These eyes have seen the bloody hedgerows in the rain. Hq. It was initially made up of enlisted draftees from Ohio and Pennsylvania, with a cadre of Regular Army, Officers Reserve Corps, and National Army officers. By 15 July, the 83rd had regrouped along the Ays River. 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. They not only fought in Normandy and Brittany, but liberated Luxembourg. Weapons Platoon : 2nd Lieutenant George P. Hopley, killed on July 4, 1944 at Sainteny You can learn more about Sgt. Click on the First Sergeant stripes to read his story. It suffered heavy losses at Normandie and Falaise pocket in August 1944 and was disbanded in October 1944. D. Root; S/Sgt. Demobilized 18 February 1919 at Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky. I should be asking you. Regimental histories for 1943 and 1944. As the 2nd Battalion advanced further toward Remich, they knocked out machine guns that the enemy had emplaced in concrete. Leon Collins; S/Sgt. D Company Mobley wrote after the war to tell his wife where he had been and what he had done all those long months away from home. To see it through again. SOCIAL . In the 331st, the 2nd and 3rd battalions jumped off abreast at 0445 hours from the vicinity of Meautis. The people still seemed surprised at the sight of American soldiers in their city. The division was activated in September 1917 at Camp Sherman, Ohio. They raced across the German countryside until they were ordered to stop less than 60 miles from Berlin. William T. Oliver is one of the GIs in the photo at the top of this page. -- We threw 57,607 hand grenades [12], The 83rd moved as fast as an armored task force in an assortment of hurriedly repainted captured German vehicles: Wehrmacht kubelwagens, staff cars, ammunition trucks, Panzers, motor bikes, buses, a concrete mixer, and two fire engines. 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. It can be seen by clicking here. To date, 36 divisions, including the 83rd Infantry Division, have been recognized as liberating units. 1st Bn 66th Armd Regt (2nd Armd Div), from June 28th to July 5th, 1944 Promotion of Leinbach to the 83rd Field Artillery October 10, 1920. The 6th Regiment, Infantry, was organized June 24, 1799, of five companies, most of which dated back to 1785. On 25 September the 83rd Division crossed into Luxembourg. The shield is red for artillery and the black pile represents part of the 83rd Infantry Division insignia. But also, the 1st Bn, 330th regiment companies were much further to the south-east just the day before. P.E. Co., 2nd Bn., 331st Inf., 83rd div. Adding data points to combined 83 ID & 330 IR for 5 July 1944, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 83rd ID Page. 65th Armored FA Battalion, from June 27th to July 4th, 1944 The 331st Infantry Division was an infantry division of the German army during World War II. 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. In April 1944, the men of the 331 st Regiment boarded a troop ship bound for England. He knew an irony, or a contradiction, when it bit hard enough. Infanterie-Division was formed at Truppenbungsplatz Kningsbrck in December 1941 as a "Walkre"-Division (1) and was disbanded in December 1943. Those that sleep beneath our feet Share a testimony from a relative or a friend, veteran or civilian, resistance member, ally or German, actor or witness of History. As each house was taken, it was subjected to violent enemy counterattacks. Do you have 331ST INFANTRY REGIMENT, 83RD INFANTRY DIVISION Reunion information you'd like to share. These documents are provided for by Dave Curry, historian of the 83rd Infantry Division Association. December 13, 1813, the regiment was reduced . By 29 November the First Army had just about cleared the Hurtgen Forest and was overlooking the Roer Valley. in France, Belgium, Holland, Germany and Austria. Nazi propaganda letters were a "Christmas present. His great uncle, Pfc. Explore a timeline of events that occurred before, during, and after the Holocaust. 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. Well see, if I ever get around to integrating the information from the Unit Journals. For the first time in more than a month, they faced heavy artillery fire. Main telephone: 202.488.0400 You can see them by clicking here. They destroyed 480 enemy tanks, 61 enemy planes, 29 enemy supply trains, and 966 enemy artillery pieces. The following is taken from New York in the War of the Rebellion, 3rd ed. We also get a position for the 329 IR HQ, the 330 IR HQ, as well the 1 Bn, 329 IR HQ. The DPAA said that in December 1944, Bernard Sweeney was assigned to Company 1, 330th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division. 