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theThe 5th and 80th Infantry Divisions ofot XII Corps were asas-
signedas-asas-
signed
as-
signed
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signed this missionmissIon.*. (3)3(3)-
The
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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.-
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The
indi-
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ted
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..*The.The Our and the Sure RiversR1 versveers converge at WallendorfWallendortWalled , GermanyGam8DYGermany-to
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Germa-nyto form the SauerSaucer RiverRiver.R1vel'velveal' *. The unitun1t whosewhoa.whoa. operations providedprovided-
jaMLgaMapro-
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portion-of the 80thBOth InfantryIntantl7 DivisionDivision-of
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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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hour8-
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tha-n
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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
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area-to
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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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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
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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-
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Luxembourg
ofL-
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Luxembourg
of-
LuxembourgLuxembourg and&.WiWi. the Siegfried81estriedSigrid Line , the GermanOe1'JUlDOe1JUlD' western.eateI'DeateIDelaterid. ' frontroD-troDfron-fromfron-
tiertroD-
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the sceneeoeneEocene of the action coveredooyere4 hereinh.r.1I1hr.1I1hr1I1. . , theytb8rta areue about thethe-
saaethe-
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thre-
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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-
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steepLs-
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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)-
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Units
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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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con.-
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' 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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thatsoft-
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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
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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.-
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¬-.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-
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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-
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to
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to
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oto the crossingcro..inscroinscoins.. siteaite.aitesite.Waite*.,.,'_,IMMMII'IMMMII
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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-
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tiont10Dion betweenb..ubu.'.. Kleinreisdorfn.1ue1a40l'fn.1ue1a40lfn1ue1a40lfLlainraisdorfLegionariesLanais. ' and the foottoot of Hill&11 X1.1X.X., ( teehetee-
Map
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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: .
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1"of
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1of
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MM.MM .machinemacbine,.. ,. . .- ,. . ... .. . , , .... ,.
gunsgun.gun. __. ..
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a...
friondlyfrlonQlJ'frlonQlJfrioncUyfriendlyforlornfringy. . _
' unit hadhad"had"'tie1Jn'1hadtie1Jn1" "beenbeenbeh'lbehlbehalf"' ' laid-laidlaidTB-Uj"'n"
laidT-BUjn la-id ; ct-ctct-
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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-
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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 .
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others.tfeyLJKWotherstfeyLJKWothersothGotho.
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r s.x..tsxtsts.x..-
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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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the
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the
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the
towa-rd
trainma-
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t ward"ward""'
the river in slow810w stagesstag.stag.. advancingadvanoing onlyon17 as the men loadedloaded-
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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 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_*_"">
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_. ... .. .. ...., ,
..". ...
". . .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. -. . . . ..
._. . . . .
"
., '
.
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... ..
"
., .-. .. . , . - -
.=
.
=. . .
-. . "
:;. .
:,
=:... '
: !
_ . . . .
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'.....--..-.-.
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.
". . . . . 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- '
.
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171'11117-
b.
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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: .:. , .
.._. -".
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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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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
. ::-..
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. . . _. . . . . .-" .. - . . - w. . . "-
.. . .. ... --..."..-. ., '. - - ' -:;;" . -;-:: ; -:-- -- ::.::. ..: ' - . - ' " -- -.
:_ .______....-, ,UBSBS ::"*$vvrvr\. .'1, * '.>;Ti . *. : ' Hf ff m i wwwwwwt-tt- MMr-rr-rw"rw--w"w"w sr: rr-
w1thout
: . '
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1 r1IiJl.r1IiJlr1Ii-
Jl.without
r1Ii-
Jlwithout
.
HthW1thWithHath the arrival.rivalrival.. ofot COMPAC.eIQ'CeIQCOMACeliaC.+ ,aayay* ?' 0Qa it .was.. dooidedeo1c1e4doodleddeeictderelict d to attMattattemptattempt-
to
attem-pt
." ..*$"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-
enatrswwdl'yT'
unl-
enatrswwdlyT
u-nlearns
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onn "the"thetheFtheft"the"11th'the11ththeFlathhealth"the" llth11th'11thlathlilt' ththithethinTTLifcAtticlet"PikonletPikonlotion.itit. "rJ1Platoont't' l1. ._ .. .. . .. . '. . . . . .RR. .-
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outO11ttuttaut onem the morningmarning ofot the Sth.SthQtb.Qtb9th.9thSethTb.. Localtoedal securitya8aeotuabetU1.1t7U11t7.'itycity wasW.W.. postedOate4posteda-
nd.post-
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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
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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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!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. .
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. ."
