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The Third Division Front Line

Vol. II, No. 29 — Bad Wildungen, Germany — April 20, 1946

8 pages scanned

Names

• Valdez, Jose F. — Pfc, Co B, 7th Infantry; posthumous 38th Congressional Medal of Honor recipient; killed near Rosenkranz, France, January 1945
• Truman, Harry S. — President of the United States; presented CMH to Mrs. Julcinct Valdez at Washington D.C. ceremony
• Valdez, Julcinct — Mrs; wife of the late Pfc Jose F. Valdez; received CMH on his behalf
• Solo, Gerald C. — Major; Chief of Kassel City Police; quoted on pre-war trolley service efficiency
• Mueller, Hans — believed to be assistant to top ranking Nazi Martin Bormann; arrested in Darmstadt; held at Division HQ for questioning
• Bormann, Martin — top ranking Nazi; Mueller believed connected to him; reported killed in Berlin
• Abels, J. — Judge; Col, Judge Advocate of Continental Base Section; overseeing Lichfield detention camp trial
• Louis, Ferdinand — Prince of Prussia; Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm’s grandson; MG advisor in 15th Area; grandson of Kaiser Wilhelm II; 38-year-old; interpreter and advisor to Captain Merle Potter, MG chief in 15th area
• Potter, Merle — Capt; MG chief in 15th area; Louis served as interpreter/advisor to him
• Gerard, James W. — former American Ambassador to Germany; suggested Prince Louis as suitable head for democratic government in Germany
• Roosevelt, Theodore — late U.S. President; Kaiser Wilhelm and Princess Kyra visited Hyde Park as wedding guests
• Kyra, Princess — wife of Prince Louis; member of Russian royal family of Romanov; descendant of the Czars; married eight years, five children
• Ford, Henry — employed Prince Louis after call from Detroit; Louis worked for Ford 1929–1934
• Schweinfurt, 15th Regt Hq — unit receiving air message service; mentioned in article on Division Air Strip
• Lucier, Thomas — 15th Regt Correspondent; author of Dragon Regt trek article
• Neuman, Theresa — stigmatic of Konigsreuth, Bavaria; born 1884; allegedly bearing wounds of Christ; subject of Division pilgrimage article
• Walton, Robert F. — Chaplain; sponsored pilgrimage trip to see Theresa Neuman
• Walton, Robert E. — Chaplain, 15th Regt; author of “Chapel Chats” Easter column
• Schmidt, Emil — former SA Stormtrooper employed by Friscans as barber; failed to admit SA membership; jailed
• Sexton, William T. — Col, 3d Divarty; implicitly referenced (Divarty area curfew context)
• Britt, Maurice — Capt, 10th Infantry Company; awarded Distinguished Unit Citation near Faucogney, France
• Stabler, Robert D. — Pvt, 3d Recon Troop; Silver Star (posthumous)
• Mayne, Richard T. — 1st Sgt, Co L, 15th Inf; Silver Star
• Mills, Lawrence M. — Pfc, Co A, 7th Inf; Silver Star
• Fleet, Robert L. — Capt, Hq 3d Inf Div; 1st OLC to Silver Star
• Moore, Clayton H. — Capt, Hq 3d Inf Div; 1st OLC to Silver Star
• Fiorentino, Michael — Pfc, Hq 3d Inf; Bronze Star
• Montag, Philip J. — 1st Sgt, Co A, 15th Inf; Bronze Star
• See, Calvin J. — S/Sgt, Hq Co, 15th Inf; Bronze Star
• Bacon, Edgar C. — Sgt, MP Co, 3d Inf Div; Bronze Star
• Szaro, Chester J. — Pfc, Hq 3d Inf Div; Bronze Star
• Collier, Charles R. — 1st Lt, Btry A, 10th FA Bn; 1st OLC to Bronze Star
• Kuhlman, Clifford D. — T/4, 15th Inf; Bronze Star
• Conner, Robert E. — 1st Lt, Hq, 7th Inf; Purple Heart
• Hodges, Lawrence H. — T/5, Hq, 10th FA Bn; Purple Heart
• Barber, John J. — T/5, Hq Btry, 41st FA Bn; Purple Heart
• Tavlinsky, Harry — 1st Lt, Hq 2d Bn; Purple Heart
• Whitney, Homer C. — 2d Lt, 3d Sig Co; Purple Heart
• Marcinkiewicz, Anthony — S/Sgt, Hq 3d Inf Div; 1st OLC to Purple Heart
• Mason, William W. — ex-major, now 1st Sgt L Co 7th Inf Regt; 146-point veteran from Africa through Austria; commissioned captain 1941; reenlisted for 7th Regt
