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Category : Army Air Forces, Missing Personal
Tags: 1943, 1st Lt. Roy H. Mohr, 2nd Lt. Elmer F. Schultz, 388th Bomb Group(H), 560th Bomb Squadron, 6 September, B-17-42-30201, B-17-42-30203, Battery Corporal Willis S. Cole Military Museum, Chartres, Coudray, External Relations, France, French Resistance, German Air Base, Graves Registration, Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command, Missing in Action, Mrs Gisela M. Courduff, Paris, Rachel (Rae) Phillips, S/Sgt Bernard A. Becker, S/Sgt. Bernard Tuvman, Shack Up, Shedonwanna ?, Strasbourg, Stuttgart, T/Sgt. Hartzell H. Jones, Troyes, Voves, Walter Creamer, Willis S. Cole
Dear Gentle People,
I received the following email from JPAC this evening. You are all people, whom has helped with this research to date and as I promised, the purpose of this email is to let you know, the next step has begun. I realize, they will attempt to push us all aside and I promise to do as much as I can, to insure that will not take place.
Willis S. Cole, Jr. “Sam”
Executive Director/Curator
Battery Corporal Willis S. Cole Military Museum
13444 124th Ave NE – Kirkland WA 98034-5403 USA (425)823-4445
www.ww1.org – email : ww1@ww1.org
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Category : Army Air Forces, B-17 #42-97904
Tags: Air Force Historical Research Agency, B-24, B17-G-35-VE, Boucly, France, Graves Registration, Lady Jeannette, Melville B-17, Mohr B-17, National Archives, Serial 42-97904, Strasbourg, Tincourt, Voves
Army Air Force Fans, Historians, Veterans’ Relatives or anyone else involved : I am searching photos from the following B-17 Bomber
Airplane Type : B17-G-35-VE
Serial Number : 42-97904
Nickname : Lady Jeannette
Gunter,
Freeman died a year or so ago. However, his reputation is such, that anything in his books become references in another after another. I have had nasty letters, when some called’ historians see that I do not use the miss-information in my books. Hell, I had to fight with our National Archives and the US Air Force Historical Research Agency about the identity of the B-24 that crashed at Tincourt-Boucly. Finally, when I had a-hold of their nuts and short hairs, with in depth proof that all of their documents were wrong and I was right, did they agree, I was right.
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Category : Battle of the Bulge, The Bulge (CMH)
Tags: 10. SS Panzer Division, 15. Army, 17. SS Panzer Grenadier Division, 21 Panzer-Division, 246. Volksgrenadier, 3rd Army (US), 49. Infanteriedivision, 5 Panzer Army, 6 SS Panzer, 6 SS Panzer Army, 7. Army, 7th Army (US), 89. Infanteriedivision, Aachen, Ahr River, Alois Hitler, Alois Schicklgruber, Alzette River, Amblève River, American West, Angela Hitler, Arlon, Army Group B, Army Group G, Army Group Student, Attert, Austria, Austrian, Baraque de Fraiture, Bastogne, Belgian Chasseurs Ardennais, Bitburg, Bonn, Braunau am Inn, Brussels, Catholic Benedictine Monastery, Clerf River, Cologne, Condroz, Dasburg, Daun, Diekirch, Dinant, Düren, Echternach, Edmund Hitler, Eifel, Ettelbruck, Eupen, Euskirchen, Famenne Depression, Fichtenhain, Fischlham, German Bavaria, Givet, Grevenmacher, Hakenkreuz, Herve, Hitler, Hohes Venn, Huertgen Forest, James Fenimore Cooper, Jodl, Johann Georg Hiedler, Karl May, Klara Pölzl, Koblenz, Kochem, Krebs, Kyll River, L'Homme River, La Roche, Lambach, Leonding, Lesse River, Libramont, Liège, Linz, Longwy, Lorraine, Losheim Gap, Luxembourg, Malmedy, Marche, Maria Anna Schicklgruber, Maria Schicklgruber, Maubeuge, Mayen, Mersch, Metz, Meuse River, Model, Monschau, Moselle River, Namur, Netherlands, Neufchateau, OB WEST, OKW, Old Shatterhand, Ortheuville, Our River, Ourthe River, Panzer Lehr Division, Paula Hitler, Plateau Des Tailles, Prüm River, Richthofen Cavalry Corps, Rochefort, Rundstedt, Saarbrucken, Salm River, Salzburg, Sauer River, Saverne Gap, Schlieffen Plan, Schnee Eifel, Semois River, Sepp Dietrich, Sierck, Sinzig, Spa, St Vith, Stavelot, Strasbourg, Sure River, Trier, Verviers, Vianden, Vienna, Virton, Wacht am Rhein, Wasserbillig, Westphal, Wiltz River, Wittlich
Chapter 3 – Troops and Terrain & The Order of the Battle
During the long-drawn debate over the extent of the counteroffensive, the objective, and the attack form to be employed, the order of battle for Wacht am Rhein took form. This also led to differences of opinion and interpretation.
