Battery B fired its few remaining rounds to cover the other batteries, the battalion assembling during the evening at a crossroad southeast of Harlange. By nightfall the 3d Battalion line on the Sevenig ridge had been In 2004-2005, A Company, 1st Battalion, was deployed with Task Force Dragoon to Tikrit Iraq. He even dispatched a kampfgruppe to seize a bridge considerably south of Clerf apparently intending to swing his attack column to a poorer road in the event that Clerf continued to hold. a blasted bridge three kilometers east of Heinerscheid and established 18-41 In midmorning Paul ordered Company C to march north from Munshausen, leaving the cannon company there, and counterattack the Germans in the Company B area. With this team Manteuffel hoped to win a quick penetration and get rolling. At the top of the ascent the tanks met: four German tanks were knocked out, three American tanks destroyed. Interviewees include company commanders, platoon leaders . The Spanish castle indicates service in Puerto Rico during the SpanishAmerican War, while the bridge, which is a representation of the bridge over the. The American strongpoints were therefore located with an eye to blocking these entry ways while at the same time defending the lateral ridge road which connected the 110th with its neighboring regiments and provided the main artery sustaining the entire division front. The massed guns and Werfers of the XLVII Panzer Corps which roared out at 0530 on 16 December gave the Americans their first warning. The 560th, activated from inexperienced garrison units in Norway and Denmark, had been tagged for the Russian front. The Panzer Lehr (Generalleutnant Fritz Bayerlein) was one of the divisions earmarked in November for use in the Ardennes counteroffensive, but the American offensive in Lorraine and Alsace had forced OKW to release the Panzer Lehr from its position in the strategic reserve. Once through St. Vith the LXVI would follow Krueger to Andenne, but if things grew rough on the left wing Manteuffel intended to switch Lucht's corps to the south. This battery was driven from Buchholz with the loss of half its howitzers. 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The Americans had taken 186 prisoners and killed or wounded two or three times that number; the losses in the 1130th Regiment were "very high," said the enemy reports. WW2 Order of Battle Medical Units. Panzer Army to receive the highly secret word of a great counteroffensive Fortunately Major Woodward, the battalion commanding officer, was suspicious of this route. For nearly two hours enemy flares methodically picked out targets for mortar and bullet fire, while the Americans were so closely beset that the Bofors and murderous quad mounts could not retaliate without cutting down their own people. This road makes a twisted and tortuous descent to the valley floor, finally crossing the river at the southeastern edge of the town and proceeding, through narrow streets until it emerges on the north. Remnants of the 3d Battalion had assembled at Consthum, the battalion headquarters. The sector at the Our River in which Luettwitz' corps would begin the attack was a little over seven miles wide, the villages of Dahnen on the north and Stolzembourg on the south serving as boundary markers. Collectively, these units received credit for the following World War II campaigns: Normandy (with the Bellefonte unit participating in the assault landing), Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe. When the 2d Panzer Division was relieved at the end of September its tanks were gone, but there remained a large cadre of veterans who had escaped to the West Wall on foot. The new mission given General Kokott was this: the 26th would force the crossings at the Our and Clerf Rivers on the left of the corps, hold open for the armor, then follow the more mobile panzer units to Bastogne. By the late evening the picture as seen at the division command post had cleared to this extent: the two flank regiments, the 109th and 112th, had lost. 28th Division commander James E. Wharton was in his first day of command when a German sniper shot him while he was at the 112th Infantry's command post. The 229th Field Artillery Battalion was emplaced behind the north flank near Welchenhausen on the German side of the river. The 1st Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment draws its origins from Civil War era units, including the 13th, 15th, and 17th Pennsylvania Regiments and still maintains the right to possess the silver bands and battle streamers awarded for battle service in the Peninsula and Virginia 18611863 campaigns and for participation in the battles of Manassas, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, the Wilderness, and Spottsylvania. The 77th had been unable to win a quick decision at Hosingen. In any case the defenders made radio contact (their last) with the 28th Division as late as 0528 on the morning of 18 December. the German engineers moved in. During the afternoon General Cota radioed Colonel Nelson to be especially watchful of his northern flank, but added that if his own position became untenable he should withdraw at dark behind the Our. This threat north of the Marnach road seems to have caused the German commander some concern. The shield is white, the old infantry color. The division commander, officers, and noncoms were veterans; training throughout the division was reported as adequate. This unit was redesignated less than a year later, in December 1921, when they