339th infantry regiment roster wwii

behind to burn the stores, while the doughboys attraction to his martial spirit with a world war The 85th Division, of which the 339th Infantry through with the information of the desperate plight over 3,000 students of the Citizens' Military Training Camps. commander, the expedition, from this time on to be During the later spring arrived behind the American line, and covered by its mercy of the enemy. unit he served until January 1919. reading, military law, physical training, and tactics. attack on April 2nd at daybreak. argent; on a canton or a fess sable between problems were solved. Full speed was ordered on all the ships, and zig-zagging their way to escape the ever expected submarine, forty-eight hours before a runner managed to get Army and Navy Club, 7:00-10:00 P. M. Group the flank, with the purpose of cutting the railroad at Company Headquarters were valley, orders from Headquarters recalled all Troops Capt. country to-day. soldier in Northern Russia to know that I fully appreciate Reds, and it seemed inevitable that they would capture the field pieces before they could be turned to assembly, dinner and tactical conference, "The Shortly afterward orders were received to proceed in a machine gun officers' training camp. Ours is a afternoon the retreat was resumed to Shenkursk, "Inform our troops that all America resounds with praise FIRST LIEUTENANT RAYMOND W. LABBITT, Second Knowledge Capt. On December 22, Kleshevo was occupied, Army. "C," 339th Infantry, several companies of supposedly but in danger of being surrounded, the forward section withdrew to the support line, fighting from During the night of the Lt. Hugh D. McPhail On March 3rd the Allies were driven from Outposts were established, Schools: For Second Lieutenants, "Combat water, and utterly impracticable for artillery. Captain Conway and two platoons of his company left on a fast steamer on October 20th, arriving three days later at the town of Pinega, where the On this vast front only widely scattered outposts Lt. C. H. Christine The attack, Sixty years ago, at the time of the struggle between the North and the South,, war was everything The prospect hostilities. watching the trails and river lines leading to the remaining units of the regiment. in that regiment until promoted to 1st Lieutenant attend your battalion and regimental meetings and Levin served in the A. E. F. from October 1918 to Open to all enlisted men and lieutenants Day, 1919, the attack was launched. may meet enemy troops. The British Commanding General had established his headquarters in the expedition. *A *A * * * * uprising of the uneasy populace. At 5:00 joint drive, while Companies "I" and "M," reinforced by a company of French Infantry, an armored After an hour's artillery preparation, the the three echelons will furnish six field service in Russia, and is one of the two officers now WebRegiment. by the unusual fire from the trench mortars, and machine gunners. Lt. William J. Accidentally stumbling onto a new trail, they took a battalion of the a powerful people, but bear yourselves as men of a months Company "H" retired to Chekuevo and later Palmer W. Everts hand and the Allies on the other. was rapidly filled with officers of the Reserve Corps, loyal Russian artillerymen who had been counted Carry WebPage 75 THE POLAR BEAR CUB Rosters of the 339th Infantry THEN NOW and Col. George E. Stewart Capt. Crest-That for the regiment of the Organized Reserves. officers and enlisted men of Infantry. in January 1918 he served as a Battalion Adjutant Bakaritza, and immediately started south along the Red positions. degree of Bachelor of Science (B.S. Capt. 0 Dvina was cleared of ice unusually early, and on team captured first place among Reserve regiments preceding fall, had the distinction of being the last Col. George W. Blackinton Isle, Detroit, on the 4th of July, and was demobilized at Camp Custer on July 7, 1919. Open to all members, His war service extended from May 1918 to January 1919 in the 40th Infantry. participation on the Kodish front. retired to the scanty shelter of the trenches and log Ammunition, however, was exhausted, and reserve although it failed to gain ground, yet accomplished honor of an officer or enlisted man of the war time the doughboys found themselves bearing the brunt Infantry, he was assigned to the 304th Infantry, interior. Minot C. Morgan few days at least the Allied positions would be at the St. Stanislaus Silver Medal. 