EN. 3rd Bn completed relief of Engr Bn at dawn and the latter reverted to Division control. Closing for the night in an assembly area SE of LA BAGOTTERIE. Particular stress was placed on Infantry-Tank training, familiarization firing with all weapons and the indoctrination of infantry officers in field artillery forward observer methods. This failed to materialize due to the severity of the enemy resistance. At 0628 when the preparation started, both battalions were rearward of the prescribed LD. . Corps and division awaited the jump off of the VII Corps which had been daily postponed because of unfavorable weather. The 358th Infantry continued its attack upon Point lAbbe with the plan of eventually pushing on to occupy the high ground beyond the town. 359th Inf: 1st Bn advancing without resistance moved rapidly within its zone and by mid-afternoon had secured the CRs N of SEVES. Initiated its attack with the 2nd Bn on the left and 3rd Bn on the right to seize and hold the high ground in the FORET. . At 0600 357th and 359th Infs resumed their advance to the S keeping entirely clear of the PERIERS COUNTANCES ROAD. The Divisions units continued to hold their defensive sectors, and to await further orders from Corps. The 90th Infantry Division landed in England, 5 April 1944, and trained from 10 April to 4 June. (5) The inability to cross supporting weapons to effectively engage enemy tanks had a definite psychological reaction on the infantrymen up front. 30 june (D+24) The 357th Infantry upon being relieved by the 79th Infantry Division reverted to Division Reserve. On our left the 4th Infantry Division maneuvering deliberately through difficult swampy terrain made excellent progress. The enemy penetration was neutralized by a counterattack and the lines restored. Private First Class Orville E. Johnson 359th Infantry Regiment 06/29/1944 Private First Class Elmer O. Jones 359th Infantry Regiment 12/13/1945 Private Bernard R. Kadlec 357th Infantry Regiment 12/12/1944 Private Eugene P. Kane 358th Infantry Regiment 07/16/1945 Private First Class Thomas F. Keeley 359th Infantry Regiment 11/10/1944 At 1950 leading elements of the battalion forced the stream and entered GORGES. Back to the 90th Infantry Division After Action Report menu. Firmed its position on the Division right and instituted an effective harassing fire plan directed at the Boche confronting them. One-half Division headquarters, plus the 3rd Battalions of the 357th and 358th, and Division Troops on the Bienville at Cardiff. While the fighting had been severe and the casualties heavy the Division had secured a foothold on the FORET DE MONT CASTRE a foothold which we were never to relinquish and which provided the initial key to the success of the Divisions operations. That fight ended only with the annihilation of the defending German battalion and left the 1st Bn disorganized and heavily drained of strength. Remainder of the battalion was disposed to outpost the area from BAUPTE to the regimental assembly area. from assignment to the 90th Infantry Division, 359th Infantry withdrawn 17 October 1999 from the Combat Arms Effective patrolling was conducted by the 359th Infantry covering a three mile sector. Corps order gave the Division the mission of attacking to the West on 10 June to seize the high ground East of the Douve River in the vicinity of St Sauveur le Vicomte to deepen the Corps bridgehead. The road from ST JORES S to BEAU COUDRAY bisects a narrow corridor of normal hedgerow country flanked on the E by the (PRARIES MARECAGEUESES DE GORGES) and on the W by flat grassy meadow devoid of all cover. The 90th Infantry Division after action report that month reported that on June 23, 1944, "The 358th and 359th Infantries relieved the 507th Parachute [Infantry] Regiment in the areas South of the Douve River." During the next few days were relatively quiet, aside from patrollingand fending off German patrols. District of Columbia. 