2nd BN buttoned down on "Hill 376" outside of Socourt, and 3rd on the opposite end, kept eyes out on the road between Socourt and Gripport. 391 0 obj <>stream The first man ashore was 2nd Lieutenant Lynn K. Copp of the Regimental Headquarters Company. I really hope some other people can find this service and get in touch with people like I did. The first of these was the prolongation of the famous Hindenburg Line, which at this point lay three kilometers south of Montfaucon. call for assistance was received at Regimental Headquarters from 314th Infantry which requested reinforcements for its front line. Purple Heart. ". "A" Company was the first to make contact with the Germans near Flottemanville (D-24 / D-71), "B" Company then reported to have spotted some enemies at Morville (D-287). It was a wonderful moment that we will both remember for the rest of our lives, and we owe it to VetFriends. The night was very dark and both steamers were running without lights. WWII 1st US Army, Until then, fightings were exchanges of fire between the two camps, but soon hand to hand fighting became necessary to dislodge the German forces from their dug-in emplacements, more so, the 88mm German guns delivered hell on the Allied troops. endstream endobj 394 0 obj <>stream 79th Infantry Division History The division was activated at the Camp Pickett, Virginia on June 15, 1942. (p. 53-54), On the left side of the Regimental sector, the First Battalion went forward without resistance until it had crossed the Forges Brook, when its advance was held up by a rain of bullets from machine guns and snipers in the Hindenburg trench, one and one-half kilometers [1 mile] north of Malancourt. Most of this page is direct quote, but in many places I have edited and paraphrased the text to make it shorter (I have not indicated where). Preparations were made for the artillery to reposition itself, but its movement was slowed by the conditions existing on the road over which it had to pass. The trip by train was made in box cars said to be capable of holding forty men or eight horses ("Hommes 40 -- Chevaux 8") [however, Company "K" was transported in compartment coaches; a squad was forced into each compartment, and the squad's corporal was given charge of three days of "iron rations" for the men (p. 262-263)]. In the fall of 1917 the strength of an infantry regiment was set at 103 officers and 3,652 enlisted men (p. 32-33). The 79th Infantry Division (formerly known as the 79th Division) was an infantry formation of the United States Army Reserve in World Wars I and II. I had a great time and intend to go again next year. HPPnFg^BR It participated in the Tennessee Maneuver Area, after which it moved to Camp Laguna near Yuma, Arizona, where it trained in the desert. Setran was a part of the 315 th Infantry Regiment of the 79 th Infantry Division. (ibid. At 8:15 A.M., the Company advanced through a heavy smoke screen toward Haucourt, following the 314th Infantry Regiment. Close at hand was the sharp, staccato of the French 75-millimeter [3-inch] guns, farther back the roar of the six- and nine-inch howitzers, while, in the distant rear, hills and valleys reverberated to the deep boom of the huge naval guns along the Dombasle road. 315th Regiment Lineage and Honors Information as of 24 Feb 2021 315 th Regiment Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 315th Infantry and assigned to the 79th Division. There was an average of one gun for every eight meters of front, and, at certain points in the line where stiff opposition was expected, the average interval was much less. km NE of Fierville), Le Haut de Gris (vic; 2 km E of Le Mesnil-St-Martin), La Vieville (vic; 21 Nevertheless, the regiment landed under German artillery fire wounding, For the second time the Cross of Lorraine Division was on French soilbut there the comparison stopped. on August 12, 2009. Veteran C. Young, After 30 years and learning the computer and finding VetFriends, I went to my first reunion of the USS Navasota AO-106. As the operational command posts of a theater sustainment command the ESCs plan, coordinate synchronize, monitor, and control operational- level sustainment operations for Army service component commands, joint task forces and joint forces commands throughout the world. At the point opposite Sector 304, the distance between the first and last of these lines of defense was less than 18 kilometers [11 miles]. ABMC Headquarters 2300 Clarendon Blvd, Suite 500 Arlington, VA 22201 Phone: 703-584-1501 Regt., 79th Div.) The regiment