Description

290th Infantry Regiment
75th Infantry Division • World War II

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This Combat Diary was written and edited by Tec 4 Cecil J. Bond, with cover design and maps by Pfc Howard W. Wells, prepared under the direction of 1st Lt. Victor G. Katen as a 290th I and E Publication. It chronicles the 290th Infantry Regiment’s World War II service from mobilization through the Ardennes, Colmar, Rhineland, and Ruhr Pocket campaigns to postwar occupation duty in Germany, including its roster of staff officers and company commanders. This listing is for a digital download of a scanned copy of the original document.

Campaigns: Ardennes (Battle of the Bulge), Colmar Pocket, Rhineland, Central Europe (Ruhr Pocket).

Commanders: Colonel Carl F. Duffner (Regimental Commander), Lt. Colonel Russel O. Harris (2d Battalion), Lt. Colonel William E. Gleason (3d Battalion), Major John S. Baskin (1st Battalion).

Unit paper: unknown

Table of Contents
Prologue to Battle
The Ardennes Campaign
Colmar Campaign
The Rhineland
The Ruhr Pocket
Occupation

“The efforts of her fighting sons contributing a brilliant chapter to the fighting record compiled by units during World War II.”
— Combat Diary, 290th Infantry Regiment