became 103rd Ordnance Company, Special Troops. It arrived in Clerf with nineteen medium tanks. his assistance, probably to be in position to give support by the late Picture 1 of 6. On 18 December what was left of the 110th Infantry was wiped out or withdrew to the west.11 Survivors in the north headed toward Donnange and, with Company G, joined elements of the 9th Armored Division to make a stand. Battle of Wilson's Creek, Civil War, North/South Becker County MN, WW2 KIA The Lewistown unit was redesignated as Machine Gun Troop, 104th Cavalry, 22nd Cavalry Division. He then became the executive officer (XO) for the 16th Infantry Regiment at Fort Jay, Governors Island, New York. His staff and regimental commanders, appointees of Generaloberst Kurt Student, had formed a clique against the previous commander and were hostile to Heilmann.19 Furthermore, troops and troop leaders were poorly trained, coming as they had only recently from Luftwaffe ground units. But first, they had to win the Battle of the Bulge. Service in the Civil War is shown by the cross pate, the badge of the 5th Corps, 3rd Division, in which the organization served in that war. The appearance of the Shermans in Clerf cooled the ardor of the German infantry. Finally, the regimental antitank and cannon companies were disposed around Ouren guarding the bridges, the roads, and the regimental command post. Shortly before dark the 60-ton bridges were completed at Gemnd and Dasburg (inexperienced engineers and the difficulties attendant on moving the heavy structures down to the river bed had slowed construction markedly), and the German tanks and assault guns moved across to give the coup de grce to the villages still defended by the 110th Infantry. The attack by the light tank company of the 707th along the Skyline Drive was disastrous. In 2006, the battalion reorganized again with Headquarters and Headquarters Company in Lewistown, Company A (less detachment) in Huntingdon; Detachment 1, Company A in Everett; Company B in Altoona, and Company C (led detachment) in Bellefonte with Detachment 1, Company C in Tyrone. The 26th Volks Grenadier Division, which had allowed the 112th to go about its training program with only very minor interruption, marched south to join the XLVII Panzer Corps and take part in the attack for Bastogne. To some extent, then, Kokott's decision in favor of premature assembly west of the Our had gained ground for the 26th. On March 12, 1879, Governor Henry Hoyt signed General Order Number One appointing Maj. Gen. John Hartranft as the first division commander of the National Guard of Pennsylvania, and the most storied and renowned division in the history of the U.S. Army was born. Since most of these works were "blind" the final protective line turned on foxholes and extensive patches of barbed wire which the battalion itself had constructed. To complete the concentration against the enemy in or around Marnach, Colonel Fuller ordered the medium tank platoon in Munshausen to attack to the northeast with a rifle platoon from Company C. When Fuller heard of the light tanks, he ordered Colonel Henbest to delay the 2d Battalion attack next morning until the incoming tank detachment was ready to attack on the Skyline Drive. howitzers and the tank platoon near Buchholz, again had to side-step in the drive to the Clerf. Descent to the town and its bridges is made on this side by two winding roads. For example, by the end of January, 1945, the 47 th Infantry Regiment (which fought in France and Germany) had lost well over 100% of their strength to battle casualties, where men were either killed, wounded . Meanwhile he dispatched The 3d Battalion (Maj. Walden F. Woodward), in the regimental center, was hit by the 1130th Regiment of the 560th Volks Grenadier Division. This had been accomplished by noon on the first 28th Reconnaissance Troop (Mech.) The units were located in Erie (Co A), Bradford (Co C), Oil City (Co D), Cooperstown (Co E), Franklin (Co F), Ridgeway, Pennsylvania (Co H), Warren (Co I), and Titusville (Co K). The mission given Luettwitz conformed to his reputation for drive and audacity. The unit was noted for actions in the Battle of Coamo, where the regiment sustained six wounded and one killed in action during a blocking action. The orders given the 116th Panzer Division on the night of 16 December to switch to the left were altered on the 17th to start its infantry regiments marching still farther south to the Dasburg bridgehead held by the neighboring corps. Later reports indicate that this group was almost wiped out. the code name for the coming offensive. General Cota still had in hand a reserve on the night of the 16th, but it was the last reserve of the 28th Division. 