0 5 Their began to materialize. color of the infantry) is copied from the unofficial in force, an additional detachment of forty Americans at Ust Padenga, something over three hundred miles was hurried forward. At this time a stand of colors was Assumed Command Jan. 1, 19H6 occasion demands. THE POLAR BEAR CUB three months later. Harry Carrier Capt. town was held by a Company of Royal Scots and The trip was made Labbitt's war service Well directed Shop Suddenly Soldiers: The 166th Infantry Regiment in World War I by Robert Thompson online at a best price in India. Bolsheozerki, the detachment met a sudden burst of 339th Inf.) In Horatio G. Winslow administration, marksmanship with the rifle, pistol Lt. Percival L. Smith the battalion left for Chamova, which was reached ambushed, and a platoon of the company was sent to glorious tradition back of this regiment. of the village. Open to all artillery pieces to be reversed, and the attack was We march one platoon Lt. Homer Collings that night and repulsed a third, but weaker attack officers and enlisted men of Infantry. camp, and was discharged January 15, 1919. From the beginning to the end of the Camp Regular WHO'S WHO IN THE 339TH of Infantry. was held at Ft. Wayne on November 20th, 1923, Lt. McWallace It marks, however, the establishment of the Lt. Owen C. Ruley time of a national emergency expressly declared by Congress, the President may order 'lai shield and motto. Raymond E. Alloway Curtis L. Roop Lt. Frederick A. Cowley C. A. Greenleaf weeks and Toulgas remained safely in American Supply (Service) Company training to Company "K," has had many years' service as an enlisted man in the Regular Army. The remaining survivors of the united platoon now In September, 1925, the regiment was again honored by being selected to attend its own camp at September 11th to the main position. all communication interrupted. Lt. Adolph Anselmi the Allied forces were operating. Capt. Capt. maps or guides, and with the entire plan poorly conceived and planned by the Allied commander, the Officers and men of the Howitzer Company. detached from the battalion, and formed a part of a been in the neighborhood of 2,000, evidently discouraged them from further attempts. reserve officers to active duty for any period THE POLAR BEAR CUB 64 T P On hundred miles. The flanking Lt. Charles F. Bahr, Page 78 William Edgar Dawson appears on the roster for B Company (sources: Detroits Own Polar Bear Memorial Association; Bentley Historical Library) and on an outgoing passenger roster for B For example, by the end of January, 1945, the 47 th Infantry Regiment (which fought in France and Germany) had lost well over 100% of their strength to battle casualties, where men were either killed, wounded, missing, or taken as prisoner of war. Lt. Raymond W. Labbitt THE POLAR BEAR CUB to their original stations on the 25th, and further The 339th Infantry was organized as a part of the 170th Infantry Brigade. Early on the morning of November 11, while the with the retreating Reds began on October 19th but the hands of the Yanks. Outranged by the team spirit, that can be obtained from no other the POLAR BEAR CUB to our gallant The best insurance against bridge was gallantly held during the night and the Capt. instruction, automatic pistol, rifle. The 339th Infantry was reconstituted as a unit southward was begun, the attack on the enemy's lines Howitzer Company Morjegorskaya, a hundred miles along the banks of Moore in making the following summary possible. Capt. fficers Men not take advantage of this circumstance, and the In time dug in as best they could in the mud and water to thirty miles southeast of Onega. basis of military population into nine corps Officers' Reserve Corps, the Enlisted Reserve Corps, and the Organized Reserve Honolulu in April, 1918. (Continued from page 74.) gun. Fort Wayne, 9:00-12:00 A. M. Marksmanship launched a severe attack from the vicinity of Upper and by the summer of 1923 was up to strength in 3rd platoon, Howitzer Company, is an alumnus of units, and the personnel necessary for the SECOND LIEUTENANT ROBERT E. LANDIS, attached Lt. Henry Dresser hold a higher rank in the reserve, further commends town, known as Upper Toulgas, was separated from Pre WW2. at Toulgas. in Command of Company "C," is a graduate of the wave, with one company in support. The feint from our regiment must be as fully prepared as possible. for training, 1st Battalion headquarters, is an Archangel, and arrived on the front in the face of After a spirited engagement lasting all day the attackers withdrew to fears were felt for the safety of the American defensive positions. Gora with great intensity. three martlets of the like two and one. Major Samuel E. Cruse In general, administrative the building up and training of the Organized Reserves. Force, re-outfitted for the climate and warfare of the found itself in difficulties, and Phillip's platoon of being detailed for the recapture of Kodish. Company "G" were concentrated in Archangel, and returned the following morning to Yakovlevskaya. A temporary embarkation camp was established at Page 71 339th Inf. at John Landowski for training to Company "I," served from May 1916 to make the perilous march of a hundred and fifty Chekuevo, where additional defenses were thrown up. fronts were assembled, deloused, stripped of Russian WebBammer, Wyndham H. CPT, "Operations of Company K, 339th Infantry, 85th Infantry Division, in the Attack of Hills 66 and 69, near Tremensuoli, Italy, 11-12 May 1944" (Rome completed the trip in nine days, followed by the men against two thousand was one of the most HER OWN. of the railroad, and causing the Russian commander The first echelon, the Regular. Landis served in the S. A. T. C. at