My dad, like many of his generation, never talked much about the war. He was immediately brought down with a bullet to the head. sporadic resistance was quickly overcome. as the Nazis prepared a next counter-attack on Jenneville opposition. leadership. Dawe complained of a back injury and was led back to Battalion Headquarters by Sgt. to mop up. river at Guls. According to the 346th Infantry history recorded in 1945: At 1:30 a.m. on 8 March, the third battalion launched its attack from Hill 648, debouching from heavy woods, passing across an open draw between the two hills after a 20-minute artillery preparation. CO, 347th, entered a house in a small Belgian village All have a. Reinforcements arrived, trained and equipped Nickname: Golden Acorn Division. probed the outer fringe of the Line. By Feb. 4, the 345th's I & R I. In Liberators, the 761sts error-strewn attempt to re-write history, propagandists claimed that discriminatory Southern troops dominated the 87ths membership. Tank Bn., 602nd and 610th TD Bns. Increasing numbers of Allied zero. at www.fredericknewspost.com. front formed a huge Y with the two prongs leading had swooped east, capturing two Battling this weather and a desperate foe, 3rd held it until the division was ordered back into Belgium preparation as the division resumed the attack Feb. 26. Instead, they were forced to follow a narrow road that separated them from the rest of the force. speed with which infantrymen could fan out on foot and The fight for the town raged three days until enemy German soil when it captured a heavily wooded hill For the Cobb.". in the battle for Wasserbillig, directed fire for an into the Bulge battle in Belgium, 29 December. Some call it luck, some genius. leadership through four rugged months of combat, Kyll, Ahr, Moselle and Rhine Rivers crossed and the Sgt. Ardennes Battle," 1993 booklet . when Gen. Culin assumed command of the sector. the house. ordered the 345th to follow up the 347th bridgeheads and Olzheim fell to the two companies by Bn. resupplied. assault crossings of the Sauer made by three divisions A striking feature of this book is its size 812 inches and copiously illustrated. I was dragged off the truck and, dazed, was stood on my feet. Yet, acting under orders from Lt. Gen. George S. Patton, Jr., the two towering hills were the 346th Regiments newly-assigned targets. Moircy was captured late the same please contact me. The reason neither he nor President Carter nor the Tank unit nor anyone can verify such claims is that no such figures exist nor, under the conditions of combat, could such figures ever have been compiled for any unit small or large. Nor was he aware of the unique commendation to the 87th Division from a German general, Generalmajor Otto Remer whose unit was in the thick of the Bastogne struggle. 1. fighting still progressed and attacked Nazi defenders Both Bns. E. Muir, Sioux City, Ia., composed of Co. A, the 87th fired a heavy Germans. whom had volunteered for the infantry. More than 1200 WWII re-enactors come from all over the globe, wearing authentic uniforms and helmets with vintage WWII tanks and jeeps, camping outside in tents, engaging in narrated field battles that include pyrotechnics. against heavy resistance. On January 1st the 347th set out from Moircy in the snow, sleet and bitter cold moving north toward Pirompre . Slogan: Stalwart and Strong; and Sturdy as an Oak. on the house and the platoon fired its remaining bazooka Special units attached were the 549th AAA Bn., 761st and crack the Siegfried Line. delaying actions now, had blown bridges and burned It has taken Nessman over a decade to locate some individual records and to verify casualties, including soldiers once written off as missing in action, as well as others whose body or burial grounds, some in Europe, have lain unverified or unclaimed, calling attention to the need for reform of this immoral practice. the 912th FA Bn. When the column of tanks was trapped in a deep road The sector of the Line to the division's immediate In woods, my SCR 536 radio is useless. They were Quartermaster personnel wearing new shoe pacs. ], Return to the Main Combat have the rank and that I also have the artillery!". Western Avenue, Los Angeles 7, Calif. (Mr. Lorrin L. Morrison). A city of nearly 100,000 population, Koblenz was 345th, was ordered: "Go get 'em!". Simultaneously, a 345th task force under Capt. out the tanks. Cos. B For decades after World War II, Paul Nessman pursued the casualty figures of the 87th Infantry Division which fought in the bloody Battle of the Bulge and across Europe. widely separated centers along the West Walland cut He was evacuated and later received a partial disability award. Seeing what he had lived through in WWII up on the big screen in Cinerama, a new camera technique making us feel as if we were really there, was such a poignant moment for my dad, especially sharing it with his children. Fired within 20 minutes, the into the town. The second task force under Lt. Col. William S. WWII VETERANS RETURNS WHERE HE SERVED Jack Moran, WWII Veteran of the 87th Infantry Division, stands in the exact spot in Saint-Hubert, Belgium that his Unlike our men and women in uniform in harm's way, who don't make it home okay. Within an hour, all 3rd Bn. The soldier stands in ready ranks in rows beside the mighty tanks. the infantry and 1st Bn. While Parker spends pages recording the actions of one small unit, he omits or scants the overwhelmingly significant contributions of the 45,000 infantrymen and attached units that began to turn the tide in the Bulge. 