- How should the armies be aligned ?
- What forces, missions, and zones should be assigned to each particular army ?
- How many divisions, armored and infantry, would be available for use in the attack ?
The answers to these and like questions turned on the Solution adopted and the maneuver employed but will be set forth independently in an attempt to bring some order out of the confused interplay between Hitler, Jodl, Rundstedt, and Model.
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Category : 003rd Inf Div, US Army - World War 2
Tags: 10th Engineer Combat Battalion, 10th Field Artillery Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division, 30th Infantry Regiment, 36th Inf Div, 39th Field Artillery Battalion (105-MM), 3rd CIC Detachment, 3rd Medical Battalion, 3rd Quartermaster Company, 3rd Recon Troop Mecz, 3rd Signal Corps Company, 41st Field Artillery Battalion (105-MM), 441st AAA-Auto-Wpns Battalion, 601st Tank Destroyer Battalion, 703rd OD Light Maintenance Company, 756th Tank Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 9th Field Artillery Battalion, Acerno, Agata, Agrigento, Alsatian Plain, Anzio, Arles, Augsburg, Austria, Avellino, Battipaglia, Bennwihr, Berchtesgaden, Besançon, Brig Gen Charles P. Hall, California, Camp Patrick Henry, Camp Pickett, Canal de Colmar, Capo d'Orlando, Capua, Casablanca, Cavalaire, Cisterna, Clairefontaine, Cleurie, Colmar Pocket, Dilligen, Etival, Fedala, Fort Fontain, Fort Lewis, Fort Ord, Fourth Army Maneuvers, France, French 2eme Division Blindée, French 5eme Division Blindée, French Morocco, Furiano River, Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation, Hohe Rhon, Horbourg, Hunter-Liggett Military Reservation, Italy, IX Corps California Maneuvers, Maginot Line, Main River, Maj Gen Charles F. Thompson, Maj Gen John P. Lucas, Maj Gen John W. O'Daniel, Maj Gen Jonathan W. Anderson, Maj Gen Lucian K. Truscott, Maj Gen William R. Schmidt, Messina, Meurthe River, Mont Lungo, Montélimar, Moselle River, Munich, Mussolini Canal, North-Africa, Nuremberg, Pampelonne, Ponte Rotto, Rhine River, Rhône River, RN-7, Rome, Rupt, Salerno, Salzburg, Sicily, St Amé, St Die, St Michel, St Tropez, Strasbourg, Toulon, Tunisian, Vageny, Vesoul, Virginia, Voiron, Volturno River, Vosges, Washington, West Wall, Winter Line, Woerth, Zweibruecken
Stationed at Fort Lewis, Washington and known as the 3rd Division it moved to Fort Ord, California Jan 22 1940 then returned to Fort Lewis, May 19 1940. It moved again to Hunter-Liggett Military Reservation, California May 25 1941 for IX Corps California Maneuvers. The 3rd returned to Fort Lewis again on Jul 1 1941 and participated in the Fourth Army Maneuvers Aug 15 to Aug 30 1941. The 3rd was then transferred to Fort Ord, California on May 1 1942 and was re-designated 3rd Infantry Division on Aug 1 1942. Sent to Camp Pickett, Virginia on Sep 22 1942, it staged at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia on Oct 27 1942 and departed Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation on the same date. The 3rd Inf Div assaulted Fedala North Africa on Nov 8 1942, assaulted Sicily Jul 10 1943 and arrived Italy Sep 18 1943. On Jan 22 1944, the 3rd assaulted Anzio then southern France on Aug 15 1944. The division entered into Germany on Mar 13 1945, arrived New York POE Sep 4 1946 and then Camp Campbell Kentucky Sep 8 1946.
