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My father ‘Charles Marrone’ was in the 75th/291st/Co-I
but I have found a photo of him taken in mid 1945 where he was with the
89th. Not sure if he was
assigned for awhile as his discharge papers say the 75th.
Help if you can and post the photo if you will. He received the Silver
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I have two pictures that add a little to the history of the 38th
Infantry. My Great-uncle, Peter Kraus, served in the unit. Attached is
a photo of his tombstone. He received a Purple Cross (Heart). As I
understand it, he was gassed. I have no idea if it's true. He died
young, drinking himself to death. The second picture is from the local newspaper. Unfortunately, it's cut-off. It's Company L, of the 38th Infantry. It was organized in East Chicago, Indiana, which is where I continue to make my home.Any information about the unit would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Matt Balitewicz |
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Hyman Pergament and Doug Chambers, 30th Infantry Regiment
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30th Inf. Norman M. Mohar |
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A picture in action. I took this shot with my liberated camera .
I was lucky I saved this roll till I was able to develop it in
Wetzlar--I was in charge of the Film Shop there and printed all the
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I just saw the picture Lew Pergament sent of his Dad and one of
his men. So I am sending a few pictures on my A&P platoon for your
use --if you think they are of any value. |
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Pfc. Augustine M. Chaffino (WWII
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My uncle, Tech 3rd Class Raymond
A. McBeain served as a medic with the 2nd Battalion, 30th
Infantry Regiment, 3rd Division. He was wounded October 30, 1944
in France. In fact, the picture you have in 'Hey Medic!' of a
soldier with his head bandaged bears a strong resemblance of him.
Although he never bragged about it, he was extremely proud to have
served under Patton. He called him "the greatest soldier to have
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%20and%20three%20comrades%20in%20arms,%20WWIIB.jpg) Ray McBeain (Far Left) with three comrades |
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%20&%20Friend%20WWIIB.jpg) Friend and Ray McBeain |
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Recently, my brother and I toured France and
visited Kaysersberg/Kientzheim, where my Father, Edward J. O'Rourke,
Jr., served with the 3rd Div., 30th Inf. Regt. Co. G and received a
Purple Heart on 12/16/44 and a Bronze Star with V for Valor on
12/17/44. We found a monument to the 3rd Div. and others that fought
there. I am forwarding the pictures to you as some of your members
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Remember Bad Wildungen, Germany From 1945 to 1946 the Third Infantry Division's headquarters were positioned in Bad Wildungen, Germany. 62 years passed by since the Third Infantry Division left Bad Wildungen. Until yet no historian and no politician has thorough knowledge about this period of the unit's presence in our town. The 50th anniversary of the end of American occupation (1958) has prompted the requiring of a profound documentation about these uninvestigated years. The 70th anniversary of the start of the war (1939) is the motivation for a public exhibition in our Staedtische Museen (municipality museums) that will picture the most unknown history of our town during the 20th century.
Bad Wildungen As an historian and a museums scientist I am occupied with the
concerning historical researches which are of public interest.
They aroused a lot of interest and I am very happy that I found
a lot of former members of this division who are still
interested in Bad Wildungen and who bear a helpful hand for this
issue. Their true dedication and the openness and curiosity of
our Bad Wildungen inhabitants clearly confirm that there is
absolutely no disliking and no annoying recollection. The time
of occupation has become a part of our mutual history. In
retrospect this time had an associating effect.
