B. WARREN, Executive Officer
MAJOR ROBERT T. DAVIS, Plans and Training
Officer
CAPT. ROLAND C. CARROLL, Dental Officer
CAPT. CHARLES F. CASSIDY, Dental Officer
CAPT. LEE VERN R. LEISHMAN, Asst. Plans and
Training Officer
CAPT. RICHARD J. MEISE, Intelligence Officer
CAPT. FREDERICK HOMAN, Battalion Surgeon
CAPT. ROBERT B. IRELAND, Battalion Surgeon
Capt. Robert B. Ireland
CAPT. LEON HOMER MILOT, Asst. Division Engi- Capt. Lee Vern R. Leishman
neer
CAPT. JACOB OCHS, Battalion Surgeon
CAPT. ANDREW D. PATRICK, Supply Officer
CAPT. PHILLIP C. TEMPLETON, Supply Officer 2nd LT. FREDERICK J. BLATZ, JR., Asst. Intelligence
lst LT. JOHN BATA, JR., Dental Officer Officer
lst LT. RICHARD J. BOYLE, Adjutant 2nd LT. ROBERT W. ODELL, Reconnaissance Officer
lst LT. JAMES E. DOYLE, Personnel Adjutant C.W.O. RICHARD D. HARLAN, Personnel Adjutant
lst LT. RAYMOND L. HERSCHEL, Asst. Plans and C.W.O. ROBERT E. MORGAN, Asst. Supply Officer
Training Officer W.O. EUGENE R. STONE, Personnel Adjutant

Capt. Richard J. Meise Capt. Leon Homer Milot Capt. Andrew D. Patrick 1st Lt. Richard J. Boyle
 Battalion Headquarters

lsi Lt. Raymond Herschel 2nd Lt. Frederick J, Blatz. Jr. C.W.O. Robert E. Borgen W. 0. Eugene R. Stone

HEADQUARTERS &SERVICE COMPANY

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LT. COL. CARL J. ISLEY lst LT. HOWARD D. BORDEN

MAJOR MICHAEL MESSNER lst LT. ARTHUR W. EATMAN
CAPT. WALTER KOPPELMAN, JR. W.O. CLARENCE A. ANDERSON
lst LT. JOHN P. BEESON, JR. W.O. MARVIN A. TUCK

Lt. Col. Carl J, Isley lsi Lt. John P. Beeson, Jr. W.O. Clarence A. Anderson
 CAPT. MELVIN C. STILES
CAPT. CHARLES R. EANES
l st LT. MELVIN HUGH BOBO
lst LT. IRWIN M. GLASSER

COMPANY lst LT. WM. D. MANIFOLD

lst LT. STUART S. McLEAN
lst LT. JOHN S. SHALALA

A 2nd LT. JAMES W. BALDWIN

2nd LT. DOMINICK CIARA VELLA
2nd LT. SAM 0. ST. JOHN

Capt. Charles R. Eanes

1st Lt. Melvin Hugh Bobo 1st Lt. Irwin M. Glasser 1st Lt. Wm. D. Manifold 2nd Lt. James W. Baldwin

COMPANY B

Capt. Wm. T. Book Capt. Andrew J, McGovern 1st Lt. Edward J. Kendrick

CAPT. ANDREW J. McGOVERN 2nd LT. CHARLES E. BENNETT

CAPT. WM. T. BOOK 2nd LT. JAMES D. DURHAM
lst LT. EDWARD J. KENDRICK 2nd LT. ROBERT R. GERMAIN
lst LT. CARL R. MORTON
lst LT. EDUARDO MUXO 2nd LT. ROBERT C. HARPER
l st LT. ROBERT H. PERET 2nd LT. CHARLES L. HAWLEY
lst LT. PETER P. ZANOWIAK 2nd LT. JACKIE C. RUNYON
 COMPANY B

lsi Lt. Carl R. Morton 1st Lt. Robert H. Peret 2nd Lt. Charles E. Bennett 2nd Lt. Jackie C. Runyon

COMPANY C
CAPT. ELIAS L. TOLBERT
lst LT. EDWARD HERBERT
lst LT. DUDLEY B. HILE
lst LT. JOHN G. KEOUGH, JR.
lst LT. STEPHEN PIPKA
lst LT. DANIEL E. ROSE
lst LT. ROBERT L. SECHLER
2nd LT. HOWARD J. EDELSON
2nd LT. EUGENE R. ROBINSON
2nd LT. RICHARD K. VALLEY
Capt. Elias L. Tolbert 1st Lt. Edward Herbert

1st Lt. Dudley B. Hile lsi Lt. Robert L. Sechler 2nd Lt. Eugene R. Robinson

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 Table of Contents
l. Preparing for Combat
2. England
3. Normandy-The Red Ball-We Move Up
4 The Metz Campaign
5. The Saar Campaign
6. The Push to the Rhine
7. The Ruhr Pocket Campaign
8. Military Government and Redeployment
9. Battalion Command Posts
10. Roll of Honor
11. Roster
,.

Activation ceremony. General Harry L. Twaddle, Division Commander, July 15, 1942

:JfteStor'J o/ fhe
320th ENGINEER BATTALION
Preparation lor Combat
The 320th Engineer Battalion was activated as part In a few weeks the men were beginning to feeL
of the 95th Infantry Division on July 15, 1942, at Camp talk and act like soldiers and were learning that the
Swift, Texas. The enlisted cadre for the Division was job of becoming a combat engineer was one of the
furnished by the 7th Infantry Division. The officer hardest in the army. We learned that in addition to
cadre had been drawn from many organizations and the regular engineer duties such as bridge building,
received refresher courses before reporting to the Di- repair and maintenance of roads, demolitions, plac-
vision. Additional officers were received direct from ing and lifting mine fields, use of the mine detector and
Officer Candidate Schools. Maj. Gen. Harry L. Twaddle flame thrower, that we were also required to become
came from the War Department G-3 to take command proficient in Infantry tactics. We learned to take pride
of the Division. Lt. Col. Leland B. Kuhre came from the in becoming an engineer soldier, and in our pride,
St. Louis Engineer District to command the 320th En- held ourselves slightly aloof from the ordinary soldier
gineer Battalion. who was not an engineer.
The first men were assigned to the Battalion during Marches became increasingly longer and the train-
the first week of July, and by activation day the Bat- ing schedule became more arduous. We learned the
talion had received over half its men. Activation day basic principles of bridge and road construction, how
was marked by a parade in which all the new men to use our weapon and how to care for it, and the art
participated, passing in review before Major General of tent pitching. We became proficient in KP, policing
Twaddle after he had received the National Standard. the area, and scrubbing the barracks for Saturday
morning inspection. At night there were passes into
Additional new men were assigned, bringing the
Battalion almost up to strength by the end of July. To Austin, Bastrop, Elgin or other nearby towns, or we
the men fresh from civilian life, the early days of train- ' stayed in camp to write letters or drink beer at the PX.
ing were ones of torture. Close order drilL military At the end of five months we were surprised to find
courtesy and discipline, calisthenics and marches filled that we no longer felt or acted like civilians, that the
each day so that lights out at 2100 was not too early tasks which had been so hard at first were now easy-
to find most men in bed. in fact, that we were soldiers.
 Top: Sequin, Texas. near Fort Sam Houston.
Improved jeep floats for river crossing.

River 1

After ad
the 379t
faithful s
it is-

Camp Swift. Texas. 320th Engineers constructing spillway to dam using

soil cement materials for surfacing of sides a n d bottom of spillway.

Right top: Improvised

float made from tarpaulin
from two and one-half
ton truck and branches
from trees.

Right bottom: Half track

cable being used for
river crossing expedients.

General view of Branntown, Camp Bullis, Texas. Constructed by

320th Engineer Battalion and used by Division troops for training in
village fighting

Finished spillway to dam constructed by 320th Engineers at Camp

Swift, Texas. Close-up of structure in Branntown, Camp Bullis,
Texas, 1943.
 River crossing demonstration, Seguin, Texas, Guadaloupe River Lomsmna maneuvers. 320th Engineers installing bridge across
Sabine River that separates Louisiana and Texas

After a demonstration of "river crossings," the men of the 320th Engineers and
the 379th Infantry Regiment are shown enjoying a rest period in their ever-
faithful steeds, the jeeps. Even after the hard work they have just endured, Engineer flame-thrower operator assaulting fortified position,
it is interesting to note the high spirits still reflected in their faces Camp Bullis, Texas
320th Engineers crawling across infiltration course they constructed at General view of infiltration range, Camp Bullis. Captain Talbert
Camp Bullis. Just over their heads, .30-caliber machine gun fire is flying of Company C preparing to go through course
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Bel
An
Early in December the Division moved to Fort Sam maneuver period. On September 2 our permanent sta-
Houston, Texas, for its first perma nent change of ad- tion was changed from Ft. Sam Houston, Texas, to Bel
dress. Ft. Sam, a beautiful post, located on the edge Camp Polk, La., and we moved into barracks in camp.
of San Antonio, Texas, was only a short bus ride from CeJ
the center of the city. The training area for Ft. Sam, The Battalion was authorized to issue furloughs as
Se1
Camp Bullis, located about 22 miles from the Fort, was soon as we moved into Camp Polk. About one-fourth Se1
a vast expanse of rocky terrain covered with scrub of the men had received furloughs when they were
growth, ticks and chiggers. suddenly discontinued. Men, who had given up high CeJ
positions on the furlough list to secure a more pre-
Shortly afte r arriving at Ft. Sam, the Battalion ferred date or to get their clothes in shape , found them·
Lo1
started to issue its first furloughs and many men were selves holding the bag, and learned one more lesson: she
lucky enough to be home for Christmas or New Years. when the Army offers something, grab it! en1
SUJ
Marches continued to play a large part in our phys- The Division was ordered to move to the California-
ical conditioning. Test marches were conducted in L01
Arizona Maneuver Area for further training. The Bat- 1o
which each officer and enlisted man was required to talion turned in all heavy equipment at Camp Polk a nd
march five miles in one h our and nine miles in two entrained for movement to the de se rt on Octobe r 15.
h ours, a lso ma rch e s of 25 miles in eight hours w ere Upon arrival in the desert w e w ere assign ed to Camp
made , many of the m to or from Ft. Sam and Camp Coxcomb, 18 miles from the nearest civilian habitation
Bullis. of any kind-Desert Center, a bus stop and garage. It
Early in January, 1943, Lieutenant Colonel Kuhre left was 100 miles to Palm Springs and 200 miles to Los
the Battalion for assignment to the command of an Angeles. A weekend pass to Los Angeles was a major
Engineer (C) Group just forming at Camp Swift, Texas, venture, but well worth the trouble and expense. At
a nd Maj. James I. Crowther assumed command of the first the desert was rather overpowering with its quiet
Ba ttalion. La ter in Ja nuary a n on-commissioned officer and limitless expanse of sand flats and m ountains, b ut
cadre was furnish ed to the newly organized 97th Infa n- we grew to like it. The days we re h ot a nd the nights
try Division. were freezing, with a moon so bright you could distin-
guish colors. The PX, movies and occasional USO
During our stay at Ft. Sam the Battalion constructed shows provided entertainment, but m ost evenings were
two mock villages for training in village and house-to- spent in the pyramidal tents with a good warm fire,
h ouse fighting and erected a simulated seg ment of the playing cards, reading or writing le tters.
Siegfried Line, comp le te with concrete pillboxes and
entrenchme nts, for training in the assault of a fortified In December there w ere a series of squa d problems,
position. followed in January by ma ne uve rs · with the 11th
Armored Division.
During March, April and May a series of Division
p roble ms wer~ executed at Camp Bullis and at the end During the first two weeks of February, the Battalion
of these the Division was ready to move to Louisiana was engaged in preparing for its move from Camp
for Su mmer Ma neuvers. Coxcomb, Calif., to Indiantown Gap Military Reserva-
tion, Pennsylvania. At the same time the California-
The Ba tta lion moved to the Louisiana maneuver Arizona Mane uve r Area was b eing closed a nd the
a rea b y motor convoy on June 15, closing into a n Battalion was de tailed to supe rvise and load approxi-
assembly area n ear Many, La ., on June 16. W e h a d ma tely 3,500 v ehicle s of all types to be shipped by rail
hea rd ma ny stories about Louisiana maneuvers and to Army Posts throughout the United States. In addition
the m osquitoes, bugs, snakes, swamps, rain, dust and to the above assignment, the Battalion supervised the
h eat w ere a ll a nd more tha n h a d been pictured. loading of the entire Division's mate ria l for shipmen t to
the new station. The Battalion was commende d for the
W e maneuvered first against flags and then started excelle nt w ork that was done in such a sh ort p eriod of
the real mane uvers w ith and against the 31st and 88th time.
Infantry Divisions, the ll th Armored Division , a nd the
15th Cavalry Squadron . For us it was a nightmare . The Ba tta lion left the desert b y rail from Fred a,
Bridges w ould be d eclared knocked out and as soon as Calif., at 2100, February 18, 1944, and proceeded to
they w e re replaced, the umpires would declare them Indiantown Gap, Pa., arriving at its new station a t
out agafn a nd the w ork w ould ha ve to b e d one over. 0500, February 23, 1944. After the dry h eat of the d esert
By-passes by the d ozens ha d to b e cut through the the cold, damp winter w eather at th e Gap seemed
swampy growth around knocked-out bridges and esp ecially p e ne trating .
cratered roads. Then when the breaks w ould com e a nd
e ve ryone else would be resting, it would b e n ecessary A tra ining p rogram was initiated w ithin the Batta lion
to re pair the roads and streng then the b ridg es in our to qua lify a ll officers a nd en listed m en in a ccorda nce
area. W a ter was a great p roble m, and our water sec- with the provisions of War Department d irectives on
tion worked da y and n ight following the swift moving Prepa'r ation for Ove rseas Movement. The program in-
ma neuvers to furnish p ure drinking water for troops of cluded a review of basic subjects and the training of
the Division, a nd learning the sh ort cuts which proved technicians. Instruction by sta ff officers a nd company
to be so valuable in combat. officers was given under Battalion control to the assem-
bled Ba tta lion. Prepara tion a n d pre sen ta tion was ex-
Louisiana maneuve rs w ere comple ted on August 22, cellent and the in terest sh own by th e me n was respon-
a nd w e w ent into bivouac in the maneuver area with sible for the d evelopment of a ve ry h igh gra de of op-
the mission of repairing a ll roads and bridges in our eration a l standards. Special effort was placed on a
area , so they w ould be in good sh a p e for the n ext weekly orientation p rogram to bring the me n up to date
California-Arizona Maneuvers
Right-Desert showdown inspection (left to right}: Sergeant
Emerson. Major Davis, Corporal Behor and Lieutenant Muxo.
Below. left, top to bottom: Sgt. Arthur R. Dux, S/Sgt.
Anthony ]. Franceschini, T/4 John J. Harrington and T/5
Frederick J. Sujat on a problem.
Below. right: Men of Company C receiving final instructions
for night attack problem.
Center. left: Company C machine gun position showing
Sergeant Jackson. Private First Class Welsh as gunner and
Sergeant Hibicke as assistant to gunner. First platoon,
Company C. November 26, 1943.
Center right: On reconnaissance, Lieutenant Rose. Company
C. gives plan of operation for platoon night problem.
Lower left: Private Polewski. Company A, at listening post
showing noise installation, tin cans on wire, surrounding
entire supply dump. Mission, -to secure abandoned enemy
supply dump for our troops. Other maneuver problems.
Lower right: Corporal Dudley pointing out .enemy activity
to Private Voelkner, field of fire 1.200 yards. Machine gun
nest. First platoon, Company A.
on activities in the various theaters of war. These one- The training program continued with Company B
hour programs included one or two skits which vividly going to the West Virginia Maneuver Area with Com-
demonstrated the necessity for doing the things pre- bat Team 8 for the first two weeks, and Company C
scribed in basic training. A very liberal leave and fur- with Combat Team 9, for the last two weeks of May.
lough policy was in effect at this time to comply with The companies which remained at the Gap were com-
Army Regulations and Preparation for Overseas Move- pleting their POM requirements and taking specialist
ment requirements. During the latter part of the month training. A driver's school was started so that every
the Battalion received replacements, the greater per- man in the Battalion would be trained and licensed by
centage of whom had attended the Army Specialized June 10. A very extensive athletic program was intro-
Training Program. Most of these men had completed duced for physical conditioning of all officers and
basic training but required training in engineer tasks. enlisted men.
Special effort was made to develop the new replace- Company A went to the West Virginia Maneuver
ments by continuing the Battalion-controlled classes. Area with Combat Team 7, for the first two weeks of
They received special weapons operational training June. The Battalion prepared all items of equipment
and firing to meet POM requirements. Specialist schools for turning in and also made the necessary crates for
were held for carpenters, electricians, air compressor packing minimum essential equipment for the Division
operators, etc. A new competitive interest in training to take overseas. A school was conducted by Lieuten-
was aroused within the Battalion when the Battalion ant Colonel Crowther for all Divisional units on pack-
Staff Officers conducted weekly tests, by platoons, on ing, crating and marking of equipment for overseas
subjects covered during the weekly period. The results shipment. Company officers supervised the packing
of these tests were published to the men. and crating of the Combat Teams which they nor-
mally support.
In preparation for the scheduled mountain maneu- An advance detachment of officers from Battalion
vers in the West Virginia Maneuver Area in May, Bat- Headquarters, consisting of Mai. Robert T. Davis, Capt.
talion Headquarters and the lettered companies sent Andrew D. Patrick, Capt. Leon H. Milot, First Lieutenant
officers and men to the assault climbing school at Elkins, Richard J. Boyle and John G. Keough, departed on June
W. Va. Two officers and two enlisted men from Battal- 25, 1944, for the Port of Embarkation.
ion Headquarters were sent to a school on the operation The Battalion was fully trained, equipped and ready
of the Odegraph at Fort Knox, Ky. for overseas shipment and combat.

ENGLAND
Early in July, 1944, orders were received for the tion. At 0845, July 27, we detrained at Camp Myles
Battalion to prepare for overseas movement. After two Standish, Staging Area for the Boston Port of Embarka-
years of intense and arduous training, this was the or- tion. Here everything moved with clocklike precision-
der that every one was expecting. Last minute inspec- orientation on security, demonstrations of chemical war-
tions were completed and all faulty items of clothing fare equipment, abandon ship procedures, and demon-
and equipment were turned in and new clothing and strations of the life rafts and life belts. Impregnated
equipment drawn. clothing for use in case of gas attack was issued and
Officers and men spent the remaining days in get- packed away. Final show-down inspections were held,
ting their families started home, and as usual, those 95th Infantry Division patches were removed from all
men of the Battalion without families had many good- garments, and everyone was advised that it was a
byes of their own to say. Pennsylvania towns of Har- Court-Martial offense to reveal where we were sta-
risburg, Pottsville, Shenandoah, and many others, tioned, what unit we belonged to, and above all from
which had become very familiar to the men of the Bat- what Port we thought we would leave. After this had
talion, were scenes of tearful leave-taking and prom- been accomplished, passes were issued to visit Boston.
ises to write. After the solitude of the desert, the pretty
girls and wonderful hospitality of the people of Penn- On the ~orning of August 9, 1944, we entrained at
sylvania, had moved the hearts of the men. Lifetime Camp Myles Standish and proceeded to the Boston
friendships were formed and, since our return to the Port of Embarkation. As we detrained, we were met by
United States, several men have returned to Pennsyl- members of the Red Cross with hot coffee and donuts.
vania to marry young ladies they met while stationed After finishing the coffee we all looked around for re-
at the "Gap". fuse boxes in which to deposit the paper cups, but a
On July 26 the Battalion area was cleared and we Transportation Officer ordered us to drop the cups on
loaded on trains at 2030 en route to the Port of Embarka- the dock. This was quite a shock to us who had policed
so many areas, and who had been so long and dili-
gently trained not to throw paper cups on docks.
Shortly after 1500 we started up the gang plank of
the SS West Point. The loading was quick and meth-
odical. An officer standing at the foot of the gang plank
called the man's name, the man answered with his
first name and middle initial, went to the foot of the
gang plank where he was given a card showing his
berth space, and walked up the gang plank. At the
top of the gang plank guides passed the men along.
As each man arrived at his berth, he piled all his gear
into the bunk, crawled in on top of it and stayed there
until the ship got under way.
We were the last troops to come aboard and while
we remained in our berths waiting for the ship to leave
the dock, we were advised via the loud speaker sys-
tem of the ship's rules, such as when and where to
eat, when and where to smoke, and where we could
Battalion headquarters in Winchester, England
and could not go on the ship.
At 2100, August 9, 1944, the West Point pulled away
from the dock and everyone went on deck to have a The coaches were clean, the seats were wide, comfort-
last look at home. At last we were overseas bound. able, and upholstered in leather, with two seats facing
each other and a built in table between. The windows
The West Point was big and fast and traveled alone.
were full width of the double seats and ventilation was
Vve were assured that it could run away from any sub-
obtained by opening small, screened windows at the
marine that the Germans had. The sea was as calm as
top. Just as we were agreeing that the English were
the proverbial mill pond and not a man of the Battalion
not so far behind the times after all, we had our first
was seasick, although many expected to be and stayed
look at their freight cars or, in English, "Good Wagons".
close to their bunks the first day out.
These wagons undoubtedly fill the British needs, but
Time passed slowly, filled in with reading, playing we found them very amusing. They are about the size
cards, napping, and sweating out the chow line. We of a medium-sized truck, have a load limit of 20,000 lbs.,
were served two meals a day, and after the excellent and when made up into a train, are coupled with
food put out by our own cooks, we found the ship's heavy chains. Each wagon has two bumpers at either
food almost inedible. To make matters worse, the mess end, shaped something like a golf tee, which keep the
halls were deep in the center of the ship and stifling wagons from ramming each other when the train stops.
hot. The big event of the day was the trip to the ship's
As soon as we were settled in our seats, American
store for candy, cigarettes, soap, and-every other day
Red Cross girls came through with donuts and coffee,
-ice cream.
and as we hadn't eaten since breakfast, a K ration,
Late on the afternoon of the sixth day out we sighted washed down with hot coffee and topped off with do-
land far to the south, which we were told was Ireland. nuts, made a fairly satisfying meal. The evenings are
The next morning, August 17, 1944, we docked a t Liver- very long in England during the summer months, and
pool, England. Here, for the firs t time, we saw the re- from the time we pulled out of Liverpool until 2300 we
sults of aerial bombing. Many docks and warehouses were able to enjoy the English scenery; the clean, well-
were masses of twisted and blackened wreckage. cared for countryside with every inch of available land
Late in the afternoon we disembarked and started up under cultivation, the patches of woods so well kept
a long incline to the train shed. Loaded down as we they looked like parks; the neat rows of workers' homes
were with everything we owned, the incline seemed in the factory towns, each with a little plot of grass
endless and we all thought it must be the longest and and a window box of flowers.
steepest ramp ever constructed.
On the morning of August 18 we arrived in Win-
Learning we were to ride third class coaches, we chester in the south of England, where we were met
expected something from the middle ages, something by the advance party. We moved by truck to our new
even worse than our own coaches with their hard green quarters at Northwood Park, three miles west of Win-
plush seats and backs with coal soot an inch thick on chester. After a hot breakfast we began settling down
everything, but we were due for a pleasant surprise! in our new home. Our quarters consisted of a huge old
manor house, large enough to house two companies, were able to go brought back stories of the enormous
and Quonset hutments in the surrounding area for the
other two companies. Officers' quarters were estab-
lished in two smaller buildings on the estate.
size, the places of interest, and the terrible damage
from aerial and V Bombs, which was evident in all sec-
tions of London.
Nor
The Manor House had been built in 1876 by a man On the afternoon of September 9 we loaded all
who made a fortune in African diamonds. After his equipment on our trucks in preparation for movement
death, the estate was sold to a syndicate and made to the port. At 0300, September 10, we left Northwood Sh
over into a boys' school. The original Manor House Park, en route to Southampton. As we neared this err
was remodeled, and a large new wing of dormitories, great port there were more and more signs of mili-
ho
tary activity, both past and present. Miles of side
a swimming pool, and a gymnasium were added. of
roads lined with tanks, tank destroyers, trucks, and
The school failed during the first World W or and the ammunition; every open field was a bivouac or stag- dri
property was taken over by the Government as billets ing area; preparations the British had made in the thE
for troops. One interesting relic that remained from the first days of the war to repel the threat of German in- Joe
British Army's occupancy was the number of small vasion were still intact-prepared road blocks ready to co:
buildings fitted out as kitchens and mess halls. A Brit- be rolled into position, pillboxes, trenches, foxholes, aft
barb-wire entanglements and miles of concertina wire off
ish Major explained that in the British Army each rank
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has its own mess hall and men of different rank are lining the sides of the main highways. As we ap-
Th
not allowed to mingle socially. proached the port the damage from earlier bombings
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was evident on all sides. fro
The Battalion was at full strength when we arrived
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at Northwood Park-28 Engineer Officers, two Medical Upon arrival at the port, the vehicles were lined co:
Officers, and 605 Enlisted Men. The advance party had up for loading onto the ship, and we detrucked carry- at
made arrangements for drawing all of our equipment, ing only our weapons, packs and blankets. As usual
and it was very evident that our stay in England would our first thought was "when do we eat," and as if in
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be short. Priority was given to the drawing of equip- answer to our thoughts, up rolled an American Red
ment, but all men that could be spared were given in- Cross Clubmobile with hot coffee and donuts. We were tal
sm
struction in mine detectors, flame-throwers, the prin- beginning to love the Red Cross, it seemed like when-
ab
ciples of Chemical Warfare, and construction of the ever we needed coffee the most, they were on hand. wi
British Bailey Bridge. Numerous men attended special We waited on the dock all day while our vehicles were bo
training schools, including Civilian Defense School, being loaded and shortly before dark it was our turn thE
Stebington Manor, North Walham; Engineer Bridge to board the Liberty Ship, which pulled away from the to
School, Wallingford, Berkshire; Small Arms School, dock as soon as we were all aboard.
W estminister, Wills; Order of Battle School, London.
Two top holds on the ship were fitted out with by
During the long evenings and on Sundays the men he(
bunks, enough to accommodate about half the men
ST.
were able to go by truck to the larger towns, or to walk on board, the balance of the men sleeping on the open inc;;
to the smaller towns near our camp. This was the most deck. By morning the ship was well into the Channel, $](
ancient section of England, historically speaking. Win- pitching and tossing in the choppy swells; with both $5(
chester was a city and the Seat of Government when rails lined with men tossing right along with the ship. po
London was still a village and most of the early English By noon we sighted the French coast and just before the
Kings are buried in the Winchester Cathedral. We had ish
dark we pulled into place in a long line of ships and ho
our first contact with pubs and warm beer; we at- dropped anchor outside the breakwater off Omaha
tended dances in the villages of Sparsholt and Little- Beach. This was probably the strangest breakwater in
ton, both within walking distance of the camp. We the world. Shortly after the D Day landings a terrific
visited in English homes and learned to drink tea with storm came up which stopped all landing operations
milk, and if we listened very closely, we could almost on the beaches. To break the force of the waves so
understand the English speech. Short as our stay was, that landing operations could continue, all empty ships
it was very enjoyable and, as usual, there were ro- in the area were steamed into position end to end, and·
mances. T/Sgt. Melvin W. Riston became engaged to sunk to form the breakwater.
a young lady in Littleton and returned to marry her
shortly before we returned to the States. In the early For two days the Liberty Ship laid at anchor out-
part of September the Battalion was allotted a small side the breakwater, while we waited our turn to move
quota of passes to London, and the fortunate few who up and disembark.
Normandy-~he JeJ Ball We Move Up
On the morning of September 14, 1944, the Liberty From the assembly area we were taken by truck to
Ship upped anchor and moved into position for dis- our bivouac area two miles southeast of Trevieres. As
embarkation. Flat bottom scows came along side, the we passed through Trevieres, which was heavily dam-
holds wei'B opened and our trucks were winched out aged but with some buildings fairly intact, we saw an-
of the holds and swung overside onto the scows. The other sign which was to become very familiar: "THIS
drivers accompanied their trucks and upon arrival at TOWN OFF LIMITS TO ALL MILITARY PERSONNEL."
the beach, drove off to the assembly area. The un- It was after dark before the last elements of the Battal-
loading of equipment proceeded very quickly and was ion closed into the bivouac area and after chow we
completed, except for the jeeps, by the middle of the bedded down for the night in the middle cf a cow pas-
afternoon, at which time LST' s came alongside to take ture, being careful to stay well away from the hedges
off personnel and jeeps. Three jeeps were loaded on which surrounded the field. We found that the field
each LST and we wedged ourselves around the jeeps. had but recently been vacated by the cattle, and that
The trip to the beach was a short one and the LST it was unwise to roll out our bed roll without first ex-
dropped its ramp on a rock fill built out about 50 feet amining the ground.
from the beach and we walked off onto dry land. Upon
On the morning of September 15 we received a rush
landing we found that Colonel Leland B. Kuhre, former
comma~ding officer of the Battalion was beachmaster call from Division Headquarters for ~en and trucks to
be furnished by the Battalion for the history making
at Omaha Beach.
"Red Ball Truck Route." Thirty-two 2Yz-ton trucks and
We marched up from the beach to an assembly 96 drivers and assistant drivers were quickly assem-
area. On all sides was evidence of the battle that had bled and sent off at 1300 to report to the 377th Infantry
taken place on D Day and the days that followed: Provisional Truck Battalion. On September 17 we were
smashed forts and pillboxes, shell-riddled buildings, ordered to form an entire Provisional Truck Company
abandoned equipment, areas marked off by white tape from personnel of the Battalion. This was quickly ac-
with signs in German "Minen" under a skull and cross- complished and comprised 6 Officers and 162 Enlisted
bones, and beside it our sign "Mines-Beware"; along Men who were supplied with new trucks which had
the road were signs that would soon become familiar just been unloaded on the beach. On September 20,
to us "Mines Cleared to Hedges." l 0 more drivers were supplied on Division order; on
September 22, l 0 drivers; on September 27, 35 drivers.
Upon arrival at the assembly area we were greeted
The French rail system haq been completely
by another sign that really rocked us back on our
smashed before the invasion started and until the rail
heels, "SCHEDULE OF FINES FOR DISOBEDIENCE OF
lines could be repaired, the entire burden of transport-
STANDING ORDERS: Failure to salute-$10.00; Wear-
ing supplies from the beaches to the fighting fronts
ing the wool knit cap or sweater as an outer garment-
rested on the Quartermaster Truck Battalions.
$10.00"; and so on down to "Drunk and disorderly-
$50.00"; another sign read: "Place all refuse in cans, Due to the swiftness of Allied advances on all fronts
police the area before you leave." We had thought since breaking out of the Normandy area, the existing
that when we arrived in France all the "spit and pol- trucking facilities were found to be inadequate and as
ish" would be behind us, but we were beginning to see a consequence mountains of supplies were building up
how wrong we were. on the beaches while the front line troops were receiv-

Sergeant Gotto of Headquarters and Service Company First bivouac in France. at Trevieres. France. Battalion CP with
cleaning up Headquarters and Service Company CP and mess fly in background
 ward dumps with alternate routes for the return trip,
were marked with "Red Ball" signs. Existing Quarter-
master Truck Battalions were augmented by forming
Provisional Truck Battalions from units newly arrived
on the Continent.

By operating day and night, the "Red Ball" truckers

soon transferred the bulk of the supplies from the
beaches to the forward dumps. Every man who par-
ticipated in this gruelling undertaking i~ proud of the
part he played in moving supplies to the forward
dumps. The Allied High Command commended all
men of the "Red Ball" for their contribution to the pro-
secution of the war and announced that the "Red Ball"
was a material factor in shortening the war.

On October 5 all officers, men, and equipment re-

turned to the Battalion from their duty with the "Red
Ball." The following day we were alerted for move-
ment to join the Ninth Army at Longuyon, France. All
efforts were concentrated on a last-minute check of
weapons and equipment. Early on the morning of
October 12 we departed from our bivouac area near
Trevieres.

Our route of march the first day was over the same
ground covered by our Armies when they were fight-
ing to break out of the bridgehead area at St. Lo,
Isigny, Carentan, Countances, Avranches, and closing
Battalion sets up camp two miles southeast of Trevieres on September into bivouac for the night at Le Mans, great French
14, where preparation continued for the journey to the front that came
October 12, 1944. Life in tents was unpleasant at times when rains railway center and one of the main targets for General
would descend upon the French coast. Chow was frequently eaten in Patton's Third Army after the breakthrough at St. Lo.
pup tents after sweating out a chow line in a downpour of rain
The signs of the great offensive were everywhere;
ing only a fraction of the supplies necessary to remain towns had been pounded into rubble, roadsides and
on the offensive. To move supplies from the beaches fields were littered with destroyed enemy field pieces
to forward dumps the "Red Ball Truck Route" was and burned-out tanks and trucks.
established. Through routes from the beaches to for-
On the second day we left Le Mans at 0930 and
Trevieres, France. Bivouac area, Headquarters and Serv- passed through St. Calais, Chateaudun, Angerville,
ice Company, Sergeant Thomas and Sergeant Stoller
erecting a volley ball net. September, 1944
Etamps, closing into bivouac in an old race course one
mile west of St. Germain, on the outskirts of Paris. This
part of France had received much less damage than
the area nearer the coast. It was apparent that delay-
ing actions had been fought only at road junctions as
each road junction had a pile of debris from impro-
vished road blocks and a cluster of fox holes.

The majority of cities and villages along the route

of march were comparatively free of damage, with the
exception of rail yards and industrial targets, which
had been subjected to a terrific aerial pounding. This
area of Central France was thickly dotted with German
airfields and supply dumps which had been bombed
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area at 0920, passed through the outskirts of Paris, en- d
tering the city from the south. Following a half circle tc
route from south to east, we left Paris on the Verdun
Road. This glimpse of a great city, hardly touched by
the war, with broad, tree-lined boulevards, modern
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d dressed people, cheering and waving as our convoy road to Longuyon, and ordered to proceed northeast to
passed by, filled us all w ith the desire to return here if Affleville for attachment to the Third Army. From Etain
the opportunity ever presented itself. Leaving Paris we to Affleville we traveled blacked out and for the first
:c passed through Chalons, Menehould, Clermont, Ver- time we saw artillery flashes toward the east and south-
1- dun; all famous from the first World War, but hardly east. We felt that at last we were about to catch up
e touched by this war. Shortly after dark the convoy with the war.
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 S-1 Section
Le Havre, France
En Route Homeward
Left to right. front row: Tech. Sgt. His-
ten. Lt. Odell, Lt. Boyle, W. 0 . Stone,
Tech. Sgt. Kowalski, Pfc. Cossey, Pfc.
Di Ponziano, SISgt. Palmer, Tl5 Scott.
Pfc. Job. Tl5 Petrucci and Tl4 Cumming.
Rear row: Tl4 Altenburg, Tl4 Schwartz.
Tl4 Jackson, Tl4 Bodin, Tl4 Evans. Tl5
O'Connor, Tl4 Travis, Tl4 Crumrine and
Tl4 J, Miller.

Medical Detachment
Le Havre, France
En Route Homeward
Left to right, front row: Tl5 Hofmeister,
Tl5 Carpenter. Tl5 Weber, Tl5 Cum-
mins, Pfc. Turner, Pfc. Salazar, Cpl.
Brown, Capt. Ireland.
Rear row: Capt. Cassidy, Pfc. Martin.
Tl4 Stoller, Tl5 Armbruster, Tl3 Cohrs.
SISgt. Benson, TI 5 IBernay, Cpl.\Brewater.

Motor Section Battalion

Olfen, Germany
During Occupation
Left to right. fr~nt row: Tl4 Davis , W . 0.
Tuck, Tl4 Hopes, SISgt. Lorentzen.
MISgt. Stenerson, Tl4 Taylor, Tl4
Wooley, MISgt. Coe, Lt. Eatman.
Rear row: TI 5 Sujat. T /5 Breha;;ky.
Cpl. Falbert, Tl5 Mayhew, Tl5 Larson,
Pvt. Dennis, Tl4 Wood. Tl4 Poppe, Tl5
St. Onge, Tl4 Carney.
 Cpl. Sickafus sets up dark room for operation in Sgt. Webber and Cpl. Jaycox checking a German city water main
Battalion CP building before selling up water supply point

BATTALION HEADQUARTERS ACTIVITIES

S-2 section installing camouflage material over map trailer. Left to right: Staff
Unloading rations at H & S kitchen. Left to right: Mayhew, Humphry Sergeant Creyisten, Staff Sergeant Steffanelli, Lieut. Blatz, Sergeant
Miceli, Flint and Knapp Lafferty and Staff Sergeant O'Halloran
 Corporal Scott and Sergeants Miller and Private First Class Knapp. Sergeant Twitchel
Altenburg. Remering. Germany and Private First Class O'Connor do KP.
Geseke. Germany

H & S Company' s kitchen force making ice cream in

Remering. Germany. Staff Sergeant Randolph. Ser·
geant Taylor. Sergeant Carney and Cpl. Nicholas
Sergeant Ziegler. Sergeant Kowalski. Sergeant Todd and Sergeant
Kenzie. Sergeant Ziegler and Todd were later killed in action.
First Lieutenant Boyle. Adjutant: Sergeant Evans. stenographer. and
Private First Class Scheele. interpreter
 The Metz Campaign
From October 15 to 17 we bivouacked near Affle- Truly the answer to a GI's dream of how to fight a
ville, France. The w ind had a sharp edge and a cold war, the only thing missing being hot running water.
drizzle fell continuously. No fires were allowed and we But, then you can't have everything. Company A
could keep neither dry or warm. On October 17 the moved from Pont-a-Mousson to Rombas, Company B
Division received orders to relieve the Fifth Infantry from Bayonville to Ste. Marie Aux Chenes, and Com-
Division in the zone south of Metz and east of the pany C from Arnaville to Joeuf.
Moselle River. The Battalion left AUleviHe-at 1300, Bat-
During the night of November l-2 the 95th Infantry
talion Headquarters and Headquarters & Service Com-
Division effected re lief of the 90th Infantry Division on
pany proceeding to Thiacourt and bivouacking for the
a 19-mile line extending in an arc around the western
night in the grounds around the First World War Ceme-
perimeter of the strongly fortified city of Metz and its
tery of St. Mihiel. This proved to be the last time we
suburbs, from Uckange on the north to Gravelotte on
would bivouac for the duration of the war. The follow-
the south.
ing morning we moved into billets vacated by the
Seventh Engineer Battalion in Thiacourt. Companies The mission of the 95th Infantry Division was to
A , B and C relieved the respective companies of the contain the enemy in the Division zone and to prepare
Seventh Engineer Battalion at Norroy, Bayonville and to extend its lines to the south to relieve elements of the
Arnaville. lOth Armored Division upon Corps order. On Novem-
ber 4 the Battalion was ordered to start reconnaissance
The relief of the Fifth Infantry Division was to be for possible assault crossing the sites over the Moselle
temporary, to allow them to draw back for a much River in the vicinity of Uckange and make plans for a
needed rest and also to give the 95th Infantry Division crossing. By November 7 the crossing sites had been
its battle baptism in what was temporarily, at least, a selected, plans and preparations for an assault cross-
holding sector. The mission of the 95th Infa ntry Division ing completed, and an advance CP established in
was to maintain continuous pressure to keep the enemy Uckange.
off balance by vigorous and aggressive patrolling
On November 7, 95th Infantry Division Field Order
within the bridgehead. Company C was moved into
No. 2 was published, stating the overall plan of attack
the line as infantry in the vicinity of Corny. Company
and the mission · of the 95th Infantry Division:
B was assigned the mission of constructing an artillery
road east of Mardigny and here the Battalion suffered
its first casualty. On October 30 Pvt. Norman W. West- Overall Plan of Atta.c k
phal was wounded by a shell fragment from enemy The XX Corps, in conjunction with the XII Corps on
artillery fire. On October 30 Battalion Headquarters the right, would attack on D-Day (November 8, 1944)
and Headquarters & Service Company moved from to encircle and destroy the garrison of the Metz for-
Thiacourt to Norroy. Company A moved from Norroy tified area and seize a bridgehead over the Saar River
to Pont-a-Mousson. in the vicinity of Samburg. The Fifth Infantry Division
On October 31 orders were received that the 95th will attack from its Moselle River bridgehead to en-
Infantry Division was to be relieved by the Fifth Infantry circle Metz from the south. The 90th Infantry Division,
Division starting November l. In turn the 95th Infantry on the night of November 8-9 will force a crossing of
Division would move north and effect relief of the 90th the Moselle in the vicinity of Koenigsmacher and en-
Infantry Division on November l the Battalion was re- circle Metz from the north. The lOth Armored Division
lieved by the Seventh Engineer Battalion. Battalion will attack through the 90th Division bridgehead to
Headquarters and Headquarters & Service Company complete encirclement of Metz. The 83rd Infantry Di-
moved from Norroy to Joeuf, establishing the command vision, less one regimental combat team, will pass
post in the Chateau Henri de Wendel on the outskirts through the 90th Division bridgehead to secure cross-
of Joeuf. This was fighting the war just as it is done in ing over the Saar in the Samburg vicinity and estab-
the movies! lish a bridgehead at that point. The XIX Tactical Air
Command will support the Corps attack.
The Chateau was a palace with heavy hand-
wrought grill work doors leading into an entrance hall
Mission of the 95th Infantry Division
of marble, mirrors and statuary. The rooms on the
first floor were enormous, with deep leather chairs, The 95th Infantry Division will relieve elements of
inlaid tables a nd a fireplace in each room. The top the lOth Armored Division containing, the enemy in
three floors were bedrooms, complete with beds, springs their bridgehead west of the Moselle during the night
and mattresses, and with a fireplace in each room. of November 7-8. In coordination with the 90th Divi-
D-Day, November 8, 1944-attack of Metz begins Penetration of Metz fortified area begins

