Description

355th Infantry Regiment

89th Infantry Division · World War II ·

114 pages scanned. Instant PDF download.

Document Overview

This is the War Diary of the Third Battalion, 355th Infantry, 89th Infantry Division, covering operations from 25 January to 12 May 1945. Written and compiled by battalion personnel — including Honorary Editor Lt. Col. Jerome H. Lentz, editors Cpl. Edward B. Baldinger Jr. and S/Sgt John R. Godwin, and contributors Pfcs Carl A. Kimball, William C. Sullivan, and Bernard E. Neff — and printed in Rouen, France by the Normandy Publishing House in September 1945, the book narrates the battalion’s arrival in Europe, its combat campaigns across Germany, decorations awarded to its men, unit rosters by company, and battalion organization charts. This listing is for a digital download (PDF) of a scanned copy of the original printed unit history.

Campaigns: Landing at Le Havre & Camp Lucky Strike staging, breaching the Siegfried Line, the Moselle River crossing, the Rhine River crossing at Oberwessel, the drive on Gotha with the 4th Armored Division, the capture of Arnstadt, the fight for Catterfeld and Georgenthal, the action at Zwickau and Lugau, and occupation duty through V-E Day.

Commanders: Lt. Col. Jerome H. Lentz (Battalion Commander), Maj. Carl P. Overdorf (Executive Officer), Capt. George E. Cassidy Jr. (S-3), Capt. Norman A. Godwin (Company I), Capt. Joy E. Brown (Company K), Capt. Walter S. Rousseau (Company L), and Capt. Edmund P. Izzo (Company M).

Unit newspaper: unknown

Table of Contents

Instructions

Dedication

Foreword

War Diary Narrative

Decorations: Silver Star

Decorations: Bronze Star Medal

Purple Heart Medal

Combat Infantry Streamers

Combat Infantryman Badge

Combat Medical Badge

Organization: Headquarters, Third Battalion

Battalion Staff

Headquarters Company

Company I

Company K

Company L

Company M

914th Field Artillery Battalion

Memories

“The mission of this book is to record in intentionally fragmentary form some of the things we should like to remember.”

— Lt. Col. Jerome H. Lentz, Battalion Commander, Foreword