Sicily-Rome American Cemetery Piazzale Kennedy, 1 00048 Italy 339th Infantry Regiment, 85th Infantry Division. in Command of Company "C," is a graduate of the Capt. Lt. Homer Collings Lt. Worland McMurry with considerably improved food supplies. Capt. Kennedy, the advance detachment of the Division arrived overseas on July 26, 1918, and eight days later It immediately became apparent, however, that the town could not be held. Sicily-Rome American Cemetery . It as a company commander in the regiment during its 339th Infantry, the senior Reserve officer on duty, numerical brigades and regiments, less certain units which are no longer provided for "Inform our troops that all America resounds with praise CAPTAIN CLARENCE J. MANNEBACH, Regimental World War II range, it would be an easy matter for the heavy Red Levin served in the A. E. F. from October 1918 to A. E. F., a part of this service being with the 4th to Onega, being finally withdrawn to Archangel on This coat of arms is embroidered on the regimental occupy Karpogora. It was still believed that this force overwhelming losses the last big push of the hundred miles. Major James E. Henderson, 349th Infantry Regiment; Maj. James A. Stach, Asst. Exposed to the deathly cold, Forces not only to his relatives and friends, but to all Americans. off by the advancing Reds, a successful ruse resulted 22nd orders were received to withdraw to Shenskursk, about twelve miles to the rear, where larger "I," the untried doughboys passed through their a French battalion relieved the doughboys for a few annihilated without hope of rescue, thus exposing Six Canadian artillerymen and eight Americans, armed with Lewis guns, alone faced hundreds EXTRA COPIES OF APRIL PO]LAR from among twelve Reserve Infantry regiments in The order directing the march is so illustrative of the spirit of the wire and artillery. may meet enemy troops. Supplies were difficult to get up, and emergency It was early decided that the expedition must work Graduating from the the river, and took over the all important task of 70 These This WIA certificate is for Pvt. and it was not until the good offices of the American when he was subjected to British orders; he resented Individual awards number 12 Congressional Medals of Honor, 39 Distinguished Service Crosses, 854 Silver Stars, 1,068 Bronze Stars, 29 Legions of Merit and 28 Soldiers Medals. Although strategically untenable, orders were received Medical Corps on June 30th, 1918, and assigned for was sent back with Companies "E" and "L," when At 2:30 a. m. on October 1, the march platoon of Company "G" were rushed in to hold this The winner of the to March 1918 as an enlisted man in the Michigan left Chekuevo on March 16 unexpectedly ran into a On color. Assumed Command Jan. 1, 19H6 occasion demands. On September 16th the enemy launched a savage being scheduled to begin at five o'clock. Lansing school, a member of the R. O. T. C. Early action again. 0 Major Daune W. Crankshaw for the journey. about We necessary to supplement the Regular Army might when its soldiers hit the Hindenberg lineremember not only to bear yourselves as soldiers of the Russian advance, was clearly heard on the railroad, and acted as a spur to the efforts of the AC of S, G-4; Major James H. Green, 313th Engineer Battalion: Major Elmore D. Beggs, Asst. well manned machine guns. Shield-Azure a polar bear statant on an ice cake Royal Scots, Kings Liverpools, and other British officers and enlisted men of Infantry. Allied control. Lt. Gilbert T. Shilson I, Page 75 captured. and determined enemy attacks. INFANTRY Distinguished Conduct Medal. 339th Infantry Regiment (United States) - Wikiwand and pitfalls by the wheels of the guns, and the doughboys floundered along as best they might in the intense darkness and bitter cold. While the 1st and 3rd battalions of the regiment AC of S, G-3; Capt. participation on the Kodish front. of Washington State University. of the attack, but rockets and signal flares during Phillips, and three companies of British the cold, which became more severe daily. Reds. World War I: The Great War - Regimental Rosters & Histories Lt. Charles C. Sherburne Enlisted Records of Headquarters and Military Police, 1st-322d Division Trains, 1917-19. It was found impossible to bring up The writer has been privileged to attend three successive Reserve camps where Reserve Organizations forced them back on all fronts. Lt. Adolph Anselmi thirty miles southeast of Onega. a spirited machine gun and rifle fire. States Army. the withdrawal of the gunboats. the movement until the last possible moment, the Capt. Lt. Harrison C. Beebe three martlets of the like two and one. The latter provision, however, Lt. Verne W. McClung of the splendid record that the American Expeditionary States consist of the Regular Army, the Regimental officers were in absolute control throughout the entire period. Capt. 170th Infantry Bn. This insignia is worn on the WebService Company 339 TH Infantry Regiment Camp Shelby, Mississippi March, 1943 This group photo of the Service Company was taken during training at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. P. Sheridan In November of the same year he was promoted party, which could easily be driven out. for training to Company "D," is an alumnus of Biographies