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Interior views of chateau at Joeuf. France. used by 320th Engineers Chapel service held in chateau by Chaplain Lehman
for a CP and billets of Battalion Headquarters and Service Company
officers and men. Left. Colonel Crowther's headquarters. Nov .• 1944

sion, the 95th will force a crossing of the Moselle in the At 2100, the 377th Infantry began its part of the op-
vicinity of Uckange and conduct a reconnaissance in eration. The first infantry assault wave, consisting of
force to seize a bridgehead east of the Moselle in the Company C, crossed the Moselle in 17 assault boats
Bertange area. Preparation for the crossing will begin manned by engineer crews from Ccmpany A. The
at 1500, November 8. The attack south from the bridge- crossing was completed at 2140 without casualty. The
head will begin only on corps order. In conjunction infantrymen worked inland about 400 yards under com-
with the crossing at Uckange, the Division will reduce paratively light artillery and mortar fire, and dug in
the enemy pocket east of Maizieres to the Moselle, both for the night. Our men remained with the assault boats
efforts so coordinated as to create an indication of a on the far shore in order to evacuate casualties during
major attack. To maintain constant pressure on the the night, and returned to the friendly shore before
enemy and rapidly follow up any enemy withdrawal. daylight. Infantry casualties during the night were
On Corps order, to attack and seize the city of Metz. moderate as the bulk of enemy fire was being aimed
at the river where engineers were attempting to build
During the morning of November 8 final prepara- a footbridge. During the night four engineer soldiers
tions by the Battalion and supporting engineer troops were wounded en the enemy shore and evacuated.
had been completed for "Operation Casanova" at
Uckange. The Battalion forward CP and Company A At 2215 Company B of the l3Sth Engineer Battalion
(in support of the 377th Infantry Regiment) were lo- began construction of a footbridge and two infantry
cated at Uckange. Battalion Headquarters, Headquar- support rafts, but mortar and artillery fire quickly came
ters & Service Company and Company C, which was
in reserve, remained in Joeuf. Company B, in support Entrance to Battalion Headquarters.
of the 378th Infantry Regiment, was employed as infan- Chateau Joeuf. France
try and occupied a front of approximately one mile in
the vicinity of St. Privat. At 1500, Lieutenant Colonel
Crowther and his staff moved into the advance CP at
Uckange and all was in readiness for the coming op-
eration. Company B, l3Sth Engineer (C) Battalion, and
the 99lst Treadway Bridge Company, attached units to
support the operation, had moved into Uckange earlier
in the day with all necessary equipment.
At 1830, under cover of darkness, Engineer crew
cleared away barbed wire from the crossing site on
the friendly shore in preparation for the operation. At
2030, First Lieutenant McLean and 20 men from the
Second Platoon, Company A, crossed the Moselle River
in four assault boats at a point immediately south of
Uckange. Arriving on the east bank of the Moselle, the
men placed bangalore torpedoes and blew a gap ap-
proximately 160 yards wide in the enemy wire and
minefield. The men returned to the friend! y shore at
2050 without casualty, and "Casanova" operation was
under way. The return of the men to the friendly shore
was the signal for a mortar barrage to be laid on enemy
positions as a cover for the assault crossing.
down on the site, destroying the three sections of the The situation was becoming serious in the bridge- .
footbridge already completed, one of the support rafts, head area, and it was finally determined that the only
and inflicting 20 casualties on engineer soldiers. Sev- means of supply of the isolated troops was by air. Ten
eral attempts were made to complete the bridge and liaison planes (L-4's) were pressed into service and
rafts, but activity at this site was abandoned when it dropped supplies to the troops from the extremely low
was found that it only resulted in heavy enemy shell- level of about 25 feet. A total of l 04 missions were
ing. Reconnaissance was immediately started for a flown between noon and 1600, dropping food, ammuni-
new crossing site. At 0100, November 9, Company C tion, and medical supplies to the troops.
of the !60th Engineer Battalion, was attached to us to
support the crossing operations, and at 0430 they were Company C, !60th Engineer Battalion, was relieved
assigned the mission of transporting Company B and of attachment and returned to the !!39th Engineer
one platoon of Company D, 377th Infantry across the Group. Our Company C moved from Joeuf to Fameck,
Moselle in assault boats. ready to support the crossing operations.
During the night our engineers from Company A During the night of November 10-ll, Company C
continued to evacuate wounded from the far shore, one attempted to install an infantry support raft trail ferry
man being wounded during the night's operations. The attached to power line towers immediately south of
Moselle, already at flood stage, continued to rise Uckange. The river was so swift that no available
throughout the night. motor could effect a direct crossing of the rafts, and at
some points the Moselle had become almost a mile
The bridgehead area was generally static through- wide. The plan was to attach a cable between the two
out November 9 with intermittent shelling of the bridge
towers so as to fix the course of the rafts from shore to
site. Smoke was placed on the crossing sites and under
shore. Repeated attempts were made during the night
its cover, Company C 160th Engineer Battalion crossed
to cross a work party to the far shore, but the motors
ammunition to the infantry, and crews from our Com-
failed to function and the current was too swift for as-
pany A evacuated casualties in assault boats. The
sault boats. Before daylight on the morning of Novem-
99lst Treadway Bridge Company and Company B,
ber ll, all personnel and equipment wer2 withdrawn
135th Engineer Battalion, were detached from us, re-
from the site to the Company C area where the out-
verting to Corps control. The river continued to rise board motors were completely overhauled and put in
throughout the day and night.
operating condition. At 1100, smoke was placed on the
During the night of November 9-10 rain continued to river and personnel and equipment returned to the site
fall and the Moselle became a raging torrent more than without" drawing fire from the enemy. Two squads from

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a thousand yards wide. After two attempts were made Company C, consisting of a work party and security
to cross the river in assault boats with supplies, result- party, were crossed to the enemy shore.
ing in the loss of two boats and four boats being swept
five hundred yards down river before they could re-
turn to the friendly shore, storm boats with outboard
The enemy began shelling the position and severe
mortar and artillery fires hampered the work through- B
motors were brought up, but the motors would not out the day and night. The plan for the construction of
function. the flying ferry called for first crossing a telephone
wire, using it to pull across a V2-inch rope, which would
Finally one motor was repaired and a storm boat then be used to pull across a %-inch steel cable. After
with five medical aid men, one infantryman, and two several attempts the use of telephone wire was aban-
engineers, all unarmed and wearing medical brassards doned as it was continually broken by the swift current.
and with the Geneva Non-Combat Cross on the boat, Finally the rope was successfully taken across the
crossed the swollen river to attempt evacuation of river, but all attempts to cross the steel cable failed.
wounded from the bridgehead. Their boat was swept
a thousand yards downstream before they could reach .
One man was wounded during the day's operations.

the east bank, and as two medics jumped from the By midnight the effort was halted, to be resumed the
boat to the shore, two Germans climbed from a two- following morning under cover of smoke. Two squads
man fox hole. They spoke broken English and said no of Company C were left in position on the far shore,
Americans were near there and to try upstream. and a platoon of Company A dug in on the right flank
on the friendly shore as outpost security. Company B
Still uncertain, however, the aid men returned to was relieved of support of the 378th Infantry and moved
the west bank, obtained directions, and once again into Uckange to support the crossing operations.
crossed the Moselle, debarked, and walked inland, and
again ran into Germans. This time it was a German During the morning of November 12 efforts to con-
officer and several enlisted men. The officer returned tinue the construction of the infantry support raft ferry
the medics salute and in excellent English told them under cover of smoke were made by men of Company
that there were no American troops in the area, that C, but had to be abandoned due to heavy enemy mor-
one wounded American was being cared for by the tar and artillery fire on the site, which wounded two
Germans and that the party would have to take to the men before the work was called to a halt. Men of
river and go upstream to reach American troops. On Company A, withdrawing from their outpost security
the third try they landed in the right sector and accom- position, were caught in the mortar and artillery bar-
plished their mission. rage, and before they could reach cover Pfc's Donald
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B. Roos and Donald R. Gaspard were killed, and three through chattering teeth. Storm boats were dispatched
men were wounded. and the balance of the men were removed from their
During the night of November ll-12, the Moselle precarious posi lion without .further casual ties.
had reached its crest and by the morning of November By 1100, November 13 all elements of the First Bat-
12 had receded almost a foot, and it was evident that talion, 377th Infantry had been crossed into the bridge-
the river would continue to fall at an even greater rate. head area. A steady ferry service of supplies was
In this connection, it was revealed in the Stars and maintained for the balance of the day into the bridge-
Stripes that the crossings of the Moselle at Uckange, head area. Companies B and C, working frantically to
and at Thionville, had been accomplished in the worst construct a support raft, finally got a cable across the
Moselle flood in 29 years. river and anchored, and by 2200 the ferry was in op-
By the middle of the afternoon the Moselle had sub- eration and immediately started moving the Heavy
sided enough so that it was again found practicable to Weapons Company, 377th Infantry, into the bridge-
effect the crossing of assault boats. Plans were imme- head area. One officer was wounded and evacuated.
diately made to cross the balance of the First Battalion, Under cover of darkness, storm and assault boats
377th Infantry, and supplies for troops on the enemy were taken to the bridgehead area for the evacuation
shore. Volunteers were called for to supplement the of wounded and the removal of prisoners. At approxi-
regular motor boat operators. Many men from Head- mately 2300, a boat-load of German prisoners was be-
quarters & Service Company volunteered for this duty ing brought back by four engineer soldiers when the
and also volunteers, with prior motor boat experience, outboard motor cut out, a short distance from the
were obtained from other units of the Division. Arrange- enemy shore. Caught in the swift current, it was car-
ments were made for counter-battery fire, an OP was ried downstream while the Grew worked frantically
established, and the Company Commander, Headquar- over the motor. Hitting a submerged obstruction, the
ters & Service Company, was installed as forward ar- boat capsized, throwing crew and prisoners into the
tillery observer. water. Pvt. Donald K. Scurlock swam to the friendly
Immediately after dark all storm boats and assault shore, and although half frozen from the icy water of
boats were brought to the site and ferrying operations the river, insisted on accompanying a storm boat in a
commenced. Two diversionary attacks were started in search for the balance of the crew.
an attempt to draw enemy fire away from the ferry The night was black, with intermittent rain and ob-
site. The platoon leader and two squads of the First servation was limited to a few yards, but the boat
Platoon, Company B, simulated river crossing opera- cruised far down stream, Close to the enemy held shore,
tions south of Uckange. At the same time, two men
but without success. No sign of either prisoners or crew
from Headquarters & Service Company simulated storm
was found, and T/4 Arthur W. Todd, T/4 Robert Ziegler
boat operation north of Uckange by operating an out- and Pvt. Howard Wood, all of Headquarters & Service
board motor in an empty steel drum. These activities Company, are Missing in Action.
were only moderately successful. A few rounds of ar-
tillery fell in their vicinity, but heavy mortar and artil- Throughout the day of November 14 there was little
lery fire continued to be directed at the ferry site. contact with 'the infantry which had fought its way in-
Throughout the night infantrymen and supplies were land from Bertange, and by 2200 their status was con-
ferried across the river. Wounded soldiers and Ger- sidered "desperate." All available storm and assault
man prisoners were brought back on each return trip. boats were held in readiness in case it became neces-
The two squads from Company C that had been sary to evacuate troops. During the night of November
left on the enemy shore on the night of November ll-12 14-15 a 50-man patrol, including 10 bazooka teams, was
remained in their positions throughout the day, but by crossed into the bridgehead with orders to attempt to
nightfall they were receiving so much mortar fire that join and assist the First Battalion.
they decided that their position was untenable and six During the afternoon of November 14 equipment for
men manned a leaking assault boat, which had been the construction of a heavy pontoon bridge was de-
abandoned near their position, and started to row for livered in Uckange. Construction of the near shore ap-
the friendly shore to obtain aid. The boat filled with proach began at 1830 and between 1930 and 20 15 ap-
water before they reached the shore and they were proximately 40 rounds of 150MM artillery fell in Uc-
forced to swim for it. Five men reached shore safely, kange, followed with continuous fire from smaller cali-
but Pvt. Francis G. Wood, Jr., was carried downstream ber artillery. The artillery fire so hampered the work
by the current and is Missing in Action. The balance that an attempt was made to draw fire at a site south
of the men on the enemy shore waited for help to of the town, but the enemy continued firing into Uc-
reach them, but when an extremely heavy mortar bar- kange, making work on the approach extremely haz-
rage was laid on their position, killing Pfc. Daniel C. ardous.
Higgins by a direct hit in his foxhole, and wounding
another soldier, Pvt. LeRoy T. Logan, Jr., braved the Ferrying operations continued throughout the night.
icy waters and swift current to swim the river and sum- Additional infantrymen and supplies were carried to
mon aid for his comrades. Reaching the friendly shore, the far shore, and at 0400 the infantry support raft was
more dead than alive, he fortunately made immediate put into operation, ferrying anti-tank weapons to the
contact with men of his own company and told his story enemy shore. One storm boat and motor was lost to
artillery fire, but there were no casualties. While Com- The Second Battalion, 378th Infantry was committed
pany C was being relieved as security in the bridge- at Thionville on November ll to effect a crossing of the
head area at 0545, one engineer was wounded by ar- Moselle at that point. 1st Lt. Daniel C. Rose, Company
tillery shells falling in the area. C, reconnoitered for and chose crossing sites for an
assault crossing to be made by the l35th Engineer Bat-
Smoke was placed on the river at 0600, November talion. The flooded Moselle was washing out all at-
15 to screen construction work on the heavy pontoon tempts to construct bridges at other points, and it was
bridge, and in spite of intermittent shelling of the area, vital that the lOth Armored Division cross the Moselle
the near approach for the bridge was completed by to accomplish its mission.
0730. It was decided that because of the artillery fire
falling in the area, the actual construction of the bridge The crossing site chosen in Thionville was perfect
would not commence until after dark. for the construction of a heavy duty bridge because at
this point, the river was contained within high stone
During the day, troops in the bridgehead area had and concrete banks. •By noon of November 11, two
made contact with Task Force Bacon, pushing down companies had been crossed to the enemy shore, and
from the north, and the main operations in the Uckange crossing other elements of the Battalion progressed dur-
area were completed. The advance CP . at Uckange ing the rest of the day. Simultaneously, Army Engi-
was closed at 1800 and all personnel returned to the neers began construction of a 40-ton bridge for the
CP at Joeuf. Company A, less its Third Platoon, took crossing of the lOth Armored Division.
over the balance of the work in the Uckange area,
which consisted of operating an infantry support n::dt, The Second Battalion, 378th Infantry, pushed south
collecting engineer equipment in the area, clearing from its Thionville bridgehead, capturing Fort Yutz on
mine fields into Imeldange, checking Imeldange for November 13 and Fort d'Illange on the morning cf
mines and booby traps, and providing security for Com- November 15, after hard fighting against fanatical
pany C, l60th Engineer Battalion and the 88th Heavy enemy resistance. On the morning of November 15, the
Pontoon Company, who · had moved in to construct the Second Battalion, 378th Infantry, pushing south from
pontoon bridge. Company B joined the 378th Infantry; the Thionville bridgehead, made contact with the First
Company C joined the 379th Infantry; and on Novem- Battalion, 377th Infantry, pushing east from the Uckange
ber 17, upon completion of the pontoon bridge, Com- bridgehead.
pany A joined the 377th Infantry, all to support the im-
On Division order, at 1015, November 15, Task
minent assault on the city of Metz.
Force Bacon was constituted under command of Col.
The river crossing operations at Uckange, France, Robert L. Bacon, and comprised the First Battalion,
were the first major operation in which the Battalion 377th Infantry, the Second Battalion, 378th Infantry, the
was engaged and was part of the "Rhineland" cam- 95th Reconnaissance Troop, Company D, 778th Tank
paign. The operations were made extremely difficult Battalion, and at 1200, our Third Platoon, Company A,
by several factors. Orders were constantly changed by commanded by First Lieutenant Glasser. The Task
Corps, to make the operation fit in with overall strategy. Force's sector was east of the Moselle to the boundary
The operation was started as a feint to draw attention of the 90th Division, its mission, to push south on the
from the main effort to be made further north, but as east bank of the Moselle into the City of Metz.
the operation progressed the infantry was ordered to
push on inland and leave the engineers to hold a small On the morning of November 16, the Task Force
bridgehead. At no time was the river crossing site free started its drive by launching an attack on enemy
from observed artillery fire and the river, swollen with positions in the woods south of Imeldange. Steady
flood waters at the start of the operations, continued to progress was made against stubborn resistance and by
rise until at the crest of the flood it was almost a mile the night of November 17, the Task Force was in Mal-
wide. The operation succeeded in that it drew a tre- roy, preparing to assault Fort St. Julien, guarding the
northern approaches to Metz. Our engineers brought
mendous amount of fire and tied up a large body of
up demolition materials and flame-throwers to assist in
enemy troops, preventing them from combatting the
the assault. A platoon of lSSMM self-propelled guns
main thrust at Thionville.
was attached for direct fire upon the fort. On the morn-
During and after the river crossing operation at Uc- ing of November 18 the beginning of the attack was
kange, elements of the Battalion were in direct support met by stiff and bitter enemy resistance, but by night-
of the Infantry Regiments in the historic advance to, and fall the fort was in our hands. T/5 Chester B. Shriner
assault on the Metz fortifications. was Killed in Action, and two engineers were wounded.

From November 8 to November 13 the First Platoon, While the Second Battalion, 378th Infantry, was
Company C, was in support of the Third Battalion, fighting inside Fort St. Julien, the First Battalion, 377th
377th Infantry, and assisted materially in the advance Infantry, by-passed the fort and was heavily engaged
into Mazieres-les-Metz by gapping and clearing mine- in the town of St. Julien les Metz, which fell in the early
fields in front of the Infantry, repairing roads, hauling afternoon. Only Fort Bellecroix now remain~ between
supplies, and evacuating wounded. In addition, they the Task Force and Metz. Patrols were sent out to in-
were employed as infantry on November 12-13. vestigate the possibility of by-passing the fort \ and it
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would have to be taken. livered supplies to infantry front line positions, and on
the return trip, evacuated wounded and prisoners.
Before the attack was launched, however, Germans
began streaming out of the fort, hands in the air. Men On November 20' the l88th Engineer Battalion, and
from the First Battalion started to enter Bellecroix and Company C, !60th Engineer Battalion, were attached
Company C, 377th Infantry, pushed around the north to construct a 40-ton pontoon bridge across the Moselle
end to enter the city. Two tremendous explosions shat- at the ferry site.
tered the heavy masonry walls. Eight men were killed After fighting ceased inside of Metz, Company A
instantly when their jeeps were buried beneath the rub- salvaged river crossing equipment and prepared for
ble, and 49 men were casualties from the blast. All movement to join the 377th Infantry east of Metz.
casualties were infantrymen. By nightfall, Task Force
Bacon had pushed to the outskirts of Metz. On November 16, Company B, less one platoon,
moved from Budange to Pierrevillers for direct support
At 1100, November 19, a platoon of the 95th Recon- of the 378th Infantry Regiment. On November 16 mine-
naissance Troop made contact with elements of the fields and booby traps were cleared in the vicinity of
Fifth Division in Vallieres, thus completing the encircle- Semecourt and St. Remy. Road blocks were cleared,
ment of Metz. At 1130, elements of the task force had and road craters filled on the road south from Seme-
crossed the Seille River into the City of Metz, and after court.
fierce street fighting, mopped up all organized enemy
resistance in their assigned sector, except snipers, by The Second Platoon, Company B, was in direct sup-
nightfall. The snipers were cleaned out by November port of the 377th Infantry from November 16 to 18, re-
22, when the last enemy resistance ceased inside of moving mines and filling craters on the routes of ad-
Metz. On November 22 the Third Platoon, Company A, vance, and clearing mines and booby traps from the
left Task Force Bacon and reverted to Company control, town of St. Remy. The platoon rejoined the company
joining Company A at W oippy. at Semecourt on November 18.
On November 17, Company A, less two platoons, On November 17, Company B moved to Semecourt
moved from Uckange to W oippy with all available and on November 17-18 continued to support the ad-
river crossing equipment, prepared to make an assault vance cf the infantry by gapping minefields, filling
crossing of the Moselle in the vicinity of Metz for the road craters and removing demolition charges from
377th Infantry Regiment. On the night of November 17, trees on the routes of advance. On November 17 one
two patrols of the 377th Infantry were crossed over the squad supported the First Battalion, 378th Infantry, in
Moselle north of Metz. On November 18, Company A the assault and capture of Forts Canrobert I, II, and III.
assisted the 377th Infantry in clearing out the remain- The infantry by-passed Fort de Plappeville and drove
ing German resistance south of W oippy to the Moselle southeast toward Longeville-les-Metz, taking the town
River, by gapping and removing minefields in advance during the night of November 17-18 and reaching the
of the infantry and removing demolition charges from west bank of the Moselle early on the morning of No-
trees. During the day reconnaissance was made for vember 18. An attempt was made to capture intact a
possible crossing sites over the Moselle. On the eve- bridge over the Moselle by the Third Battalion. Two
ning of November 18 the platoon left at Uckange, com- men reached the far shore and two men were on the
pleted its mission and rejoined Company A at W oippy. bridge when the Germans ignited the charge, destroy-
ing the bridge and killing the two infantrymen.
At 1300, November 19, Company A, less one pla-
toon, crossed the Second Battalion, 377th Infantry, over Reconnaissance was immediately started for an as-
the Moselle to the Ile Chambre, in the face of fanatical sault crossing site and boats were brought up for the
German resistance. The Ile Chambre, a large island crossing. The Second and Third Platoons filled craters,
formed by the Moselle River and Moselle Canal, com- cleared abatis and mines from roads, and removed
prised the northwest section of Metz and had been demolition charges from trees along the main supply
heavily fortified by the erection of log and earthwork road into Longeville-les-Metz.
emplacements facing the river. The Third Battalion,
377th Infantry, was crossed in the second assault wave. After a heavy artillery preparation, Company B, at
Pfc. Howard J. Bushman was killed, and four engineers 1130, November 19, made an assault crossing over the
were wounded in the crossing operations. On Novem- Moselle, the Second and Third Platoons crossing the
ber 19-20 the fight raged for the island portion of the Third. Battalion, 378th Infantry, in 13 assault boats. The
city, with the enemy bitterly contesting each foot of crossing was made 100 yards upstream from the de-
ground. On November 20 the infantry won through to molished Symphorien Strasse bridge, from Longeville-
the Moselle Canal and were crossed over the canal into les-Metz onto Ile Saint Symphorien. The crossing re-
the main part of Metz by our Company A. Pockets of ceived light resistance from the enemy, one engineer
enemy resistance were cleaned out and final mopping soldier, being wounded. After pockets of resistance
up operations were completed in Metz on November 22. were cleared out on the island, Company B engineers
carried nine assault boats across to the Moselle Canal,
During the fierce fighting for Metz, Company A op- and crossed the Third Battalion, 378th Infantry, into
erated infantry support rafts and storm boat ferries to Metz. Company B immediately started ferrying sup-
plies across the Moselle, where they were unloaded At 1630 they returned to the attack and won through
and carried across the island by infantrymen, loaded to the objective, the infantrymen effectively buttoned
into boats and ferried across the canal. Company B up the enemy as engineers advanced with beehive
found an abandoned German pontoon ferry, repaired it, charges and demolished the emplacements. It was
and seven jeeps with trailers were ferried to the island found that this strong point was made up of reinforced
to be used in hauling supplies across the island from concrete structures, camouflaged as out-buildings of
the river to the canal. During the night of November 19- the farm. The Third Platoon, Company C, supporting
20, Company B constructed an improvised foot bridge the Third Battalion, 379th Infantry, launched an assault
from assault boats and planking, across the Moselle at 1630 on a pillbox and three large embrasures, south
and across the Moselle Canal and by dawn the Second of St. Hubert Farm, and 1300 yards in front of Fort
Battalion, 378th Infantry, had crossed the bridges and Jeanne d'Arc. Infantrymen effectively buttoned up the
entered Metz. enemy emplacements with firepower, as engineers ad-
vanced and placed demolition charges. Before the ex-
There was intermittent artillery fire from large cali- plosives could be detonated the enemy surrendered,
ber guns received in Longeville-les-Metz and on the 56 officers and enlisted men emerging from the pillbox
ferry site throughout the operation, from the by-passed and embrasures.
forts of Driant, Jeanne d'Arc, and de Plappeville. Com-
pany B CP was established in a German barracks in During the afternoon's operations, Pfc. Rudolph
Longeville-les-Metz on the afternoon of November 19; Belusa was killed and five engineer soldiers wounded.
shortly thereafter an engineer was wounded by an ar-
tillery shell fragment. On the morning of November 18, the Second Pla-
toon, Company C, demolished enemy fortifications at
On November 21-22, Company B continued road re- St. Hubert Farm, which had been captured the day
pair in the 378th Infantry area, and checked public before, then moved to support the assault of the Second
buildings in Metz and Longeville-les-Metz for booby Battalion, 379th Infantry, on enemy fortifications at
traps. Two hundred pounds of explosives were found Moscou Farm, protecting the northern flank of Fort
and removed from the switchboards in the telephone Jeanne d'Arc. At the same time the Third Battalion,
office in Longeville-les-Metz, and 37 Teller mines, 400 379th Infantry, with the Third Platoon, Company C, in
lbs. of dynamite, and 1,000 ft. of Primacord were found support, pulled around from their position in front of
and removed from the Post Office building in Metz. Fort Jeanne d'Arc and launched an attack on enemy
On November 23 Company B collected river cross- pillboxes and casements constructed around German
ing equipment and prepared to join the 378th Infantry barracks, north of Moscou Farm. In coordination with
east of Metz. these attacks, the First Battalion, 379th Infantry, with
the First Platoon, Company C, in support, cleaned out
At noon on November 16, Company C was relieved pillboxes and casements on the south flank of Fort
of support of the river crossing operations at Uckange Jeanne d'Arc, in the vicinity of Ouvr de Jussy. The re-
and moved to Caulre Farm, in direct support of the duction of these protecting forts north and south of
379th Infantry, whose mission was to clean out the Fort Jeanne d'Arc, breached the enemy's prepared
small forts around Forts Driant and Jeanne d'Arc, isolat- positions, and the infantrymen poured through these
ing these forts, and then clean out all enemy troops gaps, surrounding and isolating Fort Jeanne d'Arc.
from Metz south to the Fifth Infantry Division boundary
on the west side of the Moselle. By 1200, November 19, the 379th Infantry, with Com-
pany C in support, had reached the Moselle on a wide
On the evening of November 16, Company C de- front, extending from the southern edge of Longeville-
molished pillboxes and casements in the vicinity of les-Metz south to Vaux. This left a narrow enemy sali-
Gravelotte. Infantry-Engineer assault teams were or- ent on the north, from the Moselle River, west to Fort
ganized, beehive and satchel charges were constructed, de Plappeville, and a larger salient on the south, front-
and plans were completed for assaults to be made on ing on the Moselle from V aux to Dornat, extending
a chain of forts in front of Fort Jeanne d'Arc, starting at west and encompassing the Bois de Vaux, Fort Driant,
St. Hubert Farm and dominating the high ground south and four smaller forts. From November 20 to 23, the
to Fort Driant. On November 17 the 379th Infantry 379th Infantry, with Company C in support, reduced
moved toward the forts and by 1600 were in position. the two enemy salients, isolating Forts Driant, Jeanne
The Infantry Engineer assault teams took over and ad- d'Arc, and de Plappeville. During this period, in addi-
vanced toward the forts. The Second Platoon, Com- tion to support of front line operations, Company C
pany C, supporting the Second Battalion, 379th Infan- maintained roads in the 379th Infantry area, filled
try, advanced up a long gradual slope toward the em- craters and swept the roads for mines.
placements around St. Hubert Farm. The infantrymen
moved into position to bring fire power to bear on the The 379th Infantry remained in the area as a con-
emplacements, the engineers were all set to move up taining force for the isolated forts, Company C remained
with demolition charges, when the enemy placed a in the area until November 24, at which time prepara-
murderous mortar barrage on the position, forcing the tions were made to move east of the Moselle and re-
men to withdraw to the base of the slope. join the Battalion.
 The Metz campaign lasted 14 days, beginning at the Fifth Infantry Division, had taken the city and sur-
2100, November 8, with Operation Casanova at Uc- rounding forts by direct assault.
kange, and terminating at 1435, November 22, when
On November 23 Major General Twaddle wrote to
elements of the 377th Infantry cleaned out the last
the troops under his command: "On 8 Nov., at the
pocket of enemy resistance in Metz.
beginning of our offensive against Metz, I told you:
What is this Fortress of Metz that makes its capture 'The road that leads through Metz is the road that will
so outstanding? The city's history is significant. Metz take us into Germany. On it we will earn the title you
was acquired by France under Henry II and was vic- choose for yourselves-The Victory Division.' You
toriously defended by Francois de Guise against were 'green' troops when you heard those words. Now,
Spain's Charles V. The great fortifications of the city two weeks later, you are old soldiers. In the hell of
were built by Vauvan, brilliant engineer under Louis fire along the Moselle and around the mighty forts of
XIV. Fort Driant, the largest and most heavily fortified Metz you proved your courage, your resourcefulness,
sector of the Metz area, was originally built by the and your skill. Nothing I can say can add to the pride
Germans in 1911 and stands on an eminence l ,200 feet and satisfaction you must feel in your own hearts.
high, sloping steeply down to the Moselle on the east. Your magnificent performance in this, your first battle,
The city's forts had never before fallen to any force in has materially shortened the road that leads tc Ger-
any war. The 95th Infantry Division, in conjunction with many, and to Victory."

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 The Saar Campaign
After the fall of Metz the badly battered enemy as a line of delaying action. Then came the Saar
withdrew east of the Nied River, with troops of the Di- River, in itself not as great an obstacle as the Moselle,
vision in hot pursuit. By November 24 the Battalion, being narrower (averaging about 150 feet in width)
having closed into an assembly area between Metz and with only a moderately strong current. However,
and the Nied River, prepared to support the further ad- any river could be difficult to cross against well organ-
vance of the Division. Battalion Headquarters was lo- ized enemy defenses, and these the Germans had. Fin-
cated at Les Bordes; Company A supporting the 377th ally1 and the greatest obstacle of all, was the Siegfried
Infantry, was at Noisseville; Company C was at Borny Line.
until placed in support of the 378th Infantry, at which
time the company moved to Maizeroy; Company B, in Early on the morning of November 25, Company C
reserve, was at Cheuby. All companies engaged in crossed two battalions of the 378th Infantry, and Com-
general engineer missions, sweeping for mines, filling pany A crossed two battalions of the 377th Infantry,
craters, clearing roads of debris, and strengthening all over the Nied River against only slight resistance from
bridges in the rear area s to Class 40. Companies A the enemy. Company C made crossings at Bionville-
and C made reconnaissance of possible crossing sites sur-Nied and north and south of Raville. During the
over the Nied River in their respective sectors bridging crossings and the subsequent action, four engineers
materials were brought up and local materials were were wounded. Company A made crossings at V au-
assembled for the construction of improvised foot doncourt and V olmerange. After the river crossings the
bridges. companies displaced forward, Company A to Volmer-
ange, Company B to Courcelles Chaussy, Company C
Division Field Order No. 3 was published on No- to Bionville-sur-Nied, continuing in support of the infan-
vember 24 outlining the coming operations: try, clearing mines, filling road craters, and repairing
The Corps Mission: The XX Corps, with the lOth and strengthening existing bridges.
Armored Division and the 90th and 95th Infantry Di- Closely following the rapid advance of the infantry,
visions abreast in that order from north to south, will. Battalion Headquarters moved to Boulay on November
attack at 0730, November 25, to destroy the enemy in 26, Company B to Henning Farm, and Company C to
the zone west of the Saar River. Crossing the Saar pre- Boulay. All companies engaged in general road work,
pared to exploit penetrations of the Siegfried Line, to Jn addition to which Company A constructed a 40-ton
effect destruction of enemy defenses, and resume the wooden stringer bridge in the vicinity of Boulay, and a
attack to the northeast. The Fifth Infantry Division, in timber trestle and treadway bridge over an anti-tank
reserve, will be prepared to attack in any portion of the ditch in the vicinity of Ricrange. Company B cleared
Corps Zone on six hours notice. The Third Cavalry
road blocks and removed demolitions from a bridge in
Group will protect the Corps' left flank and the XIV the vicinity of Niederwisse. Battalion Headquarters
Tactical Air Command will support the attack. started making plans for an assault crossing of the Saar
The 95th Infantry Division Mission: The 95th Infan- River.
try Division will attack northeast at 0730, November 25,
On November 28 the first elements of the 95th Di-
making its main effort on the north flank, to destroy the
vision set foot on "Holy German Soil." Shortly after
enemy in the Division zone and seize crossings of the
midnight, patrols of the Second Battalion, 377th Infan-
Saar River between Saarlautern and Pachten, both in-
try, reported they had crossed the German border, but
cluded, to establish a bridgehead to the north, uncover-
the crossing was not effected in force until Company F,
ing Rehlingen to facilitate bridging operations for the
377th Infantry, took Leidingen at 0945 and by nightfall
90th Division. The Division will maintain contact with
the XII Corps on the right flank. the 377th Infantry was inside Germany on their entire
front, from Gueratling to Ittersdorf. Battalion Headquar-
The tasks ahead of the Division could conservatively ters moved to Bouzonville the afternoon of November 28.
be described as a large order, including, as they did,
three mighty obstacles. First was the Maginot Line, The Battalion Commander directed the installation
built by the French as a defense against Germany, the of place signs marking the German border. By daylight,
line's edge being dulled somewhat by the fact that it November 29, two signs were in place on the border,
pointed to the east, but it could still serve the Germans one on the Boulay road, one on the Bouzonville road.

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Siegfried Lines on Germany-France boundary

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General George S. Patton. Jr .• commander of the Third Army at the 379th Infantry Command
Post at Saarlautern. 320th Engineers Battalion command post in background

This is what was left of the Saarlautern railroad station when German
artillery was through pounding the city
This is the bridge " stole" from the startled Germans the morning of December 3. 1944. Thousands of rounds from the enemy's big guns
were fired at the bridge in a futile attempt to knock it out. Top photo shows the rubble that littered the approach to the bridge. In fore·
ground is site where Company C constructed a bridge that could have been used if a number of direct hits would have made the cap·
lured bridge impossible.
Battalion S-3 section connecting city power for electric current
Sergeant Bukowski and Sergeant Twitchell

Communications section connecting Battalion and Division lines in Soest, Germany

Sergeant Travis and Sergeant Jackson

Wire Team
Communications section connecting with Division line between
Soesl and Borgeln. Sergeant Jackson, driver: Sergeant Travis,
Sergeant Miller

Sergeant Scott answers switchboard while Sergeant Suiat awaits "The Chief" checks Division time with that of the Battalion
trip call. Bolder, Belguim Sergeant James I. Kowalski
 Two 95th Division men pose in front of the Division sign constructed by 320th Engineers
welcoming troops into Germany

The signs read: YOU ARE NOW ENTERING GER- desire to delay our advance to the Saar as long as pos-
MANY THRU COURTESY 95th INFANTRY DIVISION. sible, even at the risk of losing small amounts of armor
and larger amounts of infantry.
The Battalion continued to support the steady ad-
The 95th Infantry Division has the mission of attack-
vance of the infantry against stubborn delaying ac-
ing to the Saar, to seize crossings of the Saar between
tions fought by the enemy. Road blocks and cross
Saarlautern and Pachten, to establish a bridgehead in
roads were bitterly contested, and all bridges were de-
the crossing area, and to expand the bridgehead to the
molished as the enemy retreated, thereby keeping our
north to uncover Rehlingen to facilitate bridging opera-
men on the jump replacing bridges dndinstalling tread-
tions of the 90th Division. The three Infantry Regiments
ways over tank traps, so that heavy weapons and sup-
will attack in zone to the Saar, the 379th Infantry will
ply trucks could keep up with the steady advance.
then pass through the 377th Infantry, force a crossing
On November 29 especially stubborn resistance was
of the Saar, seize a bridgehead, and be prepared to
met on the high bluff overlooking the Saar River at
continue the attack and seize and hold the Rehlingen
Oberfelsberg. The 379th Infantry was brought into the
objective.
line with Company C in support. During the fight for
Oberfelsberg, men of Company C performed heroically, During the morning of December l, the three Infan-
installing treadway bridges over anti-tank ditches in try Regiments remained in position, preparing to re-
front of prepared positions, under a hail of enemy ma- sume the attack following an aerial bombardment of
chine gun, mortar, and artillery fire. Armor crossed to the Saarlautern area. At 1235 the attack was resumed
support the attack· of the foot troops, and by the night against bitter enemy resistance at all points. During the
of November 30 the enemy was driven from the high afternoon, the 379th Infantry initiated movement through
ground, leaving the Saar River as the only obstacle the right flank of the 377th Infantry zone to attack to-
between our troops and the Siegfried Line. Miracul- ward Saarlautern.
ously only one engineer was wounded during the in-
Preparations were being made by the Battalion for
stallation of the treadway bridges.
the coming assault crossing of the Saar. Lieutenant
Division Field Order No. 4 was published on No- Colonel Crowther, his staff, and necessary enlisted per-
vember 30 giving the present situation and future mis- sonnel, moved to an advance CP in Oberfelsberg. Cap-
sion. The order pointed out that strong defenses of tain Patrick, Battalion S-4, and personnel of the S-4 Sec-
towns on the high ground west of the Saar River, plus tion, opened a supply point at Felsberg, Germany, and
numerous counterattacks by the enemy, showed his assembled bridging materials, assault boats and storm
 boats. Company A and one platGcn of Company B platoon, the First Platoon, Company C, and I crossed
were alerted for river crossing operations and reported the Saar River with the first assault wave of the First
to the supply point at Felsberg to await instructions. Battalion, 379th Infantry. When we reached the far
bank, I reorganized my men and we started up the
The 379th Infantry, fighting its way into Saarlautern,
road, heading due east, at approximately 15 feet to the
and the 378th Infantry to the south, met increasingly
right of Company B, which was on the right flank of the
stubborn resistance and fought some of the fiercest bat-
Infantry Battalion. We arrived at the road junction ap-
tles the Di_vision had yet encountered. At the same
proximately 2,000 yards from the river and turned to the
time, the 377th Infantry met comparatively mild resist-
right and proceeded down the road to the bridge. No
ance in their sector. On December 2 the 379th Infantry
shots were fired until we started down this road.
was progressing favorably in the attack on Saarlautern.
Heavy resistance was encountered in an enemy bar- "We encountered a German soldier standing by the
racks on the western edge of Saarlautern, but by 1500 side of the road with his hands in his pockets, watching
the barracks was captured and the troops pressed on the column go by. When we approached him, he spoke
and reached the Saar River. Other troops fighting in perfect English and said 'I am German,' and stated he
the city were meeting heavy resistance in the east end was a telephone operator. He was without arms. We
of Saarlautern, fighting was vicious and the city had to proceeded down the road where we encountered a
be taken house by house and block by block. German armored car located at the edge of the bridge.
Second Lieutenant Manifold was dispatched to the A radio operator was on the inside of the armored car,
379th Infantry as liaison officer, and when it was de- sending a message, and when captured refused to
cided to make an immediate river crossing, Lieutenant come out. After being challenged several times, he
Manifold, with an Infantry officer, made a reconnais- was bayoneted while still in the car. Standing on the
sance for crossing sites and avenues of approach, and other side of the armored car was another soldier, who
reported his findings to Lieutenant Colonel Crowther. was also surprised at the arrival of troops, and he im-
Assault boats and crews were brought up, and by 0400, mediately made a dash to get to the switch to blow the
December 3, all men and equipment were in place bridge. He was shot by Lieutenant Colonel Philbin at
awaiting the order to start the crossing. a distance of approximately five feet from the switch.'
At 0545, December 3, the First Battalion, 379th Infan- "My platoon was following the head of the column
try, began the accomplishment of a mission which not very closely at this time, because the bridge was in
only became highly successful and completely de- sight, and every man made a dash for the bridge. We
ceived the enemy, but which effected a Saar crossing arrived at the bridge at 0721, and we later learned
in force without a single casualty and in far less time through PW reports that the bridge was to have been
than otherwise would have been possible. Com- demolished at 0730. All detectable wires were imme-
... manded by Lt. Col. Tobias R. Philbin, the Battalion's diately cut and my platoon started checking the bridge
accomplishment was almost fictional. The expert plan-
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ning and execution of the crossing resulted in a mili-

with mine detectors and also checked for any other
explosives that might be attached to the bridge. In the
tary rarity-the taking intact of an important bridge, de- middle of the bridge there were four 500-pound Ameri-
!o.. fended by strong enemy positions manned by large
<3 can bombs laid end to end across the bridge. These
numbers of enemy troops. bombs did not have fuses fitted into the noses of them.
The amazing operation began at 0545 as the First
"We immediately proceeded to the other side of the
Battalion's first wave, accompanied by our First Pla-
bridge to check it and there we encountered one officer
toon, Company C, crossed the Saar-in 44 assault boats,
and three enlisted men who were on their way to the
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manned by crews from Company A and one platoon
bridge. Upon seeing them I hollered 'Halt!' but they
of Company B, followed by successive waves. All
did not stop, so I shouted 'Halt!' again to make sure
troops crossed the river without arousing the enemy,
It.;' that they were not our troops, who were advancing at
~ not a shot was fired and not a casualty was suffered.
the same time to capture the end of the bridge which
Arriving on the north bank of the river, the troops
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I was on. No one answered again so I shoulted 'Halt!'
f moved generally east until arriving at a road junction
.exceptionally loud, and I detected the men talking Ger-
'70 approximately 2,000 yards beyond the Saar. Here
man. We immediately opened fire and killed all four
troops turned to the right and proceeded to the bridge's
e.~ northern approach. The First Platoon, Company C, of them.
commanded by Second Lieutenant Edward Herbert, im- "While we were still checking that far end of the
mediately started checking the bridge for demolition bridge we noticed several other men coming up the
wires and explosives. road near the ditches. They were dragging a rubber
Lieutenant Herbert's story of the capture of the Saar- reconnaissance boat, which apparently had been in

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lautern Bridge follows: "At 0545, December 3, 1944, my the water. We shouted to these men to surrender, but