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. The unit included men from Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia, Michigan, New York, Illinois, Indiana, New Jersey, Wisconsin, Maryland, North Carolina, Kansas, Connecticut, Kentucky, Washington, D.C., Tennessee, and even included T/Sgt. They had limited supplies of ammunition and rations, and no radio contact with Germany. His letter is the incredible story of a GI's journey through the war. 3/330 Seems they would have been better off being purely on the defensive; but that was definitely not the German way. Organized 26 August 1917 at Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky. searching out the foe. U.S. Intelligence estimated between 3,000 and 6,000 German troops occupied St. Malo. Ironically, like many GIs, he also had German ancestry. 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. In one of your letters you wanted to know how things were over here. 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. I Company After training in Wales, the division landed at Omaha Beach, 18 June 1944, and entered the hedgerow struggle south of Carentan, 27 June. Still on 12 July, I assume end of day, we have a regimental plan for outposts on the 83rdsside of the Taute River and marsh. Casualties were heavy. Basic training of the new recruits was conducted at Camp Sherman, northwest of Chillicothe, OH. 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. J Company This list was compiled by Kevin Harris from the history of the 331st, "We Saw It Through." ",Pvt,C,New York,no date . Charles P. Nelson; and James R. Duncan (runner after Luxembourg). C Co, 644th Tank Destroyer Battalion (SP), from August 9th to 16th, 1944, Chemical units When the 83rd Infantry arrived in Langenstein, its troops found some 1,100 inmates in very poor physical condition. Included in this collection of medals and documents are the following items:- Original WWII Cased . They had marched as far as the Loire, but with bridges down and American troops patrolling the North bank, there seemed no reasonable prospect of achieving a crossing. My dad's Individual Deceased Personnel File indicates cause of death as "Shrap. 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. The division was activated in September 1917 at Camp Sherman, Ohio. Richard E. Chipps was also a First Sergeant--of L Company. On Memorial Day weekend 2000 my family had reunited for my sister's long . 1918: 83rd Division HQ, Maj G. Details Last Updated: 06 May 2018 Address : Val-de-Meuse. Courtesy of The . 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. Map Overlay 12 July 1944, 330 Infantry Regiment, 330 IR Infantry Regiment, 331 Infantry Regiment, 331st IR, 83rd ID, 83rd Infantry Division, bocage, Le Port, Map Overlay, Map Overlays, Mapping, Normandie, Normandy, World War 2, World War II, WWII 08 July 83rd ID, 331 IR Objective Leave a comment Posted by dcleininger on 2015-09-03 His Scotch-Irish pioneer ancestry also gave him mental toughness and Yankee ingenuity. The post-war operations reports contains information on the activities of the unit such as movements, tasks and training. George Waple is 6th Store windows were full of photos of the 5th Armored Regiment which had liberated the city just nine days before. FULL. Supplies could only trickle through as the Germans continuously pounded the town's approaches with artillery fire. Mobley was the same medic that Robert Parsons (Sarge) describes in his book "Remembrances." Relive & share the memories of your service time with your brothers & sisters in arms today. of gasoline. On 26 July, the 83rd entered the pursuit, and in heavy combat crossed the Taute River the next day. I see by the returns that the election didn't amount to much this time. At war's end, the "Thunderbolt" division had established a bridgehead on the Elbe River. Following a number of months of training in the United States, the regiment, under the command of Colonel William Wallace, embarked upon the troopship RMS Aquitania at New York, and departed for Europe on 8 June 1918. 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. Smith; S/Sgt. I still can't see why they can't be held to their jobs like we are. They were honored with 18 British Awards and 65 French Awards. Harry C. Gravelyn was Captain of Company D, 331st Infantry, 83rd "Thunderbolt" Infantry Division, United States Army, during World War II. June 28, 1944: Carentan They advanced toward the Taute River while rain soaked the earth and drenched their already muddy fatigues. 