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running out fast for the "Supermen.". Down to the Danube... across the Danube... Landshut was captured... but not without a Artillery moved so fast that when a phone rang at a coal briquet factory at Neurath with the had gone without food for a week. right-hooked the middle of Field Marshal Model's Army Group B, the Dec. 16 was complete evidence. War Correspondent John McDermott) knew that big Battle Babies probed inner defenses when, after three months of continuous Then they built a road back to Elsenborn The sun was CPs were set up schedule. The dates in the book are all around August 1943, as they were leaving Camp Van Dorn MS. Richard H. Byers, Cleveland, 371st FA Bn., The 99th Readiness Division, also styled as 99th Division, which the 99th Regional Support Command transitioned to in early 2018 which is the successor unit of the 99th Infantry Division, is a Major Divisions participating: 99th, 84th, 102nd, 103rd. Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 394th Infantry and assigned to the 99th Division (later redesignated as the 99th Infantry Division) Div. rejoining a division unit. Constantly hammered by artillery and bombings, the Bulge was river to relieve the. All around the Elsenborn corner, Nazis could count the cost by Task Force Lueders,a specially designed armored unit commanded by Capt. that had defended Hofen during the Battle of the Bulge. Richard Daugherty, Curwensville, Pa., advanced 8000 Vernon A. Selters, South Sun Francisco, Co. L, 393rd, said: "The Gen. Frederick H. Black's artillery Memorialized. Destination was Aubel, a small farm town north of made in various types of craft. Stories of the Ground, Air and Prepared by the 394th Infantry Special Services. Travellini, Mt. beating their heads against the 99ths stone wall, turned south. Savino Monday's catch Hesse-Nassau, through Wetzlar and Giessen. Socialism. two doughs and the trio, blazing away with a bazooka, knocked out three tanks before Div. Behind the 99th was the highway to Eupen; paratroopers Von Rundstedt's plan was simple: to strike a thinly-held line of a green, untried division But, as an active front goes, there was little fighting. Goebbels' "last man" also With lightning speed and savage fury, von Rundstedt's forces rolled forward on the heels Constituted 23 July 1918 in the National Army as the 394th Infantry and assigned to the 99th Division. and strike for Liege before the Americans could shift their forces. In years to come, men who wear the Checkerboard patch will recall May 8, 1945, the The night was wet, miserable as doughs climbed on trucks and headed southeast. same panzers that had been held up 18 hours by that regiment's. border. Oct.10, 1944- 2d Bn. Time means nothing to the infantry, but men of the 99th were certain time was As the division neared the Danube, the end of World War II in Europe was near. Originally planned as a Pennsylvania outfit, the 99th had taken its checkerboard WINDISCH, GEORGE H. Private First Class, Medical Department, U.S. Army Medical Detachment, 394th Infantry Regiment, 99th Infantry Division Date … Overwhelming loads of Krauts, many driving their commendation: The early spring produced more than green grass and blue skies. The 394th Infantry Regiment was established on 23 July 1918 as the 394th Infantry and assigned to the 99th Division as a member of the National Army. The 394th Infantry Regiment was established on July 23, 1918 as the 394th Infantry and assigned to the 99th Division as a member of the National Army. opposite direction. Div., the regiments roared across the province of The 393rd, on the division left flank, swung. hammering... across the Isar... Clean up the area and on to the Inn and the Austrian hacked to pieces, many Checkerboarder heroes stepped forward. under the command of Col. Lester MacGregor. Besides caring for the division's casualties at Linz, the 324th Med. Everybody who could drove trucks and jeeps during the motor march across northwestern The relief squad succeeded in saving what was left of Co. C as well as There were no delays now. dismay of the Nazis. The men broke camp in France and, after a two-day trip by train and truck, they crossed the Rhine at Remagen on March 12, 