The 106th Cavalry Group in Europe

ENVELOPE — CAMP BOWIE, TEXAS, MAY 1943

Envelope postmarked Camp Bowie, Texas, May 1, 1943, with a 3¢ "Win the War" stamp

Return address: Pvt. Chas. W. Stout, Co. B 653 T.D. BN, Camp Bowie, Texas.

Addressed to: Mrs. C. D. Stout, 300 Ninth Street, Shelbyville, Kentucky.

MOTHER'S DAY CARD

Mother's Day greeting card (front), decorated with roses and forget-me-nots

Printed on the card:

From Your SON in the Service
ON MOTHER'S DAY

Inside of the Mother's Day card — the printed verse, signed "Bill"

MOTHER'S DAY CARD — INSIDE

Printed verse:

Whenever I see people smile
Or folks whose hearts are gay
I wonder if, by any chance,
My Mother passed their way

For she's the kind of person who
Meets Happiness halfway
And borrows some for everyone
She passes on her way

And I am sure that when I stand
Before Him, God will say:
"This Heaven's really Heaven, now—
Your Mother passed this way"

Signed, in handwriting: Bill

V-MAIL ENVELOPE

Censored V-mail envelope, "Passed by Army Examiner", with U.S. Army Postal Service postmark

Return address: Cpl. Charles W. Stout #35698707, F Co. 121 Cav. Recon. Sq., A.P.O. 758 c/o Postmaster, New York, New York.

Addressed to: Mrs. C. D. Stout, 304 Ninth Street, Shelbyville, Kentucky.

Stamped: PASSED BY ARMY EXAMINER 32108.

V-MAIL LETTER — 23 SEPTEMBER 1944

Handwritten V-Mail letter

To: Mrs. C. D. Stout, 304 Ninth Street, Shelbyville, Kentucky.
From: Pvt. Charles Stout 35698707, Inf. Co. G, U.S.A., A.P.O. 15426, c/o Postmaster, N.Y., N.Y.

Sept 23, 1944

Dear Mom + Dad,

Well we have moved again and I'm on guard today so I thought I'd better drop you a few lines. It has rained here all day and it sure is muddy. Just about like it was in Tenn.

I ran into C. D. Meeks the other day. It sure was good to see someone from home. I might get a chance to see him again if I stay here long enough.

We still haven't got any mail or pay yet but we should start getting mail soon. Don't forget to send me a box of candy.

Tell all the folks hello and kiss Dud and George for me. Lots of Love,

Bill.

LETTER FROM AUSTRIA — 15 MAY 1945

Handwritten letter, two pages

May 15, 1945

Dearest Mom & Dad,

Will drop you a few lines tonight to let you know that I'm O.K. and maybe I can tell you a few things about where I'm located now. We are in Austria now in the Alps. We are in a little village named Fuschl about 20 miles from Salzburg. It really is a pretty place. We have a large lake right at our front door and plenty of boats. The mountains have snow on them, it really is beautiful. If I can get some post cards I'll send them home. The weather is nice too. It gets pretty warm in the daytime and cool at nights.

The way things looks from here is we all will probably go to the Pacific. I do hope I'm able to come home before the time comes for a few days anyway. It sure would boost my morale 100%.

I'm sending another money order with this letter. Let me know if you receive it and the ones I have already sent.

I'm just after back from a movie. We get to see one

Second page of the handwritten letter from Austria, 15 May 1945

LETTER FROM AUSTRIA — 15 MAY 1945 (continued)

every night if we want to. We have plenty of recreation everyday. We play ball, go swimming and boating on the lake. We don't have to work hard. Have a nice bed with sheets and everything.

Don't know much more to say so will close for now. Give all the folks my love and take good care of yourself.

Love,
Bill.

COMPANY PHOTOGRAPH

Black-and-white group photograph of F Company, 121st Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, posed before an alpine building and mountainside — Austria, May 1945

Back of the company photograph, in Bill's own hand

Handwritten on the back of the company photograph:

This is a picture of our company. I'm in the second row sitting to the left of the officers.

Bill Stout

Co. F, 121st Cav. Austria. May, 1945.

NEWSPAPER CLIPPING — COLOR GUARD AT THE HORSE SHOW

Newspaper photograph of a four-man VFW color guard presenting the colors at the Shelbyville Horse Show

Caption: Color Guard at the Horse Show

The Veterans of Foreign Wars color guard unit from Post 1179 presented colors at the Shelbyville Horse Show Aug. 2. From left are Eugene Lindsay, Bruce Tracy, Bill Stout and Bruce Wells.

(photo submitted)

Newspaper clipping — the "Years Ago" column, trimmed to the promotions list naming Pvt. William Stout

NEWSPAPER CLIPPING — "YEARS AGO" COLUMN

From the "60 Years Ago, 1943" section of a Shelbyville newspaper history column:

"... Promoted to the rank of corporal: Pfc. Sanford T. Duncan of the Army Air Force; Charles E. Roberts, nephew of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Roberts; Pvt. Gilbert Barrickman; Pvt. William Stout, in the Tank Destroyer Division, U.S. Army; Pvt. William Conn ..."

Front cover of the book — worn embossed cloth binding lettered "The 106th Cavalry Group in Europe, 1944–1945"

Campaign route of the 106th Cavalry Group — from the English Channel across France and Germany into Austria

Places shown along the route: Cherbourg, Rennes, Le Mans, St. Lô, Fontainebleau, Paris, Chaumont, Nancy, Metz, Worms, Fulda, Bamberg, Nürnberg, Munich, Salzburg, the Brenner Pass. Countries: France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy. Legend: Route, Rivers, Boundaries.

Frontispiece portrait — a cavalry officer in helmet and field jacket standing before an armored car; signed "Vennard Wilson" (Colonel Vennard Wilson, commanding)

THE 106TH CAVALRY GROUP IN EUROPE
1944–1945
AUGSBURG, GERMANY 1945

Copyright 1945 by The Editors

Published at J. P. Himmer KG, Augsburg, Germany

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter I: Normandy — 9
Chapter II: The Run through France — 21
Chapter III: The Forêt de Parroy — 60
Chapter IV: The Winter Campaign — 73
Chapter V: The End — 103
Glossary — 133
Commendations — 137
Appendix — 153

EDITORS

Major Thomas J. Howard, Group Headquarters
1st Lt Robert J. Moore, 121 Squadron
1st Lt William L. Rochester, 106 Squadron
1st Lt Hermes A-G Secondari, 106 Squadron
T5 Charles R. Bear, 106 Squadron
Pfc Lawrence L. Lamarre, 121 Squadron

PREFACE

This book was written by the men who fought the actions. The Editors' task was that of collecting the narratives, placing them in proper sequence, and here and there rearranging words to conform with the less flexible rules of grammar.

The hardest task of all was cutting. It was not the intent of the Editors to cover every action in which the unit participated. Only a few representative actions have been used throughout to illustrate the missions, the battles and the hours of the unit at particular times.

There is little glory contained in this work. The men told it as they saw it, and they saw no glory in what they did. What few glorious moments there are speak for themselves.

It was the desire of the majority that this book be finished before the men of the unit were scattered. It became necessary to make haste an object in itself. As a result some inaccuracies have crept in and there have been some regrettable omissions.

But as it stands the book is complete. It is the war as the men remember it.

We arrived in England in the Spring of 1944, a Cavalry Regiment. A few weeks later we were reorganized into a Cavalry Group consisting of the 106 and the 121 Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadrons and a small Group Headquarters. This is the organization with which we fought the war.

A cavalry squadron is formed of a headquarters troop, three reconnaissance troops, lettered A, B and C, an assault gun troop lettered E, and a light tank company called F Company.

A reconnaissance troop has three reconnaissance platoons and a headquarters platoon. The reconnaissance platoon is divided into three teams, each consisting of an armored car, a machine gun bantam and a mortar bantam. The armored car mounts a 37 mm cannon and a .30 cal machine gun in a movable turret, and is equipped with two excellent, powerful radios. The machine gun bantam is armed with a 30 cal machine gun on a pedestal mount, and carries a voice radio of limited range.

The light tank company is the heavy fist of the squadron. It has seventeen tanks, divided into a troop headquarters and three platoons, each of five tanks. Before the break in February 1945 our tank companies were equipped with M3A1 tanks armed with a 37mm cannon and three .30 cal machine guns. Then we received the M24s, powerful, beautiful brutes that carry a 75mm cannon, two 30 cal machine guns and a .50 cal.

These three elements, the reconnaissance troops, the assault guns and the tanks, worked together as a team. A troop on reconnaissance would usually have one assault gun platoon and one tank platoon attached. The same platoon always went to the same troop, so that the men of all elements learned, through long experience, the cooperation and spontaneity of effort that spells good teamwork.

Many times, especially in static situations, all six assault guns were used in one battery.

From the time of the Parroy fight, the Group was assigned a Cub plane from Corps Artillery for observation missions. Over 100 combat missions were flown for us by Captain John Chism, XV Corps Artillery.

The Editors.

St. Wolfgang, Austria 1 September, 1945.

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CHAPTER I

NORMANDY

We left Southampton for Normandy by individual troops, on different ships at different times. Our arrival in France was piecemeal. On the evening of 3 July, one squadron was complete except for its headquarters and one reconnaissance troop, still en route. The other squadron was minus its headquarters, the armored cars for four platoons and all the tanks.

Such as we were, we went to war, in a confused sort of way. The missions we received were meant to break us in. They consisted of either defensive positions or else the final mopping up of an area after someone had fought over it.

Much later in the war, one TD unit, seeing our armored cars dashing into what they thought was certain death, desperately taunted us with: "All right, Goddamit! You'll learn." And learn we did. Normandy was our experimental lab. It was a bitter place where the enemy was discovering that he was losing the war. It was wet, it was cold, and nowhere was one safe without being in a hole. It was not a pleasant experience.

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29 JUNE — 3 JULY

"The 106 Cavalry Group, less some elements, embarked for France from Southampton, England. The Group, less both Squadron Headquarters and A Troop, 121 Squadron, assembled in the vicinity of St. Sauveur le Vicomte, on 3 July."

Hq Platoon, A Troop, 121 Squadron — We all stayed close to the radio that memorable June day while our own first Allied forces were crashing onto the Normandy beaches. We all knew then that it wouldn't be long before we too would get our first taste of combat. We were right, it wasn't too long: 18 June we "saddled up" and said goodby to Doddington Park, in the midlands of England.

This was it. With our duffle bags stencilled for shipment, we took our first step toward combat. Captain Clinton led us to Caddestock, a small southern English village. We weren't here for pleasure and we knew it. Three times we waterproofed our vehicles and equipment, three times we took it off. Radio motor vehicular maintenance was carried on through the week. All the boys pitched in and did a swell job. Everyone in the troop from the old man down to the buck privates realized it wasn't just army routine anymore. It was for the real thing.

By the end of the week we were ready. Our vehicles and equipment were in splendid condition. We finally received the orders to move to the marshalling area.

We slept on the road that night, and the next day entered the marshalling area. It had been raining for hours, and there was plenty of mud. We were assigned our tents, and although we didn't care much for our quarters, we found that it was much better than the conditions we were to experience in France.

In our tents the first night we kidded about 88s and burp guns, but we soon stopped that. We all realized what we were going into. All that night we heard the aeroplane calling troops for embarkation. The next day we were called.

The docks at Southampton were jammed with troops and vehicles. Our Liberty Ship was quite large. It carried our troop, elements of H&S and a 4.2 mortar outfit.

It was 29 June when the ship hoisted its anchor; the sea was calm, the sky fairly clear. We thought of many things as we opened up our first 10-in-1 rations, played poker or just dozed off: of home, that girl, Mom and Dad. Some of us also thought of what was going to happen after we reached France.

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We were in a large convoy with naval protection on all sides. A mishap at sea was far from our thoughts. And then we hit the mine.

It was like a dream until the sight of the boys floundering and yelling in the hold jerked us back to reality. It was remarkable, the orderly manner in which most of the men came to the deck. There was no panic at all. Captain Clinton's brilliant leadership was responsible for that. He did a splendid job of emptying the hold, remaining there himself until the last man was out.

From the decks we could see that a couple of other ships also had hit mines. The remainder of the convoy circled us for our protection. We were lucky that there was no other explosion beyond that of the mines. Soon a Red Cross LST came alongside and the order to board her was given.

That night we slept an exhausted sleep. The next day we were in Portsmouth, back in England. Quite a few of the boys went to the hospital. The rest of us were sent to a rest camp.

We remained in Portsmouth for a couple of days and then our outfit was sent to Bournemouth, a seashore resort in southern England. There we were billeted in a splendid hotel for a few days, and then moved to the residential section of town. New equipment was issued to us in preparation for another Channel crossing, which we were not looking forward to since the town was so pleasant. But war is war, and once more we received our orders to move for embarkation.

This time we boarded an LST and about 18 July left England. Our voyage was quiet; we landed on Omaha beach. From there we were sent to an assembly area, situated by Capt Howard and given our first mission in combat at St. Germain-sur-Ay.

3rd Platoon, B Troop, 106 Squadron — On 29 June, the forward elements of B Troop embarked on an LST, which would take them to the beaches of France.

The following morning we were laying at anchor waiting for our turn to land on Utah beach. What we saw was not pretty. All around our boat was the wreckage of other ships, victims of enemy shell and aircraft fire.

We pulled up as close as possible to the beach and our platoon was the first to leave the LST. It was just getting toward dusk and fortunately all our vehicles made it through the remaining water from the boat to the beach without mishap.

We travelled about two miles inland to our de-waterproofing area. By this time it was dark and we learned that some of our vehicles were lost from the column. Our last sight was as we were hearing the drone of an

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enemy airplane. Suddenly we observed tracers shooting in the direction of the plane and ack-ack bursting, it seemed, just overhead. We were all wondering whether we should dig our first foxhole. But we had work to do, and we didn't dig. A few hours later we tried to get a few hours sleep as we were to move early in the morning.

On 1 July we moved thirty-eight miles to Boullier, where we set up our first tactical bivouac area. This is where we learned how to dig foxholes under enemy artillery fire. We still had more de-waterproofing to do and we were also getting jumpy because of the shells dropping into our area. We were issued our first 10-in-1 rations and after everyone's curiosity was satisfied, we were ordered to move. Everyone forgot his hunger; we were all more than glad to get out of that area.

The following two days we moved from one bivouac area to another to keep up with the front lines and at the same time continued the de-waterproofing.

4 JULY — 5 JULY

"The 106 Cavalry Group took up a position protecting the right flank of VIII Corps reconnoitering to St. Remy des Landes. Capt John K. Winkler, temporarily commanding the 106 Squadron, was given the mission."

C Troop, 106 Squadron — At L'Omres a platoon from the 79th Division Recon Troop reported that the east road was under fire from an enemy ack-ack gun and small arms. One platoon from B Troop had made a prior reconnaissance of this area, and C Troop's orders were to pass through L'Omres and continue on to the east and south.

The 1st platoon, commanded by Lt Ed Brown, was leading the troop. About 200 yards beyond the town, with the first armored car advancing unmolested, the enemy fired and turned a direct hit on the second armored car, killing the driver, T5 John Vargo, and seriously wounding T5 Robert E. Ostrander, Pfc Cecil L. Thomson and S-Sgt Robert P. Kahn.

The lead armored car attempted to back out of range but slipped off the road. The crew was able to get out and to take cover before the car was hit and destroyed. The wounded were helped back to town but any attempt to bring up a bantam to help them was met by heavy small arms fire. T4 Anton Rupelt, and T5 Edward McArdiffe and Lt Brown helped T5 Thomson, wounded, to cover. They were cut off and could not escape directly to the rear. Carrying the wounded man, they worked by a snaking route back to the town and fighting off three enemy patrols

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them. They killed three of the enemy and wounded several more before morning. Under cover of darkness they were able to escape and to make their way back to the troop.

5 JULY — 11 JULY

"The 106 Squadron has gained contact on its front and will contain the enemy with an outpost line from the right flank of the 79th Division to the sea."

B Troop, 106 Squadron — On 5 July our platoon was sent out to set up an observation post to watch for any enemy activity. We received some light shelling from the enemy but we held our ground.

Pfc Snail and Cpl Roy Bassham were trying some bacon out of our 10-in-1 rations when suddenly the OP reported that a lone Heinie had come out into the open about 150 yards away waving a white flag. Pvt James Hall was at the OP at the time and with the aid of Cpl Bassham they captured their first German. After thoroughly frisking the prisoner Pvt Hall led him back to the CP.

A Troop, 106 Squadron — On 7 July the Hq group of the Squadron arrived with Col Oliver, so Capt Winkler was released back to the troop.

For the next several days there was not much activity on the front, but Jerry compensated for that with a considerable increase in his artillery and mortar fire. On the 9th as the 1st platoon was pulling into the bivouac area, after being relieved by the 3rd, Jerry sent us a sample and wounded Lt Leonard Norwood, T5 James Betulia, T4 Charles Archer, T5 Benjamin Benner, who later died of his wounds. In addition a sniper who we all thought had directed the mortar fire, shot and wounded Pfc William Scherer. This is not the way we had imagined relief and we didn't want any more of it.

B Troop, 106 Squadron — On 9 July the third platoon was in the troop reserve. We stayed with the CP and trains and looked forward to a good night's sleep. But some wise guy changed our minds for us. When Red Check Charlie came over to have his nightly look, some outfit right behind us opened up on him. Being poor shots all they accomplished was to make the pilot mad. He came in and did a little strafing job, knocking out Cpl John Curtis' half-track and thoroughly disorganizing the troop position. Because the burning ammo was flying around the area, Capt Park decided to move so we ended up in an all night rat-race. The next morning when noses were counted, surprisingly enough everyone was accounted for.

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A Troop, 106 Squadron — On 11 July the troop was given the mission of clearing the area south to Bretteville-sur-Ay. The plan was to move the 1st platoon directly towards the minefield and the suspected gun position and the 3rd platoon south along the sand dunes on the coast. The 1st platoon was to make contact and lay down a base of fire and allow the 3rd to come in on the right flank. At 1430, however, the enemy fire, both mortar and AT gun, became so heavy that the 1st could advance no further. The second was sent out to reinforce the 3rd which should have been almost on the enemy position by this time.

It seems that everything was against us this day. As we were about to move in, one of the men tripped an enemy AP mine. The explosion killed Lt Rudolf Siegel and gave away our position. Just about then we were hit by some very accurate mortar fire and forced to withdraw.

When this area was finally reconnoitered it was learned that approximately 100 enemy supported by a battery of heavy mortars and one AT gun had been dug in a good defensive position.

B Troop, 106 Squadron — The area just south of Glatigny and north of Bretteville was known to contain a force of dismounted enemy supported by heavy guns of unknown size and quantity. A patrol from the 1st and 3rd platoons went out to see if they could find their exact location. Lt Rochester and Lt Corridan got five volunteers each out of their platoons and left early in the morning.

About noon they finally arrived at their objective by a very circuitous route, and discovered that the enemy had a battery of heavy mortars and one anti-tank gun of some kind, probably a 75 mm. At about the same time they made this discovery they were discovered by an enemy guard whom they had to kill.

From then on they had a rather hectic time getting back to their lines. The return route was even more roundabout since by this time the Germans had some fairly large patrols looking for us. By 1730 they managed to get back to their lines and spotted the German guns for a field artillery unit. They promised to blow the installation off the map. As it was later seen, they really did.

Group Headquarters — It isn't to be expected that a Group Headquarters would suffer too many casualties. However, the first and by far the most tragic of the few casualties we suffered occurred in Normandy less than a week after our landing on Omaha Beach. It was truly our "baptism of fire."

Group Headquarters joined provisional Squadron Headquarters, 121,

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in a cluster of small, hedge-row fields outside St. Jores. The squadron troops were deployed in the immediate vicinity.

Toward evening Colonel Wilson returned from 79th Infantry Division Headquarters with the information that we could expect shelling from the enemy that very night and be "advised" as all to dig in.

The 399 was parked in a field by itself. It has always been necessary to put the powerful 399 at a goodly distance from the other Group radios so that it will not "jam" the less powerful sets when it is in operation.

Things were pretty quiet during the early part of the night; that is, there was no artillery. Of course we could hear the usual machine-gun and small arms fire to which we were already becoming accustomed.

The assault gun troops had brought in some 510 SCR sets for minor repairs and our group communications sergeant, M-Sgt Herbert R. Bedford, and his assistant, T4 Stanley Slowik, were working on them outside the 399, Lt Benjamin Taplin, the group assistant communications officer, and T4 Eugene F. Hammond, chief operator in the 399, were lying on the ground, resting. Neither had yet bedded down in his slit-trench for the night. T5 John A. Keppley, assistant operator in the 399 and Pvt Robert Mitchell, driver of the 399, were sitting in the 399, writing letters and talking.

Then it happened: At approximately 2240 the enemy sent in their first shell of the night. It almost seemed to be "pin-pointed", for it landed only 10 yards to the left of the 399.

The rest of the Troop had all jumped in their respective holes when they heard it coming, and after the shell hit, slowly began to climb back out, each fellow hardly believing he was still okay, but, upon discovering that he was, beginning to laugh and joke with his neighbor.

Suddenly we heard someone cry "Medics!", and then we knew that we had not all been fortunate. Then someone gasped, "The 399; my God!"

Hammond never knew what happened. A piece of shrapnel found his heart. Bedford was mortally wounded and died the next day in hospital. Slowik was hit in the side and back. Lieut Taplin and Keppley both received shrapnel in the legs. Mitchell, miraculously, was not scratched.

11 JULY — 15 JULY

"121 Squadron relieved the 106 Squadron in place and the 106 Squadron moved east to maintain contact with the 79th Division. At La

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Gaillardiere they again turned south with the river line at St. Germain-sur-Ay as their objective."

C Troop, 106 Squadron — The vehicles were left at Dennyville and the 2nd and 3rd platoons went out dismounted to reconnoiter the road to St. Germain. Enemy mortar fire was received at the crossroad about a half mile north-east of the town and we held up there for a little while. A Russian worker informed us that St. Germain had been evacuated so the two platoons went on into town. After checking and finding no enemy we went back and set up outside Dennyville for the night.

B Troop, 106 Squadron — On the 11th of July the whole troop moved to the vicinity of Gaillardiere and set up an outpost south of town. Evidently the enemy had observed our occupation of the OP because they promptly threw in a good size mortar barrage. When the barrage had lifted, T5 Cleo Tracy found that he was the only one who had remained in the position. He continued to hold the position alone and when he picked up the enemy forward positions south of him he brought the assault guns to bear on them. He was later decorated for gallantry by Gen Haislip.

The enemy must have pulled out in the night for the following morning all was quiet.

A mounted patrol was sent out early in the morning to see what the score was. S-Sgt Dewey Roberts, who had the 2nd platoon, was riding in the jeep with Cpl Mandel Burnstein and Pvt Antanas Bradley when they ran over a prepared charge left behind by the retreating enemy. It blew the car and crew to pieces. This was one of our saddest days. These were three of the best men in the troop. They will be missed for a long time.

Starting right now anybody who was not mine conscious got that way right away. All the cars that were not already sandbagged were fixed up immediately and a lot of extra armor was added to the floors of the armored cars.

On the 12 July we were finally able to get our patrols into St. Germain from the east. The enemy still held the main road out of town but we kept him warm for the night with assault gun fire directed from our OP's.

15 JULY — 25 JULY

"The 106 Squadron reassembled and moved to the vicinity of Culot, where they were to plug gaps between regiments of the 83rd Division. On the 17th, they relieved the 24th Reconnaissance Squadron, and began

St. Mère Eglise — aerial view of the town

St. Mère Eglise

La Haye du Puits — aerial view of the town

La Haye du Puits

St. Lô — the ruined town, a jeep passing through rubble

St. Lô

Two soldiers digging in behind a Normandy hedgerow

Digging in behind a hedgerow

A knocked-out German Mark V (Panther) tank with a dead German soldier beside it

Mark V and a good German

Armored vehicles moving along a sunken road between hedgerows

Hedgerows in Normandy

A burning German Mark IV tank

Burning Mark IV

An American light tank in the field

Our old Tank

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maintaining contact between the 90th Division on the left and the 83rd Division on the right.

A Troop, 106 Squadron — The 2nd platoon position was attacked by a large enemy patrol, and we all had a chance to see what excellent coordination the Germans could achieve when they tried.

There had been sporadic shelling of the troop area all day when suddenly they began to concentrate on the 2nd platoon. This lasted just long enough to get everyone pinned down and then they came for the position. There were 20 or 30 of them, and they sure looked determined. It didn't take long for our boys to get their guns shooting and stop them. Lt King Thoelke was wounded in this action, and had to be evacuated. The enemy suffered more however, and as a result was discouraged from making any further raids on our positions.

C Troop, 106 Squadron — The Troop moved southeast into an area previously occupied by a battalion of the 83rd Div. The name of the place was La Verde and it was a long peninsula bounded on three sides by swamp. We remember this place in particular because the enemy could see every move we made during the day and he made us pay very dearly for our mistakes. Constant shelling of the entire area was the keynote for the next eleven days and it was very difficult to eat and rest. On the 25th of July the troop commander, Lt Arch Speed, was given a little more ground to cover and he was supervising the relief of the infantry unit that had been there by one of his own units when he was killed by a very accurate mortar barrage.

F Company, 106 Squadron — The 2nd platoon was detached from us and loaned to the 1st Battalion of the 330th Infantry to support A Company in an attack. This was to be our first job and everybody was a little uneasy.

The engineers blew a hole in a hedgerow and Lt Carruthers led us through. The platoon fanned out beautifully and streaked for the next bank with the company of infantry strung out behind. It was amazing how far the guns could be depressed. We literally dug the enemy out of each hole. After the first row was cleared we didn't stop but continued on to the next, and used barrier until we were on the battalion objective.

The platoon was very successful and was accredited with killing 80 enemy, destroying 12 machine gun nests and one AT gun. The platoon was highly commended by the battalion commander for its good work and was sent back to Troop A. We had no casualties for the duration.

B Troop, 106 Squadron — On the 25 July our platoon took part in cracking the German defenses of Normandy. The platoon led by Lt

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Garold Graves advanced some 500 yards over hedgerows near Le Colombier and were stopped by small arms and mortar. After fighting it out for about an hour and a half we withdrew about 100 yards and dug in.

When we first hit the enemy Lt Graves, Sgt Bassham and several other men tried to get through, but Sgt Bassham was wounded by a machine gun and the rest were pinned down. The rest of the platoon opened up with everything they had and everybody was able to get back. During this time T5 James Vito was killed trying to help Pvt Stephen Sribniak on a machine gun. They finally got Pvt Sribniak too, but not before the job was done. T5 Vito was awarded the Silver Star posthumously for his gallantry this day.

27 JULY

"The Group engaged in patrol activity on the right flank of VIII Corps. The sector was relatively inactive."

C Troop, 106 Squadron — Captain William B Swafford and Lt Raymond F. Cromwell were making a personal reconnaissance of the area in preparation for the jump-off across the Ay River. The area was quite thoroughly mined with both anti-personnel and anti-tank mines. We thought we knew where most of them were.

However, Lt Cromwell made a misstep and set off a mine which wounded him seriously and Capt Swafford slightly. The latter, in spite of his wounds, administered first aid. Both officers were evacuated, but Capt Swafford returned to duty at his own request within 24 hours. These were the first casualties in the troop.

B Troop, 121 Squadron — One of the toughest obstacles was the Ay River in the vicinity of St. Germain-sur-Ay. We had the mission of holding the north bank, or part of it, so as to locate enemy artillery, keep a record of the amount they fired and also the size of the shell. Up to this time our combat experience had been limited. We knew about their artillery having received a lot of it, but had not as yet come into personal contact with the enemy.

One night Lt Robert J. Moore asked for six men to accompany him across the river into the enemy's back yard. We were to get behind their lines and find out if the enemy seemed disposed to withdraw. Volunteers were Jack Pollard, Thomas Cox, Henry Weisser, Sgt James Dowdle, Sgt Yreml and Joseph Brockman. Sgt Lyle Hoyt also volunteered, but was needed on another job.

We took off at dark armed with Tommy guns, carbines and grenades,

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with the intention of returning that night when the tide was at ebb. Lt Moore led the procession, the rest of us strung out behind him. Upon reaching the river, Cox was sent back to inform Capt Weller that we were ready to cross.

Due to its varying depths, the river took 20 minutes to cross. And we wondered, how long would it take to cross if we were in a hurry. It was a serious threat to our retreat, we knew, but we hadn't figured on a return trip for some time.

Then started the trek across some 300 yards of open beach to the brush, ahead of which was dry land. We had no sooner started than Lt Moore slid to an abrupt stop. He must have heard something, as it was too dark to see very far. We listened with him, but no sound came. We moved on again, sloshing through the wet sand. Then he stopped again, and we could all hear it, voices, and the same shushing sound we had made. The tipoff came when that old familiar sound of a machine gun bolt sounded through the darkness. We knew then that it wasn't refugees, and too, that we were in a hell of a tight spot out on that bald beach!

Lt Moore then moved again, just a little, perhaps trying hard to spot some kind of movement. We waited in silence, and remembered Lt Moore's order not to fire unless he did. They must have heard him too, because a challenge rang out, in a nasty sounding voice. It sounded like "Hirr Ya". This came twice, and then they opened up.

Lt Moore was the target of the first burst. We could see him run, tracers just missing him by a hair. Then he hit the ground and called an order to move back. It was our move and it looked pretty hopeless. It seemed that the enemy could detect any movement, judging by the accuracy of their fire, and too, they were close enough to fire by sound and not miss by too much.

At any rate, we surely couldn't move forward, and couldn't stay there, so we started crawling backward, sideways and every other way that it was possible to move. They would fire again, right into our faces, it seemed, and we would kiss the beach, and start crawling. How they could miss at the distances they were shooting, we never knew, but they did.

Luck was with us. We sweated out two or three more such bursts before we reached the water. What the hell could we do then? German riflemen, about eight on each flank, were closing in on us, and we still had a lot of river to cross. Lt Moore had the answer. "Keep moving, back off". The water felt good. It was cover we hadn't thought of before. Joe

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Brockman, our getaway man, was the first one to get across, and covered the rest of us. When the last man, Lt Moore, got across, we crawled some more and then spread out, moving back to safety.

We found that the Germans did not intend to leave.

So ends the first part of our story. You see only confused snatches of Normandy, for that is what we saw. We learned how to stay alive, and how to fight back. As yet we had no chance to prove our worth, except in a negative way. This was not our sort of fighting, and we knew it, but we also knew that we must learn.

Then it happened. The Germans had been crushed at St Lo. In front of us, resistance was crumbling, and it was like seeing a streak of blue in the sky after many days of rain. The 106 Squadron was gathering itself to follow the armor toward Coutances and Avranches; the 121 Squadron was reconnoitering crossings of the Ay River in the vicinity of Creances, in preparation for the drive to seal off the Brittany Peninsula. There was nothing however, to indicate the grandeur of what was to come — the great sweep across France.

Normandy

Detailed battle map of the Cotentin Peninsula and surrounding Normandy. Towns shown: Cherbourg, Ste. Mère Eglise, St. Sauveur le Vicomte, Portbail, Denneville, l'Ozourie, Glatigny, Bretteville, St. Germain-sur-Ay, Creances, Lessay, La Haye du Puits, St. Jores, Carentan, Georges, Culot, Periers, La Verde, Le Colombier, Marigny, St. Lô. Bordered on both sides by the English Channel, with a scale of miles and a compass rose.

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CHAPTER II

THE RUN ACROSS FRANCE

2 AUGUST

"Both squadrons met with enemy activity during the day and night.... The 121 Squadron continued its mission of protecting the east flank of Corps."

3rd Platoon, F Company, 121 Squadron — On the afternoon of 2 August, C Troop, reinforced, moved into the town of Landean, meeting only light opposition. Approximately 600 yards beyond the town the leading recon elements spotted German horse-drawn vehicles moving across the main highway and into the woods.

The 3rd tank platoon, commanded by Lt Welch C. Bryant, was sent forward to fire on these vehicles. The Germans after reaching the woods had halted, and dismounted. The tanks moved through the woods, spraying all likely German positions with .30 caliber and 37mm fire. After moving some 1500 yards, they turned, heading back toward the main highway. Once they reached the highway, they headed for Landean. After moving some 400 yards, Lt Bryant's tank was suddenly hit twice

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by antitank fire. The left track was blown off and the tank was out of control of the driver, T4 Fredericks. It rolled off the bank and started burning. The two antitank guns that had fired on it, were so cleverly concealed that the tanks went into them before they could see them. The guns were knocked out by Sgt Willard Johnson's tank and by Pfc Robert Hank. Lt Bryant's gunner, who kept firing from his disabled tank until all the men were out and the tank started burning, forcing him to dismount.

Lt Bryant was wounded in the leg and hand and his assistant driver, Pfc Wilson, was killed instantly. T4 Frederick and Pfc Hank moved Lt Bryant under the protection of the bank along the road.

The tanks commanded by S-Sgt Charles Horn, Sgt Elbert Gebhardt and Sgt James Edgar continued moving down the road, firing at dismounted Jerries on both sides. The Germans were in so close that the gunners could not get at them with their coaxial machine guns. Pfc James A. Lamb, the gunner in Sgt Horn's tank, stood up in his hatch and started firing over the side of the tank with his tommy gun.

While moving down the road, Sgt Edgar's tank was fired on from the rear by an 88 which luckily missed it. The tanks moved far enough down the road to be protected from fire from the rear by a hill. T4 Frederick, Pfc Hank and Lt Bryant were picked up by Sgt Edgar's tank and taken to the medics.

The number of German dead and wounded was never counted. Wounded prisoners reported that few of their original 120 men had escaped. Two German officers and ten enlisted men were captured.

3 AUGUST

"Group Headquarters moved to vicinity of St. Aubin with a group mission of forming a counterreconnaissance screen on line Rennes — Fougeres. Both squadrons were employed in the mission, blocking all roads along this line and patrolling to the southeast. Light enemy resistance in small groups encountered throughout the zone."

2nd Platoon, F Company, 121 Squadron — This day B Troop was to try to get into the city of Rennes. Supposedly it was not held in strength. However, on the very outskirts of the city we hit a log road block covered by antitank fire, small arms and mortar.

Since other friendly elements were on parallel roads, we did not attempt to by-pass, but moved in against the enemy. Sgt Conrod's section with Sgt Shaw in the other tank, attempted an envelopment to the left

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of the road block. They had managed to move beyond it when small arms from the front and sides forced everyone to button up. Then the bazooka shells began exploding close by. Seeing what was happening, Lt Marsilius ordered that section to withdraw.

During all this time the other three tanks were advancing firing directly at the road block. They managed to neutralize all small arms and pin the enemy down. With the situation relatively quiet, the assault guns moved into a position abreast of the tanks and levelled the block with direct fire. The first shell found the mines which were a part of the block and detonated several, which helped in demolishing the logs. It was impossible to completely clear the debris with shell fire, since log and stone fragments lay eighteen inches deep across the road.

While the block was being levelled, Conrod's section had managed to withdraw from their forward position. Unluckily the second tank caught one track on the railroad and fell over on its side in a small creek. While three of the tanks kept continuous covering fire, the other tank backed into position and towed the disabled one to safety. The men who hooked the towing cables worked under considerable rifle and machine gun fire, but finished unscathed.

While the officers were discussing what should be the next step, the German 88 antitank gun opened up. Previously it had not had complete vision of our movements because of the road block, but now its view was uninterrupted. While the enemy was trying to lay in on Lt Marsilius' tank, Pfc Easterday, the gunner, fired four rounds to disturb the German crew. As a result, the other vehicles were able to move back down the road, around a curve and out of vision. Finally the shells were in too close for the tanks and they too had to withdraw to seek cover. As Sgt Shaw's vehicle went down the road, an AP shell hit the turret, killing Cpl Van Fossan and injuring the driver, T5 Cooper, and Sgt Shaw. Pvt Thompson, the only uninjured man, took the assistant driver's lateral controls and drove the tank the rest of the way to safety.

The one important fact was that we had not levelled the road block completely. The eighteen inch litter of logs prevented the German gunners from depressing enough to put all their fire in effectively. They were down a small incline from our position, so the remainder of the block gave us a bit of defilade.

Many of the enemy infantry were killed and wounded, and several machine gun nests knocked out.

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5 AUGUST

"Both squadrons met with the mission of protecting the right flank of XV Corps and preceding the 79th Division into Le Mans from the vicinity of Laval. Both squadrons met light enemy resistance west of Laval during the day.... Bridges over the Mayenne River were found to be blown...."

A Troop, 121 Squadron — At 0700 5 August Troop A supported by 1st Platoon, F Company, and 1st Platoon, E Troop moved out on reconnaissance in the direction of Laval from six miles west of Vitre. At 0945 the troop halted. The 3rd platoon outposted and held the road junction two miles west of Vitre. Mortar crews from the 1st and 2nd Platoons supported B Troop in the mopping up of Vitre. The 1st and 3rd Platoons then were given the mission of mopping up the woods northwest of Laval, netting the capture of two and killing one German. We bivouacked two miles northwest of Laval.

C Troop, 121 Squadron — On the morning of 5 August the troop moved from its position west of Rennes through Vitre and then on to La Croixville, where we were stopped by antitank fire.

Going over a small hill we saw the small village lying below us. At the same moment an antitank shell lit ten feet in front of the lead jeep. We backed away and dismounted the 2nd and 3rd platoons, and decided to outflank the gun position and come into the town from the side. Capturing the crew and destroying the gun, we moved out.

We went forward to the vicinity of Le Gourgneuf, where we stopped and secured the approaches to the town. At this time we were detached from the squadron and attached to Group. We set up our CP just outside the town and were all to go into the town when the people from the village came streaming out, saying that about 50 Germans with tanks had just come in. Expecting an attack on our position, we emplaced our guns, mined the road and waited for them to come out. Since the Germans made no move, we waited until early next morning. The enemy had pulled out immediately on finding that we were in the vicinity. We then secured the town for the night. The 2nd platoon captured thirty-four prisoners and killed five enemy.

A Troop, 106 Squadron — Troop was given the mission early on the 5th to move at dawn to reconnoiter the left flank route in advance of Corps in the drive for Le Mans. The route of advance was to be Ernee, Gorron, Mayenne.

Leading elements contacted friendly troops two miles west of Ernee.

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They told us that enemy had occupied Ernee in strength during the previous night, but our patrols found the town clear, and evidence of an enemy night withdrawal. The troop proceeded toward Gorron and met a German outpost just southwest of the town. Three enemy were captured and one killed in the enemy contact. A prisoner reported 400 enemy with tanks in the town.

Our leading elements moved into the outskirts of town and were pushed back to the high ground over half mile south of the town by a Tiger tank. The enemy tank took an exposed position and our attached assault guns were employed, forcing the tank to withdraw. We attacked and cleared the town with no casualties. Pursuit of the enemy was continued until 2200 in the direction of Ambrieres. We outposted for the night with visual and audible contact with enemy outpost in Ambrieres. During the night the enemy blew the bridge at Ambrieres and withdrew to the east side of the Varenne River.

1st Platoon, Troop E, 106 Squadron — On 5 August during the first part of the campaign leading to the fall of Paris, A Troop was moving on the town of Gorron when the point bantam unexpectedly ran on to a German Tiger tank. Capt Winkler called for the assault guns to come up and protect the troop against a possible attack by the enemy tank, and in the event that an attack did materialize, to protect the withdrawal of our men.

The first section of the 1st platoon of E Troop, attached to A Troop, was sent forward, with the second section occupying another position somewhat to the rear, to protect the withdrawal of the first section, if necessary. Sgt Cecil Hitt carefully selected his position behind a thick hedgerow and beside a tree whose low-hanging branches afforded good concealment. It was necessary to cut away some of the branches to secure a good field of fire, and while Hitt was doing this, the German tank rolled into full view on the road leading into the town. Cpl Upton Standfoger, gunner in the section, waited only long enough to get the Jerry vehicle in his sights before firing the first round, and the muzzle blast blew Hitt to the other side of the hedgerow, an incident which furnished many later laughs, although at the time no one saw any humor in the situation.

The entire fight lasted some fifteen minutes, with Hitt and his crew coming out victor. The E Troopers fired a total of twenty-three rounds at the Jerry tank, and drew only three rounds in return. One round, however, split the tree beside which the assault gun was sitting, and Hitt immediately displaced to a new position and resumed firing. Unfortunately,

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the German vehicle was not knocked out, although Staudinger's marksmanship forced its withdrawal, and A Troop moved on into Gorron unmolested, without firing another shot.

B Troop, 106 Squadron — The 2nd and 3rd platoons executed zone reconnaissance. 2nd Lt Garold A. Graves encountered and destroyed one 88mm gun and approximately 50 enemy at Croixville.

C Troop, 106 Squadron — The troop mission was to establish a bridgehead across the Mayenne River in the vicinity of Martigne, from the vicinity of Vitre. The plan was to cross to the northeast, meet and follow B Troop through La Croixville, and then to take a separate route to Martigne, crossing the river wherever a crossing could be found. At La Croixville we found B Troop tied up behind a 79th Division fight, and an enemy 88mm gun and an antitank gun.

It was 1730 before we could break loose. On the Alexain road the enemy had blown the bridge across the Mayenne just an hour before, and still held the east bank in strength with tanks. Here the troop stopped and outposted.

Lt Carlton took the 1st platoon and went to find a crossing. Just before dark a very small French boy stopped the point bantam and with much secrecy indicated an enemy position just around a turn in the road near La Moinerie on the river.

Lt Carlton and Cpl Jesse Osana went with the youngster to see what was up. Sure enough, there was a houseful of Krauts and they had two machine guns and a mortar set up, but didn't act as if they expected us for many hours. Something had to be done, because these Germans had the only bridge on the Mayenne, albeit only a footbridge.

Cpl Osana went back to the vehicles and got his mortar and Sgt Red Spence with a few men came back with him. They were not quite sure what to do, but something must be done and right now, so they set up the mortar in plain sight of the enemy and registered on the bridge approach.

After the first round bedlam broke loose, and the Krauts in their confusion killed three of their own men, and then started to flee in the direction of our mortar. Osana laid in on them and killed three more with his mortar. Twelve then surrendered as Spence worked his men down to the bridge and took it intact.

6 AUGUST

"Attached engineers (Denton and his boys) rebuilt bridge at St. Jean-sur-Mayenne when the 121 Squadron crossed the Mayenne River....

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The 106 Squadron crossed at Mayenne. Both squadrons advanced on the line Laval — Le Mans, 106 Squadron to the north and the 121 Squadron on the south, and encountered fairly heavy resistance all during the day. The 121 Squadron lost three tanks...."

B Troop, 106 Squadron — The 1st platoon was relieved from duty with VIII Corps headquarters. The troop advanced southeast from Fougeres to Croixville where the leading elements received fire from enemy guns guarding a roadblock north of the town. The troop deployed for dismounted action. 1st Lt Joseph B. Colvard of E Troop directed the assault gun fire, destroying one 88mm gun with a direct hit. The troop advanced after defeating the enemy here.

A patrol consisting of 1st Lt Le Roy Krueger and Sgt Benjamin Di Michele encountered five 88mm guns, some antiaircraft weapons and approximately a thousand enemy. They advanced to within two hundred yards of the enemy before being discovered. Lt Krueger and Sgt Di Michele were forced to withdraw due to heavy enemy machine gun fire. They made several attempts to recover their jeep, but the fire was so heavy that they had to abandon it. The troop then proceeded to Ernee, found it clear, and proceeded on to Mayenne, where we outposted.

A Troop, 121 Squadron — At 0939 we were ordered to reconnoiter the road to Le Mans in front of the 79th Division. At 1100 we met an enemy road block approximately two miles east of Les Chenes Secs. In this engagement one man, T5 John W. Corley, was killed and an officer and four men wounded, and three tanks of the 1st platoon of F Company were destroyed. The 79th Division reported later that one hundred and fifty enemy were killed in this action. Pfc Larry J. Sokolowski in the face of terrific enemy machine gun and rifle fire proved himself outstanding in the evacuation of four wounded men, for which he was recommended by the troop commander for a decoration.

At 1600 we were ordered back into bivouac at Les Chenes Sec for rations and supplies, and at 2100 proceeded through Laval across the Mayenne, and at 2230 contacted an enemy roadblock approximately two miles southeast of Laval. Maintained contact for the night.

1st Platoon, F Company, 121 Squadron — The reconnaissance elements of A Troop encountered enemy resistance on a small side road. Being under heavy enemy small arms fire, the forward elements called for tank support. The 1st platoon, commanded by Lt E. Murphy, proceeded down the road ahead of the recon elements, firing at enemy positions and installations in the hedgerows and on the high ground to the

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left of the road. The road bent sharply to the left, and the platoon continued to attack down the road.

The first three tanks were completely around the curve, when the lead tank, driven by T4 Morris W. Ott, with the platoon leader, Lt Murphy, was suddenly hit by point-blank fire from an antitank gun. The shell hit just above the bow gun instantly killing the assistant driver Pfc Robert Crookshanks. The driver, Ott, and Lt Murphy and the gunner, Tony Doto, were seriously wounded by shrapnel and the blast of the shell. Lt Murphy and Doto dismounted immediately from the disabled tank, believing that Ott had also been killed. The tank began to burn.

The column of five tanks was now halted, and the first three offered perfect targets for the German gun. It was utterly impossible to turn around on such a narrow road with high banks on both sides. The Germans had let us proceed to within point-blank range of their weapon, cleverly camouflaged as it was.

The crews of the next two tanks, being trapped on the narrow road and unable to maneuver around for a shot at the enemy gun, also dismounted. The second tank, commanded by Sgt Frank McKinney, and driven by T4 Robert Hawkins, was also hit by the gun, but not until everyone was out. Arthur Andrade, the gunner, thought quickly and turned the turret gun so that the driver and assistant could escape.

The third tank, commanded by Sgt Charles Copley, was also trapped on the road and had to be abandoned by the crew. The crews of the three tanks took shelter behind a stone building about one hundred yards in rear of the tanks. At this time the road was under fire from German rifles and machine guns. Lt Murphy, seriously burned and hit in the leg by shrapnel, and Tony Doto, also burned, were both suffering from shock. They were given first aid treatment by Hawkins, McKinney and Sgt Fields, the platoon sergeant. The rest of the crews guarded the rear of the building to prevent a surprise attack by the Germans. The driver Ott, who was thought trapped in the burning tank, escaped by using his fire extinguisher and joined the others at the stone building. He was hit in the shoulder as he climbed from the tank.

The German infantry were now closing in, so it became necessary to evacuate as soon as possible, and the road, although under fire, was the only route of escape. The two seriously wounded men could not walk alone, and Lt Murphy was supported by Robert Hawkins and Herman Waters, followed by Sgt McKinney carrying T4 Ott. The fourth tank, commanded by Paul Oechslgrosso and driven by Jesse Dahlke, maneuvered into position and covered the withdrawal with fire. The small arms fire

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was intense as the German infantry began to attack, and the road was being constantly swept, but the tank crews escaped to safety. Later that day, elements of the 79th Division attacked over the same ground, and found 150 dead Germans who had fallen to our guns during the entire fight.

C Troop, 121 Squadron — We stretched out south and east to find a crossing on the Mayenne River, and found a demolished bridge six kilometers north of Laval. With the aid of the local French civilians and the attached engineers, we completed the bridge at about 1800, crossed, went through Laval and then east toward Le Mans. We met some resistance two and a half kilometers east of Laval, capturing eight prisoners and destroying two ammunition and petrol trucks. It was getting dark, so we went into bivouac.

7 AUGUST

"Group continued its drive on Le Mans..... 106 Squadron established road blocks and OP's in towns along the route of march; the 121 Squadron, after meeting strong resistance in Loue, contained and relieved by the 79th Division, then bypassed and continued on mission. During the night the squadron was cut off, but in the morning continued on to Le Mans...."

C Troop, 106 Squadron — On 7 August the troop was in squadron reserve and the squadron mission was to protect the left flank of the XVth Corps on its move to the east. A Troop, the left flank element of the squadron, was kept busy by enemy contact at Evron. C Troop took over the flank mission with the 2nd platoon in the lead. They bypassed and moved on to Voutre, by small trails, arriving there at 1720. The balance of the troop held up at La Croisille, three kilometers to the west. The 2nd platoon moving into town surprised two 57mm-equipped German armored cars in outpost position there. With two rounds of AP from one 37mm gun Pfc Peterson knocked out both cars and set them burning. Six of the enemy were killed, a few escaped.

Shortly afterwards a volkswagen came through over a trail near this same position and was captured with two PW's. Back at La Croisille an outpost captured a motorcycle with side-car bringing in hot food for the armored car crews.

The troop was ordered to drop south and continue reconnaissance to the east but the burning armored cars constituted a road block and the troop was forced to take a detour via Voutre before turning south. Tennie was reached at dark and the troop bivouacked there for the night.

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C Troop, 121 Squadron — At 0530, 7 August, the troop was alerted to move at 0600. The day was misty and a heavy fog had settled, visibility was about fifty yards. We had gone forward about three miles when we came in sight of a small German car, halted in the middle of the road. There was a German soldier standing near the car with a submachine gun in his hands. Upon sighting our column he motioned for us to keep coming, but then suddenly realizing that we were not German, tried to run away but was cut down by Sgt Blasyk and Pvt Bondurek in the lead jeep. Another man in the car immediately came out and gave himself up.

We started rolling forward again and got almost a mile when machine guns opened up on the column from the flanks, and about the same time another German soldier appeared in the road ahead. Suddenly it seemed that every gun we had opened up and for a moment confusion reigned. Then, as the smoke cleared, we had a few prisoners, one officer and six men. And we found our good doctor, Captain Applewhite, already working on one of the wounded Germans regardless of the hail of bullets.

We were told by Capt Howard that friendly troops were supposed to be in the city of Vaiges just ahead of us so we proceeded a little faster. As we approached the city, we could see no sign of life, so we moved forward very cautiously. Upon entering the city, the first two jeep-loads dismounted to have a look around. Just around the first corner staring the men right in the face was a German Mark IV tank. The tanks were curled up and we were ready and anxious to let the Kraut have it. No sign of life was visible as yet and it was decided to investigate before acting. The tank had been abandoned recently and the rest of the town was clear. No friendly troops were in the town so we outposted to be on the lookout for them or any enemy.

We stayed in Vaiges for about an hour and then moved on again for Le Mans. About a mile east of Vaiges our column ran into a German truck filled with men coming our way. Two shots, one from Lt Cooper's tank and the other from the leading armored car, smashed into the truck and it began to burn almost immediately. The leading platoon went on by the truck and the rest of the column was cautioned to stay back. After the truck had burned for about five minutes a terrific explosion was heard and where the truck had been was now only a black spot in the road. The Germans seemed to have all disappeared.

We then moved ahead until we sighted a large hill to our immediate front. There Lt Kozbiel instructed the lead bantam to proceed half way up the hill at which point the crew were to dismount and proceed on foot

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to the top and observe. When they arrived at the top they saw approximately twenty Germans camouflaging two antitank guns. These men were apparently unaware of our presence, as they appeared in no hurry to complete their job and were sauntering around smoking as they worked. Lt Kozbiel was immediately called forward to observe the situation.

After a personal reconnaissance he immediately called for two armored cars to advance to the top of the hill, one on each side of the road. The cars were placed so that their fire would just clear the top of the hill while they themselves could not be seen. Both German guns were knocked out quickly. Immediately after the armored cars had fired Lt Cooper brought his tank forward and assisted in the complete disorganization of the Germans. Also at this time Lt Henricks of E Troop came forward and noted where the Germans had some 20mm AA guns, which they started to fire over our heads. Lt Cooper directed fire for Lt Henricks, who had returned to his assault guns, and he laid a barrage on the German position silencing the guns. During the encounter nine prisoners were taken, two of whom were wounded.

While the 3rd platoon and the tanks were engaging the enemy from the front the troop commander dismounted the 1st and 2nd platoons and sent them out as flank protection for the fight. The 2nd platoon on our right flank discovered the enemy in considerable force coming around towards us from that direction. They captured fourteen prisoners and reported that they were falling back from the superior force.

At about the same time the 1st platoon reported that they had encountered enemy patrols on the left flank, had captured six prisoners, and were holding against considerable pressure. It was determined, by interrogating prisoners, that we were being held up by at least a battalion of infantry supported by artillery.

The troop commander withdrew the 3rd platoon about a half a mile to a good observation point and there organized for defense. Capt Swafford, who in the meantime had contacted the 90th Division at Vaiges, gave them our situation and let them pass through us. We returned through Vaiges, turned south and east again and proceeded toward St. Suzanne.

The entire troop proceeded to the outskirts of Brulon without incident, but there at the main crossroad the 3rd platoon had to knock out two machine gun nests and kill five of the enemy before being able to take over. The 3rd platoon stayed here and blocked while the rest of the troop with the tank and assault gun attachments, turned left and headed for St. Suzanne. They only went a mile before meeting fierce opposition

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in a woods just off the road. They had a fight here lasting about three quarters of an hour in which Capt Swafford used everything he had to bring to bear on the enemy. Finally to stop the massacre the Germans brought up four or five large tanks and forced us to withdraw back to the cross road where we had left the 3rd platoon.

A Troop, 121 Squadron — At 0730, 7 August the troop was alerted to move and very shortly thereafter started out on reconnaissance in front of the 79th Division toward Le Mans. The day that followed was probably one of the most confusing in the memory of the troop.

After leaving our bivouac, about two miles east of Laval, we very quickly gained contact. About five miles from the starting point the lead elements of the troop ran into a column of fleeing Krauts. Details of the ensuing fight are almost impossible to give, but the quality of the battle is evident in the forty-six prisoners and the thirty-three Germans that never lived to give up, the eleven vehicles destroyed and the two captured intact.

After the debris had been swept aside, the troop continued on. No further contact was made and the troop got within three miles of the outskirts of Le Mans before darkness forced a halt. While the troop was setting up its positions for the night, Robert E. Corley had established a march outpost with his machine gun jeep. Suddenly down the road came two American vehicles full of German soldiers, some of them with their hands raised as if in token of surrender. With no warning at all they opened fire, turned around and headed back in the direction of their own lines. Corley had stayed on his gun and opened fire before they got him. He was mortally wounded in the action.

A Troop, 106 Squadron — On the 7 August the troop was ordered to attack and take Evron with a platoon of light tanks and a platoon of assault guns in direct support. The troop commander, Capt John Winkler, elected to have two reinforced platoons mount the tanks and the 3rd platoon plus the remainder of the 1st platoon to be used as the base of fire from which to operate. Lt Norwood and Lt Tisthammer commanded the dismounted party while Lt John Carruthers commanded the tank platoon.

Initially resistance was light on the west side of town and one machine gun was knocked out in the approach. There was, however, heavy machine-gun fire coming from the left flank. S-Sgt Jack Zimmerman, platoon sergeant of the 2nd platoon, and T4 Walter Jensen, his radio operator, were killed instantly in an attempt to stop this fire. Cpl Le Plante, with the support section, was seriously wounded while expos-

A knocked-out German 88mm gun

Kaput "88"

A soldier in the foreground before the rubble of a destroyed town

A ruined town

French civilians crowding a village street to greet arriving troops

Here come the Americans

A heavily camouflaged German artillery piece

Camouflaged German gun

A reconnaissance jeep piled high with gear and a crewman

Combat loaded

A shattered field position — the aftermath of battle

The cost of war

A shelled-out French town, ruined buildings lining the street

Shelled French town

A crowd of French civilians welcoming their liberators

Welcoming the liberators

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ing himself to help them. Upon entering the town, resistance as such crumbled except for some sniper fire and one machine gun that kept harrassing us from the vicinity of the railroad tracks. Pfc Harrison Ingto and S-Sgt Spinelli were both wounded by this sniper fire.

Lt Carruthers and his tank platoon, in the meantime, were having a field day killing dismounted Germans in numbers unheard of up to this time. The 3rd platoon about this time informed our people who were in the town that a counterattack of great strength was developing on our flank. At the time the troop had only twenty men plus the tank platoon in the town itself, and the troop commander was forced to withdraw his troops to better ground for defense. During the fight we took four prisoners but killed or wounded over a hundred, while our casualties were very light.

8 AUGUST

"Group headquarters moved to the vicinity of St. Suzanne.... Both Squadrons entered the outskirts of Le Mans at different points at approximately 1200 .... The 106 Squadron captured 133 PW's. The 121 Squadron outposted the north, south and west sides of town and blocked all roads until relieved by the 79th Division. During the day eighty-five PW's were captured and seventy-five killed by the 121 Squadron. The mission to take and hold Le Mans until relieved was accomplished...."

A Troop, 121 Squadron — On the 8 August at 0530 the troop was ordered to attack and clear the town of Le Mans. The 2nd platoon moved out in the lead almost immediately and the rest of the troop followed at about 0900. The town was entered rather easily but contact was established very soon thereafter.

After a stiff fight a large number of the enemy fled across the river, but in the battle four Germans were killed and twenty-seven were taken prisoner.

Just after the fight had quieted down up front, the 1st platoon of E Troop which was serving as our rear guard, had a fight with the crew of an 88mm towed gun, resulting in the destruction of the gun, its prime mover and the capture of the crew of eleven men. It was quite obvious that these people didn't realize that the Americans were so near.

C Troop, 106 Squadron — The mission was to move on Le Mans from the northwest. The 1st and 3rd platoons were assigned parallel routes and the troop was to follow on the axis of the 1st platoon. Both platoons moved on without contact but with information from the

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French civilians that the Germans were holding about two kilometers northwest of Le Mans.

One of the 1st platoon moved into Conlie and found the place strangely quiet. A Frenchman, when questioned, stated that there were many Germans in and about the town.

Continuing cautiously through the town, Cpl Pawlowski's point bantam was fired on by four burp guns. It was impossible to return through the town so they circled on secondary roads and trails and rejoined the troop, which then moved on toward La Chapelle. The 3rd platoon picked up 107 prisoners from the FFI as they approached Le Mans. Both platoons hit enemy almost simultaneously about two and a half kilometers northwest of Le Mans. In the first fight that followed the 1st platoon knocked out one German staff car, killing two occupants and capturing seven.

The 3rd platoon's point surprised about twenty-five Krauts in a field. Lt Follette, the platoon leader, ordered a dismounted patrol to move into firing position with a machine gun while he moved his armored car so that he could cover the patrol. The dismounted patrol began receiving heavy small arms fire from dug in positions on both sides of the road. Lt Follette, Pvt Robert Pollard and a French civilian who had been acting as an interpreter were killed. The platoon sergeant, S-Sgt Karaseiewicz, came up and took over the platoon and under cover of machine gun fire pulled it back without further casualties.

The action of Sgt Follette and Pvt Schumaker were largely responsible for the successful withdrawal. When Pvt Schumaker ran out of ammunition, he ran to the armored car, snatched up a handful of grenades, returned to his position and knocked out one machine gun nest, saving the platoon from cross-fire. The platoon sergeant reorganized the platoon and took up a position for observation. A German dismounted patrol threatened to outflank the 3rd platoon position, and they were again forced to withdraw. The 2nd platoon then relieved the 3rd in position.

9 AUGUST

"The 106 Squadron met strong, organized resistance in the vicinity of Sille le Gillaume, resulting in the loss of the squadron commander, Lt Col Francis M. Oliver ....."

C Troop, 121 Squadron — At 1100 the troop set out from Parennes with Sille le Gillaume as the objective. The 3rd platoon plus a platoon of engineers proceeded down the main highway north for about two

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miles until they met a minefield. The engineers removed the mines and we proceeded about half a mile further, until a roadblock defended by machine guns forced us to halt.

Pfc Wensel and his mortar crew went to work and neutralized the machine guns, but the enemy replied with artillery and slightly wounded two men. The platoon then withdrew about half a mile and turned east to Rouez, which was the secondary objective, coming into the town from the south.

A mined roadblock was the only resistance encountered in Rouez. After it was cleared the entire troop moved north until another road block was encountered about a mile south of Sille le Gillaume. We had to use small side roads to get to the initial objective, the high ground just south of Sille le Gillaume, where we stopped to assemble and organize the teams for attack. From this high point we observed two tanks in the west edge of town set up in a road block.

Lt Henrichs of E Troop came forward, looked over the enemy positions and returned to the assault guns, which he set in firing position. Then, with Lt Barnett observing, he opened fire and drove the crews from the tanks, inflicting some casualties. Teams were organized to take the high ground north of the town at Corp Howard's order, but darkness set in, preventing this action. During the night German patrols were active, and we withdrew to take up defensive positions south of Tuffe for the night.

A Troop, 106 Squadron — The squadron had a new mission, that of reconnaissance to the left flank of the advance on Alencon. The troop mission was to reconnoiter the main route of advance of the squadron, through Conlie, St. Jeanne D'Asse, Beaumont, Fresney-sur-Sarthe and Carrouges. The troop moved to St. Jeanne and turned north towards Beaumont without mishap, but directly after this we ran into antitank fire coming from St. Marceau. We called up the assault guns and very quickly forced the enemy to withdraw. The troop moved up and blocked a road in the vicinity of St. Marceau for the night. We patrolled constantly all night and as a result picked up six prisoners and learned that the enemy was holding in strength at Jeanne-le-Riboul.

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the radio operator, Col Oliver got out of the jeep and started to cross a wooden gate at the side of the road, and was killed as he was crossing the gate. Funeral services were held at the squadron headquarters the following morning.

C Troop, 106 Squadron — At 2000 the first platoon was ordered to secure a road around the position where Col Oliver was killed. Sille le Gillaume was known to be strongly held.

The troop moved on the exposed flank to the north, bypassing the town, the 2nd and 3rd platoons forming parallel routes of reconnaissance with Montreuil le Chetif as their objective. No contact was made until just before reaching the objective, when the 2nd platoon found a road block defended by a 75mm gun. They were unobserved, and attempted to bypass it, but were stopped by another roadblock defended by a tank.

At this time the 1st platoon attempted to enter Montreuil dismounted, but drew small arms fire and had to withdraw. The enemy was dug in and while fire was returned, no damage was done.

The 2nd platoon was then ordered to join the 1st and with two assault guns and an armored car and the 3rd platoon in support, registered contact with the enemy. The 1st platoon lost contact and was placed in troop reserve. The 2nd drew fire at the same place the 1st was fired on, returned fire with their rifles and machine guns, and called for the assault guns, which opened up dismounted on the enemy's positions. The enemy fell back to the flanks, delivering a column of small arms fire all the way, and then began shelling the road with a high velocity weapon.

Darkness had set in and the two platoons were ordered to break contact and move back. One bantam crew was left in observation and reported that two self-propelled guns were moved several hundred yards out of Montreuil and were covering the road. Enemy dismounted patrols harassed the bantam crew until they had to withdraw late in the night.

10 AUGUST

"The 106 and 121 Squadrons were ordered to protect the left and right flanks of the Corps, respectively. The 106 Squadron was relieved at Sille le Guillaume. The 121 Squadron went to the Corps right flank where it met strong resistance ...."

C Troop, 121 Squadron — At 0400 the entire unit was awakened in whispers and continued to be very quiet as the Germans were thought to be surrounding the position. At 0500 we moved out toward Rouez and just as we cleared the area small arms fire opened up, followed by a

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heavy artillery barrage. We passed through Rouez and stopped about a mile to the south to await orders.

Incidentally it took a combat team of the 80th Division to finally clear the area we had just vacated. At this point we were returned to the control of the 121 Squadron and were ordered to proceed through Le Mans to the vicinity of Tuffe where we stopped for the night.

A Troop, 121 Squadron — At 0830 we were ordered to a new assembly area. We moved out by way of Conlie, Le Mans and on to a place near Tuffe where we were to protect the right flank of the 79th Division. At 1550 the troop was ordered into bivouac and the 1st and 2nd platoons outposted Tuffe.

The platoons were fired on while going into position and Pfc Edward Wensel, who was driving a point jeep, was slightly wounded by a shell fragment. He received first aid but stayed with his platoon for duty.

The two platoons took up their positions west of Tuffe and with the help of two 60mm mortars they knocked out one 20mm anti-aircraft gun and one 75mm anti-tank gun that were attempting to hinder them.

The 3rd platoon was ordered to outpost La Chappelle du Bois. Just on the road into the place two anti-tank guns opened up on the first armored car, killing all four members of the crew, T4 Edward Pannewitz, T5 Alex A. Bury, Harley Hornsby and Harold F. Parrish. In view of this, the platoon was ordered to withdraw and take up defensive positions south of Tuffe for the night.

11 AUGUST

"The 106 Squadron met resistance estimated as antitank gun and several mortars. They attacked these with armored cars and assault guns employed in direct fire .... The 121 Squadron met stiff resistance

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on the right flank and was forced to withdraw and take new positions in the vicinity of Moulin Le Marche . . . . .

Group Headquarters — The French were newly committed in the sector, and information regarding their movements and dispositions was meagre and inaccurate.

Our secondary mission was to maintain contact between the 80th Division and the 2nd French Armored Division, since it was imperative that we know where everyone was.

Captain Howard, with his car crew of Hunt, Johnson and Ciardi, set out to find the lead elements of the French. They had a command car with radio, and had accomplished similar missions many times.

In Alencon, a French officer told them that the CP of Groupement Tactique V was in Radon, about ten kilometers north of Alencon, on the edge of a large wood. There they expected to get the dispositions of the lead elements.

As they drove into Radon, they could see several men standing at a crossroad in the middle of town, and drove up to them, only to find that they were Germans. Hunt stopped the car immediately, but there was no chance to turn around.

Captain Howard shot one of the Germans in front of the car, and then dismounted, as did Ciardi and Johnson in the back seat. Hunt was hit in the head before he could get out, but then came out the same side of the car as Captain Howard. He tried to cross the road behind the car, but was caught by machine gun fire and killed before he could reach the opposite ditch.

In the meantime, Johnson had gotten behind the car and Ciardi in the ditch on the right of the road. Captain Howard was firing from behind a water trough when he was hit in the neck by a grenade fragment. Johnson asked for direction from Capt Howard, and was told go back to the ditch with Ciardi with a view to withdraw down the ditch to safety. Johnson ran for the ditch, but was hit in the leg in so doing.

Capt Howard went to the shelter of a house just behind him, handed his rifle to a Frenchman standing in the door, and bandaged his neck, as a vein had been cut. He then withdrew to the ditch with the other two. His trail of blood was followed to the house by the Germans and the Frenchman killed for assisting him.

All three were taken in the ditch, Ciardi refusing to leave the two wounded men. The enemy, ad from the 9th Panzer Division, treated them quite well, took care of the wounds and carried them in their own vehicle back into the forest. The last seen of Johnson, he was lying on

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a stretcher, unconscious from morphine and his leg well splinted, awaiting transportation to a hospital.

Later in the day a French officer was captured under more or less the same circumstances at the same place. He must have talked to the same French officer in Alencon.

Ciardi and Capt Howard were taken back to the Adolph Hitler SS Division, headquarters for interrogation, and then placed on an ammunition truck for evacuation. At Trun they separated when Capt Howard and the French officer were sent to the hospital in Bernay.

Here the French officer and Capt Howard escaped in civilian clothes, only to be recaptured within an hour after they were recognized on the highway. They were then walked from Bernay to Rouen with nine other prisoners in civilian clothes. Only four arrived in Rouen. The group was caught on the road by American B-26s dropping anti-personnel bombs and the rest were wounded. They were then taken to Amiens, and then put on the road to Chalons-sur Marne, the prisoner railhead. That night Capt Howard escaped from the truck by cutting a hole in the side, and hid in a French home near Chalons for five days, until the town was taken by the 80th Division on 29 August.

Ciardi, on the day following the one on which Capt Howard left, killed a guard in broad daylight with his bare hands and escaped into a barn, where he hid in the middle of an SS Division for five days, until rescued by Canadians. Both Ciardi and Capt Howard are still in the outfit.

12 AUGUST

"The missions remained unchanged until 1330 at which time the 121 Squadron was relieved on the Corps right flank and moved to the left flank. The 106 Squadron encountered light resistance in the nature of mined road blocks . . . ."

C Troop 121 Squadron — At 0830 we moved out towards Bazoches, our objective. The 3rd platoon plus tanks and assault guns swung north towards Les Gailons at a point further west along the route.

When somewhere outside of town our point bantam saw some movement in the woods to the right of the highway. The men dismounted and captured an SS trooper lying camouflaged in the woods. At about the same time a star shell was fired above us and almost immediately the German artillery opened up, falling right in the middle of all of us. We were very fortunate that only two men were wounded.

After the artillery had lifted a bit, Lt Kozbiel turned the column

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around and we headed back towards Bazoches. At this time five enemy armored cars and two half-tracks filled with men came out of Bazoches towards us. We opened up with our 37mm's and knocked out three of the armored cars and both the half-tracks, killing six of the enemy and capturing forty.

In the meantime, troop headquarters and 1st platoon, which had been bivouacked in the vicinity of Bazoches, had been fired on by an armored car and three Mark IV tanks. They didn't suffer any casualties, but were forced to withdraw to about two kilometers east of Bazoches. That is where we reformed and rejoined them. The crossroads in this vicinity were blocked and the troop settled down for the night.

Lt Foster and his 2nd platoon and a platoon of tanks were cut off and were forced to fight their way back to Bazoches. Here they were attacked by 300 infantry supported by two self-propelled guns of large caliber. They were forced to withdraw but not before they had knocked out one of the guns and inflicted very heavy losses on the enemy's infantry.

C Troop, 106 Squadron — Operating on a zone mission the troop was ordered to go north on the exposed flank of the Corps while B Troop moved on the inside, on the right flank. The mission was to go north to Pre-en-Pail as an intermediate objective, sidestepping to the right where resistance couldn't be overcome. The 3rd platoon followed by the troop less the 2nd platoon, moved north towards St. Georges-sur Erve. The 3rd platoon surprised a German tank mounting a 57mm gun, and its leading AC scored several hits. The tank crew escaped and a small covering force of infantry was routed.

The tank was completely destroyed and the platoon continued on its mission. Their progress was slow because of continuous minefields which the engineers had to remove before we could move on.

About this time the troop was ordered to break contact and proceed east and then north to Fresnay-sur-Sarthe, a new objective. We reached Fresnay without further mishap or contact and then we were to proceed to St Denis-sur-Sarthon, about twenty five kilometers north.

Stopping only occasionally to check with the natives on the whereabouts of the enemy, the second platoon led the troop to within one mile of the objective at almost incredible speed. At this point an enemy motorcyclist was seen by the point and we had to proceed more cautiously. On the crest of a hill leading into St. Denis the point saw enemy soldiers run across a road to a half-track and then take off in the vehicle towards the town. Lt MacNally's personal reconnaissance confirmed that there

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were enemy in the woods all around us, and a patrol was sent into the town to see exactly what was there.

A Troop was to move through St. Denis when and if it was clear, and on to their objective, Carrouges. The situation was discussed with A Troop, which was right behind us at the time. In the meantime the patrol came back with the information that the town was buttoned up tight as a drum with every indication that it was held by a large force. The 2nd platoon remained on the hill in observation and the balance of the troop moved back to a small patch of woods for the night. Information was received that the 2nd French Armored was coming through, so A Troop stayed with us for the night.

A Troop 121 Squadron — At 0630 this morning the 1st platoon captured five enemy soldiers who were trying to get through our lines, but for the most part the morning was quiet. At 1200 the troop was alerted to move and continue the mission of flank protection of the 79th Division.

We had been on the road about two hours and everything had been going very well, when suddenly out of the sky came a flight of twenty-four German fighter planes, ME 109's and FW 190's. These planes bombed and strafed our entire column. Only those that have been there can have any idea of the utter horror of an enemy plane screaming down at you with all its guns blazing, and you not knowing at what moment the pilot would release his bombs. Despite the way they might have felt, Cpl Halpin and Pvt Greenwald remained on their guns and between them they shot down one of the raiders. This brave action on their part is the only thing that saved the troop from having a great many more casualties than it did.

