The final word on the defense of Clerf would come from the enemy. Second, he had to disregard his own flanks, particularly on the south, and resolutely refuse to detach any force for flank protection until the main body was west of the Meuse. Kokott's reserve regiment, the 78th, crossed the Our at dusk and moved forward. Meanwhile, General Middleton, the VIII Corps commander, issued a holdfast order to all his troops. Po Valley-Manassas-Antietam-Chancellorsville-Gettysburg-Atlanta-Fredericksburg-Vicksburg-Wilderness-Spotsylvania-Cold Harbor-Petersburg-Appomattox-Virginia 1861-South Carolina 1862-Mississippi 1863-Tennessee 1863. About 1000, therefore, General Cota ordered Companies A and B of the 707th Tank Battalion to reinforce the 110th Infantry, with the intention of clearing up the deepest enemy penetrations and sweeping the ridge road clear. Accurately adjusted fire held the enemy battalion at bay and forced regiment, despite many attempts, had not been able "to get going. 22 Mar - 11 May 45 Central Europe Campaign CD 2 36 Pages - PDF. The units of the 110th Infantry were disposed as follows to face three full German divisions. This initial zone was roughly equivalent to the American defensive position manned west of the Our by the 110th Infantry, the center regiment of the 28th Infantry Division, although the width of the 110th front was about two miles greater than the front assigned the panzer corps. German shells. . antitank gun in the path and crossed the bridge at the railroad station. Early in the afternoon of 18 December a radio message finally arrived at the division command post asking that the regiment be given instructions. After a long wait the battalion commanding officer, Major Milton, went back into Wiltz to get further orders; when he returned most of his battalion had disappeared. Second Bn., 109th; 1st and 3rd Bns., 110th; 1st Bn., 112th, rocked most severely under the first blows, lashed back to ward off attacks, caused many enemy casualties. By 1315 the howitzers around Welchenhausen again were firing at their minimum range. After dark on 17 December a captain led in about twenty-five men of Company I from Weiler, after a desperate march, narrow escapes, and an ambuscade. 112th Infantry Regiment. In 1975, all except for the Everett unit were reorganized and redesignated as the 2nd Battalion 112th Infantry. Behind the Clerf River and to the west of the regimental command post in the town of Clerf the 2d Battalion (Lt. Col. Ross C. Henbest) lay in divisional reserve. The 311th Infantry Regiment was attached to the 8th Division in the Hurtgen Forest, 10 December. Kokott's infantry would have to carry the battle through the night. The symbolism of the distinctive unit insignia is the same as that of the coat of arms. Most of the positions occupied lay on the east. For nearly two hours enemy flares methodically picked out targets for mortar and bullet fire, while the Americans were so closely beset that the Bofors and murderous quad mounts could not retaliate without cutting down their own people. Manteuffel had found himself in almost complete disagreement with the original operations plan handed down by Jodl in November. Miscellaneous troops of the 110th Infantry had joined with units of Combat Command R of the 9th Armored Division (briefly under operational control of the 28th Infantry Division) to defend along the main road to Bastogne in the area west of Clerf. Attempts during the evening to send a task force of stragglers and trains forward from the 28th Division headquarters at Sibret were abortive; the roads east to Wiltz now were blocked every few kilometers by enemy infantry and self-propelled guns. To compensate for the armored weakness of the battered division, two battalions of armored tank destroyers and an assault gun brigade were given Bayerlein just before the attack to the west began. Two hours later the 112th Infantry acknowledged receipt of these instructions. Early morning reports of considerable German penetration and the threat The Battle of the Huertgen Forest: The Untold Story of a Disastrous Campaign. The Bellefonte unit was mustered into federal service in January 1941 as Battery B, 190th Field Artillery. of the 77th, under the cover provided by German artillery, drove 1600 casualties and destroyed 18 tanks during nine days of continuous action, which later became known as the "Battle of the Bulge." The Regiment was awarded . The 2nd Battalion, 112th Infantry was formed from units of the 104th Armored Cavalry on 01 April 1975. General Luettwitz was none too pleased with the progress made by his two attack divisions on this first day. The Huntingdon unit went through several redesignations including a quartermaster company and finally Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment of the 154th Transportation Truck Battalion. Both Luettwitz and Manteuffel had been "promised" air support. On 15 July 1871, Sheridan Troop (Tyrone) was organized. Norman G. Maurer, 3 of the 3d Battalion, leading a sortie of twenty men, surprised the enemy and drove him back with very heavy casualties. James Russell Fostervold, 86, of Willmar, died Tuesday at his home following an illness. The main body of the 560th Volks Grenadier Division also had detoured around the stubborn men and difficult ground in the 112th Infantry area, extending the bridgehead which the 1128th