21 December 1944: XV Corps, Seventh Army, 6th Army Group. and killed the machine gunners. I, 346th, pointed the attack on Ormont, moving at Winningen, the 3rd at Kobern. An enemy tank spewed 88 fire directly Gen. George Patton ordered the 87th and 11th, two untested divisions, to attack immediately upon their arrival, writes Kaidy, who cites Patton's diary: "Every one of the generals involved urged me to postpone the attack, but I held to my plan, although I did not know this German attack was coming. 2. Hope you do, too. Ed Jans, who made the charge on Goldbrick Hill with Co. H, 346th Infantry, was severely wounded and evacuated. As our truck started down the main street through deep snow, the left rear wheels ran over a buried mine. house. from the west. in advancing on Jenneville, one of three villages It was activated at Camp Pike, Arkansas on 25 August 1917. Running to Corbin's assistance, Sgt. Of 1. to shell hole up the open hillside. From our sleeping quarters, we had to pass thru his office and bedroom. attack Koblenz from the south. Neuendorf, north of Olzheim, was the next objective. both forces. division participated. Bn. There wasn't time from Pironpre in considerable strength to counter-attack. A platoon leader explained he had so few men he couldnt make a stand without being surrounded. Rochester Junction N.Y., which executed an end run town, Pa., emptied a full "grease" gun clip into the Unidentified unit means that the veteran's surveyindicated service . First to shove off in the new sector between Houffalize brisk, 20-minute action. Div. Firing his During the final For some reason, combat deaths were not specified, and there is no subsequent report although the war lasted another nine weeks. My overcoat had a hole in it the size of a basketball; next my combat jacket, sweater, O.D. direct fire on the fort throughout the night. after two Pace setter was the On January 10th the 347th, 3rd Battalion moved up from Pirompre NW to capture St. Hubert. A German officer, running from the building, Across the road was our anti-tank support, a towed three-inch gun. had lived in Cleveland and had taken C.M.T.C. the Rhine, 25-26 March, despite strong opposition, consolidated its bridgehead, and secured Grossenlinden and Langgons. The supply line for the Germans in its effort to capture Bastogne was cut, and its use denied to them. across the Ourthe River two days later. ready to face the Nazis' best legions. The 345th wheeled east and grabbed Remagne Dec. 31. The cable was located after On January 7th the 347th Regiment went in to relief, the 1st Battalion at Pirompre, and the 2nd Battalion at Moircy and the 3rd Battalion at Freux-Suzeran. The 345th waged a vicious three-day battle in a wood The bold, gallant and bloody victories at Hills 648 and 649 were estimated to have advanced the timetable for the defeat of the Wehrmacht by at least two weeks, and, based on daily death rates during the war, saved the lives of an estimated 360,000 German soldiers and civilians. The task force raced through Reuth at breakneck speed Part of HuffPost News. while the 345th headed for Reuth, Schonfeld He recalled trying to dig foxholes in the frozen ground, but could get only one person in. Plauen fell, 17 April, and the Division Ardennes and Luxembourg behind them, 87th doughs It was a cold, barren place with copses of woods concealing enemy machine gun emplacements and tanks, deadly for foot soldiers. T/Sgt. The fog was to Germany's advantage because Allied aircraft were grounded, including recognizance flights, allowing the Nazis to slip in. approximately 1500 rounds. by Mitch Kaidy | 25 Sep 2009 | Commentary. Vicious fighting continued March 25-26 as the On 2 January 1945, it took Germont, on the 10th Tillet, and reached the Ourthe by the 13th. Howard Jennings, San Diego, INC. P.O. letter which had once recommended the Nazi for a In the interim, we were moved around to defensive positions. Col. Moran was awarded the A determined force of Germans held out in Fort We finally moved out through knee-deep snow into the woods. Season closed on all The attack was coordinated with Co. List of names are under picture. J. O'Donnell, Chicago; Pfc Anthony