BTW I am answering your questions if you are interested in what
has happened and was has changed in Bad Wildungen since 1945. |
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Origin of “Black ‘Y’ Boys”
In 2002, during one of his frequent visits to Outpost#35 meetings, Bill Harper, Secretary of Outpost #601, enlightened members regarding the “Black ‘Y’ Boys” and provided pins representative of the unit’s crest for everyone in attendance. The 601st Tank Destroyer Battalion (“Black ‘Y’ Boys”), originally from the 1st Division, the oldest (Alexander Hamilton) Army unit, were formed, in 1942, to combat the German Blitzkrieg. This was an anti-tank unit that began operations in North Africa under the banner of the 1st Infantry Division. The unit then went to Salerno, Italy, to support the 36th Infantry Division for the invasion of Italy. When the 3rd Division relieved the 36th Division, the unit became attached to the 3rd and remained with it throughout the war. As a tank destroyer battalion, the 601st supported various units as needed. That is why they did not have a specific unit insignia. The Germans recognized them by their identification markings, a yellow square with a black “Y” in it. It was the Germans who called this unit the “Black ‘Y’ Boys.” The unit won a Presidential Unit Citation for a difficult and heroic mission at El Guettar. It was a disabled tank destroyer from the 601st that Audie Murphy used as a gun platform in the action that resulted in him being awarded the Medal of Honor. On a side note: Bill’s girlfriend, and later his wife, was named Dorothea. He named his tank destroyer “Dorothea” and had her name painted on the vehicle. Later, Army orders directed the removal of all personal identification from their vehicles. Bill and his crew complied. Dorothea’s nickname was “Dot” so Bill had a large dot painted on the T.D. when “Dorothea” was removed. There is no end to what our combat folks can dream up. Unhappily, Dorothea passed away on February 19, 2008, in Richardson, Texas. The 601st was just a battalion; now there are not many Black “Y” Boys left. |
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Black Y 601st TD L. to R.: Tec. 5 Anthony Carlucci, Cpl. Harold Claycomb, T/Sgt. Charles Phallen, Cpl. P. Raymond Desfosses, Tec. 5 Charles Schara, Pfc. Arnold Pettersen, Tec. 5 Harold Snyder, S/Sgt. Bill R. Harper, Capt. Robert Maynard, Pfc. George Dexter |
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2LT George A. Allen Can you direct me to any information re my
Uncle 2nd Lt George A. Allen, KIA Nov 10 1943 in Italy? He served
with the 30th Inf-3rd Inf. Div, and was awarded the D.S.C as well as
other medals. (Proudly displayed at my home along with his portrait)
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the book "History of the 3rd Infantry Division in WWII"- Posthumous Award of Distinguished Service Cross George A. Allen, 2d LT 30th Inf. Rotundo, Italy 9 Nov 1943 |
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Gallinoto (8, Feb. 1920 --- 02, Oct. 1997)
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Born February 8, 1920 in Hartford, CT. |
Military Decorations: Contributed by his brother, Anthony Gallinoto |
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First Lt. Audie L. Murphy, of Farmersville, Tex., shares with Capt.
Maurice ("Footsie") Britt, also of the 3rd Inf. Div., the distinction as
this war's most decorated soldier. His latest award was the Medal of Honor
for beating off 250 Nazi infantrymen, supported by six tanks, during the
Colmar campaign. During his 30 months' combat duty in the 3rd Div., he
rose from private to company commander. company commander. -INS PHOTO Contributed by Stan Smith |
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Headquarters Third Infantry Division |
Members of the Third Infantry Division in World War II can be proud of the fact they belong to the division that wears more battle stars than any other division of the United States Army in the European Theater of Operations. Since the November 8, 1942 landing at Fedala, French Morocco, the Rock of the Marne of 1918 has taken part in seven separate campaigns, and rolled up a fighting record second to none in the entire United Nations group. The Third bears a glorious history. It won undying fame for itself and for the American Expeditionary Forces as a whole through the deeds of valor performed by its members of the battlefields of France during the first war, and has repeated in this war through French Morocco, Tunisia, Sicily, Southern Italy, Anzio, and the drive to Rome, and again in France and Alsace. Perhaps the division is best known in World War I for its famous defense of the Marne River on July 15, 1918. On this day, along the shell swept banks of the Marne, the Third Division, taking part in its initial action of the war, turned back two divisions of German shock troops. On the night of July 14/15, 1918, it fell to the lot of this division to meet the massed attach of the German army in its last great effort to break through our lines. With cool courage and determination our troops, most of whom had never been under fire before, stood their ground through the German artillery bombardment and subsequent attacks by masses of German infantry and machine guns. The result was that those troops composed of the best regiments of the German army were thrown back in confusion. After taking part in pinching off the St. Michel salient, and operation of 48 hours, accomplished what many had been wishing to see done for four years. The Third Division moved to its last great task of the war, the