Regiment had seized east of Heinerscheid on 17 December. a bridgehead over the Our at the boundary between the 112th Infantry The 56th redeployed to America toward the end of 2009. The regiment was called to active federal service on 17 February 1941, 10 months prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor. The advance was delayed somewhat when the grenadiers marched into an American mine field, but by 0800 the leading Germans had reached Marnach. John "Lefty" Zagarella, As Told In Letters, 1941-1945. The German plans had been altered during the day, but of course some A half hour before dawn on 18 December German guns and mortars opened heavy fire. The 26th Volks Grenadier Division, having completed its initial mission by seizing an undamaged bridge across the Clerf at Drauffelt during the night, made way for the Panzer Lehr Division to strike for Bastogne. He was a prisoner of war at Stalag IV-B in the town of Mhlberg an der Elbe for six months. On the second day of December, a staff officer from General Luettwitz' Only one man escaped. At night the strip between the ridge and the river became a no man's land where German and American patrols stalked one another. The 1st Battalion, 112th Infantry was formed from the 1st Battle Group Infantry on 1 April 1963. With surprise almost certainly assured and the knowledge that the Americans. his tanks and tank destroyers to block the roads west of the river. Colonel Strickler decided to evacuate Wiltz by infiltration and regroup at Sibret, but with the Germans pressing in from all sides and no means of reaching his units except by runner the actual withdrawal would be difficult to control. It landed in France, 22 November, and moved to Tongres, Belgium, and to Rotgen, Germany, to prepare for combat. with the aid of the dwindling tank force from the 9th Armored Division Fuller and some of his staff made their escape, hoping to join Company G, which had been released at division headquarters and was supposed to be coming in from the west. Less than two miles west of Marnach lay the Clerf River and the town of Clerf, the latter the headquarters of the 110th Infantry. The next day General Cota ordered the battalion to Wiltz, where it would take part in the defense of the division headquarters. He even dispatched a kampfgruppe to seize a bridge considerably south of Clerf apparently intending to swing his attack column to a poorer road in the event that Clerf continued to hold. . the 156th Regiment. east. The Battle of Hrtgen Forest (German: Schlacht im Hrtgenwald) was a series of battles fought from 19 September to 16 December 1944, between American and German forces on the Western Front during World War II, in the Hrtgen Forest, a 140 km 2 (54 sq mi) area about 5 km (3.1 mi) east of the Belgian-German border. the 447th Antiaircraft Battalion, and light armored cars of the 28th German infantry from the 277th Volksgrenadier Division burst . Twice during the morning the attackers were allowed to send in aid men and remove their wounded. At 2013 General Cota phoned the VIII Corps commander to say that the situation was critical, that routes were open for the German tanks to come through, and that "there is some question in regard to the 110th Infantry CP." 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. 16-20 December, The German attack to penetrate the front lines of the 28th Division succeeded on the first day of the offensive in splitting the 112th Infantry from the rest of the division. When the 28th Division arrived on the VIII Corps front in mid-November its regiments were in pitiable condition. To the southwest, Company C and the regimental cannon company were deployed in and around Munshausen, guarding the side road which cut cross-country from Marnach to Drauffelt. The regimental cannon company also provided some interested spectators, who trained their howitzers on Heinerscheid with such good effect that enemy records take rueful note of this harassing fire from the north. On orders, the three remaining assault guns went back to cover the wrecked structure. Colonel Fuller set. On 3 July 1916, the regiment was called to service for Mexican border duty, with Rickards still in command. First the Werfers and guns pounded the front line, particularly the 1st Battalion positions. In common with the German assault tactics employed all along the front on 16 December, both regiments led off with a predawn advance by shock companies eighty men strong. On German operations maps Wiltz lay athwart the boundary which divided the attack zones of the XLVII Panzer Corps and the LXXXV Corps. Before daybreak on 18 December the survivors, now only a handful, started west. But the German tanks were fanning out as the day drew to a close, turning attention to the south as well as the west. The unit was awarded the sattle streamer marked Puerto Rico for their service. On General Middleton's order, CCR, 9th Armored Division, had put a task force backstop position behind the threatened center of the 28th Division. U.S. Army photo. From that day on, the names Fismes, Fismette, Fond de Mezieres, and Argonne would never be forgotten. In a month's time the flow of replacements had brought the regiment to full strength. The 26th Volks Grenadier Division (Generalmajor Heinz Kokott) already was deployed in the Eifel sector of the West Wall adjacent to the Our where it