Description
The Third Division Front Line
Vol II — No 31 | Bad Wildungen, Germany | May 4, 1946
8 pages scanned
Names
• Abramowitz, Mayer (Chaplain — chairman of VE Day program, 3d Division)
• Barnes, Norman P. (Lt Col — Assistant Chief of Staff, G-3 Section, accompanied McNarney to DP camps)
• Beightler, Robert S. (Maj Gen — formerly enlisted man, commanded 37th Infantry Division)
• Block, David H. (Special Writer — author of ‘From Cover to Cover’ book review column)
• Briant, Othal L. (Chaplain — author of ‘Chapel Chats’ column)
• Bruner, George E. (Col — Division Chief of Staff, 3d Division)
• Canter, Fred J. (T/5 — section chief and former associate editor, Front Line; departed on redeployment pipeline)
• Chaffin, Robert J. (Correspondent — author of ‘Divarty Welcomes First Dependent’ article)
• Clements, G. S. (Pfc — husband of 3d Bn HQ 15th Inf Regt pin-up queen)
• Clymer, William T. (T/5 — Divarty correspondent)
• Conroy, J. (T/5 — Cotton Baler co-editor scheduled to replace Zbrezney)
• Corwin, Norman (Poet/Radio Writer — quoted in ‘Why We Occupy Germany’ column)
• Dalbey, Josiah T. (Brigadier General — new 3d Division Assistant Commanding General)
• Davis (Cartoonist — creator of ‘Pardon My Dogface’ comic strip)
• Dickey, Douglas A. (2nd Lt — Chaplain, 2nd Battalion)
• Edson, Col Hallett D. (Col — 3d Division, plans circuit of Regimental capital cities for Dragon Organization Day)
• Elliott, Douglas (Staff Writer — author of ‘Combat Unsafe Conditions’ article)
• Feinberg, Joseph G. (Capt — helped Lt Col Huebner assume control of Behring Werke)
• Flynn, Ralph D. (Lt Col — Commanding Officer, 3d Bn, 7th Infantry Regiment; subject of Biographical Sketch)
• Fratting, George (Pfc — Cannon Co, 7th Regt; fiancé of CN Co pin-up queen Mickie Millard)
• Goldberg, Sam (Capt — Assistant Regimental Surgeon and Dental Officer, 5th 7th Regt; in redeployment shift)
• Hall, Hoyt C. (Capt — veterinarian, Behring Werke plant tour guide)
• Harmon, Ernest N. (Maj Gen — Constabulary CG, ‘Lightning Bolt’ CG; inspected Constabulary units in Kassel area)
• Harris Jr., George L. (1st Lt — S-4 Officer, 3d Bn, 7th Regt; in redeployment shift)
• Haves, S. H. (1st Sgt — reenlisted 1922; subject of ‘Why I Reenlisted’ column)
• Heintzges, John A. (Col — 7th Regt CO; sent commendation to Cotton Baler)
• Herman, Billy (Third Baseman — Brooklyn Dodger; illustrated in ‘Last Fling’ cartoon by Jack Sords)
• Hirsch, Chet D. (Maj — husband of first American serviceman’s wife to reach Frisian capital; stationed at Kassel rail road station)
• Hirsch, Eva Mary (Mrs — first American serviceman’s wife to reach the Frisian capital)
• Huebner, Richard A. (Lt Col — surveyed Behring Werke for Theater Chief Surgeon’s Office in March 1945)
• Karstetter, Allan B. (Managing Editor / Staff Writer — author of ‘Bleed Horses In War On Local Disease’ article)
• Kennedy, Miss (Photo — graduating from high school in Cedar Rapids, Iowa; pin-up subject)
• Kessler, Patrick L. (Pfc — 3d Bn, 15th Inf Regt; 15th Marne CMH recipient for Anzio engagement)
• Keyes, Geoffrey (Lt Gen — taking place of Lt Gen Lucian K. Truscott as 3d Army Commander)
• Koorsgaard, Rudy (Pfc — K Co, 30th Regt; fiancé of pin-up queen Miss Eleanore Straub)
• Krueger, Walter (Gen — commanded 6th Army in Japan; formerly enlisted man)
• LaNasa, Frank (Lt — 7th Regt Provost Marshal; reported boastful ex-SSer incident)
• Lear (Lt Gen — formerly enlisted man; depicted in ‘These Generals Were Once Enlisted Men’ feature)
• Long, K. (Maj Floyd — head of Eschwege Ordnance Technical Training Center)
• Maloney, Edward J. (Col — Regimental CO, 30th Regt; sent VE Day letter to units)
• Martin, Robert J. (Col — CO, 71st AAA Group; future CO of 30th Town Automatic Weapons Bn)
• McNarney, Joseph T. (Gen — Theater Commander; visited 3d Division HQ at Bad Wildungen, inspected men, conferred with officers)
• Mendlowitz, Jerry (30th Regt Correspondent — author of ‘Friscans Moved At Recent Arrival Of American Women’ article)