1st Bn passed to the control of 357th Inf at 0845 after the 1st Bn 357th Inf passed thorough it. Both Infantry Regiments crossed the LD at the prescribed time (the 358th at 0400 and the 357th at 0515). At the close of June 1944, VIII Corps occupied a general East-West line across the base of the CONTENTIN PENINSULA, blocking to the S while the VII Corps, the main Army effort, completed reduction of the CHERBOURG area. WW 10 june (D+4) : At 1930 1st Bn, in a coordinated effort with 3rd Bn 358th Inf, attacked out of the FORET and advanced to the town of LASTELLE. As it actually developed, the failure of the 8th Inf Div to clear our front lines on this day postponed the attack. The 8th Infantry Division on our immediate right moved rapidly till encountering the reverse slope positions of Hill 92. CT 9 was still to remain attached to the 4th Infantry Division. 358th Inf: The Main elements of the Division were loaded on 9 MT ships at Cardiff and Newport, Wales. arrowhead); Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe, French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II for It was active in Europe as part of the 90th Infantry Division during World War I and World War II, and components of the regiment were later part of the United States Army Reserve. The 2nd Bn of the 359th Infantry occupied a defensive sector to the left of that of the 358th Infantry. VIII Corps H-Hour was finally set at 26 0530. Thus the 1st Bn with 3 Rifle Companies committed was unable to force its way into or through BEAU COUDRAY. By 1500 the 3rd Bn attacking against increasingly strong resistance had reached the high ground immediately S of BEAU COUDRAY. It then raced across France, through Verdun, 6 September, to participate in the siege of Metz, 14 September 19 November, capturing Maizires-ls-Metz, 30 October, and crossing the Moselle River at Knigsmacker, 9 November. And the brief respite afforded in the last few days of July had permitted revitalization of both individuals and units. A second line of resistance was encountered a few hundred yards S of the stream but the bridgehead established was sufficient to permit the crossing by infiltration of F Company, which swung into action to the left rear of E Company. Unit 359th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division. This richly illustrated book chronologically describes the course of Operation Overlord through 357 specific events. Meanwhile the remainder of the 1st Bn, the fused C-K company force, held in place throughout the day, sustaining a total of 15 separate counterattacks. Maintained its positions and competed preparations for its attack on the Division right. Ehrenfried-Oskar Bge. The Division had completed its preparations for overseas movement to the coast of France and was in the midst of loading vehicles aboard motor transport ships. At 1520, the 2nd Bn 358th Inf, now attached to 359th Inf, moved into the Regimental zone and fought its way forward with the mission of filling the gap between the two leading battalions. At 1400 the 3rd Bn 359th Inf and 2nd Bn 358th Inf moved forward, advancing to the EW road just S of the FORET. 1st Bn, attacking on the right, reached the crossroad N of ST JORES by midmorning against moderate resistance. 29-31 July 1944 At 1030, 2nd Bn 359th Inf, attacking generally in an ea sternly direction moved forward from the NOSE, crossed the road to LASTELLE and attacked into the hedgerows to enfilade the resistance confronting the 357th Inf, which had meanwhile come abreast of it at the right, advanced to and occupied the town of LASTELLE shortly after midnight. We have no pictures of D-Day. After defensive action along the river Douve, the . 22 june (D+16) During the day, the Division maintained its defensive sector while elements of the newly arrived 79th Infantry Division passed through its lines. Captured documents revealed that his position, the MAHLMAN LINE (named for the commander of the 353rd German Inf Div opposing us) ran from BEAU COUDRAY on the E through the FORET DE MONT COSTRE to the West Coast. elements of the 90th Infantry Division, 1st and 2d Battalions inactivated 31 December 1965 and relieved However, during the day, captured documents substantiated by air reconnaissance reports and our own observations, developed evidence of the presence of the Das Reich Division in the Corps zone. (c) 357th Inf, having been relieved by the 79th Inf Div on the Corps Right (PORTBAIL ST SAUVEUR IM VICOMTE), was assembled vicinity PICAUVILLE as Division Reserve. In the 358ths sector, the Divisions units were successful in capturing and occupying the high ground to the North and West of Pont lAbbe. Blood, guts and superior equipment had finally broken the Mahlman line. The 358th successfully crossed the Merderet River and after sever resistance reduced a chateau which was occupied by the Germans. The Division plans for the resumption of the attack called for simultaneous jump off of all 3 regiments at 0645. By 2250 it had cleared the resistance between these battalions and established contact laterally. Infanterie-Division in 1935, one regiment participated in the 1939 Invasion of Poland; the rest of the division stayed in garrison on the Siegfried Line in case of a French attack in defense of Poland. 