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. 331st infantry 83rd division ourgrowingpaynes New Member Joined: Oct 6, 2016 Messages: 3 Likes Received: 0 I am researching my grandfather's military history. See more ideas about infantry, wwii, world war ii. C Co, 709th Tk Bn, from August 12th to 16th, 1944, Tank Destroyer units Infantrymen of the 83rd Division walk past Sherman tanks that have momentarily halted on a dirt road in Germany. 56th FA Battalion (8th Div) (105 How), from August 6th to 15th, 1944 It was taken at Camp Breckenridge, KY, after the Tennessee maneuvers. Find topics of interest and explore encyclopedia content related to those topics, Find articles, photos, maps, films, and more listed alphabetically, Recommended resources and topics if you have limited time to teach about the Holocaust, Explore the ID Cards to learn more about personal experiences during the Holocaust. Commander 331st Anti-Tank Company, Third Platoon, Company B - 331st 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. Sgt. Soldiers of the 83rd Infantry Division of the U.S. move on the street in the French town of Saint-Malo (Saint Malo). -- Our artillery battalions, He was not a large man, but my mother said the Army "built him up," and he never looked better. British infantry the 3rd Monmouthshire Regiment aboard Sherman tanks near Argentan, 21 August 1944. The 83rd's position placed them in just the right spot for a front-row view of what was, according to Michael Doubler in his book "Closing With the Enemy," the largest air-ground operation ever attempted by American forces. June 17, 1944: Southampton, England He was in Company B, 231st Infantry Training Battalion. When the war ended, Terhanko had four Purple Hearts and Silver and Bronze Stars. Even the paint on their helmets looked as if they had just been unpacked." 83rd Infantry Regiment Nickname: Ninth Militia; City Guard; Ninth Infantry National Guard Mustered in: June 8, 1861. D Company B Co, 168th Engr C Bn, from August 6th to 15th, 1944 His unit had been engaged in battle with German forces near Strass, Germany, in the Hrtgen Forest, when he was reported missing in action on Dec. 16. Newspapers.com. Another photo taken at Camp Breckenridge, showing M Company/331st, can be seen by clicking here. Missing In Action The December 8, 1944 Headquarters Company, 330th Infantry Regiment morning report listed the men from Communications Platoon who were killed during the previous day's incident, adopted below with Military Occupational Specialty (M.O.S.) 331st Infantry Regiment Welcome to the 331st Infantry Regiment documents section On this page documents related to the 331st Infantry Regiment can be downloaded in the PDF format. 83rd Infantry Division Documents - Fallen heroes of the 83rd Infantry Division You are here: Burial Listing Listing Navigation Fallen heroes of the 83rd Infantry Division This is an overview of all servicemen and women of units attached to the 83rd Infantry Division who are buried in Europe. The camp was created in April 1944 to provide concentration camp labor for the German war effort. 1 platoon from 513th Engr Light Pon Co, from August 6th to 15th, 1944 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW Weapons Platoon They did not know it then, but they would remain in Luxembourg longer than they had in England. Contents 1 Operational history 1.1 Formation 1.2 1942 1.3 1943 1.4 1944 1.5 Dissolution 2 Organizational history 3 Noteworthy individuals 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 -. Frederick Phisterer. A Company brothers we all know. Currently, the 330th Regiment consists of three Battalions that fall under the command of the 4th Brigade, 95th Training Division. There were no welcoming home parades for the Thunderbolt Division, but the GIs of the 83rd would carry its memory home with them. That would soon change. June 26, 1944: Bricqueville 908th Field Artillery Battalion (105 Howitzer) American Battle Monuments Commission search engine at http://www.abmc.gov/search/wwii.php. After taking the towns of Wallenstein, Bech and Kleinmacher, they captured Schengen. Click here to see the trail of the 83rd. ", December 6"Tell people not to mention 'good luck.' Oliver and view many of the photos by clicking here. Next page: 322nd Field Artillery Bn. Everett W. Singleton, Sr., G Company, 331st Infantry My dad and Sherman Curry (no relation, but both were killed on 10 December) pitched in to help prepare the birds for the Thanksgiving feast.