. Shield The 395th Infantry, Organized Reserves, was organized in 1921. The combination of no ammunition and heavy German armor caused the American lines to fold, like a dam bursting. The 395th Regiment became an active unit as part of the 99th Infantry Division on 16 November 1942 at Camp Van Dorn, Missouri, along with its brother regiments, the 393rd and 394th. The blue and white checkerboard in the division's insignia is taken from the coat of arms of William Pitt, for whom Pittsburgh is named. The camp was newly built, and the barracks were covered in tar paper. There was no cover. The unit was inactivated after World War II, then became a reserve unit, and was redesignated as the 395th Regiment in 1999. The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 395th Regiment Infantry, Organized Reserves on 16 June 1931. Up to that point, the Army had married a battalion of tanks to a battalion of infantry in support of the tanks. [10], Around Hfen, which the 395th defended, the ground was marked with open hills. The division was reconstituted in the Organized Reserve on 24 June 1921 and assigned to the western half of the state of Pennsylvania. The war was over six days later.[6]. The German armor, with SS Panzergrenadiers riding on their decks, clattered down the icy roads of Rocherath and headed for Krinkelt, only a stones throw away. Despite fatigue, constant enemy shelling, and ever-increasing enemy pressure, [they] guarded a 6,000-yard front and destroyed 75 percent of three German infantry regiments.. "[9]:1738 On at least six occasions they called in artillery strikes on or directly in front of their own positions. This required the corps commander to draw on an infantry battalion from another division, and because of the reputation the 395th had earned at Hfen, it was transferred often to various divisions, including the 9th Infantry Division, the 3rd Armored Division, and the 7th Armored Division. [8], That is three to four times wider than recommended by Army textbooks. The 395th were moved by train and truck, and finally by foot, to front line positions near the German town of Hfen a few kilometers west of the Siegfried Line and near the Belgium-German border. The 99th Infantry Division, the "Checkerboard" division, gained its nickname from the division's insignia. On 28 January 1945, after six weeks of the most intense and relentless combat of the war in the biggest battle of World War II, involving approximately 1.3million men, the Allies declared the Ardennes Offensive, or Battle of the Bulge, officially over. Hfen, along with the nearby town of Monschau, was strategically vital because it sat on elevated terrain overlooking an important road junction. After the Gulf War, the 99th ARCOM became the 99th Regional Support Command (RSC). The 395th Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of the United States Army, part of the 99th Infantry Division during World War II. The remainder of the battalion reached the Rhine River on that same day and crossed the Remagen Bridge which four days after being captured was still being shelled by German artillery. Dad proudly told that the 99th was the first complete unit cross the Remagen Bridge on March 9th or 10th. [12] The 99th Infantry's after action report stated they found 1,500 Jews "living under terrible conditions and approximately 600 required hospitalization due to starvation and disease. Troops Fight at Elsenburn Ridge", "Bob Galloway, the Battle of the Bulge, and the 99th Infantry Division", "Heidelberg staff retraces historical Battle of the Bulge route", United States Army Center of Military History, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=395th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)&oldid=1076569987, 395th Infantry Regiment: Lt. Col. Griffin, 3rd Battalion: Lt. Col. McClernand Butler (1 November 1942 30 April 1945) Lt. Col. J.A. By 17 December, German military planners knew that their objectives along the Elsenborn Ridge would not be taken as soon as planned. Eisenhower wrote, "the action of the 2nd and 99th Divisions on the northern shoulder could be considered the most decisive of the Ardennes campaign."