1st june (D-5) : Corps order directed active patrolling by the 359th from their sector down to the river line with the mission of eliminating all German resistance in that pocket. Status Killed in Action. The 358th Infantry Regiment was stationed at Cam Llangattock, Wales; the RCT9(-) and the 90th Rcn Troop at Camp Court-Y-Gollen, Wales; the RCT 7, 344th FA Battalion, Co B, 315th Medical Battalion and Co B 315th Engineer Battalion at Camp Chepetow, Wales; and Division Headquarters, Division Artillery Headquarters, 345th FA Battalion, Special Troops at Heath Camp, Cardiff, Wales; and 315th Engineer and 315th Medical Battalions (each less 3 Cos) also at Heath Camp. 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. 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. 391.3.3 Records of the 3d Regiment of Dragoons. The situation in the vicinity of the Divisions equipment had been put ashore, and shortly befor3e dark, the 90th Division was set in motion towards jump off position for the morning. Fujitsu fi-6770 scanner with ScandAll PRO and Adobe Acrobat XI using Color, 300 dpi, 24-bit Explore SUSTAINABLE INDIANACelebrating Hoosier Solutions to Our Climate CrisisCELEBRATING 200 YEARS 2016, Sustainable Indiana 2016, a project of Earth . We will, of course. To fill that gap, B Co 315th Engr Bn was reattached to the regiment and moved to positions on the right flank of the 23rd Bn. Battalion concurrently allotted to the Regular Army, World War I: St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; The Boche, between the 1st and 3rd Bn 359th Inf were active and small scale attacks against the 3rd Bn continued fromt eh E and S. Enemy mortar and artillery fell everywhere on the Division front. 40 Prisoners including 1 Regimental Commander and 2 LTs were taken. > SECTION 3 - NORTHERN FRANCE . ABMC Headquarters 2300 Clarendon Blvd, Suite 500 Arlington, VA 22201 Phone: 703-584-1501 Enemy tanks from well defiladed positions on the flanks of the 2nd Bn, harassed the infantry and prevented their advance. [4] The regiment's coat of arms incorporates the oak tree and fleur-de-lis. Major Operations: St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne. The attack to assigned objectives was continued at 0645. Consider adding a topic to this template: there are already 2,745 articles in the main category, and specifying|topic . The VIII Corps directed all Artillery in the Corps to fire one-sixth of a unit of fire to represent a simulated attack. Moving for the most part dismounted, it reached PERIERS at 1530, passed through the town and continued S in the direction of ST SAUVEUR LENDELIN. 2nd Bn was released to Regimental control at 1550 and was moved to a forward assembly area in the vicinity of LES BELLES CROIX. The 357th reverted to Division Reserve in the vicinity of Gourbesville. C Co was forced back with heavy casualties and became intermingled with K Co; these 2 Cos were subsequently reorganized as one unit and fought as such for the next several days. It was finally held short of its objective. E Co which had been placed astride the ST Jores BEAU COUDRAY Road, remained in that location. E Company, the assault unit, met heavy MG fire from the houses fringing the S bank of the stream immediately as it had started its forward movement. This Bn was attached to the 357th. 2nd Bn, attacking to secure the NE nose of the FORET, encountered heavy resistance throughout the day. The Boche gave no respite sided by his excellent observations which pinpointed our disposition as of dusk, he continued a hell of artillery, mortar and harassing machine gun fire which increased the problems of re supply and readjustment of local supports and reserves. In view of the isolation of A Co from the remainder of the battalion and the necessity for unified control over the 3 Cos exposed to enemy pressure from the SW, the 2 Bns were regrouped by the attachment of A to the 3rd Bn and K to the 1st Bn. [2] It was organized in September and assigned to the 180th Infantry Brigade, a unit of the 90th Division. RCT 357, upon relief would move to a LD along the existing boundary between the 4th Armd Div and the 83rd Inf Div. The 1st Bn 358th Inf and 2nd Bn 359th Inf in close contact, one with the other, consolidated their position and made those readjustments requisite to a continuation of the attack. 