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they continued to keep on walking, so we opened tire On the afternoon of December 4, Companies A and
and killed all of them. We immediately withdrew C went into direct support of the 377th and 379th Infan-
across the bridge, as machine gun fire opened up on try in the bridgehead area. On the night of December
us. After we arrived on the other side under cover of 4-5, the 378th Infantry with Company B in direct sup-
buildings, fire seemed to come from everywhere. We port, made an assault crossing of the Saar River south
made several attempts to go back up on the bridge to of Saarlautern in the vicinity of Lisdorf, Germany. Their
remove the bombs, but we were unable to because the objective was to advance north and penetrate the Sieg-
machine gun fire was too heavy. fried Line defenses running through Ensdorf and to link
"We held this position approximately two hours up with troops fighting in the bridgehead opposite
until Company L (Reinforced) of the Third Battalion, Saarlautern-the fortified towns of Fraulautern and
379th Infantry, drove up on the other side of the bridge Saarlautern-Roden.
and went on by the bridge approximately 500 yards. From December 4 to 17, Companies A, B, and C
We made several attempts to get on the bridge, but it were in direct support of the Infantry Regiments, and
was impossible due to the heavy artillery fire. It was engaged in the most gruelling kind of fighting. Ad-
not until about 1600 that we were able to get out on the · vances were measured in yards, with the Engineers
bridge and remove the bombs. We covered the bridge out in front blowing pillboxes and mouse-holing through
with smoke grenades and with improvised skids we buildings, clearing a path for the continued advance of
were able to lift the bombs and skid them off the bridge, the infantry. At the same time the platoon in reserve
outside of where they would be in danger of exploding from each company carried on normal engineer mis-
and causing harm to the bridge. sions, clearing roads, filling craters, searching build-
"After removing the bombs we tried several other ings for booby traps, and locating and marking enemy
times to check the bridge for mines and other explo- minefields.
sives, but were unable to find any, as the light was
No better picture can be drawn of the bitterness of
getting poor. On the morning of December 4 we at-
the fighting during this period than to quote a few of
tempted to check the bridge again, but to no avail, as
the many citations awarded men of the Battalion for
the artillery shelling was too heavy. This continued gallantry in action and heroic achievement against the
throughout the entire day. enemy.
"On December 5 we were able to get out on the Pfc. Lauriano J. Romero and Pvt. Harry W. Seese,
bridge and check it thoroughly, where we found eight Co. A, were awarded the Bronze Star Medal for heroic
prepared positions which were hollow channels ap- achievement against the enemy for the reduction of a
proximately 24 inches in diameter and 25 feet deep pillbox and saving the lives of two comrades. The cita-
built in the piers of the bridge and filled with dynamite tion follows:
and TNT. It was rather difficult to locate these hollow
channels, as the entrances were manhole covers which "On the afternoon of December 15, 1944, a pillbox
were located in the gutters of the roadway and were in the vicinity of Fraulautern, Germany, was holding
covered with debris. It took practically all day to re- up the advance of the infantry. An American soldier
move all the explosives. Each hollow channel con- who spoke German called on the pillbox to surrender
tained four to five 18-inch diameter x 18-inch deep and ten German soldiers came out, but advised that a
60-pound drums of dynamite and eight to ten 25- non-commissioned officer, refusing to surrender, was
pound packages of TNT. All explosives, except a sam- still in the pillbox. No more small arms fire was re-
ple which was turned in to Battalion Headquarters for ceived from the pillbox, but any movement on the part
observation, were thrown into the Saar River to dis- of the American soldiers brought down an accurate
pose of them as quickly as possible. It is estimated mortar and artillery barrage, substantiating statements
that 6,400 pounds of explosives in addition to four 500- of the prisoners that the German non-commissioned of-
pound bombs were removed from the bridge." ficer had stayed in the pillbox to act as artillery ob-
server. At 1500 Pfc. Lauriano J. Romero and Pvt. Harry
When the assault crossing was completed at 0615, W. Seese volunteered to attempt the destruction of the
December 3, Company B started construction of a foot- pillbox. Unarmed except for hand grenades and heavy
bridge and completed it at 0645. Through December demolitions charges, they advanced toward the fortifi-
3-4 Company A and Company B continued ferrying cation. A heavy mortar barrage was immediately laid
operations across the Saar, pouring men and equip- on the area. They made a rush for the pillbox and
ment and supplies into the bridgehead. Company C gained the safety of the doorway. After placing their
cleared mines from the roads in Saarlautern and vicin- charge they were forced to wait, before detonating it,
ity and started construction on an infantry support for the mortar barrage to abate. When the barrage had
bridge in the vicinity of Saarlautern. When the bridge lessened somewhat, they lit the fuse and ran from the
was 70 per cent completed, it was knocked out by entrance, but mortar fire again began to fall around the
enemy artillery fire and construction work was stopped. pillbox, and they took what cover they could find in the
For his work during the period December 2-3, 2nd · rear of the pillbox. The charge exploded while they
Lt. William D. Manifold, Company A, was awarded the were in this precarious position. Two infantrymen
Bronze Star Medal for heroic achievement against the rushed forward to occupy the pillbox, but were over-
enemy, and was recommended for a battlefield promo- come by fumes. Private First Class Romero and Private
tion from Second to First Lieutenant, which he received Seese, stunned by the explosion but otherwise unhurt,
on December 24, 1944. entered the pillbox and removed the infantrymen and
On the night of December 3, Battalion Headquarters the German Staff Sergeant.
moved to Oberfelsberg, and an advance CP was estab- "The stubborn courage of the two engineer soldiers
lished in Saarlautern. during the perilous demolitions task and their speedy
 action in evacuating the two infantry soldiers after- Thomas L. Jackson braved the enemy fire and moved
wards were instrumental in the capture of a German to the machine gun located in the center of the open
non-commissioned officer, in the reduction of the enemy embrasure approximately eight feet square. Private
position, and in possibly saving the lives of their two First Class Jackson was wounded twice in one leg while
fighting comrades." moving into position, but despite his wounds he ad-
Pfc. Nicholas J. Antczak and Pfc. John W. Page of justed the machine gun and opened up on the enemy,
Co. A were awarded the Silver Star Medal for gallan- five of whom are known to have been killed by his
try in action for assaulting an enemy pillbox. The cita- well-directed fire .
tion follows: "During the time Private First Class Jackson was
"At 0330 hours on the morning of December 8, 1944, moving to the embrasure and manning the machine
Private First Class Antczak and Private First Class Page, gun, T/5 Fred Husa braved the enemy fire and moved
accompanied by a covering force of sixteen infantry- to a position just inside the doorway and prepared to
men, were assigned the mission of destroying by demo- help repel the attack. As he was going to a prone posi-
litions a pillbox in the v icinity of Ensdor£, Germany, tion to open fire on the enemy, a machine gun bullet
which had been unsuccessfully attacked the previous struck him on the point of the left shoulder and emerged
night. The route of approach was a circuitous trench approximately six inches lower through his back. De-
system connecting with the entrenchments around the spite this serious and painful injury, Technical 5th
objective. During the advance the party discovered Grade Husa opened up on the enemy with his M-1
themselves surrounded and a fire "fight ensued with rifle and is known to have killed two of them with his
considerable confusion resulting. One infantryman es- well-directed fire.
caped and returned to the CP pillbox to report the bal- "The attack was broken up and the enemy forced
ance of the party probably destroyed. Private First to take cover.
Class Antczak and Private First Class Page, who were
unarmed due to the fact that they were heavily loaded "Private First Class Jackon's and Technical 5th
with explosives, broke through the enemy line, made Grade Husa's courageous actions in breaking up the
their way between two of the six enemy machine guns German attack was an inspiration to all occupants of
firing from in front of the object pillbox, placed their the pillbox who, when the Germans had been driven
charge on the pillbox door, and exploded it while the under cover, moved out into the trenches and engaged
fire fight still raged. The concussion killed ten Ger- the enemy in battle and left a total of 13 dead on the
mans, who had withdrawn into the pillbox, and the field, out of the estimated 20 making the counterattack."
explosion so unnerved the enemy engaged in the fire
Pvt. Towner A. Jayne of Co. B was awarded the
fight that they assumed reinforcements had arrived
Silver Star for gallantry in action for rescuing two
and surrendered. Private First Class Antczak and Pri-
wounded comrades under enemy fire and promoted to
vate First Class Page entered the pillbox where four
sergeant for his leadership in reorganizing his squad
German soldiers in the two rear rooms immediately sur-
after all of his NCO's were wounded. The citation:
rendered. A search of the pillbox was made and two
booby traps were removed from these rear compart- "At 0830, December 6, 1944, two engineer NCO's
ments. The four prisoners were brought out and consoli- who were wounded, six engineer soldiers and 20 in-
dated with 22 prisoners captured at the time of the fantrymen, 14 of whom were wounded, were pinned
explosion. The two engineer soldiers, using German inside a pillbox in the vicinity of Ensdorf, Germany, by
weapons which they had appropriated, and two infan- enemy machine gun fire. Pvt. Towner A. Jayne dis-
trymen returned the 26 prisoners to the CP pillbox and covered two wounded men about one hundred yards
reported the accomplishment of the mission, occupation out from the pillbox and exposed to enemy fire. Using
of the pillbox, the killing of five enemy soldiers in the a trench for the first thirty yards and what cover he
fire fight and 10 by concussion from the explosion, the could find from there on, he worked his way to the
taking intact of six machine guns, and the removal of wounded men and dragged them back to the security
two booby traps, in addition to the capture of the 26 of the trench from which point an infantryman helped
prisoners that they brought in. Through dogged deter- him carry them into the pillbox. During the day Pri-
mination, a devotion to duty in the face of overwhelm- vate Jayne organized the men, posted security andre- ·
ing odds, and an utter disregard for personal safety, turned the enemy fire. After darkness he supervised
Private First Class Antczak and Private First Class Page the evacuation of the 18 wounqed soldiers with part of
helped accomplish the assignment and turn what ap- the men, and, with the balance of the squad, held the
peared to be sure annihilation into a brilliant victory." pillbox until reinforcements arrived.
T/5 Fred Husa and Pfc. L. Jackson of Co. A were "Private Jayne's unselfish heroism in rescuing his
awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action for re- wounded comrades and grasp of leadership under
pelling an enemy counterattack. The citation reads: stress of battle reflect high credit upon himself and on
About 1430 hours on December 7, 1944, a pillbox the military service."
in the vicinity of Ensdorf, Germany, housing approxi- Sgt. Mitchell F. Olsta and Cpl. JohnS. Tiedemann of
mately 35 infantrymen and 28 engineers, who were Co. B were awarded the Silver Star Medal for gallantry
waiting for darkness to resume the assault of German in action for reducing an enemy pillbox which had held
fortifications, was counterattacked by an enemy force up the advance for 43 hours. The citation:
of about 20 men. Enemy fire through the doorway and
embrasure, the only two openings in the pillbox, pinned "On the night of December 3, 1944, the first assault
all men to the ground, but when the gunner of the .3D- wave crossed the Saar River in the vicinity of Ensdorf,
caliber heavy machine gun, which was the only auto- Germany, moved through the open space between the
matic weapon in working order, was wounded, Pfc. river and the town, knocked out two pillboxes and oc-

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 Saar River bridge that was captured intact. 1st Platoon, Company C, won 95th Division battle
honors for heroic achievement in capture of this bridge

cupied several houses on the edge of town. As the "The taking of this pillbox removed direct fire from
second wave started to cross the river, a pillbox to the the river and from the field between the river and the
left of the crossing site opened fire, and the second edge of town; thereby allowed additional troops, sup-
wave was driven back to the friendly shore. The pill- plies and ammunition to cross, and secured the edge of
box was built flush with the ground with only the re- town.
volving turret, armed with one 20MM and five heavy
machine guns, above ground. The pillbox had a per- "Sergeant Olsta's and Corporal Tiedemann's cour-
fect field of fire commanding the river, the open field age, coolness and extreme devotion to duty reflects
from the river to the edge of town; and as the turret great credit upon themselves and exemplifies the high-
revolved 360 degrees, it was able to cover the houses est traditions of the military service."
occupied by the infantry and engineers, who had S/Sgt. Arthur H. Schleicher and Cpl. Warren G.
crossed in the first wave, and all approaches to the pill- Wills of Co. B were awarded the Bronze Star Medal
box. Tank destroyers were brought up on the friendly for heroic achievement against the enemy for reducing
shore to fire on the pillbox and an artillery concentra- an enemy pillbox which had cost the lives of four engi-
tion was directed at it; but the shells glanced harm- neer soldiers in a previous attempt. The citation:
lessly from the armor plate turret. For 43 hours fire
from the pillbox blocked all attempts to bring the second "During the night of December 7, 1944, in the vicin-
wave across the river, or to bring supplies and ammuni- ity of Ensdorf, Germany, an unsuccessful attempt had
tion to troops occupying houses on the edge of Ensdorf. been made to demolish a pillbox which was supported
by fire from pillboxes on either flank. In this attempt
"At 1730, December 5, Sgt. Mitchell F. Olsta and four engineer soldiers are missing in action and pre-
Cpl. John S. Tiedemann volunteemd to attempt the re- sumably dead. S/Sgt. Arthur H. Schleicher, spurred on
duction of the pillbox. Laden with explosives and by the loss of his comrades and feeling that as platoon
armed only with hand grenades, they crawled the 150 sergeant he should make an effort to restore dimin-
yards from the nearest house to the pillbox. The entire ished morale, volunteered to attempt the reduction of
trip was made under heavy enemy artillery and mor- the pillbox. During the night, he perfected his plans,
tar fire, machine gun fire from the pillbox and Ameri- which included one other engineer soldier to carry de-
can artillery fire aimed at the pillbox. Upon arrival at molitions and an infantry soldier with sub-machine gun
the pillbox they dropped into the shallow trench sur- to give them some fire protection, and made a recon-
rounding it, placed the charge on the door and blew it naissance of the possible routes of approach. He pre-
in. Thirteen German soldiers in the pillbox immediately sented his plan to the officer in charge, who approved
surrendered. the plan and insisted on personally furnishing the fire
protection. Cpl. Warren G. Mills volunteered to be the "Technical 4th Grade Siok's heroic deed reflects
engineer assistant. Early on the morning of December great credit on himself and is in keeping with the high-
8 they made their way by a circuitous route to within est traditions of the military service."
25 yards of the pillbox. At this point Staff Sergeant Pfc. George F. Montgomery of Co. C was awarded
Schleicher covered their advance by smoke grenades the Silver Star for gallantry in action for his quick think-
which immediately drew heavy machine gun fire. Staff ing and courageous action in the face of overwhelming
Sergeant Schleicher and Corporal Wills slipped across odds. The citation:
the opening under cover of the smoke and placed the
charge in the pillbox embrasure. One German was "On December 4, 1944, Pfc. George F. Montgomery
killed by the explosion, one officer and nine enlisted and two comrades were following the first wave of in-
men surrendered, and the reduction of the pillbox per- fantry into Saarlautern-Roden, Germany. The slow-
mitted the infantry to advance and take their objective. ness of effective operation of their mine detector caused
the engineer soldiers to become separated from the in-
"Staff Sergeant Schleicher's cool courage and grasp fantry. One of the three soldiers was wounded by
of leadership in pressing the assault in the face of furi- shrapnel, and rather than leave him, Private First Class
ous enemy fire, and Corporal Wills' courage and devo- Montgomery and his companion carried the wounded
tion to duty in the face of furious enemy fire, reflects man into a house. In the house they encountered two
great credit on themselves and is in keeping with the German soldiers whom they took prisoners. A German
highest traditions of the military service." patrol was observed approaching so the wounded man
and the two prisoners were removed to the basement.
T/4 George A. Siok of Co. C was awarded the Silver
Star for gallantry in action for saving the life of a One engineer soldier remained to guard them, but Pri-
wounded comrade under enemy fire. The citation: vate Montgomery ran back upstairs. There he ran from
window to window shouting at the top of his voice the
'
"At 1000, December 3, 1944, a group of engineers names of absent members of his squad, calling for them
were attempting to put an infantry support bridge to fire but firing himself for each man as he called.
across the Saar River in the vicinity of Saarlautern, The patrol withdrew. In this manner he deceived the
Germany. The work was being done under direct enemy for 36 hours until the second wave of infantry,
enemy observation; and artillery, mortar and small which had been pinned down by mortar and small
arms fire was very heavy. During the operation a raft, arms fire from enemy soldiers, by-passed the first wave,
on which five men were working, received a direct hit came up and rescued them.
and all five men were wounded. Four of the men saved "Private First Class Montgomery's quick thinking,
themselves, but the fifth was so seriously wounded perseverance and courageous action in the face of over-
that the swift current carried him downstream. T/4 whelming odds saved himself and two companions
George A. Siok witnessed the event from a foxhole Ot:J- from capture and prevented the release of two German
the river bank; and without thought of personal safety, prisoners."
he braved the murderous enemy fire falling in the area,
ran to the river edge, dove into the icy waters of the T/5 Henry E. Barth, Pfc. William G. Farthing, Pfc.
river and dragged his comrade to safety. William J. Callahan, T/5 Steve Ferro, Pvt. Louis J.

Suspension foot bridge with floating support built under Placing planks into position at bridge site north
Lieutenant Keough's supervision. Company C of Saarlautern
 railroad tracks, followed by the infantrymen. Two in-
fantrymen were wounded and one killed by 20MM fire
while crossing the tracks. They continued their ad-
vance to a point 50 yards from the pillbox, where the
infantrymen took cover in a small building and opened
fire on the machine gun ports of the pillbox. Technical
5th Grade Barth advanced to within 25 yards of the pill-
box under covering fire from the infantry; at which
point the infantrymen ceased firing, and Technical 5th
Grade Barth rushed forward and placed the beehive
charge in the machine gun port and detonated it. 20
German soldiers within immediately surrendered and
four were found dead.
"Upon the reduction of the first of the series of pill-
boxes the infantry advanced across the tracks and
within 100 yards of the second pillbox. At 1830, Decem-
ber 8, Pfc. William G. Farthing volunteered to attempt
the destruction of the second of the series of pillboxes.
Unarmed and carrying a heavy beehive charge, he
slipped out alone and advanced to a small building 50
yards forward and to the right. He waited several min-
utes, until there was a lull in the firing with only oc-
casional mortar shells coming in. He left the house and
crawled toward the pillbox, following .. a course that
brought him directly under the machine gun ports. He
stood up, placed the charge in the port, shoved it back
until it touched the muzzle of the machine gun, and de-
tonated it. Ten German soldiers within the pillbox im-
mediately surrendered.
"A coordinated attack on the third and fourth pill-
box was planned for early morning of December 10
Pfc. William J. Callahan and T/5 Steve Ferro volun-
During Battle of Bulge the bridge across Saar River at Saarlautern. Germany. teered to attempt the destruction of the third pillbox,
was prepared for demolition by 320th Engineers. Demolition wires protected by while Pvt. Louis J. Moore, Pfc. Hubert Wasserman and
planking and sandbags. January. 1945 Pfc. Andrew E. Dansereau volunteered for the fourth.
At 0745 Private First Class Callahan and Technical 5th
Moore, Pfc. Herbert Wasserman, Pfc. Andrew E. Dan- Grade Ferro started their advance on pillbox No. 3.
sereau, Cpl. Donald B. Schnabel, and Pvt. John D. Clark Private First Class Callahan, unarmed and carrying a
of Co. C were awarded the Silver Star Medal for gal- flame-thrower, advanced frontally, while Technical 5th
lantry in action for the reduction of a series of five pill- Grade Ferro, who was also unarmed and carrying a
boxes guarding the approaches to Saarlautern-Roden. heavy beehive charge, advanced toward the side of
The citation: the pillbox. Covering fire was directed on the pillbox
by 12 infantrymen who advanced within 50 yards of the
"From December 4 to 7, 1944, five pillboxes with mu- pillbox. When Private First Class Callahan and Tech-
tually supporting pillboxes on either flank in the vicin- nical 5th Grade Ferro were within 25 yards of the pill-
ity of Saarlautern, Germany, had been holding up the box, Private First Class Callahan threw flame into the
advance of the First Battalion, 379th Infantry. The five front ports, driving the gunners away from the machine
pillboxes were staggered from the railroad tracks to the guns. He then ran forward and to one side and threw
edge of the city of Saarlautern and had perfect fields of flame into the side ports, allowing Technical 5th Grade
fire from this area, which was flat, open terrain, broken Ferro to run forward, place the beehive charge against
only by a few small buildings. The railroad tracks were the door, and detonate it. Seven German soldiers with-
swept by grazing fire from 20MM automatic weapons in the pillbox immediately surrendered, and one was
on either flank. In the initial advance on December 4 found dead inside.
our troops had crossed the railroad tracks and pene-
trated beyond the first pillbox before it opened fire, but "Private Moore, Private First Class Wasserman and
had been pinned down by fire from the pillboxes to Private First Class Dansereau had started their advance
their front and flanks; and fire from the pillbox to their on pillbox No. 4 at 0800. Covering fire was directed on
rear prevented reinforcements from advancing. Tank the pillbox, and on two other pillboxes to the flank and
destroyers had been brought up, but their direct fire rear, by fifteen infantrymen who advanced to within 20
had no effect on the pillboxes. This position was held yards of the pillbox. From this point Private Moore,
for two days, until shortage of ammunition compelled Private First Class Wasserman and Private First Class
our forces to withdraw under cover of darkness to the Densereau crawled forward until they were directly un-
west side of the railroad tracks. der the machine gun ports, stood up, shoved the
charges back against the muzzles of the machine guns
"At 1500, December 7, T/5 Henry E. Barth volun- and detonated them. Eight German soldiers within
teered to attempt the destruction of the first of the series immediately surrendered.
of pillboxes. Unarmed, carrying a heavy beehive
charge and accompanied by eighteen infantrymen for "Upon the reduction of the first four of the series of
covering fire, Technical 5th Grade Barth crossed the pillboxes, the infantry had advanced to within 100
 yards of the fifth pillbox, which was located on the head. Relief of the Saarlautern bridgehead was accom-
western edge of the city. A furious hail of fire cov~red plished during the night of December 16-17 by elements
the area between the infantry and the pillbox, coming of the Fifth Infantry Division.
from the object pillbox and supporting pillboxes on the On December 19, Companies A and C moved into
flanks, and from German infantry in the houses behind rear areas at Remering and Dalem, France, for reha-
the pillbox. At 1600, December 10, Cpl. Donald B. bilitation and training. Approximately 2,000 reinforce-
Schnabel and Pvt. John D. Clark volunteered to attempt ments for the Division were being trained at Borny be-
the destruction of the pillbox. Smoke shells were fired fore assignment to the infantry and engineers.
behind the pillbox to screen operations, and machine
gun fire was directed on the pillboxes on the flanks. On December 19 the Division was instructed by XX
Unarmed, each carrying a heavy beehive charge .and Corps to withdraw from the Ensdorf bridgehead. The
accompanied by 12 infantrymen to provide covering withdrawal was part of the XX Corps retirement along
fire, Corporal Schnabel and Private Clark advanced the whole of the Corps front to positions generally west
toward the pillbox. At a point 15 yards in front of the of the Saar, made necessary by the great German of-
pillbox the infantrymen stopped and poured fire , into fensive which had been launched against the First
the machine gun ports. Corporal Schnabel and Private Army on December 16. All German pillboxes and em-
Clark crawled forward until they were directly- uhder placements which had been captured were prepared
the machine gun port, stood up, shoved the charges for demolition, to deny their use to the enemy when the
back against the muzzle of the machine gun and de- 378th Infantry withdrew. These were blown by men of
tonated them. Seven German soldiers within imm<kdia- Company B as soon as the infantry withdrew from the
tely surrendered, and one was found inside dead. area the night of December 20. The 378th Infantry had
' effected its Saar crossing the morning of December 5,
"The courage, coolness and extreme devotion to had pushed on to Ensdorf where bitter fighting had
duty in the face of intense enemy fire displayed by been in progress for 15 days. At the time of the Regi-
Technical 5th Grade Barth, Private First Class Farthing, ment's withdrawal, it had secured about two-thirds of
Private First Class Callahan, Technical 5th Grade Ferro, the town. On the night of December 20 Company B
Private Moore, Private First Class Wasserman, Private constructed a second foot bridge in the 378th crossing
First Class Dansereau, Corporal Schnabel and Private area, and troops began the crossing. By 2320, all per-
Clark caused the surrender of the respective pillboxes sonnel had successfully completed the withdrawal
and enabled the infantry to continue their advance to- without incident, crossing on the two footbridges and in
ward Saarlautern-Roden." assault boats.
Lack of space prohibits inclusion of all citations In addition to withdrawing from the Ensdorf bridge-
awarded the officers and men of the Battalion during head, the XX Corps directed the Division to relieve ele-
this period, but the deeds of the others were equally ments of the Fifth Division in the Saarlautern bridge-
valorous. head on the night of December 21-22, and to defend the
By December 16 the Division had 57 consecutive bridgehead with not more than one regimental combat
days in the line and actively engaged in the most team. Also, the 95th was to be prepared to defend from
severe phases of battle for the latter 38 of those days. the Nied River on the north to W adgassen on the south.
Continued casualties and the lack of adequate replace- On December 19, Battalion Headquarters moved
ments, together with the natural exhaustion of infantry from Saarlautern, Germany, to Remering, France, and
and engineer troops after such a sustained period d was ordered to prepare plans for construction of ob-
battle, had materially reduced the Division's combat stacles along the Division front, and successive bands
efficiency. The Battle of Metz and the highly successful of obstacles behind which the Division could withdraw
bridging of the Saar had been well accomplished by in case of an attack in force in the Division area.
the 95th Division. It was time for a rest, and XX Corps
issued instructions that the Fifth Infantry Division would During the night of December 21-22 the Second Bat-
relieve the 95th Division in its Saarlautern bridgehead. talion, 377th Infantry, effected relief of the 378th Infan-
But the relief was not to include the Ensdorf bridge- try in the vicinity of Lisdorf. Our Company B moved to
head. Thus, initially, the 377th Infantry and th8' 379th Alt Forweiler, Germany, for a much needed rest, reha-
Infantry would be relieved, but the 378th Infantry bilitation and training. The First and Third Battalions,
would continue to hold and exploit the Ensdorf bridge- 377th Infantry, and the First and Second Battalions,

I Using winch to pull crib into position at river crossing, Saarlautern Fool·bridge across Saar constructed by Company A

l
Company C men, with Sergeant Farrel in charge, attaching Further preparation for demolition culvert near Corporal Rasmussen preparing a
Primacord fuse to a cratering charge in preparing a Tromborn, France • culvert for demolition
culvert for demolition

379th Infantry, with our Company A in direct support, v1s1on right flank, and if an attack in strength was
effected relief of elements of the Fifth Division in the launched in this area, it would endanger the entire
Saarlautern bridgehead. 95th Division position.
Battalion Headquarters completed plans for obsta- For most of our men, Christmas was a quie t day, as
cles in the Division area, to be tied in with simular only one platoon was in the bridgehead area. Work
plans being made by the 90th Division on our north went on as usual, but it was only physical labor, not
and the Sixth Armored Division on the south, and was conta ct with the enemy with danger at every moment.
ordered to start immediate execution of the plan. All The turkey came through as promised and everyone
troops of the Battalion, except those actually in the enjoyed a delicious Christmas dinner, supplemented by
bridgehead area, with the assistance of the 206th Engi- packages from home. The French, in whose homes the
neer (C) Battalion of the ll 39th Engineer Group, started men were billeted, contributed "schnaaps," the uni-
construction of road blocks, preparation of abatis, in- versal name for the very potent liquor produced locally,
stallation of mine fields and preparation of bridges for and called by many names by the French. It was not
demolition. In addition the main supply roads in the a gay Christmas, for death and the war were too close,
Division area were maintained, streets in Saarlautern but everyone made the best of it and hoped that he
were cleared of debris, and Company C constructed a might be h ome for the next holiday season.
fixed bridge across the Saar to supplement the concrete
Saarlautern bridge. On December 26, the Division received instructions
from XX Corps to be prepared to withdraw, on Corps
The Division zone remained relatively quiet, but order only, from the Saarlautern bridgehead to occupy
there was considerable tenseness. The enemy held a and defend the three bands of obstacles, in turn, now
sizeable area west of the Saar to St. Avold, on the Di- being constructed by our engineers, and finally, to oc-
cupy and defend the Maginot Line. The plan was an
Close up of abatis showing how demolition is placed in tree prepared for advance preparation for withdrawal in the event of a
demolition, as part of defense plan large scale German counterattack which could not be
successfully met by the Division.
The Fifth Ranger Battalion was attached to the Divi-
sion at 1200, December 27, to close into the St. Avoid
vicinity the morning of December 28 and begin a period
of rehabilitation and training. The Ranger Battalion, ac-
cording to instructions of XX Corps, was to be employed
only for defensive action in event of a German break-
through on the right flank of the Division.
On December 29 the German Luftwaffe, using cap-
tured American P-47 planes, struck at Boulay in the
morning and effected light personnel and material
damage. This bombing and strafing of supply installa-
tions in the vicinity of the Division CP mark~d the first
real air raid the Division had received since it entered
combat.
 Placing sandbags in culvert over prepared charge Breaking pavement prior to digging holes for road crater
1arinq a
in defense plan. Corporals Dubois, Lepsey and Private
tn
Jensen of Company A

Work continued on the construction of obstacles and By 0200, January l, 1945, the l06th had been pushed
by December 31 the barrier plan was almost half com- back from l,OOO to 3,000 yards in various portions of
pleted. There were heavy snowfalls, complicating the its front and, accordingly, the whole of the 378th In-
work and making it necessary to divert engineers from fantry and the 778th Tank Battalion were alerted for
construction of obstacles to clearing roads. Crews were movement to meet the enemy penetration. The Fifth
kept busy day and night with snow plows, and other Ranger Battalion was similarly alerted, and all other
crews, with truck loads of sand, sanded the icy roads Division troops were alerted for movement on two
on the hills and turns. hours notice. At 0430, the 106th's Commanding Officer
reported that the situation was generally under control,
Between Christmas and New Year's, action on the but the group would need assistance if the lost ground
Division front was confined almost exclusively to patrol was to be regained. The Commanding Officer of the
actions, with occasional limited offensives to keep the 378th Infantry was directed to establish contact with
enemy off balance. the l06th, determine the situation and, together with the
The greater majority of the men of the Battalion were Cavalry Group, formulate plans to counterattack and
in billets on New Year's Eve, and did their best to de- destroy the enemy.
velop a h oliday spirit. Almost all French families did
By 0830, the Second Battalion, 378th Infantry, rein-
their small part in adding to the festivities, with pies
and cakes being baked, and in addition to the ever- forced with two platoons of the 778th Tank Battalion,
had moved a mile east of Differten without making con-
present "schnaaps," long-hidden wine was brought out
tact with the enemy. The Germans were met before
for the celebration. The kitchen crews worked far into
noon, however, and the Battalion reported that it had
the night preparing the best possible dinner for the
successfully engaged the enemy, captured the town of
New Year's meal. Headquarters & Service Company
cooks, assisted by volunteers from the company, made
ice cream from powdered milk, sugar, gelatin and fla- Railroad bridge prepared for demolition in defense plan. Picture
voring, frozen in a small can placed inside a GI can shows detail wiring of charges
and surrounded with ice obtained from the horse trough
in the village square. It didn't taste too much like the
ice cream we remembered, but everyone enjoyed it
and voted it a great success.
Shortly before midnight, December 31, the l06th
Cavalry Group on the Division's right flank was at-
tacked by German infantry and armor. The fierce
enemy attack hit simultaneously in three places, an
estimated 75 infantrymen and one tank striking south
of Geislautern, approximately 200 Germans attacking
west of W ehrden and an equal force attacking west of
Hostenbach. The attack presented a serious threat to
the Division in that the 95th's right flank would be un-
covered if the Cavalry were driven back on its side of
the boundary. The threat of a German attack toward
Metz from the area of St. A vold had been considered
most likely when the defensive plans were prepared.
 W erbeln and was advancing towards the high ground
to the east. From this point on, the Battalion encoun-
tered bitter and stubborn resistance as the attack was
pushed in conjunction with elements
Wiring of culvert for demo- of the 106th Cavalry on the right.
lition being prepared by East of W erbeln, the Battalion met
Company C three companies of German infantry-
men in strength of approximately 100
men each and encountered German occupied pillboxes
and other fortified defensive positions. By the end of
the day, the Battalion was within 1,500 yards of the
Saar, had captured 106 prisoners, wounded or killed an
estimated 150 Germans and had suffered 55 casualties
of its own.
The Luftwaffe was extremely active throughout the
day, making repeated strafing sorties over the Division
area. The 547th AAA Battalion had its most successful
day of operations, claiming four planes shot down and
six damaged.
Thus, the Division began the New Year in unex-
pected action. Still holding its precious fringe of the
Siegfried Line and the prize of its captured Saarlautern
bridge, the balance of the Division was thinly spread
from Railing on the north, south along the Saar River to
Bous, then southwest to Creutzwald, then south to St.
A void. The 90th Division was on our left flank and the
l 06th Cavalry had replaced the Sixth Armored Division
on our right.
On January 1, 1945, Battalion
Private Jensen and Private Headquarters and Company A were
First Class Carter of Com- at Remering, with one platoon in di-
pany A cleaning blades of
earth auger while prepar- rect support of the infantry in the
ing road crater in defense bridgehead area. Company B was at
plan Alt Forweiler, Company C at Bed-
ersdorf. During the morning four
enemy planes strafed Remering, no one was wounded
and only slight damage was inflicted on a Company A
jeep, hit by a tracer.
The weather remained cold, thawing during the day
and freezing at night, thus coating the roads with ice
and making driving hazardous. Squads from all com-
panies worked on the roads, keeping the hills and
curves sanded so that traffic could be kept moving.
All other available men continued work on the barrier
plan for the Division.
The infantry regiments rotated the task of occupy-
ing the Saarlautern bridgehead, and platoons from our
lettered companies were also rotated in their support
of the infantry. Offensive action in the bridgehead was
mostly limited to small scale attacks to improve the de-
fensive position or limited objective attacks with with-
drawal to the original defense lines.
The First Platoon, Company C, relieved Company A
in the bridgehead on the afternoon of January l, and
for the first four days engaged in limited attacks to im-
prove the defensive position, and lev-
Captain Book. Company B. eled buildings to improve fields of
checking location of Ger- fire. On January 3 Company C
man minefield being used
moved to Saarlautern and started

,
in our defense plan. With
him is Pfc. Curtis Schroeder construction of a floating footbridge
and a friendly kitty over the Saar, using all captured
enemy equipment. Company A
moved from Remering to Dalem and on January 4 Com-
pany B moved from Alt Forweiler to Remering.

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 The First Platoon, Company C, supporting the 379th "On January 5, an infantry-engineer assault team
Infantry in the Fraulautern section of the bridgehead, was assigned the mission of destroying a pillbox which
on January 5 formed an Infantry-Engineer assault team threatened the security of the American right flank in
to demolish a pillbox on the right flank of our main de- Fraulautern, Germany. Fire from tank destroyers was
fense line. The assault team mouse-holed through a brought to bear on three steel-turret pillboxes on the
hill in the rear of the object pillbox to keep them but-
block of enemy-held buildings and moved across the
street into a building in the rear of the pillbox. Enemy toned up during the operation. The infantry-engineer
fire was extremely heavy in the area and there were assault team moved out at 0300, January 5, 1945, mouse-
numerous casualties. Two attempts were made by en- holed its way through a block of houses, cleaning out
gineers to reach the pillbox with explosives but both the snipers as it went; infiltrated across the street into a
failed. Cpl. Donald B. Schnabel made the first attempt house, where one sniper was killed; and then moved
and Pvt. Stanley B. Kaminski the second. Both men across the street into the first house of a row of three
were seen to fall as they reached the rear door of the houses, the last of which was directly to the rear of the
pillbox. It was impossible to reach them to determine pillbox which was to be assaulted. The Germans, senc-
whether they were wounded or dead. Due to the heavy ing the American plan, demolished the house directly
enemy fire, the infantry commander ordered a with- in back of the pillbox, thereby denying its use to the
drawal to the permanent defense lines without accom- assault team and giving an enemy pillbox to the right
plishing the mission. and rear a clear field of fire. The assault team moved
into the second house, approximately 75 yards from the
During the day there was heavy bombing of enemy pillbox, and on their signaL smoke shells were laid in
positions southeast of the Division sector. The hundreds the area to screen the actual assault of the pillbox.
of bombers and fighters, with vapor trails stretching to Due to varying winds, the smoke screen was not effec-
the horizon, made a beautiful and never to be forgotten tive and at no time was the assault operation screened
sight. from enemy observation.
Company C completed construction of the 200-foot "At 0900, January 5, 1945, Cpl. Donald B. Schnabel
improvised foot bridge over the Saar and started con- volunteered to attempt the destruction of the pillbox.
struction of a fixed bridge for vehicular traffic over the Unarmed, carrying a heavy beehive charge and accom-
Saar. The Third Platoon, Company A, started construc- panied by four infantrymen for fire cover, Corporal
tion of a suspension footbridge over the Saar, using all Schnabel ran from the house toward the pillbox,
captured enemy equipment. through a hail of machine gun, small arms and mortar
fire. As he reached the door of the pillbox, he was hit
The weather remained cold, with snow flurries, mak- by enemy fire and fell in the doorway. The four infan-
ing the icy roads almost impassable. The companies trymen returned to the cover of the house.
with attached engineers worked long hours in an effort
to keep traffic moving. "At 0925, January 5, 1945, Pvt. Stanley B. Kaminski
volunteered to attempt the destruction of the pillbox.
On January 7, the 90th Division, on our left flank, Unarmed, carrying a heavy beehive charge and ac-
was relieved for employment in the area of the German companied by four infantrymen for fire cover, Private
counteroffensive to the north, being relieved by the Kaminski ran from the h ouse toward the pillbox through
94th Division. a hail of machine gun, small arms and mortar fire. He
reached the doorway, stepped over the body of hi13
The First Platoon, Company C, supporting the 379th fallen comrade, and was placing the charge against
Infantry in the bridgehead, again formed an Infantry- the door when the enemy inside the pillbox opened the
Engineer assault team on January 9 to make a second door and shot him. His body fell in the doorway by the
attempt on the pillbox on the right flank, which had side of his slain comrade. The four infantrymen re-
been assaulted without success on January 5. The as- turned to the cover of the house.
sault team again worked their way through the block "Corporal Schnabel's and Private Kaminski's heroic
of enemy-held buildings and when they made their way actions so inspired their co:m rades that, in a subsequent
across the street to the building in the rear of the pill- assault, the pillbox was destroyed, thereby securing the
box, they were again met by a hail of enemy mortar, right flank of the American forces in Fraulautern, Ger-
machine gun and small arms fire. The first assault on many. During the final assault, because the charge
the pillbox was driven off after Pfc. Charles R. Morland which reduced the pillbox had to be placed near what
was killed as he reached the pillbox with a satchel is thought to have been their bodies in the doorway,
charge. The second assault was unsuccessful when the bodies were blown to bits and Corporal Schnabel
Pvt. Earl Lee, Jr., reached the pillbox, but was wounded and Private Kaminski are reported as missing in ac-
as he was placing the satchel charge. On the third at-
tion."
tempt, Pfc. Henery H. Morgan reached the pillbox and
* * * *
threw his satchel charge in against the door, blowing in
the door and killing the enemy soldiers within. "On January 5, 1945, an infantry-engineer assault
team had made an unsuccessful attempt to destroy a
The three men who gave their lives, the one who pillbox which threatened the security of the American
was wounded, and the man who finally succeeded in right flank in Fraulautern, Germany. On January 9,
reducing the pillbox, were all awarded the Silver Star 1945, an infantry-engineer assault team was again as-
Medal for gallantry in action. Their brave deeds exem- signed the mission of destroying the pillbox. At 0300,
plify the highest traditions of the engineer soldier and they moved out, following the route the assault team
the citations which accompanied the awards of tht had made on January 5 by mouseholing through a
Silver Star Medals are quoted in full: block of buildings; crossing the street into a house; and
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 a hail of machine gun, small arms, and mortar fire.
Upon reaching the pillbox he placed the charge in the
machine gun port, pushed it back against the muzzle
of the machine gun, pulled the fuse igniter, turned and
ran for the safety of the house. An alert enemy soldier
reached through the machine gun port and pulled the
fuse from the charge, thereby preventing detonation.
As Private Morland was running for the house, he was
struck by rifle fire from the enemy in trenches surround-
ing the pillbox. The six infantry soldiers accompanying
Private Morland picked up his body and carried it back
to the shelter of the house. Upon examination, Private
Morland was found to be dead, but his comrades were
forced to abandon his body when they pulled out after
the final destruction of the pillbox. Private Morland is
reported as missing in action.
"As soon as his dead comrade's body was brought
into the house, Pvt. Earl Lee volunteered to attempt the
destruction of the pillbox. Unarmed, carrying a heavy
beehive charge and accompanied by six infantrymen
for fire cover, Private Lee ran from the house toward the
Adjusting pile driver in preparation of bridge site pillbox through a hail of machine gun, small arms and
mortar fire. Twice wounded, once in the arm and once
in the leg while making this hazardous trip, he con-
from there, moving by infiltration into a house in the tinued on to the pillbox; placed his charge in the ma-
rear of the pillbox. Considerable sniper fire was re- chine gun port; but hampered by his wounded arm,
ceived, and by the time the assault team was infiltrat- was unable to push the charge far enough back into
ing into the house in the rear of the pillbox, the enemy the port to obtain maximum effectiveness, and its de-
were thoroughly alerted and heavy mortar fire was tonation did not have the desired effect. Private Lee,
falling in the area. Two infantry soldiers were killed, helped by the accompanying infantrymen, withdrew
and one infantry soldier and two engineer soldiers to the safety of the house.
were wounded during this period of the operation.
When the assault team was in posi lion in the house "At 1035, January 9, 1945, Pfc. Henry Morgan volun-
in the rear of the pillbox, they signalled for smoke shells teered to attempt the destruction of the pillbox. Un-
to screen the assault of the pillbox. Due to the varying armed, carrying a heavy beehive charge and accom-
winds the smoke screen was not effective, and at no panied by six infantrymen for fire cover, Private First
time was the assault operation screened from the Class Morgan ran from the house toward the pillbox
enemy in supporting pillboxes and in trenches around through a hail of machine gun, small arms and mortar
the pillbox. fire. Upon reaching the doorway he stood over the
bodies of what he believed to be two of his comrades
"At 0910, January 9, 1945, Pvt. Charles B. Morland who were killed on previous assaults, pulled the fuse
volunteered to attempt the destruction of the pillbox. igniter and held the heavy beehive charge in his arms
Unarmed, carrying a heavy beehive charge and ac- while he slowly counted to ten; then threw the charge
companied by six infrantrymen for fire cover, Private in against the door and dove to the ground. The result-
Morland ran from the house toward the pillbox through ing blast blew to bits the two bodies of what he thought
to be his slain comrades; blew in the door of the pill-
Placing steel stringers in place during the construction box; killed five enemy soldiers within the pillbox;
of a fixed bridge across the Saar River wounded two and dazed four others, who were imme-
diately taken prisoners. Additional explosives were
brought up and the pillbox completely demolished.
"Private Morland's and Private Lee's heroic actions
so inspired their comrades that in a subsequent assault
the pillbox was destroyed, thereby securing the right
flank of the American forces in Fraulautern, Germany.
Private First Class Morgan's determination to destroy
the pillbox which had cost the lives of three of his com-
rades, his heroic action, and his dauntless courage in
holding the heavy charge in his arms until the last
possible moment so as to insure the accomplishment
of his mission, reflect great credit on himself and are in
keeping with the highest traditions of the military
service."
On January 10 the 377th Infantry was ordered to
relieve the 379th Infantry in the bridgehead. Company
C moved from Saarlautern to Dalem, occupying the
billets of Company A, who moved into Saarlautern.
On January 12 the ll39th Engineer Group was re-
lieved by the ll52nd Engineer Group; however, the
 206th Engineer (C) Battalion remained in support, and lautern, relieving Company A w h o m oved back to
in addition the l87th and 28lst Engineer (C) Battalions Dalem.
were placed in support to assist in road work and the
On January 25 the Division was n otified of its im-
completion of the barrier plan. The weather remained
pe nding transfer from the XX Corp s to the VIII Corps
cold with heavy snowfalls and roads were kept open
and was ordered to prepare for movement. The Divi-
with difficulty, crews worked around the clock with
sion was to be relieved by the 26th Infantry Division
snow plows and sand to keep the traffic moving.
on January 28-29.
By January 15 the major portion of the obstacles The Saar Campaign was finished after two months
and positions in the barrier plan had been constructed. of initially rapid and la ter drawn out fighting u p to a nd
The Fifth Ra nger Battalion conducted a rehearsal of inside the Saar Basin rim of the Siegfried Line. The
occupying the defensive positions in the vicinity of St. Saar Campaign had begun for the 95th with scarcely
Avold. On January 17 the First Battalion, 379th Infan- any respite after the reduction of Metz. In a week's
try, in reserve, occupied the second line of defense. time, the Germans had been pushed eastward through
As a result of these rehearsals, several weak spots the Maginot Line and across the Saar River. This swift
were found and the Battalion started work on correct- clea rance of n orthern Lorraine was n o mere chase, as
ing the faults. the en emy stood a nd fou ght bitte rly for sev eral inter-
mediate towns.
During the night of January 16-17 the Third Platoon,
Company A, assisted the First Battalion, 378th Infantry, The seizure of Saarlautern and the subsequent es-
in conducting a river crossing feint in the vicinity of tablishment of a bridgehead in its cross-river suburbs
Lisdorf to determine the enemy's reacti on . Smoke was a ccounted for the second largest city taken by the
placed on the river, storm b oat motors and an a ir com- · Allies on the Western Front up to tha t time. The city
pressor w ere op erated on the river bank, truck convoys and its bridge to the suburb of Fraula utern w ere quickly
w ere run into and out of Lisdor£, and artillery fire was captured, with the bridge operation a lon e a model or
placed on the enemy's side of the river. The deception ideal for military textbooks. But repeated attempts to
failed to arouse the enemy beyond light small arms expoit the bridgehead met such a complex system of
fire a nd machine gun fire. p illboxes and fortified building s as to ma ke continued
offe nsive a ction n ot worth the p rice b eing exacted from
Ca ptured Germa n prisoners informed us tha t the available resources.
Germans w ere p lanning an a ttack in the bridgeh ead
The three suburbs of Saarlaute rn-Roden, Fraula utern
area on the morning of Janua ry 20. The attack came
a nd Ensdorf were in tegral parts of the Siegfried Line
in the Saarlautern-Roden sector at 0615, the attacking
a nd to the east lay one of the Westwa ll's thickest seg-
force consisting of approximately 450 infantrymen, two
ments. The Division did not run into a ston e wall as
tanks and an unknown number of assault guns. The
such , but rather became involved in a series of m u-
Third Ba tta lion, 377th Infa ntry, was so w ell. prepared
tua lly supporting strong points wh ose very dispersal
for the enemy effort that the Germans w ere literally
a fforded n o opportunity for a concentrated a ttack and
sla ughtered in the early stages of the attack. By n oon
brea k-through . In addition to the solidly emplaced
over h a lf of the attacking force h a d been either killed
enemy, there was the ha ndicap of the steady p ersonn el
or ca ptured and the bala nce of the enemy withdrew.
drain b ecause of continued casu a lties.
According to prisoners taken during the morning, the
en emy mission w as to reduce the bridgeh ead and se t The Division was generally conta ined in its sub ur-
up defensive positions a long the river. An artillery ban b ridgeh ead, b ut it h eld onto a ll it w as called upon
barrage before the attack knocked out the floating foot- to maintain and repeatedly discouraged th e en emy from
bridge and damaged the fixed bridge that w e had con- forcing countermeasures. At a time when the enemy
structed over the Sa ar, but Compa ny C h a d b oth was a ttacking with variable success n orth a nd south
b ridges repa ired before 1700. of the Division, the 95th reacted from strong defensive
positions to inflict h eavy casualties in fighting off two
~ On Ja nua ry 21 the Ba tta lion received its first quota German coun terattacks.
of passes for Paris of four officers and sixteen e nlisted
men. On January 22 the lucky men departed by truck, By any standards, the 95th Division's Saarla ute rn
determined to make the most of every hour of th eir 72- operation could b e considered a success, though
h our pass. limited. Th e Division gave up no ground to G erman
a dvances, withdrawing from its secondary bridgeh ead
On Janua ry 23, the 379th Infantry relieved the 377th in Ensdorf only upon direction of high er h eadquarters
Infa ntry in the b ridgeh ead ; Company C move d to Saar- w h en it became n ecessary to broaden the 95th's front.
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No. DATE TYPE OF BRIDGE TYPE OF WORK UNIT
1 17 November 44 Timber Trestle Bridge Construction 2 NCO's and French civilians
2 19 November 44 Foot Bridge Construction 2nd Platoon, Company A
3 19 November 44 Jeep Bridge Construction 2nd Platoon, Company A
4 20 November 44 Foot Bridge Construction Jst Platoon, Company B
5 25 November 44 30' M2 Tdwy. Bridge Construciion lst Platoon, Company A
6 25 November 44 M2 Tdwy. Bridge Reinforced to Cl 40 2nd Platoon, Company A
7 25 November 44 Improvised Foot Bridge Construction 3rd Platoon, Company A
8 25 November 44 Improvised Foot Bridge Construction 3rd Platoon, Company A
9 25 November 44 3-60' Foot Bridges Construction 2nd Platoon, Company C
10 25 November 44 Existing Bridge Reinforced to C I 40 3rd Platoon, Company C
11 27 November 44 Cl 40 Wooden Stringer Bridge Construction 2nd Platoon, Company A
12 27 November 44 Timber Trestle Bridge with Tdwy. Construction 3rd Platoon, Company A
13 28 November 44 Stone Pier Bridge Reinforced to C! 40 1st Platoon, Company A
14 28 November 44 M2 Tdwy. Bridge Reinforced with Bent Company C
15 28 November 44 36' C1 40 M2 Tdwy. Bridge Construction 1st Platoon, Company C
16 29 November 44 30' C1 40 M2 Tdwy. Bridge Construction 3rd Platoon, Company B
17 29 November 44 Bridge and Abutment Reinforced 3rd Platoon, Company A
18 30 November 44 36' Cl 40 M2 Tdwy. Bridge Construction 2nd Platoon, Company A
19 30 November 44 36' Cl 40 M2 Tdwy. Bridge Construction Is! Platoon, Company A
20 December 44 Tdwy. Bridge over A/T Ditch Construction 2nd J;latoon, Company C
21 December 44 Trestle Bridge Constructed to Replace Tdwy. 3rd Platoon, Company B
22 December 44 Tdwy. Bridge over A/T Ditch Construction 2nd Platoon, Company B
23 2 December 44 36' Cl 40 M2 Tdwy. Bridge Construction 1st Platoon, Company C
24 3 December 44 Foot Bridge Construction Company B
25 3 December 44 M2 Tdwy. Bridge Construction Is! Platoon, Company C
26 4 December 44 Infantry Support Bridge 70% Completed; shelled out 2nd Platoon, Company C
27 4 December 44 75' Foot Bridge Construction Company B
28 29 December 44 Improvised Suspension Foot Bridge Construction 3rd Platoon, Company A
29 29 December 44 Improvised Foot Bridge ("Keough") Construction 3rd Platoon, Company C
30 21 January 45 Fixed Bridge ("Tolbert") Construction 3rd Platoon, Company C
31 3 December 44 Existing Bridge (Captured) Guarded Company C
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 The Push To The Rhine
The Battalion's billeting party, accompanying the explained that the Germans were running backward
Division's advance party, departed on January 26 for so fast when they went through this area that they had
the 95th's new location in the VIII Corps zone in Bel- no time to do damage. Cleanliness was a fetish with the
gium, to arrange for billets in the new area the Battalion Belgian housewives and every home was spic and
was to occupy. On January 28 Company A departed span and shining.
from Dalem en route to Mabompre, Belgium. On Janu-
ary 29 Battalion Headquarters, Headquarters & Service The Battalion engaged in care and cleaning of
Company and Company B moved from Remering to equipment, and on February 8 was assigned the task
Mabompre, and Company C from Saarlautern to Vel- of road maintenance and repair in the Division area.
lereux, Belgium. The Battalion was also assigned a quota of passes to
Paris, Brussels and Liege.
On January 30 the last of the Division troops were
relieved in the Saarlautern area, the first time that the Early in the morning of February 13 the Division
95th had been out of front-line contact with the enemy was directed by Ninth Army to prepare for movement
since entering combat October 20, 1944-a period of to the British Second Army sector; the Division was re-
l 01 consecutive days in battle. lieved of assignment to the Ninth U. S. Army and as-
signed to the VIII Corps of the British Second Army for
Upon arrival in the assembly area the Division, to- operations only. The British Second Army occupied a
gether with the ll th Armored Division, was placed in holding position on the west bank of the Maas River,
VIII Corps reserve. Both divisions were prepared for from Heinsberg, Germany, north to a point in the vicin-
employment to exploit a break-through by any one of ity of Boxmeer, Holland, on the left flank of the Ameri-
the three attacking divisions in the VIII corps zone-the can Ninth Army.
Fourth, 87th and 90th Infantries.
The Division's mission was· to relieve the British
From the period February 1-5 the Battalion engaged 52nd Light Mountain Division in its holding position
in general engineer activities-cleared roads, filled along the Maas, from Boxmeer on the north to Wielder
craters, cleared abatis and prepared an air strip for on the south. The Canadian First Army was attacking
Division Artillery. south into the Siegfried Line from its triangular bridge-
The area occupied by the Division was completely head between the Maas and Rhine Rivers, south of Arn-
desolated, with death and destruction everywhere. The heim, and the British 52nd Division moved north to as-
Ardennes area had been fought over four times in the sist in this drive.
current war, and the area occupied by the Division had
been the scene of bitter fighting only ten days before. The Division moved to Holland on February 16 to
The larger towns were completely destroyed and the effect the relief of the British 52nd Division on the west
smaller towns, having suffered less damage, were bank of the Maas. Battalion Headquarters and Head-
packed with refugees. The roads and fields were lit- quarters & Service Company moved to Duerne, Hol-
tered with burned-out and destroyed vehicles of war. land; Companies A and B to Meterik; Company C to
Many of the houses occupied by the Battalion contained Mape Venraij. The Battalion was to return to its billets
bodies of dead German soldiers which it was necessary in Belgium and small holding parties were left in each
for us to evacuate to Army Graves Registration. town. The lettered companies were in support of the
infantry regiments and engaged in the usual engineer
When the Battalion arrived in Mabompre it was cold tasks.
and the country was b lanketed with snow. On Febru-
ary l the weather turned warm, releasing a terrible Plans were made to ferry an infantry patrol across
stench, and as the snow melted the death and inde- the Maas River in the vicinity of Blitterswyk, Holland,
scribable filth of the area was disclosed, as well as for the purpose of taking prisoners and determining
mines and booby traps which had been planted by the enemy strength in the sector. On the morning of Febru-
Germans to cover their withdrawal from the Bulge. ary 17 Lieutenant Kendrick and two men from Com-
pany B made a reconnaissance of the river under cover
At 2230 February 3, the Division was relieved of as- of fog; chose a point of departure, a landing site on the
signment to the Third Army and assigned to the Ninth enemy shore and checked the drift and current so that
Army, which held a position against the Roer River a return to our lines could be made without being fired
from Duren north to Linnich, a line which they had held upon by our own troops.