Meuse-Argonne offensive. During this great battle, the division was in the line for 26 days. It advanced six miles against German defenses that has been organized for four years and succeeded in penetrating the Hindenburg line, the mighty hinge of the German defense. Although the Third Division was organized in 1917, its real background is rooted in the glorious past of the famous regiments, which constitute it. Their battle honors include the campaigns of 1812, the Indian Wars, the Mexican and civil Wars, the Spanish-American War as well as two World Wars. The 7th Regiment was first organized in 1798, mustered out in 1800, reorganized in 1808 and has had continuous service since that date. Its long list of battle honors begins with the Battle of Tippecanoe in the Indian War of 1811. The 15th Regiment was first organized as a unit of volunteers to serve against the British in the War of 1812, and spent 16 years as garrison troops in China. The 30th Regiment is recorded as participating in the War of 1812 and in the Civil War, but the history of the present 30th Regiment began with the formation by Act of Congress, February 2, 1901, and its organization at Fort Logan, Colorado. The division saw its first combat of this modern war at 0445 hours on November 8, 1942. At that hour the first troops of the 7th and 30th Regiments began landing on the beaches north of Fedala. By 0900 hours the 30th Regiment had captured Botterio du Pont Blondin, a battery of four 138mm guns located five miles north of Fedala, and was well on its way to securing the crossing of the Qued Nefifikh, a deep gorge which formed a natural defense line on our northeastern flank. The 7th Regiment was met at the beach by a company of Senegalese riflemen, who promptly surrendered, and were sent back to their barracks in the northeast part of Fedala. The following day, the division began its advance southwest toward Casablanca, meeting little initial resistance. On the night of D plus two, our troops consolidated positions and prepared for a coordinated attack on Casablanca. However, the French asked for an armistice the following morning (November 11), and at 0655 General Patton arrived at Third Division headquarters to call off the attack. Between November and March, the division occupied bivouac areas in Casablanca, Fedala, Rabat, and Port Lyautey, while the 30th Regiment moved to eastern Morocco to provide security against a possible enemy attack through Spanish Morocco. In April of ’43, the division moved to Port-aux-Poules, near Arzew, Algeria, and began training for an amphibious operation. General Lucian K. Truscott had taken command from General Jonathan W. Anderson on March 6, and instituted his training policies, which stressed physical conditioning plus speed and aggressiveness in attack. On April 30, the division was ordered to move to Tunisia, where it was assigned to II Corps and moved into the line to complete the destruction of the Afrika Corps. On May 9, 1943, the 15th Regiment was moving up to attack when the enemy surrendered, and the II corps mission was completed without our division firing a shot. Amphibious training was continued at Jemmapes, Algeria, and early in June, the division returned to El Alia, near Bizerte, where it made final preparations for the Sicilian operation. At 0200 hours, July 10, all three regiments, reinforced by the 3rd Ranger Battalion and numerous combat attachments, including CC “A” of the 2nd Armored Division, began landing on the beaches east and west of Licata, Sicily. There followed an operation which is classic in military annals for speed and success. The division expanded its beachhead to more than 100 square miles on D-day; on D plus seven, Argigento fell, and only five days later, division patrols entered Palermo, 100 miles to the north. The bulk of this distance was covered by all three regiments in three days; in one 34 hour period, the 3rd Battalion, 30th Regiment, marched 54 miles through mountainous country and participated in the successful attack of San Stefano Quisquina. After a week’s rest at Palermo, the division relieved the 45th Infantry Division at San Stefano di Camastra on the north coast of Sicily, and in 17 days, drove 90 miles along the single coastal highway, against stubborn German delaying action, to capture Messina. During this advance, the division fought a tough four-day engagement at San Fratello, finally cracking the position with a deep “end run” through mountainous terrain to assault the ridge from the south flank; executed two amphibious landings made by the 2nd Battalion of the 30th at Sant’Agata and Brolo, and reconstructed the highway, where it had been blown off the fact of the cliff at Capo Calava, in 18 hours. Exactly one month after the fall of Messina (September 17, 1943), the division began its move from Palermo to Italy. On the evening of September 10, elements of the 30th Regiment engaged German troops south of Acorna, and from then on, for 59 consecutive days, the division never lost contact with the enemy for more than a few hours at a time. The capture of the road center of Avollino threatened the German position on the Naples plan and contributed to the fall of that great port; the terrific drive across the Volturno, on October 13, broke a strong natural defense position and upset the German withdrawal timetable; the pursuit through Dragoni, Baia e Latina, and the capture of the Pietravairano ridge system dept the outfought, outguessed enemy on his heels. But it was on the mountainous approaches to Cassino that the division ran into its toughest opposition and displayed