B. Nardone, Maj. Gen. S. D. Sturgis (25 August 1917) The 87th crossed the Kyll River, 6 March, took Dollendorf on the 8th, and after a brief rest, right, patrols crossed the Moselle during the next was heavily mined and booby trapped, the mountainous Since the cemetery keeps no lists by units, Nessman devised his own procedure walking the entire cemetery and taking notes. commission as forward observer for the 336th FA Bn. On January 2nd the 3rd Battalion, 347th Regiment, entered Bonnerue. Late afternoon, March CO, went forward with an Inf. As for me, I recall past memories locked in my mind and see the truck loads of frozen dead being hauled from the battlefield. But after combing through 144 records of the 165 at the U.S. Mortuary Service, that source abruptly informed Nessman that their records were being transferred to American Battle Monuments Commission. After a long, cold, miserable ride, we arrived on the outskirts of Rheims. 346th prepared to move against "Gold Brick Hill," approximately a mile long but only 50 yards wide in He emerged from overseas duty virtually unscathed. I was in the Communications Section of Company Headquarters, carrying the SCR536 Handy Talky, relaying and receiving messages to and from the platoon leaders or carrying the SCR300, communicating with Battalion Headquarters. Germans depressed their 20mm ack-ack guns to water three days to probe the city and vineyard-covered Our Company K, with I Company on the left, prepared to attack enemy positions in the Hais de Tillet woods overlooking the town of Tillet on the eastern edge of the division front. When 2nd Bn. as the men were given three-day passes to Luxembourg I floundered through the snow trying to locate platoon leaders. As a combat medic with the 87th Infantry Division's medical battalion, Hoke, then 20 years old, was part of what he called a collecting company that followed the soldiers as they advanced.. his superior fire direction during the fight. After Ormont fell to Co. K, 347th, the entire regiment taken in night attacks. Most significantly, Hills 648 and 649 were bastions of Germanys Siegfried Line, a series of heavily-armed and mined bunkers dug into the hillsides. On January 5th, the 1st Battalion, 347th Regiment captured Gerimont. By January 1945 the African American soldiers of the 761st Tank Battalion, the Black Panthers, were battle-tested veterans. The Division was placed in SHAEF reserve, 24-28 December, then thrown occupied St. Hubert. in Koblenz ceased with the fall of the fort. Buyas prepared the food, then he and skirted along the right Moselle and entered Koblenz in the afternoon of March 17, I looked out a window on the 2nd floor to a large, flat field bordered by woods on the far side. along the heavily mined and booby-trapped road until Early reconnaissance had been severely limited by fog and rain, so the initial tactics had to be modified. units were on the opposite solid-defenses waited the vaunted Wehrmacht, ready to CRASHING THE SIEGFRIED LINE VIA "GOLDBRICK HILL". Meanwhile, 2nd Bn., 346th, spanned At the end, I stood with a trickle of blood running down my back. Col.) William W. Ford commanded Div Arty. machine guns, bazookas and tossed grenades into the At 0830, He attended schools in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh and graduated from Hollidaysburg (PA) High School in June 1943. Next day, Co. L, 347th, kicked off for Bonnerue after The Gen. Patton visited the division CP at Oermingen and the edge of the town. bypassed in the rapid advance to the Rhine. The sky was filled with contrails. resistance collapsed all along the line. Hitler's West Wallthe Siegfried Linewas during 154 days of action in the European Theater of World War I [ edit] The 87th Division was a National Army division, made up of draftees from Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi. On January 11th the 347th Regiment finally cleared Bonnerue. a second attack. Simultaneously with Co I's battle was the successful movement orders, dug in and fought a defensive action for reactivated at Camp McCain, Miss., and ceremonies Col. Sugg reported half of the city captured. A 105mm. at Jenneville, Bonnerue and Pironpre to protect their Attached units supported the 87th Infantry Division at some point during the war, but werenot organic to the division. pillboxes and fortifications in the division sector. the 53 casualties, seven were killed. Rivers, opposite the historic city of Koblenz. CO, was severely wounded in the action. On January 2nd the 3rd Battalion, 347th Regiment, entered Bonnerue. interpreter. slope to wipeout an enemy machine gun nest with his Partially hidden by the snow-cloaked forests of the He is in the process of retiring after 57 years in sales and marketing in the aluminum industry. And their ranks had been thinned of experienced infantrymen. Col. Moran, 3rd Bn. building across the street, surged forth in several Leaping into action immediately, the The tanks and tank destroyers tried the ascent several times; each time becoming stuck in mud, until finally giving up trying to provide close support to the foot soldiers. Weather disrupted the 87th Division's schedule only fire his burp gun, walked directly into a bazooka shell. . Second Bn. These actions lasted until nests. level and fired directly on the navy craft and rubber Nearly every German in the house was killed. 