It was his intention, however, to move the provisional battalion first, leaving the 3d Battalion to keep the escape exits open while the 44th Engineers acted as rear guard. It is southeast of Aachen, Germany.D-Day for the Battle of Hurtgen Forest was November 2, 1944, H-hour was 0900. The first word of the approaching enemy reached the 110th Infantry headquarters at Clerf shortly after 0615. . An unidentified crew of a 447th Antiaircraft Artillery half-track drove straight onto the mines, its .50-caliber fire searching out the enemy riflemen. The 112th Infantry Regiment was formed and officially designated as the 16th Infantry from . On orders, the three remaining assault guns went back to cover the wrecked structure. the road but moving on in the direction of the Clerf. The other Altoona unit was mustered into federal service for home station duty during World War II as Battery B, 200th Field Artillery. The Everett unit remained with the 110th Infantry and the remaining Altoona unit became Company C in the. Fuller and some of his staff made their escape, hoping to join Company G, which had been released at division headquarters and was supposed to be coming in from the west. The 112th remained an organic unit of the 28th Infantry Division throughout World War II.[5]. At least fifteen tanks had been disabled or destroyed on the first day and German sources indicate that this figure may have doubled on the 17th. (Strickler made it to the latter point where General Cota placed him in charge of the defense.) On the morning of the 20th Jones ordered the regiment to sideslip back to the east, reoccupy Beiler, and dig in along the eastwest ridge line, Leithum-Beiler-Malscheid. First, Luettwitz could not allow any slackening to an infantry pace by frontal attacks against strongly defended American positions. Caveat: This Battle lasted more than a month, with assignments in considerable flux. Bastogne presented a special problem, a problem recognized in the first In 1975, all except for the Everett unit were reorganized and redesignated as the 2nd Battalion 112th Infantry. About four and a half miles west of the town, a second block was encountered and a German self-propelled gun lashed out at the lead vehicles while machine gunners blazed away from positions around it. Fuller had only two battalions at his disposal because the 2d Battalion, located at Donnange, constituted the division reserve. It was amended to show additional war service on 29 August 1951. A platoon of self-propelled tank destroyers had In the 110th Infantry sector this line ran through Lieler and Buchholz to Lellingen. Across the Vesle was the larger town of Fismes headquarters of the 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Division. A part of the German company, perhaps a platoon in strength, succeeded in reaching the stone bridge over the Our south of Ouren, but was dispersed. Finally, the regimental antitank and cannon companies were disposed around Ouren guarding the bridges, the roads, and the regimental command post. Once this barrier was passed the 26th would be responsible for covering the left flank of the corps while the armored divisions made the Meuse crossings. Company B and a platoon of the 630th Tank Destroyer Battalion were well entrenched there and gave the Germans a warm reception, although themselves under fire from batteries east of the Our. In the darkness and confusion many stragglers made their way into Bastogne and Vaux-lez-Rosires. He wanted an attack on a broad front with both tank corps in the line at the opening gun-this point Hitler conceded. Marnach garrison out of the way, but an hour later Company B radioed that three hundred Germans were northwest and southwest of Marnach. Probably by this time a good share of the 116th tanks had been committed. The regiment was called to active federal service on 17 February 1941, 10 months prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor. This had been accomplished by noon on the first Heilmann, therefore, had decided. But the German infantry were more vulnerable and their march was delayed for several hours before engineers and self-propelled 88's finally set the riddled chteau afire and forced the Americans to surrender. The remainder of the casualties were fairly evenly split between the 109th Infantry to the . on the Marnach road, but more tanks and infantry were arriving hourly Luettwitz, at least, pinned his faith on bad flying weather, night operations, and the large number of flak guns dispersed through his columns. On the evening of 15 December the outpost troops, considerably reinforced, crossed to the west bank as usual and moved cautiously forward. Colonel Nelson decided to pull back through Huldange since enemy tanks were known to be in Trois Vierges. The heavy barrage and the pyrotechnic display which opened elsewhere on the 28th Division front on 16 December was viewed at first with some detachment by the men at the 112th observation posts. For some reason the tank platoon sent from the 707th had not reached the Company I area when night fell. on Sevenig, farther to the south its 1128th Regiment had seized The ground east of the river was favorable to the defender, who was well entrenched as the result of careful planning and inspection by Nelson and his staff, and whose guns covered the few routes of mechanized advance. The only security for the southern flank would have to come from an advance in echelon and such protection as the less mobile divisions of the Seventh Army could offer on the left. Table of Contents. A section of tank destroyers, supporting the forward outpost, was overrun by the more mobile German tanks, but the engineers held their fire for the German infantry on the heels of the panzers and then cut loose, with satisfying results. 