its greatest offensive prowess. Heavily reinforced by new divisions brought in from other theaters, the Germans sat on MonteRetondo, MonteLungo, and Monte la Defensa, ringing Mignano on the north, determined to hold at all costs. With winter, rain, and cold closing down, and supplying it mountain forces by man-pack, the division captured MonteRetondo, the south nose of Lungo, and II of atop, barren La Defenso, except one summit guarded by a 200-foot cliff. This fighting was the most bitter and heartbreaking the division had every undertaken, but forced the first approaches to Cassino and gave other troops a good toehold for their later attacks. The division came out of the line November 17, 1943, rested until the end of December in San Felice and then went to Pozzoli, where the troops went into training for the Anzio operation. At 0300 January 22, the three regiments of the Third Division began landing on beaches two to three miles south of Nettuno, and established a large beachhead on D-day with virtually no opposition. Unfortunately, shipping and reserve troops were not available to permit the division to exploit its landing immediately, and by the time the 45th Infantry Division had landed a week later, the Germans had built up their defensive forces by hurling into the line small fragments of mobile units from the southern front, from army reserve, and from northern Italy. Houses between Castorna and Mussolini Canal were fortified and strongly held, and enemy tanks were brought up to support the infantry. Consequently, when the division attacked Castorna on January 30, progress was slow and casualties high, although tremendous losses were inflicted on the enemy, who was often compelled to counterattack across the open through our murderous artillery fire. In two days our depleted battalions smashed their way within 1000 yards of Castorna from the south and southwest, but were not strong enough to be left in such exposed positions, and were somewhat withdrawn. On February 2, the division was ordered to assume the defensive, which it did from that time until March 28, when it was relieved by the 34th Infantry Division. Under orders from Hitler to destroy the beachhead, Kesselring’s forces launched tremendous attacks on February 16 and February 29, the second attack being directed entirely against Third Division positions. On February 16 and again on March 1, the force of the enemy attack was broken and many prisoners taken. In both cases counterattacks were delivered with great vigor and effectiveness, and all ground initially lost was regained, and the beachhead line again stabilized. The division changed commanders on February 17, when General Truscott moved to assume command of VI Corps and was replaced by Brig. Gen (new Maj. Gen.) John W. O’ Daniel, formerly assistant division commander. From April 16 to May 1, the division was back in the line in the Carano-Padiglioni sector, southeast of Corrocote, its main activity being a series of small and generally successful attacks which resulted in the capture of more than 100 prisoners and retaking some important terrain. Patrolling and infantry-tank cooperation were outstanding in this period. At 0630 hours on May 23, the division dumped off on the toughest, yet most spectacular assignment of its career—the breakthrough at Cisterna. Suffering heavier casualties than ever before, yet working terrible destruction on the enemy, the division completely smashed the powerful German defense system, took Cisterna, reached and captured Cori in three days. On the evening of the fourth day, reconnaissance entered Artena; on the fifth day Artona fell. There followed a three-day buildup in the Artena sector, and on June 1 the division collided with the fresh Hermann Goering division, smashed it to bits, and that night crossed and blocked Highway 6, the main German escape route from the south. On June 2, Valmontone and Labica fell, and the division, blocking to the north with an attack, which cut the lateral road to Palestrina, turned toward Rome. At 0900 June 4, elements of the 3rd Rocan Troup entered the city limits; during the day and following night, the division cut Highways 4 and 5, brought Hiway 3 under fire, and the following day entered the city in company with other units of II corps. During this great drive, 1800 prisoners were taken by the division, countless enemy tanks, vehicles, and guns were smashed; the 362nd and 715th Infantry Divisions were annihilated (credit 1st Armored division, 133rd Infantry Regiment, and 1st SSF with assists), and the Hermann Georing Division was badly cut up. Capture of Cisterna, Cori, Artona, and Valmontone were the labor of the Third Division alone. The division garrisoned and guarded Rome for two weeks, spent a few days in the field near the Lido, then moved back to the Naples area to start amphibious training again. On August 15, 1944, at 0800 hours, men of the Third Division waded as heroes on the French Riviera. It was their fourth amphibious invasion, more than any other division in this theater, and was called, by high-ranking militarists, the perfect landing. In the first 24 hours, the division broke through the enemy’s costal defenses, captured close to 1000 prisoners and started its inland chase. Once the initial defense line was broken, the enemy had no chance to set up another defense, and its only chance was to head for Belfort Gap in hasty withdrawal. First strong opposition came at Brignoles and later at Aix-en-Provence, but both cities were taken without any great amount of trouble. Covering a front sometimes as much as 10 miles wide, the