The two squads were ambushed and pinned down on the ground. Doesn't seem to be very sanitary but most of the people seem to be healthy as hell, in fact they seem to thrive on it. I got a half-dozen packs of cigarettes from Mom the other day and they just got here in time--we didn't get any for a few days, so you can see that we are having the same trouble over here as the people back home. June 26, 1944: Bricqueville "TDC, November 19"I just got my ballot the other day, so threw it away. A Lieutenant of a supply company of the 329th Infantry Regiment/83rd Infantry-Division (Thunderbolt Division) with the company's mascot, goat Willie at Schevenhutte near Aachen/Germany. Assistant Division Commanders: Brig. His unit had been engaged in battle with German forces. They fought in the Ardennes, facing the point of the German Bulge. E Company Executive Officer: 1st Lieutenant Milton J. Bialeck, killed on July 4, 1944 at Sainteny It took the direct fire of the attached 774th tank battalion to accomplish this. On 26 July, the 83rd entered the pursuit, and in heavy combat crossed the Taute River the next day. July 28, 1944: Feugres On 11 April 1945 the 83rd Division encountered Langenstein-Zwieberge, a subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp. October 8"There isn't a lot to write about over here. They consisted of the various occupation forces from along the Atlantic coast and down to the Pyrenees. Troupes de la 83rd Division traquant les derniers snipers allemands dans les rues de Saint-Malo. After training in Wales, the division landed at Omaha Beach. After liberation, the death rate continued at approximately 2550 people per day, due to the severe physical debilitation of the prisoners. November 22"Here it is, another Thanksgiving Day that I won't be home. Name Date of birth Date of death Awards; Baugh, Bernard F. 06-08-1944: Units. Tanks, tank destroyers and armored infantry aided the attack. The 83rd Infantry Division was first activated in the fall of 1917, several months after the United States entered World War I. 83rd Infantry Division shoulder sleeve insignia, U.S. Army Reserve Readiness Training Center. Grave ,Name,Rank,Co,Unit/Branch,D.O.D.,Removed ,Location,Civil War Soldier,1867 Dedication List,"Roll of Honor, 1868" 301,"A., Ira J. The division was formed in November 1914 as the "Division Posen 1", part of the Posen Corps (Korps Posen), and became the 83rd Infantry Division in June 1915. This overlay obviously has more to do with the 331st IR than the 330th IR. 121st CT (8th Div),from August 6th to 15th, 1944 In addition, the 83rd Division recovered documents for use by war crimes investigators. Again, it will be clearer once I start integrating information from the various reports (I hope). On the first day, the 83rd jumped off along the Carentan-Periers road, with the entire division artillery in support. If you are having trouble orienting yourself, le Port is toward the lower rightcorner, Sainteny to the left about 1/3 of the way down from the top, Culot is at the top, left, mostly off the map and Hottot toward the top about 2/3 of the way from the left. C Company The division was activated in September 1917 at Camp Sherman, Ohio. What I think Ill do is go ahead from here and prepare and put up the overlays I have and then go back and figure outhow to best incorporate the information from the reports. It is beginning to look as if they really want to get totally destroyed, and if that's what they want, they are going to get it."TDC. Cemeteries & Memorials; Burial Search; About Us; Education; Facebook; Twitter; YouTube; Instagram; ABMC Headquarters 2300 Clarendon Blvd, Suite 500 Arlington, VA 22201 Phone: 703-584-1501. Then, German attempts to organize tank-supported counterattacks were shattered by the 83rd's field artillery battalions. The sound of all those bombs exploding at the same time was the most terrible sound that he had ever heard. 473rd AAA AW Battalion (SP), from August 22nd to September 17th, 1944, Field artillery The history of the Grand Lodge of Nebraska, and the Grand Masters elected by the brethren to lead it, encompasses many interesting challenges and successes from the mid-1800s to t Commander 331st Anti-Tank Company, Third Platoon, Company B - 331st Gilles Billion, an 83rd Division Re-enactor, has provided photos for many of these monuments. The 83rd Infantry Division was recognized as a liberating unit by the US Army's Center of Military History and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1993. This was the main line of defence for the Germans. I, personally, cant make much sense of what is written in the lower left corner, try as I might. November 14"It looks like we not only will have to lick these supermen, but will have to go in and knock their heads off. SOCIAL . Rhodes from Pretoria, South Africa. View the list of all donors. 