• Moore, Walter L. — Sgt; replaced by Mason as 1st Sgt L Co; 7th Inf Regt
• Heintges, John A. — Col, 7th Inf Regt CO; promoted Mason with permanent rank of 1st Sgt
• Moore, Walter — 1st Sgt; left 7th Inf Regt at Fulda; will serve 18-month reenlistment in Alaska; Bronze Star, Purple Heart with cluster
• Vitch, Eddie — once-noted Hollywood caricaturist; sketching officers in Divarty area with vaudeville troupe; sketched Joan Crawford, Edward G. Robinson, William Powell; prevented from returning to Mexico by war
• Crawford, Joan — Hollywood actress; sketched by Vitch
• Robinson, Edward G. — Hollywood actor; sketched by Vitch
• Powell, William — Hollywood actor; sketched by Vitch
• Sexton, William T. — Col, Divarty CO; sketched by Vitch (among officers in Divarty area)
• Kerr, L. — Capt, 7th Regt S-3; disclosed Polish civilian guard company assignment
• Traynor, Robert L. — CO of civilian Polish detachments; RAMP personnel under supervision
• Trieber, Dave — Sgt; conducted investigation of German looting gang; received report from boy
• Farrell, Raymond G. — Lt; organized raid on home of looting suspect with Trieber
• Matth, Frank — manager of Mattenburg camp theatrical contest; DP camp
• Hazernecke — DP camp that won theatrical contest first place
• Hosley, Donald — 3d Division main-stay; only Marneman to carry Blue and White to semi-finals of Army tournament
• Wilkensfeld, Robert — champion; beat Hosley 21-9 and 21-14 in semi-finals; from New York
• Bibler — Marne team partner of Hosley; ran up against Wilkensfeld and Sinton early in tournament
• Sinton — Army tournament opponent who beat Bibler
• Walter J. — Pvt; played Walter J. Ceislin in quarter-finals and two hard games before losing to Wilkensfeld
• Wright, Bob — defeated Wilkensfeld in final match
• Owen, Mickey — former Brooklyn Dodger catcher; referenced in sports quiz answers
• Vandermeer, Johnny — Cincinnati Reds pitcher; pitched consecutive no-hitters June 1938; referenced in sports quiz
• Warmerdam, Cornelius — pole vaulter; only athlete to vault over 15 ft; referenced in sports quiz
• Goldberg, Marshall — football player; referenced in sports quiz
• Suffridge, Bob — football player; referenced in sports quiz
• Westfall, Frank C. — football player; referenced in sports quiz
• Albert, Frankie — football player; referenced in sports quiz
• Loughran, Tommy — boxer; fought as both light-heavy and heavyweight; referenced in sports quiz
• Greb, Harry — boxer; referenced in sports quiz
• Greenberg, Hank — baseball player; referenced in sports quiz
• Owen, Pasquel brothers — wealthy Mexican baseball promoters; tried to lure American stars to Mexico
• Schmeling, Max — boxer; said he wants another crack at heavyweight title; 40 years old
• Mauriello, Tami — boxer; scheduled fight mentioned
• Conn, Louis — boxer; scheduled fight mentioned
• Glancz, Sandor — internationally known Hungarian-born table tennis star; world doubles champion with Victor Barna 1933; recently discharged from Army; to serve as consultant to Theater-wide tennis program
• Barna, Victor — Hungarian table tennis champion; teamed with Glancz to win world doubles 1933
• Sixta, John — 1st Lt; 3d Division Athletic Officer from Cedar Rapids, Iowa; coached Marne Five basketball team (17W, 3L)
• Stijkman, Frank — Dragon nine player-manager; from Tarentum, Pennsylvania
• Matoh, Frank — second baseman, Dragon team; from Louisville, Kentucky; played in Pony League
• Dresser, Dick — third baseman candidate, Dragon team; from Detroit, Michigan; played for Detroit Tigers
• Sabitino, Ralph — short stop, Dragon team; from Cambridge, Mass.; played with Nashville in Southern Association
• Trimble, Harold — outfielder, Dragon team; four years high school baseball in Minnesota
• Padien, George — outfielder, Dragon team; from Jeannette, Penn.
