83rd Infantry Regiment Nickname: Ninth Militia; City Guard; Ninth Infantry National Guard Mustered in: June 8, 1861. Nicknames: Thunderbolt Division, The Rag-Tag-Circus and the Ohio Division. A few days before Thanksgiving, Company F moved from a school house in Luxembourg City north to the town of Wecker. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. In 2014 George P. Landow created this Victorian Web version, editing the text from the slightly rough Internet Archive . A last note. First overlay for 12 July has more to do with the 331st Infantry Regiment; Imthinkingit was in with the papers for the 330th Infantry Regiment because it also locates the 331st, I Company. After high school graduation he attended the Washburn University School of Law and was admitted to the Bar as a practicing attorney. On the first day, the 83rd jumped off along the Carentan-Periers road, with the entire division artillery in support. G Company: Captain Granville A. On 9 August, the enemy defenders were forced back to the Citadel at St. Servan and to Dinard on the west bank of the river just opposite St. Malo. They consisted of the various occupation forces from along the Atlantic coast and down to the Pyrenees. It is beginning to look as if they really want to get totally destroyed, and if that's what they want, they are going to get it."TDC. The number of 83rd Division GIs killed in combat totaled 3,620. From Normandy To the Bulge. D-Day and Battle of Normandy media library: archives photos and videos, Souvenir shop featuring t-shirts, caps, mugs, models or posters inspired by D-Day and the Battle of Normandy, D-Day Overlord - Marc Laurenceau 2003-2023. Check out this awesome '83rd+Infantry+Division+-+Thunderbolt' design on @TeePublic! The shoulder sleeve insignia of the 83rd Division insignia consists of a letters in gold spelling out the word "O-H-I-O" on a black isosceles triangular background. Previous page: 330th Infantry Regiment Map Overlays Fays was finally secured, along with Ferme de Menil, on January 15. George Terhanko never wanted to be First Sergeant of F Company. Click here to see a photo of the 2nd platoon taken in September 44, when it was at full strength. I served with the 83rd. The air was choked with dust so thick that they couldn't see, and the concussion so great that their clothing ballooned out. Frank Monan, A Company, 331st Infantry The 83rd 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 1993. To date, 36 divisions, including the 83rd Infantry Division, have been recognized as liberating units. The 330th, detached from the 83rd, helped clean out the Harz Mountains, a pocket of resistance that had been bypassed by the fast riding 329th and 331st. Original Item: Only One Available. His unit had been engaged in battle with German forces near Strass, Germany, in the Hrtgen Forest, when he was reported missing in action on Dec. 16. On 25 September the 83rd Division crossed into Luxembourg. The 329th IR is shown being just about 1000 m south of where its 2 Bn. When the 83rd Infantry arrived in Langenstein, its troops found some 1,100 inmates in very poor physical condition. I sure wouldn't want to live the way they do. Taking the offensive, the 83d reached the St. Lo-Periers Road, 25 July, and advanced 8 miles against strong opposition as the Normandy campaign ended. My worst nightmares are still in those rows.". From the 1st through the 5th of October, the 83rd advanced in heavy combat to the West Wall across the Sauer as the 329th fought the battle for Grevenmacher. 2/331: Lieutenant Colonel James F. Faber, killed on 10 July 1944 at Sainteny. These histories are courtesy of Myra Miller, PhD, of Footsteps Researchers. "TDC, December 3"Here it is another Christmas away from home--I hope it is the last one like this. The amount of ground covered by the 83rd Division from Normandy in June 1944 to Central Germany in April 1945 is difficult to comprehend--over 1,400 miles. 83rd (US) Infantry Division Battle order - June-August 1944 - Battle of Normandy Headquarters Commander: Major General Robert C. Macon Deputy commander: Brigadier General Claude B. Ferenbaugh Chief of Staff: Colonel Samuel V. Krauthoff Combat units 329th Infantry Regiment: Colonel Edwin B. Crabill - 1/329 : Major George A. Wishart A Company The roads were strewn with German tanks, trucks and staff cars, and often with dead Germans. 331st infantry 83rd division ourgrowingpaynes New Member Joined: Oct 6, 2016 Messages: 3 Likes Received: 0 I am researching my grandfather's military history. They landed across Omaha Beach and took over defensive positions near Carentan, where they relieved the 101st Airborne around the end of the month. Photo courtesy Jon Aller and Kevin Harris. The division was activated in September 1917 at Camp Sherman, Ohio. Then the heavies came in low, a hundred at a time. 70th Tank Battalion, from July 17th to 18th, 1944 Again, it will be clearer once I start integrating information from the various reports (I hope). We still have a lot to be thankful for; some of the things that happen over here don't seem possibleThe mail situation is bad again, probably due to the Christmas rush. They arrived in Liverpool, England on 15 June, and entrained . H Company After a period of training, elements of the division took Chteauneuf-d'Ille-et-Vilaine, 5 August, and Dinard, 15 August, and approached the heavily fortified area protecting St. Malo. Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 335th Infantry and assigned to the . Mapping the Overlays: 83rd Division maps for Normandy Campaign Taking the offensive, the 83rd reached the St. Lo-Periers Road, 25 July, and advanced 8 miles (13km) against strong opposition as the Normandy Campaign ended. 