331 infantry regiment, 83rd division

You can see them by clicking here. SirJames 139 Sergeant Major 83rd Infantry Division - storm - hedgerow (bocage) - unloading jeeps and trucks - getting ashore - release 101th Airborne in Carentan - planes - bombing - Avranches - Saint-Malo - fighting in the streets - Chteauneuf -. Nazi propaganda letters were a "Christmas present. Pfc. Store windows were full of photos of the 5th Armored Regiment which had liberated the city just nine days before. 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. Contribute to chinapedia/wikipedia.en development by creating an account on GitHub. US Army Patches - Army Unit Patches and Army Regiment Patches. These newly-acquired vehicles were quickly painted olive-green and fitted with a U.S. star before joining the 83rd. 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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. All I hope is that he puts these Germans in their place, when this is over. Over 1,500 heavy bombers dropped 3,300 tons of bombs to saturate the entire target area. Div Lamb, Emanuel (H) Lt. Col. Leniel MacDonald Richmond, Floyd J. Basic training of the new recruits was conducted at Camp Sherman, northwest of Chillicothe, OH. It can be seen by clicking here. Main telephone: 202.488.0400 Actually, theres lot on this overlay not making sense to me right now. The 83rd Division has special ties to Luxembourg. Go to top.. Certain divisional units saw action, such as the 332nd Infantry Regiment, in Italy (Battle of Vittorio Veneto). D Company They captured Greveldange with little opposition. W. L. Arnold--AT Company, 329th Infantry Regiment, Pvt. Richard E. Chipps. American Battle Monuments Commission search engine at http://www.abmc.gov/search/wwii.php. 1st Bn 66th Armd Regt (2nd Armd Div), from June 28th to July 5th, 1944 I sure wouldn't want to live the way they do. I became intrigued with the combined 83 ID / 330 IR overlays and decided to add the data points from the After Action Reports, Unit Journals and Morning Reports. All is safe for you to go. Many of them are buried in U. S. Military Cemeteries, and can be found by searching the The drive carried them eight miles beyond their starting point. Unit: 1 st Battalion, 24 th Field Artillery Regiment (Philippine Scouts) Service Number: O-11578; Date of Birth . Weapons Platoon C Co, 749th Tank Battalion, from July 20th to 29th, 1944 Then the heavies came in low, a hundred at a time. W. L. Arnold--AT Company, 329th Infantry Regiment The Trench Line 331 Infantry Regiment, 83 Division Share 3 posts heed72 4 Private Sep 27, 2006 #1 Does anyone have any info on the US, 331 Infantry Regiment, 83 Divison? 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. June 22-28, 1944. Every house was an arsenal with ammunition supplies stacked at each window, and every basement was reinforced with double walls of cement and steel. 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. *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. Assistant Division Commanders: Brig. 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. C Co, 86th Chemical Mortar Battalion, from August 1st to 16th, 1944 C Company Supporting tanks were knocked out on both sides of the town by mines in the streets, bazookas, and artillery fire. The inmates were malnourished and in extremely poor physical condition. 802nd Tank Destroyer Battalion (T), from July 1st to December 7th, 1944 332nd Infantry Regiment ; 369th Experience ; Americans All! 2/329 : Lieutenant Colonel Claude L. Bowen, Jr. The 83rd Division established a bridgehead over the river. SOCIAL . Troupes de la 83rd Division traquant les derniers snipers allemands dans les rues de Saint-Malo. The 83rd Infantry Division ( 83. L Company, 331st Infantry Regiment: Colonel Martin D. Barndollar Jr., killed on 4 July 1944 near Mautis, replaced by Lieutenant Colonel William E. Long, replaced on 7 July 1944 by Colonel John C. Whitcomb, replaced on 9 July 1944 by Colonel James D. Bender, replaced on 11 July 1944 by Colonel Robert T. Foster, replaced on 13 July 1944 by Colonel Robert H. York. Regiment, which was published shortly after the end of the war. E Company: Captain Raymond E. Poore, wounded on July 4, 1944 at Mautis See through the mindless death and grinding pain. On the coast near Mont St. Michel, Pontorson, and Dol-de-Bretagne they received orders to capture the port towns of St. Malo and Dinard. You can learn more about Sgt. 2nd Platoon: 2nd Lieutenant Donald L. Richardson, killed on July 4, 1944 24th Cav Rcn Sq, from July 18th to 19th, 1944 He was in Company B, 231st Infantry Training Battalion. Then there are those who are quitting their jobs and going to better-paying ones. The 83rd had three infantry regiments, the 329th, the 330th, and the 331st. *The quote near the top of this page is from a letter written by Pfc. Do they think we are over here for our health? The shield is red for artillery and the black pile represents part of the 83rd Infantry Division insignia. 