When the planes first came over all of our men knew what to do and it wasn't until after they had all taken cover that Pvt Harrison noticed an old French woman in the middle of the road, frozen to immobility. Without hesitation, he dashed into the road, grabbed the woman and was just about to reach the ditch again when an explosive rocket shell hit practically at his feet. Both he and the woman were killed almost instantly. Also as a result of this action T5 Calhoun was wounded and the troop lost one bantam and two armored cars.

14 AUGUST

"Squadron missions changed to start drive to the east, protecting the Corps right flank. Resistance is much stronger in the form of tanks and infantry. Squadrons forced the enemy to start withdrawal . . . ."

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A Troop, 121 Squadron — At 0830 on the 14 August, A Troop was ordered to the squadron bivouac area in the vicinity of St Agnan-sur-Sarthe for maintenance of vehicles and equipment. At 0900 Headquarters platoon encountered a German armored column of about twelve vehicles. A skirmish between the headquarters platoon and this German column resulted in the death of T4 Jack Hansen and the serious wounding of S-Sgt Harry Hadfield, T5 Pascual Lopez, and the light wounding of Pfc Edward Black and T4 Clarence Williamson. Seven German soldiers and one officer were killed and thirty four captured. Headquarters platoon lost two halftracks and two bantams. One German armored car was destroyed and three others were abandoned when enemy attempted to flee the troop.

T4 Hansen was killed in cold blood by a German officer who, after ordering him to raise his hands and surrender, shot him down with a pistol. The German officer was then killed by Frankie Zumwalt.

In the ensuing battle Sgt Abbott of the second platoon, then attached to troop headquarters, recovering from an ailment, was captured by a German tank crew and ordered into the turret of the German tank. In the excitement of the battle Sgt Abbott took advantage of the laxity of the Germans and escaped out of the tank into a hedgerow. In moving down the hedgerow Sgt Abbott observed German dismounted soldiers lying in the ditch alongside the road, and, particularly, one Kraut who seemed undecided as to what to do, finally stood up with his hands above his head. The sergeant, taking advantage of the situation, removed the pistol from the German's holster and ordered the rest of his comrades to surrender. In all, sixteen Germans dropped their arms and raised their hands in surrender.

While marching the prisoners in the direction of the 121 Squadron CP, Sgt Abbott located five other men from the Headquarters platoon who fell in and helped guard the prisoners. Nineteen EM's of the Headquarters platoon who could not be located immediately were collected and organized by S-Sgt Adams, Cpl Halpin, Cpl Sullivan, and Cpl Zumwalt, and were picked up and returned to the troop bivouac area.

15 AUGUST

"Both squadrons moved ahead of the Corps in a sixty mile drive to the northeast, encountering light enemy resistance . . . . .

A Troop, 106 Squadron — The drive toward Paris began at 0600. The 106th Cavalry was to screen the advance of the XV Corps with the 121

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Squadron on the right and the 106 Squadron on the left. A Troop had the mission of securing the left flank of the 106 Squadron, using the unimproved roads on the left of the main axis of advance.

The move was made by way of Toutreuvre, St. Maurice, and unimproved roads north of Senoches, Maille Bois, Aunay, and La Boullay, Mireux, and Villemeux. The troop seized crossings of the Eure River at Villemeux in face of enemy mortar fire and prevented the blowing of the bridge, which was already prepared for demolition. According to civilian reports, the enemy had been caught completely off guard by the speed of our advance and had withdrawn all but delaying forces from the town one half hour previous to our arrival.

The distance traveled during the day was fifty-one miles. The troop crossed the river, securing the crossing from the east bank, leaving the 3rd platoon to outpost the town. During the day the 1st platoon destroyed two trucks, knocked out one bantam and killed three men.

The 2nd platoon knocked out a Panther tank and captured three men. The 3rd platoon knocked out a command car at the rear of an enemy column.

C Troop, 106 Squadron — The squadron's mission was to protect the left flank of the XV Corps. The troop was to reconnoiter the route: Mortagne, Longny, La Ferte Vidame, Vrazofen and Dreux.

The 2nd platoon was in the lead. The 1st platoon covered the left flank and the 3rd was rear guard. Longny had been cleared the previous day by the 3rd platoon.

On the road between La Ferte and Brezolles the 1st platoon knocked out a tank-type gasoline truck and overran a German outpost, killing one and wounding another of the guards.

Dreux was approached at nightfall. There was fighting on the north side of the city and it was raining. On squadron order, the troop bypassed the city to the south, and moved to an orchard outside the village of Chaudon. The Luftwaffe attacked the area during the night, strafed us and was fired on in return.

17 AUGUST

"The 106 Squadron maintained OP's. Troops performed much needed maintenance on vehicles and equipment. The 121 Squadron, while in assembly area, shot down three out of ten enemy fighter planes flying low over their position . . . . Enemy started withdrawal to northeast . . . . ."

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objective being to beat the next fellow some place. The 1st platoon was leading out with John Recker's bantam taking the point.

Another column was overtaken. The order came up to move around and stop losing time. Recker immediately said that it was his brother's antiaircraft outfit, and to each query as to where his brother was he gave the same reply, "He's just ahead up there, driving a jeep". We drove fifteen or twenty minutes and the column halted. As we turned on a different road, Recker exclaimed: "There he is in that bantam!" Later it would have pleased that brother very much had he known how hard Reck really tried to see him.

16 AUGUST

"The mission was to reconnoiter 79th Division zone to the east to the Seine River . . . . The 106 Squadron to reconnoiter Dreux, Houdan and major roads northwest as far east as the Eure River. Also to reconnoiter Mantes Gassiscourt and the roads leading from Houdan there; to determine if the enemy is defending his escape routes and crossings of the Seine River."

A Troop, 106 Squadron — Early in the morning, an enemy patrol in the town of Villemeux captured Sgt Hart, who had mistaken them for his own men. The enemy escorted him into another 3rd platoon outpost, and then surrendered to him.

Forty dismounted men came upon the outpost, recaptured their own men and left, leaving the outpost intact. Sgt Hart bade his former captors good-night and remained with his outpost.

Ten minutes later, the original captives returned with some more of their friends and surrendered to the outpost.

Sgt Hart patrolled to the west side of town with the express mission of relieving himself, and there met an enemy command car. After convincing the enemy officer that he was an American, the officer and three men submitted to capture and returned with the sergeant.

When daylight finally came the crossing was still secure, the 3rd platoon outposts were intact and had sixteen prisoners. The troop held the crossing until relieved by the advance elements of the main body of the squadron by outing the road between Dreux and Houdan.

C Troop, 106 Squadron — The troop was ordered to reconnoiter to Houdan and north to Septieul. At Houdan heavy artillery fire was encountered and the troop moved back and took up positions observing the town.

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The assault guns were employed to fire on a German convoy moving on a parallel road. The entire Squadron was assembled south of Houdan and armor moved into town. The 2nd platoon was approaching Boutigny when natives warned Lt McNally that there were tanks in a village on a side road that he had been ordered to reconnoiter. He moved two teams up the road and into a field on top of a hill that overlooked the town. The third team had not yet come out into the field. Sgt Pawlowski went on into town with his point bantam and saw a motorcycle rider rush out from town.

While the sergeant was returning to report to the lieutenant, two tanks pulled out and an antitank gun was discovered. These were being placed in a rough triangle that enabled the Germans to fire in three directions at the exposed platoon. A direct hit was scored on one of the armored cars. Both tanks and the antitank gun were now firing as fast as they could. Small arms fire was coming from a dozen points. The lieutenant was wounded, as were Pvt Valentine, Pfc Vahter, and Pvt Dixon. One armored car with T5 Jones at the 37mm gun, continued to fire even after it was hit and smoking, and, because of this, the unhurt members of his and the other armored car were able to withdraw. The bantam crews were able to move their vehicles out and help evacuate the wounded. The third team moved back to safety. Cpl Snider, who was killed in the action, was evacuated after dark.

Capt Brady then requested his attached tank destroyers to engage the tanks but they refused, offering instead to fire indirectly. The troop was ordered forward again and moved around Handon towards Septieuil. A Troop had moved through this town earlier, so C Troop then moved east into Maule and outposted the town for the night.

19—22 AUGUST

"The Group protected the right flank and rear of the Corps with patrols and an outpost line, running from Epone on the Seine River south along the Maulden River to Thoiry . . . . Patrol clashes and artillery fire characterized the action during the period . . . . ."

B Troop, 121 Squadron — On 20 August B Troop had the mission of cutting the road from the west of Paris. S-Sgt Wolf was called to the CP and given the mission of moving north from Montfort L'Amaury to the road junction and securing it. He called Sgt Lee and told him what he wanted done.

With one armored car and a mortar bantam, Pvt Cole and Pfc Parris

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with the armored car commanded by Sgt Lee, took off for the crossroad. En route they were stopped by two Frenchmen who told them there were some twenty Germans on bicycles coming toward town. The information was relayed to Sgts Lee and Wolff.

S-Sgt Wolff immediately told Sgt Lee to return to the town. As they did, they ran into the Germans. Sgt Lee took the .30 caliber machine gun from the turret, holding it in his hands, and fired it while the rest of the men took up the pursuit. They had taken the Germans by surprise and when the smoke had cleared there were seventeen dead, five wounded, and four prisoners.

While this was going on, two German tanks came in from the northwest and attempted to cut off the 2nd platoon, which was to the right of town, securing another road junction. One of the tanks was trying to get into position to halt any advance on the crossing the 1st platoon had secured.

S-Sgt Wolff took his armored car to the position where Sgt Lee had encountered the German infantry, and moved it to the crest of the hill to secure the ground that they had taken. He also spotted the tanks, pulled the armored car back under cover, and sent up dismounted men to watch the movements of the tanks. The tanks had gotten under cover. One of them spotted the movements by the 1st platoon and started to move toward their position. It had begun to get dark.

In the meantime the troop had received the order to hold, so mines were set between their position and the road junction.

After having such an exciting time, the entire platoon thought that they were in for a tough night, but it turned out to be moderately quiet. The two enemy tanks were heard moving out during the night, much to the relief of the platoon. The following day the platoon moved out on its regular mission of reconnaissance.

F Company, 121 Squadron — After passing through C Troop, we began reconnoitering one of the main roads leading into Paris. On 24 August the 2nd platoon of tanks made several miles before running into any resistance. The second village we passed through was unoccupied, but on the far edge we encountered sniper fire from the ridges. A few bursts from the coaxial machine guns of the tanks and armored car quieted them down and brought in several prisoners.

They could not give us any information as to what lay ahead on our route, so we continued with normal precautions. We were just coming out of a small woods about three kilometers from our objective, when the point spotted a German company approaching us on bicycles. Lt

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Moore radioed for the tanks and then deployed to bring the enemy under fire. At first we gave them a heavy barrage of MG and 37 HE. This pinned them down and gave us the jump. The tanks continued up the road with the others following.

About one-third of the Germans managed to find cover in the woods, and later to escape. However we killed, captured or wounded the other two-thirds in the ensuing operation. We found out that the German commander had just ordered the men from the town to set up a line cutting the road on that particular ridge. Fortunately, we encountered them before they were dug in, thus making it possible for us to come out without a single casualty.

The platoons were organized and mounted up ready to move into the objective one kilometer over the ridge. Lt Moore and Lt Marsilius discussed the best approach and thought this was best, for we thought we had cleaned out their defenses covering this sector. For safety's sake, the tanks followed the last armored car. Just after crossing the ridge 600 yards out of town, an AT gun opened up from the left side of the road. The AC and the lead tank, having no cover, rushed on down the road trying to make the buildings on the edge of town. Speed was the saving factor, for though the Germans fired at least six rounds at the two vehicles, they never did hit.

The remainder of the vehicles tried to turn around and deploy behind the ridge to knock out the AT gun. In doing so Sgt Conrod's tank tried a small road leading to the right. It had a high bank which the tank would not climb. T4 Polito, the driver, turned around and headed for the main road. Just as he straightened out on the highway, the AT gun put one round through both motors. With no choice left, the crew bailed out. For a minute they were safe in the ditch, but a 20mm flak gun and machine guns opened up. They had been sent in to support the AT gun. MacMurray, Dtosi and Conrod crawled for nearly 1000 yards, and finally came out with light scratches. Meanwhile Polito was in a foxhole, from which he was rescued later, a badly shaken soldier.

Now the assault guns opened fire on the AT gun and supporting weapons. The Germans countered with some of their own artillery from the high ground beyond the town. Their overhead bursts prevented our dismounted men from moving in against the German positions.

All this while, the armored car and tank were still in the German-held town fighting their way out. Since the route they had come in on was out of the question, they moved into the main street of town, only to have another AT gun open up from the rear. It was placed to cover

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the road leading in from the south. The first shot missed but the second hit the track of the tank, and ricochetted off with little more than minor damage. By that time the two vehicles rounded another corner and were safe for the moment.

The Germans had very few men in the town, their defenses were set up on the outside. While the two lieutenants were deciding the best way out and back to their units, the Jerry artillery began probing the town for them. A French woman invited all to come in for a drink, but the trueness of the situation brought a refusal.

Finally it was decided to make a run cross-country about 600 yards off the main road away from the AT guns. Again the Germans were poor shots and, with the tank leading so as to be able to pull the AC in case of soft ground, we made it safely back to the rest of the unit. The cool driving of T4 Kolb in the tank was perhaps one of the saving elements of the day. On rejoining the troop, we found no one was severely hurt.

26 AUGUST

A Troop 106 Squadron — It was near a little town outside Paris and you could see the Eiffel Tower thru glasses. The 2nd platoon had an outpost on the far end of town consisting of S-Sgt Spier, Cpl James Hough, T5 Bowman, T5 Trusty, Cpl Earl Morley, Sgt Stotz, T5 Niedoba and Pfc Mailbolt.

The wire standing on post when four P-47's came roaring near. Someone said "They are our planes, so we had better get our panel out before they fire on us."

The panel was out immediately. All of a sudden there came eight ME 109's. T5 Bowman made a mad dash to get the panel in and had just got it off the vehicle when four more American P-47's came by. So Bowman made another mad dash to put the panel back on. Finally he said: "Thats all of it. I quit."

But that was just the beginning. All the planes, both German and American, decided to have a little dog fight above us. Over on the right there were fifteen Frenchmen trying to get behind one tree, and a very comical sight it was. There was a fox hole about twenty yards away, and T5 Trusty made a running dive for the hole and made it, when all of a sudden he thought he was hit because something very heavy had fallen on him. He looked up and discovered five Frenchmen trying to get in the hole with him.

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The German planes took a bad beating that day and one crashed right beside the men.

28 AUGUST — 10 SEPTEMBER

"The Squadrons relieved the 2nd Cavalry Squadron and took over the line held by the 134 CT of the 35th Division. The Group was attached to the XII Corps and given the mission to precede the Corps to the vicinity of Sens the following day. . . . Troops were assembled and alerted for the movement . . . Each squadron was given a front of about sixty miles to outpost . . . . Gasoline low . . . . Mounted patrols were used to keep contact with the enemy. Resistance was light but several towns had to be taken to keep positions secure . . . . Many prisoners taken."

C Troop, 106 Squadron — On 8 September it was decided to attack Brion, which was held by about 200 Germans. The plan was for the 3rd team of the 3rd platoon to move into town from the southwest on the main Chatillon-Brion road, as quickly as possible, followed by the remainder of the platoon. The 1st platoon was brought up to the edge of town, dismounted, moved around to the right, and then attacked in conjunction with Sgt Eldrenkamp's 3rd section. Eldrenkamp ordered his section to move in shooting and the attack was a complete surprise to the enemy.

Civilians later stated that the German captain refused to believe the Americans were coming into town, believing it to be another skirmish between his men and the FFI.

The remaining elements of the attack joined the 3rd team of the 3rd platoon in town. The armored cars were lined up on the road southwest of town and could see a section of the same road that led out of town to the east. They were able to lay down a heavy fire on the fleeing Germans who had loaded into three trucks. The tankers meanwhile had placed two tanks on the Chatillon-Brion road to cut it and protect the rear.

The 3rd platoon then moved into Brion to relieve the attack elements, and remained to outpost the town. About at the time this platoon was returning to the troop bivouac area a thirty man bicycle patrol ran into the tankers. With the assistance of S-Sgt Eldrenkamp's armored car, the entire patrol was either killed or captured.

The 1st platoon sent out a mounted patrol to Chatillon and went into the outskirts of town. It was then getting dark and they pulled back to the position held by the tankers for the night.

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platoon was to have gone into town mounted, but it met a road block. The assault gun barrage which preceded the attack on Brion was lifted in front of the 3rd platoon but unsuccessfully continued in front of the 2nd, pinning them down until Sgt Watson radioed the CP and had it lifted.

On 9 September, the mission was to take Chatillon. The plan of attack was as follows: the 3rd platoon, unsupported, was to move into town from the east on a secondary road; the 1st platoon, with a platoon of light tanks, would attack from the southeast; the 1st platoon of A Troop, attached for this attack, plus another platoon of tanks, was to come in from the west. At 0700 the troop commander gave the word and the three elements moved into town. Civilians stated that 800 Germans had left at 0400. The troop outposted the town.

The 1st platoon was ordered to reconnoiter the road east to Recey. About four miles east of Chatillon a defended road block was encountered. The Germans fired bazookas, mortars, and burp guns, and the platoon dropped back and remained in observation.

S-Sgt Karaseiewicz took two teams of the 3rd platoon to Bunoey. A short distance south of Chatillon, he hit a road block and opened fire. It turned out to be FFI and the firing was stopped before any were hurt. The party by-passed the block, moved on, encountered two more blocks, checked them and moved on to Bunoey.

Bunoey was found clear but there was none of the usual celebration on liberation. The patrol was checking the road net around town when the lead bantam, manned by Cpl Elmer Smith, driver Pvt Wilson, and gunner Pfc Pla, ran almost head-on into a German convoy. The point bantam crew opened fire and kept shooting until the armored car could be brought into position to fire. In the fight that followed Pvt Wilson was killed, four of the German trucks were destroyed, as well as a motorcycle. At least a dozen of the enemy were killed and an unestimated number wounded.

The 3rd team had followed the 2nd team and were behind at the time of the fight. Mistaking the fleeing Germans for a flanking party, S-Sgt Eldrenkamp's radio operator notified the Troop CO that the patrol was surrounded, and the patrol was ordered to disengage and return.

Sgt Karaseiewicz was unaware of the reason for recall since his armored car radio was out of commission. Upon reporting, he was told to lead the tanks back to the scene of action, but by this time the Germans had all escaped, and had taken with them three of the seven trucks.

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The civilians were practically finished with looting the four knocked out trucks.

At darkness the 1st platoon was on outpost at the edge of the woods on the road to Recey; the 2nd platoon was on outpost at Brion; the 3rd platoon outposted Chatillon.

11 SEPTEMBER — 18 SEPTEMBER

"The Group was assembled and ordered to march to the east on Charmes and Vittel, preceding XV Corps . . . . A Troop 121 Squadron given special mission in Vittel . . . . 106 Squadron north to advance on Charmes . . . . Complete dispositions enemy 16th Infantry Division captured . . . . Corps surrounded and captured nearly an entire division . . . . 106 Squadron outposted Moselle River . . . . A Troop, 121 Squadron, liberated 2000 Allied internees in Vittel . . . . "

A Troop, 121 Squadron — The morning of 11 Sept the 1st platoon of A Troop proceeded down the road towards Vittel and encountered small arms fire from the woods to the left. We sprayed the woods with machine guns and captured four Germans. The platoon was then shelled with mortar, and forced to withdraw about 1000 yards down the road.

Captain Hess sent two patrols to reconnoiter the woods on both sides of the road. One, led by Sgt Bellini, ran into a superior force of Germans and after a fire fight withdrew to our position. The other, led by Lieut Bowman and including T5 Hanson, Pvt Farley, T5 Ganasge, Cpl Atteberry and others, advanced about 1000 yards through the woods looking for an OP for our assault guns. The patrol ran into two German machine guns which fired from both sides wounding Cpl Atteberry. Unable to get Atteberry out, the patrol returned to the edge of the woods, and reinforced by the balance of the troop and our light tanks, attempted to re-enter them in order to bring Cpl Atteberry out. The troop, however, was subjected to heavy mortar and AT fire, and forced back to the next town. Cpl Atteberry, although seriously wounded, crawled to the road that night, and was picked up by a passing Frenchman in the morning.

F Company, 121 Squadron — On 11 September C Troop, with the 3rd tank platoon of F Company attached, was given the mission of reconnoitering routes for the advance of the XV Corps. After moving some twenty kilometers without meeting resistance, the unit moved into the town of St. Paul, where the leading elements were notified by French civilians that the Germans were occupying Morelmason, with road blocks blocking the entrance into town.

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C Troop, starting their reconnaissance, moved to the edge of Morelmason, and halted behind the crest of a hill. The Germans, probably seeing the American column moving in, had pulled their forces back to Girencourt, some 1500 yards to the northeast. The reconnaissance, upon seeing the German column moving along the road into Girencourt, sent back word for two tanks to move up to a position and fire on the German vehicles.

Lieut Ira B. Cooper moved his tank, and the tank commanded by Sgt Alfred J. Michaud, up to a hill defilade position alongside a cemetery and started firing. After fifteen or twenty minutes, Lt Cooper received orders from Capt Swafford, the commander of C Troop, to move with the 2nd platoon of C Troop to reconnoiter a new route for a bypass. He immediately took his tank and the 2nd section of tanks commanded by S-Sgt Charles G. Horn and moved out on the mission.

Sgt Michaud then moved his tank into Lt Cooper's former position, and Sgt Elbert J. Gebhart moved into the spot vacated by Sgt Michaud. Both tanks continued firing at the German positions. The Germans had set up an antitank gun which had been unobserved by the Yanks. It started firing at the two tanks and the first shot hit Sgt Michaud's tank instantly killing Michaud and the assistant driver, Pvt Wereshe. Capt Swafford, Jerry Segler, who was Michaud's driver, and Sgt Gebhardt rushed to the tank and removed the seriously wounded Pfc William Neill, the gunner. The Germans started throwing heavy mortar and 20mm ack-ack fire into the old positions. Pvt Neill was moved alongside the cemetery wall, and Capt Applewhite of the Medics was called up. While lying on his stomach to escape flying shrapnel, the Doctor performed the coolest medical work that any of the men had yet witnessed, and for which they still admire him.

Meanwhile the Germans had moved up infantry under cover of their artillery barrage. When the barrage lifted, the Kraut Infantry started moving in. During all of this, T5 Harry Newtown and Pfc Emerson Grimm had dismounted from Gebhardt's tank to help carry Neill to the ambulance. This left Pvt Fred Easter, the gunner, the only man in the tank. When the Germans moved in, he started firing his 30 cal machine guns. The barrels got so hot that they eventually ceased to fire. Loading and firing the 37mm cannon alone, he held off the Germans until the rest of the crew could get mounted up and the reconnaissance elements organized. Orders were given to withdraw to another position until rein-

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forcements arrived. To Fred Easter should go the thanks of many men for his coolness and masterful gunnery on that day.

For F Company this was a sad day. The company had lost Sgt Michaud, one of the most brilliant tank commanders it had ever had. Practically an entire tank crew had been lost, and it could not be replaced by another experienced crew for a long time to come.

B Troop, 106 Squadron — The march on Charmes was an epic among the operations of Troop B. An approach march of over a hundred miles had to be made to the line of departure, and traffic and time dictated that it be made at night. At this time there were two armies on the road and vehicular stragglers made operations a definite hazard. The troop started from an assembly point near Charmes, and took the road. They had no maps, only photo strips giving some towns and their general relation to each other.

Everything went very well until the last platoon got tied up in a column of French armor near Bar-sur-Aube. Then the tank platoon ran out of gas outside of Joinville-en-Vallage. When the tank platoon fell out of the column, the 1st platoon, which was riding right behind them, also fell out, thinking that it was a scheduled stop. So now we had only one complete platoon, two assault guns, and troop headquarters. They pulled into Gondricourt, their destination for the night, at three in the morning.

At five they were alerted to move, and at six they pulled out headed for Charmes, sixty airline kilometers away. Meanwhile a scout had to be sent back to try and locate the three platoons that were missing. It was hoped that they could be found and brought up to the rest of the troop before they hit too much resistance.

Capt Park, always pretty shrewd in dealing with the enemy, had to plan a route that would assure little trouble. In the meantime the elements that were lost were found where they had stopped, gassed and put on the road. One of the most fortunate things that have ever happened to the troop was not running into anything before the misled main body could catch up. This happened about ten kilometers from the objective, and just in the nick of time.

At Boulamont we drew their first enemy fire: it was a self-propelled 75 mm and did no harm, but we were very glad to have an extra platoon to stop here and contain whatever was the rest of this force.

The remainder of the troop pushed on right into the outskirts of Charmes, where they were met by AT and mortar fire. The tanks were pulled up into position and the troop dismounted in preparation for an attack. In the meantime Lt Graves took a patrol into town to see just

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what size force was holding it. By the time he got back the 313th Infantry of the 79th Division had arrived and relieved the entire troop.

A Troop, 106 Squadron — A Troop had been given a recon mission east of the Moselle River just east of Charmes.

The 2nd platoon, then commanded by Lt Tisthammer, was given a route of reconnaissance, involving the town of Morriville, which gave this platoon one of its biggest field days.

(One member of the platoon was to pay the price of the war, a few days later.)

As they advanced on the small village of Morriville, 14 September, the point bantam, commanded by Sgt Porretto, with Herman Lorenzo as gunner and driven by Glennon Fling, ran head on into two German vehicles. Immediately Herman opened fire and Fling pulled the bantam back to where they could get some protection.

At this time Sgt French, team leader of the 3rd team, brought his M-8 up for support, and T5 Rovner began to fire his coaxial and 37mm, getting direct hits on both vehicles and immediately knocking them out. With the help of the FFI, which had been hiding in the bushes, a total of two Germans were killed and five captured.

The platoon entered the town and found it to be clear. At this time they received orders from the troop commander to outpost the town. The 3rd team set up on the road on the west side of town which led to Charmes; the 1st team on the road to the east and the 2nd team on the road to the south. It wasn't until about fifteen minutes later that we realized that we had infiltrated about ten kilometers behind the German lines and were about ready to have a field day knocking out German transport.

The excitement began when a sedan came down the road with two Kraut soldiers and an officer. T5 Trusty took care of it with one AP through the radiator and cut the spare tire in the rear. The officer was lucky and got away. Five minutes later Sgt Spier reported that he had knocked out a German six-by-six about 500 yards to his front. T5 Trusty had made a direct hit again with one round. These were the first rounds Trusty fired in combat.

About five minutes later two German sedans came within 600 to 700 yards of Sgt Spier's position. They went up in flames, again the result of T5 Trusty's deadly eye. Total rounds expended: two.

The prisoners were beginning to pile up on us. T5 Morley, T5 Bowman, T5 Forte, T5 Ed. Niedoba, Sgt Stotz and T5 Frank Bond were rounding up PWs and getting their share of the loot.

They had just gotten back to their posts when the fifth German

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vehicle came down their road, another six-by-six. The road was getting full of burning vehicles and the range was getting longer, but again Trusty came through with a one-round hit.

Everything was quiet for about three minutes, until over the horizon, at 1400 yards, a German half-track came ambling up the road. The driver must have seen the graveyard of burning vehicles ahead of him, for he stopped for a moment. It was a moment too long. One round of AP went through the side of his vehicle as he started to turn around.

T5 Henry Hilken, the gunner in the first team's armored car was feeling pretty blue because he had been the only one that had not had any business so far. Suddenly he looked up to see Pfc Ignatius Matina trying desperately to get his 37 to fire. Down the road, about 100 yards away, ambled a large diesel German transport. At once T5 Hilken ousted Matina from the gun and taking careful aim, pushed the lever on the 37. Nothing happened. The truck was getting closer. Hilken looked down. His safety was on. Twenty-five yards ahead of his armored car now sat a burning truck. A few seconds later the transport came into his sight and it met the same fate.

A short fight followed the destruction of the second truck, since the crew attempted to escape. T5 Botto, driver of a point bantam, followed in hot pursuit, his machine gunner T5 Morgan laying out a hail of lead. With the support of the armored car driven by Pvt Richardson, and T5 Leroy Ammon's tommy-gun, the enemy was defeated. Total score for the day ten German dead, twenty-three prisoners and beaucoup P-38's and Lugers.

On 18 September the 2nd platoon was again ordered to check Moriville. This time it was under the command of Lt Hightsmith. As they entered the town they found it to be defended. Sgt Spier and Pvt Stets were cut off. The fire was so heavy that the 2nd platoon was forced to withdraw and leave their two comrades in the town.

However, the following morning the 2nd French Armored Division attacked Morriville and two hours later S-Sgt Spier and Pvt Stets came walking into a 2nd platoon outpost. The entire operation had been a success, but during the one night the two men were missing, there were many prayers and much sorrow among the members of platoon.

19 SEPTEMBER — 29 SEPTEMBER

1st platoon B Troop, 121 Squadron — We had been watching the town of Mont and it's approaches for two days. It was not far from

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Luneville, and the Germans had quite a flow of traffic along that main road. They also had all the approaches well defended, using AT guns and tanks. Snipers were posted at strategic points, which proved to be rather annoying but not fatal to our men. Pvt Deaton was well introduced to one of them by having a hole shot through his sleeve when he ventured too far forward.

For the first two days our combat team was composed of one recon platoon led by S-Sgt John Wolff and a tank platoon led by Lt Marsilius. Lt Marsilius, S-Sgt Conarod and Sgt Easterday had their tanks placed in such a manner that they had intercepted a German patrol on the flank, and after a short fire fight dispersed the enemy, inflicting some casualties. Sgt Tom Lee and T5 Czarnota were enjoying their task of keeping the right flank secure. Their 37 mm and .30 cal were really sounding off, engaging some of the patrols that attempted to swing in from the sides.

A platoon of tank destroyers come to our aid and with them came a hail of artillery and mortar fire. Apparently the Germans were worried again. One of their shells killed Pvt Oscar Light, who had been on a patrol. He was crossing a bridge when the shell hit and destroyed the bridge. Shortly afterward, Pvt Tennis and Adams went forward to recover his body from the stream into which it had fallen, in spite of the hazardous approach and heavy shelling.

Soon afterward, three shells came in, all landing within 50 yards of Sgt Dowdle's armored car. His team had just pulled up and some of the men had gathered around to receive their orders. Sgt Wolff, seeing the shells bursting among them, started over, fearing serious injuries to the men. He covered half the distance when the smoke cleared and someone yelled that no one was hurt. One will never know how those men escaped serious injury.

After the TD's were placed they immediately began firing on any target that moved along the road. Their best target was a group of dismounted Germans, numbering about fifteen. Two of the TD's opened fire on them and made direct hits on the group with HE. Few of the enemy walked away from that point. A short time later they fired at a tank moving along the road. It must have been hit because it made a wild turn into the woods and never appeared again.

During the four days that we stayed there, the group accounted for more than fifty Germans, killed or wounded, and also cut the road preventing any help from getting into Mont, which was soon taken by the infantry division working on left flank.

Soldiers clearing a ruined building, one crouched with his rifle ready

Cleaning out houses

A soldier crouched on a quiet French village street

Street fighting

Soldiers moving across a walled French courtyard

Street fighting

Close-up of a German Teller anti-tank mine in the grass

One of many German mines

An abandoned German Mark III tank, camouflaged with foliage, beside a house

Abandoned Mark III Tank

A column of German prisoners of war

War prisoners

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E Troop, 121 Squadron — We started out one nice cool morning after a good night's sleep.

We crossed the Mortagne by courtesy of the engineers, then travelled over some back roads like we're all used to, till we reached the area near where C Troop was reconnoitering and patrolling. We pulled into the woods, and warmed up our K rations for that delicious breakfast. In due time, Lt Henricks found out as much of the situation as he could and, as was normal at that time, we set our guns in position at the edge of the woods where we could cover the area and drop occasional shells on the road the Krauts were using so much that day.

We were comfortably set, all ready to go to work, but Major Mac wanted us up front where we could watch the main road the Boche were using. We went high up on a hill to watch and this is what we saw: at 2500 yards where our road came to a junction with the highway sat one large house with a tank on either side, their 88's pointed our way. Our guns were laid on the bridge leading up to our position. We observed a patrol of fifteen men cross the bridge, coming our way but we didn't give away our position to stop them because Sgt Kunkel, Sgt Scearce and Cpl Wingoe observed an enemy convoy on the highway, and counted seventy-five vehicles of all types, including U S vehicles, and thirty tanks, Mark IVs, Vs and VIs.

Orders were received for immediate withdrawal. We travelled fine till entering the outskirts of Gerbeviller. There our point bantam was knocked out by a Tiger. The machine gunner froze to his gun and got at least one Heinie officer. The rest of us backed around and took a side road leading in the direction of our only hope for escape, but that also was blocked.

So we travelled on till we were about in the middle of the towns surrounding us, all occupied by the enemy. We then parked on the edge of the woods, cut motors and camouflaged. Patrols were sent out in every direction and the enemy located. We sat tight, everybody on guard and no one speaking above a whisper. When we moved from one vehicle to another we were careful to keep in the woods under cover and not make any noise. We had plenty of rations but I don't think anyone ate anything more than a D ration.

The first night was spent very quietly, but it was extremely long. The next morning patrols were sent out and found that enemy still surrounded us. Lts Henricks and Miller were busy trying to figure a way out and by radio informed squadron of our position. They gave us assurance that they were trying to get us out.

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That afternoon when I was sitting on the HT by the .50, on guard, I heard some noise to my left front. There, at the edge of the woods across a field about 600 yards, were Krauts walking in a column at five yards intervals. Through field glasses I counted fourteen. They didn't seem to know we were there, and I thought it best not to shoot, because at the same time I heard a truck coming up through the woods in front of me about 1000 yards distant.

He seemed to be having a rough go of it, and was making very slow headway. At times we couldn't tell whether he was standing still or which way he was going. The noise finally died, so he must have ended up going. Then shortly I heard voices coming from the woods and they weren't speaking English, but some of the boys saw them and Pvt Reinhard told them to surrender or else, so they dropped their guns and in come five Heinies. Sgt Scearce got several souvenirs and Sgt Mosciske and Pvt Reinhard got pistols.

That just about finished that day and Colonel Homfeld radioed Lt Miller that we'd have to spend the night there and they'd get us out the first thing in the morning. We had our vehicles in a circle with all guns pointing out, two men on guard for two hours, then sleep for two hours.

Soon after dark artillery shells started bursting overhead and they were close, because we could hear them humming through the air and then land with a thud. One went through Cpl Brock's blankets but it was too hot to handle so he didn't keep it. After a while that ceased and the rest of the night Tiger tanks could be heard running through the woods, but it was too much for my nerves, so I went to sleep.

Shortly after daybreak everyone was up ready to roll with our liberators. About 0800 we could hear the moan of motors laboring through the mud in our direction. All guns were manned, but our assault guns were covering different roads and time did not allow us to maneuver them into position. Soon we saw that long ole gun barrel across the road, leading out of the woods, almost fifty yards away. A brief pause and then it started to turn in toward us. Behind it came the Tiger with one Kraut's head sticking out of the turret. The gunner in the A-C from the 42nd Cavalry opened fire; two fifty's barked and the Kraut went down into the tank and with him went some shrapnel. The Tiger was put in reverse mighty fast, but thirteen rounds of 37 hit him before he was out of sight.

Cpl Kitz was lying in wait, but from where he was it was impossible to tell which way the tank was going, so by the time we got it figured out it was gone, and not a chance to try out the bazooka. We last saw it

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going into the woods across the field from us, and Lt Henrichs and Miller started after it with rifle grenades, but they could then hear one of our A-C coming through the woods, so we mounted up and took off to meet them.

Soon we saw a French artillery piece with which we heard the truck struggling the day before. After winding through the woods for a way we met Sgt Deaton with his team that had come to liberate us. Now we knew there were friendly troops near and proceeded on out of the woods. As we got to the edge we could see the road lined with tanks, some in position and others moving on down the road. As we rode back to the rest of our troops we saw the most familiar tanks and infantry that we'd seen since we hit the continent.

There were forty happy boys back from a thrilling experience. First we wanted to see the mailman, and we all fared quite well that day, next to get cleaned up, then a good meal, tell the rest of the boys how it felt, and then for some good rest with a secure feeling. Sleep was slow coming to me that night. I kept thinking over how things had happened and wondered what would have happened if we'd done some things differently. I thanked God for things being the way they were.

We had come four hundred miles in two months; France had been a grand kaleidoscope of dust, wine, cognac, hysterics, rain and fatigue. The only thing that had stopped us was our own lack of gasoline. The Germans had fled, fighting only to save themselves.

The picture of vehicles double-banked for miles behind, waiting impatiently for us to clean out the enemy pocket ahead; flak shells breaking overhead in a dark gray puff against the blue evening sky; learning Kraut equipment that had been so brash as to move in daylight when the P-47s were up; our first words of French; a head-shaving in the public square of Conlie, where several of the girls had been indiscreet with the Germans; and the thousands of gallons of wine and cognac pressed upon us by those we liberated; all these are indelible memories.

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CHAPTER III

THE FORÊT DE PARROY

During the latter days of September the battle still ran hot. We had broken the German 16th Infantry Division at Charmes. But down in the Baccarat area the German railhead was busier than it had ever been before, disgorging new Mark IV tanks, trucks and replacements. The 15th Panzer Grenadier division, reinforced with at least one panzer brigade, the latest developement in armor organization, marched boldly across our front from Baccarat to Luneville, brushing the 2nd Cavalry Group and us aside as though we were not there. In a period of three weeks, Luneville changed hands three times. The 79th Division moved in, slugged it out with the enemy and the town was finally cleared.

The Germans retreated doggedly, hanging their right flank on the Rhin-Marne canal and keeping their tanks in reserve. One fateful day they attempted an armored envelopement of our Corp's left flank. B Troop and C Troop 121, both supported by a company of tank destroyers, were in the vicinity of Beauzemont. It was a beautiful day and the P-47's were in their glory. We know of eighteen tanks destroyed by our

The Run Across France

The Group's route from Normandy across France to the Moselle. Towns shown include: Avranches, St. Hilaire, St. James, Fougeres, St. Aubin de Cormier, Rennes, Vitre, Laval, Vaiges, Loue, Le Mans, Sees, Dreux, Bazoches, Mortain, Carrouges, Chateauneuf, Pre en Pail, Les Gailons, St. Denis sur Sarthon, Ambrieres le Grand, Corron, Lassay, Mayenne, La Croixille, La Chapelle, Les Chenes Sec, Houdan, Epone, Thoiry, Senoches, Nogent le Roi, Longny, Mortagne, Alencon, Fresnay sur Sarthe, Montreul le Chetif, Beaumont, Asse le Riboul, Voutre, Parennes, Conlie, Tuffe, La Ferte Bernard, Mamers, Belleme, Nogent le Rotrou, Mantes Gassicourt, Paris, Versailles, Melun, Fontainbleau, Etampes, Sens, Courtenay, Auxon, St. Florentin, Joigny, Nancy, Joinville, Doulevant, Jessains, Vaudes, Neufchateau, Poissons, Charmes, Mirecourt, Luneville, Epinal. Rivers: Seine, Moselle. Key: Route, Rivers.

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TD's, and the total claims for the sector that day numbered fifty. Never again did enemy tanks offer any serious threat in the vicinity of the Forêt de Parroy.

We followed the enemy into the forest, and there one of the bitterest battles of the war was fought. The Forêt is large, rambling, swampy, filled with small growth, with only a little good timber in the center. It was a battleground during the last war; the old intrenchments are still visible. On a cloudy afternoon it is a dark, forbidding place, a good home for the lost souls of all wars.

Here we learned the bitterness and despair of the infantryman without rest. Our forward pace was almost imperceptible: in forty-three days we advanced eight kilometers. There seemed only one way to escape the brush, the mud, the stunted trees — to be carried out.

We have our memories of Parroy, indelible ones which cannot be felt without being experienced: foxholes half filled with water, enemy minefields so laid that even the Germans didn't dare pick them up, incessant shelling that gave no respite, the rain, the cold and all the misery of hopelessness for the present.

Our daily losses, with the exception of two days, were not high. But over the entire period in Parroy we lost more men than we had lost in the drive across France. And the key men were the first to fall. Could a replacement lead a patrol?

28 SEPTEMBER

"The Air Corps bombed the Forêt de Parroy with about 300 medium bombers and immediately after the raid both squadrons were given missions to reconnoiter the west edge of the Forêt . . . ."

29 SEPTEMBER

"Patrols from both squadrons reported that the west edge of the Forêt de Parroy was strongly held by enemy infantry and an entry could not be made. Both squadrons received sporadic shell fire from the vicinity of the Forêt . . . ."

A Troop, 106 Squadron — The troop mission was to occupy high ground southwest of Henamenil. A dismounted party from the 2nd and 3rd platoons moved toward the objective from the west and a party from the 1st platoon worked up from the south. Both parties encountered small arms fire short of their objectives.

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The 1st platoon was able to withdraw under cover of the heavy fog that prevailed at the time, but the larger party from the other platoons was pinned down until the tanks came up and covered their withdrawal with fire.

At 1000 the fog lifted rapidly, and an enemy tank fired on a 1st platoon AC that had moved onto higher ground to cover the CP during the fog. The AC was destroyed and S-Sgt Michael V. Spinelli, Pfc William L. Stallard, and Pvt John J. Forrest were wounded.

The tank destroyer platoon had moved into position in a thin line of woods nearby and immediately fired on the German tank, knocking it out with the second shot. These same tank destroyers (from the 813 TD Bn) during the next half hour accounted for two more tanks and hit another which was still able to move. At 1300 the troop dug in on the high ground facing Henamenil from the west.

C Troop, 106 Squadron — In the early morning hours there was a pea-soup fog that lifted quite suddenly at 1000. But before that, at 0700, the 3rd platoon was sent dismounted to the Bonsoral Ferme which was about halfway between the troop's position and Henamenil. The farm buildings were occupied by the platoon just before the fog lifted.

During the afternoon a stray shell hit the barn and burned it to the ground. The platoon did manage, however, to save the house and used it for an outpost. Everywhere was evidence that the Krauts had spent the past night there. We were much relieved to find nothing had been booby-trapped.

At 1030 the 2nd platoon was moved forward to a clump of woods about 200 yards ahead of the troop position, to cover the movement of the 3rd and 1st platoons who were going to try to enter Henamenil. They took up positions and had their machine guns emplaced, when a company of Sherman tanks from the infantry on the right, moved up and opened fire on the town. After a very short time they received some counter fire from an anti-tank gun and a large mortar. The Germans apparently decided that we had taken cover in the clump occupied by the 2nd platoon, for they shifted their fire and pasted the woods with a TOT. Pfc Hubert Maxwell and Pfc R. Hedrick were killed. Sgt Pawlowski and Cpl Leslie E. Jones both died later of wounds received here. Cpl Guthans, Pvt Dawson, Pvt Murzec, Pvt Rufa, T5 Papin and Pfc Nolan were wounded. The platoon moved back to its original position after the dead and wounded were cared for.

At 0700 the 1st platoon moved out behind the 3rd to attack Henamenil. Just beyond the farm Sgt Pershichetti discovered that his lead

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vehicle was in a minefield. He was able to pull his vehicles back without damage and then mark the field.

At this point, the Germans started dropping mortar shells on the road. The car crews dived into the ditches and though most of the stuff was landing right around them, no one was hurt and no vehicles were disabled.

When the shelling let up, the vehicles were moved off the road to the left and put under cover. The fog lifted and we saw the town in the valley just ahead and easily observed. A patrol continued on towards town, but close-up observation was not as good as we had on the hill, so the patrol returned.

We saw a convoy moving out of town. Sgt Pershichetti tried to get the assault guns on it, but they had another target. Just about then the tank company pulled up on the right of the platoon and lined up all seventeen tanks to shoot at the town. They didn't see the convoy, and by the time T4 Rupelt got over to them and pointed out the target, the convoy was gone.

1st Platoon, A Troop, 121 Squadron — On 2 October the troop moved into Henamenil without much resistance. That afternoon, our platoon was sent out to see if the woods were clear. To reach the woods, it was necessary to go through about 600 yards of clearing.

We started out with Sgt Bellini in the lead, followed by Frank Guzzo. When we came within 300 yards of the woods, the enemy opened up with small arms, pinning us down. One man moved out onto the flank, but was forced back right away. Snider, while setting up a machine gun, was shot through the head. Then Kuenkler tried setting it up, and was stopped when a shot went through the ammunition box. Jimmie, the French boy, tried, but was killed doing so. Farley tried to get back to the road and was killed, and Stewart and Talkington were killed the same way.

Harden, Hromm, Callahan, Duffy and Lt Bowman were wounded before we got out of there at dark. The troop commander had all available artillery put on the edge of the woods from the time the fight started until dark, and that is probably the reason the rest of us are still alive.

On the 4th we moved to Crion to rest, and two days later moved back to Henamenil, where we got Medeiros, Dayton, Westendorff, Springfield, Zaiorla, Burdmeier and two men from St. Louis as replacements. These last two had been friends in civil life.

We had a hot time the next day. P-47s were flying over and most of the men were watching them dive, drop their eggs in the Parroy Forest,

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and then strafe. But for some reason or other, one of them had a bomb hang underneath. As the plane was on its way back from the bomb run toward us, the bomb fell off and straight down into our town. No one will ever forget the noise it made. Westendorff was about 10 yards from it. It hit a barn and the remains consisted of a hole about 30 yards across. Westendorff wasn't hurt, however. Scurlock dove into the nearest cellar, and Sipusic and Neslon did some high diving. Hoyt ran into a barn and before he knew it Dayton, Medeiros, Najda and quite a few more landed on him.

Then the 88s started coming in, and never has there been such a scramble. Men hitting the ground, diving into cellars and some into stables. The rest of the day was spent in such cover, until the shelling let up. But that night a few men were walking around when again the 88s came in, killing three of the new men, T5 Henry Stewart, Pvt Dean S. Snider, and a French boy.

The next day Walznski was beside a haystack which caught fire, burying him under the stack. He was evacuated as a result of it.

4 OCTOBER

"106 Squadron, reinforced with tanks, made an enveloping attack on the road center at . . . . (called the 'Circle') in the Forêt de Parroy. B Troop attacked from the northwest, A Troop from the south and southeast and C Troop from the southwest. A and C Troops were pinned down with machine gun fire. B Troop surprised the enemy from the rear, causing them to direct their attention from the other two troops . . . . The attack was well coordinated and very successful. Fifty-one prisoners were taken from the 2113 Panzer Grenadier Regiment of the 113 Panzer Brigade, with an undetermined number killed and wounded . . . ."

2nd Platoon, F Company, 106 Squadron — B Troop and the 2nd tank platoon were to cut the road running east and west on the west side of the crossroad. The troops jumped off at about 1415.

Lt Krueger of the 2nd platoon of B Troop, and the 1st platoon of Berlove of the 1st started out, leaving the tanks in reserve. Both platoons were pinned down by heavy small arms and machine gun fire before they had gone fifty yards. So the tanks moved in to help. The woods were so damned dense and the terrain so rough that the drivers and tank commanders had to remain opened up to see any way at all. We were working on B Troop's command net, and later found that all of the orders that Lt Carruthers

Two soldiers resting in the woods, one whittling a stick

Whittling soothes the nerves

Men bringing up supplies to a forward position

Supplies come in

A deeply rutted, muddy forest track

Mud

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gave us were also being broadcast to B Troop's CP. They said it was better than a football game.

We moved in, firing over the recon men who were pinned down. As we passed them, Lt Krueger jumped up and hollered "Let's go". The recon boys were up at once and we didn't stop again until we had overrun the enemy position and cut the road. Lt Carruthers set up a roadblock with Sgt Maloney's tank.

Lt Krueger, Lt Berlove and Lt Carruthers then decided to move on down the road and take the crossroad, which was A Troop's objective. A Troop in the meantime was being held up by a well-defended road-block.

From then on it was a picnic. When we got about 150 yards from the crossroad we could see a battered old concrete house and a few Germans trying to run away. One tried to run across the road, another started to fire out of a window and another tried to run around the back of the building. Three short bursts from Lt Carruthers' gun and all of them dropped. Sgt Stevens was firing his antiaircraft machine gun and had to duck when a sniper shot his ammo box off. We closed in and started to mop up.

The whole thing didn't take over an hour, and we ended up with a couple of slight flesh wounds and fifty-one prisoners, ten of whom were more or less shot up.

5—6 OCTOBER

"Both squadrons made dismounted reconnaissance of northwest sector of Forêt de Parroy to determine disposition and strength of enemy . . . . . Patrols reported little enemy in northwest sector . . . . ."

B Troop, 121 Squadron — The 1st platoon was to move up to the edge of the wood and observe everything that looked suspicious. S-Sgt Crites, with a picked crew consisting of Cpl Vratkovich, T5 Lindeman and Cpl Parsons were sent ahead to observe. After so much time had passed and the patrol had not returned, another patrol was dispatched under S-Sgt Lee.

He came upon the other patrol at the edge of the lake. He found that T5 Lindeman and S-Sgt Crites had been killed by mines, and the other two gone. In the meantime, Cpl Parsons, although wounded in several places, had come back and reported the situation to Capt Weller.

The following day the troop moved to the edge of the lake to take up positions, clear the area and prepare to move forward. In doing so, they

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again came into contact with mines, and T4 Kessler and a tanker, Sgt Terry, were killed, and T5 Williams, T5 Flexal, and a medic were wounded. There was also a small fire fight at the head of the column, but the rest of the platoon came up and the Germans were driven off.

The next day the engineers came up and cleared the mines, and then we moved out of the woods, attacked Mouacourt, and took it the same day.

7—8 OCTOBER

"Both squadrons continued dismounted reconnaissance of northwest sector of Forêt de Parroy to determine disposition and strength of enemy . . . . Both squadrons continued to protect the left flank of XV Corps . . . ."

B Troop, 121 Squadron — The troop was ordered to move into, seize and hold a virgin part of the forest. This area had been previously reconnoitered by patrols, but mines had taken a heavy toll before any definite information could be gotten.

On each side of us was a troop. Deployed in a line of skirmishers we advanced slowly, knowing that we had to chance the mines. We reached our objective about 1400 that day and dug in. The bedrolls had been left behind and we didn't know how long it would be before they could be sent up. There were no roads for vehicles.

Our platoon was split in two, half on each side of a fire break which was believed to be mined. We marked a path across and stuck to it faithfully. It was the only way we could avoid Jerry's death-dealing contraptions. All we knew was that the place was lousy with them and that the engineers were not due until sometime the following day. It was uncomfortable to know that if you stepped in the wrong place, you might get blown to hell.

The Krauts were just fifty yards from us, across a small marsh. We could hear them talk, but they couldn't see us in the woods, so we received no small arms fire. They didn't seem very worried with that garden of mines between us.

So far, everything was all right, but the prospects for a comfortable stay were not too bright. How long, we wondered, would it be before we'd get out of these damned woods, or of more concern at the moment, what were our chances of avoiding these mines. The thought had barely entered our minds when "Wham"! No need to ask what that was! We all knew only too well.

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It was Bill Pittman, someone said, but he seemed to be still kicking. It was just a concussion job, and after treatment and a night's rest, Bill returned, somewhat the worse for wear, but ready to sweat out the rest of it.

That night we'll never forget. It rained from six in the evening until eight in the morning. No bedrolls, shelter halves or food. Everybody just stood and froze the whole night through.

9—10 OCTOBER

"Both squadrons employed in attack on crossroad at . . . . . (the 'Horn') . . . . Encountered some small arms and mortar fire, also a great number of mines and booby traps . . . . A number of prisoners were taken and an undetermined number of casualties inflicted . . . . The squadrons suffered several casualties caused by mines and enemy fire . . . . . One company of the 163 Engineer Battalion was attached to the 121 Squadron and employed in clearing that part of the Forêt in which the squadrons were working, suffering several casualties when a mine went off in the middle of a large group . . . . It rained all day . . . . . "

C Troop, 106 Squadron — The attack on the "Horn" was to be another coordinated attack, employing all troops of the 106 Squadron and A and C Troops of the 121.

A of the 121 started ahead of the other attack elements and moved through the woods from the west. They received fire and were stopped. We moved out at 1230, and A Troop of the 106 and its supporting tanks moved down the road just as the preliminary barrage by the assault guns of E Troop lifted. C Troop and its attached tank platoon were on the left of A, and B was on the right flank.

The attack was successful, but one of A Troop's tanks hit a mine and one of C Troop's was hit by a bazooka and knocked out. Lt Krueger and Sgt Franklin were wounded in the action and the tank driver was killed.

In the second phase of the attack, in which C Troop alone was charged with clearing the "Horn" proper and contacting elements of the 121 Squadron, heavy machine gun fire met every attempt to move a tank or a party of dismounted men into the clearing.

At dark Capt Brady received a disengaging order, and took up positions at the edge of the woods. It rained steadily all night. The roads were impassable for vehicles, and bedrolls and rations could not be brought in.

B Troop, 121 Squadron — The next morning, we lost another man, and a medic was wounded by the same mine. You can bet that we were

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getting jittery as hell by this time. Where in God's name were the engineers? They are coming now, someone said, and right he was. We were sure glad to see them.

It was one of the saddest sights any of us had ever seen. There were eleven engineers, two men from intelligence, a lieutenant and a sergeant. They had gathered for some kind of orientation, and one of them stepped on an S-mine. When we reached them they were a mass of torn bodies.

Thirteen men lay there, badly wounded and calling for help. We did what we could until the medics came, then worked with them to help these boys. Captain Rogers, our dentist, turned doctor, directed the procedure, attended each man, performed amputations and did an all-around swell job. Also to be commended were Sgt Hoyt, Jack Pollard and Ed Anderson, who worked until the last man was loaded and evacuated.

Out of curiosity, we checked the spot where the S-mine had been, then decided that we were about the luckiest Joes in the ETO. We had been stepping just about two inches from where it was planted!

Several of us had been using that path: Sgt Hoyt, Pollard, Weisser, Frampoulis, Tromley, Pittman, Huff and Coy. The breaks had certainly been with us. But by this time, this little hellhole was beginning to wear on our nerves. Two men from across the way went to pieces that afternoon, and the rest of us were not in any too good shape. Things looked pretty gloomy, with intermittent artillery coming in to add to our misery.

11 OCTOBER — 10 NOVEMBER

"Both squadrons continued patrolling, maintaining contact on the left with XII Corps . . . . The 44th Division relieved the 79th Division on our right . . . . Squadrons relieved each other at various intervals, and the Squadron in reserve was placed in the rear to rest . . . . The enemy changed units on our front four times . . . . The weather was cloudy, cool, and it rained about every three days . . . . Trenchfoot is taking its toll every day . . . . ."

A Troop, 121 Squadron — On 13 October a patrol was to be sent out. A call was made for volunteers. No one wanted to go, due to the date. Sgt Bellini, Manuels, the two men from St. Louis, Medeiros and another man, were picked to go to the end of the Forêt.

They had been walking for some time when Sgt Bellini decided to climb a tree to see if there were any Krauts in a field. He saw three

A file of engineers walking up a muddy track

Engineers coming up

A soldier hunched in a waterlogged foxhole dugout

All the comforts of home

A soldier's muddy boots stepping across a churned-up trench

One of the drier days

A dead German SS soldier lying in a ditch

SS sunset

A knocked-out German tank, overturned among shattered trees

Knocked out tank

Soldiers lifting a mine from a forest road

Picking up a mine

A vehicle struggling through deep mud

Rough going

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machine gun positions and men walking around them. Deciding that we had seen enough, he came down.

On our way back, we took a break and had a smoke. We had just lit a cigarette when there was a swish and we all hit the ground. It was a mortar, and they kept on coming. It was a little rough there, so we took off into the woods, but no matter where we turned, the shells followed us.

We finally arrived at the C Troop position, and all was quiet for the moment. We asked for a drink, but before we could get it, the shells came in again. We didn't bother to wait for the water. We were in a hurry and we started out again, the shells still following us. One even landed right in the middle of us, but no one was hurt. The sergeant decided that we might as well stay where we were until things quieted down.

When we got back to the troop, we found that the platoon had already moved out on the attack. We followed their route and caught up in time to be in on the assault. The troop suffered one casualty for the day.

That afternoon we were relieved by the other squadron, and moved back to Raville.

On the way out of the forest we were shelled, and one man was hurt. The rest of us went through the woods, which was filled with mines and booby traps without mishap.

When we got back to Raville, the cooks had a nice warm meal for us. After eating, all of us went to sleep in a dry hayloft. The next day we cleaned vehicles and weapons, took showers and had our laundry done. We also saw a few shows in the next days, all of which were good.

After resting for a few days, we moved back into the muddy forest to relieve the 106.

C Troop, 106 Squadron — It was in the Forêt de Parroy that S-Sgt Pershichetti's outpost led to his gallant end. Every patrol we had sent out had been stopped short of its objective by mine fields. Percy had been given the seemingly impossible mission of reaching an objective about 500 yards out beyond the point where any previous patrol had gone.

He took Sgt Brown, T5 Kaufman, T5 Cochran, T5 Woodrum, T5 Royer, Sgt Osana and T5 Burdick as far as he thought it safe, and then proceeded with Osana to try to find a path through the minefield. When he attempted to gap this field, he instructed Osana to stay back far enough so that only one would get hurt if he stepped on a mine. About twenty-five yards from Osana he stepped on a mine in the middle of the field.

Disregarding his own safety, Osana went into this dangerous posi-

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tion, picked Percy up on his shoulders and carried him back to the rest of the patrol. Making a litter out of two poles and slings from rifles, they carried him back to our lines.

Unfortunately, the patrol, in shifting positions on the litter, tripped a wire in our own minefield, wounding Jimmy Boyer, Pvt Sattiaux, Pvt Barrios and Sgt Schenkel, who had come to help carry Percy to the medics. Percy died before we could get him to the medics.

His battlefield commission as a second lieutenant arrived that afternoon.

A Troop, 121 Squadron — On the 20th October, the 3rd platoon was ordered to attack a hill where T5 Swan had stepped on a mine a few days before. We took five engineers with us, and they cleared the minefield before we moved into the attack. Lt Beam, T5 Lee and T5 Geisler led the attack that day. As they advanced they drew rifle fire from a German dugout on the hill.

While T5 Lee and two engineers covered them with fire, Lt Beam and T5 Geisler attacked the dugout, but were unsuccessful. Capt Hess sent up a machine gun, and we killed one German and captured another.

On this hill we also trapped thirty-three Germans in a dugout, but couldn't get them out since we had no hand grenades. They laid mortar fire on us. The hill was held and we had to withdraw to the cover of the woods. T5 Henderson was wounded in the action.

On the 21st, the Jerries sent out a patrol, and they ran into some of the boys dug in just west of Vaucourt. Bill Hoyt, Olien and Medley killed two of them, wounded a couple more and captured one. In the course of the fight, Medley was wounded, and died the next day. He'd only been in the outfit one day.

The next two or three days were uneventful. We were relieved by the 106 Squadron, and went back to Raville for some more of that much-needed rest.

B Troop, 106 Squadron — Troop operating in same sector, mission unchanged. Dismounted patrol activity continued. 2nd platoon took high ground on Hill 286, giving better observation. Platoon reported that large number of enemy vehicles were on move after dark. Pvt Falb was killed and Cpl Skidmore and Pvt Varvell wounded by mines while on patrol. Lt Graves led a party of stretcher bearers and evacuated both immediately.

C Troop, 106 Squadron — On 9 November Lt Thoelke took thirteen men from the 2nd platoon plus two engineers to patrol to a point south-

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east of Vaucourt, where a hill and woods afforded a good observation point on the town.

Between the Vaucourt road and the hill was a stream. Pvt Lutz stepped on a mustard pot and set it off. Three men were already in the minefield. When they started back to assist Lutz, T5 Hoffman set off an S-mine, seriously injuring his leg and wounding Pvt Painter.

Hoffman could not be moved from the minefield at this time. The engineers were called up with a mine detector to clear a path to him. As they passed the place where Lutz had set off the mustard pot, they got a warning buzz on the detector. An ammo box that Lutz had dropped was lying there and the engineers decided that it was the box that caused the sound. The next step they took set off a mine. One of the engineers lost a leg, the other was badly wounded, and Pvt Thompson, who was covering them, was also hit. The troop medics were on their way with stretchers, and A Troop was called on for additional stretchers. In the meantime, the remainder of the patrol toiled to get the wounded back across the stream. Lt Thoelke operated the mine detector, cleared a path to Hoffman and carried him out. It took over two hours to get the six men across the stream.

11—13 NOVEMBER

"Occupied Vaucourt without resistance, except heavy concentration of artillery fire . . . . 106 Squadron moved into Bois de Tillot and Bois de la Charboniere, meeting light resistance and taking 20 prisoners . . . ."

A Troop, 106 Squadron — At 0800 on 11 November, the balance of the 2nd platoon and the 1st platoon moved into Vaucourt and occupied the entire town.

The cemetery was located about 500 yards east of town and assault gun fire was brought on the German positions there. The 3rd platoon remained in observation on the high ground previously occupied by the 1st platoon and the tank platoon moved into town about 1200.

Reconnaissance patrols were sent out to the east and northeast of town at 1530 and received fire from the cemetery. The entire fire resources of the troop in the town were brought onto the German position, and the 1st and 2nd platoons moved forward, supported by the tanks. The mortar squads were set up and fired over the advancing party. It was later reported by the 3rd platoon outpost on Hill 289, that a number of men retreated from the cemetery to the woods northeast of town.

At 1730 the Germans sent up a red flare. This was the signal for an

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eighty round artillery barrage that fell in the 1st platoon sector in less than ten minutes' time. Cpl John H. Recker was killed, Cpl Bernard D. Cleve, T5 Ed J. Campbell, T5 James W. Gardner, Pfc Louis B. Racz and Pvt John J. Doyle were wounded and hospitalized. Pfc Lawrence A. Bratcher was stunned by concussion, but recovered later in the day. An hourly barrage of fifty to eighty rounds fell, but not in such close concentrations or in such a restricted area. The last shelling was at 2130.

The next day three prisoners captured in Vaucourt by a wire crew from B Troop reported that we had killed eleven of their men in the fight of the previous evening. The 1st and 2nd platoons had now pushed their defense line to the eastern edge of town and a forward outpost was located one quarter of a mile east of town on the crossroad there. Two more barrages fell in the town in the morning.

At 0730 on 13 November a combat patrol from the 1st platoon moved into the cemetery area and captured seven prisoners. At 0800 a coordinated attack was started. The 1st and 3rd platoons, with four tanks attached, moved out of town to the edge of the Bois de Tillot and the 2nd platoon with two tanks attached, moved through the same wood by the road. The objective, the east side of the wood, and the crossroad there, were taken by 1130. A part of the 1st and 3rd platoons had been cut off by heavy mortar fire, and though some were able to find cover, the others had to withdraw beyond the observation of the enemy mortar crews to find security.

The first party was pinned down for nearly two hours. The second group made its way around and joined the 2nd platoon in its advance down the road.

Six more prisoners were captured during the advance. T5 Richard H. Putnam was killed in action with a mortar crew, as was a man from C Troop. One engineer attached to the troop was wounded. Pfc William H. Pete and T5 Herman Foster were wounded, and Pvt Clarence Blair was knocked out by concussion. At 1300 B Troop, 121 Squadron moved through us and took over the position, and we moved back to Raville for rest and maintenance.

Forêt de Parroy

Battle map of the Forêt de Parroy sector. Features shown include the "Circle" and the "Horn" road centers, the Forêt de Parroy, Bois de Tillot, Bois de la Charbonnière, and the villages of Henamenil, Mouacourt, Embermenil, Xousse and Vaucourt.

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CHAPTER IV

THE WINTER CAMPAIGN

For several days after getting out of the forest we rested, prepared our vehicles for our next commitment and listened to the Corps Artillery put out a 23,000 round preparation for the drive on the Rhine.

The infantry thrust forward, and we mounted our vehicles for the first time in two months. At first the going was pretty rough — we'd take a town, and the Kraut would paste hell out of it. There was so much high explosive fragmentation lying around that six flat tires on one jeep in a day was not uncommon.

On through Sarrebourg, the weather not getting any better, but resistance melting before us. Then the Vosges, the smashing French drive through the Saverne Gap from behind, the long, dangerous flank we held while Le Clerc went on to Strasbourg, and then — Thanksgiving night. An entire fresh Panzer division, bold with new tanks and tactics attacked at night, each tank surrounded by tough, experienced doughfeet.

We gave ground, but didn't give up. We lost first Eywiller, then Eschwiller and then Rauwiller. But with the help of the artillery and fresh infantry, we stopped them there.

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Then came the mountains. We went ahead slowly feeling out the Maginot line and hanging onto the flanks of the infantry as they interminably worked north through the hills.

It began to snow. Winzmann looked like the key to the Wingen-Wimmenau line. It was, and it cost us twenty-eight good men to crack it. Then the Kraut fell back again, and we went north preceding the infantry.

But the Kraut had other plans in the Ardennes. When Third Army started north to help stop him, we had to go to Ludweiler. Here again we worked slowly.

It was New Year's Eve, cold and clear. The Germans came in three columns, at least 1500 strong, drunk as skunks and with a good rolling barrage in front of them. We lost ground again, including Hill 283, but he still didn't crack our lines. Our losses, although tough to take, weren't nearly as high as those of the enemy.

From then it was quiet — quiet as it can be with artillery, either his or ours, blasting at odd intervals throughout the long, cold nights. The snow stayed deep for a while, and then it rained.

In February came relief, the first we had had since leaving England, and we pulled back to Merlebach on the 11th.

18 NOVEMBER

"The enemy attempted to defend Moussey and Rechicourt with small forces, but were forced out of both towns . . . ."

C Troop, 106 Squadron — At 0700 the troop moved out, skirting the south edge of the forest, and began reconnaissance toward Moussey. The CP and trains held up at Bamoncourt and the 3rd platoon led the move to Moussey. The town was taken and the 3rd moved out of town.

The town was shelled all during the evening and that night. The 3rd's advance was held up by small arms fire at a blown bridge. During the shelling T5 Cochran was wounded and one PW was captured.

Group Headquarters — We were flying that day, and from the air we saw C Troop move into the town. It was quiet then. All of a sudden a concentration of what appeared to be mortar lit around one vehicle.

We watched very carefully, but couldn't see where the fire was coming from. We could talk to Capt Jack Brady, and were wondering about a shoe factory about a kilometer down the canal as a possible observation post.

Capt Pegues already had his guns in position to support Brady, and

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we started to lay him in on the shoe factory with smoke shells, trying to set one end of it on fire to screen all the buildings with smoke.

Scotty gave us "On the way!", and just then it looked as though a flying bomb had hit the place. Two buildings were completely flattened, the rest flamed. But we hadn't done it. A battery of 240s had registered a direct hit with its first ninety-one-round. The factory burned for three days.

"The Group advanced east toward the Vosges against lighter resistance and took up a defensive position on the north flank of XV Corps . . . . 121 prisoners taken 22 November, killed an estimated sixty . . . ."

C Troop, 106 Squadron — The troop, less the 2nd platoon, moved out with Eschwiller as the objective. At Hirschland, the CP and trains held up, the 1st platoon outposted the town and the 3rd with the tanks moved on Eschwiller.

As the platoon was organizing for the attack outside the town, one of the tanks was disabled by a bazooka round. About this time, the 2nd platoon arrived to assist in the attack, and parked its vehicles in the woods to the right of the road.

The plan was for Lt Mahlstedt to take an AC and the tanks, and with the 2nd platoon dismounted, move into the town. While the attack elements were assembling near a low stone wall about 150 feet long, the Germans began firing a 20mm gun directly at them. The wall saved them.

Lt Mahlstedt led out, followed by the tanks and dismounted men. The tanks stopped at the first street firing all of their guns, while behind came the dismounted 2nd platoon, cleaning out buildings as it went.

The action went quite smoothly and rapidly, and resulted in the capture of sixty-four Germans, including a complete battalion CP, the battalion commander and all the equipment. Ten vehicles, two 20mm guns and three ammunition trailers were also taken.

About fifteen minutes after the fight ended and before the platoons had completely organized the outpost positions, the Germans started to shell the town. There were already a great many fires burning, and the barrage added to the noise and confusion. No casualties resulted from the shelling, and there were only three casualties for the entire attack.

One tanker was wounded, Sgt Follette was shaken up quite a bit by a bazooka shell that had gone between his legs and exploded behind him, knocking him down, and Pfc Combs was hit by mortar fragments.

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B Troop, 106 Squadron — We spent the night of November 21 outposting the high ground overlooking the town of Postroff. We were in an excellent position to see anything that moved in the town in the daytime.

Just as we moved into position, two German snipers took off from the bushes and made a break for the town. S-Sgt Shepherd's armored car was in position about 500 yds away and his gunner, T5 Lloyd Hannahs, pinned them down with the first burst of his machine gun while the rest of the platoon advanced to take them prisoners and secure an OP. That night the town sounded like a tank maneuver area.

The following morning we were ordered to take Postroff and since we had been looking at the town for a day, we knew it was going to be hell.

We dismounted in Barrendorf, a town held by Lt Clements' 2nd platoon, and dispatched a patrol immediately to feel out the defenses on the approach. Sgt Kirby led the patrol consisting of T5 Coleman, Pfc Bob Dedman, Pfc Nieson, and Pfc Edwards. They didn't have to go too far to discover that the town was well defended and that the enemy had an excellent anti-tank emplacement in the outskirts covered by four 20mm AA guns. Luckily when we attacked, these positions were only partially manned. Whether the men were eating or the rain had forced them to more comfortable shelter we never knew.

The 1st platoon, led by Lt Davies and S-Sgt Shepherd supported by Lt Carruther's tank platoon were chosen to lead the attack. They moved out immediately.

The patrol had remained in observation and as we passed through them they joined us. The element of surprise was with us and the tankers managed to neutralize and capture the AT and AA guns intact. We moved into the outskirts of the town with no casualties and it began to look as though we were not going to have much trouble.

When almost half the town had been cleared and the 2nd platoon had been told to come in and give us a hand, the lid finally blew off. The Krauts tried to literally wipe the town off the map with their artillery and tank guns. At the same time we discovered that the rest of the town was defended by machine guns and snipers in almost every house.

A large stone house that commanded a long stretch of the street was loaded with Krauts and the first burst of their machine gun fire killed Pfc Hancock instantly. Pfc Leroy Peck was nearby but he took advantage of the scant second he was allowed, took cover and returned the fire.

The fire was so intense here that a few men had to swing to the left

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and bypass the strong point to get to the other end of the town. By doing this they cut the enemy force in half. Cpl Jim Moore was in charge of this party and he selected T5 Alvin Dingess, T5 Bob Newcomer, Pfc Ralph Martin and Pvt Herman Witt to do the job. Sgt Bob Stafford offered to protect their left flank and climbed into the attic of a tall building where he did a wonderful job of sniping.

After a bitter gun battle they reached the end of town but they had almost exhausted their ammo. Cpl Moore and T5 Dingess came back to pick up some more and found that the 2nd platoon had come up mounted, bringing with them two 90mm tank destroyers and, brother, don't think we weren't glad to see them.

The Krauts counterattacked with tanks supported by about fifty infantrymen. We ran the two tank destroyers down to the edge of town, where one tank had come quite close. We tried to point it out to the tank destroyer gunner, but he failed to see it. Pvt Witt climbed in the turret, traversed the gun onto the enemy tank, and for the first time in his life fired a 90mm gun. He knocked the turret off the enemy tank.

This so discouraged the enemy that they stopped their attack and withdrew to the high hill north of town.

But the fight wasn't over. The enemy kept firing into the town, holding us in the buildings until dark. In the meantime, an officer from E Troop had set up an OP on high ground northeast of the town, where he drew a lot of artillery fire.

