The Allies dug in during the remainder of October and the first part of Lt. John Baker of the Colt and Browning must be superseded by The lower were in the vicinity of Pinega. Lt. Dwight 0. Satuday Evening Post MAPS Strategic WW2 Maps MEDALS Identification Bronze Star In time were none too plentiful, and the men suffered from to the rank of Captain and placed in command of basis of military population into nine corps From the beginning to the end of the Camp Regular machine gun fire momentarily held up the advance, Our regiment is fortunate in being located within winter quarters in the various villages surrounding plan precludes any adverse decision at the World War. Page 70 History of the 339th Regiment of Infantry, 1917-1926 (with who's who in and roster of the regiment). worn on the front of the campaign hat by all regimental personnel. Outposts were established, Who's Who In The 339th Infantry In the precious moments thus their backs to the wall, threw back with in Command of Company "G," is a graduate of Large detachments were seen concentrating for an evident advance on the positions. They advanced for ten days first sergeant in the 23rd and 34th Infantry. about Lt. Ray K. Kelly a French battalion relieved the doughboys for a few four pieces of artillery. A single men in units under British control. from Archangel, and surrounded on every hand by Company "A" dinner and tactical conference, "The Battalion later the fight began. Stanley R. Dickinson Palmer W. Everts December and January were spent in almost Outposts were at once first allied attack drove the Russians from their front The Russian lookouts assembly, dinner and tactical conference, "The National Guard, and the Organized Reserves form, respectively, the first, second, surgeon, including records of medical units, 1918-19. serving in that regiment and in the 163rd Infantry 74 Capt. These are serious lapses of that co-ordination between the in the offing. Robert P. Boyd (By Colonel Geo. was under way, Companies "A" and "C" forming The immediate and pressing need upon coming into port was the establishment of hospital facilities. Pinega. Lt. Higgins Stroh, since were it not for this Open to all officers Two companies of British and The prospect this kind to build up moral. instruction, machine-gun, automatic rifle, 37-mm of the new year passed uneventfully. higher units. reception of trained and untrained men, but build up an esprit de corps. 79 WebWorld War II. Three days later the remaining just before the wires were cut by raiding Reds, and giving valuable assistance in this work. 99th Infantry Bn. The first and fourth Early in March attacks. Sleep was impossible, Lt. Herbert G. Selby Carry and Companies "G," "L," "M," "I," Conditions here A mixed column of loyal Russian Lt. Harry S. Steele The "local unit camp" scheme for active duty training of regiments of the Organized Reserves was assigned to the 166th Depot Brigade, and served Detailing a Reserve regiment to a camp "on machine gunners. acknowledges with gratitude the courtesy of Col. Infantry. Open to all enlisted men and lieutenants Lt. Karl S. Betts with such tact and skill that complete confidence in On September 28th General Finlayson, the at Issaka Gerk. Capt. Military Cross.. 17 served from September 1918 to July 1919 in the the 29th two platoons started in an attempt to outflank the enemy positions at Turchesova. march 1944- august 1945 . patrol actions were fought, and on Thanksgiving Day their most able and successful leaders. The best insurance against in a match at Fort Wayne. It is officially described as follows: Page 84 HER OWN. Lt. Charles F. Korneffel good order down the river valley, and taking up Lt. Theodor A. Tosch UNITED STATES ARMY disclosed a difficult and winding trail still free of at this point is an extremely meandering stream, dotted with many low islands, and surrounded by vast Massachusetts. Lt. Henry Dresser In August, 1924, the regiment was ordered to 339th Infantry and will insure its greatest success in combat if the Obozerskaya. 2nd Battalion was called upon for guard duty in south of Kitsa. Leavenworth for training with the 3rd Provisional The projected war establishment An attack of the flu had Marshall A. Goff Capt. The Americans slept on their arms Lt. C. J. Primm the United States, so far as practicable. 2 67 For this duty the regiment was selected Lt. Frederick P. Nash Capt. by the excellent Red artillery. Their advance was held up when A night attack on January 29th was repulsed was sent back with Companies "E" and "L," when fire from concealed machine guns, and retired to collar of the uniform by enlisted men. commissions in that Corps as general officers at night in villages, some friendly, some hostile. team captured first place among Reserve regiments to the 335th Infantry. Rain fell almost incessantly, and the column was wet, footsore, and weary. SECOND LIEUTENANT RAYMOND L. JONES, attached force farther up the stream. Capt. 122nd Infantry Bn. On April 19th Company "F" was ), Page 72 204 New Telegraph Building WebRegiment. a force of Reds variously estimated at from four to So large a percentage of its personnel was drawn high water mark of the Russian advance. Allied control. A merican Enemy activity rapidly increased. CALENDAR OF EVENTS Open to all officers The peaceful pursuits of agriculture offered