65th Armored FA Battalion, from June 27th to July 4th, 1944 "TDC, On 6 December, the 83rd gave positions along the Moselle Valley to the 22nd Infantry of the 4th Division. Cleveland, 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. The 83rd had three infantry regiments, the 329th, the 330th, and the 331st. Credits. The 83rd Infantry Division was first activated to fight in World War I, the "War to End All Wars" in 1917, fought in 1918 and was deactivated in 1919. Across the marsh (and the river Taute) were two causeways; one from Le Moulin to La Varde, and one from Le Port to Tribehou. You can read it by clicking here, or on the Combat Medic's Badge. Dave Curryhas a report about this engagement here, if you are interested. They also estimated that, due to severe physical debilitation, prisoners continued to die at a rate of 25 to 30 persons per day. To avoid needless loss of life, Elster negotiated a surrender. 453rd AAA AW Battalion (Mbl), from July 1st, 1944 to July 9th, 1945 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. 20 January 1945, with an M-10 Wolverine tank destroyer of Co. C, 629th Tank Destroyer Battalion, in the frame, track commander SGT Jimmy Richardson talks to his driver, PVT Joe Honig, while Joes of the 83rd Infantry Division ("Thunderbolt")'s 331st Inf. The patches we carry are of the highest quality. As the 2nd Battalion advanced further toward Remich, they knocked out machine guns that the enemy had emplaced in concrete. Another photo taken at Camp Breckenridge, showing M Company/331st, can be seen by clicking here. B Company Private First Class David Allen Glascock ASN 35671319 served as a member of the 330th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division during World War Two and fought in Normandy, Northern France and Rhineland before getting Wounded in Action on December 5th, 1944. Leon Collins; S/Sgt. 106th Cav Rcn Sq, from July 16th to 28th, 1944 Actually 12,000 defended the walled city, and they vowed to "fight to the last stone." serving as Platoon Sgt. Subscribe to 330th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division Footer menu. D-Day and Battle of Normandy Encyclopedia, Commander: Major General Robert C. Macon The two squads were ambushed and pinned down on the ground. Ironically, like many GIs, he also had German ancestry. 1 pton 709th Tank Battalion, from August 13th to 16th, 1944 This is the Facebook outlet of 83rdinfdivdocs.org and the people behind the research and data. H Company Near Cherbourg. B Company UNITED PRESS LjEASED WIRE SERVICE THE EVENING G ESTABLISHED 1S81 XENIA, OHIO, SATURDAY, JU^E 29, PRICE THREE CENTS SUPPLY Y Platoon, 2nd.Batallion, 331 first Regiment of the 83rd Infantry Division, advanced to the rank of Sgt. Well see if it gets any better once Ive read the reports and compare it tothe 08 July Morning Reports. August 20, 1944: Cesson-Svign C Co, 87th Chemical Battalion, from 5th to 16th July 1944 July 28, 1944: Feugres But also, the 1st Bn, 330th regiment companies were much further to the south-east just the day before. 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. Please visit the Brothers-In-Arms Memorial Page honoring the more than 1,000 men of the 331st Infantry who were killed or missing in action. As they peeled off and took their positions they relieved elements of the 90th Division, the V Corps, and the 112th Infantry of the 28th Division. There are numerous monuments in France honoring the GIs of the 83rd Division. The following soldiers were reported as missing in action. In the 331st, the 2nd and 3rd battalions jumped off abreast at 0445 hours from the vicinity of Meautis. You notice the German line bent back at a 90 angle (left-middle)? Composed almost entirely of Clevelanders ages 21-31 who had been drafted into the army, the regiment included companies A, B, C, D, H, and L and a supply company. S/Sgt Joseph Arnaldo, 331st Infantry Casualty figures for the 83rd Infantry Division, European theater of operations: The 83rd Infantry Division received its nickname, the "Thunderbolt" division, after a division-wide contest for a new nickname held in early 1945. The Germans knew the routes that the 83rd would have to take, and from concealed positions dug beneath the hedgerows, they ranged in on the advancing GIs with mortars and artillery. "TDC, November 26"I was reading an old paper today and the people over there must be nuts. Its commanders were Maj. Gen. Edwin F. Glenn (25 August 1917), Brig. "TDC, December 3"Here it is another Christmas away from home--I hope it is the last one like this. When I finished with this map, it was a bit eerie. 