Sgt Kirby and Pfc Dedman went to help them out, but by the time they arrived, Lt Barter had been killed and T5 Bob Smith seriously wounded. While evacuating them, Sgt Kirby had his leg blown off by a shell. Pfc Rants went after them in a jeep and evacuated all three under heavy fire, he escaping unhurt.

A Troop, 121 Squadron — We went into Asswiller behind the 2nd platoon and on right through them to take Durstal. We had cleared half of the town when a Jerry column came up one of the streets to our right. Scurlock, the 37mm gunner in the second team AC, destroyed the first vehicle with one round, and as the occupants began crawling away, the rest of the men cut loose on them, killing all three. The rest of the vehicles, who had barely rounded the corner, backed away before we could get a shot in.

A German drove up the middle of the street, right into the muzzle of the lead armored car. Ginsberg, the gunner, put a burst through the side of the American jeep he was driving; but the driver jumped out and got away.

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The Heinies in the meantime had brought up a 20mm to our right rear. At first it didn't bother us, but as its fire grew hotter, and as the Kraut occupied the high ground to our left, we decided to pull back to Asswiller. In doing so, a slug from the 20mm went through Schultz's armored car, ripping Sherlock's seat, knocking the stock off his carbine and taking the buck out of Maxie Rosenbloum's field jacket.

The same day we sent a dismounted patrol back to Durstal, but they had to withdraw because of heavy mortar fire. The next day we took the town without opposition.

B Troop, 121 Squadron — The night of 21 November the 1st platoon was given the mission of outposting Eywiller, cutting the German supply route through the town. It was moving dark when they left Hirschland.

About one kilometer from Eywiller, Lt Doyle stopped the platoon and made up a patrol of himself, T5 Wall, Pfc Parris, T5 Klora and Parkey to determine the presence of enemy in the town. As the patrol entered among the houses, they found dismounted Germans dug in on the high ground to the left of Eywiller, but got past them undetected. Civilians they questioned, reported that the Germans had all moved out of town during the day.

Lt Doyle called up the platoon vehicles, the two tanks and the tank destroyer that were supporting him, and outposted the town. By that time it had become very dark. Some civilians came up and reported that there was a German officer with two men who wanted to give up.

Lt Doyle and Pfc Dedmon went out to bring them in. One prisoner resisted being disarmed by Lt Doyle and was shot as he was running away. The patrol then returned with the other German in tow.

About thirty minutes later, German tanks were heard in the other end of town, but they didn't approach the platoon's position. It was soon after that, that S-Sgt Hajek was walking down the street, and ran into a German patrol of six men, who took him prisoner. Sgt Hajek tried to disarm one of the Germans, causing a free-for-all scuffle that was noisy enough to draw the attention of a member of the tank destroyer crew. He came down the street to investigate, was shot by one of the Germans, and died within an hour.

The machine gun on an armored car began to fire. The Krauts ran and Sgt Hajek returned with nothing more than a swollen lip.

Patrols kept pestering the outpost all night, trying to find out how much we had in town, but all were driven off with some casualties.

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23—24 NOVEMBER

"106 Squadron received counterattacks by tanks and infantry from north along the line Hirschland-Weyer starting about 1000, continuing until about 0700 . . . . 121 Squadron continued to hold its positions until about 1030 hours. At end of period troops were occupying line Schabach-Sieswiller-Drulingen-Asweiller-Petersbach . . . . Enemy identified as Panzer Lehr (130th) Division, reinforced by elements of 25th Panzer Grenadier Division . . . . "

A Troop, 106 Squadron — At 1800 the Boche opened up with tank artillery, 20mm AA guns and machine guns on the 3rd platoon in Eywiller. This he followed with a full scale tank and infantry attack with fifteen Mark VI tanks and approximately one company of infantry.

The 1st platoon, which had fallen back and set up on the road junction south of Eywiller, moved into Weyer and immediately set up a defensive screen around the town.

The 3rd platoon was forced to evacuate Eywiller hastily. Five men were cut off and pinned down in a basement. The attack was developing to the south and it was impossible to get them out. The men were Cpl William H. Fisher, Pvts Ted Szezuka, Malcolm C. Newell, Gunnard Oberg and Homer Fraley.

The 3rd platoon fell back to the road junction previously held by the 1st and set up to delay. The 2nd platoon and elements of B Troop, 121 Squadron, were holding Drulingen.

The attack now directed a three-pronged thrust toward Hirschland, Weyer and Drulingen. The 3rd platoon acted as observers for the assault guns until darkness settled. At 1930 a platoon from B Troop, 121 Squadron, was sent to Weyer to lend what support it could. At 2000 two tank destroyers arrived and took positions facing the road down which the tanks must come from Eywiller. This was the situation at midnight.

The hardpressed 3rd platoon warned the CP at 0200 that the tanks were coming again. They began falling back toward Weyer, the last AC firing at the red sparks from the Mark VI exhaust pipes as it ran.

One German tank hit a mine and was disabled, but continued firing its guns. The CP began the trip to Sieswiller; the tank destroyers withdrew without firing a shot and the 3rd platoon covered the withdrawal.

The 3rd platoon passed through town, the 1st platoon fell in behind, and the hapless village was at the mercy of the enemy again. The CP and the 3rd platoon went on from Sieswiller to Veckersweiler, and the 1st

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remained on some fairly high ground west of Siewiller to watch and delay. The 2nd platoon was forced to fall back at Drulingen before a strong enemy dismounted force, and was recalled, joining the troop at Veckersweiller.

Pvts Harry Balin and Joseph McCoy were injured in a bantam accident during the night march. About 1500, the CP moved to Shalbach.

C Troop, 106 Squadron — During the morning and until about 1530 the town of Eschwiller was quiet except for an occasional light shelling. Lt Thoelke had gone to pick up two of his teams in the woods to bring them into town. Someone in the 3rd platoon spotted some dismounted Germans on the hill to the east of town. Lt Mahlstedt climbed to the roof of a building to observe for himself and saw a tank move up.

The Germans began shooting at the town with tank cannon, 20mm AA guns and small arms. It all indicated rather a large scale attack, so the 3rd platoon was ordered to move back. They made the run through the town of Eschwiller under enemy observation and direct fire.

Elements of the 3rd platoon, seeing the 3rd move out, did not wait for Lt Thoelke's order, but moved out with them. They were ordered to turn around and return, for it was expected that the 2nd platoon would maintain contact with the enemy and delay them, if possible, until the 3rd was in position at Hirschland to cover their withdrawal.

All of the vehicles but two tanks, one armored car and three bantams were driven out. No one was hurt, although Pfc James Chandler and Pvt Raymond Gingnoni did not show up and were presumed captured.

At 1800, the 2nd was ordered to start falling back to Hirschland. At 1900, the platoon were set up to hold the town. Hasty antitank minefields were laid in front of each platoon's position. The order was to delay. Two tank destroyers were brought up and went into position near the 2nd platoon's outpost.

Between 2200 and 2300 the kitchen served Thanksgiving turkey from a position near the bridge on the south side of town, on the road to Rauwiller.

At 2300, the platoons reported, almost simultaneously, that track movements could be heard approaching their outposts. Before anything was done about it, one of the enemy columns hit one of the minefields. The tank destroyers pulled out immediately.

The armored car gunner at the minefield fired two rounds of armor-piercing 37mm at the stalled German tank. The shells bounced off the tank, Capt Brady ordered the troop to withdraw to Rauwiller.

An assault gun (M8 howitzer motor carriage) firing, muzzle smoke in the air

Assault guns firing

Shells bursting on a distant hillside target

Assault guns hitting

Soldiers crowded around to receive mail in a snowy village

Mail call

Two soldiers rigging a booby trap with a trip wire in the snow

Setting a "booby trap"

A line of bomb bursts and smoke across a snowy field

Bombing by our P-47's

Soldiers in white winter gear pushing through deep snow

Out on patrol

A soldier in white winter camouflage clothing, holding an entrenching tool

Winter patrol dress

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The 3rd platoon withdrew intact across the bridge, followed by the 1st, and one team of the 2nd fell in with them. One of the 2nd's armored car drivers miscalculated a corner, rammed his car into a building and completely blocked the road, making it necessary to abandon two armored cars, four bantams and two tanks. Lt Thoelke discovered that at the time the armored car created the roadblock, the enemy tanks had flanked his position and would have made vehicular withdrawal impossible in any event. He sent the two teams out dismounted, got the tank crews out, and joined the troop at the bridge. Capt Brady remained at the bridge in his bantam until every man in the troop was accounted for.

When everyone was across the bridge and mounted on some vehicle, the troop moved to Rauwiller. The German tanks and infantry were already in town, and had pulled up to the bridge. They fired down the road at our column, but never scored a hit. The shells landed on both sides of the road, which ran straight out of town for about half a mile before taking a left curve and affording some protection.

As the troop approached Rauwiller, it was held up by the two tank destroyers, who were experiencing a little difficulty in working their way through the narrow, winding street that ran through the town. They finally got through, and were here no more.

As soon as Capt Brady was certain that everyone had made Rauwiller, he ordered us back. The enemy tanks at Hirschland were now shelling the town, and Lt Paul Schmitt was wounded by shrapnel. During the night's action Cpl Gorski, Sgt Spence, Pvt Bolcerzak, Pvt Tucker, T5 Slack, T5 Peterson, T4 Remmert, Sgt Fessler and Pvt Pla were lightly wounded.

At about 0200, the 24th, the 3rd platoon, the only platoon still intact, was ordered to return to Rauwiller and set up a roadblock. Information at the time indicated that the Germans had not moved into Rauwiller, and that B Troop, as well as an antitank company from the infantry, were there. With these elements Lt Mahlstedt was to set up some form of defense and delay the enemy as long as possible.

The platoon was forced to move into town under a barrage of tank fire, as they parked the vehicles just inside the town and took cover from the shelling. A civilian woman led some of the men into her kitchen just as two German tanks came up, one on each side of the building. Dismounted Germans captured Lt Mahlstedt and fourteen of the men, but Cpl Gorski and S-Sgt Eldrenkamp made their way to the attic and hid in a compartment of the chimney meant for smoking meat. The following account was told by them.

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The Germans had the town completely occupied by noon. A battalion of the 44th Division was caught in the town by the Germans, who captured 160 and killed many more. One house defended by an American machine gun was literally blown into pieces by the tanks.

The woman of the house whose chimney they occupied, unsuspected the presence of the Americans, and led the Germans on a search. The smoking compartment wasn't opened. Fires were going downstairs, and it got damned hot in the chimney.

During the first day the men were forced to stay inside the house because of the guard, but that night they got out and peeked onto the street. Two tanks were parked in front of the house, and a self-propelled gun behind them. They could see ten tanks, altogether, in the town. The Germans were also using two of our armored cars to supplement their outpost. The house in which the men were hiding was apparently a CP, as officers kept going in and out.

About 1500 that afternoon, the 44th Division tried to retake the town. Their artillery was coming in, and small arms could be heard out on the outskirts. The Germans moved all their tanks, the self-propelled gun and our armored cars between the houses and opened up with direct fire on the infantry. The attack was stopped cold. The next day another try was made and it was even shorter lived.

On the third morning, before daylight, the Americans laid a Time-on-Target on the town and every building in town was hit. The shell that hit the building in which our men were hiding, lifted it off the ground two feet (they said) and there was no roof around them after that. Observation was simply a matter of opening the smoking compartment door.

When daylight came, they could see no Germans. Instead, an American tank destroyer was moving down the street with a column of doughfeet behind it. The two men ran downstairs and made a dash to the middle of the street, where they were mistaken for colored QM truckdrivers (soot). They were welcomed to the battalion CP, made a complete report, were highly praised for the accuracy of their observation and then left to hitchhike back to the troop.

The men captured in Rauwiller were Lt Mahlstedt, Pfc Chandler, Pvt Gingnoni, Pfc Moffet, Pfc Scott, T4 Hancock, Sgt Fleming, T5 Dodson, T5 Lincoln, Pfc Nagel, Pvt Wittrup, T5 Horne, Pfc Yohen and T4 Rohlf.

The bantam driven by T5 Slack was cut off from its platoon on the

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way into town at 0200. When the fire lifted, Slack tried to get in, but at the crossroads an enemy tank hit the bantam with a round of 75, mortally wounding Pvt Wolfram. The machine gun fire that followed killed Pvt Galfey. Slack ducked quickly behind the bantam, now burning. Under cover of the smoke from the fire, he ran away through a hail of machine gun fire, but wasn't hit.

It had been a rough night.

2 DECEMBER

"At Wimmenau the enemy fought with small arms, artillery, mortars, flak guns and antitank guns to hold his position, but lost the high ground to the south and allowed the road west of town to be cut . . . ."

A Troop, 121 Squadron — We moved out to attack Wimmenau. No artillery fire was received until we were in sight of the town. Then it hit. During heavy artillery and mortar fire, Lt Flynn formed the platoon into a skirmish line to attack the enemy. After clearing out the heavy woods, Lt Flynn and T4 Fitch were wounded by mortar shells and the platoon was pinned down by the fire.

Capt Hess regrouped the men and continued the attack. As we left the woods we were again pinned down by heavy fire, including small arms. Pvt Crippen and Pvt Pescod were killed, and Cpl Lewis, Pfc Valk, Pfc Thevenot, Pvt Boring, Pvt York and Cpl Stricker were wounded. Seven other men were evacuated for combat fatigue.

Only ten men were left. Sgt Carroll was told to get them back four hundred yards and cut one of the roads leading into the town. We stayed there till two in the morning, and then were ordered back to our original positions.

B Troop, 121 Squadron — The troop again went into position on high ground one kilometer south of Wimmenau planning to attack. The 2nd and 3rd platoons with the tanks jumped off at 1148, the 1st platoon remaining in reserve on the high ground.

The 2nd platoon and two tanks reached the objective despite terrific mortar, artillery, small arms and AA fire. The 3rd platoon was pinned down by an enemy flak gun which laid down one of the heaviest curtains of fire ever encountered by this unit.

Lts Robert J. Moore and Philip R. Marsilius, Pfc Joseph E. Cote and Pvt Warren E. Coy distinguished themselves in the successful 2nd platoon attack. Cote and Coy charged an enemy machine gun nest and took three prisoners. Lt Marsilius, the tank platoon leader, had two tanks bog

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down in the soft ground but continued forward in his own tank and laid down very effective covering fire for the dismounted men. He was also credited with knocking out an enemy gun position in Wimmenau.

The odds were too great, however, and A Troop on the left was forced to withdraw, as was Lt Martin's 3rd platoon. The 2nd platoon held and outposted the high ground taken. The total troop casualties were S-Sgt Harry Daeworth and Pvt Hall killed and Lt Charles Doyle and nine others wounded. Two tanks were lost.

At 1145, we followed the tanks across an open field, up a hill, and toward the town. Almost immediately we drew murderous crossfire from 88s, machine guns, mortar, and heavy artillery. We were hopelessly pinned down with no chance to escape. Every man on the hill thought this was his time.

After an hour of this, two men passed me, crawling on their bellies. They were wounded in the face, shoulder and arms. Their crawl was under heavy fire and at least 300 yards long. Over to Lt Martin's right Sgt Thomas G. Klump was pinned down. Two of his men were wounded, but he crawled back to them and got them out.

5—12 DECEMBER

"Continued to patrol and maintain contact between the 44th and 100th Divisions . . . . Enemy withdrawing slowly . . . . Light snow turning to rain . . . ."

13—14 DECEMBER

"The 106 Squadron conducted dismounted patrolling to the north . . . . 121 Squadron continued dismounted reconnaissance in and around Nemhoffen and in the vicinity of Baerenthal . . . ."

B Troop, 106 Squadron — While protecting the right flank of the 100th Division, Lt Davies was ordered to go up to the west of Bannstein, through the woods to Eguelshardt and to reconnoiter the strength of the enemy there.

It was a bright sunny morning, perfect for observation. We were ordered by Capt Parks to set up a platoon observation post for the day, withdrawing at dark. We moved cautiously into the woods. After reaching the far edge, we set up our OP, but didn't see even a civilian for an hour.

Lt Davies then decided to go into Eguelshardt, and called for volun-

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teers. Cpl Moore, T4 Fredelake, Pvt Linotte, Pvt Koos and Pfc Overmiller were chosen to accompany Lt Davies. Sgt Stafford set up the machine guns and riflemen to cover them as they went into the town.

Our radio wasn't working. A runner was sent back to Capt Park to tell him what we were doing. We then crawled to the edge of the woods and got set for a five hundred yard dash across open ground to the railroad on the edge of town.

Cpl Moore went first, followed by Lt Davies, and then the rest of the patrol. We all reached the cover of the railroad without drawing fire.

The village was quiet, and a small group of five houses about 300 yards away from the village proper was chosen as the first objective. Pvt Koos was left as guard on the railroad while the rest of us went down to the houses. There, three civilians told us that all the Germans had left the town the night before after a heavy shelling from our artillery.

They fed us. A few minutes later, Overmiller saw two German soldiers at the other end of town. He was left to watch these two while we went on searching the houses.

Lt Davies and Cpl Moore took one side of the street and T4 Fredelake and Linotte took the other. The first party was searching their second house when they discovered they were being fired on by two German soldiers from the upper window of a house in the woods to the east of the houses.

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The road was zeroed in perfectly. We decided to go in dismounted and have one vehicle at a time come into town.

We got in dismounted all right, but were shelled all the way. Then the vehicles started coming in. We would stop them as they came to where we were, then the "wham!" of incoming shells, and we all hit the dirt. When Gordon Jones came in with his armored car, there was nobody up to stop him, so he sailed on by. R. L. Owens jumped into a jeep and took after him, but Jones, seeing no trucks in the direction he was going, had already turned around and started back.

The next day we sent out a patrol consisting of Sgt McCoy, Jones, Clay, Broadus, Papatopoli, Mullen, Owens, Demnik, Gardescu and Lovinger to reconnoiter a bridge. They completed the mission and returned without a casualty.

15—22 DECEMBER

"Moved on north slowly, maintaining contact with the enemy . . . . Some small patrol clashes . . . . Enemy withdrawing slowly, using some mines, artillery and mortar fire . . . . Established defensive line in position used by 100th Division . . . ."

23 DECEMBER

"Group relieved the 6th Cavalry Group in its zone . . . . 106 Squadron moved from concentration vicinity St. Avold relieving 28 Squadron in its zone . . . . 121 Squadron moved from concentration area vicinity Merlebach relieving 6 Squadron in its zone . . . ."

31 DECEMBER — 1 JANUARY

"Enemy launched a coordinated attack behind an intensive mortar and artillery barrage about 2300 hours . . . . The attack first struck the right center of the Group on the front of C Troop, 106 Squadron, simultaneously attacking the bridgehead position held by C Troop, 121 Squadron . . . . Attack developed with objective gaining the high ground north of Ludweiler . . . ."

C Troop, 106 Squadron — During the afternoon Lt Rochester led a small patrol to the vicinity of the slag piles down by the Saar River. They captured three German engineers who constituted the enemy's warning system on the west bank. This patrol was made up of Sgt Ed Sturm, T5 Miller, T5 Ladika, and Lt Rochester. Their operation consisted of

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going from building to building until they came upon the Krauts eating their lunch in a small shack at the far end of town.

The Germans had been suffering from the cold and one of them had an advanced case of trench-foot. They were quite willing to tell all they knew. As it turned out, the information that they gave us was among the most valuable that we had ever received through prisoner interrogation. They told us that the Germans expected us to be celebrating the New Year. We were not expected to be in too good a fighting condition, so they were going to give their Führer a New Year's present of the ground we held. They said that the attack was coming off at 2330 that same night, and that the men participating were going to be pretty hopped up with liquor.

At 2100, S-Sgt Robert Kahn picked up four more PW's who confirmed all the information we had gotten from the previous batch. The entire Squadron was alerted at the first warning and every man in the troop was ready for anything.

The 1st platoon was hit at one minute after midnight by heavy small arms fire from the slag piles on the high ground the other side of the river, and advancing dismounted enemy. Lt Carlton ordered his men to give up their outpost line and reform on a line in Schaffhausen.

Capt Brady sent one of their armored cars to the east edge of town to cover the area between the town and B Troop's left flank. It was recalled in about fifteen minutes.

The platoon then moved from Schaffhausen to the south and took up their secondary positions at the road junction near Werbeln. Two teams went into dismounted positions on the high ground north of the road junction and one team covered the bridge on the road leading into Wadgassen.

The 2nd platoon received artillery and heavy machine gun fire at the same time the 1st platoon was hit, and on orders from the Captain moved into the center of town where their attached tanks were in position. They remained here for about ten minutes until the tanks moved back to Werbeln to their prepared secondary positions. Then they followed them to their own positions on the high ground north of town to relay for the 1st platoon. The 3rd platoon's sector was on the east side of Wadgassen near the slag piles. About the same time that the other two platoons had begun to receive fire, one of the tanks attached to the 3rd platoon was knocked out by a panzerfaust; luckily no one was hurt.

Lt Rochester ordered the platoon to fall back to the Ludweiler road junction in Schaffhausen. On this corner the second tank was knocked

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out by another panzerfaust, only after it had pulled back to the intersection and begun firing. The platoon then pulled back to its secondary position.

Between 0100 and 0200 a sizable force of dismounted Germans moved out of Schaffhausen toward the 3rd platoon position. Lt La Bissoniere reported the situation to Capt Brady, who then ordered Lt Rochester to withdraw to Ludweiler.

The remainder of the troop, in small groups, began to fall back on Differten, Fredrickswiller and Ludweiler. The bulk of the troop assembled in Ludweiler, and the command group in Fredrickswiller.

1st Platoon B Troop, 106 Squadron — Early in the evening C Troop reported to us that prisoners had warned them of a coming counterattack. Everyone was alerted.

The first section had its armored car near three houses 200 yards north of Wehoden. There was also a machine gun on the second floor of the house the team was occupying.

Sgt Jim Moore in command of the team, and Lt Davies the platoon leader, were with the team. The third team was in one of the other houses. They had a half-track with two machine guns on it in a secondary firing position. They also had a machine gun in the woods to the east of the houses. Sgt Joe Fredelake commanded this team.

The second team had a position about 600 yards to the east of the houses we were staying in, on the other side of the woods. Since their position was the most exposed, the two tanks attached to the platoon were with them. They also had a machine gun outpost, and a tanker stood guard in one of their tanks; all in all a strong outpost. S-Sgt Shepherd was in charge of this team.

The men said they would fight like hell for this place, since it was the best we had lived in for a long time. We had good hot meals and a good bed to sleep in; almost like being home except for the Krauts only a few hundred yards away.

Sgt Moore and T5 Carlsi set flare grenades with trip wires around a slag pile, about 100 yards north of the house. They hadn't been back more than fifteen minutes when the fireworks started.

T5 Robert Newcomer was on guard in the armored car and T5 Carlsi was on the machine gun bantam. Their machine guns opened up. No one lost any time getting out of the house and onto the machine guns upstairs. Pvt Davidson was on that gun and Cpl Witt was on the gun at the rear of the house covering the gap between us and C Troop.

During this time we were under a stiff artillery and mortar barrage,

Two soldiers in winter whites huddled in a snowy position

Anybody got a match?

A patrol moving out through deep snow and bare trees

Out looking for trouble

A patrol of soldiers crossing a snow-covered, shattered village

Winter patrol

A snow-camouflaged armored car outpost dug into the snow

Out post in an AC

A bundled-up soldier observing over the crest of a snowy embankment

Observation post

Soldiers manning a snow-filled trench line

In the trenches

The interior of a rough dugout shelter fitted out as living quarters

"Living room"

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and the shells were coming in close. For some reason, we couldn't contact the second team on the radio. We hoped they had contact with the CP, but couldn't tell.

It was a bright, moonlit night, almost like daylight. We had our guns trained on the crest of the hill in front of us to the north. And the Germans started coming along the skyline. We cut them down like grass.

Just as things were getting really warm, we got an order from Capt Parks to pull back to our secondary position using the road straight up the hill instead of the one previously chosen for withdrawal.

No one had to be told twice, but we sure hated to leave a nice warm house to go out into one of the coldest nights we had had yet. Everyone started grabbing his bedroll, personal belongings and going out the door. The armored car was in bad shape, so went out last. The point bantam had two flat tires in front, but Carini drove it out anyway. We were still trying to contact the second team with no success.

At the top of the hill we met Lt Graves and Major Cavanaugh. Lt Graves stopped us and told us to reorganize there. After about five minutes, he told us to go on to Ludweiler, as our secondary positions were already overrun.

We had to go through the woods to get back, but everyone got through all right, and the second team was now in contact with us. Just north of Ludweiler we set up another defensive position.

2nd Platoon, B Troop, 106 Squadron — During the morning all outposts reported enemy infantry columns coming toward the Saar. Prisoners taken by other troops stated that an enemy attack was imminent. All men were alerted and the artillery coordinated. At ten o'clock Paganelli and a tanker heard activity about sixty yards in front of us. Just after that it started.

The enemy began firing from all sides with small arms and artillery. Our tanks and the men on the outposts returned the fire. The first team was fighting fiercely to hold their rear open, but the Germans were all around us, having infiltrated to our rear before the attack.

The enemy attacked the house in which the first team was set up, yelling "Dirty Yankee sons of bitches!" Szerpa broke a window, put a machine gun through and opened fire. But in spite of all the lead, the Germans kept coming. It looked like they were drunk or doped.

Sgt DiMichele, seeing the odds, ordered everyone back to the secondary position. However, the only three to get out of the house were T5 Bozza, Conroy and Jiminez. The first, thinking he was in friendly territory, went up to a soldier to check the situation. When the other ans-

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wered "Gott im Himmel" they both took off in opposite directions. Jiminez, in the meantime, ran to the second team, only to find them in a similar predicament.

We were surrounded, and the only solution was to mount the tanks and get our way out. Lt Vunderink put us aboard the tanks, and we started out. It was dark; we couldn't tell friend from enemy. Sgt Paganelli fired a white phosphorus grenade right in the middle of the point of the enemy attack and lit them while Pfc Hudson mowed them down.

The third team, separated from the other two by some distance, couldn't help a bit. Communications were bad, so that no one knew much of what was going on.

In the secondary position T5 Proffer found Capt Park, who had been hit by machine gun fire and was unconscious. We were told to go on back to Ludweiler, and Proffer went to find the medics. He and Kolb took off in the half-track around the edge of the woods, and got into Ludweiler, where Capt Park regained consciousness long enough to tell them where the medics were.

Secondary positions were established north of Ludweiler.

C Troop, 121 Squadron — The men were thinking of many pleasant things on this never-to-be-forgotten evening. True, there was the ever-unpleasant cold and snow and the lonely woods, but many men were loaded down with the delicious fruitcakes and a dozen or more of the rare eddies found only in a GI's Christmas package from home. Foremost in the fellows' minds was the coming of the following morning, when they would be relieved, and could once more sleep in a warm bed with shoes off, share in warm water and answer a few of the dozens of anxious letters from home folks.

The 2nd platoon was not overly cautious as they boldly made small talk and wished away the long afternoon hours at their outposts. A few days before the Engineers had finished an elaborate network of antipersonnel mines and booby-trapped grenades in front of our four-man outposts. The outposts consisted of seven positions lining the crest of the wooded hill, in the center of which was a large, abandoned quarry about 500 yards in diameter and 100 feet deep, with sharply sloping sides. The only buildings in the quarry were a half dozen fenced-in coal sheds and a large processing plant of three rooms at ground level, and three in the cellar.

The cellar was used by Lt Wentworth as the platoon CP, connected

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to the troop CP by telephone. The troop CP was in Gros Rosseln, a small town about one kilometer south of the quarry.

Each outpost was in turn connected by phone to the platoon CP, and the men were occupying defensive dug in positions at the crest of the hill in a semi-circular area some 1200 yards in length.

The first indication that all would not be well came at 1600, when two smoke shells dropped, one directly over and 200 yards behind the platoon CP, and the second landing squarely on the road at the point where the platoon must leave it to reach the outposts.

At 1700 Lt Wentworth phoned the warning to all outposts to be alert for any enemy activity. At 1900, three mortar shells landed just over and halfway between the center outposts and the path to the road. No one then guessed that this was the German artillery preparation for the storm that was to come. Nor was there any particular significance attached to the reports of a few bursts of Jerry burp gun fire to the left front, or the two men seen running about on the high ground about a kilometer to the south. Someone mentioned that they were probably warming their feet.

The usual night guard was arranged, with Sgt Benjamin S. Hill in charge of the first team. Sgt Hill had Graziano, Barter and Watershutz with him on the No. 1 post on the right flank. No. 2 post was to be left vacant, as the platoon was short four men; No. 3 had Cpl Monroe, Hixon, Dewberry and Tolisano; No. 4 was manned by Cpl Sparks, Hake, Cummings and Gutierrez; No. 5 had Neace, Leslie, Roland (the Frenchman) and Herman; No. 6 Cooper, Gyure, Ouf and Thelen; No. 7, Kersey, King, Sykes and Geiger; No. 8 and the left flank had Sgt Wilson, Mei, Irons and Lemene.

Dark had fallen, "Bedcheck Charlie" had completed his rounds uneventfully, and everyone but the men on guard had fallen into peaceful snoring. Exactly at 2330, all hell broke loose. The guards had, for the most part, turned to arouse their reliefs as a rapid succession of explosions and flashes made the countryside seem ablaze with fire. A light snow had just fallen, and outlined each twig as it caught the blinding lights. It was a general bedlam of madmen shrieking and shouting, the air was filled with the shower of personnel mines, hand grenades and shells splitting the trees. Timed between these split-second thunderclaps was the spitting fire and sharp staccato barking of a hundred burp guns.

It had been carefully planned to the split second. Already infiltrating beyond the flanks were groups of five and six men crawling, walking upright and running between the platoon outposts. They threw themsel-

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ves at the barbed wire and their fellows walked and ran over them. Dozens caught by the fire and wires cried out in death agony. More and more, and still they came.

Our outposts were manned by veterans, and they held their fire until it was evident that they must open up or be overrun. For thirty fast minutes they manned the frozen, snow-covered machine guns. Crossfire was impossible due to the distance between posts and the limited visibility in the trees.

Again and again the Germans assaulted the outposts, throwing rifle grenades and small arms fire in a fanatic attempt, while they shouted at the men to surrender. Sgt Hill was heard to reply, "Surrender, hell, come and get me, you sons-of-bitches". On No. 3 post, Cpl Monroe was pleading for more artillery, but the first few rounds of enemy artillery had cut his phone line to the troop CP, and the platoon was completely out of communication.

After an hour of this furious exchange of rifle, machine gun and grenade fire, it was painfully evident that with the supply of ammunition exhausted and communications cut, a withdrawal was imperative. Lt Wentworth organized the outposts and instructed them to withdraw to the left rear as soon as possible, with No. 3 post to hold fast and bring up the rear.

It so happened that the attack had concentrated on No. 3 post, continuing there with unabated fury. Hixon had already fired over one hundred rounds single shot from a faulty machine gun. The Germans had occupied the empty No. 2 post, and outflanked No. 3, gaining the road to the rear and blocking the route of withdrawal by setting up their machine guns to cover the only intact bridge.

The bulk of the men, led by Sgt Wilson, came out of the quarry, right into a German machine gun position. Sgt Wilson was hit in the chest and the rest of the men were forced to separate rapidly. The No. 3 post by this time had only twenty rounds of .30 caliber ammunition left.

Dewberry picked up the machine gun, and led by Tolisano, with Monroe in the rear, the outpost withdrew to the CP, only to find it abandoned and the phone line cut. Hixon had gone ahead to investigate why the party had not arrived for the planned withdrawal. At the two jeeps in the rear of our position, he met King, who explained that everyone had been forced to separate, so the two of them tried to save the vehicles.

King driving, the two set out in one jeep, only to be ambushed by a strong party of at least twenty-five Germans. Hixon fired the .50. It jammed on the third round. King had been hit by two slugs and lost

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control of the vehicle, which slipped on the ice and overturned, throwing Hixon thirty yards down the slope. He crawled back, and found King unconscious and the Germans coming on the run. His weapon and King's had been lost in the wreckage. He could do nothing but hide in the woods.

Meanwhile, Cpl Sparks, who had broken his tommy-gun after it jammed, came upon the lone German who had been left to guard King. Sparks came close, holding one hand up and yelling "Kamerad" to the German. Just as he felt the Kraut's rifle touch his stomach, he knocked it away with his left hand and slugged him with the barrel of a .32 he had been holding in his pocket with his right hand.

He then forced the German to help him carry King to the factory at the edge of Gros Rosseln. There they discovered twelve engineers who had gathered to hold the Germans off the bridge.

Monroe, Hixon and Tolisano meanwhile had left the platoon CP and by dodging in and out of the woods, reached the edge of the same village just as the vehicles of the troop CP were forced to leave. The Germans were by now in control of the bridge and were entering the town in strength.

The party detoured to avoid the strong enemy outpost at the bridge, and quite accidentally gained the cover of the same factory the others were in.

Here the problem was how to cross the bridgeless river and rejoin the troop on the west bank. It was decided to split into groups of threes and fours and wade the small part of the stream.

They started out, dodging the direct fire of the strategically placed German machine guns and the rapidly increasing density of the artillery of our own assault guns and enemy mortars. Everybody straggled into the troop's rear, cold, numb and shaken.

But it was not until well after daylight that Sgt Hill brought his men, Barter, Graziano and Watershutz, in. They had been hopelessly cut off in one of the smaller factories of the town.

Discovered by a German at daylight, Watershutz emptied a full clip of tommy-gun into him. This aroused the whole garrison. Sgt Hill then had the men break out singly, covering them himself and killing seven Germans in two machine gun nests with an M-1 before his men reached the cover of a long trench leading to the edge of the woods.

Watershutz had to make a thirty-foot leap when a German attempted to shoot him off the cement wall he had run to. Sgt Hill was later recommended for the DSC for this action, and the platoon was cited by Col

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Wilson as having made the decisive stand that prevented the Germans from achieving their objective of flanking the Group.

After the action, it was found that the following men were missing: Lt Melvin Wentworth, Sgt J. P. Wilson, Robert Irons, William Caf, John Gyure, Leo Geiger, John Ostremeier, Kenneth Thelen, Mei, Hillard Cooper, Herman Fout and Leonard Hake. All since have been reported safe except Sgt Wilson.

2 JANUARY

"Counterattack against Hill 283 was launched after a heavy artillery preparation, but was unsuccessful . . . . Troops withdrew to positions on high ground north of Ludweiler . . . . ."

A Troop, 106 Squadron — Orders were received at 0900 to attack Hill 283, which had been B Troop's position before the enemy attack. The 2nd platoon, under the command of Lt Engle and S-Sgt Bouchard with S-Sgt Amberson as platoon sergeant, formed the attack party, along with one platoon of tanks commanded by Lt Highsmith, assisted by T-Sgt Motherway. The 1st platoon under Lt Abbott and T-Sgt Hemmes were in support.

The attack got under way with the 2nd platoon on the left and the 3rd on the right, each having one section of tanks with it. As they broke out into the open, about two hundred yards from the objective, heavy artillery and mortar fire began to fall. This forced some of the men to dismount from the tanks, but they pressed on to the crest of the hill and came into physical contact with the Germans.

The enemy was holding the hill with two companies of infantry, and we were attacking with forty men and four tanks. Rifle grenades were flying thick and fast, so close that the men were actually ducking them. One tank was knocked out.

Three men, Lt Engle, Sgt Bouchard and T5 Goldsmith were successful in reaching the first bunker on the hill. They cleaned it out with hand grenades and tommy-guns.

The Germans were giving ground, retreating to the reverse slope of the hill, but they were still throwing well aimed fire at us. The artillery fire was increasing, and there must have been one mortar with a hot barrel, because it was giving us hell.

At this time Sgt Weber was hit by a piece of shrapnel, but he didn't quit. He was soon hit a second time, but continued in the fight until a third time. He remained in the fight until all his men were mounted on the tank, when he was hit the fourth time by small arms fire.

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The Germans had inflicted heavy casualties among us: Joseph M. McGaha was killed, Sgt Samuel R. French, Cpl Paul E. Deakins, Pfc Roger Jeffrey, Frank Cermiglia, Robert Bice and Herman Lorenzo were wounded badly enough to be hospitalized and Sgt Spier, T5 Goldsmith, Walter E. Hassfurther, T5 Engold, O'Keefe and Sgt Amberson were slightly wounded.

All the fight was not on the hill itself. Lt Abbott with the reserve platoon in a neck of woods about 300 yards to the rear could see and hear a machine gun battering at us from the front. He took some of his men and went after the position. Only he and T5 Hassfurther reached it. The two of them overran the position, Lt Abbott killed one German with his pistol after his carbine refused to fire, and captured one prisoner. Fifteen Germans ran away.

3 JANUARY

"B Troop, 121 Squadron and C Troop, 106 Squadron launched an attack against approximately eighty Germans, forcing them back to road junction at 334703. Both troops drove enemy fire in the vicinity of the road junction . . . . ."

B Troop, 121 Squadron — On a cold and dreary afternoon B Troop was told that it would attack about 1800 to gain possession of the crossroads on the northern outskirts of Ludweiler. The crossroads were important, as the Krauts had control of the next town, Gros Rosseln, and were making things hot for us. With that crossroads in our possession, we would be able to jump off in two different directions further into Krautland.

Lt Robert Moore was to move his 2nd platoon, with the support of two tanks under Lt Marsilius, down the main street of Ludweiler and onto the crossroads. At the same time Lt Matthew Martin's 3rd platoon, with two more tanks, was to move in and assault the flank on our right.

We met at our assembly point, the big church in the center of Ludweiler, and moved out as scheduled. Previous patrols had reported no activity around the objective. However, to play safe, Lt Moore sent a three-man patrol to the right of his platoon to reconnoiter and hold a row of homes between the two attacked platoons. At this point, the forward elements of the 2nd platoon were about 500 yards from the objective.

As the three men, Cpl Hanson, Pete Minwegen and Fred Eiseman,

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moved out to their objective, the 2nd platoon moved out, but halted when Lt Moore spotted a lone German standing at the crossroads.

As the three man patrol proceeded across an open field, they were fired upon by snipers from the right flank. They were forced to withdraw and rejoin the platoon — but quick! No one was hurt.

While Lt Moore was deciding whether to open fire on the lone Kraut, or try to move on in unnoticed, our "supporting!" fire opened up. It had been planned that we could receive support from a company of 4.2 mortars just before the assault. Their fire began at the correct time, but they were a little short of their target. The entire 2nd platoon was forced to seek cover in the cellars — the 4.2 white phosphorus shells were coming in directly on them.

After firing for about fifteen minutes, the mortars ceased fire and we all felt a little better about the whole thing. However, that was merely a "lull before the storm". Within three minutes after our wonderful support let up, we all saw stars in the sky — three red ones and three green ones. Some weren't sure what it meant, but we weren't long in finding out. It was a German artillery signal and the Kraut opened up with direct fire from estimated 88s and indirect fire estimated to be 155.

That was the beginning of a fearful barrage which very accurately plastered the main part of Ludweiler, on the outskirts. Many of the old-timers say that the shelling B Troop took for the next hour and a half was the most concentrated the troop had received since Omaha Beach. Whether it was or was not, is immaterial. It was intense enough to force us to seek the cellars once more and, at Lt Moore's command, to withdraw. Lt Martin also withdrew his platoon.

Until the heavy shelling began, Lt Martin's 3rd platoon had been continuing on to their objective, despite constant, though inaccurate, sniper fire.

As the artillery continued, the men began their withdrawal back down to the original assembly point. This was a helter-skelter affair, that sometimes approached the comic. Despite all the ensuing shelling and activity, we all managed to get back to the assembly point safely, and then back to our old positions on the hill which, not to be left out, had received a pretty thorough going over from direct fire artillery pieces.

4—24 JANUARY

"Patrolling continued in the snow-covered hills and villages . . . . . Enemy patrols active . . . . ."

A snow-covered view of the town of Ludweiler under a bleak winter sky

Ludweiler

Vehicles and troops in the snow at Merlebach

Merlebach

Soldiers gathered for an outdoor church service in the snow

Church Services

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A Troop, 106 Squadron — At Werbeln, Pfc Kraszewski and Pvt Cinquegrana, at the beginning of a two-hour stretch of guard from 0400 to 0600, thought they heard some activity out in front, where no one but the enemy should be.

Believing it to be an enemy patrol headed their way, Kraszewski told Cinquegrana to give him a hand grenade and to get one ready himself. Cinquegrana pulled the safety pins on the grenades and gave Kraszewski one.

When nothing happened, and finally deciding that they were imagining things, Kraszewski told Cinquegrana to give him the safety pins so that he could disarm the grenades. Much to his surprise, Cinquegrana answered, "Hell, I thought we were gonna use 'em, so I threw the pins away!"

With an hour and a half of their guard left, there was only one thing to do. After what seemed to be years, the next guard came up the hill to relieve them. Kraszewski says: "That was one night I sure didn't go to sleep, because I knew that if I dropped that live hand grenade, things would be lively."

B Troop, 121 Squadron — One evening Lt Martin informed us that the next day we were to patrol in front of our lines to the high ground to observe enemy movements throughout the day. At this time any movement on our part brought small arms and artillery fire, so we had to go up there under cover of darkness. Wright, Weedon, Madracki, Eddie Thompson, Franklin, Livingston, Maury and DeKoster were chosen to go at 0530 the next morning.

We started out in a light snow, through the German-dug trenches and tunnels, so as to make the least possible target for the enemy in case they spotted us.

About three-quarters of the way to our objective, Maury started coughing. He was sent back since his cough would have given away our position. We finally reached our objective and set up in a German-dug trench. We had three machine guns, one for frontal defense and one for each flank, and a field telephone. We had two men on each machine gun and one on the phone.

In front of the position, about a hundred yards out, was a wooded area, and between that and the snow, visibility was quite limited when daylight did come. We could hear Jerries talking on three sides of us, and now and then when the snow would let up, we could see several dismounted men. We called for some artillery, but couldn't tell just how much good it was doing.

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We started receiving a few mortars back, but they were going over our heads just a little.

For dinner we had C rations that we had carried under our coats to keep from freezing. We observed the rest of the afternoon, reporting back on the phone what we could see.

Darkness was a great relief, because it meant we could go back to our lines. After fourteen hours of standing in the cold and snow, we started back to our lines, even cold and tired men.

A Troop, 121 Squadron — On the 24th a patrol, consisting of Lt Haines, Sgt McCoy, Galor, Owens, Govenger, Papatopoli, Gardescu and Jones set out before daylight. There was a lot of snow; the men were dressed in white, armed with tommy-guns and grenades. We also carried a ladder along to cross the creek at the narrow point. The patrol made its way along the railroad track, across a blown bridge and up to a house. Here a burp gun, two or three rifles and a machine gun opened up on us.

Lt Haines was hit, but he was able to empty his tommy-gun into a German, killing him. Gardescu threw one grenade, and then we started to withdraw. Lt Haines made it unassisted, and we got back into the cover of the buildings across the creek. Some of the men, however, had to swim the creek, and were wet and cold.

The last man across the creek hid the ladder away. McCoy then found a German stretcher, and we carried Lt Haines as far as we could. A couple of the men went ahead and sent the medics down, and the men who had swum the creek went back to get dry. The medics came with an ambulance and took Lt Haines to the CP.

Anonymous — (Valley Forge, M-1945-A-1) — As all of you children of the 106th Cavalry know, last winter we spent a modern Valley Forge in the rather large German town of Ludweiler. The 1st platoon of . . . . (and naturally the best one in the whole group) was holding the OP viewing the river and the far side.

Our living quarters weren't good, but at least we had a house to go to at night. We called it home. During the day, however, we could not stay in the house due to enemy observation.

Now this little house that we had, was enclosed by a concrete wall about two feet thick. In order to facilitate a retreat in case of another counterattack, the lieutenant had the engineers come blow a hole in the wall for a new door.

As usual, all was done the army way. The engineers put in honeycomb bombs instead of using TNT, and by the time the smoke had

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cleared, we could see our house was gone. Gone into thin air. We could, without careful observation, see that not even a small dog could live in it.

29 JANUARY

"Raid on Schaffhausen on 29 January was extremely successful in the securing of positions and additional knowledge gained of enemy strength and positions."

A Troop, 106 Squadron — The 1st platoon, with two platoons of tanks and one team from the 3rd platoon, T5 Stephenson, Jordon, Dowell, Schaefer, Morgan, Chrzanowski, Brennan and Pitcher, was given the mission of raiding the German-occupied town of Schaffhausen to take some prisoners for interrogation.

The plan was for a platoon of tanks, with dismounted men riding on them, to enter the town from Werbeln along the creek smashing through the concertina wire, coming to the edge of town just above the church and cleaning out the buildings while the other tank platoon with men on the tanks was to enter the opposite side of the town. Lt Abbott's section was: 1st tank, commanded by Lt Stephens, Lt Abbott, Quill and one man from the 3rd platoon; 2nd tank, Lindsey, May, Arnold and Laughlin; 3rd tank, Holt, Segan, Moisan and Mazur; 4th tank, O'Malley, Ryan, Klein and Hink.

The first tank was to outpost the intersection in town with dismounted security, while the second tank covered the flank, and the third covered buildings as the fourth covered the rear.

We left Werbeln at 1500, preceded by an artillery barrage and smoke screen, and took the route along a defile beside the creek through the concertina wire, which was mined, over a rise of ground and into an orchard at the edge of town. We decided not to pull onto the street because of mines.

The first tank covered the road junction, with men dismounted on the flanks. The second tank drew up to cover the flank, the third fired into the buildings before the men dismounted. At that time, they were fired on by an enemy machine gun and rifles, while the fourth tank kept firing into the buildings. Men from the second tank fired at two enemy entering a house, and the crew of the third was covered from enemy small arms fire. The second tank was fired at twice by enemy bazookas, shrapnel wounding Moison. Then Klein and Hink went to cover the third tank, while its dismounted men tried to advance under fire. Klein was wounded by small arms.

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About that time word was received by radio that the other sections had taken some prisoners. Ryan shouted that O'Malley had been hit, and the first two tanks pulled down to offer cover so he could be unloaded. Lt Abbott was hit trying to pull O'Malley to safety. Then Lindsey, May, Ryan, Quill and the 3rd platoon man loaded O'Malley and Lt Abbott on the first tank and all moved back to Werbeln.

On a night patrol back during the heavy snows just outside Schaffhausen, Brumfield and Sgt Amberson had drawn fire and had to fall back. The other men seeing us also fell back; all except one man. Running over to him, Amberson shook his shoulder. "What's the matter? Let's get out of here!" It was Bowman and he was digging frantically to get into some sort of position.

"What the hell you think is the matter? Pat and Tex are out there — I'm staying!" The Sergeant told him gently: "Don't you know me? This is Tex", and they both took off in a hail of bullets.

In the heat of battle, it isn't home men fight for, it's for each other.

We had just crawled up that steep hill overlooking Schaffhausen to take over our turn of guard, when the 2nd platoon came back up to relieve us. We were to take that afternoon off and relax to be fresh and in good shape for an attack on Schaffhausen that had been planned for the following day. Lt Highsmith's tank platoon was attached to us.

There was nobody in the platoon who would not have preferred to let the 2nd platoon take the honors and another day of rest. The next morning we were told that the attack wouldn't start until twenty-four hours later. Our nerves were at the breaking point, and most of us got jittery. We knew what was awaiting us, and that the assignment was a tough one that we wanted to get over with.

The following morning we had a dry run in Differton, where we mounted a tank and fired our weapons. Incidentally, Rosenstein's carbine didn't work and he went on that raid with another carbine that had never been fired before.

At 1500 we donned our white camouflage suits, put some grenades in our belts and mounted the tanks that were waiting for us. On the first tank were Leffler, Carlton, Nusbaum and Faenberg. The second tank was manned by Sgt Hemmes, Meek, Reese and E. Davis. The third

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carried Nettleton, Chief, Kraszewski and Rosenstein and the fourth had a crew from the 3rd platoon.

While we were moving out we saw the smoke shells landing in front of us and to our right. We had broken through the concertina wire and were out on the open field. The leading tank rolled cross-country toward the village.

We crossed some barbed wire that was booby-trapped and mined. It certainly was a queer feeling to roll over it. Our lead tank had some trouble climbing up a bank, and the second tank, with Sgt Hemmes, took the lead, followed by the third.

Everything seemed to go well at first. The tanks fired at every house and advanced slowly. Sgt Hemmes and his crew sighted some Germans in front of a house and dismounted. Reese and Davis fired at the Krauts and wounded one. The Germans withdrew into the cellar.

The crew of the second tank, which had turned around by this time, saw the Germans also, so the men dismounted to assist. By that time, hell had broken loose. A burp gun opened up on us from the other side of the road, and a grenade landed near Reese and Davis. That was the signal for the rest of us to get off our tanks and take cover, hugging the snow.

Feenberg and Nusbaum, who were about fifteen yards away from their tank, were hit by the first burst. Nusbaum pointed out to the gunner in his tank the location of the enemy gun. The tanks swung their guns around and sprayed the area. Chief aimed his BAR at the house to our left and gave it the once-over. The burp gun did not open up again.

During all that time we could always hear Lt Highsmith's voice over the radio, directing his tanks. Sgt Hemmes and his men closed in on the house with the Germans, while the tanks gave covering fire. Sgt Hemmes and Meek went around another building and threw hand grenades into the basement where the Germans were hiding and hollered at them to come out.

The Germans, a bunch of sad looking soldiers, came out of their

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building with white flags, and we loaded them on the remaining three tanks. It seemed like hours to us until we got orders to pull out. The tanks kept on firing while we pulled out to keep the Germans down. We were very much surprised that the Germans didn't use any artillery at all.

When the third team got back to its house in Werbeln, there were only six men left of the eleven that had lived there before. Klein, Nusbaum, Moisan, Segan and the little Feenberg didn't live there anymore.

Feenberg died later of his wounds, as did Sgt O'Malley.

30 JANUARY — 11 FEBRUARY

"Patrol activity continued . . . snow turned to rain . . . . 101st Cavalry Group coming into line to relieve us in place . . . . Group moving to vicinity Merlebach for rest, maintenance and training . . . . ."

The Winter Campaign

The winter battlefront in the Saar and northern Alsace. Towns shown include: Wadgassen, Fredrickswiller, Wehoden, Differten, Lauterbach, Schaffhausen, Werbeln, Ludweiler, Merlebach, Saarbrucken, Grossrosseln, Forbach, Sarrguemines, St. Louis, Bitche, Eguelshardt, Bannstein, Mouterhouse, Niederbronn, Sarre Union, Durstel, Wolfskirchen, Drulingen, Eywiller, Siewiller, Rauwiller, Petersbach, Wingen, Wimmenau, Ingwiller, Weinbourg, Bouxwiller, Dossenheim, Mertzwiller, Haguenau, Bischwiller, Phalsbourg, Saarebourg, Saverne, Chateau Salins, Henamenil, Einville, Mouacourt, Moussey, Avricourt, Rechicourt, Cirey, Strasbourg. Rivers: Saar, Marne-Rhin Canal, Moder, Zorn, Rhine.

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CHAPTER V

THE END

It was our first rest since Normandy. For four weeks we did as little as possible, glorying in the fact that we were in a town whose houses were still standing, whose electric lights still shone, and whose liquid resources had seemingly been untouched.

We received replacements, and with them we filled the blank files. They were a good lot of men. Training them to take over jobs recently vacated proved easier than it could have been.

The light tank companies of both squadrons turned in their 37mm toting M5A1's and drew the new M-24's. Armed with a 75mm cannon and nearly twice the size of their precursors, these tanks seemed beautiful to us. Our tankers itched to try them out.

On 15 March, they got their chance. We were back in the line.

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16 MARCH

"B Troop, 121 Squadron and C Troop, 106 Squadron launched a coordinated attack using tanks and dismounted men, and captured Briedenbach at 1900 hours . . . . A Troop was reserve for the attack, outposting the line northwest of Briedenbach at the end of the period . . . ."

3rd Platoon, F Company, 121 Squadron — This was the first time we used our new M-24 tanks. B Troop, to which we were attached, was assigned the mission of reconnoitering the town of Briedenbach to determine whether the town was held, and in what strength.

As we approached the high ground southwest of town, we drew sniper and artillery fire. The recon men observed dug in positions to their front and called for tank support. The enemy threw in heavy artillery and we were forced to pull back. But in so doing, we saw considerable Jerries in a field about 1200 yards to our left front. We took them under fire and killed several.

We withdrew again to formulate a plan of attack. As originally planned the two troops from the 106 Squadron were to move into Briedenbach on our left. The attack was to be coordinated. It so happened that the two 106 troops were held up by a tank trap. It was getting late in the day so we decided to move in by ourselves.

The way we attacked was in three waves: first the tanks, then the armored cars and lastly the half-tracks. All three overran the dug-in positions. One halftrack dismounted its personnel to clean up, while the others went into the town. Major McCarthy and Captain Benecke were in this half-track. Major McCarthy was seen, a pistol in one hand and a grenade in the other, making a clean sweep of one dugout. Captain Benecke did the same job on another dugout with three hand grenades.

As the vehicles headed for town they put plenty of fire on the hill across the valley. That too was Heinie occupied, and we knocked out one flak gun and some Germans.

By the time we entered Briedenbach the Germans had lost most of their fight. They were hiding in buildings. And there they stayed, pinned down by tank and armored car fire. In the meantime, dismounted men were going from house to house mopping up.

The action was called on account of darkness. We had killed about sixteen Germans, captured thirty six, all of them SS men. A few more were rounded up that night. If there were any others, they escaped in the dark.

Our casualties were almost nil. S-Sgt McMurray in his excitement

Rows of concrete "dragon's teeth" anti-tank obstacles of the Siegfried Line

Dragon's teeth

A concrete Siegfried Line bunker (pillbox)

Siegfried fort

Tanks and jeeps loaded with troops moving up together

Beaucoup support

A jeep and crew taking cover in a roadside ditch during reconnaissance

Hitting the ditch on reconnaissance

A long column of vehicles halted along a road

Road halt in column

Soldiers at a felled-log roadblock across a forest road

Roadblock

An armored car driving cross-country over open ground

Cross country

A vehicle fording a river where the bridge is gone

Who needs bridges?

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tangled his arm in the recoil of his 75mm and had to be evacuated. Sgt Woehler, another tank commander, suffered two broken fingers when his hatch dropped shut while coming down a steep bank into town. Small price to pay for a town and a hell of a good fight.

C Troop, 106 Squadron — The troop objective was changed from Mousseviller to Briedenbach. We were to coordinate our attack with that of B Troop 121 Squadron.

The 2nd platoon was mounted on the tanks, and we moved toward the town. We were held up by a tank trap. Somehow the new M-24's managed to cross it and move into the town. Already we could hear the sound of firing. Obviously B Troop of the 121 had moved in ahead of us.

The 2nd platoon and the tanks wiped clean the southwest side of town. The fight was short. We accounted for two Germans killed and twelve captured.

Under cover of darkness we moved the bantams and equipment into the town.

MARCH 17—19

"Gross Steinhausen cleared . . . . Rolbing occupied . . . . Klein Steinhausen cleared. Enemy attack of company strength on Brottenbach broken up by artillery fire . . . . 106 Squadron in Group reserve . . . . 121 Squadron relieved in position by 397 Infantry Regiment . . . ."

A Troop, 121 Squadron — March 18 we were on the highway on the outskirts of Gross Steinhausen when we received orders to halt and get all vehicles off the roads. We did, dismounted and entered the town.

The houses we entered had warm food on the table. Half washed clothes were in the tubs. Everything pointed to a hurried civilian evacuation.

It was a chance to relax. Pvt Nick Papryk said that all he wanted was a cellar with plenty of house over him. But when he saw livestock in the barn, he, Paul Minor and Chief Mattson decided that a little fresh meat was definitely indicated. The idea was a huge success.

The trio was butchering a pig when a Jerry shell whistled over. The pig was forgotten while everyone took cover.

It was a lone shell. After a short while the three came out of hiding and once more took to butchering the pig. As a precaution of sorts, they closed the barn doors.

Paul was bending over the pig when the next shell landed. When he

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straightened up and dashed for cover, he was holding his nut with both hands.

After the shelling was over we went to see how badly he was hurt. Only splinters had penetrated his skin. He was still rubbing the spot. "My rear end feels as though it was loaded with shot."

C Troop, 106 Squadron — We met some resistance in Klein Steinhausen. The 2nd platoon passed through A Troop, which was outposting the road that led to the town, and entered among the houses. An enemy patrol fired on it, forcing it to withdraw. There it was joined by the 1st platoon, and together they outposted the town. At the same time the 3rd platoon was sent to occupy Brottenbach.

This they did and took three prisoners. At 1400 the town was shelled. Lt O'Day was killed, Pfc Ward and S-Sgt Schenkel were wounded. This platoon occupied Brottenbach until 0200 when elements of the 121 Squadron relieved it.

F Company, 121 Squadron — We moved into Gross Steinhausen at about 2100 19 March. Jerry was shelling the town almost constantly.

The following morning we checked damage done during the night. Luckily, only one ammo truck had been damaged. T4 Robert L. Faulkner and T5 Avise W. Stambo, from maintenance section, looked it over and found that shrapnel had cut two tires and the crankcase.

They had just started fixing the tires when again shells began to fall. Faulkner and Stambo kept on working. Once a shell landed just fifteen feet away from them, and somehow the fragments missed them.

Finally the tires were repaired. Faulkner and Stambo hitched the damaged truck to their vehicle to tow it to their maintenance shop. They had gone fifty feet when a shell landed where the truck had been. Again luck was with them.

The crankcase was set to rights during another period of shelling. The truck was ready to carry ammo in time for the next tank mission.

20 MARCH — 26 MARCH

"Continued mission of covering east flank of 3rd Infantry Division and reconnoitering east and northeast in Corps zone . . . . Covered advance of 36th Infantry . . . . Reconnaissance through Hardt Mountains . . . . Occupied Gimbsheim and Eich on western bank of Rhine . . . . Patrolled Rhine within Group zone . . . . Closed into assembly area in preparation of crossing Rhine . . . ."

A Troop, 106 Squadron — The first crossing of the Rhine by any

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Seventh Army unit was quite unofficial and unheralded. It happened at Gimbsheim. T5 Hess and Pfc Paul "Pop" Arnold found a rowboat. The enemy-held bank looked vacant and harmless, so they rowed across the river.

Arriving on the other bank and finding nothing to alarm them, they decided to have a look around.

When they returned they found their boat was gone. Having no boat to ride in, swimming the river being out of the question, they looked around for another one. Finding a boat farther up the river, they appropriated it and calmly rowed back.

27 MARCH — 28 MARCH

"The Group crossed the Rhine at 1900 . . . . Salzbach cleared and secured."

B Troop, 106 Squadron — This was our first action this side of the Rhine. Our objective was the capture of Salzbach. As usual, the 2nd platoon of F Company was attached to us.

It developed that the town was rather heavily defended. German infantry, armed civilians and SS all fired on us from the outskirts and then retreated to buildings. Artillery shelled us lightly as we approached the town. Then, as we closed nearer, their troops ceased firing.

Captain Coolidge decided to attack the town with AC's, tanks and half-tracks. We barreled down the main street right into the center of Salzbach where a square formed a hub of sorts. There we fanned out in a rough circle and began firing like hell. From our position we could bring fire on most of the buildings occupied by the Jerries, inflicting heavy casualties.

On the other hand we were being shot at with machine guns, burp guns, rifles, bazookas, everything in the book. A German major, who we later learned commanded the troops, shot a bazooka at Lt Stephens' tank. The round hit the corner of the turret. Fragments burst inside and killed Stephens immediately and seriously wounded Pfc John Mihls. Ronald H. Stanford was slightly hurt.

The building became the target of every gun. The German Major was forced to get out. When he broke into the open, everything we had hit him.

About that time the Germans lost their will to fight and surrendered. We took 140 prisoners. How many we had killed is hard to say; probably seventy or eighty.

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Even so there were a few snipers left. That night before we were relieved by the 157th Infantry, Cpl Shaw, Pfc Ferrey, Pfc Koroles and Pfc Duke went on a roving bantam patrol. They were nearing the outskirts of the town when a grenade hit the driver, Ferrey, on the hand and bounced into the bantam. Groping and not finding it, they jumped out of the vehicle, when the grenade exploded wounding everyone except Koroles. They tried to get back to the bantam but were prevented by sniper fire. Somehow they shot their way back to the 3rd platoon, some 700 yards away.

B Troop, 121 Squadron — It was road reconnaissance and Lt Dickinson's 2nd platoon was in the lead. The tanks followed close behind. Somehow the point didn't spot three Germans dug into position behind a stone wall. As the lead AC came abreast they fired a bazooka. The concussion blew both Dickinson and his gunner out of the turret. The radio operator, T4 Dana E. Van Meter, was killed and the driver T5 Sigsbee was severely wounded.

The tanks roared up and overran the position. The Germans hopped out of their holes. They were SS Troopers and surrendered.

It was a free-for-all. For once we closed in hand to hand. Sergeants Lee and Cox killed two SS with their rifle butts and S-Sgt Vaith killed an SS captain in a short range gun duel.

When it was all over we counted fifteen of their dead and sixty-four prisoners.

29 MARCH

"Group covered the advance of the XV Corps destroying or containing resistance encountered . . . ."

F Company, 121 Squadron — This day we were attached to B Troop whose mission was to precede the advance of the 5th Infantry and clear small resistance, allowing it to advance rapidly.

We hit the Jerries after travelling about five or six miles. The point spotted dug in positions with an AT Gun and we tankers were called on to take them under fire with 75mm's. The main target was the AT gun, and this one received a direct hit from Pfc Tomato's first round. The gunner was killed and the gun blasted out of action. Still we poured in HE, moving as we fired, to allow the recon men to come forward and mop up. This netted about thirty-five prisoners, eight killed and several wounded.

The reconnaissance men pushed on and we followed. We had moved

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only a little distance when the point ran into a ten-man delaying position. This was cleaned up by our fire and the recon's dismounted mop-up.

It was fairly obvious that we would keep on running into this form of opposition all day, so Lt Dickinson requested the tanks to follow his AC for close support. This proved very successful, when after advancing only 600 yards, snipers fired on us from some high ground. The AC and Lt Marsilius' tank roared up the road, firing as they went. The AC was much for the Germans. As a further persuader, Tomato put an HE round right in the midst of them. Those that survived came out with their hands up.

That was the way we worked until we reached the next town. At times we went right by the enemy leaving them for someone else in our rear to take care of. Jerry casualties mounted up, as did their PW rate.

We had just entered the next town when a panzerfaust hit the lead AC, killing one man and wounding another. The streets were so narrow that it was difficult for tanks and AC's to operate. So we sprayed the entire area with MG and 75 HE. We pulled this stunt and dug the Germans out of the rubble. We pegged the men who had fired the panzerfaust, and we wrecked and burned that entire section of town.

By 1430 we had cleared the town. The bag had been increased by twenty prisoners and about the same number of dead. It was time to move on to the next group of houses some 1500 yards down the road. Then the Infantry moved in and suggested that this was more their type of fighting, therefore let them take over. That was all right with us. They also asked Major McCarthy if he would send the tank platoon to the right side of town to take care of a few Jerries holed up there.

Lt Marsilius, the platoon leader, was leading; Lt Schaefer's section was available and ready to go. So they took off, followed by Sgts Boyd and Easterday's tanks to make up the four. As they moved out Boyd's tank was holding the right flank to protect the platoon from snipers.

They had gone only 1500 yards when Schaefer's tank went into a bog. The next tank wound up trying to help them and they too were stuck. Boyd's stayed out to protect them.

All the time rifle shots were bouncing off the turret. One of them hit the 50 cal MG and Boyd's loader and gunner told him to get down in the turret. He did and glued his eyes to the cupola trying to see where the sniper was. He couldn't. So he decided to stick his head out for one last look. No sooner had Boyd's head appeared than a shot hit him above his left eye.

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His driver, John Carnduff, realizing the danger of the wound drove frantically back to the medics, where Boyd was immediately treated and rushed to the hospital in an ambulance. He died on the way. The 2nd platoon lost its most respected and loved platoon sergeant. Lester Boyd was a fine man, a man of courage and devotion to duty.

30 MARCH

"The Group occupied the sector on the left flank of the XV Corps . . . . relieved elements of the 2nd Cavalry Group in zone."

3rd Platoon, Troop A, 121 Squadron — After crossing the Rhine we had a free ride for a while. Our mission was to attack the towns of Aleman, Kelleran and Michelbach. This last town was attacked after an artillery preparation by our assault guns.

When the barrage lifted the men were loaded on AC's and halftracks and moved toward the town. A short distance from the first houses the men dismounted and followed the AC's into Michelbach. The AC's fired at the houses, forcing the Heinies outside. The dismounted men took care of them.

It lasted about three-quarters of an hour. We had three men killed; Sgt Higgins and two others were wounded. The enemy lost many more in dead and wounded. We took 177 prisoners.

31 MARCH

"The Group protected the left flank of XV Corps . . . . Maintained contact with 2nd Cavalry Group, 45th and 44th Infantry Divisions . . . . 106 Squadron cleared the following towns and intermediate ground against moderate to heavy small arms and mortar fire: Sonbron, Allenmittlau, Neuses, Horbach . . . ."

1st platoon, C Troop, 106 Squadron — Gerdersth had been cleared, and we found no enemy in Sonbron. We did learn that there was supposed to be enemy in Neuses, the next town up. Our platoon, Lt Thoelke commanding, was given the mission of taking the town. Lt Bagen's 3rd tank platoon was attached to us.

We were about 500 yards from the town when the point, Sgt Paul Brown, spotted a dug in machine gun on the outskirts. Careful scanning of the ground revealed that there were enemy dug in all around Neuses, on the high ground. Lt Bagen deployed his tanks and prepared to attack.

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Just then a German civilian waving a white flag came out of the houses towards us. When he reached us he begged that the town be spared. He was certain that if we allowed him to go back and talk to the German commander all of them would surrender.

Lt Thoelke agreed. The German would have ten minutes in which to do all his convincing. And to make sure that he came back we took all his identification papers.

But he never did return. Ten minutes passed and we moved into the town.

We hit Neuses from three sides: One tank section and the second team from one platoon came from the right, and the other tank section and the first team hit from the left. The third team and the 2nd platoon that had just come up, were to attack from where we were, straight down the road.

As soon as the tanks were in position they fired on the foxholes and kept on firing as they moved towards the houses. Some Germans jumped out with their hands up. Many more held it out and kept on fighting. Three fanatic SS tried to knock out S-Sgt Pomeroy's and Sgt Faith's tanks with panzerfausts. Cpl Vara cut them down with his machine gun.

On the other flank Snoor, Pfc Vashukis and T5 Woodrum had to pass over almost impossible terrain to keep on the far flank of the tanks. Doing this they found themselves in the center of a dug in strong point. They cleaned out nine foxholes and captured seventeen prisoners.

The group that attacked down the road flushed them out of the houses with their hands up. At the end we had forty known dead and 137 prisoners.

The action was all over. Lt Rochester's platoon had joined us in Neuses and was making ready to move out on a mission.

All of a sudden a machine gun opened up hitting Pfc Davis and Pfc Thompson. The gunners were so well concealed that we couldn't spot them.

A radio message had been sent calling for the medic halftrack to evacuate Davis and Thompson. It arrived about that time. Lt Mysak stepped out of it. He just had one foot on the ground when he was hit in the side.

Lts Bagen and Rochester took care of the snipers. Davis and Thompson died. Lt Mysak was evacuated.

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1 APRIL — 5 APRIL

"The Group advanced northeast to Salamunster . . . . moved to Bad Orb to assist 2nd Cavalry Group in securing Allied PW camp . . . . cleared towns of Alberg, Seidenroth, Steinau, Schlichtern, Flinden . . . . B Troop, 106 Squadron destroyed one Mark IV tank near Marjoss . . . . Enemy continues to resist our advance eastward . . . ."

B Troop, 121 Squadron — Easter Sunday started as a beautiful day. As we turned off a road junction toward Hailer the sky began to darken. We had gone a few hundred yards when the point bantam, nosing around a corner, came face to face with a German road block. Machine guns started chattering, and before we knew what was up, Sgt Cox, Gurka and Jackson were in a ditch and their bantam sported several new holes.

In a short while we were all in ditches moving up to clean out the woods on either side of the road block. One platoon of A Company 260 Eng Bn, were with us.

We met no resistance in the woods. At first we thought that the Jerries had moved out, and the Tech boys went forward to clear the road block. Then all hell broke loose. The Krauts had moved back to high ground and opened on us with rifles and machine guns.

We formed two lines of defense and waited. One hour passed and the firing had subsided. Sgt Weisser took Bishop, Bergles and Vaughan and moved into the high grass towards the enemy. They shortly spotted Heinies, killed one, captured three and returned.

Then S-Sgt Cote took seven men over the ridge to clean out the rest of the Krauts. Palmer, Bergles, Karvis, Hoover, Banks and Stein started out in a line. After a brisk battle they returned with twelve prisoners. Some forty Germans had escaped.

3rd Platoon A Troop, 121 Squadron — We moved to the vicinity of Hailen in Squadron reserve. The platoon leader sent a patrol to a nearby town to determine what was there.

On the outskirts of the town was a sign: "Please do not shoot. There are no German soldiers in this town." Sgt Lee had passed this sign by just a few yards when he was fired on by a German outpost. He escaped and the patrol reduced the opposition.

A Troop, 121 Squadron — On 3 April we moved to Schluchtern and relieved C Troop 106 Squadron. The next morning we sent a platoon to reconnoiter the main road to Neustadt, while the bulk of the troop stayed put.

Tanks and dismounted soldiers attacking through a village

Dismounted attack with tanks

A tank dozer cutting a new road across rough ground

Making a new road

German civilians crowding around an armored car to greet the troops

Some Germans were glad to see us

A line of German prisoners guarded along a village street

Others were not

A jeep in a field watching a German town burn in the distance

One less town in Germany

Soldiers going through captured German vehicles

Germans looting captured vehicles

A long column of German prisoners being marched in

A day's round up

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About five kilometers down the road, the platoon ran into a road block heavily defended by dug in Germans armed with automatic weapons and panzerfausts. They were forced to withdraw to Schluchtern.

Capt Latta decided to take the troop down the road and clean out the opposition. With the engineers on our flanks to clear out the woods, we advanced. The first fourth of the woods was clear. Then we ran into opposition from the same Jerries that had given the platoon trouble. But we took care of that in short order, killing four and capturing six.

We also liberated an officer and two EM who had been captured the day before. Then we moved on to Neustadt.

F Company, 106 Squadron — The town of Bad Orb was just like any other we had passed through on our way across Germany. Word had reached the populace prior to our arrival that we were on the way. They had been expecting us for a week.

Our entrance into the town was unopposed. The knowledge that American and British prisoners were within the prison fences waiting to be freed, drove us all the faster.

Our tanks climbed the steep hill with a roar. On either side was a line of solemn, depressed, beaten German people.

Then we were charged by ragged, starved-thin GI's who begged for chocolate, any sort of food, cigarettes. We had reached the prison camp.

The farther we went, the larger grew the ragged crowd. We were hardened soldiers who had fought through France from the hedgerows to the Siegfried line. We had thought our eyes had seen all the hell they could. And yet we were close to tears.

By the time we swung our tanks into Bad Orb proper, our supplies were gone. But it didn't stop there. These men were crazed by their new-found freedom. They ran to the potato cellars, broke into them, pushed, jostled, argued and fought their way into them. They handed dozens of potatoes out to their waiting comrades, potatoes that were scrambled for and wolfed dirty, raw and rotten.

A British Sergeant told us of the long march from Upper Silesia which the Germans had forced on them to prevent their liberation by the high-speed Russian offensive. A man had been shot for falling out of ranks to pick a mangel that grew on the side of the road.

Pain and suffering were not new sights. We had seen them before. But these filthy, louse-festered, ragged, starved wretches that once had been just as we were then, caused us to feel the first cold rage in almost seven months of combat.