• Metzger, Ludwig (Socialist Mayor of Darmstadt — leading rubble-clearing organization effort)
• Millard, Mickie (Miss — pin-up queen, CN Co, 7th Regt; from Greenland, Michigan)
• Morton, Harvey C. (Sgt — brother of pin-up queen of I Co, 7th Regt)
• Mydland, Capt Bob (Capt — Chaplain, 1st Battalion; departed for home in Oakland, California)
• Newman, Col J. R. (Col — Military Government chief of Greater Hesse; accompanied U.S. publishers to DP camps)
• Oberton, Annie Laurie (American Red Cross Worker — reunited with sister Mrs. Partridge at Kassel railway station after 21 months)
• Oppenheimer, John C. (Public Relations Officer — HQ Military District of Washington; praised Cotton Baler Easter edition)
• Partridge, Mrs. Allan (American Red Cross worker — met sister at Kassel railway station)
• Rhodes, Paul (Sgt — Special Troops pitcher; hurled against 7th Regt Balers)
• Rose, Robert M. (Capt — 7th Regt Medical Officer; will operate dispensary in Fulda)
• Salicio, Akishla (— allowed single by Special Troops in sixth inning)
• Sargent, Hugh H. (Lt Col — published Front Line under supervision of G-2)
• Schliep, Raymond (Lt — Cannon Co Motor Officer; announced Motor School opening as part of 7th Regt training)
• Schmidt, William R. (Maj Gen — 3d Division CG; honored by Netherlands government with Grand Officer Order Orange Nassau)
• Sexton, William T. (Col — CO of Divarty; directing Darmstadt Community development)
• Shackelford, William A. (Staff Writer — author of ‘Friscan Kills 4, Captures 16’ Battle Hero article)
• Sheehan, Eva Mary (Mrs — wife of Maj Robert N. Sheehan; first family to arrive in Divarty area)
• Sheehan, Robert N. (Maj — attached to MG E-3, Darmstadt; husband of first Divarty dependent)
• Sords, Jack (Cartoonist — creator of ‘Last Fling’ sports cartoon)
• Stoneman, Henry C. (M/Sgt — enlisted 1918; subject of ‘Why I Reenlisted’ feature)
• Straub, Eleanore (Miss — pin-up queen for K Co, 30th Regt; from Cleveland, Ohio; age 19)
• Strong, Dick (Sports Editor — author of ‘Down by Center’ sports column)
• Tammehill, Langdon (1st Lt — commanded honor guard for McNarney visit; CO of 30th Regt)
• Thomas C. Brown (7th Regt Correspondent — author of ‘Fulda Chapel Suffers 3 Wars’ article)
• Truscott Jr., Lucian K. (Lt Gen — 3d Army Commander; ill with heart attack, confined to quarters at Heidelberg)
• Ulveling, Ralph (President — American Library Association; making survey of Theater Special Services libraries)
• Wagner, Joseph S. (1st Lt — Dental Officer, Cannon Co, 7th Regt; in redeployment shift)
• Watts, James K. (Lt Col — main speaker at VE Day celebration, 3d Division)
• Whall, G. (Lt Col — Regt Executive Officer, 7th Regt; disclosed Balermen community consolidation)
• Young, Robert N. (Col — sent commendation on Cotton Baler Easter edition to editor)
• Zbrezney, Francis J. (T/5 — editor of Cotton Baler since December 1945; departing; co-editors to replace him)
Locations
• Aachen, Germany — referenced in ‘Why We Occupy Germany’ poem/essay column
• Anzio, Italy — site of Anzio Beachhead engagement where Pfc Kessler earned CMH
• Arolsen, Germany — Protestant Church service location listed in Soldier Services
• Aschaffenburg, Germany — Red Cross Club service location listed in Soldier Services
• Augsburg, Germany — city that surrendered without a struggle during 3d Division’s advance
• Austria — final destination of 3d Division’s dash across Germany toward war’s close
• Bad Nauheim, Germany — location of theater headquarters; McNarney traveled from here; synagogue service location
• Bad Wildungen, Germany — 3d Division HQ location; publication city; VE Day celebration site
• Bamberg, Germany — destination of McNarney’s party by train after Kassel inspection
• Bebra, Germany — Catholic Church service location listed in Soldier Services
• Berchtesgaden, Germany — referenced in ‘Why We Occupy Germany’ poem