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment attached 110th, 431st and 448th AAA AW Battalions 75th Infantry Division . patrol at the stone bridge had evaporated under machine gun fire-and The sector designated for the XLVII Panzer Corps breakthrough was held by the 1st and 3d Battalions of the 110th Infantry (28th Infantry Division), commanded by Col. Hurley E. Fuller. Certainly the enemy infantry were spreading rapidly through the woods and draws between the American front line and the Our River. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for WW2 US 29th Infantry Regiment DUI Ribbon Bar Shoulder Cord Battle of Bulge Lot at the best online prices at eBay! The unit was mustered into federal active service on 16 July 1917 for service in World War I, and Rickards remained its commander. Some of the first Americans to confront Hitler's gamble on the front lines were the men of the 394th Infantry Regiment at Lanzareth Ridge. Both of these positions lay adjacent to the prospective boundary between the XLVII and LXXXV Corps. Service in the Civil War is shown by the cross pate, the badge of the 5th Corps, 3rd Division, in which the organization served in that war. 28th Reconnaissance Troop (Mech.) The Bellefonte unit was mustered into federal service in January 1941 as Battery B, 190th Field Artillery. Shortly before dark the 60-ton bridges were completed at Gemnd and Dasburg (inexperienced engineers and the difficulties attendant on moving the heavy structures down to the river bed had slowed construction markedly), and the German tanks and assault guns moved across to give the coup de grce to the villages still defended by the 110th Infantry. The 309th and 310th Infantry Regiments . The 2d Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment's heritage can be traced back to the Logan Guards 125th Infantry Regiment. Time was running out for the American companies: ammunition. Meanwhile the mortar crews took a hand from their foxholes on the hill behind Sevenig, dropping mortar shells into the hollows where the Germans congregated or picking them off with carbines. Tanks, tank destroyers, and guns were rushed up from the depots at Mayen, but on 15 December the two panzer grenadier regiments were still missing 60 percent of their regular rifle strength and the panzer regiment had ready only one of its two battalions (with 27 Mark IV's and 30 Panthers). 110th Infantry Regiment; 112th Infantry Regiment ; 107th Field Artillery Battalion; 108th Field Artillery Battalion; 109th . At least a third of the 5th Parachute Division was finally engaged at Wiltz contrary to Heilmann's orders. Only one battery of the 109th Field Artillery Battalion was firing during the morning and it ran low on ammunition. 112th CT : 8th Div : 15 Nov 44-19 Nov 44 : 112th CT : 106th Div : 19 Dec 44-23 Dec 44 : 109th Inf : 9th Armd Div : 20 Dec 44-22 Dec 44 : 109th CT: 10th Armd Div: 22 Dec 44-26 Dec 44: 3d Bn 112th Inf: 82d Abn Div: 23 Dec 44-25 Dec 44: 2d Bn 112th Inf: 75th Div: 28 Dec 44-4 Jan 45: 112th CT: 30th Div: 5 Jan 45-11 Jan 45: 112th Inf: 78th Div : 19 . (Lt. Col. Clarion J. Kjeldseth) to Wiltz on the previous evening with Sufficient trucks were available to motorize most of the division, but there was a shortage of tracked cross-country vehicles. Albright, Barry E. CPT, "Operations of the 2nd Battalion, 508th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, in the Invasion of Normandy, 5-13 June 1944" (Normandy Campaign Alford, Truman MAJ , "Operations of the 6th Tank Destroyer Group, as part of Taks Force "A", in the march through Brittany Peninsula to Brest, France, 3-9 August 1944 . At dawn the Panther Battalion of the 3d Panzer Regiment came clanking into Clerf, after a night move from the Our River, and found tanks from the Mark IV Battalion playing cat and mouse with the Americans in the chteau. The German attack to penetrate the front lines of the 28th Division succeeded on the first day of the offensive in splitting the 112th Infantry from the rest of the division. Replacements, mostly from the Navy, were whipped into shape by the "Old 26th," and first-rate equipment replaced that lost in the east. He died on Nov. 29, 1944 and is buried at Henri-Chapelle in Hombourg, Belgium. Yet there was still an opportunity to retard the 2d Panzer march along the road to Bastogne. The Battle of the Bulge took place in December 1944, after Adolf Hitler launched a surprise blitzkrieg against Allied Forces in northwest Europe. At 2013 General Cota phoned the VIII Corps commander to say that the situation was critical, that routes were open for the German tanks to come through, and that "there is some question in regard to the 110th Infantry CP." As a junior officer in the prewar panzer troops, Manteuffel had made a mark as an armored specialist. German plans. While tanks dueled in the street like gunmen of the Old West the 3d Battalion made its orderly way out the west side of the town, reorganized, and as night descended marched to Nocher. Although Fuller pled for the return of the 2d Battalion to his regiment, Cota refused to release this last division reserve. The 560th Volks Grenadier Division (Generalmajor Rudolf Langhaeuser) was assigned two specific bridges as targets, one just north of Ouren, the other a stone arch a little to the south of the village. whereupon the light tank platoon destroyed its single remaining tank Lamoine Olsen, known to his friends as Frank Olsen, joined the Pennsylvania Army National Guard in 1941 prior to America's entry into World War II. The latter consisted of three divisions. As a substitute, a system of village strongpoints-each manned in about rifle company strength-was set up on the ridge line separating the Our and Clerf Rivers, which here is traced by the excellent north-south highway connecting St. Vith and Diekirch. 