The Drive To the Elbe Even the paint on their helmets looked as if they had just been unpacked." I Company FULL. I Company They were billeted in an old chateau that was, according to Hershell McIntosh, complete with a kitchen full of dishes and silverware. 2nd Platoon A Company The next battle would be to get across these. A Co, 709th Tank Battalion, from August 6th to 16th, 1944 var sc_partition=5; The 83rd Infantry Division was first activated in the fall of 1917, several months after the United States entered World War I. To halt the spread of sickness and death, the 83rd ordered the local German mayor to supply the camp with food and water. This list was compiled by Kevin Harris from the history of the 331st, "We Saw It Through." That would soon change. Then the heavies came in low, a hundred at a time. 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? 174th FA Group, from August 1st to 16th, 1944 Click here to read more of his story. Dave Curryhas a report about this engagement here, if you are interested. On 1 March, the 83rd Division advanced toward the Rhine in Operation Grenade, and captured Neuss. The roads were strewn with German tanks, trucks and staff cars, and often with dead Germans. C Co, 87th Chemical Battalion, from 5th to 16th July 1944 Gilles Billion, an 83rd Division Re-enactor, has provided photos for many of these monuments. J Company Most of the time they were in the center of the front line, and often out in front leading the way. E Company: Captain Raymond E. Poore, wounded on July 4, 1944 at Mautis They not only fought in Normandy and Brittany, but liberated Luxembourg. Relive & share the memories of your service time with your brothers & sisters in arms today. 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 330th took Strass and the 331st took Gey, one of the most strategic points in the network of German defenses protecting the vital approaches to Duren. B Co, 705th Tank Destroyer Battalion (SP), from August 6th to 16th, 1944 On 4 July, the 83rd Division left Carentan and moved south toward Sainteny, a short march of about four miles that quickly turned into a six-day battle claiming over 1,400 casualties in the first 24 hours. If you are having trouble orienting yourself, le Port is toward the lower rightcorner, Sainteny to the left about 1/3 of the way down from the top, Culot is at the top, left, mostly off the map and Hottot toward the top about 2/3 of the way from the left. A last note. Special orders contain promotions on company levels. 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 they held the GIs at bay from underground pillboxes and camouflaged strong points. [12], From the air the column bore no resemblance to either an armored or an infantry division. 83rd Infantry Division Legacy Chapter Email Group Composed almost entirely of Clevelanders ages 21-31 who had been drafted into the army, the regiment included companies A, B, C, D, H, and L and a supply company. He was 30 years old when called to active duty, and 31 when killed in action. W. L. Arnold--AT Company, 329th Infantry Regiment, Pvt. Deaths, the division's report continued, reached 500 per month. Headquarters Company; Looking for reliable information or news facts about WW2? D-Day and Battle of Normandy Encyclopedia, Commander: Major General Robert C. Macon 14 July 1944, 330 IR, 83 ID near Sainteny. 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). Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 335th Infantry and assigned to the 84th Division. The patches we carry are of the highest quality. Assistant Division Commanders: Brig. 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. $5 Million + Founding Sponsor . The west bank of the Rhine from north of Oberkassel to the Erft Canal was cleared and defensive positions established by 2 March and the division renewed its training. 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. [5][a] The movement into Luxembourg was completed on 25 September. Most, if not all of them, S/Sgt Joseph Arnaldo at the Battle of the Bulge. His letter is the incredible story of a GI's journey through the war. Gen. Frederick Perkins (13 January 1918), Brig. He was in Company B, 231st Infantry Training Battalion. The division was reconstituted in the Organized Reserve on 24 June 1921 and assigned to the state of Ohio. A few days before Thanksgiving, Company F moved from a school house in Luxembourg City north to the town of Wecker. On 11 April 1945 the 83rd Division encountered Langenstein-Zwieberge, a subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp. searching out the foe. What I think Ill do is go ahead from here and prepare and put up the overlays I have and then go back and figure outhow to best incorporate the information from the reports. You can learn more about Sgt. This was the main line of defence for the Germans. Adding data points to combined 83 ID & 330 IR for 5 July 1944, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 83rd ID Page. Chest." Though the positioning of these HQs seem strange to me. My dad's story ends here, but the 83rd's does not. G Company: Captain Granville A. B Company At war's end, the "Thunderbolt" division had established a bridgehead on the Elbe River. It seems to be drawn from the perspective of the 330th IR, or it was produced for the regiment, since it has the locations for the other two regiments but nothing for the 330th. 