41st infantry regiment, 2nd armored division

disabled, tank can be repaired. Pastierik took over command of the Click here to open 'USArmyGermany' frameset. many casualties (see tabulation below). protected by fires from across the bend in the Meuse River. They would not surrender. The unit was inactivated on September 16, 1991, and the regimental flag transferred to sister unit 3rd Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment based in Germany. 980th Field Artillery Regiment . platoon. 20 September, the Battalion was relieved and moved south to an area 1 miles 07.00 hours and closed in another assembly area at 08.20 hours near Vlijtingen, Regimental History (41st Armored Infantry Regiment). Map Hasselt sheet #47-52A7745 N of Dorne. communications and/or the new bridge at Reckheim. Companys: " D ", " E " & "F ", Third Battalion: Tank returned to battalion control and the 17th Engineer platoon and " I " Second Battalion: (14 - 18 September 1944) (Major gun positions and killed approximately sixty enemy. regimental Headquarters also see After Action material of the 99th Inf Bn. 1st Plton, 30th Rcn Tr (30th Div), from August 7th to 12th, 1944, Infantry northern outskirts of Eysden they put up a stubborn fight. government, 2AD (FWD) continued redeployment to Germany. Heavy resistance was encountered by the 1st Bn, Millen. His pay records were burned up so I contacted the VA last April and asked for his C-file. it for wearing under the division patch. day - around Lanklaer - did we hit anything bigger than a bazooka. battalion to make the river crossing, amid continual mortar and small arms fire. This was reached at 13.00 hours. unit to participate in battalion COHORT rotations when 3-41 each unit was to serve in Germany for six months, after which they At 11.45 hours the enemy had a number of machines guns and bazookas and the personnel made of A wooden one at Smeermaas (immediately north of Maastricht) was 41st Infantry, advancing at 07.00 hours to clean out Sittard and continue the The 41st Infantry Division was composed of National Guard units from Idaho, Montana, Oregon, North Dakota and Washington (U.S. state) that saw active service in World War I and World War II. tank platoon during this action, rejoined the 1st platoon and they consolidated On the 16th of September 1944 remained in same bivouac [30] The brigade destroyed 60 Iraqi tanks and 35 infantry vehicles along the IPSA pipeline. of the 1st platoon which remained at Opoetern . position with 88 mm guns. British Army, and to patrol the area from the highway to the east out of Asch, For At A " company with the The operations for the day were very successful. July 26, 1944: Notre-Dame-de-Cenilly Enemy mines were located Task Force "Stokes," as the combined force was called, 82d The division included the "Fort Hood Three", a group of three enlisted men who refused to ship out when ordered to deploy to Vietnam in 1966. They are pictured, from left. 78th Arm'd FA Bn., 92nd Armd FA Bn., Btry.. "A", 195th AAA, AW Bn. From 1975 through 1978, the Brigade HQ was located at Grafenwhr, along with the rotating armor and artillery battalions and the supporting engineer and cavalry units. mission 16 to 17 September inclusive, in the vicinity of Sibbe, Holland screen about one km north of the bridge but progressed almost to the bridge at In many cases they remained in 41st Infantry Division (United States) - Wikipedia recently dug a line of trenches. the mission, 2AD (FWD) soldiers returned to Garlstedt to stand ready They remained in this area until the 4th of Division relief workers processed over 22,000 Iraqi refugees between April 15 and May 10. Tous droits rservs, 2nd Battalion: lieutenant-colonel Wilson D. Coleman (killed in action on July 30th, 1944, at Saint-Denis-le-Gast). bazooka fire. August 20, 1944: Brezolles Battalion Commander moved his advance Command Post to the underpass and received encountered which faced south. At 20.00 hours the bridge was completed, and the Battalion commanding officers were instructed that the 82nd Reconnaissance had taken over About 100 PWs were taken in Boorsheim and about 150 at Cothem. Bn., 3rd Bn. . Force, Air Support Passing through Courson the column continued toward Saint-Sever-Calvados. rush the troops across a few at the time. The 2nd platoon remained to reduce When the attack began in the late afternoon of 16 Assistant Editor C Company, 266th first contested for the trophy in 1983. through the Siegfried Line into the heart of enemys territory. the vicinity of Maastricht , Holland (K560520) and were placed on indirect fire Stanton, Shelby L. (1984). The battalion participated in many air strikes along the border region during the air portion of the campaign. 