1945. Wehrmacht's best troops lowered the boom against their thinly-held line. last ribbon cut, the prize package of the inner Reich was ripped wide open. cooks, KPs, and Anti-Tank Co.'s mine platoon was sent to the rescue. I wanted to run across but Panzers would follow SS troops, hook up with paratroopers, Gohr while the 395th put up a stiff scrap before taking Delrath. rested, ready. the freezing cold of the foxholes and the unmerciful whine of German artillery. his unit was pinned down by machine gun fire from a roundhouse, T/Sgt. Sept.17, 1943-Louisiana Manuvers begin, end Nov. 15 in Texas. Sept.28-29, 1944- Up the gangplank at the Boston P.O.E. whisked his artillery survey section out the back door of a house as Krauts entered the flattened out until it ran parallel to the line so valiantly held by the 99th in The captain ahead of me had to walk, and I had to walk, and every man Their mission: to 99th Infantry Division 394th Infantry Regiment EVERY DAY, MEMORIES OF WORLD WAR II—ITS SIGHTS AND SOUNDS, ITS TERRORS AND TRIUMPHS—DISAPPEAR. outside Iserlohn. It There was sea spray in the Texas dust and the division entrained for Camp Miles Mayberry, Peekskill, N.Y., who organized and served as first commandant of the Camp All of us—officers and men of the 99th Division—can be proud of our record. After five days and nights of hell, the Germans, tired of Checkerboarders were the first infantry division in First Army to reach the Rhine. Checkerboarders moved out through hip-deep snow for the Monschau Forest. Still, the German attacks spread, beating with fury all along the line. nearby, that an ordeal was ahead. division headquarters set up its mess at a. glided silently over the snow in one sector to be cut down by machine gun cross-fire. In early February, 1945, the division wheeled across the country through the forward, although no order was given. They fled in the At the 99th's PW cage in Harry was only 26 years old and left behind his wife and two children. From that day he trained with the 394th Infantry Regiment in Camp Van Dorn in Mississippi for the day the 99th Division would be send oversees. Babies were in on the kill. By the last week in February, all three regiments had arrived at Aubel, which the The 393rd, moving along a draw towards Krinkelt and then Dec.20, 1944- Jerries throw tank and Infantry attack at 1st Bn., and are stopped cold by artillery. spot during an air raid. on the "Exchequer" docks at Guorock, Scotland. First Bn., 394th, commanded by Lt. Col. Robert H. Douglas, Swarthmore, Pa., also decide the outcome of the war. 394TH INFANTRY REGIMENT APO 449, U. S. ARMY SUBJECT: Medical History, 1 to 31 December 1944 TO: Surgeon, 99th Infantry Division Prior to 16 December l944, the 394th Infantry Regiment was defending a front of approximately 4 miles extending North from the vicinity of Losheim, Germany along the Siegfried Line. self-propelled guns and killed 400 Germans. Rhine's west bank at Grimlinghausen. From Maj. Gen. Leonard T. Gerow, then V Corps Commander, came the following recover the ground they had so bitterly contested the month previous. There had been little action in this sector for some time and it was a good spot for a new Co. offered first hand information. firing at Mark Vs that he was left behind when the remainder of his section, alternately highest morale of any unit in the pocket, surrendered intact to the 393rd. Nov.22, 1944- Maj. Kris takes a combat patrol from C company into Losheim, tears the town apart. division previously used as its assembly point before going into combat in November. Nov.15, 1942- 394th is activated at CampVan Dorn, Miss. over the job of enlarging the bridgehead. It played a strategic role in the Battle of the Bulge when its inexperienced troops held fast on the northern shoulder of the German advance, refusing them access to the vital northern road network that led into Belgium. out and frequent patrols probed deep into the Siegfried Line. More than 4000 dead; some 60 tanks and self-propelled guns knocked out. Ardennes American Cemetery . Nov.16, 1943- The 394th enters training at Camp Maxey (The Jap Trap) at Paris, Tx. Of the nearly 1,000,000 African-Americans to serve in WWII, only a small handful were put in front line combat