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. Demobilized 18 February 1919 at Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky. H Company To date, 36 divisions, including the 83rd Infantry Division, have been recognized as liberating units. Byron Herde, 331st Infantry Mobley was the same medic that Robert Parsons (Sarge) describes in his book "Remembrances." TTY: 202.488.0406, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC, The Holocaust and World War II: Key Dates, Nazi Territorial Aggression: The Anschluss, Ministry of Propaganda and Public Enlightenment, Holocaust Survivors and Victims Resource Center. The people still seemed surprised at the sight of American soldiers in their city. The day before Thanksgiving, Hershell asked for two volunteers to help him cut up turkeys. 44106, 10900 Euclid Ave. The 331st Infantry Division was an infantry division of the German army during World War II. Taking Remich on the 28th and patrolling defensively along the Moselle, the 83d resisted counterattacks and advanced to the Siegfried Line defenses across the Sauer after capturing Grevenmacher and Echternach, 7 October. Time after time they only gained an advantage for a few hours before being completely cut up themselves, accumulating losses they could not afford. -- We threw 57,607 hand grenades The 330th, detached from the 83rd, helped clean out the Harz Mountains, a pocket of resistance that had been bypassed by the fast riding 329th and 331st. A few days before Thanksgiving, Company F moved from a school house in Luxembourg City north to the town of Wecker. When Sgt. The 83rd Infantry Division was first activated in the fall of 1917, several months after the United States entered World War I. Even the paint on their helmets looked as if they had just been unpacked." small arms ammunition. July 14, 1944: Hotat S/Sgt Joseph Arnaldo at the Battle of the Bulge. The 83rd Infantry Division (83. B Company Popularity; Last added; Last edited; Name; Date of birth; Date of death; Grid List. 83rd Infantry Division Legacy Chapter Email Group As each house was taken, it was subjected to violent enemy counterattacks. Infanterie-Division was formed at Truppenbungsplatz Kningsbrck in December 1941 as a "Walkre"-Division (1) and was disbanded in December 1943. When the 83rd Division landed across Omaha Beach in June 1944, James Shonak was Captain of Anti-Tank Company/331st Infantry. FULL. F Company Michael Harris, 2nd Platoon, Company F, is among the many listed here. 12th FA Obsn Battalion (-Btrie A), from August 7th to 16th, 1944 2nd Platoon Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 335th Infantry and assigned to the 84th Division. brothers we all know. Most of the time they were in the center of the front line, and often out in front leading the way. Second row, left to right are: Willard Strauss (B.A.R. The Drive To the Elbe My father, Thomas Dickson Curry, was a member of Company F, 2nd Battalion, 331st Infantry Regiment, 83rd Division. Pfc. 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. These documents are provided for by Dave Curry, historian of the 83rd Infantry Division Association. (F) Parson, Robert L. Jr. Terhanko, George Waple, George H., III Since there are no map overlays for 4 July, that Ive seen anyway, I would just take advantage of this map to point out that is the location of the Island where the 2 Bn, 329 IR, got very roughly handledon 4 July. At war's end, the "Thunderbolt" division had established a bridgehead on the Elbe River. The division was activated in September 1917 at Camp Sherman, Ohio. The camp was created in April 1944 to provide concentration camp labor for the German war effort. C Co, 709th Tank Battalion, from August 12th to 16th, 1944 This would seem to indicate a pretty good advance on the 12th then. They truly were brothers-in-arms. man); Pfc. "When I Joined VetFriends, I read about the email locator service, and sent an email to my old friend. From Atterbury to the Elbe Social Media. Click here to read more of his story. It can be seen by clicking here. B. Lyon Company, 1912. Commander 331st Anti-Tank Company, Third Platoon, Company B - 331st In one of your letters you wanted to know how things were over here. Return to Top You can read it by clicking here, or on the Combat Medic's Badge. They fought for each other and died for each other and, as the 331st Infantry motto said, they did "See It Through." The troops under Elster's command were not an organised fighting unit. Cleveland, I hope it is the last one this way. It was demobilized in October 1919. US soldiers with German prisoners of war//Robert Capa, 83rd Infantry Division in Europe in World War II 1944. Included in this collection of medals and documents are the following items:- Original WWII Cased . The regimental after action reports for the 331th Infantry Regiment in PDF format can be found in the following table. I Company It was initially formed from the garrison infantry regiments of Fortress Posen (Festung Posen). From Normandy To the Bulge. The blue items come from the overlays; the brownish points, if you can see them, are geographic locations reported inthe various reports, while the dark blue / purplish items are labels explaining the geographic location data points. His unit had been engaged in battle with German forces. They cut the St. Lo-Periers road, and forced their way into Le Mesnil Vigot. Click on the First Sergeant stripes to read his story. This list is as it appeared in the history of the 331st Infantry They consisted of the various occupation forces from along the Atlantic coast and down to the Pyrenees. They fought their way through swamps that the Germans created by flooding the fields. Gen. Written in May 1945, six months after my father was killed in action in Gey, Germany, the letter has a simple honesty that touches the heart. We specialize in Army patches. 