2nd Platoon, C Troop, 121 Squadron — It was mid-afternoon, we

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were supposedly in reserve, and at the moment were engaged in cleaning chickens. The radio called Lt Hill to the CP.

Major McCarthy was there smiling broadly. When he does that, you had better look out, because he has something up his sleeve. He had.

He explained that B Company, 260th Engineer Battalion, were pinned down near the RR outside of Flieden. The Germans had a strong defensive position there. We, and Lt Garrison's tank platoon, were going to kick them out of their holes.

Major Mac briefed the entire outfit. The recon platoon would mount the tanks and preceded by the AC's we would go forward. "Mount up and go get them." As usual he led the dismounted party.

Down the road we went, heading straight for two culverts that passed under the railroad tracks. Unfortunately there was a blown bridge in front of the first culvert. We were stuck.

We dismounted and set up a defensive position of sorts. Lt Garrison spotted three Heinies running for the culvert. Frenchy Roland Guichard and several others fired at them and pinned them down. The gunner in their tank planked in a perfect delayed action 75mm, and that was that.

All the while we were very unhappy. In a way we were in a defile, homes on one side, the enemy behind them and we unable to get at them, thanks to the damned bridge. After five or six people had unburdened themselves of their opinions, we decided to outflank the bridge.

We backed onto the main road and went till we found a clear road heading in the direction we wanted. Using it we crossed the railroad tracks only to find that shortly beyond them was another track we knew nothing of. Lt Hill decided that we could outflank the Germans by riding down the railroad track. So we went down, bumping from tie to tie, all in a column.

Not long after we spotted a few Heinies in the woods. That's when the fun started; 50's, 30's, 37mm and 75mm. This heavy concentration lasted all the way down the track. Every likely looking spot was plastered with everything we had. In a way that was the reason for our success. The enemy never had a chance to raise his head and keep it. As for us, all that lead was excellent all around protection. With nothing to worry about we were having a hell of a time. The only inconvenience were the railroad ties. They were a little hard on the seat.

We caught the enemy flatfooted. They never expected us to come from that flank.

When we reached the culvert we saw beaucoup dug in Krauts. They had tried the old trick of covering themselves with their camouflage

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capes. It was like shooting sitting pigeons. Sparks, Watson, Dewberry, McNair and Roland cleared the shoulders. They went from hole to hole firing a burst in each. Then they started down the reserve slope. When they ran out of loaded clips they used grenades. We had several men who did nothing else but load clips.

Some of the Heinies took refuge in the culvert and had to be routed out. Others fled into a nearby house. The 75mm's plastered that.

The culvert had been cleared. One section of tanks and one armored car went to the right flank, and a similar force took to the left. Most of the tank riders dismounted and worked forward on foot. At a point between two railroads there was an overturned box car. As we came abreast of it, twenty Germans came around it to surrender.

By that time some of the men had worked themselves far behind the Germans and were plinking off any who tried to escape.

A white flag appeared. It was the German commander. They had had enough. Out of his company only sixty-three were left. More than 135 were on the ground for good.

One Heinie came toward Watson carrying his rifle in his hand. "Throw it down." "Nicht Verstehe." A carbine round whizzed close by his helmet. He "verstehed".

5 APRIL — 13 APRIL

"The Group advanced to Kleinsassen . . . . Enemy continues to resist our advance . . . . Cleared observed enemy from area . . . . Covered advance of 45th Division into Konigshofen . . . . Dieterndorf taken . . . . Enemy cleared up to Main river . . . . River crossed without opposition . . . ."

A Troop, 106 Squadron — On 7 April we entered the outskirts of Mellrichstadt. The 3rd team armored car was in the lead. T5 Leffler spied a German with a bazooka a few yards away. Traversing the gun turret he immediately pressed the triggers. Nothing happened. The gun had jammed.

"Weaver", he shouted, "back this goddam thing out of here."

The bazooka man raised himself to fire a round. And then the rest of the AC crew discovered what Leffler was shouting about. But the AC was already backing. The first round hit where the car had been. The second went over S-Sgt Saliban's head.

Lt Dahlman, the platoon leader, brought up his AC and took care of the bazooka.

B Troop, 121 Squadron — April 8th was trouble from the start. We

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had hardly begun to roll when Heinies were sighted and we opened up with our machine guns. The Jerries would all melt away and we'd roll on.

This went on most of the morning. About noon Jackson nosed his point bantam up to a road junction. Just then a Kraut half-track came out of the woods to the right. Jackson backed his bantam down into a small draw and Pittman opened with the MG while Cole shot from his armored car with the 37mm. The half-track started burning and in about four minutes it was a wall of flame.

A little later the whole troop lined up and moved slowly toward Konigshofen. Since it was a fair-sized town and plenty of resistance was expected, everyone dismounted and went into the town. We took a couple of prisoners and moved out into an assembly area and had a delicious meal "a la K".

After lunch Troop B started rolling again with the 2nd platoon in the lead. A Heinie was spotted by the point bantam as he ran from a truck and Quint opened fire on the truck from which black smoke was already coming.

Then it started! Rockets, grenades, and small arms ammo started flying from the burning truck in all directions and at the same time, a Heinie rocket gun opened up on the tail end of our column. We and the Heinie prisoners joined each other in hitting the ditch. But the lead was flying a little too fast and Bishop and Hansen of the 2nd Platoon and also Goldsmith (Harry) were wounded. We kept low for about an hour and our tankers fired at where the rocket gun was reported to be.

When the rockets ceased, we mounted up and moved out, but couldn't find the gun. Its crew probably thought it better to try again some other day.

Since it was about 1900 someone decided that perhaps we could settle down for the night and after a little ride of about 20 kilometers, we set up in a little town.

C Troop, 106 Squadron — Early 9 April, the 2nd platoon commanded by S-Sgt Robert Kahn, and supporting the 1st platoon, took the left fork of a road junction heading to Dieterndorf. Our orders were to reconnoiter the approach to the town, the town itself, if possible take Dieterndorf, and to continue and meet the 1st platoon in a town on our right flank.

Heavy woods were on both sides of the road. Sgt Kahn ordered a change in the usual line of march, moving the first section AC, commanded by Sgt Sturm to the front and the 2nd section AC up behind the

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1st section machine gun bantam. We then began to reconnoiter by fire with all machine guns spraying both sides of the road.

We moved through the woods without resistance and were approaching a small group of houses when Sgt Sturm saw someone observing us from a window with field glasses. Madore, in the point bantam; Garrett in the 2nd section machine gun bantam, and Tallman, first section AC gunner, placed fire on the building. A 37 HE hit the place, and a large white flag poked out the window.

We found the place unoccupied by enemy, received the guns and ammunition which the civilians had, and resumed our movement by fire through another heavily wooded area. We saw no signs of enemy until we reached an open spot on top of a hill overlooking the town, where we fired on a road block which proved to be undefended.

Noise of our firing must have alerted the garrison in the town. In a very few moments we noted an enemy motorcyclist rapidly riding over a bridge leading to the town. Most of the platoon fired at him at extreme range, and missed.

We moved up a little in order to assume a better position on the high ground overlooking the town and noted a tracked vehicle scurrying out of town on the road we were to follow. All gunners fired on this vehicle which later proved to be a 40 mm SP gun, but the range was so extreme that there was no chance for accurate fire except by the 37 mm guns on the AC's and the enemy made good his escape. We then sprayed the road, which the SP gun followed out and also got away. But the next vehicle that followed was thoroughly riddled by fire from gunners Tallman and McCrum in the first and second section AC's.

At this time Sgt Kahn, judging the force too great for the platoon to engage, sent Cpl Thomas and the two bantams of the 3rd section, to bring up our two tanks which we had loaned to the 1st platoon. The 3rd section AC was ordered to come on up after Schweers radioed asking to join the shooting.

During the confusion of reorganizing, we saw a civilian crossing the bridge. We fired at him but he succeeded in getting under the bridge and partially blowing it even though he was pursued coming and going by 37 HE and even a round of AP which penetrated the door of the house he ducked into. Meanwhile a bunch of Jerries were sighted by Koehler of the third section AC in the extreme right section of the town. These we chased into a house which was punctured by machine gun and 37 mm fire by Schweers.

The first and second sections had been shooting up the town but now

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began to concentrate again on the road as a column of enemy vehicles started to move out. Shooting eyes began to sharpen even at the great range, at one time over 2200 yards. When the tanks arrived, the score was: two ammo trucks set afire and knocked out, a light tank set afire but able to limp out, and three covered trucks well shot up, but able to make it out, even though most of their personnel deserted them.

The tanks arrived just in time to receive fire from the 40 mm SP gun which we had earlier chased out of town. They knocked this gun out after it had fired only three rounds, with Sgt Pomeroy leading the attack. Then we shot up the town; the tanks set fire to several buildings and resistance ended. We moved on towards the bridge, requisitioned enough civilians to make the necessary repairs, and moved into the town and secured it for the night since it was now too dark to move on. Our firing for the day had used up almost an entire base load for all vehicles.

1st Platoon, B Troop, 121 Squadron — We met the Volksturm only once, on the road to Mennisthof. We had bypassed Bamberg to the left in order to protect the 45th's left flank.

At first we thought we were unobserved. But we'd been seen all right. The tanks opened fire on the lead AC and missed it by a few inches. Everyone took cover in any hole available.

Jerry must have gotten very bold because a large German truck and trailer, loaded down with Volksturm came towards us like a bat out of hell. Sgt Eberb climbed back into his AC and opened fire with his co-ax. Everyone followed suit, and the truck was brought to a halt.

What followed was a rather confused fire fight. When the smoke cleared quite a number of Heinies littered the ground and about twelve of them were prisoners. One of them was the mayor of Litzendorf.

B Troop, 106 Squadron — All day some snipers had been harassing us. Placed in a vantage point in woods by the side of a road we were forced to follow, they were having a field day.

Late in the afternoon Captain Coolidge tired of the game. He called the three AC's from the third platoon and told them to play decoy on the road and try to spot the snipers' position.

After several runs up and down the road S-Sgt Addabbo spotted a slight movement about 700 yards away in the woods. T5 Rapinz, the

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gunner, threw a long burst in that direction. It was slightly to the right so he fired a few more rounds.

No sooner had the bullets been fired than white flags appeared all over the woods. They were shouted at to come forward and surrender. They did. In addition, somewhat frightened into uncertainty by all the commotion, an as yet unsuspected MG crew, surrendered. All in all, we had killed one officer and captured twenty eight men.

14 APRIL — 21 APRIL

"Strong defensive position contacted on high ground just North of Grossweinstein . . . . Clear complete company of 103 Infantry Division surrendered to Group Headquarters . . . . Protected the left flank of 45th Infantry Division South of Ludwigs Canal as Division attacked Nurnberg . . . . Both cleared . . . . Rottenbach cleared . . . . enemy still withdrawing . . . ."

3rd platoon, C Troop, 106 Squadron — On 14 April the troop was given a reconnaissance mission which included the mopping up of seven towns. With the 3rd platoon in the lead we started out.

In clearing the first six towns little opposition was met. The main road leading into the seventh town, Eschfeld, was blocked. S-Sgt Schenkel found a trail which lead into the last town and our objective. The trail was very narrow and almost impassable.

As Sgt Schenkel, who was in the point vehicle, approached the edge of the woods he spotted quite a number of Germans. On making a personal reconnaissance, he called for the four tanks of F Company, who were attached to us at the time, and sent them in first. The enemy, frightened at the sight of the tanks coming at them with guns blazing, started across an open field with horse drawn wagons. In the meantime the three AC's of the platoon came up and started firing at the confused Germans. At that point S-Sgt Schenkel ordered the tanks and AC's to cease fire and we formed to attack the town of Eschfeld.

As we moved across the open field toward the town we received heavy small arms fire. The enemy tried hard to hold the town, but fell quickly under the fierce attack of the platoon.

As we entered the town, some of the men dismounted and started the usual job of routing the Germans out of the houses. After rounding up all the PW's the count was thirty captured, and we'd never know how many we killed. In capturing the town we liberated quite a number of British and Italian soldiers used by the Germans as a labor gang.

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By this time the rest of the troop moved in behind us and set up for the night. The mission had been successfully accomplished.

3rd platoon, B Troop, 121 Squadron — It happened about twenty kilometers northeast of Nurnberg in a wooded area. B Troop was headed generally for the vicinity of Nurnberg with Lt Martin's platoon leading.

We had been passing through a number of small villages all separated by densely wooded areas. Suddenly we emerged into a clearing by an elevated mound running across our front. We stopped our vehicles and the others behind us spread out, and stopped. An examination through his glasses told Cpl Tombolato that there was a road on that mound. Lt Martin identified it as the famous German superhighway known as the "Autobahn". This was our first view of it.

Lt Martin told us to approach it cautiously and he would cover us with his AC.

As we approached it, the repeated stories we had heard that many Germans had passed through here recently started to prey on our minds. Then we saw the tunnel under the highway that would take us to the other side. Capt Benecke arrived on the scene, as usual in the middle of the fray with the boys, and about six of us dismounted with him and Lt Martin and approached as close as we dared, to get a better look. Very little could be seen.

Realizing that I would have to be in the first vehicle through that tunnel, I hesitatingly said to the Captain, "Captain, there are likely to be dug in Jerries and pill boxes lined up on the other side of that highway."

This is the answer I got and one which shows the spirit of the Cavalry and the courage of the men in it. "Sassano, how else are we going to find out?"

Scared; you bet, but under we went. Lucky; you bet.

It was not until one half hour later of traveling that we caught up with Jerry but was I glad it was not around the corner of that tunnel.

B Troop, 121 Squadron — It was about 1800 hours when we were preparing to attack the town of Naisa. There were three towns together, the first two were to be taken by the 45th Division and the third town by our troop.

Every one was dismounted. We moved out into the thick woods. We met six Germans who surrendered to us, and two men were instructed to return with them.

After making sure that there were no more in the woods we advanced into an open field, part of a valley offering very little protection. At that

Vehicles crossing the Danube on a pontoon bridge

Crossing the Danube

German and Allied officers at the surrender of a Hungarian Division

Surrender of a Hungarian Division

A grinning sergeant getting hot coffee beside trucks and an armored car in an assembly area

Hot coffee in an assembly area

A long column of German prisoners marching down a country road

A big haul

A column of vehicles moving along the Reichsautobahn

Reichsautobahn

A captured German 40mm anti-aircraft gun, soldiers standing by

40 mm ack ack

Tanks and vehicles halted at a roadblock on the Autobahn

Roadblock on the Autobahn

A column of vehicles on the road outside Feldwein

Outside of Feldwein

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time the forces were split. A good number went to the left through the valley. About twenty of us were to proceed over the top of the hill.

There were some three tanks in support of the troop. About the time we reached the top of the hill some twenty flak guns opened up on us. Every one hit the ground and started to look for cover. There just wasn't any to be found. Digging in was impossible as every time one of us would move the flak would pin him down. After a while it was move or lie shot and, being Americans, we moved.

Pvt New was in a depression and T4 Miner and myself headed for the same place. After crawling about twenty feet we reached the ditch and then all three of us realized that this position was worse than the one on the hill. Since I was last man in the ditch I said I'd try and find a better place. I started crawling backwards and every time I moved my head we were fired upon.

After crawling about fifty feet I fell into a three foot ditch quite by accident. This being better than anything else around I called to the two other men to come and T4 Miner was first to crawl down. Then Pvt New came and instead of crawling, he stood up and ran. Why he was not shot at I don't know.

After all of us had reached the ditch, the firing quit and we started thinking of what to do next. About this time I was told Pvt Canary had been hit and needed water and a first-aid bandage. Being the only one with the needed equipment I took off. He had been hit after the flak shell had burst and had no serious wounds. After giving him first aid I called three other men and we moved Pvt Canary off the hill.

Just as we started down the hill the medics came up and took over. No sooner had they arrived when the guns opened up on us. Since we had moved off the top of the hill we were safe. It was dark and we didn't know if we had taken the town or not. So we moved back into the town the Infantry occupied and stayed in one of the CP's.

Call this hair raising if you like but on top of that hill we didn't raise a hair.

1st platoon, B Troop, 121 Squadron — The troop had reached its objective and was settling down for the night. We rested for a while and had supper. Then the old familiar cry of "1st platoon, mount up".

Our mission was to outpost Schwabach, a small town about four kilometers away. Our move into town was unopposed. We saw no one, set out security and spent a blissfully uneventful night. The next day was as pleasantly uninteresting. Towards evening a lone German soldier wandered in, saying that some five others and about seventy-five British

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and French colonials, wanted to come in. The black boys took over the town for sleeping quarters.

Later that night two more Krauts stumbled on our outposts and were captured.

The next day was a pip. SS patrols kept coming all day long. Several were shot up. A few individuals were captured.

About 1800 we were ordered to send two teams to check some knocked-out E Troop vehicles. That spread our remaining team paper thin in the outposts. In case of an attack we couldn't move because that would have cut off the remainder of the platoon.

It happened. The Heinies started coming in. They must have known that we didn't have much because they filed seventy-five to a hundred strong, across an open field and formed a skirmish line about 350 yards to our front. We opened up with everything we had on the ground.

Our one remaining AC came up to offer support. Turning around for what was surely going to be a hasty exit, the AC hung itself in a ditch broadside to the advancing Krauts. At the same time the low transfer case went out and the turret wouldn't traverse. As if this weren't enough, a Jerry tank which we hadn't seen, dumped four rounds too damned near for comfort.

That was the straw that broke our back. With a frenzied call to the other teams to get back before they were cut off, we retreated through town to the outskirts to wait for the rest of the platoon.

A Troop, 106 Squadron, and elements of our tank company came up and we moved back into the town ready to do battle. There was no one here. The Kraut had gone.

Next morning we were relieved by the 14th Armored.

A Troop, 121 Squadron — This troop, with the 1st platoon of F Company attached, was given the mission of capturing the bridge at Reduitzbach. In order to accomplish its mission in the desired time, it was necessary to move cross-country.

First we reached Charnas and there two tanks bogged down and had to wait for the retriever. The 2nd platoon was ordered to continue on its mission with the two remaining tanks, S-Sgt Horne's and Sgt Hawkins'.

Moving across country we reached the road that led to Ritzenbach, and astride of it moved toward the town. Near the outskirts we spotted a German convoy. Firing started right then and we knocked out two motorcycles and a Volkswagen. The rest of the convoy turned tail and ran down the highway toward Munich.

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The platoon moved among the houses dismounted, while the two tanks were in support. Our main object was to get to the bridge as fast as we could and prevent the Germans from demolishing it. Running down the road we made it and captured the three Krauts left in charge of the demolition.

At that time the rest of the troop came up with the two other tanks and outposted the town. The town to our rear was still in German hands and the highway that ran through Ritzenbach was still a main avenue for Germans going toward Munich. During that night alone we captured about three dozen Germans on this road.

The four tanks were the line around which we had built our outposts. It was pretty dull work, and tiring of it T4 William J. Lykins, Pfc Charles Luebke, Pfc Lawrence Stumfoll, Pfc Homer Linkous, Sgt Elmer Sharp, Pfc James A. Lamb, Pfc Claire Sallade, T5 Jesse Dubbs, and Pfc J. B. Nobels went on a dismounted patrol to see what they could find in the nearby woods. They came back with sixty-three Jerries in the "hands behind neck" position. Five had been left behind dead.

Next day we were relieved by an armored unit and received orders to move to and take the town of Roth, some few kilometers away.

The approach to that town was uneventful. As we moved among the first buildings things began to happen. A panzerfaust barely missed Capt Latta's AC, and just a few seconds later another close miss was registered on Sgt Sharp's tank.

Immediately all the guns started firing in all directions at anything that either looked like a German or seemed possible to hide a German. Dismounted men moved from house to house cleaning up. Sgt Horne's tank was in support of these when a panzerfaust hit a signboard alongside it, shaking all the occupants but hurting no one.

Moving as rapidly as they could, the tanks and men went to the center of town where they found that the bridge had been blown. By this time one part of town was definitely ours. Sgt Hawkins and Sgt Ranck's tanks were left to secure that section and the rest of the outfit moved down two streets to see what was left of the opposition.

Almost immediately the dismounted men of the 1st platoon ran into sniper fire. Pfc Charles J. Luebke smacked a 75mm into the house where the snipers were. A corner of the house was blown off. That was that.

This was scarcely over when the dismounted point saw a Mark V tank around a bend in the street. Our tank was in such a position that it could not fire at it. We moved back and reorganized.

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When we moved up the tank had left. The town was clear and in our hands. We had suffered two casualties. Our prisoners numbered 150.

B Troop, 121 Squadron — Baker Troop had been moving all night over rough and very treacherous roads as the route wound about through dense forest and over steep inclines. It was the usual blackout drive and the 3rd platoon commanded by Lt Martin was leading. Shortly after daybreak, small enemy groups were encountered from time to time. They were always taken care of, after a short skirmish, and we then proceeded on toward our objective.

It was during one of these skirmishes near Tagmersheim about 1620 in the morning on 25 April, that Sgt Tom Klump was killed. He was riding in the point vehicle driven by Pfc Kruger when they were fired upon by the enemy. Sgt Klump immediately engaged them with his machine gun and kept firing until their withering fire brought him down.

When the fight started, Lt Martin brought up his armored car driven by T5 Williams and tried to help Sgt Klump. T5 DeKoster, the gunner, opened fire with his 37mm and at the same time, a panzerfaust, fired by a German hit in front of the AC shaking up the crew and knocking T4 Lester Cardin unconscious. The enemy resistance was soon broken up when the supporting light tanks were brought up.

A Troop, 106 Squadron — The 2nd platoon had the mission of leading the 3rd Battalion, 179th Regiment, 45th Division to the Danube and securing and holding the crossing in the vicinity of Newberg, Germany.

Lt Engle, commanding the 2nd platoon, contacted the battalion commander. He wanted Lt Engle to take his platoon and cut the main road just east of Zell, Germany. The 3rd Battalion had troops in the town of Mellenhofen. They had cover for a short ways under the woods and then the road broke out into open country. This road was under direct enemy observation and flak fire. Their platoon leader gave orders to his platoon and one section of tanks under the command of Lt Highsmith, to go across the open space at the fastest possible speed.

As we started toward Mellenhofen we received heavy fire and three of our bantams, under the command of Sgt Vigil, were unable to make it across the open stretch of road. The remainder of the platoon and the section of tanks, were successful in getting into Mellenhofen without suffering any casualties. When the firing slackened Sgt Vigil brought the remaining bantams into Mellenhofen to rejoin the rest of his unit.

In Mellenhofen the platoon leader, Lt Engle and S-Sgt Amberson

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contacted the friendly doughs at the eastern end of town. The doughs had been firing for two hours into the town of Zell.

Lt Engle could see one 88mm AA-AT gun emplaced at the entrance into Zell. Further inspection revealed an enemy gun camouflaged about 200 yards to the rear, with crew intact. This was the first time the doughs even knew the gun was there.

The platoon leader told Sgt Amberson to go back and get How Sugar with his tin cans. We were going to work on that gun. The tanks were brought up and How Sugar was shown the gun position, and he opened fire on the position.

Round No. 1 was a direct hit beside the gun and everything went flying through the air, the second shot was fired and the Krauts took off for the houses. They had enough of this accurate shooting; they made the mistake however of congregating in one house. Round No. 4 took care of said house and occupants.

It was evident that the town was full of Krauts. It was decided to make the run for the town of Zell. We decided to leave the bantams and take only the armored cars and tanks initially into Zell.

With Lt Engle's M-8 leading and the tanks covering us, we started for Zell. As we approached Zell, we began reconnaissance by fire, laying out a hail of lead as we entered the western outskirts of town.

The town was full of Germans, but we had to get into it for protection. Lt Engle's AC headed for the eastern edge; S-Sgt Byran had the mission of protecting the rear and the right flank.

We were in position and everything was quiet. We thought our job was completed and nothing was to happen. Lt Engle ordered Sgt Porretto, who was in command of the bantams, and Lt Highsmith to bring in his tanks. They came into Zell without a shot being fired.

One man suddenly yelled "Lieutenant, there is a flak gun only twenty yards from my position, but he can't shoot at me because of a bank in front of me." At this time S-Sgt Byran and Sgt Vigil looked over the edge of the bank and they counted nine flak guns in position and manned. They immediately began firing at this one position with their carbines and then all hell broke loose. Flak began to come from every direction, shooting HE and AP into our positions. At this time a German ammunition carrier came rumbling down the street. Seeing us he immediately drove into a building. T5 Borner fired one round of AP into it and the building began burning. Nothing more was seen of the carrier; the only noise to come from the building was the explosion of burning ammo.

We decided that we had to knock out the flak guns before we could

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even shake down the town. Both tanks came forward. The one commanded by Lt Highsmith was able to get into firing position.

As soon as the tank turret stuck up above the dike, flak began to pour into the position. However this did not stop the tank. It continued to move forward and got a sight on the enemy position. The first round was true; arms and legs went flying through the air. One down and eight to go. Sgt Antroy swung around the right and got into position where he could observe the remaining flak guns. After some firing Highsmith and Antroy had knocked out four guns between them.

The riflemen accounted for the personnel of two positions; a total of six positions had been knocked out so far.

At this time an 88mm gun about 1000 yards east of Zell opened fire on Antroy's tank. The first round hit the track of his tank, the second missed by only two feet. Immediately Antroy's driver got the tank out of the line of fire. Now we only had one tank left, but the situation looked a little better. While that lone tank was going up the slope of the hill, twelve of the enemy had had enough and they came in to surrender. Seeing this S-Sgt Byran crawled up on the top of the bank to wave them in. He momentarily turned his back to the front to wave the PW's down the bank. They had pulled a typical trick, they had left one gunner at his gun who opened fire on Sgt Byran at this time. Byran was killed instantly. Seeing our few numbers in the town, the rest tried to make a break for the houses; result: twelve dead Germans. The last flak position was knocked out by our small arms.

Then the thing happened that we had been yelling for during the past two hours, here came one platoon of doughs to help us.

Men wounded were Sgt Vigil of the 2nd platoon and Pvt Greenberg of the tanks, both refused to be evacuated and kept on fighting.

22 APRIL

"Rottenbach cleared of enemy . . . . Enemy withdrew from our front during the night 22-23 . . . . Enemy continuing to withdraw from our front, fighting a well organized delaying action . . . . Only stragglers and generally disorganized enemy contacted until Pfaffenhofen . . . ."

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C Troop, 106 Squadron — We were driving toward Munich. Like an injured boxer in a darkened ring, the German had drawn back into the shadows. We had lost sight of him. He had to be found.

We came down the Autobahn, S-Sgt Robert Kahn and his platoon in the lead. It was late afternoon and we were some kilometers from Munich, our objective. Speed was a paramount factor; the outskirts of the city were to be reached that night.

Kahn led the way like a leader. His was the task to drive ahead, find out what lay by the side of the road. Behind him came the entire troop and two F Company tanks. They would attend to whatever he punched his way through, or bypassed.

Since that morning two halftracks and an SS had been knocked out, an Allied PW camp had been liberated and over 350 PW's had been taken. It had been a glorious day.

Coming to higher ground, Kahn could see the silhouettes of Munich's buildings nine kilometers off. The intervening distance was a downward slope, so gentle that it was almost a plain. Two kilometers to his front a small town, Garching, lay a few hundred yards off the highway. A railroad culvert passed over the autobahn shortly beyond.

Kahn pushed off. He travelled at medium speed, his vehicles strung out behind him. A patch of woods came into view. "I see Krauts — a hell of a lot of them — probably a company — in these woods. They are too, but they haven't fired yet," he radioed. "I'm going ahead."

Still he was not fired at. Nearing Garching, Kahn slowed down to better see the outskirts. Four self propelled guns and one tank fired at his column. About an infantry company poured in rifle and automatic weapons fire.

One AC, two bantams and two tanks escaped. Of the others, who could, tried to work their way to the underpass. They dragged two wounded with them.

Kahn had been hit. No one among those that made it back to the high ground, where Capt Brady was, could definitely say how badly he had been hit. There was a chance that he was still alive.

Capt Brady jumped into a bantam driven by Leary and they made a dash for the AC wreckage; Sgt Sturm went down on foot. Mortar fire was falling heavily on the highway. Sturm was killed. A shell landed close to the moving bantam, wounding both Leary and Capt Brady. Leary, bleeding badly, turned the bantam and made it back to the safety of the high ground.

The troop was forced to withdraw. Killed in action were S-Sgt Kahn,

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Sgt Sturm, T5 Richarson, T4 Walter, Pvt Schlitt. Wounded: Capt Brady, Pvt Leary, T4 Koehler, Pfc Madore, T5 Peterson. Four AC's and four bantams were lost. It was later found that Capt Brady had been blinded.

This was our last great fight. The next day the 45th Infantry Division, whom we had spearheaded, took Munich.

The German was broken. His organized resistance was ended. Here and there small pockets of fanatics, or soldiers unacquainted with the overall hopelessness of their situation, stubbornly resisted. But they were in the mean minority. One thousand surrendered to the one that fought.

We continued pushing forward at high speed. The enemy delayed us, not by fighting but by surrendering. PW's became a headache and a problem.

The days that lie between Munich and the end of the war were exhilarating. Of all that we did in that time, three occurrences are especially memorable.

B Troop, 121 Squadron — On 2 May we got our orders to move toward our new objective. It was 0900 in the morning and we had traveled about ten kilometers. Capt Benecke, with T5 Bayes driving, was leading B Troop through small towns and wooded areas. The country was hilly and it had snowed the evening before, so we had very good observation. Any moving object showed up clearly on that white blanket, including ourselves.

Soon after, our point bantam saw German soldiers walking in groups of two and five, and singly, around fires built near farmhouses and barns. None of them had any weapons. Reporting these things to Lt Martin, we got the answer "Keep going until resistance is met".

At the next rise we spotted an enemy column of horse drawn vehicles and dismounted men — about 2000 yards away. Capt Benecke ordered the tanks up to fire at them. Lt Marsilius gave the range and the first shot was an overhead burst, perfect range.

After several rounds of fire for effect, we moved up and into town about one kilometer away, the same direction in which the enemy column was moving. We expected some resistance, but no sound came.

In town we met several officers of an Hungarian Division, and one German Officer. After all the confab was finished, we had to our credit an entire Hungarian Division, about 8800 men, captured intact, plus one German Wermacht Company and one German SS Company.

We moved out of town and we passed that same column our tanks had fired on previously, all Hungarian troops coming in to surrender.

A wrecked tank/vehicle on the railway — the first to reach Salzburg

First tank to reach Salzburg

An armored car and men advancing along railroad tracks toward a halted locomotive — the only route open to Salzburg

Only available road to Salzburg

A group of German officers gathered by the railway to surrender Salzburg

Salzburg surrender

Civilians and soldiers in a town street on a calm day

A quiet Sunday

A group of soldiers posed by a vehicle — the party that rescued King Leopold of Belgium

King Leopold's Rescue party

Soldiers and vehicles beside the lake at St. Wolfgang, Austria

Back in garrison at St. Wolfgang

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As our jeep kept travelling deeper into enemy territory with the rest of our troop strung out behind us, we kept reporting by radio, German movements in any which way. Very few had any weapons at all, some officers had pistols. After travelling about five kilometers we came to another town; still no resistance. Yet we kept seeing several Germans here and several more there. I didn't like it one bit, and told Capt Benecke who was near me at the time, just how I felt. "Is it easier for them to hit us when we're moving or when we're standing still?" After thinking about it several minutes, I realized he was right. This game we were playing, was a game of speed, mobility and surprise.

We proceeded through town, and turned right heading for the bridge, which we feared was blown up. It wasn't. A little further we spotted a German steam engine, operating back and forth, at a distance of between 2000 to 4000 yards, making boxcars to a certain point. The tanks opened fire on the train and assembly area of the boxcars, knocked the train out, and set fire to the boxcars. They turned out to be a veritable ammo dump. A greater 4th of July fireworks we'd never seen.

Here the troop split up; our 3rd platoon continued straight down the road. About this time a shell exploded about fifty yards to my direct left flank. All the men in jeeps "hit the ditch" expecting more "incoming mail".

Lt Martin's AC took the platoon lead; we remounted and sped up the road to the nearest farmhouse. Lt Martin spotted a German truck, with two trailers, all full of German soldiers. Taking no chances — both Lt Martin and Sgt De Koster opened up on them, Lt Martin with his .30 cal mounted on top of turret and De Koster with .30 cal and 37mm gun. Seeing no resistance being put up, we closed in capturing about forty Germans.

Kratzer, Bray, Sandvick, T5 Blakely, Churchill and Tombolato went out there to the wounded. Sandvick went back to get the Medics. While the Medics and ourselves and a few of the Germans were helping the wounded, 20 mm flak opened up on the rest of the platoon at the farmhouse, but there weren't any casualties. It didn't feel too good, walking around in the open, but the Medics paid no attention and kept right on with their duty, as quickly and efficiently as possible.

In the meanwhile the 1st Platoon went to our left, on a reconnaissance mission and hit into a dense barrage of flak, which killed S-Sgt Dowdle and Pfc Egbert, and wounded two others.

Two hours later our troop moved into the town of Roth, Germany.

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There was no resistance. We collected all the German soldiers that were not Medics, or hospital cases (there was a large hospital in Roth). We then proceeded to find the bridge to cross about two km past Roth where we met enemy officers who surrendered 250 to 300 Wermacht soldiers, some of them mere boys twelve to sixteen years of age. Six of our men, with two bantams searched all of these prisoners back to Roth, where we had set up a PW cage for the time being. We continued on until we reached the river, but could find no sign of a bridge so we returned to Roth. We then went seven kilometers further back and halted awaiting orders.

B Troop, 121 Squadron — The Salzach river is the border between Germany and Austria. After an all night ride in the teeth of a chilling wind, Captain Benecke leading, we had reached it at sunrise, only to find that the highway bridge was blown. An adjacent railroad span was still standing, though partially blocked by a derailed locomotive.

We were stopped for the moment. Plans for bridging the river were under discussion, when representatives from the city of Salzburg arrived. They were led by Col Lepperdinger to treat for the surrender of the city.

This information was radioed to McCarthy, who immediately came down to accept the surrender in person. Lt Marsilius forded the river with a tank. It was boarded by Major McCarthy and Gen Young of the 3rd Infantry Division, and set off for Salzburg, at 0900.

In the meantime the railroad bridge was being repaired by the second platoon. At 1100 Capt Benecke crossed it in his bantam. The entire troop followed into Salzburg.

The roads that led from the outskirts into the city were lined with freed Russian prisoners. Each vehicle as they passed was hailed with thunderous cheers and applause. The reception almost surpassed those that we had received in liberated French towns in the early days of the Normandy campaign.

Col Lepperdinger, senior German officer in Salzburg, was receiving Gen Young and Major McCarthy at the Osterreicher Hof. The town was officially ours. Col Lepperdinger telephoned German Hq Army Group G arranging for representatives to come and surrender. General Foertsch and his staff arrived at the Osterreicher Hof at 1900, and was escorted to 3rd Division CP.

The day ended in a blaze of luxurious glory. We billeted ourselves in the Osterreicher Hof, the best hotel in Salzburg, and feted our latest victory with steak dinner and excellent wine.

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For us the war ended on a gallant note with the liberation of Leopold, King of the Belgians.

Group Headquarters was still in Salzburg. Troops were reconnoitering the countryside meeting no resistance and occasionally picking up a few prisoners. B Troop, 121 Squadron was billeted in St Gilgen, a lovely little town on the banks of Wolfgang See. Two other resort towns were further up the lake, Strobl and St. Wolfgang.

A reconnaissance party set out to reconnoiter these two hamlets. In the party were Major Beggs, Major Howard, Captain Benecke, Lt Moore, Lt Martin, Lt Marsilius and Lt Barrington. The transportation was a six-wheeled Mercedes-Benz, one time property of von Ribbentrop.

At Strobl the party found one Prince Georg Furstenberg, a well known anti-Nazi, from whom they learned that King Leopold was under guard in a nearby villa.

The villa was located. It was a comfortable structure guarded by SS troops. The guards at the gate were waved aside by Lt Moore. While the party was disarming the unresisting guards, Major Howard was announced to the King.

Thus was Leopold, King of the Belgians, liberated.

Germany, Final Campaign

The Group's route across Germany from the Rhine to Salzburg. Towns shown include: Briedenbach, Kaiserslautern, Worms, Offenbach, Darmstadt, Aschaffenburg, Sulzbach, Konigshofen, Wurzburg, Fulda, Bad Orb, Neuses, Bamberg, Rottenbach, Nurnberg, Dietersdorf, Roth, Regensburg, Augsburg, Munich, Salzburg, Stuttgart, Freiburg. Rivers: Rhine, Main, Danube.

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GLOSSARY

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AA — Anti-aircraft
AC — Armored car; also called M-8
AP — Armor piercing
AT — Anti tank
Bn — Battalion

Battery-one-round — Another artillery technique. All pieces in an artillery battery fire one round at the same time, at the same target.

Base load — The amount of ammunition of all calibers normally carried by a vehicle.

Burp-gun — A german automatic small arm similar to our sub-machine gun.

Cav — Cavalry

Co-ax — Coaxial machine gun. A 30 Cal Machine gun mounted in either a tank or armored car turret alongside the cannon, so that it fires on the same plane as the larger gun.

Eng — Engineers
Flak — Anti aircraft cannon fire.
Gp — Group
HE — High explosive
MG — Machine gun
Pl — Platoon
Sq — Squadron
SMG — Sub-machine gun
SP — Self propelled
TD — Tank Destroyers
Tech boys — Code name for attached Engineer units.
Tin cans — Our own name for the tanks.
Tr — Troop

TOT — "Time-on-target". An artillery technique. An artillery round stays in the air an appreciable number of seconds from the time it leaves the bore of the cannon till it strikes the target. This time lapse can be calculated to the split instant. When a TOT is fired, the distance between guns and target is calculated so that all rounds will strike the target at the same instant. Thus a large concentration of artillery fire is made possible, utilizing cannons in various positions, without moving the pieces to the same area.

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COMMENDATIONS

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HEADQUARTERS
XV CORPS UNITED STATES ARMY
Office of the Commanding General

APO 436, US Army
14 August 1944

SUBJECT: Commendation.

TO: Officers and Enlisted Men of the XV Corps.

1. It is with extreme pride that I publish to you the following commendation of the Army Commander on the historic movement of the XV Corps around the German Armies in Northern France during which the Corps advanced against resistance a distance of approximately 180 miles in nine days, and stopped only because of orders from higher authority:

"Please accept for yourself and transmit to the officers and men of your command my sincere appreciation and commendation for the masterly manner in which the Corps has pressed relentlessly forward, executed difficult changes of direction, and taken calculated risks with the utmost daring. The whole performance on the part of yourself, and your officers and men, has been very superior."

2. You have done a fine job. You have whipped the German wherever you have met him. You have strewn the country-side with the wreckage of his equipment. You have captured thousands of prisoners. With the experience gained in this campaign you will handle whatever lies ahead of us with confidence and ease. My heart-felt thanks and best wishes to you all.

WADE H. HAISLIP
Major General, U. S. Army
Commanding.

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HEADQUARTERS
XV CORPS UNITED STATES ARMY
Office of the Commanding General

APO 436, U. S. Army
4 September 1944

SUBJECT: Commendation.

TO: Commanding Officer, 106th Cav Group.

1. It is a great pleasure to publish the following commendation from the Commanding General, Third United States Army:

"1. YOUR CORPS HAS MOST EXPEDITIOUSLY ACCOMPLISHED ITS MISSION OF SECURING A POSITION IN THE VICINITY OF MANTES GASSICOURT, HOLDING A BRIDGEHEAD EAST OF THE SEINE RIVER AT MANTES GASSICOURT, AND DENYING THE USE OF CROSSING SITES TO THE ENEMY AS FAR NORTH AS LOUVIERS.

"2. THE AGGRESSIVE AND EFFICIENT MANNER IN WHICH THIS MISSION HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT REFLECTS GREAT CREDIT UPON THE CORPS IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGH TRADITIONS OF THE SERVICE AND UPON YOU AS ITS COMMANDING GENERAL. YOUR ABILITY TO ACCEPT CALCULATED RISKS WITHOUT BECOMING INVOLVED IN UNWARRANTED DELAYS HAS CONTRIBUTED SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE SUCCESSFUL ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE MISSION.

"3. YOU AND THE PERSONNEL OF YOUR COMMAND ARE HEREBY HIGHLY COMMENDED FOR YOUR SPLENDID ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THIS MISSION."

2. I desire personally to thank you and every member of your command for the splendid accomplishment of every task assigned. Your achievement as a first class fighting unit is playing a large part in the liquidation of the German Army — which is our eventual goal. My best wishes to you and your command for continued success.

WADE H. HAISLIP
Major General, U. S. Army
Commanding.

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HEADQUARTERS
XV CORPS UNITED STATES ARMY
Office of the Commanding General

AG 201.22 (G)

APO 436, US Army,
30 September 1944

TO: The Officers and Men of the XV Corps.

SUBJECT: Letter of Commendation from the Commanding General, Third United States Army, on the Termination of our Service with that Army.

1. It is with great pride that I publish to the command the following letter from the Commanding General, Third United States Army:

HEADQUARTERS
THIRD UNITED STATES ARMY
Office of the Commanding General
APO 403

20 September, 1944

My dear General Haislip:

My regret at losing you and your command is equalled by my profound appreciation for and admiration of your magnificent achievements and the superior manner in which, often with inadequate means, you have invariably defeated the enemy.

Please communicate these sentiments to all officers and men of your command and especially to Generals Wyche and LeClerc and to Colonel Vennard Wilson.

May the success you have so richly merited continue to attend you, and may the 7th Army profit as much from your various deeds as we have.

Most sincerely,

G. S. PATTON, Jr
Lieut. General, U. S. Army,
Commanding.

Major General Wade H. Haislip
Headquarters XV U. S. Army Corps
Apo No 436
U. S. Army

2. I have informed the Commanding General, Third United States Army, of our sincere regret at leaving his command. I have told him that whatever success we gained under him was due to the inspiration of his leadership. I have told him that we will attempt to perform all future tasks in a way that will meet his high standards of accomplishment.

WADE H. HAISLIP
Major General, U. S. Army
Commanding.

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HEADQUARTERS
SIXTH ARMY GROUP
OFFICE OF THE COMMANDING GENERAL
APO 23

SUBJECT: Commendation.

TO: Commanding General, XV Corps, APO 436, U. S. Army.

In the glorious victory which we have just won, you and the officers and men of your Corps may well be proud of your great record as part of the 6th Army Group. As spearhead in many of Seventh Army's drives, you have borne the brunt of the attack, and the impressive successes of that Army bear witness to the effectiveness of your efforts. Your country has every reason to name the XV Corps among its military great.

You joined my command at the time when an attack through the treacherous Parroy Forest in Northern Alsace was underway. After swiftly clearing this area, your forces composed the main effort of the Seventh Army to break through the naturally strong line of the Vosges to the Rhine. By a series of bold maneuvers, the Saverne Gap was breached and Strasbourg was taken in a breathtaking dash to the Rhine. You then turned north to the Siegfried Line and were proceeding against the German border when the Ardennes offensive forced a halt on your front. In late December and early January, you were required to hold a greatly extended line against determined enemy attacks, but your troops repulsed every threat.

When on the entire Western Front an offensive was launched early this spring, your Corps once again headed the advance of the Seventh Army. Smashing the Siegfried Line, after bitter fighting you took Zweibrucken and broke through to the Rhine. This fabulous river, once considered an important military barrier, proved no obstacle to your troops. Precise planning and perfect execution made possible a successful assault on 26 March 1945, as you plunged across with almost no pause.

In your drive deep into Germany, Aschaffenburg and Nurnberg were reduced and captured. Munich, one of the most sacred of German cities to the Nazis, was smashed and seized in a decisive action. Several days later Salzburg fell to your troops, as they entered Austria and broke the last remnants of German resistance before you.

In our hour of triumph, I salute you and the officers and men of the XV Corps. Your spectacular deeds, exemplifying the courage and resolution of the American soldier, give your country, as well as myself, the greatest of pride and satisfaction. That the XV Corps was part of my command in the struggle now ended will always be a source of just pride and inspiration to me.

JACOB L. DEVERS
General, U. S. Army,
Commanding.

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HEADQUARTERS
XV CORPS UNITED STATES ARMY
Office of the Commanding General

AG 201.2 (A)

APO 436, U. S. ARMY
25 April 1945

SUBJECT: Commendation.

TO: Commanding Officer, 106th Cavalry Group (Mecz).

1. Beginning on 15 March the 106th Cavalry Group (Mecz) made continual advances against strong enemy opposition, covering the advance of the 3d and 45th Infantry Divisions throughout the campaign.

2. On 15 March you attacked to the northeast in the direction of Lengenheim and on 16 March you cleared Briedenbach. Continuing the attack on 17 March you occupied Gross Steinhausen, Rolbing, Waldhausen and Walschbronn and on 18 March captured Rottenbach and Klein Steinhausen. After relief by the 100th Infantry Division you advanced to the northeast, crossed the Swatie River and captured Battweiler, Ober Auerbach, Schmittshausen, Dreikellberg and Wensoberg, while continuing to cover the advance of the 3d Infantry Division. On 23 March you occupied Gimbsheim and Eich and patrolled the west bank of the Rhine River from Hamm to Gimbsheim.

3. On 27 March you crossed the Rhine River, one of the world's most formidable military barriers, passed through the bridgehead of the 3d Infantry Division and preceded the advance of the 3d and 45th Infantry Divisions to the Main River. You crossed the Main River on 29 March and continuing to this objective contacted the left flank of the Corps and cleared numerous towns and villages.

4. Covering the advance of the 45th Infantry Division you advanced rapidly to the southeast, reaching Konigshofen on 6 April. Continuing the advance you reached Salzdorf and maintained contact with elements of XII Corps. Pushing to the east toward Bamberg you crossed the Main River, advanced to Memmelsdorf and contacted elements of the 45th Infantry Division in Strengleich. Patrols were sent into Schemfeld.

5. Maintaining the contact with the 12th Armored Division and 45th Infantry Division you occupied Eschberg, crossed the Regnitz River and cleared Schoenberg. You turned south, crossed the Reduit River, secured Roth and cleared Walmbsa and Rottenbach against strong enemy resistance.

6. In this fast moving operation you covered the advance of the 3d and 45th Infantry Divisions and protected the north (left) flank of the Corps. Your exceptional spirit of aggressiveness and brilliant leadership in accomplishing each assigned mission during the period have aided greatly in the defeat of the opposing German forces. I wish to thank you and every member of your command for your splendid efforts during this operation.

WADE H. HAISLIP
Major General, U. S. Army
Commanding.

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CAMPAGNE DE FRANCE
DÉCISION No 872

Sur proposition du Ministre de la Guerre

Le Président du Gouvernement Provisoire de la République Française, cite:

à l'ORDRE DE L'ARMÉE

— le 106e Régiment de Cavalerie U.S.A.

Magnifique Régiment dont les actions d'éclat, alors qu'il combattait en liaison avec la 2ème Division Blindée Française ou à son profit pendant la période du 5 au 20 Février 1945, forcent l'admiration.

Menant avec intrépidité des reconnaissances profondes à l'E. de la Mouldre vers CRESPIERRES jusqu'à la Moselle vers CHAIGNIS où il établit et tint tout seul une tête de pont, près sur LUNÉVILLE et BACCARAT engagé dans des missions de protection et d'avant garde, d'abord à ANDELOT près de la MARNE à la MOSELLE et dans la région de la MONTAGNE, prit la ville de MONT, déborda VAUCOURT et arriva sur la ligne EMMERSWILLER-GEISLAUTERN-WADGASSEN, s'y maintint opiniâtrement en dépit des violentes contre-attaques allemandes des 31 Décembre 1944 et le 1er Janvier 1945.

Au cours de ces opérations, le 106e Régiment de Cavalerie U.S.A. a montré une ténacité et un allant dignes d'éloges. Ne se laissant jamais entamer même quand il eut à lutter contre un ennemi décidé et supérieur en nombre, menant à bien toutes les missions qui lui furent confiées, recherchant obstinément le contact quand l'ennemi se dérobait, cette Unité a fait preuve des plus hautes vertus militaires et d'une qualité guerrière hors de pair.

Cette Citation comporte l'attribution de la Croix de Guerre avec Palme.

PARIS, le 24 Juin 1945

Le Général d'Armée JUIN
Chef d'État-Major Général de la Défense Nationale

(signé) A. Juin (SEAL) signé: de GAULLE

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FRENCH CAMPAIGN
EDICT No 872

At the instance of the Minister of War

The President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of France, cites:

for the ORDER OF THE ARMY

— the 106th Cavalry Group, U.S.A.

A magnificent Regiment, whose brilliant achievements, during the time in which it fought with and in support of the 2nd French Armored Division, from the 20th of August, 1944 to the 10th of February, 1945, command the highest admiration.

This Regiment conducted aggressive and extended reconnaissance from east of the MOULDRE towards CRESPIERRES as far as the MOSELLE at CRABMIS, where it established and held a bridgehead without reinforcements; then near LUNEVILLE and BACCARAT engaged in protective and advance guard missions, first at ANDELOT, then from the MARNE to the MOSELLE. In the MONTAGNE sector, the Regiment seized the city of MONT, overran VAUCOURT, and reached the line EMMERSWILLER-GEISLAUTERN-WADGASSEN, where it held stubbornly in the face of the strong German counter-attacks of December 31st, 1944 and of January 1st, 1945.

In the conduct of these operations the 106th Cavalry Group, U.S.A., showed a tenacity and vigor worthy of the greatest praise. Never allowing itself to be cut off even when it was engaged with a determined enemy force superior in numbers to its own, successfully accomplishing all the missions assigned to it, persistently seeking contact when the enemy concealed himself, this Regiment has proven itself possessed of the highest military attributes and of a combat proficiency without equal.

This Citation confers the decoration of Croix de Guerre with Palm.

PARIS, the 24th of June, 1945.

General JUIN
Chief of General Staff
National Defense

(Signed) A. Juin. Signed: de GAULLE

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CAMPAGNE DE FRANCE
DÉCISION No 873

SUR PROPOSITION DU MINISTRE DE LA GUERRE

LE PRÉSIDENT DU GOUVERNEMENT PROVISOIRE DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE, cite:

À L'ORDRE DE L'ARMÉE

— Le 106e Régiment de Cavalerie U.S.A.

"Remarquable par son esprit du devoir et par son allant, le 106e Régiment de Cavalerie U.S.A. accompli avec succès toutes les missions qui lui ont été confiées pendant la période du 5 au 20 Août 1944 en coopération avec la 2e Division Blindée Française.

En particulier, le 8 Août 1944 dans les Faubourgs du MANS, trois de ses Escadrons ont contenu pendant plus de 6 heures un Régiment d'Infanterie soutenu par de l'artillerie, du génie et des tanks, lui infligeant de lourdes pertes, faisant 218 prisonniers et ramenant 40 véhicules.

Le 12 Août 1944 par une action hardie, faite sur les flancs d'un ennemi organisé et décidé, a grandement contribué dans le secteur CAEN-FALAISE, à l'avance du XVe Corps vers l'Est jusqu'à la Seine.

L'esprit de corps, l'héroisme tant collectif qu'individuel dont a fait preuve le 106e Régiment de Cavalerie U.S.A. sont dignes des plus hautes traditions militaires."

Cette citation comporte l'attribution de la Croix de Guerre avec Palme.

PARIS, le 24 Juin 1945

Le Général d'Armée JUIN
Chef d'État-Major Général de la Défense National,

(Signé) A. Juin Signé: de GAULLE

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FRENCH CAMPAIGN
EDICT No 873

At the instance of the Minister of War

The President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of France, cites:

for the ORDER OF THE ARMY

— the 106th Cavalry Group, U.S.A.

Distinguished by its high sense of duty and by its initiative, the 106th Cavalry Group, U.S.A. successfully performed all missions assigned to it during the period from the 5th to the 20th of August, 1944, in cooperation with the 2nd French Armored Division.

In particular, on the 8th of August, 1944, in the suburbs of LE MANS, three of its troops contained for six hours a regiment of infantry supported by artillery, engineers and tanks, inflicting heavy losses on the enemy and capturing 218 prisoners and 40 vehicles.

On the 12th of August, 1944, a valiant engagement with the flanks of a well-organized and determined enemy in the CAEN-FALAISE sector, largely contributed to the advance of the XV Corps to the east as far as the SEINE.

The esprit de corps, the individual and collective heroism of its members, of which the 106th Cavalry Group, U.S.A. has given proof, are worthy of the highest military traditions.

The Citation confers the decoration of Croix de Guerre with Palm.

PARIS, the 24th June, 1945.

General JUIN
Chief of General Staff
National Defense

(Signed) A. Juin. Signed: de GAULLE

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EDICT No 977

At the Direction of the
MINISTER OF WAR,
And per authority granted in

The Decree of July 20th, 1944, pertaining to French decorations awarded to foreign military establishments,

Edict No 872 of June 24th, 1945, conferring upon the 106th Cavalry Group, U.S.A., the Croix de Guerre with Palm,

Edict No 873 of June 24th, 1945, conferring upon the 106th Cavalry Group, U.S.A., the Croix de Guerre with Palm,

IT IS DIRECTED THAT

The 106th Cavalry Group, U.S.A., be authorized to wear the fourragere with colors of the Croix de Guerre 1939-1945.

PARIS, the 27th of July, 1945

(Signed) de GAULLE

By Authority of
Colonel MISSONIER,
Chief of Cabinet,
General Staff,
National Defense

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HEADQUARTERS SEVENTH ARMY
Office of the Commanding General
APO 758, C/O Postmaster
New York, N. Y.

18 June 1945

Commanding Officer
106th Cavalry Group, Mechanized
APO 758, U. S. Army

Dear Colonel Wilson:

I have noted with interest that you are compiling a book on the operations of the 106th Cavalry Group in Europe based mostly on the personal experiences of the fine men of the Group.

I have often told you that the 106th Cavalry Group was more than once worth a division to the XV Corps. You always were assigned extremely important missions and accomplished them always against great odds. Your Group performed invaluable service to the Corps and the record of your achievements forms a bright page in the history of the war.

As former commander of XV Corps, let me express to you again my heartiest admiration for your accomplishments. That you were a part of my command will always be a source of pride to me.

With best wishes, I am

Most sincerely,

WADE H. HAISLIP
Lieutenant General, U. S. Army
Commanding

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HEADQUARTERS FORTY-FIFTH INFANTRY DIVISION
Office of the Commanding General

APO 45, U.S. Army
June 20, 1945

TO THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE 106TH CAVALRY GROUP:

We of the 45th Infantry Division send our greetings and our congratulations upon a job well done.

It is with a feeling of respect and affection that we recall the accomplishments of the 106th during the historic advance through the Vosges Mountains, an advance never before successfully completed.

Your screening of our flanks, your reconnaissance ahead of our units and your maintenance of contact between us and adjacent units, during the period of rapid advance across the Rhine valley have always evoked our highest confidence. Such places as Reduitzbambach and Schwand; such operations as the crossing of the Danube River which materially helped to seal off the threatened "National Redoubt"; such engagements as the fight into the Nazi stronghold of Munich, stand as monuments to the coordination and excellent spirit of cooperation that has always existed between the 106th Cavalry Group and the 45th Infantry Division.

As our ways part now at the conclusion of this phase of the war, we of the 45th extend our sincere, best wishes to you. May you carry on the splendid tradition that has marked your proud record of accomplishment.

ROBERT T. FREDERICK
Major General, U. S. Army
Commanding

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HEADQUARTERS VIII CORPS
Office of the Commanding General
APO 308, U. S. Army

23 June 1945

Colonel Vennard Wilson,
Headquarters 106th Cavalry Group (Mecz.),
APO 758,
U. S. Army

Dear Colonel Wilson:

I am glad to know that you are compiling a history of the 106th Cavalry Group, which I consider one of the finest organizations in our Army. I feel it would be a great oversight on my part to allow this history to be published without greetings from the 79th Division. I can say, without fear of contradiction, that the 79th Division feels more closely related to the 106th Cavalry Group than any other cavalry unit in the Army. We all remember those days on the peninsula, when the 106th Cavalry was of such great help to the division. It was with deep regret that we had to be separated shortly after we started our push to the east, which resulted in the breakthrough at Blamont and the pursuit through the Saverne Pass. Thereafter, whenever cavalry missions appeared, we immediately desired to call for the 106th Cavalry.

I extend to you and the members of the 106th Cavalry Group the very best wishes of the 79th Division, and I hope that your history will be as successful as the 106th Cavalry has been in the European Campaign.

Sincerely,

I. T. WYCHE,
Major General, U. S. Army,
Commanding.

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"Auhof"
St Wolfgang
July 23, 1945

To the Officers and Men of the 106th Cavalry Group:

The 7th of May, 1945 is a date which I shall never forget, for it was on that day that my family and I had the good fortune to be delivered from the enemy by your unit.

I am especially happy to be able to express here my profound gratitude to you for this act.

For a number of weeks you have maintained my Guard of Honor, and I wish to compliment you upon the distinction with which you have performed this assigment.

Under all circumstances, you have shown yourselves worthy of the highest military traditions. For this I congratulate you and give each of you individually my best wishes for success in all things.

I cannot doubt but that this association will reaffirm the bonds which unite Belgium and the great American nation.

Léopold
King of the Belgians

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APPENDIX

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HEADQUARTERS TROOP
106th CAVALRY GROUP

KILLED IN ACTION

Herbert R. Bedford — 9 July 44, Pretot, France
Eugene F. Hammond — 8 July 44, Pretot, France
James R. Hunt — 11 August 44, Radon, France

MISSING IN ACTION

William C. Johnson — 12 August 44, Radon, France

AWARDS

Legion of Merit —
Col Vennard Wilson

Bronze Star Medal —
Col Vennard Wilson
Lt Col Roy M. Root
Maj Thomas J. Howard
Capt Cleveland E. Dedman, Sr.
Chaplain Edward A. Leyden
Chaplain Harold L. Bixler
1st Lt Robert A. Smith
M/Sgt William Motherway, Sr.
M/Sgt George L. Sward
M/Sgt William D. Coole
M/Sgt Robert W. Sherrod
M/Sgt Ernest T. Bellack (Oakleaf Cluster)
1st Sgt Edward M. Hayes
T/Sgt Hugh B. McKenna
T/Sgt Marion O. Osborn
S/Sgt John G. Gelzaines
S/Sgt Frank Willhamer
Sgt Henry L. Noiseux
Sgt Richard T. Russell
T/4 Emil Takach
T/5 Vess M. Barbour
T/5 Robert F. Proffer
T/5 Joe Sheldon
T/5 Arthur Ciardi

Air Medal —
Maj Thomas J. Howard

Purple Heart —
Maj John D. Tarpening
Maj Thomas J. Howard
1st Lt Benjamin H. Taplin
M/Sgt Ernest T. Bellack
M/Sgt Herbert R. Bedford (Post)
T/4 Stanley Stowik
T/4 Adrian F. Gillespie
T/4 Eugene F. Hammond (Post)
T/4 Emil Takach
T/5 John A. Keppley
T/5 Henry Bourgert
T/5 William C. Johnson (M I A)
Pfc George R. Eberling
Pfc Charlie D. Lane
Pfc James R. Hunt (Post)
Pfc Samuel E. Remley
Pvt James H. Olinger
Pfc William H. Richards
Pvt Homer A. Toney

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Legion of Honor —
Col Vennard Wilson

Croix de Guerre —
Col Vennard Wilson
Maj Thomas T. Howard

OFFICERS' ADDRESSES

Name — Home Address

AMES, Marshall A. — East Corinth, Vt.
BARRINGTON, Paul S. — 2918 E. Madison St., Baltimore, Md.
BAYNE, Robert H. — Box 23, Manassas, Va.
BIXLER, Harold L. — Star Route, Cresco, Pa.
CAVANAGH, Edwin A. — 4074 Vineland, No. Hollywood, Cal.
CLINTON, Roy J. — Farm Colony, Staten Island, N. Y.
COCKE, James W. — Nashville, Tenn.
DAVIS, Kelton S. — 1838 So. Tenth Ave., Maywood, Ill.
DEDMAN, Cleveland E. — P. O. Box 471, Conroe, Texas.
FOSTER, Nova E. — Warrentown, Mo.
HESS, Faris J. — McLean, Texas.
HOMFELD, John F. — 708 E. Oregon St., Urbana, Ill.
HOWARD, Thomas J. — Marion, Kans.
KUBALA, Paul A. — Chicago, Ill.
LEYDEN, Edward A. — 4377 Utica St., Denver, Colorado.
McCARTHY, Joseph M. — 1220 S. Fifth St., Springfield, Ill.
McCULLOCH, Robert F. — Shore Cottage, Port Washington, N.Y.
POLK, James H. — 3037 Federal St., El Paso, Texas.
ROGERS, Leo A. — Pretty Prairie, Kan.
ROOT, Roy M. — 1300 No. Prospect Ave., Champaign, Ill.
TAPLIN, Benjamin H. — 13485 N. Park Blvd., Cleveland Hghts, Ohio.
TARPENING, John D. — 108 So. Lynn St., Urbana, Ill.
YARRINGTON, Wm. R. — 156 Olentangy St., Columbus, Ohio.
WILSON, Vennard — Staff & Faculty, Cavalry School, Fort Riley, Kans.

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GROUP HEADQUARTERS TROOP

Name — Home Address

BARBOUR, Vess M. — PO Box 105, Four Oaks, N. Carolina.
BEDFORD, Herbert R. — 808 W. Green Street, Urbana, Ill.
BOURGET, Henry J. — 18 Hadley Street, Lowell, Mass.
BRAATZ, Robert L. — General Delivery, Lidgerwood, N. Dakota.
BELLACK, Ernest T. — 5700 Pensacola Ave., Chicago, Ill.
BRAUT, Cecil G. — 1021 Warren Street, Sandusky, Ohio.
BREWER, James G. — RR 1, Waynesville, Ohio.
BUNN, Don G. — 1218 North Montana Street, Miles City, Mont.
CARTER, Carl C. — 347 Valley Ave., Wasena, Roanoke, Virginia.
CIARDI, Arthur — 316 Granite Street, Quincy, Mass.
CONSIGLIO, Vito C. — 173-27 106 Avenue, Jamaica, New York.
COOLE, William D. — 10137 Yale Ave., Chicago, Ill.
CRANER, Edwin F. — Reynolds Ave., Whippany, New Jersey.
CZAPLINSKI, John J. — Rowley Road, Cheektowaga, New York.
DAVIS, Wyne H. — 209 E. Maple Street, Roseville, Ill.
DUNCAN, Robert E. — Box 135, Frissonfork, Kentucky.
EATON, Harold — Sidney, Illinois.
FELDMAN, David I. — 649 Vermont Street, Brooklyn, New York.
GELZAINES, John G. — 2625 W. 65th St., Chicago, Ill.
GRAMS, Hilton E. — 1316 South 17th St., Sheboygan, Wisconsin.
HANLEY, Francis G. — 1159 Commerce Ave., Union, New Jersey.
HAYES, Edward M. — 955 E. Orleans Street, Paxton, Ill.
HICKS, Forest G. — 12226 Gorham Ave., W. Los Angeles, Calif.
HOYT, Edward B. — 24 Grant Avenue, White Plains, N. Y.
JONES, James A. — RR 3, Oxford, Ohio.
KOTALIK, Stephen P. — 42 Charles Street, Hanover Twp, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
KRATSCHMER, Melvin P. — 1708 N. Keystone Ave., Chicago, Ill.
LEWIS, Clyde E. — 408 Covell Street, Garrett, Indiana.
MANLOVE, John N. — 524 Elm Avenue, Upper Darby, Pennsylvania.
McGORMICK, Robert D. — RR 2, Hoopeston, Illinois.
McCOY, Joseph J. — 425 Fairmount, Jersey City, New Jersey.
McKENNA, Hugh B. — 2122 Lincoln Park W., Chicago, Ill.
MILLER, Ernest — 219 East 2nd Street, Liverpool, Ohio.
MITCHELL, Robert — Betwood, Fort Kennedy, Penn.
MOORE, John L. — RR 1, Nortonville, Kentucky.
MOTHERWAY, William, Sr. — 115 W. Franklin, Urbana, Ill.
NOISEUX, Henry L. — 56 St. Louis Ave., Willimansett, Mass.
OHMES, Robert L. — 603 Decatur Street, Lincoln, Ill.
OSBORN, Marion O. — RR 3, Clarkston, Ill.
PROFFER, Robert F. — 6207 West Park, St. Louis, Missouri.
PARKS, Forest P. — RR 291, McCamey, Texas.

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Name — Home Address

PUCKETT, James W. — Highland, Ohio.
RUSSELL, Richard T. — 601 W. 168 Street, New York City, N. Y.
ROLLINS, Harley E. — 104 East High Street, Urbana, Ill.
RICHARDS, William H. — 1614 East Ewards, Springfield, Ill.
REMLEY, Samuel E. — 208 West 7th Street, Newport, Kentucky.
REILLY, Charles E. — 379-381 E. 162nd Street, Bronx, N. Y.
SANTOLI, Anthony S. — 353 Highland Ave., Waterbury, Connectivut.
SESSA, Carmen A. — 3 Chestnut St., RD 4, Norristown, Pa.
SHELDON, Joe — 1424 West 9th Street, Des Moines, Iowa.
SHERROD, Robert W. — 2810 Primrose, Ft. Worth, Texas.
SMITH, William A. — 102 Rensselaer Ave., Cohes, N. Y.
STRAW, George M. — 153 Nonetuck St., Florence, Mass.
STURGILL, Joda O. — Partridge, Kentucky.
SWARD, George L. — 10908 Normal Ave., Chicago, Ill.
TAKACH, Emil — 14 Pershing Street, Garfield, N. J.
TONEY, Homer A. — Bloomingrose, W. Virginia.
TRACY, Kenneth W. — 513 S. Garfield St., Oblong, Ill.
WENZEL, Otto A. — 2 Brighton 8 Court, Brooklyn, N. Y.
WILLHAMER, Frank — 933 N. Monticello Ave., Chicago, Ill.
WILLIAMS, Ernest V. — 6109 Wister St., Philadelphia, Pa.

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A TROOP, 106 SQUADRON

KILLED IN ACTION

Name — Place and Date

1st Lt Rudolf L. Siegel — Curiot, France, 11 July 44
2d Lt Michael R. Ryan — Henamenil, France, 29 Sep 44
Pfc Simon P. Bakker — Mouacourt, France, 23 Oct 44
Cpl William J. Brennan — Pfaffenhofen, Germany, 28 Apr 45
S/Sgt Benjamin B. Bryan — Pappenheim, Germany, 25 Apr 45
T/4 Harvey F. Jenson — Neuvillette-on-Charnle, France, 7 Aug 44
Sgt Edwin P. O'Malley — Differten, Germany, 20 Jan 45
T/5 Richard H. Putnam — Vaucourt, France, 13 Nov 44
T/5 John H. Recker — Vaucourt, France, 12 Nov 44
S/Sgt Jack T. Zimmerman — Neuvillette-on-Charnle, France, 7 Aug 44
T/5 Benjamin C. Benner — In Hosp (unknown), France, 11 July 44
Pfc Jerome C. Feenberg — 10th Fld Hosp, France, 30 Jan 45
Cpl James H. Hough — 54th Fld Hosp, France, 23 Nov 44
Pvt James R. Traner — Differten, Germany, 28 Jan 45
Pvt John J. Wisniewski — In Hosp (unknown), France, 11 July 44

AWARDS

Silver Star Medal —
Capt Marvin D. Tisthammer
1st Lt Donald F. Engle
1st Lt Rudolf L. Siegel
2d Lt Luther A. Abbott
2d Lt Henry U. Bouchard
2d Lt Leonard L. Norwood Jr.
1st Sgt Paul G. Hemnes
T/5 Marvin Rovner
Pfc Erhardt E. Wirgau
T/4 Robert A. Quill
T/5 Ed. J. Campbell
S/Sgt Benjamin B. Bryan
T/4 Leroy F. Ammons
Sgt Vernon R. Weber
S/Sgt Milford E. Spier

Bronze Star Medal —
1st Lt Luther A. Abbott
2d Lt Henry U. Bouchard
T/4 Theodore A. Stockmaster
S/Sgt Jessie E. Jay
S/Sgt Robert H. Brink
S/Sgt Michael V. Spinelli
Pvt James E. Richardson
T/Sgt Pat H. Brumfield
T/5 Frank G. Bond
Cpl Thomas E. Skinner
T/4 William H. Hoyt Jr.
Cpl John J. May
T/5 Clifford R. Trusty
T/5 Ed. J. Cambell
T/5 Salvatore Forte
T/4 Leonard H. Sergent
S/Sgt Walter C. Miller
T/4 Joseph E. Taillon

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Bronze Star Medal —
Sgt Ernest S. Stetz
T/5 Vincent Aliberti
T/5 Donald R. Stephenson
T/4 James C. Foster
T/4 Albert A. Margelli
Pvt Irving Kates
Tec 4 Robert A. Quill
Pfc Erhardt E. Wirgau
T/5 John A. Wagner
T/5 Marvin Rovner
T/4 Clarence A. Blair
1st Sgt Paul G. Hemnes
S/Sgt Stephen V. Porretto
Pfc Sloan S. Elms
Sgt Candido Vigil
T/5 Elmer D. Meek
Sgt Otto L. Wilson
Pfc William A. Moisan
Sgt Edwin P. O'Malley
S/Sgt Howard L. Amberson
Sgt Benjamin B. Bryan
Sgt Eldridge R. Priebe
S/Sgt Jack T. Zimmerman
T/4 Robert J. Reith

Purple Heart —
S/Sgt Howard L. Amberson (Cluster I)
S/Sgt Robert H. Brink
S/Sgt Samuel R. French, Jr.
S-Sgt William J. Nettleton
Sgt Eldridge R. Priebe
Sgt William J. Roche
Sgt Vernon R. Weber
T/4 Clarence A. Blair
T/4 James C. Foster
T/4 Joseph E. Taillon
Cpl John W. Cox (Cluster I)
Cpl Claud W. Mangus
Cpl John J. May
Cpl Lee R. Veneil
Cpl Stephan C. Wayne
T/5 Vincent Aliberti
T/5 John W. Boben
T/5 Ed. J. Campbell
T/5 John J. Chrzanowski
T/5 Herman W. Foster
T/5 Jesse B. French, Jr.
James W. Gardner
T/5 David Goldsmith (Cluster I)
T/5 Walter E. Hassfurther
T/5 Harold G. Klein
T/5 George W. Long
T/5 Robert N. Nusbaum
T/5 Gerald T. O'Keefe
T/5 William H. Pete
T/5 Marvin Rouner
T/5 Carl Shapiro
Pfc Roger J. Davis
Pfc John J. Doyle, Jr.
Pfc Glennon Flieg (Cluster I)
Pfc Joseph R. MacCreery
Pfc William A. Moisan
Pfc Robert C. McLaughlin
Pfc Hugh E. Pitcher, Jr.

