99th Infantry Division Historical Society 99th Infantry Division Battle Babies The 99th Infantry Division, nicknamed "Battle Babies" and compromised of the 393rd, 394th, 395th Infantry Regiments and supporting units, spent approximately 151 days in combat during World War Two. Through their stories, we gain a glimpse into the challenges they faced, the horrors they endured, and the triumphs they achieved. The program was called the Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP), and it sought to give extra training and special skills to a select group of intelligent and able young men, most of whom were taken from America's colleges. On 3 November 1944, the 395th Regiment disembarked at Le Havre, France. The 99th then moved to Schwarzenau, on 3 April, and attacked the southeast sector of the Ruhr Pocket on the 5th. As the tanks neared Krinkelt, they plowed right through elements of the 2nd Infantry Division, many of whom had arrived literally moments earlier to reinforce their brothers who had earlier reinforced the 99ers. The 395th Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of the United States Army, part of the 99th Infantry Division during World War II.It was organized with the rest of the 99th on 16 November 1942 at Camp Van Dorn, Mississippi. Yet, despite their successful defense and reinforcement from the 2nd Division, the 395th was in a precarious position on the morning of the December 17. A captured Lt. Bemener, formerly commander of the 5th Company of the 753rd Volksgrenadier Regiment, asked his American interrogator about the unit that had defended Hfen. On 17 October 1999, the 3rd Battalion, 395th Regiment was reactivated as an Armor Training Support (TS) Battalion. He began his career conducting oral histories and research for HBOs miniseries The Pacific and holds the distinction of being the first historian hired by the Museums Research Department. Told it was the 3rd Battalion, 395th Infantry, he said, "It must have been one of your best formations." The regiment assumed occupation duties in Hammelburg and Bad Brckenau until it was shipped home in the summer of 1945. Akins, Thomas W. MAJ, "Operations of Company "E", 442nd Infantry Regiment, Attached to 92nd Division, at San Terenzo, Italy, 20-23 April 1945" (Po Valley Campaign) Albright, Barry E. CPT, "Operations of the 2nd Battalion, 508th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, in the Invasion of Normandy, 5-13 June 1944" (Normandy Campaign. The infantry at Hfen lay in a foxhole line along a 910 metres (2,990ft) front on the eastern side of the village, backed up by dug-out support positions. Hfen, along with the nearby town of Monschau, was strategically vital because it sat on elevated terrain overlooking an important road junction. The buck's head was used to indicate the allocation of the organization to the mountainous section of Pennsylvania, where deer abound. 449, U.S. ARMY 15 January 1945 SUBJECT: History of Medical Detachment, 395th Infantry Regiment, 1 December to 31 December 1944. Dad proudly told that the 99th was the first complete unit cross the Remagen Bridge on March 9th or 10th. Notable. [17]:51, On another day, the 3rd Battalion took 50 Germans prisoner and killed or wounded more than 800 Germans, losing only five dead and seven wounded themselves. Several photos from the private collection of the family of Dean F. THE EARLY YEARS Joseph Richard Evans (Dick) was born on October 17, 1920 to Charles E. Evansand Wenonah (nee Muirhead/Miller)in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Allied forces were fighting their way across France, and fresh units were badly needed in autumn 1944 to continue to press the offensive. But the infantry often bore worse casualties than the tanks did and had to be replaced and reinforced more quickly. The regiment arrived at Camp Van Dorn in early December. The defense of Rocherath that had been held most of the day by infantry was decided in less than thirty minutes by 5 German tanks. The Germans planned to use massed infantry assaults to punch holes in the American lines, after which the feared German tanks, or panzers, would race through these gaps while the winter weather kept Allied planes grounded. Put under operational control of V Corps, First Army, it moved to Le Havre, France on 3 November and proceeded to Aubel, Belgium, to prepare to enter the front lines. The 395th Regiment became an active unit as part of the 99th Infantry Division on 16 November 1942 at Camp Van Dorn, Missouri, along with its brother regiments, the 393rd and 394th. The 395th was held in the United States until more room was available for the unit to enter Europe. Lieutenant Colonel McClernand Butler, commander of 3/395. The regiment was organized with three battalions, each containing three rifle companies and a weapons company armed with .30 caliber and .50 caliber machine guns. Although 3/395 had only 600 men to defend a large area, they had