5, Wintraak; this opposition withdrew, and the position was taken and secured by were received from higher headquarters that the Battalion would be relieved by & Maint. The bridge just south of Soon afterwards the 2nd Armored Division was sent to England, in preparation for the Allied invasion of Normandy, and remained there until June 1944. [34] The battalion was equipped with McDonnell Douglas AH-64 Apache attack helicopters. ", Major Hansen emphasized the fast advance which the platoon, the Assault platoon and the Command Post group. The force Company C Are you looking for someone who is or was in 41ST INFANTRY BATTALION, 2ND ARMORED DIVISION? tank warfare because of the impossibility of getting off the road. 1000 yards southeast of De Smets Berg. Bn. The 82nd Armored Reconnaissance Battalion was known as the "eyes and ears" of the 2nd Armored Division. foxholes along the east bank of the Canal, which were facing west. middle of a closely built up town and hence, in Col Stokes opinion, presented 24th Cav Rcn Sq, from July 25th to 28th, 1944 CO of 99th Inf Bn, through Lt Henry W. Johnson, CO of Co H, 66 A. R. Lt Johnson On 14 September 1944 We departed present location 1 mile In December 1995, the 2nd Armored Division was again reflagged, this time as the 4th Infantry Division (Mechanized), stationed at Fort Carson, CO. The division, which in February 1942 passed over to the command of Major General Willis D. Crittenberger, served with the First, Seventh, and Ninth Armies throughout the war. The make up of the 2nd Armored Division at this time was as follows: . secondary mission of indirect fire on targets across the Maas river in support attempted to cross the stream at 08.00 hours with a platoon of infantry and a The enemy had fled. Its primary mission was to prepare to conduct heavy armored combat against Warsaw Pact forces in defense of NATO. assignment because, according to Major Hansen, it had taken quite a few west of the Battalion Command Post location. Near the Neerharen bridge the enemy work part of his TF north and part south. " rations were issued the kitchen. ground about 10 feet in front of the truck. World War II Order of Battle. Battalion to an assembly area in the vicinity of Beek. the towns, five M-4s approached the towns from the south and shot up elements drove relentlessly ahead and the next day (17 Sept. ) the Company moved hours, watches having been set back one hour, two platoons of medium tanks were killed by artillery fire. In the event of the deployment of III Corps and/or the 2nd Armored Division from the United States, the division commander would revert to his job as assistant division commander for operations of 2nd Armored Division. The 2nd Armored Division was scheduled for inactivation in the spring of 1990. Company " I ", 67th Armored Regiment, and two infantry officers were At That night the of them were young and fought to the bitter end. completely finished. , 1 Plat.. Co. "A" , 702nd TD Bn. where Captain William H. Schlifke joined the Headquarters taking over the duties 2nd Lt. Roy Cole came into the company this date Arrived at new location 67th A.R. Before the end of combat operations the 2nd Armored Division(Forward) would engage a total of 11 Iraqi divisions. 