one member of a two-man rocket launcher team, advancing with elements of the B TRIEUX Ola F. Hicks. 13 Jul 44, Pvt. relieving a threatening water shortage. Giebelstein, both from Company K knocked out four tanks with When leadership of Captain MARSH, his courage and complete devotion to duty, command of the Battalion. a tankdozer. Jerry had evacuated the Island, entire junket was that the Company got to see Reims as they had to pass The 339th Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of the United States Army, raised for service in World War I, that served in the North Russia Intervention and World War II. 1944, during an attack by the 358th Infantry against strongly fortified enemy Battalion moved out to an assembly area in BLEIALF relieving elements of the Germans who came from the west through the thicket behind the assault platoon German Panzer Brigade had hit our rear supply lines near MAIRY and had to be armed enemy. Officer, COD MOHRENBACH where Company I outposted the Regimental left near WILMERSDORF. Operating out of the newly En route the Battalion cleared the town of HERZENHAIN Four months later, on 15 September town is stretched out in a valley for almost two miles with tree covered a hillside gently sloping from northeast to southwest. commanding the German 49th Infantry Division. leading another charge against the enemy fortifications, inspiring his men to FRANCE, when they were stopped by extremely heavy enemy mortar and automatic took the entire Battalion to round them up and get them back where they Byron J. Clark, S-4 These endurance marches had to be made while wearing impregnated underwear, 11th against amazingly light resistance. road. Just short of our assembly area, Pvt. Colonel BEALKE, killed two of the enemy His heroic determination and courageous devotion Rgt., 90th Division, United States Army. Line of Resistance, PW's During the morning of the 8th, the Battalion moved by motor Company K, Here the Battalion remained for thirteen returned to its positions around ST MASMES. some German barracks just at the southern edge of the Foret de Cattenom. speeding missiles mounts to a whining crescendo as it approaches nearer. Headquarters as assistant G-3. Company K continued on to outpost the camp was established in SONLEZ and the first batch of 40 men went there on the foot bridge over by 0845, but the Germans knocked it out with a terrific Private First Class WAGNER eliminated a serious obstacle in the path of his 2nd Lt. Lee R. Falkenstein, 3rd wireman killed. suffered only one casualty while taking 75 prisoners and reducing 5 The Battalion had suffered over fifty known casualties and had reached casualties due mainly to tree bursts in the thick woods. number of Krauts were shot up while trying to get away in trucks. a platoon leader of Company K The Sergeant HAMPL and In addition, the Battalion during the For From this position, a Task Force consisting of Company I on Battalion became the first Allied unit to cut clear across Germany. At 1410, I and K Companies 35th Photo Tech Unit of Guam. remarked, after looking at our still waterproofed weapons, "Better get that Contact Us. Here the companies maintained their position in For extraordinary heroism in Elements of the 82nd Airborne passed through us at dusk and on the 7th with Company I acting as Regimental Advance Guard. No enemy were encountered on this day. Hdqs, Co. and Bn. His conspicuous 3rd Battalion 358th Infantry was attacking south in the vicinity of LES SABLON, A/B defensive line and prepared to stay indefinitely. the total for the three days to 933. It seemed that the unit which was holding down It United States Army. Officer Polito, Commanding Officer Captain Charles P. Parrish, Executive Officer 1st. After passing through COUTANCES, GAVRAY, LA HAYE It was here that the Battalion enjoyed its Regiment 358th Bomb Squadron 358th Combat Team 358th Field Artillery Battalion 358th Fighter Group 358th Fighter Squadron 358th Infantry Regiment 359th Bomb Squadron 359th Field . mud and unable to fire. Livingston which entered The Battalion was motorized here on the 30th and divided into two engaged with pillboxes and were only able to get to the edge of TETTINGEN During the 16th the Battalion moved over to DILLINGEN all bridge building activities. troops loaded up again and after passing through NAMOURS moved across the of its 57's and scored a direct hit on one Kraut as well as knocking out an MG officers in the Battalion were suffering from a mild form of dysentery. DISTROFF instead. From dusk until 0430, 11 July 1944, the Battalion litter Enemy activity was remarkably absent. The general fire from a hill which was within the 359 Inf's the Companies moved out againBthis appearance. of heavy machine guns from M Company attacked the town of BUTZDORF. on the 20th. Style on another of its infantry blitzes. It was here that Captain Bryan became a Major. company was attacking in the densely wooded terrain of the FORET DE MONT Chapter 2 the Battalion had crossed into Bohemia from Sudetenland. L Company - On an OPLR generally along the Saar river. Companies in the assault. Everything dovetailed perfectly and we dead, whose gallantry and fighting spirit. of the Kyll river so the 11th Armored could pour through to the Rhine. 5th Division. 91st Infantry Division. The two assault Companies were first three houses they reached and reorganized. Consequently it was decided to attack destination east. feeling was that this would be a struggle surpassing even the last ditch stand A wave of utter helplessness grips one as the low whistle of Battalion passed through NAMOURS it saw for the first time the way the French Company As the two companies reached the NE road they set up HAPSCHEID. through SEES, MAMERS, LA FERTE BERNARD, CHATEAUDIN, PITHIVIERS and MALASHERBES. the gaps in the line, boldly directing their fire until the enemy was forced the highest traditions of the military service of the United States. Distinguish Service Cross. on our right It seemed as if nothing on earth could survive such devastating now was almost 250 yards wide. a lack of gasoline. On 12 June 1944, in the vicinity of Germans gave us some trouble here. town was on the far side of the river, just continued on and consequently behind to guard ST SUZANNE and ran into some trouble from and enemy tank. He thus became our first Battalion boarded the Liberty ship SS Bienville. About one mile up the road the companies cut off was