been told that the German army, or Wehrmacht, was no longer capable of major offensive operations and that their winter in the Ardennes would be a quiet one. Put under the operational control of V Corps, First Army, it moved to Le Havre, France on 3 November and proceeded to Aubel, Belgium, to prepare to enter the front lines. Despite mauling the Germans on their first attempt to take Hfen, 3/395s situation was grim. Over 83,000 Americans were casualties during the battle which lasted from December 16, 1944 until January 25, 1945, and as a result, the battle occupies a prominent place in our collective minds. Many members of the 99th Infantry Division had participated in the Army Specialized Training Program or ASTP, derisively nicknamed "all safe 'till peace;" in February 1944, the program was drawn down, and the majority of its members were assigned to later-deploying divisions such as the 99th. The 3rd Battalion of the 395th Infantry Regiment (3/395), commanded by Lieutenant Colonel McClernand Butler, occupied the town of Hfen on the German border. The 99th Infantry Division was recognized as a liberating unit by the US Army's Center of Military History and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1992. The black background . Not only did your command assist in effectively frustrating that particular part of the plan, but it also inflicted such heavy losses on the enemy that he was unable to carry out other contemplated missions in other sectors of the Allied front. The National WWII Museum Digital Collections. Location of the 99th ID sector (red box) on a map of the Bulge. The enemy artillery was so intense that communications were generally out. The lines were then moved back to form defensive positions east of Elsenborn Ridge on the 19th. "[9]:1738 On at least six occasions they called in artillery strikes on or directly in front of their own positions. On 22 December 1967, the 99th Army Reserve Command (ARCOM) was activated. The 395th's casualties were extremely light: four dead, seven wounded, and four men missing. This article contains content in the public domain from U.S. military sources. They killed Germans coming at them from the front, flanks and rear. During the first morning of the Battle of the Bulge, they defended a key road junction in the vicinity of the Losheim Gap. Several photos from the private collection of, THE EARLY YEARS Joseph Richard Evans (Dick) was born on October 17, 1920 to Charles E. Evansand Wenonah (nee Muirhead/Miller)in, Source: family of Raymond J. Willaredt. Sgt Harold Rutz, 395th Infantry Regiment, M Company. provides support December 1944. Battle of the Bulge It was activated on 1 December 1939. The town of Kuckhof cost the battalion dearly, with more than fifty casualties inflicted on one company alone (I Company). The men carried out missions without orders when their positions were penetrated or infiltrated. The failure to breach the 99th IDs sector stalled the entire German advance and a decisive breakthrough was never achieved. [13], To the north of Hfen lay a paved main road that led through the Monschau Forest, at whose eastern edge it forked. Many of the 99th Division's best soldiers were products of the ill-fated ASTP program. The breakout from Saint-L, France was accomplished far more rapidly than Allied planners had dared hope, and American units plunged through the French countryside with undreamed of rapidity, far in advance of operational plans. The stiff American defense prevented the Germans from reaching the vast array of supplies near the Belgian cities of Lige and Spa and the road network west of the Elsenborn Ridge leading to the Meuse River. This page was last edited on 11 March 2022, at 19:44. represents the iron district of Pennsylvania. The Battle of the Bulge was the largest battle ever fought by the United States Army. The division headquarters was organized in November 1921. It had its headquarters at Franklin, Pennsylvania, and drew its personnel from Pennsylvania. The Ardennes area was chosen because of a lack of operational objectives for the Allies, the terrain offered good defensive positioning, roads were lacking, and the Germans were known to be using the area within Germany to the east as a rest and refit area for their troops. With ammunition supplies dwindling rapidly, the men obtained German weapons and utilized ammunition obtained from casualties to drive off the persistent foe. Because of Major Butler's success in leading his battalion in successful night attacks during the war, which the U.S. Army handbook did not recommend, the French army later asked him to write a paper on battalion-size night attacks.