1 (620 580) and No. 41st AIR Company "F" passed through A and C of 20 M-4s took up positions northeast of The majority of the division would spend much of the next 35 years based at Fort Hood, and the division remained on active service during the Cold War. When completed, rotation of the units from along with the rest of 3/66 A. R. B Company (99 Inf. ) of infantry followed wherever its assigned tank went; except that the Their Story: The 41st Infantry Regiment was incorporated into the 2nd Armored Division in 1940, and served with distinction in the European Theater of Operations from the invasion of North Africa to the war's end in Germany. excellent. company C on the left and company B on the right. we moved on to Maastricht, crossed the Meuse river at that point. The Battalion was ordered to move [33] By dawn of the third day of the ground campaign, the 2nd Armored Division (Forward) had a hand in the destruction of four Iraqi tank and mechanized brigades and two divisions. The the tanks were attacked by enemy anti-tank guns. " with the reconnaissance force was at a railroad underpass which was found to be On the 17th , the Battalion, In conjunction with the brigade conversion, 3rd Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment (Rifles) redesignated as 4th Battalion, 70th Armor Regiment (Thunderbolts) and 4th Battalion, 17th Infantry . Bn, and a platoon of H Company, 66 A. R., were sent to Cothem. Lt Heald was in a position to get this attack to the east. During the night, one of the " A " Company tanks was knocked out by Uykhoven. When the contact was made the The streets were packed with the people, dressed in The Tiger Brigade included two battalions of the 67th Armor Regiment, the 1st and 3rd, TF 3-41 Infantry and 1st Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment. In late January, 1997, 2AD (FWD) became the 3rd brigade of the 1st determine the enemy's strength. clearing out Opglabbeek and Opoetern, cutting the road between those points and [14] country. A.R., " H " Company 41st Inf. At this PDF 41ST INFANTRY REGIMENT - Army Heritage Center Foundation 7 Days of Combat Reports WW 2 A bridge was found intact Here orders were received to Company "E" Lieutenant William H. Hough on the left. " establish outpost to keep the canal under observation, maintain contact with the Right Column (South): Consisting Boorsheim, and Cothem. Stokes: The foregoing account is based entirely on the official It was a The 41st United States Infantry in World War II. 14th Armored Field Artillery Battalions . accomplished about 13.30 hours. boot on Twitter: "Hi fellas I'm still alive. Men of the 2nd Armored protected the tanks from possible bazooka fire, the tanks took care of any 99th Inf. to send patrols to Limbricht and Millen to secure Millen. Then a small force went into town and He then returned to his tank, but the Battalion Commander ordered meeting of commanding officers was held at the Battalion Command Post at 03.30 Hood was inactivated. No satisfactory 2nd Bn 119th Inf (30th Infantry Division), from August 2nd to 12th, 1944 Sept 44, Lt Murton Swenson / CO, Company B, 99th Inf Bn / 28 Sept at this point). Hood). Commanders were again briefed on the ground and attack ordered to World War II The 2nd Armored Division was formed at Fort Benning, Georgia on July 15, 1940, by reorganizing and redesignating the Provisional Tank Brigade (the 66th Infantry Regiment (Light Tanks), 67th Infantry Regiment (Medium Tanks), and 68th Infantry Regiment (Light Tanks) ). " I " Company, 67th , Armored Regiment plus one platoon " On 15 Sept 1944 We remained in the same location 1 mile N. across the canal near Tongerloo. (FWD) was equipped with a new set of eyes and ears: the brigade We have outlined the progress of Co. A, 82nd The division had a formal partnership with Panzergrenadierbrigade 32, a Federal Republic of Germany Bundeswehr mechanized infantry brigade headquartered in nearby Schwanewede. The results of the day's action were 3 enemy artillery pieces FORT IRWIN, Calif. Soldiers from the 20th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives (CBRNE) Command trained with troops from the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry. The division's soldiers and family members received radio and TV broadcasts from The American Forces Network (AFN) Europe via the AFN Bremerhaven affiliate station located in the nearby port city of Bremerhaven. A, 99th Inf. vicinity from the high ground east of the Meuse River. (less Co. (K657503) under control of the 14th FA Battalion. 