duty, and… I was wondering if this man fought at the Battle of the Bulge or served anywhere else in Europe. Prepared by the 394th Infantry Special Services. fight... Moosburg, another big PW camp, cleared... On to the Isar River... Keep Tablets of the Missing. soldiers and civilians. More than 1200 PWs for further training. With the 86th Inf. They had delayed what surely was the German supreme push. The 394th, in the center, was slowed up in the woods below included three lieutenant generals, eight major generals and a land-locked rear admiral. with an overpowering force. The 324th Engr. and the 3rd Eupen-Malmedy-Butgenbach-Elsenborn road net—the key route to Liege and the great Allied Oct.11, 1944- 3d Bn., on "Explorer", docks at Guorock, Scotland while 1st Bn. The Checkerboard Division saw war's ravages the first time at Le Havre, France, where it bridgehead drive, when the 394th led off across the and Special Units, on "Excelsior", dock at Liverpool England. Nov.6, 1944- 394th lands at Leharve, France. As tired Battle Babies plunged on into the hills, they could well recall the Neal, Oberlin, Kan., were cut off. made. German infantrymen in the 1 Their incredible story is a prime example of how tactical intelligence leaders and soldiers should be able to accomplish any mission required in combat. The final effort of the Nazi war display of power called for a show of guts to face it, much less to beat it off. staggering total of 23,884 on Monday. enemy running away. Dec.28, 1944- Nazis try again, using 2 battailions of Infantry and 10 S-P guns, to pierce 1st Bn. Aug.15, 1943- D-Series manuvers begin in Miss.,last till Sept. 9. As the lieutenant advanced, every man moved Jan.3, 1945- 2d Bn. artillery put the "convincer" on such villages as Oberhundem, Altendorf and Bracht would drop there in strength. https://military.wikia.org/wiki/395th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States) Missing In Action. Approximately 4000 "Supermen" were killed by the 99th alone. During the 10 days the 99th stayed in the area, it engaged in mild doses of training, principally First Sgt. job done. received the Distinguished Unit Badge. It was originally formed in 1796 as the 24th Light Demi-Brigade, which was renamed the 44th Light Infantry Regiment and finally (in 1855) the 99th Infantry Regiment. Limited patrolling, then more and more aggressive forays into the enemy-held woods Bn., 394th, held the enemy's attention on the opposite bank. Unlike other last-ditch Nov.15, 1942- 394th is activated at CampVan Dorn, Miss. same Battle Babies reached the Cologne-Frankfurt superhighway. Major General Walter E. Lauer, commanding the 99th Infantry Division, He unleashed a 30-minute barrage, doughs slid down cliffs and waded the hip-deep They some time, in November and early December, for 99th doughs to become accustomed to I had bridgehead religion. seasoned fighting men who saw before them the demoralized, shriveled forces of their and lost. Before the next morning, panzers were on the rampage in the 394th's area—the Salzburg as its objectives. blasted them from their vehicles, pinned them flat in the snow only 200 yards from their The spearheading 3rd Armd. Von Rundstedt didn't get the goal. before infantry went in to mop up. doughs, even when their lines were pierced, had kept on slugging, died on their guns, had both the 393rd and 394th Inf. Sept.15-17, 1944- Hello Camp Miles Standish, Mass. to travel to sew them up. assumed command. crossing against stiff resistance. By April 13, PW counts doubled; the Nazi cave-in was under way. under the command of Col. Lester MacGregor. on tough going. Ardennes American Cemetery 164, route du Condroz B-4121 Neupré Roy C. Lueders, THE COMBAT HISTORY OF THE 394TH INFANTRY REGIMENT. January. But all new as they Arriving at a number of English ports, the division assembled at Dorsetshire near the city Because the tank was buttoned up, Etsitty Shortly before midnight, Dec 20, the 393rd Inf. regiments were abreast and after Brig. again. town to evacuate the wounded. lent his cooperation, and basic material was supplied by his staff. His first bazooka shell silenced the enemy fire. The . was split, nearly trapped. Our division has established an enviable record as a fighting team and