The 331st was the first regiment in the 83rd Division to see action in Luxembourg. We have recently added a photo of A Company/331st. Another photo taken at Camp Breckenridge, showing M Company/331st, can be seen by clicking here. My dad's Individual Deceased Personnel File indicates cause of death as "Shrap. 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. Gen. Frederick Perkins (13 January 1918), Brig. The 83rd Infantry Division on February 27, 1945 This page shows the locations and record of events for today in 1944 or 1945. 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. 83rd Infantry, 329th Reenactment Group, Reading, PA The 83rd Division would be called on again to answer the call to defend freedom in 1942 at Camp Atterbury, Indiana. 2nd Battalion of the 329th Infantry was attacking west to an "island" in the swamp, finally on the 10th, the 331st captured Sainteny, Nazi propaganda letters were a "Christmas present.". Deputy commander: Brigadier General Claude B. Ferenbaugh, Chief of Staff: Colonel Samuel V. Krauthoff, 329th Infantry Regiment: Colonel Edwin B. Crabill 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. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 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. Name Date of birth Date of death Awards; Baugh, Bernard F. 06-08-1944: Units. It was initially formed from the garrison infantry regiments of Fortress Posen (Festung Posen). The unit journal contains in-depth descriptions of the activity of the unit on a daily basis. var sc_partition=5; 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. 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. I knew it was to the south-southwest of Sainteny, which of course he never knew; but Ive yet to get it nailed down this close. Frank E Douglas earned the Silver Star for action the 8th August 1944, serial no 0-1296500. have been accounted for in the years since the end of World War II. 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. God takes care of us one way or the other."TDC. They destroyed 480 enemy tanks, 61 enemy planes, 29 enemy supply trains, and 966 enemy artillery pieces. Every house was an arsenal with ammunition supplies stacked at each window, and every basement was reinforced with double walls of cement and steel. Click on the First Sergeant stripes to read his story. 1st Platoon 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. The division was disbanded in . Mobley was the same medic that Robert Parsons (Sarge) describes in his book "Remembrances." -- We laid 22,306 miles of 333rd FA Group, from August 15th to 18th, 1944 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. 3/331 They had limited supplies of ammunition and rations, and no radio contact with Germany. 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). "God we lost a lot of men. UNITED PRESS LjEASED WIRE SERVICE THE EVENING G ESTABLISHED 1S81 XENIA, OHIO, SATURDAY, JU^E 29, PRICE THREE CENTS SUPPLY Y He was in Company B, 231st Infantry Training Battalion. June 26, 1944: Bricqueville Store windows were full of photos of the 5th Armored Regiment which had liberated the city just nine days before. 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW Kerr; Pvt. Indiana Military Organization (Camp Atterbury) Website 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. Well see, if I ever get around to integrating the information from the Unit Journals. 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. 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. These documents are provided for by Dave Curry, historian of the 83rd Infantry Division Association. This was the main line of defence for the Germans. 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. Bruce L. Leininger - Mapping the Overlays, 2015, 12 July 330 Infantry Regiment Outpost Plan, 12 July, 12:00: 83rd Infantry Division Situation. Relive & share the memories of your service time with your brothers & sisters in arms today. He was called to active duty on 26 October 1943, and was sent to the active duty reception center in New Cumberland, Pa. From there he went to Camp Blanding in Starke, Florida where he underwent basic training. 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. About a month ago, someone over here had a paper, and there was a piece in it about some German prisoners in the States going on a strike for something or other. The Thunderbolt Across Europe G Company Gen. 1 pton 709th Tank Battalion, from August 13th to 16th, 1944 His letter is the incredible story of a GI's journey through the war. Subscribe to 331st Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division Footer menu. It was reformed in March 1944 as part of the 24th Welle (wave) from Schatten-Division Wahn. Across the marsh (and the river Taute) were two causeways; one from Le Moulin to La Varde, and one from Le Port to Tribehou. Col. Shonak recalls those brutal days in a series of letters, which for the first time tell the true horror of warfare in the Normandy hedgerows: "God we lost a lot of men. 