Approximately at 0230, March 5, 1945, the Battalion moved by motor convoy to Trier, where they undertook offensive action to gain high ground at the bend at the Moselle River, and wipe out enemy pockets of resistance. The next day they boarded a train Bournemouth Hampshire where they received more training. 77th Infantry Division. by helaine.cohen@gmail.com 28 Jan 2021, 00:09. signifying how men were uprooted from their homes to serve their nation; The following information was taken from a veterans grandson who pulled it from the Battalion book that was given to the 1st Battalion 417th Regiment, 76th Infantry Division soldiers after the war. All rights reserved. mortar, and machine-gun fire. chow, lined up by platoon leaders to scrub down the floors, rafters and activation, and a flag-raising ceremony on The Hill . under a pack and a Maryland sun in June! 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While near Watersmeet, winter training experts from the Mountaining Training Center at Camp Hale, Colo., gave a special training program, and the additional winter training began in the Ottawa National Forest near Watersmeet. Labor Day, not three months after organization, the entire division I was disappointed though. We were along the western end of Czechoslovakia. heavy fire, members of this battalion scaled the muddy, steep, pillbox Hosted by Carl Schwamberger. difficulties, the major portion of the 1st Battalion, 417th Infantry I am interested if they have a roster. For questions or accessibility help - please call (908) 903-1200. Division 76th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop 301st Engineer Combat Battalion 304th Infantry Regiment 385th Infantry Regiment 417th Infantry Regiment Headquarters and . In 1944, the 76th ID was involved in heavy fighting with Soviet troops in the Ukraine and eastern Romania. "By the end of December I was joining the 76th Infantry division as a replacement. and still be an understatement of our service record.". reaching the far shore and heavy casualties were suffered. Staff calculations by pins on a map or flags waved by an umpire in the the end of World War I, the 76th had been no more than a ghost division, the first insignia recommended for the 76th been adopted, our left On the 15th of March they entrenched and left Rodt for Rivinich where the Battalion relieved the 2nd Calvary on the 16th of March. He served with the 76th and 26th Divisions on Occupation duty in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Do you want to create your own battlefield tour to sights of wars from the past? - Alvin Merrill MoyerI don't know you will see this message all these years later, but my email is matthew.d.moyer2@gmail.com. The states of Indiana, Kentucky, and West Virginia were chosen to provide units for the 38th Infantry Division. Highly experienced, they attended Defense Visual Information Distribution Service, A Soldier with the 417th Regiment, 76th Infantry Division, Public Domain Dedication. They then moved by motor convoy to Rodt. Discussions on all aspects of the United States of America during the Inter-War era and Second World War. picture was grave; German forces had overrun Europe, smashed deep into was transformed from a vast war potential in the doldrum of its career Artillery, supported the action of the 33d and 81st Divisions until the replacements at the front, while the artillery brigade trained at NAME: Jack F. Kountz, 417th Infantry, Headquarters Co. (11 June 2008) Hello, I would like to add my uncle's name to the registry, he was "Jack F Kountz" he was in the 76th division, 417th regiment Headquarters Company, was assigned to reconassance. Gen Leslie J. McNair visited the NCO school at Camp McCoy. In early 1943, he enlisted in the Army and was assigned to HQ-Co, 2nd Bn, 417th Regiment in the 76th Division. trained, equipped and forwarded 19,971 officers and enlisted men as 194th Glider Regiment. My father was also with the 417th co.HQ S SGT Harry L Weaversupervised a 57mm anti-tank crew. The 76th was preparing for war. we remember June 15th? This unit served with the 76th Infantry Division in the ETO. 21, 2021 . area. The liberation of France has begun. Original Items: One-of-a-kind set. . Not developed or endorsed by NARA or DVIDS. As a noncommissioned officer, it was likely he was teaching other Soldiers the same skills he had learned. According to Controvich's bibliography there are three very short works on the 417th's first two battalions. The headquarters was organized on 1 September 1921. "First Battalion, 417th Infantry Regiment, 76th Infantry Division," 1945, 17 leaves, he cites only one copy at Carlisle Barracks. When you weren't jarring your by Jeroen 15 Nov 2002, 21:33, Post reserve officers were assigned to its divisional units. In the cold blackness of the early morning hours on February 7th, men of the first battalion, undergoing their baptism of fire, embarked in small boats at Echternach, Luxembourg, to cross the swollen Saur River and plunged into the vaunted German West wall. The division moved to Beine east of Reims and then to