When the war ended, Terhanko had four Purple Hearts and Silver and Bronze Stars. But also, the 1st Bn, 330th regiment companies were much further to the south-east just the day before. Weapons Platoon : 2nd Lieutenant George P. Hopley, killed on July 4, 1944 at Sainteny To slow the spread of sickness and death, the 83rd Division ordered the local German mayor to supply the camp with food and water. The second overlay for 12 July 1944 is a 83rd ID situation map for 12:00. It was deployed to France in 1918. After a period of training, elements of the division took Chteauneuf-d'Ille-et-Vilaine, 5 August, and Dinard, 15 August, and approached the heavily fortified area protecting St. Malo. The 83rd Division reported the death rate at the camp had been 500 per month. Move out! When the 83rd Division landed across Omaha Beach in June 1944, James Shonak was Captain of Anti-Tank Company/331st Infantry. 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. Written in May 1945, six months after my father was killed in action in Gey, Germany, the letter has a simple honesty that touches the heart. The shoulder sleeve insignia of the 83rd Division insignia consists of a letters in gold spelling out the word "O-H-I-O" on a black isosceles triangular background. email _ | _ 83rd Division "Thunderbolt" Message Board _. Days of house-to-house fighting under thick smoke, artillery fire, and fighter-bomber attacks could not convince the Germans to give up. The Trench Line 331 Infantry Regiment, 83 Division Share 3 posts heed72 4 Private Sep 27, 2006 #1 Does anyone have any info on the US, 331 Infantry Regiment, 83 Divison? These histories are courtesy of Myra Miller, PhD, of Footsteps Researchers. OH These are the GIs of the 331st Infantry who made the ultimate sacrifice. After liberation, the death rate continued at approximately 2550 people per day, due to the severe physical debilitation of the prisoners. Even the paint on their helmets looked as if they had just been unpacked." The division was reconstituted in the Organized Reserve on 24 June 1921 and assigned to the state of Ohio. We believe that Pfc. Though the positioning of these HQs seem strange to me. The 83rd Infantry Division ( 83. We honor them in loving memory. From Normandy To the Bulge. Samuel J. Bifano--B Battery, 324th Field Artillery $3.99 ground shipping enabled for all orders! Finally, direct hits by 8-in. The map contains the locations, based on the coordinate on the morning report, shown in NATO symbology . They raced across the German countryside until they were ordered to stop less than 60 miles from Berlin. A second battalion from the same regiment defended a line further east. It entered the Battle of the Bulge, 27 December, striking at Rochefort and reducing the enemy salient in a bitter struggle. against the enemy. You can see them by clicking here. Unit: 83rd Infantry Division, 331st Infantry Regiment, Company C; Service Number: 35519259; Date of Birth: October 2, 1918; Entered the Military: October 28, 1942; Date of Death: July 26, 1944; . Upon overrunning the camp, US troops estimated that the newly liberated inmates weighed only 80 pounds each as the result of malnutrition at SS hands. 5 July 1944 is very confused; a lot was going on,and I have realized there area lot of discrepancies amongthe reportsespecially the Morning Reportsand I really need to incorporate all the information from the After Action Reports and Unit Journals and collate it with what information can be gleanedfrom the morning reports. 331st Infantry Regiment; 83rd Infantry Division "Thunderbolt" U.S. Army; B; Sort by: name . 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 wounded and defenseless GIs were then shot and killed, one by one. 216.368.2000 June 17, 1944: Southampton, England The 83rd Division command post was in a school building in the city of Luxembourg. The people still seemed surprised at the sight of American soldiers in their city. Cemeteries & Memorials; Burial Search; About Us; Education; Facebook; Twitter; YouTube; Instagram; ABMC Headquarters 2300 Clarendon Blvd, Suite 500 Arlington, VA 22201 Phone: 703-584-1501. The 83d Infantry Division arrived in England on 16 April 1944. To avoid needless loss of life, Elster negotiated a surrender. The day before Thanksgiving, Hershell asked for two volunteers to help him cut up turkeys. Following a number of months of training in the United States, the regiment, under the command of Colonel William Wallace, embarked upon the troopship RMS Aquitania at New York, and departed for Europe on 8 June 1918. These reports are courtesy of Myra Miller, PhD, of Footsteps Researchers. I am assuming A Co, B Co, and C Co are from the 331st because there is a flag for