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theThe 5th and 80th Infantry Divisions ofot XII Corps were asas-

signedas-asas-

signed

as-

signed

¬-

signed this missionmissIon.*. (3)3(3)-

The

3T-

he(3)-

The

3T-

he(3)-

The

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The First dayd81 of February 1945 , found the 319th InfanInfan-InfantInfan-

tryInfan-

tryInfan-

try¬-

try of the 80th Infantry Division , attached to the 4th4th-

Armored

4th-

ored

4th-

ArmoredArmoredoredbored Division for operational purposes only , on a one-oneons-onsconsone-

hour

ons-

hore

ons-

ho

onsh-

ore

one-

hc

on-

e-

hourhohc r alortalert status while located in various small towns inin-

Luxembourg

in-

Luxembourg

in-

LuxembourgLuxembourg which served as rest areas in which to rehabilrehabil.rehabil-rehabrehabil-

itaterehabil-

.itaterehabil-

itaterehabil-

itate¬.-

itatetate and re-equipreequipre-equlpequlp- personnel.personnel. (4)4( ) Units remained in theirtheir-respective

their-r8.pectlve

their-r8pectlve

their-respectiverespectiver8.pectlver8pectlve. areas until 4 February during which time indl-indlInd1-Ind1indi-indibindleHindiindl-

The

infl-

ate

Ind1.-

The

Ind1-

The

indi-

The

indic-

ted

-

..*The.The Our and the Sure RiversR1 versveers converge at WallendorfWallendortWalled , GermanyGam8DYGermany-to

Gam8DY-to

Germa-nyto form the SauerSaucer RiverRiver.R1vel'velveal' *. The unitun1t whosewhoa.whoa. operations providedprovided-

jaMLgaMapro-

videdprovided-

w

provide-d, jaMLgaMaamalgamw-w-.. elme-.lm-elam-elm-e.AwA&kALl-meAwAkAL. 4.4.

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portion-of the 80thBOth InfantryIntantl7 DivisionDivision-of

Divisio-nof whichWhl'WhlrwhicHlwhich' h it'it' was'WdWd' ..aa*.. jwtpt.wtp-p,.- .t.tt.*. EowrjjBaw9'Y1tJ'Baw9Y1tJHcvover3.Hcvover3' * ?' ; . historians and othersotbei'8otbei8otbersOctobers' , in1Din-reporting

in-terpreting

1-Dreporting

in-reporting

in-terpretingreporting this operation refer.ferferfear. to the SauerSau.rSaurSaucerSaturn. and the Ourqtrqt *, at'at.at'at-this

at-this

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'. at-this

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vidual1'1dual11dualvidal' equipmentequ1paeat wi"gg."*.', : issued1..t1ed1.t1ed1t1edisraedmisread... as&1 requiredl'equiredlequired' andadend trainingtr8101Ji1trainer: in111in-

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stallsnail.allallsmall.. unitw t problems was.asas. conducted.conductedoon4uQted.oon4uQtedoonduoted., ShortShop, pas.paspasses... (66( to 8a8-

hour8-

houria-

hoursh-

ourshourhourihourshori* ) were.ereere.. given to aa.aaas. manyman,. men as.ee. possiblepo..iblepoiblefoible.. to allowaUowafowavow thanthemthan-to

tha-n

ththe-mto

ther-

mo

_to visit LuxembourgLuxemboLuxembourg g City.CityC1t7.C1t7. (6)6(6)-

L.

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4L.L. . . .. . M. ,.

. .AtAt. A* 04030o.4Qo4Q.

;, o.CJA.oCJABoca.

*., .*atourermatureq1u; :) ? Og4..JJ. f*_- .tt.totoStoes. \SS\' .> ,>>> iy.iy1..HjM jr. ' '. 'l.l*' . .. >..

H|'' < H motformo'tormotormift'miftmisfit' ' ""mm" mWofnEonEEsmonomersMarc' t-ti-stis-t0- heB§etette-ndorettend-orloeexte-nderexten-dablett.tt; tendorf-MoeTtitendorfMoeTtitenorMoet. 1doitJloe'-loeloealoe-:-: [ tri-s iaiinreisdorfroff-gleinreisdorfroffgleinreisdorfimaginesoffgenrestt-ii.ttii.f-:- . i o bdortabort 8J'8Jareaarea-to

aure-ate

area-to

aure-ate

'. ' " ' .

toti) relieve COBaOBOB ofot the 4th Armored.Armored. Division in that areaarea.*. BJByy

1500 hoursho.

thet . 2nd_BattalionBa'tBat' o was in MoestroffJIoestrottMaestroJokester , the 1stla'la' BatBat-Ba-

ttalionBa-

ttalion_¬_-

. .

taliont&llontllontalon& was in ELeinrelsdorfein1'e18dol'tein1e18doltKleinreiedorf' ' , and the RegimentalReg1JentalRegimental.: . CPOP was inin-V"

in-V

in-f.

in-fof.f. + - -Tr.Tr.-V"VI/-I/" "-.. A'A' . ,,", J....ltr-ltraltar-.I':7O'.I7O.I':7O'I7O---,. "..>.. '.TKTK. : ' ""'#VH"VH":. -YY_- r" .- . " - ' vr..... -m.. .,.-._ -. -LL,- , vw-vwvwnv..... 'n'h'nh-'nv27l.27l' >., i.i' . ,. .x-xx-

BttteW'CvaCvaVa"' ,- *.* ' .- _. .,. _. . ' vim-vim-vima.via..... a.a...-.-+:--s.wsw. " " ' . A'A'. .. '. .r.r'. ..... -:ww-

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. . . . .- BttteWB"BB"t f.f. 4.'"'1f!:vbt.hth..h.vher.eominghvhereoming::ertminBuiereomi.nguiereomingverminiterating. of darkness thth.the*.. 3rd BattalionBattalion-

beganBattal-

ionBatBattalion-

beganBattal-

ion811on811on-

begbeganbeg reliefreli9f of the 10th Armored InfantryInfInfo t Yt,, 4th AmoredArmoredA.A. oredbored DiviDivi-DivDivi-

sionDivi-

sionDivi-

sion

¬-

sionscion , in the vicinity of PettendorfettendorfPretenderextender and the latter clearedcleared-the

clear-edthe area by 2200 hourshours.*. (7)7(77( j) The regiment was thus in posipos1-pos1posi-positposi-

tionpos1-

tloliposi-

tion¬-

.tiontloliiontool to.to-.totomektome.to1to1; - Tuk&Tuk-mekmekTurkmeek1-flkflak? & furtherturthtruthrthRothri-;, ,', preparationsprsjia1'&tionsprsjia1tionsprepar&tlonsprepartlons' & fortortore iteitabiteKitai te-tetem:1stem1s- missionmiSyionm:1sm1s: 1 n ofot crossingcro8S1Jingcraaetngcrematingcrossing-the

cro8S1Jin-

gthe

craaetng-

thecrossi-

ngcremati-

ngthe Our River early 7 February 1945 , and seizing WallendorfWallendortWalledWallendorf-and

Wallendort-and

Walle-dand the iiigh.iiightighhigh. groundgrcurdrecurgrcrcgrcurdtoRicardo.dd. to-to.tt.- the northnQrth and e&st.esteaat.eaateatea& . (8)8(8)-

This

8T-

his(8)-

This

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This monograph will recountreoount , in particularpartioular, the operaopera-opera-

tionsopera-

tionsopera-

tions¬-

tionsions of the 1st Platoon of Company B ( located in.Kleinrels-KleinrelsKle1nre1s-Kle1nre1sEleinreis-EleinreisKleinHellenesKleinrels-

dorfKle1nre1s-

dortEleinreis-

dorfHelle-

nes-- -

dorfdortdoorort at this timet e ) in the crossingcrolslngscrolling of the Our River into thethe-

Siegfriedth-

ereforethe-

Siegtrledthe-

Siegfriedth-

ereforeSiegfriedSiegtrledSigridSettled Line and the action duringd'd' lngling the ensuingen ng four daysd 8.88-

.GENERAL

8-

GENERAL

*.,

GENERAL SIOTATIOHSITUATIONSOTTOSIOTATIOH-

The

SITUATION-

The

Situati-

onThe SauerSaucer and the Our Rivers are comparativelycOJD.p81'atlvelJ'cOJD.p81atlvelJcOJDp81atlvelJ. ' ' smallsmallr-

tTtfS

sma-ller

_all. . . . . .. . . . . . . . ... , . . . . . .. . . .- - > H

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v - " ... =; ". .. ..: : .. " ,.._. : .. _ *.. . ... . ;:;:". , ,J,, . . ;;:. ":;,: ..,;tt-

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Luxembourg

ofL-

uxembourgofof-

Luxembourg

of-

LuxembourgLuxembourg and&.WiWi. the Siegfried81estriedSigrid Line , the GermanOe1'JUlDOe1JUlD' western.eateI'DeateIDelaterid. ' frontroD-troDfron-fromfron-

tiertroD-

tier.

thro-

atier

fron-

tier.

fron-

tier¬-

tiertier.*. In the vicinityv101n1t1 of the confluenceoontluenoe ofot thee two streamsBtr.BtrBr....,. . . ' . ' . . . " . <,, . ., -. . . . w . . ... . . . .. . ylMylem. "..(. . . ' -, , ,,.x...

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the sceneeoeneEocene of the action coveredooyere4 hereinh.r.1I1hr.1I1hr1I1. . , theytb8rta areue about thethe-

saaethe-

caethe-

same

thre-

esomesaaesamesavage.... widthwidth.*. 10NormallyrmIll,. , the SawS.SBauer..*.*. hehathas* a .water..,. gapSap ofot U'o\U1U'oUoU1around' \- . . . .

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torr-ent

t81'1't811torrent-with

torr-ent

' '.'with a deadlydeadl7 current.current., In addition , the GermansGe an8 were powerpower-powe-

rfullypowe-

rfullJpowe-

rfullypowe-

rfully¬-

fullyfullJfull emplaeedemplacedemplanedemplaces onOD the heavilyheavl1J"heavl1J" wooded farfu shoresahores.ahoresabhorrers*. in innumer1nnum81'-1nnum81'1nnum81innumer-innumerateinnumer-

able1nnum81-

'Table

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innume-

rseep

innum-

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' ¬-.. Tableable .JCllI.s.tlstlCliost., }1. .119119. frflgfl*8'8' , flgAifltfflail.pp. uuJFujiltf-ltflfltfftPJe- --ftPJeftPJeFTP-,-? f BKaiJAaBajaaP .- il\M1'rM1'rM1r\ * J' frVrV"LL""L-

steepLs-

teepSt-

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steepS-

teepsteepsteeptseep -tt- banksTanks)' riksrinks werewere extensivelyei'Ai'Ai' t n' aivelynaivelylv ly barb-wiredbarbwiredbarb-w1r-cr-barbw1rcrbarbw1rcrr- -; -and"andand"mlnedandmlnedcandledandr d"mmlnedminedned "mdmd"and "allall"

all apap-

proachesap-apap-

proachesap-

proaches¬-

proachesroaches covered with direct artillery81'tille81tille' 7 and machine gun firetire.tirefire.. n"

(9)9( )

Thishis! operation occurred during the thaw immediatelyimmediate11immediate11y-. immediate11-y

immediatelyr.-r.

immediatel-yy.yr.r.rr, . . . -'. -rr-.-... . * r.r.."+... ' + .--J----J-- .a-.a". -_--...., - .-.-.. #._-_ . -. .-a_ w-wq.- -q.-q.- V". - - - .11,.....J.5WVJ5WV...J.5-J.5a4.Da4D.*.."'-..-WV\-WV-...WVTtVTIVTVI. \\,-- T" . .4/ t*.... . . . . >,-,, : -. , 4< 1..tv1.tv1tv.. .. .rf" 1, lI. . 4. <"' . -Lr....-> _.... . . .", -. . ' V "*' y<ooIt.k": .. ".* <" ... .' '. ....rtwrtwtrw.....ii.... --44..-._-. .... .,

"i'\)11"i'i)1111". ' folloufollow1''ol1cstn1ol1cstn''\) ±a thdthethud BattleBatb1aBattle-ot"-thfJBattleot"otthfJ"of"fcftsoffcftsoweaffects"- "- " BdgeBti1ge.Bti1geBulge.BulgeBadgeBdgeVerylittleBti1ge.Ye171ittleBti1geYe171ittleBulge.AVerBleaker*. '-Very-littleVerylittle-Ye17-1ittleYe171ittle-AVerAVer- -'ii.ttleiittlelittle' :. saowsnowsowsnow'laBsnowlaBsnowwas\'laB'laBlaBwa-

sleftwa-

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leftI ft on011a . the ground , rain fell airiestalmostcst dallyd.ailydaily. and thothethou earth'searthsearth's-surface

earthss-

urfaceear-

thsearth's-

surfaceearthss-

urfaceear-

thsearth's-

surfaceearthss-

urfaceear-

ths'

surface in this area81'ea81ea' was thawedtha.wed. to a depth of about 6 to 88-

inches

8-

inches

8-

inchesinches , which was , ofot course , mud.mud. (1C1C(10)10(10)-

Units10-

Units

(10)-

Units10-

Units

( )

Units wereweredisposeddisposed'dlsposeddlsposed-disposed'- as shownshownonshown-onon-on Map IIII.II!I *. DuringDul"ilngDulilngDulling" thetnthe-

periodch-

eeriotn-

periodn-

ipperthe-

periodch-

eerioperiod 4-7474-44February-? February both friendly and enemy activity was con-concon.con-

fiiie5

con-

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con.-

zfhne

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. . fiiie-5fiiie5zfhnef! ' 8'8-' . toto patrollingpe.tr'llinpetrllinpEtrolling. : (' andtenda.a. d totg bsrasoinsabrasionsb.c-.sDib.c.sDihamssrisDihams.-' !. :±a aFllllsrartillery,.tt, ilr.Y'ilrYHilary$ .

' and directdirect-fire.

direc-tive

direct-fire.

direc-tive

direct-fire.

direc-tivefire.fire. (11)11(11)B-

ATTALION

(11)B-

ATTALION

(11)B-

ATTALION

( )

BATTALION PLAN OF ATTACK FOR 7 FSBFIBFEBFBI 4545-

The

45-

The

45-

TheThe 519th319th Infantry planned to attack with the 1st andand-

2nd

and-

2nd

and-

2nd2nd Battalions abreast with the 2nd Battalion on the northnorth-

or

northe-

rn.

or left.left. (12)12(12)-

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12-he

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The

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The!he attack of the 1stlot BattalionBattallon,, with which we.ee.. are main-

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'.7..aa. : Yn.Yn" .. : , r.r.. .. + wd 10f'r10fr'" .

' a=WYM1r/N1WYM1rN1=:-/-. .

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.

. .. ..... " . . .. . .... .. " ,

ly17 concernedcODGenedoonoernedcondemned , waawalwasWadawail to followtollowtallow the routel'outeloutelute' outlined on Map IIII.IIII.-

he

II.-

The

*.!Thehe Battalion waawa.wawasWada. to;0 termtoaformtoad in1D a columncolUIIDCoolidgeco lea of companiescompoi.compoicompo.. at thethe-

easternth-

eaterthe-

easternth-

eatereastern..,tem edge of ELeinreisdorflle1ue1l4ol'tlle1ue1l4oltKl.inreisdorfKlinreisdorfKinetics. ' at 0200 hourhour.hours*. , follow thethe-

routethe-

reunto

the-

routethe-

reunto

the-

routethe-

reuntoroute shown aeroacroseacrossaroseas HillBill XXejAxe#*,;, and arrive at the crossingcroe81ns siteait.aitalitsite-at

sit-e

ait.-

atagit-

ate

site-at

sit-e

.at 0300 hourshourIhorI ( H-hourHhour- ) . ( For IP and proposedpropo.edpropoedproponed. "routeroute"

route ofot atat-

tackat-atat-

tackat-

tack¬-

tack, seeS8.S8. Map II ) . An artillery preparation was scheduledsoheduledscheduled-teg

schedul-ed

scheduled-

psychological

"te-gtegK- x tomib1. -.41'.41.41'41-. ' " i-iih- '&§&"fcmm.'ii'fcmmiicommixing"' h,:.. U-LUL- .' 4' ' nuiA"nuiANubian.!" is wfrfeBMw,1II1II, 1I48 fru_Frau 'aJNhaJNhankh' MWUJPV! anrY'anrYangry' 'AoAo'' - wtaU aflfcea1l'dtkvldtkvl'dtkvLIldtkvLILTV' ! : -LILI*- 4*;

,'- ...--- . . . ... - .

psychological factor , as well as fortortore any casualties thatthat-

mightham-

mingthat-

aigbtha-

tingthat-

Mightha-

tingmightaigbtalight result , weapons ofot all unitsun1 ts in the crsacreacarscreakcr a.a. whichwhich.which-whichwerehitcher.- wereware.warewere-were-

withinwhe-

rewith

ware-

.Y1tbin

ware-

Y1tbin

were-

withinwhe-

rewith

.-

withinY1tbin firingtirtnefirmtorte range of the objectiveobject1.eobject1e. were to open firetire at. ..0230

. . *'.?* *.Q.Q.*. . \,. hoursbouxsbogus

. . . . . . .andw ar.rr. + r*.*.

continue.. * . .- 'tt' * i,J.r. . -rr-_ vtidtide* w . . .firing.forfiringforfiringfitlfitly. .qlql. * j1

* *t .-_.. .or

*. .R.R. *.",3Q09 minutes.minutes.minutes..

. .oo. . . . . . +"-VV11VV11- J"YY" }?:'. nfly.fly*"*j, . n.n"-- .Great

.. vor-ivorioryfA !*'. 'Y.-aw'Y.Yaw'Y.-

awwas

Ya-

wwas

A-

wash

',.-% :care

* *:.

. A'"VAVA'"-

Vwas

A-

Vwas

Av-

owals

3" '"rvoK.Krv: ..

. . .

was takentsken to insure that allal! participantspsrtic1pants'Participants' ftsreW6rwerefats thoroughlythcroughl1'thcroughl1thoroughly-

orientedthorou-

ghlythoroughly-

orientedthorou-

ghly'

oriented onon'onon'allonallon-allonalltonally'- all detailsd tails of this planplan.plan-

.Atter

pla-nate

plan-

.After

pla-nate

*.

AfterAtterLatter the battalion had effected a crossing , it waswas-

to

was-

tewas-

to

was-

tewas-

to

was-

teto infiltrate to Ridge A ofot Hill Y which was to be hastilyhast117hastily-organized

ha-stilyhastily-

organizedha-stily .-'

organized, fortortore at daylight an attack was to be launched ,

with CompaniesCompan1es B and C as assault companies , on WallendorfWallendortWalled ,

ititaaItaiitsa elli.i! . ' (1.1.1(1)1( JLOLO.:; ;) (5ee5ee( See &apapMap& p 11Il'Il11)1111)-

PREPARATIONS

11P-

REPARATIONS

' }) "

PREPARATIONSPREPA4 'I'ION8IION8' ' WITHIN THE BATTALIOgBATTALION----5-6565.656-. February 19451945-

On

19 5

On 5 February the two assault battalions (1st1st( and 2nd )

practiced river crossing in assault boats provided andand-

manned

lan-

dmine

and-

manned

lan-

dmine

and-

manned

lan-

dminemanned bybJ Company C0 of the 305th Engineer Battalion , whichwhich-

was

whi-ch

which-

was

whi-ch

which-

was

whi-chwas attachedattaohed to the regimentregGreg entKent fortortore this operationoperation.*. The!he 150th150th-

Engineer

150th-

1D11n..r

150th-

1D11nr

150th-

EngineerEngineer1D11n..r1D11n.r1D11nr.. Battalion and thet . 1135th1186th EngineerIDstD.IDstDMidst.. GroupG oupLoup were.ereere. intoin-

au

Gi-

na

In-

t

Di-

nt

' "-auau- uw orr 'JJ' ( t"-tt"t"'-tlvrlaver\'

' riiisfciit4--b&-riiisfciit4b&b1 *.'aa'# .':

"-'':.

- )$bS.bS&.-. ' K bb l " ., wWrivRive- *,.* **...*.. .PP". -' . ....".

-"IKSffiIKSffiMisfit".1P1'4i-a'.i1P14ia.i.1P1'4i1P14ia'.iai. ' - ajvttgmfci'.. sn 1'Uil'1Uil' '... 1 1Jh.1Jh:', . .t1gu"t't1gut" '",,!, .tJ1..t9tJ1.t9tJ1t9. .. .. .t !,fl '" ..Actiont,i!.qg.qgonon-

areBo-

naire. : .

._are not thosetho.thothou.. usedus.dusd. in the actual8Ctual operation.operation. The 1stlItlet BatBat-Bat"Ba-ttalion

Bat-.tal1ol

Bat-tal1ol

Bat"-them

Batt-hem

Ba-the

¬-"talion.tal1ol\.tal1oltalon..tal1ol41tal1ol41\ Ai&.MAiM41&.. .nQk'nQkink. fAMfame' 9,

>

,r?6. ttwtwotthem 'wename or numberDb.Dbnu_ber.berbeer. ,. and theth .l.ttlttlotto. letterletteri-dentification

letter-identi

lette-rmen. rr-

148fttsttioidentification148fttsttioidentiidentify 'ioio' at1on'at1onat ioilidol ', attached..ttattaEtta., : n tv to each.achach'eachBach. hereb..r.br.. . is11i s solely01e11= a meansmUD'mUD' ofQfof-reference

fr-eelance

ofo-

c

floc-

k

Q-fhatinghating referencereference.*.

oc . t ld'ld' . 9, , .._ ... . .JJ., ,(3.3)3.333(

(,K...M

.JJ.,

).., 0,. .

!

.JJJJ#., TJjTaj ,

-.... ,

',";W.tM..-.I.I..I.I.-...7.7.". ,. HUtjatG.. . AOWWWv1."XAOWWWv1.XAOWWWv1X.

_.__%__ . ..". ._" ..., j.rygl.ryglaryl. + . j..ee.yNywfeeyNywfEvelyn...ttHMr&VlttHMrVlthem.. , , !.11&+ . 1 fy1.fy1?,.., W-"' eRnBern&. .. " W.".Tt'1iTt1iP'yPy,'.'*....*_.(.(.. 00",..- ("'MkWW'W.O"wm.am.rMkWWWOwmamr' i* iHrl.iHrlgirl

.

' ._"fiMfilm---f.f.-.ol--.|ir a'a. .'', ....>'. XMMM-' <"MMMI-M'M' i1' ', .. ". , ., , Mw.Mw.w.w. . M.'rMr.. ...'. "' .rr.. .alsalsalls. . .. . rw.""" + r.r'.., r" a.a.... w.w.. . . . n'n.rr. ' . , , , , ..,

.. , ,, . , . .' . . .. . . , ,, < < . . .-. . " , "j"j" " .." . . , . . . .

fii1.fii1. , , . , . " . . ,

beenb..nbn.. constructedoonatructe4constricted byb7 thet 150th EngineersIIr\I1n..1'1IIrI1n.11IIrI1n..1'1I1n11II\kg .neersneerssneers. .. ' fortortore practicepractce! crossCroS8-CroS8crone.pcronepcronecross-

ing

CroS81-

118

crone.-pi

cron-e

¬-.. .

iing1118King wasWU notDot completedooapl.'e4.ooaple4.ooaple4oompleted.oompleted.' ,. ThiThisThai!b11 rehearsal.IN..alINalFinal.. ... took placepl.pl.. in1a thethe-

vicinitytb.tbthe-

vicinity..

vicinityvloinitJviolinist ofof""- MoestroffItMaestro.Moestroff.MoestroffMoestroff-Maestro...,..tt.tt. .-. It wanwas...., a. "*"foilfoilttI11ft1j dr.-dr.dross"drossdr.HMar.81drHMar81dresadaresay..,*-" rehearsalHMar.81HMar81. withwlt1a.wlt1awith-

the

withh-

eld

.,

. . ' . . . . - - . . . . " _ . . .- . . . . . . . . . . . . .

the,be boatsboat.boat. loaded exactlyeXlIOtlJ'eXlIOtlJEliot' aaas.. theyth.th.,. were.rere... 'toto' to beb.b." in1D the actualactu8iactual-operation

accul-

turationactu8i-

ope1'ation

actu8i-

ope1ationactual-

operationaccul-

turationoperationope1'ationope1ation' and every8.81'78.8178817. ' man fullytulltulle,. equippedequipped.. During the night oforof-

the

of-

ten

or-

the

N-

orth

of-

the

of-

tenthe 5th and 6th, 150 men fromtromtromp these battalions carried as-asaa-aaaa-WJ

a-w

as-

Saultas-

sault-

WJ l 'RR' 1 L A '1 I.I..{ Y ... '.... " . .bb. " 1 1 .,-- ' f'WIfWIWI' lJ"lJ" rr -' I LW_L-

Wsites

La-

wsuits

. Jsault boats fromrromromroffiprofit theTibeTiberhe iruckiruckustiruc1csrue s Toto,"tntSr"tntSrtents"tntSr"respectlVi'ctntSrrespectlVicnticlrticklerlr respectlVi'crespectlVicrespectl'espectJ.volespectJvorespectiverespecrespect' :. v CrOSeROSecrossingcrossing-

sitescrossi-

ngsossTngcostingmngng-

siteso-

nsitesites where the boats were left during the dayd81 ofot the 6th.6th.

(14)14(14( )

The nature ofot the terrain and the numbernuaber and sizeBIz.BIz. ofof-

the

of-

ten

of.-

t.be'

of-

tbe

of-

ten

of-

.the

of-

tenthe.t.be'tbe.thetube. . ' boats"boats" made ItIt-ItimpsBitmaps- impossibleimrls..bleimrlsblegirlsimps) salblesalable." . to vcaccalcy cDC4i.altJut1J.cDC4ialtJut1J.cDC4ialtJut1Jc c Isl.IslIsle<*&LL&. _. . tb&tbth&; . .',foraflora:?om thetbethe.tube,. OernanaFormanOernana-

during

Enrapt-

uring3e(J :mas 1 DsD-

during

D-

urings-

during

d-

uringduring daylight.daylightd 11ght.11ght. PromFrom the increased'increased' harassing artillery firefire-

laidfore-

ladyflfire-

laidfore-

lady

ee-

laid

e-

lapidlaid on the battalionbattbatty llonlon positions during this period by tietnethetinetiee-

nemy

Eti-

enne

tne-

enemy

te-ensy

the-

enemy

He-

nleyenemy , it is1s reasonable to assumeuaum8 that he was aware of anan-

impending

al-

imentingan-

impending

al-

imentingan-

impending

al-

imentingimpending atattacktad; , andend had he not been , the presence ofot thethe-

assaulthe-

adsailthe-

assaulthe-

adsailthe-

assaulthe-

adsailassault boats onOD the forwardrorw2 slope ofot Hill X could havehaY.haY. leftlettletleft-no

lett-no

le-ft

lott-

ono doubt in his mind.mind. However , he must havebavebrave been reassuredreassured-

ihenreassu-

red,

'- when'when-ihenihenhen on the"thethe"afternoontheafternoontheatergoingth "--- afternoonattej-noonattejnoonat'ternoonatternoonate' - 'oror' or the 6th at approximately"approximatelyappraxiiadUiyappraisedappi"appiapp" x 1a1ae.L71aeL7-e.L7e.L7-e.L714"UeL714U."- 141)01410-14"U14"U14U14vU" ) 'hh'hochoc'hoursU rd'rdi"i" ',; '

aR soundBound truck from Division or higher Headquarters proceededproceeded-

to

proceede-

dto the top ofot thisthi8 hill and broadcast a message to theth&th& GerGer-GearGer-

mans

GGer-

mans

r-rr-mans

m-

ans¬-

mans , in gist , that the AmericanseriC8D8_ were.ereere. coming over and thatthat-

itth-

atthat-

itth-

atthat-

itth-

atit would be better to surrender.surrender. (15)15(15)-

During

15-During

(15)-

During

15-During

(15)-

During

15-During

( )

During the entire dcydaycyd, of the 6th the presencepre..nceprencepence.. ofot eveneven-

one

enveno-

med

even-

one

enveno-

med

even-

one

enveno-

medone man onOD Hill X, thetn.tn. bestb..tbt.. and practicallypraot1oallJpraopro tic ally only point fromtl'OmtlOmtOmfrom-

which

Ro-maic

tl'Om-

wh10h

tlOm-

wh10h

from-

which

Ro-maic

'

whichwh10h a reconnaissance1'80oDDa1..anc8180oDDa1.anc8180oDDa1anc8' .. of the route fortortore the impendingiapend1ns attackattack-

Muldfetiatt-

ackattaattarattack-

e

attacke-

d

k

. . . Muld-fetiMuldfetiMouldfetide to ldbdb4"4-" b'iJbiJbi' *' a&e'weiilfiaeweiilfi'sa'WtulsaWtulspatulade-y.dey.&,..-

*;,..'. ' ; 1 . dratlladrablad *r ifflsflftiato1JJ1'0413.to1JJ10413.to1JJ10413toiswdiatomisdate&' . andand.. heavy8aVl , largolrargollrargow-

l

Clairo-l

%'gogo' anllbyeanallyG-r.Gr.- . 3bi'3bi, %,$* ' '' ' '' ' '

" . . . . . , . . ..

. . . ,

" -.. . . A1 , 1.1. .' .rr,. . '! ''' --' ' " '. ' /M4MMANM4MMAN/M4MMA-

Nc

" ' '''.11wl Y*.', .MM' M fALMfail' "-'! f * Ia'" ! iPl/iPlPl/ *" Y 'A'A' ' + h..tihtihi aVrM'aVrMarM" "-"' ' '/ * .'dlrdlrdr'direct"direct'direct"edirectedirectedc irecire't-'rli'tt'rlirlirit ' ?iree 'Hfi-'HfiHfiHi'HfitfiiHfitfiiFitful"fromfrom- tfiitipinee enemy.enemyanew.anew8ii iJ . CrfCorfu(- f nl IS1"liSaafbiliSaafbiLisa" txaTXb.1b1. .onon. ©a*'. ' w&swseras.a'idoaidoado..a'idobt."JaidobtJidiot&' , doubtdo \bt."Jbt."JbtJbat\bt.bt*. " . , .

- - _ . . , . . . . . . . . ..". "

(14)14( ) A - SectSect.Sooto,. VII , 4: FebP.bPb. 4645'5 , 5 & 6 Feb'ebeb' 454.546. Ie*& 7'1 FebPebFobPlebe 454.5. ;; BB"H -p.pp.2p2. -22- 2 ;, D - pp.p. S3 |,; f#II|; (15)15( ) II0#); (16)16( ) I.II.-

l.1I-

l1#. ._.\l.1l.1\_!. ' 1

, 9, ,

.\JJ\, )W __ - ... .' .., ... .. . .j'r. ''1

" . . , . ,'" "d"d11" q.-oq.o"-' '' ' ' A' '' .IoiIoiIi <

11.1less*..8. aggravatedasp..ate4asp.ate4aspate4.. bybr thet118 activityt1y1'7t1y17_ ' of thetbetube tanksii8Dk.ii8Dktook.took.. andaa4 tank.taDktaDk.tanktaD. de4.4de-

stroyersdewde-

wstrayersde-

stroyers.¬.

stroyersstrayersstrollerssprayers" 1'07.107.107' ... attached.ttacttactack. to the regimentregia.atregiaatRegina. (11( ccnpanyeoapAD7occupancyco any each fromb_ thethe-

702nd

the-

702D4

the-

702nd702nd702D4 Tank1IDk Battalionl.tlt. a1 1oD.1oD. andaDd the 811th8Uth Tank,.. DettroyerDeatl'0J'81'Deatl0J81Destroyer' ' ' BattalionlJattel1OD ) *.FromlroaLoaFromULRoomfulhullh.ull. -ULUL"'- defiladedldelft( 11a4elade{ positionsposl.t1C'DJJposl.t1CDJJposlt1CDJJ. ' on HillH111Rill XK, tankst8Dks and tanktaDktaD dede-

stroyersde-dede-

stroyersde-

stroyers¬-

stroyersstrollers would firetire one or two rounds at known or suspectedsuspectede-

nemysuspec-

tedsuspectede-

nemJ

suspec-ted

suspectede-

nemysuspec-

tedenemyenemJenema positions on the opposite side ofor the river and thenthen-

n.as

hen-nas-"'* 'n.asnasnabstt&FttFtat. i& tiiftlMWait&tiiftlMWaitfl111 t*fim-fimfilmfimctypi.M- & -" Tairf&mmATairfmmA-ctypi.Mctypi.MAirmanectypeTairf&mmAfl',' &.** 4*Pt4* 1'\fl'fl'fl\ *" '> * tnanthannan"oV'wioVwibowie. . -*. > . .. _

. . _ _ * -. fl'MVttlflMVttlflatly.ww. * -MVttlMVttlMattel-" """ "trin? jtffltiff_gflTgfeltr.r,

.

,s.jsj.. ". . - " j .,_,...w.,, ,.... r.r............ _+4.44-

.seconds4-

seconds_.

seconds.econdseconds. ahead of retaliatoryreta11ato firetire.tirefire.*. (17)17(17)-

NOTE

17N-

OTE

(17)-

NOTE

17N-

OTE

( l )

( NOTEIOTEIOTA s: The factstactatact hereinafter recorded are drawn fromtl'CJatlCJafrontTLCfrom-the

frot-hed

tl'CJ-athe

tlCJa-the

loc-ate

front-the

frot-hed

'the personal recollection ofot the writer , except.zceptzceptcrept. in10 certainoertainpertaincertain-instances

certa-inness oertain-instances

overst-raining certain-instances

certa-innessinstances which are appropriately notednoted-noted.noted-

Slncnot-

ed-

*. ). ' . . . . .:. . ' -SinceSlncSilencefirlfirce "trietrie.tns'-.tns'tns'trie'tribetans'trie'proptriepropterrier".' .tns'Prepar&'t1GnstnsPrepart1Gns' ' preparationsPrepar&'t1-GnsPrepar&'t1Prepart1GnsPrepar&'t1Gns1'Prepart1Gns1GNPspropay&t'tonsayttonsDayton&.' ' - wo\1'1'1wee\ ' e probablyp--obeblypobeblywobbly:-- about.gboutgboutbout. , . .1010.tbo-.tbotaboo..tbo-

throughout#; >*,.-... .s...&0, . , . __ . ,,. . . _ eje-

jeach

b-

eech

('CICI'-

CIthroughout

C-

Ithroughout'

throughout the battalionbait&llonbaitllonbiathlonbattbatty &J1on , let us take the 1st Platoon ofotof-

Company

H-

offman

ot-

Company

O-

ttomanof-

Company

H-

offmanCompany B as representativerepresentative.*. It hadha a strength of 3939-r

39-

and

KMEMK-Mr

E-Mr

M-r K-

Mand

Ma-

ndyrr-r-

and-

and 1 officer which was about the average fortortore the otherothe-rrifle

ether-

ifiedothe-

rrifleether-

ifiedothe-

rrifleether-

ifiedrifle platoons of the battalionbattalion.*.,- .

ByBJ 1200 hours on the 6th the platoon leader had beenbeen-

informedB-

eninbeen-

informedB-

eninbeen-

informedB-

enininformed ofor all detailsdet911s of the plan ofot attackattack.*. HeRe , in turn ,. orientedr1ented his'his' squadqf, C ' leader1i811&r1i811r, & *'- alia&tldtldalaitold&b cfrcryc(, ZW-ZWZW6dfekafear(-,..tidtid6dtide. * tot.vtvt. makemakcsrfeaiatriefcmakf.zr.tttetmakf.zr.tmakfzrtmaker. csr-feaiacsrfeaiasrfacial'.: r-td3rtd3-. -triefctriefc-ttetttetterrificteat.tt-. triefc-

each

trif-ocal

:: etet-

each

de-

tacheach squad leader had briefed hishi2 men.menmen-

.During

en-during

men-

.During

en-during

men-

.During

en-during

.

During the afternoon each man was issuedi.wediwedwed. 2 daysdq8 KItK-

Rations

R-

ationsIt-

Rations

It-

erations

K-

Rations

R-

ationsRations , 3 hand grenades ,, and 2 extra bandoleers of ammuniammoniaammun-

ition

ao np1-np1nnmi-nnmiAnniennmi-

tion.

mon-

ition

np1-

tion.

np1-

tion

¬-

tiontion.ion*. Extra1btl'a1btla: ' batteriesba.tter188batter188. were carried fortortore the SCRSR 556136536 radio118410 ,and more than the usual amount ofot oil011 waswa.wa. carriedcarri84 fortortore weawea-weakwea-

pons

wea-

pons

..a-.a. .a-

pons

a-

prons

¬-

ponspeons in contemplationoODtemplat1D:) of the typetJpejape of operationoperat1on and the facttactfact-

thatfath-

eadtact-

thatta-

ctfact-

thatfath-

eadthat rainra1D was... ever. ...erer. present.presentpr..nt.prntprint... ., Every"817 effortettortextort was made_ . to seesee-

Ahs-

ea...

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JustJUltJUt afteratterLatter darknessdarkn.darkndarken... on the evening ofot tthe1..St.h.1Sth.1Sth1..St.h..i'1Sthi. 6th"6th5th" a -.i'.i'i-rt2ari. 'itJI.JI".- .*. . . ", ..,. . .. , -- . ,.. - . ._ . . . . , . . . . . . .. . . .. . .. . . , . . . _ . _ . .. . . _w " . . , . . . . . _ .' " . . ., .' - ' - - -- - . .. .-.. . . . . , , ' . . . . . " - . ,

(17)17(1'1( ' ) A& - Sect.Sect. VII , 4 FebPebPlebe 4645. ;, B - pp.p*. 2J2 ; I.II.J-

.

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' . " ' . . . .... . . - .... .... "

' "

designedd..1..edd1.edd1ed.. .. to discouraged1 ooupqecoupe, fraternisationtl'at.l'nisat1oatlat.lnisat1oatlatlnisat1oafraternization' . ' ; WASw.w.. shown to the asas-

sembledu-uas.asu.-

1.4u-

14as-

.rambled

as-

sembled

¬-.sembled.1.41.414rambledembed... . battalionbattalion.*., OnOAC+n thethe'atternoontheatternoontheatergoing-_ 'afternoon-'atternoon'atternoonatternoon ofo'tot'

thethe.:. 6th thet companycompany-

commander

compa-nionate

OOllPflItIOOllPflIt-

Icommander

oopop* oyoyc-

ommandercommander addressedaddr..daddrdadded.... the companycomP8D7 andaDd.aDdand.. stated that Division 620.20262-had

0.2-

had02-

had

C*..22. .-2had

2-

hadhad reported that eightyeightJ'eightJeight' per centcntcant_

_ of the GermansOe.'aanaOeaanaOceaniaGeraEra.!' ns in the pinp1Upinb-

oxpia-

nop1U-

boxpinb-

oxpia-

nobox infested1n.tested1ntested. area abouta out to be'be' invadedinv deddeed actuallyactuall,. wanted to*o suraUl'-aUl'aUlsur-slurGaulsur-

render.sur-

renderaUl-

'render.aU-

lrendercal-

endarsur-

render.sur-

render' ¬-

render.renderrender.-"J

render-

Jrende-

r.

, . ..,." ' -"JJ" r 1 " 1"U ' "CJHH&tteCJHHtteChute" \1Ii1Ii\ &ft ' i"111ngi111ngthfifulhthieflr"; i1ni TofTofuTofieOfficer? -ieie-.. *..L8L8.ee.. 6th a hotaotoat xa&aixaaimJilalalaiJillm& ai witfW"-W"Wi'ii'wre'aiwreafredwreakW"-

toW-

toTw-

o'"':- Ted--redred-' Justdustdustpr1o'stst' .prloprloplo-pr1opr1o.- prior--priorprior-

topri-

orpr1oJ.W''

? -... -J.W'-.J.W-'W" . .... _ . 'to darkness during which time the sufferedBufteredButtered fewtewstewfew-

casualtiesfew-

casualtiescompany a

. ' " ... . . ' . . . . .

casualtiescasualt1es fromtram enemyeD8mJ artillery which had become increasingincreasing-increasing.increasing-

17

increasing.-

lyincreasing-

ly*-.

ly17 active as the daydaqdad ' raced1'11Oe111Oe' . on and which continued to increase1ncre-aae1ncreaaeaaincreas-ela

1ncreaae.-

tft.

1ncreaae-

tftincrease-

An

increa-se

-

: . : la-.tft..tft.An-AnAnvNv- ...tft.ol.ume.- vo3wne\ol.umeol.umevolumev\',o.nneonneone)_ . .OO.on it:Irfeol'tD"ltDVireo!' t-.t. " . th&tht &. . . .t1lgh.tt1lgh.tt1lght.t1lgh.t4.t1lght4ni. g.hghahtah. . *<:-4.4.-r . .. ....r.IsrIsKris. .1Jzm1pM8t8171Jzm1pM8t817. TJH"TJHTHC"a*. a ta.ZytaZystay***.iy, a/teratera.tteatteaftertearate/. !' thethe.the.mealthemealthermal. mealmeal.mea-

lreligiousma-

rveling. . .