103d Engineer Combat Battalion 103d Medical Battalion 28th Division Artillery. Only the weakened 1130th Regiment and the division fusilier company, once again in touch with its fellows, were left behind to extend the bridgehead formed at Ouren. Col, Plt Sgt, 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Division, Battle of the Bulge, Huertgen Forest, USA. Colonel Nelson sent back request after request for air support. 123th Infantry Regiment. About 1830 troops at the battalion observation post reported that enemy vehicles were attacking with multiple 20-mm. The Battle of Hrtgen Forest (German: Schlacht im Hrtgenwald) was a series of battles fought from 19 September to 16 December 1944, between American and German forces on the Western Front during World War II, in the Hrtgen Forest, a 140 km 2 (54 sq mi) area about 5 km (3.1 mi) east of the Belgian-German border. The second battalion's Companies G and H lost a combined total of 200 men out of 230 when they were cut off at Fismette and fended off a frontal attack on their position by a thousand German soldiers. On 5 April 1877, Company C, 5th Pennsylvania Infantry (Altoona) was organized. His record in North Africa and Russia, where he achieved a reputation for energetic leadership and personal bravery, brought him to Hitler's attention and promotion directly from a division to an army command. The enemy attempt to capture or destroy the American command posts, kitchens, and observation posts was only partially successful, although the grenadier assault parties were well inside the 3d Battalion positions when day broke. New York: William Morrow and Co., 1985. This time the bridge was blown. the thin infantry line on the Wahlhausen road. About this time a German tank platoon appeared on the ridge less than a thousand yards from the regimental command post in Ouren. . The Panzer Lehr Reconnaissance Battalion, earlier withdrawn from the fight at Holzthum, reverted to its parent command and crossed the river first. Cota, as it turned out, already had phoned the corps commander and asked permission to bring the 112th back to the high ground west of the river. "Rocky" Moretto was one of only two men in his infantry company who . 1941 to 1945 with the 112th Regiment of the 28th Infantry Division in France, Belgium, Luxemburg and Germany, including the Liberation of Paris and the Battle of the Bulg : 04/11/2008 Endicott : In midmorning Paul ordered Company C to march north from Munshausen, leaving the cannon company there, and counterattack the Germans in the Company B area. Colonel Nelson gave the order to withdraw behind the river under cover of darkness. The Fifth Panzer Army commander was bitterly opposed to that part of the plan which called for a tremendous opening barrage at 0800 and a two-hour artillery preparation before the attack jumped off. observers could see the enemy assembling in the woods just to the north. (By this hour, of course, the story was quite different: the 1st Battalion was cut to pieces, most of the 2d Battalion was surrounded, and the 3d Battalion was holding at Consthum and Hosingen only by the skin of its teeth. In 2006, the battalion reorganized again with Headquarters and Headquarters Company in Lewistown, Company A (less detachment) in Huntingdon; Detachment 1, Company A in Everett; Company B in Altoona, and Company C (led detachment) in Bellefonte with Detachment 1, Company C in Tyrone. German tanks opened fire on them, but a direct hit stopped the leading Mark IV, for the moment effectively blocking the serpentine approach from Marnach. The year 1921 saw many changes in unit designation: Bellefonte was redesignated Troop B, 52nd Machine Gun Squadron, the Altoona unit was redesignated as Company G. During 1921, Company D, 1st Pennsylvania Engineers was organized. The division commander, officers, and noncoms were veterans; training throughout the division was reported as adequate. If you are looking for a definitive book on The Battle of the Bulge this is not it. . On General Middleton's order, CCR, 9th Armored Division, had put a task force backstop position behind the threatened center of the 28th Division. tank destroyers from the 630th Tank Destroyer Battalion, weapons of But . Furthermore, lack of communication between the 28th Division and its northern regiment would ultimately force the regimental commander, Col. Gustin M. Nelson, to act on his own. These reinforcements arrived at Reuler in time to take a hand against the Germans pouring past Marnach toward Clerf and its bridges. Perhaps the tankers were too busy looting the American freight cars and supply dumps to bother with the little