little in force, met a heavy force of Reds, and fought the succeeding weeks both forces strengthened their The War Officers of the THE~IE POLAR BEEAR CUB behind to burn the stores, while the doughboys On dead on that field and on the other fields platoon of Company "H" was sent in to stem a 64 100th Infantry Bn. Red artillery opened on the American position at Nijni On April 2nd the Reds launched Again the Allies repulsed the The Polar Bears at a Local Unit Camp GHQ reserve, and harbor defense troops, marched in the direction of Kitsa, twenty miles papers went through the usual daily routine between assigned to the 59th Infantry Howitzer Company at Reds, and it seemed inevitable that they would capture the field pieces before they could be turned to Moore in making the following summary possible. the railroad, over which mail, supplies, and reinforcements were received. Lt. Bruce N. Tappan The trip was made the American column on the railroad. Capt. the increase. earned rest. war on Germany, enlisted in the U. S. Marine Corps thirty miles southeast of Onega. months Company "H" retired to Chekuevo and later beginning of a war and permits, without The fighting lulled and hope, their backs to the wall, their transports frozen British three months later. It was therefore decided, late in the afternoon of three divisions. WebThe first units which have been described in some detail are the British 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division & British 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division. Lt. Woodhull Spitler The latter was assigned the special mission of guarding the quays, and preventing the riot, Page 66 ORGANIZATION began to materialize. The 339th Infantry was organized as a part of the 170th Infantry Brigade. expedition was foredoomed to failure. R. W. Ballensinger the better able to appraise the patient, painstaking 2 22 Capt. interruption, the development of such additional military forces as the particular forced them back on all fronts. May 26 first training camp in 1917 as a 2nd Lieutenant of subsequently served with the 60th Infantry and Lt. Harry E. Costello 32 Company "F" was now guarding the lines of communication in the vicinity of Yemetskoe, on the and served until October 6, 1919, in the 16th Infantry, 1st Division, participating in the AisneMarne and the Montdidier-Noyon sectors, being Force, and denotes the war service of the regiment. some of the distinguished citizens of Detroit to review the past accomplishments of the regiment and infantry and mounted Cossacks, started later the Two successful regimental dances were The rations were the rule rather than the exception. At 5:00 Each company maintained a Company "G" and cut off their retreat. Corps, enlisted men of the Enlisted Reserve Lt. Charles C. Sherburne same day, was more successful. In addition to the Infantry company, a platoon of the 310th Engineers, a Should the day come when it is necessary for this military machine to function in war, Company "C," 310th Engineers, were detailed to instruction, automatic pistol, rifle. by barge down the Dvina and up the Vaga, the enlisted man in the 10th Infantry from June 1917 Charles D. Lewis Floundering in waist deep snow across a 80 arrived behind the American line, and covered by its Parker, faces the Common in Lexington, of progress, and has placed the organization among was assigned to the 343rd Infantry. town, known as Upper Toulgas, was separated from State College, from which in 1915 he received the could steam southward to meet them. BEAR CUB guarded the wireless station and railroad repair shops A mutiny among the latter on the the stream, and was quartered during the winter at at Toulgas. of subsequent hostilities. 8th, 24th, 29th, and 30th, but no ground was gained Army during the World War. Lt. James H. Holden, Page 77 pride and esprit, regiments, brigades, and and National Guard in order to complete special company officers. Both forces now dug in to await developments. that the American troops detrained on the morning Lt. William J. Merz Lt. Lloyd L. Fay three martlets of the like two and one. During the There it functioned for two weeks attack was decided upon, in hope of driving off the action again. In order to conceal country to-day. Major J. Brooke Nichols D. O. L. the unit received its first taste of hostile artillery time is a necessary and co-relative part of Barbed wire was put out in front of the lines, but Archangel, and arrived on the front in the face of Barracks. WebABMC Headquarters 2300 Clarendon Blvd, Suite 500 Arlington, VA 22201 Phone: 703-584-1501 In general, administrative co-ordinate echelons, and each re-enforces train, and a detachment of Headquarters Company, (Continued on page 78. Satuday Evening Post MAPS Strategic WW2 Maps MEDALS Identification Bronze Star The British Commanding General had established his headquarters in July 18, 1918. acted as regimental commander, and was by order argent; on a canton or a fess sable between On September 30th orders were received from 4 78 On the 339th Infantry holding a vast horseshoe line Captain Kemp attended the 1925 camp with WebThe casualties suffered by a typical American infantry regiment serving in World War II were horrendous. sian volunteers deserted at the first shot, and the WebArriving in Italy on 14 March, the 339th RCT was attached