Good luck with your quest. "[13] The division continued to attack without opposition to the Inn River and Giesenhausen until VE-day. Through their stories, we gain a glimpse into the challenges they faced, the horrors they endured, and the triumphs they achieved. Due in part to the 99th Infantry Division, this ground mission has not been continuous, and he will not achieve his goal[15]. The last drive began on 23 April. The black represents the iron from the mills of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where many of the troops were from. After fighting in the Ruhr area, the unit moved southward into Bavaria, where it was located at the end of the war. They killed Germans coming at them from the front, flanks and rear. [19] The regiment's successful defense prevented the Germans, who had counted on surprise, numbers, and minimum hard fighting as their keys to success, from accessing the best routes into the Belgium interior, and seriously delayed their scheduled advance by more than 48 hours, allowing the Americans to move large numbers of units and bring up reserves. Butler held a single platoon of 40 men from Company L in reserve. Butler's great-grandfather, General John Alexander McClernand, commanded infantry during the Civil War. That task fell to the 277th Volksgrenadier Division and the 12th SS Panzer Division. Not only did your command assist in effectively frustrating that particular part of the plan, but it also inflicted such heavy losses on the enemy that he was unable to carry out other contemplated missions in other sectors of the Allied front. [14] The first town they were tasked with capturing was Bergheim, "the door to the Rhine." The concentration camp was one of the "forest camps" (Waldlager) tied to the Mhldorf camp complex. A U.S. Army World War II division was configured as a Triangular division, with three regimental maneuver elements. Score: 4.8/5 (10 votes) . The division headquarters was organized in November 1921. The situation became so dire that Butler deliberately called in artillery on his units own position to prevent them from being overrunone of six times this would occur at Hfen. Crest That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Army Reserve: From a wreath Argent and Azure, the Lexington Minute Man Proper. The unit reported on May 4 that it had "liberated 3 labor camps and 1 concentration camp." [7]:3 American press reports from the European theater foretold the imminent fall of the Third Reich, and many men in Lt. Col. Butler's battalion thought that the war just might be over before they got there. The Army operated a program designed to capitalize on the large number of educated and intelligent recruits that were available. The enemy was moving through large gaps in the lines, and Americans were either being captured or killed in enormous numbers or retreating in disarray and panic. Subscribe to 394th Infantry Regiment, 99th Infantry Division Footer menu. It is believed that Delbert was transferred to the 395th Infantry Regiment at some point. Battle of the Bulge Although the enemy resisted fiercely, the Ruhr pocket collapsed with the fall of Iserlohn, on 16 April. A. Gallagher assumed command for the last few days of the war. [5] The 99th boarded ships bound for England on 10 October 1944 and briefly stayed at Camp Marabout, Dorchester, England. The Germans planned to use massed infantry assaults to punch holes in the American lines, after which the feared German tanks, or panzers, would race through these gaps while the winter weather kept Allied planes grounded. 394th Infantry Regiment Co. A, first platoon This is my Dad's story. Allied forces were fighting their way across France, and fresh units were badly needed in autumn 1944 to continue to press the offensive. During the battle to come, if the Germans succeeded in taking Hfen, their ranks would be swelled rapidly, and the 99th and 2nd Infantry Divisions would be outflanked and could be attacked from the rear. [2], Because of the success of the 395th and the 99th, the Americans maintained effective freedom to maneuver across the north flank of the German's line of advance and continually limited the success of the German offensive. The 99th Infantry Division received recruits from the ASTP program (Army Specialized Training Program, to make up for the personnel shortages in front line units during 1944. Crest The crest is that of the U.S. Army Reserve. The citation read: During the German offensive in the Ardennes, the Third Battalion in the 395th Infantry, was assigned the mission of holding the Monschau-Eupen-Liege Road. A 105mm artillery piece from the 2nd Infantry Div. Sgt Harold Rutz, 395th Infantry Regiment, M Company. At the end of the day, the veterans of the 26th Infantry still held their groundand looked out on a battlefield strewn with destroyed German armor and scores of enemy dead. No one had anticipated such a rapid Allied advance. The division insignia is a three lined checkerboard design of blue and white The 99th Infantry Division, the "Checkerboard" division, gained its nickname from the division's insignia. The 99th RSC continued to support operations in the Balkan Republics while providing refuge to those fleeing Kosovo as they sought temporary recovery in the United States. Put under the operational control of V Corps, First Army, it moved to Le Havre, France on 3 November and proceeded to Aubel, Belgium, to prepare to enter the front lines. He found that his 600 riflemen were assigned an extremely large area about 6,000 yards (5,500m) long without any units in reserve. The blue and white checkerboard in the division's insignia is taken from the coat of arms of William Pitt, for whom Pittsburgh is named. In January 2003, the 99th RSC started mobilizing units for projected operations in Iraq. They inflicted disproportionate casualties on the Germans, and were one of the only units that did not give ground during the Battle of the Bulge. The US Armys 99th Infantry Division, recently arrived in Europe and untested in combat, was assigned to the northern shoulder of the Allied front line in the Ardennes Forest. . The statue of the Minute Man, Captain John Parker, (H.H.Kitson, sculptor), stands on the common in Lexington, Massachusetts. A popular historical anecdote is the design of the famous M1 carbine by convicted murderer David Marshall Williams. Richard V. Horrell WW 2 Connections, Aug 6, 2010 #6 Buten42 Member Joined: Jun 27, 2009 Messages: 1,287 Likes Received: 210 Location: Washington State During the first day of the Battle of the Bulge, the 3rd Battalion took 19 prisoners and killed an estimated 200 Germans. 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