3rd Bn 358th Inf, when its front had been covered by their advance, was released from 359th Inf control and rejoined its Regt. 2nd Bn 359th Inf initiating its attack when the 3rd Bn 358th Inf came abreast, met severely strong resistance on its left flank. Storming the "Heinies" well fortified positions was work enough for that day. The action of this battalion, although its gains measured in yards were negligible, unhinged the right flank of the enemys defensive position, forcing him into a general withdrawal. In the ensuing fight it sustained approximately 40 additional casualties including 4 officers. 359th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division. Ordered into active military service: 25 March 1942 at Camp Barkley, Texas. 357th Inf: [2] On April 1, 1959, the regiment was reorganized as a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System to consist of 1st Battle Group, a subordinate unit of the 90th Infantry Division. Civilian report of an impending attack against the 357th Infantry was found to be inaccurate. There was no sound of battle from their last reported positions and it was consequently clear that our resistance in that area had ended. 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. 26 june (D+20) . The three battalions were now firmly linked and our hold on FORET secure. At 0600 357th and 359th Infs resumed their advance to the S keeping entirely clear of the PERIERS COUNTANCES ROAD. Verbal orders were given to continue the attack the following day. At 1645 the 1st Bn, supported by the fire of the 2nd Bn 359th Inf launched a frontal attack against the German position on the crest. 28 July 1944 It was assigned to 31st Army, where it remained until . Jun 10, 2022 - My Grandaddy's division in WWII, 358th, Easy Co. On 12 August, the division drove across the Sarthe River, north and east of Le Mans, and took part in the closing of the Falaise Gap, by reaching 1st Polish Armored Division in Chambois, 19 August. The movement of the 1st Bn 358th Inf obliquely across its front in the vicinity of LA COUTRIE stopped further progress. U.S. Military Units That Served in WWII. Despite heavy resistance the assault companies initially made good progress but halted on their first phase line to reestablish the lateral contact which had been lost almost at the jump off. The existing road to the ISLAND was denied by the Boche infantry, supported by SP guns, who held the far approach. Colonel C. H. Conrad,commanding. 1st and 2nd Bns 358th Inf initiated movement at 0100 from vicinity GORGES to forward assembly areas designated for the attack, closing the rest 0400 hours. The book is well written and helps fill in some of the time gaps in "Show Me The Hero". By 2145, the regiment was completely closed in its new area SW of SAINTENY. 9 june (D+3) : The assault units extricated themselves only by the gallant action of those men not pinned to the ground, who charged the Germans with bayonet, grenades and hip fired MGs. The mission was completed and no Germans were found. ", Company "B", 359th Regiment, 90th Infantry Division Living History & Reenactment, Raw Combat Footage of the 90th Infantry Division, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=90th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)&oldid=1102516934. Rank Staff Sergeant. 357th Inf: Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. Evacuated after wounded, but killed by straffing enemy plane. At 0900 Field Train and Regimental Headquarters personnel were forced into a provisional Co and occupied positions astride the ST JORES BEAU COUDRAY road S of the Regimental Headquarters. 90th Infantry Division. Remainder of the battalion was held by the dogged enemy some distance to its left rear. 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. 6 june (D-Day) : Thus, it is not the 359th Infantry Regiment that is missing, but its regimental history.

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