391.5.3 Records of infantry regiments raised for the Mexican War. The Coat of Arms and Distinctive Unit Insignia was originally approved for the 363d Regiment Infantry on 10 February 1927. 3. : 188th regiment ohio volunteer infantry. The motherly gray-haired old Woman standing in front of her little cottage on the broad prairie of Montana, alternately waving a flag and brushing away the tears she could not restrain, contributed as much to this feeling as did the impromptu receptions tendered the men in the great cities through which they passed. At 21 oclock, October 10, the 181st Brigade was transferred from the 1st Division to the command of the 32nd Division; and orders from the latter division directed a renewal of the attack on October 11, the 181st Brigade to attack on the left of the 32nd Division. The lines, however, were continually cut by shells and had to be patrolled and repaired under heavy fire day and night. The 70th Brigade, 35th Division, on the left had fallen back toward Baulny and almost reached that place at 15:50 oclock. The crest was seized and held at 16 oclock. AT ELEVEN-THIRTY that night (23/12 oclock) the heavy long range guns of the army artillery opened fire on selected targets in the enemy country. 305th AMM TR, 4th Motor TRK-307th AMM TR,2nd caison. The Germans attempted to move two companies up the ravine west of Bois de Bajilny, but machine gun fire turned down the ravine stopped the movement. They are based on prisoner identifications, made during the fighting, the rapid questioning possible at the time, and upon certain inferences which may safely be drawn from the current of events. The following letter of recognition from the Commanding General of the Fifth Army Corps was received by the Division Commander during the night of October 34, while relief by the 32nd Division was being effected: HEADQUARTERS FIFTH ARMY CORPSAmerican Expeditionary Forces. A combat liaison group from the 182nd Brigade moving with a battalion of the 1st Division suffered heavy losses as it advanced. These things will help the reader to understand of the events which happened during the next few days. ORD DET, PIG POINT,VA-ORD DET SAN JUAN, P.R. is equally certain, however, that during these two days he took advantage of our partial check to reorganize, to draw together again the scattered parts of his various regiments, and to present again on September 29 a more orderly line. 318TH FIELD ARTILLERY REGT HQ CO-BTRY B 319TH FA REGT , 319TH FIELD ARTILLERY REGT BTRY B-VET DET 321TH FA REGT. Two nights and a day gave the men all the chevauxing they desired for a long time to come. In addressing the Divisions of the United States Army who covered themselves with glory in the Chateau-Thierry offensive, I said that orders given by the Commanding Officers were always accomplished irrespective of the difficulties arising thereby or the sacrifices to be made. One lieutenant on a motorcycle riding along a plain Beiglin highway, failing to observe the French line of surveillance, drove with the motorcade into No-mans-land, where he halted to examine his map. At any rate, a formidable center of resistance was encountered on Hill 288, running over the crest of this hill in a general east and west line, a horseshoe-shaped defensive position chiefly organized from a sunken road with sheer walls between twenty and thirty feet high; perfectly concealed machine gun positions, tunneled from the south slope to the road to the south slope of the crest, enabled hostile machine gun fire not only to sweep the line of the 181st Brigade, but to enfilade the lines of the 1st and 32nd Divisions on its flanks. Finally in 1914, exactly eleven centuries after the death of Charlemagne, William of Hohenzollern, Emperor of Germany, concentrated his formidable armies in the territory of the Rhine provinces, then Germanized, and violated, in spite of treaties, the neutrality of Belgium. Brigadier General J. The last few days of July saw them entraining for the interior of France. It depended above all else for its success upon the holding of the pivot, and of the line in the vicinity of the pivot. With the help of accompanying guns, 122nd Field Artillery, machine guns, etc., a battalion of the 361st Infantry occupied this farm. FINANCE DET FT BROWN-POST N.C. STAFF, FT DADE. It is no reflection upon our air service that such a raid was possible. CO C 3RD BN US GURAD-CO D 13TH BN CP DIX NJ. After their defeat on the Marne the Germans succeeded in checking their pursuers on a line from the Aisne to a little north of Verdun, and the long period of trench warfare opened with the two armies facing each other along it. Division Headquarters had been established October 20 in one of the very few buildings in Oostnieuwkerke. 