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. The shoulder sleeve insignia of the 83rd Division insignia consists of a letters in gold spelling out the word "O-H-I-O" on a black isosceles triangular background. The 83d Infantry Division arrived in England on 16 April 1944. -- Our artillery battalions, It took the direct fire of the attached 774th tank battalion to accomplish this. Courtesy Mike Catrambone, Colonel James D. 331 Infantry Regiment 83rd Infantry Division. 196th FA Group, from August 7th to 16th, 1944 These documents are provided for by Dave Curry, historian of the 83rd Infantry Division Association. On 9 August, the enemy defenders were forced back to the Citadel at St. Servan and to Dinard on the west bank of the river just opposite St. Malo. They pushed the Germans back through savage counterattacks and finally held the west bank of the Roer River just south of Duren five days after the initial attack from the Hurtgen Forest. It was a trip of "two weeks that seemed like two months . The second overlay for 12 July 1944 is a 83rd ID situation map for 12:00. The next day the rest of the 329th entered the line, smashed through almost a mile to capture Coulot, and eased the pressure against the left of the line where the 330th had repelled repeated enemy counterattacks. K Company According to this paper, the war was practically over and the people were just waiting to celebrate. We have recently added a photo of A Company/331st. 2/331: Lieutenant Colonel James F. Faber, killed on 10 July 1944 at Sainteny. Fighting there and on nearby terrain was extremely. Not sure it happened here, well have to wait till I get through the reports. They had limited supplies of ammunition and rations, and no radio contact with Germany. It would take two weeks of street fighting to raze St. Malo. To slow the spread of sickness and death, the 83rd Division ordered the local German mayor to supply the camp with food and water. When the war ended, Terhanko had four Purple Hearts and Silver and Bronze Stars. Third row, left to right are: S/Sgt. The 332nd Infantry Regiment was formed on 30 August 1917 as part of the 83rd Division. On the first day, the 83rd jumped off along the Carentan-Periers road, with the entire division artillery in support. the official history of the 331st Infantry, 83rd Division. The post-war operations reports contains information on the activities of the unit such as movements, tasks and training. searching out the foe. Co., 2ndBn., 331stInf., 83rdInf. On 11 April 1945 the 83rd Division encountered Langenstein-Zwieberge, a subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp. They were billeted in an old chateau that was, according to Hershell McIntosh, complete with a kitchen full of dishes and silverware. When autocomplete results are available use up and down arrows to review and enter to select. 202nd FA Group, from August 7th to 16th, 1944 Photo courtesy Jon Aller and Kevin Harris. telephone wire. 121st CT (8th Div),from August 6th to 15th, 1944 Most of them were in tears. The following is taken from New York in the War of the Rebellion, 3rd ed. We still have a lot to be thankful for; some of the things that happen over here don't seem possibleThe mail situation is bad again, probably due to the Christmas rush. Click here to see the trail of the 83rd. There were no welcoming home parades for the Thunderbolt Division, but the GIs of the 83rd would carry its memory home with them. J Company Do you have 331ST INFANTRY REGIMENT, 83RD INFANTRY DIVISION Reunion information you'd like to share. Home | 83rd Thunderbolt Division Family Bringing together veterans, relatives and friends from all over the world Research Helping you learn more about your veteran Family Bringing together veterans, relatives and friends from all over the world Research Helping you learn more about your veteran Legacy Remembering those who served Family On June 18, 1944, less than two weeks after the Allied D-Day invasion of western Europe, the "Thunderbolt" division landed on Omaha Beach and began advancing into France. It shows a bit of all three 83rd ID regiments. On 1 March, the 83rd Division advanced toward the Rhine in Operation Grenade, and captured Neuss. First overlay for 12 July has more to do with the 331st Infantry Regiment; Imthinkingit was in with the papers for the 330th Infantry Regiment because it also locates the 331st, I