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. Infanterie-Division was formed at Truppenbungsplatz Kningsbrck in December 1941 as a "Walkre"-Division (1) and was disbanded in December 1943. On the 7th, the 329th took the city of Echternach on the Sauer River. Mobley is almost certainly the same person that Sarge walked out of Gey, Germany with in December 1944. The 329th IR is shown being just about 1000 m south of where its 2 Bn. Washington, DC 20024-2126 It turned out to be a bit of a rabbit hole. rifle and rocket grenades. The unit also requisitioned medical supplies from the US Army's 20th Field Hospital. The process had reduced two more divisions, the 4th and 8th, to tatters. Organized 26 August 1917 at Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky. 1 platoon from 513th Engr Light Pon Co, from August 6th to 15th, 1944 There isn't any such thing over here. 453rd AAA AW Battalion (Mbl), from July 1st, 1944 to July 9th, 1945 Go to top.. In addition, the "Thunderbolt" division recovered the camp's documents for use by war crimes investigators. They did not know it then, but they would remain in Luxembourg longer than they had in England. Cleveland, Newspapers.com. The 83rd United States Army Reserve Readiness Training Center trains soldiers in leader, functional, and DMOSQ programs. The 83rd had three infantry regiments, the 329th, the 330th, and the 331st. It entered the Battle of the Bulge, 27 December, striking at Rochefort and reducing the enemy salient in a bitter struggle. GitHub export from English Wikipedia. A Company Liberation of Langenstein Concentration Camp by 83rd Division H Company On 11 April 1945 the 83rd Division encountered Langenstein-Zwieberge, a subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp. OH The number of 83rd Division GIs killed in combat totaled 3,620. Thanks to Kathy Mobley Mathews for allowing us to use this material. Click on the image for a larger view. August 7, 1944: Chteauneuf 70th Tank Battalion, from July 17th to 18th, 1944 On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. By 15 July, the 83rd had regrouped along the Ays River. Previous page: 330th Infantry Regiment Map Overlays A few days before Thanksgiving, Company F moved from a school house in Luxembourg City north to the town of Wecker. Deeply hostile to the extension of the franchise, he composed one of his better efforts"The Female of the Species"as a sort of teasing satire. the official history of the 331st Infantry, 83rd Division. Basements of houses became aid stations for the wounded. Photo courtesy Jon Aller and Kevin Harris. 1/330 Do they think we are over here for our health? 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. This would seem to indicate a pretty good advance on the 12th then. C Co, 86th Chemical Mortar Battalion, from August 1st to 16th, 1944 Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 335th Infantry and assigned to the 84th Division. Another photo taken at Camp Breckenridge, showing M Company/331st, can be seen by clicking here. Check out this awesome '83rd+Infantry+Division+-+Thunderbolt' design on @TeePublic! Platoon, 2nd.Batallion, 331 first Regiment of the 83rd Infantry Division, advanced to the rank of Sgt. Third row, left to right are: S/Sgt. K Company Again, it will be clearer once I start integrating information from the various reports (I hope). After 17 weeks of training my father received his certificate as an armorer-artificer and was transferred to Ft. George Meade, Maryland on 4 March 1944. They landed across Omaha Beach and from there, they fought all across Europe. Adding data points to combined 83 ID & 330 IR for 5 July 1944, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 83rd ID Page. German guns in the Siegfried Line east of the Moselle poured salvos into the lines, resulting in 30 casualties, the heaviest losses in over a month. 11201 Euclid Ave. Infantrymen of the 83rd Infantry Division warm themselves around a fire near Fays, Belgium, on January 3, 1945. Cafes were opened where the GIs could enjoy good Luxembourg beer, music, and dancing. Original Item: Only One Available: This is a wonderful condition M1917 US Army uniform tunic, worn by a member of the US Army's 83rd Infantry Division. The post-war operations reports contains information on the activities of the unit such as movements, tasks and training. [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. Company B, 231st Infantry Training Battalion. Samuel J. Bifano--B Battery, 324th Field Artillery 2nd Platoon: 2nd Lieutenant Donald L. Richardson, killed on July 4, 1944 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. 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. It was deployed to France in 1918. A Company I sure wouldn't want to live the way they do. 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. 