A separate detachment, consisting of one battalion, 364th Infantry, and two machine gun companies, 182nd Brigade, was detailed to mop up Spitaals Bosschen under command of Major William A. Aird, 348th Machine Gun Battalion. This plan saved the animals of the Division from unnecessary fatigue, and they soon improved in condition. Colonel, C. L. Wyman, as Division Signal Officer. Colonel T. A. Driscoll, Assistant Chief of Staff (G-2), was held at Nogent le Rotron in the afternoon of March 1. The Division reserve, consisting of the 346th Machine Gun Battalion and one battalion of 363rd Infantry, were to stand in readiness near Oycke. The complete relief of the 181st, however, was not effected until 9 :30 oclock. Firing on them and killing five, he captured a Belgian citizen who was attempting to guide these Germans out of the city without being captured. The 91st was directed to attack at H hour, October 31, on the front Waereghem (inclusive) to Steenbrugge (exclusive). keeping them occupied to prevent home-sickness. On the 19th, P.C. The General Officer commanding the Seventh French Corps heartily congratulates General Johnston, and the officers and men of his division, on the excellent results obtained. During the stay in the La Ferte Bernard area, about January 1 to April 1, five hours daily were devoted to drill. Upon arrival in New York harbor the various units of the 91st Division were sent to either Camp Merritt, N. J., Camp Mills or Camp Upton, N. Y. Hence the number killed and wounded represented about one-fourth of the Division, during seventeen days engagement. Brigadier General Henry B. Styer commanded the 181st, comprising the 361st and 362nd Infantry Regiments and 347th Machine Gun Battalion; Brigadier General Frederick S. Foltz commanded the 182nd Brigade, comprising the 363rd and 364th Infantry Regiments and 348th Machine Gun Battalion. General Foltz and staff and the Headquarters Troop and Detachment entrained on June 21, and the remainder of the Division followed as rapidly as possible. Two companies, A and C, of the Ammunition Train had been with the Division in the Meuse-Argonne, but only Company C accompanied the Division to Belgium. Then came the task of taking Exmorieux Farm, a strong center of resistance that was causing great trouble. Most officers and men had raincoats, and some had found German blankets in dugouts. Pleasant weather and plenty of good food made the stop at La Havre rest camp appreciated. That is why he created the defensive marches of the Rhine, which were always ready to throw back the ever-menacing, barbarous invasion, always ready by the force of arms to subdue the turbulent and pillaging Germanic tribes living on the right bank of the Rhine. One detachment of 250 men for leave area had left by train on the morning of October 15, and some officers and men, hearing that the division was in the neighborhood, escaped from hospitals and rejoined, believing themselves sufficiently recovered from wounds and anxious to avoid being evacuated farther to the rear. The line occupied by the Division for the night extended from just south of Epinonville, which was the eastern limit of the Division zone, around the head of the Ravin des Balonvaux (Plank Road Hollow), thence along the western slope of the ravine north of the city of Very, into the zone of the 35th Division. The little village on its summit early became a mere heap of bricks, captured, lost and recaptured by one side, then by the other; finally, a series of mining operations blew it away and left the top of the hill a waste of craters and shell holes, an utterly barren No-mans-land with the opposing trenches and wire straggling across its sides. Colonel G. McD. Three officers had been sent ahead to La Ferte Bernard area to select billets, establish signal corps communication and receive replacements of the Division, which began to arrive in the La Ferte Bernard area one month before the Division was able to obtain trains. Since this Division was ready to participate in the St.-Mihiel Salient operation while standing in the reserve of the First American Army; since it was ready to attack in the front line of the Fifth Army Corps, from Foret de Hesse, when the Commander-in-Chief launched his attack against the enemys line of communications between the Meuse River and the Argonne Forest; since some of its units were already entraining for Belgium before others, marching from the firing line, had reached the railroad; since its units. This information indicated strongly that we should meet these two divisions on D day, for it seemed very unlikely that units which had come into line so recently would be themselves relieved prior to our attack. During this morning Captain Leavell, with a detachment of the 316th Engineers, made another reconnaissance before daylight to ascertain the most feasible point for construction of a bridge. Each Regiment consisted of three battalions that commanded four companies. The 132nd French Division was to be on the left and the 41st French on our right. 