division headed west and isolated the ports of Toulon and Marseilles, broached the Rhine river at Avignon and then headed north in the beautiful Rhine valley. The most spectacular occasion of the dash occurred of the dash occurred at Montelimar, when enemy vehicular and train convoys were intercepted by the division’s artillery. In a 12-mile stretch of road north of Montelimar, Third Infantry Division artillery and infantry destroyed nearly 2,000 vehicles, knocked out four trains and five railroad guns, killing 900 Germans and taking 900 prisoners. The first large fortress town in southern France to fall was Bosancon, which was captured after a sharp, bitter two-day fight. The enemy moved a fresh division into the forts surrounding the town with orders to hold for ten days, but when one regiment was whipped out and the division commander was killed, all resistance collapsed. After the liberation of Vesoul, the Third entered the Vosges mountain campaign, which lasted roughly from the first of October until the last week in November. The division crossed the Moselle and Moeselotto rivers, then shifted north to cross the Marengo river near Bruyeres and in less than three days cracked the enemy’s main line of resistance along the Marengo river and headed for the high ground overlooking StDio from the west. Following the original breakthrough, one regiment drove along the main axis from Bruyeres toward StDio, capturing Les Rouges Eaux and Les Hautes Jacques, the latter being worsted from an extremely efficient mountain outfit brought in from Austria to stem the drive down the valley, but it was decisively decimated by our hard hitting units. Les Hautes Jacques is merely an insignificant spot on the map, but to the men who fought and won the battle there, it will be long remembered for the bitter battle the Huns put up. It will also be remembered by military strategists, who realized the value of winning this key point to support the success of future operations. Meanwhile, other division troops swung to the north to clear the Meurthe River plain, taking a number of small places all bitterly contested by the enemy. Once in Meurthe River was reached, it was time for another river crossing, this time more difficult because there were not bridges standing. So the Third attacked two regiments abreast—the 30th and 7th—at night, crossing the river on rubber pontoon bridges erected that same night under the Krauts’ very noses. Nightly patrolling along the river by the 15th Regiment had led the enemy to believe this was just another routine operation. The attack began November 20, and just seven days later troops of the Third rolled into Strasbourg and reached the Rhine River south of the city. Another night attack, done in inky blackness, proved the clincher and broke any German hopes of spending the winter in Vosges. Infiltrating through an elaborate system of bunkers, pillboxes, trenches, and tank traps, one battalion arrived in Suelos before bewildered Germans knew American troops were within firing range of the city. Suelos was the first Alsatian town taken by troops of the Third Division and was followed immediately by Saulxures. After a battalion of enemy, who had intended to counterattack Suelos but were forced to fight defensively at Bourg-Bruche, has been wiped out, the division raced through all opposition in the Vosges plains. One small unit stopped momentarily at Natzweiler at a large SS concentration camp, previously evacuated, and another infantry company, plus a group of engineers, finally knocked out a fortress full of Germany by rolling a captured personnel carrier, loaded with 7000 pounds of TNT, against the fortress’ side. In the lightening thrust, and the first time in military history that the Vosges Mountains had been successfully crossed, the Third captured close to 2,000 prisoners and killed countless more. When the backbone of the enemy’s winter line was broken, the withdrawal was reminiscent of the drive through southern France, with its hundreds of prisoners, huge amounts of captured equipment, and hastily abandoned command posts. Following the Vosges campaign, the division spent a period as police and garrison troops in the largest town and capital of Alsace-Strasbourg, putting Allied troops in the city for the first time in four years. Prior to this war, no military force had ever been able to capture Rome from the south, nor had troops ever been able to hurdle the Vosges. The Third Division did both. The division had been well rewarded for its illustrious combat record. Old-timers in the division wear seven combat stars—more than any other division—14 fighting men with the Third have been awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor—more than any other division—and four separate units have been cited with the Presidential Unit Citation. The 30th’s “I” Company and 2nd and 3rd Battalions and the 15th’s “L” Company were all cited for outstanding action—the 2nd Battalion in Sicily, the 3rd BN and “L” Company in southern Italy, and “I” Company on the Anzio Beachhead. |
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Tech Sgt. Kenneth L. Dickerson Third Infantry Division, Field Artillery, Service Battery/ Battery 'A', Tenth Field Artillery Battalion |
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I am looking for information on my Father. Service records, records of
awards, campaigns he served in.....I know he received a Bronze Star for
meritorious service in direct support of combat operations from 8 November
1942 to 8 May 1945 in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, France and Germany.
