Description

271st Infantry Regiment
69th Infantry Division • World War II •

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Document Overview

Titled “Trespass Against Them,” this is the official regimental history of the 271st Infantry Regiment, 69th Infantry Division, covering 15 May 1943 to 25 May 1945. It traces the regiment’s activation and training at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, its staging at Camp Kilmer, and its combat record across the Ardennes, the Rhineland, and Central Europe, including casualties, decorations, command post locations, towns and cities captured, statistics, unit leaders, and attached units. This listing is a digital download of a scanned copy of the original wartime publication.

Campaigns: Ardennes-Alsace (Battle of the Bulge), Rhineland, and Central Europe — including the advance across the Rhine and the Mulde River line where the regiment linked up with Soviet forces.

Commanders: Colonel Henry B. Margeson, Commanding Officer; Lt. Col. Raymond C. Lane, Executive Officer; regiment dedicated to Major General Emil F. Reinhardt, Commanding General, 69th Infantry Division.

Division newspaper: The Fighting 69th Sentinel

Table of Contents
Preface
Text
Casualties- KIA
Decorations
Command Post Locations
Towns and Cities Captured
Statistics
Leaders
Units Attached

“Things have been and will continue to be uncomfortable for our enemies with ‘Trespass against them!'”
— History of the 271st Infantry Regiment