359th infantry regiment, 90th infantry division ww2

Jasper T. Aaser. 358th Inf: RCT 357, upon relief would move to a LD along the existing boundary between the 4th Armd Div and the 83rd Inf Div. on the left of the 329th Inf was stopped for no gain. 10 june (D+4) : Finally at 1100, elements of F Co pushed across the stream W of SEVES and secured a lodgment but no additional 2nd Bn troops effected a crossing. Preparations for the relief of the 357th Infantry were made with representatives of the 79th Division. Another good book from a soldier's perspective about the 90th Division is "Bootprints", is written by Hobert Winebrenner with help from Michael McCoy. The 359th (-1 BN) was released from assignment to the 4th Infantry Division and reverted to the control of the 90th Division on 10 June. As a mater of interest, this BN was forced to fight for its night assembly position. A coordinated attack preceded by the support of all available artillery was launched upon the town at 1900. 24 june (D+18) Today, a memorial wall at the former camp honors the 90th as the liberators of Flossenbrg concentration camp. Purple Heart . The Divisions Regiments continued to hold their positions. The entire VIII Corps front flamed into action at 0530. The axis of the 90th Division was to attack the PERIERS -ST SAUVEUR LENDELIN Road. By 2000 two routes across the ISLAND had been cleared by the engineers and the regiment moved S to an assembly area vicinity GRUCHY. The enemy, contrary to general expectations had disclosed his intentions of defending in place to the end, whatever the price. Based on information from Corps of evidence of a general enemy withdrawal on our front, Division ordered strong patrols to determine the presence or absence of the enemy in the BEAU COUDRAY area. 79th Inf Div on the extreme right of the VIII Corps had advanced practically abreast of the 90th Div, bypassing LA HAYE DU PUITS. The 358th took over the mission of the 357th. As of midnight, the 121st was no nearer our lines than 24 hours previously. Private First Class Stanley Schachne entered the U.S. Army from New York and served in the 357th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division. Debouchment from the bottleneck represented by the corridor, was contingent upon the prior capture of BEAU COUDRAY and its successful assault was necessary preliminary to the further development of Regimental Plans. District of Columbia. The remainder of the 358th was place in Division Reserve to be prepared to advance in either of the regimental zones. 121st Inf did not come abreast and consequently no attack was made. The entrenched enemy although buffeted by heavy mortar and artillery concentrations could not be unloosened. B Company was released from attachment to 3rd Bn and moved to rejoin its parent unit. We have no pictures of D-Day. Status Killed in Action. A change of plans was necessary and consequently the 3rd Bn initiated reconnaissance with a view to a projected attack through the lines of the 1st Bn the following day. From A Spearhead Regiment (the book's introduction): "When the blood, sweat, and dirt of war become memories, who will remember the " little things" that GI Joe did, to make war just "a memory"? As was the case in the 358th Inf attack a few days previously, the Regiment was faced with the SEVES R as an immediate obstacle. 2nd Bn went into action at 1500, passing through the left company of the 2nd Bn 359th Inf. World War Regimental Histories. Coincidental with this readjustment, 1st and 2nd Bn 358th Inf were withdrawn to rear assembly areas in vicinity of the Regtl CP at GONFRESVILLE. ABMC Headquarters 2300 Clarendon Blvd, Suite 500 Arlington, VA 22201 Phone: 703-584-1501 90th Inf Div, attached to VIII Corps, held the left of the Corps Sector with dispositions generally as follows (See Plate 1). 3rd Bn 358th Inf passed to 359th Inf control at 1345. The remnants withdrew into the A company perimiter. By 2130, the two Battalions had mopped it up completely and had begun the move to occupy the high ground to the North and Northwest. It reported that the companies were under continuously heavy pressure and were very low on ammunition. The Div attacked at 0530, following a 15 minute Arty preparation which included the 4th Div Arty and the massed fires of the heavy weapons of the 357th Inf and the reserve battalions of the assault regiments. The ISLAND was soon reported devoid of Boche but littered with mines. A considerable gap had enveloped between the leading assault companies as a result of the divergent attack of Company I to storm and carry a rocky knoll on its left flank from which a German platoon had been delivering particularly devastating fire. 90th Infantry Division, Reorganized 15 March 1963 to consist of the 1st and 2d Battalions, Major Operations: St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne. Nor will those men of the 2nd Battalion who were on the transport, "Susan B. Anthony", when it struck a mine and sank on June 7th ever forget. Elements of CT 9 (- Group A) assembled at Reuville by nightfall. The 2nd Battalion was only 50% equipped as a result of loss during the sinking. The 90th ID had their 359th Infantry Regiment attached to the 4th ID for D-Day, landing on 6 June. Notice All rights reserved. During the same period, 3rd Bn, 358th If, still under heavy fire from the enemy mortars, continued reorganization. It reached the crossroads without difficulty but was ambushed by flanking MG and Tank fire as it moved to the ground beyond. 1st Bn was moved to an assembly area in rear of 3rd Bn with the mission of protecting the right of 359th Inf and left of the 82nd A/B Div. 358th and 359th Infs readjusted positions, closing assault battalions on their respective LDs. No additional troops of the 2nd Bn had joined G Co. At 0830 mortar and artillery fire in the 1st Bn area increased perceptibly and shortly after 0900 the Boche attacked both flanks of the Bn in considerable strength. 200 yards beyond however, they were stopped by heavy fire. [2] 1st Battalion was then allocated to the Army Reserve's 91st Division (Training Support). 