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. The division entered the hedgerow struggle south of Carentan. var sc_invisible=1. Pfc. Regimental histories for 1943 and 1944. Missing In Action D-Day and Battle of Normandy Encyclopedia, Commander: Major General Robert C. Macon All is safe for you to go. All is safe for you to go. On July 4th, for instance, the 83rd Division (including the 329th) began an attack directly south of the Utah beachhead in western Normandy. Days of house-to-house fighting under thick smoke, artillery fire, and fighter-bomber attacks could not convince the Germans to give up. He was 30 years old when called to active duty, and 31 when killed in action. The 83rd. When I finished with this map, it was a bit eerie. [5][a] The movement into Luxembourg was completed on 25 September. Elements reduced the garrison at Ile de Czembre, which surrendered, 2 September. Smith; S/Sgt. These are his wartime memoirs, which he started working on when he retired in his sixties and was still . The camp was created in April 1944 to provide concentration camp labor for the German war effort. 2/330 The division went overseas in June 1918, and was designated as the 2nd Depot Division. Click here to see a photo of the 2nd platoon taken in September 44, when it was at full strength. Commanding Officers Artillery: Brig. Headquarters Company; Looking for reliable information or news facts about WW2? Leon Collins; S/Sgt. Also, medical supplies were requisitioned from the U.S. Army's 20th Field Hospital. Clarence W. Brown; Pvt. 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 They spent 244 days in combat and suffered 23,980 casualties, 15,248 of which were combat casualties. The odds were that if you were on the front line, you probably wouldn't make it home in one piece, if at all. Those who passed through the city were greeted by banners stretched across the streets, proclaiming "Welcome to our Liberators." The 331ST INFANTRY REGIMENT served during WORLD WAR I as part of the U.S. Army 83d Infantry Division. Captain William A. Smith was born Dec. 30, 1888, in Valley Falls, Kansas. H Company 746th Tank Battalion, from July 5th to 16th, 1944 44106-7107. That would soon change. Not sure it happened here, well have to wait till I get through the reports. On June 18,1944 the 83rd Division landed at Omaha beach D-Day plus 12. The air was choked with dust so thick that they couldn't see, and the concussion so great that their clothing ballooned out. He was probably referred to as an "old man" by most of the other men in his company. I hope it is the last one this way. The second overlay for 12 July 1944 is a 83rd ID situation map for 12:00. The division was activated in September 1917 at Camp Sherman, Ohio. From Normandy To the Bulge. S/Sgt Joseph Arnaldo at the Battle of the Bulge. Co., 2nd Bn., 331st Inf., 83rd div. Original Item: Only One Available. Assistant Division Commanders: Brig. Charles P. Nelson; and James R. Duncan (runner after Luxembourg). A GI in the 9th Division described the scene from his foxhole. See It Through! The following soldiers were reported as missing in action. Tous droits rservs, 453rd AAA AW Battalion (Mbl), from July 1st, 1944 to July 9th, 1945. 121st Inf (8th Div), from August 6th to 15th, 1944 Rhodes from Pretoria, South Africa. G Company The division moved back to Belgium and the Netherlands for rehabilitation and training, 22 January 1945. These documents are provided for by Dave Curry, historian of the 83rd Infantry Division Association. Troupes de la 83rd Division traquant les derniers snipers allemands dans les rues de Saint-Malo. Heroes of the 331st Infantry Regiment, 83rd Division Those that sleep beneath our feet slumber in profound repose. The division crossed the Leine, 8 April, and attacked to the east, pushing over the Harz Mountain region and advancing to the Elbe at Barby. See through the mindless death and grinding pain. This, combined with coming of age during the great depression, taught him how to make do with what was at hand. 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. Michael Harris, 2nd Platoon, Company F, is among the many listed here. in France, Belgium, Holland, Germany and Austria. This overlay obviously has more to do with the 331st IR than the 330th IR. C Co, 87th Chemical Battalion, from 5th to 16th July 1944 F Company: Captain Richard E. Randal, wounded on July 4, 1944 It shows my fathers company, F, and we are approaching the day he was seriously wounded and shipped the the States. He was not a large man, but my mother said the Army "built him up," and he never looked better. Every enemy unit or town that surrendered or was captured subscribed its quota of rolling stock for the division, usually at gunpoint. 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. 83rd Infantry Division Legacy Chapter Email Group Click here to read some of his story and to see photographs of L Company/331st Infantry. was in all five ETO campaigns, (Normandy, Northern France, Ardennes . The 83rd Infantry Division (83. At the camp, the troops found approximately 1,100 inmates. 