• Berlin, Germany — Dalbey’s previous posting as Deputy Commander of the Berlin District
• Bliedendorf Kaserne, Germany — bomb-devastated kaserne being reconstructed near Fulda
• Cassino, Italy — site of long and bloody battle referenced in Frederich profile
• Colmar Pocket, France — where Frederich received Silver Star for stopping German advance
• Darmstadt, Germany — Divarty capital; rubble clearance organization; Community development
• Denmark — Danish bacon referenced in ‘Why We Occupy Germany’ poem
• Erbach, Germany — Catholic Church service location listed in Soldier Services
• Eschwege, Germany — location of 40th Regt L and M Companies; Ordnance Technical Training Center
• France — referenced as site of Allied air borne campaigns in Dalbey biography
• Frankfurt, Germany — last stop for train with Mrs. Sheehan; Mrs. Sheehan rejoined husband here
• Fulda, Germany — Balermen community consolidation area; St. Michael’s Chapel location; 7th Regt Medical clinic site
• Germany — theater of occupation; site of all major events in this issue
• Hague, The, Netherlands — destination of Marne CG traveling with aide Capt Dan Mobley
• Heidelberg, Germany — location of 3d Army HQ where Gen. Truscott is confined
• Hersfeld, Germany — 1st Bn, 7th Regt remaining here; Catholic Church service location
• Hindenburg Kaserne, Fulda, Germany — kaserne undergoing vast repair program for Balermen
• Hofgeismar, Germany — 1st Constabulary Regt HQ location near Kassel
• Holland — referenced in ‘Why We Occupy Germany’ column as location of fine art
• Homberg, Germany — Catholic and Protestant Church service location; origin of Red Cross girls who greeted McNarney
• Hünfeld, Germany — site where Service Company and K Co, 7th Regt being prepared for consolidation
• Italy — referenced in Dalbey biography and Frederich profile as combat theater
• Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe, Germany — railway station where Mrs. Hirsch arrived and Mrs. Partridge reunited with sister
• Kassel, Germany — Frisian capital; arrival point for first American servicewomen; Constabulary CG inspection site; railway station reunion
• Kountantine Kaserne, Fulda, Germany — one of three Fulda kasernes being prepared for Balermen
• Limburg, Germany — Protestant Church service location listed in Soldier Services
• Lohr, Germany — Protestant Church service location listed in Soldier Services
• Mannheim, Germany — site of 3d Army Spring Invitational Track and Field Meet (rescheduled)
• Marburg, Germany — 3d Replacement Depot; destination for redeploying men; Synagogue service
• Mellrichstadt, Germany — Protestant Church service location listed in Soldier Services
• Morocco, French — referenced in masthead as 3d Division campaign theater
• Munich, Germany — 3d Division drove into city in final weeks of war; swept through
• Naples, Italy — site of further amphibious training; Frederich wounded second time near here
• Netherlands — honored Maj Gen William R. Schmidt with Grand Officer Order Orange Nassau
• Normandy, France — D-Day referenced in Dalbey biography
• Paris, France — Theater Open Golf Championship to be held at St. Cloud Country Club, 16–19 July
• Philippines — Dalbey served in Philippines in 1911, 1932, and 1933
• Rhine River, Germany — 3d Division Rhine operations in fall 1944 referenced
• Rome, Italy — referenced in masthead as 3d Division campaign theater
• Rotenburg, Germany — Catholic and I Co Day Room service location
• Russelsheim, Germany — location of Sunday Division League baseball games; 133rd Engineers vs 3d Replacement Center
• Saarbrücken, Germany — where task force struck in Rhine operations; Frederich was member of task force
• Salzburg, Austria — 3d Division winding up at close of war; Frederich sought Pacific volunteers here
• Schweinfurt, Germany — 15th Regt team in Division baseball league; VE Day celebration location; fatal truck accident site
• Sicily, Italy — referenced in masthead as 3d Division campaign theater
