Description
397th Infantry Regiment, Headquarters Company
100th Infantry Division • World War II •
88 pages scanned. Instant PDF download.
Document Overview
Written by the men of Headquarters Company, 397th Infantry Regiment, and printed in Stuttgart in 1945 while they waited for their points to send them home, this company history follows the unit from its activation at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, through Tennessee maneuvers and Fort Bragg, the crossing on the USAT George Washington, and six months of combat from Baccarat in the Vosges through the battle for Bitche, the Maginot and Siegfried Lines, the Rhine crossing at Mannheim, and Heilbronn to Stuttgart. Section by section it profiles the company officers and every working team, from the wire, radio and message center crews to the I and R platoon, guard platoon, MP traffic control, aid station and prisoner interrogation team, with portrait photos throughout. It closes with a day-by-day list of combat locations, the company’s awards (including its Meritorious Service Plaque), occupation life, and a full roster with home addresses. This is a digital download of a scanned copy of the original book.
Campaigns: Rhineland; Ardennes–Alsace; Central Europe
Commanders: Capt. Marvin L. Beaman (company commander, Sept. 1944–July 1945); Capt. Alfred H. Weiler (company commander from July 1945)
Division newspaper: Century Sentinel
Table of Contents
Dedication
Foreword
Company Commander
Company Officers
Pertinent Data
Company Administration
Orderly Room
Supply Room
Motor Pool
Kitchen
CP Group
Combat Reports
The First Crossing
Communications Platoon
Wire Section
Switchboard Crew
Message Center
Radio Section
Company Combat Locations
The I and R Platoon
Night Patrol
The Guard Platoon
M.P. Traffic Control Group
Prisoner of War Guard
Regimental Aid Station
Interrogation of Prisoners of War Team
Awards and Decorations
Sports
Occupation
Company Roster
“To those men of this company who, in the service of their country, gave the ultimate for the peace that is now ours and is forever theirs.”
— Dedication, Headquarters Company, 397th Infantry Regiment, 1945