Croix de Guerre —
Capt Marvin D. Tisthammer

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KILLED IN ACTION

Name and Rank — Next of Kin and Address

BAKKER, Simon P., Pfc — Mrs. Marie Bakker (Mother), 337 Outwater Lane, Saddle River, N. J.
BENNER, Benjamin C., T-5 — Mrs. Imo Rosa Belle Benner (Mother), R. R. 4, Newark, Ohio
BRENNAN, William J., Cpl — Mrs. Delia Brennan (Mother), 150 Putnam Ave., Brooklyn, New York
BRICE, Robert E., Pvt — Mrs. Mary Brice (Mother), 4483 Keokuk Ave., Chicago, Ill.
BRYAN, Benjamin B., S/Sgt — Mrs. Helen G. Bryan (Mother), 499 Illinois Rd., Lake Forest, Ill.
FEENBERG, Jerome C., Pfc — Mrs. Sophia E. Feenberg (Mother), 1616 East 26th St., Tulsa, Okla.
FRALEY, Homer, Pvt — Mrs. Angie Fraley (Mother), Reilf[?], Ky.
HOUGH, James R., Cpl — Mrs. Myrtle Hough (Mother), 2200 5th Ave., Terre Haute, Ind.
JENSON, Harvey F., T-4 — Mr. Anders Jensen (Father), RD 1, Romulus, New York.
McGAHA, Joseph M., Pvt — Mrs. Carrie R. McGaha (Wife), 1747 Rose Ave., Long Beach, Calif.
OBERG, Gunnard, Pfc — Mrs. Martha Oberg (Mother), Route 2, Brook Park, Minn.
O'MALLEY, Edwin P., Sgt — Miss Mary O'Malley (Sister), 4548 So. Wallace, Chicago, Ill.
PATERKIEWICZ, Casimir F., S/Sgt — Mr. Marion Paterkiewicz (Father), 5200 S. Carpenter St., Chicago, Ill.
PUTNAM, Richard H., T-5 — Mr. Richard H. Putnam (Father), Bureau of Yards & Docks, Navy Bldg, Wash. D. C.
RECKER, John H., T-5 — Mrs. Philomenee Recker (Mother), Box 80, Glandorf, Ohio.
SZCZUKA, Ted, Pfc — Mrs. Mary Szczuka (Mother), 9027 Buffalo, Hamtramck, Mich.
TRANER, James R., Pvt — Mrs. Rose H. Traner (Mother), 256 W. Maryland Ave., Sehring, Ohio.
WISNIEWSKI, John J., Pvt — Mrs. Stella Wisniewski (Mother), 4141—143rd Street, Cleveland, Ohio.
ZIMMERMAN, Jack T., S/Sgt — Mr. Delbert T. Zimmerman (Father), 309 N. Thornton, Richmond, Mo.

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Name and Rank — Home Address

ALIBERTI, Robert G., T/5 — 116 E. Wyandot Ave., Upper Sandusky, Ohio.
ALIBERTI, Vincent, T/5 — 6346 Stanton Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa.
AMMONS, Leroy F., T/5 — 320 East Park Ave., Spartanburg, S. C.
AMBERSON, Howard L., S/Sgt — 6360 Minerva Ave., Chicago, Ill.
ARCHER, Charles L., T/4 — 13 Walnut St., Middleport, Ohio.
ARNOLD, Paul S., Pfc — 213 Walnut St., Kutztown, Pa.
ASHTON, Donald E., T/4 — 1011 W. Winona St., Austin, Minn.
BALIN, Harry, Pvt — 52 Chester St., Brooklyn, New York.
BANDERMANN, Glenn A., T/4 — St Clair 7, Mo.
BARTLETT, Maurice F., T/4 — East Winn, Maine
BASCIANO, Victor, Pvt — 181 East 205th St., Bronx, N. Y.
BEAR, Edward J., T/5 — 357 Burger St., Toledo, Ohio
BECKER, Louis, T/5 — 2216 Mermaid Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.
BELLOMY, Howard, Pvt — War, W. Va.
BITETTO, Anthony, Cpl — Clarmont St., Stamford, Conn.
BETULIA, James T., T/5 — 2472 E. 2nd St., Brooklyn, New York.
BIGGER, Louis F., Pfc — RR 1, Blanchardville, Wis.
BISHOP, Edward, Pvt — RR 1, Metamora, Ind.
BLAIR, Clarence, T/4 — 304 Union St., Columbiana, Ohio.
BOAZ, Weldon E., Pvt — RT 5 Fayetteville, Ark.
BOBEN, John W., T/5 — RD 5 Slippery Rock, Pa.
BOND, Frank G., T/5 — 350 Clifford Ave., N. E. Atlanta, Ga.
BOYLE, Harold D., T/5 — 703 Franklin Ave., Kent, Ohio.
BRATCHER, Lawrence A., T/5 — Route 2, Howell, Evansville, Indiana.
BRAUN, William A., Pvt — 130 E. Walnut Lane, Philadelphia, Pa.
BOWMAN, Carter D., T/5 — Doniphan, Mo.
BRINK, Robert H., S/Sgt — 7308 S. Union Ave., Chicago, Ill.
BRUMFIELD, Pat H., T/Sgt — Magnolia, Miss.
BUTLER, Richard, T/5 — Haddix, Ky.
CAMPBELL, Ed. J., T/5 — Diablock, Ky.
CAMPBELL, Howard L., Pfc — Box 288, So. Lyon, Mich.
CARLTON, Herman H., Pfc — Rit 6, Yakima, Washington.
CARPENTER, Joseph, Pvt — 5214 Detroit Ave., Cleveland, Ohio.
CERNIGLIA, Frank, Pvt — 507 Schenectady St., Schenectady, N. Y.
CHAFFIN, Roland C., Pfc — 1621 Virginia Rd., Los Angeles, Cal.
CHRZANOWSKI, John J., T/5 — 2305 Susquehanna Ave., Philadelphia, Pa.
CINQUEGRANA, G. A., Pvt — 575 Montgomery St., Jersey City, N. Y.
CLEVE, Bernard D., Cpl — Elk, New Mexico.
COOPER, Ralph W., Pvt — Route 1, Oregonia, Ohio.
CORWIN, William O., Pfc — 1505 Sacramento, St. Joseph, Mo.
COX, John W., Cpl — East Fourth St., Ottawa, Ohio.
DALRYMPLE, Jack D., Pfc — 443 Sycomore St., Middleport, Ohio.
CUNNINGHAM, Lloyd W., T/5 — 3023 9th Ave., Port Arthur, Texas.
DARE, George, Pfc — 1733 Winona, Chicago, Ill.
DAVIS, Ernest H., T/5 — Mount Holly, N. C.
DAVIS, Roger J., Pfc — Route 2, Beloit, Wis.

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Name and Rank — Home Address

DEAKINS, Paul E., Cpl — Hymera, Ind.
DOWELL, Laurel G., Cpl — McHenry, Ill.
DOYLE, John J. Jr., Pfc — 20 Harris St., Wilmington, Mass.
DUNHAM, Samuel H. Jr., Cpl — PO Box 542, Sulphur, La.
EATON, Floyd D., T/5 — Gen Del, Vidalia, La.
ELMS, Sloan S., Pfc — Route 2, Fort Mill, S. C.
FERRA, Nicholas J., T/4 — 187 Sherman St., Albany, N. Y.
FISCH, Richard B., Pvt — 1023 Southern Blvd, Bronx, N. Y.
FISHER, William H., Cpl — 3011 Ruckle St., Indianapolis 5, Ind.
FONTENOT, Destie, Pfc — Eunice, La.
FORREST, John J., Pvt — 1204 Winslow Ave., Cleveland, Ohio.
FOWLER, John W. Jr., T/4 — 699 La Hay St., St Genevieve, Mo.
FLIEG, Glennon A., Pfc — 1225 Pennsylvania Ave., Tyrone, Pa.
FORTE, Salvatore, T/5 — Route 1, Princeton, Ind.
FOSTER, Herman W., T/5 — RFD 2, Gorham, Me.
GOLDSMITH, David, T/5 — Route 4, Scottsville, Ky.
FRENCH, Jesse B. Jr., T/5 — Route 1, Princeton, Ind.
FRENCH, Samuel R. Jr., S/Sgt — RR 3, Owensville, Ind.
FREY, Merlyn R., Pfc — Earlham, Iowa.
GARDNER, James W., T/5 — 609 West Tuscarawas St., Canton, Ohio.
GAUGHAN, Leo M., T/5 — 13 Timpson St., Ashley, Pa.
GENTRY, Stiehl, T/4 — Route 1, Oakland City, Ind.
GILBERT, Ollie L., Pvt — Route 4, Carthage, Miss.
GOLDSMITH, David, T/5 — 1335 College Ave., Bronx, New York.
GOMULKA, Bruno S., Pvt — 3710 S. Honore St., Chicago, Ill.
GREENDYK, Nicholas L., Pfc — 123 Struyk Ave., Prospect Park, Passaic, N. J.
GUILLIAMS, Glenn A., Pvt — RFD 5, Coshocton, Ohio.
HALLFORD, Samuel E., Pfc — RFd 4, Eldorado Springs, Mo.
HART, Virgil T., S/Sgt — 505 East Clark St., Champaign, Ill.
HASSFURTHER, Walter E., T/5 — 2233 West 98th Street, Cleveland, Ohio.
HEMNES, Paul G., 1st Sgt — 4122 North Keeler Ave., Chicago, Illinois.
HENGELS, George O., Pvt — 3540 North Hamilton St., Chicago, Illinois.
HESS, Charles O., T/5 — Cynthiana, Ind.
HILKEN, Henry, T/5 — 569 West 185th St., New York, N. Y.
HINK, Robert A., Pvt — Dell Rapids, S. Dak.
HOLMAN, Marion D., Pvt — RR 4 Decatur, Ill.
HOYT, William H. Jr., T/4 — 770 East 180th St., New York, N. Y.
HUTTO, Braddie, Pvt — Rt 4 Cordele, Ga.
HYATT, Alma E., Sgt — Route 1, Yellow Springs, Ohio.
IMEL, James O., Pfc — Route 1, New Albany, Ind.
INGE, Robert L., Pvt — 824 Bigley Ave., Charlestown, W. Va.
INGLE, Harrison D., Pvt — Hazleton, Ind.
JANKUS, Eugene C., Pfc — 86—17 78th St., Woodhaven, L. I., New York.
JAY, Jessie E., S/Sgt — RFD 4, McKinney, Texas.
JEFFREY, Roger D., Pvt — Rockford, Iowa.

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Name and Rank — Home Address

JORDAN, James P., Pfc — Route 2, Collinsville, Ala.
JONES, William R., Pvt — 14 Buchanan St., Washington, D. C.
KADEL, John P., Pfc — Route 1, McLean, Va.
KATES, Irving, Pvt — 9637 Krueger St., Culver City, Cal.
KAUFF, George W., Pvt — 220 Condor St., Pomeroy, Ohio.
KLEIN, Harold G., T/5 — 45 Loxley Rd., Buffalo, New York.
KRASZEWSKI, Jerome, Pfc — 2444 S. Delaware Ave., Milwaukee, Wis.
KRAJCOVIC, Joseph Jr., Pvt — 2433 S. Sawyer Ave., Chicago, Ill.
KREGER, Paul B., Pvt — Aurora, Minn.
LANGE, Felix J., Pvt — 425 Page St., San Jose, Cal.
LANGLEY, Alton H., Pvt — Rt 2, Mesquite, Texas.
La PLANTE, Ernest E., T/5 — 5 Harvard St., Claremont, N. Hamp.
LAUGHLIN, Robert W., Pfc — 1202 Ash St., Osage, Iowa.
LEFFLER, Jack R., T/5 — 3736 N. Penn St., Indianapolis 57, Ind.
Le GUIRE, Francis C., T/5 — 844 West 79th St., Chicago, Ill.
LEWIS, Thomas G., T/5 — 27 A Street S., Forest Grove, Oregon.
LINDSEY, Robert L., Cpl — RR 1, Muncie, Ind.
LINE, James R., Pvt — 982 Aberdeen Ave., Akron, Ohio.
LONG, George W., T/5 — 1235 S. 5th St., Terre Haute, Ind.
LUTZ, Arthur W., Pvt — 305 Third St. SW, c/o Washington Hotel, Canton, Ohio.
Mac CREERY, Joseph R., Pfc — 319 Eureka Ave., Herkimer, N. Y.
Mac MILLAN, Louis A., Pfc — 2260 Indianola Ave., Columbus, Ohio.
MAHAN, Wayne R., Pfc — Yuba, Wis.
MAILHOIT, Germaine E., Pfc — 9 Gordon St., Framingham, Mass.
MANGUS, Claud W., Cpl — 302 N. Fourth St., Clinton, Okla.
MARGELLI, Albert A., T/4 — 1502 East Charles St., W. Frankfort, Ill.
MARGINIAN, Nick, Pfc — 90 10th St., Campbell, Ohio.
MANNING, Rodney A., Pfc — 1488 La Mar Ave., Memphis, Tenn.
MATINA, Ignatius D., Pfc — 83 Sanders St., Rochester, N. Y.
MAY, John J., Cpl — 254 Berlin St., Rochester, N. Y.
MAZUR, Benjamin J., Pvt — 55 S. Street, Oyster Bay, L. I., N. Y.
Mc KAY, James G., Pvt — 63 Beverly St., Williamsett, Mass.
Mc KINNEY, Jackson W., Pvt — Box 41, Liverpool, Pa.
Mc LAUGHLIN, Rich. C., Pfc — 730 Newington Ave., Baltimore, Md.
MEEK, Elmer D., T/5 — 131 S. Elm St., Troy, Ohio.
MERRILL, Dennis G., T/5 — High St., Belmont, N. H.
MIELOCK, Edward M., Pvt — 16021 Santa Rosa Drive, Detroit, Mich.
MILLER, Elmer J., Pvt — Hanston, Kansas.
MILLER, George R., Pvt — 340 S. Fairview St., St Paul, Minn.
MILLER, Walter C., S/Sgt — 502 Bellevue Ave., Bellevue, Pa.
MOISAN, William A., Pfc — 11257 Hermosa Ave., Chicago, Ill.
MORGAN, Clarence W., T/5 — 1101 S. Race, Princeton, Ind.
MORLEY, Earl W., Cpl — 1402 Virginia Ave., Columbus, Ohio.
MUIR, Harry D., Pfc — 1315 W. 83rd St., Seattle 7, Wash.
NETTLETON, Will. J., S/Sgt — 1020 Carrol St., Detroit, Mich.

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Name and Rank — Home Address

NIEDOBA, Edward, T/5 — E. Front St., Atco, N. J.
NEWELL, Malcolm C., Pvt — 43 Leavitt St., Hingham, Mass.
NUSBAUM, Robert N., T/5 — RFD 3, Lima, Ohio.
O'KEEFE, Gerald T., T/5 — 322-3rd Ave. So., Grand Forks, No. Dak.
OFER, Ben F., Pfc — RR 1, Ferdinand, Ind.
OSTROWSKI, Edward, Pfc — 417 West 6th Ave., Conshohocken, Pa.
OURADA, Joseph F., Pvt — 1923 S. Miller St., Chicago, Ill.
PARSONS, Harold W., Cpl — Lima, Ohio.
PENSATO, Joseph J., Pfc — 2606 S. Wallace, Chicago, Ill.
PETE, William H., T/5 — 125 Church St., Punxsutawney, Pa.
PIERCE, Carroll E., T/5 — 22 Baker St., Dover, N. H.
PINARDI, Lucian T., Cpl — 120 Washington St., Mount Vernon, N. Y.
PITCHER, Hugh E. Jr., Pfc — 2004 Elm St., Dallas, Texas.
PITTMAN, Henry J., Pfc — 310 Decker Ave., Staten Island, N. Y.
POLIDORA, Joseph P., Pvt — 140 N. 11th St., Connellsville, Pa.
PORRETTO, Stephen V., Sgt — 427 Centre St., Mamaroneck, New York.
POTTER, Edward R., Pfc — 2235 East 16th St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
PRIEBE, Eldridge F., Sgt — 819 Washington Ave., White Bear, Minn.
PRISKE, Richard F., Pfc — 3631 Ravenswood Ave., Chicago, Ill.
QUILL, Robert A., T/4 — 65 Drew Bd., S. Portland, Me.
RACZ, Louis B., Pvt — 1604 Superior Ave., Cleveland, Ohio.
RADERSTORF, Donald F., Sgt — 918 E. Irvington Ave., South Bend, Ind.
RASSMUSSEN, James J., Pfc — 6743 Troost Ave., No. Hollywood, Calif.
REESE, Paul W., Pvt — Route 1, Ringold, Va.
REESE, Winslow A., T/5 — Route 3, Marshall, N. C.
REITH, Robert J., T/4 — 343 Evergreen Ave., Brooklyn, New York.
Reubens, William R., Cpl — 19 East Main St., Clifton Springs, N. Y.
RICE, Robert L., Pvt — Canaan, W. Va.
RICHARDSON, James E., Pvt — Gen. Del., Burns, Tenn.
ROCHE, William J., Sgt — 101 Clay St., Cambridge, Mass.
ROCHEFORT, Norman, T/4 — Fayette, Mich.
ROIKO, Alfred J., T/5 — Rt 2 Box 80, Cloquet, Minn.
ROMERO, Felix R., Pfc — 400 State St., Santa Barbara, Calif.
ROSENSTEIN, Heinz, Pfc — 509 W. 161 St., New York, N. Y.
ROTH, Howard E., Pfc — 26 Westminster Ave., Venice, Calif.
ROVNER, Marvin, T/5 — 64 Webster St., Irvington, N. J.
RYAN, James T., Pfc — 6298 1-2 Lawn Ave., Cleveland, Ohio.
SCHAEFER, Robert W., Pfc — 8330 Stewart Ave., Chicago, Illinois.
SCHERER, William T., Pfc — 4688 East 162nd St., Cleveland, Ohio.
SCHNESTUHL, John H., T/5 — 156 Spring St., Elizabeth, N. J.
SCHMITT, Raymond J., T/4 — Poseyville, Ind.
SCHMITT, Walter F., Cpl — 1309 Mill, Jasper, Ind.
SEGAN, Arnold L., Pfc — 5215 Church Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.
SERGENT, Leonard H., T/4 — RFD 1, St Albans, W. Va.
SETTLE, Malcolm R., Pfc — 1449 45th Ave., Rock Island, Ill.
SHAPIRO, Carl, T/5 — 315 Legion St., Brooklyn, New York.

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Name and Rank — Home Address

SKINNER, Thomas E. Jr., Cpl — Route 8, c/o E. E. Perry, Lexington, Okla.
SMITH, Don Q., Sgt — Route 1, Castillian Springs, Tenn.
SNYDER, Harold R., Pfc — 858 Meldon Ave., Donora, Pa.
SPECHT, Howard A., Pfc — 5346 Fleet Rd., Toledo, Ohio.
SPIER, Milford E., S/Sgt — c/o Carl Beck, Table Rock, Neb.
SPINELLI, Michael V., S/Sgt — 2093 Nostrand Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.
STOCK, William H., Pfc — White Fish, Mont.
STALLARD, William L., Pfc — Ermine, Ky.
STEAD, Dale H., Pfc — 611 East 2nd South St., Carlinville, Ill.
STEPHENSON, Donald R., T/5 — Independence, Ky.
STETZ, Ernest S., Sgt — 3445 Melrose Ave., Chicago, Ill.
STOCKMASTER, Theo A., T/4 — 142 Wood Street, Bellevue, Ohio.
SUNDMACHER, Edward, Sgt — 110 South 2nd Street, Lombard, Ill.
TAFT, Harry W., Cpl — Box 472, Kilgore, Texas.
TAILLON, Joseph E., T/4 — 771 Hillside Ave., Berlin, N. H.
TEDESCO, Silvio A., Pvt — 112 Barry St., Torrington, Conn.
THOMAS, Clyde C., Pvt — 345 E. Curtice St., St. Paul, Minn.
TICE, Charles H., Pvt — 2224 E. Fairmount Ave., Baltimore 31, Md.
TRAPPER, Carl J., Pvt — 1301 Fourth St., Peoria, Ill.
TRUMPETER, John E., Pfc — 101 1-2 N. 12th St., Lebanon, Pa.
TRUSTY, Clifford R., T/5 — 782 Jerome Lane, E. St. Louis, Ill.
TURNIPSEED, Norman F., T/5 — 546 Woodlawn Ave., Atlanta, Ga.
VAVRA, Gordon, Pfc — 430 E. Cherry St., Owatonna, Minn.
VENCIL, Lee R., Cpl — 808 W. Sycamore, Independence, Kans.
VIGIL, Candido, Sgt — 1321 S. Spaulding, Chicago, Ill.
VOGEL, John M., Pvt — 2607 Hillcrest Ave., Baltimore, Md.
WAGNER, John A., T/5 — Route 4, Erlanger, Ky.
WAIBEL, Clarence J., T/4 — Rt 5 Box 239, Hillsboro, Oregon.
WAYNE, Stephen C., Cpl — 307 1-2 Mary St., Charlestown, W. Va.
WEBER, Veron R., Sgt — Rt 2 Box 11, Lebanon, Oregon.
WEAVER, James C., T/5 — Alkol, W. Va.
WHITE, James O., Pfc — Rt 2, Athens, Ala.
WHITTING, Lyle O., Pvt — Ft Jones, Cal.
WILSON, Johnie G., Pfc — Eltins[?], Ky.
WILSON, Otto L., Sgt — Newton, W. Va.
WIRGAU, Erhardt E., Pfc — 1428 W. High St., Springfield, Ohio.
WOOD, Max E., Pvt — RFD 3, Mt Sterling, Ohio.
ZWIENER, Arthur W., Pfc — Box 45, Coalport, Pa.

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B TROOP, 106 SQUADRON

KILLED IN ACTION

Name — Place and Date

S/Sgt Dewey L. Roberts — Chanteloup, France, 12 July 44
Pvt Arzanas Bradley — Chanteloup, France, 12 July 44
Pfc Richard C. Layton — St. Andre de Bohon, France, 20 July 44
Pfc Ernest R. Heaton — St. Andre de Bohon, France, 20 July 44
Cpl Edgar A. Schoen — le Colombier, France, 25 July 44
Pvt Acie P. Robison — le Colombier, France, 25 July 44
T/5 James Vito — le Colombier, France, 25 July 44
Pvt Stephan Sribniak — le Colombier, France, 25 July 44
Pvt John M. Tyburski — Crion, France, 20 Oct 44
Pvt Walter R. Whitney — Crion, France, 15 Oct 44
Pvt Carl B. Fath — Mouacourt, France, 25 Oct 44
1st Lt Paul B. Crabtree — Moussey, France, 18 Nov 44
Pvt Loren W. Hancock — Berendorf, France, 22 Nov 44
T/5 Robert C. Craig — Ingwiller, Germany, 1 Dec 44
T/4 Rush E. Tarwater — Ludwieler, Germany, 1 Jan 45
Pvt Raymond L. Hess — Ludwieler, Germany, 2 Jan 45
Cpl Basil Rowe — Ludwieler, Germany, 2 Jan 45
T/5 John E. L. Medlin — Ludwieler, Germany, 5 Jan 45
Pfc Kenneth H. West — Wisselrood, Germany, 4 Apr 45
Pfc Augustus C. Dedmon Jr. — Raubenried, Germany, 18 Apr 45
T/5 Jerry H. White — Moussey, France, 18 Nov 44
Cpl Mandel Burnstein — Chanteloup, France, 12 July 44
Pfc Robert C. Davidson — Eching, Germany, 2 May 45
Cpl Harry L. Dunlop — Bannstein, France, 19 Jan 45
T/4 Alphonsus F. Nicholson — Hosp (unknown), 19 Nov 44
T/4 Allen T. Pierson — Hosp (unknown), 18 Nov 44
T/5 Richard B. Schmitz — Hosp (unknown), 25 July 44
T/5 Elmer F. Smith Jr. — Hosp (unknown), 23 Nov 44
Cpl Alphonse A. Torrente — Blosville, France, 21 July 44

AWARDS

Silver Star Medal —
Capt Thomas T. Coolidge
1st Lt Leroy B. Krueger (Post)
1st Lt Garold A. Graves
1st Lt Robert A. Shankman
1st Lt Orrin J. Dahlman
2d Lt Louis J. Meyer
T/5 James Vito (Post)
Pvt Robert G. Stafford
Sgt Gordon E. Cline
S/Sgt Herman W. Brown
S/Sgt Benjamin J. Di Michele
Sgt Louis J. Meyer

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Bronze Star Medal —
Capt Norman B. Park
1st Lt Charles B. Clements Jr. (Cluster)
1st Lt Robert A. Shankman
1st Lt Garold A. Graves
Pfc Frank M. Fretz
Pvt Lloyd B. Hannahs
T/5 Patrick N. Stricklin
T/5 Robert E. Schrieve
T/4 Clifford L. Krug
T/5 Alvin Dingess
S/Sgt Floyd B. Drewry
S/Sgt Fred Shepherd
T/5 Edward A. Bauer
T/4 Robert A. Miller
Cpl Roy M. Umberger Jr.
T/4 Otis E. Cummins
T/5 George W. Alfred
Pvt Edward M. Smith
Cpl Arthur J. Peter
T/4 Joseph J. Baugh
Cpl Silas P. Shaw
Pfc Harvey W. Keeran
T/5 Curtis Mosher
T/5 Marion D. Holt
T/5 Reldon R. Woosley
Pfc Homer M. Herron
T/5 John Blum
Cpl Edgar A. Schoen (Post)
1st Lt Joseph J. La Bissomére
T/5 John E. Tippin
Pfc Thomas J. Aguele
Sgt Eugene W. Loofbourrow
Sgt Robert B. Newcomer
T/5 Eugene J. Hohlbein
Sgt Walter S. Dudek
Cpl Emil H. Mantel
T/5 Anthony D. Romeo
Pvt Edwin Coleman
T/5 Charles L. Kolb
1st Sgt Philip E. Tigue
Sgt Joseph C. Paganelli
S/Sgt Robert E. Kelso
T/5 Clent W. Proffer
T/5 Clifford J. Bantz
T/4 William J. Newborg
T/5 Herman J. Simkins
Cpl William Mingarell
T/5 Alvin Dingess (Cluster)
Sgt George F. Bachman Jr.
Cpl Basil Rowe (Post)
Cpl Rush E. Tarwater (Post)
Sgt Doyle W. Sargent
Pfc Ray J. Hearn
T/4 John J. Brophy
T/5 Cleo Tracy
S/Sgt Benjamin J. Di Michele
Pfc William N. Cook

Purple Heart —
1st Sgt Phillip E. Tigue
S/Sgt Floyd R. Drewry
Sgt Roy L. Bassham, 1 Cluster
Sgt Noble Hendrixon
Sgt Robert E. Newcomer, 1 Cluster
Sgt Joseph C. Paganelli, 1 Cluster
T/5 James H. Beck
T/4 Lester C. Coleman
T/4 Manuel H. White, 1 Cluster
T/4 Norman T. Woods, 1 Cluster
Cpl William Mingarell
Cpl Arthur J. Peter, 1 Cluster
Cpl Lawrence Tewes, 2 Cluster
T/5 George W. Alfred, 1 Cluster
T/5 Clent W. Proffer, 1 Cluster
T/5 Robert E. Schrieve
T/5 John E. Tippin
T/5 Cleo Tracy, 1 Cluster
Pfc Harvey L. Duke
Pfc Robert L. Feltch
Pfc Elmer J. Ferrey Jr.
Pfc Timothy Hetherington
Pfc Pearlie L. Jeffers, 1 Cluster
Cpl Carl M. Michelsen, 1 Cluster
Pfc Calvin N. Moore
Pfc Leslie L. Nissen
Pfc Alvin A. Pytlik
Pvt John D. Grigsby

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Purple Heart —
T/5 Wilbur J. Ayers
T/5 Mathew F. Bentzler
T/5 John Curtis
T/5 John R. Frantz Jr.
T/5 Eugene J. Holbein
Pvt Edward Nakelski
Pvt Edward M. Smith
Pvt Robert G. Stafford, 1 Cluster
Cpl Emil H. Mantel
T/4 Chester L. Vaage

Croix de Guerre —
Capt Thomas T. Coolidge
Capt Norman B. Park
2d Lt Louis J. Meyer

KILLED IN ACTION

Name and Rank — Next of Kin and Address

BRADLEY, Arzanas, Pvt — Mrs. Katherine Bradley, c/o Jackson J. Jone, Route 1, Sunbury, Ohio.
BURNSTEIN, Mandel, Cpl — Mrs. Sylvia Burnstein, 1444 S. St Louis Ave., Chicago, Ill.
CRAIG, Robert C., T/5 — Mrs. Ida Craig, Box 162, Spencer, S. Dak.
DAVIDSON, Robert C., Pfc — Mr. Harry Davidson, 906 Jefferson St., SE, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
DEDMON, Agustus C. Jr., Pvt — Mrs. Cornia R. Dedmon, Cherryville, N. Carolina.
DUNLOP, Harry L., Cpl — Mrs. Irene Dunlop, 1521 Deloss St., Indianapolis, Ind.
FATH, Carl B., Pvt — Mrs. Irene B. Fath, Meramac Hills, Valley Park, Missouri.
HANCOCK, Loren W., Pvt — Mrs. Minnie M. Mitchell, R Route 2, Norman, Ind.
HEATON, Ernest R., Pfc — Mrs. Lily Heaton, 67 Elston St., Bloomfield, N. J.
HESS, Raymond L., Pvt — Mrs. Anna Hess, Omer, Michigan
LAYTON, Richard C., T/5 — Mrs. Grace Layton, 704 N. Main Street, Akron, Ohio.
MEDLIN, John E. L., T/5 — Mrs. Jane Whitey Medlin, Route 1, Box 670, Monroe, N. C.
NICHOLSON, Alphonsus, T/4 — Mrs. Margaret Nicholson, 503 E. 139th Street, New York, N. Y.
PIERSON, Allan T., T/4 — Mrs. Elsa Pierson, RFD 1, Box 98, Brantwood, Wisconsin

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KILLED IN ACTION (continued)

Name and Rank — Next of Kin and Address

ROBERTS, Dewey L., S/Sgt — Mr. Dave Roberts, Route 1, Shelley, Idaho.
ROBISON, Acie P., Pvt — Mrs. Clara Robison, 456 S. Troll St., Sullivan, Ind.
ROWE, Basil, Cpl — Mrs. Georgiana Rowe, Norridgewock, Maine
SCHMITZ, Richard B., T/Sgt — Mr. Elmer F. Schmitz, 4152 E. 143rd St., Cleveland, Ohio.
SCHOEN, Edgar A., Cpl — Mrs. Virginia F. Schoen, 3305 Natchez Lane, Louisville, Ky.
SMITH, Elmer F. Jr., T/5 — Mrs. Irene Smith Sr., 17280 McCormick St., Detroit, Michigan.
SRIBNIAK, Stephen, Pvt — Mrs. Ann S. Sribniak, 8542 Mt. Elliott St., Detroit, Michigan.
TARWATER, Rush E., T/4 — Mrs. Esta Tarwater, Route 4, Sullivan, Ind.
TORRENTE, Alphonse A., Cpl — Mrs. Betty D'Eletto, 3315 Cruger Ave., Bronx, N. Y.
TYBURSKI, John M., Pvt — Mrs. Bernice Tyburski, 148 Forest Ave., Kearny, N. J.
VITO, James, T/5 — Mrs. Jennie Vito, Route 3, Lillie, La.
WEST, Kenneth, Pvt — Mrs. Mollie Zula West, 332 Kirkman Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.
WHITE, Jerry, T/5 — Mrs. Clara J. White, Route 1, Box 98, Gaffney, S. Carolina
WHITNEY, Walter R., Pvt — Mrs. Harriet S. Whitney, Box 526, Hillsboro, N. H.

Name and Rank — Home Address

ACOMPORA, James L., T/4 — 401 Grand Ave., New Haven, Conn.
ADDABBO, Angelo A., S/Sgt — 1225 Whiteplains Rd., New York, N. Y.
AFELD, Daniel J., S/Sgt — 2244 S. 53rd Ave., Cicero, Ill.
AGUELE, Thomas J., Pfc — 135 Somers St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
ALLDAY, J. W., Pfc — 510 Main St., Linden, Texas.
ALFRED, George W., T/5 — Alum Bridge, W. Va.
AMBURGEY, Jay, T/5 — Route 1, Franklin, Ohio.
ARREDONDO, Arnulfo M., Pvt — 2208 Monterey St., St. Antonio, Texas.
AYERS, Wilbur J., T/5 — 15357 Dexter Blvd., Detroit, Michigan.
BACHMANN, George F. Jr., Sgt — 4530 Carpenter Ave., Bronx, N. Y.

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Name and Rank — Home Address

BAKEWELL, William J., T/4 — 2302 Sunnyside Street, Chicago, Illinois.
BALLI, Eulojio, Pvt — Box 207, Raymonville, Texas.
BANCROFT, Marion M., Pfc — West Point, Mississippi.
BARGATTI, Louis J., Sgt — 35 Smith Street, Springfield, Mass.
BASSHAM, Roy L., Sgt — 632 E. Fourth St., Williamson, W. Va.
BAUER, Edward A., T/5 — 404 N. Fourth St., Miamisburg, Ohio.
BAUGH, Joseph F., T/4 — Route 1, Unionville, Ind.
BECK, James R., T/4 — R. Route 3, Jackson St., Muncy, Indiana.
BENTZLER, Mathew F., T/5 — 1610 Marrietta St., South Bend, Ind.
BERNARD, Harry, T/4 — 320 Riverfront St., Box 380, Pineville, La.
BICKLE, Robert J., T/5 — Ohio City, Ohio.
BISHOP, Willard D., Pvt — Blooming Glen, Penna.
BLUM, John H., T/5 — 833 Symonds Place, Utica, N. Y.
BOELMAN, Gerald P., Pfc — RFD 1, New Richland, Minnesota.
BOZZA, Joseph R., T/5 — 1322 McClellan St., Philadelphia, Pa.
BRENNER, Max B., Pvt — 1151 Beacon St., Brookline, Mass.
BREZINSKI, Wallace R., T/5 — 312 Madison Street, Stephens Point, Wis.
BRICKLEY, William E., 1st Sgt — 902 N. Laramie Ave., Chicago, Ill.
BRONCA, Anthony R., Pvt — 1005 Fermon St., Philadelphia, Pa.
BROPHY, John J., T/4 — 1251 E. Fourth St., Long Beach, Cal.
BROWN, Herman W., S/Sgt — E. Main Street, Nelliston, N. Y.
BUCHMAN, Harry G., Pvt — 3 E. Reed St., Baltimore, Md.
BUTTHELL, Wilbur J., Pfc — Main Street, PO Box 55, Millington, Mich.
BUSH, Ernest L., Cpl — RR 1, Racine, Ohio.
CAIN, James M., Pvt — 216-14 104th Street, Queens Village, N. Y.
CAPRA, Frank, Pvt — 3729 Mariposa Street, Denver, Colorado.
CARGILE, Thomas J., Pfc — Route 6, Clarksville, Texas.
CARINI, Robert J., T/5 — 507 Main Street, S. Glastenbury, Conn.
CASTENEDA, Julian P., Pvt — Route 1, Box 82 A, Garden Grove, Cal.
CATIGHMAN, John B., Pvt — Dalzell, S. Carolina.
CHRISTEN, Albert E., T/5 — 2199 Kruger Ave., Bronx, N. Y.
CIVIOK, Adolph J., T/4 — 108 Leiquer Street, Rome, N. Y.
CLEMENTZ, Frank A., Pvt — RR 3, Ft Jennings, Ohio.
CLINE, Gordon E., Sgt — Clark Mill, Penna.
COCH, Frank J., T/5 — 2668 Carpenter St., Hamtramack, Mich.
COLEMAN, Edwin, Pvt — Long Bottom, Ohio.
COLEMAN, Lester C., T/4 — RR 2, Lewisburg, Ohio.
CONROY, Robert E., Pvt — 17 School Street, E. Providence, R. I.
COOK, Daniel W., Pfc — Pandora, Ohio.
COOK, William N., Pfc — 404 W. Lynn St., Springfield, Mo.
COX, Dwight D., Pvt — 220 N. Broad St., Bremen, Ohio.
CRAMER, William F., Pfc — Route 5, Newark, Ohio.
CULLITON, John D., S/Sgt — 1921 Keystone Ave., Chicago, Ill.
CUMMINS, Otis E., T/4 — Hurst, Illinois.
CURTIS, John, T/5 — 910 N. State Street, Sullivan, Indiana.
DANNER, Earl W., Pvt — Sidney, Illinois.

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Name and Rank — Home Address

DI PIANO, Angelo C., Pfc — 366 Hamilton St., Bridgeport, Conn.
DI MARCO, Alfred M., Pfc — 2133 E. 106th Street, Cleveland, Ohio.
DI MICHELE, Benj. J., T/Sgt — 63 Harlem Ave., McKees Rocks, Penna.
DINGESS, Alvin, T/5 — Chapmansville, W. Va.
DONAHUE, Leo A., Pvt — 10 Norton Street, Dorchester, Mass.
DREWRY, Floyd R., S/Sgt — 610 S. 12th Street, Edinburg, Texas.
DUDEK, Walter S., Sgt — 38 W. 25th Street, Bayonne, N. J.
DUKE, Harvey L., Pfc — 10 Main Street, Whitesburg, Ga.
EVANS, Carl F., T/5 — Urbana, Illinois.
EVERETT, Denton R., T/5 — Box 174, D'Io, Simson Co., Miss.
FELTCH, Robert L., Pfc — 1143 N. Douglass Ave., Kalamazoo, Mich.
FERREY, Elmer J. Jr., T/5 — 1226 Gordon Street, Allentown, Penna.
FREDELAKE, Joseph A., Pfc — 301 Ave. E East, Hingman, Kansas.
EDWARDS, Joseph R., T/5 — 515 W. 2nd St., Genesee, Ill.
FIRTH, John G., Pfc — 456 Raleigh Ave., Hampton, Va.
FRANTZ, John R. Jr., T/5 — R 1, Middletown, Pa.
FRETZ, Frank M., Pfc — 901 Main Street, Watsontown, Penna.
GABRIONE, Joseph M., Pfc — 109 S. Third Ave., Mt Vernon, N. Y.
GERTSON, Robert F., T/5 — Route 1, Muncey, Kan.
GLENDON, James C., Cpl — 81 Dickinson Ave., Pittsfield, Mass.
GLINES, Lee R., T/5 — 17 Emerson Street, St Johnsbury, Vermont.
GRANNEMAN, Lester W., Pfc — 4622 Olive Street, St Louis, Mo.
GRIGSBY, John D., Pvt — Noble, Ky.
GRIGSBY, David A., Pvt — Hot Sulpher Springs, Colorado.
GUNKLEMAN, Ralph W., T/5 — Leroy, Ohio.
GWALTNEY, Lloyd F., Pfc — RFD, Somersville, Ind.
HALL, James, Pfc — Delbarton, W. Va.
HANNAHS, Lloyd B., Pvt — 1330 Oxford NW, Canton, Ohio.
HANLEY, Edward V., Pvt — 177 Broad Street, Perth Amboy, N. J.
HAYES, Albert C., Pfc — 50 Depot Street, Canistee, N. Y.
HEARN, Ray J., Pfc — 502 E. Utica St., Buffalo, N. Y.
HENDRIXSON, Noble, Sgt — West Baden Springs, Indiana.
HENGLES, George O., Pvt — 3540 N. Hamilton, Chicago, Ill.
HERRON, Homer H., Pfc — Route 2, Maryville, Tenn.
HESS, Raymond L., Pvt — Omer, Michigan.
HETHERINGTON, Tim., Pfc — 9712 159th Ave., Howard Beach, N. Y.
HINKLE, Howard G., Pfc — Route 6, Carlton Ave., Trenton, N. J.
HOLBEIN, Eugene J., T/5 — Route 3, Ft. Jennings, Ohio.
HOLT, Marion D., T/5 — 2438 N. Lafountain, Kokomo, Indiana.
HOOKER, Russell H., Pfc — 44 Pemberton Rd., Cochituate, Mass.
HUDSON, Warren G., Pfc — 801 Cyprus St., Hopewell, Va.
HUGHES, Jack W., T/5 — 73 Glenora Drive, Rochester, N. Y.
HUMMEL, Charles E., Pfc — 5113 Bellrwald Ave., Cleveland, Ohio.
JACOBSON, Lester D., T/4 — 3286 Wrightwood Ave., Chicago, Ill.
JANNSON, Howard F., T/5 — 2507 W. Atkinson St., Milwaukee, Wis.
JARRELL, Albert Jr., Sgt — Van, W. Va.

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Name and Rank — Home Address

JEFFERS, Pearlie L., Pfc — Myra, W. Va.
JEWELL, Ralph A., T/4 — 311 N. Mason Ave., Chicago, Ill.
JIMINEZ, Ignacio, Pvt — 41 Oregon[?] Street, Lowell, Mass.[?]
JOHNSON, Joyce, T/5 — 6312 2nd Ave. N., Birmingham, Ala.
JUSTIS, James H., Pvt — Mountain View, Mo.
KAMEG, John W. Jr., Pfc — 722 Talbot Ave., Braddock, Pa.
KEERAN, Harvey W., Pfc — 183 1-2 Clinton Street, Newark, Ohio.
KELSO, Robert E., S/Sgt — 727 Russell St., Urbana, Ohio.
KIMMELL, Paul E., T/5 — RFD 2, Wolf Lake, Ill.
KIRBY, Owen J., Sgt — 209 Fisk St., Pittsburg, Penna.
KIRK, Columbus C., Pvt — Gen Del, Pelley, Texas.
KITCHEN, Ralph B., T/5 — McAndrews, Ky.
KNOEBEL, Howard P., Pfc — Narcoossee, Fla.
KNOWLES, Clyde S., Pfc — 2891 20th Place W., Birmingham, Ala.
KOLB, Charles L., T/5 — 769 N. Camden St., Detroit, Mich.
KOOS, Edward S., T/5 — 116 E. 4th St., Erie, Pa.
KRUG, Clifford L., T/4 — 9026 Central Park Ave., Evergreen Park, Ill.
LANDRY, Lionel J., T/5 — 73 Fremont Street, Claremont, N. H.
LEATHERMAN, Wilb. Jr., T/5 — 201 N. Tacoma Street, Indianapolis, Ind.
LITKO, Joseph S., Pvt — 14509 Harrison Ave., Posen, Ill.
LIZOTTE, Roland N., Pvt — 298 Willow Street, Bridgeport, Conn.
LOOFBOURROW, Eugene M., Sgt — 1219 E. 21st Ave., Columbus, Ohio.
MAGLIANO, Vincent C., T/5 — 514 Lorimer St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
MALONEY, James P., Pvt — 105 Sunset Drive, Alexandria, Ind.
MANTEL, Emil H., Cpl — 1648 De Kalb Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.
MARCINKIEWICZ, Anthony, S/Sgt — 530 New Jersey Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.
MARTIN, Ralph W., Pvt — Route 5, Grove City, Pa.
MAXWELL, Willis, Pfc — 1917 S. Webster St., Ft Wayne, Ind.
Mc CORD, Henry, Pfc — Yorktown Heights, N. Y.
Mc CORD, Merrill F., T/4 — Milltown, Ind.
Mc CORMACK, James F., Pvt — Gen Del, Montgomery, La.
MELE, Henry E., T/5 — 211 W. Birch Ave., Walla Walla, Wash.
MEHRTENS, Calvin A., Pvt — Murpheysboro, Ill.
MENDEL, Martin E., Pfc — 650 1-2 N. Occidental Blvd., Los Angeles, Cal.
MERCER, Robert L., T/5 — RD 1, Wellsville, Ohio.
MERONEY, Leland B., Pfc — Wawaka, Ind.
MICHELSEN, Carl M., Cpl — 1702 Wilmette Ave., Wilmette, Ill.
MILLER, Walter, S/Sgt — R. Route 3, Columbus, Ohio.
MINGARELL, William J., Pvt — 131 Ridgewood Village, Lackawanna, N. Y.
MOONEY, Lawrence J., T/5 — 199 Farren Ave., New Haven, Conn.
MOORE, Calvin N., Pfc — PO Box 362, Roby, Texas.
MOORE, Jesse W., Sgt — RFD 3, Richmond, Mo.
MOSHER, Curtis, T/5 — 316 W. Virginia St., Anadarko, Okl.

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Name and Rank — Home Address

MYCK, George J., Pfc — 1828 Constitution Ave., Overbrook Heights, Woodlyn, Penna.
NABREZENY, Michael, T/4 — 31 Catherine Street, McKees Rocks, Penna.
NAKELSKI, Edward, Pvt — 19 Neufiat Ave., Port Washington, N. Y.
NASH, Victor E., T/4 — Main Street, Salem Depot, New Hampshire.
NEANOVER, Clarence D., Pfc — 811 N. Barron Street, Eaton, Ohio.
NELSON, Robert J., Pfc — 4230 Trumbull St., Detroit, Mich.
NEWBORG, William J., T/4 — 237 Essex Ave., Narberth, Penna.
NEWCOMER, Robert B., Sgt — 115 E. 9th Street, Mishawaka, Ind.
NISSEN, Leslie F., Pfc — Dolliver, Iowa.
OETGEN, Lester D., Cpl — 509 N. Willis Street, Champaign, Ill.
OLSON, Herbert T., Pfc — Route 2, Westby, Wis.
OLSON, John R., T/5 — 690 Sackett St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
OMAN, Harry R., Pvt — 2013 4th Ave. W., Hibbing, Minn.
OVERMILLER, Reynolds H., T/5 — RD 3, York, Penna.
PADULO, Charles, Pfc — RFD 1, Painesville, Ohio.
PAGANELLI, Joseph, Sgt — 50 Dutchess Ave., Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
PALANDRI, Alfred C., Pfc — 641 Collins Ave., Pittsburg, Pa.
PECK, Leroy G., Pfc — 45 Hemlock Street, Warren, Penna.
PERLOWITZ, Murray, Sgt — 156 Chester St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
PERRONE, William E., Pfc — 15 Mohegan Ave., Stamford, Conn.
PETER, Arthur J., Cpl — 1937 Fairmont Ave., Cincinatti, Ohio.
PHELPS, James F., Pvt — 5006 7th St. NW, Washington, D. C.
PROFFER, Clent W., T/5 — Jackson, Mo.
PYTLICK, Alvin A., Pfc — Route 1, Rogers, N. D.
BANTZ, Clifford J., T/5 — 1404 Baker St., Muskegon Heights, Mich.
RAPINZ, Henry W., T/5 — 558 12th St., Campbell, Ohio.
RATUSNICK, Frank, Pvt — 2998 E. 59th Street, Cleveland, Ohio.
REAGAN, Raymond E., Pvt — 1144 Central Ave., Albany, N. Y.
REED, H. A., Pfc — Route 2, Valden, Miss.
REPETTO, James A., Pfc — Dongeness, Wash.
RIGANO, Dominick, Pvt — 58 Steinburg Ave., Garfield, N. J.
REXING, Joseph H., T/4 — RR 4, Box 331, Evansville, Ind.
RIGHI, Selio E., Sgt — 647 Washington St., Peekskill, N. Y.
RITTER, John A., T/5 — 1137 N. 15th Street, Milwaukee, Wis.
BITZERT, George V., Cpl — RR 3, Haug Ave., Evansville, Ind.
ROBISON, Earl W., Pvt — Gen Del, Spiro, Okla.
ROMEO, Anthony D., T/5 — 558 12th St., Campbell, Ohio.
ROMERO, Jose, Pfc — Route 2, Box 4, Racindo, New Mexico.
ROOD, Stanley E., T/5 — Route 3, Longbottom, Ohio.
ROOKSBERRY, Thomas J., Pvt — 800 S. State Street, Sullivan, Indiana.
SANFILLIPPO, Charles A., Pvt — 109 Bright Street, Jersey City, N. Y.
SARGENT, Doyle W., S/Sgt — Route 1, Pomeroy, Ohio.
SCHOENE, Rudolph A., Pfc — 326 E. 89th Street, New York, N. Y.
SCHRIEVE, Robert E., Pfc — Route 1, Wilton, Cal.

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Name and Rank — Home Address

SCHULTZ, Arthur G., T/5 — 237 Orchard Street, Westbury, N. Y.
SCHWISOW, Emil, T/5 — 259 Van Nest Street, Dundee, Mich.
SELLECK, Harry H., T/4 — 14 Bailey Ave., Darrien, Conn.
SHAHEEN, Paul G., Sgt — 2611 Chester Ave., Cleveland, Ohio.
SHAW, Silas P., Cpl — Box 141, Canton, Texas.
SHEPHERD, Fred, S/Sgt — Gunlock, Ky.
SHULL, Alva A., T/5 — 651 W. Elm Street, Weauceon, Ohio.
SILANO, Ernest, Pvt — 47 Maple Street, Scarsedale, N. Y.
SIMKINS, Herman J., T/5 — 1374 Monmouth Blvd, Galesburg, Ill.
SKIDMORE, John R., Cpl — 145 Spring Street, Gardiner, Maine.
SMITH, Edward M., Pvt — Fayette, Iowa.
SMITH, Leo D., Pvt — 633 Edon Street, St Louis, Mich.
SMITH, Donald E., Pfc — 3724 SE Wake Ave., Milwaukie, Oregon.
SOSNICKI, Michael, Pvt — 3024 W. Park Hill, Milwaukie, Wis.
SPARKS, Cecil M., Pfc — 143 Spring St., Elkin, N. C.
SPEARS, Gilbert, Pvt — Gen Del, Briceville, Tenn.
STAFFORD, Robert G., Pvt — Box 31, Franklin, Ind.
STAHL, Trueman A., T/Sgt — 631 W. Pine Street, Shamokin, Penna.
STEINBECK, Wilbur J., T/5 — Box 63, Pringhar, Iowa.
STRICKLIN, Patrick N., T/5 — 1306 Madison Street, Memphis, Tenn.
STRUNK, Edward J., Pfc — Whitley City, Ky.
SZCZAPA, Stanley J., Pfc — 15 Barnard Street, Hartford, Conn.
SZWANKOWSKI, Henry, Sgt — 8240 Huston Ave., Chicago, Ill.
TAYLOR, Thomas F., Pfc — Oak Hill, Ohio.
TEWES, Lawrence J., Cpl — RFD 2, Hartley, Iowa.
TIGUE, Phillip E., 1st Sgt — 1456 Birchwood Ave., Chicago, Ill.
TIPPIN, John E., T/5 — 530 26th Street, Toledo, Ohio.
TINES, Edward C., T/5 — Bartley, Neb.
TRABANDI, Albert C., Pfc — 220 Prospect Ave., Clifton Heights, Pa.
TRACY, Cleo, T/5 — 111 Maude Ave., Lancaster, Ohio.
TUCKER, Myron L., Pvt — 111 N. 8th Street, Byesville, Ohio.
TYLER, Marvin F., Cpl — 444 W. Miller St., Newark, N. Y.
UMBERGER, Roy M. Jr., Cpl — 5407—18 Bartram Drive, Bartram Village, Phila, Pa.
VAAGE, Chester L., T/4 — RFD 1, Newman Grove, Neb.
VACHLON, George R., Pfc — 5702 W. Cermak Rd., Chicago, Ill.
VARVELL, Fred R., Pvt — 7401 W. 62nd Place, Summit, Ill.
VAVALH, Thomas A., Pfc — 315 E. 29th Street, N. Y., N. Y.
WAGNER, Frank, T/4 — RFd 1, Lee Center, N. Y.
WAGNER, Stephen D., Pvt — 202—09 34th Ave., Bayside, N. Y.
WALKO, Leo A. L., T/4 — 277 8th Street, Jersey City, N. J.
WALTON, Joseph D., Pfc — 014 E. Elm St., Canton, Ill.
WASHOWSKY, Benjamin, Pfc — 1373 Franklin Ave., N. Y., N. Y.
WELCH, Robert E., Pvt — 280 Leon Street, Syracuse, N. Y.
WELLBORN, Paul F., Pfc — 580 Warwick Street, Atlanta, Ga.
WELLS, Charles E., S/Sgt — 1316 Larch Ave., Everett, Washington.

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Name and Rank — Home Address

WHITE, Manuel, T/4 — RR 5, Mt Vernon, Ind.
WILLETT, Charles E., T/5 — 699 Brownwood Ave., SE, Atlanta, Ga.
WILSON, Claude E., Pvt — RFD 1, Claudeville, Va.
WITT, Hermon F., Sgt — Rosehill, Va.
WOODWARD, Lane B., Pfc — Box 45, Nooksack, Wash.
WOODS, Norman T., T/4 — 3107 Church Ave., Cleveland, Ohio.
WOLLARD, Raymond O., Pvt — Maxwelton, W. Va.
WOOSLEY, Reldon R., T/5 — Kent, Iowa.
WYCUFF, Robert A., T/5 — 75 E. Woodruff Ave., Columbus, Ohio.
YATES, Walter W., T/5 — Route 1, Dora, Ala.
ZINTEL, Curtis E., Pvt — 51 Hokin St., Mt Morris, N. Y.

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C TROOP, 106 SQUADRON

KILLED IN ACTION

Name — Place and Date

1st Sgt William H. Barger — Ob Elldorf, Germany, 10 Apr 45
Pfc Ralph V. Barone — Geislautern, Germany, 22 Jan 45
Pfc Glenn E. Batcher — Prunay le Temple, France, 10 Aug 44
Pfc Carlyle E. Blankenship — Einville, France, 29 Sep 44
Pvt Mannon Gulley — Rauwiller, France, 24 Nov 44
Pfc Richard M. Hedrick — Einviller, France, 29 Sep 44
Pvt Robert B. Hubbard — Neufeillette, France, 8 Aug 44
S/Sgt Robert P. Kahn — Dietersheim, Germany, 30 Apr 45
Pfc Benjamin Migdoll — Werbeln, Germany, 1 Jan 45
S/Sgt William Persichetti — Mouacourt, France, 27 Oct 44
T/5 William J. Phillips — Ob Elldorf, Germany, 10 Apr 45
T/5 Carl J. Richardson — Dietersheim, Germany, 29 Apr 45
Cpl Warren F. Roberts — Mouacourt, France, 13 Nov 44
T/5 Harold W. Russell — Remilly sur Lozon, France, 24 July 44
Pvt Gabriel Schlitt — Dietersheim, Germany, 29 Apr 45
Pfc Leslie A. Snider — Prunay le Temple, France, 18 Aug 44
Pvt Irving J. Sochowski — Remilly sur Lozon, France, 22 July 44
Sgt Edward J. Sturm — Dietersheim, Germany, 29 Apr 45
Pvt Robert M. Thompson — Samborn, Germany, 31 Mar 45
T/5 John M. Vargo — L'Ozourie, France, 4 July 44
Pvt Carl W. Wilson — Buncey, France, 9 Sep 44
Pvt Fredric H. Wolfram Jr. — Rauwiller, France, 23 Nov 44
Sgt Damon Franklin — Crion, France, 10 Oct 44
Pfc Roy D. Hayden — Crion, France, 6 Oct 44
Cpl Leslie E. Jones — Einville, France, 30 Sep 44
Sgt Walter B. Pawlowski — Einville, France, 29 Sep 44

AWARDS

Silver Star Medal —
Capt John F. Brady
1st Lt William L. Rochester Jr.
1st Lt Frank C. Mysak
T-4 Ashton J. Slack
S/Sgt Clarence G. Elderkamp
S/Sgt Kasimer S. Karasiewicz
Pvt Charles H. Shumaker

Bronze Star Medal —
Capt Arch C. Speed (Post)
Capt John F. Brady
1st Lt Edward D. Brown
2d Lt Earl K. Richards
T-5 Carl E. Allen
Cpl Joseph L. Babie
Sgt Denver T. Spence
T-5 William J. Kirk

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Bronze Star Medal —
Pfc Paul Dixon
Tec 5 Elmer A. Wolke
Pfc Vladik E. Sumbera
Cpl Donald D. Trekell
Pfc John H. Long
Pvt Herschell Smith
T/4 John H. Guthans
T/5 Billy R. Hedrick
T/5 Charles V. Kaufman
T/5 Frank J. O'Malley
Pfc Edward W. Kothe
T/4 Murray C. Koehler
Pfc Richard O. White
T/4 Roland D. Gilbaugh
1/Sgt Warren C. Harlan
Cpl Charles J. Oswald
T/5 Kenneth P. Snoor
Pfc James Vasilakis
S/Sgt Robert P. Kahn
T/5 Richard J. Starner
T/5 Monnie Woodrum
T/4 Willie H. Hemmert
T/Sgt John A. Wallick
T/5 William B. Ward
Pfc David L. Dile
Sgt Johnnie L. Balusek
Cpl Johnny Vaca
Pfc Russell T. Martin
T/5 Elmer G. Arnett
T/5 George Ladika
T/4 Richard H. Davis
S/Sgt Raymond L. Klunder
T/5 Robert J. Daigle (Cluster)
Pfc Patrick W. Graham
Cpl John P. Jones
Pfc Louis F. Fleischmann
T/4 Sammie F. Cook
T/5 William R. Whittenburg
Sgt Randall H. Porter
T/5 Dana E. Cochran
T/4 Sven H. Lindgren
Sgt William D. Black
T/4 Charles F. Crawford
T/5 Charles F. Mounts
Sgt Clarence G. Eldrenkamp
S/Sgt Paul E. Brown
Sgt Alphonse Gorski
T/5 Ira M. Peterson
T/4 Richard C. Baker
S/Sgt Edward A. Schenkel
T/4 Ashton J. Slack
S/Sgt Robert L. Plant
T/4 Dale C. Schroepfer
T/5 Ernest M. Sutton
Cpl Leslie A. Snider
Pvt Damon Franklin
T/5 Vinard D. Hitt
T/5 Leslie E. Jones
Pfc Richard M. Hedrick
Pvt Eugene W. Barry
Cpl Robert J. Daigle Jr.
Pvt Issac S. Thomas
T/4 Edward J. McAuliffe
T/4 Anton W. Rupelt

Purple Heart —
T/Sgt John A. Wallick
S/Sgt Paul E. Brown
S/Sgt Kasimer S. Karasiewicz
Sgt Johnnie L. Balusek
Sgt William D. Black
Sgt Alphonse Gorski
Sgt Jesse R. Osuna
Sgt Randall H. Porter
Sgt Denver P. Spence
Sgt Denison M. Thomas (Cluster)
T/4 Sammie F. Cook
T/4 John H. Guthans
T/5 Glendon D. Berry
T/5 Dana E. Cochran (Cluster)
T/5 George Ladika
T/5 Robert G. Mercer (Cluster)
T/5 Herbert T. Meyer
T/5 Frank J. O'Malley
T/5 James S. Schweers
Pfc Walter J. Balcerzak (Cluster)
Pfc Jesse W. Bell
Pfc Paul Dixon
Pfc Patrick W. Graham
Pfc Rocco Latoria

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Bronze Star Medal —
T/4 Murray C. Koehler
T/4 Edward J. McAuliffe (Cluster)
T/4 Willie H. Remmert
T/4 Ashton J. Slack
Cpl John P. Jones
Cpl Walter J. Whittle
T/5 Carl E. Allen
T/5 Elmer G. Arnett
T/5 John P. Barrios
Pfc Bernard J. Marzec
Pfc John S. Monahan
Pfc Sol Olshansky
Pfc Alfred F. Pla
Pfc Bill N. Pyros
Pfc Paul P. Rufa
Pfc James Vasilakis (Cluster)
Pfc Casimir Witek
Pvt Isidore Zahler (Cluster)

Croix de Guerre —
Capt John F. Brady
1st Lt Edward D. Brown

KILLED IN ACTION

Name and Rank — Next of Kin and Address

BARGER, William H., 1st Sgt — Mr. Steve Barger (Father), Box 198, Newport, Ark.
BARONE, Ralph V., Pfc — Mrs. Angelina Barone (Mother), 72 Cassidy Place, New Brighton, N. Y.
BATCHER, Glenn E., Pfc — Mrs. Eva Batcher (Mother), Athens, Maine.
BLANKENSHIP, Carlyle E., Pfc — Mr. Oscar E. Blankenship (Father), Rt. 1, Sandy Ridge, N. Caro.
DODSON, Alex B., T/5 — Mrs. Docie D. Dodson (Mother), Rt. 1, Sandy Ridge, N. Caro.
FLEMING, Bartholomew J., Sgt — Miss Bernice Flemnig (Sister), 4159 W. Monroe St., Chicago, Illinois.
FRANKLIN, Damon, Sgt — Mrs. Elizabeth Franklin (Mother), 1001 S. 5th St., Louisville, Ky.
GIAGNONI, Raymond J., Pvt — Mrs. Dena J. Giagnoni (Wife), Wilsonville, Illinois.
GUFFEY, Mannon, Pvt — Mrs. Bessie Guffey (Mother), Gen. Del., Janestown, Ky.
HAYDEN, Roy D., Pfc — Mrs. Ruby Hayden, 2930 N. Sherman Dr., Indianapolis, Ind.
HEDRICK, Richard M., Pfc — Mrs. Maryetta Hedrick (Mother), 2052 4th Ave., Huntington, W. Va.
HUBBARD, Robert B., Pvt — Mr. Burton A. Hubbard (Father), 136 Laird Ave., Warren, Ohio.
JONAS, Earl E., Cpl — Mrs. Amelia Jonas (Mother), 1512 Edgewater Ave., Chicago, Illinois.

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KILLED IN ACTION (continued)

Name and Rank — Next of Kin and Address

JONES, Leslie E., Cpl — Mrs. Sophia E. Jones, Griggsville, Illinois.
KAHN, Robert P., S/Sgt — Mrs. Anna Kahn (Mother), 1445 Lunt Ave., Chicago, Illinois.
MIGDOLL, Benjamin, Pfc — Mr. Louis Migdoll (Father), 21 Clinton Ave., Jersey City, N. J.
PAWLOWSKI, Walter B., Sgt — Mrs. Antonette Pawlowski (Mother), 7001 Union Ave., Cleveland, Ohio.
PERSICHETTI, William, S/Sgt — Mr. Marziale Persichetti (Father), Highland Sta., Box 61, Denver, Colo.
PHILLIPS, William J., T/5 — Mrs. Sallie R. Phillips (Mother), Wintergreen, Va.
RICHARDSON, Carl J., T/5 — Mrs. Edna May S. Richardson (Mother), Route 2, Havana, Ill.
ROBERTS, Warren F., Cpl — Mrs. Mary Roberts (Sister), 122 Oxford St., Cambridge, Mass.
RUSSELL, Harold W., T/5 — Mrs. Anna Russell (Mother), 231 Union Ave., Pomeroy, Ohio.
SCHLITT, Gabriel, Pvt — Mr. Henry Schlitt (Father), 36—11 31st Ave., Long Island City 3, N. Y.
SNIDER, Leslie A., Pfc — Mrs. Susan Snider (Mother), 654 Rail Road St., South Fork, Pa.
SOCHOWSKI, Irving J., Pvt — Mrs. Theresa Sochowski (Mother), 1033 N. Ridgeway Ave., Chicago, Ill.
STURM, Edward J., Sgt — Mr. Edward Sturm (Father), 4051 Ridgeway Ave., Chicago, Ill.
THOMPSON, Robert M., Pvt — Mrs. Dorothy Thompson (Wife), 4051 Ridgeway Ave., Chicago, Ill.
VARGO, John M., T/5 — Mrs. Julia Vargo, Wallace Rd., Willock, Pa.
WILSON, Carl W., Pvt — Mrs. Lila Wilson (Mother), 620 McKinley Ave., Columbus, Indiana.
WOLFRAM, Fredric H. Jr., Pvt — Mrs. Kathleen Wolfram (Mother), 210 Oakley Ave., Lawrenceburg, Ind.

Name and Rank — Home Address

ADAMS, Hubert M., Pfc — RR 1, New Florence, Pa.
ALLEN, Carl E., T/5 — 507 Lockridge St., Mayfield, Ky.
ARIGONI, Roger J., Pfc — 43 Spring St., North Adams, Mass.
ARNETT, Elmer G., T/5 — RR 1, Ludlow Falls, Ohio.
AUKSTOLIS, Joseph, Pvt — 241 Wayne St., Jersey City, N. J.
BABIC, Joseph L., Cpl — 703 W. 21st Place, Chicago, Ill.
BAKER, Richard C., T/4 — Washburn, Ill.

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Name and Rank — Home Address

BALCERZAK, Walter J., Pfc — 216 E. Oak St., Olean, N. Y.
BALUSEK, Johnnie L., Sgt — Route 1, Buckholts, Tex.
BARG, Henry H., Pfc — 6800 W. Layton Ave., Greenfield, Wis.
BARROIS, John P., T/5 — 122 E. Meta St., Ventura, Calif.
BARRY, Eugene W., Cpl — 560 W. State St., Larksville, Pa.
BELL, Jesse W., Pfc — Route 2, Walhalla, S. C.
BELL, John S., T/5 — 2102 17th St., Parkersburg, W. Va.
BENNETT, John L., Pvt — 1335 Charres St., Indianapolis, Ind.
BENDER, Roy D., Pfc — 6 Railroad Ave., Stirling, N. J.
BENFIELD, Carl W., Pfc — Route 2, Cleveland, N. C.
BERRY, Glendon D., T/5 — Rogerson, Idaho.
BLACK, William D., Sgt — 702 N. Poplun St., Champaign, Ill.
BOLIN, Weimer M., Pfc — RFD 2, Box 36, Neeses, S. C.
BOX, Ethel B., Pfc — Route 1, Tomnolen, Miss.
BRADLEY, Luther L., Pfc — Johnston City, Ill.
BREAU, Emery A., Pfc — 126 River Rd., New Bedford, Mass.
BROIZMAN, Seymour, Pfc — 158 Boerum St., Brooklyn 6, N. Y.
BROWN, Abraham, Pfc — 5528 Chester Ave., Philadelphia, Penn.
BROWN, Paul E., S/Sgt — Route 3, Norwalk, Ohio.
BURDICK, Chester A., T/5 — Central Shaft Rd., Florida, Mass.
BUSBY, Oscar D., Cpl — Route 2, Hernando, Miss.
CAIN, James W., Pvt — 94 N. Main St., Leipsic, Ohio.
CHANDLER, James E., Pfc — 2268 Parker Ave., Indianapolis, Ind.
CLARK, James W., Pfc — Rt. 1, White Village, Brunswick, Ga.
COCHRAN, Dana E., T/5 — Route 3, Middleton, Ohio.
COOK, Sammie F., T/4 — 5332 14th Street, Meridian, Miss.
COX, Edman L., T/5 — 590 Fletcher St., Grafton, West Va.
COX, Royce E., Pvt — Rt. 1, Box 205, Sherman, Texas.
CREED, L. W. Jr., Pvt — 19 Texille St., Waxachie, Texas.
CRAWFORD, Charles F., T/4 — Piketon Pike, Ohio.
CVERCSEK, Joseph H., Cpl — 610 S. Third Ave., Patton, Penna.
DAIGLE, Robert J. Jr., T/5 — 1331 Baronne St., New Orleans, La.
DAVIS, Harold, S/Sgt — Tripp, S. Dak.
DAVIS, Richard H., T/4 — 205 East Duncan St., Columbus, Ohio.
DAWSON, John D., Pvt — Rt. No. 1, Smith Ferry, Pa.
De LUCAS, Frank, Pvt — 23rd Ave., Westville, N. J.
DEDSMOND, Thomas J., Pfc — 35 Monroe St., Gloversville, N. Y.
DIXON, Paul, Pfc — 2000 S. 13th St., Lawrenceville, Ill.
DROZINSKY, Harry, T/5 — 2501 Overlook Rd., Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
DUKE, David L., Pfc — 28 W. Sloan, Harrisburg, Ill.
DUMAS, James E., Pfc — 194 Cohasset St., Worcester, Mass.
DUNN, Edward L., Pfc — 11 E. Main St., Ware Shoals, S. C.
DURANTE, Daniel, Pvt — 2107 N. W. 36th St., Miami, Florida.
ELDRENKAMP, Clarence G., S/Sgt — 29 W. 109th Place, Chicago, Ill.
FENDEL, David, Pvt — 45 Wadsworth Terrace, New York, N. Y.

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Name and Rank — Home Address

FESLER, Bernard F., Sgt — Switz City, Ind.
FISHER, Herbert E., Pvt — 113 W. 2nd St., East Liverpool, Ohio.
FLEISCHMANN, Louis F., Pfc — 348 N. State St., Indianapolis, Ind.
FOLLETTE, Jesse O., Sgt — 207 E. Phillip Ave., Norfolk, Nebr.
FORAN, John F., Pfc — 4839 Augusta Blvd., Chicago, Ill.
FREDERICK, Marion R., T/5 — Decker, Ind.
GARBET, Doyle M., Pfc — 736 E. Oak St., San Diego, Calif.
GAVAGAN, John, T/5 — 345 W. 19th St., New York City, N. Y.
GILBOUGH, Roland D., T/4 — 17 N. Dakota St., Vermillion, S. Dakota.
GONZALEZ, Ruben, Pfc — 3421 Bay to Bay, Tampa, Florida.
GORDON, Robert S., T/5 — Watkinsville, Georgia.
GORSKI, Alphonse, Sgt — Cohoes, N. Y.
GRAHAM, Patrick W., Pfc — Taylorville, Illinois.
GROGAN, William G., T/5 — 632 Concord St., Williston Park, N. Y.
GUTHANS, John H. Jr., T/4 — 1531 Loda St., New Orleans, La.
HAHNE, Eugene A., Pvt — 963 Warrington Ave., Pittsburgh, Penna.
HALL, Clyde E., T/5 — 831 E. Bancroft, Toledo, Ohio.
HANCOCK, John M., T/4 — 274 State, Pontiac, Mich.
HARLAN, Warren C., 1st Sgt — 213 Grant Ave., Ravenna, Ohio.
HARRIS, William R., Pfc — 1729 Olmere St., Portsmouth, Ohio.
HAYNES, Julian D., Pfc — 518 Eastern Ave., South Charleston, W. Va.
HEDRICK, Billy R., T/5 — 1122 Campbell St., High Point, N. C.
HILLIARD, Chauncey J., Pfc — Rt. 3, Stroudsburg, Penna.
HELNABSKI, Michael J., Pfc — 20 Hamilton St., Cohoes, N. Y.
HERBHOLZ, Egon, T/5 — 805 Belmont Ave., Chicago, Ill.
HEY, Joseph R., Pvt — 2419 Arlington St., Pittsburgh, Penna.
HOFFMAN, Charles J., T/5 — 1546 W. Wood St., Shamokin, Penna.
HITT, Vinard G., T/5 — 208 W. Clifton Ave., North Augusta, S. C.
HORNE, William O., T/5 — Route 1, Pacolet, S. C.
HUGHES, Lester D., Pvt — Route 1, Lindale, Ga.
JANDORF, Louis, Pvt — Riveria Apt, 1-J, Linden Ave., Baltimore, Md.
JOHNSON, Charles E., Pvt — 283 Classon Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.
JONES, Howard H., Pfc — S. S. C St., Toppenish, Wash.
JONES, John P., Cpl — 1403 E. 68th St., Chicago, Illinois.
JONES, Lloyd M., Pvt — 2301 Hudson Ave., Peoria, Illinois.
KARASIEWICZ, Kasimer S., S/Sgt — 249 Myrle Ave., Irvington, N. J.
KAUFMAN, Charles V., T/5 — 214 E. Pine St., Orville, Ohio.
KELLER, Sherman V., T/5 — Beckley, W. Va.
KINDER, Thomas E., Pfc — 527 N. Hawley Rd., Milwaukee, Wisc.
KIRK, William J., T/5 — 45 Plain St., Natick, Mass.
KJELDGAARD, Neil D., Pfc — 809 North St., Tekanah, Neb.
KLUNDER, Raymond L., S/Sgt — 6725 So. Union Ave., Chicago, Illinois.
KNIGHT, James L., Pfc — Box 825, Maud, Oklahoma.
KOEHLER, Murray C., T/4 — 135 O'Fallon Ave., Bellevue, Ky.
KOTHE, Edward W., Pfc — 1632 Avondale Ave., Toledo, Ohio.