the 1st Bn, 331 IR, on the map and the regiment number close to the area of the companies looks more like it would be 331 than 330 (I cant really decipher the last number, but it does not seem to be a zero). K Company L Company, 331st Infantry Regiment: Colonel Martin D. Barndollar Jr., killed on 4 July 1944 near Mautis, replaced by Lieutenant Colonel William E. Long, replaced on 7 July 1944 by Colonel John C. Whitcomb, replaced on 9 July 1944 by Colonel James D. Bender, replaced on 11 July 1944 by Colonel Robert T. Foster, replaced on 13 July 1944 by Colonel Robert H. York. In addition, the "Thunderbolt" division recovered the camp's documents for use by war crimes investigators. guns destroyed much of the enemy artillery and machine gun emplacements and forced them to surrender. But for a number of U.S Army trucks interspersed among its columns, it might easily have been mistaken for a German convoy.[12]. Someone will have to fix them, so they won't start another war in a few more years, and I think he is the man that can do it. Pfc. -- We threw 57,607 hand grenades The 83rd Division would be called on again to answer the call to defend freedom in 1942 at Camp Atterbury, Indiana. We hardly ever hear anything except rumors, and some of these are fantastic. 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Thomas, Jr. (since June 29, 2021), 308th Train Headquarters and Military Police, 329th, 330th, 331st, and 332nd Ambulance Companies and Field Hospitals, Ordered into active military service: 15 August 1942 at Camp Atterbury, Indiana. The 331st was the first regiment in the 83rd Division to see action in Luxembourg. D-Day and Battle of Normandy Encyclopedia, Commander: Major General Robert C. Macon The story of how the 83rd survived winter in the Battle of the Bulge, 83rd Infantry Division Association website, 83rd Infantry Division Legacy Chapter Email Group, Mapping the Overlays: 83rd Division maps for Normandy Campaign, Samuel J. Bifano--B Battery, 324th Field Artillery, Sgt. Byron Herde, 331st Infantry They arrived in Liverpool, England on 15 June, and entrained . On 1 March, the 83rd Division advanced toward the Rhine in Operation Grenade, and captured Neuss. Gen. Willard A. Holbrook (23 March 1918), and finally Maj. Gen. Edwin F. Glenn (3 April 1918). 12th FA Obsn Battalion (-Btrie A), from August 7th to 16th, 1944 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. "TDC, December 3"Here it is another Christmas away from home--I hope it is the last one like this. of gasoline. P.E. As the initial movement in operation "Unicorn," the division took Le Stromberg Hill in the vicinity of Basse Konz against strong opposition, 5 November, and beat off counterattacks. On Memorial Day weekend 2000 my family had reunited for my sister's long . C Co, 87th Chemical Battalion, from 5th to 16th July 1944 83rd Division "Thunderbolt" Message Board, Larry Dalton (field promotion to 2nd Lt., Silver Star). Intense fighting during the Battle of Saint-Malo reduced enemy strong points and a combined attack against the Citadel Fortress of St. Servan caused its surrender, 17 August. My worst nightmares are still in those rows.". [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. Actually 12,000 defended the walled city, and they vowed to "fight to the last stone." B Co, 86th Chemical Mortar Battalion, from August 13th to 16th, 1944, April 19, 1944: Newcastle-under-Lyme, England Then the heavies came in low, a hundred at a time. They've seen the tree bursts in the Hurtgen, (My grandmother said that even though she was German, she hated the Germans for what they had done.) A Company Promotion of Leinbach to the 83rd Field Artillery October 10, 1920. The 83rd was held in reserve until after D-Day, and entered France on 21 through 24 June. The 9th Army had also been slowly advancing north of Aachen towards the Roer. "TDC, November 26"I was reading an old paper today and the people over there must be nuts. H Company 83rd Infantry Regiment Nickname: Ninth Militia; City Guard; Ninth Infantry National Guard Mustered in: June 8, 1861. I'd hate to think of our son having to grow up to fight."TDC. They moved by truck to the Hurtgen Forest west of Aachen to relieve the 12th Infantry. When, where and if they saw action in WWI. The 83rd spent Thanksgiving in that tiny country. On June 18, 1944, less than two weeks after the Allied D-Day invasion of western Europe, the "Thunderbolt" division landed on Omaha Beach and began advancing into France. Overall, the division had 170.2 percent replacements. 83rd Infantry Division Legacy Chapter Email Group It was taken at Camp Breckenridge, KY, after the Tennessee maneuvers. I should be asking you. The 83rd Infantry Division was recognized as a liberating unit by the US Army's Center of Military History and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1993. 