. ' .-- ' " ,.... . . - .religiousllgiousalliumsr servicesserviseri es were held fortortore those'those'

who cared to attendattend-

and

attend-

antattend-

and

attend-

antattend-

and

attend-

antand the remainder ofot the evening was spent in making lastlast-

minute

Lat-

inatelast-

minute

Lat-

inatelast-

minute

Lat-

inateminute preparations for the forthcoming attack which jumpedjumped-

offjump-

edjumpe-

doft

jumped-

offjump-

edoffoft accordingcoord1ng to the plan and schedule previouslyprev1ous17 outlinedoutlined.outlined.T-

BEATTACK

outl-ined

*.,

THETBEATTACKBREATHTAKINGATTACK-AtATTA-CKATTACK- TF)',)' -tt- iJ , .

At 0150013.Q..Jlours013Q.Jlours013QJlours0130hours. . . hours: , 7? FebruaryFebruarFebru947",1945Febru9471945" , 19451945.1945,. . &cconU&cconUaceo.r4irgwaceor4irgwcone.ccecccc&. ) :.*X'4X4' ni.ni& ..... toto.t.t.,, . . planpl.pll..j.j. , -..., . ,. . ... . ... _ .. - . . . ..

friendly artillery began to bombardbomb81'dbomb81d' the German side of thethe-

Our

the-

orythe-

OUr.

Th-

eothe-

Our

the-

oryOurOUr.OurRiverUpriverRiver-River.- whichwhichVIlSwhichwas\VIlSVIlSEvils\ the SiegfriedSigrid Line.LineL1na.L1na. The bombardmen-

tcontinuedbombar-

dmentbombardmen-

tcontinuedbombar-

dmentbombardmentbombardmen-

tcontinuedbombar-

dmentcontinued until 0300 hours which was the time appointed forfor-

itfo-

rtfor-

itfo-

rtfor-

itfo-

rtit to liftlift.lift.-At

lif-tlift.-

At

lif-t

*.At 0200 hours the Battalion moved out in route columnoolumncolumn-

and

colum-

ned

oolumn-

and

colum-

ned

column-

and

colum-

nedand proceededprooeeded along the pre-determinedpredetermined- route shownIhownIowan onOD Map IIII-

to

It-

oII-

to

It-

oII-

to

It-

oto the crossingcro..inscroinscoins.. siteaite.aitesite.Waite*.,.,'_,IMMMII'IMMMII

_' r, "IwoIwo",......, Y.... . ' ... .. ,_ .. . 1.'M1.M1M' "'._' I' "- . . I. . , ..f.f... 'ww.KK'. . A.A_. 7i. Y..!. . . . " .... ..._. . ... ,

..._ . . . . .r.r. .. " . OzfdiiO11derOrder .

of/QofQjoft/oQI1Jian1.oQI1Jian1Q_ snlejaaieasenileaide. . .. . jraaTcrBirater.....was. .

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';,' '' 'B: ;, ' '

"AA".A-ii.ii.-wi'SlwiSlwigwiselyii.pj'. ' MwnpHtdontTRociphotonatrocityi, -pjpj-" : oD'oD' of-ttoofttoct.'tbtl'cttbtlof-the.the.totattletheoftton-

erfsysofte-

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mb

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i.N.Nni-nny

. .. ' ' b-/i.N.Ni.N.NU.N./ A11pM111rA11p-

M111rlead

-""nene" nerfsyMersey"' ; JiiIIiItrnifirthriftierhlB1r'rTff.'CtiIJitjU1-iJ."Ct''dT4-'t1f''IlhlB1rrTffCtiIJitjU1iJ.CtdT4t1fIlhlB1r'rTff.'CtiIJitjU1hlB1rrTffCtiIJitjU1iJ."Ct''dT4iJCtdT4't1f''Ilt1fIl_'rm xTixixT-

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led' - ." ''' - ' ''' ' rf'rf' * 'r-1i'i'rr1i'i1ii' -! 'iiii

. . . . , .-. . " . ' . . , . . . , . .......

lead companies.companiescompen1.compen1. . . TheTh.Th. 81amSla81mSlav mortars ofot CompanyComp&n1Compn1& D werewerewereinwherein-ininin1n posi-posipoa1-poa1positpos-

id..1..ed

po-

sid1ed

poa1-

J'

poa1-

J

po si-si--.. , ... _ . - .... .' - - - - " - - - - -

.J'J I.tiItiZiti rfIHml-rfIHmlrfIHmlugrimlyraffishu

tiont10Dion betweenb..ubu.'.. Kleinreisdorfn.1ue1a40l'fn.1ue1a40lfn1ue1a40lfLlainraisdorfLegionariesLanais. ' and the foottoot of Hill&11 X1.1X.X., ( teehetee-

Map

te-mp

heJ-

Iap

Sh-

eila

ee-

lapl-

apMapJIaplapJima II ) Theyh87! tedba4bad registeredregisteredd during4ur1Dg thetbetube afternoonafterDOon andaneAnne! atat-

02S0085002S00230 hours , along with all otherothel'othelEthel' weaponsweapon.weaponw eapnan© s. in the areaare.are., theyt.h81th81they-

werehe-

wert.h81-

.ere

th81-

ere

they-

werehe-

wer.

were.ereere. to firetire in111 support811pport ofot the attackattack.attack.-

The

atta-ck

attack.-

The

atta-ck

*.The order ofot platoons withinw1 thin CompanyCompanY'' B was 2nd, 1stlot,,

. ,3rd3rd3rd , and 4th.4th. CompanyCompan1 and platoon command groups marchedmarched-

atmarch-

ed,

;.....-

,:.;;;.;. ;. . _ - :::: . . . ,__ __ ":; . .. ... -.__ . . - . ' 0 , ' .... .

_. , ' . . _ 'at the head ofot the units whichwhich theythe,. 'cc' commandedm i naecfname anSiuTIntannuitantand'andanZ""ananZanCanaan_"' " Drntel'-Drntel'DrntelDrntel'ftDrntelftDarnel' er-erer-

val

fe-

ralr-r'- ftIW, ' *-"

. val was maintained which would permit visual contact withwith-

the

with-

held

with-

the

with-

held

with-

the

with-

heldthe man imnediately1JID.ed1ately1JIDed1atelyimmediately. preceding.preceding. Thisb1s! interval was , ofof-

necessity

co-

nnectersof-

necessity

co-

nnectersof-

necessity

co-

nnectersnecessity , short as the night was_ a8 veryv8r7 dsrkdark and a light rainrain-

was

brain-

wash."... . "eras"eras"'ff'was"falling.fallingfining.finingi'fining.ifiningfa3ling.fa3linginfringingi'-i'i'""- . , *. ttelrSl.c1Slc1&ctctotter;& . a-aa1&a1:- leadeleaded1&1le& 1Id'Et.L"-wts-1IdEt.Lwts1Id'Et.L"1IdEtLwtswetss! '

."r-wats-rwatswattsrwatsrewastrel-- ram- . rerequreequip' <juiui:?''e4e4*&-t6't6't6-tetotexc&s.texcsexecs' -xc&s.xc&s.xcs"XC-2.1'XC2.1"XCXC2.1'21cs-" c-&. '. .&. ..pleaplea.piepiepiecpiece. 9.9*. . . . ofo.totof-

luminous

vo-

luminous

. . ,

. - .- . _ . _. .

luminous tape about 1 inch by 2 inches on the "backback" of hishis-

helmet

ch-

iselerhis-

helmet

ch-

iselerhis-

helmet

ch-

iselerhelmet to facilitate controlcontrol.control.-

Words

contro-

llerscontrol.-

Words

contro-

llers*.

Words cannot describe the furyturf ofot the artillery bombardbomb81'd-bomb81'dbomb81dbombard-bombard-

ment

bomb81'd-

ment

bomb81d-

ment

bombard-

ment

' ¬-

mentmeant which wasW8.SW8S. falling on the other side of the river.river. AsA-

sfar

A-

far

A-

sfar

A-

far

A-

sfar

A-

farfar asa8 one could see artillery and mortar shells ofot all sizess1z.s1zsizes-

were

siz-es

sizes-

were

siz-es

..were bursting constantlyoonstantly.oonstantly*., So80 intense was the fire that the-

landscape

th-

readsthethe-

landscape

th-

readsthe-

landscape

th-

readslandscape was almost continuously illuminatedil11.Ul11natedil11Ul11natedi1irminated. and to mak-

eoneself

ankl-

ebones

makemak-

eoneself

ankl-

ebones

mak-

eoneself

ankl-

ebonesoneself heard was practically impossibleimpossible.impossible.-

All

impossi-ble

*.

All went well until the head of the column waswa JustJust-

startingJu-

mpstartjust-

startingjum-

pstartjust-

startingjum-

pstartstarting the descent of Hill X to the river.river. This must havehave-

been

ha-ve

have-

been

ha-ve

have-

been

ha-vebeen about 0230 hours fortortore , at thattbatbat moment , allallotof the smallsmall-

arms

mall-

ards

small-

arms

mall-

ards

small-

arms

mall-

ardsarms in the area opened up asa s plannedplanned.*. This noise added toto-

that

to-

oth

to-

that

to-

oth

to-

that

to-

oththat ofot the artilleryt111eJ'1t111eJ1etillerytiller' preparation already in progressprogro.sprogrospogroms. ,

created dindiD that defiesdeti.detidentin.. descriptiond..cript1on.dcript1on.dcript1ondescription... *.. , . . . .

a. . .

. .. . . . . . . . ..., . ,. _ . ,.. , . . . . . . . . , ... . . .. . . . .. . .. . .. ; ">" "-:'*" ' J"> v: .

'. .: : . . ..; MK.MK"' -";"' -':' ''o'o' >' ' -. . 0'0'_ '" . . .

'. :, -.

. - . ,"" ,. . . %" . J..*..,:. - :' : - M : " u" ;:. ;* - : - - " _; '''.' ,'''' ,'"'.' ,' ''' . . . ,. ,. >. -01"-01"01- 0-

1"of

0-

1of

,,,"- ,( . .... . MtM-

tQfM-

T.,

. . _ ,_ ,. , ". *__-TBUj"'n"TBUj"'n"TBUjnBun- __ tae"' ".'* , .. . -ofQf. --. . *" " ,the

. . .rr. <_

MM.MM .machinemacbine,.. ,. . .- ,. . ... .. . , , .... ,.

gunsgun.gun. __. ..

.

. . .. .ofot.._. . ....

a...

friondlyfrlonQlJ'frlonQlJfrioncUyfriendlyforlornfringy. . _

' unit hadhad"had"'tie1Jn'1hadtie1Jn1" "beenbeenbeh'lbehlbehalf"' ' laid-laidlaidTB-Uj"'n"

laidT-BUjn la-id ; ct-ctct-

o

Cat-

o

d-' .

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slightlyslilahtly too low andend it was firingtiring grazinggraztnggratinggrazing fire withw1t ococ-

casional

00-00oc-oc00-

oaa1onal

oc-

easional

oc-

casional

¬-.' "

casionaloaa1onaleasionalcessionseasonal tracerstl'aoet8tlaoet8' ! along the lengthlenstblens of Hill X about 20 yardsyard-

sM

yardsWU-

Wvi

yar-

ds._._1J1IlJJl1_. .M.#,\

!

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WUWvilSf1 11'11

,'.-..*.' -;*"'*

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.rr."'rr'

lSflfr".I". -."

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4M-4M,. , -....v.. ,'iW.QITiWQITkiwi'

.tt. ' M . ."ii"- ,.l *.r "!': . ' ''f'IfI' fS'f-'fff-

St10D

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to the right of ththe columnoolcolcool,.,. *, Someoneeo..eaeeoeaeelodea.eon*. unidentifieda.14ent1tl.4a14ent1tl.4a14ent1tl4. . perhaps-thinking

propos-itioning

perhapspel'hlplpelhlplspellperhaps-thinking

propos-itioning

'

- ' . . , .-

thinkingth1nk1ng that the battalion hadh84 beenb..nbn.. surroundedIftU't'OUhde4IftUtOUhde4' : ' , yelled.,.11ed11ed.!,,

"GOGO"00 TO'lOlO' SHBTImTHESAHIB OTHERO'rBEROrBERNorbert', SIPSSIDE OF THE HHIiJ"HHIiJBILL'BILLH '! a". HeverleYerNeverEverleer waswas.wasa. commandcOIaandomasmandcorianderoarsmancomman-

dacre

comma-

ndercOIaand-

morecorian-

dero omasman-

dmore

oars-manacremore promptly obeyed.obeyedobe7ed.obe7ed. In a matter ofot seconds.econdseconds. , except forfor-

thefo-

rtefor-

thefo-

rtefor-

thefo-

rtethe command groups. .

and. , . - . . .

possibly. , . .

h.h..

a. , .nMMtWnMMtWMT.

veryver"fverfveer1f .

"

.. 4ff4-

ffW

...* ',few........ .%., t.

others.tfeyLJKWotherstfeyLJKWothersothGotho.

.thenftfttuft wwawa

r s.x..tsxtsts.x..-

torganized. .ww_..,"

...-r.r.-.l/\l/\. .-.._-? ii.t.iitit-.

_.__"_ '....

/MM,/M-

YW

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;;: .-WW-: tJ).. Wi. . ==tEa:: 4"4*" =i"i" r'8lr8l' ! . -organizedorganized- : ; ec " '.columnl

" ;was8 a fleeingtleeingteeing mob.mobmob-

.Almost

em-

balmsmob-

.A1most

mob-

A1most

mob-

.Almost

em-

balms.

AlmostA1most en masse and iain a quitequitaquit disorderlyd1aorderll fashion , the entireent1reentire-group

ent-ire

ent1re-group

entire-group

ent-iregroup executed a right flanktlanklank tortoretOrhetOreto , thehe reverser.v.rv. . 8.8. slope of HillBill X.XA.AX.-

A

X-

.A

A-

.A

.A fswtWfewsw$ seconds.condacondacoda.. prior to this , 3 or 4 light artillery roundsroundarotundarounds-

explodedgroun-

dswellrounds-

explodedgroun-

dswell .,. - .- " . . - . .. .

. . . . * . .ee.exploded*

l< . * *. _.

near*. . * .

thehe"hehe"hhehhe" headbeath,, . . of(? :t the-thetheerltaenheartentthe-at.--J--uth-eat-.Jue--"erJerJer" er/ltaenerltaenladen/.--l- = aisdQ11d'Q11dandaids'* 'p-raauc'ppraaucFrau'FJRFRS-produced: cee

.

'

aa..t'eate"ff" 'eerer-

casualtiesen-

capsulates*

. . . . ' " ' ' 'casualties.casualtiess 's.l't'1.esslt1.esslt1es. . to., AlthoughthoughAl the friendlyfrieildlyfield machine gun continued toto-

fireta-

ffies

to-

fireta-

ffiesfire , no one in this group was injured by it.itit.-

The

bi-

tted

it.-

The

bi-

tted

it.-

The

bi-

tted

.

The reader can readily imagine the chaos which resultedresultedf-rom

result-ed

resultedt-rom

result-ed

resultedf-rom

result-edfromtromtromp this untimely soundlng-off.soundlngoff.sounding-ott.soundingott.sounding-off.offmotet- . Caution was abandoned andand-

leadersban-

dleaders

and-

leadersban-

dleaders

and-

leadersban-

dleadersleaders went about shouting for their men by name.name. This maymqmay-w

ma-w

may-

seem

may-

hem. , . . . .

_ . _ . ' -ww_- ' " *. *1-11-

seem*-"

v*... 00"hw-ro"00"hw00hwro"ro"seem**-.....".., * "' <*

to' . /!' WV-havehave* . "-"-" ', beeji.illr.eavljbeejiillreavljbbeen, .

t' '''1.l.111'1l.1111l111. . _

-

, 1, '-:!'.9d.v1.S4-i9dv1.S4i9d.v1.S49dv1S4ied.vt ..

d-.

,. ., but.itbutitbuttbu.bubi.t .,._

,.iti.t. .

actuallyPc'otulotus. " "to

* sl1:..lyly. .ly'i.UlyiUlieuj' ivas\'i.U'i.UiUwAdivas'\' . not ';:., torfortoreoror-

v

r-v

_

since the shouts could hardlyhard17 be heard in the immediateimmediat-evicinity

imme-diate

immediat-evicinity

imme-diate

immediat-evicinity

imme-diatevicinity , they surely could not bebe heard across the riverriver-several

riv-ersriver-

severalriv-ersriver-

severalriv-ersseveral hundred yards away.awaya"a" . Further , this was the only pospos-pos-

siblepos-

siblepos-

sible¬-

siblesable means ofot restoring organizationorganization.organization.-

UteI'organization-

UteIorganization.-

Afterorganiza-

tion*.

AfterUteI'UteIUteri' a time the units were reorganized , and CompanyCompsn1 C0 ,

the leading company , began itsit.it. crossing.crossing. As previouslyp1'8v1ouslJp18v1ouslJpreviously-

statedprevio-

uslyp1'8v1ousl-

Jstated

p18v1ousl-Jstated

previously-

statedprevio-

usly'

stated , the river was at flood stage.t&getgege. & and its current was'waseras'was-

.w1tt.

was-

w1tt

eras-

swift.

er-ases

'was-

swift.

as-

sistswift.swift.w1tt.w1tt.w1tt. . This!rbi, slowed the operation considerably.considerablycODl1del'abl1.cODl1delabl1.cODl1delabl1' . GermanaenaanCanaanGermanw-

w.r.

Germ-

an

.

. . . , ... : :" '.

' :.. . . ' " . . .. . . ,. . . .

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the

toward-

the

taivasd"-

the

taivasd-

the

towa-rd

trainma-

ster

t ward"ward""'

the river in slow810w stagesstag.stag.. advancingadvanoing onlyon17 as the men loadedloaded-

on

loaded1-

)D

loaded-

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loaded'-

onload-

ed-onon-1)D1)D1D-'on'on-' ' ) boats mannedmaDDedaDDed byb7 the engineersens1n.r.ens1nr.ens1nr..: . and were1'1'. ferried.l'r1ed.lr1edlr1ed. ' across.acrossacrosaacross.-

to

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ss

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to

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bawould-

b.wou-

ldwould-

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ldbab.bbe. carriedoan1ed several....1'81.181181. ' foandradFondanahu.Hd.Hddreddared. . yards7aN.7aN. downitreamde.zr.mstresmdownstreammistress.., . .. beforebetobettor !' . theythey-

couldth-ey thethey-

couldth-ey ,.

couldoo.ld'.ohooldohold. ' reach... thatbethethantube fartar shoreshore.shore.-

Companies

hors-ewoman

or.or. *.CompaniesOoapa1.Ooapa1.. B andmd 0a and oneon.on. platoon ofot CompanyOO.PU17OOPU17. A hadhad-

crossedad-

dressedhad-

croasedhan-

dcraftedhad-

crossedad-

dressedcrossedcroasedcreased tbatbtthetubatb river at approximatelyapproz1mate17 0630 hoursbo 1 whanwhenwham it bebe-

camebe-bebe-

came

be-

came

¬-came evident that daylightd8Jllght was going to arrivearr1ve before thethe-

remainderth-

ermionthe-

retaithe-

reto, .

remainderretairetail,

eez.$ =-zz- derdeer,e.e. ., '

of!fjhethe IJbatattMattt4t4-lts

! lion,lon.lon.i3i3. ..09qq'qq, ' 1' ,4J J&J& J"J" 1 t l?. '!'- W?aS * . , .lg&lglg&-

aiilga-

ii al-ai

: $W.W&.; "---:" -. . ' . .

' '' '' \aiiaiiii\ :ltsletsdi,: , aT"were"inaTwerein"wereinwereinalteringwherein"''"''wE.'rwErwear' .' "- in an assemblyassembly"assembly"ar-eaassemblyar-eaassemblag-e& 8 1 em\emem11\)11 lir'ararlair'" are-aea-on'.fth0on.fth0onfth0oh! '"thethe"'.''thth' river 'bb' brink; ));; an811'811art' areaarea-

whichGree-

nwich

area-

whichGree-

nwich

area-

whichGree-

nwichwhich. .

waswalwail completelycoap1etely exposed exoeptexcept fortortore darknessdarkness.*. NeitherNeither-

t1'1endlJ'

Neither-

t11endlJNeither-

friendlyNei-

ther* * *

friendlyt1'1endlJ't11endlJ' ' nor enemy8D8III1 artilleryart11181'1art111811' was active at this timet1a8 and the'the'the-

aoenethe-

aoenethre-

atened

'the-

sceneth-

esethe-

sceneth-

esesceneaoeneapogee was comparativelycomp81'at1ve17comp81at1ve17' quietquiet.*. TheseThe.eThee. units remained1'8JDa1ned18JDa1ned' in thisthisa-

VeKlanmbi'estefl

thisa-

VeKlanmbiesteflthis-

areatia-

ra, . ..

aVeKlanmbi'esteflaVeKlanmbiesteflarearere"nirenirennin-"ni"nini-"uniaaGuiana l'estelestelese' ,astscasts- . tfQfor"i'i' about"iaboutiaboutababout.. . . .

t":41)t41"

.

":

. .

). . .wmliiute'mliiuteminuteminis. . . , .esr.esrERs.

'i... . . .

'.

. '.while'Whiie'WhiieWhinier-. . ..le. ..'

. . .the. . . . . . -b&ttalionbttalionbattalionb'&t-tb'&tbttb&b,.'

"

&&.

- -alion--ton. . . . ,comcom-

mand

a'acorncorn-

nand

Cor-

onado

.

' m'm.

¬':,

"

mandnandMandy group was crossing the riverriver.*. This group , daylightdsylight.dsylightdaylight.. ,.,snde."ldeldsandgeld." &dd& GermanGerma."lGermalGeraldGeA"GeAGearGeA"email" ..

" smallmallemail!! srmsemsscrams fire arrived simultaneously.simultaneouslyltaneonsly.ltaneonslyslanderouslys1mulsi= t sneo"csneocneo" sly . The firefire-was

freew-

aysfire-

was

freew-

aysfire-

was

freew-

ayswas coming fromframframe enemy-occupiedenemyoccupiedenemJ-occup1edenemJoccup1edenema- pill boxes many ofot whichwhich-

couldwh-

ichwhich-

couldwh-

ichwhich-

couldwh-

ichcould not be seen8ee because they were almostostcost perfectly camoucamou-amourcamou-

flaged.camo-

uflaged

camou-

1'1

camou-

11

camou-

flaged.camo-

uflaged

¬-flaged.flagedflaggedflaged.-

M

flagge-d

1'111' aged.aged..--M i.. ir- *.-.. ... ..-.... . j. . t.t.. *.. , . . *. ..... . . . . .. * .

The batbalipnbattalionb..tbt.. t el1pn {( ... ) mightmightbldgh4; -.-b-b.b.o-.b.o.bai.b.orbail#. - : ai-aiai'tcaitcaitchr 4..f.--i4f.i4..f.4fi4..f.ic"4fic- .:'tc-'tctc'tcatcaca'. . . .::- -- a-c"c"c-;a'a'" &ijij&ee& ;:''pinnedpinned-

down

pinn-ed

pinned-

down

pinn-ed

1nn6d1nn6d-

downdown and several casualties were suffered.sufferedsuftered.suftered. The entire groupgroup-

was

Group-

Wisewas lying on thee ground almost headhaadhad to foot -- no disperdisper-dipperdisper-

siondidisper-

sion

per-perper-

aion

oper-

ation

¬-sionaionscionanion whatever.whateverwhatever-

.Perhapswhat-everwhatever-

.Perhapswhat-everwhatever-

.Perhapswhat-ever

.

Perhaps 2 or 3 minutes afteratterLatter the initial enemy smallsmall-

arms

mall-

ards

small-

arms

mall-

ards

small-

arms

mall-

ardsarms firetire had been received andsndsand it1 t becamebecemgbecalm evident that thethe-

Germans

ste-

ersmanthe-

Oermana

ste-

ersmanthe-

Germans

ste-

ersmanGermansOermanaBerman were firingt1r1D8 fromtro.trotaro. the pill boxesbox.box.. , the battalion comCOIl1-COIl1eom-eomgeomCOI-

l1mander

eom-

mander

com-

mander

*-.mandermaunder and the two companycomP8.D1comP8D1o ompcomp any. commanders suddenlylIuddenllinden! , jumped toto-

theirto-

othier

to-

theirto-

othier

to-

theirto-

othiertheir featteetfeetteeth and in1D true HollywoodHollJ'Wo04HollJWo04' styleatJ'leatJleAtlee' shouted and waved,. . . . .....

. _ . . _ " . . ;, _. . " . . . . . .

. ' C'C' . . . ..,. , , , , .: .

. ' . . , : .- . ., . . . . . . . . . . -r_*_"">

*"'* '* 'TT'_nr""l"" " <"1'1_' i'i' _i-wiw_- -* -.*. --> Mr ..-<.t. u_"" _

_. ... .. .. ...., ,

..". ...

". . .j 1 * a irJiljCtlO"1irJiljCtlO1.66! . " im.1im1.' ;J.J" 1MI.

* * l111 << 1 *a i l * M'M'"* '"ll"<rlrnni1 11-

tfeeI T *" .JJ L1

. . -_ .tt. tfeetee.teetoffee. .tsiitUnitsit,,,,,, 1 t forwardlfozvafoveatrYL-"trY-Ltr-Y) '" d-ddtoditto'- tot.o. a.anawara-tunawar-eassaSTtassays.. ,, " alirair.u.u. . iZo'Zoi-

The

l-

ithe

' . '

. . . . . . . . . . ' ' - ' -"'--'-" . '- , " . . . . ..... . ... . .... .. . . . , ... . ' .

The!he battalion ( -. ) moved out in a line of skirmishersak1ralahe1'8ak1ralahe18'

1212-

the

12-

the

with'ftft' b CompanyO1.DfO1DfO-OC->>1.Df1DfarrBarr. 0 on the right.rightZ'1aht.Z1aht.Z1aht' . C.C(TUThe. writer.1t.1'1t.11t1.. . ' is1.1. unablewaabl.waablwearable. to findtidtidefind-written

inter-mittent

tid-writ'en

tid-writen

sid-erite

find-written

inter-mittentwrittenwrit'enwriten' referenael'erlreno.lerlrenoreferencereferendaterrene' . to the feettMbfeattomb that one platoon ofot CompanyCoisipenyOmissionOoapSoap .n7n7. A-

wasA-

wash

AA-

vaA-

lvavawas..*. presentpr..t... ata thlatI111thishula tie.tie'tin111.111*. . However1Io".JII1Io.JIIHwoverHover"..,. , it1t !11is believedb.lbl. .y.dyd. . that thetb.etbethotubethouthe-platoon

tel-ethon

tb.-eplatooa

tho-platoon

ho-tplate

.

platoonplatooa was.... attached to CompanyOaapazrAvatarC an3'an3,' 0o andIndIndo that someso.so.. timet1a.t1aimedime1 . laterlat.latlater-In

latheri-ng

.,.

In111 the daydq, when the remainderremainde1'remainde1' of CompanyOomP8D7 A hadbad crossedoro.ledoroledcooled. underunder-a

unde-ra smoke.okeokeCoke.. screen, It reverted to ItitaitsKitaa parent unit.unit.* )

,_ _ ,

The*b.b*..

topographical<:!&JSJS& -wcwc

- &JJJJ&, ._crestSS-

dlffittdi'qrUBCptS-

dlffittdiqrUBCpt!..t.Jt.&JltJtJl. . ?,Z.Z.. .& , ,--..XX. W ..xaa.ftxaaftabaft. i\eie\ . t4"-\t.rt4t.rt4"t4t.r" ..-\ . t.t.. ",,",," . '

" "A"AAA//AAa" A-

Ay..N

"/ /

. . . . . . . . . . ... ._ . . .. . ,. . . . . .d.d. '" - ' " '-" ' y..NyN r.r- ri..r.rirrr" I! y..ryra.wyryrawyarrow ".dlffittdi'qrUBCptdlffittdiqrUBCptiffika1ty-exaptiffika1tyexaptleaptCU t1v.t1v:.. "tY-eC5pt"tYtYeC5pt% 'rOl-'rOlrOl'forforroil'rOlDrOlDOlDfo*- "ii'CepnessiiCepnessniceness'";wdD irrepneasIrena' ip® ie88 of the 'slslslopep andd thetheItheir tafactfact-that

fath-ead

fact-that

fath-ead

t"tt"-

thatt-

thatt-

hatthat, aasaas the- . .

crest..... . . . . . . ..... . . -

was.8888.- .

neared. .. . .... ... _ .

,, -an

' .

enemy8n8lQ"8n8lQ" machine.... . .

gun... . ... " "

whichwhich-had

whi-ch

which-had

whi-ch

... ... .OO. >_ ., . ..-.... .-

had been by-passedbypassedb7-p..edb7p.edb7p..ed- ... firedtired into the back ofot CompanyOoaplIq C.C. ByB1

0825 the battalion ( - ) was.a8a8. digging in on the line11ne shown onon-

Map

Do-

nnaon-

hapD-

ohaMaphap HI.HInI.nIIU.IU. (18)18(18)-(18)18(18)Bill18Bill( ))-

. _- HillBill Yy'y' .was"

'qu1qu1'quite- '

.

-

steepsteep.-mdsteep.mdsteepsteep.md-battalion

p'p'

. . .and,- 4.44.t4t. att .

js&LsjsLsjess. ti&i'i'. .'jj',polntpont)

. the ,"

;_/

:

.-

. .

"

battalion was abouteboutbout 8002002 O yards fromtromtromp the river.river. The assaultassault-was

assa-ultwas madmade* with111 th every9ve y man firingtiring hishis.. weaponwo aponapron continuously.continuouslycontinuously.-Leaders

continu-ously

continuously.-Leaders

continu-ously

continuously.-Leaders

continu-ously

.Leaders hadhe.dhedheed. to constantly encourageenoourage their men in orderox-del'oxdel'del- ' to keepkeep-

themke-pt keep-

the.ke-ptkeep-

thenke-ptthemthe.thethen. moving , so80 steep was the ascent.ascentascant.ascantscantascent-

.Unitsaccent-

uatesascent-

.Unitsaccent-

uates. " , "

UnitsUn1 ta were in the sameII smasoma relativere1 atiantive positionpoalpal t10n on Hill Y in- * . . .. . . . . ., ', . ... ._. ,, . . . .. , ... . .. . ... . . .. , ., .. . . .. . . .-- - -m-mmunmum- un- t. - * - - - -%- -" '- * + -i *- '-v v-*- ' "" - -VV- '\ ?:<-*; "- '. -wArwwArwA-

rwwhich1.* -+ M.7M7-WJW-

Jwhich+i' '''' '- .-which theyth87 started

..... the assault.assault. No perimeter- '- ' ' .- -was

, . .-.formed.formed.... ....- . . " . " -...

andand.and-

theant-

hem

and-

theant-

hem. ,, . . ... . ... . . -'" . . .

the companies intrenchedentrenched in a comparatively straight line.lineline.-By

lin-e

line.-

B1

line-B1

line.-By

lin-e

.ByB1 this time enemyenOADyGenoa artilleryartillery-artilleryincludingartillery- including NebelwerferNebelwertarNebelwerfereKneeler*, mortars ,and small arms had become active again and inflicted a fewfew-

morefe-

mora

few-

morefe-

mora

few-

morefe-

moramore casualties.casualtiescasualtie8.casualtie8casualties.-As

casualtie8.-As

casualtie8-As

casualti-es

.,As the dayd81 wore on several prisoners were taken andand-

ftKebelwarfer

and-

Xebel..rtel'

an-

dXebelrtel

V-

anderbilt

and-

ltebelwarterftKebelwarferXebel..rtel'Xebelrtelltebelwartersteelworker*# .. ' was1fas a typeq-peqpe- ofot GermanOel'lASDOellASDElapsed' rocket artillery.artilleryart111errartillor3.artillor3. TheTh-eshells

Te-asels Th-eshells

Te-aselsshells.hellshells.. mademed.med. a screechingscr..chingscrchingscorching.. sound In flight , and so80 it1t was aa-psychological

p-

sychologicala-

P87oholopoala-

psychologicalp-

sychologicalpsychologicalP87oholopoal aaas well.1111.. as a casualtyoasualtyoa ualt7 producingproduoing weapon.weaponweapon-

.UA

weap-on

weap-on.lL.fU..A.h.

._UAlL.fU..A.h.lLfUAh: . )....JLrJCL. ..:_JS

_* t* ... SKW..1.bW1.bW1b...l.JlJ..._ b_'hh'fiX:. .l.l." ...ii..i.R.._.:-.R.-.R.-...... . t.jSatjSatsar,.-, ,. ,_ .. . " <* -otot-fftft * imtrwfiinterfile na>fir* * M tmmmm <* Mn? '" ' ''_ ' . .._.

- . . . . .- ..... . .... . ...... _ . .w.w. -. . . . ..

._. . . . .

"

., '

.

. . .-- ..

... ..

"

., .-. .. . , . - -

.=

.

=. . .

-. . "

:;. .

:,

=:... '

: !

_ . . . .

15lZ13lZ-

with

othersother.other. veewereveer..1'.11.*'. .seensoon... to be wadingwadSuawads thetb.tb.. river to surrenderlurt'anderlurtanderurethane' to thtth.ththethattht-

Jnerloan

th.-

.er1otUl

th-

er1otUl

the-

American

th-eatric

.Jnerloan.er1otUler1otUlAmericanNelson. foroeaforo.foroforoesforeforgoforgoes.. on411an thet otherotb8l'otb8l' aidsI1de.I1deaide.aideI1de.-

be

I1de-

be

aide.-

Theai-

de*.

fheThehe!be platoon leaderl.ad.ladleaderofleader. . of'otot-of'- thethothou 1stlet Platoon ofor CompanyOOMPaft1OopenyOpenly* BI8 wan.a.awaswas-

Calledwa-

ssailed

.wa-

ncalled

ca-nalled

.a-

.o

.calledo l"l" to thetbetube CompanyO0lap8ll1 CPOJOP at approximatelyapPl'ox1aate17apPlox1aate17' : 1500Iwo hourthourshurtb v.vv..4v4. and-.4.4and-

theread-

hereand-

theread-

here-..-

4there

4-

therethere he was told ofot the plan fortr:) the night which waswalwail toto-

form

tw-

oferto-

torate-

trato-

form

tw-

oferformtoratorah the perimeter shown8hown on HapMap IIIIII.*. ByB1 1600 hours this hadhad-

The

ha-

te*.. _jMA&-'ro&jMA&jMA'ro&roJima&t-'' , X\X\& M.M. . . ... ., . . . , . , . , ._ . . , .. ... . . . .'* " " '1( 1-1- ( '4"4" " ilftlift*** < ff't't' >' "'f"f' "" - . ',.. . . . ' ,,..>), ,v'fivfivi.' 'JiiU-SkJiiUSkIi-| .& .>i'i'- '-..*.-.,. t"-t"tt-

"The

t-

Thet-

ithe{ <"9"|- *NM >.. . ', vv-

TheT-

he.... __ ......

' . . " . ... ..

The greater parfcoTTOSpercolatorspar-''t'or'pa-rtorpa-rlorpark"51'"CTM-Flpark"51'"CTMpark51CTMFl"'' '"* ' '"* l"StlStln"lnlast" "-PlatiDonPl'at1)OllPlat1OllPlatoon'atoorBator) , oitollt* Cotfproycmt1t.1Qcmt1t1QComfreyUc ! Barr. B-trasBtras"B-11118"B11118h-washwastrams"B1111-

8near

B1111-

8near

" Btras-

nearTran-

sferhwas-

nearcha-

ser-

near the foottoot ofot Hill Y, but the platoon leader was orderedordered-

toordere-

dto remain withw1th the smaller8II1aller portion ofot his unit near the toptop-

of

toplo-

fty

top-

of

toplo-

fty

top-

of

toplo-

ftyof the hill so80 that he would be nearer the CompanyComp8117 CPOP sincea1noesince-

radiajandSi-

neada1noe-

di.

a1noe-

disincea-

nd.

Sine-

addi.di 'd

'nl'nlnl'tionnltionlotion' tionion ;;'; ' n: xi8te t"WtW" with2aTwi thiithinTahiti tnthe ' ' . of'of. , '.,, non-existentnonexistentradiajandradioman. and.and. wire.& . communicationconmtunication.

(;-o, - - '. . -- - --..-- ,

were. -- _ . .

r' .--

-.- .....-- --- .- -

ee-

company.

c-

ompanycompany.companye. The dampness had rendered the SCRSOHSRSOHO 536 radio inin-

operativein-inin-

operative

in-

operative

¬-

operative , and wire had not been installedinstalled.installed.-

Tbe

installed.-

The

install-ed

*.

TheTbeTube remainder ofot CompanyCompaDJCompaq A had crossed the river underunder-

a

unde-

ra smokeamok.amok. screen during the day and the companyoompany was ordered toto-

att&cfc

to-

attcfc

s-

toatto-

attgck'

to-

attgcks-

toatto-

attto-

astatt&cfcattcfcattgck'attgckatticattackattMatt wk& *' Wallendcr-f-ondWallendcrfondWallendsrarid'WallendsraridWalledbondTtat11WallendsrWalledn od-wo.Jodwo.J- ---arid'arid'arid- . d'd' outO':1iTf&et-"t.O1iTfett.O':1iTf&etO1iTfet"t.t': $; a&-t-4-het4heat4he,-t-.4&4" &-. e.e*. highh1gh.h1ghy,. .gh.gh. ,. ". &naun&naungr.nun-dgr.nundnungranny&,, . ' M-& . .tootoo.t.Q.tQ.toto. . ., . thetr..QtrQtartnorthiNorth.. ,, northnorth-

and

northl-

and

9 . - .. _ . .

and easteast.*. CompanyCampanrCamper A reported the town cleared by 2015 hours.hourshours.-

During

outso-

urcing

.. . . . . .. .. . . .. ... . , . . -.. ,(19)19( )

During the night ofot 7-878- February the 2nd Battalion sucsuo-suosuc-suchsumosuc-

ceeded

suo-

ceeded

suc-

ceeded

suc-

ceeded

¬-

ceededdeeded in crossing 27 menman In addition to the part of CompanyCompany-

F

Compan-

yF which had made the crossingcros8ing the precedingpreceprecede .1ng1ng. night in1n thethe-

vicinity

the-

vicinity

the-

vicinityvicinity ofot Eoesdorf.EoesdorfHoeadort.HoeadortHoesdorf.HoesdorfHeaderHoed. (SeeS.S.. MapKapNapKnap III ) DevastatingD..astat1nD.astat1nDastat1n.. artilleryartl11erJartillery-

fireartl11erJ-

tireartille-

ryfiretire prevented more crossingsorossiDs-orossiDsironsidesorossiDsandCorsican- and wreckedwreokedwreaked the boatsboat.boat. of thethe-

3rd

the-

31'd

the-

31d

the-

3rd3rd31'd31d' Battalion whichwhioh hadhid been ordered to crosscr088 the river.river.

' . '' , "

.

- 120)120.J.J.*(2020(.:. . ,

)' ,'". ,... ,.'0 .IY.p1.r/f/fIYp1.rff.IY.p1.rIYp1rf.... .., " ..... ./ ,_/ p1-6 " MSAI-MISAIM*+ > * .-Y.r\YIY.rYI. --\ ,. ., V'40WV40W..*.'.*,.,*-+YRiRi.. .y... ......-... , . . . s.s...,..... V9mrV9mrW... . .... . ,. . ., ,-W.W.-:;( ,.. _. . .;.m-wtmwt.. -..;..__--... 'VVtMM-ffeMW.MMt'VVtMMVVtMMffeMW.MMtVT'.....--..-.-.

<.. . . "*" > V_* W .. ... . _ ..,."._*.<... 4 ,

.

". . . . . ttSLltats. . . AASectSect. -SectSect- Sect ,. yrbIayrVIT-.

VI-T

VIE-T

!1 & 7?': , :Feb..:{4Sj45f), . .

%

B.BB - pT3p.p. " 3! ;,.

. J2b(00)00B0)B0( }). 'AAy' A ' -, "3eot.3eot."t.t.. :-:..

:..L.1L.1L1_ M W'1' '.rrt} .l.l W'/W'W' / r.r *viiYTIYETI , e8'8feb'45feb45,';®' i4S ;; B8p.3r&-p8p.3r&p- p.p. ifcTjT'iDifcTjTiD& ; -.; P.Pp . rr.rr-

.U

r.-

other.

b-

rother

. :"

:. . . . .

Ul'l14l'-

others

lo-

thers

lo-

athers

'

InIII the areaare.are. ofot the 1stletlot Platoon of CompanyOompN11oomph B the nightA1ghtnight-

passednigh-

tspotsA1gh-

tpo.