[3][4]. On 28 April the 14th Armored Division, commanded by MG Albert C. Smith, crossed the Danube River at Ingolstadt, and passed through the 86th Infantry Division, which had established a bridgehead on the previous day, with the mission of securing crossings of the Isar River at Moosburg and Landshut. The division crossed the Danube near Eining on the 27th and after a stubborn fight the Isar at Landshut on 1 May. The unit's distinctive shoulder patch consisted of a five-sided shield of black on which is superimposed a horizontal band of white and blue squares. Subscribe to 394th Infantry Regiment, 99th Infantry Division Footer menu. Crossing on the 23d, it pushed east on the Koln-Frankfurt highway to Giessen. Originally planned as a Pennsylvania unit, . Many historians have written about the famous Buffalo Soldiers of the all-Black 92nd Infantry Division, who fought with distinction during World War II. The Germans, moving across illuminated open ground without cover, fell by the hundreds against the murderous American fire. On 3 November 1944, the 395th Regiment disembarked at Le Havre, France. No division commander was appointed during the organization's brief existence. Hfen-Monschau was vital to the operations success because the nearby road junctions would enable rapid movement of tanks. German troops pass burning American equipment during the Ardennes offensive. Those who survived the initial onslaught and did not manage to flee, had to eke out a living on a battleground ravaged by incessant bombardment and street fighting. In the opening days of the Battle of the Bulge, Robert's regiment was on the front lines in the Losheim Gap. Fourteen of the 18 platoon members were wounded, while only one soldier, a member of the artillery observation team, was killed. "Blue" was the code word for the 3rd battalion under Army infantry's triangular organization. Two men who had been sent on foot to regimental headquarters to seek reinforcements were later captured. The National WWII Museum Digital Collections. They shall not grow old,As we that are left grow old:Age shall not weary them,Nor the years condemn.At the going down of the sunAnd in the morningWe will remember them., Albertson Dale WBass Robert DBrown Edwin C, Busk Alman FFeeney Thomas CHoman Eugene S, McKuen John SPerrine Sam HPolykoff Benjamin, Rafelson Robert JRobinson William SSedam Elmer M, Sorensen Howard DWilson Harry C JrWolston Kenneth C, Empfield Raymond GFisher Anton JGaffin Charles R, Adkins Jesse EAllenberg Edward MAllman Harold MAllord Edward WAlmond Herman UAnderson Darrel LAnderson Marvin OApitz Harold AAsh Ralph AAtkisson Joseph FAtwell Willie DAustin James EBaird William DBaker Earl EBaker Melvin LBarnum Roy ABarrett John W JrBartlett Raymond EBaxter Harry OBaxter Thomas QBeadle Francis EBedra Edward JrBelcher Garland LBelknap William TBennett Howard EBenoit Alvoid JBenson Edward J JrBerg Arthur LBerger Carl JBesozzi RenoBlack Robert HBlackburn William W JrBlair Erwin HBlumberg Robert ABoliek Richard LBorders HermanBowman Buefird TBradshaw Fred JrBreland Kernis RBrewer Granville HBrewer J. D.Brigandi FrankBrown George HBrowne JamesBryant Ammon RBryant Harold MBurd John RBurks William M JrBurnett MonroeBurnhelm Carl RCade Francis WCarey Richard VCarland Joseph ECarns George RCarpenter Stanley WCarrick George JrCarroll Hugh JCarter Travis ECasey Robert WCataldo Rocco AChenault David F JrClark Harold EClark Leland WClary Charles EClaypool Kermit MCollins EdwardCollins George DCollins Richard AColvett William LColville David PComber Joseph AConley Lawrence JConnolly John JrCork Bob VCounseller Jean ECousino Robert HCox Cary DCox LeonCrawford Glen RCreekmore Albert GCross Jesse TCrowe Gwen HCwiklik Michael ADailey Francis JDamico Francis XDaves Robert ODavis Donald BDavis Seborn EDecker FrankDenny Glen L, Densock Robert EDi Cicco TheodoreDillon Robert CDixon Johnny MDowning Orleen SDowning Roger HDreher Edward PDrennan Howard GDrumm