This story started when a French man asked me to find photos from Barneville, France in Wartime some months ago.(Gunter)
Hello Gunter
I believe you are responding to my comments about the hotel in Barneville during World War Two. I will find the photos of my father and his friends in Barnevelle in September 1944. I am not sure what those scan numbers represent but when I pull out my photos I will insert them in another email. If that does not work I would be happy to mail copies.
To check out my trip to Holland, a museum dedicated to the Timberwolves, and some photos of my father, google 104th infantry division, click on the home page, click on Timberwolve sites, click on Friends from Holland, Timberwolf Album then number 18. We are the Smolans. Also click on “our Timerwolve visitors and see current photos of our trip to Achmal and Zundert. I will get back to you with the originals just give me a little time. Thank you for responding to my email. Morris.
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Category : 001st Infantry, US Army - World War 2
Tags: 103rd AAAA-W Battalion, 104th Infantry Division, 16th Infantry Regiment, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st CIC Detachment, 1st Engineer Combat Battalion, 1st Quartermaster Company, 1st Signal Corps Company, 26th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division (US), 32nd Field Artillery Battalion, 33rd Field Artillery Battalion, 3rd Armored Division, 4th Cav Grp, 5th Field Artillery Battalion, 5th Inf Div, 634th Tank Destroyer Battalion, 635th Tank Destroyer Battalion, 701st OD Light Maint Company, 745th Tank Battalion, 7th Armd Div, 7th Field Artillery Battalion, 8th Infantry Division US, 97th Infantry Division, 9th Infantry Division, Aachen, Aywaille, Bambusch Woods, Barrafranca, Bayeux, Beja, Belgian Mons Pocket, Bonn, British, British 4th Inf Div, Buchholz Forest, Burg, Butgenbach, Caltanisseta, Camp Blanding, Carolina Maneuvres, Caumont, Colombières, Czechoslovakian, Djebel Berda, Djebel el Ahmera, Djebel el Anz, Eilendorf, El Guettar, Elsenborn Ridge, Eupen, Faymonville, Florida, Fort Benning, Fort Devens, Fort Hamilton, Gabes, Gangi, Gela, Georgia, Haaren, Harz Mountains, Hill 407, Hill 523, Hill 575, Indian Town Gap Mil Reservation, Juengersdorf, Karlsbad, Kasserine Pass, Kreuzau, Kynsperk, Langerwehe, Laufenburg Castle, Les Andalouses, Liège, Louisiana, Louisiana Maneuvers, Luchem, Malmedy, Marigny, Massachusetts, Mayenne, Mazzarino, Medjez el Bab, Merode, Meuse River, Mnichov, Mortain, Neffell River, New York, Niscemi, Nort Africa, North Carolina, North-Africa, Nrw York POE, Observatory Hill, Omaha Beach, Operation Cobra, Oran, Ouseltia Valley, Paderborn, Paris, Rhine River, Roer River, Ruhr Pocket, Sabine, Sakket, Salsa River, Samarcand, Sangerberg, Schoenbach, Schoppen, Sée River, Sicily, Sieg River, Siegen, St Lô, St Vith, Steinbach, Troina, Tunis, Tunisia, Verlautenheide, Weser River, West Wall
The 1st Infantry Division also nicknamed The Fighting First, is the oldest division in the United States Army, and has seen continuous service since its organization in 1917. The 1st Division started preparing for World War II by moving to Fort Benning on November 19th 1939 and ran its personnel through the Infantry School. It then moved to the Sabine Parish, Louisiana area on May 11th 1940 to participate in the Louisiana Maneuvers, returned to Fort Hamilton on June 5th 1940 then to Fort Devens, Ma., on February 4th 1941. The Division was sent to both Carolina Maneuvres of October and November 1941, moved to Samarcand, North Carolina on October 16th 1941 and on December 6th 1941, returned to Fort Devens, Ma. It was then transfered to Camp Blanding, Florida (February 21st 1942) where it was re-designated 1st Infantry Division on May 15th 1942. The 1st Infantry Division moved then back Fort Benning, on May 22nd 1942, to Indian Town Gap Mil Reservation, on June 21st 1942 and, finally, Division departed New York Port of Embarkation on August 1st 1942. The 1st ID arrived in England on August 7th 1942 and assaulted in North Africa on November 2nd 1942 (Operation Torch).