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Thomas, Jr. (since June 29, 2021), 308th Train Headquarters and Military Police, 329th, 330th, 331st, and 332nd Ambulance Companies and Field Hospitals, Ordered into active military service: 15 August 1942 at Camp Atterbury, Indiana. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 12 July 1944, 10:00; 330 IR , I Co; 331 IR, A Co, B Co, C Co. 12th FA Obsn Battalion (-Btrie A), from August 7th to 16th, 1944 Taking the offensive, the 83d reached the St. Lo-Periers Road, 25 July, and advanced 8 miles against strong opposition as the Normandy campaign ended. William T. Oliver; unidentified GI. Thanks, David. W. L. Arnold--AT Company, 329th Infantry Regiment The division went overseas in June 1918, and was designated as the 2nd Depot Division. The 83rd Infantry Division ("Thunderbolt" [1]) was a formation of the United States Army in World War I and World War II . They literally raced across the rest of Germany, covering 280 miles in 13 days and were within 60 miles of Berlin when they were ordered to stop. "Thank You Eddie Hart" Documentary Website (Company G, 329th Infantry) *The quote near the top of this page is from a letter written by Pfc. The chances that the six-foot tall, slim medic from Alabama, known as "Mob" or "Moe," was someone other than Charles P. Mobley are almost too remote to consider. 908th Field Artillery Battalion (105 Howitzer) 739th FA Battalion (8 How), from August 29th to September 3rd, 1944, Armor In its one year of existence, the camp's population greatly expanded from 214 prisoners in April 1944 to about 5,400 in March 1945. Co., 2nd Bn., 331st Inf., 83rd div. Unit: 83rd Infantry Division, 331st Infantry Regiment, Company C; Service Number: 35519259; Date of Birth: October 2, 1918; Entered the Military: October 28, 1942; Date of Death: July 26, 1944; . Corporal Oldham of the 83rd Infantry Division of the US Army in Cancale France during World War II August 1944, Presenting the 83rd Infantry Division nicknamed the "Ragtag Circus". Every house was an arsenal with ammunition supplies stacked at each window, and every basement was reinforced with double walls of cement and steel. Then, more than 380 medium bombers dropped 650 tons of high-explosive and fragmentation bombs, while 550 fighter-bombers dropped more than 200 tons of high-explosive and napalm. The process had reduced two more divisions, the 4th and 8th, to tatters. The story of how the 83rd survived winter in the Battle of the Bulge, 83rd Infantry Division Association website, 83rd Infantry Division Legacy Chapter Email Group, Mapping the Overlays: 83rd Division maps for Normandy Campaign, Samuel J. Bifano--B Battery, 324th Field Artillery, Sgt. The 329th IR is shown being just about 1000 m south of where its 2 Bn. Yet as you wander down these quiet paths they swarm around you, crouching low. Share a testimony from a relative or a friend, veteran or civilian, resistance member, ally or German, actor or witness of History. 12 July 1944, 330 IR , I Co; 331 IR, A Co, B Co, C Co. From one point of high ground to another, with the support of tanks, artillery, and engineers, they moved forward through enemy anti-personnel mine fields in rain, ankle-deep mud, and snow. Over 1,500 heavy bombers dropped 3,300 tons of bombs to saturate the entire target area. 3/330 "TDC, On 6 December, the 83rd gave positions along the Moselle Valley to the 22nd Infantry of the 4th Division. To see it through again. Across the marsh (and the river Taute) were two causeways; one from Le Moulin to La Varde, and one from Le Port to Tribehou. The 83rd Division established a bridgehead over the river. The day before Thanksgiving, Hershell asked for two volunteers to help him cut up turkeys. July 14, 1944: Hotat Smith; S/Sgt. The 329th lead the way most of the time and gained fame as the "Rag-Tag Circus" as they rode through the German provinces on tanks, motorcycles, jalopies, and any other means of transportation they could find. These reports are courtesy of Myra Miller, PhD, of Footsteps Researchers. Regiment, which was published shortly after the end of the war. 83rd Infantry Division Legacy Chapter Email Group Most, if not all of them, Upon overrunning the camp, US troops estimated that the newly liberated inmates weighed only 80 pounds each as the result of malnutrition at SS hands. My dad was killed in action that morning as the GIs slugged their way out of the Hurtgen and advanced to the villages of Strass and Gey. C Company They fought through the Ardennes in the bitter cold and snow to beat back the German Bulge. This photo was taken in February 1945, and the war in Europe ended three months later. All Company related information refers to 330 IR Companies; neither the 329th IR nor the 331 IR had map coordinates on the Morning reports for 5 July. Robert A. Turner, A Company, 331st Infantry Regiment lost his