A1gh-

tponight-

passednigh-

tspotspassedpo.po..' withoutwlthwith ut incident other thanth8Dthen artillery8.1'tj.11er781tj.11er781tj11er7. ' . andend Hebelwerferlebe11lQl'terlebe11lQlterNebelwerfHeelerKneelerHebelwerfer-

fire.lebe11lQl't-

ertir.

lebe11lQlt-ertir

' erer-

fire.e-

eriefire.firetir.tirstir. . The!he most_at of thistb1.tb1. firetire ,.howeverho..rhorThor....... , waswalwail placedplaoed on thethe-

riverth-

rivethe-

z1v.1'

the-

z1v1the-

riverth-

riveriverz-1v.1'z1v.1z1v.1'1v1- . ' line118.118. itaelfit..lf.itlfitself.itselfit.. . InclementIDcl.entIDclentIndecent. weather.atheratherFather.. continued.-

On

continu-ed

continued.continuedoont1maed.oont1maed.On011 thethe'' dayda7 of the 8th ofot February'ebru81'7ebru817' ' - a limited111111 t.dtd. numberAwaberAtwater ofotof-

K

o-K

ot-

It

tI-

tof-

K

o-KKIt RationsBationsBastions and blanketsbl8Dkete were secured.curedcured.. byb7 the platoon fromtromtromp thethe-

vicinitythe-

vicinitythe-

vicinityvicinity ofot the original crossing site.site., These had beenbeen-

several

. . . . . _' .4.4.4. .. ... .. . _ . _ .u.u. . . _ _ . .. . ... _ .._ ., _ ._ . .- .- ... . .. , . . . . .ium-um- ... ! > . -'nn' ..oiMiihiHi'xioiMiihiHixioiMiihiHi'xi-

r

oiMiihiHixi-

r

........'""

.-4-"

"-.-"TTOyigTTOyigToying" Gu.Gu. 1 .C.TTTOCTTTO.

4 _ .ff. . . _h.JlhJlhl.jfeflLJSSgtiiJinFijian 1 iPn'pnp:'pffpuff*J.J. ffpplfipple*"ft.iftift" *. ofTtthethe-

severalthe-

mselves

_. . . - . . . . . - . . . .

several companies of the battalion under cover of darknessdarkness-

and

darkne-ss . ..

. -andand.and-. theeagiaeehadtheRSiBeereh8d"theRSiBeereh8dthe--RS-iBeeretheRSiBeereBernethe4--44_-eagiaeeaggie-" eer--h8adrh8adrh8adbrought$--hadhad-h8d"h8d"h8d-- " -brought--brought-eraghtB'ffiaeraghtBffiabroughtasmanybroughameraght-eraghtought.'B'oughtBdraughtought.--. ..as-manyasmanyB'ffiaBffiaBifilar' ''- manrumanu' a1i-'p1i'pp* -_' possiblepo a s'isi'l le1 a acrossaQrio' -ii-a i thethithinthe-

riverth-

riveth " "

river under heavybe.be."" artilleryf.rti11er-f.rti11erf.rti11ertire.frti11ertire. ,- fire.firetire.tire. .- The!he XK Rations were.eNeN. issuedlsau.e4lsaue4issued-

onlyissu-

edlsau.e4-

onlylsaue4-

onlyIssued-

onlyIssu-

ed.

only.to . . .those.thosethtioOtto !sesewsewhosew.e.e. . . w_.. whoo.oo.w. wejwewwe.. e.e..wew. . ..:wit&puJb.witpuJb1thpJUwitthe& :. ,f3oAdf.ond..ffondffond. .. ftt&fttft"e.e"& . . r... actzpply.-wecactzpply.wecweSttFP1 . -,.ww. . . ,..tm--.tm..t-

mcertain

n-nn-

certainu-

ncertain

- . . . - . . . . . .

certaincertain.,. The dayd y waswaewade spent in improvingimprov1figiraprrapovirgVirgo; positionspOItlonspitons, o $ us.ousoso. is andanhankh thethe-

weather

the-

reafterthethe-

weather

the-

reafterthe-

weather

the-

reafterweather remainedremaine unchangedunchanged. 8,. EnemyemyEmmy artilleryart111erj andd sniper firetirefirec-

ontinued.

tirec-

ontinued.

firec-

ontinued.continued.continued. Again theth9 bulk of the enemy artillery waswaewade concon-con-

centratedcon-

centratedcon-

centrated

¬-

centratedentreated on the river and possible crossing sites with thethe-

obviousth-

eoriesthe-

obvious

th-eories

the-

obvious

th-eoriesobvious purpose of preventing supply , evacuation , bridging ,

a&4"tiia4tiiaMl..tlaMltlandtI'mandtImallantiand& ". -tI'mtI'mtIm.- '# '° crossingc r'rro"srosEros' " l 'ff'fngfngfang' g 'of"of'of"morofmorComoro'ofo ' " moremormoor - AmAmerican"r1r1" ' " troops.troops'trooptroop' s.s. It accomplishedaccomplishe-

dits

accomplish-ed

accompli shedshe-dits

she-

etsits mission.missionmission.-

The

missi-on

.. ,. . " . .. _ . . . . '. . . . , . . ' . . . .J'J. ' " . . .

The nightn1gnt of 8-9898.989-. FebruaryFeb aryCary passed without noteworthynotewortbJnoteworthy-

eventnotewortbJ-

oventnotewo-

rthyeventoventCovent in the 1st Battalion sector and the 2nd and 3rd Ba-

ttalions

BatBat.Bat-Bat-

.talions

Ba-

ttalions

Ba-

ttalions

¬.-talionstalons made repeated attempts to crosscrOSBCrosby the Our , but theytheJthethey-

werehe-

wertheJ-

werehe-

werthey-

werehe-

werwere hamperedh..peredhperedperked.. byb7 ever-presenteverpresent- and well-directedwelldirected- enemyenemJenema artilartl1-artl1artil-artilyartil-

lery

artl1le-

1"1

artl1l-

e11

artil-

lery

¬-

leryleeryle1"1le11" concentrations.concentrationsconoentrations.conoentrations. The 2nd Battalion did , howeverhow.verhowverhover. , sucsuo-suosue-suesuchsumosuc-

ceed

suo-

oeed

so-

loed

sue-

oeed

squ-

eezed

¬-

ceedoeedcreedoed in crossingorossing the remainder of CompanyOompany FF.F*. (21)21(21)-

Throughout

21T-

hroughout

(21)-

Throughout

21T-

hroughout

(21)-

Throughout

21T-

hroughout

( )

Throughout the period 7-11711- FebruaryPebruarlPerusal the engineerseDsin..raeDsinraMessina.. ,. .... . <*r > r&frf&... . Xl.... .. iw"iw- ". *.. .-" ...*.

___... ..JbAthJMhBath.. ..bo.tb-.t.b.Q&--'J.bo.tb.t.b.Q&tbQ'JJblottb. , . -.. . . &*.. . --' -..,ftFJii.ftFJiiofficio.. 1tll.1tll 't.ntii1t.ntii1tntii1' . .:. cl'Utjtt.rf.\.te.f\Icl'Utjtt.rf.clUtjttrf.te.fIcluttertheft' . .\ \ 11 '

. .... . ,

(81)81(21)21( ) AA"A-" SectSOC..tSOCtOctSc . .tt. *". . ., .m.1.1.111.1111y.TyT. ,. *, . 9i .?.'ee'-.4.4*-*-. 4= {; ., B..rBr,8.8B.B. . ,.* " p.p"P.",*.; &tt&'. j* ' D - p.ppp-

is

p-

ies

. 7/77.7-

15

/. "" ' " -

' /

1511is11-

In

bridge the Ourau , butbut17everyever."' -1717- ; tryt1'Jt1J' was.a.a. . defeatedt..t.dttdtd.. . bybJ the swiftnessswiftness-

ofswiftne-

sss ttm.ttmtm...

of theth 1'111PITriver' ,.**>> currentourrent or erenewrenewer.eJI1ereJI1.ay*? artilleryt.111.17t111.17t11117a . . or bothboth.*., On 1111-

February

11-

February. February'ebl'U8'JeblU8J' ' !' all&11 unitsUD1 t.t. on the GermanQeamQuean, aidea14e of the rivert1ve1't1ve1! ' were.. . atlliatUlstillAliactualatUl-

b'atU-

lbtu-

bstills-

uppliedst-

illsatllib-

eingdatel-

iningbeingb'b'# DS, . suppliedpp11.d.pp11d.pp11d. as.. well asa.a. possiblepo..iblepoiblefoible.. byb7 boat.boat. (22)22(22)-

At

22-At

(22)-

At

22-At

( )

At; approximatelyapPl'or1matelJapPlor1matelJ' : 0600 hours 9 FebruarylebNaryplenary the platoonplatoon-

leaderplat-

oonplatoon-

1..derplatoo-

n1derplatoon-

leaderplat-

oonleader1..der1.der1der.. ofot the 1stlot Platoon ofot CompanyOo.panOopanHoopla. ,. B was... awakened by'bJbJ' a.a-

runnerr-

unnera-

runner

r-

unnerrunner ofot the 2nd Platoon who informed him that thesethe.the.. twotwoI-

'two-

I

tw-o ' . .

" ' ' " " ' - - "" "' ' " . ' ... ..".. - oiiii '-' -. . ...

-.: - : ' . _ . ,

IpqIqIp-

qp1

..; /III'I' ' ' it TIM.TIM 4""* *v* '-* *,u"u : : -= : : ::;::: : :::" '" :' : ;- ; ;: : :': /

--p1p1-,"HPiatoonaPiton- a.ttfoiu1'.ttfoiu1ttfoiu1.t.ttfoiu1',11r1tt1tttfoiu111r1tt1toon e' " ,-ftirrwi-\,11r1tt1t,11r1tt1t11r1tt1tfattieri\,ibt'ibtit:,,& '*_" =d "' '2i2fl&& & l'>) .,.n-.n.t.niitrniter-g ecratrta-'tfabecratrta'tfabtfabcratertab& \iitriitrit\ It'It: -'

' tilt; twgngftwangtwgngfsmtwangs""t\p"ttp"\' -UU-) P°" of"ofVff-

prepared

p-

repared

" -smsm- yy-

prepared

p-

repared

._--prepared to move out in an attack in 30 minutesminutes.*. (ForPOl'POlPole' LDlaD ,

. ._ .

see... Maplap! IIIIIi) A lonei i e man 'withOutwithOut'without eqequipmentip.p..nt'nt' wouldouidquidw.' ididtdt: -tt-have. done"donedone"-

well

done-

well

Hone-

ywell

d ."- .' - - -

well to have climbed this hill in that length ofot timet1MJ.e.t1MJe.t1MJetime.time.-

e

tim-e

. *.. . . . , .. . . .'. ', " ' ''lhe''DlheDleD' e '''Vattalio'fi'hker'HW'lSetth"VattaliofihkerHWlSetthautabuttt .LL. l.l.anan.

' 1''h1h' '"''YiYi rr'rr''' "howhow'" 1i''b'efotfi'1ibefotfi' ' 'e " '" eroareNero*& *csacass"sssa"sa\mt..1'1.v'mt11.vmt..1'1.v'mt11vss"mt..1'1.v'ssmt11v"" Var'xlni'TOnaovtVarxlniTOnaovt\, 'tt' "riri"'. ' 'ei:&.. .1itmtrB't.1itmtrBt1itmtrBt'. my 'tt-exactly

e-

xactly

- " *- ' "*

. -. . -. , .'.. . . . . . " .. . . .

exactlyaxa.ctlyaxactly. 48401C hours.hourshors., ThisTkUKUr-.J.sr-Jsr-ajas. . ss-

of

s-

ofa

platoonpla.toonplatoonhplatoon. hadad receivedr&crcrecrecd& lvadaivedladwaived a limitedl1mitedinvited numbernumber-

of

numb-erof K HationsRationsNations , but no ammunitionun1tlon and much had been expendedexpended-

in

expend-edin the initial attack on HillBill YY.Y,. The supply of oil011 for weawea-weakwea-

pons

wea-

pons

wea-

pons

¬-

ponspeons was almost depleted as much had been required becausebecause-

of

because-

otbecau-

seofot the dampness of the weatherweather.,.. . . ... . . . , . . . . . . . , . . ..11 .11 1, 1.

K1 .RRRationst1 n8.n8 werewerewereUisuoiiissued"blanketsissuedblanketsinsuperablenessls'sulssulass-UisuoiiUisuoiiIssue- ' tf.rtfrfar, ". 6rariki1an&otsi1anots& t ' were'piledwerepiledorIepiledweepierripplediilrifoilrig' pilpail: d'd' hasflly'onhasfllyonhagfllyrorishadflychangefullyhasflly'on-

positionhasfllyon-

position

nhagfllyrori-

positions.fIIj.sfIIjSufi'.,

position andend the 1stlet Platoon moved out followed by the 2nd2nd-

Platoon.

2nd-

Platoon

2nd.-

n

2nd-

n

,. . ' " . . . ..AA. . . .nn.... .. .- .. . ,. . ,

. ,. . . .. . . ..!. . .. q..wqw...... '." . ... . -WW_- 01.01. ft.._. . -.Iwo.IwoIwo-. . ..._ 'rr.'.. . . .rr". -1N .00-. . A---. . . . .AA.. ww-

Platoon.p-

latoon...

.nn Platoon.Platoon. The two units arrivedar iveddived at the lino11nlinelimo of departure onon-

Hill

O'-

Neill

on-

Hill

O'-

Neill

on-

Hill

O'-

NeillHill Y ( See Map III ) where CompanyCompanY' ' C and the remainderl'em.s.1nderlems.1nderlems1nder' . . ofotof-

Company

H-

offman

ot-

Company

O-

ttoman

of-

Company

H-

offmanCompany B were assembled.assembledals..bled.alsbledallseed.. . The platoon leaders reported toto-

a

toa-

d commander the timet1me was nowLOWnow-

about

knoc-

kabout

LO-

Wabout

Lo-

wboy

now-

about

knoc-

kabout

a very".r'1.r1r1. ' impatient companycompan1 as

about 0720 and theyth f were someaomlaomeaolanomie 50SO minutes overdueoverdue.overdue.-

The

overd-ue

*.

The platoon leader ofotthetbethetube 1stlot Platoon received.c.1v.dc1v.dc1vd. . . thetn.tnthe-

following

the-

ologiantn.-

tollowiDS

the-

following

the-

ologian.

followingtollowiDScolloids attack orderort81'ort81' i: "YouYou" see... that highhip groundSl'o1mdSlo1md' above.boY.boYabove-

Wallendorft

above-

Wallendorf

. ..I . . . l W. . *. , % ,

WallendorftWallendorfWalled"W-W"WW",ynW'O'w"01ynWOw01- ' r* .' M1" " 1 NINwNina** ,*.* * ***

1'1'4Y"4Y4Y"-

A

4Y-

A

<!*#1 ."'? ,. . , JlJEJM/.MM.M.!/.We. wi.NwwiNwwiN.!. .AwAw. .are. Yh M/F'AMMF'AMFAMAM/?'.' .J.J.going. IppM.IppMPpY.Y. I J . JYtiM1,$toMM.w1Y.MMMMw1Y.MMMMw1YMM. j.take° .MY.R'1MY.R1MYR1.!.MY.-

R'1ynW'O'w"01MYR-

1ynWOw01. .' ! L.L.1, _;Mwe .., rt4..1rt4.1rt41_? .-. , UiM&UiMUMU.U. * &. Jf1JJ.Jf1JJttk.ttktat... . . .

" .(("2)2)

"1A -. aectSect.SectBeetact' . . . " ... .-.*, . , " .!.VIIVII.VII. . . ,II'IIIIII' , . .

,.,.

,"

11.11.. .. . , ' ''

Febrebre'' . . . . . , .. . ,

454645j, , ' " '"

;. .. ' ..

BH. ..

-"' \t't't\ ' "

pp.p, ....

.

. . .

6j6,

;, "

1)1D. ,

)). .-

.

p.p1.1, .. ,. '

10.1010-

.ie

10-

ie

." . . , ... .

., . ...rtwwitwig.. " " " .... . . , *.-. >. . ..*. ' . ,. .. ' " ' '' '

..-ie1.6161.-

6bridge

16-

bridge

.

beb.b. on the rightr1Sht and yourlOur platoonplatoon'.illplatoonillplatoonwillplatoon', will. beb.b. echelonedeohelonedechelon to thethe-

lefthel-

metthe-

lefthel-

metthe-

lefthel-

metleft rear.rear.* MoveICveICe outj"outjoutoutj"-

She

outjS-

heout-

setout !) ".

_SheThe'!he area..,.. oOQp"wh1oOQpwh1oovew-whichovewwhichJove,** "- which ,thisthis-thisattackticktack- attack wanwasw.w.. to Debe launched18\mOhe18mOheloohed"loohedmotherlookedloohed"waailoohedwaailooked' \ .

-" vatwaaiwaifvat-

ava-

twaai-

a

acac-

ia

...a curvingoQrVUSforumsourvour g ridge.ridgerids.rids. . ItIt.Itwas... relativelyl'elat1"e17lelat1e17' " aaoothaoothBoothazoth, withoutw1thout, treestr.tr... ,and exceptexoept fortortore pill boxesboxe.boxeboxed. which were.1'8.1818.. ' occupiedocoupied bybJ the enemyenfJJl7enter ,there was nothing on the surfacesurtace savelave an occasional shellshell-

could

hell-

oed

shell-hole

hell-hole

shell-hole

hell-holehole to ofteroffersofter individual.individualindividual.cover.individualindividual cover.cover. Therere were. severale

. . . , . . , . .,. . ........... ...,. !__ ! ; "

"' h'h' ,. ';; :, ___ , ' . , ", I ' ' < I <; , ...... .......... ..I n'n' .:J "-80'80'80-' '' '' ' ' ' " 'I"I' "" _ ..._

t .- . . l tl.v.tlvltv. .... 1ttii.' tli'stlis'taretaretulips' !' ereririaaria--aa--andd--dth.8i8Wbth8i8Wbdth.8i8Wbdth8i8Wb-others-. whichii 'wereiherewereihereweedier'wereihere-

could

wereihere-could

'were therethere-

couldthre-

efoldcould not be seen because of the camouflagecmaout1ase.cmaout1asecamouflage.*."-_"DayDay"-_ ')) i"1ri1r"eraswasaB'aB

'

Just breaking at this time and the attention ofotof-

the

of-

tenot-

the'ot-

theot-

herof-

thecompanythethe'the-companythecompany'- company commanderc'Ommander' was calledoalledcoaled to a column001UD'1 ofat Germansaermensaverments onon-

tfc

pon-

tific, . '\, ._tfc.t-.b..t.b.ftc.thR-horizonthRhorizonthru-. .* ", .

,- herisonh1zonHarrisonh\h{\ 1-zon1zonzone- approximatelyQIP1'tQIP1tapproapron: ' > > :::1etGl'r1etGlr:imuteimpute: : :':f 00-jar-da00jardaEOO"'lllfEOOlllfroe-yar65roeyar65; -"-' : - ' ', awtAjTihiltt110itt icy"icyi1'1'il"i11il'"'' ' " .tt*. he""directionhedirectionredirectione"e" Qlr'QlrSQL" ' c t1on.-t1on.t1on-

.of

t1on-

ofti onon-

ofo-

no

*. "-'

of the proposed attackattack.,. A4 counterattackcounter tt.ackttacktack. was fearedfearGdafeard andand-

everyoneA-

ndoverand-

everyoneA-

ndoverand-

everyoneA-

ndovereveryone took position behind the retaining wall which waswas-

thewa-

stewas-

thewa-

stewas-

thewa-

stethe line"line" ofor departure.departure. The counterattack did not materialmaterial-material-ize

mate 1a1-1a11a1-

1ze

¬-

ize1zesize and in 2 or 53 minutes the attack was on the way.way.Sf.Sf. . ItIt-

followedP-

itfallIt-

followedP-

itfallIt-

followedP-

itfallfollowed the route shown and it stopped at the point inin-

dicated1n-1nin-in1n-

d1catedin-

dicated¬-

dicatedd1cateddilated on Map III.IIIIII.-

Company

. _ _ , , . . .... ' . ...... , . . ' . .

Company B moved out as8S ordered to be followed by CompaCompa-Compa.-Compa.CompaqComp-

are

Compa-

ny.

Compa-

ny

Compa..-

The.

Comp-

act. ¬-

_ . . . ._ reny.ny._ P.P.lo.lo.* . .JIHa.JIHa.The.TheJihad.. . P.plateca-s&platecas&s.p1.a.t.t-:2-p1at.t2.p1.a.t.tp1att:22plateau.p1.a.t.t:2Mt.V7'p1att2MtV7. ate.ateate.s'atesBates. . -.: -*-s's's- '& Mt.V7'Mt.V7MtV7> LvyZYY-ZYYLevyZYYw. -' xiiaeliimrvtwiW'iW'" U1U116Adr.ttdrttdrat. -16A16A-' rtfomreformrl'rlrz' JJ1"CompariJJ1Comparin" Company'Company' ,. D1U waswa-

sstillBa-

stillewa-

sstillBa-

stillewa-

sstillBa-

stillestill attached to Company B and they were to move out withwith-

the

withh-

eld

with-

the

withh-

eld

with-

the

withh-

eldthe 3rd Platoon which was in support.support. The company commandcomman-

dgroup

comm-

andcomman-

dgroup

comm-

andcomman-

dgroup

comm-

andgroup followed the 1st Platoon.PlatoonPl&toon.Pltoon& . NoXo timeti.ti.. had been allowedallowed-

forallow-

edfor getting units organized into any formationfo at1on fortortore thiath1thisthai$ atat-

tackat-atat.at-

tack

at-

.tack

at-

tack

¬-.tack and the 1st andM.dMd. 2nd Platoons moved out in a sort ofor openopen-

column

oper-

culumopen-

column

oper-

culumopen-

column

oper-

culumcolumn with all men walkingwalk1Ds at top speed.p..dpd. .. and firingt1rinStiring on pillpillb-

oxespillb-

oxes,

boxes or any other featuresteature.teaturefeature. which might harbor enemynenynannyen.en.., soldiers.soldiers.old1erl.old1erl.old1erl. .. . .. ..... . . , . .

. , ., .. .. .. ..

- -*, "'". . . , ,. , . , .. . .. . . M' Art. iI.,. M." .'W'W.'.' n. - M-. A" MAfMA" "1'--1'11-

'Ilk

1-

Ilk

'"iMMAMMaiM-MAMyards

" " "--

.. . ..._

* .Aftm.wAftmwAft* * **

.,.1tA1tA. , . jdNwttdentate,t 'WaWa' , , *.. , * ?)' ,f? atotfwbtootI-nt'b-2'Otnt'bntb2'Ot2OtInt'b2'OtIntb2Ottb- '

.

-" "20a' { '"t9"30CTyardt930CTyard' ". 300Ilk

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.

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. . . .

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ininAGinainAthisIgnatiusthisth1!+ M* , .manner.mannermanner.-M

manne-r .1'.11. ' ...

. . , . ... ., *. - -**

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'foirIfoirIfir' ' 1

- ' :.LJrLJrJar. ,. ,. ' ./

171'11117-

b.

17-

b

1'1-

be

11-

be

'

enemyen.en.., machineaaoh1n.aaoh1n. gungaD and rifleritlerile firetire wasw.sws. receivedpeoe1ved fromtraastrata the leftlettletleft-

flankle-ftlettf-

lankleft-

flankle-ftflank of the columnool'UIIDoolUIIDsolid' and it producedpzaoduoedparodied severe.eraleralseveralferal... ! casualcanalt1.canalt1casualties.casualtiestie.a.a. . TheTh-

eplatoon

Te-

lethonTh-

eplatoon

Te-

lethon. .

platoon leader ofot the 1stlatlot PlatoonPlatOQDPlato directed41rect.e4-.veral41recte4.veral41rect.e441recte4.veraldtreotedseveralverbal. -_ .. ._ several.. of hishis-

men

His-

manal

Mhis-

men

His-

manal

,men..nn. to firetire on this group of enemyen.en..,. fortortore theytheJthe were.&" plainly-

visibleplai-

nlyplainlypla1Al7plainly-

visibleplai-

nly, .

visiblev1.iblev1ible. outsideoutBideoutBid a pill box -- a machine 'gannergannergainer'

gunner and severalaeveralseveral-

riflemen.sev-

eralaeveral-

riflemen.

several-

riflemen.sev-

eralriflemen.riflemen. This order was immediately1mmed1atell carried out and thethe-

Germans

ste-

ersmanthe-

Go

th-eo

the-

Germans

ste-

ersmanGermansGo an8 started to abandon the position just as the companycompan7companyi-M

company-P

companyin-g

compan-y_ . . . . ... . , ... .. ,, . , ..

, .. .........*.*,...... I

. ... .... '4oM"4oM+ iM *" M W* -. . -,.... ... .. M..

.... . . wvitwit.,....IO.'t.IOtIota. *' .,, Mi m ...l liiiiHiHJMMi !' ' i mmHmmiumttnm...-J.J.P- M*. * .II.II. * J I J * "" ' .44 I L -.n.n-i w-ww.-fiiw5Anru

wf-iiw5Anru

- - - -... ,.*.....n.l.Wip.-.nO'nlWip-nOinli-ne.fiiw5Anrufiiw5Anru. . .

.. ' , . . R ... .&Q&IR&QIRQUIRE.t\.t&\ &. § &&* ' "thcsoethics..(' . . =-.t".t"t-UU-. #" . atopstop: fi-fifi-

continue

in-

continent

&ffteffteft&ffteo&ffteol.of'4t.olof4tofifteenl.-of'4t.\l-of4t.l.-of'4t.l-of4t&.- '.\ --oo-o&o&o-- &! " ' . ..tr.tr. thitnpwwrprwxd1..!.

* *" "

continue in theth6 attackattack.*. The enemy forthwith resumed thethe-

peuttib'fi

the-

peuttibfi

theP-

C51Jtt

the-

p

th-e" . . -peuttib'fipeuttib'fipeuttibfipettifog-PC51JttPC51Jtt-pp- 1 aUff-aridaUffaridaUf: ' 'UiUi"-'"aridaridd 'tietie.' fnfnrifrihe'he'-riri'-nre"TrghnreTrghneighlrILorire "- frgntfrontfi i "andand"ancbancc

'Continued- A ntl i d"tdt" toto" InintdintinflictTiclfc'asual-Ticlfc'asualTiclfcasualTiclfc'asua-

lties

Ticlfcasua-lties

i t--c"tc"c--casual-casualcasua-

lties

'" ' -- " "

tiest1ea on the companycompany.company-

.Jus

compa-ny

company-

.Just

comp-any

*.

JustJusJugs: .. after.- . F.,1F.1F1. ., passing,psesing.thiapsesingthiapassing? 1pg .thisthis.tb1stb1s. positionrQs1tlon-rQs1tlonrQs1tlontOOpos { tion-tioniontionthetinted, - thotOOthethou 2nd2rd: PlatoonPlatePlatoonborPlateDoHatombe"atombePlatoonPlatedatoneP?atom --borbor-DoHDoH-be"be"beboorDohabe"-

offbe-

offGe-

off"* . . . .

off towardtoward'toward"towardonetoward'" -oneonethe- left of tnethetine intended route endand the loaderleader ofof-

the

of-

ten

of-

the

of-

ten

of-

the

of-

tenthe 1stltl s$ t Platoon , upon order ofo f thothethou Company CoxaziianderCOlTwland.erCOlTwlanderCroatianCalamanderCorCora ,anderLander. , directdirect-direct-

ed

dil'dildialdirect-

hisdire-

ct' ct-ctcta-

d.

ca-

d¬-

edad.ad. hishi smallmeiimaxMedici tiOtotriooo change their'iheiriheirheir' :, route!10Ute of advanceadv ancbanc e farther to thethe-

right.

he-

ightthe-

right.

he-

ightthe-

right.

he-

ightright.right. This was done and when the two platoons were a-aQ-Qa-

breast

Q-

breast

B-

reasta-

breast

-

breast , they were hit with witheringwitbering small armsa s , artilleryartillery.artillery.a-

ndartillerym-

an,.

and mortar fire.firetire.tire. The rifler1fl$ and machinemQch1ne gun firsfire was inin-

tense1n-1nin-in1n-

.t.9Dae

1n-

t9Dae

in-

t.ense

in-

tense

¬-, . . . - - - . .

tense.t.9Daet.9Daet9Daet.ense. . , bubbubo'bb'out.nooutnooutdo'out.no.snemyoutnosnemyoutdone'' b.nQ'bnQban. n# '-. neiaynamy-.snemy.snemyOneidamammysinewy. norIlorMilord e&&iLemyiLemyeziemyRileyexigencyemyEmmy positionspOblt1ons were visible.visible. TheTh-

efire

Th-

eirTh-

etire

Th-

eatre

Th-

efire

Th-

eirfiretire cameC8me from all sides.sidessides.-

Actually

indef-

atigablysides-

..Actually

.0'0' , . , ... '. .. , , . . ... . . .

Actually.Actue.llyActuelly.Actually.,. . , the GormansUGrmansilormansGormanGermansloran had allowed the column"l\alll"llalll(; " \ to getgotget-

well

gen-

teelly

get-

well

gen-

teelly

got-

well

gro-

mwellwell within their position before they let go with all theythey-

had.

th-ey

they-

had.

th-ey

they-

had.

th-eyhad.had. Company C0 , and the Machine Gun Platoon ofot Company DD-

were

W-

ereD-

were

W-

ereD-

were

W-

erewere cut off and withdrew to their formerto er positions and ComCom-Com-

pany

Com-

pany

Com-

pany

¬-

panypanky 3B waswa3 thus isolated in the positionposit1on shown on Ridge BB-

of

O-

fB-

of

O-

fB-

of

O-

fof HillBill Y.Y. ((8ee8eeSee Map III )

When the GermansG.ansGansQemanaGainsEmanate_. opened upu all men hithi t the ground andand-

the

ant-

hem

and-

the

ant-

hemw .v.a.va_. . . .._..the

. .yyryyryr.!:- .. P,leaders.rRM.RAa.rRMRAaArmada. . + . + w.awrnwawrnwarn!..!.r. . a.a.attempted. tiert..nn. !,M.M. !..oo.I!. wa..t.watswat!.... .. . . .rr_. to .Ow*!form. ' .4-.S4.S.4.S. *. -. a defensive:'*' ::' ' ;' -.; :!perimeter.perimeter:. . ,

11I1: .:. , .

.._. -".

LittleLittle-w

Littl-e . HOrJHori!"fI.fIfI.-

1

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enemy

could be accomplished Intn this directiondirect1n and with a veryverrerrver-ylittle

over-

writtenverr-

11ttlver-

ylittleover-

writtenlittle11ttl; adjustmentadjUltmlAtsdjuatmentadult ofor poaitJUonpaaitUnpositionpaintingpeI1t n, alla1 stayedat8184 asa.aas-asnearsmear..- near thetbatubathe-

groundth-

ereonthe-

groundth-

ereonground..oUDdoUDdoDd. as.. possiblepo..lb16po.lb16polb16..,andaDdend attemptedattempt.dattemptd. to dig inIn.Inin.-

The

In-

tec*.

, The 1stletlot and 2nd Platoons were..rere. in some30m.30m30m.blanc.30mblanc. Semblance-blanc.blanc.blanc.- . ofot aa-

linea-

lpinea-

linea-

lpinea-

Y

a-

linea-

lpineY

line with the 1stlot Platoon on the :rightright.. The!he platoon leaderleader-or

leader-of

lead-er

11-

ofofor the 1st Platoon and the platoon sergeant ( a fewtewstew minutesminutes-before

min-utes

minutes-betore

min-utes

minutes-before

min-utes..,. ,.beforebetorebettor he tod..beentodbeentroddenb.bb..AdbAd.... d._ . been. n ttuthRtubthrut f V' ) "' atoonEaton gtiide.lfeogtiidelfeotidegu1gmimi .dd. .9).99.e )

. ..t.QtQr. .q ; .ii.,rkfarkrkf-

holeref-

olded

ef!, ?" ,JpJ.P, . , .,} ,, Ah"AhhelXhelix" L A.A. .

.** %. .. ..

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tt' . " ."

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. . .. ... >, ,, ,. . ,. . . ,. < - . .-. . ..... ...

hole which was about 50 feetteetteeth in rear of the lineItne.Itneline.Pitney*. It couldcould-

notcoul-

dn't

could-

Dot

cou-ld

could-

notcoul-

dn'tnotDot be dug deeperdeeper.deeper.sodeeper., so the dirt loosened bybr the shell burstburstw-

a&burst-

wabur-

stburst-

wasbur-

stIt- . . . . . . . . . . . - . - . ,,-_. . . - '. ' ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . _ . - . ... . . . . . . . . . . ... . . ,- - , , - - . ,- _ . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . .

wa&waW&tiWtiwasWI&& piled up around the crater fortortore added protection.protectionprotecprotect t1on.t1on. WordWord-

was

Work-

days

Word-

was

Work-

days

Word-

was

Work-

dayswas received toBoldtooledto , "HoldHold-BoldBoldaHold"- what you have"have" .. - . " . . , .,.., . " 'nn' . ' . < . . . . . . " . .. . . . . " ' , _ ' " . . . " " ' " " . . ' .11.11.11. . . . . _, . .. . '

. "_ . 'XX.1.a1.a1a'. '.ctiackbucktickctiackwal6dbuckrevealedbuckeyerecrecd ".-wal6dwal6d--revealedrevealed-'revrev'- * #aledailed thatthathan thetn.,

piatponplatoonpitonp1a.tp1at. ol; sergeants.rgeiU"srgeiUsergesserge. 4t" t.t*.,. , .2.2.2&.,,.,. squa'SquSqusquabSqsqua-

leaderssqu-

alledsqulS1.squlS1' . . .- . _

leaders , andnd at least 2 men hadh d been woundedwo\mdedwomdeddeed\ and 4 others onon-

theM-

onte

on-

theM-

onte

on-

theM-

ontethe right flank of the platoon had been killed.killed. . Alljlljell, squadssquads-

were

squ-ads

squads-

were

squ-adswere now led by assistant squad leaders.leadersleaders.-

Kebelwerferleaders-

.iebelwerterleaders.-

Nebelwerfer

.

KebelwerferiebelwerterNebelwerferKneeler , artillery , and mortar concentrations rainedrained-on

raine-don the position.positionposltton.poslttonpiston. The mortars were so close that the exex-

plosionsex-exex-

plosionsex-

plosions¬-

plosionspoisons could be heard as the rounds left the weaponsweapons.*. TheThe-

enemy

He-

nley. . . . . . -, , - - ' '' ' ' . . . .. , , . . . .-.. . . . .. .... ... . . ....' . . . . , . . -. . wa- r.ara..... . . I1.M.Mrr.M.I1MMrrM.I1MMrrM, .

_. . . ,. . . :.- . 't-1'tt1' .-. . ..W10. .... ..M.M- ... .. . . r-IrI. -. Y.Y... L.LL.M. . . . . -MM- _ ..! ..iM.. r.AurAuFrau. ....... . hf.... . . ... f, . ". . . . ., 'A"A.' .,". .... ..

enemy observation was such that if one stuck his hand out ofotof-

a

ot-

a

sof-

aa hole ,. iti t would be shot ata.t.at. ,. ThaTnft.TnftThe,ThaiTnt,. shellinghel1\shel1ssheiUSheri:\ nn-

an

,., conconti.1"teconti.1teconti1teinruwl.but--inruwl.butinruwl.but-an

.! " :. ,: . . lltlilt-:-

.

an expected counterattack did not come.come. Word was receivedreceived-during

recei-ved

receivedd-

U1'1ngreceivedd-

U11ngreceived-

duringrecei-

vedduringdU1'1ngdU11ng' the morning that CompanyOompallJ A would attack fromtromtromp Wallen-WallenAllenWallen-

dorfWal-

ledWallen-

dortWal-

ledWallen-

dorfWal-

led-

dorfdortdoorort and contact CompanyOompany B.B. They werewer9 unable to get moremore-

thannorth-

landmore-

thannorth-

landmore-

thannorth-

landthan 100 yards7arde out ofot town.towntown-

.With

to-wn

town.-

Wi

tow-

ntown-

.With

to-wn

.

WithWi th the comingoomingbooming ofot darknessdarkne8s ,,.. all personnelpe .onnelonnelone. got out ofof-

theiro-

therof-

theiro-

therof-

theiro-

thertheir holeshol.holhold.. andaDd walked or ran aroundal'oundaloundaloud' them in an effortettortextort toto-

getR-

oget

to-

of

to-

o. , .._.get6etof, . warm.warmwarmThiswarmth!,........

Thish1s!.... ,.unitunit.. . .. ... .... .. ...had

.... .been. acrossacr088 the river 60 hours nowno.nonowM-

tfnow-

Ano-

wNow-

ak

..- - ,_ .. .._ ..

_ .. .. ... . . ... ._ .. . .._... .... . . ._ . ... .. . . . . .... .. ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . , . . . . . .

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'

withoutw1thout hot foodtoodstood orCI'CI' dry41'7417' clothing and 1'1181118pain*' <tiatai hadhad.. fallenfelleD inin.in-

termittentlyin-inin-

tera1tt81t17

in-

.termittently

in-

termittently

¬-.

termittentlytera1tt81t17termite! daring4U1'Sng4U1Sngduring' the time.timehaste.haste. FurtherJ\uath.rJuath.r,author\ . , thoughthouah the positionpoalt1cmposition-

was

poalt1cm-

was

Position-

wan

positi-onwaswan Justjuatjut below theth.th. crestcreatcreate ofot a hill11111ht31 , the holesbol.bolhole.holeboil.. filledfillet! withwith-

water

Whit-

ewater

with-

water

Whit-

ewaterwater.tertertear.. asa.a. though eaoheachLeah was a springspring.,. One could not dig to aa-

depth

d-

eptha-

depth

d-

eptha-

depth

d-

epthdepth ofot more thanthlll 6 to 8 inchesinohes and so the men had notnot-

stood

kn-

otted

not-

stood

kn-

otted

not-

stood

kn-

ottedstood in the water , they had lain in it for protection.protection. ItIt-

MtlI-

TTItu-

.

Sit-

u

' ' """" '.'":; ' . '"VafffcrVafffcr"bl :' T4\T4T4.trt""fT4trtfnuttfF.trt""ftrtfmutttart. TOl'TOlSTOL' 'WW'c'.l"cl'. Mt-lM-lMtl-SueNet-suke"SKeae"iSKeaeiSetae"ebeb"Sue P'P* "

r1olesr1oles-

to

i JLeSJules cfSST'IV"cfSSTIVCST5! " u.u.'iwiiNMiwiiNMIrwin' .. . 'rr' <! r juupy1i..'WFJWFJ' ! bo atfaft\! " " oa"oa"

to 20 minutes and that only prevented one fromtromtromp being almost-

a

almos-

talmosta1mostalmos-

tentirelyal-

mosta1most-

.tlti

a1mos-

ttlti. . .- -_ - .J.J '-

----.tlti.tltitilt----aa--_-. entirely.:ti-re1tire1- l'7.l7.l7' .

.

autejaergetl-autejaergetlautejaergetl3autimwrgeautism15 8 d.-d.d.ont"-.." .". . -_ 3 reT oTaeo-nt"ont"ntoYieTaejoie- " " offrr'-rr'rrrr'.1.' - it 8 ',.11. pcTOpcTpcTO-

oughly

poem-so8J;'.lionlion. lolowiii'lowiii-wiii'-wiii'wiiiwas-wiii''tfwiiitf'as-." 'tftf' t i4r='- - - -

oughlyoughJ.oughJoughl.yroughlyHough.,. wet as it is1si s humanlyhumanl1 possible to get.getset.setget.-

No

g-et

get.-

No

g-et

.

.. . .i.i. .'_, "" " ".. , . .

No.. . ,

further .jnentioxjettison_mention!,!. . .n_Jias.beenJiasbeenJansen_has!!..JJ. bean?_ . . ..mademade.madefifmade:m _._. .P.tPt.gg. . _ .tha.Jf.oundthaJfoundhardbound.tt.Jjlwt.oJjlwto.._*iounded.ioundedfounded. ndedended ... . " Itwas.ItwasVitasItwas.-

Impassible

It ,....yeasyeas.. .- .

' Impassibleimpasaible-impasaibleimpasaibletoimpassable1mp'O's1mpOs' ' lble'lblelabile'- to materiallymatertofl3r'matertofl3rmatartMata Jl.Jl.,. .' aidold9.191. thein.theinthmmbnthinthumbth m .:' TnereThereTerre were noriono medicalmedical-

suppliosmed-

icalsmedical-

suppliesmed-

icalsmedical-

suppliesmed-

icalssuppliossupplies , and there was no available comfortco 'ortort' ofanyany sort.sortsort.-

Only

sport-

ingly

sort.-

Only

sport-

ingly

sort.-

Only

sport-

ingly

.

Only rain coats and shelter halves water soaked and muddyDr.lddyDrlddyDeridedmuddy-

ones

mudd-

iness

Dr.ldd-

yones

muddy-

ones

mudd-

iness

.

ones , were available with which to cover these men in an efef-

fort

ef-

fortef-efef-

tortef-

fort

¬-

forttort to keep them warm.warm. This was futile since theythothou,. were lyly-

ing

11-11ly-ly11-

The

ly-

ing

¬-

ingKing on the wet ground and rain felltell occasionally.occasionallyoccasionally.-

toonoccasion-

ally., The plapla-planpla-

toon

pla-ing plac-ing pla-

toon

¬-

toonton leader and the platoon sergeant visited each ofot the menmen-

in

mean-

ing

men-

in

mean-

ing

men-

in

mean-

ingin his positionp091t1on often duringd'iU'fngdiUfngdung' ' the night , butb t there was little. . ..