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Category : Cavalry Troops
Tags: 100th Armrd Recon Bn, 104th Infantry Division, 10th Armored Division, 11th Cavalry Group, 15th Cav Recon Sq (Mecz), 15th Cavalry, 16th Armored Division, 16th Cav Recon Sq (Mecz), 17th Cav Recon Sq (Mecz), 18th Cav Recon Sq (Mecz), 19th Cav Recon Sq (Mecz), 1st Infantry Division, 1st Sq 2nd Cav (Mecz), 20th Armored Division, 23rd Cav Recon Sq (Mecz), 24th Cav Recon Sq (Mecz), 25th Cav recon Sq (Mecz), 28th Cav Recon Sq (Mecz), 2nd Armored Division, 2nd Armored Regiment, 2nd Cav Gp, 2nd Cav Recon Sq, 2nd Cav Recon Sq Mez, 2nd Cavalry Regiment (Horse), 316th Provisional Cavalry Brigade, 32d Cav Recon Sq (Mecz), 36th Cav Recon Sq (Mecz), 3rd Armored Division, 3rd Armored Regiment, 3rd Cav Recon Sq Mecz, 3rd Cavalry Division, 3rd Cavalry Group, 42nd Infantry Division (US), 4th Armored Division, 4th Cav Recon Sq Mecz, 4th Cavalry Group (US), 4th Infantry Division, 6th Cav Recon Sq Mecz, 6th Cavalry Group, 82nd Airborne Division (US), 84th Armd Recon Bn, 84th Infantry Division (US), 84th Recon Battalion, 89th Infantry Division, 8th Armored Division, 90th Infantry Division, 90th Motorized Division, 96th Armd Recon Bn, 99th Infantry Division (US), 9th Infantry Division, Austria, Bardenburg, Basse, Bastogne, Battle of the Bulge, Bayreuth, Belgium, Bonn, Canal Zone, Carlsbrunn, Cherbourg, Cotentin Peninsula, Czechoslovakia, D-Day, Danube River, Eisenbach, Elbe River, England, France, Fulda, Fulda River, Fürth, Giessen, Gotha, Harz Mountains, Hergern, Holland, Hürtgen Forest, Ingolstadt, Inn River, Irsch, Kaiserslautern, Kassel, Kelheim, Kontz, Kyll River, Lahn River, Landshut, Le Havre, Loire River, Lorraine, Losheimer Gap, Luneville, Luxembourg, Mainz, Metz, Meuse River, Mortain, Moselle River, Munich, Munster, Nancy, Normandy, Nürnberg, Omaha Beach, Operation Cobra, Our River, Paderborn, Panama, Parroy Forest, Remagen, Rhine River, Roer River, Ruhr Pocket, Saar River, Salzburg, Siegen, Siegfried Line, St Malo, St Nazaire, Thionville, Trier, Utah Beach, Villedieu, Volklingen, Waldrach, West Wall, Wittenburg, XII Corps
I have found some interesting informations about Cavalry Troops during World War Two. I know that these informations are not really dig in but at least they give interesting Location and good start points to dig deeper.
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Category : 007th Armored Division
Tags: 104th Infantry Division, 106th Infantry Division, 112/28th Inf Div, 11th Armoured Div-UK, 28th Infantry Division, 3/517th Parachute Infantry, 30th Infantry Division (US), 340 Infanterie Division, 5th Infantry Division, 694/340 Inf Div-DE, 695/340 Inf Div-DE, 696/340 Inf Div-DE, 75th Infantry Division (US), 82nd A/B Div, 84th Infantry Division (US), 87th Cav Recon Sq, 8th Corps-UK, Arnaville, Aywaille-K5310, Basse-Bodeux-P6497, Bastogne-P5558, Beho, Beho-P7581, Born-P8594, Bouvigny-P7082, Brachelen, British Force, Canadian Force, CCA/7th Armored Division, CCB/7th Armored Division, CCB/9th Armored Division, Chartres, Chateau Thierry, Cheram-P6677, Col Dwight A. Rosenbaum, Col John L. Ryan Jr, Deifelt-P7679, Deurne, Dochamps-P4983, Dornot, Dreux, Düren, England, Espeler-P8079, First (1st) Army, France, Geilenkirchen, Gen Bruce C. Clarke, Gen Lindsay Silvester, Gen Robert W. Hasbrouck, Gereonsweiller, Germany, Gouvy-P7278, Grand Halleux-P6993, Grüfflingen-P8282, Gunter G. Gillot Jr, Heerlen, Holdingen-P7775, Houffalize-P6172, Hunningen-P8590, La-Roche-P4678, Liesel, Lindern, Linnich, Maastricht, Maldingen-P7883, Malmedy-K7804, Manhay, Medell-P8892, Meijel, Melun, Metz, Moselle River, Nederweert, Netherlands, Nieder Emmels-P8390, Ninth Army US, Nogent le Rotrou, Ober-Emmels-P8290, Omaha Beach, Operation Market-Garden, Ourthe-P7478, Overloon, Parker Crossroad, Petit-Thier-P7491, Poteau, Poteau-P7791, Recht, Recht-P7994, Reims, Rimburg, Rodt-P8189, Roer River, Roer River Dams, Rogery-P7284, Salm River, Salmchateau-P6987, Samree-P5081, Scheldt Estuary, Schoenberg-P9588, Second Army-UK, Seille River, Seine River, Sillegny, Spa-K6711, St Vith, St Vith-P8588, Stavelot-K7101, Task Force Hawks, Task Force Jones, Task Force Lindsey, Task Force Wanke, Third Army US, Thommen-P8181, Trois-Ponts-P6798, Ubach, Utah Beach, Venlo, Verdun, Vielsalm-P7089, VIII Corps-US, Ville-du-Bois-P7189, Walleröde-P8890, Weert, Wurm River, XIII Corps-US, XVIII Corps A/B-US
After Action Report
7th Armored Division
Period : 1st December 1944 -31st December, 1944
Area : St-Vith & Vicinity
Country : Belgium
Revised & Corrected : Gunter G. Gillot Jr
The 7th AD was activated on March 1 1942, reorganized on Sept 20 1943 and arrived in the United Kingdom in Jun 1944. The division landed on Omaha and Utah Beaches, on Aug 13-14 1944, and was assigned to Third (3rd) US Army.
The 7th AD drove through Nogent le Rotrou in an attack on Chartres which fell Aug 18. From Chartres, the Division advanced to liberate Dreux, then Melun, where they crossed the Seine River, on Aug 24.
The 7th AD then pushed on to bypass Reims and liberate Chateau-Thierry and Verdun, Aug 31, then halted briefly for refueling until Sept 6, when it drove toward to the Moselle and made a crossing near Dornot. This crossing had to be withdrawn in the face of the heavy fortifications around Metz.
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