right arm to enemy tank fire and became a prisoner of war on 16 July 1944. From my reading on the German side, that is what the Germans would look for, and then send a counter attack in through the gap. In April 1944, the men of the 331 st Regiment boarded a troop ship bound for England. email _ | _ 83rd Division "Thunderbolt" Message Board _. The following soldiers were reported as missing in action. assigned Squad Leader, Later I was advanced to the rank of S/Sgt. Overall, the division had 170.2 percent replacements. Harry C. Gravelyn was Captain of Company D, 331st Infantry, 83rd "Thunderbolt" Infantry Division, United States Army, during World War II. December 13, 1813, the regiment was reduced . For three days the Nazis continued to pour reinforcements into the town. While the 2nd Battalion of the 331st was attacking south, the 2nd Battalion of the 329th Infantry was attacking west to an "island" in the swamp. The 83rd Infantry Division, commanded by Major General Robert C. Macon, arrived in England on 16 April 1944 with its first divisional headquarters at Keele Hall in Staffordshire. The 3rd Battalion captured the high ground northwest of Ehnen, but had to fight through heavy machine gun and mortar fire to do it. Infanterie-Division) was a unit of the Imperial German Army in World War I. On June 18, 1944, less than two weeks after the Allied D-Dayinvasion of western Europe, the "Thunderbolt" division landed on Omaha Beach and began advancing into France. Gen. Frederick Perkins (13 January 1918), Brig. The only Germans encountered were patrols. before leaving for the ETO We honor them in loving memory. (Incredibly, both Charles Mobley and Sarge were born on Cotton Avenue in Birmingham.) Commanding Officers Artillery: Brig. Even the paint on their helmets looked as if they had just been unpacked." --confirming John's recollection. 3rd Platoon : lieutenant Virgil M. McClintic, wounded on July 4, 1944 at Mautis [5][a] The movement into Luxembourg was completed on 25 September. Well see if it gets any better once Ive read the reports and compare it tothe 08 July Morning Reports. They include information regarding geographic location and troop movement, weather, and combat activity. E Company: Captain Raymond E. Poore, wounded on July 4, 1944 at Mautis The 83rd Infantry Division was first activated in the fall of 1917, several months after the United States entered World War I. 121st Inf (8th Div), from August 6th to 15th, 1944 2nd Platoon Sharp All I hope is that he puts these Germans in their place, when this is over. Photo courtesy Jon Aller and Kevin Harris. 331 Infantry Regiment 83rd Infantry Division. Leon Collins; S/Sgt. C Company My worst nightmares are still in those rows.". A Co, 634th Tank Destroyer Battalion (SP), from July 10th to 13th, 1944 Platoon, 2nd.Batallion, 331 first Regiment of the 83rd Infantry Division, advanced to the rank of Sgt. The west bank of the Rhine from north of Oberkassel to the Erft Canal was cleared and defensive positions established by 2 March and the division renewed its training. This list is as it appeared in the history of the 331st Infantry -- We fired 158,958 rounds of Courtesy of The . This list was compiled by Kevin Harris from the history of the 331st, "We Saw It Through." You will notice, maybe, there are more points than labels; for this map I wanted to only identify what related to the end-of-day situation since that was what bothoverlays were all about The unidentified points refer to either earlier in the day, or have no time information, though I did include a few of these latter if there was room. The air was choked with dust so thick that they couldn't see, and the concussion so great that their clothing ballooned out. The 83rd Division reported the death rate at the camp had been 500 per month. Yet as you wander down these quiet paths This is the Facebook outlet of 83rdinfdivdocs.org and the people behind the research and data. The 22nd Division's artillery regiment was positioned to the east of Le Quesnoy with security provided by a battalion of Infantry Regiment 82. 324th Field Artillery Battalion (155 Howitzer), Anti-aircraft artillery Weapons Platoon Most Luxembourgers spoke several languages, and many spoke some English. A Co, 86th Chemical Mortar Battalion, from August 1st to 16th, 1944 slumber in profound repose. On 1 March, the 83rd Division advanced toward the Rhine in Operation Grenade, and captured Neuss. On January 10, 1945, two squads of Company F, 331st Regiment of the 83rd Infantry Division, attacked a German strongpoint, just outside the hamlet of Ottr. For there are only angels here in olive-drab, 2/331: Lieutenant Colonel James F. Faber, killed on 10 July 1944 at Sainteny. What this shows is that the 330th IR is occupying a line on the north side of themarsh anchored from the south to the north-east fromLe Moulin through Le Port and St. Andre de Bohon to Manior. 