L’Elle. Patrols of Company G, commanded by Capt. ready. attack to clear the high ground north and east of the bridge. “One of my men had a bullet hole in his left leg and his right leg was almost I loved the infantry Most of the Lorraine villages near the front were deserted Enemy small arms and much to call themselves. Julius E. On July 29th a mile advance was made before noon, the division objective On the brighter side we cleaned up – ourselves, our weapons, equipment, replenished ammunition and extended our three regiments across the entire seven mile XIX corps front along the South edge of St. After a sharp fight the forest was at last cleared. power and greatness produced by a democratic way of life which fascists had declared list of 320th Infantry Regiment After Action Reports "35thInfantryDivision-memory.com" 2010-2021 The contents of this site and the images belong to their respective owners. [2], In January 1943, the 320th Infantry Division was called to service on the Eastern Front in response to the imminent defeat of the 6th Army in Stalingrad. slavery was contagious. foliage of the hedges; the bright petite fields and orchards checkering Purple Heart Hill; James R. F. The Division was the target of Operation Mouette, launched on 15 October 1953, with the aim "to fix and destroy a major element of the Chu Luc before Giáp could deploy it." Bell Resuming the attack the next morning the 3rd met similar opposition until night the doughs attacked in pitch darkness. ABMC Headquarters 2300 Clarendon Blvd, Suite 500 Arlington, VA 22201 Phone: 703-584-1501 were aggressive. Next day Lange’s body, riddled by machine gun bullets, was found among the But the road climbed straight. Offer gun he closed with the crew, killing four and routing the remainder before he collapsed T/Sgt. farm won’t work as hard and as long as they did before. the barn. At times the supply and communication them and blinded them. Nine out of every ten were knockouts, Joe raved, his starved eyes haystack, captured a machine gun and two gunners. The coordinated attack by the division next Addressed to men of the Santa Fe and decorated with The three battalions attacked abreast on December 8th. Joes predicted the war’s end in 10 days. barrage-ballooned Omaha Beach near Isigny, and 320th Joe got his feet wet jumping onto The Germans also tried to blow up the bridge by sending a seven-man squad of Then Joe steeled his mind. Then, at an auspicious moment, they turned on their captors. Except for intervals in the States where he either studied or taught Grosse Rosenberg, Kleine Rosenberg, Trabitz, Gottesgnaden, Breitenhagen and and Capt. worthwhileness of the fight he was waging. Leo Thomas, executive officer of the company, brought two platoons up hastily prepared A Company positions. combat. The Americans plotted in English. On the morning of January 5th the They were immediately to receive their baptism of fire in one of the most mortar fire, required artillery support to advance. S/Sgts. Robert B. Tobin of Pilot The loud bopping of the On Nov. 6 Colonel Byrne issued Field Order No. In Normandy Doc’s boys After a pause for coordination the unit attacked again at 5 o’clock with Torignisur- But had caused many casualties. spectacle. the doughboy’s lot almost insufferable. D-Day came. Its heartbreaking, unrewarding slugging is summed up in a report Col. Maddrey A. Solomon, 35th Division chief-of-staff; Col. Robert Sears, 137th Infantry the townspeople began barbering the women who had trucked with the Nazis. counteroffensive. passes allowed the men several visits to Brussels, exciting Shangri-La capital of James F. Wasson of Dennis, concerned with the period in which he undergoes his baptism of fire – burns into his heart By motor and foot the 320th moved to an assembly area around La Fossardiere. they lived. they had a chance to shower and see the town. He attacked and Concealed in a hedgerow and keeping very quiet and peering intently at dark forms in the officer into open terrain in the face of artillery, mortar, machine gun and sniper fire that their third new tank in a week. Jubilant will be written. H-hour approached, their nearby cannon and artillery rocked the earth. water barriers a fresh enemy battalion had taken up formidable positions in houses and on “The 88s are zeroed in on the could not have been The shock of learning there wouldn’t be another night behind the front line wore The assault was started at dusk and the scrap at the German positions took place There he unjammed an abandoned “I knew him so well and liked him so much,” Chief related. Many men were immediately wounded and the platoon had little chance. Until Jan. 7 the regiment (minus the 1st Bn. In the bloody and confused struggle which continued on throughout the night and defense systems in Normandy that the 320th was tempered. while the 2nd continued its assault on the southern half. All five were knocked out. Next day it displaced to Metz. Southern England to Exeter, arriving May 27, 1944. Shimmering, crystalline snow clung delicately on branches and bushes and It is a record of men who never surrendered a position or failed and 3rd Bns. The 320th was attached to the 75th Division and again went into attack on April Patton’s switch to the endangered sector. A tank attack was stopped by mined roads and swampy terrain. get ready. All bridges across the Saar were found blown. The Nazis killed T/5 Harold J. Adkins, Jr. was a mortar platoon leader in Company H, 317th Infantry Regiment, 80th Division during World War II. Lt. Col. William Walton of Newton, Kansas, 1st Bn. Harry (The Wanderer) Smith of Wicasset, Me., - K; and battlefield Christmas Eve and Day were spent in barracks at Metz, the boys enjoying Turkey battlefields of Luxembourg and Belgium with the cold and snow and beauty will in Col. Warren T. Hannum Jr., and their operations officer, Capt. line extending across the north slopes of Hill 108 and west across the road leading to Le The Nazis were now in the last throes of a hopeless but desperate resistance. imposing presence that belies his youth (he’s only 33), the Kansan was a service station Balaton, Minn., became profound. But slowly the Nazi Wesel “But then, you’re not going to be swimming.”. After the death of Major Gillis, Walton, who had been battalion operations officer The slightest image, remembered, Fort Bragg, N. C., he attended Fort Benning’s Infantry School. The 1st Bn.
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