Any info. you could give me about him would be Greatly
appreciated. My Thanks to all who serve past present and future. |
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Pvt. Charles T. Crane
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| I just bought a book at a local auction,
""History of the 3rd ID in WWII", edited by LT Don Taggart. The book is
FULL of photos pasted in by the owner, apparently an Albert M. Sauls, Rt
2, Goldsboro, NC (on several address labels pasted inside the covers).
Some names under the photos include the following: C. Johnson & Stank(e?) Harrison Fridgen Sells "Nose" Machelwitz Charles Rose Groves Dodson Hooker Reynolds Jenkins, (?) & Brouillard Gabert Schmidt I noticed the rosters in the back, but the names are on the photos. We bought it as my mother's cousin died at Normandy and is buried in Liege, Belgium. I suppose he would have been in the Big Red One, but I'm not sure if they deployed from England for D-Day. It seems the owner hung around with Dodson, Groves and "Nose", as they appear in many photos. These are all candid type photos, several with a white dog, pictures from Paris and transiting the Panama Canal, and a whole bunch of Berchtesgaden (sp.?). David A. Child, Ph.D. (I did okay after doing my time!) MM3, USN, '79-'84, USS Caloosahatchee (Norfolk) |
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Interview of Charles O’Neil,
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Cpl. James Kenneth Carey, photo taken in Naples. About 11-1943 PITTSTON GAZETTE, PA. -- MARCH 10, 1944 |
| 3rd Platoon Cannon Co., 15th Inf. Regt., 3rd Infantry Division-France 1944 | |
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Here is a photo of Cannon Co
15th Infantry Regiment 3rd Infantry Division. My uncle, Frank Glover is
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| Co. K 30th Inf. Reg. WWII |
 Contributed by Leroy Lewis |
| Top on the left is John Bergan, On his
left is Edward Friend, Next to him is me, Leroy Lewis On my left is Joe
Press, The man on Joe's left is Mr. X. I don't remember his name. The middle row left is Edward Lacey, a second Mr. X, on his left is. Woodrow Moslander, On his left is Delbert Brown,on his left is James Torcellini. The first tow left is Pat DeJardin, on his left is the third Mr. X, and on his left is Bob Gerick. |
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Pvt. Kenneth L. Wise Contributed by his son Richard K. Wise |
28 January 1944
Subject: Award of Silver Star
Through: Commanding Officer, 7th
Field Artillery Battalion
To: Private Kenneth L. Wise HQ
Battery 7th Field Artillery Battalion.
1. Under the provisions of AR
600-45, 22 September 1943, Private Kenneth Wise,33114517, Headquarters
Battery 7th Field Artillery Battalion (now in the 9th FA) is awarded the
Silver star for gallantry in action.
2. The citation is as follows: For
gallantry in action in the vicinity of El Guettar, Tunisia, 30 March
1943. Private Wise voluntarily proceeded under heavy enemy machine gun,
mortar and small-arms fire to establish an artillery observation post in
advance of the foremost infantry elements. His successful accomplishment
of this mission assured close artillery support and facilitated the
advance of the infantry.
by command of Major General Huebner
/s/ Leonidas Gavalas
Lt.Col. A.G.D.