Edmond GDrzazgowski Frank ADurfee William PDurnell Richard EDutcher Roy BEasterday Roger EEdwards Clayton DEllico Jesse R JrEllis James GEllis John PElson CalvinEngelbretson RoyEnlow John WEnnis Thomas LEppinger Robert HErxleben John EEscarela Joe JEskra VictorEspinoza Nino JEvans Robert EEvaristo Manuel MFelch Harold E JrFields Oran RFierst Lawrence AFiner Morris LFischel BernardFitch Ferris HFitch Howard LFord Lyle RFort Jack WForte Italo SFrancis Edward RFreeman Edward WFrey Henry JFritsch Russell HFugate Thomas RFullerton Thomas FGaddy Robert JGair John JGalliani RobertGardner Raymond CGarrett Elbert DGeorge Lloyd AGeroni DanielGillaspey Winton EGilliam John DGist LloydGochee Peter F JrGoedert William CGordan Ellsworth LGoudeau Joseph LGraf Donald WGreen Eugene DGreenwood Ralph JGriles Joseph DGrundman Kenneth RGustafson GlennGutzwiller Raymond AHacker Robert GHaendiges Henry EHamrick Harvey DHand JackHanlon BentonHansing John FHarboy John JrHarman Talmage E JrHarper James F JrHarris Albert AHearn Norman GHeffner CharlesHeffron Francis CHeller Robert IHemenway Arthur LHerb Julius DHerr Jay RHerring John LHerzberg LawrenceHess Charles GHesser Ernest W JrHetrich Warren KHettel Charles JHill Charles E, Hill LeonardHinds James HHobson John JHoch Eugene AHodges James S JrHoing paul AHolda Walter JHolloway L. O. JrHopkins John LHoranzy Michael RHouchins Vernon EHoward Millard HHoward William AHudson Frank C JrHudson Leroy VHunter Clarence WHupp Howard THurley John JIcenhower John AIppolito Carl FJabcuga Anthony JJackson Howard EJackson Richard MJameson Joseph DJenkins David J JrJenkins John CJenkins Stuart MJennings Patrick AJohnson WilliamJohnson William EJones Amasa LJones Charles WJones James LJones Robert CJordan Richard TJordan Robert EJoy John LJuiris AlfredKachmar MichaelKapple Jay PKay David CKays Robert LKeener Ralph KKelly Raymond JKerin Frank WKilpatrick Chester MKing Joseph JKlein JacobKober George BKoken Joseph JKorell Walter H JrKowal JohnKudlak WalterKurko JohnKuykendall WallaceLa Charite Norman JLa Faber Calvin RLampkin Jack CLang Fred WLawecki Charles CLedford Cleo HLee Lester WLee Yeun WLenzen John ALeo Alphonse JLewis Lawrence JLindholm John MLingar John DLippman SeymourLloyd Cyrus BLockhart Lewis MLopez LouisLudtke William FLukacin JosephLynn Alva BMacchia Antonio FMagee Eugene PMarenna Pasquale MMarsh George HMatthews John H JrMaynard Benjamin TMcAndrews George TMcCorkle Coy MMcCoy John FMcCoy Lewis FMcCurdy Benedict GMcIntire Sylvan RMcIntyre Walter FMcWilliams Harold LMertz Leverne M, Meyer Sherman LMichalowicz Florian BMiller George DMiller Leslie MMiller LesterMiller RobertMilliren Donald W JrMizerny Stanley A JrMongoy Arthur PMonnot Richard GMooney John TMoore Johnnie DMoran Albert JMoran John S JrMorgan John DMoses Robert FMouchette Horace DMurray James ENeff Carl WNelson John LNess John KNewton Charlie MNickel Charles BNielsen Roger CNovino Albert FOas Norman LOgren Harry LOkane John LOliver Lat PPacheco Henry PPargulski Gerald JParker Ernest TPecsenye Joseph JPendel Anthony GPerdue Jack MPetersen John NPeterson Edward JPettijohn Willis TPettus Calvin FPetty Rodney CPhelps Cecil JPhillips Herbert SPiechowiak LouisPierce Gilbert MPittenger Edward JPoff Henry WPostlethwaite Earl APower Edmund CPratt John CPreissler Walter OQuinn John H JrRand William CRegnier GregoryRhodes Norman TRiccardi John ARicci Orlando JRichardson Jerry DRichardson Merrell CRizzo Ralph PRockwell John MRodgers Thomas J JrRodriguez Ernest RRogers Paul WRomero JohnRomero JohnRoot John FRopp EdwardRosencrane Harry MRoy John DRutkowski JohnSanders Robert RSappington John HSchaffer Stanley CSchauster Delmar MSchell Richard ESchoonover Dale ESchuerger AndrewSerkes David JSharbaugh Leonard GSharpe OdellShary George HSheffield O. V.Shelton William AShumsky TheodoreSiglin James HSimpson RobertSingletary John LSipnick RaymondSivertsen Alfred JSlater Chester J, Henneke Fred RSlayton Johnnie BSlivka John JSlyboom William ESmith Buford ESmith Chad WSmith Jerry MSmith Simon RSneed Vernon GSnow John CSnyder Arnold GSpack