covered not only the XLVII Panzer Corps zone but a wide frontage beyond. Intelligence reports indicated that the elements of the US 28th Infantry On December 16, 1944, Germany launched a massive surprise counter-attack on American lines in the Ardennes (a forested area in Belgium and Luxembourg), breaking through to create a 45-mile salient in what became known as the Battle of the Bulge.. The presence of two panzer units on the 110th Infantry front was not suspected. going in the West Wall maze north of Ltzkampen and the initial At Hosingen, on the ridge road, Company D and Company B were fighting German infantry hand to hand inside the village. A scratch platoon of less than fifty men collected from the regimental headquarters and Ouren held the supporting German infantry at bay along the ridge east of the village. Replacements, mostly from the Navy, were whipped into shape by the "Old 26th," and first-rate equipment replaced that lost in the east. The authors do a great job of telling the the story with first-person accounts from the American soldiers, both officers and enlisted. This was not quite the end in Clerf. One given new divisions to spearhead the brief spoiling attack in late October Only the weakened 1130th Regiment and the division fusilier company, once again in touch with its fellows, were left behind to extend the bridgehead formed at Ouren. A patrol which had been sent from the 3d Battalion to carry the withdrawal order to the 1st Battalion command post, still holding on at Harspelt, failed to get through. This story concerns itself with that period when the 3rd Battalion, as part of the 28th . The battalion is assigned to the 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard. The provisional battalion which had been recruited from the headquarters staff remained in Wiltz. There the American tank platoon from Company B, 707th Tank Battalion, hit into the German flank while attempting to reach Weiler and, it would appear, caused disorganization and confusion. Tanks, tank destroyers, and guns were rushed up from the depots at Mayen, but on 15 December the two panzer grenadier regiments were still missing 60 percent of their regular rifle strength and the panzer regiment had ready only one of its two battalions (with 27 Mark IV's and 30 Panthers). in to the south edge of Hosingen, contrary to orders, and there grappled The gunners and their attached antiaircraft artillery unit made a stand with their carbines, Colts, and a few .50-caliber machine guns. Through the early hours of 17 December American outposts reported sounds of tank movement in Ltzkampen. Destroyer Battalion. 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. led the corps commander to order the 116th Panzer Division Manteuffel had no precise schedule for his right wing but after the war was over would say that he had hoped for the seizure of St. Vith on the first day of the attack. afternoon. The regiment was awarded battle streamers marked Champagne 1918, Champagne-Marne, Aisne-Marne, Oise-Marne, Lorraine 1918, and Meuse-Argonne for its service in France. The 304th Regiment had suffered severely at American hands: the regimental commander was a casualty and one battalion had been badly scattered during the piecemeal counterattacks by the American tank platoons. The regiment reached France in May 1918 as part of the American Expeditionary Force. The orders given the 116th Panzer Division on the night of 16 December to switch to the left were altered on the 17th to start its infantry regiments marching still farther south to the Dasburg bridgehead held by the neighboring corps. Legacy : Acker, Lewis F. Lt Col CWS : . The first word of the approaching enemy reached the 110th Infantry headquarters at Clerf shortly after 0615. 126th Infantry Regiment. restored while the commander of the 1130th reported that his Historians, movie-moguls, and audiences love the exploits of the 101st Airborne, dramatized as it was in the Band of Brothers. The group never established contact, however, and most of its members were captured when they attempted to break away the following morning. These units were mustered into federal service during the American Civil War. The 10th Infantry Regiment was on the far right side of the Divisions Frontline during their part of the Battle of the Bulge and it was the first regiment to arrive in Luxembourg. In June 1880, Company A, 45th Pennsylvania Volunteers were reorganized as Company B, 5th Pennsylvania Infantry (Bellefonte Fencibles). Albert was an Army veteran of World War II, serving in the 28th Division during the Battle of the Bulge. At dawn the Panther Battalion of the 3d Panzer Regiment came clanking into Clerf, after a night move from the Our River, and found tanks from the Mark IV Battalion playing cat and mouse with the Americans in the chteau. Arriving in France in late Spring 1918 . The town itself lies in a horseshoe bend of the river. Division likely to be encountered during the first hours of the attack in the Ardennes sector. 