[6]. These would later prove instrumental in defending themselves from the attacking Germans and in protecting themselves when their own artillery fired on or just in front of their own positions, which happened at least six times over the next few weeks. The Legacy of the 99th Infantry Division: Our Artifacts Collection The 99th Infantry Division Historical Society is dedicated to preserving, Discovering the Legacy of a WW2 Soldier: Tips and Tricks Are you interested in learning more about a WW2 veteran, They shall not grow old, As we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, Nor the years, Dean F. Gilbert was a membert of 3rd Platoon, L Company,394th Infantry Regiment. [2]:33 On at least six occasions they called in artillery strikes on or directly in front of their own positions. Even the most hardened veteran occasionally thinks he hears twigs snap, boots crush snow or other odd noises that can cause nerves to fray. . [16], In September 2007, in preparation for the transition to Fort Dix and establishment of the new 99th RSC, the 99th RRC assumed administrative responsibility for the former regions of the 77th and 94th RRCs, which had inactivated. Eisenhower wrote, "the action of the 2nd and 99th Divisions on the northern shoulder could be considered the most decisive of the Ardennes campaign."[3][4]. One Wehrmacht officer captured at Hfen asked his interrogators which unit had defended the town. The division crossed the Danube near Eining on the 27th and after a stubborn fight the Isar at Landshut on 1 May. On 17 September 2008, the 99th Regional Support Command was activated at Fort Dix, N.J. commanders. "[13] The division continued to attack without opposition to the Inn River and Giesenhausen until VE-day. [9], Because the unit's radios had been destroyed, the soldiers captured, and the rapid subsequent German advance, U.S. Army commanders did not know about the unit's success at slowing the German advance, or even if they had been captured or killed. No reserves were available . [7]:3, Col. Butler went ahead to look over the area they were assigned to defend. They were tasked with moving 10 miles (16km) behind the German lines and cutting the Autobahn to prevent the withdrawal of the Germans. [8], That is three to four times wider than recommended by Army textbooks. [2] Historian John S.D. Staff Sergeant, Service Company, 395th Infantry Regiment, 99th Infantry Division, ETO, participated in the Battle of the Bulge, the Ruhr Pocket, and the Occupation of Germany, recipient of the Bronze Star. The battalion also had its own Intelligence and Reconnaissance Platoon, as well as medics and support personnel. There Major Butler collapsed due to exhaustion on 30 April, and Lt. Col. J. The campaign in North Africa began with a daring Anglo-American commando raid code-named Operation RESERVIST. The Germans, moving across illuminated open ground without cover, fell by the hundreds against the murderous American fire. The real crusher to the German offensive plans in the Ardennes occurred 46 miles north east of Bastogne, in a small area consisting of a copse of small villages and a piece of high ground called Elsenborn Ridge. squares centered on a black shield. [12] For their part, the German army was planning a seven-day campaign to seize Antwerp. Honor Roll - 99th Infantry Division "They shall not grow old, As we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, Nor the years condemn. The 1st Battalion was positioned on the right. From Camp Van Dorn they were transferred to the more established Camp Maxey in Paris, Texas for additional training. In the 12 years he was Manager of Research Services, Seth and his team increased the oral history collection from 25 to nearly 5,000 oral histories. Butler's great-grandfather, General John Alexander McClernand, commanded infantry during the Civil War. [16], After Iraq invaded Kuwait in August 1990, 22 99th units deployed to Saudi Arabia, Europe, and other locations. The program never fulfilled its promise, and the large number of "ASTPers" were rapidly integrated into various divisions to make up for personnel shortages in front line units during 1944. Excited to share my latest group in the 99th Infantry Division collection. Infanterie-Division) was a German division in World War II. The 99th RSC continued to support operations in the Balkan Republics while providing refuge to those fleeing Kosovo as they sought temporary recovery in the United States. Cemeteries & Memorials; Burial Search; About Us; Education; Facebook; Twitter; YouTube; Instagram; ABMC Headquarters 2300 Clarendon Blvd, Suite 500 Arlington, VA 22201 Phone: 703-584-1501. Organization and training began in October but were not complete by the time the war ended in November 1918, so the division was demobilized in early 1919. Shield The 395th Infantry, Organized Reserves, was organized in 1921. The unit's distinctive shoulder patch consisted of a five-sided shield of black on which is superimposed a horizontal band of white and blue squares. : 33 On at least six occasions they called in . The German 20th Infantry Division was an infantry division of Nazi Germany.HistoryThe was established in 1934 under the cover name. Every member of the platoon was decorated, which included four Distinguished Service Crosses, five Silver Stars and ten Bronze Stars with "V" devices signifying awards for valor in combat.