JohnSpencer Harry GSpriggs Harry LStanfield Donald WStanley Cecil CStanley James HStarr Lewis WSteinberg HarrySteinmetz Charles HStevens Richard DStickney Joseph WStonewall Addison PStrunk Howard JrStrype George MSuman James HSutton Theodore WSweeney John RSwisher Alvin TSwope Earl JrTerrant GeorgeTheodoropoulos SteloisThomas Drummond BThomas William H JrThome David LThurnher Erwin WToler Paul WTolle James RTrimm John HTrzaskos Leonard FTucker George ATurrittin Richard HTyrell James WUnderwood Hugh SVan Meter Vernon KVan Pelt John FVan Zant Billy WVapner RudolphVaughn Charles WVaught Raymond EVoge Helmuth FWade Guy WWagner FrederickWalker Hayden DWallis Charles G JrWaskel Casmir VWasson Robert LWaters Hubert RWeileder Edward EWheatley Hubert AWhite Albert JWhite Billy BWhite Theodore EWhitney Donald MWilkinson Charles EWillcockson Kenneth AWillemsen Henry J JrWilliams Harry EWilliams JosephWillker AlexanderWilson Robert T JrWince Manuel BWindus Charles FWolcott Henry NWomack Sollie E JrWood Richard JWorley Eldridge SWright Herman PWright Merle AWurm Joseph J JrYapel Jacob F JrYoder Paul HYoung John HYuslum Anthony TZachariah George TZaffran Eugene FZagurskie Theodore F JrZarillo Joseph PZeback Michael JrZunner Raymond L, Albrighton Weston RAllen Charles MAllender James LAlt Arthur DAppleby Ralph RAxelrod EdwardBannick TimothyBarker MilfordBarnard John RBarnes Ernest LBarrow Charles FBarry Leon FBatdorf Hobart FBates James FBauer Kenneth FBaxter Irvin ABeall Archibald KBeatty Dwight EBeck Herman JBelanchik Stanley MBell Dale EBero George EBesky Leonard LBest Norman EBlackburn Walter HBlakely Walter LBlanks Howard EBlassingame Cloyce NBockbrader Edwin WBodnar Peter JrBoehler Clyde RBogart Earl JBogart Perry SBoothe Mark J JrBosh Henry ABoyd Francis EBricker Raymond FBrinegar Junior RBrister Raz, Brookins William EBrown Earnest EBrown Leon HBrunty WillisBujan Raymond JBurdette Louis ABurdick Austin WBurzi Vincent PBusse Alfred FButcher Carl OButler Charles ECampbell William HCanner Bernard VCannon Bernard ECarmichael Herbert NCarpenter Robert LCarpenter VictorChambliss Harrell CChandler Robert NChristiansen Merlin ACline Junius HCockerill Robert ECoe Leslie ECole George HCollins Charles WComfort John RConrath Leon AConti James SCooper William DCrawford Milton HCreel Willard ECremeans Ralph CCrocitto Dominick PCulbertson Fred HCupryk SteveCurtis Richard WDallas George BDattilo Frank J JrDavidson Ernest F, Davis Edward KDavis MarvinDeakyne Duane DDechon Harold EDenman Jay DDevenport Floyd MDi Gennaro Anthony GDickerson James KDiehl Russell FDiehl Samuel HDietz Junior DDikeman Frank WDippold Arthur JDorner George WDuggan Thomas ADunaj Richard LDutton Noah LDyer Charles SDyke Harry WEberle Franklin AEllis Robert LEmmer Raymond PErvin William F JrEvans Billy KFerguson Allen JFerguson Frank RFick Robert N JrFidler Ewing EFielder Floyd WFields Robert LFinn Walter EFishel Lloyd JFisher Joseph OFlathe George LFlynn Arthur PFowler Milo FFreer Charles OFulton Thomas FGalyean Roy E, Gardner James HGarner J. T. JrGarnes Willard BGaus Frederick E JrGeiser Walter HGibson Paul RGildenberg IsaacGilley Russell JGipson JessieGisewite Clarence EGoff Edgar AGoodley Edward CGraf Samuel KGraham James HGrandstaff James OGrant Raymond LGreen Arthur LGrissom Lawrence DGullette Charles R JrHabas AnthonyHaefner Albert WHagedorn Matthew WHallberg Carl OHaller George, JrHampton Edwin WHarbaugh Lloyd EHarbaugh Valentine EHarnish Clarence JHarper Eldon LHarper Rupert EHarris Joe JHawk Daniel FHawkes Arthur EHayes Charles EHeck Morris WHedge Thomas AHeffner Eugene CHeinz Robert A, Henry Sherwood DHeytow JackHicks James HHiggins John T JrHigh George GHill Charles EHirons Elwin F JrHixson Wallace W JrHoffman Raymond JHollschwander George JrHooper Wallace JHornick Edward JHorwitch Edward JHoward George FHubiak Peter JrHudson James EHunter Eddie CHutchins Fred DHutton Robert FIngo Clayton JIrr Frank VIson Robert LJackse Anton MJackson Milton LJakubowski Stanley PJarabek JohnJones Archie WJones Charlie JrJones Guy HJones SampsonJorgensen John HJudd