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. 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. The 83rd Division established a bridgehead over the river. There isn't any such thing over here. Over 1,500 heavy bombers dropped 3,300 tons of bombs to saturate the entire target area. D Company In late December 1944, the 83rd took part in the Allied effort to stop the German offensive in the Battle of the Bulge. 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). The 83rd Infantry Division ("Thunderbolt"[1]) was a formation of the United States Army in World War I and World War II. Yet as you wander down these quiet paths they swarm around you, crouching low. By the end of September, the division had moved into Luxembourg. Deputy commander: Brigadier General Claude B. Ferenbaugh, Chief of Staff: Colonel Samuel V. Krauthoff, 329th Infantry Regiment: Colonel Edwin B. Crabill First a nudge, then a sign-- On 25 September the 83rd Division crossed into Luxembourg. The Green items are German locations or German related information, again, from the various reports. It was deployed to France in 1918. I still can't see why they can't be held to their jobs like we are. Liberation of Langenstein Concentration Camp by 83rd Division In the 331st, the 2nd and 3rd battalions jumped off abreast at 0445 hours from the vicinity of Meautis. Im not sure what the Germans hoped to accomplish doing this though. The 331st Infantry Division was an infantry division of the German army during World War II. Infantrymen of the 83rd Infantry Division warm themselves around a fire near Fays, Belgium, on January 3, 1945. 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; . Promotion of Leinbach to the 83rd Field Artillery October 10, 1920. It was reformed in March 1944 as part of the 24th Welle (wave) from Schatten-Division Wahn. C Co, 749th Tank Battalion, from July 20th to 29th, 1944 At the end, the 83rd Division, born in war, was disbanded and all its men reassigned to other units. Again, it will be clearer once I start integrating information from the various reports (I hope). They are, from left to right, first row: my dad--Thomas D. Curry; Larry Dalton (field promotion to 2nd Lt., Silver Star); Dominic Colestro (runner until Luxembourg); and "Doc" Berrardi (platoon medic). On April 11, 1945, the 83rd encountered Langenstein, a subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp. In April 1944, the men of the 331 st Regiment boarded a troop ship bound for England. 3/330 July 28, 1944: Feugres They spent 244 days in combat and suffered 23,980 casualties, 15,248 of which were combat casualties. Army 83rd Infantry Division - WWII In Europe, A GI of the 83rd Division Infantry wounded during the fighting on the east bank of the Elbe Kameritz Germany World War II 16th April 1945. Byron Herde, 331st Infantry He was probably referred to as an "old man" by most of the other men in his company. Map Overlay 12 July 1944, 330 Infantry Regiment, 330 IR Infantry Regiment, 331 Infantry Regiment, 331st IR, 83rd ID, 83rd Infantry Division, bocage, Le Port, Map Overlay, Map Overlays, Mapping, Normandie, Normandy, World War 2, World War II, WWII 08 July 83rd ID, 331 IR Objective Leave a comment Posted by dcleininger on 2015-09-03 He served in active combat from the landing at Normandy until a mortar took him out in Petite Langlir, Belgium, during the Battle of the Bulge. Do you want . Harry C. Gravelyn was Captain of Company D, 331st Infantry, 83rd "Thunderbolt" Infantry Division, United States Army, during World War II. When, where and if they saw action in WWI. The odds were that if you were on the front line, you probably wouldn't make it home in one piece, if at all. 774th Tank Battalion, from August 28 to December 24th, 1944 Frank Monan, A Company, 331st Infantry The 83rd Division reported the death rate at the camp had been 500 per month. 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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. While the 2nd Battalion of the 331st was attacking south, the 2nd Battalion of the 329th Infantry was attacking west to an "island" in the swamp. June 28, 1944: Carentan We have recently added a photo of A Company/331st. (My grandmother said that even though she was German, she hated the Germans for what they had done.) 1st Platoon To slow the spread of sickness and death, the 83rd Division ordered the local German mayor to supply the camp with food and water. Cleveland, These histories are courtesy of Myra Miller, PhD, of Footsteps Researchers. Seems they would have been better off being purely on the defensive; but that was definitely not the German way. Infantry Regiment 83 provided some support to the south. His body was not recovered. var sc_invisible=1. But for a number of U.S Army trucks interspersed among its columns, it might easily have been mistaken for a German convoy.[12]. Regiment, which was published shortly after the end of the war. He was moved to the front lines, 2 and 3/4 miles south of the town of Sainteny, along with 45 other GIs from the 41st Replacement Battalion that was stationed at Treviers, south of Omaha Beach. Gen. Willard A. Holbrook (23 March 1918), and finally Maj. Gen. Edwin F. Glenn (3 April 1918). 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. 802nd Tank Destroyer Battalion (T), from July 1st to December 7th, 1944 The assault against the German 17th SS Division and 6th Parachute Regiment was slow and costly. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. I became intrigued with the combined 83 ID / 330 IR overlays and decided to add the data points from the After Action Reports, Unit Journals and Morning Reports. The air was choked with dust so thick that they couldn't see, and the concussion so great that their clothing ballooned out. K Company World War I [ edit] The division was activated in September 1917 at Camp Sherman, Ohio. From Atterbury to the Elbe On the coast near Mont St. Michel, Pontorson, and Dol-de-Bretagne they received orders to capture the port towns of St. Malo and Dinard. You can see them by clicking here. 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 12 July 1944, 10:00; 330 IR , I Co; 331 IR, A Co, B Co, C Co. 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. In 2014 George P. Landow created this Victorian Web version, editing the text from the slightly rough Internet Archive . They destroyed 480 enemy tanks, 61 enemy planes, 29 enemy supply trains, and 966 enemy artillery pieces. UNITED PRESS LjEASED WIRE SERVICE THE EVENING G ESTABLISHED 1S81 XENIA, OHIO, SATURDAY, JU^E 29, PRICE THREE CENTS SUPPLY Y George Terhanko never wanted to be First Sergeant of F Company. Task Force A (15th Cav Gp), from August 3rd to 5th, 1944, Infantry We would like to thank Crown Family Philanthropies and the Abe and Ida Cooper Foundation for supporting the ongoing work to create content and resources for the Holocaust Encyclopedia. Go to top.. 56th FA Battalion (8th Div) (105 How), from August 6th to 15th, 1944 After action reports 1 platoon from 513th Engr Light Pon Co, from August 6th to 15th, 1944 The process had reduced two more divisions, the 4th and 8th, to tatters. 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. June 17, 1944: Southampton, England Credits. The 83rd Division crossed the Rhine south of Wesel, 29 March, and advanced across the Munster Plain to the Weser, crossing it at Bodenwerder. According to this paper, the war was practically over and the people were just waiting to celebrate. The 9th Army had also been slowly advancing north of Aachen towards the Roer. Casualty figures for the 83rd Infantry Division, European theater of operations: The 83rd Infantry Division received its nickname, the "Thunderbolt" division, after a division-wide contest for a new nickname held in early 1945. Infantrymen of the 83rd Infantry Division warm themselves around a fire near Fays, Belgium, on January 3, 1945. Days of house-to-house fighting under thick smoke, artillery fire, and fighter-bomber attacks could not convince the Germans to give up. During the rush to the Elbe river, wartime correspondents nicknamed the 83rd "The Rag-Tag Circus"[11] due to its resourceful commander, Major General Robert C. Macon, ordering the supplementing of the division's transport with anything that moved, "no questions asked". My dad and Sherman Curry (no relation, but both were killed on 10 December) pitched in to help prepare the birds for the Thanksgiving feast. The 83rd Division command post was in a school building in the city of Luxembourg. I guess the people must be used to voting for F.D.R. The 83rd Infantry Division ( 83. SirJames 139 Sergeant Major On January 10, 1945, two squads of Company F, 331st Regiment of the 83rd Infantry Division, attacked a German strongpoint, just outside the hamlet of Ottr. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. -- We threw 57,607 hand grenades The 83d Infantry Division arrived in England. History World War I Formation. The GIs fought in a house-to-house struggle through artillery, machine gun and small arms fire. 11201 Euclid Ave. The unit included men from Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia, Michigan, New York, Illinois, Indiana, New Jersey, Wisconsin, Maryland, North Carolina, Kansas, Connecticut, Kentucky, Washington, D.C., Tennessee, and even included T/Sgt. He knew an irony, or a contradiction, when it bit hard enough. The history of the Grand Lodge of Nebraska, and the Grand Masters elected by the brethren to lead it, encompasses many interesting challenges and successes from the mid-1800s to t Albany: J. Please visit the Brothers-In-Arms Memorial Page honoring the more than 1,000 men of the 331st Infantry who were killed or missing in action. The DPAA said that in December 1944, Bernard Sweeney was assigned to Company 1, 330th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division. All is safe for you to go. C Company Previous page: 330th Infantry Regiment Map Overlays Engineers picked their way through mine fields and booby traps to clear the way. In addition, the 83rd Division recovered documents for use by war crimes investigators. 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. It was initially formed from the garrison infantry regiments of Fortress Posen (Festung Posen). July 3, 1944: Pontorson 24th Cav Rcn Sq, from July 18th to 19th, 1944 There was fear that this was too close for heavy bombing and, in fact, many GIs were killed that day by short bombing runs. Demobilized 18 February 1919 at Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky. Supplies could only trickle through as the Germans continuously pounded the town's approaches with artillery fire. 