, since mid-December, 1944. Initially, the 95th was to be

in Ninth Army reserve. On the night of February 17-18, engineer soldiers
from Company B ferried an infantry patrol of one offi-
On February 4 an advance party left to locate bil- cer, 16 men and two Dutch guides to the enemy shore
lets in the new sector and on February 6 the Battalion and waited to return them to the friendly shore. The
left Mabompre, Battalion Headquarters moving to patrol accomplished its mission and was returning to
Boldre, Belgium, Company A to Sichen-sussen-et-Boldre, the boat with four prisoners, when three anti-personnel
Company B to Heure le Romaine, and Company C to mines were detonated in succession only a short dis-
Eben. The area now occupied by the Battalion was in tance from the boat. Machine guns, small arms and
marked contrast with the Ardennes sector. The towns mortars immediately opened up from either side of the
were almost untouched by the war. The local populace patrol and the trip back across the river was made un-
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33 15 March 45 Bridge Repair 3rd Platoon, Company A
34 15 March 45 Infantry Support Raft and Foot Bridge Construction (for Tng. only) Company B
35 16 March 45 Foot Bridge Construction (for Tng. only) Company B
36 16 March 45 Infantry Support Bridge and Foot Bridge Construction (for Tng. only) Company C
37 17 March 45 Infantry Support Bridge and Foot Bridge Construction (for Tng. only) Co. C + 1 Platoon of Co. B
38 18 Mar<::h 45 2 Foot Bridges and 2 Infantry Support Rafts Construction (for Tng. only) Company A
39 18 March 45 Infantry Support Bridge Construction (for Tng. only) Companies B and C
40 30 March 45 Fixed Bridge Construction lsi Platoon, Co. A (with CT 7)
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No.
41 4 April 45 Foot Bridge Construction 3rd Platoon , Company B
42 4 April 45 Infan try Su pport Bridge Construction Company A
43 6 April 45 Bridge Approach Repair 3rd Platoon, Company B
44 6 April 45 Infantry Support Bridge Repair 2nd Platoon, Company C
45 7 April 45 Railroad Bridge Repaired to Cl 40 2 Platoons, Company A
46 7 April 45 Bridge Repair 2nd Platoon, Company B
47 8 April 45 2-50' DS BB Construction 1 Platoon, Co. A, (Reinforced)
48 9 April 45 C l 10 Fixed Bridge Construction 2nd Platoon, Company A
49 9 April 45 Bridge Reinforced to Cl 40 1-way 3rd Platoon, Company A
50 10 April 45 Bridge Reinforced 2nd Platoon, Company A
51 10 April 45 50' DS BB Construction 3rd Platoon, Company A
52 10 April 45 50' Timber Trestle Bridge Construction 1 Platoon, Company C
53 10 April 45 Tdwy. Raft Construction and Operation Company B
54 12 April 45 W reeked Railroad Bridge Opened to Cl 40 ]-way traffic Company B
55 13 April 45 Fixed Bridge Construction 3rd Platoon, Company A
56 14 April 45 Cl 40 BB Construction 2 Platoons, Company A
57 14 April 45 Bridge Repair 1 Squad, Company A
58 14 April 45 Bridge Planks Placed on Bridge 3rd Platoon, Company B
59 15 April 45 Cl 40 BB Construction 3rd Platoon, Company A
60 27 April 45 Fixed Bridge Construction 2 Platoons, Company B
61 30 April 45 Bridge Reinforced and Repaired 3rd Pla toon, Company A
62 22 May 45 180' DT BB Cl 40 ("Solid Struc ture'") Construction Company A
63 25 May 45 Bridge Repaired to Cl 60 3rd Platoon, Company C
der a hail of enemy fire. All of the infantrymen and rapidly forward against spotty enemy resistance, reach-
three prisoners reached the boats and were brought ing Schiefbohn on March 2, and Krefeld on March 3.
across the river. Ten infantrymen and one engineer From here patrols penetrated through to the Rhine on
were wounded, either from the mines or the enemy fire the night of March 3-4. CT 9 left the Second Armored
which followed the boat across the river. The two Dutch and reverted to Division control at 0900, March 4.
guides and one prisoner did not reach the boat and it
On March 2 Company A joined CT 7, and Company
is believed they were either mine casualties or taken
B joined CT 8, and moved to an assembly area at
by the Germans. The British VIII Corps commander
Julich, but the advance was so swift that they imme-
advised that much valuable intelligence information
diately displaced forward to an assembly area north
was obtained from the three prisoners, and commended of Munchen-Gladbach. On March 3 they displaced for-
the men who carried out the raid. ward again to the vicinity of Krefeld. Battalion Head-
On the night of February 18, Company A started quarters moved from Boldre, Belgium, to Broich, Ger-
construction of a l 00-foot Double Bailey Bridge over a many, on March 2, to Osterath on March 3, and Krefeld
tributary to the Maas River at W anssum, Holland. Dur- on March 5.
ing the night the approach and abutments were pre-
Division Field Order No. 3 was published on March
pared, bridging materials were delivered to the site
4. CT 9 was directed to rejoin the Division at 0900.
and assembled. Considerable harassing machine gun
The Division was to attack at 0915 and seize the west
fire was received near the site, but no casualties re-
bank of the Rhine in zone, was to seize intact and se-
sulted. W ark on em placing the bridge was started on
cure road and railroad bridges over the Rhine in the
the morning of February 19 and by noon the bridge
vicinity of Rheinhausen and, on Corps order, attack
was completed. The area was blanketed with fog
and seize a bridgehead east of the Rhine in the Duis-
throughout the morning, which deprived the enemy of
burg vicinity.
observation so that no hostile fire was received.
The Division launched its attack at 0915, employing
During the period February 16-22 the Companies
the 378th and 379th Infantry Regiments. By the end of
engaged in road maintenance and repair, removed
the day, the enemy had been forced into a pocket near
mine fields in areas occupied by our troops, located
the approaches to the great Adolph Hitler Autobahn
and marked other mine fields and removed booby
bridge in the southern portion of Uerdingen and the
traps from houses in which our troops were to be
378th Infantry had cleared the central and part of the
billeted.
northern portion of Uerdingen.
The Division's brief assignment to the British Second
That the Germans were retiring to the east bank of
Army neared its close on February 19 as relief of Divi-
the Rhine was obvious. Civilians reported that as early
sion units was begun by the British. On February 22
as March l, 30 Mark V and VI tanks had crossed the
the Battalion was relieved and we returned to our old
Adolph Hitler bridge and anti-tank guns had crossed by
billets in Boldre, Belgium, and surrounding towns.
March 2. Although little artillery and few troops had
The Ninth Army front exploded on February 23. Be- crossed the bridge, civilians believed that great num-
hind a 45-minute artillery preparation (in which the bers of troops had crossed to the north, probably over
95th Division Artillery took part), the Ninth Army at- the Rheinhausen bridge. It was somewhat significant
tacked with the XIX, XIII, and XVI Corps abreast at 0330 that many prisoners captured during the day were
and, by the end of the day, the Roer River had been stragglers who were stopped by German military police
crossed in five places and the drive to the Rhine was as they attempted to cross the Rhine and were ordered
progressing favorably. to hold positions west of the river to the last man, thus
covering the withdrawal of German "priority" units.
The Battalion remained with the Division in Ninth
Army reserve from February 23 to 27 and conducted During the night the approaches to the Adolph Hitler
rehabilitation, training and maintenance of equipment. bridge were cleared and el&ments of the 379th Infantry
and our Company C were awaiting Corps orders to cross
The Division received notice on February 28 that it
when the enemy destroyed the bridge.
was to be released from Ninth Army reserve and as-
signed to the XIX Corps. Assignment was made at The Division continued its advance to the Rhine on
1020, March l, and at the same time Combat Team March 5, clearing the entire Division Zone by 1750 while
Nine (CT 9), including the 379th Infantry and our Com- elements of the 379th Infantry reduced the last German
pany C, was detached from the Division and attached resistance pocket in Uerdingen. It had been reported
to the Second Armored Division. Company C joined earlier by artillery liaison planes that the railroad
CT 9 and by 1130 was en route to Kleinenbroich, Ger- bridge over the Rhine at Rheinhausen had been de-
many, to join the Second Armored. The Second Arm- stroyed, a fact which was later confirmed by the 378th
ored, spear-heading the advance to the Rhine, moved Irtfantry when they reached the Rhine.
 During the final drive to the Rhine the lettered com-
panies were attached to their Combat Teams and as-
sisted greatly in the advance. Operating almost with-
out rest and constantly on the move, they swept the
roads for mines, cleared the streets of debris, shrapnel
and overhead wires, repaired and maintained all roads
on the routes of advance, and removed road blocks
from the routes of advance.
The 95th's part in the Ninth Army's push to the
Rhine was not spectacular as the Division was not
committed until late in the drive. The entire operation
was a fast-moving and successful flanking attack on
the grand scale. The official XIX Corps report of the
operation, from the Roer to the Rhine, is quoted:
"The crossing of the Roer was probably one of the
most difficult river crossings ever accomplished, and its
success against such odds speaks volumes for the
planning and resourcefulness of the Corps Engineers,
and the tenacity and fighting qualities of the divisions
that made the crossings. The Corps Engineers built a
total of fifteen bridges across a powerful, racing flood
current that brought down debris, assault boats and
pontoons, broken loose from other bridges, to smash
their work time after time. Most of them were put in
under enemy fire, some under the fire of enemy rifle-
men. One bridge was built and rebuilt nine times.
Most of the crossings had to be made not only over the
river itself, but also over hundreds of
feet of flooded area on each side of Top: Company A crews on
road maintenance in Bel-
the main channel. The first wave of gium. Standing. left to
troops went across in assault boats, right: Halberg. elto. Jack-
son. Opposite. left to
'alligators,' rafts, and on foot bridges, right: Seisser, Roe. Kear-
and over them was thrown a tremen- ney. Foch and Vetrano.
Below: Staff Sergeant Set-
dous curtain of fire from the Corps tle. standing.
and Division Artillery. Over 500 guns
fired more than four tons of steel onto the German posi-
tions.

"Once across the Roer, there was no pause in the at-

tack. The Germans had been surprised by our ability
to cross at all, with the river at such a state of flood, and
the 29th and 30th gave them no chance to recover.
The thousands of mines, the miles of anti-tank ditches
and defensive works prepared as a result of community
digging, were rapidly overrun and the ground consoli-
dated. The enemy was also thrown off balance by the
direction taken by the Ninth Army's main effort, as
made by XIX Corps, once across the Roer. He had ex-
pected us to head for Cologne, and when the attack
angled east and then north, all his preparations were
thrown off balance. The German divisions wheeling
to meet the threat, and those coming down from the
north as reinforcements, were caught in mid-maneuvers
by the speed of the XIX Corps' advance. Once on the
run, they got no breathing spell, no opportunity to stop
and organize. The Corps stepped up its speed day by
day. The rush never stopped until the Rhine was
reached.
 "It was muddy, disagreeably moist country, dotted
with small farms with clusters of slate-colored plaster
and brick farmhouses; the tree-lined roads of brick or
cobblestones slippery with mud. Open stretches of
fields were commanded by 88s and self-propelled guns,
and systems of trenches on the commanding ground.
Each town was a strong point, or had been intended
to be. In many of them, however, the V olkssturm forces
were so quickly inundated by the American advance
that they got no warning at all, and dissolved into
civilians without firing more than a few shots. In some
places, where the forces from in front managed to with-
draw and fight a delaying ·action, or reserves came up
from the rear, there was sharp fighting. The enemy
rushed some of the best troops he had on the West
Front-Ninth panzer, llth panzer, l30th panzer lehr,
elements of Second parachute and 15th panzer grena-
dier, plus assorted infantry divisions-to attempt to halt
the threatened disaster.

"The Second Armored with CT 9 from the 95th In-

fantry Division attached and CT 7 and CT 8 from the
95th Infantry Division following to
On opposite page, reading clean out by-passed pockets of enemy
from left to right: Com-
pleted Bailey Bridge at
resistance, drove between Muenchen-
Ludinghausen. Germany, Gladbach and Neuss and continued Double Double Bailey bridqe being launched by Company A
constructed by Company at Wanssum, Holland
A: two Bailey bridges
north to reduce the manufacturing
spanning the Ahse River centers of Uerdingen.
near Hamm. Germany. For the period Mqrch 6-10 the Division occupied
constructed by Company "By the Fifth of March the Second outposts along the Rhine. On March 10 the Division
B: launching nose on a
Bailey bridge near Maas Armored had taken Uerdingen, and was relieved by the l02nd Infantry Division, and ele-
River in Holland: Sgt. Cre-
the task of the Corps was finished, for ments of the 84th Infantry Division, and withdrew to an
viston of Headquarters and
Service Company checking assembly area in the vicinity of Ameln, Germany,
this operation. The speed of the
road screen: adding sec- where it began preparations for an extensive training
ond story to make double Corps advance came near taking program in offensive operations. The Division thus
bridge at W anssum, Hol-
land: close up of crew
several of the bridges across the closed its third phase of offensive combat.
working on panel and Rhine, but the enemy finally succeed-
stringer sections of Bailey The following commendation was received from Lt.
bridge by Company 'A ed in blowing them all at the last Gen. William H. Simpson, Ninth Army Commander,
men: Captain Stiles super- moment, often marooning consider-
vising Company A on in-
addressed to the Division Commander:
stallation of Bailey bridge able numbers of enemy troops in the "In an operation of the magnitude of 'Operation
in Holland.
process. Grenade,' it is a most comforting thought to the com-
mander of a large unit to know that he has in hand a
"XIX Corps was ready and anxious to force the strong and dependable reserve with which to exploit
Rhine forthwith, and believed firmly it could be done. opportunities that may be presented.
But higher headquarters decided to wail until the drive "In its role of Army reserve, your Division furnished
could be set up to go all the way to Berlin, once we me that feeling of confidence throughout the early
were across. The divisions of the Corps moved up stages of the operation. Similarly, it was most gratify-
solidly along the 26 miles of the Rhine's left bank. ing to me to be able to commit the Division at a lime
and place where it would be most effectively employed.
"In the len-day drive, XIX Corps took more than
"The expeditious manner in which the 95th Infantry
ll ,000 prisoners, 353 towns, and over 300 square miles Division attacked and cleared the Uerdingen area, in
of territory at the price of a proportionately very small the face of fierce and fanatical resistance by elite Ger-
casualty list. Corps Artillery fired nearly 2,500 missions man troops, constituted a substantial contribution
for a total of about 250,000 rounds; Corps Engineers toward the overall success of the operation.
built 3,040 feel of all types of bridges; the Tank De- "It is a pleasure at this lime to express my sincere
stroyers destroyed 65 enemy tanks and armored vehi- appreciation of the fine performance of the Division in
cles, and the Corps AAA shot down 30 planes. It was the operation just concluded and to thank every officer
a dashing example of fine teamwork and dynamic and man of your command for their individual con-
direction." tributions."
 Side view showing complete view of steel protective nets constructed to
prevent damage to the Mohne dam that controlled water flow of Ruhr
River and the industrial Ruhr Valley

German wagon factory showing the conversion of flat-cars into 20MM

AAA mounts. Uerdingen, Germany
Protective netting used by Germans "to prevent damage to the construction
· of the Mohne dam

U. S. planes on German trains recaptured by 95th Infantry Division

near Uerdingen. Germany

Captured German factory in Uerdingen where German

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German soldiers walk into Battalion CP area to give themselves up. Note
377th Infantry Regiment by-passing blown bridge after way had
German soldier in civilian clothes
been cleared by Company A. 320th Engineers

German prisoners being taken to

PW cage after giving themselves up
to members of the Reconnaissance
section. Sergeant Creviston leading
the prisoners

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Tired refugees on the weary march
home near V ellern, Germany
 The Ruhr Pocket Campaign
The Battalion moved into its new area on March 10. as much attention as possible from the actual crossing
Battalion Headquarters and Headquarters & Service and to create the impression that a much greater force
Company moved from Krefeld to Garzweiler, Germany; was in operation over an extended length of the front
Company A to Lipp, Germany; ·company B to Pries- than was actually the case. That was the complex plan
terath; Company C to Northausen. in simple form.
The most important phase of the Division training "The 95th Infantry Division drew the assignment of
plan was infantry river crossing training. All com- sending two of these numerous patrols on combat mis-
panies began immediate reconnaissance for sites to sions. The 378th Infantry Regimental scouts were to
conduct the river crossing training. cross % of a mile below Company K, 379th Infantry.
That afternoon the men assigned to the patrol - the
On March ll an event occurred that saddened the men who volunteered and the men to whom fell the task
entire Battalion. A platoon from Company B was lift- of taking them across the last great barrier of the once
ing an enemy mine field near Ameln, Germany. S/Sgt. seemingly impregnable bastion of the embattled 'Father-
Mitchell F. Olsta, platocn sergeant in charge of the land' - practiced the crossing on a lake between the
detail, was attempting to deactivate a German Regel artillery and the river. Shells going out made the task
mine when the mine exploded, instantly killing him. much more realistic than the men desired, but in the
warm rays of the sun their spirits rose, humor was quick
During the period March ll-20 the Battalion con-
ducted river crossing training on the Erft Canal near and ever-present. After several practice crossings of the
Harff and Gustorf for the infantry regiments, stressing six boats (three boats to each patrol with 12 men from
night river crossing problems. During the same period the infantry and 4 men from the engineers in each of the
a thorough engineer reconnaissance was made of the boats) a period of instruction was held on the sandy
area, all roads were cleared of mines and posted and beach.
roads were repaired and maintained. Roads were "At this time the men began to realize the impor-
swept for shrapnel with the electro-magnet. Many tance of the task. Perhaps the officer in charge exer-
enemy mine fields were located, marked and reported cised a bit too little tact in his briefing of the night's
to higher headquarters. Mine fields and booby traps work. Uneasiness was perceptible in the faces of the
in areas to be occupied by Division troops were re- men as he gave detailed description of the banks on
moved by the Battalion. which the boats would land. Each patrol had entirely
different situations to face. One would land on a beach
On March 21 the Division relieved the 83rd Infantry 150 yards deep, covered by two MGs placed in stra-
Division in the vicinity of Neuss, Germany, on the west tegic positions on the dike running the length of the
bank of the Rhine opposite Dusseldorf. The sector was Rhine Valley. This dike was 15 feet high and fire from
not active and the Division's mission was purely de-
the guns would consequently be plunging rather than
fensive. grazing, but cover would be little.
From March 21-27 the Battalion continued road main- "The second patrol, landing below the first, would
tenance and locating and marking mine fields. Also, face the same dike, but in their assigned position the
instruction was given in the use of enemy weapons. On dike ran along the water's edge rather than 150 yards
March 24, during a period of instruction in the use of the inland. The wall would have to be scaled at a point
German Panzerfaust, three men from Company A were where the Germans had two outposts.
wounded when a Panzerfaust they were demonstrating
"The fundamental task, as outlined, was to create
exploded.
attention; the secondary task was to secure all-impor-
The night of March 24 had been chosen as the time tant prisoners, preferably non-coms.
for crossing the Rhine, the last great barrier between "The engineers now returned to the company area.
the heart of Germany and her enemies. Company C Here they cleaned their weapons, padded the boats,
was chosen to cross two infantry patrols over the Rhine wrote letters (some believing them to be their last) and
in the Division sector near Neuss on the same night. talked of the coming night, but seldom joked. Tension
Lieutenant Bile's story of this crossing, expressing as it was high, nerves taut, and tempers quick. This was to
does the feelings and reactions of men who must cross be another tough combat mission. This platoon had
rivers in the face of enemy fire and make a patrol deep seen others and some fellows hadn't returned. Mem-
into enemy territory, is very well told and is included ories are acute on occasions such as these and this was
here in full: just another prelude to a habitual flirtation with death.
"On the night of March 24-25 150 patrols were to Bryant's 'Thanatopsis' ran through the mind of one en-
cross the Rhine at various points, synchronized with gineer. 'So live that when your summons comes to join
the assault crossing of the American Ninth Army and that innumerable caravan ... .' Similar thoughts were
the British Second Army. These patrols were to divert in the minds of the others.
 "Little chow was eaten that night and again th9 opposite shore, safe and alive, at least for the time
weapons were cleaned and instructions repeated. The being. No shots had been fired. No shells had fallen
men retired for a few hours rest- sleep was an impos- while they crossed. This could be accounted for, con-
sibility- before going to the river. H-Hour was to be sidering the element of surprise and the lack of com-
0445. munication between the German outposts and the re-
"The patrol rose at 0030 and quickly dressed. Each lated headquarters. It was a certainty that the German
man carried hand grenades, and his special weapon headquarters was in utter confusion; however, it was
for the night. The Engineer T/ E never carried some of also a probability that this confusion would soon be
the weapons that went along on that patrol. One man remedied and countermeasures would be forthcoming.
stuck to his M-l while the rest begged or borrowed "After a period of 45 minutes the patrol returned.
sub-machine guns or carbines. Pneumatic life-belts The only artillery fire they had encountered was our
were worn by each member of the party. These belts own spasmodic fire falling short. No enemy personnel
were to be our sole means of returning if we believed could be found. Two pillboxes guarding the ap-
the parting words of the lieutenant from G-2. He stated proaches to a blown bridge had been entered and
that in all probability the boats that were lucky enough found vacated. The men haughtily returned to their re-
to reach the German-held bank would soon be knocked spective boats and moved off unceremoniously.
out by counter-patrol or heavy artillery and mortar fire. "The return trip was uneventful until they neared
Then, after completing the patrol all the men had to do the American-held bank. Then a German machine gun
was swim 400 yards against a 6 MPH current. opened fire, either from a position overlooked by the
"It is interesting to note at this time that each 35-man patrol or newly instituted by the Germans after the pG-
patrol had greater fire power than an infantry company. trol hc-1d retired. The men bec-1ched the assault boats
Patrol No. l made up of men of the 379th Regiment, and hauled them from the water. They hurriedly carried
Company K had 7 BARs and 8 sub-machine guns with the boats some 200 yards up the steep bank while
the rest carrying carbines. In patrol No. 2, the regimen- burst after burst of machine gun bullets, marked only
tal scouts had as many BARs and sub-machine guns by spaced tracers, filled the air. However, even in the
and also included two light MGs and two bazooka early morning light, the visibility wasn't sufficient to al-
teams. The patrols were an impressive sight to those low accurate fire. Although the bullets were close to
taking them across. the path over the crest, the patrol suffered no casual ties.
A 4.2 Chemical Mortar Section located near the Regi-
"The first patrol launched their three boats in the
mental OP lobbed a few shells on the enemy machine
Erft Canal l 00 yards above the Rhine. They then
gun, which was quickly silenced. I
started on their mission, each man a little nervous at
the start, but as the boats progressed toward the mouth
of the canal and the great Rhine, the tension and nerv-
"The boats were safely loaded on a waiting trailer
located in the security behind the high dike. The en-
l
ous strain began to wear off. gineers of the first patrol, commanded by Sergeant
Steffel of the Second Squad, returned to the company,
"The crossing was made under a full moon which
much relieved, much elated, and all very much alive
made visibility almost perfect over a distance of a hun- in body as well as in spirit.
dred yards. As they neared the opposite bank, after
fifteen minutes of hard paddling, sweating, cursing "The second patrol, consisting of the Regimental
vociferously, and after drifting downstream 400 yards, Scouts of the 378th Infantry Regiment was taken across
four Jerries wer.e sighted at their outpost on the shore. by engineers commanded by Sergeant MacCreery's
One BAR man brought his gun to his hip and would third squad. Staff Sergeant Mrotek and three engineers
have cut them down if a quick acting and quick think- from the third platoon of Company C held one boat in
ing engineer hadn't stopped him. Firing from a boat reserve. The patrol ran into trouble as soon as they
would have been foolhardy. The result would have neared the dike which, as previously explained, fronted
been the premature announcement of our ·arrival to the the river. German soldiers on outposts, seeing them ap-
Germans. proach, immediately opened fire. In the exchange of
small arms fire and grenades, two enemy soldiers were
"The four-man outpost obviously saw us since they killed and two captured. All boats were badly dam-
immediately ran for the dike some 150 yards distant. aged, although no man was seriously wounded.
They disappeared over the crest, silhouetting them-
selves against the sky. "The patrol, having accomplished its mission in a
short period of time, started its return trip. Fired on con-
"By this time the boat had reached the bank and the stantly and with each boat needing frequent bailing,
patrol had quickly and efficiently formed, moving out the men paddled steadily until they were forced to
noiselessly. One BAR team remained with the engi- abandon their boats. They had by this time reached
neers who had formed a semi-circle around the boats shallow water which extended some yards into the
extending inland 50 yards. The BAR team was placed river. The men now scattered under the still intense
.. r at the foremost point thus giving it a maximum arc of enemy fire. They re-grouped behind the dikes. It was
fire. The men feverishly began to dig their fox holes, found after taking a roll call that no one was missing
awaiting the mortar and artillery fire with the knowl- and no one was seriously wounded. Both patrols had
.... ~.

edge that they had crossed the Rhine and were on its returned intact."
 On March 26 the Division, less CT 7, was relieved of Rhine bridge into this narrow corridor between Ger-
operational attachment to XIX Corps and attached to man troops and artillery north and south of us, artillery
XIII Corps for operations only. XIII Corps directed the flashes being clearly visible on both sides. Battalion
Division to continue its current mission in the vicinity Headquarters, Headquarters & Service and B Com-
cf Neuss. panies closed into their assembly area at Burdewick;
On March 27 CT 7 was ordered to join the Second Company C into Ottmarsbocholt, at 0430, April 2.
Armored Division and Company A as part of CT 7 At the time of our move east of the Rhine on Easter
moved to Rheyelt to join the combat team. Early in the Sunday, it had become increasingly apparent that
morning of March 28, CT 7 moved across the Rhine and Germany's end was imminent. Military disintegration
joined the Seco:t).d Armored at Spellen, arriving there had set in on the Western Front on a grand scale, with
at 0730. The advance of the Second Armored with CT 7 Russian troops poised for the decisive strike on the
cf the 95th Division formed the northern arm of the Berlin front.
giant pincers movement which was to cut off the Ruhr On the Eastern Front, Allied Armor continued to
district. The 83rd Infantry Division was motorized and roam at will throughout the Reich. General Eisenhower
given the task of following l!P the Second Armored called on all members of the German army who had
spearhead and to contain the enemy within the Ruhr lost contact with their high command to cease hostili-
pocket. The drive went on day and night. ties. More than 3,000 Allied tanks were officially re-
All the bridges on the Dortmund-Ems Canal were ported to be east of the Rhine, but the specific where-
found blown, but by the afternoon of March 30 the Sec- abouts of these armored spearheads was shrouded in
ond Armored Engineers and our Company C had built a security silence. Stiffest resistance was being met by
their own bridges and were across and rolling again. the American Seventh Army which was within 130
The great city of Hamm was by-passed, leaving it to miles of Munich. Third Army tank columns had
be cleaned out later by the 95th, and the spearhead reached the outskirts of Kassel, 165 miles from Berlin,
angled southeast to Lippstadt where they met the Third and were within 100 miles of the Czech border. Ger-
Armored Division on the afternoon of April l, to close many was being sawed in half. .,#

the Ruhr pocket. Company A, as part of CT 7, played But it was in the northwest quarter that the disorgan-
an important part in this swift advance. Operating ization of the German military machine was in its most
most of the time in front of the infantry of CT 7, they advanced state. The First and Ninth arfuies were com-
cleared road blocks and abatis from the advance of pleting what later proved to be "the <:ireatest double
the swiftly moving combat team. Even operating in envelopment in military history."
front of the infantry, the engineers did not sustain a
ll single casualty during this operation. The Company A
Over this Easter week-end the First Army's Third
Armored Division lunged into Paderborn, and advance
CP closely followed the operation, moving from Spellen elements were reported well beyond this key city.
to Spyker on March 29; to Kyle on March 30; Strom· North of the Ruhr industrial belt 21st Army Group
berg on March 31; Halter on April l. columns overran Munster, Hamborn, Bottrop, Gladbeck,
For the period March 27-31 the balance of the Bat- Dorsten, Dulmen, Borken and Bocholt. Brussels radio
talion remained in their respective areas awaiting or- reported the First and Ninth armies already had joined,
ders. The time was put to good use, making last-minute sealing the great Ruhr pocket.
checks of weapons and equipment and getting ready On April 2 the Division was ordered to reassemble
for what we hoped would be the last big push. in the vicinity of Beckum and initiate relief of the 83rd
On March 30 the Division, less CT 7, was released Infantry Division, then holding an east-west line along
from operational attachment to the XIII Corps and at- the north bank of the Lippe River between Hamm and
tached to the XXII Corps of the new 15th Army for op- Herzfeld. This relief was to be followed by an attack
erations only, but remained attached to XIX Corps for to the south across the river to reduce the immense
administration and supply. On March 31 the 97th Infan- Ruhr pocket created by the junction of the First and
try Division, of the 15th Army, began relief of the 95th Ninth armies at Lippstadt. CT 7 was detached from the
Division in the Neuss area. Second Armored Division and Company A moved from
On April l the Division was relieved of operational Haltem to Langenberg in preparation for rejoining the
attachment to the XXII Corps and reverted to XIX Corps Battalion.
control and received orders to assemble in the vicinity Division Field Order No. 6, published April 3, out-
of Ottmarsbocholt east of the Rhine, for employment lined the plan to reduce the Ruhr pocket and the Divi-
against the Ruhr pocket. The Battalion, less Company sion's mission in the operation. The plan was for the
A, cleared its area in the vicinity of Garzweiler, Ger- First and Ninth armies to attack to reduce the Ruhr
many, at 1730, April l, crossed the Rhine over the pocket; the First Army to attack from the south and east
heavy pontoon bridge in the vicinity of W esel at 2230. to the Ruhr River; the Ninth Army to attack from the
From this point on, the movement was made in black- west and north to the same objective. The Ninth
out over shell-torn roads, by-passes to blown out Army's XVI Corps was to attack to the east from south
bridges, and over faint trails across fields. Everything of the Lippe River. The XIX Corps was to attack south,
was organized confusion with all roads jammed with with the 95th Division on the right (west) flank and the
every type of truck, prime mover, and artillery; it Eighth Armored Division on the left, to clean up the
seemed as if the entire army was pouring over the one area north of the Ruhr and Mohne Rivers in zone.