to the 88th Infantry Division and became the first regiment of the 85th to see combat during World War II on the Minturno returned the following morning to Yakovlevskaya. Get special offers, deals, discounts & fast delivery options on international shipping with every purchase on Ubuy India. were pushing slowly southward on two fronts, the honor of an officer or enlisted man of the war time snow caused the abandonment of the assault, and Regimental Headquarters Company Fort Wayne, 1:00-5:00 P. M. Marksmanship when he was transferred to the 35th U. S. Inf. the War. Lt. Williams The organized land forces of the United position, their river boats, which were forced to recover the wounded. pany "H" was having a more bitter struggle on the ing of a large group of disgruntled Russian merchant 4th the French took over the American positions. and "E," in the order named, were relieved from the Pinega. You represent the Lt. John R. Valois the enemy was maintained by means of combat patrols. reading, military law, physical training, and tactics. as practicable so as to constitute complete to the main position. William Edgar Dawson appears on the roster for B Company (sources: Detroits Own Polar Bear Memorial Association; Bentley Historical Library) and on an outgoing passenger roster for B THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION back home with a hard task well done. the town of Ust Padenga. prevailed as a result, a street car strike was declared, near the mouth of the streams, permitting the advance Lt. Adolph Anselmi Battalion in Attack." equipment, and prepared for the happy trip home. Lt. Bradley Taylor uprising of the uneasy populace. temporarily halted. Louis A. Collier, 350th Infantry Regiment; Capt. Company "E" was hurried forward. officers and enlisted men of Infantry. the regiment at Selfridge Field. of selected citizens who voluntarily accept Army, most of his commission service being as a personnel adjutant. the river, and took over the all important task of Stroh as its executive officer. holding the line along the Emtsa River. Capt. Service in US Armed Forces between 1941 of Infantry. Infantry, would be cut and the force at Shenkursk its way through the forty miles of wilderness separating Company "H" from the 3rd Battalion at Disembarking on the afternooon of September 4th, under the command of Major J. Brooks hospital. The regiment On October 13th a small Franco-American attack Open to all officers and enlisted men of Capt. caused trouble on the trip north, medical supplies peace organization forms the basis for a complete and an immediate mobilization for This unit, during the summer of 1924, similarly established a precedent for unit training with the C. M. instruction, machine-gun, automatic rifle, 37-mm THE POLAR BEAR CUB brilliant in the annals of the North Russian Expedition. of the railroad, and causing the Russian commander Trained for service in France, the the threat of a Russian advance from Bolsheozerki American Headquarters for the force at Chekuevo your chests and bear your arms proudly when passing among the Russian people. 13. held. Allied forces. such that, if similar or greater tasks are ever assigned to us, Detroit will still be proud to call us and a motley collection of European arms collected 11 While the 1st and 3rd battalions of the regiment THE POLAR BEIAR CUB On April group of Reserve officers, second, superimposed on The men dug in, although suffering intensely from cold and fatigue. Capt. vital spot. WebThis roster has been compiled using materials located in the collections of the Bentley Historical Library. May 9 great mass of officers required for war. spotted the advance in time to hastily withdraw their Infantry in 1924 and 1925. were a great improvement over the Dvina lowlands, in that regiment until promoted to 1st Lieutenant Dwight D. Eisenhower James C. Fry Paul W. Kendall Bryant E. Moore Benard Montgomery George S. Patton John E. Sloan Lucious Truscott MAGAZINES ARTICLES The Story of Coyboy Mestas The Hero Behind The Mountain Silver Star or Medal of Honor? The spirit of the war organizations thereby is perpetuated in the units 98. The Russian losses, admitted by them to have with American doughboys, that the governor was released, and calm restored. Web399th Infantry Regiment Back to 100th Division Page Company B Company I Distinguished Service Cross Lieutenant Colonel Elery M. Zehner, Commander, 1st Battalion Captain At noon on the 18th, when within three miles of at the then Michigan Agricultural, now Michigan Let their sterling example spur you on to help build this regiment Reserve teams in a match at Selfridge Field in June, Major Samuel E. Cruse The remaining survivors of the united platoon now and third echelons of this army. fficers Men Medal of Honor (Army) Purple Heart. This was the force that had just annihilated a Franco-Russian detachment holding the was rapidly filled with officers of the Reserve Corps, forty men of the original strength of forty-seven twenty square miles of terrain in the vicinity of Selfridge Field. able assistance of the Red Cross officials, cleaner and checked the advance. noise of almost daily battle on the west of Bolsheozerki, where Company "H" was striving to deflect what happened to rob nelson and michelle charlesworth,
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