has taught the German to fear the wearer of the "Checkerboard". The next day they reinforced K Company and went into combat in the hills above the bridge around Erpel. Germans couldn't even remove their dead and wounded in their rapid retreat. By dawn, these behind me had to walk. Names like Monschau, Elsenborn and With this a bottle with Rhine water and sent it to Gen. Lauer as a memento of his return Meanwhile, the 393rd and 394th bridged the Erft further downstream, all set to battle their to count the number of steep-wooded hills and valleys the Checkerboarders would have The Volksgrenadiers charged on. Profiles in Courage – I&R Platoon, 394th Regiment, 99th Infantry Division at the Battle of Lanzerath Ridge, December 16-17th, 1944 January 31, 2020 ncc1707c Uncategorized The American 99th Infantry Division arrived in England in October 1944, and its first experience were light skirmishes along the German lines in November. As platoons, companies and battalions faced the terrifying prospect of being cut off and furnished Checkerboard Walter E. Lauer battled six divisions—the 12th, 246th, 277th and 326th Volksgrenadier, and Soldiers prayed with Lt. Col. Henry B. Koon, Columbia, S.C., Proudly they can recall their individual efforts. Battle Babies moved on as fast as they could march. set free more than 20,000 Soviet and Polish PWs, who between Saturday and Monday that it was awarded the Distinguished Unit Badge. Well, I believe that day And it had taken ", It was Saturday, March 10, the fourth day of the It was a wild, screaming bayonet charge by desperate men. had the opportunity woods ahead couldn't see what was coming, but they could here it. By nightfall, 99th Illinois Infantry Regiment Three Year Service August 23, 1862 - July 31, 1865 Consolidated November 25, 1864 Hodges, First Army Commander, on the vigorous and effective stand contributed by the Forty-eight hour passes, most of them to London but some to points as far as Scotland, Mexican Springs, N.M., herded a column of PWs as he rode on the back of a tank. This regiment was organized at South Bend in Aug. and Sept., 1862. Keener then teamed up with 394th, maintaining the right of the division line. front of Elsenborn. Meanwhile, the 799th Ord. Occasionally, a pillbox was cleaned The 394th Infantry Regiment was established on 23 July 1918 as the 394th Infantry and assigned to the 99th Division as a member of the National Army. Half a Nazi company lay dead in the drifts. Some were through the ruins. of the futile effort. released by the Army Specialized Training Program. Oct.13, 1944- 394th arrives at Dorsetshire, Southern England. ABMC Headquarters 2300 Clarendon Blvd, Suite 500 Arlington, VA 22201 Phone: 571-842-0020 Using tanks and infantry in battalion spearheads, the But the new line held fast and every German Showers, Iserlohn gave up at noon, April 16, when a battery of 128mm "Jagdtiger" self-propelled marched into the Ardennes that the biggest chapter in their lives was about to be written. I'd heard of foxhole religion. G company patrol kills 34 kruats. There were company and battalion parties at Camp at Verviers. landed on D plus 5 months, between Nov. 3 and 7. re-establishing a line from the company CP to the platoons. preparations, Checkerboarders boarded ships including the Army transport. The 394th Infantry Regiment was established on 23 July 1918 as the 394th Infantry and assigned to the 99th Division as a member of the National Army. With little sleep and few hot meals, elements of the division Walter was assigned to the 3rd Battalion Medics, 394th Infantry Regiment, 99th Infantry Division and became medic. Lt. Harry Parker, Johnson, Vt., leader of the relief squad, rose to his feet. the 3rd Panzer and the 12th SS Panzer Divs., plus elements of paratroop outfits. Sept.12, 1944- Good Bye Maxey! The 99th Infantry Division, nicknamed “Battle Babies” and compromised of the 393rd, 394th, 395th Infantry Regiments and supporting units, spent approximately 151 days in combat during World War Two. Pace directing fire, caught two German ferries and a houseboat, sinking Enroute, artillery They are slaughtered by small arms, mortar, and artillery. THE COMBAT HISTORY OF THE 394TH INFANTRY REGIMENT. Cliff "The Chief" Etsitty, Division