• Duffy, Dave — catcher candidate, Dragon team; from Marion, Wisconsin; semi-pro ball; closely followed by Palmey
• Palmey, George — alternative catcher candidate, Dragon team; from Beacon Hills, New York; semi-pro ball
• Pannemann, Ray — outfielder candidate from Chicago, Illinois; played Lakeview High school baseball
• Sarna, Joe — first baseman and outfield candidate; played high school ball in the Bronx
• Smith, Ed — pitcher candidate; from Philadelphia; played sandlot ball
• Kasper, Karl J. — Lt, observer, 41st Field Artillery; braved certain death directing fire of 12 howitzers on own position near Carano, Italy; became 13th man in Marne Division to win nation’s highest tribute; taken prisoner of war
• Chaffin, Robert J. — author of “Third Battle Heroes” CMH feature article
• Willis, Donald C. — Master Sgt, Hq Co, 1st Bn, 15th Inf Regt; from Santa Monica, California; four years in Army; reenlisted 3 January 1946
• Brown, John B. — Sgt, Co C, 15th Regt; from New York; enlisted 18 years old; served in China 1936–38 and 1941; Paratrooper; reenlisted 1945
• Hoboly, Frank — Master Sgt, Sv Co, 15th Inf Regt; from Bolgor, Pennsylvania; served in China 1936–38; enlisted in Marseilles; ‘I belong here; I’m a professional soldier’
• Kinney, Jack P. — Sgt, 1st Bn Hq Co, 15th Inf; from Brownsville, Tennessee; formerly 69th Division; five years in Army
• McFadden, Raymond — Lt; officer in charge of 3d Division Radio School at Bad Wildungen; school in operation eight months
• Roth, Noreen — pin-up subject; described as one of George Petty’s girls; recently in “Ziegfeld Follies of 1946”
• Brown, Tom — Pfc; sweetheart is Miss Lois Arlene Brady of Omaha
• Brady, Lois Arlene — Miss; of Omaha; pin-up subject; sweetheart of Pfc Tom Brown of Division HQ
• Dillon, Elizabeth Ann — Miss; of Great Neck, Long Island; 20 years old, auburn hair, gray eyes; model for Walter Thornton; pin-up subject, sweetheart of T/5 James R. Deadrick
• Deadrick, James R. — T/5, Hq Co 15th Regt; sweetheart of Miss Elizabeth Ann Dillon
• Thornton, Walter — model agent; released list of 10 most beautiful women including Mrs. Lawrence Tibbetts
• Tibbetts, Lawrence — Mrs; named among 10 most beautiful women by Walter Thornton
• Ratcliffe, Ernestine — Miss; of Bluefield, WVa; pin-up subject; working in Photo Section, 3d Signal Co
• Hogan, Walter J. — Pfc; working in Photo Section, 3d Signal Co; evidently knows how to pick pictures
• Afincao, Cecilia — Miss; 18, 5’8″, 120 lbs; brown hair; pin-up subject; sister of T/5 Manuel P. Afincao; from St. Augustine, Florida
• Afincao, Manuel P. — T/5; 3d Signal Co; brother of pin-up Cecilia Afincao
• Kern, Dorothy — Mrs; pin-up subject, wife of Pfc Siegfried Kern; from New York City; 3d Prov Truck Co
• Kern, Siegfried — Pfc; 3d Prov Truck Co; husband of pin-up Dorothy Kern
• Block, David H. — Special Writer; “From Cover to Cover” book review column
• Creighton, Thomas H. — author of “Planning To Build” reviewed by Block
• Herthey, Thomas H. — author of “This Is Photography” reviewed by Block
• Hershey, Burnet — author of “The Air Future” reviewed by Block
• Chaffin, Robert J. — author of “Coming Overseas” article about troops arriving in Europe
• Slabodian, Mr. — leader of Buchenwald Society group; declared 3d Army saved them
• Heintzge, A. — Col, 7th Inf CO, Hersfeld; received gifts from Buchenwald Society on behalf of Lt Gen Lucian K. Truscott
• Truscott, Lucian K. — Lt Gen, 3d Army CG; unable to attend Buchenwald anniversary; gifts presented on his behalf
• Prusciott, K. — 3d Army CG mentioned in context of Buchenwald liberation anniversary gifts
• Cain, Jen — vocalist, 15th Regt “Sentimentalists” band
• Siemons, Oliver — guitarist, 15th Regt band
