75th Infantry Division - Company D 289th Infantry in Combat – We Came from the Ardennes (PDF)

75th Infantry Division – Company D 289th Infantry in Combat – We Came from the Ardennes (PDF)

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Company “D”, 289th Infantry

We Came from the Ardennes

75th Infantry Division • World War II

40 pages scanned. Instant PDF download.

Document Overview

Written by Pic. William H. Marr and edited by Pic. Harvey L. Katz, this booklet is the combat history of Company “D,” 289th Infantry Regiment, 75th Infantry Division, tracing the unit from its October 1944 departure from Camp Breckinridge through training in England and Wales to combat in the Ardennes, the Colmar Pocket, the Rhineland, and Central Europe during World War II. This listing is for a digital download (PDF) of a scanned copy of the original wartime booklet.

Campaigns: Ardennes (Battle of the Bulge) • Colmar Pocket • Rhineland • Central Europe

Commanders: Capt. Robert G. Nielsen (Company Commander) • Col. Fluck (Battalion/Regimental Commander)

Unit paper: unknown

Table of Contents
Dedication — To Joe Williams
In Tribute — Capt. Robert G. Nielsen
Prelude to Combat
Into the Ardennes
Liberating Colmar
Victory in the Ruhr

“Count yore men, Von Rundstedt!”
— S/Sgt Reel, Company “D,” 289th Infantry, on the accuracy of the mortar platoon during the Ardennes campaign