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Name and Rank — Home Address

LADIKA, George, T/5 — 415 N. Vine St., Diamondtown, Penna.
LASCELLE, Alfred W., Pfc — 727 W. Scott St., Milwaukee, Wisc.
LATORIA, Rocco, Pfc — 4313 Emerson Ave., Schiller Park, Ill.
LEARY, Paul E., Pvt — 71 Princeton Rd., Fitchburg, Mass.
LEWIS, Joseph, T/4 — 736 E. Oak St., Eldorado, Ark.
LILES, Otho E., Pfc — Route 2, Wendell, N. Car.
LINCOLN, Thomas R., T/5 — 4242 S. Grand Ave., Los Angeles, Calif.
LINDGREN, Sven H., T/4 — 7519 W. 61st St., Argo, Ill.
LIPSCHITZ, Irving M., Pfc — 1538 E. 16th St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
LONG, John H., Pfc — New Almelo, Kansas.
MADORE, Roland O., Pfc — 16 1-2 Doughlas St., Worcester, Mass.
MAGERS, Wilbert J., T/5 — 819 Valley St., Chester, Illinois.
MARTIN, Russell T., Pfc — 1531 Loda St., New Albany, Ind.
MARTYNIAK, John, Pvt — 1422 Stebbins Ave., Bronx, N. Y.
MARZEC, Bernard J., Pfc — 68 Springville Ave., Eggertsville, N. Y.
MATHIS, James G., T/5 — Toney, Alabama.
MATTSON, Russell L., Pfc — Box 324, Parkville, Minn.
Mc AULIFFE, Edward J., T/4 — 32 Gurney St., Cambridge, Mass.
Mc CRUM, Thomas K., T/5 — 603 N. Cedar St., Auburn, Indiana.
MENDELWAGER, Paul, Pfc — 575 Boulevard, Bayonne, N. J.
MERCER, Robert G., T/5 — 1089 57th St., Oakland, Calif.
MEYER, Herbert T., T/5 — Route 3, Columbus, Indiana.
MILLER, John A., T/5 — Seibert Hall, Bld Col. & Sem, Bloomfield, N. J.
MOFFATT, Clarence G., Pfc — Crawford, Neb.
MONAHAN, John S., Pfc — 29 Belfield Ave., Annadale, S. I., N. Y.
MONTGOMERY, Le Roy V., T/5 — Box 326, Chisholm, Minn.
MOUNTS, Charles F., T/5 — Route 3, Princeton, Ind.
MURPHEY, Ralph E., T/4 — Sturgis, S. Dakota.
NAGEL, Raymond H., Pfc — Ridgeville Corner, Ohio.
NALL, Clark M., T/5 — Hartford, Ky.
NOLAN, Robert L., Pfc — Octvia, Okla.
NOWAK, John J., T/5 — 1066 N. Marshfield Ave., Chicago, Ill.
OLSHANSKY, Sol, Pfc — 10210 Ostend Ave., Cleveland, Ohio.
O'MALLEY, Frank J., T/5 — 1425 N. Lawler Ave., Chicago, Ill.
OSTRANDER, Robert E., T/5 — 1255 65th St., Des Moines, Iowa.
OSUNA, Jesse R., Sgt — 610 Janes St., Saginaw, Mich.
OSWALD, Charles J., Cpl — 256 Earnshaw Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio.
PAINTNER, George M., Pvt — Gen Del., Watts, Okla.
PALEN, John, T/4 — 3134 Wilson Ave., Campbell, Ohio.
PAPIN, Leslie G., T/5 — 106 8th St., Virginia, Minn.
PAQUETTE, Donald G., Pvt — 19 Lewis Ave., Willimansette, Mass.
PARKS, Ralph H., T/5 — Box 44, Tangier, Va.
PASQUALE, Joseph A., T/5 — 116 Bay 35th St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
PATTEN, George T., T/5 — 1818 Hixson Bd., Chattanooga, Tenn.
PERKINS, Robert C., T/5 — Route 2, Painted Post, N. Y.

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Name and Rank — Home Address

PETERSON, Ira M., T/5 — 812 Logan Ave., Waterloo, Iowa.
PICKERELL, Henry C., T/5 — Colfax, Ky.
PLA, Alfred F., Pfc — 1301 Wilkins Ave., Bronx, N. Y.
PLANT, Robert L., S/Sgt — 8309 Drexel Ave., Chicago, Ill.
PORTER, Randall H., Sgt — Winnfield, La.
POWELL, Harley M., T/5 — 328 Ridley Ave., Folson, Pa.
PUTNAM, Edward S., T/5 — 2343 Grove St., Davenport, Ia.
PYROS, Bill N., Pfc — 6006 Linwood Ave., Cleveland, Ohio.
RAFFELSON, Elmer, Pfc — Montevideo, Minn.
RAYNER, Louis, Pfc — 420 Penhale Ave., Campbell, Ohio.
REMMERT, Willie H., T/4 — Route 1, Box 10A, Taylor, Tex.
RIEMKE, Charles H., T/4 — 109 E. Healy St., Champaign, Ill.
ROBACZYNSKI, Edward A., Pfc — 2441 Fleet St., Baltimore, Md.
RODKEY, William A. — 654 Wallace St., Northumberland, Pa.
ROHLF, Donald W., T/4 — Ida Grove, Iowa.
ROSENBERG, Marvin, T/5 — 248 Catherine St., Philadelphia, Pa.
ROYER, Jimmie H., T/5 — Route 2, Cory, Ind.
RUFA, Paul P., Pfc — Main St., Winthrop, N. Y.
RUPELT, Anton W., T/4 — 410 4th Ave., Sterling, Ill.
SATTIAUX, Chester B., Pvt — 256 S. Main St., Warren, Ohio.
SAVAGE, Robert E., Pfc — Buckeye, Ariz.
SCHENKEL, Edward A., S/Sgt — 4236 N. Ashland Ave., Chicago, Ill.
SCHILDS II, Mike, Cpl — Gen Del, Dayton, Tenn.
SCHROEPFER, Dale C., T/4 — 702 Mendlik, Antigo, Wis.
SCHUMM, Paul J., T/5 — Sabin, Minn.
SCHWEERS, James S., T/5 — 1239 Olmstead, Bronx, New York, N. Y.
SCOTT, Leonard C., Pfc — 21 Fern St., Athens, Ohio.
SHAUL, Robert D., Pfc — 1227 S. 23rd St., Birmingham, Ala.
SHEA, Donald R., Pfc — 1132 Cecila Ave., Mt Allen, Covington, Ky.
SHORT, Herbert, Pvt — 518 E. Market St., New Albany, Ind.
SHUMAKER, Charles H., Pfc — Middleport, Ohio.
SKOLNIK, Philip G., Pfc — 724 E. 125th St., Apt 10, Cleveland, Ohio.
SLACK, Ashton J., T/4 — 17 Griswold St., Delaware, Ohio.
SLIAUTER, Peter J., Pfc — 407 N. May St., Aurora, Ill.
SMITH, Herschell, Pvt — 912 W. Howard Ave., Biloxi, Miss.
SNOOR, Kenneth P., T/5 — 25 Hancock St., Newark, Ohio.
SODANO, Louis P., T/5 — 1059 Overlock Terrace, Union, N. J.
SPAULDING, George W., Pvt — RFD 1, Williamson, W. Va.
SPENCE, Denver T., Sgt — Monterville, W. Va.
STAFSHOLT, Alexander E., T/5 — 319 S. 1st St., Mt Vernon, N. Y.
STARNER, Richard J., T/5 — 19931 Klinger, Detroit, Mich.
STEGNICK, Stanley P., Pfc — 290 Manhattan Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.
STICKNEY, Erwin L., Pfc — PO Box 3, Big Lake, Minn.
STRENGER, Jerome J., Pfc — 6017 Van Burne Place, West New York, N. J.

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Name and Rank — Home Address

STRIEBE, Richard, Cpl — 4321 W. Bottsford Ave., RR 5, Milwaukee, Wis.
SUMBERA, Vladik E., Pfc — Route 3, Box 126, La Grange, Tex.
SUTTON, Ernest M., T/5 — Route 1, Box 290A, Waynesville, NC.
TALLMAN, Theron M., Cpl — 1026 Grover Ave., Glendale, Calif.
TAYLOR, James F., Sgt — Route 6, Booneville, Miss.
THOMAS, Isaac S., Pvt — Route 1, Amanda, Ohio.
THOMSON, Cecil L., Pfc — Fairbanks, Ind.
TREKELL, Donald D., Cpl — Casa Grande, Arizona.
TUCKER, Ernest T., Pvt — 428 Orchard St., New Haven, Conn.
UMLAND, Richard A., Pfc — 1263 78th St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
VACA, Johnny, Cpl — Prague, Nebr.
VALENTINO, Michael, Pvt — 90 Madison St., Hoboken, N. J.
VANBUSKIRK, William E., Pfc — Box 307, Belle, W. Va.
VASILAKIS, James, Pfc — 512 S. Macon St., Baltimore, Md.
VIZZ ONE, Samuel, Pfc — 699 N. 7th St., Newark, N. J.
WALLICK, John A., T/Sgt — 842 Park St., Albion, Nebr.
WALTER, Louis A., T/4 — RFD 1, Box 15, Bend, Ore.
WARD, William B., T/5 — Rt. 1 Box 100, Winnboro, La.
WARD, William R., Pfc — 921 Greenlawn St., Peoria, Ill.
WESTGARD, Edward E., Pfc — Brandt, S. Dak.
WESTMANN, Glenn H., T/5 — 1003 Summitt St., McKeesport, Pa.
WHITE, Richard D., Pfc — Mound, Minn.
WHITTENBURG, William R., T/5 — Box 414, Purdon, Tex.
WHITTLE, Walter J., Cpl — 30—68 41st St., Long Island City, N. Y.
WILEY, Lester E., T/4 — 814 Clay St., Ft Wayne, Ind.
WILLIAMS, Paul, Pvt — Route 1, Francisco, Ind.
WILLIAMSON, Raymond, Pvt — 545 Main St., Springfield, Mass.
WILSON, Louis W., T/5 — Box 672, Lakewood Center, South Tacoma, Wash.
WITEK, Casimir, Pfc — 1921 Sterling St., La Salle, Ill.
WITTRUP, Robert C., Pvt — 13242 Steel St., Detroit, Mich.
WOLKE, Elmer A., T/5 — Continental, Ohio.
WOODRUM, Monnie, T/5 — Leet, W. Va.
WRIGHT, Stanley S., S/Sgt — 1234 Eureka St., Wyandotte, Mich.
YANCEY, Joe B., Pfc — Route 3, Lawrenceville, Ga.
YOHANS, Carl E., Pfc — 131 Myron St., New Haven, Conn.
ZAHLER, Isidore, Pvt — 249 Hinsdale St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
ZELMER, Oscar E., T/5 — Route 1, Berrien Springs, Mich.
ZIER, John A., Pvt — Box 1263, Lakemore, Ohio.

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E TROOP, 106 SQUADRON

KILLED IN ACTION

Name — Place and Date

2d Lt Gilbert F. Barter — Baerendorf, France, 23 Nov 44
S/Sgt Hugh G. Clark — 51st Evac hosp, 10 Oct 44, APO 758 US Army

AWARDS

Silver Star Medal —
Capt Samuel S. Pegues
1st Lt Joseph B. Colvard Jr.
S/Sgt Raymond A. Meyer
Sgt John J. Cooney
Pfc William C. Beard

Bronze Star Medal —
1st Lt Leslie J. Hemens
1st Lt Philip McMorrow Jr.
1st Lt Joseph B. Colvard Jr.
2d Lt Charles R. Strange
Sgt Albert W. Newbauer
Sgt Henry J. Moritz
Sgt Vernon Highley
S/Sgt James V. Davidson
Sgt Emil F. Willman
T/5 Albino A. Pasqualucci
Sgt Harold J. Prowant
Pfc Clarence La Fleur
Cpl William R. Smith
T/5 Charles A. Bucci
Cpl Paul D. Mead
T/4 Raymond F. Miller
T/4 John A. Perry
Cpl Edward F. Homan
Cpl Louis E. Hoffmeister
Sgt Upton G. Staudinger
S/Sgt Fred E. Hulse
S/Sgt Stanley R. Smith
T/4 William G. Foxgrover
Cpl Robert W. Snyder
Sgt Martin J. Pierce
T/4 Gustay J. Satzke

Purple Heart —
Cpl Paul D. Mead
T/4 Jack I. Cothren
T/4 John S. Tuzinski
Cpl John J. Dillon
T/5 Charles R. Bear
T/5 Elmer H. Sundbeck
T/5 David Thundercloud
Pfc George L. Akin
Pfc William C. Beard (Cluster)
Pfc Carmen De Camillo
Pfc Raymond A. Dullaghan
Pfc Howard W. Giese
Pfc Thomas A. McDowell
Pfc Melvin H. Taylor

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KILLED IN ACTION

Name and Rank — Next of Kin and Address

CLARK, Hugh G., S/Sgt — Mrs. Bessie E. Clark (Mother), Rumsey, Kentucky.

Name and Rank — Home Address

ABSHIRE, Raymond H., Pvt — Lowell, West Virginia.
ADAIR, Cliford N., T/4 — RR 2, Garretsville, Ohio.
ADLER, Felix, T/4 — 537 W. 149th St., New York, New York.
AKIN, George L., Pfc — Route 1, Stuart, Oklahoma.
BABCOCK, Walter J., S/Sgt — 412 Hillview, Buchanan, Mich.
BEAR, Charles R., T/5 — 3945—30th Ave. S., Minneapolis, Minn.
BEARD, William C., Pfc — 224 So. Seventh St., Upper Sandusky, Ohio.
BEDOLLI, Tony, Sgt — RFD 5, Springfield, Ill.
BEST, Joe A., Pfc — Nespelem, Wash.
BILLEK, Robert E., Pfc — 1350 W. Jefferson St., Springfield, Ill.
BLANKENSHIP, Dencil S., T/5 — Dundon, West Virginia.
BOTTA, Eugene V., Pfc — 25—17 96th St., Elmhurst, LI, New York.
BOUDREAU, Joseph G., T/5 — 127 3rd St., W. Warwick, R. I.
BUCCI, Charles A., T/5 — 1291 Park Ave., Meadville, Penna.
CLEVELAND, Floyd M., T/5 — Conneaut, Ohio.
CLARK, Hugh G., S/Sgt — Rumsey, Ky.
CONSANT, Donald R., T/5 — 700 Lincoln Ave., Lincoln, Illinois.
COONEY, John J., Sgt — 2821 N. Halsted St., Chicago, Illinois.
COTHREN, Jack I., T/4 — 1217 Holly, Alexandria, La.
CUNNINGHAM, Orville A., Pfc — RR 3, Centennial, Ohio.
CUP, Nick J., T/4 — Star Route, Edri, Penna.
DAVIDSON, James V., S/Sgt — 4357 Marlborough, Detroit, Mich.
DEARY, Orvil L., T/5 — Rt 2, Ladonia, Texas.
DE CAMILLO, Carmen, Pfc — 1067 E. 294th St., Wickliffe, Ohio.
DILLON, John J., Cpl — 582 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre, Penna.
DOLLE, Charles L., Cpl — RR 1, Bargersville, Indiana.
DULLAHGAN, Raymond A., Pfc — 1017 Ann Street, Newport, Ky.
EARL, Samuel A., Sgt — Rome, Ohio.
FOXGROVER, William G., T/4 — 909 N. Bennett St., Appleton, Wisconsin.
FREEMAN, Frank D., T/5 — Granville Summit, Penna.
GIESE, Howard W., Pfc — 2604 N. 11th St., Milwaukee, Wisc.
GLINER, Hyman L., Cpl — 557 Sheffield Ave., Brooklyn, New York.
GORMEZANO, Jacob, T/5 — 2860 Bubre Ave., New York, N. Y.
GREENE, Kenneth G., Pvt — Mars Hill, Me.
GURSKY, Walter J., Pfc — 921 Edgemont Ave., Palmerton, Penna.
HALL, Thomas J., S/Sgt — 204—3rd Ave., Carnegie, Penna.
HANRAHAN, Raymond P., Pvt — 43 Chandler Ave., Taunton, Mass.
HAVENS, Alexander J., Pvt — 2410 Milgate Street, Pittsburgh, Penna.

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Name and Rank — Home Address

HAYSLETT, Harold M., S/Sgt — General Delivery, Hurricane, West Va.
HEATHERINGTON, Joe W., Cpl — Otho, Iowa.
HERRMANN, Arthur A., T/5 — 5325 S. Talman Ave., Chicago, Ill.
HELD, Francis J., S/Sgt — 819 15th St., Racine, Wis.
HIGHLEY, Vernon, Sgt — R 2, Manchester Rd., Middletown, Ohio.
HITT, Cecil M., Sgt — RR 1, Commerce, Missouri.
HOFFMAN, Alex J., S/Sgt — 3609 W. 62nd St., Chicago, Illinois.
HUFFMAN, Alex J., S/Sgt — 3609 W. 62nd St., Chicago, Ill.
HOFFMEISTER, Louis E., Cpl — 7514 Philadelphia Rd., Baltimore, Md.
HOLLAND, George, Pvt — 418 Cabot Way, Pittsburgh, Penna.
HOMAN, Edward F., Cpl — Webster, Iowa.
HUEBNER, Gustave T., Cpl — 40 Marlborough St., E. Gattonich, R. I.
HUFFMAN, Edgar G., Pfc — 250 Sherman St., Allegan, Mich.
HULSE, Fred E., S/Sgt — 123 W. Clark St., Champaign, Ill.
HUNSLEY, Elbert J., 1st Sgt — Rochester, Ill.
JEFFERS, Willard C., Pfc — Miller, Ohio.
KEEN, Harold R., T/5 — 5th Ave., Antgio, Wisc.
KRALICEK, Henry J., Pfc — General Delivery, Lovell, Okla.
KROEGER, Arnold, Sgt — RFD 2, Grand Island, Nebraska.
LA FLEUR, Clarence, Pfc — Box 77, Elton, La.
LARICK, Russel L., T/4 — 366 W. Bigelo St., Upper Sandusky, Ohio.
LAWSON, Oley E., S/Sgt — Roby, Ill.
Mac LEOD, Frederick L., Pvt — 16148 Wisconsin Ave., Detroit, Mich.
Mc DOWELL, Thomas A., Pfc — Oakland City, Indiana.
MEAD, Paul D., Cpl — Clarks Hill, Indiana.
MEYER, Raymond A., S/Sgt — Route 1, Stratford, Wis.
MILLER, Harry W., Pfc — 225 W. Devlin, Spring Valley, Ill.
MILLER, Raymond F., T/4 — RR 2, Cloverdale, Ohio.
MORITZ, Henry J., Sgt — 860 Balsam St., Rhinelander, Wis.
NEWBAUER, Albert W., Sgt — Route 4, Box 45, Kenosha, Wisconsin.
NOONAN, Harold L., T/5 — Shantsburg, New York.
OBSANO, Philip R., T/5 — 197 Wood Point Rd., Brooklyn, New York.
PASQUALUCCI, Albino A., T/5 — Montreal, Wis.
PATCHES, Arthur L., Pfc — c/o Jacob Shaok, Berkshire Heights, Penna.
PATRICK, John E., T/5 — 105 Lancaster St., Cohoes, New York.
PERRY, John A., T/4 — Box 125, Cayucos, Calif.
PETERSON, Arthur H., Pfc — 26850 Oriole Ave., Euclid, Ohio.
PETERSON, Elmer L., T/4 — RD 1, Rea, Penna.
PIERCE, Martin J., Sgt — 16102 Holmes Ave., Cleveland, Ohio.
POBRAN, Stanley, Pfc — Cohoes, New York.
PROWANT, Harold J., Sgt — RR 3, Continental, Ohio.
REHRIG, David E., Pfc — 325 Mahoning St., Lehighton, Penna.
SADDORIS, John R., Pfc — 108 S. Lyon, Urbana, Ill.
SANDER, William E., Pfc — 218 N. 6th St., Lehighton, Penna.
SATZKE, Gustav J., T/4 — Box 33, Lombard, Illinois.

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Name and Rank — Home Address

SCHAFER, Joe E., Pvt — 854 S. Ill. St., Springfield, Illinois.
SCHLITZER, Thomas F., Sgt — 5728 N. Howard St., Phila, Penna.
SCHROLL, David, Pfc — 171 St. Clair Street, Marion, Ohio.
SCOTT, Harry W., Pfc — Box 56, Hadley, Penna.
SCOTT, Russell A., Pfc — Otwell, Indiana.
SMITH, Frank J., T/5 — Box 62, Quecreek, Penna.
SMITH, Stanley R., S/Sgt — Wayne, Illinois.
SMITH, William R., Cpl — Hornor, W. Va.
SNYDER, Robert W., Cpl — Troy, Indiana.
STAUDINGER, Upton G., Sgt — 1172 Vine St., Denver, Colorado.
SUNDBECK, Elmer H., T/5 — 4301 Arthur St., Columbia Heights, Minn.
TAYLOR, Melvin H., Pfc — 1237 S. Chester Ave., Indianapolis, Ind.
THUNDERCLOUD, David, T/5 — Lyndon Station, Wis.
TINLEY, Howard D., Pfc — Fourth St., Radford, Virginia.
TUCKER, Jules H., Pfc — Tower Hill Rd., Wakefield, R. I.
TUZINSKI, John S., T/4 — 2138 Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, Illinois.
UTT, Willard L., Pvt — 16 W. 78th, Kansas City, Mo.
UMSTEAD, Andrew E., Cpl — 64 Straight Ave., Pgh. (10), Penna.
WHITEHOUSE, John K., Cpl — 154 Monore St., Dedham, Mass.
WILLMAN, Emil F., Sgt — RR 3, Three Rivers, Mich.
WINEBRENNER, Cletus L., T/5 — Gauley Bridge, W. Va.
WHITLEDGE, James T., T/5 — 917 2nd Ave., Evansville, Ind.
YATES, Lee, Pvt — Rt. 2, Dukedom, Tenn.

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F COMPANY 106 SQUADRON

KILLED IN ACTION

Name — Place and Date

T/5 Theodore Dobosz — Remilly sur Lozon, France, 26 July 44
T/5 Clarence L. Michael — Remilly sur Lozon, France, 26 July 44
T/4 Donald A. Speck — Crion, France, 9 Oct 44
Pvt Robert L. Dickinson — Goerlingen, France, 21 Nov 44
Sgt William E. Settles — Hirschland, France, 22 Nov 44
Sgt Kenneth H. Speakman — Remilly sur Lozon, France, 31 July 44
Pvt Carl L. Hiller — Metting, France, 24 Nov 44

AWARDS

Silver Star Medal —
Capt John S. Carruthers (Cluster)
2nd Lt Richard H. Stephens (Post)
1st Lt Cleo Highsmith
1st Lt Elmer C. Vunderink
Sgt Douglas D. Bales
T/5 Theodore Dobosz
S/Sgt Thomas J. Moloney
Sgt Joseph W. Antozy
Sgt Edward J. Gosselin

Bronze Star Medal —
1st Lt Elmer C. Vunderink
S/Sgt Tyree C. Jones
Sgt Arthur M. Faith
Pfc Roy E. Albers
Pfc William M. McCracken
Sgt Glennon O. Thomure
Sgt Richard A. McHugh
T/4 Paul M. Kirchner
T/5 John A. Walburn
Sgt Kenneth H. Morton
T/5 Francis B. Clark
T/4 Coral L. Owens
T/5 Richard B. Arnold
T/4 Orlando J. Rocco
S/Sgt Charles G. McCaffrey
T/4 John T. Gunsauley Jr.
T/4 William E. Robnett
T/4 James W. Parker
S/Sgt Bernard A. Kramer
1st Sgt William B. Lorch
T/Sgt William Motherway Jr. (Cluster)
T/4 John H. De Groot
Sgt Raymond A. Girard
T/4 Lynn M. Green
Sgt Arnold L. Giesler
T/4 Homer S. Suder
T/5 Kenneth D. Ashworth
T/5 Edward J. Labombard
T/4 Raymond J. Evans
Sgt John M. Nagle
T/5 J. C. Harris
T/4 Norman E. Moats
S/Sgt Lyle H. Pomeroy (Cluster)
Cpl Sheldon Herondorf
Sgt William E. Settles (Post)
Sgt John T. Dillon

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Purple Heart —
Sgt Raymond A. Girard
Sgt Edward J. Gosselin
T/4 Orlando J. Rocco
Pfc Roy E. Albers
Sgt Kenneth H. Morton
Sgt Glennon O. Thomure
Sgt Charles Ference
T/5 Cecil R. Maguire
Pfc Harold Bowling
Pfc Matthew S. Haas
Pfc Frank Sebastian
Pfc Ronald H. Stanford
T/5 Edward J. Labombard
T/4 Homer S. Suder (Cluster)
S/Sgt Lyle H. Pomeroy (Cluster)
T/5 Kenneth D. Ashworth
T/4 James W. Parker
T/4 Charles E. Overholser
Pvt Matthew W. French
Pvt Sam Gonzales (Cluster)
Pvt Harry Greenberg
Pvt Herbert M. Wotring
T/5 John A. Walburn (Cluster)
Sgt Arthur M. Faith (Cluster)

Croix de Guerre —
1st Lt Edward B. Baglan
T/5 Theodore Dobosz (Post)

KILLED IN ACTION

Name and Rank — Next of Kin and Address

DICKINSON, Robert L., Pfc — Mrs. Lillie Dickinson (Mother), Box 394, St Cloud, Fla.
DOBOSZ, Theodore, T/5 — Mrs. Josephine Dobosz, 269 Laurel St., Manchester, N. H.
HILLER, Carl L., Pvt — Mrs. Mae Hiller (Mother), Minneapolis, Minn.
MICHAEL, Clarence L., T/5 — Mrs. Bessie Hawkins (Aunt), RFD 1, Core, West Virginia.
SETTLES, William E., Sgt — Mrs. Myrtle M. Settles (Mother), Greenview, Illinois.
SPECK, Donald A., T/4 — Mrs. Mary E. Speck (Mother), Gothenburg, Nebraska.
SPEAKMAN, Kenneth H., Sgt — Mrs. Elizabeth Speakman (Mother), 18 Grand Street, Court, Worcester, Mass.

Name and Rank — Home Address

ADAMS, Earl J., Pfc — 458 N. John St., Frankfort, Ind.
AIKMAN, Lewis J., T/4 — 1190 Woodland Ave., Warren, Ohio.
ALBERS, Roy E., Pfc — 1437 Linden Street, Indianapolis, Ind.
ANGWIN, John R., Pvt — 2512 So. Lowell Ave., Springfield, Ill.
ANTOZY, Joseph W., Sgt — 3828 E. 140th Street, Cleveland, Ohio.
ARNOLD, Richard R., T/5 — 404 E. 10th Street, Cheyenne, Wyoming.

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Name and Rank — Home Address

ASHWORTH, Kenneth D., T/5 — 506 Pearl Street, Mt. Vernon, Indiana.
BEAR, Guy W., Pfc — 536 Day Street, Ravenna, Ohio.
BALES, Douglas D., Sgt — Eminence, Missouri.
BEARD, Harold E., T/5 — Sidney, Illinois.
BEARDEN, Charlie M., T/4 — Rt 3, Cooper, Texas.
BELL, Arlin, Pfc — Trousdale, Kansas.
BISHOP, Cyril G., Pfc — Middleburg, Ohio.
BLAKESLEE, Daniel L., Pvt — 29 W. Union Street, Wilkes Barre, Pa.
BOSWELL, John D. Jr., Pfc — 216 W. 3rd Street, Cumberland, Maryland.
BOWLING, Arnold, Cpl — 1343 Goodman Ave., Hamilton, Ohio.
BOWLING, Harold, Pfc — 261 Webster, Hamilton, Ohio.
BROOKS, Lloyd G., Pfc — 5 Railroad Street, Pendleton, South Carolina.
BRYANT, Leonard L., Pfc — Box 243, Ralston, Okla.
BURCH, Paul E., Pfc — 241 7th Ave. N., Fort Dodge, Iowa.
CAGLE, Calvin G., Pfc — Rt 1, Taylors, S. C.
CLARK, Francis B., T/5 — RD 1, Bristol, Pa.
CLARK, Vernon E., Sgt — Rt 4, Chandler, Okla.
DARCY, Bernard J., T/5 — 668 Courtland Ave., Bronx, New York.
DE GROOT, John H., T/4 — 102 S. Willow Street, Faribault, Minn.
De SHONG, Glen H., Pfc — 2503 1-2 S. Meridon Street, Anderson, Ind.
DILLON, John T., Sgt — 1500 S. Stanley Street, Philadelphia, Penna.
DRAKE, David L., Pfc — 7591 Cinti-W-Union Rd., Cincinnati, Ohio.
DUBICKI, Steve A., Pvt — 4676 Campbell Street, Detroit, Michigan.
DUELL, Gerald E., T/5 — Brant Lake, New York.
EINERT, Richard, Pfc — 1919 Mohawk St., Chicago, Illinois.
EVANS, Raymond J., T/4 — Rt 1, Neenah, Wisconsin.
FACTOR, Jack, T/5 — 3001 W. 29th Street, Brooklyn, New York.
FAITH, Arthur M., Sgt — 3019 Garfield Drive, Rockford, Illinois.
FREDBACK, Harry E., Pfc — 827 E. 82nd Street, Seattle, Washington.
FERENCE, Charles, Sgt — 72 Stutler Street, Central City, Penna.
FRENCH, Alton H., T/5 — Bolton Landing, N. Y.
FRENCH, Matthew W., Pvt — Tilden, Illinois.
FASIG, Harold W., T/5 — 1432 Home Ave., Akron, Ohio.
GASIOWOWSKI, Charles A., T/4 — 622 Oceans Ave., Jersey City, New Jersey.
GEARHEART, Rex, T/5 — Georges Creek, Ky.
GIESLER, Arnold L., Sgt — RR 4, Jasper, Ind.
GIRARD, Raymond A., Sgt — 42 Cascade Street, Fitchburg, Mass.
GONZALES, Sam., Pvt — 512 1st Street, Durango, Colo.
GOSSELIN, Edward J., Sgt — 946 Main Street, Clinton, Mass.
GREEN, Lynn M., T/4 — Arcola, Illinois.
GREENBERG, Harry, Pvt — 17 W. Mosholu Pkwy, Bronx, New York.
GRESHAM, Timothy H., Pfc — 187 Gibson Street, SE, Atlanta, Ga.
GRIGGS, John L., Pvt — 3009 Preston Street, Houston, Texas.
GUNSAULEY, John T. Jr., T/4 — Lynchburg, Ohio.
GRONAU, Gunther H., T/5 — 2397 E. Main Street, Bridgeport, Conn.

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Name and Rank — Home Address

HAAS, Matthew S., Pfc — 1469 So. 81st St., West Allis, Wisconsin.
HAMETT, Roy, T/5 — 1907 Pennsylvania Ave., New Castle, Penna.
HARDY, Weston G., T/5 — 1343 W. 6th South, Provo, Utah.
HARRIS, J. C., T/5 — Pleasant View, Tenn.
HERONDORF, Sheldon, Cpl — 863 West 35th St., Norfolk, Virginia.
HOLM, Harry H., Pvt — 5517 Edmunds Street, Chicago, Illinois.
HONEYCUTT, Willard L., T/5 — 2420 Lee Ave., Ft Worth, Texas.
IOHI, Anthony B., Sgt — 655 Hawthorne Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio.
JONES, Tyree C., S/Sgt — R 3, Clarksville, Tenn.
JUSTICE, Woods, Cpl — Box 13, Kingsford Hts, Ind.
KIRCHNER, Paul M., T/4 — 713 Dewey Ave., East Liverpool, Ohio.
KNOX, Leland L., Pvt — 310 E. Adams Street, Springfield, Ill.
KOZAK, John J., Pfc — 2349 N. Lister Ave., Chicago, Illinois.
KRAMER, Bernard A., S/Sgt — Stuart, Nebraska.
LABOMBARD, Edward J., T/5 — 77 Central Terrace, Cohoes, New York.
LORCH, William B., 1st Sgt — 4838 N. Port Washington Rd., Milwaukee, Wisc.
MAGUIRE, Cecil R., T/5 — 708 West Elm St., Urbana, Ill.
MASER, Albert J., Pfc — R. 619 Coleman Ave., Johnstown, Penna.
MARANCHICK, Joseph, T/4 — 434 Simpson Street, Dupont, Penna.
Mc CAFFREY, Charles G., S/Sgt — Petersburg, Illinois.
Mc CRACKEN, William M., Pfc — 1306 North Jefferson St., Litchfield, Ill.
Mc HARGUE, Jesse C., Pfc — RT 1, Box 73 B, Corbin, Ky.
Mc GUIRE, Raymond J., Pvt — 5459 N. Long Ave., Chicago, Illinois.
Mc HUGH, Richard A., Sgt — 4224 Cherry Street, Cincinnati, Ohio.
MIKULA, John, Pfc — 420 Delaware Ave., Monessen, Pa.
MILLER, Robert L., Pfc — 116 E. South St., Dwight, Illinois.
MOATS, Norman E., T/4 — 231 N. Conococheague St., Williamsport, Md.
MOLONEY, Thomas J., S/Sgt — 6072 Neva Ave., Chicago, Ill.
MORTON, Kenneth H., Sgt — Cissna Park, Illinois.
MOTHERWAY, William Jr., T/Sgt — 115 West Franklin, Urbana, Illinois.
NAGLE, John M., Sgt — 1814 Hudson Blvd, Union City, New Jersey.
NICHOLS, James A., Pfc — Lizemore, West Va.
OVERHOLSER, Charles E., T/4 — RR 6, Box 354 D, Dayton, O.
OVERMILLER, Reynolds H., T/5 — RR 3, York, Penna.
OWENS, Coral L., T/4 — 3563 28th Street, San Diego, Calif.
PAGE, Frank W., Pfc — 501 W. 13th Street, Wilmington, Del.
PARKER, James W., T/4 — 203 West Oak Street, Ovid, Michigan.
PETERSON, Louis E., Pvt — Rt 1, Bayfield, Wisc.
PICHON, Freeland R., Pfc — 721 Commercial St., Danville, Illinois.
POMEROY, Lyle H., S/Sgt — 349 Blue Ridge Ave., Front Royal, Virg.
PONDER, Denzil C., Pvt — 3035 Franklin Blvd, Chicago, Illinois.

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Name and Rank — Home Address

RAYBURN, Alton E., Pfc — 40 SE 30th, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
RIDDLE, Linwood L., Pfc — 520 North Shore Road, Norfolk, Virginia.
RIGGIO, Raymond J., Pvt — 618 N. Commonwealth Ave., Los Angeles, Calif.
ROCCO, Orlando J., T/4 — 6744 S. Bell Ave., Chicago, Illinois.
ROMANIK, John, Pfc — 160 Lincoln Ave., Cementon, Penna.
SCHREIB, Floyd C., Pfc — 554 Glide Street, Rochester, New York.
SCHWARTZ, Edwin B., Pfc — 20 Overlook Ave., Paterson, New Jersey.
SCROGGS, Ralph N., Pfc — Idaville, Indiana.
SCURRY, James W., Pvt — Rt 1, Saluda, S. C.
SEBASTIAN, Frank, Pfc — Canoe, Kentucky.
SIMONSON, Donald J., T/5 — 517 Stafford Ave., Scranton, Penna.
SINCLAIR, Dwight D., Pfc — 11 Boardman Street, Milltown, Maine.
SHEEHAN, Robert V., Pfc — 1002 N. 13th Street, Manitowoc, Wisconsin.
SMITH, Homer D., T/4 — Hatfield, Arkansas.
SMITH, William B., Pfc — 3755 E. Jefferson Ave., Detroit, Michigan.
STANFORD, Ronald H., Pfc — Rt 4, Cambridge Springs, Pa.
STEWART, Charles W., Pfc — RD 1, Homer City, Penna.
STINSON, Bob, Cpl — RR 2, Anderson, Indiana.
STURGEON, Charles W., Pfc — Rt 1, Flatrock, Indiana.
SUDER, Homer S., T/4 — New Buena Vista, Penna.
TANTON, George W., Pfc — 225 Terace Ave., Jersey City, N. J.
TOYER, Gordon A., Pfc — 5322 Landsdowne Ave., Philadelphia, Penna.
THOMURE, Glennon O., Sgt — Barnhart, Missouri.
TILLERAAS, Clayton G., T/4 — Rt 4, Gary, Minn.
UPHOLD, James F., Pfc — Bruceton Mills, West Va.
WALBURN, John A., T/5 — Box 99, Sidney, Mont.
WALKER, Charlie E. Jr., Pfc — Milburn, West Va.
WALKER, Horace L. Jr., Pfc — Rt 2, Randleman, N. C.
WELLS, Joseph M., Sgt — 39 Commonwealth Ave., Dedham, Mass.
WHEELER, Carlton, Pfc — Rt 1, Box 366, Yucaipa, California.
WILHELM, Donald E., T/5 — 3121 Home Ave., Dayton, Ohio.
WINDHAM, Joseph W., Pfc — Rt 1, Fremont, N. C.
WOTRING, Herbert M., Pvt — Orefield, Penna.
WRIGHT, Robert E., T/5 — 20529 McArthur, Red Twp, Detroit, Michigan.
YOUNGQUIST, Bernard F., Pvt — 2715 Clinton Ave. So., Minneapolis, Minn.

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HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS AND SERVICE TROOP, 106 SQUADRON

KILLED IN ACTION

Name — Place and Date

Lt Col Francis M. Oliver Jr. — 9 Aug 44
T/5 John B. Pool — Les Champs de Losque, France, 25 July 44
Pfc Christy Snyder — St. Anne, France, 15 Aug 44
Pvt Harold W. Gruver — St. Anne, France, 15 Aug 44
1st Sgt Herschel Mullins — Hetzelsdorf, Germany, 15 Apr 45
Pfc James N. Walker

AWARDS

Croix de Guerre —
WOJG Karl J. Smith
T/Sgt Lester M. Larson
T/Sgt Gerald F. Corrigan

Silver Star Medal —
Lt Col Francis M. Oliver Jr. (Post)
Maj James J. Cleary

Bronze Star Medal —
Lt Col Kelton L. Davis
Maj James J. Cleary
Maj Edwin A. Cavanagh
Capt William R. Yarrington
Capt Edwin T. Arnold
Capt Don W. Eggers
1st Lt Albert V. Bensen III
1st Lt Lloyd F. Bursek
1st Sgt Herschel Mullins
Sgt George A. Buckles
M/Sgt Cecil Kiest
T/5 Angelo Marraili
T/Sgt William L. Smith Sr.
T/4 Guy J. Baldasaro
T/5 John R. White
S/Sgt Wilfred D. Cote
T/4 John Lucas
T/5 Dale M. Clark
S/Sgt Keith A. Schoch
T/4 Darrell M. Shirley
Pfc Christy Snyder
S/Sgt Jack Crays
T/5 Walter Rusie
T/4 Leonard L. Fillmer
Sgt Eddie F. Weller
T/Sgt Frank J. English
Sgt Edward C. Burgnon
T/4 John E. Follis
T/4 James L. Gray
Sgt Burl J. Rentz
T/5 Archie S. Seger
T/4 Louis E. Carle
T/4 Herbert E. Katz
T/Sgt George A. Tindira
T/5 Stanley Wawrynovic

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Purple Heart —
Lt Col Francis M. Oliver Jr. (Post)
Capt Daniel Gans
Pfc Christy Snyder
Pvt Harold W. Gruver
1st Sgt Herschel Mullins
Pfc James N. Walker
T/5 Samuel M. Cariddi
Pfc William V. McIntyre
T/Sgt Gerald F. Corrigan
T/4 Roy C. Wrench
T/5 Andrew J. Chizmadia
Pfc Dale K. Cross
M/Sgt James M. Hall
T/5 James C. Burgess
Pfc Herbert Long
T/5 John R. Pool
T/5 Harald W. Springer
T/5 James H. Curran
T/5 Robert L. Morgan
Pfc William M. Magness

Croix de Guerre —
Lt Col Francis M. Oliver Jr.
Maj Edwin A. Cavanagh
Maj John K. Winkler

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OFFICERS IN SQUADRON

KILLED IN ACTION

Name and Rank — Next of Kin and Address

BARTER, Gilbert F., 2nd Lt — Unknown.
BROWN, Edward D., 1st Lt — Cleveland, Ohio.
CRABTREE, Paul B., 1st Lt — Mrs. Thyrza V. Crabtree (Wife), Box 509, Winchester, Tenn.
FARRELL, Allen G., 2nd Lt — Mrs. Mary L. Farrell (Wife), 323 Aberdeen Street, Rochester, New York.
KRUEGER, Leroy P., 1st Lt — Unknown.
Mc DONNELL, Myles J., 1st Lt — Mrs. Nora McDonnell (Mother), 5704a St. Louis Ave., St. Louis, Missouri.
MAHLSTEDT, Frank T., 2nd Lt — Mrs. Irene S. Mahlstedt (Wife), 1437 Clifton St., NW, Washington, D. C.
O'DAY, Emmett P., 2nd Lt — Mrs. Mary C. O'Day (Mother), 1021 11th St. North, Fargo, N. Dakota.
OLIVER, Francis M., Lt Col — Mrs. Corinne S. Oliver (Wife), 104 E. 34th St., Savannah, Georgia.
OLINGER, James T., 2nd Lt — Unknown.
ROMAN, Theodore, 2nd Lt — Unknown.
RYAN, Michael R., 2nd Lt — Mrs. Jane Ryan (Mother), Jerome, Pennsylvania.
SIEGEL, Rudolf L., 2nd Lt — Unknown.
SPEED, Arch C., Capt — Cleveland, Ohio.
STEPHENS, Richard H., 2nd Lt — Mrs. Helen B. Stephens (Wife), 704 South Grove St., Urbana, Illinois.

OFFICERS' ADDRESSES

Name and Rank — Home Address

ABBOTT, Luther A., 1st Lt — 2531 N. Park Blvd., Cleveland, Ohio.
ARNOLD, Edwin T., Capt — 111 Delaware Ave., Park Manor Apartment, Norfolk, Virginia.
ASAY, Edward O., 2nd Lt — Box 7, Lovell, Wyoming.
BACKOFEN, Henry A. Jr., Capt — 8632 137th Street, Jamaica, New York.
BAGIAN, Edward B., 1st Lt — 671 Westlawn Street, Louisville, Kentucky.
BENSEN, Albert V. III, 1st Lt — Church Hill, New Canaan, Conn.
BERLOVE, Donald L., 1st Lt — 1211 Park Ave., Rochester, New York.
BLACKIE, William E., 1st Lt — 25 Capra Way, Kentfield, California.
BOUCHARD, Henry U., 1st Lt — 9 Malby Ave., Massena, New York.

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Name and Rank — Home Address

BRADY, John F., Capt — 2012 Morris Ave., New York, New York.
BULAVA, Edward J., WOJG — 4905 Northwest Highway, Chicago, Illinois.
BURSEK, Lloyd F., 1st Lt — 1111 North 16th Street, Manitowoc, Wis.
CARLTON, Walter S., 2nd Lt — 133 Morgan Street, Suffolk, Virginia.
CARRUTHERS, John S., Capt — 1047 Lakeview Road, Cleveland, Ohio.
CLARK, John C., Capt — 816 Mississippi Ave., Chattonooga, Tenn.
CLEARY, James J., Major — 1054 West Garfield Blvd., Chicago, Ill.
CLEMENTS, Charles B. Jr., 1st Lt — 918 Main Street, Danville, Virginia.
COOLIDGE, Thomas T., Capt — 15 Intervale Road, Nahant, Massachusetts.
CORRIDAN, James V., 2nd Lt — 1608 South 12th St., Lawrenceville, Ill.
DAHLMAN, Orrin J., 1st Lt — Washington Street, Stoughton, Wisconsin.
DAVIES, Stanley J., 1st Lt — Box 4, Route 202, Tuscon, Arizona.
DRENNON, Cletus, 1st Lt — 1403 North Main Street, Benton, Illinois.
EGGERS, Don W., Capt — 513 Scenic Ave., Lockland, Ohio.
ENGLE, Donald F., 1st Lt — 5217 North 6th Street, Omaha, Nebraska.
FACEMEYER, Leroy W., 1st Lt — Bridgeton, New Jersey.
GANS, Daniel, Capt — 2208 Bennett Ave., Evanston, Illinois.
GRAVES, Garold A., 1st Lt — 9324 Carbon Street, Belleville, Illinois.
GREEN, Milton M., Capt — 63 Armandine Street, Dorchester, Mass.
HARDAWAY, Benjamin H. III, Capt — Unknown.
HARPER, Wilmer E., 1st Lt — Buckeye, Arizona.
HEMENS, Leslie J., 1st Lt — 8 Glen Ave., Sidney, New York.
HIGHSMITH, Cleo, 1st Lt — Route 3, Douglas, Georgia.
La BISSONIERE, Joseph J., 1st Lt — 916 Edwards Ave., West Houghton, Mich.
LAMMLE, Ralph A., 1st Lt — 195 West 15th Street, Chicago Heights, Ill.
LAUGHLIN, Phillip H., 1st Lt — 17 East Braddock Road, Alexandria, Virginia.
Mc MORROW, Philip Jr., 1st Lt — 6 Keswick Street, Boston, Massachusetts.
Mc NALLY, Carl R. Jr., 2nd Lt — 512 North Pennsylvania St., Roswell, N. Mex.
MEYER, Louis J., 2nd Lt — RR 1, Box 55, Ferdinand, Indiana.
MYERS, Omar E., 1st Lt — 241 Orange Grove St., Fillmore, California.
MYSAK, Frank C., 1st Lt — 8728 17th Ave., New York, New York.
NORWOOD, Leonard L. Jr., 1st Lt — Carrollton, Alabama.
PARDUE, Cleveland H., Capt — Vivian, Louisiana.
PARK, Norman B., Capt — Rushville, Missouri.
PECKHAM, Vassar C., 2nd Lt — Caprock, New Mexico.
PEGUES, Samuel S., Capt — Crystal City, Texas.
RICHARDS, Earl K., 2nd Lt — 818 Eastwood Ave., Chicago, Illinois.
ROCHESTER, William L. Jr., 1st Lt — 91—30 Van Wyck Blvd., Jamaica, New York.
SAMMONS, John F., 1st Lt — Watkinsville, Georgia.

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Name and Rank — Home Address

SANDERS, Raymond E., 1st Lt — 1368 East 47th Place, Chicago, Illinois.
SCHMITT, Paul J., 2nd Lt — Station Hospital, Camp Maxey, Texas.
SECONDARI, Hermes A. G., 1st Lt — 1148 Fifth Avenue, New York City.
SEIDENSTEIN, Howard R., Capt — Hotel Bradford, 210 West 70th St., N. Y., N. Y.
SHANKMAN, Robert A., 1st Lt — 447 River St., New Bedford, Massachusetts.
SMILEY, Paul E., Capt — 2074 Belmont Ave., Indianapolis, Ind.
SMITH, Karl J., WOJG — 1207 West University St., Urbana, Ill.
SPRINGFIELD, Lee S., WOJG — 1210 East 53rd Street, Chicago, Ill.
STRANGE, Charles R., 2nd Lt — RR 4, Clinton, Illinois.
TISTHAMMER, Marvin D., Capt — RR 2, Torrington, Wyoming.
THOELKE, King E., 1st Lt — White, South Dakota.
VUNDERINK, Elmer C., 1st Lt — RR 2, Spencer, Ohio.
WALINSKI, Carl, 2nd Lt — 6530 South Bishop Street, Chicago, Ill.
WELLER, Francis N., Capt — Staplehurst, Nebraska.
WINKLER, John K., Major — 956 North Lockwood Street, Chicago, Ill.

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HEADQUARTERS AND SERVICE TROOP

KILLED IN ACTION

Name — Home Address

GRUVER, Harold W., Pfc — 502 S. Star St., El Dorado, Kansas.
MULLINS, Herschel — 407 Stewart St., Rossville, Ill.
POOL, John R., T/5 — Navasota, Texas.
SNYDER, Christy, Pfc — 1717 Manchester St., Middletown, Ohio.
WALKER, James N., Pfc — Griffin, Ind.

Name — Home Address

AKER, Lyle P., Pvt — 587 Washington St., Baignton, Mass.
ALDRICH, Meredith C., T/4 — Route 2, Auora St., Lancaster, New York.
ALEE, Harry W., Pfc — 441 E. Montealm, Pontiac, Mich.
ALLEN, Elmer C., Pfc — R. R. 2, West Baden, Indiana.
AMAN, Raymond J., T/5 — 4449 N. Monitor Ave., Chicago, Ill.
ANTONY, Edwin H., T/5 — 3119 Clinton Ave., Minneapolis, Minn.
ARNIERI, Nick P., Pvt — 526 N. Albany Ave., Chicago, Ill.
BAKER, Henry B. Jr., T/5 — Woodmoot Road, W. Conshohocken, Penna.
BALDASARO, Guy J., T/4 — 5 East St., No. Walpole, N. H.
BARNES, Clarence E., T/4 — 210 E. Adams, Villa Grove, Illinois.
BARTHOLOMAS, George W., Pfc — No. 11th St., Milwaukee, Wis.
BOLTON, Nolan E., T/5 — Route 1, Newburgh, Indiana.
BRENNAN, James J., Sgt — 1130 E. 32nd St., Savannah, Ga.
BRINKLEY, Victor R., Pfc — 814 N. Second St., Nashville, Tenn.
BRUNO, James, Pfc — 134 W. 26th St., Chicago Heights, Ill.
BRYANT, James R., S/Sgt — Pineville, La.
BURGNON, Edward C., Sgt — 141 W. 7th St., Erie, Penna.
BUCKLES, George A., Sgt — 212 S. Poplar St., Urbana, Ill.
BURGESS, James C., T/5 — Route 5, Ellijay, Ga.
BURR, Ernest E., T/5 — Greig, New York.
CARLE, Louis E., T/4 — 1204 E. Mansfield St., Bucyrus, Ohio.
CARMICHAEL, Jesse T., Pfc — Seward, Penna.
CARIDDI, Samuel M., T/5 — 9 Warren St., Hackensack, N. J.
CHADWELL, James S., Pfc — Girdler, Ky.
CHALEFF, Louis W., T/5 — 1017 Ave. K, Brooklyn, N. Y.
CHANLEY, Charles K., T/5 — Fredonia, Ind.
CHESTER, Donald V., Pfc — Route 4, Box 1724, Stockton, Calif.
CHIZMADIA, Andrew J., T/5 — 117 Louis St., New Brunswick, N. J.
CLARK, Dale M., T/5 — 1201 N. Champaign St., Champaign, Ill.

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Name and Rank — Home Address

CORRIGAN, Gerald F., T/Sgt — 608 N. 7th Street, Great Falls, Mont.
COTE, Wilfred D., S/Sgt — Morrisville, Vt.
CRAYS, Jack, S/Sgt — 417 W. Main St., Urbana, Ill.
CROSS, Dale K., Pfc — Morning View, Ky.
CROWDER, Richard H., T/5 — 2201 Geahler Ave., Overland, Mo.
CURRAN, James H., T/5 — 6 Avon St., Stoneham, Mass.
DAWKINS, Lyle F., T/4 — Mahomet, Ill.
DEATON, Willis J., Pfc — Route 1, Box 108, Seagrove, N. C.
DUCHLER, Edward H., T/5 — 2227 Washington Blvd, Baltimore, Md.
DIEL, Virgil, Pfc — 623 N. 4th St., Paducah, Ky.
DOUGLASS, Ronald V., T/4 — 600 St. Clair Street, Latrobe, Penna.
DUGHETTI, John S., T/5 — 11552 S. State St., Chicago, Ill.
EDDLEMAN, Jasper A., Pfc — Route 3, Dongola, Illinois.
ENGLISH, John P., T/Sgt — 905 W. Dakin St., Chicago, Ill.
FELTY, Everett G., Pfc — 812 Rosslynn Road, Houston, Texas.
FILLMER, Leonard L., T/4 — 1804 34th St., Moline, Ill.
FOLLIS, John E., T/4 — 348 S. Hamilton Ave., Indianapolis, Ind.
FORNEY, Lloyd G., Pvt — R. R. 1, Leiopic, Ohio.
GIANNAKIS, James, Pfc — 1101 S. Racine St., Chicago, Ill.
GRAY, James L., T/4 — Route 2, New Lebanon, Ohio.
GRATZ, Michael F., S/Sgt — 226 Reese St., Scranton, Penna.
GUIGNET, Eugene G. Jr., T/5 — 208 Oakland Ave., Punxsutawney, Penna.
HALL, James M., M/Sgt — 418 E. Sheridan Road, Petersburg, Ill.
HARRINGTON, Edmund F., Sgt — 19 Queensberry St., Boston, Mass.
HARVEY, Alvin R., T/5 — Route 6, Box 32, Fresno, Calif.
HAYNES, Edward J., Pfc — 4053 N. Long Ave., Chicago, Ill.
HECHT, Samuel J., T/5 — 6701 Rutland St., Philadelphia, Penna.
HESS, Edward T., T/4 — 606 W. Elm St., Urbana, Ill.
HINRICHS, Russell D., Sgt — Greenview, Illinois.
ISOM, Spencer P., T/4 — Route 1, Clifton, Va.
JOHNSON, Kenneth W., T/4 — Route 2, Bethel, Ohio.
KATZ, Herbert E., T/4 — 10523 Gooding St., Cleveland, Ohio.
KIEST, Cecil, M/Sgt — Homer, Illinois.
KOZEL, Jerry, T/4 — 1824 S. Ashland Ave., Chicago, Ill.
KOLODY, John J., T/5 — 1716 W. Gowen St., Shamokin, Penna.
KUHBANDER, Edward B., Pfc — 1053 W. Main St., Ottawa, Ohio.
LARSON, Lester H., T/Sgt — 549 Aldine Ave., Chicago, Illinois.
LASH, Robert H., T/5 — 1526 S. Springfield St., Chicago, Ill.
LEVITSKY, Joe, T/4 — 628 20th St., Huntington, W. Va.
LONG, Herbert, Pfc — Route 1, Girard, Ga.
LUCAS, John, T/4 — 926 Elizabeth Street, Utica, New York.
MAGNESS, William M., Pfc — 215 Lowell St., Vandergrift, Penna.
MAHAR, William L., Pfc — 502 Abbott Road, Buffalo, N. Y.
MALINA, Leonard L., Pfc — 6807 Sheridan Road, Chicago, Ill.
MARRALI, Angelo, T/5 — 3750 E. 142nd St., Cleveland, Ohio.

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Name and Rank — Home Address

MAYNARD, William B., Pfc — Newtown Lane E. Hampton, Long Island, N. Y.
Mc INTYRE, William V., Pfc — Hettinger, N. Dakota.
Mc LEAN, Frank H. Jr., T/5 — 10 Clarence Street, Everett, Mass.
Mc MANUS, William F., Pvt — 331 Newport Ave., Rumford, R. I.
MEEKS, Jack W., T/5 — 700 E. Blackford Ave., Evansville, Ind.
MILES, Herbert L. Jr., T/4 — Groveton, N. H.
MORGAN, Robert L., T/5 — 1320 Ash St., Keokuk, Iowa.
MOODY, Jerry G., T/5 — 933 W. Olney Road, Norfolk, Va.
MOTZ, Stanley M., T/5 — 2112 W. 21st Place, Chicago, Ill.
NITZKE, Elmer H., T/Sgt — 822 Kellog St., Greenbay, Wis.
OETGEN, Harold E., T/4 — 509 N. Willis St., Champaign, Ill.
OHR, Woodrow H., T/5 — 302 1-2 E. Main St., Urbana, Ill.
OTTO, Merrill L., T/5 — Route 2, Storm Lake, Iowa.
OTERI, James V., T/5 — 49 Hull St., Belmont, Mass.
PATRICK, John L., Pvt — Lykins, Ky.
PENN, Joel, T/4 — Loda, Illinois.
PHEANIS, Robert P., T/5 — R. R. 2, Camden, Ohio.
PIERCE, Robert L., 1st Sgt — 106 N. Cottage Grove, Urbana, Ill.
POLLARD, Charles E., T/4 — 147 Washington St., Woburn, Mass.
PRUETT, Herbert M., T/5 — 709 N. Niel St., Champaign, Ill.
RAMSKI, Frank J., T/Sgt — 5112 S. Marshfield, Chicago, Ill.
RENTZ, Burl J., Sgt — Box 38, Malinta, Ohio.
RETZOLK, Frederick M., T/5 — 107 1-2 N. Webber St., Urbana, Ill.
ROBERTS, Robert J., T/4 — 1824 N. Springfield, Chicago, Ill.
RUSIE, Walter L., T/5 — 232 Bicking St., Indianapolis, Ind.
RYCHNOSKY, Anton J. Jr., Pfc — 2694 S. 30th St., Omaha, Nebraska.
SAMS, Alvin M., S/Sgt — 8 Jackson St., Lebanon, Ohio.
SCHOCH, Keith A., S/Sgt — 507 W. Illinois, Urbana, Illinois.
SHERRIFF, John P., T/4 — 49 Norfolk St., Roxbury, Mass.
SHIRLEY, Darrell M., T/4 — Route 4, Leabonon, Ind.
SEGER, Archie S., T/5 — 428 N. 7th Ave., Sterling, Colo.
SHIELDS, Paul H., T/5 — 510 Clay St., Litchfield, Ill.
SHIELDS, Robert J., T/5 — 16 Chelsea Ave., Newark, N. J.
SIKORSKI, Frank R., T/5 — Okawville, Ill.
SKUFCA, John F., T/5 — 16405 Miles Ave., Cleveland, Ohio.
SMITH, David, T/5 — 357 E. 3rd St., Cincinnati, Ohio.
SMITH, Roy R., T/5 — R. D. Portland, Ohio.
SMITH, William L. Sr., T/Sgt — Union, Ky.
SPRINGER, Harold W., T/5 — 820 N. 9th St., Springfield, Ill.
STEWART, Arthur R., T/5 — R. R. 3, Ponca City, Okla.
STAHL, Arthur J., T/5 — 2654 N. Kenneth St., Chicago, Ill.
STREUBING, Norman F., Pfc — 1815 E. Belleview Pl., Milwaukee, Wis.
SWINK, Harry Jr., Pfc — 5400 W. Third St., Dayton, Ohio.
TACKETT, Harlen B., Pfc — Bangor, Ky.
THOMPSON, Thomas, Sgt — 3552 N. Kildare Ave., Chicago, Ill.
THOMAS, James R., T/5 — 4719 Burnet Ave., Van Nuys, Calif.

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Name and Rank — Home Address

THOMPSON, Robert W., S/Sgt — 2907 Ruby St., Franklin Park, Ill.
TINDIRA, George A., T/Sgt — 2238 S. Jefferson Ave., St. Louis, Mo.
TROMBA, Mario P., T/5 — 907 Rondel Road, Cleveland, Ohio.
TRUMAN, Leslie F., T/5 — 130 Sterry St., Pawtucket, R. I.
VALL, Russell S., T/5 — R. R. 2, Oxford, Ohio.
VARLEY, Frank W., Cpl — Gen Del., Whitesboro, Texas.
WALSH, John F., Pvt — Youngstown, Ohio.
WAWRYNOVIC, Stanley J., T/5 — RD 1, Box 322, Osceola Mills, Pa.
WEAVER, Russel W., Pfc — Fairfield, Ill.
WELLER, Eddie F., Sgt — RFD 1, Box 170, Owensville, Missouri.
WELLS, Durward, T/4 — Greear, Ky.
WENTWORTH, Edward P., T/5 — 170 Bartlett Ave., Edgewood, R. I.
WHITAKER, Guy C., Pvt — Detroit, Me.
WHITE, John R., T/5 — Route 1, West Union, Ill.
WILCZYNSKI, Adam S., S/Sgt — 1107 Sacramento Blvd., Chicago, Ill.
WOODCOX, Wilbur L., T/5 — 127 S. Oak St., Kendallville, Ind.
WRENCH, Roy C., T/4 — 407 N. Third St., Champaign, Ill.
YERGER, Wilson S. Jr., Pfc — 7312 Elbow Lane, Mt Airy, Philadelphia, Penna.

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MEDICAL DETACHMENT, 106 SQUADRON

AWARDS

Bronze Star Medal —
T/4 Donald A. Rogers

Purple Heart —
T/5 Norvie A. Jones (Cluster)
T/5 Martin Oritz (Cluster)
T/5 John C. Vaught

Name and Rank — Home Address

CROOKS, Oliver J., Pvt — Alum Creek, W. Virginia.
GITZEN, Harold C., S/Sgt — General Delivery, Rankin, Illinois.
HEIL, Donald P., T/5 — 708 S. 2nd St., Mankato, Minnesota.
HENSEL, Edward O., Cpl — Route 1, Cameron, Wisconsin.
HINES, Hugh M., T/4 — Woodbury, Ky.
HODGE, James C., Pvt — Griffithsville, W. Va.
HOWARD, Wayne A., Pfc — RFD 1, Sandborn, Indiana.
JAYNES, Donald, Pfc — Nemacolin, Penna.
JONES, Norvie A., T/5 — 307—29th St. N., News Va.
KOLAKOWSKY, Teofil, Pvt — 1632 Woodmont Ave., Arnold, Penna.
LAURER, Joseph F., Pfc — 804 June St., Fremont, Ohio.
MAPLE, Edgar C., Pvt — RFD 3, Kent, Ohio.
Mc DONALD, Raymond, Pfc — 204 E. Mechanic St., Shelbyville, Indiana.
Mc QUILLAN, Raymond E., T/5 — 41 N. Forest Ave., Youngstown, Ohio.
MEEHAN, Donald L., Pvt — 3212-8th St., Rockford, Illinois.
NADOLNY, Sidney Z., T/5 — 21 Vera Ave., Cheektowaga, New York.
NEAL, Franklyn H., T/3 — 1349 Yates St., Toledo, Ohio.
ORTIZ, Martin, Tec 5 — Box 971, Edingburg, Texas.
ROGERS, Donald A., T/4 — 1501 W. Main St., Blytheville, Arkansas.
SINDELAR, Leslie A., Pvt — RR 1, Ord, Nebraska.
VAUGHT, John C., T/5 — Kopperstore, W. Va.
WHEELER, Eugene L., Pvt — 1327 N. 5th St., Springfield, Illinois.
WILKERSON, Charles E., T/5 — Mount Pulaski, Illinois.

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A TROOP, 121 SQUADRON

KILLED IN ACTION

Name — Place and Date

Pfc Louie J. Boucher — Le Hat d'y, France, 27 July 44
Pvt Donald E. Brooks — Liffre, France, 2 Aug 44
T/5 John W. Corley — Vallon-sur-Gee, France, 7 Aug 44
T/4 Edward J. Panassewicz — Tuffe, France, 10 Aug 44
T/5 Alex A. Bary — Tuffe, France, 10 Aug 44
Pvt Harley Hornsby — Tuffe, France, 10 Aug 44
Pfc Harold F. Parrish — Tuffe, France, 10 Aug 44
Pfc Horace E. Harrison — Pervencheres, France, 12 Aug 44
T/4 Jack W. Hansen — St. Agran sur-serthe, France, 14 Aug 44
Pfc Elroy H. Six — Flamval, France, 21 Sep 44
T/5 Henry Stewart — Henemenil, France, 2 Oct 44
Pvt Dean S. Snider — Henemenil, France, 2 Oct 44
Pvt Horace Farley — Henemenil, France, 2 Oct 44
Pfc Harold M. Talkington — Henemenil, France, 2 Oct 44
T/5 Frank Gnazzo — Henemenil, France, 2 Oct 44
Pfc Richard R. Leidy — Raville, France, 4 Oct 44
S/Sgt Joseph M. Samulowitz — Foret De Parroy, France, 18 Oct 44
Pvt Murl M. Medley — Mouacourt, France, 1 Nov 44
Pfc Anthony L. Cejmer — Erkhartsweiller, France, 2 Dec 44
Pvt Charles R. Pescod — Erkhartsweiller, France, 2 Dec 44
S/Sgt Wiley A. Carroll — Grande Roselle, Germany, 4 Jan 45
Pfc John C. Gardescu — Grade Roselle, Germany, 6 Feb 45
S/Sgt Edward J. Bajda — Gross-Steinhausen, Germany, 17 Mar 45
Cpl Lewis B. Ray Jr. — Gross-Steinhausen, Germany, 17 Mar 45
Pfc Albert Paule — Gonnelheim, Germany, 21 Mar 45
Pfc Norman J. Beattie — Alzenau, Germany, 31 Mar 45
Cpl Fred E. Wright — Alzenau, Germany, 31 Mar 45
Pfc John Van Doorne — Alzenau, Germany, 31 Mar 45
Pfc Leland E. Mitchell — Alzenau, Germany, 31 Mar 45
S/Sgt John T. McCoy — Neustadt, Germany, 5 Apr 45
Pfc Raymond P. Southwood — Neustadt, Germany, 5 Apr 45

AWARDS

Silver Star Medal —
Capt John M. Latta
1st Lt Luther L. Beam
T/Sgt Daniel A. Bellini
S/Sgt James F. Felix

Bronze Star Medal —
Capt Faris J. Hess
1st Sgt Wilmer E. Albert
1st Lt Carroll R. McGraw
Cpl Ernest H. Paul

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Bronze Star Medal —
Cpl Leroy A. Manuel
T/5 Burton J. Pierce
S/Sgt Herbert L. Rothfeld
Sgt William J. Szydlowski
T/4 Arnold Jacobs
T/5 Hanry W. Lang
Pvt Horace E. Harrison (Post)
S/Sgt Mack T. Lee
Cpl Ted Simpson
T/4 Ivan B. Harris
Cpl Lewis B. Ray Jr. (Post)
Pfc George H. Jorgenson
T/4 Gilbert P. Kuenkler
S/Sgt Wiley A. Carroll (Post)
T/4 Martin S. Dubitsky
T/4 George Gasper
T/4 James L. Powell
Pfc Edward J. Valk
T/Sgt George E. Adams
S/Sgt Francis E. Halpin
T/4 James E. Sherman
S/Sgt Larry J. Sokolowski
Pfc Edward Black
T/5 George H. Moss
T/5 Eugene A. Weaver
T/4 Joseph P. Nesci
S/Sgt Edward J. Bajda (Post)
T/4 Frank F. Buda
T/5 Charles W. Bush
T/4 Robert J. Croley
T/4 John Franke
T/4 Jacob Ziff

Purple Heart —
Capt John M. Latta
1st Lt Luther L. Beam
1st Lt George W. Flinn
1st Lt John F. Griffin
2d Lt Beverly G. Bowman
2d Lt Gustavo Michel
2d Lt Wilmer E. Haines
1st Lt Carroll R. McGraw
Pfc Edward Black
T/5 George H. Moss
T/5 John Franke
T/5 Charles W. Bush
Pvt Charles B. Thompson
Pfc Paul H. Gaylor
Pvt Buddy O. Phelps
T/Sgt George F. Adams
Pvt George H. Jorgensen
T/5 James C. Sherman
T/4 Alfred O. Eakins
Pfc Burton J. Pierce
Sgt William J. Szydlowski
T/5 Michael Derkacy
T/5 James C. Sherman
Pfc John D. Cook
T/5 George W. Diefenbach
Pfc Billie Plumley
Pfc Wiltz J. Thevenot
Pvt Oscar W. Dayton
T/4 Arnold Jacobs
Cpl Leroy A. Manuel
1st Sgt Wilmer E. Albert
T/4 Joseph Levine
Cpl John J. Manning
Pfc William T. Nealon
T/5 Paul H. Minor
T/5 Joseph Hornat
T/4 Theodore W. Jupka
T/Sgt Leonard F. Levine
S/Sgt Frankie O. Zumwalt
Pfc Edward G. Wenzel
Cpl Frankie Zumwalt
T/5 George W. Diefenbach
Pfc Robert E. Hoskinson
Pvt Clarence D. Ford
T/5 Joe E. Waggoner
T/4 Eugene B. Fitch
Pvt Lester D. Boring
Pvt Woodrow W. Allen
T/5 Russell F. Schultz
S/Sgt George N. Skomos
Sgt William F. Woolard
T/4 Frank F. Buda
T/5 Ivan B. Harris
Pfc John W. Conner
Pfc Charlie N. Pfaff

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Purple Heart —
Pfc Edward J. Valk
Cpl James C. Medeiros
Pfc Edward Black
Pvt Gilbert P. Winkler
Sgt Daniel Bellini
T/5 Othmar H. Bromm
T/5 Johnie J. McGraw
Pfc Odell Parris
Pvt Jack N. Callahan
Pvt James W. Fleming
Cpl Metro M. Mitchell
Pfc Harry F. De Braun
Pvt Frank A. Zederick
T/5 Vernon A. Calhoun
T/5 Pascual R. Lopez
T/5 Othmar H. Bromm
Pvt John E. Harden
Pfc Peter Rudy
Pvt Kauko E. Nenonen
Pvt John W. Wachel
Pvt William G. Underwood
T/5 Howard C. Swan
T/5 William B. Henderson
Pvt Henry S. Macierowski
T/5 Honorius J. Marien
Pvt Joseph C. York
Pvt Roland L. Huot
Cpl Durward B. Lewis
T/5 Clarence E. Ricker
Pvt George H. Miller
Pfc Melvin W. Hoover
S/Sgt Raymond L. Geisler
Pfc Louie J. Boucher (Post)
Pvt Donald E. Brooks (Post)
T/5 John W. Corley (Post)
T/4 Edward J. Panasewicz (Post)
T/5 Alex A. Bary (Post)
Pvt Harley Hornsby (Post)
Pvt Harold E. Parrish (Post)
Pfc Horace E. Harrison (Post)
T/4 Jack W. Hansen (Post)
Pfc Elroy H. Six (Post)
T/5 Henry Stewart (Post)
Pvt Dean S. Snider (Post)
Pvt Horace Farley (Post)
Pfc Harold M. Talkington (Post)
Pvt Robert T. Cox
Pvt George N. Hartley
Pvt Anthony W. Moore
Pvt Pius F. Richter
Pfc Dorsey G. Layton
S/Sgt Harry T. Hadfield
Cpl Charles R. Atterberry
Sgt William J. Duffy
Cpl Joseph A. Boban
T/5 Arvil W. Bradly
Pvt John E. Harden
Pvt Allen E. Bossman
Pvt Paul A. Schroeder
Cpl Leland J. Biggins
Pvt Lacy W. Martin
Cpl William A. Dixon
Pvt James W. Montieth
Pfc Walter G. Travis
Pvt Mario A. Cocuzzi
T/5 Matt S. Saprano
Pfc Harold E. Pagiaro
Pfc Paul S. Stricker
T/5 Maxwell J. Rosenbaum
Pfc John Belitz
T/5 William J. Hoyt
Pvt George H. Miller
Sgt Daniel Klinger
T/5 Anthony J. Szymanski
T/5 Curtis G. Foltz
Pfc Don W. Nixon
Pvt Lenis Fontenot
Pvt Emil Granquist
Pfc Richard E. Leidy (Post)
S/Sgt Joseph M. Samulowitz (Post)
Pvt Murl M. Medley (Post)
Pfc Anthony L. Cejmer (Post)
Pvt Charles R. Pescod (Post)
S/Sgt Wiley A. Carroll (Post)
Pfc John C. Gardescu (Post)
S/Sgt Edward J. Bajda (Post)
Cpl Lewis B. Ray Jr. (Post)
Pfc Albert Paule (Post)
Pfc Norman J. Beattie (Post)
Cpl Fred E. Wright (Post)
Pfc John Van Doorne (Post)
Pfc Leland E. Mitchell (Post)

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Purple Heart —
T/5 Frank Gnazzo (Post)
Pvt Philip W. Magel
S/Sgt John T. McCoy (Post)
Pfc Raymond P. Southwood (Post)

Croix de Guerre —
T/Sgt Daniel A. Bellini
Pvt Jack N. Callahan

KILLED IN ACTION

Name — Next of Kin and Address

BAJDA, Edward J. — Mrs. Magdaline Bajda, 58 Fay St., Buffalo, N. Y.
BARY, Alex A. — Mrs. Mary Bary, RFD 2, Box 407, Turtle Creek, Penna.
BEATTIE, Norman J. — Mrs. Jane Ann Beattie, RR 1, St. Peter, Minnesota.
BOUCHER, Louis J. — Mrs. Eva Boucher, 219-2nd St., Pittsfield, Mass.
BROOKS, Donald E. — Mrs. Lottie Brooks, 525 Fairview Ave., Ypsilanti, Mich.
CARROLL, Wiley A. — Mrs. Lottie B. Carroll, Washington Ave., Bessemer City, N. C.
CEJMER, Anthony L. — Mrs. Pauline Cejmer, 11691 Dwyer, Detroit, Mich.
CORLEY, John W. — Mrs. Itha B. Corley, 1117 Tennessee Ave., Ft Wayne, Ind.
ELROY, Six H. — Mrs. Maggie Six, Park Ave., Franklin, Ohio.
FARLEY, Horace — Mrs. Cora Farley, RFD 2, Cheshire, Ohio.
GARDESCU, John C. — Mrs. Pauline Gardescu, 1243-30th St. NW, Washington, DC.
GNAZZO, Frank — Mrs. Cora Gnazzo, 3761 Barnes Ave., Bronx, N. Y.
HANSEN, Jack W. — Mrs. Charlotte Hansen, 7751 Michigan Ave., Chicago, Ill.
HARRISON, Horace E. — Mrs. Agnes Harrison, RR 4, Petersburg, Ind.
LEIDY, Richard R. — Mrs. Ellen Leidy, Kalida, Ohio.
McCOY, John T. — Mrs. Alvina McCoy, 210 Harvester, Pampa, Texas.
MEDLEY, Murl M. — Mrs. Margaret E. Medley, Rit 4, Scottsville, Ky.
MITCHEL, Leland E. — Mrs. Lena Mitchell, 1000 E. Bland, Roswell, N. M.