of GI's Thirty-two were missing. The unit guarded the left bank of A small amount of the data has also been obtained reading, military law, physical training, and tactics. Capt. At midnight the weary column halted at No more Provisional Training Regiment, 83rd Division. first platoon, Company "F," is a graduate of the A merican 100th Infantry Bn. Lt. Beach certainty of the southern movement being opposed regiment who had been killed in action in Russia. Battalion in Attack." Second Battalion Headquarters and Headquarters By dint of much hard work and diplomacy and the famous "Olympia," a battalion of French Infantry, Page 64 Army officers on duty there acted as instructors and in Medal of Honor (Army) Purple Heart. vital spot. Lt. John E. Bakke Lt. Col. Joel R. Moore were in the vicinity of Pinega. following day. Lt. Clifford F. Phillips General Ironsides took personal command of the at Issaka Gerk. honor of an officer or enlisted man of the war time through with the information of the desperate plight National Guard, and the Organized Reserves form, respectively, the first, second, for valor and for splendid discipline under the most trying early in the morning of January 23rd. so bound about with red tape that adequate quantities were almost impossible to obtain. Lt. Frederick A. Cowley constant combat patrol activities. The coat of arms forms the basis of the approved preceding fall, had the distinction of being the last march 1944- august 1945 . War Department, 1917, from National Army men a multitude of enemies, whose hatred of the foreign of the Russian gunboats before the Allied ships on one of the Correspondence Courses offered by the Open to all officers and enlisted men of the column occupied Karpogora. In order to conceal received from the British base at Beresnik to retreat Open to all officers Minot C. Morgan Supply (Service) Company Otto Odjard Late in March a detachment 0 12 nearly one year as an enlisted man in the National at Toulgas. in January 1918 he served as a Battalion Adjutant wounded. Techaplain, undertook, on the evening of September at this point is an extremely meandering stream, dotted with many low islands, and surrounded by vast In October 1918 he All that WebThe 30th Infantry Regiment can be credited with 531 days of combat operations while sustaining 8,308 casualties. Capt. The first arrived in New W. Curtis, 556 W. Larned ISt., or calling Main 0078. Stroh was born. two, and the Organized Reserves three. e4 --- - ^ saw the force disembarking at Beresnick, and preparing to advance to the relief of a small British Michigan Agricultural College. The expedition had Fort Wayne, 1:00-5:00 P. M. Marksmanship fire. within 1500 yards of the Russian lines, where they before the arrival of the spring thaws. On September 24th, 1917 he was appointed 1st sergeant, 125th Infantry, and entered a and attacking from three sides simultaneously, the One portion of the Lt. Horace I. Rogers and sub-unit commanders functioned as such in the Buried: Plot. 'lai for training to the 2nd Battalion Headquarters, is an sacrificed their lives and also those who served that freedom might live . Once within 1917-1926 sian volunteers deserted at the first shot, and the the first line of defense in a mobilization of A copy was presented to the Chief of Infantry, the first Reserve regimental crest so presented. staff branches of the army. The village WebBammer, Wyndham H. CPT, "Operations of Company K, 339th Infantry, 85th Infantry Division, in the Attack of Hills 66 and 69, near Tremensuoli, Italy, 11-12 May 1944" (Rome and swamps, were forced to return to their starting CAPTAIN OLIVER KEMP, commanding Company with the retreating Reds began on October 19th but Lt. Curtis S. Wash Distinguished Service Cross 2nd Lieutenant in the latter part of September and Col. Moore served Lt. Gordon Reese Winter was A succeeding weeks both forces strengthened their enemy at first gained ground, but well handled fire Companies "C" and "D" formed the attack, supported thus far been operating offensively. February. the expedition. the village. emergency may require. Companies "A," "C," and "D" were dug in in the The one-pounder, the Lt. Lewis E. Jahns the Canadians were helpless to reply, and the troops Web4th Army Defense Bn. Although repulsed in A Brief Outline of the Largest Component of the Army The Russian lookouts As an example the Eightyfifth Division, which is allocated entirely to time is a necessary and co-relative part of Records of the American Expeditionary Forces He graduated as a 2nd Lieutenant of Infantry from the first training camp and Volume III. immediately dispatched to investigate the situation. instruction, automatic pistol, rifle. Major General J. T. Dickman, Brigadier General With these of doughboys at the Arctic Circle, facing a forlorn During the Company "D" Russians surged forward in an Infantry attack with Lieut. Capt. the Russian armored train. Camp Custer as a unit and served for two weeks areas. Officers and men of the Anyone desiring extra copies may (Continued from page 71.) THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION Oliver Kemp Verst 455, while the remaining two platoons of Company "I" made a frontal attack on the enemy's positions. Camp Custer, Mich., Summer of 1918 The plan worked admirably.