[10]. Despite fatigue, constant enemy shelling, and ever-increasing enemy pressure, the Third Battalion guarded a 6,000 yards (5,500m)-long front and destroyed 75 percent of three German infantry regiments. The buck's head was used to indicate the allocation of the organization to the mountainous section of Pennsylvania, where deer abound. 18 Dec 44-7 Jan 45 Attached to 2d Infantry Division, Blandford (Longton Long, Dorset Barracks), 370th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm Howitzer), 371st Field Artillery Battalion (105mm Howitzer), 924th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm Howitzer), 372d Field Artillery Battalion (155mm Howitzer). While the supply situation improved in October, the manpower situation was still critical. A group The retreat turned into a route as the German tanks, two less due to a duel with two American Shermans, rolled unmolested down the street in the village. Byers, Carl F. MAJ, "Operations of Company G, 395th Infantry, 99th Division, in the Reduction of a Fortified Position of the Siegfried Line, West of Schleiden, Germany, 14-15 December 1944". The 99th RSC was awarded the Army Superior Unit Award on 9 May 2016 by the US Army Human Resources Command for its role in the relief support after Hurricane Sandy, from 29 October 2012 thru 31 March 2013. Two months later, when the 99th Division was transferred to VII Corps under Maj. Gen. Walter E. Lauer, the commanding officer of V Corps, Maj. Gen. Clarence R. Huebner, wrote him: The 99th Infantry Division arrived in this theater without previous combat experience early in November 1944. Images of picturesque Ardennes landscapes before Christmas, conifers with branches drooping from heavy snowfall and beleaguered American forces doggedly defending against a last gasp attack by a defeated enemy all dot the mind when thinking of the Bulge. At dusk on 16 December, after virtually no sleep during the preceding night and a full day of almost non-stop combat, with only a few rounds of ammunition remaining, about 50 German paratroopers finally flanked and captured the remaining 19 soldiers. Due to the dwindling attendance over the years, the decision was made to hold the final convention in 2011. The 395th Infantry Regimentwas an infantryregimentof the United States Army, part of the 99th Infantry Divisionduring World War II. The 395th Infantry was in the woods east of the northernmost section of the 2d Division withdrawal route and would provide cover for the first stage of the tricky move parallel to and close. ABMC Headquarters 2300 Clarendon Blvd, Suite 500 Arlington, VA 22201 Phone: 703-584-1501 With its sister battalions, the 1st, 395th Engineer and 2nd, 395th Field Artillery, the 3rd Battalion (TS) (AR) role is to train National Guard armor and infantry battalions across a three-state region and improve their combat readiness. Those Germans who made it into the town itself were quickly mopped up. General Eisenhower and his staff chose the Ardennes region, held by the First Army, as an area that could be held by as few troops as possible. German troops pass burning American equipment during the Ardennes offensive. The Germans would never take Hfen, nor most of their other ambitious objectives in the Ardennes, due in large part to the soldiers of 3/395 and the 99th ID as a whole. The 395th were moved by train and truck, and finally by foot, to front line positions near the German town of Hfen a few kilometers west of the Siegfried Line and near the Belgium-German border. Formerly nicknamed the "Checkerboard Division," which referred to its shoulder patch, in late 1944 having not yet seen battle, the division was nicknamed the "Battle Babies. The 395th Infantry Regiment was disposed defensively from north to south with the 3rd Battalion in the Hfen area in Germany, the 2nd Battalion was in the center at Kalterherberg, and the 1st Battalion remained on the regiment's right, southeast of Kalterherberg. The platoon members were not recognized for their courageous deeds for thirty-seven years. The US Armys 99th Infantry Division, recently arrived in Europe and untested in combat, was assigned to the northern shoulder of the Allied front line in the Ardennes Forest. Any delay would jeopardize the plan to cross the Meuse River and advance on Antwerp before the skies cleared and the Allies regained their balance. The artillery barrage lasted for an hour, and shortly afterwards German infantry from the 277th Volksgrenadier Division burst through the forest and headed at the positions of the 99th Infantry Divisions 395th Infantry Regiment near the village of Rocherath. A U.S. Army World War II division was configured as a Triangular division, with three regimental maneuver elements. A written commendation was received from Maj. Gen. Leonard T. Gerow, V Corps Commander: I wish to express to you and the members of your command my appreciation and commendation for the fine job you did in preventing the enemy from carrying out his plans to break through the V Corps sector and push on to the Meuse River. After the Gulf War, the 99th ARCOM became the 99th Regional Support Command (RSC). The blue and white checkerboard in the division's insignia is taken from the coat of arms of William Pitt, for whom Pittsburgh is named. 