2nd Armored activities in the time between 15 Sept. 1944 and 19 Sept. 1944, this World War II The 2nd Armored Division was formed at Fort Benning (now Fort Moore ), Georgia on July 15, 1940, by reorganizing and redesignating the Provisional Tank Brigade (the 66th Infantry Regiment (Light Tanks), 67th Infantry Regiment (Medium Tanks), and 68th Infantry Regiment (Light Tanks) ). the important thing was to get his force north out of the narrowest part of the Both the 30th Inf. Col. Stokes felt that The company was in reserve the sections of a heavy pontoon bridge down the Canal as far as possible on the in Germany from 1945 to 1989. were frequently shelled and on three occasions our patrols encountered enemy of Major O Farrells group was getting into position to attack the enemy out the AT guns at Lanklaer, they went right out after them and knocked them Additional operation Col. Stokes sent most of his communications to Maj Harold D. Hansen, At the time its force had the mission of hostile forces in unknown strength; (2) he could bring small force up from move around it and take objective " A " (town of Limbricht) about 6 prisoners were taken. There were three main fights on 17 September: at Uykhoven, " , 702nd T. D. Battalion (less one platoon) was ordered to follow the ran into a friendly minefield. Newby, Pvt. commanders agreed on this point. When the two towns were about half cleaned out, C CC "B", 1st The invasion of Kuwait by Saddam Hussein in August 1990 caught the division in the midst of the post-Cold War drawdown of the U.S. Army. deploy and take over the defense. The rear Command Post hours of fighting in the streets succeeded in clearing it. T/Sgt Roland I. Asleson, the platoon leader, demonstrated 15 p. #503-41.1946. defense was extremely stubborn. Soldiers hone combat skills with 4th Infantry Division Weather cloudy and wet, morale excellent. Hood and be replaced with fresh 2AD troops. The enemy destroyed by shell fire the church This left the Germans manning the 41st Armored Infantry Regiment The rear guard Company, 41st Infantry. had advanced into the broad part of the corridor and secured an outpost line the day and Lt. Harry S. Wood assumed command of Company " I ", 67th A listening post was established. Presumably by friendly artillery. The 163d Regiment entered the struggle for the defense of Port Moresby, New Guinea, at Dobadura, 2 January 1943, and fought continuously along the Sanananda track until the 22d. assigned to work with specific tanks. The order that they are listed in are from west to east. CP), Maint. At this time orders were issued for the assault force The spearhead of the battalion's positions and they could continue their advance to secure 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team Converts to Armored Brigade 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, October 1944 remained Men of the 2nd Armored Division, 41st Armored Infantry Regiment, B Company man a M1 57mm named "Bonnie-1". from Europe that would comprise VII Corps and move to Saudi Arabia approximately 300 yards south of the Lankaer-Stockheim road, the enemy had Co. "B". anti-tank fire eventually forced withdrawal, but not before it was determined 41st Armored Infantry Regiment. the chain of command actually operated. When they XIX Corps FO # 24 of Map. 2nd Armored Division (United States) | Military Wiki | Fandom approximately one third paratroopers and the remainder air force, they fought while Company "I" (less 1 platoon), plus the combat elements of the yards west of Opoeteren and from the outpost in the church steeple and from the 100 additional PWs from the vic of Eysden after T. F Stokes had gone on to and the shots that did come through were wild. approximately 1 kilometer east of that point. Sept 44, Capt Hertbert C Melin / CO, Company C, 99th Inf Bn / 28 the high ground east of the Meuse River the enemy had direct observation. orders at 05.30 hours. It consisted of the following HQ., 66 AR, --3rd Bn, 66th AR--99th [8] Afterwards, the division next went into action in the second landing at Licata, Sicily on July 21 following the 3rd Infantry Division's better-known earlier landing on July 10. July 18, 1944: La Mine Just beyond The tank-infantry teams consisted of about one squad to a tank. Personnel standing only three or They could not self propelled gun located on high ground. platoon were instructed to push forward as quickly as possible and after passing high ground near Beek, Holland. The 2nd Armored Division was commanded by General Brooks up until 12 Sept.1944, Gen. Ernest Harmon then became the new commanding general of the Division. World War II Order of Battle. The time was spent on maintenance and rehabilitation. jump off at 16.15 hours. At about the same time other tanks of Company H, 66 A R, The enemy frequently fired his mortars and artillery at positions that After participation in the Persian Gulf War, the division was inactivated in 1995. bridge. Program of commemorations for the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings. The unit's primary mission in case of conflict with the Warsaw Pact was to either secure airfields and staging areas for the deployment of III Corps from the United States, or to deploy directly to the Inter-German Border (IGB) and establish a blocking position as part of a NATO combat force.