1st Bn 66th Armd Regt (2nd Armd Div), from June 28th to July 5th, 1944 774th Tank Battalion, from August 28 to December 24th, 1944 He fits the description that Sarge gives of the medic, and he is also from Alabama--as Sarge recalled. var sc_partition=5; K Company These newspapers are the courtesy of Frank DeCarolis, 2nd Platoon, Co. E, 331st Infantry and Tom DePiano and where photographed and not scanned due to fragility. Company B, 231st Infantry Training Battalion. *83rd Infantry Division * Normandy * Brittany * Ardennes * Rhineland * Central Europe * 83rd Infantry Division * Rolland Joseph Gustave Despres is the man that started this project, and to tell his story I must also tell the the story of the 83rd infantry division. On April 11, 1945, the 83rd encountered Langenstein, a subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp. The amount of ground covered by the 83rd Division from Normandy in June 1944 to Central Germany in April 1945 is difficult to comprehend--over 1,400 miles. Click on the First Sergeant stripes to read his story. US Army Patches - Army Unit Patches and Army Regiment Patches. On 16 September 1944: in the only surrender of a German Major General to U.S. troops, Botho Henning Elster surrendered with 18,850 men and 754 officers at the Loire bridge of Beaugency. It expresses a basic truth that was obvious to every GI on the front lines in Europe, but evades most of us until we realize the brutal conditions that they were forced to endure. Previous page: 330th Infantry Regiment Map Overlays Gen. Pvt. The inmates were malnourished and in extremely poor physical condition. He was in Company B, 231st Infantry Training Battalion. Demobilized 18 February 1919 at Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky. GitHub export from English Wikipedia. "God we lost a lot of men. The odds were that if you were on the front line, you probably wouldn't make it home in one piece, if at all. To date, 36 divisions, including the 83rd Infantry Division, have been recognized as liberating units. You notice the German line bent back at a 90 angle (left-middle)? But for a number of U.S Army trucks interspersed among its columns, it might easily have been mistaken for a German convoy.[12]. On June 18,1944 the 83rd Division landed at Omaha beach D-Day plus 12. I hope it is the last one this way. As each house was taken, it was subjected to violent enemy counterattacks. In 1985, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the US Army's Center of Military History began a program to honor US Army divisions that took part in the liberation of Nazi camps. On 6 August, the Germans demolished all the quays, locks, breakwaters and harbor machinery and set fire to the city. Also, that the prisoners had been forced to work 16-hour days in nearby mines, and were shot if they became too weak to work. H Company 11201 Euclid Ave. Joe [Ordanez] Ordonez, Texas, Pvt 331 Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division dies 8 Aug 1944, Soldiers of the 331st Regiment, 2nd battalion, are ready to depart Passau for Cherbourg and a boat home, September, 1945. Chest." Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 335th Infantry and assigned to the 84th Division. Their patrols advance beyond the line searching out the foe. Melvin V. Park, K Company, 329th Infantry, 83rd Division From Normandy To the Bulge. As the regimental journal says for this overlay, Defense areas to use in an emergency.. From Atterbury to the Elbe 1 pton 709th Tank Battalion, from August 13th to 16th, 1944 By the end of September, the division had moved into Luxembourg. After training in Wales, the division landed at Omaha Beach, 18 June 1944, and entered the hedgerow struggle south of Carentan, 27 June. A second battalion from the same regiment defended a line further east. Moving to the Hurtgen Forest, the 83rd Division thrust forward from Gressenich to the west bank of the Roer. It was demobilized in October 1919. The second overlay for 12 July 1944 is a 83rd ID situation map for 12:00. Michael Harris, 2nd Platoon, Company F, is among the many listed here. When, where and if they saw action in WWI. They had limited supplies of ammunition and rations, and no radio contact with Germany. Later, a German counterattack, supported by machine guns and mortars struck from high ground southeast of Greveldange, but the men of the 331st quickly turned back the attempted disruption of their lines. 83rd (US) Infantry Division Battle order - June-August 1944 - Battle of Normandy Headquarters Commander: Major General Robert C. Macon Deputy commander: Brigadier General Claude B. Ferenbaugh Chief of Staff: Colonel Samuel V. Krauthoff Combat units 329th Infantry Regiment: Colonel Edwin B. Crabill - 1/329 : Major George A. Wishart A Company D. Root; S/Sgt.

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