34th Infantry Division Association Colonel, Arthur W. Hanson; and Major, now Lieut. The St. Mihiel sailent had been reduced September 12-13, and the staff at Chaumont was taking up the task of launching the attack in the Meuse-Argonne, which had been planned long before by General Pershing as the proper strategic move to terminate the war. By noon the traffic was flowing, or rather bumping, over the old No-mans4and and into Cheppy Woodfirst the combat wagons with their ammunition, then the artillery and finally the trucks of the Division supply trains. History 508th Parachute Infantry. She did not, however, reach the United States, as she sank off Fire Island Light, near New York, following an explosion, attributed at the time to a mine or a torpedo. The men were able, in turn, to go back to the kitchens and get the first warm food they had had since the evening of September 25. Unit Rosters and Unit Photographs; About Us; 255th Infantry regiment 63rd Infantry Division Roster. HQ CO PACIFIC SECTOR-HQ MIL POLICE CO PANAMA, DET MED CORPS DORD-DET QM CORPS PIG POINT. With the help of accompanying guns, 122nd Field Artillery, machine guns, etc., a battalion of the 361st Infantry occupied this farm. That is why he made Aix-la-Chapelle the capital of his Empire. Divisions will advance independently of each other, pushing the attack with utmost vigor and regardless of cost. The 91st Division obeyed this order on that memorable Sunday with renewed energy and inspiration, believing each division would be prompted by the same impulse to do or die for the Fifth Corps which inspired the 91st when assigned the important task of carrying the ball through the center of the First American Army. Division orders at 23:30 oclock directed heavy artillery fire on Gesnes, support of each brigade by a light regiment (75s), and advance by each brigade in its proper zone toward the American Army objective (line of hills north of the Gesnes-Exermont road). The situation was reported to Headquarters, Fifth Corps, and permission received to hold any positions deemed suitable which could be held. . The medical officers advised that they be cared for in separate towns in the billeting area in order to prevent spread of the disease throughout the Division. The 1st Prussian Guard Division, as its name implies, belonged to the elite of the German Army. An Advance Center of Information was established on Hill 274 (La Cigalerie Butte), 700 meters east of La Cigalerie Farm. On December 9 the 91st Division was assigned to the Second American Corps, Major General G. W. Read, whose headquarters were then at Boonetable in Le Mans area. The 96th Infantry Division is a unit of the United States Army that served in World War II . A field hospital had been established in Roulers in a convent which the German officers had used as an officers club. One or two giant liners slid out from their docks during the day and started on the perilous voyage. A heavy rain had also come on and increased as darkness closed in. (Signed) G. W. Read Major General, U.S.A. Jeffs Store has some of the texts offered on this website, and several other historic texts, not on the website. In addition to the above major units, prisoners were taken from the following attached and subsidiary groups: 233rd Pioneer Company-attached to 117th Division.Landstrum Battalion, Reutlingen-attached to 117th Division.Landstrum Battalion, Gottingen attached to 117th Division.1st Guard F. A. Regiment attached to 1st Guard Division.Foot Artillery Battery No. 859TH CO TRANS CORPS - CP ROBINSON AMER MISSION RES M.T.D.. 407TH MOTOR SUP TR HQ DET -RUSSIAN EXPED TC APO#717 CP, HQ DET TRANS CORPS AT LARGE CP-DET MED DEPT USAT CABLESHIP DELLWOOD CP. These men had been exposed to influenza and many were suffering from the disease. Lieut. I have found the same spirit of duty and discipline freely given in the 37th and 91st Divisions, U.S.A, which brings about valiant soldiers and victorious armies. Here the soldiers discovered the true significance of the relentless submarine warfare the Germans had been waging in so far as it pertained to foodstuffs. By runner there was communication with the Headquarters of the 182nd Infantry Brigade, which, with the 364th Infantry, was at Mont des Aillieux, the 363rd Infantry being in position on the southern slope of La Cigalerie Butte. The Commanding General, 74th Brigade at Ivoiry, to whom the message was shown, said his Brigade had suffered fifty percent loss, and he could not make it go forward. The terrain to the west of the second objective is rolling and sparsely wooded. The Division left the area of the First Army with less than 15,000 of its own men and about 3,500 replacements. All officers and men who had ever honorably served with the 91st Division were declared eligible to join. Holding Tronsol Farm, just in zone of the 35th Division, and Grange aux Bois Farm, just in zone of 37th Division, the 91st at 14:30 oclock was ready to advance farther. One company of the 316th Ammunition Train was left with this motor transportation on under orders to join the First American Army. As proof of this we have the statement of the man of the 117th, who said that ever since coming into line his regiment had been sending out nightly patrols for the purpose of capturing prisoners in No-mans-land; that these patrols had failed; and that the unsuccessful raid of September 22, in which he was captured, had been launched to discover who lay behind the Allied wire. The machine gun company of each regiment was attached to and fought with the 1st Battalion of that regiment; the 347th and 348th Machine Gun Battalions sent two companies each to the regiments of their brigade and these were attached to the 2nd and 3rd Battalions of the regiments. Literature: Images from Wikimedia Commons. For the 91st Division, that would be the 361st, 362nd, 363rd, and 364th infantry regiments. In addition to the lines established by the 316th Field Signal Battalion, the 181st Brigade found insulated German wire in the Bois de Cheppy and used that wire in its advance, as did the Division Commander for communication with the Division P. C. at Cte 290. A study of history will show that all the wars and invasions which for the last two thousand years have flooded Europe with blood can be traced to the thirst for conquest of the Teutonic people or of the Germans. The necessity of taking Seneux Farm