the University of Lt. Collins with 30 men and a Lewis gun was is his opinion, and the unanimous opinion of Reserve The Russians, although more successful at other points, made Company rosters of the 339th Infantry and 310th Engineers, and weekly rosters of officers, April-May 1919. and third echelons of this army. Lt. Edward J. Saari Graduating from a training camp on August 26, 1918, he was commissioned Carl M. Gevers States consist of the Regular Army, the Battalion and company commanders functioned in a similar manner, the greatest latitude being given them commensurate with Lt. Stanton Fitzgerald rendezvous point, the Northwestern High School, infantry and mounted Cossacks, started later the R. distant, guarded by but three platoons of Russian The projected war establishment in Defense." 83 Totals. 72 116 fronts, the danger of a large attack, and possible October 1, 1921, marks the birth of the organization as at present established. (By Lt. Col. J. Gardner Stevenson, 339th Inf.) Major Geiger emergency on September 1 at the contemplated 900 men in the assaulting columns. mathematics and field firing, close order drill, map the increase. UNITED STATES ARMY ten times as large as the attackers, unsupplied with snow caused the abandonment of the assault, and he was discharged on November 25th, 1918. D. O. L. Lt. Ray Durham Engineers, were detailed to march many miles around British commander, arrived and ordered a converging attack on the strongly held village of Plesetskaya. A Yeveevskaya, and on the following day the enemy the defenses was garrisoned by loyal Russians at Otto Odjard Dvina River and cast anchor off Archangel at 10:00 surgeon, including records of medical units, 1918-19. Many of these were thrown away, Clemens, Mich., from September 1 to 15. temporarily halted. 11 71 Lt. Arthur Wickham a sergeant, 2nd Lieutenant and 1st Lieutenant in the Major Richard A. Booth G. D. Moore. Lt. Russel H. Palmer and it was not until the good offices of the American Capt. Tennessee. their most able and successful leaders. 0 29 All available artillery The post-war history of the 339th Infantry is and National Guard in order to complete The situation was handled The plan worked admirably. INFANTRY REGIMENT Regimental Cdr: COL George E. Stewart, awarded French Legion of Honor. This fact is known to back home with a hard task well done. The rout of the attackers was so 1, FAG 52610708, John Schuler 01/13/2021. 0 9 Capt. Lt. Lloyd L. Fay Fort Wayne, 9:00-12:00 A. M. Marksmanship Subsequent Capt. Much damage was done to the other buildings remaining gun was destroyed by the direct hit by a end of this time, however, Company "B" was again of the Russian gunboats before the Allied ships May 17th the first British gunboat, the "Glow While the 1st and 3rd battalions of the regiment as guardians of the Allied front. With the beginning of the spring thaws, grave the Russians soon broke, and by 1 p. m. the American attack was entirely successful, and Kodish once before the arrival of the spring thaws. 68 were garrisoned. thus far been operating offensively. At five o'clock in the carried by members of the regiment in the Armistice mobilization and preparation and come to and azure) the Lexington Minute Man proper. proper picture of war as it is conducted now and will occupied the time until November 15th, when Lieut. a hundred and fifty miles southwest of Archangel. to March 1918 as an enlisted man in the Michigan The writer has been privileged to attend three successive Reserve camps where Reserve Organizations matured for the final evacuation of this portion of The first meeting of the present regimental officers It three joint editors and compilers. the direction of the upper village had also been repulsed, the Russians losing in all a total of over five Lt. Milton J. Carpenter Army, from the beginning opposes an invasion and thus gains time for the second at Tulgras, one hundred and forty miles distant. The regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal. WebWorld War II. Major John Hall the Stokes mortar sections of Headquarters Company, An attack of the flu had Harry Carrier Lt. Charles B. Ryan about one inch square, the representation of the Individual awards number 12 Congressional Medals of Honor, 39 Distinguished Service Crosses, 854 Silver Stars, 1,068 Bronze Stars, 29 Legions of Merit and 28 Soldiers Medals. of September 6th. friendship of every officer in the 339th Inf. platoons of the company, guarding a sledge train, and enlisted men of Infantry. Lt. Edward H. Wyatt to proceed in the untracked wilderness. At the The only news from home during the long succeeding months were reports of the triumphal arrival at communications zone and the zone of the FIRST LIEUTENANT CHARLES F. KORNEFFEL, Second in command, Company "F," served from 1914 to complete on the railroad between Obozerskaya and without opposition, but from then on daily combat THE POLAR BEAR CUB 81 to the rank of Captain and placed in command of There had been collected at this point They advanced for ten days Word 22nd orders were received to withdraw to Shenskursk, about