continued its advance along the road Valognes Cherbourg setting up its CP in the village of Saint Joseph on the 21st of June 1944. The scrapbook is titled 314th Infantry Regiment and 79th Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized), The Cross of Lorraine Division, 79th Infantry Division. [1] Organization [ edit] 1st Brigade 313th Infantry Regiment 314th Infantry Regiment 2nd Brigade 315th Infantry Regiment 316th Infantry Regiment 79th Artillery Brigade References [ edit] 315th Infantry Regiment. (p. 19), Up until April 1918, most of the training the soldiers had been given was toward the methods of trench warfare, because that sort of action seemed to predominate in France. (source Lone Sentry). (p. 32). U.S. 311th Field Artillery Battalion (105 mm Howitzer) (p. 263)] After two days rest, the Regiment was transported to the front on a French camion train [i.e. These soldiers had behind them a wealth of pre-combat experience, plus the last word in equipment. 613 th Tank Destroyer Battalion. Hedgerows! Infantry. (p. 18). (p. 49, 51), 315th Infantry, Company positions on 26 September 1918 at 5 A.M. Fortunately he had also become a member and responded to my email. 11 talking about this. Until then, fightings were exchanges of fire between the two camps, but soon hand to hand fighting became necessary to dislodge the German forces from their dug-in emplacements, more so, the 88, Lives were the main concern of Headquarters, despite the american advance toward Cherbourg, the 315. Moving swiftly to the Franco-Belgian frontier near St. Amand (east of Lille), the division was then moved to XV Corps in eastern France, where it encountered heavy resistance in taking Charmes in street fighting, 12 September. Major subordinate commands of the 79th SSC include the 4th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) in San Antonio, Texas, the 311th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) in Los Angeles, California, the 364th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) in Marysville, Washington, and the 451st Expeditionary Sustainment Command in Wichita, Kansas. But toward the beginning of summer 1918, the higher commanders began to believe that, after all, the war would be decided by the tactics of open warfare, and therefore detailed attention was given to this method of training. Participation in World War One]. But how ? The 314th Regiment had advanced across the front of the entire German 16th Infantry Division (deployed from Neufchateau to the Moselle) and was unaware they did so. 24 August 1944: XV Corps, Third Army, 12th Army Group, but attached to First Army. *~+J(?-VX"9^JJ=U 1dX^.kbaXV*kRHC(W; After training in the United Kingdom from 17 April 1944, the 79th Infantry Division landed on Utah Beach, Normandy, 1214 June and entered combat 19 June 1944, with an attack on the high ground west and northwest of Valognes and high ground south of Cherbourg Naval Base. hMkGJoWWUGLA#Pfy9{UO9$T2G* %'-$u% (p. 39, 41), By 8 September 1918 the 315th Infantry was ready to take its place at the front, and the Regiment started on the journey that ended at the edge of No Man's Land. The captain of the America ordered that life-boats be lowered and succeeded in rescuing eleven of the forty-two crew members of the Indestructo. WWII Atlantic Wall, during this combat. %PDF-1.5 % ), Although the firing ahead had been in progress for quite a time, the advance went on rapidly. August 8th, 1944: Saint-Georges-du-Bois (ibid. Once every man of the 313th Infantry Regiment were disembarked from the LCT, they all started to march to their . 1/331 Early next morning the various units of the 315th Regiment left the train [The Third Battalion arrived in Hoboken at 5 A.M. on July 8th (p. 262)] and went by ferry to United States Embarkation Pier No. Both regiments had now started to push ahead, but the advancing troops were already beginning to get beyond the range of their light calibre supporting artillery, and the enemy was resisting with increasing vigor. The 313th and 314th Infantries were to initiate the attack in the Divisional sector, which was to he narrowed to half its original width. On this day Lieutenant-General Courtney Hicks Hodges of the 1st US Army visited the CP. United States Army Center of Military History. During this period the Regiment also became familiar with the habits and customs of rural France. June 21st, 1944: Hameau de Haut The German Army had held this position for nearly four years and within it, in the sector opposite the 315th Infantry, lay the nearly obliterated villages of Haucourt and Malancourt. An important note about how I have used this book to write this page: what follows is not an exact reproduction. The 315th Infantry was made up of three battalions and four special units: First Battalion: Companies A-D Second Battalion: Companies E-H Third Battalion: Companies I, K-M The towns allotted to the Regiment were part of the Tenth Training Area, in which the 79th Division was to spend its final period of training before going to the Front. This historical account was put together very well, and it is well worth reading. 