had inaugurated this movement, and the loss of touch with the 35th Division on the left had made it imperative to hold the ever-lengthening flank exposed by the advance of the 364th. It was met from the jump-off by a terrific artillery counter-barrage, accompanied by the hardest sort of machine gun fire from the front and right flank. This did not contribute in the least to the comfort of the men, but everyone understood the reasons for such conditions and made the best of it. Between October 19 and 20 a large number of men and some officers who had been wounded in the Meuse-Argonne were either forwarded by orders to Dunkerque by rail or escaped from hospitals in rear of the Argonne and reached Dunkerque. AIR SEC FLYING SCH-DET MED DEPT, ARMY VET. On the morning of the 28th the advance was renewed; the 181st Brigade attacking with the 361st in front of the 362nd through Epinonville, two battalions of the former in the front line with the remainder of the regiment in support. The defenses of both hills flanked the approaches to each other and were protected by well-directed artillery barrage from the north. U.S.A.T WRIGHT. A combat liaison group from the 182nd Brigade moving with a battalion of the 1st Division suffered heavy losses as it advanced. This bombardment grew in power and in intensity throughout the night. The signal troops, then as later, were always with the advancing infantry and machine guns, and telephone communication, without which no modern battle can be waged, was quickly established. Colonel A. D. Cummings, and a number of second lieutenants recently appointed from the corps schools, besides other officers of the Division, to care for these 4,000 new men. Hostile shelling became very severe, both upon the assaulting troops and also upon the supports who had dug themselves in on the slopes south of the town. The 3rd Battalion of the 363rd Infantry Regiment, commanded by Major, now Colonel, J. The dangerous passage through these waters was safely made. Message was sent to the Commanding, General, 35th Division, asking him to cover the 58th Field Artillery Brigade and the Epionville-Very road. To carry out this order the 182nd Brigade was ordered to cross the river at 6:30 oclock, November 10, supported by one regiment of light field artillery. He visited also the hospital in which the 316th Sanitary Train had assembled all the sick of Belgium, moving them from cellars to which they had been moved during the bombardment, and restoring the convent, which had been occupied as a hospital during the German rule, to proper order for the care of the sick. 82ND FIELD ARTILLERY MED DETL-82ND FA BTRY B. Orders from the Port of Debarkation, Hoboken, directed the transfer of officers and men to the camps nearest their homes at the time they entered the service. The order of battle of the French Army of Belgium, October 30, 1918, from north to south, was as follows: Thirty-fourth Corps, Thirtieth Corps, Seventh Corps. In compliance with orders received from the Seventh Corps, Division orders were issued about midnight that the 128th French Division on our north, instead of falling back into the reserve as originally planned, would continue its attack, on our left, in the direction of Eyne. This detachment spent one night at Louvain, entertained by a French division of the Seventh Corps. It developed that, while the portion of the line turned over to the 181st Brigade by relieved elements of the 32nd Division was supposed to be the line from Hill 269 to Hill 255 (on American Army objective formerly reached by the 91st Division, September 29), the elements of the 32nd Division relieved were actually on a line one and one-half kilometers south of the line joining those two crests, both of which were highly organized and defended by machine gun nests. Winter underwear was issued to the 182nd Brigade and the replacements. This section contains many large and thick woods, interspersed with small open valleys and rolling uplands. After the Division Commander had conferred with Brigadier General Bablon, commanding the 41st Division (French), instructions were issued for the gradual approach of the 91st Division to relieve the 41st Division in the new front assigned the Thirtieth French Corps. It said in part: The First American Army attacks from the Meuse to La Hazaree; Fifth Army Corps attacks at H hour on D day on the front Malancourt (Incl. First Army Corps was to swing as a gate, pivoting in the Foret dArgonne toward the west, thus assisting the Fifth Army Corps in its assault through the center. Lieutenant Colonel Endicott took the motorized 346th Machine Gun Battalion to Avocourt, to follow the Avocourt-Very road on the trucks, while the Division Commander and aides led the remainder of the Division reserve to Pont des 4 Enfants, over shell-torn Cheppy Wood, overtaking the 181st Brigade south of the Ravin de Lai Fuon. With the help of our artillery, however, they managed about four-thirty in the afternoon to break through, capture Eclisfontaine and and Les Bouleaux Bois and organize those positions for the night. 1ST ALABAMA INF SUPPLY CO -CO G 2ND INF REGT ALA NG, 2ND ALABAMA INF NG CO G -CO I 4TH ALA INF REGT, 2ND INF ARK NG CO L - BTRY A 1ST FA CALIFNG, BTRY B 1ST BA FA CALIF NG - CO I 2ND INF CALIF NG, 2ND INF CALIF NG CO K - CO B 7TH CALIF NG, 7TH INF CALIF NG CO C - TRP A 1ST CAV COLO NG, 1ST CAV COLO NG TRP A - CO B 1ST SEP BN INF COLO NG, 1ST SEP BN INF COLO NG CO B - BTRY E 10TH F CONN NG, 10TH FIELD ART CONN NG BTRY E - SAN DET 2ND INF CONN NG, 2ND INF REGT CONN NG DET 28 - 2ND INF CONN NG, 2ND INF REGT CONN NG DET - 3RD INF D.C. NG, 3RD INF REGT D.C NG DET - CO L 3RD INF D.C. 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