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 The Battalion was ordered to attach the companies
to their respective combat teams on April 3 and to move
Battalion Headquarters to the vicinity of Beckum and
initiate preparations for crossing the Lippe River. The
Battalion Commander and a part of his staff moved to
Beckum on the afternoon of April 3; Company B moved
to Dolberg and joined CT 8; Company C moved to
Beckum and joined CT 9; Company A moved to Beckum
as Battalion reserve. On April 4 the staff and Head-
quarters & Service Company moved to V ell ern.
By 1800, April 3, the 95th Division had completed
relief of the 83rd Infantry Division, then holding an east-
west line along the north bank of the Lippe River be-
tween Hamm and Herzfeld. The 15th Cavalry Group
was attached to the. Division at 1800 and assigned the

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sector on the division's right flank from Hamm to the
Dortmund-Ems Canal.
The attack was launched across the Lippe River at
0630, April 4; Company C with Company A in support,
crossed CT 9 at three crossing sites against light resist-
ance. Company B crossed CT 8 over the Lippe Canal
into the outskirts of Hamm against moderate resistance.
The 83rd Division had secured a small bridgehead and
had captured a railway bridge intact at Hamm. The
assault crossings were made at either side of the exist-
ing bridgehead, to expand and
This railroad bridge captured in- exploit the small bridgehead
tact at Hamm. Germany. was area. Company B started clear-
converted into a highway bridge
by the 320th Engineers. Clearing ing the captured railroad bridge
of railroad yard with bulldozer and converting it for use of vehic-
in order to construct road and ular traffic. Company A, during
by-pass blown highway bridge.
Clearing of railroad tracks to con- the afternoon, took over construc-
struct road in its place. Clearing tion of the approaches and com-
away the tracks.
pleted converting the bridge.
The combat team pressed the attack all along the
line against stiffening resistance, but by noon had
pushed the enemy back sufficiently to permit treadway
bridge to be started by the attached 295th Engineer (C)
Battalion, in CT 9 zone. The bridge was completed by
1500 and seven tank destroyer vehicles crossed to sup-
port CT 9's attack. At 1600 the bridge was knocked out
by enemy artillery fire but by 1830 was repaired and ...
open for traffic.
Companies B and C were in direct support of their
combat teams, clearing and repairing the main supply
roads and lifting mines. By night CT 9 had advanced
and taken V ellinghausen and Dinker and were on the
edge of Nord Dinker. CT 8 advanced 1,000 yards be-
yond the old bridgehead into Hamm and captured in-
tact a highway bridge over the Lippe Canal.
On April 5 the attack continued along the entire
front against light to moderate resistance. Companies
B and C continued in direct support of their respective
combat teams, while Company A continued work on
the Hamm bridge. One man was wounded by enemy
artillery fire while working on the bridge. In the after-
noon CT 7 was moved into the line on the left of CT 9.
Company C moved its command post from Beckum to
Lippborg.
On April 6 the Division continued its attack south,
with all three regiments abreast, against light to moder-
ate resistance. The German defense had been even
 less coordinated than had been the case in the first
two days of the battle and a w"illingness to surrender
was noted on every hand.
In the afternoon CT 7 began the attack on Soest
and by night half the city was held in force. CT 8 had
pushed east in Hamm to secure half of this great Ger-
man railroad center. CT 9 in the center continued to
advance against light resistance. Company A con-
tinued to work on the Hamm bridge with two platoons,
and one platoon moved into direct support of CT 7.
Company B cleared from the Autobahn the wreckage
of an overpass bridge which had been dropped onto
the Autobahn.
On April 7, CT 7 cleared Soest and CT 8 cleared the
balance of Hamm. CT 9 ran into a stiff fight in Illingen
and it was three hours before the town was cleared of
all enemy. At 1200, upon direction of the XIX Corps,
Task Force Twaddle was formed to take over command
of all XIX Corps troops in the Ruhr pocket. This added
the Eighth Armored Division with the attached rein-
forced l94th Glider Infantry Regiment and attached ar-
tillery and engineers to the command of Major General
Twaddle.
Task Force Faith was set up, composed of CT 7, the
l94th Glider Infantry Regiment and attached artillery.
The task force became operational at 2130 with a mis-
sion to attack east to clear all enemy from the pocket
between the Ruhr and Mohne Rivers, to gain and main-
tain contact with elements of the First Army's III Corps
Close-up view of bridge dropped across autobahn. Note clean cut
on the south and to protect TF Twaddle's left flank.
On April 8 TF Twaddle continued the attack against
Wrecked enemy vehicle which went over demolished bridge across generally light resistance. The Germans had no co-
Ahse River on autobahn
hesive defense and prisoners were pouring in in ever-
increasing numbers. Company B moved its CP from
Dolberg to Osttunn€m; Company C from Lippborg to
W elver; Battalion Headquarters from V ell ern to Bor-
geln; Company A from Beckum to Berwicke.
On April 9 the Division was relieved of attachment
to the XIX Corps and was attached to the XVI Corps at
0600, being directed to continue with its current mis-
;
sion. Company A was attached to TF Faith and dur-
ing the day cleared 26 road blocks, many of which
were mined and booby-trapped. During the day, TF
Faith advanced up to 12 kilometers against generally
light resistance. Company A moved its CP from Ber-
wicke to W aldham.
On April 10, TF Faith met heavy opposition in their
heavily wooded sector and Company C was attached
to assist with engineer tasks. CT 9 met heavy opposi-
tion in Kamen but occupied the town before night.
Company constructed a 50-foot Double-Single Bailey
bridge at V ellinghausen. During the day Battalion
Headquarters moved to Sonnern; Companies A and C
to Bergheim; Company B to Runthe.
On April ll advances were made on all fronts. TF
Faith cleared all opposition in ·the Ruhr-Mohne pocket
with the exception of Arnsberg. TF Faith was dissolved
and the attached units returned to their organizations.
CT 7 was to contain the enemy in the Arnsberg pocket
and to reduce the town of Arnsberg in conjunction with
the Fifth Infantry Division attacking from the south. CT
8 was given the mission of capturing Dortmund, which
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was 12 kilometers to the west of their front lines. Battal- Bridges blown across autobahn by German troops in retreat
ion Headquarters and Company C moved to Leiche;
Company A to Delecke.
The Division launched its attack on Dortmund on
the morning of April 12. Resistance was generally ,.,.
moderate until the middle of the afternoon, when ex-
tremely heavy opposition was encountered. The battle
continued throughout the night with bitter house-to-
house fighting. During the afternoon all companies re-
verted to Battalion control; Battalion Headquarters
moved to Kamen, Companies A and C assembled at
Kamen and Company B at Schonhausen. All com-
panies were immediately put to work clearing the Auto-
bahn. There was much work to be done. The retreat-
ing enemy had blown all bridges and had dropped all
overpasses onto the Autobahn, and until the wreckage
was cleared away and new bridges constructed, this
magnificent highway could not be used. On April 13
the city of Dortmund fell and by 1900, April 14, all
pockets of enemy resistance were cleaned out and the
Divisi~n had completed its assigned mission in the
Ruhr pocket.
The Battalion was assigned the mission of clearing
roads in the Division sector and the l254th Engineer
(C) Battalion was placed in support. From April 13 to 15
all companies and the supporting engineers cleared
seven wrecked overpasses from the Autobahn and re-
paired or constructed nine bridges on the Autobahn,
completing the mission by 2200, April 15, and opening
the highway to two-way traffic. In addition, the com-
panies cleared city streets of debris and hanging wires,
swept the streets for shell fragments with the electro-
magnet, destroyed enemy ammunition dumps, filled
craters, removed road blocks, swept the roads for mines
and posted mine clearance signs, and repaired and
maintained all supply roads in the Division area.
On April 13 the Battalion furnished 14 trucks with
drivers and assistant drivers from Companies A and B
to Division, as part of a convoy to transport the 35th
Infantry Division to the Elbe River.
The Ruhr Pocket Campaign was over and the ac-
complishments of the Division were considerable, for
the Division and its attachments had cleared almost
one-third of the entire Ruhr pocket. The cost was light
both in ratio to the gains and to the Division's three pre-
vious campaigns. In some instances, the Germans
fought bitterly and stubbornly, but for the most part
they showed little inclination to fight, so little, in fact,
that control of the thousands of displaced persons lib-
erated during the campaign became almost as great a
problem as the tactical one.
In the campaign, enemy casualties reached the
amazing total of slightly more than 36 to l. A conser-
vatively estimated l ,034 Germans were killed, 1,365
'! wounded, and 12,836 captured, a total of 15,235 casual-
ties. In the same period the Division suffered 419 casu-
alties. An area of 432 square miles was conquered and
256 villages, towns, and cities were captured, including
Dortmund, largest city to fall to the Division in any
campaign, and the important rail and industrial cities
of Hamm, Soest and Kamen.

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Right: To keep the roads open was one
of the 320th Engineer missions
 Military Government and Redeployment
On April 16 the Division was ordered to institute north and a new area added in the southeast. The
military government in the northern part of the Ruhr, change of area was to be completed by 0900, April 25,
the area it had just conquered. The Battalion was as· at which time the Battalion was to relinquish all Mili-
signed an area centered on Beckum, the approximate tary Government duties so as to be able to perform the
center of the Division's area. On April 17 the Battalion numerous engineer missions in the Division area.
occupied its assigned area, with Battalion Headquarters
and Company A located in Beckum. Battalion Head- On April 25 the Battalion moved to Geseke, Ger-
many, to perform engineer missions as directed by Di-
quarters was to coordinate the Military Government
vision Headquarters.
activities of all companies, and Company A was
charged with the Military Government of the city of On April27 M/Sgt. Robert W. Odell was awarded a
Beckum and the immediate surrounding countryside. Battlefield Commission as second lieutenant. The pres-
Company B moved to Lippborg, Company C to Lies- entation was made by Mai. Gen. Harry L. Twaddle in
born, and were charged with the Military Government a very colorful and impressive ceremony held in the
and the establishment of Displaced Persons camps in Battalion area in Geseke, Germany.
their respective areas.
From April 26 to May 6, inclusive, the companies
The area assigned the Battalion was mostly agri· worked on engineer tasks as directed by Division Head-
cultural, with Beckum the only large town. In this area quarters. Main supply roads in the Division area were
there had been little damage by air attack, and the repaired and maintained, all buildings to be occupied
population had increased as much as 30 per cent as a by Division ' roops were checked for booby traps, gar-
result of evacuation from industrial areas. Displaced bage pits were dug for DP caps and a thorough engi-
persons in great numbers had also flocked into the area neer reconnaissance of the area was made. While
in order to live off of the farms. Within the Battalion making the reconnaissance, positions of enemy tanks
area the most pressing problem of Military Government and field guns were noted and turned over to Division
was not the re-establishment and organization of an or· Ordnance for disposition. Many field guns, in perfect
dered German society, but rather the control of the condition, had been abandoned, complete with am-
large numbers of displaced persons. The number of munition, by the retreating Germans. It was imperative
DPs in the Division area reached a total of 112,000, of to collect these field pieces into dumps as there was
which 23,000 were in the Battalion area. always the danger that some fanatic might try to use
them as long as they were left unguarded. In addi-
The first aim of Military Government was to prevent
tion, unexploded aerial bombs were disarmed and as-
pillaging and looting, whether by DPs or by Germans,
sembled under guard; also mines, both our own and
and this was accomplished by placing guards on all enemy.
important stores and warehouses and by using our
troops as a temporary police, wherever disorder threat- It became increasingly evident that the war was
ened. The second aim was to collect the DPs into near an end and that the Division would not participate
camps and to segregate them by nationalities with a in the final days of actual combat. The British were
view to eventual repatriation. fighting to clear the port of Bremen and the Division
was directed to assemble in the vicinity of Munster and
The second main problem of Military Government
be prepared to move into Bremen as occupation troops.
was the restoration of an ordered German society.
This was done with the aid of the Counter Intelligence Movement to the new assembly area was started
Corps, by screening the entire German population. For on May 7, Battalion Headquarters, Headquarters &
the most part the administration and police were placed Service Company and Comptmy B moving to Olfen,
in the hands of those with the most experience and the Company A to Sudkirchen and Company C to Nord-
least connection with the Nazi party. General, Inter· kirchen, Germany.
mediate and Summary Military Government court offi-
cers were appointed in the Battalion area. The war was officially terminated on May 9, but it
came as an anti-climax to us. It had been several
The civilians were urged to return to their farms and weeks since we had been in contact with the enemy
re-open the essential stores and operate the utilities. and in that time our life had taken on a definite garri-
Local officials were made responsible for levying the son tinge. Now that the war was over it became more
farmers for food to feed DPs in the area. Rationing for and more like garrison. Necessary engineer missions
lhe German population was continued under control of were carried out, but the stress was on physical condi-
the local Burgermeisters and the supervision of Military tioning, close order drill, athletics and administrative
Government. duties.
On April 23 a change in the Division area of re- We now began to think of the future which seemed
sponsibility was made. An area was dropped in the to hold for us one of three alternatives: occupation du-
 Timber trestle bridge constructed across small stream
near Olfen. Germany

ties in Germany, redeployment to the Pacific through

the United States, or redeployment direct to the Pacific.
There were endless discussions on the merits of the
first two, the third was so horrible to contemplate that
everyone tried to convince themselves that it would be
impossible to ship us direct. We were all agreed that
it would be one and a half to two years before the
Pacific war could be finished and we would be on our
way home to stay.
May 12 was declared to be "Redeployment Day"
and the point system was announced for figuring the
critical score of each enlisted man. No point score was
announced for officers. The interim critical score nec-
essary for discharge was announced as 85. After points
for all men of the Battalion were computed, it was found
Company C constructing wooden trestle bridge across small stream
that ten men had 85 or more points and were eligible
Lieutenant Keough supervising details of construction
£or discharge. The critical score for officers was an-
nounced as 140. No officer in the Battalion had su~i­
cient points .to be eligible for discharge. On June ll the advance party, consisting of Major
Information was received that the Division would Davis and three enlisted men, was ordered to report to
not move to Bremen for occupation duty, but would re- Le Havre. On June 12 orders for the movement of the
main in its present billets awaiting further orders. Battalion were received, and on June 14 the Battalion
departed from Olfen, Germany, en route toLe Havre-
The Battalion continued with its scheduled training and home.
and athletic program. A plan for opening unit schools
under the Information and Education program was The trip to Le Havre required three days with over-
started, surveys were conducted within the Battalion to night stops at Liege, Belgium, and Cambrai, France.
determine what courses of study the men were most in- The first night's stop in Liege was the first time most of
terested in, also to discover men with abilities to teach the men had been outside of Germany since March L
the various subjects. Necessary engineer missions and the first time it had been permissible to speak to
were also carried out and on May 21 Company A civilians since that date. As soon as the convoy pulled
started construction of a 180-foot Doubl~ Triple Bailey to a stop, Belgian civilians flocked around, all of them
Bridge over the Dortmund-Ems Canal near Luding- wanting to barter cognac and champagne, or offering
hausen, Germany. This is believed to be the longest fantastic prices in Belgium Francs for cigarettes, choco-
single span bridge constructed in the ETO. On May 25, lates, cameras, typewriters, or any luxury item with
Company B constructed a small pile bent bridge near which the GI was willing to part. The second night's
Olfen. stop, at Cambrai, was a repetition of the first stop. Here,
as in Liege, there was a wild scramble to purchase any-
On May 25 a warning order was received for move- thing that the Gis had for sale, and the prices offered
ment to the p ort of Le Havre early in June. The Division were even higher than the prices in Liege. The third
was being redeployed to the Pacific through the United afternoon we arrived at Camp Old Gold at Doudeville,
States, and every man would receive 30 days at home. France, staging area for the port of Le Havre. There
From this point on all energies were directed toward were tents in place for our use and we were supplied
turning in equipment and preparing for the movement. with cots.
This was no time to be behind schedule, the order to From June 17 to 20 final preparations were made for
move might come any day and this order meant 30 overseas movement. All excess equipment and wea-
days at home. All equipment was gotten into shape in pons were turned in and boxed for shipment. All men
record time and turned in, and then it was just sit and were issued combat jackets and received all authorized
wait for orders. ribbons and medals. On the last day everyone turned
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2. Joeuf, France 10!" 1
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3. Sa.arlautern,
Germany 11. 1
4. Boldre, Belgium 12 .. 1
5. Duren, Germany 13.• ]
6. Broich, Germany 14. ]
7. Osterath, Germany 1~. (

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9. Garzwe11er,
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Ger!Il8JlY'
10" Burdewick,
Germany
11. Ve11ern, Germany
12. Borge1n, Germany
13.. Lerche, Germany
14. Beckum, Germany
15. Geseke, Germany
16. 01fen, Germany

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Private First Class MaJewski. Second Lieutenant Bennett, Private First Class Burdick
and Corporal Braun. all of Company B put on a show at Oflan. Germany

Popular T/5 Jimmy Braun of Com-

pany B gives them a few
"hot licks"

Entertainment by USO group at Northwood Park, They did a good job of keeping the morale up with Red Cross
Winchester, England visits and stage shows when there was an opportunity

The cast-Oflan, German, May 1945 T/5 Johnson, H & S· Company accompanies Pfc. Condit, vocalist, Company B,
as Pfc. Burdick, Company B, listens attentively
 in his local and invasion currency to be converted into
good American dollars, after which all were restricted
to the camp area so that it would be impossible for the
American currency to fall into the hands of unauthor-
ized persons. The currency converted included French
and German invasion currency, English pound and
shilling notes, French and Belgian franc notes, and
Dutch guilders.
On June 20 the Division was ordered to move to the
port, but due to a shortage of space on the boats as-
signed to the Division, it was necessary for the Engi-
neer Battalion and the Reconnaissance Troop to remain
at Camp Old Gold to await a later boat.
r:
Space on the SS Marine Dragon was allotted to us
on June 25 and on June 26 the Battalion proceeded to
the port. It was found that the boat was badly over-
loaded and there would be berth space for only half
of our men and the other half wol!ld be required to
sleep in the companionways or on the open deck. We Landing at Le Havre, France

were all loaded by dark but the boat remained at an-

chor throughout the night and sailed from Le Havre at
1130, June 27, 1945, destination-Camp Shanks, New
Y ark, U. S. A.
The boat was much smaller than the converted
lu::{ury liner in which we had made the trip to Europe,
but had been built for hauling troops and all arrange-
ments were much better. We were served two large
meals, morning and evening, with a light snack served
at noon. The food was excellent. The second and third
days out the sea was quite rough and many of the
men were seasick, but after that the weather was per-
fect.
On the night of July 4 we dropped anchor in lower
New Y ark harbor to wait for daylight. On the morning
of July 5 we steamed slowly past the Statue of Liberty,
and what a beautiful and never-to-be-forgotten sight
after eleven months overseas! We were met by two
gaily bedecked boats, each with a band and loaded
with girls, which accompanied us as far as the New
Y ark docks. We proceeded on past New Y ark and up
the Hudson River to Camp Shanks.
We disembarked from the SS Marine Dragon in mid- 320th Engineers crossing Rhine River bridge, demolished on left
river onto ferry boats which took us into the river dock
and stepped off onto American soil at 1135, July 5, 1945.
From the dock we proceeded by truck to Camp Fortification at Le Havre. France. This is typical of numerous installations
Shanks, where, after a short orientation talk welcoming that dotted the cliffs in vicinity"of Le Havre

us home, we were assigned billets and then went to

the mess hall. And what a feed! Steak with French
fries and all the trimmings, including three kinds of
dessert and seconds if you could eat it. But for once,
the first helping was enough for even the largest ap-
petite.
The men drew one suit of sun tans and prepared to
entrain for their separation centers and 30 days at
home for rest and recuperation. We were advised that
the Division would assemble at Camp Shelby, Miss.,
and would proceed from there to the Pacific theatre
after a short training period. l:
By 1730, July 7, all officers and men had left Camp
Shanks en route home.
The advance party reported in to Camp Shelby,
Miss., on August 5, and a few days later the officers
and men of the Battalion began to assemble.
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 The "Mariposa" loaded with personnel from 95th Division prepared for debarking for USA. Le Havre. France

It was reported on August ll that Japan was suing Then began a process of shifting personnel. High
for peace and the men who had joined the Division and point men, not yet eligible for discharge, were trans-
those still en route, hoped that now it would not be nec- ferred to the 44th Infantry Division. Men with low points
essary for the Division to go to the Pacific Theatre. On were transferred to overseas replacement centers or to
August 14 it was announced that Japan had accepted Station Complements. On October 1 the Division re-
the peace terms and now every man was sure that we ceived orders to deactivate by October 15. All of the
would not go to the Pacific. equipment was turned in and the balance of the offi-
cers and men were transferred to other units or sent to
We were a combat outfit witlt 150 days in the line
separation centers.
against the elite of German troops and most impreg-
nable fortifications, and so we felt that there were other The 320th Engineer Battalion was completely deac-
outfits with very little combat experience and troops tivated on October 12, 1945.
that had not had overseas duty, who should be the ones
The 320th Engineers debarked on July 5. 1945
to do occupation duty in Japan. A few days later the
War Departm.ent announced that several Divisions with
but little combat experience and average low points
would go to the Pacific for occupation duty, and among
the Divisions listed was the 95th Infantry Division.
This was too much! Immediately a flood of tele-
grams from the men and their relatives descended upon
their Congressmen, requesting that the combat record
of the 95th be reviewed, and pointing out that over 75
per cent of the men of the Division would be eligible
for discharge within one to three months in accordance
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Dol{t
with the announced discharge policy.
Preparations for shipment continued. The Division
received replacements with very low point scores,
boxes were constructed for the shipment of impenda-
menta, new equipment was issued, and the low point
replacements were given intense training. The middle
of September the Division was advised that it would
not go to the Pacific!
The utte
moYe<
 Well. this could happen anywhere. Between battles there is always time for a game of cards.
This one must have been in France-the money is American-printed French "invasion" francs

The utter devastation of war met the 95th Division as it Finishing touch is added in sign to a completed Bailey bridge
moTed through Julich for the final push to the Rhine over the Dortmund-Ems canal by Company A
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The Albert Canal near Maastricht, Holland.

shows where temporary bridge has been
placed beside dropped permanent bridge
on background. This is a few miles north
of Eben Canal

Random Scenes
during
Combat Abroad
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River crossing demonstration by Company

B. 320th Engineers, for 378th Infantry Regi-
ment on Erft Canal prior to crossing the
Rhine River

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Presentation
Ceremony at which Master Sergeant Odell received his battlefield
commission, Geseke, Germany Top ri
bo
Major General Twaddle pins the bars on Lieutenant Odell M
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Lieutenant Boyle reads the oath of office to Lieutenant Odell. To the Bo
rear, left to right: Maj. Gen. Harry L. Twaddle, Lt. Col. James I. r
Crowther. Back row, Maj. Robert T. Davis, Chaplain Rubel. Capts. Memo:
Walter Koppelman, Jr., and Robert B. Ireland to
Capta:
c.
Forma

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l of Awards
llllefield
Top right, Lt. Col. Crowther presenting Good Conduct medals to mem.
bers of battalion. Left to right, PFC Armando Ramy, T/5 Steven
M. Piotrowski, Cpl. Joseph Paterno, PFC Phillip G. Lohrman, PFC
Donald J. Laubenheimer, PFC LeRoy A. Jeanblanc, PFC Paul A.
To the t Bosoms, T/5 Lester I. Dubois
iames I.
., Capts. Memorial Day Services held to pci:y tribute to the men of the Bat.
talion who gave their lives in action
Captain Ireland, Battalion Surgeon, receives congratulations from
Colonel Crowther after being awarded the Bronze Star Medal
Formation for presentation of awards to members of Battalion

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 ROLL 0 F~ ~t H
Killed in Action and Missing in Action
HEADQUARTERS & SERVICE COMPANY
TODD, Arthur W., T/4 WOOD, Howard, Pvt.
ZEIGLER, Robert, T I 4
COMPANY A
BAKLEY, Joseph T., Pvt. . GASPARD, Donald R., Pfc.
BUSHMAN, Howard J., Pfc. ROOS, Donald B., Pfc.
SHRINER, Chester B., T 15 COMPANY C
COMPANY B ANDERSON, Leo A., Pfc. LEICHLEITER, Mathew, Pvt.
FUSZARD, Austin R., T/5 RONAN, Leo J., Pfc. ANGENBAUER, Frank P., Pvt. LICHTENSTEIN, Marvin J., Pvt.
GIBSON, George, Cpl. RUSSELL, Robert M., Pvt. BAGGIO, Louis P., Jr., Sgt. LOGAN, LeRoy T., Jr., Pvt.
KOLLATH, Robert E., Pvt. SIMMONS, John G., Pfc. BARTNER, Harry, T 15 LUND, Edward, Sgt.
OLSTA, Mitchell F., S/Sgt. TAYLOR, George W., Pvt. BEASON, Thomas D., Jr., Pfc. LUX, William J.. Sgt.
BENBOW, William R., Pvt. MacCREERY, William )., T /5
COMPANY C BIRMINGHAM, Charles A., Cpl. MAHOTZ, Robert A., Pvt.
BELUSA, Rudolph, Pfc. SAMP, Roy E., Pvt. BOSHKO, Andrew P., Cpl. MONTGOMERY, George F., Pfc.
HIGGINS, Daniel C., Pfc. SCHNABEL, Donald B., Cpl. BROWN, Alfred W., T /5 MOORE, Louis J.. Pvt.
KAMINSKI, Stanley B., Pvt. WESSMAN, Berti! S., Pfc. BROWNING, Earle W., Cpl. MORGAN, Henery H., Pfc.
MORLAND, Charles B., Pfc. WOOD, Francis G., Jr., Pvt. BUKSHOLT, Erling, Pvt. MORLOCK, Adam, T/4
Died of Wounds CANFIELD, Dan L., Pvt. O'DA Y, Lawrence, Pfc.
CARLSON, Berti! C., Pfc. PANCHESHAN, Michael, Jr., T /5
COMP~NY A CIOLEK, Daniel T., Sgt. PETERSON, Victor C., Cpl.
CRIMMINS, John E., T /5 WHITEHALL, Richard W., Pte. CLEAVES, Bradford D., Pfc. POLCARI, Anthony A., Pfc.
COMPANY B :~ COOK, Robert H., Pvt. PROVENCHER, Robert J., Pvt.
VAN CLEVE, Wayne E., Pvt. ·-.• CURRY, Vincent J., Pvt. REDDY, Richard W., T 15
DANSEREAU, Andrew E., Sgt. ROSE, Daniel E., lst Lt.
Wounded Once DEMPSEY, Francis J.. Pfc. ROSSIE, George L., T 15
Wounded Once in Action- Pu,Ple Heart Awarded EICHHORST, W illiam C., T /4 SCHEER. William A., Pvt.
HEADQUARTERS & SERVICE COMPANY FISHER, W illiam A., Sgt. SECHLER. Robert L., lst Lt.
BLOOM, George W., Jr., Pfc. MciNERNEY, Robert M., T/5 GAGNON, Joseph A., Jr., T 15 SEGURA , Albert, Pvt.
BODIN, Richard V., T 15 ROMBALSKI, Joseph P., S /Sgt. GARRETT, Berlen 1., Pvt. SHAFFER, Louis A., Pvt.
CREVISTON, William P., Sgt. SCOTT, Andrew H., Pvt. GIBSON, Harold G., Pvt. SHEPHERD, Roy A., Pfc.
DOLL, Byron E., Maj. VAUGHAN, Thomas B., Pfc. GOTTSCHALK, Lawrence W., Pvt. SHERRILL, Edwin L. , T 15
JACKSON, James E., Jr., T 15 '· . VESTERBY, Vernon J., T /5 GREGORY, Primo A., Cpl. SHIRLEY, William F., T 15
MEDICAL DETACHMENT_ : GUAIN, Gerald, Pvt. SP AHT, Otto, Pvt.
ARMBRUSTER, David H., T/5 CARpENTER, Francis P., T/5 HERBERT, Edward, lst Lt. SPALDING, John C., Pfc.
ERENA Y, Arnold A., T 15 TURNER, Lloyd W., Pfc. HERSHMAN, Irving 1., Pvt. STEFFEL, George L., Jr., Sgt.
WEST, Thomas A., T /5 HILE, Dudley B., 2nd Lt. STEICHEN, Roman H., SISgt.
HOLBIK, John F., Sgt. STRAKA , Edward A., Pvt.
COMPANY A HRIN, John, Pvt. SWEEK, Edwin M., Pvt.
ABBOTT, Robert H., Cpl. JENSEN, Edward A., Pvt. HULVEY, Donald W ., Pvt. 'fHIEDE, Edward C., T /5
BARRON, Lawrence A., Pvt. JUSTICE, Ernest J., Pvt. IWINSKI, Edward S., Pvt. THOMAS, John J., Pvt.
BERMOND, Loren D., T /.f:J KEARNEY, Richard J., Cpl. JACKSON, Walter H., Cpl. TOHILL, Harry E., S/Sgt.
BOHRER, Daniel B., Pvt. KLAWITTER, William F., Cpl. KEOUGH, John G., Jr., lst Lt. VAN CURA, Donald E., Pfc.
BRISTOL, Erick W., Pvt. LESZA, James J., Sgt. KLEIWER, Arnold, Pvt. W ASESCHA, Arthur L., Pfc.
BURGESON, James A., Pfc. LOHRMAN, Philip C., Pvt. KOESTER, Fred W., Pvt. WELCH, Ralph C., T 15
CARTER, Alfred K., Pvt. MACKEY, James R., Pfc. LACAIRE, Philip E.. Pvt. WENTWORTH, Charles F., Pfc.
CORY, Clarence L., T/5 MIKOLOGIC, JohnS., T/5 LA NDRUM, Edgar W., Pfc. WROBEL, Anthony, Pvt.
COUNIHAN, Gerald L., Pfc. NEUOFFER, Harry G ., Sgt. LEE, Earl, Jr., Pvt. WYLIE, Earl, Cpl.
DEMING, Frank C., Sgt. NORAMYSK, Vincent, Pvt.
De SARlO, Joseph, Cpl. PENNYFATHER, Patrick D., Cpl.
DYSKA, Edmund J., T/5 PETERS, Wallace L., Pfc. Wounded Twice
EANES, Charles R., lst Lt. PIPPIN, Ernest H., Pfc. Purple Heart Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster Awarded
ELLIOTT, Warren D., Pvt. PIZIO, Stanley, Pfc.
FISHER, Raymond E., Pfc. RIGGLEMAN, Denver C., Pvt. MEDICAL DETACHMENT
GLASSER, Irwin M., lst Lt. SCHNAKENBERG, Roy L., T/5 BREWSTER, John E., Cpl. CUMMINS, Eugene, T 15
GOFF, Robert D., Pvt. SEISSER, Anthony, Sgt. COMPANY A
GREGA, John P., Pfc. SIMMS, Raymond V., Pvt. SETTLE, Edmond J., S/Sgt. SMITH, Bernard M., Sgt.
HAASE, Calvin J., Sgt. SLAYDEN, Marvin D., T /5
HAYS, Sam B., Pfc. SPEERS, Lee L., Pvt. COMPANY B
HEATH, Russell E., Cpl. SZAREK, Joseph J., Pfc. DODDS, Roger W., T /4 MA TZ, Lester, Pvt.
HERRING, Boyd D., T/5 TICHACAK, James E., T/5 COMPANY .C
HINRICHSEN, George F., Pvt. TODD, Robert E., Pfc. BARTH, Henry E., T/5 LOVEGREN, John D., Pic.
HUSA, Fred, T/5 VERDEROSA, Charles, Pvt. BUTLER, Edward C., Sgt. MALINOWSKI, Henry R., Pfc.
JACKSON, Thomas L., Pfc. VETRANO, Joseph F., Cpl. DASHNIER, Lloyd M., Pfc. McCAFFREY, James C., Sgt.
JACKSON, Ralph E., Jr., Pvt. WILLIS, David K., Pvt. FARRELL, Bernard P., Sgt. MROTEK, Eugene G., S/Sgt.
COMPANY B FIDLER, Edward W., Pfc. SPERA, Frank T., Pfc.
BAHR, Warren A., Pfc. NOSAN, Vladimir M., T/4 HOFMEISTER, Maurice H., Pfc. WINSETT, Hershel! L., Sgt.
BURDUCK, John, Pvt. PALMER, William H., Pfc.
CANNADAY, Ernest M., Sgt. PERET, Robert H., lst Lt.
GIBSON, Henry A., S/Sgt. PERRY, Joseph W., Jr., Pfc.
Wounded Three Times
GILLMAN, Daniel G., Pfc. PLASS, Arnold R., Pfc. Purple Heart Medal with Two Oak Leaf Clusters Awarded
GRACZYK, William J., Jr., Pvt. PRANGL, Louis, Cpl. COMPANY B
HASSETT, John F., Pvt. PRICE, Page P., Pvt.
HERBERT, Stephen W., Pfc. QUAIL, Leonard J.. TI 4 HANNAH, Robert C., S/Sgt.
HOLSTLA W, Vernice A., Cpl. RILEY, Terril H., Cpl.
HUBRICH, Richard L., T/5 RONEK, James R., Sgt. Decorations
HUFF, Alfred E., Pfc. ROTH, Bernard S., Pvt.
JACKSON, Robert W., Pvt. RUDROFF, Joseph L., Pfc. Silver Star Medal fo·r Gallantry in Action
TAGGERS, Walter H., Pvt. SALDUKAS, Joseph G., Pvt. HEADQUARTERS & SERVICE COMPANY
JAYNE, Towner A., Sgt. SCHLEICHER, Arthur H., S /Sgt. CROWTHER. James 1., Lt. Col. 'TODD, Arthur W., T /4
JONES, Randolph, Cpl. SCOTT, George A., Pvt. TUCK, Marvin A., WOJG
KEKOPOULOS, John C., Pvt. SEARS, Delbert L., Sgt.
KENDRICK, Edward J., lst Lt. SHELLEY, Milton E., Jr., Pvt. COMPANY A
KLINE, Edwin W., Pvt. SHELTON, Paul. Pfc. ANTCZAK, Nicholas, Pfc. NUOFFER, Harry G., Sgt.
KOSS, FrankS., Pfc. SHIPTON, Charles A., Pvt. GOLLON, Lucian V., Pfc. PAGE, John W., Pfc.
KRUSE, Ernest H., T/5 SORENSEN, John, Pvt. HUSA, Fred, T/5 SLAYDEN, Marvin D., T/5
LAGE, Robert L., Sgt. SPARKS, Willis H., Pvt. JACKSON, Thomas L., Pfc. STILES, Melvin D., Cpl.
LIPSCOMB, Clarence W., Pvt. STEVEN, Anton, Pvt. KLAWITTER, W illiam E., Pvt. VETRANO, Joseph, Cpl.
MANTER, Emmerson S., Pvt. THOMAS, Lavier, T/5 COMPANY B
MAY, Melvin, Pvt. TIETYEN, Earl H., Sgt. 'GIBSON, George, Cpl. McALLISTER, Duncan P., Cpl.
McALLISTER, Duncan P., Cpl. TONNELL, Wilfred T., Sgt. JAYNE, Towner A., Sgt. MUXO, Eduardo, 2nd Lt.
McCARTY, Charles W., T/5 WARNER, William D., Cpl. 'KOLLATH, Robert E. , Pvt. 'OLSTA, Mitchell F., S/Sgt.
MILLER, William H., T I 4 WELLS, Jack, Pvt. KRUSE, Ernest H., T /5 STEVEN, Anton, Pfc.
MUXO, Eduardo, 2nd Lt. WESTPHAL, Norman W., Pvt. MANTER, Emmerson S., Pfc. TIEDEMAN, John S., Sgt.
ZILINSKAS, John D., T /5 • Denotes "Killed in Action" or "Missing in Action."
F:,;U 0 N0 R FERRIER, Carl W., Cpl.
COMPANY C
HILE, Dudley B., lst Lt.
MORLOCK, Adam, T I 4

Bronze Star Medal

For Meritorious Service in Connection with Military Operations
COMPANY C HEADQUARTERS & SERVICE COMPANY
ANDERSON, Walter N., lst Sgt. MONTGOMERY, George F., Pfc. BAKER, Gene D., Pfc. MANNING, Kenneth F., TISgt.
BARTH, Henry E., T I 5 MOORE, Louis J., Pvt. • BASTILLE, Robert A., S/Sgt. MEISE, Richard J., Capt.
CALLAHAN, William J., Pfc. MORGAN, Henery E., Pfc. BAXTER, John E., Sr., T I 5 MEYER, Ignatius J.. T I Sgt.
CLARK, John D., Pvt. *MORLAND, Charles E., Pfc. BOYLE, Richard J., lst Lt. MILOT, Leon H., Capt.
DANSEREAU, Andrew E., Pfc. SIOK, George A., T I 4 CROWTHER, James !., Lt. Col. MOORE, Robert J., lst Sgt.
FARTHING, W illiam G., Pfc. STEFFEL, George L., Sgt. DAVIS, Robert T., Maj. MORGAN, Robert E., CWO
FERRO, Steve, Tl5 STEICHEN, Roman H., S/Sgt. DOLL, Byron E., Maj. ODELL, Robert W., MISgt.
HERBERT, Edward, 2nd Lt. STRAKA, Edward R., Jr., Pvt. DUX, Arthur R., Sgt. OLSON, Oborn R., T/4
*KAMINSKI, Stanley B., Pvt. TOLBERT, Elias L., Capt. EATMAN, Arthur W., lst Lt. PALMER, Charles G., Jr., Pfc.
LEE, Earl, Jr., Pvt. WASSERMAN, Herbert, Pfc. ELOVICH, Harold S., T I 5 PALMER, John W., Tl4
LOGAN, LeRoy T., Jr., Pvt. ZADROVITZ, John, Jr., Pvt. EMERSON, Robert S., S/Sgt. PATRICK, Andrew D., Capt.
EVANS, Andrew R., T/5 PUETZ, Kenneth H., Tl5
Silver Star Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster FRANCESCHINI, Anthony J., RANDOLPH, Thomas P., S/Sgt.
SISgt. REEVES, George E., Pfc.
Decorated Twice for Gallantry in Action FRITZ, Cedric R., Tl4 REEVES, William H., Pfc.
COMPANY C HARRINGTON, John J., T/4 RISTON, Melvin W., T /Sgt.
*SCHNABEL, Donald B. HERSCHEL!., Raymond L., lst Lt. ROHDE, Arthur E., SISgt.
HUMPHREY, Leighton L., Pfc. STEFANELLI, Joseph H., T /5
Bronze Star Medal JAYCOX, Robert H., Pfc. STILES, Melvin C., Capt.
For Heroic Achievement in Connection with Military Operations JUNG, Wayne B., S/Sgt. STENERSON, Lester T., S/Sgt.
Aqainst the Enemy KILMURRA Y, Arthur J., Cpl. STONE, Eugene R., WOJG
KOPPELMAN, Walter, Jr., Capt. SWANSON, Norman, S/Sgt.
HEADQUARTERS & SERVICE COMPANY KOWALSKI, James F., T /Sgt. THOMPSON, Douglas E., Sgt.
ALTENBURG, Charles M., T /4 MILLER, Jerome G., T /5 KRUSZKA, Stanley L., Pfc. TOMIC, Frank, T I 4
BODIN, Richard V., Pfc. O'HALLORAN, James J., T I 4 LeCLAIR, Howard E., T /5 TWITCHELL, Blaine E., T /5
CASEY, Charles R., Pfc. SCHWARTZ, Lester !., T /5 LESTER, John D., TISgt. VAGNINI, Dominick R., Sgt.
CREVISTON, William P., Pvt. SCOTT, Andrew H., Tl5 LORENTZEN, Paul F., S/Sgt.
CRUMRINE, Gilbert L., T /4 SCURLOCK, Donald K., Pvt.
FALBERG, Robert F., Cpl. TRAVIS, Robert H., T/5 MEDICAL DETACHMENT
JACKSON, James E., T/5 *WOOD, Howard, Pvt. ARMBRUSTER, David H., S/Sgt. COHRS, Raymond H., T /3
LAFFERTY, Joseph T., T I 5 *ZIEGLER, Robert, T I 4 BENSON, Norman 0., SISgt. IRELAND, Robert B., Capt.
BIVENS, Ray D., T /5 STOLLER, Robert E., T /4
MEDICAL DETACHMENT BROWN, Richard A., Cpl. WEBBER, James F., Tl3
BREWSTER, John E., Cpl. CARPENTER, Francis P., Pfc.
CUMMINS, Eugene, T /5 COMPANY A
COMPANY A BOLLMAN, Peter J., lst Sgt. LAUCH, James E., Tl4
CORY, Clarence L., Tl5 POLOWY, Andrew J., Pfc.
ABBOTT, Robert H., Cpl. KOW ALIUK, Nick, Pfc. HOFSTAD, Chester L., S/Sgt. WOODS, John T., S/Sgt.
BAITY, Elmer C., Pvt. LANG, William J., Pvt.
BARRON, Lawrence A., Pvt. MANIFOLD, William D., lst Lt. COMPANY B
COX, William F., Pvt. McLEAN, Stuart S., lst Lt. BENNETT, Charles E. , 2nd Lt. LAGE, Robert L., Sgt.
De SARlO, Joseph, Cpl. PUERINGER, Frank S., S/Sgt. BOOK, William T., Capt. MIKSOVSKY, Joseph, lst Sgt.
EANES, Charles R., l st Lt. ROMERO, Lauriano J., Pfc. CARCIERI, Alfred, Cpl. MORTON, Carl R., lst Lt.
FISHER, Raymond E., Pfc. RUETHER, Wilbert A., Pvt. GUSTAFSON, Delbert H., S/Sgt. TUBBS, Roger L., S/Sgt.
GLASSER, Irwin M., lst Lt. SEESE, Harry W., Pvt.
GOLDBERG, Lawrence, Tl5 SEISSER, Anthony, Sgt. COMPANY C
GRINDLE, Norman C., T /5 SMITH, Bernard M. , Sgt. ANDERSON, Walter N., 1st Sgt. JAKUM, Frank J., SISgt.
HAYS, Sam B., Pfc. WILLIS, David K., Pvt. COATES, John C., Cpl. RAIMONDI, Nunzio, S/Sgt.
JONES, John D., Pvt. WILLSON, Thomas A. Ill, Pvt. HINTZ, Melvin E., S /Sgt. SLETTE, Curtis K., T I 4
KEARNEY, Richard J., Pvt. TOLBERT, Elias L., Capt.
COMPANY B
BAHR, W illiam A., Pvt. MILLER, William H., T I 4 Battlefield Promotion
CANNADAY, Ernest M., Sgt. NOSAN, Vladimir M., T/4 COMPAN~ A
CASEY, Vincent P., Pvt. PALMER, William H., Pfc.
FISCHER, William J., Pvt. *RONAN, Leo J., Pfc. 2nd Lt. to 1st Lt., William D. MANIFOLD
FRONCZAK, Frank J., T /4 RONEK, James R., Sgt.
*FUSZARD, Austin R., Tl5 *RUSSELL, Robert M., Pvt. Battlefield Commission
GAMZON, Abraham, Pvt. SHELLEY, Milton E., Pvt. HEADQUARTERS & SERVICE COMPANY
GIBSON, Henry A., SISgt. SHELTON, Paul, Pfc.
GRACZYK, William J., Jr. , Pvt. SHIPTON, Charles A., Pvt. MISgt. to 2nd Lt., Robert W. ODELL
HUBRICH, Richard L. , Tl5 SNYDER, William E., Pvt.
HUFF, Alfred E. , Pfc. *TAYLOR, George W., Pvt. 95th Infantry Division Battle Honors
KENDRICK, Edward J.. lst Lt. URBANOWSKI, Chester R., Pfc.
MAHER, Robert D., Pvt. WELLS, Jack, Pvt. 1st PLATOON, COMPANY C
MATZ, Lester, Pvt. WILLS, Warren G., Cpl. For Heroic Achievement in Conne"Ction with the, Capture of the
MELZINSKI, Thaddeus, Pvt. Saarlautem Bridqe, Saarlautem, Germany.
COMPANY C 3 December to 5 December. 1944
HERBERT, Edward, 2nd Lt.
BIRMINGHAM, Charles A., Pfc. MacCREERY, William J., Sgt.
CARLSON, Berti! C., Pfc. McCAFFREY, James C., Sgt. TOHILL, Harry E., SISgt. LANDRUM, Edgar W., Pfc.
*FARREL, Bernard P., Sgt. McNULTY, Alfred P., Pfc. FARTHING, William C., Sgt. MORGAN, Henry H., Pfc.
FIDLER, Edward W., T/5 MROTEK, Eugene G., S/Sgt. HOLBIK, John F., Sgt. WASSERMAN, Herbert, Pfc.
FISHER, William A., Sgt. PRICE, Gordon D., Cpl. LUX, William J., Sgt. BEASON, Thomas D., Jr., Pvt.
HERBERT, Edward, lst Lt. PROVENCHER, Robert J., Pvt. McCAFFREY, James C., Sgt. BENBOW, William A., Pvt.
KEOUGH , John G., lst Lt. *SAMP, Roy E., Pvt. MORLOCK, Adam, T I 4 BIRMINGHAM, Charles A., Pvt.
KOWITZ, Gilbert, T /5 SCHEER, William A., Pfc. DANSEREAU, Andrew E., Cpl. CALLAHAN, William J., Pvt.
LANDRUM, Edgar W., Cpl. *SCHNABEL, Donald B., Cpl. FERRIER, Carl W., Cpl. CLARK, John D., Pvt.
LOGAN, LeRoy T., Pfc. SHEPHERD, Roy A., Pfc. PRICE, Gordon D., Cpl. CLEAVES, Bradford. D, Pvt.
LUND, Edward, Sgt. SPAHT, Otto J., Pvt. *SCHNABEL, Donald D., Cpl. GARRETT, Berlen W., Pvt.
LUX, William J., Sgt. STEICHEN, Roman H., S/Sgt. BARTH, Henry E., Tl5 HRIN, John, Pvt.
TOHILL, Harry E., SISgt. fERRO, Steve, T /5 *KAMINSKI, Stanley B., Pvt.
SHIRLEY, William F., Tl5 KOESTER, Fred W., Pvt.
Bro.n ze Star Medal with Oak L.e af Cluster CARLSON, Berti! C., Pfc. MOORE, Louis J., Pvt.
For Heroic Achievement in Connection with Military Operations EDWARDS, James C., Pfc. PROVENCHER, Robert J., Pvt.
Aqainst the Enemy KOUKKARI, Eino J., Pfc. PUGH, Robert, Pvt.