Adjutant General
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Name: Marthann Hinson E-Mail: djjmah@aol.com Comments: My father served in the 15th Inf Regiment and I learned of this website from my son, who is researching info on my Dad to write his Master's Thesis on his stint in WWII. My father's name is Herbert J. Hinson. Is there a way to see if your father took pictures of my father? Any help you can give me would be appreciated. I can supply his service number if it would help. Thank you in advance, Marthann Hinson |
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Photos of Lt. Art Schmidt from Fort Lewis ,
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Pvt. Harvey Bowles |
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| I have sent five photos of William M. Fields and several of his buddies in
WWII. He was from Charlottesville, Va. and was told he was with the Company F
30th Inf. Reg. 3rd DiV. If anyone can help me with ANY information on him and
or friends in photos I will be grateful. I do know he was Sgt. for awhile but
discharged as a Pfc. in Btry. B 400th AAA (AW) Bn. in Ft. Meade, Maryland on 4
Sept. 45 all according to his separation papers. He was wounded twice, once in
Italy and once in France. Thanks, William M. Fields Jr. E-mail: fieldswest@aol.com |
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Stanley W. Strejcek |
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| My dad Stanley W. Strejcek was with the 70th Reconn Troop and also
served with the 3rd Inf. Div. Problem is I don't know what platoon. He was in the motor pool. He was a driver and mechanic. He was at the Battle of The Bulge. at Rhineland and also Central Europe. He has a Good Conduct Medal, American Theater Ribbon, European African Middle Eastern Theater Ribbon, World War ll Victory Ribbon. He was a M-1 carbine sharpshooter and had a Mechanic Badge. Stanley departed for France Jan. 8, 1945 on the Mariposa. He was in a group called The Trailblazers. He spent time at Camp Adair, Oregon and Fort Leonard Wood MO. |
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The man in the picture with my dad is a Lt. Mesavage.
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| Hi , I am Barbara Lucas I have submitted some photos of my father  Roy E Lucas who served during WWII in the 3rd Infantry Division "The rock of the Marne". He was was first deployed to Africa . He was wounded at Salerno for which he received a purple heart. He also served in Naples -Foggia, Rome- Arno, Sicily, Anzio and was a part of the famous "Battle of the Bulge". He was also aboard the ship General R. Howze. |
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| I happened across the 3rd ID page about a year ago and posted a note to see if anyone was around who knew my Father. Well, it was successful as my fathers company clerk, Leon Lebowitz contacted me and did a wonderful job with information about wound dates and amazingly a print out of the boat load with my father for Operation Dragoon. | |
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| One is the wedding picture of my father and mother in 1941, one of my father and
his brother in 1945, my father receiving his Bronze Star from General Swing in
Kyoto Japan in early 1946, my father and mother at a party during the occupation
of Germany in 1951. My father was First Sergeant at the time and with A company. As a side note to the landing in southern France, the naval gunfire support was under the direction of Admiral Morton L. Deyo, my fathers Uncle. My Father talked very little of his experience with the exception of the last time he was wounded. He related that he was lifted in the air and came down with shrapnel in the legs and chest (left Lung). Unfortunately the GI next to him was not lifted up and and shrapnel that passed under my father produced fatal wounds. If there is anyone that is still remembers him, I would appreciate any communication from them. V/R Ralph M. Deyo SCPO USN(ret) Rotor-head@msn.com |
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Sometime ago you offered to post this photo of my dad and his platoon
somewhere in France. My dad is kneeling in the front and next to him on his left
is Dewey Huston who gave the photo to Frank Pace, standing in the back row
center. Those are the only names we know. The platoon is in the 30th Reg. Hope
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I have enjoyed visiting your site numerous times over the past few years. I thought I would send along a photo of my Dad, T/3 Dale. R. Munro taken in 1942 at Camp Picket. He enlisted in the Army in 1940 at the age of 18 and was later assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Co. of the 3rd Infantry Division. Dad was in several campaigns during WWII and would eventually retire from the Army in 1964 as a SFC. He was a soft-spoken man and never spoke much about his Army career, nor his experiences during WWII, but it was the landing at Anzio that he would often remark about every year on its anniversary. Pat Fuller |
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