196th FA Group, from August 7th to 16th, 1944 202nd FA Group, from August 7th to 16th, 1944 332nd Infantry Regiment ; 369th Experience ; Americans All! He said they were "so clean looking, with a full compliment of men in each unit. -- We threw 57,607 hand grenades To avoid needless loss of life, Elster negotiated a surrender. Moving to the Hurtgen Forest, the 83rd Division thrust forward from Gressenich to the west bank of the Roer. They fought their way through swamps that the Germans created by flooding the fields. The 22nd Division's artillery regiment was positioned to the east of Le Quesnoy with security provided by a battalion of Infantry Regiment 82. 3rd Platoon: 1st Lieutenant Frank R. Yukl, killed on July 4, 1944 But also, the 1st Bn, 330th regiment companies were much further to the south-east just the day before. Haute-Marne. As the 2nd Battalion advanced further toward Remich, they knocked out machine guns that the enemy had emplaced in concrete. The 83rd Infantry Division ("Thunderbolt" [1]) was a formation of the United States Army in World War I and World War II . They also estimated that, due to severe physical debilitation, prisoners continued to die at a rate of 25 to 30 persons per day. I guess the people must be used to voting for F.D.R. 250th FA Battalion (105 How), from July 31st, 1944 to August 4th, 1944 F Company In December 1944, Sweeney was assigned to Company I, 330th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division. B Co, 168th Engr C Bn, from August 6th to 15th, 1944 These eyes have seen the bloody hedgerows in the rain. The 6th Regiment, Infantry, was organized June 24, 1799, of five companies, most of which dated back to 1785. 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. 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. Damn these eyes, they've seen too much My worst nightmares are still in those rows.". Chapter Twenty-Six of the author's The Great Boer War, which Smith, Elder, & Co. published in 1900.This web version is based on the Internet Archive version digitized from an unidentified library in 2010 with funding from the Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation.. The 83d Infantry Division arrived in England. His Scotch-Irish pioneer ancestry also gave him mental toughness and Yankee ingenuity. 65th Armored FA Battalion, from June 27th to July 4th, 1944 The 83rd spent Thanksgiving in that tiny country. My father, Thomas Dickson Curry, was a member of Company F, 2nd Battalion, 331st Infantry Regiment, 83rd Division. Tanks, tank destroyers and armored infantry aided the attack. A Co, 87th Chemical Battalion, from July 5th to 16th, 1944 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 The earlier nickname, "Ohio," was based on the division's insignia (which includes the name "Ohio," where the division was raised during World War I). 2nd Platoon Regiment, 83rd Infantry Others were returned to the U.S. for burial. Sharp 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. Gilles Billion, an 83rd Division Re-enactor, has provided photos for many of these monuments. They include information regarding geographic location and troop movement, weather, and combat activity. I Company They fought through the Ardennes in the bitter cold and snow to beat back the German Bulge. Division The 330th Infantry Across Europe My dad became part of F Company/331st Infantry Regiment on 17 July 1944. 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. I still can't see why they can't be held to their jobs like we are. Most of the time they were in the center of the front line, and often out in front leading the way. Hq. A Co, 86th Chemical Mortar Battalion, from August 1st to 16th, 1944 They truly were brothers-in-arms. The shield is red for artillery and the black pile represents part of the 83rd Infantry Division insignia. Their patrols advance beyond the line J Company They Served With Honor; A World War II Family Website William T. Oliver; unidentified GI. The 83rd Infantry Division ( 83. E Company: Captain Raymond E. Poore, wounded on July 4, 1944 at Mautis Richard E. Chipps was also a First Sergeant--of L Company. I see a time-based spread sheet being necessary. The day before Thanksgiving, Hershell asked for two volunteers to help him cut up turkeys. 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. Task Force A (15th Cav Gp), from August 3rd to 5th, 1944, Infantry They fought in the Ardennes, facing the point of the German Bulge. After action reports 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. They consisted of the various occupation forces from along the Atlantic coast and down to the Pyrenees. D Company -- We launched 24,507 anti-tank On 6 August, the Germans demolished all the quays, locks, breakwaters and harbor machinery and set fire to the city.