COMPANY B Meritorious Service Unit Plaque

SCHLEICHER, Arthur H., S/Sgt. Headquarters & Service Company
 Roster 3'20th Engineer Battalion •
Officers Roster, 320th Engineer Battalion ANDERSON, Donald E. , Pvt., 2425 N. Greenview, Chicago, Ill.
ANDERSON, Fred, Pvt., 10~8 S. Mason St., Chicago, Il l.
ANDERSON, Kenne th R. , S/Sgt., RR I, Olathe, Kan.
ANDERSON , Clarence A., WOJG. 110 Chapin St. , Morris, Ill. ANDERSON, Leo, Pfc., Malmo, Minn.
BALDWIN, James \\'., 2nd Lt., 226 W. Ash St., Piqua, Ohio. l
ANDERSON, Leonard M., Pfc., 1223 South I St., Tacoma, Wash.
BATA, John, Jr. , 1st Lt., 23~0 Bakewell St. , Toledo, Ohio. ANDERSON, Walter N., 1st Sgt., Randolph, Nebr.
BENNETT, Charles E., 2nd Lt. , 215 E. I6~th St., New York 56, K . Y. ANDREJCIK, Stephen M., Pvt., Morrisdale, Pa.
BLATZ, Frederick, Jr., 2nd Lt., 2100 Grant Ave.,· \Vilmington, Del. ANDRYCHOWSKI, Louis, Pfc., 279 S. Robinson St., Baltimore, ~ld.
BOYLE, Richard ]., 1st Lt., 1207 Franklin Ave., Wichita, Kan. ANGENBAUER, Frank J., Pvt., 4214 Orchard St., Milwaukee, \\'isc.
CARROLL, Roland C., Capt., Dental Clinic, Station Campi. , Camp Shelby. ~liss ANKNEY, John ]., T/5, 853 Wheeler, Cadi llac, Mich.
CASSIDY, Charles F., Capt. , Dental Clinic, Station Campi., Camp Shelby. 1Iis'\ ANTCZAK, N icholas J., Pfc., 2211 W. Walter Ave., Ch icago, Ill.
CROWTHER, James I., Col., 214 Mallow Hill Road, Baltimore 29, ~ld. APRUZZESE, John P., Cpl., 7 Winter St., Everett, Mass.
ClARA VELLA, Dominick, 2nd Lt., 3609 Quentin Rd., Brooklyn, ::\. Y. ARDERY, Frank E., Pvt., 470 Genessee St:,:.Trenton, N, J.
DAVIS, Robert T., Major, P. 0. Box 1139, Wilmington, N. C. ARMBRUSTER, David H., S/Sgt., 806 Fore~t Ave., E,·anston, lll.
DOLL, Byron T. , Major, 829 S. Windsor Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif. ARNOTT; Samuel J. ·. S/Sgt., Persia, Tenn.· ., ·
EATMAN, Arthur W., 1st Lt., 3008 University Ave., Austin, Tex. ATKI NSON, ]. L., T/4, ftoute 1, ,Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
EANES, Charles R., Capt., 1403 Preston Ave. , Austin, Tex. ATINELLO, Vi ncent, Pvt., 261 Merced St., Phillipsburg, N. J.
EDELSON, Howard J., 2nd Lt., 15 Willow Place, Brooklyn 2, K. Y. A UCONE, Ettore ]., Pte., 16 Frbrit St. , Beverly, Mass.
GLASSER, Irwin M., 1st Lt., 420 W. Brooklyn, Dallas 8, Tex. AUGUSTINE, Frank J., Pfc., Rt. I, Box 155, Schofield, Wise.
HARLAN, Richard D., CWO, 513 N. Summit, Gerard, Kan. AULD, Robert T., Pfc., P,.·O, Washjngtpn,c:;I'a.
HAWLEY, Charles L., 2nd Lt., 824 Elizabeth St., Ogdensburg, N. Y. AUSTIN, Hydous J., T/5;· Gen. Del., Hattetas, N. C.
HERBERT, Edward, 1st Lt., 119 College St. , Montgomery, Ala. AYER, Haral'd F., T/5, Beaver, Ore.
HERSCHELL, Raymond L., Jr., 1st Lt., 141 Elmwood Park, Tonawanda , N. Y. AYERS, Earl, Pvt., Gen. Del., tax(on, Ky..
HILE, Dudley B., 1st Lt., Route I, Box 223-C, Shreveport, La.
ISLEY, Carl ]., Lt. Col., 120 E. Third St. , Watkins Glen, N. Y.
KENDRICK, Edward )., 1st Lt., 8 Bohl Ave., Albany, N. Y.
KEOUGH, John G., 1st Lt., 2725 S. 18th St., Philadelphia, Pa.
KOPPELMAN, Walter, Jr., Capt. , 102 Millbrook Rd., Baltimore, Md. B
LEISHMAN, Lee Vern R., Capt., 210 N. State, Salt Lake City, utah.
MANIFOLD, William D. , 1st Lt., Route No. 2, Stewartstown, Pa. BABCOCK, Everett M., Pvt., 17 F irst St., Plainfield, Conn.
McDANIEL, Boyd ]., 2nd Lt., 1004 E. 15th St., Big Springs, Tex. BADAGLIACCA, Joseph F., Pvt., 281 May St., Worchester, 1Ia<&.
*McGOVERN, Andrew ]., Capt., 824 Grove St., San Luis Obispo, Calif. RAGGIO, Louis P., Jr., Sgt., Wilsonville, Ill.
McLEAN, Stuart S., 1st Lt. , 474 Jackson St. , Gary, Indiana DAGNASCO, Angelo, Pvt., 17126 Rosemont Ave., Detroit, Mich.
MEISE. Richard J .. Major, 3118 N01thway Drive, Baltimore, 1\Id. BAHR, Warren A., Pfc., 85 Bronx River Road, Yonke rs, N . Y.
MESSNER, Michael, ~1ajor, 1034 Grignon St. , Green Bay, \Vise. BAILEY, George K., Pvt., P . 0. Box 1, Meadow \'ie\\', \'a.
IRELAND, Robert B., Capt., 367 E . Tulane, Columbus, Ohio. B.-\IN, Robert D., Pvt., 439 Brimhall St., St. Paul, i\Iinn.
MILOT, Leon H., Capt., 603 Okanogen Ave., Wenatchee, Wash. BAIRD, John M., Pvt., 1539 Elmund Ave., St. Paul, Minn.
MORGAN, Robert E., CWO, 422 East 9th St., Pittsburg, Calif. BAITY, Elmer C., T/5, 803 O~k Ave., Aurora, Mo.
MORTO N, Carl R .. 1st Lt., 818 Cadieux Rd. , Grosse Pointe 30, 1\Iich. BAKER, Gene D., T/4;"RFD 2, Dixon, Ill.
MUXO, Eduardo, 1st Lt., lith of August Ave. 102 Mayaguez, Porto Rico. *BAKLEY, Joseph L., Pvt. ,. 485 Valley Road, \Vest Orange, l\. J.
ODELL, Robert W., 2nd Lt., 3100 Monticello Ave. , Oakland 2. Calif. BALAZS, John J., S/Sgt., 21 Fair St. , Norwalk, Conn.
PATRICK, Andrew D., Capt., 607 S. 7th St., Springfield. Ill. BALDSCWELLER, Alfred, Pvt., 3 Broad St., Haverstraw, N. Y.
PERET, Robert H., 1st Lt. , 4209 Sinclair Ave., Austin, Tex. BALLARD, Arnold L., Pfc., 23~6 lOth Ave., Huntington, W . \'a.
ROSE, Daniel E. , 1st Lt., Odessa, T ex. BALON, Raymond V., T/5, Box 244, Patton, Pa.
STILES , Melvin C. , Capt. , Dox 6, Lake Village, Ark. BAMBAM, Richard E., Pfc., 200 Commonwealth A\·e., Buffalo, l\. Y.
STONE, Eugene R. , WOJG ,' 607 N . Martel Ave., Los Ange les. Cilif. BANCROFT, John W., Pfc., 4705 W. 17th St., Los Angeles, Calif.
TEMPLETON, Phillip C. ,. Major, ..408 Lexington Ave .. Lawrenceville, Ohio. BARBARIA, John J., Pfc., 1~2 Gratton St., Brook!)"', N . Y.
TOLBERT, Elias L .. Capt., .510'·East ·St., Culpeper, Ya. BARBER, Edmond R., Pvt .. 306 8th St., South. Nasl1\'ille, Tenn.
TUCK. 1\fan·in A .. vVOJG , 367 W. ~8th St., Seattle 7. \Yash. BARKER, Clarence, Pvt., RR 2, Rock Falls, Ill.
WARREN, Robert D., Major, 273 S. Cle,·eland, St. Paul, i\Iinn. BARR, Onas L., Pvt., RR 2, Box 396 A, Portsmout h, \'a.
*Deceased. BARRICK, Allen C., Pvt., 1902 N. 14th St., Milwaukee, Wise.
BARRON, Lawrence A., Sgt., Box 802, \Vapato, \N'ash.
BARRS , Daniel, Pvt., 11 6 N. 11th St., Minneapolis, Minn.
BARTH, Henry E., Sgt., 233 P ubli c St., Providence, R. I.
Roster of Former Officers of the Battalion BARTNER , Harry, T/4, 3008 W. 22nd St., Brooklyn, l\. \' .
BARTON, Fay E. , Pfc., Delight, Ark.
Addresses Not Available BASSETT, Robert M., Pvt., 4073 S. Wells, Chicago, Ill.
BASTILLE, Robert A., T/Sgt., 1\orway Hill. Hancock , N . H.
BOBO, 1\Ieh·in H .. .2nd Lt. BAuER, Bu rdette C. , T/~. Rt. 2, Holgate, Ohio.
BOOK, William T. , Capt. BAUER, Harold J., Sgt., 5240 Sheridan Road, Chi cago, Ill.
BORDEN, Howard D. , 1st Lt. BAUMGARTER, J. B. Jr. , T/5, 211 Gentry St., Houston, Tex.
DOYLE, James E .. 1st Lt. BAXTER, John E. Sr. , T/5, 25 Farewell St., Newp01t, R. I.
DURHAM, James D .. 2nd Lt. BEARDEN , Kenneth B., S/Sgt., 2130 Military Ave., Baxter Springs, Kan.
GERMAH<. Robert R. , 2!ld· Lt~ BEASON, Thomas D. Jr., Pvt., 189 Virginia St. , Salt Lake City, Utah.
HARPER, Robert C. , 2nd Lt. BEATTIE, Claude B., T/5, 615 W. Clinton St., Ho\\'ell, Mich.
KUHRE, Leland B .. Col. BEATTY, Stanley, Pvt., 6036 Inglende Ave., Chicago, Ill.
LAUGHLIN, Harold K. , 1st Lt. BEESE, Warner W., Pfc., Cummings, Kan.
HOMAN, Frederick , Capt. BEHAR, Nathan J., T/5, 480 E. !75th St. , Bronx, N. Y.
OCHS, Jacob, Capt. BEITZEL, George E., Pvt., 2013 Adams St., Two Rivers, Wise.
PIPKA, Stephen, 1st Lt. BELL, Richard A., T/5, No. 6 Kendrick Court, Amesbury, Mass.
RANDELL, Harold E. , 1st Lt. BELTO, Vilj a M., T/5, Box 155, Kelly Lake, Minn.
ROBINSON,- Eugene R., 2nd Lt. *BELUSA, Rudolph, Pfc., 3701 Hem1an St., Romulus, Mich.
RUNYON; ]>ickie C. , 2nd Lt. BENBOW, William R., Pvt. , 208% W. 4th St., Marion, I nd.
SECHLER, Robert L., 1st Lt. BENEDETTO, Anthony, Pvt., 39 Cherry St., Norton Heights, Conn.
ST. JOHN, Sam 0., 2nd Lt. BENNETT, Howard, Pvt., c/o Mrs. N. F. Bennett, Arapahoe, N. C.
SHALALA, John S. , 1st Lt. BENSON, Ludden F., Pfc., 802 N. Center St., Beverdam, Wise.
VALLEY, Richard K. , 2nd Lt. BENSON, Norman 0., S/Sgt., 1321 E. 6th St., Duluth, M inn.
ZANOWIAK, Peter P. , 1st Lt. BENSON, Richard H., Cpl., 223 W . Wilson St., Bata via, Ill.
BENTLEY, Bransford, Pvt., Hamilton, Kan.
BENWAY, Frank S., Cpl. , 708 S. Main St., Randolph, l\Iass.
BERMOND, Loren D., T/5, RFD No. 2, Easton, Mo.
Roster of Men, Past and Present, of the BERNAY, A. A. T/5, Box 21 1, Thatcher, Ari z.
320th Engineer Battalion BERTHEUSEN, Harold 0., Pfc., 370~ Jackson St. NE., Columbia Bcight&,
Minn.
BEST, Joe F. , Pvt., 1301 J osephine St., Jasper, Ala.
• Denotes "Killed in Action" or "Missing in Action" BETTS, Lester T. , Pvt., 3493 Collier St., San Diego, Cali f.
BIANCHETTA, Peter F., Pvt., 222 Plum St., Aurora, Ill.
A BIENIASZ, Chester E., Cpl., 1421 N. Noble St., Chicago, Ill.
BIRMINGHAM, Ch arles A., Sgt., 220 23rd St. , WaterYiiet, N. Y.
AB HOTT, Robert H: , S/.~gt., 1924 Lewis Ave., Long Beach, Calif. BISULCA, Mario J., Pfc., 368 61st St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
ABRAMs;· Martin, :Pvt. , 115 Congress A,·e., Atlantic City, N . ,T. BIVENS. R. D. , T/5 223 Lenoir St., Jackson, Tenn.
ACR]OS, ;Charles H. , Pvt., 309 Alberts Ave .. Onieda, Tenn. BLAKELY, Gifford, Pvt., 94 South St., Northboro, Mass.
ADAM1AK, JohnS., Pfc., 1024 Manor St., Pittsburgh, Pa. BLANTON, John W., Pfc., 1818 Silvenvood Terrace, Los Angeles, Calif.
ADAMS, Carl B. , Cpl. , Whitesburg, Ky. BLAZEJEWSKI, John J., T/5, 2 George St., Adams, Mass.
ADAMS, Clark N. , Sgt. , 189 Maple St., Mifflinburg, Pa. BLOOM, Donald E., T/5, Rainy River, Ontario, Canada.
AHERN, }9hn J., Pvt., 6115 Greenwood Ave. , Chicago, Ill. BLOOM, George W., Sgt ., 1755 Cambridge Rd., Columbus, Ohio.
AHLBORN, Robert W. , T/5, 544 Locust St., Hammond, Ind. BODE, Lester H., Pfc., RFD No. 3, Edwardsville, Ill.
AINSWORTH, L. E. , T/4, Route 4, Easterly, Tex. BODIN, Richard V., T/4, Route 2, Washburn, Wise.
ALKER, Charles, T / 4, 29 Alpine St., Roxbury, Mass. BOGE, Arthur ]., Pvt., Cassville, Wise.
ALLEN, Harold C. , T/5, Box 593, Antler, Okla. BOGGS, Virgil E., Pfc., Media, Ill.
ALLEN, Jerry B. , Pfc. , RD 1, Reynoldsville, Pa. BOHRER, Daniel D., Pfc., Hancock, Md.
ALLERDING, Woodrow W. , Pfc. , 221 N. Broadway, Hastings, 1\Iich. BOLDT, Vemie, Pfc., Trowbridge, Ill.
ALTE!\'llURG, Charles M., T/4, 126 Raymond Ave, Barrington, Ill. BOLLING, Laurence C., Pvt., Damascus, Va.
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BOLLMAN, Peter ]. , 1st Sgt .. Lena, Ill. CARRON, Lilbern C., T /4, East Carondolet, Ill.
BONDI, V. ] ., Pic. , 4509 '\lagnolia St .. Chicago, Ill. CARSON, S. G., Jr., Cpl., Rt. I , Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
BONK , Anthony S., T/5, 2469 S. lith St., Milwaukee, Wise. CARTER, Alfred K., Pfc., Hotel Loyal, Omaha, Neb.
BONNER, Richard D., Pfc., 2609 La Porte St., Gary, Ind. CARYL, Merton L., T /5, 655 Route 3, Davidson, Mich.
BOOTH, Robert H ., T /5, Route 4, Ashland, Ohio. CASEY Charles R., Pic., 1018 W. 3rd St., El Dorado, Kan.
."'\ BOOZ. Albert B., Pvt. , Carthage, Ill. CASEY, Ned, Pvt., 510 W. Lee St., Brownwood, Tex.
BORGFELT, R. R., S/Sgt., 45t0 Mill Creek Parkway, Kansas City, i\Io. CASEY, Vincent P., Pfc., 10 Grant St., Dorchester, Mass.
BORNHOFEN, Nicklas T. , · Pvt., 305 S. Main, Lead, S. D. CASTAGNA, James P., Pfc., 19 Downer Ave., Westerley, R. I.
BORTA, Walter A., Pvt., 1118 :\'. Wolcott St., Chicago, Ill. CHANDLER, Harrison C., Cpl. , IS Market St., Plymouth, Mass.
BORYSEWICZ, Walter P., Cpl. , 407 Spearman Ave., Ferrill, Pa. CHAPIN, Daniel M., 1st Sgt., 1915 N. Kimball St., Chicago, Ill.
BOSCA, Italo P., Pvt., 11353 Cardoni St., Detroit, Mich. CHAPMAN, James N., Pic., 607 Baker St., Mitchell, Ind.
BOSHKO, Andrew P., Cpl., 54 Armstrong Ave., Sout h Ri,·er, X J. CHESHARECK, William J., Sgt., 406 Railroad St., Morris, Ill.
BOSOMS, Paul A., Pfc., :611 Lakeshore Drive,. Ludington, Mich. CHLIAN, Raymond J., Pvt., 874 Watson Ave., St. Paul, Minn.
BOTTCHER, H. W., T/5, Holden St., Holden, Mass. CHRISTENSEN, Frank P., Pvt., 620 Lewis St., De Perc, vVisc.
BOUDREAU, W. L. , Pfc., 400 E. 5th St., ArkanSas City, Kan. CHRISTENSEN, L. E., Cpl., 115 5th St. , Savanna, Ill.
BOURESSA, Kenneth L., T/4, 1511 W. Rogers 'Ave., Appleton, \Vise. CHRISTIANA, William J., Sgt., 5 Belton Ave., Norwalk, Conn.
BOXRUD, Robert E., S/Sgt., Goodhue, Minn. CIELIK, Stanley J., Pfc., 1338 N. Greenview Ave., Chicago, Ill.
BOYAJIAN, Burgess 0., Sgt., 468 Cranston St., Providence, R. I. CIESLIK, Edwin T., Pic., 403 S. Reserve St., Stevens Point, Wise.
BOYD, Joe E. , Pvt., 52iY, 8th St., Hm;ttington, W. Va. CIOLEK, Daniel T., Sgt., 7950 Exchange Ave., Chicago, Ill.
BOYD, William C., Pvt., P. 0. Box l02, Athens, Georgia. CISCON, Joseph L. , Cpl., 2439 ·w. 47th Place, Chicago, Ill.
BOYLE, Edward E., Pic., 30 E. 29th St., Bayonne, N. J, CLARK, John D., Pfc. , 6639 Edgevale 'Rd., KaQsas City, Mo.
BRACKEN, John P., Pvt., 6!48 S. Maplewood Ave., . Chicago;·_III. CLAY, Charles C., T/5, Route No. 1; Myerstown, Pa.
BRADEN, Frank G., Pvt., c/o McGraw Hotel, Lake Beulah;,'\Yisc. CLEARY, Frank L. , Pvt., 4622 S. 33rd St., Omaha, Ne b.
BRADFORD, Glenn E., Pic., 226 E. New York, Rap id City; .S. D. CLEAVES, Bradford D. , Pic., 2 Linwood Place, Cambridge, Mass.
BRADFORD, Thomas W., Pfc., 2310 W. 7th St., Wilmington; Del. CLEVELAND, Clifton E., Jr., Pvt., Federal St., Belchertown, ?~lass.
BRADLEY, John A., T/5, Gen. Del. , Terrel, 'Tenn. ...,_,•·.. . COATES, John C., T /4, 1310 S. 9th St., Canon City, Colo.
BRANSTETTER, Harry D., Pic., Route 2, Jf'\rtville, Mo .. . ·' COATES, Thomas S., Pfc., RFD I, Warwick, N . Y.
BRAUN, James E., T/5, Eden, Wise. · . .. COCANIG, Alfred, Pfc. , 2316 W. 24th St., Chicago, Ill.
BRAUN, Joseph ]., Sgt., Black Creek, Wise. · · · ·, , COCHRAN, James E., Pvt., 3417 Monroe, Kansas City, Mo.
BRAZOS, Frank ]., Pvt. , 2 Putnam Court, Cambrid ge; ·Mass. COE, Charles L., M/Sgt., Rt. 3, Box 817, Sebastopol, Calif.
BRAZOWSKI, Stanley, Pvt. , 1307 W . Division, Henryetta, Okla. COHEN, Benjamin, T /4, 385 S. 2nd St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
BREHOSKY, ]. ]. , T/5, 2038 Lee St., Terre Haute, Ind. COHEN, Lawrence, Pvt. , 151-t Townsend AYe., Bronx, N . Y.
BREWSTER, John E ., Cpl., 638 E. 12th St., Baxter Springs, Kan. COHRS, Raymond H., T/3, 1533 N. 15th Ave., Melrose Park, Ill.
BRIENDEL, J. ]., Pvt., 216 Parade St., St. Mary, Pa. COLBURN, J: M., Sr., Pfc., P. 0. Box 151, Centerville, Ala.
BRIDGMAN, William D., T/5, E. Main St., Amboy, Ill. COLEMAN, Donald ]:, Pvt .. 4421 N. Racine Ave., Chi cago, Ill.
BRILL, Leon R., Pfc., 2495 K. Cramer, Milwaukee. Wise. COLEMAN, Stanley, Pfc., 732 Essex Ave., Linden, N. ,T.
BRINKER, H. M., T/4, 504 Walker St., Ashland, Wise . COMMINGS, Wilbert J., Sgt., 933 Lyndon St., Green Bay, Wise.
BRISTOL, Erick W., Pfc., Eckman, N . D. CONDIT Jay C., Cpl., Swengel, Pa.
BROCCOLO, Frank ]. , Pvt., 1238 Harrison St., Chicago, Ill. CONLAN, Thomas, Pfc., 5336 70th St., Maspeth, L. I., N. Y.
BROWN, Dale S., Sgt., 703 Union St., Hartford, Wise. CONNORS, John, Pfe., 618 Lafayette St., Demer, Colo.
BROWN, Richard A., Cpl., 805 W. 29th St., Wilmington, Del. CONTI, Raymond W., Pvt., 3293 E. 143rd St., Cle,·eland, Ohio.
BROWN, Walter L., T/4, 102 S. Broadway, Greem·ille, Ohio. COOK, Lawrence ]., Pfc., 1109 E. 62nd St., Chi cago, Ill.
BROWN, Walter W., T/5, 1223 S. 21st, Sh eboygan, Wise. COOK Robert H., Pic., 22 Hardy Ave., Brockton, Mass.
BROWNING, Earle W., Cpl., 420 Broadway, Aurora, Ind. COONEY, James F., Pvt., 426 Hyde Park Ave., Roslindale, Mass.
BRUCKBAUER, D. ]., S/Sgt., 586 S. Argyle Ave., Phillips. Wise. COOPER, Archie R., Pfc., 856 Mahoning Road, N. E. Canton. Ohio.
BRUNDAGE, Charles F. , Pvt., Comstock Hill, Norwalk, Conn. COPPOLA, A11thony J., Pvt._, 1671 Winton Ave., Lakewood, Fla.
BUCHHOLZ, Leo T., Pvt., Route 1, Grafton, W ise. CORCORAN, Eugene ]., T/4, Morris, Minn.
BUCKSHOLT, Erling, Pvt. , 969 43rd St., Brooklyn, N. Y. CORNOG, R. A., T/5, E. Front St., Atco, N. J.
BUKOVIC, James ]., T /5, 1229 S. 21st St., Sheboygan, Wise. CORRADI, Josepl' J., Pfc., 331 2nd St., SW., Chisholm. lll inn.
BUKOWSKI, Arlie E., T/4, Rothschild, Wise. CORY, Clarence L., T/5, 525 W .. Dakota St., Pierre, S. D.
BURCH, Charles P., S/Sgt., P. 0. Box 153, liiobeatie, Tex. CORYELL, John, T/4, R:FD 1, Piedmont; -Kan.
BURD, Edward, T/5, Ridge Farm, Ill. COUNIHAN, Gerald L. , T/5, 2259 N . . Kildare Ave., Chicago, Ill.
BURDUCK, John, Cpl., 185 Eagle St., Brooklyn, N. Y. COWART, John, Pvt., Gen. Del., Ball Gtound, Ga.
BURGEMEISTER, William, Pfc., Drake, N. D. COX, George \V., Pvt., RR 1, Fairmount, Ncb.
BURGESON, James A., T/5, 41 10 39th Ave., Minneapoli s, Minn. COX, Josiah T., Sgt., P . 0. Box 526, Sanford. S. C.
BURKE, Leaby L., Pvt., 146 Jackson St., Memphis, T enn. COX, William F., Pic. , 921 Kentucky St., Graham, Tex.
BURKE, Thomas A., Pfc., 2 Brown St., Wilkes Barre, Pa. CRAWFORD, Roderie J., Pvt., Farmer, S. ·D.
BURKHOLDER, Gilbert R., Pvt., RR I, Corbett, Oregon. CRAWSHAW, Paul H., T/4, Route I, Neodesha, Kan.
BURLINGHAM, W. M., T/4, Lenoma, Wash. CREECH, Harold L., Pic., New Madison, Ohio.
BURNS, John C., P fc., 4219 Mapledale Ave., Cleveland , Ohio. CREVISTON, William P., S/Sgt., RR No. 4. Muncie, Ind.
BURNS, John R., S/Sgt., 907 N. Keystone Ave., Chicago, Ill. *CRIMMINS, John E., T/5, 44 Armory St., Cambridge, Mass.
BURNS, Thomas C., S/Sgt., 3958 Drexel Ave., Detroit, 1lich. CROSBY, James, Pfc. , 644 S. Union St., Ch icago, Ill.
BUSH!, George, Pvt., Box 56, L ily, Pa. CROUCH, James K., T/5, 928 Ellison A,·e., Louisville, Ky.
*BUSHMAN, Howard J., Pfc., RFD No. I, Pocahon tas, Iowa. CROWELL, Boyd R. , Pvt., 8524 SE 9th St .. Portland, Ore.
BUTLER, Edward C., Sgt., Route 1, Ensign, Wise. CRUMRINE, Gilbert L., T/4, 821 Lincoln, Clay Center, Kan.
BUTTER\VORTH, Elmer W., S/Sgt., 1919 Choteau St., Baxter Springs, Kan. CROWLEY, ]. G., Sgt. , 1234 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago, Ill.
BYERS, Charles J, , Pvt., RR 1, Conneaut, Ohio. CR UZ, Ernest R., S/Sgt., 212 14th St., Merced, Calif.
BYERS, George L., Pvt., 933 _Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, Kan. CRYER, Albert C., Sgt., RR I, Beeville, Tex.
BYRNE, Donald K., Pic., 4 Sunset Crescent, St. Louis, Mo. CUMMING, John D., T/4, 15236 Manning St., Detroit, Mich.
BYRNE. J. E., Pvt., 2443 S. Hicks. Ph iladelphia, Pa. CU~IMINS, Eugene, T/5, 3834 California St., San Francisco, Cal if.
BYR:\'E, John J., Pvt., 2106 X. 21st St., East St. Louis, Ill. CUNION. James S., Pfc., 5632 W. Mad ison, Chicago, Ill.
CUNNINGHAM, Arthur D., S/Sgt., 7200 34th Ave., Kenosha, \\'isc.
CUNNINGHAM, Claudy, Pfc .. Hazen, Ark.
c CURRY, \'incent J. , Pvt. , 10 Perth St., Ne"· Rochelle, N. Y.

C \LDWELL, Luther T., Sgt., RFD No. I, Arcadia, Kan . .

C\LLAHAN, Edward T., Pvt., Colep01t, Pa.
C\LLAHAN, William ,T., Pfc., 1292 Linwood Ave., Columbus. Ohio. D
C.-\MERON, Douglas M., Pvt. , 217 Sunny Slope, Petaluma, Calii.
CAMPBELL, Jack, Pfc., 3447 Main St., Joplin, Mo. DAHER, Louis L., Cpl. , 1523 Linval Ave., Lansing, 1\I ich.
CAMPBELL, W. D., Pvt., Dun Raven, Ky. D'ALLESANDRO, Matthew, Pfc., 33 Chase St., Be,·erly, Mass.
CAMPBELL, Wade H., T/4, El Centro, Calif. DALTON, Jack M., Pfc., 2953 Essex Road, Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
CANFIELD, Daniel D., Pvt., Lime City Road. Perrysburg, Ohio. DANIELSON, Eldon L. , S/Sgt., Gowrie, Iowa.
CANNADAY, Ernest ·M., Sgt., RR I, Wittenburg, Wise. DANSERAU, Andrew E., Sgt., 10 Bowen St., Pawtucket, R. I.
C.\NZANO, Vincent P., Pvt., 145 Wave rley St., Yonkers, K. Y. DASHNIER, Lloyd M., Pic., 870 Elmore St., Green Hay, \\'isc.
C.\PUTO, Louis, Pvt., Watson, W. Va. DAVIS, Albert C., Pic. , 334 N. Hill St., South Bend, Ind.
C\RAWAN, Jack M., Pvt., 825 Newington AYe., Baltimore, l\Id . DAVIS , Bruce, Pvt., RR I, c/o Wm. Spielman, Boyceville, Wise.
CARRIS, Howard J., Cpl., 1110 Logan St., La Crosse, Wise. DAVIS, J. L., Pvt. , 801 Grand Ave., Waukegan, Ill.
C\RCIERI, Alfred, T/4, 869 Charles St., N. Providence, R. I. DAVIS, Oscar W. , T/4, 224 N. Kerr St., Concord, N. C.
C.\RIKI, Salvatore D., Sgt., 15 Tyler St., Hyde Park, Mass. DAVIS, Richard F., Pvt., 34 Alleghany St., Roxbury. ~Iass.
C.\RLESON, Berti! C., Pfc., Knife River, Minn. DAVIS, Willard G., Pvt. , 712 W. 59th St., Chicago, Ill.
CARLSON, Arvid, Pfc., 5042 N. Woolcott Ave., Chicago, Ill . DAVISON, William, Pvt., Brookdale Ave., Kingston, Mass.
C.\RLSON, Clifford B, S/Sgt., 201 Culper St., Palo Alto, Calif. DEAN, David J., Pvt., 169 Chestnut St., Everett, Mass.
C.\RLSON, Carl G., T/5, 831 N. La Salle St., Chicago, Ill. DEANE, Carrol C., 1st Sgt., Gen. Del., Spring Garden, Calif.
CARLSON, Erland C., T/Sgt., 227 Walnut Ave., Elgin, Ill. DEBELAK, Tony, T/4, 2303 1st Ave., Hibbing, Minn.
C.\RLSON, Oliver 0., Pfc., RR 2, Benson, Minn. DEEBACK, Ralph M:, 1st Sgt., 367 W. 48th St., Seattle, Was!t.
CARMEAN, Clyde R., T/4, Thompsonville, M ich. DEGEER, William, Pfc., 415 Chestnut St., McPherson, Kan.
C.-\RNEY, John A., Jr., T/4, 23 Hardenburg St., New Brunswick, K. J. DEIGNAN, Joseph F., Pic., 2526 Cedar Ave., Scranton, Pa.
CAROLLO, Pietro, Pfe., RFD 5, Manitowoc, Wise. DELVISCO, Albert, Pfc., 33 Everett St., Everett, Mass.
CARON, Emery R., Pvt., 219 Ives St., Providence, R. I. DEMING, Frank C., Sgt., 230 Choctaw Cour•, Pritchard, Ala.
CARPENTER, Francis P., T/5, 22 Orange St., Sommenvorth, N. H .. DEMPSEY, Francis J., Pic., 402 Stone St., Osceola Mills, Pa.
CARR, Willard H., Pvt., Hickory, Ky. DENNIS, Robert E., T/4, 1538 E. Williams St., Marion, Ind.
CARRICO, John L., Pvt., RFD No. 2, Springfield, Ky. DENNIS, W. B. , Pvt., 248 Stockton St., Hightstown, N. J.
C::ARRON, Leo W., Pvt. , Des Moines, Iowa. DESARIO, Joseph, Sgt. , 1125 S. Morgan St., Chicago, IlL
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DETWILER, Duaine R., Pvt., RR 3, Jefferson City, Mo.
DEVANEY, Francis X., Pvt., 4507 Clifton Ave. , Chicago, Ill. FOX, Arthur J., Sgt., 80 Tulip Ave., Floral Park, Long Islan<l, N. Y.
DEVITO, Anthony M., Pfc., 6703 Fir Ave., Cleveland, Ohio. FOX, William R., Pvt., Gen. Del., Corcoran, Calif.
DEWEY, Thedire E., Sgt., Gridley, Kan. FRANCE, John D., T/5, Camp Merril Star Route, Philips, Wise.
DICK, Wilford, Pvt., SO Y, Howell St., Hillsdale, Mich. FRANCESCHINI, Anthony ] ., S/Sgt. , 1645 West Superior St., Chicago, Ill .
DICKSON, John W. , T/5, Route No. 3, Harlingen, Texas. FRANK, Andrew ]., Pfc., 819 W. 56th St. , Chicago, Ill.
DIESEL, Donald L., Pvt., SIS Grant St., Houston, Pa. FRAUMENI, A. ]., Pfc., 25 Huntington St., Cambridge, Mass.
DrESEN, Arnold B., T/4, Germantown, Ill. FREDRICK, G. K., Cpl., 517 Franklin St., Sparta, Wise.
DIETZ, Adam J., T/5, Belfield, N. D. FRENCH, Harold J., Pvt., 75 Mulberry St., Pawtucket, R. I.
DIETZ, Henry W., Pfc., 10170 132nd St. , Richmond Hill, Queens, N. Y. FRIEDEMANN, Oscar A., Pvt. , RR 2, Stillwater, Okla.
DIKOON, Jonathan J. , T/5, 361 Smith St., Providence, R. I. FRIEDMAN, David, Pvt., 20 Cargill Ave., Worchester, Mass.
DILLINGHAM, David C., Cpl., 23720 Hudson, Dearborn, Mich. FRITZ, Cedric R., T/Sgt., 546 N. Walnut St. , Centralia, Ill.
DILLINGHAM, James W., Pvt., Dawson Springs, Ky. FRONCZAK, Frank ] ., T/4, 4742 S. Wood St., Chicago, Ill.
DILLON, L. P., Pfc., Thompsonville, Ill. FULCHER, Matthew, L., T/5, Parkers Island, N. C.
DI PONZIANO, Paul, Pfc., 1638 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, Pa. FUNK, Henry B., T/5, 100 S. 34th St., Louisville, Ky.
DISHEROON, Samuel E., S/Sgt., 707 Logan St., Belleville, Ill. FUSCO, Nick L., Sgt., 82 Halsted St., Chicago, Ill.
DOANE, John D., Pvt., 2115 Curtis St., Warren, Mich. •FUSZARD, Austin R., T/5, P. 0. Box 198, Goodman, Wise.
DODDS, Roger W., T/4, 114 Tennessee, Pine Bluff, Ark.
DOMARACKI, Andrew J., T/5, 87 Charles St. , Newark, N. J.
DOMBROWSKI, Frank B., Cpl., 2955 E. 8lst St., Chicago, Ill. G
DOMKA, Martin J., Pfc., Rt. !, Wittenberg, Wise.
DONAHUE, James S., Pvt., 10 Garland St., Boston, Mass. GAGE, Robert L., S/Sgt., Route 3, Box 238, England, Ark.
DOSS, George E., Sgt., Route No. 3, Cameron, Tex. GAGNON, Joseph A., Jr., T/5, 1168 Stuart St., Green Bay, Wise.
DRESSER, Herbert V., T/5, 107 Wilburn St. , Reading, Mass. GALLAWAY, James, Pvt., 2935 Maurepas St., New Orleans, La.
DRISCOLL, Thomas E., T/4, New Hampshire. GAMZON, Abraham, Pfc., 2198 Cruger St., Bronx, N. Y.
DuBOIS, Lester I., T/5, 1213 S. Park St. , Red Wing, Minn. GARDINO, Anthony ]., S/Sgt., 324 Precita Ave., San Francisco, Calif.
DUDLEY, Maurice L., S/Sgt., Scranton, Iowa. GARDNER, Harry C., Jr., Sgt., Gen. Del. , Oak Ridge, N. C.
DUFAULD, Leo H ., Pvt., RFD 2, Box 278A, Haverhill, Mass. GARDNER, W. B., Sgt., Solon Mills, Ill.
DUKES, Clemon, Pvt., Route ! , Central City, Ky. GARRETT, Berlin L., Pvt., Route 12, Knoxville, Tenn.
DUNCAN, R. L., Pvt. , 947 Y, Woodster Rd., West, Barberton, Ohio. GARSIA, Louie, Pvt., Santa Fe, New Mexico.
DUX, Arthur R., S/Sgt., 615 Mill St., Sparta, Wise. GARTIN, John H., Pvt. , RFD I, Union Star, Mo.
DWYER, Edward N ., Pvt., RR I, Galena, Ill. GARVEY, Vance P., T/5, RR I, Kaukauna, Wise.
DYE, Floyd M., Pvt., 1734 Leigh Ave., Flint, Mich. *GASPARD, Donald R., Pfc., 1974 E. 226th St., Euclid, Ohio.
DYLAK, Bernard ]., T/5, 2314 A. W. Burnham St. , Milwaukee, Wise. GASPER, Jerome ]., T/5, 1324 W. Hopkins St., Milwaukee, Wise.
DYSKA, Edmund J,, T/5, 4911 'Vesson Ave., Detroit, Mich. GATTER, Walter S., T/5, 2318 N . Bodine St. , Philadelphia, Pa.
GAZAM, Harold, T/5, 1841 N. Hubbard St., Milwaukee, Wise.
GEDDES, Paul F., S/Sgt., 331 Campbell St. , Williamsport, Pa.
E GEIGER, Ffed W., S/Sgt., 546 N . Harding Ave., Chicago, Ill.
GELFAND, Max, Pvt., 1097 Walton Ave., Bronx, N. Y.
EARLY, Edwa•d ]., Pvt., 208 Third Ave., Joliet, Ill. GEMMING, George J., T/5, 1703 Gates Ave., New York, N. Y.
EAVER, G. T., T/5, 1621 W. Division St., Chicago, Ill. GERSICH, A. W., Pvt., 315 2nd St., SW., Chisholm, Mjnn.
EBERL, Arnold G., Cpl., 4027 Irving Park Blvd., Chicago, Ill. GHp)EELA, Rino ]., Pic., Mountain Blvd., Watchung, N. J.
EBERT, Mervin E., Pfc., Sutton, Nebr. *GIBSON, George, Cpl., 603Y, Market St., Brownsville, Pa.
EDWARDS, Glenmore, Pvt., 706 Pleasant Ave. , Peckville, Pa. GIBSON, Henry A., S/Sgt., 401 Jackson St., Lexington, Tenn.
EDWARDS, James C., T/5, Speedwell, Tenn. GIBSON, Harold G., Pfc., Pineville Rd., Neosho, Mo.
EDWARDS, Joe Hazen, Jr., 1st Sgt., RFD No. 2, Box 56, Visalia, Calif. GICKING, Robert F., T/5, 414 Montgomery Ave., West Pittson, Pa.
EGGE, Glen C., Pvt., Rt. I, Luck, Wise. GIDDY, Harold K., 1st Sgt., Gen. Del., Hackleburg, Ala.
EGGLESON, William, Pvt., Gen. Del., Bastrop, Tex. GILLIAME, Ralph S., Pfc., 513 Hubbard St., Green Bay, Wise.
EGOLF, Herbert, S/Sgt., 2240 N. 17th St., Philadelphia, Pa. GILLMAN, Daniel G., Pfc., 518 Spring St. , Streator, Ill.
EICHHORST, William C., T/4, RFD 2, Box 69, Elgin, lll. GILMORE, R. L., Pfc., RFD No. I, Herried, S. D.
ELIAS, Robert E., Pvt., RFD I, South, St. Paul, Minn. GLAZMAN, Michael, Pfc., 196 Rooler Ave., Beaver Dam, Wise.
ELKA, Howard H., T / 5, 5104 lOth Ave. South, Minneapolis, Minn. GLENN, Robert S., Pvt., 229 N. Taylor St., St. Louis, Mo.
ELLIOTT, Warren D., Sgt., 1357 Downing St., Denver, Colo. GLENNON, Thomas F., Pvt., 10 Gardner St., Roxbury, Mass.
ELLIS, William W., Pvt., Warrenton, Va. GODDARD, James I., Sgt., 556 W. !80th St. , New York, N. Y.
ELOVICH, Harold S., T/4, 84 Vine St., Hartford, Conn. GOFF, Robert D., Pvt., Box 165, Loving, New Mexico.
EMERICK, R. F., Pvt., 411 North St., Hoquin, Wash. GOLDBERG, Lawrence, Sgt., 381 Williams Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.
EMERSON, Robert S. , M/Sgt., Wanemingo, Minn. GOLLON, Lucian V., Sgt., 2403 Florian Ave., Hamtramck, Mich.
ENSLEY, Burger G., Pvt., Sylvia, N. C. GOMAN, Howard E., Pfc. , 131 21st Ave., St. Cloud, Minn.
ERAMO, Horace P., Pfc., 8735 17th Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. GOMEZ, Pedro L., Pfc., 302 St. Francis St., Brownsville, Tex.
ERICKSON, Quintin I., Pfc., Box 154, Franklin, Minn. GOMOLKA, Joseph J., T/5, Box 52, Benedict, Pa.
ESCHETE, Herbert, Pfc., Box 496, Lafitte, La. GONSCHOREK, William, Pvt., 1206 Third St., Wausau, Wise.
ESQUIBEL, Feliberto, Pfc., San Pablo, Colo. GONZALES, Promo A., Pfc., W. Santa Fe St .. Placenta, Calif.
ETNYRE, Robert E., Pfc., 512 N . 6th St., Oregon, Ill. GOODE, J. W. ]f., Pvt., 1325 Walnut, Waco, Tex.
EVANS, Andrew R., T/4, 1341 Woodsrun Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. GORDON, Jacob, Pvt., 1959 Pingree Ave., Detroit, Mich.
EVANS, George L., T/4, 15811 Lauder St., Detroit, Mich. GORE, Charles W., S/Sgt., 707 Church St., Sparta, Tenn.
GORMAN, William, Pfc., RFD No. 3, Canton, S. D.
EVANS, Joe B., Pvt. , 87 N. Maryland St., Amarillo, Tex. GOTHARD, Robert A., Pvt., Pontiac, Mich.
EVANS, Jess L., Pvt., 119 W. 12th St., Streator, Ill. GOTTO, Frank, T/5, 156 Second St., Elizabeth, Pa.
GOTTSCHALK, Lawrence W., Jr., Pvt., 2223 Robinwood Ave., Toledo, Ohio.
GRACE, G. L., Pfc., New Boston, Ill.
F GRACZYK, William J. , Jr., Pfc., 1533 N. Rockwell St., Chicago, Ill.
GRAFF, Walter F., Pvt., 2612 Meadow Lane, Manitowoc, Wise.
FABER, Walter H., Cpl., Silver Lake, Wise. GRAHAM, John E., Pvt., 153 Monotuck St., Florence, Mass.
FAGAN, Hugo M., T/5, RR 2, Brooklyn, Wise. GRAHAM, R. G., Pvt., 200 North C. St. , Sheyboygan, Wise.
FALBERG, Robert F., Cpl., 983 Chester St., Birmingham, Mich. GRANIUS, Emil J., Pvt. , Brussels, Wise.
FALLON, William P., Pvt., Railroad St. , Oakland, R. I. GREGA, John P., Pfc., 8218 Coles Ave., Chicago, Ill.
*FARREL, Bernard, Sgt. , 569 West !84th St. , New York, N . Y. GREGORY, Primo A., Sgt., Route I, Springfield, Ohio.
FARTHING, William G., S/Sgt. , Box 506, Yorktown, Va. GREIN, Orin A., T/5, 919 Kelleway, El Paso, Tex.
FELESKY, G. F. , Pvt., 2933 McGuffey Rd., Youngstown, Ohio. GRIFFITH, Roy A. , S/Sgt., Box 70, Douglas City, Calif.
FERRIER, Carl W., Cpl. , 1645 W . Saratoga St., Ferndale, Mich. GRIMSLEY, Leslie B. , Pfc., 26 E. 15th St. , New Albany, Ind.
FERRINGER, Peter H., Pvt., 2096 N. Project Dr. , Warren, Ohio. GRINDLE, Norman, T/5, Aitkin, Minn.
FERO, Steve, T/5, Route 6, Canton, Ill. GRUNER, Duane D., Pvt. , 13575 Fenton Rd., Fenton, Mich.
FIELDER, Fred R., Pfc., 206 W. Walnut St. , Gurdon, Ark. GUIBERSON, Paul C., 1st Sgt. , 869 S. Main St. , Butte, Mont.
FIDLER, Edward W., Sgt., 788 E. !56th St., Bronx, N. Y. GULBRANSON, G. L., Pfc., Route No. 4, Bagley, Minn.
FIJALKOWSKI, Frank J., Pfc., 4568 Bermuda St., Philadelphia, Pa. GURIN, Gerald, Pvt., 3881 Sedwick Ave., New York, N. Y.
FINK, WILLIAM S., T /5, 5037 S. Ada St., Chicago, Ill. GURLEY, Robert C., T/5, 69 Franklin St., Concord, N . H.
FIRST, Victor C., T / 5, Brooklyn, Mich. GUSTAFSON, Delbert H., S/Sgt., Lancaster, Minn.
FISCHER, William J., Pfc., RR 3, Box 78, Weyawega, Wise.
FISHER, Raymond E., Jr., Pfc. , 1117 Kingslea Road, Columbus, Ohio.
FISHER, William A. , Sgt., Brown City, Mich. H
FITE, J. M., Cpl., Alamogordo, New Mexico.
FITTS, James L., Sgt., 110 Walnut St., Akron, Ohio. HAASE, Calvin, Sgt., Route No. 2, Union Grove, Wise.
FLANNIGAN, V. A., Pfc., Route 6, Bigelow Gulch, Spokane, Wash. HACKETT, James L., Sgt., 304 N. Main, Lee Summit, Mo.
FLENS, Charles E., Pfc., 1657 N . Kedvale Ave., Chicago, Ill. HAGLER, E. L., Pvt., 208 E. State St., St. Johns, Mich.
FLINT, Clifford E., T /5, Rauch, Minn. HAHN, Marvin R., T/5, 915 Utica St. , Toledo, Ohio.
FLORIO, Michael J., Pvt. , 1654 77th St., Brooklyn, N. Y. HALBERG, LeRoy H., T/4, Route No. I, Glidden, Wise.
FLOWERS, W. C., Pfc., Route 5, Canton, Tex. HALE, C. ]., Cpl., North Street Trailer Camp, Talladega, Ala.
FOCHS, Robert H. , T/5, 208 E. Arnold St., Marshfield, Wise. HALLISEY, William P. , Pfc., 46 Howard Square, Brocketon, Mass.
FOLEY, Wilburn H., Pvt., Route H, Martin, Tenn. HANEY, R. B., Pvt., 3106 N. 19th St., Waco, Tex.
FORGEY, Edwin N., S/Sgt., Sparta, Mo. HANNAH, Robert C., S/Sgt., 1941 Landa St., Los Angeles, Calif.
FORTNER, R. M., Pvt. , Bogara, Tex. HANNEMAN, Robert R. , Pvt., Hemingford, Nebr.
FOSSE. Wilsie, Pfc., Route 2, Marion, Ill. HANSEN, Harry R., Pvt., RR I, Auburndale, Wise.
FOSTER, Donald N., Sgt., 1442 Lincoln St. , Eugene, -Ore. HANSHAW, Frank J., Pfc., RD I, Ithaca, N. Y.
FOSTER, John B., Pvt., 22 Western Ave., Fond du Lac, Wise. HANSON, Carl J., P>t. , New Richmond, Wise.