Fred LKaiser John LKaplan Sidney SKeglovits Walter AKelley Paul CKemmick Edward J, Abshire William FAlcorns Hubert CAllen Carl LAllen Dennis JBader Joseph PBangerter Perry EBarrett Charles WBarton Oscar HBeck Raymond C JrBeckwith Jack CBellomy Bennie BBennett Earl VBennett R. C.Berry Joseph ABillington Lawrence MBirmingham Edward LBoardman Donald HBoles Edwin VBonsack Gordon CBourn Ralph LBoyd Gordon RBrodehl Ellsworth EBrosnan Jeremiah JBrown Roland ABruce William M IIIBudinsky Joseph JBurkhardt Willard WCain Elbert BCalder George HCarlson Claus PCarter Martin RChampoux Walter L JrChaney Paul DChiodi Ernest JChlubna Joseph KCipriano Michael AClarke Banks CClarke Francis XClesi Victor JrCogar Arnold LConley Ralph VContakos Anthony CCook Charles ECorrigan John JCox Haskel LCrawford Charles MCurrie William PDavidson William MDawson Donald MDeshazer Arnold WDevereaux James J JrDiehl Joseph HDonahoe Robert JDunaway Ray FEmery Allan LErickson Hildus A, Eser Boyd F SrEvert Eugene HFarrington John WFeltner HubertFitzgerald Grover CFord George JFrankel FelixFriedman Albert LGastelum Richard GGettys Hugh MGibney Samuel B JrGibson Theodore TGonzales MateoGraffunder Carl HGreenberg StanleyGreta WilliamGrezik George JGriffith Mark G JrGross William EHarris Robert AHarsh Edwin GHassell Lloyd MHayes Ronald BHeidorn Edgar MHill John KHodson Robert WHolland Elbert EHood Charlie EHyatt Hub GJackson James NJaffe Isaac AJohns Edwin WJohnson David CJohnson James EJohnson Robert EJordan Reuben J JrKatz StanleyKennedy Clarence AKinneer Huey EKirkpatrick EugeneKirwan James E JrKlick Robert LKokotovich SaulKosegi Joseph AKovacic Leo LKreider Paul V JrKucera Ray JKudzia Walter JLa Butzke Ruben ALadriere Leon L JrLang Merle LLaybourn Roger WLeming Elroy CLing Roger TLinteman Grant KLittle John W, Locke Ralph ELopez Joe MLowman George AMaassel ElmerMalinoski JohnMallett Francis JMarks Junior S. V.Martin Robert EMassey DavidMayer Edward AMcCleary Charles WMcCoy Houston GMcElroy Lloyd DMcGowan George WMcLaughlin Oscar BMcNamara Thomas JMedisch Adam MMerrifield Cecil AMiddleton Leon GMiller George EMiller James EMiller Raymond D JrMiller Richard RMiller Warren RMinix RaleighMisenhimer Richard AMitchell PerryMonastero Charles AMitchell PerryMonastero Charles AMorris James HMorrow Thomas OMosten Jesse LMroczenski Joseph EMumford Theodore HMurray Charles MMusser Jack MNettrouer Dale ONickell EdwardNorton Raymond EOBrien John ROHara John WOates Frederick JrOlson Chester IOlson Dean HOlson Floyd AOxford Gene LPacker Eugene TPagliuca Victor DPalombi JohnPape William AParmelee William HPatton John DPaul Darrell DPaus Ormond W JrPeffer Stanley B, Perrone PhilipPerry James JPetrasek William CPetrowski Stephen MPhifer James HPierce Charles RPierce Joseph EPlevelich Steve EPopek Frank JPotts Charles E JrPritchard Will NRadford Deward BRamsey Robert LRay YulandRead David AReardon Paul FRicketson Harry JRoark James BRobinson Roy MRocha JohnRodahl Frederick RRogers James F JrRokeach SamuelRose George ERose Lawrence J JrRosenberg MorrisRossman GeorgeRowland Loren ERuzic Steven JRyall Henry ASage Paul MSalazar MichaelSampson Frank HSanders Harold ESauborn Donald NSbornik Arnold LSchmidt Gustav WSchulze William ASchwartz Philip FSeeley Walter FSellers Burnell HShaffer Jack MShannon James PSimoni Arthur RSims John GSmark Steve WSmith George FSmith William FSorensen Arthur WSpelich ThomasSperk Peter ASpikula Vincent PSquire Charles BStaigerwald John WSterner Hobart EStewart Arnold D, Stollar Delmer RStott Oren WSturm George ESwanner OrbieSwenson Harold LSword Dean WSzafranko Chester JTaggart GordonTanner Edward ETate Clenard MTate Oliver CTaylor Charlie JrTaylor Thomas STener John HTezak Frank EThomas David FThomas Herbert VThompson John KThompson Joseph LThrelkeld Harry M JrTitus Richard MTomich BrankoToney Emmett OTonker James HTryon William ATuck WilcoxTurbett Albert HTutt Giles RVaden Robert LVan Kooy James FVejil Alberto VVolkert William SVose Robert SVotava Richard JWadley Virgil HWalker Ellis HWalkey Harry JWard Irvin TWebb Richard S JrWiles Curtis