83rd Infantry, 329th Reenactment Group, Reading, PA These are his wartime memoirs, which he started working on when he retired in his sixties and was still . Byron Herde, 331st Infantry But also, the 1st Bn, 330th regiment companies were much further to the south-east just the day before. My dad's story ends here, but the 83rd's does not. The 3rd Battalion captured the high ground northwest of Ehnen, but had to fight through heavy machine gun and mortar fire to do it. These reports are courtesy of Myra Miller, PhD, of Footsteps Researchers. Taking Remich on the 28th and patrolling defensively along the Moselle, the 83d resisted counterattacks and advanced to the Siegfried Line defenses across the Sauer after capturing Grevenmacher and Echternach, 7 October. At the end, the 83rd Division, born in war, was disbanded and all its men reassigned to other units. Basements of houses became aid stations for the wounded. 2nd Platoon The following soldiers were reported as missing in action. These newly-acquired vehicles were quickly painted olive-green and fitted with a U.S. star before joining the 83rd. The 83d Infantry Division arrived in England on 16 April 1944. 83rd Infantry Division - storm - hedgerow (bocage) - unloading jeeps and trucks - getting ashore - release 101th Airborne in Carentan - planes - bombing - Avranches - Saint-Malo - fighting in the streets - Chteauneuf -. "TDC, October 29"We had quite a little treat the other day--the first real hot bath I've had since I left England (quite a topic for correspondence.)"TDC. Return to Top The 83rd Division has special ties to Luxembourg. A Company J Company Supplies could only trickle through as the Germans continuously pounded the town's approaches with artillery fire. The 83d Infantry Division arrived in England. Others in this group that went to F Company were William T. Oliver, Hubert L. Smith, James Stansell Jr., Archie Swindle, John M. Tarnowksi, Earl Tillman, Augustine Toya, Paul Tweed, James Vanden, Lee R. Weeks, John W. Phillips, Albert Popik, Raymond H. Heiber, Donald Palmatier, David W. Parrish, Angelo Patricola, Jospeph Pavek, Joseph T. Pawlowski, Benjamin B. Peluso, Norman Perez, Charles Petritis, John J. Petrizzo, Donald P. Smith, Perry D. Johnston, Walter P. Kowal, Ralph R. McDowell, Thomas K. McKee, Henry L. McManus, Raymond J. Miller, Dominick Salierno, Willard H. Strauss, James F. Varley, George H. Harrell, Michael Harris, Alfred L. Hinchey, Albert K. Jeffries, Earnest C. Goates, Joseph A. Gonzales, Raphael E. Duvall, Alois Dzieweczynski, Clifford E. Olson, Raymond J. Travers, Ovid K. Seville, Francis Soucie, and Max A. Rubin. The 329th lead the way most of the time and gained fame as the "Rag-Tag Circus" as they rode through the German provinces on tanks, motorcycles, jalopies, and any other means of transportation they could find. The shield is red for artillery and the black pile represents part of the 83rd Infantry Division insignia. My father, Thomas Dickson Curry, was a member of Company F, 2nd Battalion, 331st Infantry Regiment, 83rd Division. 1st Bn 66th Armd Regt (2nd Armd Div), from June 28th to July 5th, 1944 By 29 November the First Army had just about cleared the Hurtgen Forest and was overlooking the Roer Valley. Chapter Twenty-Six of the author's The Great Boer War, which Smith, Elder, & Co. published in 1900.This web version is based on the Internet Archive version digitized from an unidentified library in 2010 with funding from the Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation.. Days of house-to-house fighting under thick smoke, artillery fire, and fighter-bomber attacks could not convince the Germans to give up. -- We launched 24,507 anti-tank It shows a bit of all three 83rd ID regiments. The division went overseas in June 1918, and was designated as the 2nd Depot Division. June 26, 1944: Bricqueville Over 1,500 heavy bombers dropped 3,300 tons of bombs to saturate the entire target area. Adding data points to combined 83 ID & 330 IR for 5 July 1944, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 83rd ID Page. The barn and the house are all built together and the front yard is the stable yard. Headquarters Company. D-Day and Battle of Normandy Encyclopedia, Commander: Major General Robert C. Macon It shows my fathers company, F, and we are approaching the day he was seriously wounded and shipped the the States. We honor them in loving memory. The division moved back to Belgium and the Netherlands for rehabilitation and training, 22 January 1945. I, personally, cant make much sense of what is written in the lower left corner, try as I might. K Company June 28, 1944: Carentan Missing In Action From Atterbury to the Elbe L Company, 330th Infantry Regiment: Colonel Ernest L. McLendon, relieved of command on July 9, 1944, replaced by Brigadier General Claude B. Ferenbaugh, replaced by Colonel Robert T. Foster on July 13, 1944. This list is as it appeared in the history of the 331st Infantry Click here to see the trail of the 83rd. U.S. Intelligence estimated between 3,000 and 6,000 German troops occupied St. Malo. I got a half-dozen packs of cigarettes from Mom the other day and they just got here in time--we didn't get any for a few days, so you can see that we are having the same trouble over here as the people back home. I hope it is the last one this way. 324th Field Artillery Battalion (155 Howitzer), Anti-aircraft artillery Original Item: Only One Available: This is a wonderful condition M1917 US Army uniform tunic, worn by a member of the US Army's 83rd Infantry Division. All is safe for you to go. He had brown hair and brown eyes, and a ruddy complexion attributable to his Scotch-Irish ancestry. On the coast near Mont St. Michel, Pontorson, and Dol-de-Bretagne they received orders to capture the port towns of St. Malo and Dinard. On January 10, 1945, two squads of Company F, 331st Regiment of the 83rd Infantry Division, attacked a German strongpoint, just outside the hamlet of Ottr. The two squads were ambushed and pinned down on the ground. The 22nd Division's artillery regiment was positioned to the east of Le Quesnoy with security provided by a battalion of Infantry Regiment 82.
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