. '.1t1t. *. : ....ATLA.1u.Jj.I'J.t1uJjIJ.t1uJjIJtALTA. .,h' ..A.A. :'..kflf9kflf9af.,. . °J'J'. .- -af-af-afcw"afcwac:'-. . cw"cw,,x w" ... \'?. :-,..: #. t rY"Y

" ; tto 'ofi&r.ofirfirl.ili 'aa&zrr.zrrrr' '. ViivuVii'ILIL'.lhlh.

:hvcvcLigLingan there'herehere'' was noncno-

help

n-

oelnc-

help

M-

ichelhelp in sight , not one complained.complained. The only aid man rere-

maining

re-rere-

maining

re-

maining

¬-

mainingmaiming in the companycompan1 had been leftlettlet to man the battalionbattalion-

aid

battali-onaid station.stationstat1on.stat1onstation.-

At

stat1on.-

At

stat1on-

At

statio-n

.At 2400 hours Company C0 had cleared three pill boxesboxelboxedboxes-

and

box-es

boxel-

and

Borla-

ndboxes-

and

box-esand had contacted CompanyCompan,. BB.B*. (23)23( ) In the meantime CompanyCompUQ'CompUQCompaiyCompaqCompany-

B

CompUQ'-

B

CompUQ-

B

Compaiy-

B

Compan-

y

Compa-

q

Copaib-

a

'

B had continued to be harassedhara.s.dharasdharass. . byb7 artilleryt111.rrt111rr. and mortar fire-

as

fireW4ft.-

W"W

fireW4ft-

WW

fir-es

firetire'tire '

. -W4ft.W"WW4ft.WWW4ftWW--. ," -...- ... .---.. -. ., I .. , __ftvw.4rftvw4r.owow.' rA....._ A.. MIG/\/MIGMIGM.MIG_./..\../. M.M_., M.titsMtits_Tits. .. "a"-"a"a_""a"MaM" "- M..- f. vw_ .+MtYViwI.. .. -A..0-A.0A..0A0-."". ---.+ . ---- q.q.... h.. . a.a-

asa-

s.

action.actionaction.Z-.

action.-r

actio-n

. . . . . .... . . . . - .,. -.asal well.ellell. asa.a. patrol ._ , . '. . . . .' . ; . ._.. - ' -r

. ::-..

.... . .. . -Z.--Z.- .._-- - __----- . " . _ ,

r

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.; .. .., .. f( ! l'l) '"XX"' A --.; " ' ' .cc.ct.ctt.tt.v. '-vv-VliVLivef, 9g FebJlebBleb 45'5 J$; B - pp.p,. 44.4,.

. . . _. . . . . .-" .. - . . - w. . . "-

.. . .. ... --..."..-. ., '. - - ' -:;;" . -;-:: ; -:-- -- ::.::. ..: ' - . - ' " -- -.

:_ .______....-, ,UBSBS ::"*$vvrvr\. .'1, * '.>;Ti . *. : ' Hf ff m i wwwwwwt-tt- MMr-rr-rw"rw--w"w"w sr: rr-

w1thout

: . '

,.!IIIIIIIIIIL.!: . '-L.L.- . _c4 lC ! J ,;,;a1I t.a.t.IiItatIiItat:. . . : . dR _II . _ll ..IIIIII. U lt1.1iil1Uilt11iil1Ui. . .wJ.LwJLJCL. . : ::. . _ ,

1 r1IiJl.r1IiJlr1Ii-

Jl.without

r1Ii-

Jlwithout

.

HthW1thWithHath the arrival.rivalrival.. ofot COMPAC.eIQ'CeIQCOMACeliaC.+ ,aayay* ?' 0Qa it .was.. dooidedeo1c1e4doodleddeeictderelict d to attMattattemptattempt-

to

attem-pt

." ..*$"tt-to

t-

o . oft thetM woundedW01III4e4 aau possiblelOaa1ble.lOaa1blepossible.*. teaOftOM.OMaoaMacaaMac-

from

Ma-

cron

aoa-

from

Aa-

ron..to10; evacuate.ouat.ouatoat.,. . HA.11as. aaaymanya J

hadbad to bob.bbe. carriedoanted.oantedcarried..anted Thisb1a! requiredMqu1N4 atat-

least

A-

tlasat-

leuta-

leuta-

tlast

a-

tlasfromha thetht.t.*. 1st1.t1tlot. PlatoonPlatoOllPlato *.

leastleutlastAleut fourtour men..aa. althoughaltbougb it seemed..._4 that theythe7 couldoouldGould notDot bobebo-

spared

bo-

lstered

be-

spared

be-

dspread

be-

spared

be-

dspreadspared fromtromtromp the lineline.*.was thai** 'J'ythjt'\J'J'ythjt'JythjtJ'*thing: '\ [ ff-ff-which

w-

hich

>- - .....r.r. .HoNo litterr was availableavailabv abterabutterabternabutterl.ll.-

which

nopnopennor '" -l ::*..-. .' j.j. . * , . .

*J -' - - - - -

. " J_ "* r'r>'< feKK-

whichW-

hichi.i. , WJTJts-WJTJtsWattsWJTJtsj.

which to improvisetmprovls8 one except riflesr1fle.r1fle. and8Dd shelter halvesbalY.balYhalves.ballyhalves.-

This

halv-es

.. *.' coodittonacoeditorco"J11t'coJ11tcovd3" ti'one.one,.. ... " _ rThis is1sis a difficult featteat evenevenn.vv. under.rr. _

ordinary"ordinary.".(IrJ'IrJMir *

but'but' withwith.. everyoneev r-.oner.oneone,-. and everything8.8rJth1ng88rJth1ng.- - soaking80 . wotw.twtwetwont. , coldcold.,. and8Ddand-

muddy

han-

dmaid

and-

muddy

han-

dmaid

8Dd-

muddl"

8Dd-

muddlmuddymuddl"muddlmuddle" it was next to impossible.impossible. Therefiler.filer. were.ereere. fewtewstew leftlettlet.. ..onODon-

V

o-n

on-

the

M-

onte

... .. . .. .. .. ,,-_

. ,. . _ . _ -. -. ".

.... , 1.. w-w....-. '_... X;- - : V -_ r'r'. - ...

thethe positionpos1ti. , . .l"ll"wholwhowho"

whowho werewar-warwar.iiie.

, . ,

-VV-;,.

-

jafcleablejackleg-

.iiieiiie. - _-ttotpctcp-

_-'c'qcq'

car-' rryrr_ _

ttiejlr.ttiejlrtiettiejlr.oneouart.ertthee"rer".rr. _ ._ one-ouart.eroneouart.erC'D43-1-.1.e.rt.9rCD4311ert.9rC'D43CD431.1.e.rt.9r1ert9rquarter' -(!.- , .a. ._or ofof-

the

of-

ten

of-

the

of-

ten-' ---

. -, . . . - . -- -- - - - - ---- - -

the pletoonplatoonpletoon-

sergeant

plat-oons

pletoon-

sergeant

plat-oons

pletoon-

sergeant

plat-oonsthe load10ad which the Boundedoundedwounded man represented , sogO

sergeant was sent on this mission.mission. This p&rtjprtjpstpartpart4&: --44-:; departedd6p6l'tirild6p6ltirilid6part&did6partd' & to'CooCooto-

make

Ta-

mae

to-

make

Ta-

mae

'Co-

omake

Co-

omake

C-

oma

'. aidaid-

station

ada-

ptation

aid-

station

ada-

ptation

aid-

station

ada-

ptationterritoryterritor-territorterritorto- to the battalionbattsJJ.onbattsJJonbatsmake their way through enemy ,

station at about 0100 hours onnn 102-020!-.OO. FebruaryPebrnary , but dawn cam-

eprior

cam-

piercam-

eprior

cam-

piercameca.caca.-

prior

Cap-

ricorn

.prior to their arrival and they were.ereere. compelled to spend-

the

spe-

nd

spend-

the'

spend-

the

spe-

nd

spendspeDdspedspeDd-

th

speed-

edthethe'th ' daydSJdJS in a pill box in1n the enemy line.-

Snow

lin-es

lineline.line.-

Snow

lin-es

*.

Snow fell during this daydsydusky (10th10th( lOthcloth ) as well as rain.rain. SevSev-gev-gevSegeSev-

eral

gev-

eral

sev-

eral

Sev-

eral

¬-

eralferal attemptsattompts wereere made to supplysuPp17 the position, _ ..

by. ...__ _

liaisonliaisonLa-tu

liaiso-n liaiso-npia

liais-on

* <_** . J'IiJIi*Ii' -* ,a*a-

pJi1f

-----.:

_

-,. .. <"-

_ . .-- -, .- _. _ , .- _. . _ __ _ ,.. _<_LatuLau ..- - ' *-** **-

, ' ' "" ' tnetine" ;; felltell into hands on every8Y8'J8Y8J!' ococ-

casion.

oc-

casion

oc-oc-oc-

casion.

oc-

casion

oc-

casion.

oc-

casion

¬---pJi1fpJi1f-piaApia-p'laiSeT"plaiSeTpillaristp'laiSeT"DuTplaiSeTDuTplashedf'efe;,&rttnrttnrattan&DuT'wurwurDeuturn trxetree suppliesSpp11e8 enemyen8J117

casion.casion.cession. The enemy continued all typestyp.typtype.. of firetire on thetnetine posi-

tion

posi-

tion

posiposi-positposi-

tion

¬-' -

. natursnuts=naturesn:1tn1t: 3 aovDv'Dvabove:oz.oz'&' Several5evaralSeveral-

harassing

Sev-eral

5evaral-

haras8ing

Several-

harassing

Sev-eraltionion;, but it1twaswaswas mainlyms.1t\1'1ms.1t11ms.1tms1t1'111. \ ofor ae.e. harassinghu-e.s1nghue.s1nghue.s1nges1ng!! *.

the but their firetire waawasWadawaa-

not

w-

ant

was-

not

wa-

sn't

was-

not

wa-

sn't

harassingharas8ing patrols contacted companycampaDJcamped ,

not oftenottengotten returned unlessUDl..sUDlsIUDs. . theythe,. osaa0.0ameOsakaDame.. very.1717". closeclo.cloclod.. to thetb8 posipo.i-po.iposi-positpoiposi-

tion.

posi-

tion

posi-

tion.

posi-

tion

po.i-

tion.

posi-

tion

. ¬-

tion.tionion. . ..aa..... .' --_ . . ......--. ...OMMMWM'-OMMMWM'OMMMWMOMMMWM'.a-'- .'-

.__.. . ,, *-'IYPIVMIYPIVM.' *-*nurinure-* ' Y.. <. *.-. . r ---- - - ---,... ,__ *pwww-DarknessDumessDunes' **->-*

came on the night ofot 10-11101110-2.1102.12.1- . FebruaryJ'ebrulL17JebrulL17' and8D4 thethe-

mennagalif

te-

enage.. _ ,. . . . " "ii" v-.a.-v.a.v.a.aho-sri&.'- aboutahoahoyaho1nououasoas'in-1n1n-asas-- an811 ef-efet.etef-r e-r

ef'W&-

PRIMS

efW-

PRIMS

def-

orms

-..- ' "hhhblholyhl sxtfrstir ) f a' *.:r *:

>,"!',:

< *mennagalif"men""ageanmenageanmenage*"'"mm" > O.X-WO.XW"-"" Win> i'i got'sotsot outcutut oftt; theithettheirthefttheir? l.ala.s i. . _ . - .

, . :...xx. . . . : . iI.I.. . . '\ ' ,

. , VU , *. '. *... ,"wfwf".. . ... ( _ ..w.w. . .. . *... ...*. ' .. . . ,. . .. .. .- ..*.. --'* .-... . ."-a--a-.".*.-. , '. . <.",. ".* . ", .

gj-

W1th

gj2111"11. , - "'" ". .. ,- .., .. -,-' .

. . .-... . .-.+l

. .

_

. ' -'W&PRIMS'W&PRIMSWPRIMS-PRIMES- ' &

. .

p.p-. 11-11_

-- ./ . . -2-2--- " --

!III-

IWith

forttoZ'ttoZttot' to gotlet want.wantwas.waswarms.warms. ManylIaDlDenyladle *W81'W81VeroVerso#'. so10 coldooldold adaadand weak thatt t theythey-oould

th-ey th.ththey-

couldth-ey ..,

oouldoou14couldGould take''*- the low atapstepatop.'.pp. out of thaitheir? holaabol.bolholesollaboil.. only01111 afterart.I'artIMarti. ' 1-

'pea..d1-

pead1'-1'1re-rere-

peatedrere-

peated'.¬-

peatedpea..dpeadpleatedplead.. attemptsattsapt.attsaptWatts. and aone8011.8011somealone. of thosetb .. who attemptedattmptod to narvnna-oould

m-ould

rvn-

couldAr-

noldnn-

oouldk-

noutedoouldcouldGould notnot.not.-

About

knoc-

kabout

not.-

About

knoc-

kabout

,.About 28002100220 hourhoursa thathethan companycOJlpencolleen,. commander

,, who with thathethantha-

adventha-

deanthe-

adventhe-

aventhe-

adventhe-

avenadvent ofot darkness had gone to the battalion CP, returnedreturned-ff

returned-sr

returne-d. .....

_ _. . , . . . . . . .. ,........ .. . ... ...., .. . ........_..... ,. . . .' ..... _ .' .. ' ' ti.tytitytty'H.Hsr w* e M r"> > i-in-, -*+ - * j.*. n.vJx..r.nvJxr/;-* M.VMV .- * *.'*. " -".. ._ ' ff.+ " y

' l ixxr-"-.-

"- ' ' *+c v.AewaHvAewaH< * < * i? ! "<' * vow< i *

" !iM+ f * ! t' +.+ '>iiwM7ap rtMtM[ */ .Mi1Mi1vmtAll> y!. \ MF* U><1.1l .

IM., . B

.

>gaBlgliiygalley....... _ _..... |jr<IIpVEW"VEWoff'W1t,1ioffW1t1iVIEW, he'Mnews"lhatheMnewslhatnewsthatenmeshnewscastli news--news that thethe" companymp i waswas tot"t beb'b relieved veryvery-

shortly.ove-

rshotve1'Jve1Jve1'J-

shortly.ve1J-

shortlyvery-

shortly.ove-

rshot'

shortly.shortly. In approximately oneODe hour the relieving unit a1'-a1'a1ar-ara1-

'1'1.84.a1-

1184ar-

rived.ar-

rivedarar-

rived'¬-

.rived1'1.84.1184.1184rived.' . *. it was 'that.that"that." partpart-part.ofpaint-ofpaintof-part- -.of.of- of CompanyCompan7CompanyCC.C-C.- which w&awawal-walwaswailwalnotwasnotwalnutwasn't& -not-not alreadyalread7already-on

alread7-on

alread-y . ..on position.position. CompanyOomPlU1jCompany-CompanyB- B started the infiltrationlltratlonalteration1 : backback'back-

throughbac-

khoeback-

b

bac-k

' - -

throughtbraugh.tbraughtroughbrough.rough . . anazay9n&'Q"9nQenemyAnna&' " . linas.11n3s11n3sinaelimasinane3 ferfe.r.-fe.r.feare.g.fe.r.thi.ye-r"er"r-. ".- htjrthi.ythiyhtthyth* .y-y,yt..11dyt11d- lt..11dt.11dt11dLLn... d. -nn"-m/fcmfc'm'tmt', /,' ; j"'tjtIwtWtIwtb.vea&"&tt' "bo\m"bobom--b.veab.vea"- -bo. \ n tvmpvamp'ctRapicrappie"PP"" latwllat.it01/it01.tJ1:81T".tJ181TtJ181Tit01f-m

: /jr.jr"". _

.

.' * -..--. -. -. - -. ' ' -.. .

.- . .. . . . , . * - . . . ,

,. . . . . . ." * -fm L M.M-- - *"'*- **_ "* - - -- * * * 'cutcut.,. Just how this was accomplishedaccompli shed withoutw1t out serious incident1nc1dantincident-Is

1nc1dan-tis

inciden-ti

inciden-ts

incide-ntIsi s a matter of conjecture as it was almost impossible toto-

maintainto-

rmentingto-

ma1ntainto-

maintainto-

rmentingmaintainma1ntain silence.silence.* SomeSame menman were wounded and others hadhad-

frozenand-

rogenhad-

frozenand-

rogenhad-

frozenand-

rogenfrozen feetfeet.f et.et*. TcT sayhay thatth t this group was cold , wet , and hunbun-bunhun--hun-

grybun-

ghun-

gry¬-

grygoryg would certainly constitute an understatement.understatement. Theyfh8J werewere-

sa

Tere-sa

were-

were

wher-

ever

. ' . . : :.Bn'ekttdtrBnekttdtrNetted.sa>' k ;4riDcvvifi::: vl11b"vl11b" 'l'ai'lailaic'ldbrdb*' '* ' irirwater.I-n"'Yd.tel'-In"'Yd.tel'nYdtelfirewateryodelIn"'Yd.tel'.fI3.r.InYdtelfI3r*- "' -water.water.water-. '.- . .fI3.r.fI3r.fI3r.ar-LG--i&sarLGi&sis.fI3.r..19aafI3r19aa. .-* - --.19aa.19aa-- . &* t&t.th.th&. ; . "- 5&5&-35&1iii351iii& J-'tney-J'tneytneyJ'tneyHJtneyHtanneryJitney; - ' theythey-

werehe-

wer- " - H _ '

were almosta1most frozen having been practically immobileoblleNoble andand-

thoroughlyand-

thoroughlyand-

thoroughlythoroughly wet in temperatures that were cold enough forfors-

nowp.fflo-

orshow_..."' , ..>. . ; ,aS2w-.CSSLJIaS2w.CSSLJIaS2w.CSSLJIsnowp.fsnowpfsnow!!2 -... . f'L.lJfLlJfall!or' . RR-

them

T-

heml-iklik!- 4&848&!....e Ep i&i&ut&$;.. ,...m4"j.btirm4j.btirm4jbtir. CJ" ;

. yy: _ L lQA1JtrwTrwft..tlUfttlUfettle.tj5. :.. adad... .&f *....o.f.of*. . . _. ...._ ... ._-->

them having gone through this period with as little as& 8 one-oneon-ethird

fo-etid

on-ethird

fo-etid

on-ethird

fo-etid

-third KH Ration.Ration. Thefbebe ground was rough and wet and the nightnight-was

nightc-apswas black.black. Some were so miserablelrlse.rs.blelrlsersblereleasable. . thtb.&ttbtthattb.&t when an ankle was-

turnedpa-

sturedwas-

turnedpa-

sturedwaswas-

turnedpa-

sturedturned or01'01' one would stumble and have to use a littlell'ttlellttle' addedadded-

energyad-

dedadded-

ener81added-

energyad-

dedenergyener81: toto prevent a falltall , hahe would crycP'lcPlPl' audiblyaud1b17 andaDd un-unUD-UDunl-

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outO11ttuttaut onem the morningmarning ofot the Sth.SthQtb.Qtb9th.9thSethTb.. Localtoedal securitya8aeotuabetU1.1t7U11t7.'itycity wasW.W.. postedOate4posteda-

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aDdand.andaDd. the .menam.. *..er.erwere*. madald.aldauld..* as.. comfortableoOlltoJl'1.oOlltoJl1.oOlltoJl1amfertablrcameral'_ . atas.. possiblepo.po.. bl.bl. foptoseforthose the rere.re-

mainderr.-r.r.-

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mained

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mainderre-

mainder

.¬-.maindermaind.maindmindermind.%' ofot thethe..' night.nightn1gtIt.n1gtItnight.-

On

nightgo-

wn

. .

On the morningJIOmlngJoining of the 12th reorganisationreorSaD1za1i1oDreorganization of the plapla-planpla-

toonpla-

toonpla-

toon¬-

toonton waswalwail begun and word was received that with the comingcoming-

ofcoming-

otcomi-

ngofot darknessd81'knes8d81knes8' a composite platoon made up ofot the more ableable-v

able-y

abl-e

abl-y

able1-

IIIIrvYMlMlp.p. _ 'dM*t* * :*- __ , n . . .. -'iJj'iJjiJj. ' ? /44// * " > "!Q** **' . ** * y r'r' a7-:; . x .YY. . ' , .. " Rr - # - .' iwMihimpish 4 "''t7N1r/t7N1rt7N1r7M/! ' 7M4 77Mf/77Mf77MfMMQ.77MfMMQ/' MMQ.MMQMMMMQ-.YMl -1IIIIrRHfRFD !.M'M.M'tneMtneTineM"'VZ tne"tinetinetneltunnel-lllst.ststlast]. t sixdsidan f.f 2ndnQiiatbminicabd iatbonsPlatoonsdiatoms wouldo tfhaveve-.tove.toto go; backback-

tobackst-

opbback'backback'-

toback-

tobackst-

op

;to the position which they had so80 recently left.leftlatt.lattPlatt. This waswas-

towas-

tewas-

towas-

te. - - - .... _ .. _ _ . . . 'VV'-Vt

V-t ' __--tttotbetube-bebebe dozx.8dozx8done.-done.donedon.a.-e..achdon.a.e..achdone.eachdondone.. . .- .eacheach.- .. .alternate.a1tel"nat.4.a1telnat4.a1telnat4.alteruat4alteruat4"

. . 24 hour periodper-1cd.per1cd.per1cd.1cdperiod-perioduntilperiodontal- .- until furtherturthtruthfurtherord4rsl'l' 'orders-were

orders-were

ord-ers

'- orders'orders-ord4rsord4rsorders-were

ord-ers

ord4rs-werewere receivedreo.iv.d.reoivdreceived.Reid. . ,.

. . . . By.SySy tktM.tMthe*., .14-t-h.14th.14th4.th4th..u4u4 -.th- of.otot.- FebruaryFebrufiP1 e-oreor6--or6-.-, .- l'l' 7?ttm.antimpanimen-m.anm.anmonman- . In the pii-1pii1iipl-1:1"'box'pl1:1"'box'11boxpi--11.1.pi-111.p-i1-1.1.- - :-. " . --b-boxoab'- box ', co-coco-

"cupiedco-

cupiedoc-

cupied(;0'00-

'cupied0-

cupied'-';' . . " . , . . . . , . .pi11.1.bboxoapi111bboxoa. - . . . . _.

_----. . ' . . .. - . , , - . . . _ _.. . - . -. - . . . . . . . - . . . . . . . . . - ' " . - . . . . . -- - . " - - - . .- --""cupiedcupied---cupiedcup.eacupeacupidcoupe. Byfizyb the 1st Platoon had frozen feettaetteat and were unableunable-

tounab-

leableable-

totablet-

opto walk.walk. That nightrl1ght they were evacuated to the battalionbattalion-aid

battali-onaid station which was already filled to overflowingoverflowing.overflowing.-

On

overflowi-ng

*.On the afternoon of 15 FebruaryFebruary' ' Company B was relievedr61i&vedr61ivedrelieved-

and

r61i&ved-

and

r61iveda-

ndreliev-

ed&

and moved to WallendorfWallendortWall.endorfWalled. where the men receivedreoeived their firstfirsth-

fc"first-

hfcfir-stfirst-

wad

firsth-

and. -- .-hfc"hfc"hfcuhf.ftft-. #".""ZJ&tIZJtIZiti"' & &3!: . wad:id:11: cl-aanclaanclaananclan- clothlagclot.hiDclothiDclothingclothclothed. ! la4.n4nin. 88&&, dayjd'D.dDd&y&dydayd & /'D.'D.D/ '&? .* '. . BBl&tBlt.1hfl"lBt.1hfllBt1hfllBtBeltTh&Th'. ! & -l&t-l&tlt.1st-.1st-" . l&tifcfceltifcfcelifecycle.1stF1stF& - , i'iF?'ifcfceEiffel::" rt11111try+"°

<3f3f-

Company

1'1f1'-

Company

1-

Company

f-

Company

C-

ompany'

Company B which had numbered 39 enlisted men andand.. 1 officeroffioerofficer-at

offioer-at

offic-erat the outset ofot this operationopera1ton ncfnowncn w wasvas madem2de up ofor 12l2 enlist-ed

enlistenlist-on-on-onL-al

font-al

¬-

y-.a..1y.a..1... .-. ... ..*. ..ede... . *,d

*. ,. ."t,.men."..IVIV*... ,... k.% A.. , .

and-...*, Ma"a*" "_

' *

1I' *' '''offlcoffal0off

*,* *_*t'' *. *. <.

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i

Welki-

n

_........ <.

50 perpel'pelpeel' cent were the result of enemy action and the remainremain.remain-remain-ing

remain-.ing

remain-ing

remain-ing

¬.-ingKing one-halfonehalfone-halthalt- were due to exposureexpo8ure.expo8ureexposure.expo8ure.-

By

expo8ure-By

exposure.-

By

exposu-re

*.By 1812 FebruaryFebru817 all 3 battalionsba.ttalions. ofot the 319th InfantryIntantr'JIntantrJInstantInfantry-

hadIntantr'J-

hadIntantrJ-

hadInfant-ry Insta-

nt'

had succeeded In1n crossing the OarOa.rOur. , anda.n.dend. . on that daydq the 3rd3rd-

Battalion3rd-

lattalion3rd-

BattalionBattalionlattalion passedpaa..dpaadpad.. throughtb1'oughtb1ough' the 1stlet BattalionBattal10n and attackedattacked-northeast

atta-cked

attacked-northeast

atta-cked

. . -

northeast.fromtrOll WallendorfWallendol't.WallendoltWalledwall endort.endortvendor' ... . . . ...X&4)-X&4)X4X&4)Wat..(&?' ). .. . - ,Wat-WatWaltWattel3_*-.. tel3w *.i3wi3w. wrstworst#" waF-awaFawaft'fi&TfiT' /a-sateasate/& -,-* TOpwlTop.dd ./- ..-...IM1IM1. -....AVAV..AV-

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avo-w

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!ANALYSISANK Y818 ANDAID CRITICISMORITIOISMCRITICIMIBRITICISMCRITICISM-

the

CRITICIMI-

The

Criticis-

m . .

the crossingoros8ing of the OurO\U'OU'U\ ' RiverBiver.BiverBierBiver.intoInvariant., into the Siegfried818St1'1ed818St11edSigrid' LineLine-

on

Line-

em

Lin-en

Linem-

an.of ' ' ' 19451048 involved1nvol..d1nvol.d1nvold. . threethre.threthrelEthel. distinct41attDOt.41attDOtdishatdishdishate-

nddishearte-

ned

- --onem thetu night 6-7676.767-. Februaryl'.bl'UU7l.blUU7lblUU7. , .. distincta-

nddistin-

ctandend difficultd1tt1oultdiff roultrout,_ militarymilitary.m1l1t ,. . operationsQP..r.t1oD'QPr.t1oDQPrt1oD.. . ' , namelyn..171n.171n171nssselys... * a night attack,a riverrlY.rlYrely. crossingoro..inS1oro.inS1oroinS1.. , and an attack on a fortifiedfortitied position.position. ItIt-

IsI-

tsIt-

1s

It-

isI-

ts .Is1s my11t1 opinion that two daysda.sdas, is1s insufficient1nsutt1c1ent time to plan andand-

i

an-

d., BTPSBPSpp*pa.!Afor> * such an action.actionli..

., 'Moreo.. e.. . ..time.timet. . ., shouldhave'shouldhaveshould've!.. ' heenhen al-alal4-Ui.M

al4-UiM }- .. .. ...i s.s . . . . ' ' ' '

* ** . . , ._.*. -. - **4Ui.M4UiM.. K'K' r "ixix"v w " w3Sr We* Ji %.r.r 2 ZTVTV rtm.rtmtm 1P W'W I * "" - a.a 'lt WW3K-WW3KWW3Ki*- * ii<t<,MlNr'lNrliner: '. rr-loved

l-

oved,,

lowedloved to permit a thorough reconnaissancereconna18sance and detailed plan-planplan-

nijife.

plan"-

p

plan-

p

pla-n

pla-nring

pla-nting

-

._, , nijife.nijiferingnixie"pp"I.J19JDIJ19JD"pI.J19JD).&. t4JtlTelincJJ.uJu..udgudgdg. l-..J.-"a.l-..J."-a.a.. .j&-wa

"FaterFatter.er.perpEarp. ,. .J'oJo. rooflngroGfingroofingrouging' t ng.ng. ofofsailfusilsail_allAll., . communicationj l .J1J1. t .t1.t1.t1. . _ acequip-equipequip-

ment

mp! ip-._ _ . _ _ __ _.-

mentm.entmeatmeant. , mainmaiD and alternate plans of attack , andendand.meansandmeansandeans.meanlmeanlmeanly. means ofot re-rere.re-

i

rei-n

re-

supply

re-

applyre-

supp17

-..i

supplysupp17 acrossacrosearose the river with due consideration to accomplishacco.p118h-acco.p118haccomplish--accomplish-

ingacco.p118h-

1ng

accop118h-

1ng

accomplis-

hin

. ¬-. . , ' . ' . . " " . . , . . . . . ' . . . .

ing1ngKingin, theth latterl&tlt& e by .airair.air , if necessarynecesnieces cry.cry* *. To!o crosc-acroscacrosc-crosc--croscacrocscocacroscunitcrescent--- a unit overover-

a

ver-aa flood-swollenfloodswollen- river into an enemy fortified position suchsuch-

as

schw-

asas the SiegfriedSigrid LinoLineLingo , when iti t is within the enemiesenemiasenemas capacapa-capcap-

abilitiescap-

abilitiescap-

abilities¬-

bilitiesabilities to neutralize that riverr1ve for further crossing andaDdand-

so

an-

do

aDd-

so

aD-

ds

and-

so

an-

doso Isolate that unit , is to put it in much the same posi-posiposl-poslpositposposit-

lpjcu&s

posi-

tlpjcusp-

ositposl-

j

po-s

posit-

4m.Ap.troQ.p.

posi-

t4mAptroQp-

j. , tlpjcu&stlpjcust'-QD.8.I.tQD8I.t'tQD.8.I.QD8It4m.-Ap.-troQ.p.t4mAptroQp.t4m.t4mAp.troQ.p.troop'- .. . _-&..( . .-.. troopstr.tr. Q.XUl.QXUlEqual. . ,.. JboMsh&.baveJboMshbaveBoneshakerJJbo..JD1ilLt"JJbo.JD1ilLtJJboJD1ilLtxho.mlxhomlhomely? ,... at&" ., bav.ebavehavebrave. '_"

parachuted" " - . . _ n . " . -into-- the

, .enemyen8D17enem-

ylines.

seem-

liness

enem-

ylines.

seem-

linesslines.linesn&8.n8.n8& . Prompt re-supplyresupply- and contactoontaPoonat with friendlyf l ndlyunduly forcesfoseefosseforces-

arefosee-

areforc-

esforswe-

arer

ro?cesacesces-

arece-

sarare the decisive factors in both casescases.cases-

From

classr-

oomcases.-

From

cas-es

cases.-

From

cas-es

.

From the enemy standpoint , his failure to launch aa-

Scaw

m-

acaw

a-

fc

a-

ca-

tiv

ac-

tive . . . . . .,. . . ..., . ., . . ,. . . ., . . . . *: - ' """.' r.r-"". -u.u - '. ". ' '4 wr_ r_

. .. . . -ScawScawCaw-fcfc- 4f V\ ka-kakafikai- fi -f.'r.f.'r.fr- '..:. ftOtO tfcer-rirsrtrtfcerrirsrtrfacerroisterthetiviv "° 'Zt'1Jt"Zt1Jt-'.e..LeL. . . '!' i" ABJr.g.Jrg. , ., days'"oT"tuisrdaysoTtuisrdays'"oT"tuis-

roperationdaysoTtuisr-

operation(tay-aJ"'crr-"ttayaJ"'crraJcrr"ttstayAcer Li.Li;..tif-.tiftiff. :

operation is18 the main reason for his defeatdeteatdetest in thisthi8 particpartic-pareticpartic-

ularpartic-

ularpartic-

ular¬-

ularbulbar areaarea.*. It is my beliefbelietbelie that an aggressiveaggr4881ve andanddadd well-well'Well-'Wellwell-

plannedcell-

ophane'Wel-

lplanned

Well-

plannedCell-

ophanewell-

plannedcell-

ophane

' -planned attack on the 1stlot Battalion , 319th19th InfantryXntantrJExtant , duringdur1nsduring-

thedur1ns-

theduri-

ngthe first three oror fourtour daysd818 ofot this action wouldwould.. havehay.hay. comcom-oom-oomboomco-mpletely

co-mpl.tel

com-

pletely

oom-

pie

com-

pile

¬-

pletelypl.telpltelpolitelyplatepie.telyely,. annihilatedann1h1lated it due toto'to-tothe.tote'- thethe'the.'. shortlbort.lbortshort.labor. supplyluppllump,. ofot.otof.. a-snanisnailsnani-

tisona-

ntnranl-nranlrannran-

ltionajad

gra-

nulation=.1-.1..-

1tlon

1-

tlon-

tionajadTinatlontalonti and thephyaloah.h 'gb'1J.gb1J.gb1J' ' :.; o . _..gOJagOJagoad. .tt. .ib.ib. .

_ .J..tt. ;* (\>>*" .' -._tot-aorjitotaorjiMaori-....QoP.4&DaQoP.4DaQoP4Da. . &aa , .. .. . . .. . . "' -- ._,.. . . . ._.. . , on. ...... ._.. ... , . . . ' . ... . . I '

._.. Ii'

' *." .f"f" .rr '

. ."

' . . ,.. d.d. .. " ' ... . " . . . , . ... ... . . " . "" T.T. . . . . . , . . .., . .. . , ,, - - . .. ' " " " "" " .,

. . . . . . . , . . . . , . . . " . . ..._,. teotoeat-.r-aIot8Ep.ted.nae.atraIot8Eptednae.at.raIot8Ep.ted.nae.aIot8Eptednae*-&'...4'r--a4'r4ra' -- () ®zp: . d . *.**' 'aeae' *.*a1'1.a11.a11a1'1.tM"3'a11tM3'"14.. "' -tM"3'tM"3'tM3*-tfclfecaltfclby" ' . '. -byby- " *"'flfl'fi . lalM1I1V1i.1I1V1ilaM*.;.' " "" " '

. . . ' . , '" ... ... .. ,. *.. ' , , , ...*.. Mrtfc.Mrtfc-Mart-N.N.-.*,. V-V,, *_* . *. -..*.*_*** '<..., -..>..W. .t_>lW.lW. * *_*._

* > '.. '.. .. .. 1/ , yM.O"0yM.O0yMO0_. "_ __owl.... ., .u..wuw. .... ".'" .rrwrrwrr..._..IwrwIwrwWW. _ ... NrWpi'Y.NrWpiY... .... ...,' .. INN_. w... gVWA''MgVWAM..._.' -11I11I-. . ' .r.MFrMFRAM.._. .

34hPA34-

K

h-

AN

.

The!he platoon leader ofot the 1stlitlstlast Platoon ofot CompanyOoap8J BB-

should

S-

hould

B-

should

S-

hould

B-

should

S-

houldshould have insured1nsur.d1nsurd. that each ofot hisbiliBillie men was familiartam1l1arfem.liarfemliaremir. withwith-

allwit-

hal

with-

allwit-

halwit-

halldetailsinte-

llectualsallall-de-tailsalldetails-details,4.t811.4t811.4t811, . . of thetbMtM firetire supportSUppOJltSpoilt planp1m and_ so80 havehaY.haY. helpedb.elpec1belpec1. toto-

preclude

to-

preolude

st-

orehouse

to-

precludeprecludepreoludeprelude theth.th. general rout whiohwhich occurred on HillBillKill X justju.jujust-

priorcus-

pidor

ju-

.prior

ju-

mpier

just-

priorcus-

pidor

.prior to the actual crossingcrosl1ns.crosl1nscrossing.crosl1ns-

.Itcrosl1ns-

Itcrossing-

.Itcrossin-

g*.

It will,111111,, be recalled that in111 the attack on the morningmom1Dgmorning-

of

mom1Dg-

otmorni-

ngofot 9 FebruaryPebruarrPerjurer by Companies B and C0 , a group ofot enemyenemJenema de-dede-rv.

de-rv

de'-

ode-

ode-

r.dec-

ode-

er

-rv.rv?.'oo' .**,i, ., --" . '+,3__,*. :";:" :"* . . ' *#.. ' '

.7SK-;.::r.r::. 1VZA.;.y.y.' ..,. ,.:-':":"JJ*" ' _ , . , .-ff*-*!;. . wN..r..r__.. ,. H. ._. .. rw.rw"-_. _1.1... fc, _.. ..jrrjrrrr. sr'sr+ j'.. :. .jr... *.... .. %... .:;

.IJL-LJSJIJLLJSJILIJLLJ-SJlievered

:... - r.r. .1M..r1M.r1Mr..1-M..rlievered

1-Mrlievered

.. . , . ,.. .

lievered11everedlevered smallsmal] arms8 firetire into the leftlettlet flank of the columncolu.n.coluncolumn.colu.n.-

The

count-

edcolumn.-

The

colu-mn

. *.The platoon leader of thetbetube 1stlet Platoon ofot CompanyOompOomph 1 B orderedordereds-

omeorder-

edor ere4ere4s-

omesome ofot hiahi&hihisia& men to return this firetire whichYil1chrich was thethe'' onlyon11 oosjftieOCU.OCUcoursepositiveCUoosjftie-

of

course-

of

cour-se

..ofot action open at the 1instant.instantatant.atantattaint. When the companycomp&n1compn1& commandercODI1I1andei-cODI1I1andeicommande-

rordered

comman-

deeredcODI1I1and-

eiordered

commande-

rordered

comman-

deered

-

, . . . . ... ... .. --'- " . . --. . . . . ,-., . - - .- . . . ' - . - .- . . '

ordered thisthisfirethriftier. - . - - . -/firefire/fire liftedlittedflitted ,!', ne should havehave directedcti.rectctirecttire.d 'others'others.others'tootherstoothersothers'to-

returnothersto-

returnbothers-

ome. . . . _ .

''.

"

. t1o1o-

return. - -

returnr&r& urn thisttdstd fire and acso neutralize the positionpcsl:1on.pcsl1on.pcsl1onposition.pcsl:1on.-

Closer

pcsl1on-Closer

position.-

Closerposit-

ion: *.

Closer contact shouldsboulsoul have beenbe6D maintainedma1&tatnedma1tatned& between thethec-

ommand

he-

bdomad

thec-

ommand

he-

bdomad

thec-

ommand

he-

bdomadcommand post ofot Company B and its platoons regardless ofot whowho-

took

ho-

okwho-

took

ho-

okwho-

took

ho-

oktook the initiative in establishing it.it. ThisThisouldThiswould-ouldouldGould- have afaf-

fordedId-Idaf-afId-

forded

In-

dorsed

af-

forded

¬-

forded more uimediceurinee fortortore planning the attack on Ridge B ofot HillBillHill-

Y

Bill-Y.

Hill-Y.

Bill-

YYY.Y,. The cost ofat this attack mightghtht haveh&vehve& been materially rere-

duced

re-rere-

duced

re-

duced

¬-

duceddeuced by a well organized operation which would have propro-pro-

vided

pro-

vided

pro-

vided

¬-

vided fortortore a methodical clearingclear1ng ofot the area pill boabox byb7 pillpillb-

ox.pill-

box

pillb-

ox.pill-

box

pill-box .box.box., In the end this is actuallyactuall, what happenedhappened.happened.-

The

happen-ed

*.,

The circumstancescircumstance.circumstance. ofot the attack on Ridge B, as it waswa-

sactually

asc-

eticallywa-

sactual17

wa-

sactually

asc-

eticallyactuallyactual17 executed , coupled with the maintenancema1nt8D8DCe of the posipOli-pOliposi-positpolioposi-

tionpOli-

tionspoli-

ation

posi-

tion¬-

tionion for the succeedingsuoce.dlngsuocedlng. two dayadaysday under heavy enaoyenamyenemyenjoy artilartl1-artl1artil-artilyartil-lery

artl11-

81'1

artl1-

1811

artil-lery

¬-

lery181'11811leery' , mortarmortumortis , and9lld small armsal'TA8alTA8arras' firetIre and adverseadverle weather condicond1-cond1condi-condocondi-

tionscond1-

t1onlcondi-

tions¬-

tionst1onlions , canOaDGoad onlyoDl1 indicate1Dd.1oat.1Dd1oat.1Dd1oat. . that the unitUD1t whiohwhich accomplishedaoooap11ahedaccomplishe-dit

aoooap11ahe-

dit

accomplish-edit was a well-trainedwelltrainedw.ll-trainedw.llwallw.3.1w3.1w31. . - trained , well-disciplinedwelldisciplined.ell-diaolpl1ned.elldiaolpl1ned.elldiaolpl1nedell. - organizationorgan1sation with aaa-

." . . .". . .... ... _ . ...... ' . ' ' " , . . a.aa-

.gh.eltaa., . ' '., .. . p.p. . . ' . " . . .- . .I. I . .... .VV. . M.rMr"'. . .yMLyMLML,. ..". . ... . .' .II. r.r. .

, , : &3r3h\gh.eltaagheltaagetaway_.. !.,*..snftftsniff!\UU\ 'of.ofcf.cf<if . . afpfcit'afpfcitaapt.aaptaffectaptafpfcit'4ffipafpfcit4ffipa.pap. t . .,4t4t,

4f/fip4ffip4.RQ4RQflip,/, 9S.9S* *. Van(!.,.*!. .._ ..... . ,... .