• Levin, Stan — bassist, 15th Regt band
• Bayles, Bill — saxophonist, 15th Regt band
• La Rocca, Hank — saxophonist, 15th Regt band
• Feris, Roger — saxophonist, 15th Regt band
• Boyland, Joseph — drummer, 15th Regt band
• Rose, Bill — trumpet, 15th Regt band
• Faleo, Tony — trumpet, 15th Regt band
• Austin, Jim — trumpet, 15th Regt band
• Bordeleau, Ralph — trumpet, 15th Regt band
• Damman, Max — trombone, 15th Regt band
• Baeiss, Bob — pianist (not shown), 15th Regt band
• Merck, Heinrich E. — founder of E. Merck chemical firm in 1872; plant near Wiesbaden
• Merlau, Dr. — custodian appointed by Military Government to manage Merck plant
• Sargent, Hugh H. — Lt Col; Ass’t C of S G-2; publication supervisor
• Gladwin, Harold C. — 2d Lt; Public Relations Officer
• Chaffia, Robert J. — Pfc; Managing Editor (also noted as article author)
• Karstetter, Allan B. — Pfc; Associate Editor
• Spinka, Raleigh J. — Pfc; Section Chief
• Davis, William B. — Pfc; Cartoonist
• Hamilton, O. — Pfc; Division Artillery staff
• Began, Stan — Pfc; News Staff Reporter
• Hamiltom, Bush — Pfc; Mechanical Staff
• Brown, Thomas C. — Pfc; 7th Infantry staff reporter
• Mendiliver, Pfc Hector — 30th Infantry staff reporter
• Flood, William R. — mentioned in Coast to Coast twins anecdote
• Flood, Charles Andrew — twin brother of William R. Flood; both enlisted Navy, fought, discharged, died together in auto crash

Locations

• Bad Wildungen, Germany — headquarters of 3d Division; site of new PX, community center, and radio school
• Kassel, Germany — 7th Regt HQ area; Friscan square mile suburb worth a million; 30th Regt clean-up campaign
• Fulda, Germany — planned 7th GI Community; Moore departed from here for Alaska reenlistment
• Darmstadt, Germany — Bormann aide Mueller arrested here; Divarty area; community planning site
• Schweinfurt, Germany — destination of Division air message service; Schweinfurt Air Base; location of P-47 fighters being destroyed
• Nurnberg / Nuremberg, Germany — site of “One Year Ago” feature on Marne Division overcoming heavy Nazi resistance
• Bad Kissingen, Germany — location of 12th TAC HQ building; EM Club; ski lodge resort; described as ‘land of milk and honey’
• Marburg, Germany — site of 3d Replacement Depot; synagogue listed in Soldier Services
• Wiesbaden, Germany — location of E. Merck chemical plant; UNRRA supply depot; storage of treasured artworks
• Bad Nauheim, Germany — site of Lichfield Detention Camp trial at Hotel Park; Divarty area
• Hersfeld, Germany — location of Col Heintges and 7th Inf Regt; Buchenwald Society gifts presented here
• Rotenburg, Germany — F Co Day Room listed in Soldier Services
• Frankfurt, Germany — seven civilian athletic consultants flew from here to Stuttgart; UNRRA hospital supply
• Stuttgart, Germany — destination of Theater Athletic Staff school of civilian specialists
• Mannheim, Germany — Kafertal Guard Training Camp for Polish Guards
• Faucogney, France — location where Capt Britt earned Distinguished Unit Citation
• Rosenkranz, France — location where Pfc Valdez killed three Germans in a fire duel, earning CMH
• France — campaign ribbon in masthead; first view of Europe described by Chaffin article
• Le Havre, France — first European port of call for arriving troops described in Chaffin article
• Namur, Belgium — location of 3d Reinforcement Depot; Chaplain McGugin departed from here
• Northern Ireland — mentioned as early location of 3d Replacement Depot
• Holland — German royal family landed here during WWII
• East Prussia — Prince Louis and family fled ancestral home here when it became a WWII battleground
• Berlin, Germany — where Bormann reportedly killed; where Prince Louis continued after visiting exiled Kaiser