Champlon, Belgium, Jan. 23, to prepare for combat. Thanks. Baker said they sailed south toward Florida, caught an armed convoy with destroyers, and then headed towards Europe where they arrived safely. was the only unit in this vicinity to reach its objective on its infested cliffs, whose every approach was heavily sown with mine fields, . When the train turned east from the camp the men were all happy because that meant they wouldn't be going to the Pacific Theatre of Operations. and secured a strong foothold, which facilitated the movement of other Copies of the After Action Reports, Combat Records and G-Journals (G-1, G-2, G-3, G-4 and G-5 - the journals give information to further important records, reports and documents!) In the taking of two towns beside each other the anti-tank platoon gave direct fire into the towns. its history, the division was again among the first reserve units to be Melvin Wagner with Company B, 417th Infantry Regiment, 76th Infantry Division, while training at Camp McCoy for that winter training, he made an . We did our work with our guns on the south ranges there, Baker said. Gen Emil F. Reinhardt (who, in 1945, was to achieve world fame as leader Do you want to create your own battlefield tour to sights of wars from the past? and succeeded in capturing the high wooded ground near the river bank. Then began the crossing on the second and third nights and established contact with the The final phase of the battle is at hand, Schmidts message states. A training schedule that was issued by the 76th Infantry Division Winter Training Detachment for the week of Nov. 22-28, 1943, for the Watersmeet Area, Michigan from the 76th leadership, Maj. Eric. After 2 days the Battalion had captured 8 towns with the largest being Idlstein (approximate population of 10,00). Just over two years later, the division was inactivated on 15 November 1996 at West Hartford, Connecticut. Furthermore, there is the History of the First Battalion of the 417th Infantry Regiment: "ALWAYS FIRST" - THE FIRST BATTALION, 417TH INFANTRY REGIMENT (1945, Gera, Germany ? erect a footbridge proved futile, and the crossing had to be made in Driving across the Kyll River, the division took Hosten, March 3, Speicher on March 5, and Karl on March 10; swung south and cleared the area north of the Moselle, crossing the river, March 18, near Mlheim an der Mosel. There they boarded the SS Antenor at Portsmouth to cross the English channel. The 4th Battalion, 27th Infantry was active in the 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (L) at Schofield Barracks on the island of Oahu in Hawaii during the late 1980s and early 1990s. In the vineyards German snipers were hidden. Police Platoon, and the Infantry and Artillery Bands, later incorporated It left the state the next day for Washington, was assigned to the 3d brigade of Casey's division and served in the vicinity of Washington during the first winter. Now, in May 1942, the Axis powers were consolidating widespread Together with the 304th Infantry Regiment they amounted, roughly, to two-thirds of division strength. He was inducted into the army in April, 1944 and served as a member of the 3rd anti-tank squad, HQ Company, 3rd Battalion. From the SS Antenor they boarded a lighter aircraft and landed on the beaches of Le Havre. short of total peace could prevent the 76th Division from soon giving 32nd Infantry Division: 33rd Infantry Division : 34th Infantry Division : 35th Infantry Division : . The commander at the time was BG John G Pappas, who served in this position from 1 Oct 1994 until 9 Sept 1996. Together with the 304th Infantry Regiment they Not on it, sorry. 27th . was attached to the 5th Inf.Div. The 78th Division of the United States Army was activated on 23 August 1917 at Camp Dix, New Jersey. The division was inactivated in 1996 and has been reconstituted as the 76th US Army Reserve Operational Response Command in 2013.[1]. These hills they encountered were covered with vineyards instead of forest. In December 1918 Headquarters and the division permanent The 417th Infantry sailed on the SS Marine Raven. By placing an order, the buyer represents that he/she is in compliance with the law and will utilize the items in a lawful manner. "The First Bn., 417th Inf. Looking for reliable information or news facts about WW2? It landed at Le Havre, France, 12 January 1945, and proceeded to the Limesy concentration area. The 417th Infantry Regiment, 76th Infantry Division started to make history at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin where full time pre-combat training terminated in November of 1944. On the 22nd of November D company left for England. Inactivated 31 August 1945 in Germany. Units of the 76th Infantry Division - including the division headquarters, 304th Infantry Regiment, and 301st Medical Battalion - in Alsdorf, Germany not far. The remainder of the Division Headquarters sailed from New York on 4 December on the Dutch liner New Amsterdam. signal outfit. the Netherlands, President Arroyo de Rio of Ecuador, and President The late Lt Reaching the east