1st Infantry Regiment Field Staff,1912-1916 - Serv. Strict orders were issued to keep everyone under cover during the daytime, in order not to reveal their presence to the occasional hostile airplanes that slipped over the lines. USMA BAND FIELD MUSIC-USMA DET OFSIGNAL CORPS. One detachment of 250 men for leave area had left by train on the morning of October 15, and some officers and men, hearing that the division was in the neighborhood, escaped from hospitals and rejoined, believing themselves sufficiently recovered from wounds and anxious to avoid being evacuated farther to the rear. He later published the following order concerning the service of the 91st Division while attached to the Thirtieth French Corps: Thirtieth Army Corps H. Q. Nov.24, 1918General StaffFrom: The General of Division PEN~T, commanding the Thirtieth Army Corps.To: The Commanding General of the 91st Infantry Division, U.S.A. During the great spring attack it was engaged a number of times, always very successfully. History 398th Infantry Regiment WWII. Your membership lasts for one year. 354p. First Objective: High ground north and south through Stuivenberghe. DET FIN DEPT FT MC DONNEL-FT WM MC KINLEY. On the right the advance of the 32nd Division through the Bois Emont protected the 91st from machine gun and snipers fire, but all parts of the areas were subjected nearly all day to heavy artillery fire. Division Headquarters was established at Chateau-Iseghem. It killed one orderly and wounded First Lieutenant A. S. MacDonnel, aide, and one enlisted man. DET ENL MEN OFF CHIEF OF FA-ARMY SERV DET QM DET, USMA DET CAV WEST POINT-USMA DET OF ENGRS WEST POINT. Here King Albert of the Belgians called on October 26 to express his welcome to the Americans. He visited also the hospital in which the 316th Sanitary Train had assembled all the sick of Belgium, moving them from cellars to which they had been moved during the bombardment, and restoring the convent, which had been occupied as a hospital during the German rule, to proper order for the care of the sick. Division Headquarters was to open at Chateau-Nokere at noon, at November 10. I concur that it looks like your uniform belonged to a member of Company F of the 316th Engineers. This group of trenches and the small, strongly organized woods in its vicinity constituted a position of the greatest strength. . Each French corps consisted of three French divisions. A Medal of Honor was awarded him and delivered to his widow, for his heroic conduct above and beyond duty. Three ambulance companies were at established stations along the ravine from Epinonville to the south. on August 14, 2016, History Of The 363d Infantry, One Regiment Of The 91st Division In World War II, There are no reviews yet. Three separate assaults on Epinonville were made, but each was repulsed and by night the brigade was at the foot of the ridge of Epionville, which town had been entered on the 26th and three times on the 27th. Neither of these detraining points was in the vicinity of any houses. The advance echelon from Division Headquarters readied Dunkerque on October 18 and 19. The artillery fire had become much more severe from morning on it continued throughout the night. The 363rd Infantry, having been designated by the Brigade Commander, was to attack north of Spitaals Bosschen in column of battalions. As heavy firing was heard at night to the west of the Very crossroads, orders were sent this combat liaison group to move toward Very and cover the left of the Division. It also announced that the Third Army Corps (U.S.) on the right attacks from the Meuse (exclusive) to Malancourt (exclusive), protecting the right of the American Army and assisting the advance of the Fifth Army Corps, later advancing in conjunction with the Fifth Army Corps. It announced also that The First Army Corps on the left assists the advance of the Fifth Army Corps, by cutting off hostile artillery fire, and observation from the eastern edge of the Foret dArgonne. 103RD CO TRANS CORPS-145TH COTRANS CORPS. Some of the detached officers and men recommended for these decorations had been detached for service with the Army of Occupation, and several others were posthumous awards. Through the Division P. C. there was wire communication with the 18lst Infantry Brigade. The 1st Prussian Guard Division, as its name implies, belonged to the elite of the German Army. They then moved on the Cheppy-Very road to Very. Further advance being impossible the new line was held, the men digging in and waiting until the resistance from Hills 269 and 255 could be reduced by artillery. The smoke and fog were so thick that the deployed troops had great trouble in keeping their alignment and intervals. 187th regiment ohio volunteer infantry. 189th regiment ohio volunteer infantry. Under the command of the 91st Division were French artillery units prepared to lay down barrages in case of raids by the Germans. The 316th Field Signal Battalion was organized by Major, now Lieut. With France she pays homage to the great Emperor; she has followed his example in checking the barbarians of modern times from across the Rhine and in beating the Huns. Since this Division was ready to participate in the St.