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HANSON, Ernest S., Sgt., 5712 S. Artesian Ave., Chicago, Ill.
HANSON, Ronald I., T/5, 4811 Ferdinand St., Chicago, Ill.
HANSON, Theodore W., T/5, Mason, Wise. JACKSON, James E., T/4, 712 Court St., Lynchburg, Va.
HANTZ, B. E., M/Sgt., P. 0. Box 95, Binger, Okla. JACKSON, Ralph E., Pvt., 93 Sachem St., Quincy, Mass.
HANZL, Joseph, Pvt., Box 72, Twin Lake, Wise. JACKSON, Robert W., T/5, 518 N. Negley Ave., Pittsburg, Pa.
HARDING, J. T., Cpl., 626-A N . 28th St., Milwaukee, Wise. JACKSON, Thomas L., T/5, Highland Park, Lake Wales, Fla.
HARE, Kelly R ., Pvt., RR I, Box 303, Edenton, N. C. JACKSON, Walter, Cpl., 1424 E. 65th Place, Chicago, Ill.
HARLOW, Robert F., T/Sgt., 5707 N. Kent Ave., Milwaukee, Wise. JACOBSEN, Henry E., Sgt., 1723 N. Pulaski Rd., Chicago, Ill.
HARMON, Ralph, Pvt., Zearing, Iowa. JACOBSEN, Alger P., Pic., RFD I, Box 14-A. Angora, Minn.
HARMON, R. B., Pvt., Gen. Del., Grundy, Va. JAGGERS , Walter H., Pvt., 2356 N. 15th St., Philadelphia, Pa.
HARRINGTON, John J., T/4, 122 W. 24th St., Erie, Pa. JAKUM, Frank J,, S/Sgt., 2048-A N. 32nd St., Milwaukee, Wise.
HARRIS, Charles E. W., Pvt., Main St., Warner, N. H. JAMES, Lawrence W., T/5, 3740 Behm Rd., Columbus, Ohio.
HARRIS, Neil M., Pfc., 1819 Indiana St., Lawrence, Kan. JAMESON, Collin S., Pvt., 6645 S. Yale Ave., Chicago, Ill.
HARRIS, Paul H., Pfc., RFD No. I, Pittsburgh, Ill. JANICK, E. H., T/5, Route 4, Temple, Tex.
HART, 0. C., Cpl., RFD No. I, Augusta, Kan. JANYZEK, Raymond, Pvt., 3188 Edgemont St., Philadelphia, Pa.
HART, Robert M., Jr., Sgt., 738 E. 6Y, St., Houston, Tex. JAWORSKI, Louis F., T/5, SIS Robinson St., Baltimore, Md.
HARTMANN, George N., Pvt., 40 Windsor Ave., Rockville, Conn. JAYCOX, Robert H., T/5, 125 Kneke Ave., Effingham, Ill.
HARTWIG, Ernest 0., Cpl., RFD No. 3, Fort Atkinson, Wise. JAYNE, Towner A., Sgt., Davenport, Wash.
HASKINS, Harry J., Pvt., Alexandria, Minn. JEANBLANC, LeRoy A., Pfc., Route 1, West Brooklyn, Ill.
HASSAMER, William, Pvt., 1230 State St., Green Bay, Wise. JENDERSECK, Edward, T/5, 2810 4th St., N., St. Cloud, Minn.
HASSETT, John F., Pvt., 2332 N. Bouvier St., Philadelphia, Pa. JENSON, Edward A., 1st Sgt., 915 Central Ave., Union City, N. J.
HAUS, James B., Jr., Pfc., 401 Beaver Ave., Ashland, Wise. JIRKOWSKY, Thomas, Pte., 1840 Highland Ave., Berwyn, Ill.
HAYS, Donald L., S/Sgt., Route I, Gentry, Ark. JOB, Kermit A., Pfc., 5368 Broadway, Oakland, Calif.
HAYS, Sam B., Pfc., Gleason, Tenn. JOHNSON, Glenn H., Sgt., 1018 2nd St., Brookings, S. D.
HEANEY, Thomas D., Pvt., 566 Benefit St., Pawtucket, R. I. JOHNSON, James A., Cpl., 4005 -Lyndale Ave., Minneapolis, Minn.
HEARN, James R., Pfc., Warland, Mont. JOHNSON, J, L., Pfc., 245 Palmetto Ave., San Francisco, Calif.
HEATH, Russell, Cpl., RFD No. 6, Richmond, Va. JOHNSON, John M., Pfc., Route 1, Box 209, Waukegan, Ill.
HEDSTROM, Quinton G., S/Sgt., 919 6th Ave. East., Alexandria, Mim1. JOHNSON, L. E., S/Sgt., Tilden, Nebr.
HEFLING, JOHN L., T/5, 231 Monroe St., Sheboygan Falls, Wise. JOHNSON, Perl D., Pfc., 182 E. 1st St., Mansfield. Ohio.
HEIN, Joseph M., Pfc., 1117 27th St., Two Rivers, Wise. JOHNSON, Sidney C., Pvt., 61 S. Macomb St., Monroe, Mich.
HEINTZ, Robert L., Pfc., 630 S. Washington St., Mt. P leasant, Mich. JOHNSRUD, Joseph, Pvt., Cook, Mich.
HEINZ, John G., Jr., Pvt., 284 Hallock Ave., New Haven, Conn. JONES, Franklin B., Pvt., 2216 Farleigh St., Chattanooga, Tenn.
HELLMAN, Lloyd A., T/5, 4456 Gibson Ave., St. Louis, Mo. JONES, John D., Cpl., 317 S. Blaine St., Wellington, Kan.
HELVEY, Robert L., Pvt .. Peterstown, W. Va. ,TONES, Randolph, Cpl., RR 2, Lexington, Tenn.
HELWIG. W. E., Pvt., 5944 S. Arthur St., Argo, Ill. JONES, Robert, Pvt., 4837 W. 96th Place, Oak Lawn, Ill.
HENNESSEY, Vincent H., Pvt., 5302 Browdale Dr., Little Neck, Long Island, JONES, Thomas E., Sgt., RR I, Brownington, Mo.
N.Y. JONES, V. F., Pvt., 408 W. Palm Road, House, Ill.
HENRY, John D ., S/Sgt., 1915 N. Main St .. Houston, Tex. JONES. Vernon Z., Pvt., Box 477, Colerain Pike, Martins Ferry, Ohio.
HERBERT, Stephen W., T/5, Hollywood, Md. JOSEPH, Carmel, Pvt., 64 Jefferson St., Fall River, Mass.
HERMAN, Matthew, Pvt., 3852 Fairmont Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. JOSEPH, John, Pvt., 320 Hill St., Jessup, Pa.
HERRING, Boyd D., T/5, Route I, Hope Mills, N. C. JOYE, Carlyle, Pfc., Gen. Del., St. Stephen, S. C.
HERRING, Lonnie L., Pvt., Route 2, Box 207, Chowchilla, Calif. JOYE, Carlysie, Pfc., Box 51, Willard, Kan.
HERRON, A. H., Pvt., Route I, Direct, Tex. TOYNER, Rex, T/5, Route 1, Dill, Okla.
HERSMAN, Irving I., Pvt., 38 Wentworth Terrace, Dorchester, Mass. JUNG, Wayne B., S/Sgt., 1031 N. Sth St., Sheboygan, Wise.
HERTENSTEINER, Robert, Pvt., 713 Center St., Sheboygan, Wise. JUSTICE, Ernest J., Pvt., 131 E. Warren St., Columbus, Ohio.
HERULA, Joseph F., Pvt., 2041 Evergreen Ave., Chicago, Ill.
HIBICKE, George L., T/5, 227 E. Rosedale Ave., Milwaukee, Wise.
•HIGGINS, Daniel C., Pfc., 3942 N. Paulina St., Chicago, Ill. X
HILLMAN, A. F., T/5, 322 Carrie St., Salt St. Marie, Mich .
HINRICHSEN, George, Pfc., llY. Diagonal St., Savannah, t lol. *KAMINSKI, Stanley B., Pvt:, 5907 Lansing Ave., Cleveland, Ohio.
l HINTZ, Melvin E., S/Sgt., Route 2, Box 190, Wausau, Wise. KANDELL, Milton, Pvt., 4941 S. Ashland Ave., Chicago, Ill.
HIZNY, George, Pvt., 68 E. 7th St., Wyoming, Pa. KANTORSKI, Henry P., Cpl., 2807 S. 7th St., Milwaukee, Wise.
HOEFER, Fremont E., Pvt., 333 N. 4th Ave., Wausau, Wise. KANUIK, William, Pvt., 530 Second Ave., Jessup, Pa.
HOEY, Frank E., Cpl., 145 Spruce St., Sunbury, Pa.
HOFFMAN, Ralph, Pfc., 630 Jefferson St., Effingham, IJI. KARBOWSKI, Leonard F., Pfc., 1936 S. 19th St., Milwaukee, Wise.
HOFMAN, Edwin A., Pvt., 127 N. 7th St., Wausau, Wise. KARJECIK, Stephen P., Pfc., 11509 Dale Ave., Cleveland, Ohio
HOFMEISTER, Maurice H., Sgt., 1568 Colfax Ave., Benton Harbor, Mich. KARNECK, Frank J., Pvt., 1608 S. Allport St., Chicago, Ill.
HOFMEISTER, Joseph P., T/5, 822-A W. Pierce St., Milwaukee, Wise. KAS, Egon, Pfc., 15635 Mapleridge, Detroit, Mich.
HOFSTAD, Chester L., S/Sgt., 413 3rd St. NE., Minot, N. D. . KATZENELLENBOGEN, George, Pvt., 705 Girard Ave., Bronx, N. Y.
HOHLT, Norman W., S/Sgt., 5368 Claxton St., St. Louis. Mo. KATSOFF, Rubin, Pvt., 37 Sammet! St., Melden, Mass.
HOLBICK, John F., S/Sgt., 2109 St. Clair St., Racine, Wise. KEARNEY, Richard J., Cpl., RFD No. 1, Storm Lake, Iowa.
HOLLIDAY, Joseph W., T/5, 300 Jefferson St., Roanoke, N. C. KEEFER, Martin E., Pvt., 10 Argyle Ave., Garrett Park, Montgomery County,
HOLTSLAW, Vernice A., Cpl., Sandoval, Ill. Maryland.
HOMA, Peter M., Pfc., 16 Bennett, Laurence, Mass. KEITH, Benjamin G., Pvt., Route 2, Ripley, N. Y.
HOMAN, Donald J,, S/Sgt., 1066 Harwood St., Vancouver, B. C., Canada. KEKOPOULOS, John C., Cpl., 9 Spring St., Newburyport, Mass.
HOLME, Gunnard L., T/4, Box 44, Caspian, Mich. KELLY, Joseph, Pfc., 415 Grace St., Lansing, Mich.
HOMAN, Edward P., Pfc., 191 Springdale Ave., Meridan. Conn. KELSO, J. J., Pvt., 1212 Main St., Darby, Pa.
HOPES, Arvin L., T/4, 123Y, W. 60th St., Los Angeles, Calif. KENDRA, Casimir, Pfc., 2003 Huntin Park Ave., Philadelphia, Pa.
HOPPE, Charles A., Pfc., 2326 N. 19th St., Milwaukee, Wise. KENNEDY, L. B., T/5, 305 Florida Ave., Mt. Pleasant, Tenn.
HORN, Abe, Pfc., 535 S. 14th St., Newark, N. J. KENZIE, Raymond J., T/4, 1440 E. Marquette Road, Chicago, Ill.
HORNE, C. D., Pvt., 906 E. D. St., Ontario, Calif. KERNS, Commodore L., Pvt., 1936 N. 14th St., Kansas City, Kan.
HORNER, Ralph, T/5, Route No. I, Talbot, Tenn. KESTI, Henry R., Pfc., Route 3, Hood River, Wash.
HORTON, Joel B., T/5, 221 Janigan Ave., Chattanooga, Tenn. KILMURAY, Arthur J ., T/4, 385 Adams St., Dorchester, Mass.
HORTON, William M., Pte., 1924 St. Clair Ave., East Liverpool, Ohio. KIMPLING, Frank W., T/5, FR, Dana, Ill.
HOTALING, Charles W., Pvt., 1804 Albany St., Schenectady, N. Y. KINDLE, E., T/4, 3521 Armour Ave., Cudahy, Wise.
HOULE, Leon E., Pvt., 162 Jackson St., Willimantic, Conn. KING, Edgar E. , Sgt., Gen. Del., Disney, Okla.
HOUSTON, Lauren E., Pvt., La Harpe, Ill. KING, Edward G., Sgt., RR No. 2, Corsicana, Tex.
HRABAK, Louis, Pvt., 9 W. De Witt St., Pana, Ill. KING, Francis, Pvt., 63 French St., New Brunswick, N. J.
KINNEY, Francis T. , Pvt. , 302 16th St., East Moline, Ill.
HRIN, John, Pvt., 8th & American Ave., Carrolville, Wise. KIRBY, Cedric C., T/5, Barnes City, Iowa.
HUBRICH, Richard L., T/5, 3923 N. Southport, Chicago, IJI. KIZIOR, Edward, Pfc., Pulaski, Wise.
HUFF, Alfred E., Pfc., Aliens Creek, Va. KLAWITTER, William E. , Cpl., 2936 S. Throop St., Chicago, Ill.
KLIEWER, Arnold, T/5, Longdale, Okla.
HUFFMAN, Lester G., Pfc., Laflin, Mo. KLICKER, Donald J., T/4, 204 Susannah St., Pekin, Ill.
HUGHES, Herbert, Pfc., Route 2, Taylor Ridge, Ill. KLINE, Edwin, Cpl., 322 E. Richmond St., Philadelphia, Pa.
HUGUNIN, A. L., T/4, 5157 Hutchinson Ave., Chicago, Ill. KLINE, Joseph W., Cpl., RD No. 1, Box 721-A, Wilkinsburg, Pa.
KLOMP, Gerrit G., Cpl., 321 Colonial St., Zeeland, Mich.
HULVEY, Donald W., Pte., 1102 Dewey Ave., Galena, Kan. KNAPP, Arthur W., T/5, Brinkerhoff Terrace, Palisades Park, N. Y.
HUMPHREY, Joseph, Pfc., c/o Arolac Inc., Paftville, Conn. KNETZGER, Robert L. , T/5, Colgate, Wise.
HUMPHREY, Leighton L., T/5, Fertile, Iowa. KNICELY, Walter G., Pvt. , Box 426, Coeburn, Va.
KNIGHT. Edwin K., Cpl., 503 lOth St., S., Fargo, N. D.
HUNT, W. W., Pfc., Baraboo, Wise. KNUTSON, Donald K., T/5, 1010 S. 4th St., St. Peter. Minn.
HUSA, Fred, T /5, 3680 Independence Road, Cleveland, Ohio. KOCINSKI, Henry B., Pvt. , 506 N. 6th St., La Crosse, Wise.
HYNEK, Charles, Pfc., Route 2, Cato, Wise. KOESTER, Fred W., Pvt., Fort Gage, Ill.
KOHL. Oliver J., Pvt., 1010 Chicago St., Galena, Kan.
KOHOUT. Jerry. Pvt. , Route 4, Anoka, Minn.
KOLACEK, William J. , Jr. , Cpl. , 317 S. Chauncy Ave., Fayette, Ind.
KOLINEK. William B., Pvt., Harrison St., East Islip, N. Y.
INCOLLINGO, Armand A., Pfc., 613 W. Risingson Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. *KOLLATH, Robe1t E., Pvt. , 310 Doty St., Neenah. \Vise.
IRISH, Ralph C., Pvt., SO Bluff Road, Bath, Maine. KONSTAD, Guyo H., Pfc. , 1220 Y, 13th Ave. E., Hibbing, Minn.
ISON, Charles C., Pvt., Grayson, Ky. KORELTZ. John A.. Pfc., 620 Jones St. , Eveleth, Minn.
KOROPATKIN. Nickolas, Pvt .. 129 Governor St., Hartfort, Conn.
IVANSAUSKAS, Joseph, Pfc., 817 Geor!lia Ave., Sheboygan, Wise. KOSE. E. M., Pvt., 23 Cooper St.. Manchester, Conn.
IWINSKI, Edward S., Pvt., 3347 Fleetwood St., Pittsburg, Pa. KOUKKARI, Enio J., Pfc., 341 Cedar St., Ishpeming, Mich.
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KOWALIUK, Nick, T/5, Star Route, Lancaster, Minn. MAJERUS, ]. W., Pfc., Earling, Iowa.
KOWALSKI, James F., T/Sgt., 8126 South Shore Drive. Chicago, Ill. J\IAKELA, Julius, Pfc., Aur, Minn.
KOWITZ, Gilbert, T/5, Bowdon, :\. D.
KRAFT, John, Pvt., RR 1, Ke"· Ross, Ind. :i\IALIK, John S., Pvt., 6S Briston Terrace, l'\augatuck, Conn.
KRAJEWSKI, Alfred J., Pfc., 18~3 \Y. -E,·ergreen A,·e., Chicago, 1ll. MALINOWSKI, Henry R., T/5, 4742 S. Seeley Ave., Chicago, Ill.
KRAMER, Ross D., Pfc. , Elcho. \Yisc. MALLISON, William, Pvt., Dry Hill Road, Norwalk, Conn.
KREBS, Abraham J., Pic., 290 E. 2nd St., :\ew York, ?\. Y. MANNING, Kenneth F., T/Sgt., 11549 S. Church St., Chicago, Ill.
MANNING, Leonard, Cpl., Charon Falls, Ohio.
KRUEGER, E. A., Pfc., 2i59 N. 24th Place. Milwaukee, "'isc. MANSHACK, I. C., Sgt., Center, Tex.
KRUEGER, Paul H., Pfc., Route 5, Edgar, \\'isc. J\IANTER, Emerson S., Pfc., Griffith, Ind.
KRUSE, Ernest H., T/5, Dunbar, Kebr.
KRUSZKA, Stanley L., Pfc., 2515 S. 15th St., Milwaukee, \\'isc. MARQUARDT, Wilbert 0., Pvt., 1505 N. 12th St., J\Iilwaukee, \\'isc.
KUBEK, Steve, Pfc., RFD 1, Hom·erS\·ille. Pa. MARSHALL, D. H., S/Sgt., 604 E. Rh·erside Drive, Newport, Ky.
~fARTIN, Carl, Pvt., RR 1, Huntington, Pa.
KULINSKI, John, T/5, 3819 S. 19th St., Milwaukee, \Yisc. MARTIN, James W., Pvt., 6146 Greenwood Ave., Chicago, Ill.
KUNDE. Albert F., Pvt., Bridgeman, :l\lich. MARTIN, Luther S., Pfc., Route 2, Reagan, Tenn.
KeRZEKA, lviarvin A., S/Sgt., 3310 Fremont Ave., ~iinneapolis, ?\linn. MARUSICH, Edward, Pic., 1876 Hennyln St., La Salle, Ill.
KORAL. Stephen, Pfc., 45 S. 13th St.. Pittsburgh, Pa.
KOSS, FrankS., Pfc. , 1265 l\. Honore St., Chicago, Ill. MASON, Lawrence W., T/5, 806 DeClark St., Beaver Dam, Wise.
MASTERS, Robert L., Pfc., Route 2, Elwood, Ind.
MATHEWS, ]. A., T/Sgt., 580 Francis St., Sunnyvale, Calif.
MATHURIN, Joseph A., Pv-t., 196 Washington St., Central Falls, R. I.
L MATLOCK, Harley 0., Pv-t., Mount Enterprise, Tex.
MATNEY, L. A., T/4, State Hospital, Osawatomie, Kan.
LABENBURG, William C., PYt.. ll6 S. 1st St., Leighton, Pa. MATTIX, Kenneth D., Pfc., Box 65, New Sharon, Iowa.
LACAIRE, Phillip E., Pvt., 10 Cottage St., Spencer, Mass. MATUSEK, Eddie H., Pfc., 2251 N. La Verne Ave., C.hi.c ago, Ill.
LADNY, Fred B., Pfc., 136 Thorndike St., Cambridge, Mass. lviATUSOVIC, Carl J., Pvt., 2312 Snelling Ave., Minneapolis, Minn.
LA DUE. George S., T/4, 4327 N. Marmora Ave., Chicago, Ill. MATZ, Lester, Cpl., 35 N. Patterson Park, Baltimore. Md.
LAFFERTY, Joseph T., T/4, 621 Darby Terrace, Darby, Pa. MAXFIELD, Harold M., Pic. , Mill St., Harrison, Maine.
LAGE, Robert L., Sgt., 1015 Sill Ave., Aurora, Ill. MAXWELL, George D., Pvt., 26 Cherry St., Waltham, Mass.
LAGODZINSKI, F., Pvt., RFD Ko. 1, Elizabethtown, Ill. MAY, Melvin, Pfc., 241 Barton St., Andalusia, Ala.
LAISY, Oscar, Pvt., 2212 Trowbridge Ave .. Cleveland, Ohio. MA YEW, Justin ]., T/5, Orville Road, Hatfield, Pa.
LAKOSKY, H . J,, Pvt., Box 2, Gheen, Minn. MAYFIELD, Leo E., Pvt., RFD 2, Peoria, Ill.
LALICH,~. James L., S/Sgt., 2879 Camden Ave., Omaha, Nebr. MAYLAND, Leon, Pvt., 524 15th Ave. SE., Minneapolis, Minn.
LAMBEKT, Virgil, Pvt., Route 4, Tazeweld, Tenn. MAYRER, Robert A., Pvt., 620 W. Wood Ave., Dayton, Ohio.
LAMBERTY, Leonard F. , Pvt. , 307 Concord Pl., Ch icago, Ill. MAZUR, John, T/5, RFD 4, Norwich, Conn.
LANCASTER, John, Pvt., 7 Saxton St., Dorchester, Mass. McALLISTER, Duncan P., Cpl., 3003 Memohis St., Philadelphia, Pa.
LANDRUM, Edgar W., Pfc. , 1924 S. 29th St., l\Iilwaukee, Wise. McCABE, Freeman B., Pic., 4072 N. Broa,dway, St. Louis, Mo.
LANG, Joseph A., Pvt. , 1433 S. 59th St., Cicero, Ill. McCAFFREY, James, Sgt., 332 7th Ave., Carnegie, Pa.
LANG, William F., Pfc. , 322 E. Richmond St., Philadelphia, Pa. McCARTHY, Charles W., T/5, 1266 Bickell Lane, Camp Taylor, Ky.
LANGSTON, Robert, Pfc. , Gen. Del.. Kountz, Tex. McCARTHY, Henry D., Cpl., 65 Summer St., Hyde Park, Mass.
LARSON, Elliott W. , Pvt., Route 1, Ruthven. Iowa. McCARTY, Ralph E., Pfc., 230 Chestnut St., Marysville, Ohio.
LARSON, 0. ,T. , T/5, RFD No. I, Box 98, Cloquet, Minn. McCONNACHIE, James M., Pfc., 188 Geary St., Buffalo, N. Y.
LARSON, Orville W., S/Sgt., 1205 Portland Ave .. St. Paul, Minn. McCREA, Willard, Cpl., Box 394, Sauk Rapids, Minn.
LAUBENHE IMER, Donald J .. Pfc., Rotrte 1, Richfield, Wise. McDANIEL, Harlen E., Pfc., RR I, Flora, Ill.
LAUER, Emil E .. p,·t., 3709 Cold Springs :Lane, Baltimore, Md. McDONALD , Arvin, T/4, RR 2, Jonesboro, Tex.
LAYMEN, Harold C., Pic. , 13343 Kilburne Ave., Detroit, Mich. McDONALD, John B., Pvt. , 5 Essex Place, Lynn, Mass.
LAZOWSKI, H. A., Pvt.; 7001 Railway .A\'e .. Dundalk, Md. McDONNELL, Francis L., Pfc., RFD No. 1, Quinn, S. D.
LE CLAIR, Howard E., T/4. 2010 Jackson St., Two Ri,·ers, \\'isc. McFARLAND, Alva, Pic., Ensign, Kan.
LEE, Earl, Jr., Pvt., Box 81, Belh·ille. Ohio. McFARLAND, William F., Pvt., 133 Minden St., Jamaica Plains, Mass.
LEE, John F., Pfc., 290 Round Hill Rd., Fairfield, Conn. McGIVERN, R. E., Pv-t. , 1207 Atlantic Ave., Morris, Minn.
LEEHANE, Bernard L. , T/5, 1062 Howard St., Winona, J\Iinn. J\IcGOVERN, James ,T., Cpl., 315 S. 7th St., La Crosse, Wise.
LEFEVRE, Russel P., Pfc., 2,523 N. 89th St., Wauwatosa, \Vise. McGOVERN, Raymond, Pvt. , 105 Elliott St., Peoria, Ill.
LEGATE, H. A., M/Sgt., Route.2, Box 89-B, Scott, Ark. McGRATH, Henry L., Pvt., Schenley Apts, Pittsburgh, Pa.
LEGER, Victor W., Sgt., 41 Newton St., Leon1inister, Mas~, MciLVAIN, Ralph E., Sgt., Madison, Kan.
LEICHEITER, Mathew J, , Pvt., Harvard, :\ebr. .. · . MciNERNEY, Robert M., T/5, 310 N. 2nd St., Allentown, Pa.
LEIFUR , Walter, Pfc., 2006 Park Ave., Minneapolis, 1\Iinn. McKELVEY, Eldon, S/Sgt., 625 Mills St., Montpelier, Ohio.
LEPSEY, Marvin R., T/4, 4147 St. W., Wilmar. J\I inn. McKENZIE, George E., Pvt., 808 E. 4th St., Hutchinson, Kan.
LESTER, John D., T/Sgt. , 8046 Vernon Ave., Chicago, Ill. McKINNEY, R. F., Cpl., RFD No . 1, Great Bend, Kan.
LESZA, James J., Sgt., 211 8 W. 23rd Place, Chicago, Ill. McLEAN, Terrence V., Pvt. , 2336 Monticello PI., Columbus, Ohio.
LEWIS, George B., Pvt., 2201 \~·arren Dlvd., Chicago, IlL McLEER, M. A., Pvt., 20 Perry St., Newport, R. I.
LEWIS, Wilbur T. , Pvt., RR 2, Stony Creek, Va. McMURROUGH, Pat, Pfc., 124 E. lOth St., Bristow, Okla.
LEY, John M. , Pfc .. 1515 Lincoln Ave., Pittsburg. Pa. McNULTY, Alfred P. , Pic., 120 4th St., Garden City, N. Y.
LIBERMAN, Leo, Pfc., 55 Medford St., Springfield, Mass. McPHERSON, Thomas R., T/5, 4324 Washington St., Roslindale, Mass.
LICHTENSTEIK, Marvin, p,·t., 207 \V. 106th St., ?\'ew York. :\. Y. MEADE, C. A., Pvt., 'Cocoa, Fla.
LINBURGH, Lawrence C., Pfc .. 825 -tth Axe. S., l\ Iinneapclis. j\Jinn.
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MENNIE, James R., Sgt., 547 Joilet St., Ottowa, Ill.
LINDLEY, Harry H., Pv-t., 1328 Alby St., Alton. Ill. MESSINA, Joseph A., Pvt., 13 Butler Road, Braintree, Mass.
LINDQUIST, Hilford, Pvt., Route 2, East Grand Forks, Minn. MEYER, Ignatius G., T/Sgt., Libby, Mont.
LINN, Carl W .. p,·t., 1311 Jones St. , Sioux City, Iowa. MEYER, W. A .. Pfc., 1211 E. 63rd St., Chicago, Ill.
LIPSCOMB, Clarence, Pfc., RR No. 4, Lexington, \'a. MICELI, John F., T/4. 1139 S. Monitor Ave., Chicago, Ill.
LITMAN, David, Pvt., 3457 Monroe St., Chicago, 111. MIEHLS, Richard H., Pvt., 704 E. 5th St., Delphos, Ohio.
LITVIN, Isadore. p,·t., 5016 N. Franklin St., Philadelphia. Pa. lviiELZYNSKI, Thaddeus A., T/5, 3140 N. St. Louis Ave., Chicago, Ill.
LIVINGSTON, \\'. H. , Pfc., 72 Princeton Rd. , Bala-Cynwyd. Pa. l\HKOLA Y, John M., Pvt., Richeville, Pa.
LOCASCIO, Frank, Pic., N. Church Road, He in burgh. ='I. J. MIKOLOGIC, John S., T/5, 233 Collins St., Plymouth, Wise.
LOEFFLER. V. H., T/4, 12046 S. State St., Chicago, III. MIKSOVSKY, Joseph, 1st Sgt., 1629 S. Euclid Ave., Berwyn, Ill.
LOGAN, LeRoy T. Jr., Pic., Glover St., Sag Harbor, N. Y. MILLER, Anton, Pvt., 2644 S. 6lst Court, Cicero, Ill.
LOGAN, \\'illiam C., Pv-t., 254 Tuscoroin Rd. , Buffalo, N. Y. MILLER, Clarence J., Pvt., Box 724, Garber, Okla.
LOHRMA='i, Phillip C., l'fe. , 1921 E. Mifflin St., Madison, \\'i,c. MILLER, I. V., PYt. Seeney, Mich.
LOLLAR. Leon B., Sgt., Route 1, Buffalo, Tex. MILLER, Jerome G., T/4, 531 E. 6th St., Erie, Pa.
LONGvVORTH, James H., Pfc., 672 Ridge Road, Middletown, Conn. MILLER, James H., Sgt., 232 University Drive, East Lansing, Mich.
LORD, John W., Pvt., ·west Ave .. N01ton Heights, Conn . MILLER, Leonard 0., Pvt. , 206 W. Jackson St., Carbondale, Ill.
LORENTZ£:\', Paul F., S/Sgt., 2348 S. 35th St., Omaha, :\ebr. MILLER, Melvin R. ,. Pvt., 1942 N. Pulaski Road, Chicago, Ill.
LORENZEN, Almond, Pfc. , Box 51, Ashton, S. D. MILLER, William H., T/4, 5 Center Ave., Conshocken, Marble Hall, Pa.
LORTIE, Lionel M., Pfc., 174 Spruce St., Leominister. Mass. MILLSON, Warner F., Pvt., 259 Ogden Ave., Jersey City, N.• J.
LO\'EGREN, John D., Pfc., Route 2, Linden Hill Sta., Bedford Interlocken J\IINGIN, Benjamin F., T/5, Route 1, Hartford, Tenn.
BlYd .. :i\iinneapolis, :Minn. l\IITZLAFF, A. H., T/5. 2915 Ca.stlelar, Omaha, Nebr.
1.0\\'E. Thomas, T/5, Hawks, Mich. J\IITCHEL, Martin M., Pvt., YMCA, Benton Harbor, Mich.
1.\.:CAS, Richard H., Pvt., 609 9th St. NE., Washington, D. C. :MOEN, Ingvald, Pfc., Portland, N. D.
Ll"I<SEVISH, Frank, Pfc., Alstead, X H. MONDAY, Kenneth, T/5. 408 E. Walnut St., Springfield, J\Io.
l.G='ID , Edward. Sgt., 1021 lOth St .. Menomonie, Wise. :MONEY, Lerna, S/Sgt., Route 4, Box 356, Beaumont, Tex.
LU:\DGREX, Hilmer, Pvt., 9 E. lOth St., New York, N. Y. MONICAL, Waymond E., T/5, 655 Maxwell Ct., Lexington, Ky.
LUX, \\'illiam J. , Sgt., 606 Ridgeland Ave., \\'aukegan. Ill. MONICH, Joseph F .. T/5. 107 S. Main St., Pella, Io,va.
MONIZ, Francisco, T/5. 35 Hathaway St., Ne"' Bedford, Mass.
MONK, William R., T/5, Route 2, Bowden, N. D.
M MONNIGER, John R., T/Sgt. , 323 Baseline, San Bernardino. Calif.
MONTGOMERY. Geor ge A., Pfc., RFD I, Contoocook, N. H.
~IACA ULA Y. :\onnan, T/5, 30 Brisson St., Beverly, Mass. MOORE, Clifford R., PYt., Delta, Mo.
:\'lAcCREER Y, \\'illiam J., Sgt., 52 Howland St., Battle Creek, Mich. MOORE, H. E., Sgt., Route 2, Ninnekah, Okla.
MAcDOXALD. Go rdon, T /5, Springstead Route, Park Falls, Wise. MOORE, Louis J., Pfc., 762 East Ave. NE., Atlanta, Ga.
MAcDOUGALL, Robert, Jr. , Pvt.. 1700 Edgewood Lane, N . Chattanooga, Tenn. MOORE, Robert, p,i., 1102 11th Ave. E., Hibbing, Minn.
MACHALA , Stanley J, , p,·t. , 2532 W. 25th St., Chicago, Ill. MOORE, Robe1i ]., 1st Sgt., 104.1 Beldon St., Chicago, Ill.
MACKEY, James J. , T/5. 232 Sharpe St.. ''-"yoming. Pa. MOORE, R. R., Sgt., RFD I, Stoutland, Mo.
MAcLEOD. :-.ionnan, Jr., Pfc., 15449 Wark St., Detroit, Mich. MOORHEAD, C. D., Pic., 6552 Dorchester Ave., Chicago, Ill.
MACZ1NSKI, Floyd, T/4, Gen. Del., Oak Ridge, N. C. MORETTI, William A., Pfc., 1287 E. Delevan, Buffalo, N. Y.
:\fAGAHA, Lenord W., Pfc. , Route I, Carlin, Ky. MORGEN, Henery H. , Pic. Warwoman Road, Clayton, Ga.
MAHER. Robert E. , Pfc., 344 W. 72nd St., New York, N . Y. MORIN, Jesse, S/Sgt., 216 Kathryn Ave., San Antonio, Tex.
:MAHOTZ, Robert A., Pfc., Houtzdale, Pa. *i\IORLAND, Charles B., Pvt. , Box 54, Dolling, Ark.
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110RLOCK, Adam, T/4, Pettiborne, N . D. PELTOMAA , Andrew A., T /5, Arthide, :-finn.
l\lORTl N, James N., S/Sgt., ..J03 Grand AYe., Grand Junction, Colo. PELTO.MAA, Edward K., Pfc. , Route 1, Box 11, Osage, ~linn.
MOSIER, Albert A. , Pfc., 6 Frederick Place, Buffalo, N . Y. PE NN EFATHER, Patrick D., Cpl. , Ashmore, Ill.
MROTEK, Eugene, S/Sgt., 2002 Madison St., Manitowac, Wise. PENNINGTON, R. E. , S/Sgt., 309 E. 6th St., Tulsa, Ok la.
MUDRY, Michael, T/4, Gap Road, Coatesville, Pa. · PERFECT, Alfred ]., Pvt., 801 W. Garfield Ave., Oak Park, Ill.
MULCHAY, John J., Jr. , Pfc., 59 Pearl St., Bath, Maine. PERINO, R. E., Pvt., 3440 Clay St., Denver, Colo.
MULLIN, William, Pvt., 5710 Springfield AYe., Philadelph ia, Pa. PERKINS, 0. G., Pvt. , 421 Cedar St., Saulte St. Marie, l\lich.
MURPHY, Edward, Sgt., 834 S. Walnut St., Springfield, Ill. PERRY, Lawrence A., Pvt., Beechwood St., Portsmouth , N . II.
MURPHY, William A., Cpl., Road 4, Volney, N. J. PERSON, Hercy C., Pfc., 1065 Southern Ave., Fayetteville , :'-<. C.
MUZIK, William F. , T/5, 1943 Pontiac AYe., Chicago, Ill. PETERS, Wallace L., Sgt., Route 1, Neola, Iowa.
MYERS, Raymond, PYt., Gen. Del., Tushka, Okla. PETERSON, Anton G., Pvt., Wayneboro, .Minn.
PETERSON, Alvin H., Pvt., Delhi , Minn.
PETERSON, R. V., Cpl., 1411 Washington St., Two Rivers, \\" isc.
N PETERSON, Victor C., Cpl., 1333 Jennings St., Sioux City. Iowa.
PETRUCCI, Louis V., T/5, 16 Lana St., Providence, R. I.
NAGEL, Louis C., Cpl., 2170 Park AYe .. East Moline, Ill. PFIEFFER, C. A., T/5, 136 Fair Oaks St., San Franci sco , Calif.
NAGY, Arthur A., Pvt., 1049 !15th St., College Point, N. Y. PHILLIPS, Earl L., Pvt., RFD 1, Waunita, Kan.
NASH, Russel F. , Sgt., Box 108, Lakes,·ille, Ind. PHILLIPS, Edward P., Cpl., 66 Old South Road, Sout hport, Conn.
NASIOPULOS, N icholas J., T/5, 3327 N. Kenneth AYe., Chicago, Ill. PHILLIPS , J. R., Pvt., 43 Carruth St., Dorchester, Mass.
NAST, Joseph P., T/5, Box 281, Freeburg, Ill. PICCHIANTI, Caesar, Pfc., 150 S. Broadway, Yonkers, N. Y.
NEILS, F. L., 1st Sgt., Morse, Minn. PIEPER, William E., T/5, 4932 W. Erie St., Ch icago, Ill.
NELSON, Everett L., Pfc., 1008 3rd St. , Des Moines, Iowa. PIERNICKI , AI C., T/4, 2952 S. 29th St., Omaha, Ne br.
NELSON, G. P. , Pvt., 1211 30th Ave., Minneapolis, Minn. PILLER, Louis L., Sgt., 1930 Himrod St., Ridgewood, Long Island , :\. Y.
NICHOLAS, Harold B., T/5, 700 13th ;he., Huntington, W. i'a. PINK, A. , Pvt., Copalis, Wash.
NICHOLS, Irvine L., Pvt., 606 E. 2nd St., Superior, Wise. PIOTROWSKI, Stephen M., T/5, 2901 E. Main St. , Waterbury, Conn.
NICOL, Elwood T., T/5, 629 Garfield Ave., Collinsville, Ill. PIPPIN, Ernest H., Pfc., 2531 Woodbine Ave., Knoxville, T enn.
NITZ, Chester M., Pfc., 26 !55th St., Calumet City, Ill. PITLICK, Stanley, Pvt., 65 Evergreen, Bayonne, N. J.
NORBAKA, Robert W., Pfc., 17 Linden St., Be,·erly, Mass. PIZIO, Stanley W., T/4, 659 Cherry St., Fall River, Mass.
NORDRUM, Bernard, Pvt., 217 E. l\fadison St., Eau Claire, \\'isc. PLAISTED, Norman L., Cpl., Somerset Road, l\ew Lexington, Oh io.
NORMAN, John A., Pvt., Saxon, Wise. PLASS, Arnold R., Pfc., 14 Oak Crest Place, Nut ley, N. J.
NORMAN, James K., Sgt., Trimbal, Mo. PLUTZ, Andrew, Cpl., Route 4, Sayer, vVisc.
NORMANCZYK, Vincent, 16 8th St., La Salle, Ill. POCEVICZ, Flory J. , Pfc., 505 Maine St., Ranshaw, Pa.
NORRIS, Raymond P., T/4, Fulda, Minn. POHLMAN, Robert P., Pvt., 1301 S. 3rd St., Milwaukee, Wise.
NOSAN, Vladimir M., T/4, 118 5th St., Chisholm, Minn. POLCARI, Anthony A., Pfc., 2 Linehan Court, Cambrid ge, Mass.
NOTEBOOM, Luvrence M., T/5, RR 1, Grand Park, Ill. POLEWSKI, Florian F., T/5, 2376 S. 19th St., Milwaukee, Wise.
NUNN, Paul A., Pfc., Calypso, N. C. POLING, Roger N ., Cpl., 1605 N. Court St., Ottumwa , Iowa.
NUNZI, A. ]., T/5, 2445 N. Marmora Ave., Chicago, Ill. POLOSY, Andrew J., T/5, 818 Madison St., Kewaunee, Ill.
NUOFFER, Harry G., Sgt., Route 1, Holt, Mich. PONICH, Mark, Pvt., 92 S. 7th St., Kansas City, Kan.
NUTTING, Clifford I., T/5, RFD No. 2, Box 43, Butternut, W ise. POOL, Robert D., Pvt., Highway Village B-4, Merid ian, Miss.
POOL, Robert M., T/5, 209 N . Kimmel St., Berrien Springs, Mich.
POPP, Gene E., T/4, 247 E. Madison St., Clintonville, Wise.
0 POPPE, Leo F ., T/4, Box 17, High Bridge, Wise.
PORTER, Donald M., Pvt., 4923 38th Ave. S., Minneapolis, Minn.
O'BRYAN, Joseph, Pvt., Gethsemone, Ky. PORTER, John F., Pvt., 526 S. River St. , Aurora, Ill.
O'CONNELL, Thomas J., Sgt., 1950 W. 71st St., Chicago, Ill. POTTER, Glenn, T/5, 400 Peet St., Chesaning, Mich.
O'CONNER, William R., T/5, Box 185, D iablo, Panama Canal Zone. POTTS, Leo ]. , Pvt., 503 E. 3rd St., Sterling, Ill.
O'DA Y, Lawrence C. , Pfc., 208 Davison St., Joilet, Ill. POWLEY, Wayne R. , Pvt., Pursglove, W. Va.
OGDEN, Robert, Pvt., 8920 Heaton St., New Orleans, La. PRANGL, Louis, T/5, 2237 N. Kedvale, Chicago, Ill.
O'HALLOREN, J. J., S/Sgt., 138 Meadow St., Pawtucket, R. I. PRESTON, Everett 0., T/5, Route 3, Baraboo, Wise.
OHMAN, Edwin H., Sgt., Route 1, Zim, Minn. PRESTON, Ivan L., Pvt., Gen. Del., Jeannette, Pa.
OLEKSIAK, Arthur E., Pfc., 3365 Kirby Ave., Detroit, M ich. PRICE, Gordon D., Cpl., RFD 2, Alcon, N. Y.
OLESON, Loran E., T/5, Route 1, Virginia, Ill. PRICE, Page P., Pfc., 279 Newma n Ave., Harrisonburg, Va.
O'LOONEY, Daniel P., Pvt., 524 Post St., San Francisco, Ill. PROVENCHER, Robert J. , Sgt., 50 Piedmont St., Worchester, Mass.
OLSEN, Hans L., T/5, 2626 2nd Ave. E., Hibbing, M inn. PUERINGER, Frank S., S/Sgt., Route 2, St. Joseph, Minn.
OLSON, Donald H., Pfc. , 2018 4th AYe., H i bbing, Minn. PUETZ, Kenneth H., T/Sgt., Route 1, Box 336, Hales Corners, \Vise.
OLSON, Darwin L., Pfc. , RFD 1, Box 70, Prentiss. Wise. PUGH, Robert, Pvt., 3450 S. 13th East, Sa lt Lak e City, Utah.
OLSON, Jerome A., Pvt., 5248 W. Chicago Ave., Chicago, Ill. PUTILL, J. R., p,·t., 76 Stillman Ave., Pawtatuck , Conn.
OLSON, Oborn R., T/4, Box 153, Woodruff, Wise.
OLSON, Roderick C., Sgt., 800 S. Main St. , Jacksomille, Ill.
*OLSTA, Mitchell F., 1st Sgt., 414 High St., Webster, Mass. Q
OLZEWSKI, A. A., Pvt. , Graceville, Minn.
O'MALLEY, James P., Pvt., 41 Lyon St., Dorchester, Mass. QUAIL, Leonard J. , T/4, liOl W. 19th St. , Chicago, Ill .
OMDAHL, Joseph , Pfc. , 11732 Goodwin, Detroit, Mich. QUI:'-<N, Raymond W., Pic., 239 Danforth Ave., J ersey City, N . J.
ONDA, John G. , Pfc., 641 Knox Ave., Monessen, Pa.
O'NEIL, Charles, Pvt. , Bradley, Ar k.
ORLETT, John, Pvt., Sheboygan, Wise. R
ORSTED, John A., T/5, 5346 S. Wood St., Chicago, Ill.
OSBORN, Clifford E. , Pvt., 246 Hillcrest St., Harrodsburg, Ky. RADTKE, Martin F., S/Sgt., RR 2, Bonduel, \\"isc.
OTT, Orville 0. , T/5, Route 1, Henderson, Nebr. RADY, J. L., Pvt., Washington St.. La Salle, Ill.
OWENS, Edgar E ., T/4 , Route 2. Box 169, Weatherford, Tex. RAIMONDI, Nunzio, S/Sgt., 4306 W. Haddon A,·e., Chi cago, Ill.
0\VE NS, OliYer, PYt., Route 1, Cooksdlle, Tenn. RALSTON, C. P., Pvt., N agolis, Ari z.
RAMI, Armando, Pfc. , Livingston, Ill.
RAMME , John L. , S/Sgt., 800 DiYision St .. Huriey, Wise.
p RAN DALL, Roberi, Pfc. , 847 Haines St., Alliance, Ohio.
RANDEL, George, Pvt. , Route 4, Kittery, Wi se .
PACHEO, AnthonJ·, Pvt., 3412 W. 39th St., Chicago, Ill. RANDOLPH, Thomas P. , S/Sgt., Rosc,·ille, Ill.
PAGE, John W., T/5, 433 Mulberry, Wilmington, Ohio. RASMUSSE N, Gunnar, Cpl., 321 Pleasant St., P etaluma, Ca lif.
PALIWADA, Walter J., Pvt .. 4339 N . 17th St., Philadelphia, Pa. RATKOVICH, John G., p,·t., 4834 S. Lockwood A1·e., Stickney. 111.
PALMER, Charles G., Pfc., 4332 Claggett Rd., Hyattsvi lle, 1Id. RATZ, William H., p,·t., 9911 Ave. H., Chi cago, Ill.
PALMER, Charles M., Pfc., 45 E. Schiller, Chicago, Ill. RAU, N. L., Pfc., 2101 New York A,·c., Peoria , lll.
PALMER, John W., S/Sgt., 447 S. 8th St., Montrose, Colo. RAY, E. C., p,·t. , Cyril, Ok la.
PALMER, William, Pfc., 764 Fenston Road, Pittsburgh, Pa. RECHLEVICZ, Adolph J., T/4, 710 W. 35th St. , Chicago, Ill.
PALMQUIST, Harry, Pvt., 118 4th Ave., Chisholm, M inn. REDDING, Glenn L., Pic. , ])upo, Ill.
PANCHESHAN , Michael, Jr., T/5, 8437 Lumpkin Ave., Hamtramck, :\Iich. REDDY, Richard W., T/5, :338 Creermich St .. Read ing. Pa.
PAOLINO, Charles, Pvt., 8122 Frankstown Ave., Pittsbu rgh, Pa. REED, Oliver E .. P vt. , 24 Upper Knight St. , Keene. N. H.
PARKER, LeRoy V., Pfc., Niellsville, Wise. REEVES, George E., T/5, 2742 Thorton St.. :\euthen, ll!ass.
PARKS , John M, Cpl., 2005 N . 3rd St., Harrisburg, Pa. REEVES , W. H., Pfc., 340 Cedar St.. :\iilh·il le. N . ].
PARSLEY, Raymond E., Pfc., 1622 Jackson St., Portsmouth, Ohio. REID , John \V'., Pfc., 283 1 Bon Ai r AYe., \Yin ston-Salem, ::--J. C.
PASEWALD, Roberi, T/5, Box 23 , Lowell, Wise. REIGHARD, Carl F. , T/5, Woodbury. Pa.
PASTORI, C., T/Sgt., 35 W. Smith, Iron Mountain, Mich. REINKEMEYER, Edward H. , T/5, Argyle, l\Io.
PASZKEWITZ, Dymetry, Pvt. , 2817 E. !38th St., Burham, Ill. REN KER, Walter T., Pvt., 18716 Kees,·ille Ave., St. Albens. X Y.
PATERN O, Joseph, Cpl., 15210 Kinsman Road, Cleveland, Ohio. RENNER, Edwin R .. T/4, 5800 Googrich A\·e., Minneapolis. Minn.
PATTON, William J., Pvt., 832 25th St., Detroit, Mich. RENOW, Julius B., Pfc., Route 7, KnoxYillc. Tenn.
PAUL, John H. , 2436 Jasper St., Philadelphia, Pa. RHODE, Arthur E. , T/Sgt., 315 E. Commercial St., Appleton, Wise.
PAULSEN, H. E., T/5, Manley, Iowa. RHODES, Alfred, S/Sgt., 506 E. 6th Ave., Escondido, Calif.
PAVLOWICH, Alvin W., Pfc., 1724 Waldo Dh·d., Manitowoc, \\"isc. R I CE, William P. , Pfc. , 1022 S. Grove Ave., Oak Park, Ill.
PAXMAN, H. M., T/4, Pleasant Grove, Utah. RICHARDSON, Albert, Pvt., Warren, T ex.
PEARSON, Gordon B., p,·t. , 51 \Vest St.. Auburn, Mass. RICHETTS, A. C., Sgt., 5201 16th Ave. S., Minneapolis, Minn.
PEASE, Todd E. , Pvt., 24 Riverside St., Rochester, N . Y. RIFKIN, Sidney H., Pvt., 1530 W. 7th St., Philadelphia, Pa.
PEATMAN, R. A., T/5, Mount City, Kan. RIGGLEMAN, Denever C., Pvt., Deer Run, W. Va.
PEEBLES, Frank E., Pfc., 827 S. Sedgwick, Wichita, Kan. RILEY, Terrel H. , Sgt., 135 Broghton Drive, Akron, Ohio.
PEKAR, Arthur E., Pfc., 141 Sunset Ave. , Fairfield, Conn. RISKE, Gi lbert, Cpl., 2428 N. St. Lou is Ave. , Chicago, Ill.
PEKOL, Frank J. , Pvt., 2237 S. Cuyler Ave., Burwyn, Chicago, Ill. RISTE N, Melvin W., T/Sgt., 1934 W. Chicago .'he., Chicago, Ill.