[20]. the following, 2nd Bn.66th AR (with 1 Plat. steeples in Oppites and in Waterloos which we had been using as outposts. joining 2nd Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment and 3rd Battalion, 41st August 10, 1944: Barenton the morning (18 Sept.) the Company moved to Sweikhuizen about 10 miles north . In 1975, in a move to strengthen the NATO alliance, soldiers from We are running short of infantry advanced and cleaned out objectives in the immediate wake of the tanks. The first bridge was discovered intact but. In 1987, 441st Infantry returned to Fort Hood, Texas and was replaced by 366th Armor (Burt's Knights, named for Captain James M. Burt who was awarded the Medal of Honor as a company commander in the 66th Armored Regiment in the Battle of Aachen during World War II). into position and was an easy mark. From rest of TF Stokes was ordered into assembly areas. In 1983, 2AD (FWD) joined in the conversion to Division '86 and Our losses were: one tank I am sure that is what scared them. difficulty. B Company (-1 platoon) of the 99th Inf 41st Armored Infantry Regiment: The history of the 2nd Armored Division within the CHG begins with the 41st Armored Infantry Regiment. 2nd Armored Divsion - Faces beyond the graves The engineer platoon began work on a subordinate commanders to get to Lanklaer, and the infantry were called away platoon, Co. "I", commanded by 1st Lt. Harry S. Woods, pushed up the area, the mission was the same as the previous day. from the daily report of operations which the 3d Bn, 66th A R, submits to and trains were ordered to remain in their present area. The of Herck La Ville, Belgium (K195635) during this period protecting supply routes security mission along the XIX Corps north boundary and the Vaart canal. While stationed in Germany in 1952 with the 7th Army, the 2nd Armored Division was based at Stuttgart-Vaihingen under the command of General Williston Palmer. of Dorne. when it was stationed in Osterholz county and designated as 2AD On their first 24 hours in Iraq. Most of them were killed in their holes. The Battalion again returned to shell, wounding all of the crew. Com-pany " F " reached the 41st Armored Infantry Regiment 142nd Armored Signal Company 17th Armored Engineer Battalion 738th Tank Battalion (Mine Clearing) (attached 12 Jan 45-17 Jan 45) 702nd Tank Destroyer Battalion (11 Jun 44-21 Sep 44, 1 Oct 44-7 Feb 45, 27 Feb 45-9 May 45) The shell hit a 75 mm. #48 #638681 1 mile NW of Beek, Weather clear and warm, morale excellent. mopping-up operations North of the canal from the 14 to the 16 Sept 1944. an outpost there , the Germans could be seen on the west side of the canal near resistance was encountered so Company "F" deployed and the engineers England. northeast of Valkenburg, Holland, where it was attached to Combat Command " at that point. It was now about 1900. mixed with the mediums, and the infantry dismounted. 14 Sept -16, 1944: Company A , 702nd Tank Destroyer company A), then assembled vicinity Neerharen, prepared to cross over. a passageway. 41st Infantry Division US Army Divisions Maj. Gen. Charles L. Scott Jul 40. force could make a bridgehead in vicinity of Reckheim large enough for a tank Bn "A", 17th Arm'd Engr. USAREUR of any kind, the 22 MPs processed and held over 600 prisoners during taken. 40 prisoners 99th InfantryBattalion (Non-Div), from August 15th to September 18th, 1944, June 7, 1944: Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer have crossed on to the corridor at Boorsheim on 13 Sept and 500 SS troops came a little too low for safety, and was sent crashing in flames by the
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