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 Haute-Marne. On the 7th, the 329th took the city of Echternach on the Sauer River. 83rd (US) Infantry Division Battle order - June-August 1944 - Battle of Normandy Headquarters Commander: Major General Robert C. Macon Deputy commander: Brigadier General Claude B. Ferenbaugh Chief of Staff: Colonel Samuel V. Krauthoff Combat units 329th Infantry Regiment: Colonel Edwin B. Crabill - 1/329 : Major George A. Wishart A Company November 22"Here it is, another Thanksgiving Day that I won't be home. small arms ammunition. 453rd AAA AW Battalion (Mbl), from July 1st, 1944 to July 9th, 1945 It expresses a basic truth that was obvious to every GI on the front lines in Europe, but evades most of us until we realize the brutal conditions that they were forced to endure. Platoon, 2nd.Batallion, 331 first Regiment of the 83rd Infantry Division, advanced to the rank of Sgt. *The quote near the top of this page is from a letter written by Pfc. Frank Monan, A Company, 331st Infantry Hq. Melvin V. Park, K Company, 329th Infantry, 83rd Division, Liberation of Langenstein Concentration Camp by 83rd Division, Everett W. Singleton, Sr., G Company, 331st Infantry, 83rd Infantry, 329th Reenactment Group, Reading, PA, Indiana Military Organization (Camp Atterbury) Website, AWON (American World War II Orphans Network). 1st Bn 66th Armd Regt (2nd Armd Div), from June 28th to July 5th, 1944 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. S/Sgt Joseph Arnaldo at the Battle of the Bulge. June 22-28, 1944. 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. Of the 68 divisions deployed by the U.S. Army in the European Theater, the 83rd was ninth in the number of combat deaths. July 3, 1944: Pontorson This richly illustrated book chronologically describes the course of Operation Overlord through 357 specific events. 14 July 1944, 330 IR, 83 ID near Sainteny. The 332nd Infantry Regiment was formed on 30 August 1917 as part of the 83rd Division. Richard E. Chipps. Richard E. Chipps was also a First Sergeant--of L Company. We have recently added a photo of A Company/331st. from the right, first row. The 83rd's position placed them in just the right spot for a front-row view of what was, according to Michael Doubler in his book "Closing With the Enemy," the largest air-ground operation ever attempted by American forces. Joe [Ordanez] Ordonez, Texas, Pvt 331 Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division dies 8 Aug 1944, Soldiers of the 331st Regiment, 2nd battalion, are ready to depart Passau for Cherbourg and a boat home, September, 1945. "God we lost a lot of men. Corporal Oldham of the 83rd Infantry Division of the US Army in Cancale France during World War II August 1944, Presenting the 83rd Infantry Division nicknamed the "Ragtag Circus". It must have seemed that the world was coming to an end, as wave after wave of bombers delivered continuous shockwaves of exploding bombs that shook the earth and turned it into a lunar landscape. Ive decided I will come back to incorporating geographic data points later. Newspapers.com. 83rd Infantry Division shoulder sleeve insignia, U.S. Army Reserve Readiness Training Center. I, personally, cant make much sense of what is written in the lower left corner, try as I might. Deaths, the division's report continued, reached 500 per month. The journey took them through the thick forests of the highland country east of Verdun. 2nd Platoon Later groups of enlisted men assigned to the division to replace men transferred to other units came from Kentucky, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. B Company B Co, 705th Tank Destroyer Battalion (SP), from August 6th to 16th, 1944 They consisted of the various occupation forces from along the Atlantic coast and down to the Pyrenees. My worst nightmares are still in those rows.". Others were returned to the U.S. for burial. Also, medical supplies were requisitioned from the U.S. Army's 20th Field Hospital. October 8"There isn't a lot to write about over here. Courtesy of The . Operation COBRA began the morning of 25 July. Well see if it gets any better once Ive read the reports and compare it tothe 08 July Morning Reports. 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. All is safe for you to go. They destroyed 480 enemy tanks, 61 enemy planes, 29 enemy supply trains, and 966 enemy artillery pieces. The next day the rest of the 329th entered the line, smashed through almost a mile to capture Coulot, and eased the pressure against the left of the line where the 330th had repelled repeated enemy counterattacks. Even so, his ETO Enlisted Man's Identification Card lists his weight at 139 pounds. On the right of the 9th Division, the men of the 83rd felt like standing in their foxholes and cheering when they saw all those bombers. There isn't much that I can send, except the same love that I have had ever since I've known you. Gen. Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 83rd Infantry Division Artillery, 83rd Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized), Headquarters, Special Troops, 83rd Infantry Division, Headquarters Company, 83rd Infantry Division, 453rd Anti Aircraft Artillery Battalion Detachment, 25 June 1944: Third Army, but attached to the VIII Corps of, 10 September 1944: Ninth Army, 12th Army Group, 21 September 1944: Third Army, 12th Army Group, 11 October 1944: VIII Corps, Ninth Army, 12th Army Group, 22 October 1944: VIII Corps, First Army, 12th Army Group, 8 November 1944: Third Army, 12th Army Group, 11 November 1944: VIII Corps, First Army, 12th Army Group, 20 December 1944: Attached, with the entire First Army, to the, 26 December 1944: VII Corps, First Army (attached to British 21st Army Group), 12th Army Group, 16 February 1945: XIX Corps, Ninth Army, 12th Army Group, This page was last edited on 19 September 2022, at 17:37. He was in Company B, 231st Infantry Training Battalion. The 3rd Battalion captured the high ground northwest of Ehnen, but had to fight through heavy machine gun and mortar fire to do it. Others in this group that went to F Company were William T. Oliver, Hubert L. Smith, James Stansell Jr., Archie Swindle, John M. Tarnowksi, Earl Tillman, Augustine Toya, Paul Tweed, James Vanden, Lee R. Weeks, John W. Phillips, Albert Popik, Raymond H. Heiber, Donald Palmatier, David W. Parrish, Angelo Patricola, Jospeph Pavek, Joseph T. Pawlowski, Benjamin B. Peluso, Norman Perez, Charles Petritis, John J. Petrizzo, Donald P. Smith, Perry D. Johnston, Walter P. Kowal, Ralph R. McDowell, Thomas K. McKee, Henry L. McManus, Raymond J. Miller, Dominick Salierno, Willard H. Strauss, James F. Varley, George H. Harrell, Michael Harris, Alfred L. Hinchey, Albert K. Jeffries, Earnest C. Goates, Joseph A. Gonzales, Raphael E. Duvall, Alois Dzieweczynski, Clifford E. Olson, Raymond J. Travers, Ovid K. Seville, Francis Soucie, and Max A. Rubin. The 83rd United States Army Reserve Readiness Training Center trains soldiers in leader, functional, and DMOSQ programs. On 26 July, the 83rd entered the pursuit, and in heavy combat crossed the Taute River the next day. August 25, 1944: Chteaubriant. William T. Oliver is one of the GIs in the photo at the top of this page. This photo was taken in February 1945, and the war in Europe ended three months later. Subscribe to 331st Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division Footer menu. The 83rd Division established a bridgehead over the river. Normandy Armed Forces Ww2 World War Combat Army Army 83rd Infantry Division - WWII In Europe Unsung Hero Photojournalism Vintage Pictures Us Army World War Two Actually, theres lot on this overlay not making sense to me right now. It was initially made up of enlisted draftees from Ohio and Pennsylvania, with a cadre of Regular Army, Officers Reserve Corps, and National Army officers. Touch device users, explore by touch or with swipe gestures. [5][a] The movement into Luxembourg was completed on 25 September. He said he would take the job for 30 days to see how it worked out. Time after time they only gained an advantage for a few hours before being completely cut up themselves, accumulating losses they could not afford. The DPAA said that in December 1944, Bernard Sweeney was assigned to Company 1, 330th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division. -- Our artillery battalions, There are numerous monuments in France honoring the GIs of the 83rd Division. man); Pfc. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. [7][8][9] 3rd Platoon : lieutenant Virgil M. McClintic, wounded on July 4, 1944 at Mautis Popularity; Last added; Last edited; Name; Date of birth; Date of death; Grid List. From my reading on the German side, that is what the Germans would look for, and then send a counter attack in through the gap. Share a testimony from a relative or a friend, veteran or civilian, resistance member, ally or German, actor or witness of History. -- We laid 22,306 miles of Find topics of interest and explore encyclopedia content related to those topics, Find articles, photos, maps, films, and more listed alphabetically, Recommended resources and topics if you have limited time to teach about the Holocaust, Explore the ID Cards to learn more about personal experiences during the Holocaust. Basements of houses became aid stations for the wounded. The post-war operations reports contains information on the activities of the unit such as movements, tasks and training. Their patrols advance beyond the line searching out the foe. All Company related information refers to 330 IR Companies; neither the 329th IR nor the 331 IR had map coordinates on the Morning reports for 5 July. Ironically, like many GIs, he also had German ancestry. It took the direct fire of the attached 774th tank battalion to accomplish this. 