1st Bn, attacking on the right, reached the crossroad N of ST JORES by midmorning against moderate resistance. At 2200, remainder of the Engr Bn was attached to the Regiment and its C Company moved into position to reinforce E Company. By 2250 it had cleared the resistance between these battalions and established contact laterally. Behind them, enemy mortar, artillery and enfilade machine gun fire blocked all efforts to the engineers to provide a vehicular crossing. 3rd Bn followed by bounds in trace of the 2nd Bn and assembled E of HAU PERREY. The attack of the 358th Inf was postponed 24 hours by Corps direction to permit the acquisition of the artillery ammunitions necessary for the support of the operations. At 1500, on Div order 1st Bn moved to ST JORES to fill the gap between the 2nd Bn, 359th Inf and 1st Bn, 358th Inf. The 357th Infantry was assigned to the left sector of the drive and the 358th Infantry to the right sector. 3rd Bn, after a violet but short-lived skirmish in the vicinity of its LD, broke through the German defenses and advanced relatively unopposed to seize and secure the high ground on the E side of the FORET. B Company, adjacent to and on the right of A Company, had been reinforced by 5 medium tanks and was set up as the main effort. 315 Engr Bnwhich had for the past 5 days operated exclusively as a combat unit, was relieved at daylight from its position atop the FORET and returned to much neglected Engr work. Because of the open nature of the ground to the immediate front, patrol activity was limited to night work. By virtue of aggressive infantry action and coordinated tank s support the leading Company (A) made excellent progress and by noon had reached a point some 500 yards N of BEAU COUDRAY. This Bn had been so greatly decimated in the preceding few days that its rifle elements consisting of but 4 officers and 122 EM were organized into a single battle group. 2nd Bn 358th Inf from its position on the S slopes of the FORET advanced due E towards LASTELLE avoiding Hill 92. arrowhead); Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe, French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II for Counterattacked there both frontally and on the right flank by a combined infantry-tank force, it fell back on ST SUZANNE to defend from its night perimeter positions. Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 359th Infantry and assigned to the 90th Division. 3rd Bn with 2 Cos abreast and K echeloned to the right rear moved into the gap between A and C Cos to restore the momentum of the Regtl offensive. [2] On March 25, 1942, the 359th was called to active service for participation in World War II and was organized and trained at Camp Barkeley, Texas. Share. Fighting slowed down at 2300. 391.3.3 Records of the 3d Regiment of Dragoons. Under cover of darkness it moved forward and outposted the left of the 1st Bn 358th Inf while that latter unit side-slipped to the right. Division Artillery made preparations to move into a new assembly area. BPL The 79th Inf Div on the extreme right of the Corps had taken LA HAYE DU PUITS and was consolidating its positions. The 2nd Bn advanced rapidly hampered only by mines. Although our guides and liaison officers were in contact with the left elements of the 121st Inf (left assault regiment of the 8th Div) and the area between their left front and the rear of our hilltop position was clear, scattered enemy resistance remained in the right of the 121st Inf zone and slowed their progress. 90th Rcn Tr: [2], The 359th Infantry was reactivated on March 24, 1947 as a unit of the Organized Reserve Corps (ORC). 17 june (D+11) As stated above, the 2nd Bn 359th Inf did not possess sufficient power to break out and it was consequently decided to commit the 2nd Bn 357th Inf in column of companies through its left to give added drive to the bogged down attack. Combat chronicle [ edit] The 90th Infantry Division landed in England, 5 April 1944, and trained from 10 April to 4 June. The Boche furiously attempted to retake the area but were consistently repulsed, the last assault coming late in the afternoon. They show us things as they were, and as they actually happened with no dressing and special poses. Soldiers of the 873rd Quartermaster Unit of West, to U.S. Army Soldiers from the 44th Expeditionary Signal. It continued its advance to the W, holding for the night in the clear, on a predetermined line through the E slope of the FORET. 359th Inf: Moved from its positions on the Div left flank to maintain contact with the 121st inf on the Div right. 359th Inf: 3rd Bn relieved the 1st Bn during the day by infiltration. The Division plan visualized the commitment of this battalion on the left of the 2nd Bn 359th Inf after the latter had reached the eastern extremity of the narrow corridor through which it was attacking and had turned to the SE. Infantry and Engineer reconnaissance parties were dispatched by the Division to reconnoiter possible crossing sites along the Merderet River within the contemplated zone of action. Captured officers reported that it would attack on 8 July on a NE axis to recapture the FORET DE MONT CASTRE. Corps order called for elements of the 82nd Airborne Division and the newly arrived 9th Infantry Division to pass through the 90th Division and secure the Douve River in our zone. After reestablishing contact and determining their position by colored smoke shells fired by supporting artillery, the battalion commander ordered a resumption of the advance. (b) 358th Inf, on the left, to force the corridor between the FORET and PRARIE, block to the E, S of the PRARIE, and finally assist the 359th Inf on order. Some elements of the 90th saw action on 6 June 1944, D-Day, Utah Beach, Normandy, France.The rest of the Division entered combat 10 June. Artillery fire destroyed Sergeant Hawk's machine gun. 357th suffered 13 casualties. Conflict World War II 1941-1945. Private Bernie Sevel, a scout for C Company, 359th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Divisionthe Tough Ombresshot round after round as the plane closed the range. 3rd Bn, initially in reserve, was committed at 1230 to restore the situation in the center of the regimental zone, effecting relief of the 2nd Bn. Good luck in your search.