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ROBERTS, Everett, Pfc., 727 Charles St. , Huntington, Ind.
ROBLES, Phillip, Pfc., ~3~5 S. Wentworth !he. , Chicago, III.
SEARS, Delbert L., Sgt., 4119 W. Palmer St., Chicago, Ill.
SEESE, Harry W., Pfc., 234 Liberty Ave., Hubbard, Ohio.
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ROBINSON, Chester A., Pvt., Earleton, Kan. SEGURA, Albert, Cpl., 329 lith St., Rock Island, Ill.
ROCK, Edgar R., Pic., Box Hi , Dale. Wise. SEISSER, Anthony, Sgt., Route I, Hampshire, Ill.
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RODGERS, Virgil, T /5, 1~02 Banklick St., Covington, Ky. SELIGMAN, Milton S., Pvt., 40 Ocean St., Lynn, Mass.
ROE, James L. , Jr. , Pfc. , Gen. Del., Pryor, Okla. SELK, Donald E., Pvt., 117 Beyne St., Mt. Clemens, Mich.
ROEHNER, E dward W. , Pvt. , 138 Lemon St., Buffalo, N. Y. SETTLE, Edmond, S/Sgt., SIS Chestnut St., Quincy, Ill.
ROESCH , Warren D. , Pfc. , 2135 S. Washington, Wichita, Kan.
ROGERS, H. D. , Pvt., Route 7, Cadwell. Kan.
SEVERSON, Everett L., Sgt., RR 3, Fort Dodge, Iowa.
SHAFFER, Louis R., Pfc., Troy Mills, Iowa.
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ROMBALSKI, Joseph P ., Pfc., Route I, Independence, Wise. SHAMBAUGH, E. C., T/5, 928 S. Main St., Kendallville, Ind. \.,
ROME, Alvin P., Pfc. , 4510 N . Menard Ave., Chicago, Ill. SHANNON, William E., Pvt., 107 N. Dupont St., Wilmington, Del.
ROMERO, Lauriano J., Pfc. , 1206)/, Canyon Road, Santa Fe, N. Mexico. SHAPIRO, Jack, Pvt., 4765 Loier St., Philadelphia, Pa. <).
*RONAN, L eo J. , Pfc., 8 Argyle St., E,·erett, Mass. SHAR, William P., T/4, 2914 White, Baltimore, Md.
RONEK, James R. , Sgt., 602 Stewart Ave. , Wausau , Wise.
*ROOS, Donald B., Pfc., 33 2nd St. , East Norwalk, Conn.
ROSE, Richard M., Pfc., 2371 Bryden Road, Columbus, Ohio.
SHARP, Eldon G., Cpl. , 1310 S. 9th St., Cannon City, Colo.
SHELLEY, Milton E., Sgt., RR I, Tripoli, Wise.
SHELTON, Paul, Pfc. , RR 3, Chuckey, Tenn.
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ROSSIE, George L., T /5, Route 4, Port Orchard, Wash. SHERRILL, Edwin L., Sgt., East Hamton, Long Island, N . Y.
ROTH, Berna rd S., Pfc., 11~3 Regina Blvd., Far Rockway, N. Y. SHERRY, Charles E., Cpl. , Stow Road, Roxborough, Mass.
ROTH, H. D., T/Sgt., 708 Abend St. , Belleville, Ill. SHINOGLE, Louis K. , Pfc., 423 N. 20th St., Centerville, Iowa. r"
ROWAN, ]. K. , Pvt., 7211 Yates Ave., Chicago, Ill. SHIPTON, Charles A., Pfc. , Swengel, Pa.
ROWLANDS, Robert R., Pvt., 101 W. Lakeview Ave., Columbus, Ohio.
ROY, James P., Pvt. 355 Riverview Ave., Morgantown, W. Va.
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SHIRLEY, William F., T/5, 97 Depaw Ave., Buffalo, N. Y.
SHOEN, Virgil, Pvt. , RFD , Box 75, Windom, Kan.
SHOTWELL, Robert E., Pvt., 6719 Macbrisa, Huntington Park, Calif.
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RUETHER, Wilbert A., Pfc. , Route No. 5, Merrill, Wise. SHULTZ, Henry C., Pfc., 823 Price St., St. Joseph, Mich.
RUSSELL, John H., T/5, 3428 3rd Ave., Racine, Wise. SICHAFUS, Charles R. , T/5, Route 2, Spalding, Ohio.
*RUSSELL, Robert M., Pvt., 2046 E. 228th St., Euclid, Ohio.
RUSSELL, William J., T/5, 1202 William St., River Forest, Ill.
SICKERMAN, Gaylen, Pfc., 2813 Shaffer Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio.
SIEGFRIED, H. H., 1st Sgt., 1507 Springfield Ave., Larado, Tex.
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RUTLEDGE, Douglas, Pvt., 2377 Aureluis, Holte, Mich. SIMCOX, Leslie E. , S/Sgt., Patoka, Ill .
RYAN, Arthur F., T/4, Flushing .Road, Karnes City, Tex. SIMINO, Harry, Pvt., 130 Adelphi St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
RYAN, Patrick J. , Pvt., 190 Clinton St., Woodbridge, N. ] . *SIMMONS, John G., Pfc., Medusa, N. Y.
SIMMS, Raymond V., Cpl., 6450 Ellsworth Ave., Detroit, Mich.
SIMONSEN, Sigurd, Pvt. , 3714 N. Freemont St., Chicago, Ill.
s SINN, John E., Sgt., RFD I, Prole, Iowa.
SIOK, George A., T/4, 9950 Collin St., Detroit, Mich.
SABBIA, Dominic, Pfc. , 213 W. 24th St., Chicago, Ill.
SKARICH, Nick, Cpl. , 128 2nd St., Kitsville, Minn.
SALAZAR, A. W., Pfc., 218 E. 6th St., Reno, Nevada.
SKIDELL, Lawrence G., Pvt. , 234 E. !78th St. , Bronx, N. Y.
SALDUKAS, Joseph G., 531 W. Penn St., Shenandoah, Pa.
SKOPEC, John, Pfc., 1152 W. 18th St., Chicago, III.
SAMELKO, Edward, Pfc., 2422 Molmes St., Hamtramck, Mich.
SKY E.AGLE, Buddy A., Pfc., Navasota, Tex.
*SAMP, Roy E., Pvt., Aberdren, S. D. '
SLAYDEN, Marvin D., T/5, 380 W. Goulson St., Hazel Park, Mich.
SANTAGROSSI, D., Pvt., 1010 S. Western AYe., Chicago, Ill.
SLETTE, Curtis K., T/4, 315 S. Newton Ave., Albert Lea, Minn.
SAUERWEIN, Glen W., Pvt. , 3rd St., Eureka, Kan.
SMILOWITZ, Arthur, Pfc. , 333 Roebling St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
SAWINGS , Earl E., Pvt., 91 Waugoo, Oshkosh, Wise.
SMITH, Albert B., Pvt., Gen. Del., Provencal, Calif.
SCARPELLI, Carlo J. , Sgt., 35 Bible St., Cos Cob, Conn.
SMITH, A. M., Pvt., 4069 Hubbard St., Robbinsdale, Minn.
SCASNY, Joseph A., Pfc. , 29 York Ave., Staten Island, N. Y.
SMITH, Bernard M., Sgt., c/o Ellen Vauvicle, Walker, Minn.
SCHABLOSKI, Harold J., PYt., 108 Ashland Ave., Oshkosh, Wise.
SMITH, Clarence R., Pvt., Wheelersburg, Ohio.
SCHAK, Frank R. , Pfc., 1409 Atkin St .. Erie, Pa.
SMYLIE, P. C., Pvt., Route I, Siluria, Ala.
SCHAUB, Clarence F. , Pvt., 520 W. Houston St. , San Antonio, T ex.
SNYDER, Delbert H., S/ Sgt., SIS N. Ross, Sapulpa, Okla.
SCHEELE, Ernest H. , Pfc., Fairfield, Wash.
SOBKOWICZ, B., Pvt., 12666 McDougall, Detroit, Mich.
SCHEER, William A., Cpl., 2209 Oakridge A\·e., Madison, Wise.
SOLARZ, Egnace, Pfc. , 176 Hebron Ave., Glastonbury, Conn.
SCHIAVONE, Anthony, Pvt., 37 Highland AYe., Passaic, N. J.
SOLBERG, Eric S., Pvt., Box 62, Itasca, N. Y.
SCHLEGEL, Ned K. , Pfc., Perry, Kan.
SOLTYS, J. A., S/Sgt., 52~ Grand Ave., Grand Rapids, Mich.
SCHLEICHER, Arthur H., S/Sgt., Box i~, Waite Park, Minn.
SORENSON, John, T/5, 4625 S. 60th St., Omaha, Nebr.
SCHLOSKEY, Marion W., Pfc., Box 376, Winbuane, Pa.
SOROKA, Alexander N., Pvt., 510 Aldana Ave., Des Moines, Iowa.
SCHMITZ, Arnold E., T/5, RR 1, Malone, Wise.
SOSEK, Anthony P., Pvt., 59 Nagel Ave., New York, N. Y.
SCHMULAND, Herman C., T/5, 49~ S. Avon AYe., Phillips, Wise.
SOULE, Clermont C., Pvt., 5009 Sierra Villa, Eagle Rock, Calif.
*SCHNABEL, Donald B., Cpl., 12~3 Roberts St., Hillside, N. J.
SOUTHWORTH, Grant S., Pvt. , 1122)/, P St., Sacramento, Calif.
SCHNEIDER, Harold, S/Sgt., Route I, Burne Box, Tex.
SPAHT, Otto J., Pfc., S!OY, Sugart St., Shenandoah, Iowa.
SCHNAKENBERG , Roy L. , T/5. 1219 Santa Fe Road, Atchison, Kan.
SPALDING, John C., Pvt., 3023 N. 48th St., Omaha, Nebr.
SCHNOSENBERG, Ernest W., Pfc., 63 18 Kenwood Ave., Chicago, Ill.
SPANGLER, Richard W., Pfc., 30 N. Albermarle, York, Pa.
SCHOCH, Richard D. , Pfc., 10 E. 9th St., Oklahoma City, Okla.
SPARKS, Willis H., Pfc., 1000 !~th St., Ballinger, Tex.
SCHOELLERMAN, Floyd A., T/5, 1538 Ardmore St., Chicago, Ill.
SPARROW, Leo M. , Pvt., 1111 40th St., Ogden, Utah.
SCHOENKNECHT, G., T /5, 716 Cherry St. , Green Bay, Wise.
SPEERS, Lee L., Pfc., 721 Luttrell St. , Knoxville, Tenn.
SCHOLZ, Theodore D .. S/Sgt., Tomahawk, Wise.
SPENCER, C. V., T/5, 4535 W. Montana, Chicago, Ill.
SCHROEDER, Curtis, T/5, 2~05 N. 22nd St., Milwaukee, Wise.
SPERA, Frank J. , Cpl. , 3019 N. 22nd St., Philadelphia, Pa.
SCHROEDER, Carl T. , Pfc., 1143 White Rock Ave., Waukesha, Wise.
SPIEGEL, T . W., T/5, Gen. Del., Falkville, Ala.
SCHUETTPELZ, Ervin, T/5, Route I, Suring, Wise.
SPINOSA, Anthony, Pfc. , Box 374, New Canaan, Conn.
SCHUL, Benjamin F., PYt ., 128 0 Thondike St., Cambridge, Mass.
SPIRA, Samuel, T/5, 5140 Woodlawn Ave., Chicago, IlL
SCHULDES, Richard F. , PYt., 868 Shawano Ave., Green Bay, Wise.
SPONHOLZ, N . M., Pfc., 403 DeClark St., Beaver Dam, W ise.
SCHWARTZ, Lester I. , T/~ , 780 Belmont AYe., Brooklyn, N. Y.
SPRADLEY, Jessie W., S/Sgt., 8602 E. 9th St., Kansas City, Mo.
SCHWARTZ, Robert, T/~, 17~6 N. Luna Ave., Chicago, Ill.
SPRADLIN, Charles, T/5, RFD 2, Pamona, Mo.
SCOFIELD , Vernon L., Pfc., 412 S. Roberts St. , St. Paul, Minn.
ST. ONGE, A. P., T/5, 822 Dubuque, Woodbury, Sioux City, Iowa.
SCOTT, Andrew H., T/5, 1650 Essex Road, Columbus, Ohio.
STAHL, B. V., Pvt., 828 Hickory St., Waukegan, Ill.
SCOTT, George A., Pvt. , 2564 S. 29th St., Milwaukee, Wise. STAMPER, Charles V., Pfc., 519 Madison St., Chelsea, Mich.
SCOTT, Ralph C., T /5, Council Gro,·e. Kan. STANZUK, Joseph G., Pvt., 5438 S. Mozart St., Chicago, Ill.
SCUR LO CK, Donald K, T/5, 63~ NE Liberty St., Portland, Ore. STARKES, Virgi l E., Pvt. , Mill Schools, Ill.
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( STEADMAN, Clyde D . , T/5, Taft, Tenn. TRAVIS, Bernard E., T/5, 711 Branner St., Topeka, Kan.
\. STEFANELLI, Joseph H., S/Sgt., 1318 S. Leithgow St., Philadelphia, Pa.
STEFFEL, George L., S/Sgt., 1265 E. 9th St., Salem, Ohio.
TRAVIS, Robert H., T/4,. 211 Campbell Av·e., West Haven, Conn.
TREAKLE, Francis L., T/5, Route 3, Richland Center, Wise.
& STEICHEN, Roman H., S/Sgt., Sou th Haven , M inn.
STEINHORST, Leo C., Pfc., i21 4th Ave. E., Alexan dria, Minn.
TRITSCHLER, Frank, Pvt., 1247 Beach Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio.
TROI·IN, Maurice L., Pvt., 75 White Oak St., Kew Roche lle, N. Y.
STEINLEY, Frank W., Sgt., 536 Forrester St., San Francisco, Calif. TROTTA, Michael, Pfc., i807 S. Aberdeen Ave., Chicago, Ill.
STENERSON, L. H., M/Sgt., Route I, Garden P rire, Ill. TRUDOWITZ, Bernard, PYt., 8223 Bay Parkway, Brooklyn, N. Y.
STERNBERG, Alfred J., Pvt., Holla n d, M ich. TRUHN, Donald E., Sgt., RFD 2, Coloma, Mich.
STEVEN, Anton, Pfc., 18 V·l . Wi ll iam St., Bay Shore, N . Y.

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STEWARD, William A., Pvt., 12 Ran dolph St., Hampton, Va. TULLOCK, Guy, T/5, Route 3, Box 8, Racine, Wise.
STOLLER, Robert E., T/4, Rou te 2, Argyle, Wise. TUREK, Robert J., Pfc., 6128 State Road, Parma, Ohio.
STRAKA, Edward A., Cpl. , 4923 McBri de AYe., Cb·eland, Ohio. TUR:-.IER, Lloyd W., PYt., Route 1, Inman, S. C.
~~ STRELCZYK, Leon R ., Pvt., Inez, T ex .
STRIBLING, Alvin F ., Pvt., RR I , F ittsboro, Miss.
TURZINSKI, Paul, T/5, RR2, Hatley, \rise.

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STROUP, Julian P., Pvt., Gen. Del. , Red Oak, Okla. TWI TCHELL, Blaine E., Sgt. , 2636 Chadwick, Salt Lake City, t;tah.
STROZEWSKI, Clem, Pvt., 1713 W. Poland St., South Bend, Ind.
STURM, Russel G., T/4, Lake Zurich , Ill.
STVAN, J. R., Pfc., 2305 S. 59th St., Cicero, lll. u
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SULLIVAN, James P., Pfc., 14819 K ildare Ave., M idlothian, Ill. URBANOWSKI, Chester R., T/5, 4740 Chopin Ave., Detroit, l\Iich.
~ SULLIVAN, John L., Pfc ., 462 Walnut Ave., Trenton, N. J. URITA, Fred, Pfc., Rock Springs, Wyo.
SULLIVAN, Ralph B., Cpl., 2438 Coshan St., Blue Island, Ill. UTT, Ralph H., Pvt., Upper Glade, W. Va.

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SUNDERLAND, John C., Pvt.. Route 2, Box 456, Gresham, Ore.
SUNDQUIST, Jack L., Pvt., RR I, Box 151, Tacoma, Wash. v
SUTTON, Joh n K., T/5, Route I, Dafter, Mich .
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SUTTON, Russell F., Pfc., 305 S. 15th St. , .Easton, Pa.
V AGNINI, D. R., S/Sgt., 328 Ch arles St., Bridgeport, Conn.
SUWANSKI, Dominic, Pfc., 1040 W. Er ie St., Chicago, Ill.
VALASKEY, Kenneth J., T/5, 1316 Linden Ave., Janesville, Wise.

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SWANSON, Norman, T/Sgt., 1620 Warren Blvd., Chicago, Ill.
SWEEK, Edwin M ., Pfc., Route 2, Box 16, Stevenspoint, Wise ..
VAN CHARLDORP, Elbert J., T/5, 212 Linden Ave., Jersey City, N. J.
*VAN CLEVE, Wayne E., T/4, Osakis, Minn.
VAN CURA, Donald E., Pfc., 240 J St. SW., Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
SWIFT, Warren L., T/5, Welcome, Minn.
VANELLI, Samuel, Pvt., 1239 Porter St., Philadelphia, Pa.
SZAREK, Joseph J., Pfe., 13401 Bu ffalo Ave., Chicago, Ill.
VAN WINKLE, Wilbert, Pfc., Box 23, Troy, Ind.
SZEWYCK, John J., Pvt., 125 M ineral St., M ilwaukee, Wise.
VAUGHAN, T . B., T/5, 2 Vanzant St., East Norwalk, Conn.
VERDEROSA, Charles, Pfc., 753 E. 224th St., Bronx, N. Y.
VESTERBY, Vernon J., T/5, Chakio, Minn.
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VETICK, Wi ll iam B., T/5, 3854 Clipper, Detroit, Mich.
TABOR, John P ., Pfc., 13334 Ave. M ., Ch icago, Ill. VETRANO, J oseph, Cpl., 156 Backnum St., Everett, Mass.
TALLENT, Thad A., Pfc., Route 4, Morgan town, N. C. VITAGLIANO, Michael W., Pvt., 413 Portland St., Cambridge, Mass.
TALLEY, Wallace W., Pvt., RFD 2, Naamdus Road, Wi lmingto n . Del. VOELKNER, Gerald L., Pfc., 1660 Milwaukee Ave., S. Milwaukee, Wise.
TAMARIN, Milton P., T/4, 2101 80th St., Brooklyn, N . Y. VOLKMANN, R. W., Pfc., 1250 S. 35th St., M ilwaukee, Wise.
TATE, David E., 1st Sgt., Beersh eba, T enn. V0:-.1 HERBULIS, Robert W .. Pfc., 505 Myrtle Ave., Sanford, Fla.
TAUBENHEIM, William E., T/5, 1525 Kentucky Ave ., Sheboygan, Wise. VR.ABLIC, Joseph R., Cpl. , 5341 S. Maplewood Ave., Chicago, Ill.
TAVELLA, Anthony D., T/5, 1 Spruce St., Norwalk, Con n.
TAYLOR, Arthur W., Pfc ., 237 School St. , Villa Park, IlL
TAYLOR, Grover A., T/4, 4103 Broadrock Rd ., Richmo nd, Va.
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*TAYLOR, George W., Pfc., i31 N . Madison St. , Woodstock, Ill. WADDINGTON, Harry W ., Pfc., 1917 Berteau Ave., Chicago, Ill.
TAYLOR, Lawren ce P., Pvt., 119Y, Garfield St., Hib bing, Minn. WADOSKY, Joseph, Pfc., Old Line Road, P h iladelphia, Pa.
TAYLOR, Thomas B., Sgt., i i i Lee St., Atlanta, Ga. WADSWORTH, James W., Pvt., 98 Broad St., North Bern, N. C.
TEMAR, Charles }., Pvt., Box 146, Daisytown , Pa. WAHOUSKE, John R., S/Sgt., 634 4th Ave., West Bend, Wise.
THARP, R . L., Pfc., Route 2, Grove Hills, Ala. WALLACE, James H ., Pvt., 5519 Ridgewood St., Philadelphia, Pa.
THIEDE, Edward C., T/5, Bu rnette, Wise. WALLI N, Harold C., Pfc., Marcus, Iowa.
THOMAS, Alonzo M ., Pfc., 60 1 19th St. NW., Washington, D. C. WALLNER, Albert, Pvt., illS S. Seeley St., Chicago, Ill.
THOMAS, }., Pvt., 411 Penn. St., Veroana, Pa. WALSH, E. ]., Pvt., 108 N. Lee St., Bloomington, Ill.
THOMAS, Joseph E., Cpl. , 3701 Ashland Ave., Chicago, Ill. WALSH, James ]., T/4, SO Stuart Ave., Nonvalk, Conn.
THOMAS, John J., Jr., Pvt., 21 Cumberlan d R d. , Lemoyne, Pa. WARNER, Dean A., M/Sgt., RFDI, Liberal, Kan.
THOMAS, Kenneth W ., T/5, 135 S. 2nd St., Coshocton, Ohio. WARNER, William D ., Sgt., 4 N. Poplar Place, La Grange, Ill.
THOMAS, Lavier, T /5, K lengi re Cafe, Redd ing, Calif. WASESCHA, Arthur L., Pfc., 1317 Dayton Ave., St. Paul, Minn.
THOMAS, Raymond A., Pvt., 406 \Vater St., F itchbur g, Mass. WASHBURN, Eugene H., Pvt., 135 Wilkins Ave., Port Chester, N.Y.
THOMPSON, D. E., M/Sgt., H arrisvi lle, M ich. WASSERMAN, Herbert, Pfc., 1057 Grand Concourse, Bronx, N. Y.
THORSTENSON, Edward M., Pvt., Route I, Rice Lake, Wise. WAY L EIN, Henry B., Pfc., 8 Palfrey P lace, East Lynn, Mass.
TICHACEK, James F., T/5, Route 3, Gleason , Wise. WEATHERS, Harold R., Sgt., Rulo, Nebr.
TIEDEMANN, Herman A., Pfc., New Hyde Park, N . Y. WEBB, William H., Pfc., Box i33, Plainview, Tex.
TIEDEMANN, John S., 1st Sgt .. 321 Central Ave., Crookston, Minn. WEBBER, Charles, Pvt., 8 Morgan St., North Randolph, Mass.
TIEFS, William, T/5, 88 Front Ave., St. Paul, Minn. WEBBER, ]. F., T/3, 4i0 Merrimac St., Newburyport, Mass.
TIETYEN, Earl H., Sgt., 1118 N. 26th St., Mi lwaukee, Wise. WEBER, R. H., T/5, 28Si N . 40th St.. Milwaukee, Wise.
TILLEY, Woodford H., T/5, Gen. DeL, Gleason, Tenn. WEDEMEYER, John G., Sgt., i636 W. Center St., Milwaukee, Wioc.
*TODD, Arthur W., T/4, 902Y, S. 1st St., Springfield, IlL WELCH, Ernest E., Pvt., 2408 Valley Way, Cheverley, Md.
TODD, Robert E ., Pfc., 222 S. Ha rrison St., Van Wert, Ohio. WELCH, Ralph C., T/5, RFD 2 Groton, Vt.
TOEPPER, Arthur L., Pvt., 5646 Patterson Ave., Chicago, Ill. WELLS, Jack, Pfc., 1st and Willow, Baxter Springs, Kan.
TOH ILL, Harry E., S/Sgt., 1104 E . Main St., Rob inson, Ill. WENTWORTH, Charles F., Pfc., 46 Berwich St., Sanford, Maine.
TOLLEFSON, Glenn W., P fc., Verona, Ill. WESCHER, Norman, T/5, 4627 Wrightwood Ave., Chicago, Ill.
TOMIC, Frank, T/4, Brant, IlL *WESSMAN, Berti! S., Pvt., 3659 Avalon· Rd., Shoker Heights, Ohio.
TONNELL, ..W·ilfred -T., -Sgt. , 315 -W-ilson, -Ave.-, St. Cloud, Minn. WEST, James E., Cpl., Bu ckjin, Mo.
TOURIGNY, Roch J., T/5, 21 R iverside Ave., Norwalk, Conn. WEST, Thomas A., T/5, 1010 1st St. KE., Minot, N. D.
TOUSIGNANT, Leo D., Pvt., 40 P leasan t St., Forge Village, Mass. WESTPHAL, Norman W., Pvt., 3843 W. 44th St., Cleveland , Ohio.
TRACOS, Peter, Pv·t., 1421 ith Ave., Seattle, Wash. WETZEL, Elmer, T/5, Route I, Riv·er Junction, i\Iich.
TRAUTMAN, Edward G., Pvt., 315 State St., i\Iidland. Mich. WHEELER, Walter T., T/5, RR I , Gamaliel, Ky.

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\VHELPY, Harley G., Pfc., 4623 YancouYer .A.se., Detroit, ~Iich. WROBEL, Anthony, S/Sgt., 20 Semel Ave., Garfield, X J.
\\'HITED, Carl, Pvt., Farkro, Mo. WYLIE, Earl, Cpl., Route 1, Cumberland Gap, Tenn.
*WHITEHALL, Richard W., Pfc., Route 11, Box 100, Phoenix, Ariz. WYLIE, Robert C., T/5, 420 Empire Aw., Denton Harbor, :\lich.
WHITING, Leroy, Pfc., Pacolet Mills, S. C.
WHYDE, Ronald, Pv·t., Wilmington, Ill.
WIDING, E. F., Pvt., 1205 Emerald Ave., Chicago Heights, Ill. y
WIGGINS, Barley, Pvt., Box 6, Wallaceville, Tex.
YBARRA, Frank T., Pvt., 152-J. E. -tt h St., Los .-\ngeles, Calii.
WILDESON, Calvin L., Pfc., RFD 1, Turtle Creek, Pa.
YEATER, George F., T/5, RFD, T ipton, Iowa.
WILLIAMS, James C., T/5, Route 4, Paris, Tex.
YENTZEN, Donald A., Pvt., 927 15th St., Port Arthur, Tex.
WILLIAMS, Joseph C., 1st Sgt., 223 N. Main St., Louisiana, 1lo.
YENZER, Joseph P., Pvt. , 240 State St., Washington, l\'lo.
WILLIAMS, L. C., Cpl., 4207 S. Galapago St., Englewood, Colo.
YOCOM, Thornton R., Pvt., 415 N. Rone St., \\'ebb City, :\lo.
WILLIAMSON, E. E., T/4, RFD 3, Burlington, Iovva.
YONISH, Steve, Pvt., 4026 28th St., Detroit, Mich.
WILLIS, David, Pvt., 2810 Parkside Drive, Flint, Mich.
\"ONLEY, Fred T., Cpl., 4319 Rainbow Bh·d., Kansas City, Kan.
WILLS, Warren G., Sgt., 1101 7th St., Norway, Mich.
YORKO, Raymond, T/5, E. Main St., Sykesv·ille, Pa.
WILLSON, Thomas A., III., T/5, 1113 Reading Bh·d., Wyomissing, Pa.
YOUNG, J,, T/4, 309 Sampson St., Houston, Tex.
WILSON, Edward E., T/5, Gillman, Ill.
YOUNG, W. H., 1st Sgt., Route 1, Culleoka, Tenn.
WILSON, F. A., Pfc., Route No. 3, Red Oak, Iowa.
YOUNGBLOOD, S. F., T/5, Route 1, Nevvcastle, T<·x.
WILSON, George W., Pfc., 5509 Media St., Philadelphia, l'a.
WILSON, William W., P fc., 446 Pennsyh·ania Ave., York, Pa.
WINSETT, Hershall L., Sgt., 216 Poplar St., Martin, Tenn.
WISON, William J., Pv·t., 710 E. Church St., Sandwich, Ill.
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WITTEVEEN, John E., Sgt., 1402 E. 68th St., Chicago, Ill. ZADROVITZ, John, Jr. , Pfc. , 515 Stillson Rd., Fairfield, Conn.
WOESTE, Alois H., Pfc., RR 2, Meier Grove, Melrose, Minn. ZAHN, R. W., Pvt., 3053 N. \Vest Ave .. Chicago, Ill.
WOJNOWIAK, Michael C. , T/5, 4425 N. Sacramento Ave., Ch icago, Ill. ZALATEL, Albert F., Pfc., RR 2, Sheboygan, \\'isc.
WOLLNICK, Charles E., T/4, 631 Layton Ave., Palo Alto, Calif. ZAPP, Willie E., T/4, Carmine, Tex.
*WOOD, Francis G., Jr., Pfc., 312 Dowell Ave., Powderly, Ala. ZARNOWSKI, Daniel J., Pvt., 4 Hall Place, Exeter, N. H.
*\VOOD, Howard, Pvt., 432 9th St., Oshkosh, Wise. ZAWACKI, Leo, T/4, 5421 19th Ave., Kenosha, \\'isc.
WOOD, Joseph, Pvt., 1329 Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Ill. ZAYAC, Anthony P., T/5, 253 Burce St., Kewark, N . J.
WOOD, Vincent A., T/4, 1 Benton St., Middleboro, Mass. ZDANKIEWICZ, Stanley, Pvt., 34 Sih·er St., New Hav·en, Conn .
WOODARD, Blaine I., S/Sgt., Roy, Mont. ZELINSKI, John F., T/5, 4445 Hihhsdale Ave., Omaha, ::-lebr.
WOODRICK, Fred F., Pvt., 5312 Rockside Road, Brooklyn Station, Oh io. ZICCARDI, Harry G., 1st Sgt., 950 Tree St., Philadelphia, Pa.
WOOLEY, 0. D., T/4, 349 King St., Franklin, Ind. *ZIEGLER, Robert, T/4, 8029 S. Morgan St., Chicago, Ill.
WOODS, Donald M., Pvt., 16 N. Huron St., Ypsilanti, Mich. ZILINSKAS, John D., T/4, 42 Duer Place, Weehawken, N. J.
WOODS, George H., Pvt., 68 Granville St., Fairfield, Conn. ZIMMERMAN, ValentineS., Pfc., 26 Shennan St., Passaic, N. J.
WOODS, John T., S/Sgt., 2412 Montgomery St., Louisville, Ky. ZUBRICKLE, Charles, Pvt., 1118 Forest Ave., Kew York, N. Y.
WORLEY, Norman R., M/Sgt., Box 788, Kimberly, Nev. ZVODAR, John, Pfc., 10 Bay St., Coatsv·ille, l'a.
WRIGHT, Russell L., Pfc., 3421 Parkwood Av·e., Richmond, Va. ZYSK, Bronislaus J,, T/4, 3 Rowan St., East Xorwalk, Conn.
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to new destination.
July ~ ;. 1944 Camp 'Miles Standish, Mass.
\ug. Q, 1944 Camp ~Ii les Standish, Mass. , Boston port of
embarka t ion. (E mbarkeq on ship 1300 hours.)
\ug . 17, 1944 Li\·erpool, England, (disembarked sh ip at \805
hours) en route to new station b y rail.
\ug. IS. 1944 \\"in chester. England.
~ tpt. 10. ! 944 \\' inchester. England; Southampton, England .
Sept. 14, 1944 Tre\'ieres, France.
Oct. 12, 1944 Tre,·ieres. France; Le)!ans, France.
Oct. 13, 1944 Le:\Ians. France; St. Germaine, France .
net. 14, I 944 St. Ge rm a ine, France; Paris, France ; Affleville,
France. ;-
Oct. I i, 1944 Affle\' ille, France; Thiaucourt, France.
Oct. 30, ! 944 Thiaucourt, Fra nce; No rroy, France.
:\'orroy, France; J oeuf, France.
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:\0\', 24, 1941 Joeuf, France; Les Bordes, France.
:\Q\', 26, 1944 Les Bordes, France; Boulay, France.
:'\Q\', 30. 1944 Boulay, France; Bouzonv ille, France.
ll<'r. 6. 1941 I !ouzonville, France; Oberfelsberg, Germany;
Saarlautern , Germany.
ll er. 17, 1944 Saarlautcrn, Germany; Remering, France. I
Jan. I, 1945 Remcring. France. I
Jan. 29, 1945 Remering. France; 1\Iabonprc, Belgiu m. I
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Floatlnq treadway and pon-

toon brldqes constructed by
Company C across Lippe
River

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View of completed Balley

bridqe constructed across
the Dortmund-Ems Canal by
Company A