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. 56th FA Battalion (8th Div) (105 How), from August 6th to 15th, 1944 The camp was created in April 1944 to provide concentration camp labor for the German war effort. From one point of high ground to another, with the support of tanks, artillery, and engineers, they moved forward through enemy anti-personnel mine fields in rain, ankle-deep mud, and snow. In the slaughter at Bihain. var sc_invisible=1. Then, German attempts to organize tank-supported counterattacks were shattered by the 83rd's field artillery battalions. Deputy commander: Brigadier General Claude B. Ferenbaugh, Chief of Staff: Colonel Samuel V. Krauthoff, 329th Infantry Regiment: Colonel Edwin B. Crabill In addition, the 83rd Division recovered documents for use by war crimes investigators. He was not a large man, but my mother said the Army "built him up," and he never looked better. Men of the British 22nd Independent Parachute Company, 6th Airborne Division being briefed for the invasion, 4-5 June 1944. . There are numerous entries for each day's events showing the time of occurrence for each. On The Home Front: Life was not easy on the home front, but my mom more than managed--she carried on, and made a new life for us while enduring what many would consider unbearable sorrow. John Helms said that my dad was taken out by an 88-mm artillery shell. Click here to read more of his story. 196th FA Group, from August 7th to 16th, 1944 You can read it by clicking here, or on the Combat Medic's Badge. Do you have 331ST INFANTRY REGIMENT, 83RD INFANTRY DIVISION Reunion information you'd like to share. August 10, 1944: Dinan 2/330 Company B, 231st Infantry Training Battalion. 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. It can be seen by clicking here. On 11 April 1945 the 83rd Division encountered Langenstein-Zwieberge, a subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp. 331st Regiment, 83rd Division Colonel James D. Shonak Commander 331st Anti-Tank Company Boyle, Paul (C) KIA Catrambone, Michael Hq. Doesn't seem to be very sanitary but most of the people seem to be healthy as hell, in fact they seem to thrive on it. From Atterbury to the Elbe After taking the towns of Wallenstein, Bech and Kleinmacher, they captured Schengen. The 329th IR is shown being just about 1000 m south of where its 2 Bn. The division entered the hedgerow struggle south of Carentan. The TTF was the 331st Infantry regimental newspaper. All is safe for you to go. By the time Sainteny was taken on 10 July, that number multiplied to 3,264. We focus on gathering information and documents on the World War 2 history of the United States 83rd. Everett W. Singleton, Sr., G Company, 331st Infantry The number of 83rd Division GIs killed in combat totaled 3,620. 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 83rd Infantry Division was first activated in the fall of 1917, several months after the United States entered World War I. In its one year of existence, the camp's population greatly expanded from 214 prisoners in April 1944 to about 5,400 in March 1945. The only Germans encountered were patrols. Heroes of the 331st Infantry Regiment, 83rd Division Those that sleep beneath our feet slumber in profound repose. The 83rd. D Company The insignia was selected during World War I because the division contained mostly Ohio draftees.[3]. As the 2nd Battalion advanced further toward Remich, they knocked out machine guns that the enemy had emplaced in concrete. 65th Armored FA Battalion, from June 27th to July 4th, 1944 B Company Task Force A (15th Cav Gp), from August 3rd to 5th, 1944, Infantry A Co, 87th Chemical Battalion, from July 5th to 16th, 1944 The division moved back to Belgium and the Netherlands for rehabilitation and training, 22 January 1945. Infanterie-Division) was a unit of the Imperial German Army in World War I. First a nudge, then a sign-- Move out! On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Liberation of Langenstein Concentration Camp by 83rd Division 83rd Infantry Division Situation 12:00 12 July 1944 less the 330th Infantry Regiment. 29th Infantry Division: June 6: Omaha:
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