Description

Company K, 271st Infantry Regiment
69th Infantry Division • World War II •
80 pages scanned. Instant PDF download.

Document Overview

Written by the men of Company K, 271st Infantry Regiment, 69th Infantry Division, and published in July 1945, this unit history traces the company’s story from its activation at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, in May 1943 through training, the Atlantic crossing, combat across France and Germany — including the Battle of the Bulge and the crossing of the Rhine — to the drive on Leipzig and the war’s end. It includes platoon-by-platoon narratives, a roll call and roster of officers and men, and a memorial to the company’s fallen. This is a digital download of a scanned copy of the original document.

Campaigns: Battle of the Bulge, crossing of the Rhine, the drive to Kassel, and the advance to Leipzig, Germany.

Commanders: Captain Herbert R. Pickett, Captain Russell M. Sloss, Captain Burton Pierce, and 1st Lieutenant Travis E. Wells, each of whom served as Commanding Officer of Company K.

Unit publication: The Fighting 69th Sentinel

Table of Contents
From the C.O.
Introduction
We’ll Remember Camp Shelby
The Atlantic Crossing
England
Somewhere in France
Germany
Schmidtheim
Across the Rhine
On to Kassel
The Drive to Leipzig
The First Platoon
The Second Platoon
The Third Platoon
The Weapons Platoon
The Fifth Platoon of Company K
The Medics
The Roll Call
Greater Love Hath No Man
From the Staff

“We, the ones who fought and lived, respectfully dedicate this History to those of this Company who fought and died.”
— Captain Herbert R. Pickett, Commanding