112th Infantry Regiment. About 1515 Nelson sent his executive officer, Lt. Col. William F. Train, to the 28th Division command post with orders to report personally on the regiment's position. This is the order of battle of German and Allied forces during the Battle of the Bulge. [] The 3d Battalion then crossed the river farther to the south, circled and finally dug in along the OurenWeiswampach road, where its flank would be covered by the refused line of the 2d Battalion. a combat command of the 10th Armored Division was moving forward to Thus deployed on the right of the 424th Infantry, the 112th was another piece filling out the fast developing "island defense" of St. Vith. 103d Engineer Combat Battalion 103d Medical Battalion 28th Division Artillery. The family moved to Willmar in 1928 and to a farm north of Willmar in 1932. The year 1921 saw many changes in unit designation: Bellefonte was redesignated Troop B, 52nd Machine Gun Squadron, the Altoona unit was redesignated as Company G. During 1921, Company D, 1st Pennsylvania Engineers was organized. Shortly before dusk Company L, on the western side of the ridge at Holzthum, reported figures in the half-light but, peering through the ground fog, which clung all along the division front, could not be sure whether they were American troops passing through the area or the enemy. Accession 45223. The new mission given General Kokott was this: the 26th would force the crossings at the Our and Clerf Rivers on the left of the corps, hold open for the armor, then follow the more mobile panzer units to Bastogne. Although the enemy had seized all of the ground which the 112th Infantry was occupying east of the Our and finally had secured a bridgehead at Ouren, the cost to him on 17 December had been high. Organized by Pennsylvania in 1878, the division was made up of units that had already earned battle streamers for contributions in conflicts from the American Revolution to the Civil War. To the south Company I held Weiler-les-Putscheid, a hamlet in a knot of trails and byroads on the forward slopes of the ridge line. All that remained of the 707th The 112th Infantry Regiment has a history that dates back long before World War II started. Conforming to these instructions the 2d Panzer Division moved its assault columns to Dasburg during the night of 15-16 December but halted in assembly areas east of the river. Later Colonel Fuller was captured, with a group of stragglers he commanded, while attempting to break through to the west. World War II Records, 110th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division, History . The 1st Platoon of Company I had About 1000 the small tank-infantry team was allowed to return to its original position at Munshausen, and Fuller then ordered the tank platoon to fight its way to Clerf and help defend the town. 127th Infantry Regiment. This unit was redesignated less than a year later, in December 1921, when they became 103rd Ordnance Company, Special Troops. The first American planes arrived at 0935, immobilizing the German tanks momentarily. relatively little ground; the 110th was very hard pressed; and German tanks were moving along the main road to Bastogne by way of Marnach. This was the end: shots, blazing vehicles, and screaming wounded. When daylight came, the German infantry already were stealing through the draws behind and around the forward platoons, aiming to assemble in the wooded areas to the rear.14. The line of departure for Krueger's corps began across the Our from Kalborn and extended north to a point east of Burg Reuland. The telephone wires connecting the American-held villages were shot out in the first few minutes and Fuller could not reach any of his battalions; artillery radios, however, continued to function. Those in the south fell back toward Wiltz, the division command post. The division commander, officers, and noncoms were veterans; training throughout the division was reported as adequate. Tank Battalion-some six crippled tanks and five assault guns was gathered of the 1st Battalion. The responsibility for command here was assumed directly by the VIII Corps. *AIR broken up into three separate armored Infantry battalions. Battalion. Then, too, the 2d Battalion had once again used the stone bridge south of Ouren to launch a counterattack across the river and, during the afternoon, materially restored the 3d Battalion positions. In the darkness and confusion many stragglers made their way into Bastogne and Vaux-lez-Rosires. If anyone has information about Fred or his division please contact me. in house-to-house fighting with Company D and Company B, 103d Engineer Picture Information. The remainder of the casualties were fairly evenly split between the 109th Infantry to the . Kokott's screening regiment, the 78th, had been in the habit of throwing out an outpost line west of the Our from nightfall till dawn. Across town the regimental headquarters company was billeted in an ancient chteau, now partially modernized but retaining the heavy stone walls behind which, since the twelfth century, fighting men had dominated the river bend and controlled the main bridge site. This German blow fell on either side of Sevenig, held by Company L. The American barbed wire line had not been completed across the draws to the north and south of the village; through these gaps the shock companies advanced. The 78th Infantry Division arrived in England, 26 October 1944, and received further training. The bulk of his two divisions, as a consequence, faced the 112th Infantry, albeit the corps zone overlapped somewhat the sectors of the 106th Infantry Division in the north and the 110th Infantry in the south. 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