29 September 1944: Third Army, 12th Army Group, but attached to the XV Corps. It was then ordered to Camp Phillips, Kansas for training in the winter conditions. 3 at Hoboken. (p. 63), By eleven o'clock that morning, the Division front had been pushed well forward: The leading elements of the 313th Infantry were filtering through the battered ruins of Montfaucon, and the 314th Infantry had gained the southern edge of the Bois de Tuilerie. Two once pretty Alsatian villages lost in the countryside. The order creating the various units of the 79th Division was issued by the War Department on 3 August 1917, and the 315th Infantry Regiment was provisionally organized on 26 August 1917, and then permanently organized on 21 September 1917 (p. 19). U.S. A day or two later, batteries of heavy howitzers took up position one by one in the vicinity of Esnes, a ruined village on the right edge of the Regimental sector. Soldiers of the regiment reported that many civilians came to discuss, even if there were troubles of communications, the troops knew civilians were filled with happiness. Despite a good progress in Normandy, the landscape of the Cotentin Peninsula was a nightmare for the American troops, Germans were disappearing with a snap of a finger when they saw the enemy. (p. 35) Several times daily the soldiers responded to the "Abandon Ship Call" during which they practiced marching quickly and in an orderly way to their assigned stations. The 79th Infantry Division is now the 79th Sustainment Support Command (SSC) headquartered at Joint Forces Training Base (JFTB) Los Alamitos, California. The trip lasted all night, with the various units arriving at Rampont early on the morning of the 13th. To honor the Veterans of the 315th Infantry Regiment (79th Infantry Div.) U.S. Army Service No. Do you have 315TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 79TH INFANTRY DIVISION Reunion information you'd like to share Relive & share the memories of your service time with your brothers & sisters in arms today. The first address you sent me is my buddy. This was the Esnes-Malancourt-Montfaucon Road. This attempt did its work ! (Map based on p.116). This division, also known as the "Cross of the Lorraine" division, was responsible for Cherbourg's capture. How so ? (p. 41), For its first experience of the battle-front, the 315th Infantry was assigned to replace the French Army in the Favry sub-sector of the right half of the 79th Division's sector of the Allied line, Sector "304". It was then ordered to Camp Phillips, Kansas for training in winter conditions. ], September 26th, shortly after midnight, the artillery began to prepare the way for us, making the earth tremble. The 315th Infantry was made up of three battalions and four special units: First Battalion: Companies A-D Second Battalion: Companies E-H Third Battalion: Companies I, K-M Reactivated: (Organized Reserve division 29 November 1946). In May 1918 units of the American Army had landed in France and in June 1918 had begun to participate in the offensive. It was there, in the vicinity of Tollevast and Hardinvast, that the German opposition became stronger and stronger. August 18th, 1944: Le Tertre-Saint-Denis 6 February 1945: Seventh Army, 6th Army Group. Uploaded by Several dozen of Germans surrendered but sometimes unusual events happened. Some had been with the division since its activation at Camp Pickett, Virginia, on June 15th, 1942. The 315th Infantry Regiment landed on June 14th, 1944, the first men's thought was the excellent work done by the Engineers, indeed the soldiers were surprised to be able to land out of a boat directly onto a deck without getting one's feet wet! Tous droits rservs, DDay-Overlord.com Reproduction subject to authorization of the author . June 12th, 1944: Audouville-la-Hubert Epinal American Cemetery . hlj@Wb( 2023 Copyright VetFriends.com. Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. The harbor installations were destroyed by the Germans when the Americans arrived in the suburbs of the city. Participation in World War One, Roster of Company "K" as it was on 1 September 1918, Hamburg-American liner "Amerika", renamed "America", the 79th Division's sector of the Allied line, French fortress on the Meuse River, Verdun, the Esnes-Malancourt-Montfaucon Road buried under a hopeless jam, https://www.roangelo.net/angelo/overtop.html, Special Units: Headquarters Company, Machine Gun Company, Supply Company, and Medical Detachment. On 26 July, the 79th attacked across the Ay River, took Lessay, crossed the Sarthe River and entered Le Mans, 8 August, meeting only light resistance. Company G Soldiers (315th Inf. It formed part of the XIII Corps (United States), Third Corps Area.[2]. Thank you so much again for helping me Written by Pierre Fallet, Normandy American Heroes. brianna-serrano He joined the 313th Infantry Regiment out of Detroit Michigan. ), At three o'clock, the advance of both the First and Third Battalions had been halted by the overwhelming fire from the German trenches ahead. The 315th Infantry (79th Division, United States Army) was a combat unit of the American Expeditionary Forces in France (p. 6). ), Division orders provided that as soon as the 314th Infantry had taken Nantillois, the 315th infantry would pass through and relieve it in the front line, the 314th falling hack in support. Old-timers in the ranks scoffed at the idea of green troops being sent against positions such as those lying opposite the Regiment, and the majority of the Regiment was of the opinion that the initial attack, at least, would be made by some of the more tried and seasoned divisions. Are you looking for someone who is or was in 315TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 79TH INFANTRY DIVISION? (p. 37-38), The Regiment began arriving at the station in Vaux on July 24th. The headquarters was organized on 29 September 1921. Epinal American Cemetery 385, rue de la Rondenolle 88000 Dinoz France 315th Infantry Regiment, 79th Infantry Division. (p. 57), Shortly after six o'clock on the morning of 27 September the 79th Division was reorganized into two provisional brigades, one consisting of the 313th and 316th Infantries; the other of the 314th and 315th Infantries, the regiments maintaining their same relative positions as on the preceding day. June 18th, 1944: Orglandes 315th Regiment Association, 79th Infantry Division WWII Immediately following its declaration of war against the Imperial Government of Germany (on 6 April 1917), the U.S. Government rented some 15 square miles of land in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, which the War Department proposed making into a national army cantonment to receive recruits from eastern Pennsylvania, Maryland and the District of Columbia. (p. 35), The night of July 8th was spent aboard ship [Each man received a life preserver and a copy of the Naval I. D. R. All ammunition, flashlights and matches were turned in: it was a court-martial offense to strike a light on deck after dark when the ship was out at sea (p. 262)], and late in the afternoon of the 9 July 1918, the America, in a gray mist, steamed down the Hudson, past Manhattan, the Statue of Liberty, and sailed out into the Atlantic. 2/314 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. find my friend." Thence to Loisail and . Giovanni emigrated to Bristol Borough, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in 1905, and he was living there when he was, apparently, drafted into the U.S. Army. Here, however, the latter regiment was halted by heavy sniping and machine gun fire. nox+;F` K{ah@p" c4x I1F$K l1^DRL^RV:: `wdHaI Regimental Headquarters was established in the Bois de Tuilerie, east of Montfaucon. . In the evening Company "K" waded through the mud on its way to a camp in the Fort de Hesse [Hesse Forest], just north of Dombasle, where the soldiers were quartered in their first dug-outs. Three days and nights were spent on the trains, during which time the Regiment passed through the cities of Rennes, St. Brieue, Laval, Le Mans, Tours, Bourges, Nevers, Dijon and Is-sur-Tille. It's been nearly 40 years since we parted. Inactivated: 20 December 1945, Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. We talked on the phone several times in the last few years, and finally we were able to meet in El Paso, TX for a short visit. (p. 38-39), Six weeks were spent in the Tenth Training Area in final preparation. August 21st, 1944: Dennemont (see photo below) Many of them stated that they were forced