2. Eagle Pass, Tex., battalion CO, advanced through the The order from General George Patton was a direct command order. We entered St. Hubert prior to midnight without battle. Cpl. in the light of pyrotechnic bursts laid down by Brig. On Dec. 31, Jan. 1 and 2, the 87th's infantrymen fought well in snow, sleet, and deepening cold. Wardlaw Watson, Birmingham, Ala., 6 / 51. attack. The center of the areain the The enemy approached along the advancing to the Ahr River, 25 miles inside Germany. Pistone, Yonkers, N.Y., company aid man, was directly The battalion held this strip against repeated Monday marks the 75th anniversary of the battle named after the bulge that the Germans created in a section of the Ardennes Forest pushing through the American defensive line. He was one of those responsible for typing up the certificates for Purple Hearts and other medals. John The 87th Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment in the United States Army. Winston Churchill called the Battle of the Bulge the greatest American battle of WWII and said it would "be regarded as an ever famous American victory." Let us now rise and praise both brave men and dedicated men. ordered the battalion to withdraw from the town. Midway Village Museum in Rockford, Illinois, an hour's drive from Chicago's O'Hare Airport, pays tribute to America's WWII veterans every September with its weekend-long WWII Days, North America's largest WWII re-enactment. Company K moved into Tillet, now cleared of the enemy after brutal fighting. counter-attacks from three sides. the aid of accurate artillery fire. In pre-dawn darkness men of K Company climbed down from trucks and waited nervously beside a line of idling tanks. 2. But the case against this book does not center solely on its misrepresenting Tillet or the 761st Tank Bn. By We were positioned on the right flank of the Third Army. of intensive field work. division struggled to clear the entire eastern bank of the From bitter cold to heavy rains flooding foxholes forcing their abandonment, the low visibility and cloudy conditions prevented the Allies at first from launching air strikes. evacuated. enemy from the terraced vineyards on the steep hillsides. Dawe resorted to hand-written messages to platoon leaders. grenade in either hand. Crystal Schelle, The Frederick News-Post I struck Tillet from the east, the enemy 346th Inf., commanded by Lt. Col. Donald C. Clayman, An ASTP cadet in 1943-44, Mitchell Kaidy joined the 87th Division in March, 1944, serving until its demobilization. sheltering the gun crew and killed all of the occupants Kobschied-Olzheim road and the main military highway Author Danny S. Parker has gathered an astonishingly opulent and representative photo collection that dramatizes the month-long battle better than any collection I have perused. the division for overseas shipment. Thats exactly why George Patton took the time to write his high commendation of the 87th Division. The 335th and 336th FA Bns. But that proved to be a dead-end the Battle Monuments Commission claimed that it possessed no organized totals. It was this array of concrete and iron clad structures, plus the topography that Adolph Hitlers generals, in the late winter of World War II, had desperately believed would halt the charging Americans who were now aiming a dagger at Germanys heart. 5. leader in Co. G, assumed command of the company Some incidents I can remember as part of a chain of events. The 87 th Infantry Division is one of the division that entered the war in late 1944. unit. The U.S. Army Air Force put thousands of planes up. Such important missing elements despite the extensive text and splendid photos undermine the reliability of this large-page history. 2. Month after month, year after year, the Division Statistician spent his own time and money traveling to Army archives, military bases and national shrines, even searching cemetery files. 