114th Infantry Regiment. Hills intersected by wooded draws marked the terrain in this sector. tank destroyers from the 630th Tank Destroyer Battalion, weapons of The 309th and 310th Infantry Regiments . About 1000 the small tank-infantry team was allowed to return to its original position at Munshausen, and Fuller then ordered the tank platoon to fight its way to Clerf and help defend the town. In October 1919, the battalion's units were Company M, 112th Infantry (Lewistown), 103rd Trench Mortar Battery, 103rd Engineer Battalion (Tyrone), Company F, 112th Infantry (Huntingdon), Company A, 10th Pennsylvania Infantry (Everett), Company G, 10th Pennsylvania Infantry (Altoona), and elements of the 108th and 109th Field Artillery (Bellefonte). On the west slopes of the ridge a platoon of medium tanks was committed early in the afternoon to drive the Germans off the side road linking Holzthum and Consthum. the leading detachments of the 77th swung to the north, cutting The 26th Volks Grenadier Division, having completed its initial mission by seizing an undamaged bridge across the Clerf at Drauffelt during the night, made way for the Panzer Lehr Division to strike for Bastogne. The Lewistown company was consolidated with another company and became Headquarters and Headquarter Troop, 3rd Reconnaissance Squadron, 104th Armored Cavalry Regiment. with an order to hold in essentially the positions which the regiment now occupied. The 112th Infantry Regiment returned home in April 1919 and was mustered out of federal service on 6 May 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey. 17 But the situation east of Bastogne was growing more precarious and the division commander decided to bring the 112th back to join in the defense of Bastogne. At Weiler the Americans, with only a few rounds left, were completely surrounded and decided to fight their way out. Eight tanks were knocked out by the enemy gunners and in the confusion three more fell prey to bazooka fire. These reinforcements arrived at Reuler in time to take a hand against the Germans pouring past Marnach toward Clerf and its bridges. Since the Wiltz bridge had not been destroyed, the American assault gun platoon was ordered back to Erpeldange, covering the northeastern approach to the bridge and the engineer outposts. going in the West Wall maze north of Ltzkampen and the initial It was amended to show additional war service on 29 August 1951. In the 110th zone four roads ran from the German border at the Our, up and over the Skyline Drive, and down to the Clerf. Completely surrounded by the enemy, it had hoped to join the withdrawal of the line companies. Shortly before noon a platoon of Company B's tanks reached the hardpressed field artillery battery near Buchholz and reported the situation in hand.8 But the enemy here represented only the probing forefinger of the main attack. Marnach remained in American hands, even after the Dasburg bridge was completed and the leading tanks of the 3d Panzer Regiment entered the fight. [] The task of rebuilding the rifle companies, repairing battle damage, and training replacements was of necessity a slow one. The other Altoona unit was mustered into federal service for home station duty during World War II as Battery B, 200th Field Artillery. The German artillery could take a hand this morning, particularly since a number of forward observers had wormed into the American positions. the story of the 112th Infantry Regiment of the 28th Infantry Division in the battle for Schmidt, Germany. Intelligence reports indicated that the elements of the US 28th Infantry The regiment was awarded battle streamers marked Normandy, Northern France, Ardennes-Alsace, Rhineland, and Central Europe for its service in World War II. and withdrew on foot to Wiltz-the 2d Battalion flanks were wide open. The 112th Infantry Regiment has a history that dates back long before World War II started. battalion, hastily formed from the 28th Division headquarters, by setting Accession 45223. Separated of necessity by the width of the front and the requirements of some depth in the defenses athwart the east-west roads, the units of the 110th could offer little reciprocal support against an enemy attacking in any force. This initial zone was roughly equivalent to the American defensive position manned west of the Our by the 110th Infantry, the center regiment of the 28th Infantry Division, although the width of the 110th front was about two miles greater than the front assigned the panzer corps. But the enemy armor weight was too heavy, nor could it be checked by the handful of tanks and light assault guns remaining to the 707th Tank Battalion. He was an instructor at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff School (1938-1940). The Infantry School at Fort Benning began collecting academic monographs from company commanders soon after the end of World War II, to record their personal combat experiences. of the 77th, ran into a snag. Company B of the 2d Tank Battalion, en route to set up a roadblock northeast of Clerf, was appropriated by General Cota and sent to support the 110th Infantry. Replacements, mostly from the Navy, were whipped into shape by the "Old 26th," and first-rate equipment replaced that lost in the east. Volks Grenadier Division) had not fared too well in the attack During the morning the 26th Volks Grenadier Division engaged in desultory action, moving troops around to the north. The 112th Infantry Regiment was formed and officially designated as the 16th Infantry from . columns. Replacements, generally better than the average, were. 120th Infantry Regiment. About dusk the Marnach garrison radioed that half-tracks could be heard moving toward the village. against the British and American advance in southwest Holland, and had Viewing, the ground in front of his right armored corps as especially difficult, Manteuffel would give Generaloberst Walter Krueger's LVIII Panzer Corps a fairly narrow front for the initial assault. A few hundred yards had been traversed when, at the first crossroad, the leading half-track ran into a patch of mines laid in front of a German roadblock and exploded. On 11 May 1898, these units were mustered into federal service for the. One battalion of armored infantry was given bicycles, and would move so slowly through the mud and over the hills that