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. . . . . . . , . . . . , . . . " . . ..._,. 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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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-
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iffaaoiabifacialiffaaoiaS-
ome
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'
Some3oaeUse le1..80D81.80D8180D8lessonslessonsbroughtlessons.a.eon a brought'bzaoughtbzaought-broughtbayou'- out bybJ'bJ' thisthi8 operation areQ'Qare-
A
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_ 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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OPERATIONS OF THE1'919' ' 1ST18'1'18113T' ' PLATOONPLATOOIPLATO, COMPANYCOKPCOP Y Bi, 319TH IHPANTRYIIFABTRIINFANTRIINFANTRIESIHPANTRY-(80TH
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area-to
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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"
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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
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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
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GENERAL SIOTATIOHSITUATIONSOTTOSIOTATIOH-
The
SITUATION-
The
Situati-
onThe SauerSaucer and the Our Rivers are comparativelycOJD.p81'atlvelJ'cOJD.p81atlvelJcOJDp81atlvelJ. ' ' smallsmallr-
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ofL-
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Luxembourg
of-
LuxembourgLuxembourg and&.WiWi. the Siegfried81estriedSigrid Line , the GermanOe1'JUlDOe1JUlD' western.eateI'DeateIDelaterid. ' frontroD-troDfron-fromfron-
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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-
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rfullypowe-
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fullyfullJfull emplaeedemplacedemplanedemplaces onOD the heavilyheavl1J"heavl1J" wooded farfu shoresahores.ahoresabhorrers*. in innumer1nnum81'-1nnum81'1nnum81innumer-innumerateinnumer-
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all apap-
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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.
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"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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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-
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Units wereweredisposeddisposed'dlsposeddlsposed-disposed'- as shownshownonshown-onon-on Map IIII.II!I *. DuringDul"ilngDulilngDulling" thetnthe-
periodch-
eeriotn-
periodn-
ipperthe-
periodch-
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' 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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thatsoft-
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thatsoft-
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thatsoft-
heartedthat portion ofot tonesonesonscone* in whichwb10h thisubi.ubibi. action took place wasw.awawa-scompletely
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ly17 concernedcODGenedoonoernedcondemned , waawalwasWadawail to followtollowtallow the routel'outeloutelute' outlined on Map IIII.IIII.-
he
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The
*.!Thehe Battalion waawa.wawasWada. to;0 termtoaformtoad in1D a columncolUIIDCoolidgeco lea of companiescompoi.compoicompo.. at thethe-
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routethe-
reunto
the-
routethe-
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the-
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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-
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ware-
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were-
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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
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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.
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v , ,. ",. .
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M
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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"-
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topri-
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? -... -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
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to
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to
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lead companies.companiescompen1.compen1. . . TheTh.Th. 81amSla81mSlav mortars ofot CompanyComp&n1Compn1& D werewerewereinwherein-ininin1n posi-posipoa1-poa1positpos-
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tiont10Dion betweenb..ubu.'.. Kleinreisdorfn.1ue1a40l'fn.1ue1a40lfn1ue1a40lfLlainraisdorfLegionariesLanais. ' and the foottoot of Hill&11 X1.1X.X., ( teehetee-
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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-
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. 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. . .
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gunsgun.gun. __. ..
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' unit hadhad"had"'tie1Jn'1hadtie1Jn1" "beenbeenbeh'lbehlbehalf"' ' laid-laidlaidTB-Uj"'n"
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slightlyslilahtly too low andend it was firingtiring grazinggraztnggratinggrazing fire withw1t ococ-
casional
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oc-
easional
oc-
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casionaloaa1onaleasionalcessionseasonal tracerstl'aoet8tlaoet8' ! along the lengthlenstblens of Hill X about 20 yardsyard-
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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.
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.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-
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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. . _
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d-.
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,.iti.t. .
actuallyPc'otulotus. " "to
* sl1:..lyly. .ly'i.UlyiUlieuj' ivas\'i.U'i.UiUwAdivas'\' . not ';:., torfortoreoror-
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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-
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Germ-
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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
. .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: .:. , .
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could be accomplished Intn this directiondirect1n and with a veryverrerrver-ylittle
over-
writtenverr-
11ttlver-
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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-
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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
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
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.
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-
enatrswwdl'yT'
unl-
enatrswwdlyT
u-nlearns
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onn "the"thetheFtheft"the"11th'the11ththeFlathhealth"the" llth11th'11thlathlilt' ththithethinTTLifcAtticlet"PikonletPikonlotion.itit. "rJ1Platoont't' l1. ._ .. .. . .. . '. . . . . .RR. .-
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, '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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!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. .
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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(!.,.*!. .._ ..... . ,... .
, . "
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.... ... , , , . . , . . ..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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