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Name — Next of Kin and Address

NIXON, Don W. — Mrs. Ethel Nixon, 707 N. Broadway, Madisonville, Ky.
PANASEWICZ, Edward J. — Mrs. Eva Zelest, RD 1, Pulaski, Penna.
PAULE, Albert — Mrs. Alice Z. Paule, 2412 S. Troy St., Chicago, Ill.
PESCOD, Charles R. — Mrs. Agripina Pescod, Box 2222, Christobal, Canal Zone.
RAY, Lewis B. Jr. — Mrs. Helen Ray, 260-40th St., Irvington, N. J.
SAMULOWITZ, Joseph — Mrs. Samulowitz, Irvington, N. J.
SNIDER, Dean S. — Mrs. Bonnie Mae Snider, Speedway, West Virginia.
SOUTHWOOD, Raymond P. — Mrs. Margaret A. Southwood, 114 W. Latimer, Tulsa, Okla.
STEWART, Henry — Mrs. Alzie L. Stewart, 4920 Dove St., Sewell Gardens, Norfolk, West Virginia.
TALKINGTON, Harold M. — Mrs. Addie Talkington, Rt 1, Folson, West Virginia.
VAN DOORNE, John — Mrs. Henriette Van Doorne, 620 London St., Grand Rapids, Mich.
WRIGHT, Fred E. — Mrs. Doris Wright, La Fargeville, N. Y.

Name and Rank — Home Address

ABBOTT, Floyd W., Sgt — Josephine, Texas.
ADAMS, George F., Tech/Sgt — Rit 2, Bergen, N. Y.
ALBERT, Wilmer E., 1st/Sgt — Rt 1, Lewisburg, Ohio.
ALLBRITTEN, Orville L., T/5 — 62 Pasadena Ave., Highland Park, Mich.
ALLISON, Edgar J., T/5 — Rt 1, Myers, Kentucky.
ALVAREZ, Fernando R., Pvt — Gen Del, Las Cruces, N. M.
ARNESON, Lawrence S., Pvt — Manvel, Texas.
ATTERBERRY, Charles R., Cpl — 410 Washington Ave., Pontiac, Ill.
ANDREJKO, Michael, Pfc — New Copeville, Beaver Meadows, Penna.
BARTON, Oscar W., Pvt — 61 Hillside Ave., Haverhill, Mass.
BEECH, Archie M., Pvt — Star Route, Leaksville, Miss.
BELITZ, John, Pfc — 62 Hillside Ave., Detroit, Mich.
BELLINI, Daniel A., Tech/Sgt — Box 28, Manvel, Texas.
BERGMAN, Francis X., Pfc — 1021 Notre Dame Ave., So Bend, Ind.
BLACKFORD, Charles R., S/Sgt — 704 S. Wabash, Urbana, Ill.
BONDAS, Max W., T/5 — 2997 S. Lyman St., Chicago, Ill.

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Name and Rank — Home Address

BOBAN, Joseph A., Cpl — Box 457, Manor, Pa.
BRADLEY, Arvil W., T/5 — Sand Springs, Kentucky.
BRABANT, Raymond G., Pvt — 2917 Washington Ave. (N), Minneapolis, Minnesota.
BREWER, Walter C., T/5 — 1195 Evans, San Bernadino, Calif.
BAXTER, James H., Pfc — Georgetown, Delaware.
BEERS, Roland C., Pfc — 128 Cedar St., Framingham, Mass.
BEESON, Harold R., Pfc — 60 Richard Ave., Lumbrook, Del.
BLACK, Edward, Pfc — Flat Lick, Kentucky.
BLOSS, Robert E., Pfc — 816 N. Wilbur Ave., Syre, Pa.
BODWIN, Dan J., Pfc — Rt 1, Millis Rd., N. Branch, Mich.
BORING, Lester D., Pfc — Kingwood, W. Va.
BIGGINS, Leland F., Cpl — Fairoaks, Penna.
BROWN, Labin H., Pfc — Gen Del, Galatia, Ill.
BROMM, Othmar H., T/5 — St. Anthony, Indiana.
BUDA, Frank F., T/4 — 361 Wesson, Pontiac, Mich.
BURKE, Ralph W., Pfc — 16 Mawney St., Providence, R. I.
BUTLER, Blount, Sgt — Rt 7, Fayetteville, North Carolina.
BUETTEMEIER, Orville, T/5 — RR 6, Peoria, Illinois.
BUSH, Charles W., T/5 — Spiller, Ohio.
CALLAHAN, Jack N., Pvt — 1698 E. 80th St., Cleveland, Ohio.
CLAY, Elgin V., T/5 — Arcadia, Missouri.
CATOE, Reece B., Pvt — Rt 3, Kershaw, S. C.
COLLIER, W. C., Pvt — Box 210, Amarillo, Texas.
COOKE, Arthur J., Pvt — 1282 E. 115th St., Cleveland, Ohio.
COCUZZI, Mario A., T/5 — 1124 Greenfield Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa.
CORRADO, Paul S., T/5 — 3027 W. Polk, Chicago, Ill.
CROLEY, Robert J., T/4 — 186 Lexington Ave., Jersey City, N. J.
CLAY, Elgin V., T/5 — 408 Keith St., Flat River, Missouri.
CECERE, Vincent, Pfc — 318 E. 122nd St., N. Y., N. Y.
COOK, John D., Pfc — New Mex Military Inst, Roswell, N. M.
CONNER, John W., Pfc — Rt 1, Boonvell, Indiana.
CORDIAL, Lovell, Pfc — Lowmanville, Ky.
DANIEL, Benjamin G., Pvt — RR 2, Clareville, Ky.
DAVIS, Erwin W., Pfc — Bridgewater, Vermont.
DAYTON, Oscar W., Pfc — 34 Johnston St., Newburgh, N. Y.
DERKACY, Michael, T/5 — 3816 Hemlock St., East Chicago, Indiana.
DIEFENBACH, George W., T/5 — Rit, Box 273, Evansville, Indiana.
DABROES, Aubrey D., Cpl — RD 2, Box 269-A, Portsmouth, Va.
DENNIS, Joseph M., Cpl — 220 Pearl St., Springfield, Mass.
DIAMOS, George N., S/Sgt — 1401 Maple St., Tuscon, Arizona.
DEBAUN, Harry F., Pfc — RR 4, Shelbyville, Ind.
DELEO, Anthony, S/Sgt — 2715 Hampden Court, Chicago, Ill.
DENNEY, Norman M., T/5 — 1204 Grand, Carthago, Mo.
DIERDORF, Roy D., Cpl — 314 Railroad Ave., Jacksonville, Ind.
DESROSIERS, Gerard R., Pfc — 121 Vine St., Nashua, N. H.
DIXON, William A., Pfc — RR 4, Bowling Green, Ky.

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Name and Rank — Home Address

DOTY, Allen C., T/5 — Starr Route, Freedom, Okla.
DUFFY, William J., Sgt — RFD 1, Pontiac, Ill.
DUBITSKY, Martin S., T/4 — 389 E. 45th St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
DUBOIS, Louis J., Pfc — 3002 Pennsylvania Ave., St. Louis, Mo.
DUSZYNSKI, George R., Sgt — 224 Armitage Ave., Chicago, Ill.
EAKINS, Alfred O., T/4 — 1313 West Delaware St., Evansville, Ind.
ENGLISH, Edwin C., T/5 — 15934 S. Western, Gardena, Calif.
EATON, Clayton W. M., Pfc — Rit 2, Hogginsville, Ga.
EXLINE, William H., Pvt — RR 3, Jackson, Ohio.
EYNON, Thomas W., Pvt — Syracuse, Ohio.
FEDERMAN, Burton M., T/4 — 86 Glennville Ave., Allston, Mass.
FELIX, James P., S/Sgt — 1020 W. 39th St., Ashtabula, Ohio.
FIELDS, James O., T/4 — Rt 1, Utica, Ohio.
FLEMING, James W., T/5 — 873 East Wells St., Milwaukee, Wisc.
FOLEY, James W., T/5 — 4423 W. Irving Park Road, Chicago, Ill.
FOLTZ, Curtis G., T/5 — 102 W. Maple, Walla Walla, Washington.
FONTENOT, Lenis, Pvt — Gen Del, Morse, La.
FRANKE, John, T/4 — 304 Everhart St., Johnstown, Pa.
FOLLANSBEE, John S., Pfc — Tomlinson Ave., Plainville, Conn.
FORD, Clarence D., Pfc — 301 Ravine St., Lafayette, Indiana.
FRANKFURT, Robert W., Pfc — 366 Lincoln Ave., Midland Beach, N. Y.
FRITZE, John B., Pfc — 375 Bradford St., Orange, N. J.
GARRETT, James L., T/5 — RR 3, Evansville, Indiana.
GASPER, George, T/4 — Rt 2, Carleton, Mich.
GAYLOR, Paul H., Pfc — 1232 Epworth Ave., Dayton, Ohio.
GENELLO, Louis, Pfc — 1028 John Ave., Scranton, Pa.
GINSBERG, Allen, Pfc — 1007 Simpson St., Bronx, N. Y.
GORMAN, Paul A., T/4 — 504 So. Pine, Champaign, Ill.
GRANQUIST, Emil, Pvt — 518 Terrace Ave., Marinette, Wisc.
GOFF, James O., Pvt — RR 3, Beardstown, Ky.
GRZYBOWSKI, Leo A., Pfc — 8068 Malvern, Detroit, Michigan.
GRAHAM, Luther S., Pfc — Rt 4, Clarksville, Pa.
GRANT, James K., Pfc — Rt 2, Indianaola, Miss.
GREENWALD, Roger J., Pfc — Roswell, N. M.
GRAZIANO, Salvatore F., Pvt — 3 Fallkill Place, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
HADFIELD, Harry T., S/Sgt — Gloucester, New Jersey.
HALPIN, Francis E., S/Sgt — Manito, Ill.
HANSON, Einar M., T/5 — Holmes, Wyoming.
HARDEN, John E., Pvt — 124 S. Carey St., Baltimore, Ill.
HENDERSON, William R., T/5 — 64 A Lawrence K., Lyman, S. Carolina.
HARRISON, Horace E., Pvt — RR 4, Petersburg, Indiana.
HIEGER, Elmer J., Pvt — 5373 Patton Ave., St. Louis, Missouri.
HARDY, Lucian C., Pfc — 318 Arlington, Lawton, Okla.
HEFFERMAN, Christopher T., Pfc — 7 Molloy Ct., Sommerville, Mass.
HEWITT, Robert H., Pfc — 1430 No. 15th St., Milwaukee, Wisc.

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Name and Rank — Home Address

HARTLEY, Honorius J., T/5 — Battle Creek, Iowa.
HARRIS, Ivan B., T/4 — Owensville, Indiana.
HERZ, Ralph E., Pfc — 691 Masonic Ave., San Francisco, Calif.
HORNAT, Joseph, T/5 — 5407 S. Lexington, Chicago, Ill.
HOOVER, Melvin W., Pfc — 956 E. Princess St., York, Penna.
HUSTON, Harry O., Pvt — Turtle Lake, North Dakota.
HOWELL, Marschall D., Pvt — 506 S. Forrest St., Carbondale, Ill.
HUOT, Roland L., Pvt — 4 Hill St., Biddeford, Mass.
HOSKINSON, Robert E., Sgt — 2261 Sale Rd., Columbus, Ohio.
HOLLIDAY, Amos R., T/5 — 227 E. Magnolia Ave., Auburn, Ala.
HOYT, William J., T/5 — 252 Ferry St., Everett, Mass.
HOWARD, Hurstel E., Pfc — Baxter, Ky.
HOF, Vernon J., T/5 — 404½ N. Harrison St., Ludington, Mich.
JACOBS, Arnold, T/4 — 251 Lehigh Avenue, Newark, New Jersey.
JOHNSON, Ben H., T/5 — 47 Hillside St., Asheville, N. C.
JOHNSON, Alfred V., T/5 — Gen Del, Tokeen, Alaska.
JONES, Johnie B., Pvt — 346 Midway St., Lancaster, S. C.
JONES, Gordon E., Sgt — Coppethill, Tennessee.
JONES, James E., T/5 — 1019 W. Las Olas Blvd, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
JOHNSON, Paul J., Pfc — Rt 1, Box 100, Ft. Myers, Fla.
JOHNSON, Thomas D., Pfc — Liggetts Park, Henryetta, Okla.
JORGENSON, George H., Pfc — Rit 1, Box 346, Saugerties, N. Y.
JUPKA, Theodore W., T/4 — Great Falls, Montana.
KAPLAN, George W., Sgt — 2523 S. St. Louis Ave., Chicago, Ill.
KELLY, John C., Pfc — 3000 Oregon Ave., St. Louis, Mo.
KENT, Dwight T., Sgt — RR 3, Chillicothe, Ohio.
KIETZMAN, Arnold H., T/5 — 1534-A S. 15th St., Milwaukee, Wisc.
KLINGER, Daniel, Sgt — 111-32 76th Ave., Forest Hills, L. I., N. Y.
KOROT, Morris, T/5 — 5645½ Melrose Ave., Hollywood, Calif.
KNIGHT, Kenneth A., Pfc — 39½ Lawrence Pl., Buffalo, N. Y.
KUENKLER, Gilbert P., T/4 — 2257 Howard Ave., San Carlos, Calif.
KOLONICK, Arthur J., Pvt — 2444 W. 40th St. (R), Cleveland, Ohio.
KOTESKI, Charles E., T/4 — 534 Division St., Rockford, Ill.
LARSEN, Henry B., Pvt — 436 John St., S. Amboy, N. J.
LAING, Chester W., Pfc — Cannelton, W. Va.
LAFONTAINE, John F., T/5 — 2809 Colerain Ave., Cincinatti, Ohio.
LANG, Henry W., T/4 — 2033 W. Roosevelt Road, Chicago, Ill.
LEVINE, Joseph, T/4 — 3469 E. 152nd St., Cleveland, Ohio.
LEE, Mack T., S/Sgt — Lincoln Ave., No. Vernon, Ind.
LEWIS, Durward B., Cpl — Grange City, Kentucky.
LIPINSKI, William, Pfc — 8611 Parade St., Erie, Penna.
LOVINGER, Daniel W., T/5 — 803 N. Victor, Tulsa, Okla.
LEVINE, Leonard F., Tech/Sgt — Box 425, Imperial, Penna.
LYONS, Leo F., Pfc — Pine St., Dover, Mass.
MARTIN, Lacy W., Pvt — 2416 So. Olympia, Tulsa, Okla.
MACIEROWSKI, Henry S., Pvt — 30 Boston St., S. Boston, Mass.

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Name and Rank — Home Address

MARIEN, Honorius J., T/5 — 28 Ford St., Providence, R. I.
MARTIN, Lyndel O., Sgt — Rit 1, Emden, Mass.
MANUEL, Leroy A., Cpl — Biloxi, Miss.
MATTSON, Harry G., T/5 — Star Route, Battle Ground, Washington.
MARTIN, Andre J. W., Pfc — 161 Highland Ave., Midland Park, N. J.
McGUIRE, Joe, T/5 — RR 2, Mt. Carmel, Ill.
MAGEL, Philip W., Pvt — 906 Homeview Drive, Louisville, Ky.
McCLAIN, Claude H., Pvt — Hulbert, Arkansas.
McGRAW, Johnnie J., T/5 — Rt 5, Concord, N. C.
METHENEY, Charles L., Pfc — Rt 1, Ewington, Ohio.
McBRIDE, Frank A., Cpl — 105-02 160th St., Jamaica, N. Y.
MEDEIROS, James G., Pfc — 56 Pitman St., Fall River, Mass.
MILLS, William K., Pfc — Box 126, Neah, Okla.
MINOR, Paul H., T/5 — Rit 7, Box 49, Greensboro, N. C.
MITCHELL, Metro M., Cpl — 300 Point Alley, Allegheny, Penna.
MONTIETH, James C., Pvt — 329 Salpur Springs Road, Asheville, N. C.
MOORE, Anthony M., Pvt — Earling, West Virginia.
MONK, Haslee F., Pfc — 609 Sturgeon Eddy, Wausau, Wisc.
MOSS, George H., T/5 — 797 E. 90th St., Cleveland, Ohio.
MULLEN, James A., T/5 — 5806 41th Drive, Woodside, L. I., N. Y.
NADBIENLY, Joseph, S/Sgt — Bound Brook, N. J.
NAJDA, Anthony M., Pfc — Atlanta Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.
NENONEN, Kauko E., Pvt — 1050 Anderson Ave., Bronx, N. Y.
NEDLEY, Robert B., Cpl — 718 N. Beatty St., Pittsburgh, Pa.
NESCI, Joseph P., T/4 — 7395 Karlov Ave., Chicago, Ill.
NEALON, William T., Pfc — 862 Union St., Schenectady, N. Y.
NOVAK, Norman J., Pfc — 3220 W. 61st St., Cleveland, Ohio.
OLIEN, William O., Pfc — 2744 N. E. 40th, Portland, Oregon.
OWENS, R. L., T/5 — Box 48, Warwick, Okla.
OVERGARD, Jack P., T/5 — 4832 N. Kedvale, Chicago, Ill.
PAGLIARO, Harold E., Pfc — 2014 Hering Ave., Bronx, N. Y.
PARRIS, Odell, Pfc — 129 Millwood Street, Gaffney, S. C.
PAUL, Ernest H., Cpl — Rt 1, Newburgh, Indiana.
PAPATOPOLI, Peter A., T/5 — 450 N. Pennsylvania Ave., Wilkes Barre, Pa.
PESCOD, Charles R., Pvt — Box 542, Damas, Arkansas.
PFAFF, Charlie N., Pfc — Rit 1, Arcadia, Indiana.
PECK, Donald W., T/5 — 31675 Third St., Warren, Mich.
PIERCE, Burton J., T/5 — 521 Pine St., Towanda, Pa.
PALMER, Charles E., Pfc — Rt 13, Box 20, Portland, Oregon.
PAPLYK, Nicholas, Pfc — 2129 W. 11th St., Cleveland, Ohio.
PETRINO, Vincent S., Pfc — 136 Sullivan St., New York City, N. Y.
PHELPS, Buddy O., Pfc — Box 3251, Brentwood, Calif.
PLUMLEY, Billie, Pfc — Hager, W. Va.
POLESE, Henry M., Pfc — Oakland St., Malden, Mass.
POWELL, James L., T/4 — 2427 Denver, Kansas City, Mo.
PUNTURI, Sesto, Pfc — Montcalm, West Virginia.

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Name and Rank — Home Address

RABOLD, Henry, T/4 — 208 Capital Ave., Pittsburgh, Penna.
RANEY, Junior L., Sgt — Rt 2, Box 127, Delhi, Penna.
RECORE, Arthur L., T/5 — RFD 1, Moores Forks, Kentucky.
REITZE, Henry A., T/5 — RR 2, Meadville, Penna.
RICKER, Clarence E., T/5 — 513 Morgan St., Knoxville, Tenn.
ROSE, Oscar A., T/5 — Gen Del, Hawthorne, Nevada.
ROARK, Elmer G., T/5 — Borderland, West Virginia.
ROSSMAN, Allen E., Pvt — 2711 Clements Ave., Detroit, Michigan.
ROSENBAUM, Maxwell J., Pvt — 38 Summer St., Fitchburg, Mass.
ROSENMILLER, Joseph L., Pvt — 516 Country Club Rd., York, Pa.
ROTHFELD, Herbert L., S/Sgt — 143-44 252nd St., Laurelton, L. I.
RUDY, Peter, T/5 — RFD 1, Lower Washington St., Peekskill, N. Y.
ROCHE, James B., T/4 — 46 Waban Park, Newton, Mass.
ROSSI, Sam T., Pfc — 23 Erie St., Nile, Ohio.
RYAN, Joseph J., T/5 — 1209 Sargent Ave., St. Paul, Minnesota.
SANCHEZ, Celestino, Pfc — Box 871, Craig, Colorado.
SCURLOCK, Martin J., T/5 — RR 4, Jackson, Ohio.
SIMPSON, Ted, Cpl — Walker, Ky.
SCAGLIONE, Frank, Pvt — 102-02 81st St., Ozone Park, N. Y.
SIPUSIC, Michael S., T/5 — Girard, Ohio.
SCHROEDER, Paul A., Pvt — RT 1, Wright, Kansas.
SCHMIDT, Jerome A., T/5 — Timpton, Missouri.
SENTENAC, George E., Pfc — 235 First Ave., Phoenixville, Penna.
SHERMAN, James C., T/4 — Hazelton, Indiana.
SHEERIN, Leonard G., T/5 — Rt 1, So. Charleston, Ohio.
SHRIVER, Bert W., Pfc — Rt 5, Grand Junction, Colorado.
SMITH, William E., Pfc — RD 1, Athon, N. Y.
SCHULTZ, Russell F., T/5 — 427 Elk St., Albany, N. Y.
SPRINGFIELD, Charles W., Pvt — 118025 E. 25th Ave., Gary, Indiana.
SPENCER, Walter, T/5 — 434 Watchung Ave., Plainfield, N. J.
SOKOLOWSKI, Larry J., S/Sgt — 1001 W. Mare St., Milwaukee, Wisc.
STRICKER, Paul S. — 308 Wayne St., Greenville, Ohio.
STEWART, Joseph B., T/5 — 364 Lincoln Ave., Lexington, Kentucky.
STRIBLING, Earl R., T/5 — 612 Ft. Wayne Ave., Indianapolis, Indiana.
SULLIVAN, Frank J., Sgt — 333 Hickman St., Bridgeville, Penna.
SUPINA, Mart S., T/5 — 1132 So. 64th St., West Allis, Wisc.
SWAN, Howard C., T/5 — 24 Lisle Ave., Binghamton, N. Y.
SZYMANSKI, Anthony J., T/5 — 1120 Spruce St., Reading, Penna.
SKINNER, Ransom L., Pvt — 2 Los Angeles Ave., Fox Chase Rd., Phila., Penna.
SZYDLOWSKI, William J., Sgt — 2538 N. Long Ave., Chicago, Ill.
SZYMAREK, Joseph R., S/Sgt — 3528 No. Port Washington Rd., Milwaukee, Wisc.
SYLVESTER, John M., Pfc — 16 Hudson St., Cornwall, N. Y.
TAYLOR, Allen E., Sgt — 40 First St., Dover, N. H.
TITUS, Jim B., Cpl — 316 W. Century Blvd, Los Angeles, Calif.

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Name and Rank — Home Address

THEVENOT, Wiltz J., Pfc — Box 218, Cottonport, Pa.
THOMPSON, Charles B., Pfc — Ponca City, Calif.
TRAVIS, Walter J., Pfc — 36 Broad St., Middleton, N. Y.
UNDERWOOD, William G., Pfc — 104 Clark St., Groton, N. Y.
UPPERMAN, Dallas J., T/5 — 423 Dana Ave., Columbus, Ohio.
VALK, Edward J., Pfc — 1685 Nostrand Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.
VAN HEUMAN, Edward J., Pvt — Armstrong, Iowa.
VON BISCHOFFSHAUSEN, Richard, Pfc — 727 Cleveland Ave., Elizabeth, N. J.
WARD, Allan H., S/Sgt — NYA Barracks, Mich St College, E. Lansing, Mich.
WACHEL, John W., Pvt — 104 Young Ave., Amsterdam, N. Y.
WALCZEWSKI, Walter C., Pfc — 124 Spruce St., South Bend, Indiana.
WEAVER, Eugene A., T/5 — Gen Del, Del Norte, Colorado.
WESTENDORF, Wilbur E., T/5 — Rt 1, Brownington, Mo.
WEINBENDER, David A., T/5 — 1825 10th St., Gering, Nebraska.
WENZEL, Edward G., Pfc — 1736 S. 15th St., Milwaukee, Wisc.
WESS, Arlen J., Pvt — 2943 W. Belle Plains St., Chicago, Ill.
WILLIAMS, Stephen F., Pvt — 2017 W. Maine St., Owensboro, Ky.
WINTERS, Hiram L., Pvt — RT 2, West Cordova, Ala.
WILLIAMSON, Clarence F., T/4 — Bainbridge, Ohio.
WILLS, Willis W., T/5 — 805 Peniel St., University Park, Iowa.
WILLEY, John J., T/5 — 2609 No. 29th St., Philadelphia, Penna.
WILSON, James W., T/5 — 112 No. 14th St., Alexandria, La.
WILLIAMS, Thomas J., Pfc — 1085 Urlin Rd., Columbus, Ohio.
WINKLER, Gilbert F., Pfc — 200 E. Washington Ave., Washington, N. J.
WOOLARD, William F., Sgt — 424 Water St., Washington, N. C.
YOCHUM, James S., T/5 — 2304 W. 2nd St., Ottumwa, Iowa.
YORK, Joseph C., Pvt — 1412 S. 6th St., Lawrenceville, Ill.
ZAUCHA, Chester L., Cpl — 149 Vaillier St., Essexville, Michigan.
ZALEWSKI, Richard, Pfc — 18661 Charest, Detroit, Mich.
ZAPPULLA, Sam S., Pfc — 429 Fourth St., Harvey, La.
ZEBLISKY, Theodore, Pfc — 27 Walnut Ave., Farmingdale, N. Y.
ZEDERICK, Frank A., Pvt — Nortomia Hotel, 542, Portland, Oregon.
ZBROVICZ, John J., Pfc — 4724 S. Bishop, Chicago, Ill.
ZIFF, Jacob, T/4 — 319 7th St., Philipsburg, Penna.
ZUMWALT, Frankie O., S/Sgt — 3519 Gilham Ave., Alton, Ill.

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B TROOP, 121 SQUADRON

KILLED IN ACTION

Name — Place and Date

Sgt John E. Dowling — Barneville, France, 15 July 44
Pfc Francis A. Messmer — Rousselet, France, 23 July 44
Pvt Forrest Merritt — Rousselet, France, 23 July 44
Sgt Paul J. Bearden — Rousselet, France, 23 July 44
Pfc Stanley D. la Fleur — Rousselet, France, 23 July 44
Pfc Edward J. Rider — Neuvy en Champagne, France, 9 Aug 44
Pvt Oscar G. Light — Deuxville, France, 21 Sep 44
T/5 Robert M. Lindeman — Henemenil, France, 9 Oct 44
S/Sgt Andrew I. Crites — Henemenil, France, 9 Oct 44
T/4 Oscar M. Kessler — Henemenil, France, 9 Oct 44
Pvt Albert Rhodes — Vaucourt, France, 18 Nov 44
Pfc James T. Brown — Erkhartsweiller, France, 29 Nov 44
S/Sgt Harry Ducworth — Erkhartsweiller, France, 2 Dec 44
Pvt Charles R. Rich — Erkhartsweiller, France, 2 Dec 44
Pfc Carl P. Cohen — Grande Roselle, Germany, 2 Jan 45
Pfc Ishmael Marzan — Eywiller, France, 5 Mar 45
Pvt Walter D. Carle — Eywiller, France, 7 Mar 45
Pvt Stanley J. Krolikowski — Eywiller, France, 5 Mar 45
T/4 Dana E. Van Meter — ob Klein, Germany, 28 Mar 45
Pvt Mylem V. Shamburger — Litzendorf, Germany, 13 Apr 45
Pvt Emmett W. Ross — Litzendorf, Germany, 13 Apr 45
Sgt Thomas G. Klump — Tagmersheim, Germany, 25 Apr 45
S/Sgt James C. Cowdle — Rosshart, Germany, 2 May 45
Pfc James M. Egbert — Rosshart, Germany, 2 May 45

MISSING IN ACTION

Cpl George Vratkovich
Pvt Carmen J. Picardi

AWARDS

Silver Star Medal —
Capt Herbert F. Benecke
1st Lt Robert J. Moore
Pvt Joseph E. Cote
S/Sgt Andrew Crites (Post)
S/Sgt Harry Ducworth (Post)
Sgt Henry J. Weisser

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Bronze Star Medal —
Capt Francis N. Weller
1st Lt Robert J. Moore
2nd Lt Lance E. Hayes
T/4 Oscar M. Kessler
Pvt August H. Franquelin
S/Sgt Lyle B. W. Hoyt
Pfc Jack W. Pollard
T/4 Charles R. Davidson
T/4 Olaf Furness
1st Sgt John R. Wolff
S/Sgt Anthony R. Fadale
T/4 Carl D. Hoffman
S/Sgt Elmer Hajek
Sgt Kenneth Conner
Sgt Joseph E. Ebarb
T/5 Homer M. Wright

Purple Heart —
Capt Herbert F. Benecke
1st Lt Robert J. Moore
1st Lt Matthew H. Martin
1st Lt Gilbert R. Dickinson
1st Lt Charles W. Doyle
2nd Lt Lance E. Hayes
Pvt Joseph D. Venditti
Pvt Otto W. Kern
Pvt Isaac Hale
Pfc Harold L. Suddeth
Pvt Lovell Godby
S/Sgt Robert J. Strauch
Pvt Carleton E. Finkelstone
Pvt William C. Stilwell
Pfc Robert J. Stein
Pvt Percy S. Hoppa
Pvt Dalton L. Canary
Sgt Kenneth Conner
Pfc Everett E. Courmier
Pfc Mike J. Bolish
Pvt Isaac Hale
Cpl Morris R. Parsons
Cpl Junius D. Merritt
T/5 Jack W. Kiefer
T/5 John T. Gillis
Pfc Bennie Kaplan
Pfc Cecil New
Pvt Andrew W. Garufle
Sgt Thomas D. Lee
Pfc Mitchel Tromley
T/4 Edison Dunn
T/5 Joe M. Kinard
Pfc William O. Pittman
Pfc Edward D. Anderson
Pfc James C. Thomas
Pvt Casimir J. Lis
Pfc George L. Crow
Pvt Oscar G. Light
Sgt James J. Wilkinson
T/5 Roy Q. McChargue
T/5 William C. Strickland
Cpl Evo P. Tombolato
Pfc Fred S. Eiseman
T/5 Peter J. Scibona
T/5 Robert M. Sigsbee
T/5 Thomas M. Cox
T/5 Sheridan T. Knight
Cpl Joseph E. Brockman
Pvt Anthony N. De Benedictis
Pvt Warren E. Coy
Pvt Stanley J. Lippel
Pvt William C. Stegall
T/5 Robert M. Sigsbee
Pvt John Bishop
Pvt Harry Goldsmith
Cpl Roy V. Hamon
Pfc Ralph F. Capp
Pfc Robert C. Levin
T/5 John V. Hunter
T/5 George L. Fixsal
Sgt Oscar L. Deaton
T/5 Forest D. Abell
T/5 Lloyd J. Livingston
T/5 Donald C. Rutledge
Cpl Joe M. Smith
Pfc August H. Franquelin
Pfc Sylvester Kruger
T/5 Eddie L. Williams
Pfc Casmir T. Marchewska
T/5 Elgin Bayes

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Purple Heart —
Pvt Harold R. Reynolds
Pvt Edward S. Dunford
1st Sgt John R. Wolff
T/Sgt James A. Blackstone
T/5 Raymond G. Stiff
Sgt James L. Klump
Pfc Le Roy L. Palmer
Pfc William N. Terzakis
Pvt Eugene L. Anderson
S/Sgt George T. Cox
Pvt Kenneth O. Hinson
T/5 James T. Brown
Pvt George C. Miller
Pvt Murray Rothstein
Pvt Elbert V. Maury
T/5 William J. Hansen
T/4 Duard G. McWhorter
Pfc Orville O. Swain
Pvt William T. Rosenbalm
S/Sgt Russell M. Vaith
T/5 Roy W. Moore
Cpl Dumas E. Grace
Sgt Henry J. Weisser
T/4 Lester S. Cardia
T/5 James C. Bates
Sgt Forest D. Abell
S/Sgt Lyle B. W. Hoyt
Pfc Virgil A. Tennis
Sgt John E. Dowling (Post)
Pfc Francis E. Messmer (Post)
Pvt Forrest Merritt (Post)
Sgt Paul J. Bearden (Post)
Pfc Manley D. La Fleur (Post)
Pfc Edward J. Rider (Post)
Pvt Oscar G. Light (Post)
Pvt Virgil C. Johnson (Post)
T/5 Robert M. Lindeman (Post)
S/Sgt Andrew I. Crites (Post)
T/4 Oscar M. Kessler (Post)
Pvt Albert Rhodes (Post)
Pfc James T. Brown (Post)
S/Sgt Harry Ducworth (Post)
Pvt Charles L. Rich (Post)
Pfc Carl P. Cohen (Post)
Pfc Ishmael Marzan (Post)
Pvt Walter D. Carle (Post)
Pvt Stanley J. Krolikowski (Post)
T/4 Dana E. Van Meter (Post)
Pvt Mylem Shamburger (Post)
Pvt Emmett W. Ross (Post)
Sgt Thomas G. Klump (Post)
S/Sgt James C. Dowdle (Post)
Pvt James M. Egbert (Post)

KILLED IN ACTION

Name and Rank — Next of Kin and Address

BEARDEN, Paul J., Sgt — Mrs. Mildred L. Bearden (Wife), 1120 Elm St., Macon, Ga.
BROWN, James T., Pfc — Mrs. Mary Brown (Mother), General Del., Camp Wood, Texas.
CARLE, Walter D., Pvt — Mrs. Viola Carle (Mother), 23 Midland Ave., Glen Ridge, NJ.
COHEN, Carl P., Pfc — Mrs. Ethel Cohen (Mother), 18 Strathmore Rd., Brookline, Mass.
CRITES, Andrew I., S/Sgt — Mr. Ray E. Crites (Father), RFD 1, Arcadia, Kansas.
DOWDLE, James C., S/Sgt — Mrs. Tommie Dowdle (Mother), Rt 4, Columbus, Missouri.
DOWLING, John E., Sgt — Mr. John Dowling (Father), 5679 W. Lake St., Chicago, Ill.

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KILLED IN ACTION

Name and Rank — Next of Kin and Address

DUCWORTH, Harry, S/Sgt — Mrs. Thelma C. Ducworth (Wife), 1439 Peachtree St., Atlanta, Ga.
EGBERT, James M., Pvt — Mrs. Eleanor A. Egbert (Wife), 19 Baird Block, Devils Lake, N. Dakota.
JOHNSON, Virgil C., Pvt — Mrs. Alta F. Johnson (Mother), Rt 1, Box 69, English, Ind.
KESSLER, Oscar M., T/4 — Mrs. Beulah Darnell (Mother), RR 1, New Harmony, Ind.
KLUMP, Thomas G., Sgt — Mrs. Elfrieda Klump (Mother), RR 2, Flaubstadt, Ind.
KROLIKOWSKI, Stanley, Pvt — Mrs. Anna Krolikowski (Mother), 12588 Gallagher, Detroit, Mich.
LAFLEUR, Manley D., Pfc — Mrs. Hazel Gonyea (Sister), Lincoln, Mich.
LIGHT, Oscar G., Pvt — Mrs. Bessie Hughes (Mother), 1022 E. Market St., Lima, Ohio.
LINDEMAN, Robert M., T/5 — Mrs. Eleanor F. Lindeman (Mother), 416 6th St., West Des Moines, Iowa.
MARZAN, Ishmael, Pfc — Mrs. Clemencia Marzan (Mother), 35 East 110th St., NYC, N. Y.
MERRITT, Forrest, Pvt — Mrs. Katie H. Merritt (Mother), Rt 1, Magnolia, N. C.
MESSMER, Francis A., Pfc — Mrs. Mary A. Messmer (Mother), Rt 1, Morral, Ohio.
PICARDI, Carmen J., Pvt — Mrs. Grace Picardi (Wife), 43 Orleans St., E. Boston, Mass.
RICH, Charles L., Pvt — Mrs. Cleo Rich (Mother), Rt 1, Frankfort, Ill.
RIDER, Edward J., Pfc — Mrs. Martha Rider (Mother), 1012 W. Jefferson St., South Bend, Ind.
RHODES, Albert, Pvt — Mrs. Della Rhodes (Mother), 129 First St., Perth Amboy, N. J.
ROSS, Emmett W., Pvt — Mrs. Mary G. Ross (Mother), 840 Linden St., Camden, N. J.
SHAMBURGER, Mylem V., Pvt — Mrs. Lela G. Shamburger (Wife), Box 191, Quemado, Texas.
VAN METER, Dana E., T/4 — Mr. Lester Van Meter (Father), Star Route, Sumner, Ohio.
VRATKOVICH, George, Cpl — Mrs. Anna Vratkovich (Mother), 604 Penhale Ave., Campbell, Ohio.

Name and Rank — Home Address

ABING, Alvin C., Pvt — 3929 Poe Ave., Cleveland, Ohio.
ABELL, Forest D., Sgt — RR 4, Petersburg, Ind.

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Name and Rank — Home Address

ANDERSON, James H., T/5 — Lick Creek, W. Va.
ANDERSON, Eugene L., Pfc — Hill City, S. Dak.
ADAMS, La Verne E., Pfc — Corning, Iowa.
ANDERSON, Edward D., Pfc — Box 555, Jasper, Ala.
BATES, James C., T/5 — Englewood, Tenn.
BAYES, Elgin, T/5 — 308 Warello St., Carey, Ohio.
BANKS, Albert E., Pfc — 2219 Levitt Rd., Lorain, Ohio.
BARKIS, Arthur W., Pfc — 4057 Pine Ave., Long Beach, Cal.
BENNETT, Harry W., Cpl — 24 Vine St., Dexter, Mo.
BENTON, William H., T/5 — Rt 1, Kylesford, Tenn.
BERGLES, Frank, Pfc — 717 Monroe, S. Milwaukee, Wis.
BISHOP, John, Pvt — 2733 Belmont, Hamtramk, Mich.
BROCKMAN, Joseph E., Cpl — 1038 Mansfield, Cincinnati.
BLOHM, Edwin J., Pfc — Newell, Iowa.
BOLISH, Mike J., Pfc — Rd 1, Box 33, Latrobe, Pa.
BLACKSTON, James A., T/Sgt — Rit 2, Johnston, S. C.
BONESS, Reinhardt R., Cpl — 119 Bluff Ave., La Grange, Ill.
BROWN, Carl L., Cpl — 5129 W. Grace St., Chicago, Ill.
BLAKELY, Arturo O., T/5 — Box 1065, Beeville, Texas.
BOYD, Joseph E., T/5 — 133 Cambridge Ave., Decatur, Ga.
BRINDISI, Anthony L., Pfc — 6 Lafayette Ave., New Rochelle, N. Y.
BROWN, William E., Pfc — 35 Green Terrace, East Hartford, Conn.
BUEL, Ross A., Pfc — Prottsville, N. Y.
BLANCHARD, Alton L., Pvt — 188 Warren Ave., Whitman, Mass.
BRAY, John H., Pvt — 61 Ten Acre Rd., New Britain, Conn.
BROWN, Orville D., Pvt — 12330 Victory Blvd, N. Hollywood, Cal.
CUPP, Ralph F., Pfc — Brandonville, W. Va.
CONNER, Kenneth, Sgt — 31 1-2 W. Jackson St., Sullivan, Ind.
CANARY, Dalton L., Pvt — Hartford, Ky.
CROW, George L., Pfc — Rt 1, W. Middletown, Ohio.
COY, Warren E., Pfc — 4213 Vine Villa Ave., Dayton, Ohio.
COURMIER, Everett E., Pfc — Rt 1, Box 24, Vinton, La.
COX, Thomas M., T/5 — Gen Del, Roberta, Ga.
COUTZ, John, Pvt — RFD 2, Bellaire, Ohio.
COX, George T., S/Sgt — Rt Box 22, Sulphur Bluff, Texas.
CARDIA, Lester S., T/4 — 955 N. Keystone Ave., Chicago, Ill.
CHAPLIN, Loyd J., T/4 — RR 4, Bloomfield, Iowa.
CARRICO, Roy, Cpl — Pierce, W. Va.
COLLINS, Joseph A., Cpl — 377 Railroad Ave., Norwood, Mass.
CHERICO, Joseph M., T/5 — 399 Union St., Jersey City, N. J.
COLLINS, Emanuel, T/5 — Box 118, Logan, W. Va.
CORNICK, John W., T/5 — 219 Mill St., Mt. Vernon, Ind.
CZARNOTA, Lawrence J., T/5 — 38 Henry St., New Britain, Conn.
CHURCHILL, Albert W., Pvt — 135 Vernon St., Abington, Mass.
COTE, Joseph E., Pvt — 13 Melville St., Pittsfield, Mass.

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Name and Rank — Home Address

DAMPHOUSSE, Norman G., T/4 — 504 Smith Ave., Detroit, Mich.
DAVIDSON, Charles R., T/4 — Leesburg, Ohio.
DAGGETT, Harland A., Pvt — 615 N. Wayland Ave., Sioux Fall, S. Dak.
DEAN, Lonnie J., T/5 — 211 Spruce St., N. C.
DEATON, Oscar L., Sgt — 1811 11th St., Wichita Falls, Texas.
DUNFORD, Edward S., Pvt — 14 A Edgewater Pk, NYC, N. Y.
De LONG, Yves J., T/5 — 123 S. Bell Ave., Chicago, Ill.
De BENEDICTIS, Anthony N., Pvt — 528 Clinton St., Camden, N. J.
De KOSTER, Eldred G., Sgt — 1415 1st Ave. E, Spencer, Iowa.
DUNN, Edison, T/4 — 105 Henley St., Rochester, N. Y.
De BAUN, Lester E., Pfc — 36 Marshall Ave., Little Ferry, N. J.
De MICHELE, Vincent M., Pfc — 248 N. Water St., Lansford, Pa.
DRAKE, Robert A., Pvt — 222 Walnut St., Framingham, Mass.
EBARB, Joseph E., Sgt — Zwolle, La.
ENDRIS, Bernard A., Cpl — 502 Fair, Pana, Ill.
ECKARD, Charles L., Pfc — 1617 Nevada St., Toledo, Ohio.
EISEMAN, Fred S., Pfc — 674 Somerset Terrace, Apt 12, Atlanta, Ga.
FADALE, Anthony R., S/Sgt — 310 19th St., Barnesboro, Pa.
FEDUKOWSKI, Alfred S., Pvt — 17 Howe St., Dorchester, Mass.
FLEMING, William A., Pvt — Rt 2, Loudon, Tenn.
FOLDS, Voncee, T/5 — 347 Grant St., Atlanta, Ga.
FURNESS, Olaf, T/4 — 16 Mason St., Hammond, Ind.
FRANQUELIN, August H., Pfc — 120 S. Hayworth Ave., Los Angeles, Cal.
FINKELSTONE, Carleton E., Pvt — 1854 North Ave., Bridgeport, Conn.
FIXSAL, George L., T/5 — Farmington, Iowa.
GRAHAM, Donald R., Pfc — 338 N. Moore St., Ottumwa, Iowa.
GOLDSMITH, Harry, Pvt — 3206 72nd St., Jackson Heights, N. Y.
GILLIS, John T., T/5 — 432 E. Water St., Troy, Ohio.
GILBERT, William G., Pfc — 2116 Moorman Rd., NW, Roanoke, Va.
GOLTL, Ernest C., Pvt — 3112 1-2 Cadahy St., Huntington Park, Cal.
GRACE, Dumas E., Cpl — 1103 Hastings St., Toledo, Ohio.
GURKA, Walter S., T/5 — 5415 Casper, Detroit, Mich.
GOLDSMITH, Charles W., Pfc — 2140 Pacific Ave., San Francisco, Cal.
GOODBERRY, Frederick J., Pfc — 549 7th St., Niagara Falls, N. Y.
GODBY, Lovell, Pfc — West Somerset, Ky.
HUNTER, John V., T/5 — Lewisburg, W. Va.
HALL, William A., T/5 — Ravenna, Ky.
HINSON, Kenneth O., Pvt — 595 E. Seminole Pl., Tulsa, Okla.
HOBBS, Kenneth, T/5 — Gen Del, Sterling, Colo.
HICKEY, Walter J., Pfc — 2310 Holland St., Erie, Pa.
HAMON, Roy V., Cpl — Sunset Ave., Erlanger, Ky.
HALE, Isaac, Pvt — Bonanza, Ky.

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Name and Rank — Home Address

HAJEK, Elmer, S/Sgt — Stanton, Nebr.
HOYT, Lyle B. W., S/Sgt — Box 47, Luzerne, Iowa.
HOFFMAN, Carl D., T/4 — 112 Eastern Ave., Toledo, Ohio.
HUFF, Charles L., T/4 — Box 12, Statham, Ga.
HECKL, Alois, Cpl — 427 Olympic Ave., Buffalo, N. Y.
HANSEN, William J., T/5 — 810 S. 10th St., Brainerd, Minn.
HEGARTY, Owen, T/5 — 9701 4th Ave., Inglewood, Cal.
HARLOW, Daniel B., Pfc — 3815 W. 10th St., Des Moines, Iowa.
HATZL, Joseph, Pfc — 2149 St. Louis Ave., East St. Louis, Ill.
HITES, Paul E., Pfc — RR 1, W. Farmington, Ohio.
HOOVER, James F., Pfc — 850 Edison Ave., Sunbury, Pa.
HATCH, Sherwin A., Pvt — RFD 1, Rutaland, Vt.
HENNESSY, Robert M., Pvt — 4738 Center, Millington, Mich.
HOPPS, Percy S., Pvt — 136 Columbia St., Heleny, Ark.
JARVIS, Raymond J., T/5 — 15 Williams St., Springfield, Mass.
JOHNSON, Gordon B., T/5 — 851 E. Magnolia Ave., St. Paul, Minn.
JACKSON, Roy D., Pfc — Wardell, Mo.
JENKINS, Leonard R., Pvt — Gen Del., Danville, Ohio.
KAPLAN, Bennie, T/5 — 1647 S. Millard, Chicago, Ill.
KAIN, Eugene A., T/5 — 6 Merritt St., Wheeling, W. Va.
KAPPELMAN, Glenn L., T/5 — 1447 Massachusetts St., Lawrence, Kansas.
KOELLNER, John J., Pfc — 1355 Ave. E, Ft. Madison, Iowa.
KRATZER, Joseph J., Pfc — 94 Hewes St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
KRUGER, Sylvester, Pfc — 604 N. Spring St., Laverne, Minn.
KINARD, Joe M., T/5 — Box 334, Bamberg, S. C.
KLORA, Thomas F., T/5 — 1444 S. 51st Ct., Cicero, Ill.
KERN, Otto W., Pvt — Almena, Wis.
KLUMP, James L., Sgt — RR 2, Haubstadt, Ind.
KIEFER, Jack H., T/5 — Ft. Branch, Ind.
KOSOFSKY, Morris J., Pfc — 734 47th St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
KNIGHT, Sheridan T., T/5 — 616 N. Sangamon Ave., Gibson City, Ill.
LAMARRE, Lawrence L., Pfc — 72 8th St., New Bedford, Mass.
LAMKEY, John A., Pfc — 7710 N. Pauline St., Chicago, Ill.
La POINTE, Michael V., Pvt — Lake Andes, S. Dak.
La VOUNE, Dale, Pvt — Rt 1, Kasson, Minn.
LEE, Thomas D., Pvt — 12 Northey St., Salem, Mass.
LIVINGSTON, Robert P., Pfc — RD 1, Hubbard, Ohio.
LIVINGSTON, Lloyd R., T/5 — Prentiss, Miss.
LINK, Arthur J., Pfc — 749 W. Bridge St., Kankakee, Ill.
LENTON, Wayne E., Pvt — Marengo, Iowa.
LIS, Casimir J., Pvt — 2500 S. Sacramento Ave., Chicago, Ill.
LIPPEL, Stanley J., Pvt — 1333 St. Johns Pl., Brooklyn, N. Y.
LEMING, Harold K., 1st Sgt — 408 W. Green, Urbana, Ill.
LEVIN, Robert C., T/5 — c/o Abel Levin, 20 N. Wacker Dr., Chicago, Ill.
MANSFIELD, Jack H., Pvt — 625 E. 3rd St., Indianapolis, Ind.
MATHEWS, Lester G., T/4 — 4 Pohlman Lane, Jennings, Mo.

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Name and Rank — Home Address

MAURY, Elbert V., T/5 — Rt L, Avalon, Wis., c/o Melvin McClean.
MAY, Donald B., T/5 — Box 83, Van Lue, Ohio.
MARCHEWSKA, Casmir J., Pfc — 2439 Junction, Detroit, Mich.
MAGEE, Michael F., Pvt — 460 W. 131st St., NYC, N. Y.
Mc MANIGLE, Le Hoy F., Pvt — RFD 2, Brockway, Pa.
MINICK, Calvin P., Pvt — 2332 Smith, Ft. Wayne, Ind.
MEANS, C. Arthur, Pfc — 6552 S. Minerva Ave., Chicago, Ill.
MINWEGEN, Peter A., Pfc — 5940 N. Fairfield Ave., Chicago, Ill.
Mc CHARGUE, Roy, T/5 — Rt 1, Thomaston, Ga.
MINER, George J., T/5 — 9335 S. Loomis St., Chicago, Ill.
MOORE, Roy W., T/5 — 22 Landon Court, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Mc WHORTER, Duard G., T/4 — 7 Robinson Ave., Easley, S. C.
MINER, Orrin C., T/4 — 109 Gibson Ave., Fremont, Mich.
Mc ELVEEN, George A., Pfc — 114 Brook St., Kingstree, South Carolina.
MERRITT, Junius D., Pvt — Rt 1, Bonston, Ark.
MODRACKI, Roman J., T/5 — 1326 W. Grace St., South Bend, Ind.
MILLER, George C., Pfc — 20—31 Grove St., Brklyn, NY.
NEW, Cecil, Pfc — 24 West R 4th Ave., Huntington, W. Va.
NINE, Morris R., Pfc — Nappanee, Ind.
NONNEMACHER, Earl E., Pfc — 214 Lehigh St., Allentown, Pa.
OGG, Wayne W., Cpl — RFD 1, Suger Grove, Ohio.
OSBORN, James B., T/4 — Rt 3, Box 436, Toledo, Ohio.
PARTRIDGE, Robert D., Pvt — 6934 Harvard Ave., Chicago, Ill.
PALMER, Le Roy L., Pfc — 5836 Brentwood, Los Angeles, Cal.
PARKER, Theodore, Pfc — Box 124, Piedmont, S. C.
PARRIS, Johnie R., Pfc — Rt 3, Chesnee, S. C.
PARRIE, Louis, Sgt — Rt 2, Box 10-a, Zwolle, La.
PATTERSON, Forrest D., T/4 — Rt 2, Madison, Ind.
PARSON, Morris R., Cpl — 3613 Chapline St., Wheeling, W. Va.
POLLARD, Jack W., Cpl — 703 Cato St., Akron, Ohio.
PUKROP, Edward S., Pfc — RR 3, Stevens Point, Wis.
PITTMAN, William O., Cpl — RR 3, Sullivan, Ind.
PEDRAZA, Joseph, T/5 — 400 S. Halsted St., Chicago, Ill.
QUINT, Forrest E., T/5 — RFD 5, Houlton, Maine.
ROY, Charles J., Pvt — 4319 E. 10th, Kansas City, Mo.
RUTLEDGE, Donald C., T/5 — RR 1, Moreeland, Ind.
REYNOLDS, Harold R., Pvt — 648 Brown St., Akron, Ohio.
RELLICK, Mike, S/Sgt — Lucerne Mines, Pa.
RICKETTS, Myron K., T/5 — Lexington, Ill.
ROSENBALM, William T., Pfc — Rt 2, Troy, Ohio.
ROTHSTEIN, Murray, Pfc — 342 E. 4th St., Mt. Vernon, N. Y.
RYBERG, Theodore W., Pfc — Box 226, 413 Main St., Glen Ellyn, Ill.
SEABOLT, Ira R., Pvt — Wellford, W. Va.
SMITH, Joe M., Cpl — Rt 1, Sanger, Texas.
SIGSBEE, Robert M., T/5 — 437 Washington Ave., Oneida, N. Y.

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Name and Rank — Home Address

STEIN, Robert J., Pfc — 710 Dobson St., Evanston, Ill.
STRAUCH, Robert J., S/Sgt — Box 50, Washburn, Ill.
SCIBONA, Peter J., T/5 — Rt 3, Box 66-c, Hammond, La.
STRENIO, Andrew, Pfc — 1247 E. 36th St., Erie, Pa.
STILWELL, William G., Pvt — 4948-A Cote Brilliante, St. Louis, Mo.
SADLER, Gilbert H., T/4 — Stearns Rd., North Olmsted, Ohio.
STEGALL, William C., Pvt — Box 207, W. Union, S. C.
STANTON, Jerome F., T/5 — 932 Orient St., Medina, NY.
SKINNER, Ransom L., Pvt — 31 S. Salford St., Phil, Pa.
SUDDETH, Harold L., Pfc — Rt 4, Petersburg, Ind.
SMITH, John, Pfc — Lower Landing Rd., Blackwood, N. J.
SHIFFLETT, James W., T/5 — c/o Roy Eckler, Rt 4, Cynthiana, Ky.
SCHLECKMAN, Joseph H., Cpl — 4656 S. 2nd W., Murray, Utah.
SEXTON, John K., Sgt — Box 66, Stidham, Okla.
SANTOLO, Michael V., T/4 — 72 New Haven Ave., Waterbury, Conn.
SASSANO, Joseph M., Cpl — 67 St. James Terrace, Yonkers, N. Y.
SANTOS, Charles, T/5 — 190 River St., New Bedford, Mass.
STEIN, William G., T/5 — 6218 S. Keeler Ave., Chicago, Ill.
STIFF, Raymond G., T/5 — 1500 Bradford Terrace, Union, N. J.
STRICKLAND, William C., T/5 — 412 Marris St., Anderson, S. C.
SANDVICK, John J., Pfc — 730 S. Decker Ave., Baltimore, Md.
STANLEY, Enoch P., Pfc — 726 Foundry St., West Pittston, Pa.
STEEL, Joseph C., Pfc — Albany, Mo.
STRAIT, Victor D., Pfc — 857 Daniels St. NE, Ceder Rapids, Iowa.
SWAIN, Orville O., Pvt — 33 Fuller Drive, Madison, Wis.
TERZAKIS, William N., T/4 — Box 36, Buna, Texas.
TALKINGTON, Robert J., Pvt — 2119 Kildare Ave., Indianapolis, Ind.
THOMPSON, Edward C., T/5 — 830 6th St., Durango, Colo.
TOMBOLATO, Evo P., Sgt — 663 N. Carpenter St., Chicago, Ill.
TESKE, Raymond H. C., T/4 — 314 1-2 N. 4th St., Norman, Okla.
TAMPLIN, Willie B., T/5 — 298 Opelika St., Auburn, Ala.
TENNIS, Virgil A., T/5 — RR 1, Shelburn, Ind.
THOMAS, James C., Pfc — Rt 1, c/o C. A. Fleming, Andalusia, Ala.
THOMLEY, Mitchel, Pfc — Rt 1, Bruceville, Ind.
TRYGAR, Edmund J., Pfc — 27 Rose St., South River, N. J.
TRESMOND, Daniel J., Pvt — 223 Schiller St., Buffalo, N. Y.
VAUGHN, Vergil M., Pvt — R. 1, Carterville, Ill.
VAITH, Russell M., S/Sgt — Rt 1, Austin, Minn.
VENDITTI, Joseph D., Pvt — 2220 E. 108th St., Cleveland, Ohio.
WILKINSON, James J., Sgt — 205 9th Ave., La Grange, Ill.
WATSON, Harold M., T/5 — 918 E. 16th Ave., Denver, Colo.
WELL, Dayton T., Pvt — 245 Chester Ave., Manfield, Ohio.
WICKMAN, Harry W., Pfc — 518 North Ave., Barrington.
WILLIAMS, Lomon H., Pfc — Trout, W. Va.
WOLFF, John R., 1st Sgt — 3036 N. Sawyer Ave., Chicago, Ill.
WEAVER, Homer G., S/Sgt — Box 43, Rochester, Ill.

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Name and Rank — Home Address

WEISSER, Henry J., Sgt — Luck, Wis.
WALL, James E., T/5 — Rt 2, Selma, N. C.
WEEDON, Thomas I., T/5 — RFD 1, Box 92, Fredericksburg, Va.
WILLIAMS, Eddie L., T/5 — Rt 1, Pawnee, Ill.
WRIGHT, Furman B., T/5 — Star Route, Cleveland, S. C.
WRIGHT, Homer M., T/5 — 1007 Lisbon St., East Liverpool, Ohio.
WIMBERLY, Eugene C., Pfc — 2039 Burling St., Chicago, Ill.

KILLED IN ACTION

Name — Place and Date

2d Lt Gordon S. Foster — Les Gailons, France, 14 Aug 44
T/5 Richard Goure — Les Gailons, France, 14 Aug 44
Sgt John J. Heaney — Faverolles, France, 17 Aug 44
Pvt Edward Zawilla — Faverolles, France, 17 Aug 44
Pvt George W. Hawkins — Faverolles, France, 17 Aug 44
1st Lt George H. Earing — Thoiry, France, 25 Aug 44
Cpl Morris M. Lance — Biernes, France, 5 Sep 44
Pvt Louis A. Laudiero — Biernes, France, 5 Sep 44
Pvt Elmer W. Rice — Gerbeviller, France, 17 Sep 44
Pvt Russell E. Bartlett — Gerbeviller, France, 17 Sep 44
Pfc John S. Budde — Phillipsbourg, France, 21 Dec 44
2d Lt Merlin L. Miller — Grande Roselle, Germany, 1 Jan 45
Cpl Floyd A. Hinman — Grande Roselle, Germany, 10 Jan 45
Pvt Peter Popieniuck — Wurtheim, Germany, 1 Apr 45
2d Lt Benjamin S. Hill — Sternberg, Germany, 8 Apr 45
Pfc Harold G. Franklin — Sternberg, Germany, 8 Apr 45

MISSING IN ACTION

Pfc Kenneth Thelen

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C TROOP, 121 SQUADRON

AWARDS

Distinguished Service Cross —
2d Lt Benjamin S. Hill (Post)

Silver Star Medal —
Capt William B. Swafford
2d Lt Arlie C. Runyon

Bronze Star Medal —
Capt William B. Swafford
1st Lt Theodore E. Kozbiel
1st Lt Newton A. Barnett
1st Lt George H. Earing (Post)
1st Lt Owen O. Wright
2d Lt Merlin L. Miller (Post)
2d Lt Melvin D. Wentworth
1st Sgt Elmer H. Natzke
S/Sgt Henry L. Golembeski
S/Sgt Merlin C. Grossnicklus
Sgt Elmo B. Fouberg
Sgt Walter L. Donley
Sgt Richard F. Wendel
S/Sgt Joe P. McNair
T/5 Charles G. Ellis
T/5 Anthony Lopoccolo
T/5 Harold G. Thorp
T/5 Elmer J. Watercutter
Pvt Richard Barnes
Cpl Lee M. Smith
T/5 Harold C. Easley
T/5 Peter Andrejczuk
1st Sgt Robert A. Tague
S/Sgt Otto J. Ciemiega
S/Sgt Raymond L. Corson
Sgt Charles Monroe
T/5 Clarence W. O'Hanlon
T/5 Robert E. Saelens
Cpl Ray Sparks
Pvt Frank Tolisano
Pvt Peter E. Bondarek
Pfc William K. Bartee
Pfc Matt H. Cundiff
S/Sgt Maxwell L. Souders (Cluster)

Purple Heart —
Capt William B. Swafford
1st Lt George H. Earing (Post)
1st Lt Newton A. Barnett
1st Lt Theodore E. Kozbiel
1st Lt Owen O. Wright
2d Lt Arlie C. Runyon
2d Lt Merlin L. Miller (Post)
2d Lt Gordon S. Foster (Post)
2d Lt Benjamin S. Hill (Post)
2d Lt Raymond F. Cromwell
Pvt Peter E. Bondarek
T/5 Robert J. Strahle
Cpl Raymond Myers
S/Sgt Raymond L. Corson
S/Sgt Joe P. McNair
Cpl Clarence E. Whetsell
T/5 William N. Lesley
1st Sgt Elmer H. Natzke
1st Sgt Robert A. Tague
T/5 Charles G. Pritchett
Pfc Wesley E. Posey
T/4 Harry G. Cifelli
Tec 5 Harold C. Easley
Pfc Joseph Bilderback

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Purple Heart —
Cpl John J. Killian
Pvt Frank Fiore
Pvt Joseph Mazzie
Pvt Richard Barnes
Pvt Frank G. Colon
Pfc Vincent P. Ruddy
S/Sgt Merlin C. Grossnicklus
T/5 Arthur J. Bodner
Pvt Raymond Pruchneiwski
T/4 Robert H. Fry
T/5 Killian T. Schenk
Pfc Elmore B. Grandfield
Sgt Charles J. Bailey
Pfc Edward H. King
Pfc Donald S. Hauenstein
Pfc Edward R. Hubbs
T/5 Milton G. Slunder
T/5 Roy L. Seman
T/5 Harry H. Copper
T/5 William L. Watson
T/5 Edward R. Hubbs
Sgt Walter L. Donley
S/Sgt Henry L. Golembeski
Pfc Howard J. Ost
Pvt Robert J. Dickerson
T/5 Richard Goure (Post)
Sgt John J. Heaney (Post)
Pvt Edward Zawilla (Post)
Pvt George W. Hawkings (Post)
Cpl Morris M. Lance (Post)
Pvt Louis A. Laudiero (Post)
S/Sgt Chester J. Blaszczyk
Sgt Richard F. Wendel
T/5 Delbert D. Eck
T/4 Seymour S. Lang
Cpl Lee M. Smith
T/5 Elmer J. Watercutter
T/5 William H. Sykes
Pvt Edward G. Parris
T/5 Fred C. Norman
Pfc Edward H. King
T/5 Richard Casalina
T/5 Peter Andrejczuk
T/4 Lee E. Swecker
S/Sgt Wayne W. Wilkins
Pvt Neil A. Matheson
Pvt Edgar R. Kaylor
Pvt Rolf O. Olsen
Sgt Luther V. Clemons
T/4 Matt H. Cundiff
T/5 Robert E. Saelens
T/5 Alvin Martin
Pvt Harry Tankus
T/5 King W. Carter
Cpl Leo F. Forester
Pfc Clarence J. Donnohue
S/Sgt Merlin C. Grossnicklaus
Pvt Elmer W. Rice (Post)
Pvt Russell E. Bartlett (Post)
Pfc John S. Buode (Post)
Cpl Floyd A. Hinman (Post)
Pvt Peter Popieniuck (Post)
Pfc Harold S. Franklin (Post)

Croix de Guerre —
2d Lt Merlin L. Miller (Post)

KILLED IN ACTION

Name — Next of Kin and Address

BARTLETT, Rossell E. — Mrs. Ruth Bartlett (Mother), 1402 Brown Place, Rahway, N. J.
BUDDE, John S. — Dr. John C. Budde (Father), 5209 Irving Ave. E., Minneapolis, Minn.
FRANKLIN, Harold G. — Mr. Roy I. Franklin (Father), 607 N. Busey St., Urbana, Ill.

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KILLED IN ACTION (continued)

Name — Next of Kin and Address

GOURE, Richard — Mrs. Richard Goure (Wife), Box 90 A Rt No. 2, Lampasas, Texas.
HAWKINS, George W. — Mrs. Susie Hawkins (Mother), R. R. No. 2, Eminence, Kentucky.
HEANEY, John J. — Mrs. Jenne W. Heaney (Wife), 5224 Berry Ave., Chicago, Ill.
HINMAN, Floyd A. — Mrs. Alda Hinman (Mother), 118 Nakota, Clawson, Michigan.
LANCE, Morris M. — Mrs. Opal Lance (Mother), Spurgeon, Indiana.
LAUDIERO, Louis A. — Mrs. Mary Laudiero (Mother), 268 A Ogden Ave., Jersey City, New Jersey.
POPIENIUCK, Peter — Mr. Anthony Popieniuck (Father), 211 Main St., Maynard, Mass.
RICE, Elmer W. — Mrs. Neva Rice (Mother), Route No. 3, Bay City, Michigan.
THELEN, Kenneth — Mrs. Minnie H. Thelen (Mother), RFD No. 1, David City, Nebraska.
ZAWILLA, Edward — Mrs. Nellie Zawilla (Mother), 9627 S. Karloy, Chicago, Illinois.

Name and Rank — Home Address

ABRAMS, Albert J., Pfc — 4024 N. Ashland Ave., Chicago, Ill.
ANDREJCZUK, Peter, T/5 — 3537 E. 82nd St., Cleveland, Ohio.
ANDREWS, Morris L., Pvt — 106 Cana St., Mobile, Ala.
AUSTIN, George H., T/4 — 15 Markhan Gulch, Bingham Canyon, Utah.
BARTEE, William K., Pvt — 4538 Lake Park, Chicago, Ill.
BARNES, Fred K., Pfc — Route No. 2, Box 207-G, Grapeville, Texas.
BAILEY, Charles J., Sgt — Watson Blt No. 1, Fairmont, W. Va.
BALCH, Donald J., Cpl — Lame, N. H.
BECKER, Harry G., Pfc — 1320 3rd Ave., Altoona, Pa.
BILDERBACK, Joseph, Pfc — Wayside, Georgia.
BILAMYCA, Stanley, T/5 — Oak St., West Suffield, Conn.
BROCK, Earl P., Pfc — Box 26 Route 3, Wallace, N. C.
BODNER, Arthur J., T/5 — 23-34 42nd St., Astoria L. I., N. Y.
BONDAREK, Peter E., Pvt — Ridgedale Ave., East Hanover, New Jersey.
BRACKETT, Robert L., Cpl — 114 Liberty St., Athol, Mass.
BLOXHAM, Earl P., Pfc — Box 26 Route 3, Wallace, N. C.
BLASZCZYK, Chester J., T/Sgt — 4535 N. 30th St., Milwaukee, Wis.
BURGLUND, Benjamin N., Pfc — 5625 13th So., Seattle, Washington.
BUNNELL, Robert, T/5 — Route No. 2, Box 861-B, Louisville, Ky.
CARLTON, Fred W., Pvt — Box 600, Buckley, Washington.
CARTER, King W., T/5 — Route No. 2, Fayetteville, N. C.
CASSEL, Clyde B., Pvt — 119 Webster Ave., Downingtown, Penn.
CASALINA, Richard, T/5 — 6520 Burnside Ave., Cleveland, Ohio.

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Name and Rank — Home Address

CANDILORE, Samuel R., T/5 — 202 Merrill Rd., Pittsfield, Mass.
CARRELL, John T., Pfc — Gen. Del., Franklin, Ariz.
CHILES, James C., T/5 — 1203 Old Shell Rd., Mobile, Lla.
CERRETA, Vincent M., T/5 — Fond Hill Road, Mocanaqua, Pa.
CIFELLI, Harry C. Jr., T/4 — 306 N. Union St., Lambertville, N. J.
CIEMIEGA, Otto J., S/Sgt — 2113 N. Kilbourne Ave., Chicago, Ill.
CRANMER, Herbert R., Pvt — 5005 Harley Drive Apt 1-B, Phila., Penn.
CROSS, Robert E., T/4 — 500 E. 24th St., Austin, Texas.
CROCKER, Paul R., Pvt — RR No. 4, Medina, Ohio.
COLON, Frank G., Pvt — 389 Kosecusko St., Brooklyn, New York.
CORBIN, John H., Pvt — 102 Hulbert Ave., Erlanger, Kentucky.
COOL, Noah, Pfc — Holly, W. Va.
COACH, Hillaire A., T/5 — 529 S. Summer St., Holyoke, Mass.
COPPER, Harry H., T/4 — 136 So. 4th St., Newark, Ohio.
CUNDIFF, Matt H., Pfc — 3 Boltie St., Dayton, Ohio.
DASZYNSKI, Chester M., T/5 — R. R. No. 1, Box 124 B, North Liberty, Ind.
DEWBERRY, Doyle D., T/5 — 738 Marine St., Dean Park, Calif.
De ROLF, Robert M., Cpl — 321-152nd Place, Calumet City, Ill.
DICKERSON, Robert J., T/5 — 303 Miles Street, Alexandria, Ind.
Del CASALE, Louis J., T/4 — 1207 Ogden Ave., Bronx, New York.
DOSSETT, Rex, Pfc — 820 Boyle Ave., Princeton, Indiana.
DONNOHUE, Clarence J., T/5 — 3959 1-2 Holliday Ave., Los Angeles, Calif.
DONLEY, Walter L., Sgt — 1006 W. Columbia St., Champaign, Ill.
DUCKHORN, George A., Pfc — Lefor, N. D.
ECK, Delbert D., T/5 — Route No. 2, Germantown, Ohio.
ELLIS, Charles G., T/5 — Pomeroy, Ohio.
ESSLEY, Harold C., T/5 — 635 Douglas St., Auburn, Ind.
EINHAUS, Malcolm L., Pfc — 14 Park Ave., Batesville, Ind.
ELY, Elton E., T/5 — Star Route, Garrettsville, Ohio.
EVANS, William J., T/5 — 4420 2nd Ave., Dallas, Texas.
EVERETT, Sherman L., Pfc — Pleasant Mills, Ind.
FARIA, Edwin L., T/5 — 20 Elizabeth St., Fairhaven, Mass.
FABRIZIO, Dominic M., T/4 — 2327 W. Chicago Ave., Chicago, Ill.
FARMER, Elliott B., T/4 — 627 2nd Ave., S. Charleston, W. Va.
FELDMANN, Gustave F., Pvt — 507 Orchard Ave., Palmyra, N. J.
FREDERICK, Harry S., S/Sgt — 2814 North Racine Ave., Chicago, Ill.
FIORE, Frank, Pfc — 26 Grant St., Providence, R. I.
FRY, Robert H., T/4 — Main St., Egypt, Pa.
FULTON, Reed C., Sgt — 145 South St., Wrantham, Mass.
FOUBERG, Elmo B., Sgt — Forestburg, South Dakota.
FORESTER, Leo F., Cpl — 634 West 15th St., Winston Salem, N. C.
GARMANY, Hugh B., Pfc — 4513 Harcourt Rd., Baltimore, Md.
GAUGHAN, Frank J., Pfc — 514 D. Evergreen, Chanute, Kansas.
GREER, Walter A., Pfc — 1512 19th St., B'Ham, Ala.
GROSSO, Anthony P., Cpl — 127 Turnpike Rd., Shrewsbury, Mass.