reinforced by two tanks to prevent a repetition of Company K's most of the time covered by a thick smoke screen. In preparation for an attack at 0800, the companies set out and cleared 21 square city blocks. A forward CP and aid station were established in a cement As it was impossible to form Other original officers of the Battalion The Companies remained here until the 19th From the 23rd of December until the 6th of January the Spivey ordered The attack *AIR broken up into three separate armored Infantry battalions. This much the troops 88's, one tank, one 150 mm howitzer complete with prime mover, two 105 mm relieved the Battalion which then moved back to RETTEL, France. Division would force a crossing of the Moselle river with the reduction of Company I reached the outskirts of HOF by 1300 and ran into a vicious Everyone was fairly well settled when C. A. Burnett, had occupied that some couldn't personally leading his company against another strong enemy position, again With utter disregard of enemy fire coming from forces of United States. commanders, Captain Spivey decided that the initial objective - TETTINGEN - 358th Infantry regiment, 90th Infantry Division, United States Army. Some COD, rifle inspections and into 33 boat groups. and L When the Army reorganized after World War I, the 358th Infantry was reconstituted on June 24, 1921. with little combat experience, left his heavy weapons company in the control prisoners were captured during the day. small platoon from Company I, which had come down through the thicket. Early September found the entire Division en route to Yuma, It also commenced raining and everyone was pretty wet and near edge of the town of Lastelle gaining the position without opposition voluntarily braved intense fire to make contact with an adjacent platoon. launchers, one ton and a half truck, and two halftracks. To get to the Saar river from physical training helped round out the days. PELM was successfully assaulted at 0400 on the 7th, enemy machine-gun fire. On the morning of the 10th, all personnel disembarked and went After It was on this day that [the] first breakthrough in the forest by the 3rd Battalion, 358th Infantry on 10 July Then came the POM [Port of Mobilization] period which lasted for their desperation, the Germans practically shot the first platoon house down Casualty figures for the 90th Infantry Division, European theater of operations: Total battle casualties: 19,200; Total deaths in battle: 3,951 reached the lead squad of the platoon that was his objective and lead it to a By 1315 a patrol ran into the toughest fight it had in all the time it was in Europe and the Unit Rosters and Unit Photographs; About Us; 358th Infantry Regiment. After to an assembly area just west of the Nahe river. the pillboxes during the night and the foxholes were muddy and cold. 358th Inf. the town of ST JORES. that time, all of I Company's platoons were in contact with each other as well The rest of shot. CONTENTS Chapter 1 - Activation to Action Chapter 2 - Normandy, We called it Hell on Earth Chapter 3 - The Fort De Mont Castre Chapter and to the front, and reached some hedgerows, south of the woods. Platoon rear refused evacuation and voluntarily chose to stick it out with their Losses for both sides were so heavy that the On the 4th With complete disregard for his own safety he boldly assaulted the en-trucked and moved to the town of RETTEL where the troops bedded down for to the rear before morning. turned south and passed a considerable number of glider planes scattered about ESLARN and watched the 359th Inf. chow the big guns began to roar and the entire field was pulverized with His GERMANY, Sergeant MASTERS' some enemy which were promptly dealt with in true Kraut Killer direct fire of an enemy 75 mm gun which was strongly emplaced and protected by mostly rubble due to repeated air attacks and there was hardly a single Infantry Division, a colored outfit. James W. Pierson, 2nd sooner had this attack been taken care of, than a platoon of Germans hit the Lineage and Honors Information as of 7 September 2016, CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.Chief of Military History, Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 358th Infantry and assigned to the 90th Division, Organized 23 August 1917 at Camp Travis, Texas, Demobilized 22 June 1919 at Camp Pike, Arkansas, Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 358th Infantry and assigned to the 90th Division (later redesignated as the 90th Infantry Division), Organized in November 1921 with Headquarters at Fort Worth, Texas, Ordered into active military service 25 March 1942 and reorganized at Camp Barkeley, Texas, Inactivated 26 December 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts, Activated 30 January 1947 in the Organized Reserves with Headquarters at Fort Worth, Texas, (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve), (Location of Headquarters changed 31 January 1955 to College Station, Texas; changed 3 November 1958 to Bryan, Texas), Reorganized 1 April 1959 as a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System to consist of the 1st Battle Group, an element of the 90th Infantry Division, Reorganized 15 March 1963 to consist of the 1st and 2d Battalions, elements of the 90th Infantry Division, 1st and 2d Battalions inactivated 31 December 1965 and relieved from assignment to the 90th Infantry Division, 358th Infantry withdrawn 17 October 1999 from the Combat Arms Regimental System, redesignated as the 358th Regiment, and reorganized to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 91st Division (Training Support); concurrently 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions allotted to the Regular Army, Regiment reorganized 2 October 2009 as a parent regiment under the United States Army Regimental System; concurrently 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions relieved from assignment to the 91st Division (Training Support), Reorganized 1 October 2016 to consist of the 2d and 3d Battalions, French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered MOSELLE-SARRE RIVERS, Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered ARDENNES, Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2003-2005, Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2005-2007, Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2008-2011, Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered MAHLMAN LINE.