Description

A HISTORY OF THE 334TH INFANTRY

84th Infantry Division · World War II ·

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Document Overview

Written by Cpl. Perry S. Wolff and published in August 1945, this regimental history traces the 334th Infantry Regiment, 84th Infantry Division, from its activation at Camp Howze, Texas, in October 1942 through two years of training and its combat drive across the Siegfried Line, the Ardennes, the Roer, and on to the Elbe in the European Theater of Operations. It includes company-by-company accounts and a roll of the men killed in action, and is dedicated to the regiment’s fallen. This listing is a digital download of a scanned copy of the original wartime publication.

Campaigns: Two Years of Preparation · The First Battle · Winter in Belgium (Defense and Attack) · Beho · Over the Roer · The Rhine to the Elbe

Commanders: Colonel Charles E. Hoy (Regimental Commander) · Lt. Col. Joseph E. Williams (Second Battalion Commander) · Brigadier General John H. Church (Task Force Church)

Division newspaper: The Railsplitter

Table of Contents

Two Years of Preparation

The First Battle

Winter in Belgium: Defense

Winter in Belgium: Attack

Beho

Over the Roer

The Rhine to the Elbe

Company Stories

Men Killed in Action

“History, Napoleon once said, is a fable agreed upon.”

— Cpl. Perry S. Wolff, Introduction