to fight for the 3rd Reich and their only matter was to surrender as quick as possible. (ibid. ), At 5:30 A.M. on the morning of September 26th, the first waves of infantry swept forward, and the American Army, with nine divisions on a 25-mile front, began an offensive that ended only with the Armistice. (p. 263) The Company was to be relieved the third night, September 20th, but the relief was not accomplished until early on the morning of the 22nd, when because dawn was close at hand the soldiers had to rush to reach their reserve positions unobserved. The 79th Infantry Division ( Russian: 79- , 79-ya Pekhotnaya Diviziya) was an infantry formation of the Russian Imperial Army. Thanks for making it possible, Thanks so much VetFriends.com for your help and genuine concern for locating this long lost buddy of mine, Please Enter a Valid email address with no spaces, VetFriends Members: It was also at this moment, that officers and enlisted men who were engaged in the regiment since its activation got killed in action, nevertheless casualties were extremely light. Normally overshadowed by the Battle of the Bulge, Nordwind battles were just as intense and the troops involved faced the same bitter weather . I called the number ans wow he was blown away when he found out who I was. Owing to the strong resistance encountered by both the 313th and 314th Infantry, the front line of the Division at the end of the first day was considerably behind the line established by the 4th Division on the right and the 37th Division on the left. World War 2, 313th Infantry Regiment 314th Infantry Regiment 315th Infantry Regiment History of the 79th Division AEF (550 pages) Brief Histories of Divisions, U.S. Army 1917-1918; History of the Supply Company 314th Infantry; James M. Cain - "79 Div HQ Troop" Battery D, 311th Field Artillery, 79th Division; Official History of the 313th Infantry (not 314th) Official History of the 315th Infantry (not 314th) This smoke, combined with the mist which lay in the valley, made it extremely difficult for companies and platoons to keep touch with one another. (ibid. Do you have 315TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 79TH INFANTRY DIVISION Reunion information you'd like to share, "When I Joined VetFriends, I read about the email locator service, and sent an email to my old friend. July 2nd, 1944: Le Haut de Gris August 11th, 1944: Marolles-les-Braults (p. 35-36), The rest of the voyage, which lasted in all nine days, passed without incident, and on Thursday, 18 July 1918, the America dropped anchor [at 5 P.M., after land was sighted at 2 P.M. (p. 262)] in Brest harbor at the western tip of the French peninsula of Brittany. The 79th beat off German attacks at Hatten and Rittershoffen in an 11-day battle before withdrawing to new defensive positions south of Haguenau on the Moder River, 19 January 1945. At 7 P.M. a lone lighter [scow: flat-bottomed barge (p. 262)] appeared, and the First and Third Battalions, some 2,000 men, crowded aboard and were ferried to the docks along the harbor front. The 79th SSC was officially activated on 1 December 2009 with the mission of providing trained, ready, cohesive, well-led sustainment units for worldwide deployment to meet the U.S. Army's rotational and contingency mission requirements in support of the National Military Strategy. 904th Field Artillery Battalion (105 mm Howitzer), Anti-aircraft artillery What a conversation we had. D-Day and Battle of Normandy Encyclopedia, Chief General: Major General Ira T. Wyche During the next two days, men continued on their way to Fortress Cherbourg. For the second time the Cross of Lorraine Division was on French soilbut there the comparison stopped. "cC*RS k An unattached article Withdrawal in Alsace is also included. tqt/9y_UxBS` He said we were like brothers and then all of a sudden, we lost all contact. (p. 62-63), Under these circumstances, the morning of the 27th found the Esnes-Malancourt-Montfaucon Road buried under a hopeless jam of ambulances, artillery, supply trucks, and vehicles of all descriptions. Topics: Subscribe to 314th Infantry Regiment, 79th Infantry Division Footer menu. Lives were the main concern of Headquarters, despite the american advance toward Cherbourg, the 315th Infantry Regiment and the other two (313th and 314ths) were withdrawn in preparation for a coordinated attack scheduled on the 23rd of June. (p. 54), At 12:30 P.M., an "S.O.S." 79th Infantry Division - Seine River: Reinforce the Bridgehead. 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