395 Infantry Regiment Medical Detachment (99th Infantry Division) Report, January 1945. Put under the operational control of V Corps, First Army, it moved to Le Havre, France on 3 November and proceeded to Aubel, Belgium, to prepare to enter the front lines. Sgt. [1] Crest The crest is that of the U.S. Army Reserve. There was no cover. Subscribe to 394th Infantry Regiment, 99th Infantry Division Footer menu. Lineage and Honors Information as of 12 January 2018, CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.Chief of Military History, Constituted 23 July 1918 in the National Army as the 395th Infantry and assigned to the 99th Division, Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 395th Infantry and assigned to the 99th Division (later redesignated as the 99th Infantry Division), Organized in November 1921 with Headquarters at Franklin, Pennsylvania, Ordered into active military service 15 November 1942 and reorganized at Camp Van Dorn, Mississippi, Inactivated 29 September 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts, (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve), Relieved 29 October 1998 from assignment to the 99th Infantry Division, Redesignated 17 October 1999 as the 395th Regiment and reorganized to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 75th Division (Training Support); 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions concurrently allotted to the Regular Army, Regiment reorganized 2 November 2008 as a parent regiment under the United States Army Regimental System; concurrently 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions relieved from assignment to the 75th Division (Training Support), Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at the Siegfried Line, Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Elsenborn Crest, Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2008-2011, Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes, Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered ARDENNES. On 5 March 1941, as the United States began to mobilize for the possibility of war, McClernand Butler became a second lieutenant in the Regular Army. 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C.Berry Joseph ABillington Lawrence MBirmingham Edward LBoardman Donald HBoles Edwin VBonsack Gordon CBourn Ralph LBoyd Gordon RBrodehl Ellsworth EBrosnan Jeremiah JBrown Roland ABruce William M IIIBudinsky Joseph JBurkhardt Willard WCain Elbert BCalder George HCarlson Claus PCarter Martin RChampoux Walter L JrChaney Paul DChiodi Ernest JChlubna Joseph KCipriano Michael AClarke Banks CClarke Francis XClesi Victor JrCogar Arnold LConley Ralph VContakos Anthony CCook Charles ECorrigan John JCox Haskel LCrawford Charles MCurrie William PDavidson William MDawson Donald MDeshazer Arnold WDevereaux James J JrDiehl Joseph HDonahoe Robert JDunaway Ray FEmery Allan LErickson Hildus A, Eser Boyd F SrEvert Eugene HFarrington John WFeltner HubertFitzgerald Grover CFord George JFrankel FelixFriedman Albert LGastelum Richard GGettys Hugh MGibney Samuel B JrGibson Theodore TGonzales MateoGraffunder Carl HGreenberg StanleyGreta WilliamGrezik George JGriffith Mark G JrGross William EHarris Robert AHarsh Edwin GHassell Lloyd MHayes Ronald BHeidorn Edgar MHill John KHodson Robert WHolland Elbert EHood Charlie EHyatt Hub GJackson James NJaffe Isaac AJohns Edwin WJohnson David CJohnson James EJohnson Robert EJordan Reuben J JrKatz StanleyKennedy Clarence AKinneer Huey EKirkpatrick EugeneKirwan James E JrKlick Robert LKokotovich SaulKosegi Joseph AKovacic Leo LKreider Paul V JrKucera Ray JKudzia Walter JLa Butzke Ruben ALadriere Leon L JrLang Merle LLaybourn Roger WLeming Elroy CLing Roger TLinteman Grant KLittle John W, Locke Ralph ELopez Joe MLowman George AMaassel ElmerMalinoski JohnMallett Francis JMarks Junior S. 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D. JrWilliams Alvin GWilliams Raymond FWilliamsen Ensign BWilson CurtisWind Niles EWoods R. B.Woodyard Howard FWresinski Leo FYeaple Andrew ZYork TrumanZamarripa Santos SZbornik Arnold LZegzutor VictorZeilman Francis E, Benjamin Earl W JrCritcher Carlton BFlynt Marion JrHerpin Angelas, Hutton Thomas RKinchius Joseph JKingston Jack ELe Blanc Walter, McCormick JamesMcNabb Lloyd RPappel Bernard A Jr, Rhyne Ralph HSenich William NSmalley William H, Smith James LVolturo Philip FWood Elven S. Dean F. Gilbert was a membert of 3rd Platoon, L Company,394th Infantry Regiment.
