8th Infantry Division – 121st Infantry Regiment – The Gray Bonnet (PDF)

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Description

162 pages

Combat history of the 121st Infantry compiled from official after action reports, citation orders and personal interviews.

Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Central Europe

Colonel Earle L. Lerette

Table of Contents

Tradition and Training, Molders of a Fighting Regiment
Normandy – Baptism of Fire
Dinard and the Lost Battalion
Brest – An Unwelcome Return
Crozon – Blitzkrieg, American Style
Huertgen – Hell With Icicles
Obermaubach – The Battle for a Dam
Watchful Waiting – The Roer to the Rhine
Tightening the Noose – The Ruhr Pocket
Baltic Finale – Link-up with a Russian Ally
Statistics
Original Officer Complement for Normandy Jump-off
Battlefield Commissions
Documents
Citations
Killed in Action
Roster of 121st Infantry Regiment Personnel

Keywords: Sartilly, Major Harry R. Stroh, Lambezellec Ridge, William Freeman, T.J. Cross with Robert W. Guldin, Svend R. Hansen, Roy W. Hogan with David Winamute, Paul Buckley, Thamas W. Kilgore, Rubie Hoffman, Leonard Korngold, Duren, Eschweiler, Girbelsrath, Modrath, Rodenkirchen, Kerpen, Rott, Oberbrugge, Concentration Camp of Wobbelin, Rudolf Prophet, Lacey Cox, Ralph Dunlop