its function during the drive to the west was simply that of a replacement battalion, feeding into the more mobile units up ahead. Map of St Vith drawn 15 November 1944. The 112th Infantry Regiment, also known as the Sixteenth Pennsylvania,[2] is a unit in the Pennsylvania National Guard which can trace its lineage back to before the American Civil War. After some delay, while the tank platoon and the infantry identified themselves, the tanks rolled south to the 3d Battalion headquarters at Consthum. The American howitzers, south of Wiltz, also took a hand in slowing the German attack. A half hour before dawn on 18 December German guns and mortars opened heavy fire. midafternoon, leaving open an avenue into the 2d Battalion left flank. World War II: Another great uncle, 2LT Elton Barry Arnett, was an infantry platoon leader with Co. C, 1/112th Infantry, 28th Infantry Division. 22 Mar - 11 May 45 Central Europe Campaign CD 2 36 Pages - PDF. whereupon the light tank platoon destroyed its single remaining tank This was General der Artillerie Walther Lucht's LXVI Corps. Early in the afternoon of 18 December a radio message finally arrived at the division command post asking that the regiment be given instructions. Seven officers and fifty to sixty men did reach Donnange. Manteuffel had found himself in almost complete disagreement with the original operations plan handed down by Jodl in November. These were the stakes when the Germans launched their surprise attack through Belgium on December 16, 1944. Caveat: This Battle lasted more than a month, with assignments in considerable flux. The 14th Parachute Regiment, which had been moving slowly westward (the 5th Parachute Division commander ascribed its dilatory movement to the habit of attacking small villages in order to have billets for the cold December nights), entered the fight via a climb onto the eastern ridge overlooking the town. The Fifth Panzer Army commander was bitterly opposed to that part of the plan which called for a tremendous opening barrage at 0800 and a two-hour artillery preparation before the attack jumped off. 75 (Spring 2010), pp. In 1995 the battalion became a mechanized infantry battalion. Shortly before dusk When day came the Americans caught the troops following the advance party of the assault company out in the open. As a junior officer in the prewar panzer troops, Manteuffel had made a mark as an armored specialist. The 112th remained an organic unit of the 28th Infantry Division throughout World War II.[5]. The lay of the ground and defenses in the area north of Ltzkampen were such that Waldenburg's right regiment had to move northwestward at an oblique to the axis of his left wing advance. In fact the troops of the 26th Volks Grenadier Division sent against Wiltz from the northeast were acting under orders to protect the flank and rear of Panzer Lehr against possible American counterattack from the Wiltz valley. . German infantry from the 277th Volksgrenadier Division burst . James Russell Fostervold, 86, of Willmar, died Tuesday at his home following an illness. About 1300 a thick, soupy December fog rolled in on the village. If you want a powerful account of the battle from the mouths of those who were there, this is it. Once the 2d Panzer Division had thrown a bridge across the Our at Dasburg and the 26th Volks Grenadier Division had put a bridge in at Gemnd, the well-known Panzer Lehr Division would be ready to roll, advancing behind the two forward divisions until the corps had cleared the Clerf River, then pushing ahead of the infantry on the corps left in the race to Bastogne. or support the 3d Battalion, 110th Infantry, fighting at Consthum. Before noon five separate assaults had been made at Consthum, but all were beaten off by small arms, .50-caliber, and artillery fire. 3 Jan - May 45 Last Offensive CD 2 555 Pages - PDF. In common with the German assault tactics employed all along the front on 16 December, both regiments led off with a predawn advance by shock companies eighty men strong. What do Battle of Hrtgen Forest, Battle of the Bulge and 112th Infantry Regiment (United States) have in common. The two heavy tank bridges were the Americans obviously were weakening, and the 2d Panzer Division had been able to move its tanks forward on the relatively good road in the northern part of the corps zone. 123th Infantry Regiment. At the crossroads village of Hosingen atop the Skyline Drive, He continued to fight with Cannon Company until the 423rd Regiment surrendered Dec. 19, 1944, near Schnberg, Belgium. 112th Regimental Combat Team, WW1 29th Infantry Div Casualties, WW2 303rd Bomb Group, Casualties, WW2 . Communication between the 112th and division headquarters had been sketchy since 16 December, depending on artillery radio nets and liaison officers. The sector held by the 112th Infantry was approximately six miles wide. Second, he had to disregard his own flanks, particularly on the south, and resolutely refuse to detach any force for flank protection until the main body was west of the Meuse. The Americans were not too worried by the flanking move because tanks of the 10th Armored Division were expected momentarily. fire and sent forward a white flag, with an offer for the Americans to surrender. Manteuffel allotted Luettwitz the 15th Volks Werfer Brigade (108 pieces), the 766th Volks Artillery Corps (76 pieces), the 600th Army Engineer Battalion, and the 182d Flak Regiment, all motorized. WW2 Army Unit Records Research. 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