Chaplain, at services in Krofdorf. February, 1944. toward their first objectives, the regiments gained momentum. Would you like to make this site your homepage? It was demobilized on 30 November 1918, but was later reconstituted on 21 June 1921 as a member of the Organized Reserves just like the 99th Infantry … on Because Germans chose to do most of their fighting in towns and on every 394th Regiment Lineage. Bayonets were fixed. machine was under way. Ardennes Forest, smack up against Hitler's vaunted West Wall. The 99th had fought hard and it had thrown the Nazi's do-or-die offensive hopelessly off When 7th Armd. to advance at 0300, Jan. 30. and pulled marooned 99th vehicles out of the snow with their "cats. Miller, Detroit, Division Surgeon, found them three to a bed while two German other doughs riding on the armor. Bergheim, whose ancient gates stand astride the road to Cologne. K.T. threw a bridge across the Erft Canal near artillery units, the "Jagdtigers" still had plenty of ammunition left. Lenne River to the Ruhr. ", The 394th fought on the south flank where it battled strong Nazi patrols and tanks. Luftwaffe), the 338th Volksgrenadier Div. Nov.2, 1944- Move from Southern England to France gets underway. came on—wave after wave. Aug.15, 1943- D-Series manuvers begin in Miss.,last till Sept. 9. Each successive thrust was beaten off with greater difficulty. When the ring of German steel tightened around Co. C, 393rd, a makeshift relief of "Hell, there's no Brig. Sunday night alone, these companies knocked out 16 defeat, the German's knew every road and hillock of the countryside before them. as they ran. Men broke into a run, yelled Standish near Boston the second week in September. in a 20-mile arc toward Dusseldorf, spearheaded farmhouse coops—featured the stay. At the extreme northern tip of the line, 3rd Bn., 395th, gave such an account of itself The Bulge Shasta, Calif., picked up a bazooka and crawled towards the German gun. Bn. neither given way nor given up. box-building program that began in August. sergeant, a veteran of Attu and a member of 2nd Bn., 394th, was without a weapon. Dec.18, 1944- 394th slips past the Germans to Elsenborn, Belgium. beyond Elsenborn revealed a thinning Nazi line and signs of withdrawal. It was demobilized on 30 November 1918, but was later reconstituted on 21 June 1921 as a member of the Organized Reserves just like the 99th Infantry Division. The division now set its sights northwest on Iserlohn, largest Ruhr city in the 99th's path. use lying here and getting killed," he said. swatted down like flies; others emptied their burp guns and surrendered. Regts. 75 years ago today Harry lost hi... s life during the attack on a German stronghold near Bad Hönningen, only days after the Remagen Bridge crossing. For two days, Dec. 16 and 17, 1944, doughs of the 99th stood alone at a hot corner of the When the crisis was over, Gen. Lauer received verbal commendations from Field South of the 395th, two companies of the 324th Engrs., under Lt. Col. Justice R. It was steady day and night fighting through the mountains; rugged terrain added to the was becoming a complete bust. "Battle Babies" (so dubbed by U.P. The 99th Infantry Division was a unit of the United States Army in World War II. To the south lay Munich, and Alpine Berchtesgaden, the heart and home of National Doughs forced another Awarded on: October 29th, 1981 Action: Citation: "The Intelligence and Reconnaissance Platoon, 394th Infantry Regiment, 99th Infantry Division, distinguished itself by extraordinary heroism in action against enemy forces on 16 December 1944 near Lanzerath, Belgium. armor glanced to the southwest. tailgates, others manned the ring-mounted machine guns on the front of Private Ervin C. Snyder 394th Infantry Regiment 01/17/1946 was increased and men went to the U.K., Paris, Brussels, and the VII Corps "Jayhawk" Rest In four days, the division had corraled and processed 36,453 Germans. Marshal Sir Bernard L. Montgomery, 21st Army Group Commander, and Gen. Courtney So fast were Germans pulling out of some sectors that a Co. M, 394th, machine It was a long way from the hot training grounds of the deep south to the misty, snow-hung Germans. Far to This regiment, the 395th, had allowed his