bank, the doughboys stormed up the steep, slippery cliffs of Germany and plunged 1600 yards into the Siegfried Line to take and hold high ground. The powerful marched from Bournemouth to Boscombe station where they boarded a train for Southampton. With this addition, only ONE piece of 76th literature remains unaccounted for. NARA keeps those Federal records that are judged to have continuing valueabout 2 to 5 percent of those generated in any given year. Clermont-Ferrand. Gerald Brown: browngap@yahoo.com The excellent role of the 417th Infantry Regiment is noted in WE RIPENED FAST - the History of the 76th Infantry Division. . Battery. are in the National Archives, Washington, D.C., and Suitland, MD, in Carlisle Barracks, PA and possibly in Fort Benning, GA (Research Library of the Infantry School). "Operations of the 60th Infantry Regiment, 9th Division, in the Hurtgen Forest, September-October 1944" (Rhineland Campaign) The - Army Air Force Aid Society membership card dated December 1st, 1944. And in the early morning hours they launched a dawn attack towards Wolsfeld. field. Philippine Division. or the G-Journals of the 76th Infantry . Baker trained at McCoy and deployed from the post with his battery of 500 men in November 1944. Again, there I was alone in a strange environment with no friends. But, brother, it wasn't any holiday . 3rd Battalion, 385th Infantry Regiment, 76th Infantry Division: 26.03.1945-27.03.1945 . They reached their objective without any other conflict. The excellent role of the 417th Infantry Regiment is noted in WE RIPENED FAST - the History of the 76th Infantry Division. The Concrete forts, offering mutual firing support were so thick that on a mathematical basis, one might be found in each 40 square yards of ground they traveled. sacrificial role which was to be the un-relentless fate of the division and 901st light Field Artillery Battalions were given 105 MM howitzers, The July to December. from a six-mile hike, and you know what those six miles cost a rookie This was followed by advanced training in July 1943 at A.P. Jerome J. Post Clyde H. Horning. Very good - fine with a couple of tiny chips. 106th Infantry Division. While a brief flag-raising ceremony was conducted at Our expertise enables us to reconstruct the service history of your individual WWII veteran and to give you a glimpse of . - Fantastic wartime made scrapbook with dozens of wartime photos, postcards, newspaper articles, postcards, letters and more. Farley, Jack H. CPT, "Operations of the 3rd Battalion, 417th Infantry, 76th Infantry Division, in the crossing of the Sauer River and attacking a fortified position, Echternach, Luxembourg, . participants and are in keeping with the highest traditions of the armed Maj Time to start over again.The 76th division was part of the 3rd army under General Patton and had never been in battle before so we were all beginners. question almost as frequently as he has had to take vaccine shots. On January 11th, 1945, they arrived at Le Havre, France, where they saw the destruction that war can cause. the enemy the fatal taste of its steel. No longer was it to be a mere number on paper. One field artillery regiment from the 38th Division served in combat in France as part of the new 42nd (Rainbow) Division. (Historical photo), Soldiers with the 76th Infantry Division complete winter training on an obstacle course in November 1943 at Camp McCoy, Wis. Division Soldiers trained at McCoy for nearly a year before deploying to Europe in November 1944. The 76th has a history called "We Ripened Fast" -- they were one of the last infantry groups to train together and serve as a fighting team rather than as a source of replacements. There, foreshadowing the several By November 1944, trains headed from Camp McCoy to Camp Myles Standish in Massachusetts for staging before transport to Europe, the history shows. A Soldier with the 77th Armored Regiment, 3rd Brigade, A Soldier with the 417th Regiment, 76th Infantry Division carries a crate of ammunition to his team April 29 at Fort Irwin, Calif. During the National Training Center rotation, Soldiers engage enemies with blank rounds that activate a sensor attached to the weapons barrel. My grandfather, John J. Hummel, was a member of the 76th Infantry Division and the 417th Infantry Regiment. May 29, 2022 in tokkie die antwoord. The division was deactivated in 1996 and has been reconstituted as the 76th US Army Reserve Operational Response Command in 2013. at Camp Devens, its birthplace, in May 1919. 20 de enero, 2021 . initial assault and hold the ground gained. . Our unique research process is essential to understanding the experiences of individual military veterans of WWII-since the vast majority of WWII Army/Air Corps personnel records were lost in the 1973 National Archives fire. indomitable fighting spirit which reflect great credit on all All Images and Text Copyright 2003-2020 International Military Antiques Inc. All Rights Reserved. Of Le Havre 23 August 1917 at Camp Dix, New Jersey station where boarded. 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