, . "

. .w w w-r.ar.a-Ir I Pop-PopPopK.Pop- K.K_..,+ .1w1w:.:.. .. wsw.FwswFWW;.... ... . ., .+ w.w:. h.NAhNAha;"". . . w. . e. rwtrwater.. .. ... w.1w1"' .... M1....

2528 . .rr. r . .rr. { . . .4.4.4. . M

.... ... , , , . . , . . ..hHI'H"hHIHhigh' " 1"1" < " I'I' ' : ' I'I' ';' HIM..* ...i. ' ' u.. ' ' IM_. . ," ,

iffaaoiabifacialiffaaoiaS-

ome

OI8--_ ._-- - . - --- . ,. - _.

'

Some3oaeUse le1..80D81.80D8180D8lessonslessonsbroughtlessons.a.eon a brought'bzaoughtbzaought-broughtbayou'- out bybJ'bJ' thisthi8 operation areQ'Qare-

A

' I*:, - --' -,. ..- _ . . _. . . - ' 0.-0.. - . . . . . - . . . -

_ 1] it 11.1*. -AAA riverr1'9'81'OZ'O..ing.iator1981OZOing.iator1981OZOingiatoriver.-A river-A ' ' ' . , creasingcrossingcrossingintocrossing' .. .- into-into- anaD enemyen.-en.en.tortifieddenitrified..,- fortifiedtortified areaar.ar.. atat-

nightto-

nightattt-

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hour8-

houria-

hoursh-

ourshourhourihourshori* ) were.ereere.. given to aa.aaas. manyman,. men as.ee. possiblepo..iblepoiblefoible.. to allowaUowafowavow thanthemthan-to

tha-n

ththe-mto

ther-

mo

_to visit LuxembourgLuxemboLuxembourg g City.CityC1t7.C1t7. (6)6(6)-

L.

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. .AtAt.A* 04030o.4Qo4Q.

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*., .*atourermatureq1u; :) ? Og4..JJ. f*_- .tt.totoStoes. \SS\' .> ,>>> iy.iy1..HjM jr. ' '. 'l.l*' . .. >..

H|'' < H motformo'tormotormift'miftmisfit' ' ""mm" mWofnEonEEsmonomersMarc' t-ti-stis-t0- heB§etette-ndorettend-orloeexte-nderexten-dablett.tt; tendorf-MoeTtitendorfMoeTtitenorMoet. 1doitJloe'-loeloealoe-:-: [ tri-s iaiinreisdorfroff-gleinreisdorfroffgleinreisdorfimaginesoffgenrestt-ii.ttii.f-:- . i o bdortabort 8J'8Jareaarea-to

aure-ate

area-to

aure-ate

'. ' " ' .

toti) relieve COBaOBOB ofot the 4th Armored.Armored. Division in that areaarea.*. BJByy

1500 hoursho.

thet . 2nd_BattalionBa'tBat' o was in MoestroffJIoestrottMaestroJokester , the 1stla'la' BatBat-Ba-

ttalionBa-

ttalion_¬_-

. .

taliont&llontllontalon& was in ELeinrelsdorfein1'e18dol'tein1e18doltKleinreiedorf' ' , and the RegimentalReg1JentalRegimental.: . CPOP was inin-V"

in-V

in-f.

in-fof.f. + - -Tr.Tr.-V"VI/-I/" "-.. A'A' . ,,", J....ltr-ltraltar-.I':7O'.I7O.I':7O'I7O---,. "..>.. '.TKTK. : ' ""'#VH"VH":. -YY_- r" .- . " - ' vr..... -m.. .,.-._ -. -LL,- , vw-vwvwnv..... 'n'h'nh-'nv27l.27l' >., i.i' . ,. .x-xx-

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. . . . .- BttteWB"BB"t f.f. 4.'"'1f!:vbt.hth..h.vher.eominghvhereoming::ertminBuiereomi.nguiereomingverminiterating. of darkness thth.the*.. 3rd BattalionBattalion-began

Battal-ion

BatBattalion-began

Battal-ion

811on811on-

begbeganbeg reliefreli9f of the 10th Armored InfantryInfInfo t Yt,, 4th AmoredArmoredA.A. oredbored DiviDivi-DivDivi-

sionDivi-

sionDivi-

sion

¬-

sionscion , in the vicinity of PettendorfettendorfPretenderextender and the latter clearedcleared-the

clear-edthe area by 2200 hourshours.*. (7)7(77( j) The regiment was thus in posipos1-pos1posi-positposi-

tionpos1-

tloliposi-

tion¬-

.tiontloliiontool to.to-.totomektome.to1to1; - Tuk&Tuk-mekmekTurkmeek1-flkflak? & furtherturthtruthrthRothri-;, ,', preparationsprsjia1'&tionsprsjia1tionsprepar&tlonsprepartlons' & fortortore iteitabiteKitai te-tetem:1stem1s- missionmiSyionm:1sm1s: 1 n ofot crossingcro8S1Jingcraaetngcrematingcrossing-the

cro8S1Jin-

gthe

craaetng-

thecrossi-

ngcremati-

ngthe Our River early 7 February 1945 , and seizing WallendorfWallendortWalledWallendorf-and

Wallendort-and

Walle-dand the iiigh.iiightighhigh. groundgrcurdrecurgrcrcgrcurdtoRicardo.dd. to-to.tt.- the northnQrth and e&st.esteaat.eaateatea& . (8)8(8)-

This

8T-

his(8)-

This

8T-

his( e )

This monograph will recountreoount , in particularpartioular, the operaopera-opera-

tionsopera-

tionsopera-

tions¬-

tionsions of the 1st Platoon of Company B ( located in.Kleinrels-KleinrelsKle1nre1s-Kle1nre1sEleinreis-EleinreisKleinHellenesKleinrels-

dorfKle1nre1s-

dortEleinreis-

dorfHelle-

nes-- -

dorfdortdoorort at this timet e ) in the crossingcrolslngscrolling of the Our River into thethe-

Siegfriedth-

ereforethe-

Siegtrledthe-

Siegfriedth-

ereforeSiegfriedSiegtrledSigridSettled Line and the action duringd'd' lngling the ensuingen ng four daysd 8.88-

.GENERAL

8-

GENERAL

*.,

GENERAL SIOTATIOHSITUATIONSOTTOSIOTATIOH-

The

SITUATION-

The

Situati-

onThe SauerSaucer and the Our Rivers are comparativelycOJD.p81'atlvelJ'cOJD.p81atlvelJcOJDp81atlvelJ. ' ' smallsmallr-

tTtfS

sma-ller

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Luxembourg

ofL-

uxembourgofof-

Luxembourg

of-

LuxembourgLuxembourg and&.WiWi. the Siegfried81estriedSigrid Line , the GermanOe1'JUlDOe1JUlD' western.eateI'DeateIDelaterid. ' frontroD-troDfron-fromfron-

tiertroD-

tier.

thro-

atier

fron-

tier.

fron-

tier¬-

tiertier.*. In the vicinityv101n1t1 of the confluenceoontluenoe ofot thee two streamsBtr.BtrBr....,. . . ' . ' . . . " . <,, . ., -. . . . w . . ... . . . .. . ylMylem. "..(. . . ' -, , ,,.x...

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vidual

the sceneeoeneEocene of the action coveredooyere4 hereinh.r.1I1hr.1I1hr1I1. . , theytb8rta areue about thethe-

saaethe-

caethe-

same

thre-

esomesaaesamesavage.... widthwidth.*. 10NormallyrmIll,. , the SawS.SBauer..*.*. hehathas* a .water..,. gapSap ofot U'o\U1U'oUoU1around' \- . . . .

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torr-ent

t81'1't811torrent-with

torr-ent

' '.'with a deadlydeadl7 current.current., In addition , the GermansGe an8 were powerpower-powe-

rfullypowe-

rfullJpowe-

rfullypowe-

rfully¬-

fullyfullJfull emplaeedemplacedemplanedemplaces onOD the heavilyheavl1J"heavl1J" wooded farfu shoresahores.ahoresabhorrers*. in innumer1nnum81'-1nnum81'1nnum81innumer-innumerateinnumer-

able1nnum81-

'Table

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innume-

rseep

innum-

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' ¬-.. Tableable .JCllI.s.tlstlCliost., }1. .119119. frflgfl*8'8' , flgAifltfflail.pp. uuJFujiltf-ltflfltfftPJe- --ftPJeftPJeFTP-,-? f BKaiJAaBajaaP .- il\M1'rM1'rM1r\ * J' frVrV"LL""L-

steepLs-

teepSt-

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steepS-

teepsteepsteeptseep -tt- banksTanks)' riksrinks werewere extensivelyei'Ai'Ai' t n' aivelynaivelylv ly barb-wiredbarbwiredbarb-w1r-cr-barbw1rcrbarbw1rcrr- -; -and"andand"mlnedandmlnedcandledandr d"mmlnedminedned "mdmd"and "allall"

all apap-

proachesap-apap-

proachesap-

proaches¬-

proachesroaches covered with direct artillery81'tille81tille' 7 and machine gun firetire.tirefire.. n"

(9)9( )

Thishis! operation occurred during the thaw immediatelyimmediate11immediate11y-. immediate11-y

immediatelyr.-r.

immediatel-yy.yr.r.rr, . . . -'. -rr-.-... . * r.r.."+... ' + .--J----J-- .a-.a". -_--...., - .-.-.. #._-_ . -. .-a_ w-wq.- -q.-q.- V". - - - .11,.....J.5WVJ5WV...J.5-J.5a4.Da4D.*.."'-..-WV\-WV-...WVTtVTIVTVI. \\,-- T" . .4/ t*.... . . . . >,-,, : -. , 4< 1..tv1.tv1tv.. .. .rf" 1, lI. . 4. <"' . -Lr....-> _.... . . .", -. . ' V "*' y<ooIt.k": .. ".* <" ... .' '. ....rtwrtwtrw.....ii.... --44..-._-. .... .,

"i'\)11"i'i)1111". ' folloufollow1''ol1cstn1ol1cstn''\) ±a thdthethud BattleBatb1aBattle-ot"-thfJBattleot"otthfJ"of"fcftsoffcftsoweaffects"- "- " BdgeBti1ge.Bti1geBulge.BulgeBadgeBdgeVerylittleBti1ge.Ye171ittleBti1geYe171ittleBulge.AVerBleaker*. '-Very-littleVerylittle-Ye17-1ittleYe171ittle-AVerAVer- -'ii.ttleiittlelittle' :. saowsnowsowsnow'laBsnowlaBsnowwas\'laB'laBlaBwa-

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leftI ft on011a . the ground , rain fell airiestalmostcst dallyd.ailydaily. and thothethou earth'searthsearth's-surface

earthss-

urfaceear-

thsearth's-

surfaceearthss-

urfaceear-

thsearth's-

surfaceearthss-

urfaceear-

ths'

surface in this area81'ea81ea' was thawedtha.wed. to a depth of about 6 to 88-

inches

8-

inches

8-

inchesinches , which was , ofot course , mud.mud. (1C1C(10)10(10)-

Units10-

Units

(10)-

Units10-

Units

( )

Units wereweredisposeddisposed'dlsposeddlsposed-disposed'- as shownshownonshown-onon-on Map IIII.II!I *. DuringDul"ilngDulilngDulling" thetnthe-

periodch-

eeriotn-

periodn-

ipperthe-

periodch-

eerioperiod 4-7474-44February-? February both friendly and enemy activity was con-concon.con-

fiiie5

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fco-

n

con.-

zfhne

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. . fiiie-5fiiie5zfhnef! ' 8'8-' . toto patrollingpe.tr'llinpetrllinpEtrolling. : (' andtenda.a. d totg bsrasoinsabrasionsb.c-.sDib.c.sDihamssrisDihams.-' !. :±a aFllllsrartillery,.tt, ilr.Y'ilrYHilary$ .

' and directdirect-fire.

direc-tive

direct-fire.

direc-tive

direct-fire.

direc-tivefire.fire. (11)11(11)B-

ATTALION

(11)B-

ATTALION

(11)B-

ATTALION

( )

BATTALION PLAN OF ATTACK FOR 7 FSBFIBFEBFBI 4545-

The

45-

The

45-

TheThe 519th319th Infantry planned to attack with the 1st andand-

2nd

and-

2nd

and-

2nd2nd Battalions abreast with the 2nd Battalion on the northnorth-

or

northe-

rn.

or left.left. (12)12(12)-

The

12T-

he(12)-

he

12-he

(12)-

The

12T-

he( )

The!he attack of the 1stlot BattalionBattallon,, with which we.ee.. are main-

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main-

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thatsoft-

heartedof-

thatsoft-

heartedof-

thatsoft-

heartedthat portion ofot tonesonesonscone* in whichwb10h thisubi.ubibi. action took place wasw.awawa-scompletely

w.a-co

Wa-ko

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.completelyco 1.t.171t.171t17. . devoid of treestree.treetrees.. *. (I#)

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ly17 concernedcODGenedoonoernedcondemned , waawalwasWadawail to followtollowtallow the routel'outeloutelute' outlined on Map IIII.IIII.-

he

II.-

The

*.!Thehe Battalion waawa.wawasWada. to;0 termtoaformtoad in1D a columncolUIIDCoolidgeco lea of companiescompoi.compoicompo.. at thethe-

easternth-

eaterthe-

easternth-

eatereastern..,tem edge of ELeinreisdorflle1ue1l4ol'tlle1ue1l4oltKl.inreisdorfKlinreisdorfKinetics. ' at 0200 hourhour.hours*. , follow thethe-

routethe-

reunto

the-

routethe-

reunto

the-

routethe-

reuntoroute shown aeroacroseacrossaroseas HillBill XXejAxe#*,;, and arrive at the crossingcroe81ns siteait.aitalitsite-at

sit-e

ait.-

atagit-

ate

site-at

sit-e

.at 0300 hourshourIhorI ( H-hourHhour- ) . ( For IP and proposedpropo.edpropoedproponed. "routeroute"

route ofot atat-

tackat-atat-

tackat-

tack¬-

tack, seeS8.S8. Map II ) . An artillery preparation was scheduledsoheduledscheduled-teg

schedul-ed

scheduled-

psychological

"te-gtegK- x tomib1. -.41'.41.41'41-. ' " i-iih- '&§&"fcmm.'ii'fcmmiicommixing"' h,:.. U-LUL- .' 4' ' nuiA"nuiANubian.!" is wfrfeBMw,1II1II, 1I48 fru_Frau 'aJNhaJNhankh' MWUJPV! anrY'anrYangry' 'AoAo'' - wtaU aflfcea1l'dtkvldtkvl'dtkvLIldtkvLILTV' ! : -LILI*- 4*;

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psychological factor , as well as fortortore any casualties thatthat-

mightham-

mingthat-

aigbtha-

tingthat-

Mightha-

tingmightaigbtalight result , weapons ofot all unitsun1 ts in the crsacreacarscreakcr a.a. whichwhich.which-whichwerehitcher.- wereware.warewere-were-

withinwhe-

rewith

ware-

.Y1tbin

ware-

Y1tbin

were-

withinwhe-

rewith

.-

withinY1tbin firingtirtnefirmtorte range of the objectiveobject1.eobject1e. were to open firetire at. ..0230

. . *'.?* *.Q.Q.*. . \,. hoursbouxsbogus

. . . . . . .andw ar.rr. + r*.*. continue.. * . .- 'tt' * i,J.r. . -rr-_ vtidtide* w . . .firing.forfiringforfiringfitlfitly. .qlql. * j

1* *t .-_.. .

or*. .R.R. *.",

3Q09 minutes.minutes.minutes... .oo. . . . . . +"-VV11VV11- J"YY" }

?:'. nfly.fly*"*j, . n.n"-- .Great

.. vor-ivorioryfA !*'. 'Y.-aw'Y.Yaw'Y.-

awwas

Ya-

wwas

A-

wash

',.-% :care

* *:.

. A'"VAVA'"-

Vwas

A-

Vwas

Av-

owals

3" '"rvoK.Krv: ..

. . .

was takentsken to insure that allal! participantspsrtic1pants'Participants' ftsreW6rwerefats thoroughlythcroughl1'thcroughl1thoroughly-

orientedthorou-

ghlythoroughly-

orientedthorou-

ghly'

oriented onon'onon'allonallon-allonalltonally'- all detailsd tails of this planplan.plan-

.Atter

pla-nate

plan-

.After

pla-nate

*.

AfterAtterLatter the battalion had effected a crossing , it waswas-

to

was-

tewas-

to

was-

tewas-

to

was-

teto infiltrate to Ridge A ofot Hill Y which was to be hastilyhast117hastily-organized

ha-stilyhastily-

organizedha-stily .-'

organized, fortortore at daylight an attack was to be launched ,

with CompaniesCompan1es B and C as assault companies , on WallendorfWallendortWalled ,

ititaaItaiitsaelli.i! . ' (1.1.1(1)1( JLOLO.:; ;) (5ee5ee( See &apapMap& p 11Il'Il11)1111)-

PREPARATIONS

11P-

REPARATIONS

' }) "

PREPARATIONSPREPA4 'I'ION8IION8' ' WITHIN THE BATTALIOgBATTALION----5-6565.656-. February 19451945-

On

19 5

On 5 February the two assault battalions (1st1st( and 2nd )

practiced river crossing in assault boats provided andand-

manned

lan-

dmine

and-

manned

lan-

dmine

and-

manned

lan-

dminemanned bybJ Company C0 of the 305th Engineer Battalion , whichwhich-

was

whi-ch

which-

was

whi-ch

which-

was

whi-chwas attachedattaohed to the regimentregGreg entKent fortortore this operationoperation.*. The!he 150th150th-

Engineer

150th-

1D11n..r

150th-

1D11nr

150th-

EngineerEngineer1D11n..r1D11n.r1D11nr.. Battalion and thet . 1135th1186th EngineerIDstD.IDstDMidst.. GroupG oupLoup were.ereere. intoin-

au

Gi-

na

In-

t

Di-

nt

' "-auau- uworr 'JJ' ( t"-tt"t"'-tlvrlaver\'

' riiisfciit4--b&-riiisfciit4b&b1 *.'aa'# .':

"-'':.

- )$bS.bS&.-. ' K bb l " ., wWrivRive- *,.* **...*.. .PP". -' . ....".

-"IKSffiIKSffiMisfit".1P1'4i-a'.i1P14ia.i.1P1'4i1P14ia'.iai. ' - ajvttgmfci'.. sn 1'Uil'1Uil' '... 1 1Jh.1Jh:', . .t1gu"t't1gut" '",,!, .tJ1..t9tJ1.t9tJ1t9. .. .. .t !,fl '" ..Actiont,i!.qg.qgonon-

areBo-

naire. : .

._are not thosetho.thothou.. usedus.dusd. in the actual8Ctual operation.operation. The 1stlItlet BatBat-Bat"Ba-ttalion

Bat-.tal1ol

Bat-tal1ol

Bat"-them

Batt-hem

Ba-the

¬-"talion.tal1ol\.tal1oltalon..tal1ol41tal1ol41\ Ai&.MAiM41&.. .nQk'nQkink. fAMfame' 9,

>

,r?6. ttwtwotthem 'wename or numberDb.Dbnu_ber.berbeer. ,. and theth .l.ttlttlotto. letterletteri-dentification

letter-identi

lette-rmen. rr-

148fttsttioidentification148fttsttioidentiidentify 'ioio' at1on'at1onat ioilidol ', attached..ttattaEtta., : n tv to each.achach'eachBach. hereb..r.br.. . is11i s solely01e11= a meansmUD'mUD' ofQfof-reference

fr-eelance

ofo-

c

floc-

k

Q-fhatinghating referencereference.*.

oc . t ld'ld' . 9, , .._ ... . .JJ., ,(3.3)3.333(

(,K...M

.JJ.,

).., 0,. .

!

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-.... ,

',";W.tM..-.I.I..I.I.-...7.7.". ,. HUtjatG.. . AOWWWv1."XAOWWWv1.XAOWWWv1X.

_.__%__ . ..". ._" ..., j.rygl.ryglaryl. + . j..ee.yNywfeeyNywfEvelyn...ttHMr&VlttHMrVlthem.. , , !.11&+ . 1 fy1.fy1?,.., W-"' eRnBern&. .. " W.".Tt'1iTt1iP'yPy,'.'*....*_.(.(.. 00",..- ("'MkWW'W.O"wm.am.rMkWWWOwmamr' i* iHrl.iHrlgirl

.

' ._"fiMfilm---f.f.-.ol--.|ir a'a. .'', ....>'. XMMM-' <"MMMI-M'M' i1' ', .. ". , ., ,Mw.Mw.w.w.. M.'rMr.. ...'. "' .rr.. .alsalsalls. . .. . rw.""" + r.r'.., r" a.a.... w.w.. . . . n'n.rr. ' . , , , , ..,

.. , ,, . , . .' . . .. . . , ,, < < . . .-. . " , "j"j" " .." . . , . . . .

fii1.fii1. , , . , . " . . ,

beenb..nbn.. constructedoonatructe4constricted byb7 thet 150th EngineersIIr\I1n..1'1IIrI1n.11IIrI1n..1'1I1n11II\kg .neersneerssneers. .. ' fortortore practicepractce! crossCroS8-CroS8crone.pcronepcronecross-

ing

CroS81-

118

crone.-pi

cron-e

¬-.. .

iing1118King wasWU notDot completedooapl.'e4.ooaple4.ooaple4oompleted.oompleted.' ,. ThiThisThai!b11 rehearsal.IN..alINalFinal.. ... took placepl.pl.. in1a thethe-

vicinitytb.tbthe-

vicinity..

vicinityvloinitJviolinist ofof""- MoestroffItMaestro.Moestroff.MoestroffMoestroff-Maestro...,..tt.tt. .-. It wanwas...., a. "*"foilfoilttI11ft1j dr.-dr.dross"drossdr.HMar.81drHMar81dresadaresay..,*-" rehearsalHMar.81HMar81. withwlt1a.wlt1awith-

the

withh-

eld

.,

. . ' . . . . - - . . . . " _ . . .- . . . . . . . . . . . . .

the,be boatsboat.boat. loaded exactlyeXlIOtlJ'eXlIOtlJEliot' aaas.. theyth.th.,. were.rere... 'toto' to beb.b." in1D the actualactu8iactual-operation

accul-

turationactu8i-

ope1'ation

actu8i-

ope1ationactual-

operationaccul-

turationoperationope1'ationope1ation' and every8.81'78.8178817. ' man fullytulltulle,. equippedequipped.. During the night oforof-

the

of-

ten

or-

the

N-

orth

of-

the

of-

tenthe 5th and 6th, 150 men fromtromtromp these battalions carried as-asaa-aaaa-WJ

a-w

as-

Saultas-

sault-

WJ l 'RR' 1 L A '1 I.I..{ Y ... '.... " . .bb. " 1 1 .,-- ' f'WIfWIWI' lJ"lJ" rr -' I LW_L-

Wsites

La-

wsuits

. Jsault boats fromrromromroffiprofit theTibeTiberhe iruckiruckustiruc1csrue s Toto,"tntSr"tntSrtents"tntSr"respectlVi'ctntSrrespectlVicnticlrticklerlr respectlVi'crespectlVicrespectl'espectJ.volespectJvorespectiverespecrespect' :. v CrOSeROSecrossingcrossing-

sitescrossi-

ngsossTngcostingmngng-

siteso-

nsitesites where the boats were left during the dayd81 ofot the 6th.6th.

(14)14(14( )

The nature ofot the terrain and the numbernuaber and sizeBIz.BIz. ofof-

the

of-

ten

of.-

t.be'

of-

tbe

of-

ten

of-

.the

of-

tenthe.t.be'tbe.thetube. . ' boats"boats" made ItIt-ItimpsBitmaps- impossibleimrls..bleimrlsblegirlsimps) salblesalable." . to vcaccalcy cDC4i.altJut1J.cDC4ialtJut1J.cDC4ialtJut1Jc c Isl.IslIsle<*&LL&. _. . tb&tbth&; . .',foraflora:?om thetbethe.tube,. OernanaFormanOernana-

during

Enrapt-

uring3e(J :mas 1 DsD-

during

D-

urings-

during

d-

uringduring daylight.daylightd 11ght.11ght. PromFrom the increased'increased' harassing artillery firefire-

laidfore-

ladyflfire-

laidfore-

lady

ee-

laid

e-

lapidlaid on the battalionbattbatty llonlon positions during this period by tietnethetinetiee-

nemy

Eti-

enne

tne-

enemy

te-ensy

the-

enemy

He-

nleyenemy , it is1s reasonable to assumeuaum8 that he was aware of anan-

impending

al-

imentingan-

impending

al-

imentingan-

impending

al-

imentingimpending atattacktad; , andend had he not been , the presence ofot thethe-

assaulthe-

adsailthe-

assaulthe-

adsailthe-

assaulthe-

adsailassault boats onOD the forwardrorw2 slope ofot Hill X could havehaY.haY. leftlettletleft-no

lett-no

le-ft

lott-

ono doubt in his mind.mind. However , he must havebavebrave been reassuredreassured-

ihenreassu-

red,

'- when'when-ihenihenhen on the"thethe"afternoontheafternoontheatergoingth "--- afternoonattej-noonattejnoonat'ternoonatternoonate' - 'oror' or the 6th at approximately"approximatelyappraxiiadUiyappraisedappi"appiapp" x 1a1ae.L71aeL7-e.L7e.L7-e.L714"UeL714U."- 141)01410-14"U14"U14U14vU" ) 'hh'hochoc'hoursU rd'rdi"i" ',; '

aR soundBound truck from Division or higher Headquarters proceededproceeded-

to

proceede-

dto the top ofot thisthi8 hill and broadcast a message to theth&th& GerGer-GearGer-

mans

GGer-

mans

r-rr-mans

m-

ans¬-

mans , in gist , that the AmericanseriC8D8_ were.ereere. coming over and thatthat-

itth-

atthat-

itth-

atthat-

itth-

atit would be better to surrender.surrender. (15)15(15)-

During

15-During

(15)-

During

15-During

(15)-

During

15-During

( )

During the entire dcydaycyd, of the 6th the presencepre..nceprencepence.. ofot eveneven-

one

enveno-

med

even-

one

enveno-

med

even-

one

enveno-

medone man onOD Hill X, thetn.tn. bestb..tbt.. and practicallypraot1oallJpraopro tic ally only point fromtl'OmtlOmtOmfrom-

which

Ro-maic

tl'Om-

wh10h

tlOm-

wh10h

from-

which

Ro-maic

'

whichwh10h a reconnaissance1'80oDDa1..anc8180oDDa1.anc8180oDDa1anc8' .. of the route fortortore the impendingiapend1ns attackattack-

Muldfetiatt-

ackattaattarattack-

e

attacke-

d

k

. . . Muld-fetiMuldfetiMouldfetide to ldbdb4"4-" b'iJbiJbi' *' a&e'weiilfiaeweiilfi'sa'WtulsaWtulspatulade-y.dey.&,..-

*;,..'. ' ; 1 . dratlladrablad *r ifflsflftiato1JJ1'0413.to1JJ10413.to1JJ10413toiswdiatomisdate&' . andand.. heavy8aVl , largolrargollrargow-

l

Clairo-l

%'gogo' anllbyeanallyG-r.Gr.- . 3bi'3bi, %,$* ' '' ' '' ' '

" . . . . . , . . ..

. . . ,

" -.. . . A1 , 1.1. .' .rr,. . '! ''' --' ' " '. ' /M4MMANM4MMAN/M4MMA-

Nc

" ' '''.11wl Y*.', .MM' M fALMfail' "-'! f * Ia'" ! iPl/iPlPl/ *" Y 'A'A' ' + h..tihtihi aVrM'aVrMarM" "-"' ' '/ * .'dlrdlrdr'direct"direct'direct"edirectedirectedc irecire't-'rli'tt'rlirlirit ' ?iree 'Hfi-'HfiHfiHi'HfitfiiHfitfiiFitful"fromfrom- tfiitipinee enemy.enemyanew.anew8ii iJ . CrfCorfu(- f nl IS1"liSaafbiliSaafbiLisa" txaTXb.1b1. .onon. ©a*'. ' w&swseras.a'idoaidoado..a'idobt."JaidobtJidiot&' , doubtdo \bt."Jbt."JbtJbat\bt.bt*. " . , .

- - _ . . , . . . . . . . . ..". "

(14)14( ) A - SectSect.Sooto,. VII , 4: FebP.bPb. 4645'5 , 5 & 6 Feb'ebeb' 454.546. Ie*& 7'1 FebPebFobPlebe 454.5. ;; BB"H -p.pp.2p2. -22- 2 ;, D - pp.p. S3 |,; f#II|; (15)15( ) II0#); (16)16( ) I.II.-

l.1I-

l1#. ._.\l.1l.1\_!. ' 1

, 9, ,

.\JJ\, )W __ - ... .' .., ... .. . .j'r. ''1

" . . , . ,'" "d"d11" q.-oq.o"-' '' ' ' A' '' .IoiIoiIi <

11.1less*..8. aggravatedasp..ate4asp.ate4aspate4.. bybr thet118 activityt1y1'7t1y17_ ' of thetbetube tanksii8Dk.ii8Dktook.took.. andaa4 tank.taDktaDk.tanktaD. de4.4de-

stroyersdewde-

wstrayersde-

stroyers.¬.

stroyersstrayersstrollerssprayers" 1'07.107.107' ... attached.ttacttactack. to the regimentregia.atregiaatRegina. (11( ccnpanyeoapAD7occupancyco any each fromb_ thethe-

702nd

the-

702D4

the-

702nd702nd702D4 Tank1IDk Battalionl.tlt. a1 1oD.1oD. andaDd the 811th8Uth Tank,.. DettroyerDeatl'0J'81'Deatl0J81Destroyer' ' ' BattalionlJattel1OD ) *.FromlroaLoaFromULRoomfulhullh.ull. -ULUL"'- defiladedldelft( 11a4elade{ positionsposl.t1C'DJJposl.t1CDJJposlt1CDJJ. ' on HillH111Rill XK, tankst8Dks and tanktaDktaD dede-

stroyersde-dede-

stroyersde-

stroyers¬-

stroyersstrollers would firetire one or two rounds at known or suspectedsuspectede-

nemysuspec-

tedsuspectede-

nemJ

suspec-ted

suspectede-

nemysuspec-

tedenemyenemJenema positions on the opposite side ofor the river and thenthen-

n.as

hen-nas-"'* 'n.asnasnabstt&FttFtat. i& tiiftlMWait&tiiftlMWaitfl111 t*fim-fimfilmfimctypi.M- & -" Tairf&mmATairfmmA-ctypi.Mctypi.MAirmanectypeTairf&mmAfl',' &.** 4*Pt4* 1'\fl'fl'fl\ *" '> * tnanthannan"oV'wioVwibowie. . -*. >. .. _

. ._ _ * -. fl'MVttlflMVttlflatly.ww. * -MVttlMVttlMattel-" """ "trin? jtffltiff_gflTgfeltr.r,

.

,s.jsj.. ". . - " j .,_,...w.,, ,.... r.r............ _+4.44-

.seconds4-

seconds_.

seconds.econdseconds. ahead of retaliatoryreta11ato firetire.tirefire.*. (17)17(17)-

NOTE

17N-

OTE

(17)-

NOTE

17N-

OTE

( l )

( NOTEIOTEIOTA s: The factstactatact hereinafter recorded are drawn fromtl'CJatlCJafrontTLCfrom-the

frot-hed

tl'CJ-athe

tlCJa-the

loc-ate

front-the

frot-hed

'the personal recollection ofot the writer , except.zceptzceptcrept. in10 certainoertainpertaincertain-instances

certa-inness oertain-instances

overst-raining certain-instances

certa-innessinstances which are appropriately notednoted-noted.noted-

Slncnot-

ed-

*. ). ' . . . . .:. . ' -SinceSlncSilencefirlfirce "trietrie.tns'-.tns'tns'trie'tribetans'trie'proptriepropterrier".' .tns'Prepar&'t1GnstnsPrepart1Gns' ' preparationsPrepar&'t1-GnsPrepar&'t1Prepart1GnsPrepar&'t1Gns1'Prepart1Gns1GNPspropay&t'tonsayttonsDayton&.' ' - wo\1'1'1wee\ ' e probablyp--obeblypobeblywobbly:-- about.gboutgboutbout. , . .1010.tbo-.tbotaboo..tbo-

throughout#; >*,.-... .s...&0, . , . __ . ,,. . . _ eje-

jeach

b-

eech

('CICI'-

CIthroughout

C-

Ithroughout'

throughout the battalionbait&llonbaitllonbiathlonbattbatty &J1on , let us take the 1st Platoon ofotof-

Company

H-

offman

ot-

Company

O-

ttomanof-

Company

H-

offmanCompany B as representativerepresentative.*. It hadha a strength of 3939-r

39-

and

KMEMK-Mr

E-Mr

M-r K-

Mand

Ma-

ndyrr-r-

and-

and 1 officer which was about the average fortortore the otherothe-rrifle

ether-

ifiedothe-

rrifleether-

ifiedothe-

rrifleether-

ifiedrifle platoons of the battalionbattalion.*.,- .

ByBJ 1200 hours on the 6th the platoon leader had beenbeen-

informedB-

eninbeen-

informedB-

eninbeen-

informedB-

enininformed ofor all detailsdet911s of the plan ofot attackattack.*. HeRe , in turn ,. orientedr1ented his'his' squadqf, C ' leader1i811&r1i811r, & *'- alia&tldtldalaitold&b cfrcryc(, ZW-ZWZW6dfekafear(-,..tidtid6dtide.* tot.vtvt. makemakcsrfeaiatriefcmakf.zr.tttetmakf.zr.tmakfzrtmaker. csr-feaiacsrfeaiasrfacial'.: r-td3rtd3-. -triefctriefc-ttetttetterrificteat.tt-. triefc-

each

trif-ocal

:: etet-

each

de-

tacheach squad leader had briefed hishi2 men.menmen-

.During

en-during

men-

.During

en-during

men-

.During

en-during

.

During the afternoon each man was issuedi.wediwedwed. 2 daysdq8 KItK-

Rations

R-

ationsIt-

Rations

It-

erations

K-

Rations

R-

ationsRations , 3 hand grenades ,, and 2 extra bandoleers of ammuniammoniaammun-

ition

ao np1-np1nnmi-nnmiAnniennmi-

tion.

mon-

ition

np1-

tion.

np1-

tion

¬-

tiontion.ion*. Extra1btl'a1btla: ' batteriesba.tter188batter188. were carried fortortore the SCRSR 556136536 radio118410 ,and more than the usual amount ofot oil011 waswa.wa. carriedcarri84 fortortore weawea-weakwea-

pons

wea-

pons

..a-.a. .a-

pons

a-

prons

¬-

ponspeons in contemplationoODtemplat1D:) of the typetJpejape of operationoperat1on and the facttactfact-

thatfath-

eadtact-

thatta-

ctfact-

thatfath-

eadthat rainra1D was... ever. ...erer. present.presentpr..nt.prntprint... ., Every"817 effortettortextort was made_ . to seesee-

Ahs-

ea...

I'IAh' ' hireacfcteachhireht-t"t.t"t..aontaontalon" . - .aonaoneachaxon. , iMUtai'WiMUtaiWimputativeiihrhr4t'4tfr!'14ud-14ud14udaa'14udaald *vk-vas.vkvas.vas'-.- .. aa'aa* '. fttllrP414tattler1'1' . ems. ' d.| ?ptM.. u.K.wuKwKw.._-.. . wa.wa-. pf.. .i.ViV". . .. . r. .r.r... . . . -. ,. . n.n, . . r.ara... .wawa....A.A. .. . .nrrnrrrr... .. . \. . .. .ww_. .. , . . ... . .V.V.VV. ....r.r.. .... ,. ,. . . .,. ,. ,. pw>. m.., _., ,. <. fc... IM.n1r/MrMn1rMrMMM__/ . ,... K.nn... v.. -ffvN.4V.vN4V.vN4V-'..it.

I'I|._. H*. ,. ,._,. y...

, __..,-nn-..waiwaiwaif.

. .

>

..,

. .

, v

. .

v , ,. ",. .

.

. .". .

". ". .

.

-. ' ..

.

....

'

.. :"

.

:*. . .-. ' : " . .w.w. *.....

.*.' . ., -.-#.1'Ak1Ak.... F'l'FlF'l'-

M

Fl-M

Fil-m

*w'?"' ''

JustJUltJUt afteratterLatter darknessdarkn.darkndarken... on the evening ofot tthe1..St.h.1Sth.1Sth1..St.h..i'1Sthi. 6th"6th5th" a -.i'.i'i-rt2ari. 'itJI.JI".- .*. . . ", ..,. . .. , -- . ,.. - . ._ . . . . , . . . . . . .. . . .. . .. . . , . . . _ . _ . .. . . _w " . . , . . . . . _ .' " . . ., .' - ' - - -- - . .. .-.. . . . . , , ' . . . . . " - . ,

(17)17(1'1( ' ) A& - Sect.Sect. VII , 4 FebPebPlebe 4645. ;, B - pp.p*. 2J2 ; I.II.J-.

# .J.J. .. ', ..

', 'lUWlUWflu.

"" ' " \

.J .

. "\, .r-.r. ;- ' ; .:.. ,

"..

,"

"

.

.'. . .. ' ..

.

. ,.._- ........

.

..,-n"1'1'fit'in"1'1'fit'in11fiti-_" "

.' ' ' '!, .11II11II. '.

'IIII' J

. . . .

. ", llmlm , /"

. . ' i!,

" "JJnJejuna!!-!oIoIoI _ )ojI.ojIOjibwa ... . . , , , .. .. . .. , . ..... . .. . . .."

' . " ' . . . .... . . - .... .... "

' "

designedd..1..edd1.edd1ed.. .. to discouraged1 ooupqecoupe, fraternisationtl'at.l'nisat1oatlat.lnisat1oatlatlnisat1oafraternization' . ' ; WASw.w.. shown to the asas-

sembledu-uas.asu.-

1.4u-

14as-

.rambled

as-

sembled

¬-.sembled.1.41.414rambledembed... . battalionbattalion.*., OnOAC+n thethe'atternoontheatternoontheatergoing-_ 'afternoon-'atternoon'atternoonatternoon ofo'tot'

thethe.:. 6th thet companycompany-

commander

compa-nionate

OOllPflItIOOllPflIt-

Icommander

oopop* oyoyc-

ommandercommander addressedaddr..daddrdadded.... the companycomP8D7 andaDd.aDdand.. stated that Division 620.20262-had

0.2-

had02-

had

C*..22. .-2had

2-

hadhad reported that eightyeightJ'eightJeight' per centcntcant_

_ of the GermansOe.'aanaOeaanaOceaniaGeraEra.!' ns in the pinp1Upinb-

oxpia-

nop1U-

boxpinb-

oxpia-

nobox infested1n.tested1ntested. area abouta out to be'be' invadedinv deddeed actuallyactuall,. wanted to*o suraUl'-aUl'aUlsur-slurGaulsur-

render.sur-

renderaUl-

'render.aU-

lrendercal-

endarsur-

render.sur-

render' ¬-

render.renderrender.-"J

render-

Jrende-

r.

, . ..,." ' -"JJ" r 1 " 1"U ' "CJHH&tteCJHHtteChute" \1Ii1Ii\ &ft ' i"111ngi111ngthfifulhthieflr"; i1ni TofTofuTofieOfficer? -ieie-.. *..L8L8.ee.. 6th a hotaotoat xa&aixaaimJilalalaiJillm& ai witfW"-W"Wi'ii'wre'aiwreafredwreakW"-

toW-

toTw-

o'"':- Ted--redred-' Justdustdustpr1o'stst' .prloprloplo-pr1opr1o.- prior--priorprior-

topri-

orpr1oJ.W''

? -... -J.W'-.J.W-'W" . .... _ . 'to darkness during which time the sufferedBufteredButtered fewtewstewfew-

casualtiesfew-

casualtiescompany a

. ' " ... . . ' . . . . .

casualtiescasualt1es fromtram enemyeD8mJ artillery which had become increasingincreasing-increasing.increasing-

17

increasing.-

lyincreasing-

ly*-.

ly17 active as the daydaqdad ' raced1'11Oe111Oe' . on and which continued to increase1ncre-aae1ncreaaeaaincreas-ela

1ncreaae.-

tft.

1ncreaae-

tftincrease-

An

increa-se

-

: . : la-.tft..tft.An-AnAnvNv- ...tft.ol.ume.- vo3wne\ol.umeol.umevolumev\',o.nneonneone)_ . .OO.on it:Irfeol'tD"ltDVireo!' t-.t. " . th&tht &. . . .t1lgh.tt1lgh.tt1lght.t1lgh.t4.t1lght4ni. g.hghahtah. . *<:-4.4.-r . .. ....r.IsrIsKris. .1Jzm1pM8t8171Jzm1pM8t817.TJH"TJHTHC"a*. a ta.ZytaZystay***.iy, a/teratera.tteatteaftertearate/. !' thethe.the.mealthemealthermal. mealmeal.mea-

lreligiousma-

rveling. . .