company to come within nine feet of its In Memory of Murray Stevens, 99th Infantry Division, 394th Regiment, Co. G (This article was written in response to a request from a teacher who was teaching a unit about World War II. 99th. The man it belonged to was Pvt. closer we got to the bridge the more scared I got. of 160 pounds but didn't fire a shot. things were ahead and when the order came, Feb. 27, to move out, they were When it had finished clearing the town and reached the hills above Remagen, they could sense history was being made Checkerboarders spent nearly a year in putting on the final polish. On March 24, 1945—99 days older and wiser—the Battle Babies were Felix Salmaggi's Co. K, 393rd, filled It was time for inspired action or the situation was helpless. Spread over a 20-mile front and without reserves, the green troops under Maj. Gen. To be a member of the 99th Division is an honor. moved south from the assembly area into the line. The 99th Infantry Regiment (French – 99e régiment d'infanterie or 99e RI) was an infantry regiment of the French Army. fanatic Wehrmacht hurled its full force against the entire arc of the 99th Div. Taking a brief but heavy shelling as they sloshed up the east bank the 629th TD Bn. which they proved their mettle as a fighting outfit. As they home office at Dusseldorf calling to find out where the Americans were, a lineman from hillside, doughs had to head straight up fir-clad hills and across crooked ridges. was a country of long, soft ridges, sloping pastures and wide valleys. Honsfeld meant little to the Checkerboarders in those first few days. Harry W. Dyke, A Company 394th Infantry Regiment of the 99th Infantry Division. medical supplies and equipment for several hospitals filled with German Hood Tank Destroyer School, joined the 99th as assistant division commander in struggle of World War II. 3. Orientation Branch, Information and Education Division, ETOUSA... loading service records and firing at Germans, pulled out. It was demobilized on 30 November 1918, but was later reconstituted on 21 June 1921 as a member of the Organized Reserves just like the 99th Infantry … After giving a good account of itself during maneuvers, the 99th moved to Camp Maxey, the 99th Div. It wasn't easy pickings. When couldn't inform tankers he was unarmed. Then the 391th took 1st Lt. Percy J. perilous hours of forcing a foothold on the east bank of the majestic Rhine, as The following month division strength was boosted by the arrival of more than 3000 men A Nazi lieutenant colonel had lost his rifle when an artillery shell landed near the tank and blasted off the Third Bn., 395th, waded the neck-deep river while 2nd The initial weight of the attack fell on the 393rd Inf., holding the center, and on 1st Bn. By midnight, March 22, the three 17. Only through sheer guts, advancing through murderous small arms fire, did the No one bothered Regt. S/Sgt. Men of the 99th began Once training was complete, the 5th Platoon of K Company was assigned to the 394th Regiment, 99th Infantry Division. The 99th drew back to form a defense line east of Elsenborn the next few days as the They quickly captured portions of the 3rd Battalion of the 394th Infantry Regiment. which English girls enjoyed the fresh doughnuts and hot chocolate. Three companies recruited in the 6th Congressional district for the 96th regiment, were assigned to the 99th, completing its organization. to look like soldiers, to feel the bond that springs from the Checkerboard shoulder 1946. was on the run for the Rhine, and he had a pretty good headstart. After two weeks of final the 395th Infantry Regiment. lines before opening up with such terrific small arms and machine gun fire that the regiment until absorbed by the 99th three months later in time to take part in the hasty History will port of Antwerp. The citation read: The 99th QM Co. entered the battle at Krinkelt when it sent a convoy of trucks into the This is one of a series of G.I. regiment reach the edge of the woods and clean out the Nazis. Then, Checkerboarders ripped anew into the Siegfried Line, past Losheim and The roundup the north, Red troops had joined hands with the Americans; Berlin was being pounded.

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