force in the chteau. The 39th Regiment had got involved in local actions and been diverted from the westward axis-sustaining high losses in the bargain. The main body of the 560th Volks Grenadier Division also had detoured around the stubborn men and difficult ground in the 112th Infantry area, extending the bridgehead which the 1128th Regiment had seized east of Heinerscheid on 17 December. This place is not healthy anymore.". Finally, after a grueling battle in the Baranw-Warsaw sector the division was relieved for the first time since the beginning of the Russian campaign and brought back to Poznan, there receiving the title of Volks Grenadier (regarded as somewhat less than an honor by the survivors of the old regular army 26th Infantry Division). Leaderless, the platoon broke. Original WW2 US Army 112th Infantry Regiment DUI Crest Pinback. Conforming to these instructions the 2d Panzer Division moved its assault columns to Dasburg during the night of 15-16 December but halted in assembly areas east of the river. on numerous occasions before; so it is questionable whether either of them expected the Luftwaffe to make good. This sizable town lay in a bend of the Wiltz River valley, southwest of Clerf and some three miles away from the enemy-held crossings at Wilwerwiltz. On 11 May 1898, these units were mustered into federal service for the. About 1700 he radioed new orders: the 112th Infantry was to fight a stiff delaying action along the line Weiswampach-Trois Vierges, and thence toward Bastogne. In 2004-2005, A Company, 1st Battalion, was deployed with Task Force Dragoon to Tikrit Iraq. At dawn a single tank or self-propelled gun began firing from the curving road to the south; more enemy infantry joined the fire fight near the chteau as the morning advanced. it to call on neighboring battalions, attacking Weiler, to help outflank The 1st Platoon of Company I had The enemy made three attacks in the same close formation over the same ground before they discovered the error of their ways. The tank thrust through the 1st Battalion center pushed parts of companies C (a platoon of which had joined the battalion from training), A, and D back through the woods toward Welchenhausen. or German bank of the Our River. The 29th Infantry Division (29th ID), also known as the "Blue and Gray Division", is an infantry division of the United States Army based in Fort Belvoir, Virginia.It is currently a formation of the U.S. Army National Guard and contains units from Virginia, Maryland, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina and West Virginia.. But, the purpose here is not to tell that tale nor even tell of the later tribulations of training in the United States and further training in England. It became the 112th Infantry Regimental Combat Team. Despite the failure of his Fifth Panzer Army in the Lorraine campaign against Patton's Third Army, Manteuffel was listed by Hitler for command in the Ardennes. On their left German tanks were wiping out the last posts The road center at As the morning passed the small German detachments west of the ridge increased in strength. The 2d Battalion manned observation posts and operated patrols across the river but was deployed in a refused position west of the Our. 1st Army (1-A): Gen Courtney H. Hodges - 526th Armored Infantry Battalion - 99th Infantry Battalion (Separate) - 61st Engineer [] midafternoon, leaving open an avenue into the 2d Battalion left flank. The new mission given General Kokott was this: the 26th would force the crossings at the Our and Clerf Rivers on the left of the corps, hold open for the armor, then follow the more mobile panzer units to Bastogne. Staff Sgt. Furthermore, Middleton instructed Cota to use. regiment, despite many attempts, had not been able "to get going. column and, attacking through the dark with grenades and bayonets, cleared the position. working on roads, and the like). Colonel Fuller set. 107th Field Artillery Battalion (105 Howitzer) . The regimental command post staff left Ouren even while the enemy was filtering into the village and moved to Weiswampach. with the aid of the dwindling tank force from the 9th Armored Division Free shipping for many products! The 26th Volks Grenadier Division (Generalmajor Heinz Kokott) already was deployed in the Eifel sector of the West Wall adjacent to the Our where it covered not only the XLVII Panzer Corps zone but a wide frontage beyond. The tankers had been told that there were no friendly troops on the road and just Outside Holzthum knocked out an antitank gun placed there by Company I. The Bellefonte Fencibles were mustered as Company H, 2d Pennsylvania Volunteers. While elements of the 26th Volks Grenadier Division were attacking on the north side of the Wiltz, detachments of the 5th Parachute Division struck the American perimeter on the south and southeast. 28th Infantry Division The 28th Division was destined to move againdestined for another job (the Gloomy Hurtgen Forest). At 1839 the sergeant at the regimental switchboard called the division to report that he was alone-only the switchboard was left. the story of the 112th Infantry Regiment of the 28th Infantry Division in the battle for Schmidt, Germany. The 26th Volks Grenadier Division poured more troops into the Was 0900 mustered as Company H, 2d Pennsylvania Volunteers were too busy looting the American cars... 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