. ' .-- ' " ,.... . . - .religiousllgiousalliumsr servicesserviseri es were held fortortore those'those'

who cared to attendattend-

and

attend-

antattend-

and

attend-

antattend-

and

attend-

antand the remainder ofot the evening was spent in making lastlast-

minute

Lat-

inatelast-

minute

Lat-

inatelast-

minute

Lat-

inateminute preparations for the forthcoming attack which jumpedjumped-

offjump-

edjumpe-

doft

jumped-

offjump-

edoffoft accordingcoord1ng to the plan and schedule previouslyprev1ous17 outlinedoutlined.outlined.T-

BEATTACK

outl-ined

*.,

THETBEATTACKBREATHTAKINGATTACK-AtATTA-CKATTACK- TF)',)' -tt- iJ , .

At 0150013.Q..Jlours013Q.Jlours013QJlours0130hours. . . hours: , 7? FebruaryFebruarFebru947",1945Febru9471945" , 19451945.1945,. . &cconU&cconUaceo.r4irgwaceor4irgwcone.ccecccc&. ) :.*X'4X4' ni.ni& ..... toto.t.t.,, . . planpl.pll..j.j. , -..., . ,. . ... . ... _ .. - . . . ..

friendly artillery began to bombardbomb81'dbomb81d' the German side of thethe-

Our

the-

orythe-

OUr.

Th-

eothe-

Our

the-

oryOurOUr.OurRiverUpriverRiver-River.- whichwhichVIlSwhichwas\VIlSVIlSEvils\ the SiegfriedSigrid Line.LineL1na.L1na. The bombardmen-

tcontinuedbombar-

dmentbombardmen-

tcontinuedbombar-

dmentbombardmentbombardmen-

tcontinuedbombar-

dmentcontinued until 0300 hours which was the time appointed forfor-

itfo-

rtfor-

itfo-

rtfor-

itfo-

rtit to liftlift.lift.-At

lif-tlift.-

At

lif-t

*.At 0200 hours the Battalion moved out in route columnoolumncolumn-

and

colum-

ned

oolumn-

and

colum-

ned

column-

and

colum-

nedand proceededprooeeded along the pre-determinedpredetermined- route shownIhownIowan onOD Map IIII-

to

It-

oII-

to

It-

oII-

to

It-

oto the crossingcro..inscroinscoins.. siteaite.aitesite.Waite*.,.,'_,IMMMII'IMMMII

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..._ . . . . .r.r. .. " . OzfdiiO11derOrder .

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. . . . , .-. . " . ' . . , . . . , . .......

lead companies.companiescompen1.compen1. . . TheTh.Th. 81amSla81mSlav mortars ofot CompanyComp&n1Compn1& D werewerewereinwherein-ininin1n posi-posipoa1-poa1positpos-

id..1..ed

po-

sid1ed

poa1-

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poa1-

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po si-si--.. , ... _ . - .... .' - - - - " - - - - -

.J'J I.tiItiZiti rfIHml-rfIHmlrfIHmlugrimlyraffishu

tiont10Dion betweenb..ubu.'.. Kleinreisdorfn.1ue1a40l'fn.1ue1a40lfn1ue1a40lfLlainraisdorfLegionariesLanais. ' and the foottoot of Hill&11 X1.1X.X., ( teehetee-

Map

te-mp

heJ-

Iap

Sh-

eila

ee-

lapl-

apMapJIaplapJima II ) Theyh87! tedba4bad registeredregisteredd during4ur1Dg thetbetube afternoonafterDOon andaneAnne! atat-

02S0085002S00230 hours , along with all otherothel'othelEthel' weaponsweapon.weaponweapnan© s. in the areaare.are., theyt.h81th81they-

werehe-

wert.h81-

.ere

th81-

ere

they-

werehe-

wer.

were.ereere. to firetire in111 support811pport ofot the attackattack.attack.-

The

atta-ck

attack.-

The

atta-ck

*.The order ofot platoons withinw1 thin CompanyCompanY'' B was 2nd, 1stlot,,

. ,3rd3rd3rd , and 4th.4th. CompanyCompan1 and platoon command groups marchedmarched-

atmarch-

ed,

;.....-

,:.;;;.;. ;. . _ - :::: . . . ,____ ":; . .. ... -.__ . . - . ' 0 , ' .... .

_. , ' . . _ 'at the head ofot the units whichwhich theythe,. 'cc' commandedm i naecfname anSiuTIntannuitantand'andanZ""ananZanCanaan_"' " Drntel'-Drntel'DrntelDrntel'ftDrntelftDarnel' er-erer-

val

fe-

ralr-r'- ftIW, ' *-"

. val was maintained which would permit visual contact withwith-

the

with-

held

with-

the

with-

held

with-

the

with-

heldthe man imnediately1JID.ed1ately1JIDed1atelyimmediately. preceding.preceding. Thisb1s! interval was , ofof-

necessity

co-

nnectersof-

necessity

co-

nnectersof-

necessity

co-

nnectersnecessity , short as the night was_ a8 veryv8r7 dsrkdark and a light rainrain-

was

brain-

wash."... . "eras"eras"'ff'was"falling.fallingfining.finingi'fining.ifiningfa3ling.fa3linginfringingi'-i'i'""- . , *. ttelrSl.c1Slc1&ctctotter;& . a-aa1&a1:- leadeleaded1&1le& 1Id'Et.L"-wts-1IdEt.Lwts1Id'Et.L"1IdEtLwtswetss! '

."r-wats-rwatswattsrwatsrewastrel-- ram- . rerequreequip' <juiui:?''e4e4*&-t6't6't6-tetotexc&s.texcsexecs' -xc&s.xc&s.xcs"XC-2.1'XC2.1"XCXC2.1'21cs-" c-&. '. .&. ..pleaplea.piepiepiecpiece. 9.9*. . . . ofo.totof-

luminous

vo-

luminous

. . ,

. - .- . _ . _. .

luminous tape about 1 inch by 2 inches on the "backback" of hishis-

helmet

ch-

iselerhis-

helmet

ch-

iselerhis-

helmet

ch-

iselerhelmet to facilitate controlcontrol.control.-

Words

contro-

llerscontrol.-

Words

contro-

llers*.

Words cannot describe the furyturf ofot the artillery bombardbomb81'd-bomb81'dbomb81dbombard-bombard-

ment

bomb81'd-

ment

bomb81d-

ment

bombard-

ment

' ¬-

mentmeant which wasW8.SW8S. falling on the other side of the river.river. AsA-

sfar

A-

far

A-

sfar

A-

far

A-

sfar

A-

farfar asa8 one could see artillery and mortar shells ofot all sizess1z.s1zsizes-

were

siz-es

sizes-

were

siz-es

..were bursting constantlyoonstantly.oonstantly*., So80 intense was the fire that the-

landscape

th-

readsthethe-

landscape

th-

readsthe-

landscape

th-

readslandscape was almost continuously illuminatedil11.Ul11natedil11Ul11natedi1irminated. and to mak-

eoneself

ankl-

ebones

makemak-

eoneself

ankl-

ebones

mak-

eoneself

ankl-

ebonesoneself heard was practically impossibleimpossible.impossible.-

All

impossi-ble

*.

All went well until the head of the column waswa JustJust-

startingJu-

mpstartjust-

startingjum-

pstartjust-

startingjum-

pstartstarting the descent of Hill X to the river.river. This must havehave-

been

ha-ve

have-

been

ha-ve

have-

been

ha-vebeen about 0230 hours fortortore , at thattbatbat moment , allallotof the smallsmall-

arms

mall-

ards

small-

arms

mall-

ards

small-

arms

mall-

ardsarms in the area opened up asa s plannedplanned.*. This noise added toto-

that

to-

oth

to-

that

to-

oth

to-

that

to-

oththat ofot the artilleryt111eJ'1t111eJ1etillerytiller' preparation already in progressprogro.sprogrospogroms. ,

created dindiD that defiesdeti.detidentin.. descriptiond..cript1on.dcript1on.dcript1ondescription... *.. , . . . .

a. . .

. .. . . . . . . . ..., . ,. _ . ,.. , . . . . . . . . , ... . . .. . . . .. . .. . .. ; ">" "-:'*" ' J"> v: .

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. - . ,"" ,. . . %" . J..*..,:. - :' : - M : " u" ;:. ;* - : - - " _; '''.' ,'''' ,'"'.' ,' ''' . . . ,. ,. >. -01"-01"01- 0-

1"of

0-

1of

,,,"- ,( . .... . MtM-

tQfM-

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. . _ ,_ ,. , ". *__-TBUj"'n"TBUj"'n"TBUjnBun- __ tae"' ".'* , .. . -ofQf. --. . *" " ,the

. . .rr. <_

MM.MM .machinemacbine,.. ,. . .- ,. . ... .. . , , .... ,.

gunsgun.gun. __. ..

.

. . .. .ofot.._. . ....

a...

friondlyfrlonQlJ'frlonQlJfrioncUyfriendlyforlornfringy. . _

' unit hadhad"had"'tie1Jn'1hadtie1Jn1" "beenbeenbeh'lbehlbehalf"' ' laid-laidlaidTB-Uj"'n"

laidT-BUjn la-id ; ct-ctct-

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Cat-

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slightlyslilahtly too low andend it was firingtiring grazinggraztnggratinggrazing fire withw1t ococ-

casional

00-00oc-oc00-

oaa1onal

oc-

easional

oc-

casional

¬-.' "

casionaloaa1onaleasionalcessionseasonal tracerstl'aoet8tlaoet8' ! along the lengthlenstblens of Hill X about 20 yardsyard-

sM

yardsWU-

Wvi

yar-

ds._._1J1IlJJl1_. .M.#,\

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to the right of ththe columnoolcolcool,.,. *, Someoneeo..eaeeoeaeelodea.eon*. unidentifieda.14ent1tl.4a14ent1tl.4a14ent1tl4. . perhaps-thinking

propos-itioning

perhapspel'hlplpelhlplspellperhaps-thinking

propos-itioning

'

- ' . . , .-

thinkingth1nk1ng that the battalion hadh84 beenb..nbn.. surroundedIftU't'OUhde4IftUtOUhde4' : ' , yelled.,.11ed11ed.!,,

"GOGO"00 TO'lOlO' SHBTImTHESAHIB OTHERO'rBEROrBERNorbert', SIPSSIDE OF THE HHIiJ"HHIiJBILL'BILLH '! a". HeverleYerNeverEverleer waswas.wasa. commandcOIaandomasmandcorianderoarsmancomman-

dacre

comma-

ndercOIaand-

morecorian-

dero omasman-

dmore

oars-manacremore promptly obeyed.obeyedobe7ed.obe7ed. In a matter ofot seconds.econdseconds. , except forfor-

thefo-

rtefor-

thefo-

rtefor-

thefo-

rtethe command groups. .

and. , . - . . .

possibly. , . .

h.h..

a. , .nMMtWnMMtWMT.

veryver"fverfveer1f .

"

.. 4ff4-

ffW

...* ',few........ .%., t.

others.tfeyLJKWotherstfeyLJKWothersothGotho.

.thenftfttuft wwawa

r s.x..tsxtsts.x..-

torganized. .ww_..,"

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" ;was8 a fleeingtleeingteeing mob.mobmob-

.Almost

em-

balmsmob-

.A1most

mob-

A1most

mob-

.Almost

em-

balms.

AlmostA1most en masse and iain a quitequitaquit disorderlyd1aorderll fashion , the entireent1reentire-group

ent-ire

ent1re-group

entire-group

ent-iregroup executed a right flanktlanklank tortoretOrhetOreto , thehe reverser.v.rv. . 8.8. slope of HillBill X.XA.AX.-

A

X-

.A

A-

.A

.A fswtWfewsw$ seconds.condacondacoda.. prior to this , 3 or 4 light artillery roundsroundarotundarounds-

explodedgroun-

dswellrounds-

explodedgroun-

dswell .,. - .- " . . - . .. .

. . . . * . .ee.exploded*l

< . * *. _.near

*. . * .

thehe"hehe"hhehhe" headbeath,, . . of(? :t the-thetheerltaenheartentthe-at.--J--uth-eat-.Jue--"erJerJer" er/ltaenerltaenladen/.--l- = aisdQ11d'Q11dandaids'* 'p-raauc'ppraaucFrau'FJRFRS-produced: cee

.

'

aa..t'eate"ff" 'eerer-

casualtiesen-

capsulates*

. . . . ' " ' ' 'casualties.casualtiess 's.l't'1.esslt1.esslt1es. . to., AlthoughthoughAl the friendlyfrieildlyfield machine gun continued toto-

fireta-

ffies

to-

fireta-

ffiesfire , no one in this group was injured by it.itit.-

The

bi-

tted

it.-

The

bi-

tted

it.-

The

bi-

tted

.

The reader can readily imagine the chaos which resultedresultedf-rom

result-ed

resultedt-rom

result-ed

resultedf-rom

result-edfromtromtromp this untimely soundlng-off.soundlngoff.sounding-ott.soundingott.sounding-off.offmotet- . Caution was abandoned andand-

leadersban-

dleaders

and-

leadersban-

dleaders

and-

leadersban-

dleadersleaders went about shouting for their men by name.name. This maymqmay-w

ma-w

may-

seem

may-

hem. , . . . .

_ . _ . ' -ww_- ' " *. *1-11-

seem*-"

v*... 00"hw-ro"00"hw00hwro"ro"seem**-.....".., * "' <*

to' . /!' WV-havehave* . "-"-" ', beeji.illr.eavljbeejiillreavljbbeen, .

t' '''1.l.111'1l.1111l111. . _

-

, 1, '-:!'.9d.v1.S4-i9dv1.S4i9d.v1.S49dv1S4ied.vt ..

d-.

,. ., but.itbutitbuttbu.bubi.t .,._

,.iti.t. .

actuallyPc'otulotus. " "to

* sl1:..lyly. .ly'i.UlyiUlieuj' ivas\'i.U'i.UiUwAdivas'\' . not ';:., torfortoreoror-

v

r-v

_

since the shouts could hardlyhard17 be heard in the immediateimmediat-evicinity

imme-diate

immediat-evicinity

imme-diate

immediat-evicinity

imme-diatevicinity , they surely could not bebe heard across the riverriver-several

riv-ersriver-

severalriv-ersriver-

severalriv-ersseveral hundred yards away.awaya"a" . Further , this was the only pospos-pos-

siblepos-

siblepos-

sible¬-

siblesable means ofot restoring organizationorganization.organization.-

UteI'organization-

UteIorganization.-

Afterorganiza-

tion*.

AfterUteI'UteIUteri' a time the units were reorganized , and CompanyCompsn1 C0 ,

the leading company , began itsit.it. crossing.crossing. As previouslyp1'8v1ouslJp18v1ouslJpreviously-

statedprevio-

uslyp1'8v1ousl-

Jstated

p18v1ousl-Jstated

previously-

statedprevio-

usly'

stated , the river was at flood stage.t&getgege. & and its current was'waseras'was-

.w1tt.

was-

w1tt

eras-

swift.

er-ases

'was-

swift.

as-

sistswift.swift.w1tt.w1tt.w1tt. . This!rbi, slowed the operation considerably.considerablycODl1del'abl1.cODl1delabl1.cODl1delabl1' . GermanaenaanCanaanGermanw-

w.r.

Germ-

an

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to

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thathethan river.riverr1wo1* . TheT!he currantcurrentow :..., waawasWada... so10 swiftnittmitt that the boataboat.boatboatsbata. wouldwould-

bawould-

b.wou-

ldwould-

bewou-

ldbab.bbe. carriedoan1ed several....1'81.181181. ' foandradFondanahu.Hd.Hddreddared. . yards7aN.7aN. downitreamde.zr.mstresmdownstreammistress.., . .. beforebetobettor !' . theythey-

couldth-ey thethey-

couldth-ey ,.

couldoo.ld'.ohooldohold. ' reach... thatbethethantube fartar shoreshore.shore.-

Companies

hors-ewoman

or.or. *.CompaniesOoapa1.Ooapa1.. B andmd 0a and oneon.on. platoon ofot CompanyOO.PU17OOPU17. A hadhad-

crossedad-

dressedhad-

croasedhan-

dcraftedhad-

crossedad-

dressedcrossedcroasedcreased tbatbtthetubatb river at approximatelyapproz1mate17 0630 hoursbo 1 whanwhenwham it bebe-

camebe-bebe-

came

be-

came

¬-came evident that daylightd8Jllght was going to arrivearr1ve before thethe-

remainderth-

ermionthe-

retaithe-

reto, .

remainderretairetail,

eez.$ =-zz- derdeer,e.e. ., '

of!fjhethe IJbatattMattt4t4-lts

! lion,lon.lon.i3i3. ..09qq'qq, ' 1' ,4J J&J& J"J" 1 t l?. '!'- W?aS * . , .lg&lglg&-

aiilga-

ii al-ai

: $W.W&.; "---:" -. . ' . .

' '' '' \aiiaiiii\ :ltsletsdi,: , aT"were"inaTwerein"wereinwereinalteringwherein"''"''wE.'rwErwear' .' "- in an assemblyassembly"assembly"ar-eaassemblyar-eaassemblag-e& 8 1em\emem11\)11 lir'ararlair'" are-aea-on'.fth0on.fth0onfth0oh! '"thethe"'.''thth' river 'bb' brink; ));; an811'811art' areaarea-

whichGree-

nwich

area-

whichGree-

nwich

area-

whichGree-

nwichwhich. .

waswalwail completelycoap1etely exposed exoeptexcept fortortore darknessdarkness.*. NeitherNeither-

t1'1endlJ'

Neither-

t11endlJNeither-

friendlyNei-

ther* * *

friendlyt1'1endlJ't11endlJ' ' nor enemy8D8III1 artilleryart11181'1art111811' was active at this timet1a8 and the'the'the-

aoenethe-

aoenethre-

atened

'the-

sceneth-

esethe-

sceneth-

esesceneaoeneapogee was comparativelycomp81'at1ve17comp81at1ve17' quietquiet.*. TheseThe.eThee. units remained1'8JDa1ned18JDa1ned' in thisthisa-

VeKlanmbi'estefl

thisa-

VeKlanmbiesteflthis-

areatia-

ra, . ..

aVeKlanmbi'esteflaVeKlanmbiesteflarearere"nirenirennin-"ni"nini-"uniaaGuiana l'estelestelese' ,astscasts- . tfQfor"i'i' about"iaboutiaboutababout.. . . .

t":41)t41"

.

":

. .

). . .wmliiute'mliiuteminuteminis. . . , .esr.esrERs.

'i... . . .

'.

. '.while'Whiie'WhiieWhinier-. . ..le. ..'

. . .the. . . . . . -b&ttalionbttalionbattalionb'&t-tb'&tbttb&b,. '

"

&&.

- -alion--ton. . . . ,comcom-

mand

a'acorncorn-

nand

Cor-

onado

.

' m'm.

¬':,

"

mandnandMandy group was crossing the riverriver.*. This group , daylightdsylight.dsylightdaylight.. ,.,snde."ldeldsandgeld." &dd& GermanGerma."lGermalGeraldGeA"GeAGearGeA"email" ..

" smallmallemail!! srmsemsscrams fire arrived simultaneously.simultaneouslyltaneonsly.ltaneonslyslanderouslys1mulsi= t sneo"csneocneo" sly . The firefire-was

freew-

aysfire-

was

freew-

aysfire-

was

freew-

ayswas coming fromframframe enemy-occupiedenemyoccupiedenemJ-occup1edenemJoccup1edenema- pill boxes many ofot whichwhich-

couldwh-

ichwhich-

couldwh-

ichwhich-

couldwh-

ichcould not be seen8ee because they were almostostcost perfectly camoucamou-amourcamou-

flaged.camo-

uflaged

camou-

1'1

camou-

11

camou-

flaged.camo-

uflaged

¬-flaged.flagedflaggedflaged.-

M

flagge-d

1'111' aged.aged..--M i.. ir- *.-.. ... ..-.... . j. . t.t.. *.. , . . *. ..... . . . . .. * .

The batbalipnbattalionb..tbt.. t el1pn {( ... ) mightmightbldgh4; -.-b-b.b.o-.b.o.bai.b.orbail#. - : ai-aiai'tcaitcaitchr 4..f.--i4f.i4..f.4fi4..f.ic"4fic- .:'tc-'tctc'tcatcaca'. . . .::- -- a-c"c"c-;a'a'" &ijij&ee& ;:''pinnedpinned-

down

pinn-ed

pinned-

down

pinn-ed

1nn6d1nn6d-

downdown and several casualties were suffered.sufferedsuftered.suftered. The entire groupgroup-

was

Group-

Wisewas lying on thee ground almost headhaadhad to foot -- no disperdisper-dipperdisper-

siondidisper-

sion

per-perper-

aion

oper-

ation

¬-sionaionscionanion whatever.whateverwhatever-

.Perhapswhat-everwhatever-

.Perhapswhat-everwhatever-

.Perhapswhat-ever

.

Perhaps 2 or 3 minutes afteratterLatter the initial enemy smallsmall-

arms

mall-

ards

small-

arms

mall-

ards

small-

arms

mall-

ardsarms firetire had been received andsndsand it1 t becamebecemgbecalm evident that thethe-

Germans

ste-

ersmanthe-

Oermana

ste-

ersmanthe-

Germans

ste-

ersmanGermansOermanaBerman were firingt1r1D8 fromtro.trotaro. the pill boxesbox.box.. , the battalion comCOIl1-COIl1eom-eomgeomCOI-

l1mander

eom-

mander

com-

mander

*-.mandermaunder and the two companycomP8.D1comP8D1o ompcomp any. commanders suddenlylIuddenllinden! , jumped toto-

theirto-

othier

to-

theirto-

othier

to-

theirto-

othiertheir featteetfeetteeth and in1D true HollywoodHollJ'Wo04HollJWo04' styleatJ'leatJleAtlee' shouted and waved,. . . . ..... . _ . . _ " . . ;, _

. . " . . . . . .. ' C'C' . . . ..

,. , , , , .: .

. ' . . , : .- . ., . . . . . . . . . . -r_*_"">

*"'* '* 'TT'_nr""l"" " <"1'1_' i'i' _i-wiw_- -* -.*. --> Mr ..-<.t. u_"" _

_. ... .. .. ...., ,

..". ...

". . .j 1 * a irJiljCtlO"1irJiljCtlO1.66! . " im.1im1.' ;J.J" 1MI.

* * l111 << 1 *a i l * M'M'"* '"ll"<rlrnni1 11-

tfeeI T *" .JJ L1

. . -_ .tt. tfeetee.teetoffee. .tsiitUnitsit,,,,,, 1 t forwardlfozvafoveatrYL-"trY-Ltr-Y) '" d-ddtoditto'- tot.o. a.anawara-tunawar-eassaSTtassays.. ,, " alirair.u.u. . iZo'Zoi-

The

l-

ithe

' . '

. . . . . . . . . . ' ' - ' -"'--'-" . '- , " . . . . ..... . ... . .... .. . . . , ... . ' .

The!he battalion ( -. ) moved out in a line of skirmishersak1ralahe1'8ak1ralahe18'

1212-

the

12-

the

with'ftft' b CompanyO1.DfO1DfO-OC->>1.Df1DfarrBarr. 0 on the right.rightZ'1aht.Z1aht.Z1aht' . C.C(TUThe. writer.1t.1'1t.11t1.. . ' is1.1. unablewaabl.waablwearable. to findtidtidefind-written

inter-mittent

tid-writ'en

tid-writen

sid-erite

find-written

inter-mittentwrittenwrit'enwriten' referenael'erlreno.lerlrenoreferencereferendaterrene' . to the feettMbfeattomb that one platoon ofot CompanyCoisipenyOmissionOoapSoap .n7n7. A-

wasA-

wash

AA-

vaA-

lvavawas..*. presentpr..t... ata thlatI111thishula tie.tie'tin111.111*. . However1Io".JII1Io.JIIHwoverHover"..,. , it1t !11is believedb.lbl. .y.dyd. . that thetb.etbethotubethouthe-platoon

tel-ethon

tb.-eplatooa

tho-platoon

ho-tplate

.

platoonplatooa was.... attached to CompanyOaapazrAvatarC an3'an3,' 0o andIndIndo that someso.so.. timet1a.t1aimedime1 . laterlat.latlater-In

latheri-ng

.,.

In111 the daydq, when the remainderremainde1'remainde1' of CompanyOomP8D7 A hadbad crossedoro.ledoroledcooled. underunder-a

unde-ra smoke.okeokeCoke.. screen, It reverted to ItitaitsKitaa parent unit.unit.* )

,_ _ ,

The*b.b*..

topographical<:!&JSJS& -wcwc

- &JJJJ&, ._crestSS-

dlffittdi'qrUBCptS-

dlffittdiqrUBCpt!..t.Jt.&JltJtJl. . ?,Z.Z.. .& , ,--..XX. W ..xaa.ftxaaftabaft. i\eie\ . t4"-\t.rt4t.rt4"t4t.r" ..-\ . t.t.. ",,",," . '

" "A"AAA//AAa" A-

Ay..N

"/ /

. . . . . . . . . . ... ._ . . .. . ,. . . . . .d.d. '" - ' " '-" ' y..NyN r.r- ri..r.rirrr" I! y..ryra.wyryrawyarrow ".dlffittdi'qrUBCptdlffittdiqrUBCptiffika1ty-exaptiffika1tyexaptleaptCU t1v.t1v:.. "tY-eC5pt"tYtYeC5pt% 'rOl-'rOlrOl'forforroil'rOlDrOlDOlDfo*- "ii'CepnessiiCepnessniceness'";wdD irrepneasIrena' ip® ie88 of the 'slslslopep andd thetheItheir tafactfact-that

fath-ead

fact-that

fath-ead

t"tt"-that

t-that

t-

hatthat, aasaas the- . .

crest..... . . . . . . ..... . . -

was.8888.- .

neared. .. . .... ... _ .

,, -an

' .

enemy8n8lQ"8n8lQ" machine.... . .

gun... . ... " "

whichwhich-had

whi-ch

which-had

whi-ch

... ... .OO. >_ ., . ..-.... .-

had been by-passedbypassedb7-p..edb7p.edb7p..ed- ... firedtired into the back ofot CompanyOoaplIq C.C. ByB1

0825 the battalion ( - ) was.a8a8. digging in on the line11ne shown onon-

Map

Do-

nnaon-

hapD-

ohaMaphap HI.HInI.nIIU.IU. (18)18(18)-(18)18(18)Bill18Bill( ))-

. _- HillBill Yy'y' .was"

'qu1qu1'quite- '

.

-

steepsteep.-mdsteep.mdsteepsteep.md-battalion

p'p'

. . .and,- 4.44.t4t. att .

js&LsjsLsjess. ti&i'i'. .'jj',polntpont)

. the ,"

;_/

:

.-

. .

"

battalion was abouteboutbout 8002002 O yards fromtromtromp the river.river. The assaultassault-was

assa-ultwas madmade* with111 th every9ve y man firingtiring hishis.. weaponwo aponapron continuously.continuouslycontinuously.-Leaders

continu-ously

continuously.-Leaders

continu-ously

continuously.-Leaders

continu-ously

.Leaders hadhe.dhedheed. to constantly encourageenoourage their men in orderox-del'oxdel'del- ' to keepkeep-

themke-pt keep-

the.ke-ptkeep-

thenke-ptthemthe.thethen. moving , so80 steep was the ascent.ascentascant.ascantscantascent-

.Unitsaccent-

uatesascent-

.Unitsaccent-

uates. " , "

UnitsUn1 ta were in the sameII smasoma relativere1 atiantive positionpoalpal t10n on Hill Y in- * . . .. . . . . ., ', . ... ._. ,, . . . .. , ... . .. . ... . . .. , ., .. . . .. . . .-- - -m-mmunmum- un- t. - * - - - -%- -"'- * + -i *- '-v v-*- ' "" - -VV- '\ ?:<-*; "- '. -wArwwArwA-

rwwhich1.* -+ M.7M7-WJW-

Jwhich+i' '''' '- .-which theyth87 started

..... the assault.assault. No perimeter- '- ' ' .- -was

, . .-.formed.formed.... ....- . . " . " -...

andand.and-

theant-

hem

and-

theant-

hem.,, . . ... . ... . . -'" . . .

the companies intrenchedentrenched in a comparatively straight line.lineline.-By

lin-e

line.-

B1

line-B1

line.-By

lin-e

.ByB1 this time enemyenOADyGenoa artilleryartillery-artilleryincludingartillery- including NebelwerferNebelwertarNebelwerfereKneeler*, mortars ,and small arms had become active again and inflicted a fewfew-

morefe-

mora

few-

morefe-

mora

few-

morefe-

moramore casualties.casualtiescasualtie8.casualtie8casualties.-As

casualtie8.-As

casualtie8-As

casualti-es

.,As the dayd81 wore on several prisoners were taken andand-

ftKebelwarfer

and-

Xebel..rtel'

an-

dXebelrtel

V-

anderbilt

and-

ltebelwarterftKebelwarferXebel..rtel'Xebelrtelltebelwartersteelworker*# .. ' was1fas a typeq-peqpe- ofot GermanOel'lASDOellASDElapsed' rocket artillery.artilleryart111errartillor3.artillor3. TheTh-eshells

Te-asels Th-eshells

Te-aselsshells.hellshells.. mademed.med. a screechingscr..chingscrchingscorching.. sound In flight , and so80 it1t was aa-psychological

p-

sychologicala-

P87oholopoala-

psychologicalp-

sychologicalpsychologicalP87oholopoal aaas well.1111.. as a casualtyoasualtyoa ualt7 producingproduoing weapon.weaponweapon-

.UA

weap-on

weap-on.lL.fU..A.h.

._UAlL.fU..A.h.lLfUAh: . )....JLrJCL. ..:_JS

_* t* ... SKW..1.bW1.bW1b...l.JlJ..._ b_'hh'fiX:. .l.l." ...ii..i.R.._.:-.R.-.R.-...... . t.jSatjSatsar,.-, ,. ,_ .. . " <* -otot-fftft * imtrwfiinterfile na>fir* * M tmmmm <* Mn? '" ' ''_ ' . .._.

- . . . . .- ..... . .... . ...... _ . .w.w. -. . . . ..

._. . . . .

"

., '

.

. . .-- ..

... ..

"

., .-. .. . , . - -

.=

.

=. ..

-. . "

:;. .

:,

=:... '

: !

_ . . . .

15lZ13lZ-

with

othersother.other. veewereveer..1'.11.*'. .seensoon... to be wadingwadSuawads thetb.tb.. river to surrenderlurt'anderlurtanderurethane' to thtth.ththethattht-

Jnerloan

th.-

.er1otUl

th-

er1otUl

the-

American

th-eatric

.Jnerloan.er1otUler1otUlAmericanNelson. foroeaforo.foroforoesforeforgoforgoes.. on411an thet otherotb8l'otb8l' aidsI1de.I1deaide.aideI1de.-

be

I1de-

be

aide.-

Theai-

de*.

fheThehe!be platoon leaderl.ad.ladleaderofleader. . of'otot-of'- thethothou 1stlet Platoon ofor CompanyOOMPaft1OopenyOpenly* BI8 wan.a.awaswas-

Calledwa-

ssailed

.wa-

ncalled

ca-nalled

.a-

.o

.calledo l"l" to thetbetube CompanyO0lap8ll1 CPOJOP at approximatelyapPl'ox1aate17apPlox1aate17' : 1500Iwo hourthourshurtb v.vv..4v4. and-.4.4and-

theread-

hereand-

theread-

here-..-

4there

4-

therethere he was told ofot the plan fortr:) the night which waswalwail toto-

form

tw-

oferto-

torate-

trato-

form

tw-

oferformtoratorah the perimeter shown8hown on HapMap IIIIII.*. ByB1 1600 hours this hadhad-

The

ha-

te*.. _jMA&-'ro&jMA&jMA'ro&roJima&t-'' , X\X\& M.M. . . ... ., . . . , . , . , ._ . . , .. ... . . . .'* " " '1( 1-1- ( '4"4" " ilftlift*** < ff't't' >' "'f"f' "" - . ',.. . . . ' ,,..>), ,v'fivfivi.' 'JiiU-SkJiiUSkIi-| .& .>i'i'- '-..*.-.,. t"-t"tt-

"The

t-

Thet-

ithe{ <"9"|- *NM >.. . ', vv-

TheT-

he.... __ ......

' . . " . ... ..

The greater parfcoTTOSpercolatorspar-''t'or'pa-rtorpa-rlorpark"51'"CTM-Flpark"51'"CTMpark51CTMFl"'' '"* ' '"* l"StlStln"lnlast" "-PlatiDonPl'at1)OllPlat1OllPlatoon'atoorBator) , oitollt* Cotfproycmt1t.1Qcmt1t1QComfreyUc ! Barr. B-trasBtras"B-11118"B11118h-washwastrams"B1111-

8near

B1111-

8near

" Btras-

nearTran-

sferhwas-

nearcha-

ser-

near the foottoot ofot Hill Y, but the platoon leader was orderedordered-

toordere-

dto remain withw1th the smaller8II1aller portion ofot his unit near the toptop-

of

toplo-

fty

top-

of

toplo-

fty

top-

of

toplo-

ftyof the hill so80 that he would be nearer the CompanyComp8117 CPOP sincea1noesince-

radiajandSi-

neada1noe-

di.

a1noe-

disincea-

nd.

Sine-

addi.di 'd

'nl'nlnl'tionnltionlotion' tionion ;;'; ' n: xi8te t"WtW" with2aTwi thiithinTahiti tnthe ' ' . of'of. , '.,, non-existentnonexistentradiajandradioman. and.and. wire.& .communicationconmtunication.

(;-o, - - '. . -- - --..-- ,

were. -- _ . .

r' .--

-.- .....-- --- .- -

ee-

company.

c-

ompanycompany.companye. The dampness had rendered the SCRSOHSRSOHO 536 radio inin-

operativein-inin-

operative

in-

operative

¬-

operative , and wire had not been installedinstalled.installed.-

Tbe

installed.-

The

install-ed

*.

TheTbeTube remainder ofot CompanyCompaDJCompaq A had crossed the river underunder-

a

unde-

ra smokeamok.amok. screen during the day and the companyoompany was ordered toto-

att&cfc

to-

attcfc

s-

toatto-

attgck'

to-

attgcks-

toatto-

attto-

astatt&cfcattcfcattgck'attgckatticattackattMatt wk& *' Wallendcr-f-ondWallendcrfondWallendsrarid'WallendsraridWalledbondTtat11WallendsrWalledn od-wo.Jodwo.J- ---arid'arid'arid- . d'd' outO':1iTf&et-"t.O1iTfett.O':1iTf&etO1iTfet"t.t': $; a&-t-4-het4heat4he,-t-.4&4" &-. e.e*. highh1gh.h1ghy,. .gh.gh. ,. ". &naun&naungr.nun-dgr.nundnungranny&,, . ' M-& . .tootoo.t.Q.tQ.toto. . ., . thetr..QtrQtartnorthiNorth.. ,, northnorth-

and

northl-

and

9 . - .. _ . .

and easteast.*. CompanyCampanrCamper A reported the town cleared by 2015 hours.hourshours.-

During

outso-

urcing

.. . . . . .. .. . . .. ... . , . . -.. ,(19)19( )

During the night ofot 7-878- February the 2nd Battalion sucsuo-suosuc-suchsumosuc-

ceeded

suo-

ceeded

suc-

ceeded

suc-

ceeded

¬-

ceededdeeded in crossing 27 menman In addition to the part of CompanyCompany-

F

Compan-

yF which had made the crossingcros8ing the precedingpreceprecede .1ng1ng. night in1n thethe-

vicinity

the-

vicinity

the-

vicinityvicinity ofot Eoesdorf.EoesdorfHoeadort.HoeadortHoesdorf.HoesdorfHeaderHoed. (SeeS.S.. MapKapNapKnap III ) DevastatingD..astat1nD.astat1nDastat1n.. artilleryartl11erJartillery-

fireartl11erJ-

tireartille-

ryfiretire prevented more crossingsorossiDs-orossiDsironsidesorossiDsandCorsican- and wreckedwreokedwreaked the boatsboat.boat. of thethe-

3rd

the-

31'd

the-

31d

the-

3rd3rd31'd31d' Battalion whichwhioh hadhid been ordered to crosscr088 the river.river.

' . '' , "

.

- 120)120.J.J.*(2020(.:. . ,

)' ,'". ,... ,.'0 .IY.p1.r/f/fIYp1.rff.IY.p1.rIYp1rf.... .., " ..... ./ ,_/ p1-6 " MSAI-MISAIM*+ > * .-Y.r\YIY.rYI. --\ ,. ., V'40WV40W..*.'.*,.,*-+YRiRi.. .y... ......-... , . . . s.s...,..... V9mrV9mrW... . .... . ,. . ., ,-W.W.-:;( ,.. _. . .;.m-wtmwt.. -..;..__--... 'VVtMM-ffeMW.MMt'VVtMMVVtMMffeMW.MMtVT'.....--..-.-.

<.. . . "*" > V_* W .. ... . _ ..,."._*.<... 4 ,

.

". . . . . ttSLltats. . . AASectSect. -SectSect- Sect ,. yrbIayrVIT-.

VI-T

VIE-T

!1 & 7?': , :Feb..:{4Sj45f), . .

%

B.BB - pT3p.p. " 3! ;,.

. J2b(00)00B0)B0( }). 'AAy' A ' -, "3eot.3eot."t.t.. :-:..

:..L.1L.1L1_ M W'1' '.rrt} .l.l W'/W'W' / r.r *viiYTIYETI , e8'8feb'45feb45,';®' i4S ;; B8p.3r&-p8p.3r&p- p.p. ifcTjT'iDifcTjTiD& ; -.; P.Pp . rr.rr-

.U

r.-

other.

b-

rother

. :"

:. . . . .

Ul'l14l'-

others

lo-

thers

lo-

athers

'

InIII the areaare.are. ofot the 1stletlot Platoon of CompanyOompN11oomph B the nightA1ghtnight-

passednigh-

tspotsA1gh-

tpo.

A1gh-

tponight-

passednigh-

tspotspassedpo.po..' withoutwlthwith ut incident other thanth8Dthen artillery8.1'tj.11er781tj.11er781tj11er7. ' . andend Hebelwerferlebe11lQl'terlebe11lQlterNebelwerfHeelerKneelerHebelwerfer-

fire.lebe11lQl't-

ertir.

lebe11lQlt-ertir

' erer-

fire.e-

eriefire.firetir.tirstir. . The!he most_at of thistb1.tb1. firetire ,.howeverho..rhorThor....... , waswalwail placedplaoed on thethe-

riverth-

rivethe-

z1v.1'

the-

z1v1the-

riverth-

riveriverz-1v.1'z1v.1z1v.1'1v1- . ' line118.118. itaelfit..lf.itlfitself.itselfit.. . InclementIDcl.entIDclentIndecent. weather.atheratherFather.. continued.-

On

continu-ed

continued.continuedoont1maed.oont1maed.On011 thethe'' dayda7 of the 8th ofot February'ebru81'7ebru817' ' - a limited111111 t.dtd. numberAwaberAtwater ofotof-

K

o-K

ot-

It

tI-

tof-

K

o-KKIt RationsBationsBastions and blanketsbl8Dkete were secured.curedcured.. byb7 the platoon fromtromtromp thethe-

vicinitythe-

vicinitythe-

vicinityvicinity ofot the original crossing site.site., These had beenbeen-

several

. . . . . _' .4.4.4. .. ... .. . _ . _ .u.u. . ._ _ . .. . ... _ .._ ., _ ._ . .- .- ... . .. , . . . . .ium-um- ... ! > . -'nn' ..oiMiihiHi'xioiMiihiHixioiMiihiHi'xi-

r

oiMiihiHixi-

r

........'""

.-4-"

"-.-"TTOyigTTOyigToying" Gu.Gu. 1 .C.TTTOCTTTO.

4 _ .ff. . . _h.JlhJlhl.jfeflLJSSgtiiJinFijian 1 iPn'pnp:'pffpuff*J.J. ffpplfipple*"ft.iftift" *. ofTtthethe-

severalthe-

mselves

_. . . - . . . . . - . . . .

several companies of the battalion under cover of darknessdarkness-

and

darkne-ss . ..

