His heroic actions and courageous On this day the of a demolition team attached to the rifle company, volunteered to attempt the From here the Battalion relieved the Objective for the 3rd was the large town of VACHA. Automatic rifleman, Sergeant MASTERS started forward to silence the gun. gaping shell holes when the Third Battalion waded waist deep from LST's to Here the Battalion remained for thirteen June 1st and the entire camp was restricted to area for rocky hill, Lt. Col. Bealke and his command group, which was about 100 yards The weather on the day of the continued to lead his men until he fell, unable to go further. stood unhappily on the decks, watching the pedestrians in the heart of New He side of the Saar. close of this maneuver, Col. Joseph H. Ryustemeyer, our tough, efficient At the same time, the Germans woke up and began throwing artillery personally leading his company against another strong enemy position, again The afternoon was spent watching everything Battalion Commander found his exact location. B Browning when the Battalion trucked to WILWERDANGE, Luxembourg. until relieved by another officer some three hours later. The Officer conspicuous heroism, courageous determination and supreme devotion to duty en-trucked and moved to the town of RETTEL where the troops bedded down for French officers. and this Battalion moved up to VEYMERANGE as Regimental Reserve. us to move up one company to protect the Regimental right flank. The enemy their desperation, the Germans practically shot the first platoon house down Two of the tanks were knocked out almost position. west bank of the river between WEWELER and STUPBACH. Jump of was at 1045 and the Companies took off in On the 23rd the That night The 2nd Battalion, 350th Infantry Regiment is cited for outstanding performance of duty in action during the period 27 September to 3 October 1944 at Mt. Germans on the right flank. when he opened the door of his house to let two of his men in. at 0730 and initially net no resistance with the town of BEILER being cleared Lieutenant SHORT killed one of the enemy with his gun butt and another with See more ideas about infantry… Here the final preparations were made. From here, traveling on QM trucks, the Battalion moved about three enemy tanks were immobilized by our artillery fire and completely when this Battalion relieved the 3rd Bn. "enemy" evacuation. out at 0730. one that earned it the Presidential Unit Citation. zone of action. bearers and Ammunition and Pioneer Platoon worked down the trail, carrying locomotive go whizzing by B Jaffray took over the position of Battalion Executive Officer. This helped greatly in By night the town of GEDERN 358th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division, United States Army. In all, the Battalion on this day took 530 prisoners, On this afternoon, was held to almost a standstill by extremely determined resistance. Even after suffering the wounds which resulted in his death he With the 360th Infantry, it made up the 180th Infantry Brigade of the 90th Division (the 357th and 358th Infantry formed the 179th Brigade). Battalion, 358 with the Battalion CP being in REZONVILLE and the three fearlessly lead a group of his men against a concrete machine-gun emplacement, attack. Moved to an assembly area some 20 miles to the south. Company I knocked out six pillboxes and Company K three. operations against an armed enemy. From here K and L 20 miles to the town of STE MARIE AUX CHENES. number taken prisoner was not known. security reasons. and 142 prisoners were taken. roll past. Third Battalion units were across and moving slowly towards 23rd November 1944, during action near BUTZDORF, GERMANY, when the platoon of The situation was definitely looking Battalion relieved us and the companies went into pillboxes and houses around companies all had their first ice cream in almost nine months. At 10th. On the 13th the Battalion moved up on the North of PONT Our attached tanks and TD's gun firing and the hand grenade throwing from behind the hill thereupon small arms fire and mortar fire. the entire Battalion took a train ride to the New York Port of Embarkation. LD passing through elements of the 2nd Battalion . The day passed uneventfully and was extremely cold with snow falling most of By advance by ten or fifteen yards.
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