-Mihiel Salient operation while standing in the reserve of the First American Army; since it was ready to attack in the front line of the Fifth Army Corps, from Foret de Hesse, when the Commander-in-Chief launched his attack against the enemys line of communications between the Meuse River and the Argonne Forest; since some of its units were already entraining for Belgium before others, marching from the firing line, had reached the railroad; since its units. And now, when the German Emperor, author of this war which has cost humanity twenty million men and France so many sacrifices, so much devastation and mourning, now, when this vanquished and dethroned Emperor awaits nearby a just punishment, the victorious flags and standards of the descendants of Charlemagnes knights bow down before the tomb of their great ancestor. The leading battalion, the 1st, alth6ugh late, was able to cross No-mans-land without serious resistance; but when the 2nd Battalion, headquarters and machine gun companies with Brigade Headquarters reached the valley of the Buanthe, the mist and smoke had risen and they were subjected to machine gun fire from the northern slope of Vauquois Hill and later to artillery fire. The 363rd reached the ravine running southwest from Eclisfontaine about noon. As a result of the congestion in the camp at St. Nazaire, the movement by rail was interrupted from March 25 to 30. Firing on them and killing five, he captured a Belgian citizen who was attempting to guide these Germans out of the city without being captured. Very few houses could be occupied and most of the officers and men slept on the ground under shelter tents. During the night of October 10-11 the 181st Brigade remained about 400 meters south of the crest of Hill 288. During the night of November 1-2 the 41st Division (French), which had been able to advance over Anseghem hill as soon as the 91st Division appeared east of that hill had pushed forward to the river south of the area of the 91st and attempted a crossing on rafts. From this time on, the Argonne and Verdun sectors were the scene of routine trench warfare, with continual local attacks and counter-attacks, raids, sapping, mining, shelling and gassing. 339TH FIELD ARTILLERY BTRY A-BTRY E 340TH FA . When the success of the drive from the south was determined, the Division was moved by truck train during the night to the Vavincourt area, west of St. Mihiel, passing to command of Major General Hirschauer, Second French Army. A further element of power was the presence, close behind the line, of a group of small woodsLes Epinettes Bois, Les Bouleaux Bois, Bois de Baulny and Bois de Cierges. In addition to the lines established by the 316th Field Signal Battalion, the 181st Brigade found insulated German wire in the Bois de Cheppy and used that wire in its advance, as did the Division Commander for communication with the Division P. C. at Cte 290. INTER ALLIED FD RY IND WATERWAY COMM COBLENZ GERM-APO 714TH AEF HQ DET PROV REPL BN ARMY SCH. The Division remained at Camp Merritt until July 5. The evacuation of wounded was reported by all unit commanders as perfect. This officially closed the Division in North Africa, and General Livesay wired the Commanding General of the North African Theater of Operations: "last elements of the 91st Division closed in Theater 10 May 1944, End." 1st Division - Major General Charles P. Summerall, commanding; Lieutenant Colonel Campbell King, Chief of Staff, Major H. K. Loughry, Adjutant General. HQ DET 1ST ARMY ORSN-FIN DET WRIGHT FIELD, HQ WRIGHT FIELD-POST N.C.S. Unit Rosters and Unit Photographs; About Us; 255th Infantry regiment 63rd Infantry Division Roster. That is why he made Aix-la-Chapelle the capital of his Empire. One of its best efforts was its crossing of the Marne in the face of stubborn resistance by the French. During the spring offensives of 1918, the 117th was repeatedly used as a shock unit and each time acquitted itself well. Some definite information as to the extent, the direction and force of the impending blow must have reached the headquarters of the various German divisions in the Argonne during the early morning of the 25th, for from that time until the actual launching of our attack twenty-four hours later there was issued a flood of orders, messages and directions, all evidently designed to prepare the sector for a much greater and more deadly shock than had been previously foreseen. One of the officers wounded was liaison officer from the 1st Division. It was therefore ordered that the 361st Infantry moved through the Spitaals Bosschen behind the mopping-up detachment of October 31, passing around the left flank fo the 362nd lines to the eastern edge of Spitaals Bosschen, where it would deploy with two battalions in the front line in time to move from the woods at 6:30. It is obvious that the enemy was not sure of the line-up of his own troops, reserves having been thrown in here and there and having become mixed with groups of the original defenders. Request Morning Reports and Rosters - Golden Arrow Research As the Division railhead was at Froidos, south of the Verdun- Clermont highway, all supplies, including rations and forage were forwarded at night by truck and wagon, and noise as possible avoided. 6th prov, 1st Co-10th ORDNANCE,Maint Co , 10th ORDNANCE,Maint Co ,-15TH Ordnance Co(Maint). Another covered the right flank, facing Bois Emont.
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