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Category : 099th-IR(S)(V), Battle of the Bulge
Tags: 1. SS Panzer Division LSSAH, 116. Panzer Division, 12. SS Panzer Div (HJ), 12. Volksgrenadier Division, 18 Volksgrenadier Division, 1F/A, 2/ID, 21/AG, 272. Volksgrenadier division, 277. Volksgrenadier division, 28th Infantry Division, 2nd Inf Div, 3 Fallschirmjäger Division, 3. Panzergrenadier Division, 3/A, 30th Photo Recon Squadron, 326. Infanterie Division, 326. Volksgrenadier division, 4th Infantry Division, 560 Volksgrenadier Division, 6/AG, 62 Volksgrenadier Division, 67th Tact Recon Grp, 7/A, 78th Inf Div, 8/C, 83rd Infantry Division (US), 8th Infantry Division US, 9/A, 9/ID, 99/ID, 99th Inf Div, 9th Armd Div, Aachen, Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur W. Tedder, Auw, Battle of the Bulge, Belfort, Bielefeld, Bollendorf, Bonn, Bulge, Camp Elsenborn, Colmar, Cologne, Düren, Düsseldorf, Euskirchen, Field Marshal Sir Bernard L. Montgomery, Field Marshal von Rundstedt, Frankfurt Gate, French Border, Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower, Gen Georges S. Patton's, George C. Marshall, Heinsberg, Hürtgen Forest, Jülich, Kaiserslautern, Kesternich, Koln, Krefeld, Krinkelt, Kuchelscheid, Kyll River, Lammersdorf, Lanzerath, Losheim, Lt Gen Alexander M. Patch, Lt Gen Courtney H. Hodges, Lt Gen Jacob L. Devers, Lt Gen Omar N. Bradley, Lt Gen William H. Simpson, Luxeùbourg Border, Maastricht, Maj Gen Leonard T. Gerow, Maj Gen Norman D. Cota, Maj Gen Raymond O. Barton, Maj Gen Troy H. Middleton, Manderfeld, Monschau, Monschau Forest, Moselle River, Mutzenich, Our River, Ouren, Rhine River, Roer Dam, Roer River, Rollesbroich, Ruhr River, Saar River, Sauer River, Saverne Gap, Schnee Eifel, Schwammenauel See, St Vith, Strasbourg, Urft Dam, Urftalsperre See, Waal River, Wallerscheid, West Wall
If the Krauts crack the defenses in the North Shoulder, they won’t surround the 101/AB Division in Bastogne, but the entire 1st Army in Belgium.
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Category : France (North)
Tags: 100/442nd, 100th Infantry Battalion Separate, 16th VolksGrenadier Division, 19 SS Polizei Regiment, 198 Pionniere Battalion, 201 Gebirgsjäger Bataillon, 202 Gebirgsjager Bataillon, 285 Reserve Battalion, 36th Infantry Division (US), 388 Infanterie Division, 3rd Infantry Division, 442nd RCT, 45th Infantry Division, 602 Schnellabteilung, 716 VolksGrenadier Division, 716th VolksGrenadier Division, 933 Grenadier Regiment, Belfort, Belfort Gap, Belmont, Biffontaine, Bruyères, Col Charles W. Pence, Epinal, Fifth Army, Forêt Domaniale du Champ de Fen, France, French Militia, French Riviera, French-German-Swiss, Gannen Mono, GebirgsjagerBataillon 201, GebirgsjagerBataillon 202, Gen der Inf Heinrich Friedrich Wiese, Generalleutnant Ernst Haeckal, Generalleutnant Wilhelm Richter, GrenadierRegiment 933, Italian Campaign, Légion des Volontaires Français, Lost Battalion, Lt Col William Bird, Lt Gen Alexander M. Patch, Lt Gen Mark W. Clark, Lt Martin Higgins, Lt Wells Lewis, LVF Waffen SS, Maj Gen John E. Dahlquist, Maj Gen Lucian Truscott, Meurthe River, Milice Française, Moselle River, Nisei, Oberst Walter Rolin, Operation Dogface, Operation Dragoon, Operation Herbstzeitlose, Reich Security Police, ReserveBattalion 285, Rhineland Campaign, S3-Young O. Kim, Saale Gap, Saverne, Schnellabteilung 602, Seventh Army, SIPO-SD, St Die, Strasbourg, VI Corps, Vosges Mountains
Front line infantrymen of the lost battalion, 141st Infantry Regiment relax around a camp fire after being rescued by 442nd RCT in France. October 31, 1944.
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