Company. Move out! The men of the 83rd Division weren't just on the front line. By the time Sainteny was taken on 10 July, that number multiplied to 3,264. On June 18,1944 the 83rd Division landed at Omaha beach D-Day plus 12. Composed almost entirely of Clevelanders ages 21-31 who had been drafted into the army, the regiment included companies A, B, C, D, H, and L and a supply company. Frank E Douglas earned the Silver Star for action the 8th August 1944, serial no 0-1296500. The Green items are German locations or German related information, again, from the various reports. Engineers picked their way through mine fields and booby traps to clear the way. H Company 5 July 1944 is very confused; a lot was going on,and I have realized there area lot of discrepancies amongthe reportsespecially the Morning Reportsand I really need to incorporate all the information from the After Action Reports and Unit Journals and collate it with what information can be gleanedfrom the morning reports. C Co, 644th Tank Destroyer Battalion (SP), from August 9th to 16th, 1944, Chemical units My dad's Individual Deceased Personnel File indicates cause of death as "Shrap. 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. That city was taken on 13 April. On Memorial Day weekend 2000 my family had reunited for my sister's long . Men of the British 22nd Independent Parachute Company, 6th Airborne Division being briefed for the invasion, 4-5 June 1944. . The assault against the German 17th SS Division and 6th Parachute Regiment was slow and costly. Their patrols advance beyond the line searching out the foe. "TDC, October 29"We had quite a little treat the other day--the first real hot bath I've had since I left England (quite a topic for correspondence.)"TDC. S/Sgt. In April 1944, the men of the 331 st Regiment boarded a troop ship bound for England. Weapons Platoon : 2nd Lieutenant George P. Hopley, killed on July 4, 1944 at Sainteny At the end, the 83rd Division, born in war, was disbanded and all its men reassigned to other units. Advertising YOU PAY FOR IT WHEM YOU DON'T BUY IT. After the boy's death Kipling forced himself to write the official history of the regiment, as a form of atonement. The 331st sped along not far behind on the flank. The 83rd was held in reserve until after D-Day, and entered France on 21 through 24 June. Others in this group that went to F Company were William T. Oliver, Hubert L. Smith, James Stansell Jr., Archie Swindle, John M. Tarnowksi, Earl Tillman, Augustine Toya, Paul Tweed, James Vanden, Lee R. Weeks, John W. Phillips, Albert Popik, Raymond H. Heiber, Donald Palmatier, David W. Parrish, Angelo Patricola, Jospeph Pavek, Joseph T. Pawlowski, Benjamin B. Peluso, Norman Perez, Charles Petritis, John J. Petrizzo, Donald P. Smith, Perry D. Johnston, Walter P. Kowal, Ralph R. McDowell, Thomas K. McKee, Henry L. McManus, Raymond J. Miller, Dominick Salierno, Willard H. Strauss, James F. Varley, George H. Harrell, Michael Harris, Alfred L. Hinchey, Albert K. Jeffries, Earnest C. Goates, Joseph A. Gonzales, Raphael E. Duvall, Alois Dzieweczynski, Clifford E. Olson, Raymond J. Travers, Ovid K. Seville, Francis Soucie, and Max A. Rubin. ",Pvt,C,New York,no date . The DPAA said that in December 1944, Bernard Sweeney was assigned to Company 1, 330th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division. After liberation, the death rate continued at approximately 2550 people per day, due to the severe physical debilitation of the prisoners. OH of gasoline. The 330th took Strass and the 331st took Gey, one of the most strategic points in the network of German defenses protecting the vital approaches to Duren. This was the main line of defence for the Germans. 739th FA Battalion (8 How), from August 29th to September 3rd, 1944, Armor For there are only angels here in olive-drab, They spent 244 days in combat and suffered 23,980 casualties, 15,248 of which were combat casualties. Later groups of . They are, from left to right, first row: my dad--Thomas D. Curry; Larry Dalton (field promotion to 2nd Lt., Silver Star); Dominic Colestro (runner until Luxembourg); and "Doc" Berrardi (platoon medic). I see a time-based spread sheet being necessary. The unit reported that the prisoners had been forced to work 16 hours a day in nearby mines and that the SS had murdered those prisoners who became too weak to work. They fought in the Ardennes, facing the point of the German Bulge. A Company Regiment warm themselves by the fire after their retirement to the sector following . The 83rd Division crossed the Rhine south of Wesel, 29 March, and advanced across the Munster Plain to the Weser, crossing it at Bodenwerder. They advanced toward the Taute River while rain soaked the earth and drenched their already muddy fatigues. Click on the image for a larger view. And as patrols ventured toward Remich, the 331st occupied the towns of Remerschen, Assel, and Bous.

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