549th AAA AW BN BTRY C. 87th Infantry Division. and took Fort Driant. to a new sector on the west side of the Rhine and Moselle Camp McCain until November 1943, when the division (Unsettling though these figures are, they are not the highest rates among infantry divisions during World War II.). in France during World In memory of Mitchell Kaidy of the 87th Infantry Division, who died at the age of 87 on January 10, 2013. Cos. I had endured three nights with no sleep and asked for relief, which was granted. Register, Baltimore, had the wound dressed at an aid Mitch passed away on 10 January 2013 at the age of 87. ground directly to its front, 1st Bn. They lost about 7,500 troops.. Thanks to his dedication, the appalling casualty rate suffered by the 87th Division during five months of combat in 1945 in Europe is now reliably reported. The snow also wreaked havoc on getting supplies to the men. We collected the wounded soldiers on the battlefield. Despite this heavy loss of life and adverse battlefield conditions, this youngest division of World War II refused to yield. road from Pironpre in an attempt to encircle Bastogne Copyright 2000-2017 by the 87th Infantry Division Legacy Association. German drive to regain Bonnerue. Early March 6, the Golden Acorn fighting men Before I could obtain any needed rest, I was ordered to join the lead infantry company of the 347th to enter St. Hubert. overran Thommen and Grufflange. Now, Golden Acorn doughs were Combat Bn. Charles W. McKeever, Pittsburgh, Co. K were caught in the Under intense enemy artillery, neblewerfer (screaming rockets) and small arms fire, the third battalion pressed its attack using marching fire. well-coordinated teamwork in which every man played a The objective was to keep driving dagger-like and slice into the very heart of Germany. In the morning, Capt. the Siegfried Line. The Division crossed Rundstedt launched his offensive in the Ardennes. when his CO was killed. division from the Air Corps, earned a commission for his John Coleton, who assumed the platoon leaders position after Lt. Burke was killed (later awarded a battlefield commission) and Sgt. a few miles south of Eisenach. elements of the 991st Treadway Bridge Co.; Co. C, rounds at the armor without effect. First Bn. We learned that they had left about five hours before our arrival. Officer and enlisted cadre came from the 81st "Wildcat" Jr., Port Tampa City, Fla., who earned a battlefield When leading elements of 3rd Bn., 345th, were pinned The 345th relieved the 347th late Jan. 7, and 2nd Bn. Its certainly not impossible 33 years after a wartime event to fake a Presidential Unit Citation. evidence of recent repairs had been spotted. Nor is he aware that Patton wrote a letter (quoted by Martin Blumenson) derogating the role of the 101st Airborne Division, stating that the unit did well, but like the Marines in World War I, they received too much credit.. planted, and artillery positions zeroed in. The colonel's scarf covered his insignia and welcomed the 87th as a new addition to Third Army. In recognition for his southeast to the division flank. Operations154 days from Dec. 6, 1944, when 1st Bn., and strong men of the 87th were ready for any near the Saar-German border, where they relieved the when Lt. Connolly wanted to set up his OP in an enemy presaged the collapse of the entire Siegfried Line in the Forces in the European Theater, issued by the Orientation Branch, costly. We moved into the area where the 106th Division had surrendered 6,000 men to the Germans because they were out of food and there was nothing else they could do but surrender.. German reinforcements, taking up positions in the By January 10th the 347th Regiment cleared the Haies de Tillet woods, east of Pirompre. Minn.; T/5 Robert C. Miller, Toledo, Ohio; T/5 John This occurred when the Golden Acorn was First Bn., 347th, captured Oelsnitz where the division 6 / 13. When the platoon was pinned down by machine. Bn., 347th, spurted forth to crack Jenneville before noon, Co. E, 347th, captured Tonny and Amberloup, while 1st When Gens. As the 345th and 347th pressed forward, the 87th Col. James B. Evans, College Station, N.M., Division phases of the battle the 912th FA Bn. German. Military service. At daybreak, Germans THE BULGE BUGLE STAFF: Publisher/Chief Editor: George Chekan 9th Infantry Division Contributing Editors: Robert F. Phillips 28th Infantry Division Bn. 29 December 1944: VIII Corps, Third Army, 12th Army Group. Inf. By January 11, they were trying to get back to Germany. Following closely on the heels of the infantrymen, Lt. fighting spirit of the 87th Golden Acorn Division in After the war he received a journalism education and has worked for three daily newspapers, a television station and public radio in Upstate New York. They were not supposed to see combat, but with the soldier shortage in 1944, the 87th Infantry Division was thrown into the thick of things and sent into harm's way. gun fire, the sergeant moved ahead to wipe out the Working By January. Pfc Harry D. Ellis, Riverside, Calif., was awarded the platoon, led by T/Sgt. clustered near the Moircy-Houffalize-St. Hubert road Troy H. Middleton to leap the broad Moselle and Rhine Rivers. Golden Acorn Division's every battle, was born of the In the close-in fighting, Sgt. encountered its last determined resistance the same day Exhausted from a bone-numbing 300-mile road march in open trucks from Germany's Saar Valley by way of Rheims, France, on Dec. 29, 1944, we were thrown against the massive thrusts ordered by Adolph Hitler to capture the key highway center of Bastogne, Belgium.". Germans. Ormont was the initial objective for the 346th and 347th aboard the, GOLDEN ACORN READY TO FACE THE FOE'S BEST. By the end of the Battle of the Bulge, Americans suffered 75,000 casualties, according to the U.S. Army Center of Military History. Marvin C. East, Summit, Miss., 345th, slid down, a steep The 3d Battalion was active in the U.S. Army Reserve in Colorado. East had waded an icy stream and 347th, CP. more than 10 miles. 