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Name and Rank — Home Address

GROSSNICKLAUS, Merlin C., S/Sgt — RFD No. 1, Plarre Center, Nebr.
GRANDFIELD, Elmore B., Pfc — 42 Menotomy Rd., Arlington, Mass.
GREEN, Maurice, Pfc — Route 1, Box 316, Largo, Fla.
GILBERT, Allie, Pvt — Route No. 1, Box 16, Cottondale, Fla.
GOSNELL, Wallace G., Pvt — 621 Royal Court, Charlotte, N. C.
GOLEMBESKI, Henry L., S/Sgt — 908 Oakland Way, Steubenville, Ohio.
GLOVER, John O. Jr., T/5 — 2515 Amherst St., Orlando, Fla.
HARDY, Edmund J., Pvt — Eastman St., Concord, N. H.
HAUESTEIN, Donald S., Pfc — 4th & Locust St., Columbia, Penn.
HARRIS, Wesley E., T/4 — Route 1, Slaughters, Kentucky.
HAHN, James W., Pfc — Central Park, Helena, Mont.
HELTERBRAN, Charles E., Pfc — 446 Mosgrove St., Urbana, Ohio.
HIXON, Edward L., Pfc — R. D. No. 1, Dillinger, Penna.
HORNE, Eugene S., Pvt — R. D. No. 1, Mount Union, Pa.
HOFF, Henry O., Pfc — 2171 Wilhite Bd. Rt. 7, Pontiac, Mich.
HONAKER, Claude J., T/5 — Nolan, W. Va.
HORNER, Elmo, T/5 — RFD No. 1, Fillmore, Ind.
HUBBS, Edward R., T/5 — 738 Stewart Ave., RFD, Riverside Park, N. J.
HUGHES, William E., T/5 — RD No. 1, Heborn, Ohio.
HURST, Herman M., Sgt — Doe Run, Missouri.
IDELKOPE, Morris, Pfc — 2626 Plymouth Ave. N., Minneapolis, Minn.
JOHHON, Edward L., Pvt — Route No. 1, Box 57, Leesburg, Va.
JONES, Marvin O., Cpl — 313 Norris Ave., Gadsden, Ala.
JAWORSKI, Julian, Pfc — 31 Lehigh Ave., Lackawanna, New York.
KAYLOR, Edgar R., Pfc — 334 E. 101st St., Los Angeles 3, Calif.
KEENAN, Robert L., Pfc — Box 2003, Vienna, W. V.
KERSEY, Kenneth K., T/5 — c/o Herbert Kersey, Winamax, Ind.
KEHRES, John, Pvt — 1749 Hayden, E. Cleveland, Ohio.
KILLIAN, John J., Cpl — 243 Jervis St., Toledo, Ohio.
KING, Edward H., Pfc — Route 3, Asheboro, N. C.
KLEIN, Edward P., Pfc — Fitch Ave., Raspeburg, Md.
KLING, George F., Pfc — 40 E. 2nd St., Lititz, Pa.
KOFFENBERGER, Harry F., Pfc — 3519 Lyndale Ave., Baltimore, Md.
LANDES, William R., Pfc — 103 Weaver St., Phila, Pa.
LANG, Gilbert A., Pfc — 723 N. Nelson St., Arlington, Va.
LAWSON, Earl J., T/5 — Eccles, W. Va.
LAKE, Warren A., Cpl — Route No. 2, Patoka, Ill.
LANG, Seymour S., T/4 — 117-03-107th Ave., Richmond Hill, N. Y.
LANING, Joseph, Pvt — Route No. 2, Salina, Kansas.
LANTERMAN, George, T/5 — P. O. St. James, Long Island, New York.
LEMMON, Don M., T/5 — R. D. No. 2, Brockway, Pa.
LIPPINCOTT, Raymond E., Pfc — 7 Morgan Ave., Palmyra, N. J.

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Name and Rank — Home Address

LIBECAP, Joseph E., Pvt — E. Richard St., Miamisburg, Ohio.
LOPEZ, Joseph, Pfc — 216 W. 103rd St., New York City, N. Y.
LOPICCOLO, Anthony, T/5 — 3634 Charters St., New Orleans, La.
LUCAS, Felix, T/5 — 940 N. Conrod St., Indianapolis, Ind.
LUX, George W., Sgt — 7317 Princeton Ave., Chicago, Ill.
MAHAFFEE, Dewey L., Pvt — Box 224, Valdese, North Carolina.
MAUCH, Jerome E., Sgt — 6459 Drexel Ave., Chicago, Illinois.
MAZZIE, Joseph, Pvt — 1904 W. Grand Ave., Chicago, Ill.
MARTIN, Alvin, T/5 — No. St., Keck, Kentucky.
MAHONEY, Joseph J., Pfc — 20 Lockwood St., Haverhill, Mass.
MATTOX, James H., T/5 — 1 Donaldson St., Greenville, S. C.
MADIGAN, James E., Pfc — Route No. 4, Green Bay, Wis.
MARSH, Gerald E., Pfc — South Side Star Route, Oil City, Pa.
MASTER, Eugene L., Pfc — North Side Star Route, Oil City, Pa.
MATHESON, Neil A., Pfc — 122 John St., Kingston, Pa.
MALINOW, Irvin B., Pvt — 1055 Otis Blvd., Spartanburg, S. C.
MENSCH, Charles H., Pfc — 17 Norton Ave., Ridley Park, Pa.
Mc GRAW, Johnie D., T/5 — Route No. 3, Conrod, N. C.
Mc QUEARY, Charles G., Pvt — 319 N. 7th St., Hannibal, Mo.
MILLER, George H., Pvt — 1730 E. Ave., Eureka, Calif.
MENARD, Raymond A., Pvt — 1288 Greenwich Ave., Apponaug, R. I.
MINNICK, Allen A., Pfc — 1513 W. Rockland St., Phila., Pa.
Mc NAIR, Joe P., S/Sgt — 527-4th St., Mc Comb, Miss.
MITCHELL, James F., T/5 — Dorothy, W. Va.
MILES, William E., Pfc — 42 S. Washington St., Easton, Md.
MONTANDON, Milton T., Pfc — 529 E. 10th, Hutchinson, Kans.
MORRIS, Robert F., Pfc — Route 1, Elkton, Fla.
MONROE, Charles, Sgt — 340 W. Center St., Decatur, Ill.
MOSSER, Eugene A., T/4 — 123 Austin St., Fremont, Ohio.
MURRAY, David A. Jr., Pfc — Klein, Montana.
MYERS, Raymond, Cpl — 1431 Sherwood Rd., Phila, Pa.
NATZKE, Elmer H., 1st Sgt — 1138 N. Ridgeway, Chicago, Ill.
NALIS, John F., Cpl — 210 W. Fourth St., Mt. Carmel, Pa.
NEACE, Jerry, T/5 — Barwick, Ky.
NORMAN, Fred C., T/5 — 1524 Samerset Dr., Lynchburg, Va.
O'CONNER, Raphael A., T/4 — 1502 W. 16th St., Sioux City, Iowa.
O'NAIL, Raymon L., T/5 — 635 Arthur St., Pontiac, Mich.
ODENTHAL, Howard W., Pfc — 1817 Beech St., Mc Keesport, Pa.
OGLE, Roy O., Pfc — Pleasantville, Indiana.
OLSEN, Rolf O., Pfc — Hillside Ave., Burlington, Mass.
ORLOWFSKY, Bernard, Pfc — 146 Chester St., Bklyn, N. Y.
OWENS, Merlin M., Pfc — 25 Sands St., Cortland, N. Y.
PARISH, Gilbert E., Pfc — 413 Dwight St., Doodersport, Pa.
PAYNE, Aubry L. Jr., Pfc — 122 N. Seminary St., Madisonville, Ky.
PARISELLA, Benito J., Pvt — 15 Young St., Stapleton, New York.
PARRIS, Edward G., Pvt — Hume Road, Bedford, Mass.

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Name and Rank — Home Address

PATRONE, Ralph, T/5 — 3026 Southern Blvd., Youngstown, Ohio.
PHILLIPS, Rex, T/5 — Route No. 1, Glezen, Ind.
PIERCE, Vincent J., Pfc — 116 Harvard Av., Staten Island, NY.
POSEY, Wesley E., Pfc — 812 Bratton St., Jackson, Miss.
PRUCHNEIWSKI, Raymond A., Pvt — 5006 Baring Ave., E. Chicago, Ind.
PRITCHETT, Charles G., T/5 — Cordova, Maryland.
QUEARY, Eulis A., Pfc — West Sixteenth St., Corbin, Ky.
RUDDY, Vincent P., Pfc — 94-14 241st St., Bellerose Terace, N. Y.
READY, John F., Pfc — 4340 West Pine Blvd., St. Louis, Mo.
REILLY, Thomas J., Pfc — 546 Market St., Newark, N. J.
RUMLEY, Herman E., Pfc — Route No. 3, Marinsville, Va.
RUPPERT, Peter H., Pfc — 1141 Pursell Ave., Dayton, Ohio.
SAELENS, Robert E., Pfc — 4420 Cliffton Ave., Chicago, Ill.
SANDERSON, William E., Pfc — 1527 Western Ave., Knoxville, Tenn.
SAUNDERS, Raymond D., Pfc — Rural Route 1, Alma, Okla.
SAYLORS, Landis W., Pvt — Route No. 1, Box 41, Texas City, Tex.
SAUER, George W., Cpl — 1116 Archard St., Newport, Ky.
SEMAN, Roy L., T/5 — 408 Plum St., Greenville, Ohio.
SERVIS, William A., T/5 — 308 Lonest St., Urbana, Ill.
SHAFFER, John, Pfc — Mills, Pa.
SIMS, Carl W., T/5 — Route No. 1, Newport, Ark.
SLUNDER, Milton G., T/5 — RFD No. 3, Princeton, Ind.
SMITH, Henry, T/5 — 653 Cornelia Ave., Chicago, Ill.
SMITH, Maurice G., T/5 — 47 Elizabeth St., Chatham, Ontario, Cana.
SLONE, Everet, Pfc — Manton, Ky.
SMITH, Paul E., T/4 — 45 S. Farnham St., Galesburg, Ill.
SMITH, Lee M., Cpl — Chattary, W. Va.
SONNENFELDT, Richard W., Pfc — 1709 Linden Ave., Baltimore, Md.
SOWINSKI, John T., T/5 — 306 N. Scott St., Wilmington, Delaware.
SOUDERS, Maxwell L., S/Sgt — Iona, N. J.
SPARKS, Ray, Cpl — Box 184, Wynne Wood, Okla.
SPADIER, Dan M., Pfc — 5772 Mercury Ave., Los Angeles, Calif.
STINSON, Raymond H., Pvt — Route No. 1, oBnoguh, Tenn.
STAHL, Harry, Pvt — Unionsville, Conn.
STADLER, Ronald J., Pfc — RR 3, Appleton, Wisc.
STRAHLE, Robert J., T/5 — Hymera, Ind.
STRONG, Robert M., T/5 — 502 S. 1st St., Lafayette, Ind.
STUCKENBRUCK, Robert L., T/5 — 509 5th St. N. E., Jamestown, N. D.
SUTTON, Walter E., Cpl — Cove Creek, N. C.
SWECKER, Lee E., T/4 — 41 Nable St., Tiffin, Ohio.
SYKES, William H., Pvt — Route No. 1, Haw River, North Carolina.
SZYMANSKI, Henry S., T/5 — 10044 Ave. M, Chicago, Ill.
TANKUS, Harry, Pvt — 3214 W. Crystal St., Chicago, Ill.

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Name and Rank — Home Address

TAYLOR, Richard, Pfc — 798 Mountain Ave., So. Williams Port, Pa.
TERRY, William J., Pvt — Iron Mountain, Mo.
TOLISANO, Frank, Pvt — 495 Maple Ave., Hartford, Conn.
TOMASZEWSKI, Barney, Pvt — 434 Main St., Banshaw, Penn.
TOMCZAK, Roman L., T/5 — 2471 S. 10th St., Milwaukee, Wisc.
THORP, Harold G., Pfc — Conconully, Wash.
TUTTLE, Hubert W., Pvt — 152 E. Laurel, Sierra Madre, Calif.
VANCE, Theodore L., Pvt — 31 California St., Xenia, Ohio.
VELASCO, William E., T/4 — 2126 East Washington, Pasadena, Calif.
VINE, Robert D., T/5 — 1055 W. Forphyry St., Butte, Mont.
WATTERCUTTER, Elmer J., T/5 — Route 2, Anna, Ohio.
WATSON, William L., T/5 — 804 East Oregon, Urbana, Ill.
WEHRMEISTER, John J., T/4 — 628 Western Ave., Tiledo, Ohio.
WEAND, Earl R., Pvt — Route No. 73, Gilbertsvile, Pa.
WAGNER, Richard A., Pfc — 106 Hancock St., Riverside, N. J.
WALSH, Francis E., Cpl — 1466 Dwight Place, N. Y.
WILKENS, Wayne W., S/Sgt — 825 Second St., Lancaster, Ohio.
WILKERSON, Uriel B., T/5 — Mebane, N. C.
WILLIAMS, Jesse R., T/5 — Route 1, Florence, Ky.
WISGERHOF, William G., Pfc — 603 E. 10th St., South Newton, Iowa.
WENDEL, Kurt G., Pfc — 117 Bowman St., Manchester, N. H.
WRIGHT, Orland C., T/5 — McHenry, Md.
WHITE, William E., Pvt — 1119 Greers Ave., Columbus, Ohio.
WYLAND, Harold W., Pvt — 2416 Wells St., Ft. Wayne, Ind.
WRENN, Elmer E., T/5 — RFD 1, Woodsdale, North Carolina.
WHETSELL, Clarence E., Cpl — Kingwood, W. Va.
ZUEHLKE, Robert F., Sgt — 2730 Wellington Ave., Chicago, Ill.

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E TROOP, 121 SQUADRON

KILLED IN ACTION

Name — Place and Date

1st Lt George R. Lyne — Barnville, France, 15 Jul 44
2d Lt Vincent W. Henrichs — Mouacourt, France, 1 Nov 44
S/Sgt Samuel Noring — Launey Richter, France, 3 Aug 44
Cpl Harold A. Grigg — Mouacourt, France, 1 Nov 44
S/Sgt Marion Chapmond — Holbach, France, 15 Mar 45
Pfc Robert J. Mellonig — Riedelberg, Germany, 19 Mar 45
Cpl Forrest D. Woods — Henfenfeld, Germany, 16 Apr 45

AWARDS

Bronze Star Medal —
Capt Edward G. Krebs
1st Lt Gerald E. McConney
1st Lt Danford C. Matteson
Cpl Richard B. Linehan
T/5 Raymond Simone
T/4 Alberte Hildreth
T/4 Raymond J. Mosciske
T/4 William H. Clendenning
T/5 Dave G. Gladwell
T/4 Edgar K. Royse
T/5 Walter E. Sauerwald
1st Sgt Charles V. Wallace
T/4 Virgil B. Pearson
T/5 Berto C. Mariani
T/5 Francis E. Peters
T/5 Albert E. Ballew
T/5 George I. Brock
T/5 James W. Yonts
S/Sgt Donald B. Rolfes
T/5 Adam Snyder Jr.
S/Sgt William J. Warzynski

Purple Heart —
Capt Edward G. Krebs
1st Lt Paul S. Barrington
2d Lt Vincent W. Henrichs
1st Sgt Charles V. Wallace
T/5 Albert E. Bellew
Cpl Harold A. Grigg
S/Sgt Samuel Noring
Cpl Harold A. Grigg
S/Sgt Joseph J. Pivenka
Pfc John Battaglia
T/4 Raymond J. Mosciske
Pvt Francis Myers
T/5 Harold R. Russell
Pvt Mauro P. Gaitaniella
Cpl Eldo V. Wellmeyer
Cpl Robert A. Thuerk
Sgt William Scearce
T/5 George I. Brock
S/Sgt Marion Chapmond
Pfc Robert J. Mellonig
Cpl Forrest D. Woods
T/5 Omar Patton
Pfc Merritt L. Archer
Sgt Howard D. Kelley
T/5 Glenn W. Baker

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KILLED IN ACTION

Name — Next of Kin and Address

CHAPMOND, Marion — Mrs. Lorena Chapmond, Gen Del, Haskell, Texas.
GRIGG, Harold A. — Mrs. Grace Smith, RR 4, Peoria, Ill.
MELLONIG, Robert J. — Mrs. Gertrude Mellonig, 2140 S. 87th St., West Allis, Wisconsin.
NORING, Samuel — Mrs. Margaret Noring, Gregory, South Dakota.
WOODS, Forrest D. — Mrs. Maxine Woods, 350 Ayers St., Waverly, Ill.

Name and Rank — Home Address

ALLENDER, James E., T/4 — 708 W. 46th St., Los Angeles, Calif.
ARCHER, Merrit L., Pfc — 32 Dyer St., Presque Isle, Maine.
APPEL, Julius W., Pfc — 765 Dixie Hwy, Erlanger, Kentucky.
ATKINS, Jack W., Sgt — 3703 S. 28th W. Ave., Tulsa, Okla.
AUSTIN, Louis M., T/5 — 4341 Paseo, Kansas City, Missouri.
BAKER, Glenn W., T/5 — RR 3, Upper Sandusky, Ohio.
BALLEW, Albert E., T/5 — 168 S. Pearl, North East, Pa.
BARNETT, Freddie L., Pfc — Greenview, Illinois.
BATTAGLIA, John, Pfc — 1154 W. Ohio St., Chicago, Ill.
BEAL, Samuel J., S/Sgt — RFD 3, Elmer, New Jersey.
BOKINA, Jerome S., Pfc — 2047 N. Albany Ave., Chicago, Ill.
BRACKMAN, Richard M., Pfc — 2528 First St., New Orleans, La.
BROCK, George I., T/5 — Rt 2, Box 121, Keansville, N. Carolina.
BROWN, Edward, Pvt — Pondford, Minnesota.
BULLARD, Robert L., S/Sgt — Chesterfield, Ill.
CHARLEBOIS, Gerard H., Pvt — 15324 Weland Ave., Detroit, Michigan.
CLARK, Harry R., Sgt — 1179 Rice Ave., Lima, Ohio.
CLENDENNING, William H., T/4 — 772 Minerva St., E. Liverpool, Ohio.
COOKE, Robert G., Cpl — 1746 W. Broad St., Bethlehem, Penna.
DEHIL, Anthony T., Sgt — 3901 E. 93rd St., Cleveland, Ohio.
DUKE, Tatt C., Pfc — Lumberton, N. Carolina.
FARAH, George, Pfc — 51½ Cherry St., Mt Clemens, Michigan.
FEIG, Sanford W., Cpl — 551 Sheridan Ave., Detroit 14, Michigan.
GAITANIELLA, Mauro P., Pvt — 3047 Wheeler St., Pittsburgh, Pa.
GAUTHIER, Lawrence R., Pfc — RFD 1, Two Rivers, Wisconsin.
GLADWELL, Dave G., T/5 — 1414 E. Eighth St., Beardstown, Ill.
GERMAN, Preston L., Sgt — 136 E. 5th, Franklin, Ohio.
GREEN, William F., Pvt — Box M 38, Covington, Georgia.
GYSELINCK, Henry E., Pfc — 634 Briar Place, Chicago, Ill.

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Name and Rank — Home Address

HALE, Paul R., Cpl — West Prestonsburg, Ky.
HALSEY, Floyd H., Pvt — Canastota, New York.
HENDERSON, Blair L., T/5 — Rd 1, Bolivar, Penna.
HILDRETH, Albert E., T/4 — RFD 2, Harvard, Ill.
HOFFACKER, Harold G., T/4 — 529 N. First St., Springfield, Ill.
HOPPER, George O., T/5 — Pesotum, Ill.
HUDSON, Dovovan, T/5 — Urbana, Iowa.
KELLEY, Howard D., Sgt — Marietta Rd., Bremen, Ohio.
KITZ, Donald L., T/5 — 1915 Evansdale Ave., Toledo, Ohio.
KLINGZELL, Johannes, Pfc — 4301 Broadway, Chicago, Ill.
KOSTULA, Walter A., Pfc — 1238 Bennette St., Old Forge, Penna.
KRONES, William E., Pvt — 5008 W. 14th St., Cicero, Ill.
KUNKEL, Julius S., Sgt — 301 Lopez, Tampico, Mexico.
LALLA, Walter H., T/4 — RR 1, Granger, Texas.
LINEHAN, Richard B., Cpl — 616 Forsythe, Toledo, Ohio.
MARIANI, Berto C., T/5 — 377 Columbus Ave., Springfield, Mass.
MARTIN, William J., Pfc — Rit 1, Greensburg, Indiana.
MATHIS, Charles P., Pfc — RR 1, Hardin, Ky.
McKINNEY, Richard E., Cpl — 1700 S. Scurry, Big Spring, Texas.
MESSENGER, Donald E., Pfc — New Virginia, Iowa.
MYERS, Francis W., Pvt — Rt 2, Centerburg, Ohio.
MOSCISKE, Raymond J., T/4 — RR 1, Granger, Texas.
PATTON, Omer, T/5 — Frenchburg, Ky.
PEARSON, Virgil B., T/4 — 2800 S. Lowell Ave., Springfield, Ill.
PETERS, Francis E., T/5 — 502 S. Pichard, Rt 2, Box 224, Norman, Okla.
PIANKO, Benjamin, Pfc — 483 Snedeker Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.
PIVONKA, Joseph J., S/Sgt — 1116 N. Church St., Kalamazoo, Mich.
PRZYBILSKI, Walter F., Pfc — 909 Western Ave., South Bend, Ind.
REINHARD, William, Pvt — 1310 Wells St., Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
REAS, Arthur L., Pfc — Edgerton, Ohio.
REYNOLDS, Ronald W., Pfc — 218 Eighth St., Lincoln, Ill.
REBROVICH, Thomas G., Pvt — Cummings Rd., Akron, N. Y.
BODENBERG, Randolph F., T/4 — Rt 4, Box 185 A, Evansville, Ind.
ROLFES, Donald B., S/Sgt — 843 Arlington RD, Covington, Ky.
ROYSE, Edgar K., T/4 — Box 583, Texahoma, Oklahoma.
RUPP, John D., Sgt — 1025 Elizabeth St., Pueblo, Colorado.
RUSSELL, Harold R., T/5 — 5610 Kemp Rd., Dayton, Ohio.
SALDIVAR, Venancio F., Pfc — 10107 Grape St., Watts, Calif.
SCRANTON, Leonard N., Sgt — 800 N. Lincoln, Urbana, Ill.
SCEARCE, William, Sgt — 136 E. 5th, Franklin, Ohio.
SAUERWALD, Walter E., T/5 — Barrian Ave., Atco, N. J.
SIKERNITSKY, Edward J., Pvt — 70 Montowese St., Hartford, Connecticut.
SIMONE, Raymond, T/5 — 19 Rye St., Providence, Rhode Island.
SMITH, Richard T., Pvt — 521 Baxter Ave., Louisville, Ky.

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Name and Rank — Home Address

SWATEK, Bernard J., T/5 — 2852 Diversey Av., Chicago, Ill.
SNYDER, Adam, T/5 — RR 3, Mt Vermon, Ind.
STRAWN, Herbert P., Sgt — Pawnee, Ill.
TARDIF, Leon R., Cpl — 61 Jefferson St., Leviston, Maine.
TEVEBAUGH, Floyd, S/Sgt — 824 N. Vermillion Ave., Danville, Ill.
THOMPSON, John L., Pfc — St. Anne, Kankakee, Ill.
THORNBURG, Clyde W., Pfc — Rt 4, Lincolnton, N. Carolina.
THUERK, Robert A., Cpl — 2440 Foster Ave., Chicago, Ill.
ULMEN, Bernard M., Pfc — 715 S. Hope, Los Angeles, Calif.
VOSS, Mack E., Pfc — 1203 W. Springfield Ave., Champaign, Ill.
WALKER, Preston L., Pfc — Rt Al, Box 49, Harrison City, Mississippi.
WELLMEYER, Eldo V., Cpl — Stendal, Ind.
WALLACE, Charles V., 1st/Sgt — 2228 Eastwood Ave., Chicago, Ill.
WINGER, Robert B., Sgt — 908 E. Lawson Ave., St. Paul, Minnesota.
WARZYNSKI, William J., S/Sgt — Rt 2, Box 32, Almond, Wisconsin.
WURTZ, Loren J., S/Sgt — Linn, Kansas.
YONTS, James W., T/5 — 23739 Cayuga St., Hazelpark, Michigan.

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F COMPANY 121 SQUADRON

KILLED IN ACTION

Name — Place and Date

T/4 John F. Eyler — La Lucasserie, France, 28 Jul 44
Pvt Ronald A. Wilson — Launay Richter, France, 2 Aug 44
T/5 Howard F. Van Fossen — Launay Richter, France, 3 Aug 44
Pvt Robert Crookshanks — Laval, France, 6 Aug 44
Sgt Alfred J. Michaud — Removille, France, 11 Sep 44
Pvt Charles H. Wersehe — Removille, France, 11 Sep 44
Sgt Carroll E. Terry — Henemenil, France, 9 Oct 44
Sgt Lester L. Boyd — Ob Klein, Germany, 28 Mar 45
Pfc Lloyd H. Sheldon — Hailer, Germany, 1 Apr 45

AWARDS

Silver Star Medal —
Sgt Robert L. Hosek

Bronze Star Medal —
Capt William Y. Crutchfield
1st Lt Philip R. Marsilius
1st Lt Edward R. Garrison
1st Lt Ira B. Cooper
1st Lt Nevin T. Shafler
1st Sgt Ivan L. Coonrod
S/Sgt Charles C. Horn
Sgt Robert E. Hawkins
Sgt Frank W. McKinney
Sgt Louis W. Easterday
T/4 Haskell Wilborn
T/4 Robert L. Faulkner
T/4 John C. Carnduff
T/4 William J. Lykins
T/4 Luther Hatfield
T/4 Elmer R. Sharp
Sgt Elbert J. Gebhardt
T/5 Willie J. Thompson
Pfc Lowell Huff
Pfc Norman P. Rigby
S/Sgt Walter L. Davis
S/Sgt Thomas L. Fields
S/Sgt William D. McMurray
S/Sgt Roman P. Lach
Sgt William L. Miller
T/Sgt Cartha Smith
T/4 Ernest M. Smith
T/4 Alferd E. Cooper
T/4 Morris E. Ott
T/4 George L. Kolb
T/4 Timothy R. Langley
T/5 John B. Peavy
T/5 Jesse A. Dubbs
Pfc William F. Kuehn
Cpl Earl L. Ringer
T/5 Avice W. Stumbo

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Purple Heart —
Capt William Y. Crutchfield
1st Lt Philip R. Marsilius
1st Lt Ira B. Cooper
1st Lt Welch C. Bryant
1st Lt Nevin T. Shafler
2nd Lt Edward E. Murphy III
1st Sgt Ivan L. Coonrod
T/5 Charles E. Floyd
Pfc Kenneth F. Toman
S/Sgt Charles C. Horn
Pfc Norman P. Rigby
T/5 Arthur Andrade
Sgt Carl E. Duke
Pfc George Zbell
T/5 Frank A. De Julius
Pfc Harry P. Murphy
Pvt Joseph Werner
Pfc Herbert E. Wallace
Pfc Robert E. Murphy
T/4 Morris W. Ott
Pfc Tony R. Doto
S/Sgt Thomas L. Field
T/4 John F. Eyler (Post)
Pvt Ronald A. Wilson (Post)
T/5 Howard F. Van Fossan (Post)
Pvt Robert Crookshanks (Post)
Sgt Alfred J. Michaud (Post)
Pfc Harry P. Murphy
T/4 Haskell Wilborn
Pfc Lawrence L. Stumfoll
T/4 Luther Hatfield
Pfc Homer P. Linkous
T/4 Timothy R. Langley
Cpl Earl L. Ringer
T/4 Alfred E. Cooper
Sgt Harry E. Smith
Sgt Stanley C. Maksimowicz
T/5 Weseley C. Flatt
Sgt Robert A. Woehler
Pvt William G. Neil
Sgt Robert B. Reebe
Sgt Albert S. Shaw
T/4 Arnett L. Eader
Pfc Chester Furmanek
Sgt Carl E. Duke
Pfc Charles R. Voels
Pvt John Pozenel
Pfc Michael Dolce
S/Sgt William D. McMurray
Pvt Charles H. Wersehe (Post)
Sgt Carroll E. Terry (Post)
Sgt Lester L. Boyd (Post)
Pvt Lloyd H. Sheldon (Post)
Pvt Ronald W. Duncan (Post)

KILLED IN ACTION

Name and Rank — Next of Kin and Address

BOYD, Lester L., Sgt — Mrs. Ruth Schramm (Aunt), Loami, Illinois.
CROOKSHANKS, Robert H., Pvt — Mrs. Blanche G. Crookshanks (Mother), 1759 11th Ave., Huntington, West Virginia.
DUNCAN, Donald W., Pvt — Mrs. Evelyn Duncan (Wife), 23 Steinbough Court, Pontiac, Michigan.
EYLER, John F., T/4 — Mrs. Tessie Kemper (Sister), Hammonds Ferry Rd., Linthicum, Maryland.
MICHAUD, Alfred J., Sgt — Mrs. Lillian Michaud (Wife), 1925 West Wells St., Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
SHELDON, Lloyd H., Pfc — Mr. Herbert H. Sheldon (Father), Route 1, Springboro, Pennsylvania.

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KILLED IN ACTION (continued)

Name and Rank — Next of Kin and Address

TERRY, Carroll E., Sgt — Mrs. Ida Terry (Wife), Christopher, Illinois.
Van FOSSEN, Howard F., T/5 — Mrs. Oren O. Van Fossen (Mother), 1223 N. Paul St., Springfield, Illinois.
WILSON, Ronald A., Pvt — Mrs. Mary M. Wilson (Mother), Box 185, South Wilmington, Illinois.
WERSEBE, Charles H., Pvt — Mrs. Mary Wersebe (Mother), 299 Lake St., St. Albans, Vermont.

Name and Rank — Home Address

ANDERSON, Oscar L., T/5 — Route 2, Erick, Oklahoma.
ANDRADE, Arthur, T/5 — 99 Plain St., Taunton, Massachusetts.
BADDOCK, Kenneth J., Pfc — 11 Academy Ave., Haverhill, Massachusetts.
BEEBE, Robert R., Sgt — Libby, Montana.
BRADBURY, Robert, Pfc — 21 Claremont Ave., New York, New York.
BRAND, Wilson, T/4 — 1804 Thompson St., Lafayette, Indiana.
BRATTON, Lealon, Pfc — Clarkshill, Indiana.
BROWN, George E., Pfc — 45-19 215th St., Bayside, Queens, New York.
BURKE, Francis J., Pfc — 227 W. London St., Lowell, Mass.
BURNS, Paul R., Pfc — 1061 E. 77th St., Long Beach, Cal.
BUSSEY, Roy H., Pfc — Box 128, Dimmitt, Texas.
CAIN, J. C., Pfc — Rt. 1 Box 344, Blytheville, Arkansas.
CARNDUFF, John G., T/4 — 2042 E. Monroe St., Springfield, Illinois.
CARTER, Charles W., Pfc — Leichtfield, Kentucky.
COOPER, Alford E., T/4 — Route 2, Grandview, Texas.
COPLEY, Charles S., Sgt — Kimball, W. Va.
COONROD, Ivan L., 1st Sgt — 5721 General Ogden St., New Orleans, Louisiana.
COPPOLA, James J., Pfc — 62 Smith St., Belleville, N. J.
CROSSLEY, John R., Pfc — 10 Floyd St., Utica, N. Y.
DAVIS, Arthur A., Pfc — Long Spur, Virginia.
De JULIUS, Frank A., T/5 — 755 Monongahela Ave., Glassport, Pennsylv.
DULEY, Wilbor H., Pvt — Apt 518, 6383 Sheridan Bd., Chicago, Illinois.
DUKE, Carl E., Sgt — Flowery Branch, Ga.
DEVOR, Harrol S., T/4 — RR 6, Decatur, Illinois.
DOLCE, Michael, Pfc — 34 Hinsdale St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
DURKEE, Henry E., Pfc — 372 Main St., Hartford, Connecticut.
DUBBS, Jesse A., T/5 — 3668 Arlington, Los Angeles, California.
Di CAPRIO, Luca P., T/4 — 183 Gorham Ave., Hamden, Connecticut.
EASTER, Fred C., Pvt — 828 Jackson Blvd, Tarrant, Ala.
EASTERDAY, Louis W., Sgt — 231 S. Jefferson St., Coldwater, Michigan.
EDGAR, James W., Sgt — New Berlin, Illinois.
ESTEP, Paul, Pfc — Box 12, Buena Vista, Pennsylvania.
FARR, Frederick Q., Pfc — 19 Hillside Road, Elizabeth, New Jersey.
FAYA, Harry F. Jr., Pfc — 606 Harlem Lane, Cantonsville, Maryland.
FAULKNER, Robert L., T/4 — 2011 E. Spruce St., Springfield, Illinois.

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Name and Rank — Home Address

FLATT, Wesley C., T/5 — Route 3, Gainesboro, Tenn.
FLOOD, Charles E., S/Sgt — 15105 Charles R. St., East Detroit, Michigan.
FLOYD, Charles E., T/5 — c/o J. W. Sperights, Clarksville, Ohio.
FRAGA, Charles M., Pvt — 1119 Duval St., Key West, Fla.
FREDERICK, Glenn C., T/4 — RFD 3, Springfield, Ill.
FURMANEK, Chester W., Pfc — 35 Lester St., Wallington, New Jersey.
FIELD, Thomas L., S/Sgt — 510 8th St., Lincoln, Ill.
GRZENDZIELEWSKI, Steve, Pfc — 86 E. Oxford St., Valley Stream, N. Y.
FRANCO, Victor A., Pfc — Route 1, Springdale, Arkansas.
GEBHARDT, Elbert J., Sgt — 1140 Virginia Ave., Springfield, Illinois.
GRIMM, Emerson P., Pfc — 601 Rowland Ave., N. E. Canton, Ohio.
GOODIN, Junior C., T/5 — Box 33, Amherst, Texas.
GIESE, Harold W., S/Sgt — 1222 N. Hoyne, Chicago, Ill.
GRZENDZIELEWSKI, Steve J., T/4 — 3115 S. Brisbane Ave., Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
HABER, Paul E., Pfc — 540 Newton Place NW, Washington, DC.
HAMLIN, James F., T/5 — 15444 Appoline, Detroit, Mich.
HASEK, Robert L., Sgt — Hinton, Iowa.
HAWKINS, Robert E., Sgt — Greenview, Illinois.
HATFIELD, Luther, T/4 — Ranson, Kentucky.
HOLLISTER, Harold D., T/5 — 1152 Rapides Ave., Alexandria, Louisiana.
HORN, Charles C., S/Sgt — 509 Lakeview St., Pineville, Louisiana.
HOWELL, Joseph W., Pfc — 93 Ardmore St., Rochester, N. Y.
HUFF, Lowell, Pfc — Huntingburg, Indiana.
JOHNSON, James W., Sgt — 2741 Troost St., Kansas City, Missouri.
JENSEN, Roger L., Pfc — 3940 N. 12th St., Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
KOLB, George L., T/4 — 46 Charles St., Valley Stream, New York.
KUEHN, William F. Jr., Pfc — Route 1, Omega, Oklahoma.
LACH, Roman P., S/Sgt — 802 E. Carpenter St., Springfield, Illinois.
LANGLEY, Timothy R., T/4 — 244 Spring St., Decatur, Georgia.
LAIR, Kendall W., Pfc — 425 Catherine St., Elizabeth, New Jersey.
LAMB, James A., Pfc — W. Terre Haute, Indiana.
LAMKIN, Raymond W., Pfc — 311 W. Beardsley St., Champaign, Illinois.
LINKOUS, Homer P., Pfc — Berwind, West Virginia.
LYKINS, William J., T/4 — Box 32, Hazard, Kentucky.
LEE, Julian J., Pvt — Gen. Del. Box 157, Lake Mohigan, N. Y.
MAKSIMOWICZ, Stanley C., Sgt — 3201 Rust St., Saginaw, Michigan.
LUEBKE, Charles J., Cpl — 2329 Janssen Ave., Chicago, Illinois.
MANN, Martin C., T/5 — Lyons, Ohio.
MACDASZEK, Stanley, Pfc — 2659 W. Cortez S., Chicago, Ill.
MURPHY, Harry P., Pfc — 5518 W. Van Buren St., Chicago, Illinois.
MURPHY, Robert E., Pfc — 1133 Coronda Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio.
Mc MURRAY, William D., S/Sgt — 482 E. George St., Marion, Ohio.

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Name and Rank — Home Address

Mc KINNEY, Frank W., Sgt — 1713 E. Monroe St., Springfield, Illinois.
MILLER, William L., Sgt — RR No. 2, Rochester, Ill.
NEWTON, Harry H., T/5 — 36 E. Main St., Galeton, Pa.
NOBLES, J. B., Pfc — Cerro Gordo, North Carolina.
OCCKIOGROSSO, Paul J., Sgt — Jeffrey Ave., East Meadow, Long Island, N. Y.
OTT, Morris W., T/4 — RFD 1, Eckerty, Indiana.
PEAVY, John B., T/5 — Slagle, Louisiana.
PERIGO, Elwood I., T/5 — RR 1, Gentryville, Indiana.
PELLUM, Mac D., Pvt — 334 Main St., Clarksville, Tenn.
POLITO, Albert J., T/4 — 2608 Wilson Ave., Campbell, Ohio.
PERKINS, Amos H., Sgt — Route 1, Aldrich, Missouri.
POLGAR, Joseph J., Cpl — 1431 E. 20th St., Lorain, Ohio.
POOLE, Amos A., T/5 — 7511 Harrison Ave., Hammond, Indiana.
POLLARD, Sherman L., Pfc — New Augusta, Indiana.
POZENEL, John, Pfc — 1706 Main Ave., Sheboygan, Wisconsin.
PYFER, Le Roy H., Pfc — 265 W. Pearl Ave., Rockford, Ill.
RADER, Arnett L., T/4 — Vancas, West Virginia.
RANCK, William E., Sgt — 6017 East Lawn Ave., Detroit, Michigan.
REILLY, James P., Pfc — 32 Emerson Ave., Jersey City, N. J.
REINER, William J. Jr., Pfc — 2824 W. Stiles St., Philadelphia, Pennsylv.
REPP, Joseph D., Pfc — Motor Route 2, New Kensington, Pennsylvania.
RIGBY, Norman P., Pfc — 177 Rowson St., Fall River, Massachusetts.
RINGER, Earl L., Cpl — 1452 Bryn Mawr Ave., Chicago, Illinois.
ROBBINS, Norman W., Pfc — RFD 3, Benton, Pennsylvania.
ROBERTS, William J., Pfc — 1125 Bedford Ave., Norfolk, Virginia.
RUBILLO, Michael E., Pfc — 2659 South 61st St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
SALLADE, Clarie W., Pfc — Idelle St., Harwick, Pa.
SCHIELE, Albert L., T/5 — 310 Prairie St., Paris, Illinois.
SCOTT, Howard R., T/4 — Washington, Vermont.
SEESE, Lyle A., Sgt — 2681 Euclid Ave., Duboistown, Pennsylvania.
SEGLER, Jerry, T/5 — 61 Blanton St., Texarkana, Texas.
SHAW, Albert S., Sgt — 1329 S. Shepard St., Indianapolis, Indiana.
SHARP, Elmer R., Sgt — Route 3, Dublin, Texas.
SMALL, Jay H., Pfc — 1357 E. 49th St., Cleveland, Ohio.
SMITH, Harry E., Sgt — 606 Grove Ave., Galion, Ohio.
SMITH, Cartha, T/Sgt — Sidney, Illinois.
SMITH, Ernest M., T/4 — 731 N. Main St., Jacksonville, Illinois.
SICKLER, Arthur J., T/5 — Avalon, Missouri.
STOUT, Charles W., T/5 — 300 9th St., Shelbyville, Ky.
STUMBO, Avice W., T/5 — Greasy Ridge, Ohio.
SKEBTICH, Stephen T., Pfc — 418 W. Main St., Staunton, Illinois.
SOCKEL, William, Pfc — 1606 E. Reynolds, Springfield, Illinois.
STUMFOLL, Lawrence L., Pfc — RR 3, Pittsburg, Kansas.
SONGER, Zack, Pfc — 902 E. 5th Place, Tulsa, Okla.
TAYLOR, Willard G., Pfc — 1215 Euclid Ave., Knoxville, Tennessee.
TOMAN, Kenneth F., Pfc — 4117 West 5th Ave., Chicago, Illinois.

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Name and Rank — Home Address

THOMPSON, Willie J., T/5 — 620 9th Ave., Council Bluffs, Iowa.
TORNABENE, Russell C., T/5 — 3936 Harrison St., Gary, Indiana.
TRIMPER, Llewellyn E., Pfc — 3 Elnora Ave., Linthicum Heights, Maryland.
VITELLO, Anthony N., Pfc — 72 Curtis Ave., Bridgeport, Connecticut.
VOELS, Charles F., Pfc — 20 Willow St., Babylon, N. Y.
WALLACE, Herbert E., Pfc — Brodhead, Wisconsin.
WALTON, William K., Pfc — Box 112, St Andrews, Florida.
WEBB, Roscoe L., Pfc — Route 2, Guysville, Ohio.
WERNER, Joseph, Pvt — RFD 467, Lancaston, New Jersey.
WHITE, John G., Pfc — Box 15, Archdale, North Carolina.
WOEHLER, Robert A., Sgt — 1215 N. Garvin St., Evansville, Indiana.
WOLCOTT, Lewis E., Pfc — 20 Oregon Ave., Trenton, New Jersey.
WINDLAN, James R., Pfc — Route 5, Anderson, Indiana.
WILLIAMS, Alva, Pfc — 126 E. Pleasant St., Springfield, Ohio.
WATERS, Herman F., T/5 — Prenter, W. Virginia.
YOWELL, Russell B., Pfc — 5411 8th St., NW, Washington, DC.
ZBELL, George, T/5 — 336 Tenney Ave., Campbell, Ohio.
ZIMAN, George, Pfc — 105 Sunnyside Place, Buchannan, N. Y.
WILBORN, Haskell, T/4 — Buffalo, Illinois.

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HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS AND SERVICE TROOP, 121 SQUADRON

KILLED IN ACTION

T/5 William H. Butler
Pvt George I. Dodge

AWARDS

Silver Star Medal —
Lt Col John F. Homfeld
Maj Joseph M. Carthy
Maj Roy J. Clinton

Bronze Star Medal —
Lt Col John F. Homfeld
Maj Roy J. Clinton
Maj Joseph M. McCarthy
Maj Dan P. Briggs
Capt Alexander A. Wanek
Capt Marshall A. Ames
Capt Vincent A. La Fleur
Capt Philip C. Fulton
Capt Hartley A. Shein (Cluster)
1st Lt James W. Obenchain
1st Lt Martin W. Schoepfer
1st Lt Wayne A. Cowan
1st Lt Gordon M. Cusick
CWO John H. Bordenkircher
WOJG Marlin W. Sundquist
WOJG Fredrick W. Wittleder
M-Sgt Delmar D. Mangold
S-Sgt George L. Menges
T/Sgt Daniel Bradley
T/Sgt Harold M. Corray
S/Sgt Harold H. Havlin
1st Sgt Raymond McGee
Capt Oscar W. Wilson
M/Sgt Theodore H. Schulte
T/Sgt Ernest T. Bellack
S/Sgt Joseph L. Potrzebowski
S/Sgt Eli Oddo
Sgt Frank V. Stefaniak
Sgt Joseph E. Fowler
S/Sgt Albert F. Varnak
Tec 4 Biuford Smith
Tec 4 Herman L. Stevens
Tec 4 Charles E. Mooser
Tec 5 Valarin Gattis
Cpl Carmen J. Reynar
Tec 5 Edward F. Draus
Tec 5 Jacob S. Coons
Tec 5 Irvin J. Ebert
Tec 5 Sherman G. Warren
Tec 5 Gerald Tromotola
Tec 5 Lloyd D. Callahan
Tec 5 Frank R. Ackerman
Pfc Oro O. McKannan
Pfc John P. Nagy
Pfc William W. Floyd
Pfc Coraliss C. Carver
Tec 5 Thaddeus S. Gorycki
Pfc Frank Buzinski
Tec 4 Hugo M. Ruccia
Cpl Gerald C. McGraw

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Bronze Star Medal —
T/Sgt Franklin Bislosky
T/Sgt William F. Montgomery
T/Sgt Ernest A. Welch
Sgt George H. Gosney
S/Sgt Maurice F. Anderson
Sgt Walter S. Sawicki
Tec 4 William P. Anderson
Tec 4 Marco T. Cella
Tec 4 Eugene B. Fitch
Tec 4 Martin J. Griesbach
Tec 4 Albert J. Luessen
Tec 5 Duane R. Remaklus
Tec 4 Jack H. Spradlin
Tec 5 Mike Brezene
Tec 5 Lawrence A. Brown
Tec 5 Robert T. Cambell
Pfc George R. Floyd
Tec 5 Richard H. Bruscato
Tec 5 Eugene T. Janiec
Tec 5 Russell S. Prestin
Tec 5 Samuel Saylor
Tec 5 Robert L. Rodabaugh
Pfc Charles A. Beaty
Pfc Ira J. Hensley
Sgt Edward J. Meyer
Tec 5 Leroy O. Williamson

Silver Star Medal —
Major Roy J. Clinton

Purple Heart —
Capt Alexander A. Wanek
1st Lt Gordon M. Cusick
T/5 Samuel Saylor
T/Sgt George L. Menges
T/5 Irvin J. Ebert
T/5 Walter Burroughs
T/4 Louis L. Manzie
T/5 Orris F. Cook
T/5 Paul J. Whalen
Sgt Stephan J. Shea
T/5 Willian H. Butler (Post)
Pvt George I. Dodge (Post)
Pfc Coraliss C. Carver
T/4 Emmet J. Decker
Pfc Oro O. McKannan
S/Sgt Clyde R. Yount
Cpl Carmen J. Reynar
Sgt Paul E. Laufer
CWO John H. Bordenkircher
T/4 Jack H. Spradlin
T/5 Lawrence A. Brown
T/Sgt Ernest T. Bellack
Sgt Stephan J. Shea

Croix de Guerre —
Lt Col John F. Homfeld

OFFICERS 121 SQUADRON KILLED IN ACTION

Name — Next of Kin and Home Address

EARING, George H. — Mrs. Dora A. Earing, 303 Quail Street, Albany, N. Y.
FOSTER, Gordon S. — Mrs. Patricia E. Foster, Burbas Apts., International Falls, Minnesota.

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OFFICERS 121 SQUADRON KILLED IN ACTION (continued)

Name — Next of Kin and Address

HENRICHS, Vincent W. — Mrs. Verna May Henrichs, 37 Madison Avenue, Mt. Holly NJ.
HILL, Benjamin S. — Mrs. Grace Hill, 16190 Linwood Avenue, Detroit, Mich.
LYNE, George R. — Mrs. Otillia C. Lyne, 3601 Monzana Street, El Paso, T.
MILLER, Merlin L. — Mrs. Mina V. Miller, 19 North Main Street, West Milton, Ohio.
WENTWORTH, Melvin D. — Mrs. June E. Wentworth, RFD 1, Rossburg, Ohio.

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OFFICERS' ADDRESSES 121 SQUADRON

Name and Rank — Home Address

APPLEWHITE, Austin H., Capt — 302 Broad Street, Columbia, Miss.
BARNETT, Newton A., 1st Lt — 1426 College Street, Bowling Green, Ky.
BENECKE, Herbert F., Capt — 4100 Westfield Avenue, Camden, N. J.
BEAN, Luther C., 1st Lt — 301 North Street, Eastland, Texas.
BORDENKIRCHER, John H., CWO — Mt. Sterling, Illinois.
BOWMAN, Beverly G., 2d Lt — Caddo, Oklahoma.
BRIGGS, Dan P., Major — 34 B Woodland Street, Lawrence, Mass.
BRYANT, Welch C., 1st Lt — 513 Lytle Street, Chattanooga, Tenn.
CHHONIS, Leonidas M., Capt — 2215 South Geddes Street, Syracuse N. Y.
COOPER, Ira B. Jr., 1st Lt — Haddock, Georgia.
COLLIER, William H., 1st Lt — Arlington, Mass.
COWAN, Wayne A., 1st Lt — Masonic Bldg., Elizabeth Pa.
CROMWELL, Raymond F., 1st Lt — BFD 1, Kinney, Ill.
CRUTCHFIELD, William Y., 1st Lt — RR 1, Tazewell, Tenn.
CUSICK, Gordon M., 1st Lt — 1772 Laurel Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota.
DOYLE, Charles W., 1st Lt — 1228½ West 5th Street, Los Angeles, Calif.
DICKINSON, Gilbert R., 1st Lt — Libertyville, Iowa.
EARNEST, Kenneth H., 2nd Lt — 81 Smith Street, Perth Amboy, NJ.
FLINN, George W., 1st Lt — Manning Place NW, Washington, D. C.
FULTON, Philip C., Capt — 1522 Campbell Circle NE, Massillon, Ohio.
GARRISON, Edward C., 1st Lt — 220 Union Avenue, Utica, Miss.
GRIFFIN, John F., 1st Lt — De Stoeng General Hospital, Butler, Pa.
HAINES, Wilmer E., 2nd Lt — 1182 Park Avenue, Plainfield, New Jersey.
HAYES, Lance E., 2nd Lt — Alton, West Virginia.
KREBS, Edward G., Capt — 1605 North Park Drive, Darietta, Georgia.
KOZBIEL, Theodore E., 1st Lt — 4930 West Fletcher Street, Chicago, Ill.
LAFLEUR, Vincent A., Capt — 38 Kensington, Feeding Hills, Mass.
LATTA, John M., Capt — 23719 Cliff Drive, Bay Village, Ohio.
LIGGITT, Richard T., 2nd Lt — 842 North Brand Blvd., Glendale, California.
McCONNEY, Gerald E., 1st Lt — 5361 Woodland Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa.
McGRAW, Carroll R., 1st Lt — 958 Hatch Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota.
MARSILIUS, Philip R., 1st Lt — Daniels Farm Road, Trumbull, Conn.
MARTIN, Matthew H., 1st Lt — Charlotte, Texas.
MATTESON, Danforth C., 1st Lt — General Delivery, Seaside, Oregon.
MICHEL, Gustavo, 2nd Lt — 3460-16th Street, San Francisco, California.
MOORE, Robert J., 1st Lt — 2401 Stateline, Texarkana, Texas.
MURPHY, Edward E., 2nd Lt — Moonlight Ranch, Colorado Springs, Colorado.

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Name and Rank — Home Address

OBENCHAIN, James W., 1st Lt — 1050 Richmond St. NW, Grand Rapids, Mich.
ROGERS, Leo A., Capt — RFD, Pretty Prairie, Kansas.
RUNYON, Arlie C., 2nd Lt — Verner W. Va.
RICKENBAUGH, Carl L., Lt. Colonel — 401 Washington Avenue, Savanah, Georgia.
SCHOEPFER, Martin W., 1st Lt — 91-43 89th, Woodhaven, L. I., New York, N. Y.
SERAFIN, Thaddeus R., 2nd Lt — 204 Woodlawn Avenue, Florence, N. J.
SMITH, Lyle E., 2nd Lt — 614 W. Calhoun Street, Springfield, Ill.
SHEIN, Hartley A., Capt — 538 South Erie, Wichita, Kansas.
SWAFFORD, William B., Capt — Monterey, Tennessee.
SUNDQUIST, Marlin W., WOJG — 1001½ North 5th St., Superior, Wisconsin.
WANEK, Alexander A., Capt — 1425 South 20th Avenue, Maywood, Ill.
WILSON, Oscar W., Capt — 306 Pennsylvania Ave., Urbana, Ill.
WINSLOW, John M., Capt — Menard, Texas.
WITTLEDER, Frederick, WOJG — 4134 South Berkely, Chicago, Ill.
WRIGHT, Owen O., 1st Lt — Royse City, Texas.

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HEADQUARTERS AND SERVICE TROOP

KILLED IN ACTION

Name — Next of Kin and Home Address

BUTLER, William H. — Mrs. Ombrey Ulola Butler (Mother), General Delivery, Vernon, Texas.
DODGE, George I. — Mrs. Caroline Dodge (Mother), 316 Fox Drive, Ashtabula, Ohio.
FIELDBINDER, Glen A. — Mrs. June M. Sanders (Sister), 910 N. Main St., Elkhart, Indiana.

Name and Rank — Home Address

ABBOTT, Garrett, T/5 — 510 N. Madison, Oakland City, Indiana.
ACKERMAN, Frank R., T/5 — 4709 Willowbrook Ave., Los Angeles, Calif.
ANDERSON, Maurice F., S-Sgt — Alvord, Iowa.
ANDERSON, William P., T/4 — 628 N. Main St., College Park, Georgia.
BARCHI, Harold A., Pfc — 2364 14th Ave., San Francisco, Calif.
BEATY, Charles A., Pfc — Route 1, Westport, Indiana.
BIALOSKY, Franklin, T/Sgt — 1664 Belmar Rd., Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
BRADLEY, Daniel, M/Sgt — Bondville, Illinois.
BRUMMET, Charles L., T/4 — RR 3, Greenup, Ill.
BROWN, Lawrence A., T/5 — 172 N. Sugar St., Ottawa, Ohio.
BRUGGNER, George V., Pfc — 1307 S. 33rd St., South Bend, Indiana.
BREZENE, Mike, T/5 — c/o David T. Randall, 2908 Lake Ave., Whiting, Ind.
BROWN, Lawrence A., T/5 — Weldon, Ill.
BROWN, John J., T/4 — 4702 Ditmas Blvd., Astoria, L. I., N. Y., N. Y.
BROWN, Gordon O., Sgt — Route 2, Winslow, Indiana.
DOCKNER, Bernard, T/5 — 1692 Blaine, Detroit, Michigan.
BRUSCATO, Richard H., T/5 — 4249 W. End Ave., Chicago, Ill.
BULLOCK, William N., T/5 — 1987 Granville Rd., Worthington, Ohio.
BURROUGHS, Walter E., T/5 — 8919 Meridian Ave., Cleveland, Ohio.
CALLAHAN, Lloyd D., T/5 — Route 1, Winthrop, Iowa.
CARVER, Coraliss C., T/5 — 165 E. Ash St., Canton, Ill.
CHARY, Emanuel, Pfc — 1360 Noble Ave., Bronx, New York.
CELLA, Marco T., T/4 — 189 McKinley Ave., Brooklyn, New York.
CONLEY, William W., Pfc — 1122 Newburg St., Toledo, Ohio.
CAMPELL, Robert L., T/5 — Route 1, Arcola, Ill.
COLE, Clifford F., T/5 — 1415 W. Edwards St., Springfield, Ill.
COOK, Orris F., T/5 — 526 N. Neil, Champaign, Ill.
CORRAY, Harold M., T/Sgt — 105 W. Washington St., Urbana, Ill.
COONS, Jacob S., T/5 — Box 453, Marksville, Louisiana.

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Name and Rank — Home Address

LANTHIER, Isidor J., Pfc — 43 Railroad St., Tupper Lake, New York.
LAUFER, Paul E., Sgt — 702 E. Main St., Troy, Ohio.
LIER, John G., T/4 — Demont, Illinois.
LEDERER, William C., T/5 — 3165 W. 43rd St., Cleveland, Ohio.
LESLEY, William N., T/5 — 7275 8th St., Riverside, California.
LOBERT, Edward E., Pfc — 2218 Mont Clair St., Ft. Wayne, Indiana.
LUESSEN, Albert J., T/4 — 20 Glazier, Lookout Hgts., Covington, Ky.
McDANIEL, Lewis F., T/4 — Route 1, Tamms, Ill.
McGRAW, Gerald C., Cpl — 207 E. Water St., Urbana, Ill.
McKANNAN, Ora O., Pfc — 201 N. Walnut St., Mt. Clemens, Michigan.
McGEE, Raymond, 1st Sgt — 107 W. Franklin St., Urbana, Ill.
MACIEL, Joseph D., Pfc — 1122 S. Evergreen Ave., Los Angeles, Calif.
MANGOLD, Delmar D., M/Sgt — 209 N. Central, Urbana, Ill.
MANZIE, Louis L., T/4 — Rit 2, North 2nd Ave., Indiana.
MARIANACCI, Tersilio J., Pfc — 90 1st St., Exeter, Pennsylvania.
MENDENHALL, Stuart C., 1st Sgt — 700 W. Vine St., Springfield, Ill.
MENGES, George L., T/Sgt — Allerton, Illinois.
MEINKING, Charles H., Pfc — 1919 Sundale, N. College Hill, Ohio.
MEIER, Edwin W., T/5 — A & M Rt., Caero, Texas.
MEYER, Edward J., Sgt — Route 1, Oenaville, Texas.
MONTGOMERY, William F., T/Sgt — Warnsburg, Illinois.
MOOSER, Charles E., T/4 — 100 Sherrin, Louisville, Kentucky.
NAGY, John P., Pfc — 12602 Griffing, Cleveland, Ohio.
NASTASE, Anthony P., Pfc — 1923 S. 14th St., Omaha, Nebraska.
NELDNER, Henry J., T/4 — 3249 S. 92nd St., West Allis, Wis.
NUN, William L., T/4 — P. O. Box 436, New Castle, California.
ODDO, Eli, S/Sgt — 112 3rd St., La Salle, Ill.
OLABARRIETA, Nicasio, Pfc — Station A, McAllen, Texas.
OLSON, Arthur A., T/5 — Rit 12, Box 507, Tacoma, Washington.
PRESTIN, Russell S., T/5 — 105 W. Franklin St., Urbana, Ill.
POTRZEBOWSKI, Joseph L., S/Sgt — 3127 S. Nevada St., Milwaukee, Wis.
PRICE, William L., T/4 — RR 2, Box 198, Farmerville, Louisiana.
REMAKLUS, Duane R., T/4 — 605 Arlington Ave., Dunkirk, Ind.
REYNAR, Garman A., Cpl — Route 1, Tolono, Ill.
RINI, Natale C., Pfc — 1565 E. 30th St., Cleveland, Ohio.
ROGERS, Arthur G., T/4 — White Wing Apt., Route 1, Pineville, La.
RODABAUGH, Robert L., T/5 — 122 E. Court St., Buena Park, California.
ROSA, Theodore C., T/4 — 703 Park Ave., Chariton, Iowa.
ROVNYAK, Stephan J., T/5 — Route 1, Friedens, Penna.
RUCCIA, Hugo M., T/4 — 93 Mt. Prospect Ave., Newark, New Jersey.
RUGENSTEIN, Charles J., T/4 — 531 W. Vinton, Indianapolis, Indiana.
RUNYEN, Bernard R., Pfc — Argenta, Illinois.
RUZINSKI, Frank, Pfc — 6619 Rockwell St., Chicago, Ill.

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Name and Rank — Home Address

CORRADO, Pat G., T/5 — 3027 W. Polk St., Chicago, Ill.
DAVIS, Walter L., S/Sgt — P. O. Box 174, Plant City, Florida.
DECKER, Emmett J., T/4 — 1132 W. Lorain St., Appleton, Wis.
DRAUS, Edward W., T/5 — 1450 W. Walton St., Chicago, Ill.
DOTO, Tony R., Pfc — 1450 Evergreen St., St. Louis, Missouri.
EDWARDS, Paul, T/5 — 914 E. Hudson St., Urbana, Ill.
DRUM, Harry R., Pfc — Pesotum, Illinois.
DROST, Chester O., T/5 — 3016 N. Fratncyat, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
EBERT, Irvin J., T/5 — Box 71, Colfax, Louisiana.
EBERWEIN, Roy A., T/4 — 6th Ave., Pine Hill, New Jersey.
ESTREICH, Louis, Pvt — 69 Fairview Ave., New York, New York.
FITCH, Eugene B., T/4 — 512 W. 13th St., Tulsa, Oklahoma.
FELLRATH, Edward J., T/5 — 59 E. Chester St., Valley Stream, N. Y.
FLOYD, George R., Pfc — 669 S. Glover St., Urbana, Ill.
FLOWD, William W., Pfc — RD 1, Towanda, Ill.
FISCHER, James A., T/4 — 2217 S. 31st St., Milwaukee, Wis.
FOWLER, Joseph E., Sgt — 1111 N. Chestnut St., Champaign, Ill.
GARUFFE, Andrew W., Pfc — 4125 Orchard St., Philadelphia, Penna.
GATTIS, Valarin, T/5 — W. Fifth, Oakdale, Louisiana.
GENETT, Louis E., T/5 — Box 201, Urania, Louisiana.
GERHART, Clem W., Pfc — c/o Gants Serv Station, Muncie, Ill.
GOODSON, Robert B., T/5 — Plainfield, Ill.
GRADY, Bernard J., T/5 — 108 S. Gregory, Urbana, Ill.
GORICKI, Thaddeus S., Pfc — 107-64 Spa Place, Jamaica, New York.
GORMAN, Paul A., T/4 — 509 S. Pine, Champaign, Ill.
GOSNEY, George H., Sgt — 628 N. Main St., Salisburg, North Carolina.
GRIESBACH, Martin J., T/4 — 1018 W. Packard St., Appleton, Wisconsin.
GREER, Walter A., Pfc — 1512 N. 19th St., Birmingham, Ala.
HENSLEY, Ira J., Pfc — c/o Mrs. Mary Parsley, Gen Del., Williamson, W. Virginia.
HAVLIN, Harold H., S/Sgt — 514 W. Main St., Beardstown, Ill.
HEIDENREICH, Francis J., T/4 — 5247 N. 52nd St., Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
HILL, William L., T/4 — 11 Well St., Avondale Estate, Ga.
HILL, Richard S., Pfc — 311 W. Springfield St., Champaign, Ill.
HILL, Edwin A., T/5 — Box 265, Princeton, Indiana.
HUNT, Ray E., T/4 — 1032 University, Wichita, Kansas.
JANIEC, Eugene T., T/5 — 3542 N. Lowell Ave., Chicago, Ill.
KANOPKA, Joseph W., Pfc — Taras Ave., Westville Groye, New Jersey.
KANE, Robert E., Pvt — 70 Ridge Ave., Bridgeport, Connecticut.
KIRSTEN, Walter E., S/Sgt — 2340 W. Montana Ave., Chicago, Ill.
SANTILLO, George A., Pfc — Riverside Ave., Aagawam, Mass.
SAYLOR, Samuel, T/5 — 5133 Sherrier Place NW, Washington, D. C.
SAWICKI, Walter S., Sgt — 9002 Merill Ave., Chicago, Ill.
SCHOCH, Harry C., T/4 — 604 N. Edwin, Champaign, Ill.
SHELTON, Albert E., T/4 — RR 3, Greenfield, Ohio.

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Name and Rank — Home Address

SHEPHERD, Carl E., T/5 — 208 W. Nevada, Urbana, Ill.
SICILIA, Charles J., T/5 — 914 E. Miller St., Springfield, Ill.
SMITH, Bluford, T/4 — Ligon, Kentucky.
SMITH, Charles F., T/5 — 1012 E. Water St., Urbana, Ill.
SHEA, Stephen J., Sgt — 3058 S. Springfield Ave., Chicago, Ill.
SPEER, Clyde M., Pfc — 1623 22nd St., Bedford, Indiana.
STEVENS, Herman L., T/4 — 89 E. Sandusky St., Fredericktown, Ohio.
STEWART, Russell C., T/5 — 514 Suismon St., Pittsburgh, Penn.
SCHULTE, Theodore H., M/Sgt — Route 2, West Point, Iowa.
SULT, Ronald R., T/4 — 706 14th St., Laport, Indiana.
THIES, James J., T/4 — 819 Center St., Effingham, Ill.
TROMOTOLA, Gerald, T/5 — 1818 Richmond St., Chicago, Ill.
TUTEWILER, Richard L., T/5 — 234 W. Holmcomb St., Athens, Michigan.
VARNAK, Albert F., S/Sgt — 10630 Maryland Ave., Chicago, Ill.
VAN FOSSAN, Milton E., Pfc — 1223 N. Paul St., Springfield, Ill.
WAGGONER, Joe E., Pfc — 820 S. Claiborne Ave., New Orleans.
WARREN, Sherman G., T/5 — Route 5, Box 133-A, Noblesville, Indiana.
WATSON, James M., T/5 — 804 E. Oregan, Urbana, Ill.
WELCH, Ernest A., T/Sgt — 212 Payne St., Pineville, Louisiana.
WHALEN, Paul J., T/5 — Box 146, Baring, Missouri.
WILLIAMSON, Leroy O., T/5 — 315 S. Colliers St., Xenia, Ohio.
WINTERMUTE, Ernest H., T/5 — 208 Locust St., Newark, Ohio.
WILKENS, John A., Pfc — Box 182, Buckley, Ill.
WOLFE, John C., T/5 — 1800 S. Bucher St., Columbus, Ohio.
WUCSINA, Steve A., T/5 — Route 2, Box 32, South Bend, Indiana.
ZUCKERO, Victor, T/5 — Route 6, Box 981-A, Houston, Texas.

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MEDICAL DETACHMENT 121 SQUADRON

KILLED IN ACTION

T/5 Samuel V. Scaravelli
Pfc Cary W. Armstrong

AWARDS

Bronze Star Medal —
T/5 James L. Kirwin
Capt Leonidas M. Chronis
S/Sgt Victor M. Contini
T/3 Albert B. Cvilik
Capt Leo A. Rogers
Cpl James R. Carter
T/5 Paul Petrocci

Purple Heart —
Capt Leonidas M. Chronis
T/5 Leon J. King
Capt Austin H. Applewhite
Pvt Mayford Webb
T/5 Samuel V. Scaravelli (Post)
T/5 Edgel Allen
T/5 James L. Kirwin
T/5 Charles A. Blair
T/5 Linton N. Hause
Pfc Cary W. Armstrong (Post)
Pvt Felix M. Mondejar

Name — Next of Kin and Address

ARMSTRONG, Cary W. — Mrs. Anna M. Armstrong (Mother), Route 2, Nevada, Ohio.
SCARAVELLI, Samuel V. — Mrs. Josephine Scaravelli (Mother), 10907 Grand View Ave., Cleveland, Ohio.

Name and Rank — Home Address

ALLEN, Edgel, T/5 — Langley, Kentucky.
BETHANY, George W., Pfc — Route 1, Riderwood, Alabama.
BLAIR, Charles A., T/5 — 209 Brown St., Princetown, Indiana.
BOSTIC, Curtis F., Sgt — Route 1, Landrum, South Carolina.
CARTER, James R., Cpl — 1340 S. State St., Springfield, Illinois.
CONTINI, Victor M., S/Sgt — 340 W. 12th St., New York, New York.
CVILIK, Albert B., T/3 — 221 Bauer, Warrior Run, Pennsilvania.
GENTLE, Ira D., Cpl — Route 7, Forest Hill, Winston Salem NC.
GOYETTE, Arthur D., Pvt — Rock Meadow Rd., Uxbridge, Massachusetts.

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Name and Rank — Home Address

HAACK, Ralph H., Pfc — 2249 N. Monticello, Chicago, Illinois.
HAUSE, Linton N., T/5 — Route 1, Greenwood, Indiana.
KING, Leon J., T/5 — Route 1, Nacogdoches, Texas.
KIRWIN, James L., T/5 — 1302 Sinclair St., Ft. Wayne, Indiana.
KOCKA, Chester J., S/Sgt — 2047 N. Nordica Ave., Chicago, Illinois.
LAMBERT, Robert F., Pvt — 1522 Columbia Ave., Ft. Wayne, Indiana.
LATHAM, William R., Pfc — Dequeen, Arkansas.
LINVILLE, Sam H., T/5 — Route 1, Svottsville, Kentucky.
MILLER, Floyd O., Pvt — Route 1, Newark, Ohio.
MONDEJAR, Felix M., Pvt — c/o Joseph Yrizarry, 3505 Broadway, N. Y.
NICASTRO, Carmen C., Pvt — 217 Almond St., Vineland, New Jersey.
PATERRA, Fred J., T/5 — 620 Highland Ave., Canonsburg, Pa.
PETROCCI, Paul, T/5 — 416 South Ave., Solvay, New York.
POWEL, Ralph D., T/5 — West Hill Rd., Keene, New Hampshire.
STRAUSS, Harold, T/4 — 3149 Le Land Ave., Chicago, Illinois.
SURBER, James E., Pvt — Tateville, Kentucky.
WEBB, Mayford, T/5 — Mayking, Kentucky.
WRIGHT, Glenn, T/5 — 401 N. Jackson St., Robinson, Illinois.

A soldier in heavy winter clothing standing beside a snow-laden armored car (serial USA 6033560-S)

Winterized

A wrecked bantam (jeep) and troops along a forest road

A Bantam hit a mine

A long column of liberated prisoners marching along a road

Liberated prisoners

An Austrian lakeside town among the mountains

Breitlingofen

A column of captured Hungarian soldiers

Hungarian PW's

A knocked-out German tank

Heinie tank

Officers of the 106 Squadron staff seated on garden steps

Staff 106 Squadron

Three soldiers of the 106 Squadron

106 Squadron

Group portrait — Headquarters Troop, 106 Squadron

Headquarters 106 Squadron

Group portrait — A Troop, 106 Squadron

A 106 Squadron

Group portrait — Medical Detachment, 106 Squadron

Medics 106 Squadron

Group portrait — B Troop, 106 Squadron

B 106 Squadron

Group portrait — C Troop, 106 Squadron

C 106 Squadron

Group portrait — Headquarters and Headquarters & Service Troop, 106 Squadron

Headquarters and H and S Troop 106 Squadron

Group portrait — E Troop, 106 Squadron

E 106 Squadron

Group portrait — Maintenance section, 106 Squadron

Maintenance 106 Squadron

Group portrait — F Company, 106 Squadron

F 106 Squadron

Group portrait — A Troop, 121 Squadron

A 121 Squadron

Group portrait — Headquarters Personnel, 106 Squadron

Headquarters Personnel 106 Squadron

Group portrait — B Troop, 121 Squadron

B 121 Squadron

Group portrait — C Troop, 121 Squadron

C 121 Squadron

Group portrait — F Company, 121 Squadron (Charles "Bill" Stout's company)

F 121 Squadron

Group portrait — E Troop, 121 Squadron

E 121 Squadron

Group portrait — Headquarters and Service Troop, 121 Squadron

H and S 121 Squadron

Group portrait — Headquarters Troop, 121 Squadron

Headquarters 121 Squadron

A chaplain reading from a book in the field

Our Chaplain

Group portrait — Medical Detachment, 121 Squadron

Medics 121 Squadron

A vehicle fording a stream

Crossing a stream

A soldier sweeping a road with a mine detector while another stands guard

Mine detector

A tank crew at rest

Tank crew

Soldiers gathered for instruction

A refresher

Dismounted soldiers attacking through a village

Dismounted attack

A knocked-out German vehicle

Kaput

Vehicles and troops in a mounted attack

Mounted attack

Soldiers warming themselves by a fire

Warming up

Portrait of Sgt Lester L. Boyd, F Company 121 Squadron, killed in action — with a small handwritten note attached

Lester L. Boyd

Handwritten note by Charles "Bill" Stout attached beside the portrait: "got shot between eyes. Really good friend."

A tank crew posed on and around their tank

A tank crew

A group of the unit's officers posed before a building

Some of the officers

Soldiers resting in a defensive position

Between fights

Soldiers taking a break in a dugout position

Take ten

A bazooka team in action in a field

Bazooka men

Soldiers advancing at the run past a roadblock

On the double

German soldiers in a dug-in position

Germans dug in

Soldiers cleaning up and reorganizing

Clean again

Blank back endpaper, with a handwritten note by Charles "Bill" Stout identifying his unit in the group photographs:

"F Company 121st Sq. 1st plat. also A troops."

Back cover of the book — worn dark cloth binding, the spine repaired with silver duct tape

Back cover