• Siegfried Line, Germany — breaching reinforced by the 15th; referenced in Frederich profile
• Southern France — Frederich paced Division in advance toward; invasion referenced
• Spain — referenced in ‘Why We Occupy Germany’ as location of Swedish steel alloys
• Switzerland — Friscans major wished to take wife throughout Europe, especially Switzerland
• Tann, Germany — 3d Bn Kaserne and service locations; Russian border boundary of 91st Constabulary Squadron area
• Tunisia — referenced in masthead as 3d Division campaign theater
• Volturno River, Italy — site of Frederich’s first overseas duty; Flynn’s first overseas duty
• Warburg, Germany — Deutsch-Haus Church service location listed in Soldier Services
• Wiesbaden, Germany — location of Displaced Persons camps inspected by U.S. publishers
• Wildungen, Germany — location of new radio transmitter in tower of historic Schloss Fredereichstein; Bad Wildungen Catholic and Protestant Church services
• Wittenhausen, Germany — Catholic Church service location listed in Soldier Services
• Wolfhagen, Germany — Red Cross Building service location listed in Soldier Services
• Zeilsheim, Germany — Jewish DP camp where U.S. publishers inspected facilities and spoke with DPs
Units
• 10th Engineer Battalion — reenlistment box statistics listed
• 10th Field Artillery — reenlistment box statistics listed
• 11th Armored Group (13th Armored Division) — Constabulary CG inspected with 1st Constabulary Regt
• 13th Armored Division — referenced in Constabulary inspection article
• 15th Infantry Regiment (Friscans) — Battle Hero Kessler story; VE Day celebrations; baseball in Division League
• 17th Air Borne Division — Dalbey maintained position through Rhine operations
• 17th Field Hospital — hospitalization destination for Balermen in Fulda
• 19th FA — referenced in redeployment context
• 1st Constabulary Regiment — Constabulary CG Maj Gen Harmon inspected units in Kassel area
• 30th Infantry Regiment (Cotton Balers) — Easter edition commended; baseball coverage; redeployment of officers
• 33rd Engineers — playing 3d Replacement Center at Russelsheim in Division League
• 39th Field Artillery — reenlistment box statistics listed
• 3d Division (Marne Division) — main unit of publication; headquartered at Bad Wildungen; redeployment underway
• 3d Medical Battalion — reenlistment box statistics listed
• 3d Replacement Depot, Marburg — receiving redeploying men from 3d Division
• 3d Signal Battalion — reenlistment box statistics listed; photos credited
• 40th Infantry Regiment — L and M Companies based in Eschwege; Technical Training Center
• 41st Field Artillery — reenlistment box statistics listed
• 5th 7th Regt — Baler officers in redeployment shift
• 71st AAA Group — future CO Col Martin taking command of 30th Town Automatic Weapons Bn
• 746th Tank Battalion — Frederich transferred to for redeployment to the Pacific
• 756th Tank Battalion — Frederich initially scheduled for redeployment with
• 7th Borne Command (Air Borne) — Dalbey commanded as Chief of Staff in 1943
• 7th Infantry Regiment (Dragons) — Dragon Organization Day celebrated; baseball and boxing coverage; Biographical Sketch of Lt Col Flynn
• 91st Constabulary Squadron — first Constabulary unit established in 7th Regt area; moving to 389th QM Corps Barracks in Hersfeld
• 9th Field Artillery — reenlistment box statistics listed
• Division Artillery (Divarty) — first dependent family arrived; community development at Darmstadt
• Dragon Regiment — 133 years since activation; Organization Day celebrated 4 May
• IG Farben — owner of Behring Werke before government acquisition; profits held in bank
• Marne Division Band — provided music for McNarney’s visit; played for four-star general
• Special Troops, 3d Division — baseball team; nine from Bad Wildungen in Division League
• United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) — boxing match vs Cotton Balers; lightweight win by Mueller