SWilkes Wilbur AWillard J. D. JrWilliams Alvin GWilliams Raymond FWilliamsen Ensign BWilson CurtisWind Niles EWoods R. B.Woodyard Howard FWresinski Leo FYeaple Andrew ZYork TrumanZamarripa Santos SZbornik Arnold LZegzutor VictorZeilman Francis E, Benjamin Earl W JrCritcher Carlton BFlynt Marion JrHerpin Angelas, Hutton Thomas RKinchius Joseph JKingston Jack ELe Blanc Walter, McCormick JamesMcNabb Lloyd RPappel Bernard A Jr, Rhyne Ralph HSenich William NSmalley William H, Smith James LVolturo Philip FWood Elven S. Dean F. Gilbert was a membert of 3rd Platoon, L Company,394th Infantry Regiment. [12] For their part, the German army was planning a seven-day campaign to seize Antwerp. The 99th Infantry Division, comprising the 393rd, 394th, and the 395th Infantry Regiments, arrived in England on 10 October 1944. The 99th RSC's mission was to provide base operations functions for the assigned 13-state Northeast Region. of William Pitt for whom the city of Pittsburgh was named. [4] Lt. Col. Butler retired from the Army on 14 January 1946 and worked for the phone company for the rest of his career. It was like a golf course, so I used the night for concealment."[6]. Several photos from the private collection of the family of Dean F. THE EARLY YEARS Joseph Richard Evans (Dick) was born on October 17, 1920 to Charles E. Evansand Wenonah (nee Muirhead/Miller)in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Even the most hardened veteran occasionally thinks he hears twigs snap, boots crush snow or other odd noises that can cause nerves to fray. Richard V. Horrell WW 2 Connections, Aug 6, 2010 #6 Buten42 Member Joined: Jun 27, 2009 Messages: 1,287 Likes Received: 210 Location: Washington State Soldiers who were in direct support of the relief efforts were also awarded the Humanitarian Service Medal as a personal award. American artillery fired at pre-registered locations along the German route of advance, and along with support from in the knick of time arriving American armor halted and turned the German advance into a retreat. 2nd and 3rd Battalion cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes. Delbert followed a communication training and became enlisted radio repairman. The lines were then moved back to form defensive positions east of Elsenborn Ridge on the 19th. This did not turn out to be true. They were tasked with moving 10 miles (16km) behind the German lines and cutting the Autobahn to prevent the withdrawal of the Germans. The sudden infusion of new men caused some friction with the old hands in the short term, but the long-term effects were generally positive. The 99th Infantry Division was recognized as a liberating unit by the US Army's Center of Military History and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1992. Every member of the platoon was decorated, which included four Distinguished Service Crosses, five Silver Stars and ten Bronze Stars with "V" devices signifying awards for valor in combat.[10]. 99th Infantry Division soldiers putting up a winterized squad hut. and the situation was desperate. Butler's great-grandfather, General John Alexander McClernand, commanded infantry during the Civil War. The rapid advance did not deter the men of the 38th Infantry Regiment, however, who put up a fierce defense. Put under the operational control of V Corps, First Army, it moved to Le Havre, France on 3 November and proceeded to Aubel, Belgium, to prepare to enter the front lines. The 99th Infantry Division, comprising the 393rd, 394th, and the 395th Infantry Regiments, arrived in England on 10 October 1944. When the Ardennes Offensive ended, Gen. Lauer received verbal commendations from Field Marshal Sir Bernard L. Montgomery, 21st Army Group Commander, and Gen. Courtney Hodges, First Army Commander, on the vigorous and effective defense contributed by the 99th. These two German divisions directed their fury against the 395th early on the morning of the December 17. The 3rd Battalion of the 395th Infantry Regiment (3/395), commanded by Lieutenant Colonel McClernand Butler, occupied