. -andand.and-. theeagiaeehadtheRSiBeereh8d"theRSiBeereh8dthe--RS-iBeeretheRSiBeereBernethe4--44_-eagiaeeaggie-" eer--h8adrh8adrh8adbrought$--hadhad-h8d"h8d"h8d-- " -brought--brought-eraghtB'ffiaeraghtBffiabroughtasmanybroughameraght-eraghtought.'B'oughtBdraughtought.--. ..as-manyasmanyB'ffiaBffiaBifilar' ''- manrumanu' a1i-'p1i'pp* -_' possiblepo as'isi'l le1 a acrossaQrio' -ii-a i thethithinthe-

riverth-

riveth " "

river under heavybe.be."" artilleryf.rti11er-f.rti11erf.rti11ertire.frti11ertire. ,- fire.firetire.tire. .- The!he XK Rations were.eNeN. issuedlsau.e4lsaue4issued-

onlyissu-

edlsau.e4-

onlylsaue4-

onlyIssued-

onlyIssu-

ed.

only.to . . .those.thosethtioOtto !sesewsewhosew.e.e. . . w_.. whoo.oo.w. wejwewwe.. e.e..wew. . ..:wit&puJb.witpuJb1thpJUwitthe& :. ,f3oAdf.ond..ffondffond. .. ftt&fttft"e.e"& . . r... actzpply.-wecactzpply.wecweSttFP1 . -,.ww. . . ,..tm--.tm..t-

mcertain

n-nn-

certainu-

ncertain

- . . . - . . . . . .

certaincertain.,. The dayd y waswaewade spent in improvingimprov1figiraprrapovirgVirgo; positionspOItlonspitons, o $ us.ousoso. is andanhankh thethe-

weather

the-

reafterthethe-

weather

the-

reafterthe-

weather

the-

reafterweather remainedremaine unchangedunchanged. 8,. EnemyemyEmmy artilleryart111erj andd sniper firetirefirec-

ontinued.

tirec-

ontinued.

firec-

ontinued.continued.continued. Again theth9 bulk of the enemy artillery waswaewade concon-con-

centratedcon-

centratedcon-

centrated

¬-

centratedentreated on the river and possible crossing sites with thethe-

obviousth-

eoriesthe-

obvious

th-eories

the-

obvious

th-eoriesobvious purpose of preventing supply , evacuation , bridging ,

a&4"tiia4tiiaMl..tlaMltlandtI'mandtImallantiand& ". -tI'mtI'mtIm.- '# '° crossingc r'rro"srosEros' " l 'ff'fngfngfang' g 'of"of'of"morofmorComoro'ofo ' " moremormoor - AmAmerican"r1r1" ' " troops.troops'trooptroop' s.s. It accomplishedaccomplishe-

dits

accomplish-ed

accompli shedshe-dits

she-

etsits mission.missionmission.-

The

missi-on

.. ,. . " . .. _ . . . . '. . . . , . . ' . . . .J'J. ' " . . .

The nightn1gnt of 8-9898.989-. FebruaryFeb aryCary passed without noteworthynotewortbJnoteworthy-

eventnotewortbJ-

oventnotewo-

rthyeventoventCovent in the 1st Battalion sector and the 2nd and 3rd Ba-

ttalions

BatBat.Bat-Bat-

.talions

Ba-

ttalions

Ba-

ttalions

¬.-talionstalons made repeated attempts to crosscrOSBCrosby the Our , but theytheJthethey-

werehe-

wertheJ-

werehe-

werthey-

werehe-

werwere hamperedh..peredhperedperked.. byb7 ever-presenteverpresent- and well-directedwelldirected- enemyenemJenema artilartl1-artl1artil-artilyartil-

lery

artl1le-

1"1

artl1l-

e11

artil-

lery

¬-

leryleeryle1"1le11" concentrations.concentrationsconoentrations.conoentrations. The 2nd Battalion did , howeverhow.verhowverhover. , sucsuo-suosue-suesuchsumosuc-

ceed

suo-

oeed

so-

loed

sue-

oeed

squ-

eezed

¬-

ceedoeedcreedoed in crossingorossing the remainder of CompanyOompany FF.F*. (21)21(21)-

Throughout

21T-

hroughout

(21)-

Throughout

21T-

hroughout

(21)-

Throughout

21T-

hroughout

( )

Throughout the period 7-11711- FebruaryPebruarlPerusal the engineerseDsin..raeDsinraMessina.. ,. .... . <*r > r&frf&... . Xl.... .. iw"iw- ". *.. .-" ...*.

___... ..JbAthJMhBath.. ..bo.tb-.t.b.Q&--'J.bo.tb.t.b.Q&tbQ'JJblottb. , . -.. . . &*.. . --' -..,ftFJii.ftFJiiofficio.. 1tll.1tll 't.ntii1t.ntii1tntii1' . .:. cl'Utjtt.rf.\.te.f\Icl'Utjtt.rf.clUtjttrf.te.fIcluttertheft' . .\ \ 11 '

. .... . ,

(81)81(21)21( ) AA"A-" SectSOC..tSOCtOctSc . .tt. *". . ., .m.1.1.111.1111y.TyT. ,. *, . 9i .?.'ee'-.4.4*-*-. 4= {; ., B..rBr,8.8B.B. . ,.* " p.p"P.",*.; &tt&'. j* ' D - p.ppp-

is

p-

ies

. 7/77.7-

15

/. "" ' " -

' /

1511is11-

In

bridge the Ourau , butbut17everyever."' -1717- ; tryt1'Jt1J' was.a.a. . defeatedt..t.dttdtd.. . bybJ the swiftnessswiftness-

ofswiftne-

sss ttm.ttmtm...

of theth 1'111PITriver' ,.**>> currentourrent or erenewrenewer.eJI1ereJI1.ay*? artilleryt.111.17t111.17t11117a . . or bothboth.*., On 1111-

February

11-

February. February'ebl'U8'JeblU8J' ' !' all&11 unitsUD1 t.t. on the GermanQeamQuean, aidea14e of the rivert1ve1't1ve1! ' were.. . atlliatUlstillAliactualatUl-

b'atU-

lbtu-

bstills-

uppliedst-

illsatllib-

eingdatel-

iningbeingb'b'# DS, . suppliedpp11.d.pp11d.pp11d. as.. well asa.a. possiblepo..iblepoiblefoible.. byb7 boat.boat. (22)22(22)-

At

22-At

(22)-

At

22-At

( )

At; approximatelyapPl'or1matelJapPlor1matelJ' : 0600 hours 9 FebruarylebNaryplenary the platoonplatoon-

leaderplat-

oonplatoon-

1..derplatoo-

n1derplatoon-

leaderplat-

oonleader1..der1.der1der.. ofot the 1stlot Platoon ofot CompanyOo.panOopanHoopla. ,. B was... awakened by'bJbJ' a.a-

runnerr-

unnera-

runner

r-

unnerrunner ofot the 2nd Platoon who informed him that thesethe.the.. twotwoI-

'two-

I

tw-o ' . .

" ' ' " " ' - - "" "' ' " . ' ... ..".. - oiiii '-' -. . ...

-.: - : ' . _ . ,

IpqIqIp-

qp1

..; /III'I' ' ' it TIM.TIM 4""* *v* '-* *,u"u : : -= :: ::;::: : :::" '" :' : ;- ; ;: : :': /

--p1p1-,"HPiatoonaPiton- a.ttfoiu1'.ttfoiu1ttfoiu1.t.ttfoiu1',11r1tt1tttfoiu111r1tt1toon e' " ,-ftirrwi-\,11r1tt1t,11r1tt1t11r1tt1tfattieri\,ibt'ibtit:,,& '*_" =d "' '2i2fl&& & l'>) .,.n-.n.t.niitrniter-g ecratrta-'tfabecratrta'tfabtfabcratertab& \iitriitrit\ It'It: -'

' tilt; twgngftwangtwgngfsmtwangs""t\p"ttp"\' -UU-) P°" of"ofVff-

prepared

p-

repared

" -smsm- yy-

prepared

p-

repared

._--prepared to move out in an attack in 30 minutesminutes.*. (ForPOl'POlPole' LDlaD ,

. ._ .

see... Maplap! IIIIIi) A lonei i e man 'withOutwithOut'without eqequipmentip.p..nt'nt' wouldouidquidw.' ididtdt: -tt-have. done"donedone"-

well

done-

well

Hone-

ywell

d ."- .' - - -

well to have climbed this hill in that length ofot timet1MJ.e.t1MJe.t1MJetime.time.-

e

tim-e

. *.. . . . , .. . . .'. ', " ' ''lhe''DlheDleD' e '''Vattalio'fi'hker'HW'lSetth"VattaliofihkerHWlSetthautabuttt .LL. l.l.anan.

' 1''h1h' '"''YiYi rr'rr''' "howhow'" 1i''b'efotfi'1ibefotfi' ' 'e " '" eroareNero*& *csacass"sssa"sa\mt..1'1.v'mt11.vmt..1'1.v'mt11vss"mt..1'1.v'ssmt11v"" Var'xlni'TOnaovtVarxlniTOnaovt\, 'tt' "riri"'. ' 'ei:&.. .1itmtrB't.1itmtrBt1itmtrBt'. my 'tt-exactly

e-

xactly

- " *- ' "*

. -. . -. , .'.. . . . . . " .. . . .

exactlyaxa.ctlyaxactly. 48401C hours.hourshors., ThisTkUKUr-.J.sr-Jsr-ajas. . ss-

of

s-

ofa

platoonpla.toonplatoonhplatoon. hadad receivedr&crcrecrecd& lvadaivedladwaived a limitedl1mitedinvited numbernumber-

of

numb-erof K HationsRationsNations , but no ammunitionun1tlon and much had been expendedexpended-

in

expend-edin the initial attack on HillBill YY.Y,. The supply of oil011 for weawea-weakwea-

pons

wea-

pons

wea-

pons

¬-

ponspeons was almost depleted as much had been required becausebecause-

of

because-

otbecau-

seofot the dampness of the weatherweather.,.. . . ... . . . , . . . . . . . , . . ..11 .11 1, 1.

K1 .RRRationst1 n8.n8 werewerewereUisuoiiissued"blanketsissuedblanketsinsuperablenessls'sulssulass-UisuoiiUisuoiiIssue- ' tf.rtfrfar, ". 6rariki1an&otsi1anots& t ' were'piledwerepiledorIepiledweepierripplediilrifoilrig' pilpail: d'd' hasflly'onhasfllyonhagfllyrorishadflychangefullyhasflly'on-

positionhasfllyon-

position

nhagfllyrori-

positions.fIIj.sfIIjSufi'.,

position andend the 1stlet Platoon moved out followed by the 2nd2nd-

Platoon.

2nd-

Platoon

2nd.-

n

2nd-

n

,. . ' " . . . ..AA. . . .nn.... .. .- .. . ,. . ,

. ,. . . .. . . ..!. . .. q..wqw...... '." . ... . -WW_- 01.01. ft.._. . -.Iwo.IwoIwo-. . ..._ 'rr.'.. . . .rr". -1N .00-. . A---. . . . .AA.. ww-

Platoon.p-

latoon...

.nn Platoon.Platoon. The two units arrivedar iveddived at the lino11nlinelimo of departure onon-

Hill

O'-

Neill

on-

Hill

O'-

Neill

on-

Hill

O'-

NeillHill Y ( See Map III ) where CompanyCompanY' ' C and the remainderl'em.s.1nderlems.1nderlems1nder' . . ofotof-

Company

H-

offman

ot-

Company

O-

ttoman

of-

Company

H-

offmanCompany B were assembled.assembledals..bled.alsbledallseed.. . The platoon leaders reported toto-

a

toa-

d commander the timet1me was nowLOWnow-

about

knoc-

kabout

LO-

Wabout

Lo-

wboy

now-

about

knoc-

kabout

a very".r'1.r1r1. ' impatient companycompan1 as

about 0720 and theyth f were someaomlaomeaolanomie 50SO minutes overdueoverdue.overdue.-

The

overd-ue

*.

The platoon leader ofotthetbethetube 1stlot Platoon received.c.1v.dc1v.dc1vd. . . thetn.tnthe-

following

the-

ologiantn.-

tollowiDS

the-

following

the-

ologian.

followingtollowiDScolloids attack orderort81'ort81' i: "YouYou" see... that highhip groundSl'o1mdSlo1md' above.boY.boYabove-

Wallendorft

above-

Wallendorf

. ..I . . . l W. . *. , % ,

WallendorftWallendorfWalled"W-W"WW",ynW'O'w"01ynWOw01- ' r* .' M1" " 1 NINwNina** ,*.* * ***

1'1'4Y"4Y4Y"-

A

4Y-

A

<!*#1 ."'? ,. . , JlJEJM/.MM.M.!/.We. wi.NwwiNwwiN.!. .AwAw. .are. Yh M/F'AMMF'AMFAMAM/?'.' .J.J.going. IppM.IppMPpY.Y. I J . JYtiM1,$toMM.w1Y.MMMMw1Y.MMMMw1YMM. j.take° .MY.R'1MY.R1MYR1.!.MY.-

R'1ynW'O'w"01MYR-

1ynWOw01. .' ! L.L.1, _;Mwe .., rt4..1rt4.1rt41_? .-. , UiM&UiMUMU.U. * &. Jf1JJ.Jf1JJttk.ttktat... . . .

" .(("2)2)

"1A -. aectSect.SectBeetact' . . . " ... .-.*, . , " .!.VIIVII.VII. . . ,II'IIIIII' , . .

,.,.

,"

11.11.. .. . , ' ''

Febrebre'' . . . . . , .. . ,

454645j, , ' " '"

;. .. ' ..

BH. ..-

"' \t't't\ ' "

pp.p, ....

.

. . .

6j6,

;, "

1)1D. ,

)). .-

.

p.p1.1, .. ,. '

10.1010-

.ie

10-

ie

." . . , ... .

., . ...rtwwitwig.. " " " .... . . , *.-. >. . ..*. ' . ,. .. ' " ' '' '

..-ie1.6161.-

6bridge

16-

bridge

.

beb.b. on the rightr1Sht and yourlOur platoonplatoon'.illplatoonillplatoonwillplatoon', will. beb.b. echelonedeohelonedechelon to thethe-

lefthel-

metthe-

lefthel-

metthe-

lefthel-

metleft rear.rear.* MoveICveICe outj"outjoutoutj"-

She

outjS-

heout-

setout !) ".

_SheThe'!he area..,.. oOQp"wh1oOQpwh1oovew-whichovewwhichJove,** "- which ,thisthis-thisattackticktack- attack wanwasw.w.. to Debe launched18\mOhe18mOheloohed"loohedmotherlookedloohed"waailoohedwaailooked' \ .

-" vatwaaiwaifvat-

ava-

twaai-

a

acac-

ia

...a curvingoQrVUSforumsourvour g ridge.ridgerids.rids. . ItIt.Itwas... relativelyl'elat1"e17lelat1e17' " aaoothaoothBoothazoth, withoutw1thout, treestr.tr... ,and exceptexoept fortortore pill boxesboxe.boxeboxed. which were.1'8.1818.. ' occupiedocoupied bybJ the enemyenfJJl7enter ,there was nothing on the surfacesurtace savelave an occasional shellshell-

could

hell-

oed

shell-hole

hell-hole

shell-hole

hell-holehole to ofteroffersofter individual.individualindividual.cover.individualindividual cover.cover. Therere were. severale

. . . , . . , . .,. . ........... ...,. !__ ! ; "

"' h'h' ,. ';; :, ___ , ' . , ", I ' ' < I <; , ...... .......... ..I n'n' .:J "-80'80'80-' '' '' ' ' ' " 'I"I' "" _ ..._

t .- . . l tl.v.tlvltv. .... 1ttii.' tli'stlis'taretaretulips' !' ereririaaria--aa--andd--dth.8i8Wbth8i8Wbdth.8i8Wbdth8i8Wb-others-. whichii 'wereiherewereihereweedier'wereihere-

could

wereihere-could

'were therethere-

couldthre-

efoldcould not be seen because of the camouflagecmaout1ase.cmaout1asecamouflage.*."-_"DayDay"-_ ')) i"1ri1r"eraswasaB'aB

'

Just breaking at this time and the attention ofotof-

the

of-

tenot-

the'ot-

theot-

herof-

thecompanythethe'the-companythecompany'- company commanderc'Ommander' was calledoalledcoaled to a column001UD'1 ofat Germansaermensaverments onon-

tfc

pon-

tific, . '\, ._tfc.t-.b..t.b.ftc.thR-horizonthRhorizonthru-. .* ", .

,- herisonh1zonHarrisonh\h{\ 1-zon1zonzone- approximatelyQIP1'tQIP1tapproapron: ' > > :::1etGl'r1etGlr:imuteimpute: : :':f 00-jar-da00jardaEOO"'lllfEOOlllfroe-yar65roeyar65; -"-' : - ' ', awtAjTihiltt110itt icy"icyi1'1'il"i11il'"'' ' " .tt*. he""directionhedirectionredirectione"e" Qlr'QlrSQL" ' c t1on.-t1on.t1on-

.of

t1on-

ofti onon-

ofo-

no

*. "-'

of the proposed attackattack.,. A4 counterattackcounter tt.ackttacktack. was fearedfearGdafeard andand-

everyoneA-

ndoverand-

everyoneA-

ndoverand-

everyoneA-

ndovereveryone took position behind the retaining wall which waswas-

thewa-

stewas-

thewa-

stewas-

thewa-

stethe line"line" ofor departure.departure. The counterattack did not materialmaterial-material-ize

mate 1a1-1a11a1-

1ze

¬-

ize1zesize and in 2 or 53 minutes the attack was on the way.way.Sf.Sf. . ItIt-

followedP-

itfallIt-

followedP-

itfallIt-

followedP-

itfallfollowed the route shown and it stopped at the point inin-

dicated1n-1nin-in1n-

d1catedin-

dicated¬-

dicatedd1cateddilated on Map III.IIIIII.-

Company

. _ _ , , . . .... ' . ...... , . . ' . .

Company B moved out as8S ordered to be followed by CompaCompa-Compa.-Compa.CompaqComp-

are

Compa-

ny.

Compa-

ny

Compa..-

The.

Comp-

act. ¬-

_ . . . ._ reny.ny._ P.P.lo.lo.* . .JIHa.JIHa.The.TheJihad.. . P.plateca-s&platecas&s.p1.a.t.t-:2-p1at.t2.p1.a.t.tp1att:22plateau.p1.a.t.t:2Mt.V7'p1att2MtV7. ate.ateate.s'atesBates. . -.: -*-s's's- '& Mt.V7'Mt.V7MtV7> LvyZYY-ZYYLevyZYYw. -' xiiaeliimrvtwiW'iW'" U1U116Adr.ttdrttdrat. -16A16A-' rtfomreformrl'rlrz' JJ1"CompariJJ1Comparin" Company'Company' ,. D1U waswa-

sstillBa-

stillewa-

sstillBa-

stillewa-

sstillBa-

stillestill attached to Company B and they were to move out withwith-

the

withh-

eld

with-

the

withh-

eld

with-

the

withh-

eldthe 3rd Platoon which was in support.support. The company commandcomman-

dgroup

comm-

andcomman-

dgroup

comm-

andcomman-

dgroup

comm-

andgroup followed the 1st Platoon.PlatoonPl&toon.Pltoon& . NoXo timeti.ti.. had been allowedallowed-

forallow-

edfor getting units organized into any formationfo at1on fortortore thiath1thisthai$ atat-

tackat-atat.at-

tack

at-

.tack

at-

tack

¬-.tack and the 1st andM.dMd. 2nd Platoons moved out in a sort ofor openopen-

column

oper-

culumopen-

column

oper-

culumopen-

column

oper-

culumcolumn with all men walkingwalk1Ds at top speed.p..dpd. .. and firingt1rinStiring on pillpillb-

oxespillb-

oxes,

boxes or any other featuresteature.teaturefeature. which might harbor enemynenynannyen.en.., soldiers.soldiers.old1erl.old1erl.old1erl. .. . .. ..... . . , . .

. , ., .. .. .. ..

- -*, "'". . . , ,. , . , .. . .. . . M' Art. iI.,. M." .'W'W.'.' n. - M-. A" MAfMA" "1'--1'11-

'Ilk

1-

Ilk

'"iMMAMMaiM-MAMyards

" " "--

.. . ..._

* .Aftm.wAftmwAft* * **

.,.1tA1tA. , . jdNwttdentate,t 'WaWa' , , *.. , * ?)' ,f? atotfwbtootI-nt'b-2'Otnt'bntb2'Ot2OtInt'b2'OtIntb2Ottb- '

.

-" "20a' { '"t9"30CTyardt930CTyard' ". 300Ilk

"Jud.JudyardsJudd' ' *

.

>

. . . .

*.,

ininAGinainAthisIgnatiusthisth1!+ M* , .manner.mannermanner.-M

manne-r .1'.11. ' ...

. . , . ... ., *. - -**

,. . ,WI s. MI1 n

'foirIfoirIfir' ' 1

- ' :.LJrLJrJar. ,. ,. ' ./

171'11117-

b.

17-

b

1'1-

be

11-

be

'

enemyen.en.., machineaaoh1n.aaoh1n. gungaD and rifleritlerile firetire wasw.sws. receivedpeoe1ved fromtraastrata the leftlettletleft-

flankle-ftlettf-

lankleft-

flankle-ftflank of the columnool'UIIDoolUIIDsolid' and it producedpzaoduoedparodied severe.eraleralseveralferal... ! casualcanalt1.canalt1casualties.casualtiestie.a.a. . TheTh-

eplatoon

Te-

lethonTh-

eplatoon

Te-

lethon. .

platoon leader ofot the 1stlatlot PlatoonPlatOQDPlato directed41rect.e4-.veral41recte4.veral41rect.e441recte4.veraldtreotedseveralverbal. -_ .. ._ several.. of hishis-

men

His-

manal

Mhis-

men

His-

manal

,men..nn. to firetire on this group of enemyen.en..,. fortortore theytheJthe were.&" plainly-

visibleplai-

nlyplainlypla1Al7plainly-

visibleplai-

nly, .

visiblev1.iblev1ible. outsideoutBideoutBid a pill box -- a machine 'gannergannergainer'

gunner and severalaeveralseveral-

riflemen.sev-

eralaeveral-

riflemen.

several-

riflemen.sev-

eralriflemen.riflemen. This order was immediately1mmed1atell carried out and thethe-

Germans

ste-

ersmanthe-

Go

th-eo

the-

Germans

ste-

ersmanGermansGo an8 started to abandon the position just as the companycompan7companyi-M

company-P

companyin-g

compan-y_ . . . . ... . , ... .. ,, . , ..

, .. .........*.*,...... I

. ... .... '4oM"4oM+ iM *" M W* -. . -,.... ... .. M..

.... . . wvitwit.,....IO.'t.IOtIota. *' .,, Mi m ...l liiiiHiHJMMi !' ' i mmHmmiumttnm...-J.J.P-M*. * .II.II. * J I J * "" ' .44 I L -.n.n-i w-ww.-fiiw5Anru

wf-iiw5Anru

- - - -... ,.*.....n.l.Wip.-.nO'nlWip-nOinli-ne.fiiw5Anrufiiw5Anru. . .

.. ' , . . R ... .&Q&IR&QIRQUIRE.t\.t&\ &. § &&* ' "thcsoethics..(' . . =-.t".t"t-UU-. #" . atopstop: fi-fifi-

continue

in-

continent

&ffteffteft&ffteo&ffteol.of'4t.olof4tofifteenl.-of'4t.\l-of4t.l.-of'4t.l-of4t&.- '.\ --oo-o&o&o-- &! " ' . ..tr.tr. thitnpwwrprwxd1..!.

* *" "

continue in theth6 attackattack.*. The enemy forthwith resumed thethe-

peuttib'fi

the-

peuttibfi

theP-

C51Jtt

the-

p

th-e" . . -peuttib'fipeuttib'fipeuttibfipettifog-PC51JttPC51Jtt-pp- 1 aUff-aridaUffaridaUf: ' 'UiUi"-'"aridaridd 'tietie.' fnfnrifrihe'he'-riri'-nre"TrghnreTrghneighlrILorire "- frgntfrontfi i "andand"ancbancc

'Continued- A ntl i d"tdt" toto" InintdintinflictTiclfc'asual-Ticlfc'asualTiclfcasualTiclfc'asua-

lties

Ticlfcasua-lties

i t--c"tc"c--casual-casualcasua-

lties

'" ' -- " "

tiest1ea on the companycompany.company-

.Jus

compa-ny

company-

.Just

comp-any

*.

JustJusJugs: .. after.- . F.,1F.1F1. .,passing,psesing.thiapsesingthiapassing? 1pg .thisthis.tb1stb1s. positionrQs1tlon-rQs1tlonrQs1tlontOOpos { tion-tioniontionthetinted, - thotOOthethou 2nd2rd: PlatoonPlatePlatoonborPlateDoHatombe"atombePlatoonPlatedatoneP?atom --borbor-DoHDoH-be"be"beboorDohabe"-

offbe-

offGe-

off"* . . . .

off towardtoward'toward"towardonetoward'" -oneonethe- left of tnethetine intended route endand the loaderleader ofof-

the

of-

ten

of-

the

of-

ten

of-

the

of-

tenthe 1stltl s$ t Platoon , upon order ofo f thothethou Company CoxaziianderCOlTwland.erCOlTwlanderCroatianCalamanderCorCora ,anderLander. , directdirect-direct-

ed

dil'dildialdirect-

hisdire-

ct' ct-ctcta-

d.

ca-

d¬-

edad.ad. hishi smallmeiimaxMedici tiOtotriooo change their'iheiriheirheir' :, route!10Ute of advanceadv ancbanc e farther to thethe-

right.

he-

ightthe-

right.

he-

ightthe-

right.

he-

ightright.right. This was done and when the two platoons were a-aQ-Qa-

breast

Q-

breast

B-

reasta-

breast

-

breast , they were hit with witheringwitbering small armsa s , artilleryartillery.artillery.a-

ndartillerym-

an,.

and mortar fire.firetire.tire. The rifler1fl$ and machinemQch1ne gun firsfire was inin-

tense1n-1nin-in1n-

.t.9Dae

1n-

t9Dae

in-

t.ense

in-

tense

¬-, . . . - - - . .

tense.t.9Daet.9Daet9Daet.ense. . , bubbubo'bb'out.nooutnooutdo'out.no.snemyoutnosnemyoutdone'' b.nQ'bnQban. n# '-. neiaynamy-.snemy.snemyOneidamammysinewy. norIlorMilord e&&iLemyiLemyeziemyRileyexigencyemyEmmy positionspOblt1ons were visible.visible. TheTh-

efire

Th-

eirTh-

etire

Th-

eatre

Th-

efire

Th-

eirfiretire cameC8me from all sides.sidessides.-

Actually

indef-

atigablysides-

..Actually

.0'0' , . , ... '. .. , , . . ... . . .

Actually.Actue.llyActuelly.Actually.,. . , the GormansUGrmansilormansGormanGermansloran had allowed the column"l\alll"llalll(; " \ to getgotget-

well

gen-

teelly

get-

well

gen-

teelly

got-

well

gro-

mwellwell within their position before they let go with all theythey-

had.

th-ey

they-

had.

th-ey

they-

had.

th-eyhad.had. Company C0 , and the Machine Gun Platoon ofot Company DD-

were

W-

ereD-

were

W-

ereD-

were

W-

erewere cut off and withdrew to their formerto er positions and ComCom-Com-

pany

Com-

pany

Com-

pany

¬-

panypanky 3B waswa3 thus isolated in the positionposit1on shown on Ridge BB-

of

O-

fB-

of

O-

fB-

of

O-

fof HillBill Y.Y. ((8ee8eeSee Map III )

When the GermansG.ansGansQemanaGainsEmanate_. opened upu all men hithi t the ground andand-

the

ant-

hem

and-

the

ant-

hemw .v.a.va_. . . .._..the

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11I1: .:. , .

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could be accomplished Intn this directiondirect1n and with a veryverrerrver-ylittle

over-

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groundth-

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groundth-

ereonground..oUDdoUDdoDd. as.. possiblepo..lb16po.lb16polb16..,andaDdend attemptedattempt.dattemptd. to dig inIn.Inin.-

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In-

tec*.

, The 1stletlot and 2nd Platoons were..rere. in some30m.30m30m.blanc.30mblanc. Semblance-blanc.blanc.blanc.- . ofot aa-

linea-

lpinea-

linea-

lpinea-

Y

a-

linea-

lpineY

line with the 1stlot Platoon on the :rightright.. The!he platoon leaderleader-or

leader-of

lead-er

11-

ofofor the 1st Platoon and the platoon sergeant ( a fewtewstew minutesminutes-before

min-utes

minutes-betore

min-utes

minutes-before

min-utes..,. ,.beforebetorebettor he tod..beentodbeentroddenb.bb..AdbAd.... d._ . been. n ttuthRtubthrut f V' ) "' atoonEaton gtiide.lfeogtiidelfeotidegu1gmimi .dd. .9).99.e )

. ..t.QtQr. .q ; .ii.,rkfarkrkf-

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hole which was about 50 feetteetteeth in rear of the lineItne.Itneline.Pitney*. It couldcould-

notcoul-

dn't

could-

Dot

cou-ld

could-

notcoul-

dn'tnotDot be dug deeperdeeper.deeper.sodeeper., so the dirt loosened bybr the shell burstburstw-

a&burst-

wabur-

stburst-

wasbur-

stIt- . . . . . . . . . . . - . - . ,,-_. . . - '. ' ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . _ . - . ... . . . . . . . . . . ... . . ,- - , , - - . ,- _ . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . .

wa&waW&tiWtiwasWI&& piled up around the crater fortortore added protection.protectionprotecprotect t1on.t1on. WordWord-

was

Work-

days

Word-

was

Work-

days

Word-

was

Work-

dayswas received toBoldtooledto , "HoldHold-BoldBoldaHold"- what you have"have" .. - . " . . , .,.., . " 'nn' . ' . < . . . . . . " . .. . . . . " ' , _ ' " . . . " " ' " " . . ' .11.11.11. . . . . _, . .. . '

. "_ . 'XX.1.a1.a1a'. '.ctiackbucktickctiackwal6dbuckrevealedbuckeyerecrecd ".-wal6dwal6d--revealedrevealed-'revrev'- * #aledailed thatthathan thetn.,

piatponplatoonpitonp1a.tp1at. ol; sergeants.rgeiU"srgeiUsergesserge. 4t" t.t*.,. , .2.2.2&.,,.,. squa'SquSqusquabSqsqua-

leaderssqu-

alledsqulS1.squlS1' . . .- . _

leaders , andnd at least 2 men hadh d been woundedwo\mdedwomdeddeed\ and 4 others onon-

theM-

onte

on-

theM-

onte

on-

theM-

ontethe right flank of the platoon had been killed.killed. . Alljlljell, squadssquads-

were

squ-ads

squads-

were

squ-adswere now led by assistant squad leaders.leadersleaders.-

Kebelwerferleaders-

.iebelwerterleaders.-

Nebelwerfer

.

KebelwerferiebelwerterNebelwerferKneeler , artillery , and mortar concentrations rainedrained-on

raine-don the position.positionposltton.poslttonpiston. The mortars were so close that the exex-

plosionsex-exex-

plosionsex-

plosions¬-

plosionspoisons could be heard as the rounds left the weaponsweapons.*. TheThe-

enemy

He-

nley. . . . . . -, , - - ' '' ' ' . . . .. , , . . . .-.. . . . .. .... ... . . ....' . . . . , . . -. . wa- r.ara..... . . I1.M.Mrr.M.I1MMrrM.I1MMrrM, .

_. . . ,. . . :.- . 't-1'tt1' .-. . ..W10. .... ..M.M- ... .. . . r-IrI. -. Y.Y... L.LL.M. . . . . -MM- _ ..! ..iM.. r.AurAuFrau. ....... . hf.... . . ... f, . ". . . . ., 'A"A.' .,". .... ..

enemy observation was such that if one stuck his hand out ofotof-

a

ot-

a

sof-

aa hole ,. iti t would be shot ata.t.at. ,. ThaTnft.TnftThe,ThaiTnt,. shellinghel1\shel1ssheiUSheri:\ nn-

an

,., conconti.1"teconti.1teconti1teinruwl.but--inruwl.butinruwl.but-an

.! " :. ,: . . lltlilt-:-

.

an expected counterattack did not come.come. Word was receivedreceived-during

recei-ved

receivedd-

U1'1ngreceivedd-

U11ngreceived-

duringrecei-

vedduringdU1'1ngdU11ng' the morning that CompanyOompallJ A would attack fromtromtromp Wallen-WallenAllenWallen-

dorfWal-

ledWallen-

dortWal-

ledWallen-

dorfWal-

led-

dorfdortdoorort and contact CompanyOompany B.B. They werewer9 unable to get moremore-

thannorth-

landmore-

thannorth-

landmore-

thannorth-

landthan 100 yards7arde out ofot town.towntown-

.With

to-wn

town.-

Wi

tow-

ntown-

.With

to-wn

.

WithWi th the comingoomingbooming ofot darknessdarkne8s ,,.. all personnelpe .onnelonnelone. got out ofof-

theiro-

therof-

theiro-

therof-

theiro-

thertheir holeshol.holhold.. andaDd walked or ran aroundal'oundaloundaloud' them in an effortettortextort toto-

getR-

oget

to-

of

to-

o. , .._.get6etof, . warm.warmwarmThiswarmth!,........

Thish1s!.... ,.unitunit.. . .. ... .... .. ... had.... .

been. acrossacr088 the river 60 hours nowno.nonowM-tf

now-A

no-w

Now-ak

..- - ,_ .. .._ ..

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withoutw1thout hot foodtoodstood orCI'CI' dry41'7417' clothing and 1'1181118pain*' <tiatai hadhad.. fallenfelleD inin.in-

termittentlyin-inin-

tera1tt81t17

in-

.termittently

in-

termittently

¬-.

termittentlytera1tt81t17termite! daring4U1'Sng4U1Sngduring' the time.timehaste.haste. FurtherJ\uath.rJuath.r,author\ . , thoughthouah the positionpoalt1cmposition-

was

poalt1cm-

was

Position-

wan

positi-onwaswan Justjuatjut below theth.th. crestcreatcreate ofot a hill11111ht31 , the holesbol.bolhole.holeboil.. filledfillet! withwith-

water

Whit-

ewater

with-

water

Whit-

ewaterwater.tertertear.. asa.a. though eaoheachLeah was a springspring.,. One could not dig to aa-

depth

d-

eptha-

depth

d-

eptha-

depth

d-

epthdepth ofot more thanthlll 6 to 8 inchesinohes and so the men had notnot-

stood

kn-

otted

not-

stood

kn-

otted

not-

stood

kn-

ottedstood in the water , they had lain in it for protection.protection. ItIt-

MtlI-

TTItu-

.

Sit-

u

' ' """" '.'":; ' . '"VafffcrVafffcr"bl :' T4\T4T4.trt""fT4trtfnuttfF.trt""ftrtfmutttart. TOl'TOlSTOL' 'WW'c'.l"cl'. Mt-lM-lMtl-SueNet-suke"SKeae"iSKeaeiSetae"ebeb"Sue P'P* "

r1olesr1oles-

to

i JLeSJules cfSST'IV"cfSSTIVCST5! " u.u.'iwiiNMiwiiNMIrwin' .. . 'rr' <! r juupy1i..'WFJWFJ' ! bo atfaft\! " " oa"oa"

to 20 minutes and that only prevented one fromtromtromp being almost-

a

almos-

talmosta1mostalmos-

tentirelyal-

mosta1most-

.tlti

a1mos-

ttlti. . .- -_ - .J.J '-

----.tlti.tltitilt----aa--_-. entirely.:ti-re1tire1- l'7.l7.l7' .

.

autejaergetl-autejaergetlautejaergetl3autimwrgeautism15 8 d.-d.d.ont"-.." .". . -_ 3 reT oTaeo-nt"ont"ntoYieTaejoie- " " offrr'-rr'rrrr'.1.' - it 8 ',.11. pcTOpcTpcTO-

oughly

poem-so8J;'.lionlion. lolowiii'lowiii-wiii'-wiii'wiiiwas-wiii''tfwiiitf'as-." 'tftf' t i4r='- - - -

oughlyoughJ.oughJoughl.yroughlyHough.,. wet as it is1si s humanlyhumanl1 possible to get.getset.setget.-

No

g-et

get.-

No

g-et

.

.. . .i.i. .'_, """ ".. , . .

No.. . ,further .jnentioxjettison_mention!,!. . .

n_Jias.beenJiasbeenJansen_has!!..JJ. bean?_ . . ..mademade.madefifmade:m _._. .P.tPt.gg. . _ .tha.Jf.oundthaJfoundhardbound.tt.Jjlwt.oJjlwto.._*iounded.ioundedfounded. ndedended ... . " Itwas.ItwasVitasItwas.-

Impassible

It ,....yeasyeas.. .- .

' Impassibleimpasaible-impasaibleimpasaibletoimpassable1mp'O's1mpOs' ' lble'lblelabile'- to materiallymatertofl3r'matertofl3rmatartMata Jl.Jl.,. .' aidold9.191. thein.theinthmmbnthinthumbth m .:' TnereThereTerre were noriono medicalmedical-

suppliosmed-

icalsmedical-

suppliesmed-

icalsmedical-

suppliesmed-

icalssuppliossupplies , and there was no available comfortco 'ortort' ofanyany sort.sortsort.-

Only

sport-

ingly

sort.-

Only

sport-

ingly

sort.-

Only

sport-

ingly

.

Only rain coats and shelter halves water soaked and muddyDr.lddyDrlddyDeridedmuddy-

ones

mudd-

iness

Dr.ldd-

yones

muddy-

ones

mudd-

iness

.

ones , were available with which to cover these men in an efef-

fort

ef-

fortef-efef-

tortef-

fort

¬-

forttort to keep them warm.warm. This was futile since theythothou,. were lyly-

ing

11-11ly-ly11-

The

ly-

ing

¬-

ingKing on the wet ground and rain felltell occasionally.occasionallyoccasionally.-

toonoccasion-

ally., The plapla-planpla-

toon

pla-ing plac-ing pla-

toon

¬-

toonton leader and the platoon sergeant visited each ofot the menmen-

in

mean-

ing

men-

in

mean-

ing

men-

in

mean-

ingin his positionp091t1on often duringd'iU'fngdiUfngdung' ' the night , butb t there was little. . ..

. '.1t1t. *. : ....ATLA.1u.Jj.I'J.t1uJjIJ.t1uJjIJtALTA. .,h' ..A.A. :'..kflf9kflf9af.,. . °J'J'. .- -af-af-afcw"afcwac:'-. . cw"cw,,x w" ... \'?. :-,..: #.t rY"Y

" ; tto 'ofi&r.ofirfirl.ili 'aa&zrr.zrrrr' '. ViivuVii'ILIL'.lhlh.

:hvcvcLigLingan there'herehere'' was noncno-

help

n-

oelnc-

help

M-

ichelhelp in sight , not one complained.complained. The only aid man rere-

maining

re-rere-

maining

re-

maining

¬-

mainingmaiming in the companycompan1 had been leftlettlet to man the battalionbattalion-

aid

battali-onaid station.stationstat1on.stat1onstation.-

At

stat1on.-

At

stat1on-

At

statio-n

.At 2400 hours Company C0 had cleared three pill boxesboxelboxedboxes-

and

box-es

boxel-

and

Borla-

ndboxes-

and

box-esand had contacted CompanyCompan,. BB.B*. (23)23( ) In the meantime CompanyCompUQ'CompUQCompaiyCompaqCompany-

B

CompUQ'-

B

CompUQ-

B

Compaiy-

B

Compan-

y

Compa-

q

Copaib-

a

'

B had continued to be harassedhara.s.dharasdharass. . byb7 artilleryt111.rrt111rr. and mortar fire-

as

fireW4ft.-

W"W

fireW4ft-

WW

fir-es

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attem-pt

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Aa-

ron..to10; evacuate.ouat.ouatoat.,. . HA.11as. aaaymanya J

hadbad to bob.bbe. carriedoanted.oantedcarried..anted Thisb1a! requiredMqu1N4 atat-

least

A-

tlasat-

leuta-

leuta-

tlast

a-

tlasfromha thetht.t.*. 1st1.t1tlot. PlatoonPlatoOllPlato *.

leastleutlastAleut fourtour men..aa. althoughaltbougb it seemed..._4 that theythe7 couldoouldGould notDot bobebo-

spared

bo-

lstered

be-

spared

be-

dspread

be-

spared

be-

dspreadspared fromtromtromp the lineline.*.was thai** 'J'ythjt'\J'J'ythjt'JythjtJ'*thing: '\ [ ff-ff-which

w-

hich

>- - .....r.r. .HoNo litterr was availableavailabv abterabutterabternabutterl.ll.-

which

nopnopennor '" -l ::*..-. .' j.j. . * , . .

*J -' - - - - -

. " J_ "* r'r>'< feKK-

whichW-

hichi.i. , WJTJts-WJTJtsWattsWJTJtsj.

which to improvisetmprovls8 one except riflesr1fle.r1fle. and8Dd shelter halvesbalY.balYhalves.ballyhalves.-

This

halv-es

.. *.' coodittonacoeditorco"J11t'coJ11tcovd3" ti'one.one,.. ... " _ rThis is1sis a difficult featteat evenevenn.vv. under.rr. _

ordinary"ordinary.".(IrJ'IrJMir *

but'but' withwith.. everyoneev r-.oner.oneone,-. and everything8.8rJth1ng88rJth1ng.- - soaking80 . wotw.twtwetwont. , coldcold.,. and8Ddand-

muddy

han-

dmaid

and-

muddy

han-

dmaid

8Dd-

muddl"

8Dd-

muddlmuddymuddl"muddlmuddle" it was next to impossible.impossible. Therefiler.filer. were.ereere. fewtewstew leftlettlet.. ..onODon-

V

o-n

on-

the

M-

onte

... .. . .. .. .. ,,-_

. ,. . _ . _ -. -. ".

.... , 1.. w-w....-. '_... X;- - : V -_ r'r'. - ... thethe positionpos1ti. , . .

l"ll"wholwhowho"whowho werewar-warwar.iiie.

, . ,

-VV-;,.