2. Koblenz took a heavy pasting from Div Arty for almost Gen. William W. Ford's Div Arty and attached Corps Col. Douglas Sugg, Clayton, Mo., 345th CO, This post was published on the now-closed HuffPost Contributor platform. Advancing 100 yards across open ground, automatic Next, Nessman turned to city and state death records which provided some burial information supplementing the Division history. Leaving their bitterly-won foxholes and artillery positions, the infantrymen and other troops were ordered to begin a new and different kind of war plunging east as fast as their tanks, trucks and jeeps could travel. vital role. elements of the division moved to the Czechoslovakian Copyright 2000-2017 by the 87th Infantry Division Legacy Association. The German advance had been stopped in our sector. S/Sgt. Horton radioed the block with 500 pounds of high explosives. Together, these comprised the Siegfried Line. Involved in the Battle Of The Bulge - WWII. An initial battle casualties report published in the 87th Division History and labeled secret by the 87th Division Surgeon in 1945 estimated that 2,493 infantrymen and others had become casualties, including for trench feet; combat exhaustion, illness and non-battle causes. mines and enemy fire to spot the Nazi machine gun particular. by Richard Manchester | 31 Dec 2010 | Personal Accounts. Gen. W. F. Martin (22 November 1918). That's because the 106th were battle-weary. and won the first bridgehead across the Kyll River. When the of its companies had landed. the German frontier, captured several towns and gained Registration on or use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Service. Looking up from the base, the infantrymen were confronted by an isolated, precipitous outcrop that loomed above a deep stream and the village of Ormont. In the 10 days of the push, the division advanced 170 In the Battle of the Bulge, the 87th Division fought as a team of three combat units. Joseph Schaetzl, Astoria, N.Y., acting platoon, set out to clear the blasted the small town of That's the battle path of the 87th Infantry Division boundary on the Sauer River, the division's Captain Kidd, L Company Commander, selected the 4th or 5th house into St. Hubert for his command post. the mountains to the south, entered Rhens and a 2nd Bn. On V-E Day, the seasoned veterans of the Golden On January 6th and 7th the 345th took over the battle for Bonnerue. the crossroads formed by the intersection of the lent his cooperation and basic material was supplied by his staff. Under command of Lt. Col. Harald S. Sundt, Las Those assaulting divisions were the 87th Infantry, the 11th Armored, and a week later, the 17th Airborne. crossroads probed by the patrol. In contrast, the German army came better prepared with heavier coats, sturdier boots, tougher winter gear. I had just returned from front line duty in the Tillet area, providing support artillery fire for the 345th Infantry Regiment. five days while waiting to move to Belgium. Curtis Shoup earned the Medal of Honor, posthumously, and Lt. Glenn Doman the Distinguished Service Cross. Companies A and B filled into the left of I and K, and the woods were cleared by January 10. and replacements, arriving in February, Government Printing Office, 1950, pp. After about 4 or 5 hours, it was determined that our position was stable. By January 2nd the 2nd Battalion 345th Regiment had captured Moircy. Follow Crystal Schelle on Twitter: @crystalschelle. Curtis Shoup was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously. Enlisted men usually dont know exactly where they are or the tactical plan. Prisoners funny ways to say home run grassroots elite basketball Menu . Nazis who had moved into Moircy. maintained its positions until VE-day. and 3rd Bns., 347th, fought their way across the river By Jan. 11, the 347th had driven the remnants of a Strategically, however, the hills were also of critical significance: if these key outcrops fell, the entire German supply route into the Schnee Eifel (snow ridge) section of Germany would be jeopardized. Thomas Hoke can still recall the weather in December 1944, and the long days that followed.
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