the town of Hfen on the German border. The three regiments of the 99th IDthe 393rd, 394th, & 395th Infantry Regimentswere thinly spread across this frigid but quiet portion of the front. The insignia was devised upon the 99th's formation in 1942 when the division was headquartered in the city of Pittsburgh. A written commendation was received from Maj. Gen. Leonard T. Gerow, V Corps Commander: I wish to express to you and the members of your command my appreciation and commendation for the fine job you did in preventing the enemy from carrying out his plans to break through the V Corps sector and push on to the Meuse River. In the 12 years he was Manager of Research Services, Seth and his team increased the oral history collection from 25 to nearly 5,000 oral histories. After the war, the Division founded its own Association and for many years the veterans and their families got united at the many conventions that were held. Location of the 99th ID sector (red box) on a map of the Bulge. The citation read: During the German offensive in the Ardennes, the Third Battalion in the 395th Infantry, was assigned the mission of holding the Monschau-Eupen-Liege Road. On 22 December 1967, the 99th Army Reserve Command (ARCOM) was activated. 394th Infantry Regiment Medical Detachment (99th Infantry Division), History, January 1945. the horizontal band of white and blue squares was adopted from the coat of arms The division was chiefly manned with graduates of the ROTC programs of the Carnegie Institute of Technology, Duquesne University. Forests, by nature, are eerily quiet at night. [17]:51, On another day, the 3rd Battalion took 50 Germans prisoner and killed or wounded more than 800 Germans, losing only five dead and seven wounded themselves. Outnumbered five to one, they inflicted casualties in the ratio of 18 to one. The Germans were operating under a tight timetable, however, and the assaults center of gravitythe 6th Panzer Armyhad only one day to breach the 99th IDs line. The 395th's casualties were extremely light: four dead, seven wounded, and four men missing. The 395th Infantry Regimentwas an infantryregimentof the United States Army, part of the 99th Infantry Divisionduring World War II. [19] The regiment's successful defense prevented the Germans, who had counted on surprise, numbers, and minimum hard fighting as their keys to success, from accessing the best routes into the Belgium interior, and seriously delayed their scheduled advance by more than 48 hours, allowing the Americans to move large numbers of units and bring up reserves. The 395th Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of the United States Army, part of the 99th Infantry Division during World War II. The 395th Infantry was in the woods east of the northernmost section of the 2d Division withdrawal route and would provide cover for the first stage of the tricky move parallel to and close. And while the defense of the crossroads of hell was gallant to be sure, it was not the back breaker that most people assume it to have been. Infanterie-Division) was a German division in World War II. Crest The crest is that of the U.S. Army Reserve. A 105mm artillery piece from the 2nd Infantry Div. The terrain was open and rolling, and over six weeks the 3rd Battalion prepared dug-in positions that possessed good fields of fire. [2]:33 On at least six occasions they called in artillery strikes on or directly in front of their own positions. It had its headquarters at Franklin, Pennsylvania, and drew its personnel from Pennsylvania. [16], On 16 July 2003, the command was redesignated as the 99th Regional Readiness Command, placing additional emphasis on training, readiness, and mobilization. He began his career conducting oral histories and research for HBOs miniseries The Pacific and holds the distinction of being the first historian hired by the Museums Research Department. "[7]:24, Two Distinguished Service Crosses and several Silver Stars were awarded to members of the battalion for valorous actions against the enemy during this battle.