• Carano, Italy — location of Lt Kasper’s CMH action; 41st FA observation post
• Konigsreuth, Bavaria, Germany — village near Czech border; home of Theresa Neuman; site of 15th Regt pilgrimage
• Kornberg DP camp, Germany — near Sontra; location of Buchenwald Society group at time of article
• Buchenwald, Germany — site of Nazi concentration camp; 60 former prisoners honored 3d Army on first anniversary of liberation
• French Morocco — listed in publication masthead campaign ribbon
• Tunisia — listed in publication masthead campaign ribbon
• Sicily — listed in publication masthead campaign ribbon
• Southern Italy — listed in publication masthead campaign ribbon
• Anzio, Italy — listed in publication masthead campaign ribbon
• Rome, Italy — listed in publication masthead campaign ribbon
• Austria — listed in publication masthead campaign ribbon
• Blanco, New Mexico — hometown of Pfc Jose F. Valdez, CMH recipient
• China — Sgt Brown and Master Sgt Hoboly served here 1936–38; Sgt Brown also served 1941
• Panama — mentioned by Master Sgt Hoboly as one of his worldwide postings
• Marseilles, France — Master Sgt Hoboly enlisted here
• Alaska — Sgt Walter Moore reenlistment posting; 18-month assignment
• Hawaii — referenced in Kochhan profile (prior issue reference)

Units

• 3d Infantry Division (“Marne Division”) — primary unit of publication; occupation duty in Germany
• 7th Infantry Regiment — multiple articles; personnel include Mason, Moore, Heintges; clean-up campaign in Kassel
• 15th Infantry Regiment (“Dragon Company”) — Dragon Regt trek feature; athletic contest; “Sentimentalists” band; baseball team
• 30th Infantry Regiment — Kassel clean-up campaign; 30th Capital Library; baseball team
• 41st Field Artillery Battalion — Lt Kasper CMH action; Btry personnel; mobile PX service
• 10th Field Artillery Battalion — award recipients; reenlistment statistics
• 9th Field Artillery — reenlistment statistics box
• 39th Field Artillery Battalion — reenlistment statistics box
• 3d Recon Troop — Pvt Stabler posthumous Silver Star; retreat ceremony photo
• 3d Signal Company — Radio School at Bad Wildungen; photos credited throughout; McFadden officer in charge
• 3d Medical Battalion — reenlistment statistics box
• 10th Engineer Battalion — reenlistment statistics box
• 3d Replacement Depot — Namur, Belgium; receiving and processing replacement troops
• 12th Tactical Air Command (12th TAC) — based in Bad Kissingen; transitioning to peacetime occupation role; lengthening runways for jets
• 64th Fighter Wing — part of 12th TAC; based at Schweinfurt; receiving new P-51 planes
• 355th Fighter Group — part of 12th TAC; moving to Bad Kissingen base
• 86th Fighter Group — remnants integrated into 12th TAC structure
• 503d TD Battalion — vehicle photographed building bridge near Nurnberg during WWII (“One Year Ago” photo)
• 163d Engineer Battalion — Co B working on bridge near Nurnberg (“One Year Ago” photo)
• Polish Civilian Guard Company (1928 Supervision Company) — relieved D Co 7th Regt at Alsfeld; RAMP personnel under US Army command
• Marne Five Basketball Team — 3d Division basketball team; coached by 1st Lt John Sixta; won 17, lost 3
• Dragon Baseball Nine — 15th Regt baseball team; managed by Frank Stijkman; playing in Division Baseball League
• Buchenwald Society (3d Army) — composed of former Buchenwald prisoners liberated by 3d Army; held first post-war anniversary gathering
• Continental Base Section — Judge Abels’ command; overseeing Lichfield detention camp trial
• Division Artillery (Divarty) — Darmstadt area; community planning; Eddie Vitch caricaturist attached
• Special Troops — reenlistment statistics box; referenced in baseball league context