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. Frank E Douglas earned the Silver Star for action the 8th August 1944, serial no 0-1296500. We also get a position for the 329 IR HQ, the 330 IR HQ, as well the 1 Bn, 329 IR HQ. 3rd Platoon: 1st Lieutenant Frank R. Yukl, killed on July 4, 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. It entered the Battle of the Bulge, 27 December, striking at Rochefort and reducing the enemy salient in a bitter struggle. Sergeant Clarence Magariea of the 83rd Division, holds two captured Waffen-SS soldiers at bay against a wall in Sart. 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. 70th Tank Battalion, from July 17th to 18th, 1944 H Company The 83rd spent Thanksgiving in that tiny country. C Co, 709th Tank Battalion, from August 12th to 16th, 1944 B Co, 86th Chemical Mortar Battalion, from July 19th to 29th, 1944 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. (F) Parson, Robert L. Jr. Terhanko, George Waple, George H., III It was deployed to France in 1918. Heroes of the 331st Infantry Regiment, 83rd Division Those that sleep beneath our feet slumber in profound repose. Infantry 331st Infantry 83rd Infantry Division Sector, 1945 (Source: The Thunderbolt across Europe) The first area occupied and governed by the 83rd Infantry Divisionfor any length of time was located in northern Germany and included Landkreis BRAUNSCHWEIG. Their patrols advance beyond the line searching out the foe. 65th Armored FA Battalion, from June 27th to July 4th, 1944 I served with the 83rd. This overlay obviously has more to do with the 331st IR than the 330th IR. [13] The division even seized and flew a German Bf 109. It shows my fathers company, F, and we are approaching the day he was seriously wounded and shipped the the States. I knew it was to the south-southwest of Sainteny, which of course he never knew; but Ive yet to get it nailed down this close. This photo was taken in February 1945, and the war in Europe ended three months later. It can be seen by clicking here. 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. 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. Larry was able to identify most of the GIs in this photo. 1st Platoon: 1st Lieutenant George W. Stahley, killed on July 4, 1944 The following soldiers were reported as missing in action. 83rd Infantry Division - storm - hedgerow (bocage) - unloading jeeps and trucks - getting ashore - release 101th Airborne in Carentan - planes - bombing - Avranches - Saint-Malo - fighting in the streets - Chteauneuf -. Note the discarded rolls of film and pictures scattered in the snow that were likely taken from them in a routine search, 9 January 1945. Fighting there and on nearby terrain was extremely. We have recently added a photo of A Company/331st. They raced across the German countryside until they were ordered to stop less than 60 miles from Berlin. Later groups of . *The quote near the top of this page is from a letter written by Pfc. June 13, 1812, it was designated the 9th Regiment of Artillery. 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. Most Luxembourgers spoke several languages, and many spoke some English. G Company From Normandy To the Bulge. They fought for each other and died for each other and, as the 331st Infantry motto said, they did "See It Through." Every enemy unit or town that surrendered or was captured subscribed its quota of rolling stock for the division, usually at gunpoint. The division went overseas in June 1918, and was designated as the 2nd Depot Division. The number of 83rd Division GIs killed in combat totaled 3,620. Infanterie-Division) was a unit of the Imperial German Army in World War I. They fought in the Ardennes, facing the point of the German Bulge. When autocomplete results are available use up and down arrows to review and enter to select. Robert A. Turner, A Company, 331st Infantry Regiment lost his right arm to enemy tank fire and became a prisoner of war on 16 July 1944. "TDC, November 19"I just got my ballot the other day, so threw it away. Ive decided I will come back to incorporating geographic data points later. 331st Regiment, 83rd Division Colonel James D. Shonak Commander 331st Anti-Tank Company Boyle, Paul (C) KIA Catrambone, Michael Hq. They continued the mission, and took Remich on 28 September. To see it through again. Later groups of enlisted men assigned to the division to replace men transferred to other units came from Kentucky, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. St. Malo was the main port on the northern coast of Brittany. Co., 2nd Bn., 331st Inf., 83rd div. the official history of the 331st Infantry, 83rd Division. 1st Bn 66th Armd Regt (2nd Armd Div), from June 28th to July 5th, 1944 The 83rd Infantry Division on February 27, 1945 This page shows the locations and record of events for today in 1944 or 1945. "Thank You Eddie Hart" Documentary Website (Company G, 329th Infantry) Actually 12,000 defended the walled city, and they vowed to "fight to the last stone." View the list of all donors. Operation COBRA began the morning of 25 July. They were honored with 18 British Awards and 65 French Awards. Stephen Ambrose, in his book "Band Of Brothers," quotes one of the men of the 101st Airborne about the arrival of the 83rd. *83rd Infantry Division * Normandy * Brittany * Ardennes * Rhineland * Central Europe * 83rd Infantry Division * Rolland Joseph Gustave Despres is the man that started this project, and to tell his story I must also tell the the story of the 83rd infantry division.
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