-

jafcleablejackleg-

.iiieiiie. - _-ttotpctcp-

_-'c'qcq'

car-' rryrr_ _

ttiejlr.ttiejlrtiettiejlr.oneouart.ertthee"rer".rr. _._ one-ouart.eroneouart.erC'D43-1-.1.e.rt.9rCD4311ert.9rC'D43CD431.1.e.rt.9r1ert9rquarter' -(!.- , .a. ._or ofof-

the

of-

ten

of-

the

of-

ten-' ---

. -, . . . - . -- -- - - - - ---- - -

the pletoonplatoonpletoon-

sergeant

plat-oons

pletoon-

sergeant

plat-oons

pletoon-

sergeant

plat-oonsthe load10ad which the Boundedoundedwounded man represented , sogO

sergeant was sent on this mission.mission. This p&rtjprtjpstpartpart4&: --44-:; departedd6p6l'tirild6p6ltirilid6part&did6partd' & to'CooCooto-

make

Ta-

mae

to-

make

Ta-

mae

'Co-

omake

Co-

omake

C-

oma

'. aidaid-

station

ada-

ptation

aid-

station

ada-

ptation

aid-

station

ada-

ptationterritoryterritor-territorterritorto- to the battalionbattsJJ.onbattsJJonbatsmake their way through enemy ,

station at about 0100 hours onnn 102-020!-.OO. FebruaryPebrnary , but dawn cam-

eprior

cam-

piercam-

eprior

cam-

piercameca.caca.-

prior

Cap-

ricorn

.prior to their arrival and they were.ereere. compelled to spend-

the

spe-

nd

spend-

the'

spend-

the

spe-

nd

spendspeDdspedspeDd-

th

speed-

edthethe'th ' daydSJdJS in a pill box in1n the enemy line.-

Snow

lin-es

lineline.line.-

Snow

lin-es

*.

Snow fell during this daydsydusky (10th10th( lOthcloth ) as well as rain.rain. SevSev-gev-gevSegeSev-

eral

gev-

eral

sev-

eral

Sev-

eral

¬-

eralferal attemptsattompts wereere made to supplysuPp17 the position, _ ..

by. ...__ _

liaisonliaisonLa-tu

liaiso-n liaiso-npia

liais-on

* <_** . J'IiJIi*Ii' -* ,a*a-

pJi1f

-----.:

_

-,. .. <"-

_ . .-- -, .- _. _ , .- _. . _ __ _ ,.. _<_LatuLau ..- - ' *-** **-

, ' ' "" ' tnetine" ;; felltell into hands on every8Y8'J8Y8J!' ococ-

casion.

oc-

casion

oc-oc-oc-

casion.

oc-

casion

oc-

casion.

oc-

casion

¬---pJi1fpJi1f-piaApia-p'laiSeT"plaiSeTpillaristp'laiSeT"DuTplaiSeTDuTplashedf'efe;,&rttnrttnrattan&DuT'wurwurDeuturn trxetree suppliesSpp11e8 enemyen8J117

casion.casion.cession. The enemy continued all typestyp.typtype.. of firetire on thetnetine posi-

tion

posi-

tion

posiposi-positposi-

tion

¬-' -

. natursnuts=naturesn:1tn1t: 3 aovDv'Dvabove:oz.oz'&' Several5evaralSeveral-

harassing

Sev-eral

5evaral-

haras8ing

Several-

harassing

Sev-eraltionion;, but it1twaswaswas mainlyms.1t\1'1ms.1t11ms.1tms1t1'111. \ ofor ae.e. harassinghu-e.s1nghue.s1nghue.s1nges1ng!! *.

the but their firetire waawasWadawaa-

not

w-

ant

was-

not

wa-

sn't

was-

not

wa-

sn't

harassingharas8ing patrols contacted companycampaDJcamped ,

not oftenottengotten returned unlessUDl..sUDlsIUDs. . theythe,. osaa0.0ameOsakaDame.. very.1717". closeclo.cloclod.. to thetb8 posipo.i-po.iposi-positpoiposi-

tion.

posi-

tion

posi-

tion.

posi-

tion

po.i-

tion.

posi-

tion

. ¬-

tion.tionion. . ..aa..... .' --_ . . ......--. ...OMMMWM'-OMMMWM'OMMMWMOMMMWM'.a-'- .'-

.__.. . ,, *-'IYPIVMIYPIVM.' *-*nurinure-* ' Y.. <. *.-. . r ---- - - ---,... ,__ *pwww-DarknessDumessDunes' **->-*

came on the night ofot 10-11101110-2.1102.12.1- . FebruaryJ'ebrulL17JebrulL17' and8D4 thethe-

mennagalif

te-

enage.. _ ,. . . . " "ii" v-.a.-v.a.v.a.aho-sri&.'- aboutahoahoyaho1nououasoas'in-1n1n-asas-- an811 ef-efet.etef-r e-r

ef'W&-

PRIMS

efW-

PRIMS

def-

orms

-..- ' "hhhblholyhl sxtfrstir ) f a' *.:r *:

>,"!',:

<*mennagalif"men""ageanmenageanmenage*"'"mm" > O.X-WO.XW"-"" Win> i'i got'sotsot outcutut oftt; theithettheirthefttheir? l.ala.s i. . _ . - .

, . :...xx. . . . : . iI.I.. . . '\ ' ,

. , VU , *. '. *... ,"wfwf".. . ... ( _ ..w.w. . .. . *... ...*. ' .. . . ,. . .. .. .- ..*.. --'* .-... . ."-a--a-.".*.-. , '. . <.",. ".* . ", .

gj-

W1th

gj2111"11. , - "'" ". .. ,- .., .. -,-' .

. . .-... . .-.+l

. .

_

. ' -'W&PRIMS'W&PRIMSWPRIMS-PRIMES- ' &

. .

p.p-. 11-11_

-- ./ . . -2-2--- " --

!III-

IWith

forttoZ'ttoZttot' to gotlet want.wantwas.waswarms.warms. ManylIaDlDenyladle *W81'W81VeroVerso#'. so10 coldooldold adaadand weak thatt t theythey-oould

th-ey th.ththey-

couldth-ey ..,

oouldoou14couldGould take''*- the low atapstepatop.'.pp. out of thaitheir? holaabol.bolholesollaboil.. only01111 afterart.I'artIMarti. ' 1-

'pea..d1-

pead1'-1'1re-rere-

peatedrere-

peated'.¬-

peatedpea..dpeadpleatedplead.. attemptsattsapt.attsaptWatts. and aone8011.8011somealone. of thosetb .. who attemptedattmptod to narvnna-oould

m-ould

rvn-

couldAr-

noldnn-

oouldk-

noutedoouldcouldGould notnot.not.-

About

knoc-

kabout

not.-

About

knoc-

kabout

,.About 28002100220 hourhoursa thathethan companycOJlpencolleen,. commander

,, who with thathethantha-

adventha-

deanthe-

adventhe-

aventhe-

adventhe-

avenadvent ofot darkness had gone to the battalion CP, returnedreturned-ff

returned-sr

returne-d. .....

_ _. . , . . . . . . .. ,........ .. . ... ...., .. . ........_..... ,. . . .' ..... _ .' .. ' ' ti.tytitytty'H.Hsr w* e M r"> > i-in-, -*+ - * j.*. n.vJx..r.nvJxr/;-* M.VMV .- * *.'*. " -".. ._ ' ff.+ " y

' l ixxr-"-.-

"- ' ' *+c v.AewaHvAewaH< * < * i? ! "<' * vow< i *

" !iM+ f * ! t' +.+ '>iiwM7ap rtMtM[ */ .Mi1Mi1vmtAll> y!. \ MF* U><1.1l .

IM., . B.

>gaBlgliiygalley....... _ _..... |jr<IIpVEW"VEWoff'W1t,1ioffW1t1iVIEW, he'Mnews"lhatheMnewslhatnewsthatenmeshnewscastli news--news that thethe" companymp i waswas tot"t beb'b relieved veryvery-

shortly.ove-

rshotve1'Jve1Jve1'J-

shortly.ve1J-

shortlyvery-

shortly.ove-

rshot'

shortly.shortly. In approximately oneODe hour the relieving unit a1'-a1'a1ar-ara1-

'1'1.84.a1-

1184ar-

rived.ar-

rivedarar-

rived'¬-

.rived1'1.84.1184.1184rived.' . *. it was 'that.that"that." partpart-part.ofpaint-ofpaintof-part- -.of.of- of CompanyCompan7CompanyCC.C-C.- which w&awawal-walwaswailwalnotwasnotwalnutwasn't& -not-not alreadyalread7already-on

alread7-on

alread-y . ..on position.position. CompanyOomPlU1jCompany-CompanyB- B started the infiltrationlltratlonalteration1 : backback'back-

throughbac-

khoeback-

b

bac-k

' - -

throughtbraugh.tbraughtroughbrough.rough . . anazay9n&'Q"9nQenemyAnna&' " . linas.11n3s11n3sinaelimasinane3 ferfe.r.-fe.r.feare.g.fe.r.thi.ye-r"er"r-. ".- htjrthi.ythiyhtthyth* .y-y,yt..11dyt11d- lt..11dt.11dt11dLLn... d. -nn"-m/fcmfc'm'tmt', /,' ; j"'tjtIwtWtIwtb.vea&"&tt' "bo\m"bobom--b.veab.vea"- -bo. \ n tvmpvamp'ctRapicrappie"PP"" latwllat.it01/it01.tJ1:81T".tJ181TtJ181Tit01f-m

: /jr.jr"". _

.

.' * -..--. -. -. - -. ' ' -.. .

.- . .. . . . , . * - . . . ,

,. . . . . . ." * -fm L M.M-- - *"'*- **_ "* - - -- ** * 'cutcut.,. Just how this was accomplishedaccompli shed withoutw1t out serious incident1nc1dantincident-Is

1nc1dan-tis

inciden-ti

inciden-ts

incide-ntIsi s a matter of conjecture as it was almost impossible toto-

maintainto-

rmentingto-

ma1ntainto-

maintainto-

rmentingmaintainma1ntain silence.silence.* SomeSame menman were wounded and others hadhad-

frozenand-

rogenhad-

frozenand-

rogenhad-

frozenand-

rogenfrozen feetfeet.f et.et*. TcT sayhay thatth t this group was cold , wet , and hunbun-bunhun--hun-

grybun-

ghun-

gry¬-

grygoryg would certainly constitute an understatement.understatement. Theyfh8J werewere-

sa

Tere-sa

were-

were

wher-

ever

. ' . . : :.Bn'ekttdtrBnekttdtrNetted.sa>' k ;4riDcvvifi::: vl11b"vl11b" 'l'ai'lailaic'ldbrdb*' '* ' irirwater.I-n"'Yd.tel'-In"'Yd.tel'nYdtelfirewateryodelIn"'Yd.tel'.fI3.r.InYdtelfI3r*- "' -water.water.water-. '.- . .fI3.r.fI3r.fI3r.ar-LG--i&sarLGi&sis.fI3.r..19aafI3r19aa. .-* - --.19aa.19aa-- . &* t&t.th.th&. ; . "- 5&5&-35&1iii351iii& J-'tney-J'tneytneyJ'tneyHJtneyHtanneryJitney; - ' theythey-

werehe-

wer- " - H _ '

were almosta1most frozen having been practically immobileoblleNoble andand-

thoroughlyand-

thoroughlyand-

thoroughlythoroughly wet in temperatures that were cold enough forfors-

nowp.fflo-

orshow_..."' , ..>. . ; ,aS2w-.CSSLJIaS2w.CSSLJIaS2w.CSSLJIsnowp.fsnowpfsnow!!2 -... . f'L.lJfLlJfall!or' . RR-

them

T-

heml-iklik!- 4&848&!....e Ep i&i&ut&$;.. ,...m4"j.btirm4j.btirm4jbtir. CJ" ;

. yy: _ L lQA1JtrwTrwft..tlUfttlUfettle.tj5. :.. adad... .&f *....o.f.of*. . . _. ...._ ... ._-->

them having gone through this period with as little as& 8 one-oneon-ethird

fo-etid

on-ethird

fo-etid

on-ethird

fo-etid

-third KH Ration.Ration. Thefbebe ground was rough and wet and the nightnight-was

nightc-apswas black.black. Some were so miserablelrlse.rs.blelrlsersblereleasable. . thtb.&ttbtthattb.&t when an ankle was-

turnedpa-

sturedwas-

turnedpa-

sturedwaswas-

turnedpa-

sturedturned or01'01' one would stumble and have to use a littlell'ttlellttle' addedadded-

energyad-

dedadded-

ener81added-

energyad-

dedenergyener81: toto prevent a falltall , hahe would crycP'lcPlPl' audiblyaud1b17 andaDd un-unUD-UDunl-

enatrswwdl'yT'

unl-

enatrswwdlyT

u-nlearns

U-DI

unr-

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unar-

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fiy

lenatrswwdlyT-

fiy

=ftrfrt'"' Vorm.114Q.Vorm114Q.Vorm114Q'__. . ' p.r..0blampr.0blampr0blam-.'-.. "" % V"' w''- A.M..1AM.1AM1-. .. vM-vM-

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. . .. . .-- " fiyST"STfairyST"pprSTpprStopperh" approximatelypprpr x1mitelj 242400O whohourshoursr "

onn "the"thetheFtheft"the"11th'the11ththeFlathhealth"the" llth11th'11thlathlilt' ththithethinTTLifcAtticlet"PikonletPikonlotion.itit. "rJ1Platoont't' l1. ._ .. .. . .. . '. . . . . .RR. .-

Ra

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. . . . . . , ' . -" 4*. . . . . . . . ' "

, 'IU'IU' -' ' vsta-lavstalavista.....-"' a pill'pl'Jl"plJlpflpallfl'- ' :" 'bbxbbxbb.'fro1).1J1..t11J1.t11J1t)*.. : Inin..theintheinterthe! samesines's'.. area8.1'e.81e.81e. ' . fromtromtromp which itit had movedIIOyedIdiocy

.

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outO11ttuttaut onem the morningmarning ofot the Sth.SthQtb.Qtb9th.9thSethTb.. Localtoedal securitya8aeotuabetU1.1t7U11t7.'itycity wasW.W.. postedOate4posteda-

nd.post-

edposted-

andpost-

edOate4-

aDdand.andaDd. the .menam.. *..er.erwere*. madald.aldauld..* as.. comfortableoOlltoJl'1.oOlltoJl1.oOlltoJl1amfertablrcameral'_ . atas.. possiblepo.po.. bl.bl. foptoseforthose the rere.re-

mainderr.-r.r.-

maind.

re-

mained

re.-

mainderre-

mainder

.¬-.maindermaind.maindmindermind.%' ofot thethe..' night.nightn1gtIt.n1gtItnight.-

On

nightgo-

wn

. .

On the morningJIOmlngJoining of the 12th reorganisationreorSaD1za1i1oDreorganization of the plapla-planpla-

toonpla-

toonpla-

toon¬-

toonton waswalwail begun and word was received that with the comingcoming-

ofcoming-

otcomi-

ngofot darknessd81'knes8d81knes8' a composite platoon made up ofot the more ableable-v

able-y

abl-e

abl-y

able1-

IIIIrvYMlMlp.p. _ 'dM*t* * :*- __ , n . . .. -'iJj'iJjiJj. ' ? /44// * " > "!Q** **' . *** y r'r' a7-:; . x .YY. . ' , .. " Rr - # - .' iwMihimpish 4 "''t7N1r/t7N1rt7N1r7M/! ' 7M4 77Mf/77Mf77MfMMQ.77MfMMQ/' MMQ.MMQMMMMQ-.YMl -1IIIIrRHfRFD !.M'M.M'tneMtneTineM"'VZ tne"tinetinetneltunnel-lllst.ststlast]. t sixdsidan f.f 2ndnQiiatbminicabd iatbonsPlatoonsdiatoms wouldo tfhaveve-.tove.toto go; backback-

tobackst-

opbback'backback'-

toback-

tobackst-

op

;to the position which they had so80 recently left.leftlatt.lattPlatt. This waswas-

towas-

tewas-

towas-

te. - - - .... _ .. _ _ . . . 'VV'-Vt

V-t ' __--tttotbetube-bebebe dozx.8dozx8done.-done.donedon.a.-e..achdon.a.e..achdone.eachdondone.. . .- .eacheach.- .. .alternate.a1tel"nat.4.a1telnat4.a1telnat4.alteruat4alteruat4"

. . 24 hour periodper-1cd.per1cd.per1cd.1cdperiod-perioduntilperiodontal- .- until furtherturthtruthfurtherord4rsl'l' 'orders-were

orders-were

ord-ers

'- orders'orders-ord4rsord4rsorders-were

ord-ers

ord4rs-werewere receivedreo.iv.d.reoivdreceived.Reid. . ,.

. . . . By.SySy tktM.tMthe*., .14-t-h.14th.14th4.th4th..u4u4 -.th- of.otot.- FebruaryFebrufiP1 e-oreor6--or6-.-, .- l'l' 7?ttm.antimpanimen-m.anm.anmonman- . In the pii-1pii1iipl-1:1"'box'pl1:1"'box'11boxpi--11.1.pi-111.p-i1-1.1.- - :-. " . --b-boxoab'-box ', co-coco-

"cupiedco-

cupiedoc-

cupied(;0'00-

'cupied0-

cupied'-';' . . " . , . . . . , . .pi11.1.bboxoapi111bboxoa. - . .. . _.

_----. . ' . . .. - . , , - . . . _ _.. . - . -. - . . . . . . . - . . . . . . . . . - ' " . - . . . . . -- - . " - - - . .- --""cupiedcupied---cupiedcup.eacupeacupidcoupe. Byfizyb the 1st Platoon had frozen feettaetteat and were unableunable-

tounab-

leableable-

totablet-

opto walk.walk. That nightrl1ght they were evacuated to the battalionbattalion-aid

battali-onaid station which was already filled to overflowingoverflowing.overflowing.-

On

overflowi-ng

*.On the afternoon of 15 FebruaryFebruary' ' Company B was relievedr61i&vedr61ivedrelieved-

and

r61i&ved-

and

r61iveda-

ndreliev-

ed&

and moved to WallendorfWallendortWall.endorfWalled. where the men receivedreoeived their firstfirsth-

fc"first-

hfcfir-stfirst-

wad

firsth-

and. -- .-hfc"hfc"hfcuhf.ftft-. #".""ZJ&tIZJtIZiti"' & &3!: . wad:id:11: cl-aanclaanclaananclan- clothlagclot.hiDclothiDclothingclothclothed. ! la4.n4nin. 88&&, dayjd'D.dDd&y&dydayd& /'D.'D.D/ '&? .* '. . BBl&tBlt.1hfl"lBt.1hfllBt1hfllBtBeltTh&Th'. ! & -l&t-l&tlt.1st-.1st-" . l&tifcfceltifcfcelifecycle.1stF1stF& - , i'iF?'ifcfceEiffel::" rt11111try+"°

<3f3f-

Company

1'1f1'-

Company

1-

Company

f-

Company

C-

ompany'

Company B which had numbered 39 enlisted men andand.. 1 officeroffioerofficer-at

offioer-at

offic-erat the outset ofot this operationopera1ton ncfnowncn w wasvas madem2de up ofor 12l2 enlist-ed

enlistenlist-on-on-onL-al

font-al

¬-

y-.a..1y.a..1... .-. ... ..*. ..ede... . *,d

*. ,. ."t,.men."..IVIV*... ,... k.% A.. , .

and-...*, Ma"a*" "_

' *

1I' *' '''offlcoffal0off

*,* *_*t'' *. *. <.

1.010io/<. - ./,41'.1-41.141'.141141'.1.Pt411Pte. vr'wD.. -M.MFV.. . . .PtPt. 0I . _;.,1. i

. Q.A.QA. .. jpJt4f..7Qt4f.7Qt4f7Q,. .. _ QJQ-IQIQI-y.a..1 QI-ya1 *-!%'1JJJ.1JJJLalLa.. tfito1"R.R"<i.-4i.4i.4.- !. .-.. , r..x.rx. )

.. m.mMT.MT.,. t.al.--t.al.tailt.al.a-" tal-a al-a t. y--yy-e .ff -....-._-HO * t,1ft1f, . *-!> <> . XWlKVWalkXWlKV-

i

Welki-

n

_........ <.

50 perpel'pelpeel' cent were the result of enemy action and the remainremain.remain-remain-ing

remain-.ing

remain-ing

remain-ing

¬.-ingKing one-halfonehalfone-halthalt- were due to exposureexpo8ure.expo8ureexposure.expo8ure.-

By

expo8ure-By

exposure.-

By

exposu-re

*.By 1812 FebruaryFebru817 all 3 battalionsba.ttalions. ofot the 319th InfantryIntantr'JIntantrJInstantInfantry-

hadIntantr'J-

hadIntantrJ-

hadInfant-ry Insta-

nt'

had succeeded In1n crossing the OarOa.rOur. , anda.n.dend. . on that daydq the 3rd3rd-

Battalion3rd-

lattalion3rd-

BattalionBattalionlattalion passedpaa..dpaadpad.. throughtb1'oughtb1ough' the 1stlet BattalionBattal10n and attackedattacked-northeast

atta-cked

attacked-northeast

atta-cked

. . -

northeast.fromtrOll WallendorfWallendol't.WallendoltWalledwall endort.endortvendor' ... . . . ...X&4)-X&4)X4X&4)Wat..(&?' ). .. . - ,Wat-WatWaltWattel3_*-.. tel3w *.i3wi3w. wrstworst#" waF-awaFawaft'fi&TfiT' /a-sateasate/& -,-* TOpwlTop.dd ./- ..-...IM1IM1. -....AVAV..AV-

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avo-w

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!ANALYSISANK Y818 ANDAID CRITICISMORITIOISMCRITICIMIBRITICISMCRITICISM-

the

CRITICIMI-

The

Criticis-

m . .

the crossingoros8ing of the OurO\U'OU'U\ ' RiverBiver.BiverBierBiver.intoInvariant., into the Siegfried818St1'1ed818St11edSigrid' LineLine-

on

Line-

em

Lin-en

Linem-

an.of ' ' ' 19451048 involved1nvol..d1nvol.d1nvold. . threethre.threthrelEthel. distinct41attDOt.41attDOtdishatdishdishate-

nddishearte-

ned

- --onem thetu night 6-7676.767-. Februaryl'.bl'UU7l.blUU7lblUU7. , .. distincta-

nddistin-

ctandend difficultd1tt1oultdiff roultrout,_ militarymilitary.m1l1t ,. . operationsQP..r.t1oD'QPr.t1oDQPrt1oD.. . ' , namelyn..171n.171n171nssselys... * a night attack,a riverrlY.rlYrely. crossingoro..inS1oro.inS1oroinS1.. , and an attack on a fortifiedfortitied position.position. ItIt-

IsI-

tsIt-

1s

It-

isI-

ts .Is1s my11t1 opinion that two daysda.sdas, is1s insufficient1nsutt1c1ent time to plan andand-

i

an-

d., BTPSBPSpp*pa.!Afor> * such an action.actionli..

., 'Moreo.. e.. . ..time.timet. . ., shouldhave'shouldhaveshould've!.. ' heenhen al-alal4-Ui.M

al4-UiM }- .. .. ...i s.s . . . . ' ' ' '

* ** . . , ._.*. -. - **4Ui.M4UiM.. K'K' r "ixix"v w " w3Sr We* Ji %.r.r 2 ZTVTV rtm.rtmtm 1P W'W I* "" - a.a 'lt WW3K-WW3KWW3Ki*- * ii<t<,MlNr'lNrliner: '. rr-loved

l-

oved,,

lowedloved to permit a thorough reconnaissancereconna18sance and detailed plan-planplan-

nijife.

plan"-

p

plan-

p

pla-n

pla-nring

pla-nting

-

._, , nijife.nijiferingnixie"pp"I.J19JDIJ19JD"pI.J19JD).&. t4JtlTelincJJ.uJu..udgudgdg. l-..J.-"a.l-..J."-a.a.. .j&-wa

"FaterFatter.er.perpEarp. ,. .J'oJo. rooflngroGfingroofingrouging' t ng.ng. ofofsailfusilsail_allAll., . communicationj l .J1J1. t .t1.t1.t1. . _ acequip-equipequip-

ment

mp! ip-._ _. __ __ _.-

mentm.entmeatmeant. , mainmaiD and alternate plans of attack , andendand.meansandmeansandeans.meanlmeanlmeanly. means ofot re-rere.re-

i

rei-n

re-

supply

re-

applyre-

supp17

-..i

supplysupp17 acrossacrosearose the river with due consideration to accomplishacco.p118h-acco.p118haccomplish--accomplish-

ingacco.p118h-

1ng

accop118h-

1ng

accomplis-

hin

. ¬-. . , ' . ' . . " " . . , . . . . . ' . . . .

ing1ngKingin, theth latterl&tlt& e by .airair.air , if necessarynecesnieces cry.cry* *. To!o crosc-acroscacrosc-crosc--croscacrocscocacroscunitcrescent--- a unit overover-

a

ver-aa flood-swollenfloodswollen- river into an enemy fortified position suchsuch-

as

schw-

asas the SiegfriedSigrid LinoLineLingo , when iti t is within the enemiesenemiasenemas capacapa-capcap-

abilitiescap-

abilitiescap-

abilities¬-

bilitiesabilities to neutralize that riverr1ve for further crossing andaDdand-

so

an-

do

aDd-

so

aD-

ds

and-

so

an-

doso Isolate that unit , is to put it in much the same posi-posiposl-poslpositposposit-

lpjcu&s

posi-

tlpjcusp-

ositposl-

j

po-s

posit-

4m.Ap.troQ.p.

posi-

t4mAptroQp-

j., tlpjcu&stlpjcust'-QD.8.I.tQD8I.t'tQD.8.I.QD8It4m.-Ap.-troQ.p.t4mAptroQp.t4m.t4mAp.troQ.p.troop'- .. . _-&..( . .-.. troopstr.tr. Q.XUl.QXUlEqual. . ,.. JboMsh&.baveJboMshbaveBoneshakerJJbo..JD1ilLt"JJbo.JD1ilLtJJboJD1ilLtxho.mlxhomlhomely? ,... at&" ., bav.ebavehavebrave. '_"

parachuted" " - . . _ n . " . -into-- the

, .enemyen8D17enem-

ylines.

seem-

liness

enem-

ylines.

seem-

linesslines.linesn&8.n8.n8& . Prompt re-supplyresupply- and contactoontaPoonat with friendlyf l ndlyunduly forcesfoseefosseforces-

arefosee-

areforc-

esforswe-

arer

ro?cesacesces-

arece-

sarare the decisive factors in both casescases.cases-

From

classr-

oomcases.-

From

cas-es

cases.-

From

cas-es

.

From the enemy standpoint , his failure to launch aa-

Scaw

m-

acaw

a-

fc

a-

ca-

tiv

ac-

tive . . . . . .,. . . ..., . ., . . ,. . . ., . . . . *: - ' """.' r.r-"". -u.u - '. ". ' '4 wr_ r_

. .. . . -ScawScawCaw-fcfc- 4f V\ ka-kakafikai- fi -f.'r.f.'r.fr- '..:. ftOtO tfcer-rirsrtrtfcerrirsrtrfacerroisterthetiviv "° 'Zt'1Jt"Zt1Jt-'.e..LeL. . . '!' i" ABJr.g.Jrg. , ., days'"oT"tuisrdaysoTtuisrdays'"oT"tuis-

roperationdaysoTtuisr-

operation(tay-aJ"'crr-"ttayaJ"'crraJcrr"ttstayAcer Li.Li;..tif-.tiftiff. :

operation is18 the main reason for his defeatdeteatdetest in thisthi8 particpartic-pareticpartic-

ularpartic-

ularpartic-

ular¬-

ularbulbar areaarea.*. It is my beliefbelietbelie that an aggressiveaggr4881ve andanddadd well-well'Well-'Wellwell-

plannedcell-

ophane'Wel-

lplanned

Well-

plannedCell-

ophanewell-

plannedcell-

ophane

' -planned attack on the 1stlot Battalion , 319th19th InfantryXntantrJExtant , duringdur1nsduring-

thedur1ns-

theduri-

ngthe first three oror fourtour daysd818 ofot this action wouldwould.. havehay.hay. comcom-oom-oomboomco-mpletely

co-mpl.tel

com-

pletely

oom-

pie

com-

pile

¬-

pletelypl.telpltelpolitelyplatepie.telyely,. annihilatedann1h1lated it due toto'to-tothe.tote'- thethe'the.'. shortlbort.lbortshort.labor. supplyluppllump,. ofot.otof.. a-snanisnailsnani-

tisona-

ntnranl-nranlrannran-

ltionajad

gra-

nulation=.1-.1..-

1tlon

1-

tlon-

tionajadTinatlontalonti and thephyaloah.h 'gb'1J.gb1J.gb1J' ' :.; o . _..gOJagOJagoad. .tt. .ib.ib. .

_ .J..tt. ;* (\>>*" .' -._tot-aorjitotaorjiMaori-....QoP.4&DaQoP.4DaQoP4Da. . &aa , .. .. . . .. . . "' -- ._,.. . . . ._.. . , on. ...... ._.. ... , . . . ' . ... . . I '

._.. Ii'

' *." .f"f" .rr '

. ."

' . . ,.. d.d. .. " ' ... . " . . . , . ... ... . . " . "" T.T. . . . . . , . . .., . .. . , ,, - - . .. ' " " " "" " .,

. . . . . . . , . . . . , . . . " . . ..._,. teotoeat-.r-aIot8Ep.ted.nae.atraIot8Eptednae.at.raIot8Ep.ted.nae.aIot8Eptednae*-&'...4'r--a4'r4ra' -- () ®zp: . d . *.**' 'aeae' *.*a1'1.a11.a11a1'1.tM"3'a11tM3'"14.. "' -tM"3'tM"3'tM3*-tfclfecaltfclby" ' . '. -byby- " *"'flfl'fi . lalM1I1V1i.1I1V1ilaM*.;.' " "" " '

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* > '.. '.. .. .. 1/ , yM.O"0yM.O0yMO0_. "_ __owl.... ., .u..wuw. .... ".'" .rrwrrwrr..._..IwrwIwrwWW. _ ... NrWpi'Y.NrWpiY... .... ...,' .. INN_. w... gVWA''MgVWAM..._.' -11I11I-. . ' .r.MFrMFRAM.._. .

34hPA34-

K

h-

AN

.

The!he platoon leader ofot the 1stlitlstlast Platoon ofot CompanyOoap8J BB-

should

S-

hould

B-

should

S-

hould

B-

should

S-

houldshould have insured1nsur.d1nsurd. that each ofot hisbiliBillie men was familiartam1l1arfem.liarfemliaremir. withwith-

allwit-

hal

with-

allwit-

halwit-

halldetailsinte-

llectualsallall-de-tailsalldetails-details,4.t811.4t811.4t811, . . of thetbMtM firetire supportSUppOJltSpoilt planp1m and_ so80 havehaY.haY. helpedb.elpec1belpec1. toto-

preclude

to-

preolude

st-

orehouse

to-

precludeprecludepreoludeprelude theth.th. general rout whiohwhich occurred on HillBillKill X justju.jujust-

priorcus-

pidor

ju-

.prior

ju-

mpier

just-

priorcus-

pidor

.prior to the actual crossingcrosl1ns.crosl1nscrossing.crosl1ns-

.Itcrosl1ns-

Itcrossing-

.Itcrossin-

g*.

It will,111111,, be recalled that in111 the attack on the morningmom1Dgmorning-

of

mom1Dg-

otmorni-

ngofot 9 FebruaryPebruarrPerjurer by Companies B and C0 , a group ofot enemyenemJenema de-dede-rv.

de-rv

de'-

ode-

ode-

r.dec-

ode-

er

-rv.rv?.'oo' .**,i, ., --" . '+,3__,*. :";:" :"* . . ' *#.. ' '

.7SK-;.::r.r::. 1VZA.;.y.y.' ..,. ,.:-':":"JJ*" ' _ , . , .-ff*-*!;. . wN..r..r__.. ,. H. ._. .. rw.rw"-_. _1.1... fc, _....jrrjrrrr. sr'sr+ j'.. :. .jr... *.... .. %... .:;

.IJL-LJSJIJLLJSJILIJLLJ-SJlievered

:... - r.r. .1M..r1M.r1Mr..1-M..rlievered

1-Mrlievered

.. . , . ,.. .

lievered11everedlevered smallsmal] arms8 firetire into the leftlettlet flank of the columncolu.n.coluncolumn.colu.n.-

The

count-

edcolumn.-

The

colu-mn

. *.The platoon leader of thetbetube 1stlet Platoon ofot CompanyOompOomph 1 B orderedordereds-

omeorder-

edor ere4ere4s-

omesome ofot hiahi&hihisia& men to return this firetire whichYil1chrich was thethe'' onlyon11 oosjftieOCU.OCUcoursepositiveCUoosjftie-

of

course-

of

cour-se

..ofot action open at the 1instant.instantatant.atantattaint. When the companycomp&n1compn1& commandercODI1I1andei-cODI1I1andeicommande-

rordered

comman-

deeredcODI1I1and-

eiordered

commande-

rordered

comman-

deered

-

, . . . . ... ... .. --'- " . . --. . . . . ,-., . - - .- . . . ' - . - .- . . '

ordered thisthisfirethriftier. - . - - . -/firefire/fire liftedlittedflitted ,!', ne should havehave directedcti.rectctirecttire.d 'others'others.others'tootherstoothersothers'to-

returnothersto-

returnbothers-

ome. . . . _ .

''.

"

. t1o1o-

return. - -

returnr&r& urn thisttdstd fire and acso neutralize the positionpcsl:1on.pcsl1on.pcsl1onposition.pcsl:1on.-

Closer

pcsl1on-Closer

position.-

Closerposit-

ion: *.

Closer contact shouldsboulsoul have beenbe6D maintainedma1&tatnedma1tatned& between thethec-

ommand

he-

bdomad

thec-

ommand

he-

bdomad

thec-

ommand

he-

bdomadcommand post ofot Company B and its platoons regardless ofot whowho-

took

ho-

okwho-

took

ho-

okwho-

took

ho-

oktook the initiative in establishing it.it. ThisThisouldThiswould-ouldouldGould- have afaf-

fordedId-Idaf-afId-

forded

In-

dorsed

af-

forded

¬-

forded more uimediceurinee fortortore planning the attack on Ridge B ofot HillBillHill-

Y

Bill-Y.

Hill-Y.

Bill-

YYY.Y,. The cost ofat this attack mightghtht haveh&vehve& been materially rere-

duced

re-rere-

duced

re-

duced

¬-

duceddeuced by a well organized operation which would have propro-pro-

vided

pro-

vided

pro-

vided

¬-

vided fortortore a methodical clearingclear1ng ofot the area pill boabox byb7 pillpillb-

ox.pill-

box

pillb-

ox.pill-

box

pill-box .box.box., In the end this is actuallyactuall, what happenedhappened.happened.-

The

happen-ed

*.,

The circumstancescircumstance.circumstance. ofot the attack on Ridge B, as it waswa-

sactually

asc-

eticallywa-

sactual17

wa-

sactually

asc-

eticallyactuallyactual17 executed , coupled with the maintenancema1nt8D8DCe of the posipOli-pOliposi-positpolioposi-

tionpOli-

tionspoli-

ation

posi-

tion¬-

tionion for the succeedingsuoce.dlngsuocedlng. two dayadaysday under heavy enaoyenamyenemyenjoy artilartl1-artl1artil-artilyartil-lery

artl11-

81'1

artl1-

1811

artil-lery

¬-

lery181'11811leery' , mortarmortumortis , and9lld small armsal'TA8alTA8arras' firetIre and adverseadverle weather condicond1-cond1condi-condocondi-

tionscond1-

t1onlcondi-

tions¬-

tionst1onlions , canOaDGoad onlyoDl1 indicate1Dd.1oat.1Dd1oat.1Dd1oat. . that the unitUD1t whiohwhich accomplishedaoooap11ahedaccomplishe-dit

aoooap11ahe-

dit

accomplish-edit was a well-trainedwelltrainedw.ll-trainedw.llwallw.3.1w3.1w31. . - trained , well-disciplinedwelldisciplined.ell-diaolpl1ned.elldiaolpl1ned.elldiaolpl1nedell. - organizationorgan1sation with aaa-

." . . .". . .... ... _ . ...... ' . ' ' " , . . a.aa-

.gh.eltaa., . ' '., .. . p.p. . . ' . " . . .- . .I. I . .... .VV. . M.rMr"'. . .yMLyMLML,. ..". . ... . .' .II. r.r. .

, , : &3r3h\gh.eltaagheltaagetaway_.. !.,*..snftftsniff!\UU\ 'of.ofcf.cf<if . . afpfcit'afpfcitaapt.aaptaffectaptafpfcit'4ffipafpfcit4ffipa.pap. t . .,4t4t,

4f/fip4ffip4.RQ4RQflip,/, 9S.9S* *. Van(!.,.*!. .._ ..... . ,... .

, . "

. .w w w-r.ar.a-Ir I Pop-PopPopK.Pop- K.K_..,+ .1w1w:.:.. .. wsw.FwswFWW;.... ... . ., .+ w.w:. h.NAhNAha;"". . . w. . e. rwtrwater.. .. ... w.1w1"' .... M1....

2528 . .rr. r . .rr. { . . .4.4.4. . M

.... ... , , , . . , . . ..hHI'H"hHIHhigh' " 1"1" < " I'I' ' : ' I'I' ';' HIM..* ...i. ' ' u.. ' ' IM_. . ," ,

iffaaoiabifacialiffaaoiaS-

ome

OI8--_ ._-- - . - --- . ,. - _.

'

Some3oaeUse le1..80D81.80D8180D8lessonslessonsbroughtlessons.a.eon a brought'bzaoughtbzaought-broughtbayou'- out bybJ'bJ' thisthi8 operation areQ'Qare-

A

' I*:, - --' -,. ..- _ . . _. . . - ' 0.-0.. - . . . . . - . . . -

_ 1] it 11.1*. -AAA riverr1'9'81'OZ'O..ing.iator1981OZOing.iator1981OZOingiatoriver.-A river-A ' ' ' . , creasingcrossingcrossingintocrossing' .. .- into-into- anaD enemyen.-en.en.tortifieddenitrified..,- fortifiedtortified areaar.ar.. atat-

nightto-

nightattt-

A;

V'V'" ttAEtta\ \

night requiresrequire.require. muchmnchmunch prior planningpl-nftingplnftingfating- and preparation on thethe-

parthe-

artthe-

parthe-

artthe-

parthe-

artpart ofot all concernedconcerned.concerned-

rf

concerne-

d*.

. . ' . " . ..,:,

- . .* *. *. . Mb- *. ..*. . *. *_.*.._, "..".**." 'l.ll.-y

' rt*..*... ...*.*.'. ."_

_S_Jl* _

R-yy-::,- ':':" JJ4t..Jtt.J4tJtt+--, . *i* * --4t..Jtt.4tJtt.4t..Jtt.4tJtt-- rfv..# ..<:CeCTA1f," 'i7wo.JJ..Jo"o"o" thtWortWor ughl7uglilygliblyF brierbrier-each

bre-ech

briefbrief-each

bre-echeach participant in an attack in1D which overhead supportingport1D&port1DfU! &

.

\ \ \ tyktyke\"* . - - -

A" W; firelLsPirellistlft.tlftfireleft: . s to"to"tt" "" Ve08bi used.used'used.' . '

.!,'\\' /. I

.

33.3. In a frontaltrontsltrots attacka"aekaaekMae" on ano.. enenenyenemyay fortifiedtOl't11"edtOlt11ed' :? " areaBreaBreadl 'eaea' all811'811all-

availableal-

luvial811'-

av

811-

avall-

availableal-

luvial'

. . .

. .- - - . ,availableav.. . ..ai.. . .. . . .

a. . jreapjin.ajreapjinareaping_weap-Q..PboWd-fi.ra--cam-weapQ..PboWdfi.racamweapQ..PboWdfi.racamtbaeweepfirma!e.e. J.Ql1.I.JQl1I.JQl1I).-. . . . JlbowElbowhoyJd.Jl.ne.hoyJdJlnehoyden..-. .,fi.-.on.fi..on..!-..$ .- .-<m'm'-.. thsththistbaetae" ' 2reilft1-lft1lft1it- }it>ltJt'IltJtIlatticei:tx61hVegard-tx61hVegardtx61hVegar-

dless

;'iob--iibii*--regai-regairegainregai-s

regain-s

gel1-:-:"': - -

less198s$ ofot whether'Whether' he is1e visible.visible181'hle.181hle.181hle' .

4.4. In a difficult operation , botnbothbon subordinate andand-

higherG-

andhiand-

higherG-

andhiand-

higherG-

andhihigher commanderscommandsrs should strive to maintain closeclo.cloclod.. liaison.liaison. .

5.5. IfIt an attack isi s to pass through enenNayenemyBennymy occupiedoc.oc. upledpled posiposi-positposi-

tionsposi-

tionspo sisi-

tionssi-

ttings¬-

tionsions , attacking personnel should keep moving in order toto-

presentop-

pressed_ . ,-. .presentpl'.eseplesepleasepl'.esea..poorpleseapoorpeeper,

'.

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