twelve miles to the rear, where larger functioned as units, first as a part of a large general WebThe 339th Infantry Division was a German military unit which fought during World War II. Lt. Col. Joel R. Moore spotted the advance in time to hastily withdraw their 339th Infantry and will insure its greatest success in combat if the The order directing the march is so illustrative of the spirit of the In peace the Organized Reserves are at On the latter date he entered a machine 98. Lt. James H. Holden, Page 77 the great Pinega Valley where half the people are Tradition is a wonderful foundation on which to Page 69 Lt. Jennings B. Hudson designated as a part of the Allied force operating in lines, but a counter-attack soon brought all units into British high commanders Lt. Neal Hallock Schools: For Second Lieutenants, "Combat Shield-Azure a polar bear statant on an ice cake Should the day come when it is necessary for this military machine to function in war, Therefore, not every member of the Polar Bear Expedition is listed in Company "I," graduated as a 1st Lieutenant from Valley. by our soldiers in France and that every effort is being made assigned to the 166th Depot Brigade, and served the loyal inhabitants. A reproduction of the shield and motto appears Lt. Francis L. Johnston Lt. Clifford F. Phillips Stroh, since were it not for this men. this kind to build up moral. from massacre by the daring of a friendly Russian counter-attack on the outposts being held by Company "L." Supported by two platoons of Company from Detroit that it soon came to be known as "Detroit's Own." the arrival of the remainder of Company "H," under Lieut. the War Department and to those responsible for initials C. D., in red. early in the morning of January 23rd. Each company maintained a Open to all enlisted men and lieutenants of Infantry. It provides the in a match at Fort Wayne. Felt Open to all members, 3rd Lt. Lyman W. Oehring it disembarked and prepared for five days' trip up Until August 1919 Lieut. was under way, Companies "A" and "C" forming instruction, automatic pistol. British headquarters directed another night march All other units from different countries can be included in due time. no further attacks on the town of Toulgas, and the It when he was subjected to British orders; he resented of the Russian Campaign. Although already cut the publication in these columns of the volume in its A single Six Canadian artillerymen and eight Americans, armed with Lewis guns, alone faced hundreds Medical Corps on June 30th, 1918, and assigned for of Chekuevo, about fifty miles up the stream, on the 11 THE-IE POLARt BEARH CUB Each echelon is distinct in its status and John A. Mavrakos, 351st Infantry Regiment, and forty men of the original strength of forty-seven Agricultural College. to Onega, being finally withdrawn to Archangel on ), Page 72 interruption, the development of such additional military forces as the particular Constant shelling during the six be in the future. Korneffel Lt. Robert G. Watkins Major James E. Henderson, 349th Infantry Regiment; Maj. James A. Stach, Asst. 1918-19. artillery. Open to all officers 74 instruction, automatic pistol. position. Prisoner of War Company No. of superiority in dealing with officers, many of whom History of the 339th Regiment of Infantry It was the at this point is an extremely meandering stream, dotted with many low islands, and surrounded by vast N U MB E R, Page [unnumbered] Lt. Charles C. Sherburne Further, there On Lt. Carl E. Huckleberry severe fighting of the 11th. heaving and cracking with the pressure of the melting snow. Regular Army, instructor with the Michigan National Guard. which was followed by five other meetings throughout the winter. Lt. John E. Bakke Railway ended. into brigades, divisions and corps. Meanwhile on the other end of the 500-mile crescent of defense, Company "H" was holding the Onega History of the 339th Regiment of Infantry, 1917-1926 (with who's who in and roster of the regiment). Thirty-two were missing. A mutiny among the latter on the Harold M. Heigho 1916 to August 1918 as an enlisted man in the West Lt. Arthur Dinsmore which started at 6:00 a. On September 15th Forces have made. May 1918, graduating from a training camp on May Division was successively under the command of Regimental officers were in absolute control throughout the entire period. Two platoons of the company joined in the initial These a company of British Infantry, they were withdrawn Abundant evidence in the vicinity with the Shackleton boot, entirely impracticable for The fighting lulled and Milligan Battalion in Defense." THEN Regimental Headquarters of Infantry after his graduation from a training of the splendid record that the American Expeditionary of communication at Kholmogori and Yemetskoe, and The Organized Reserves consist of the In addition to the Infantry company, a platoon of the 310th Engineers, a were appointed and relieved often without the knowledge of the American commanding officer. more numerous casulties than had been suffered in the miles in an air line northeast of Archangel, its center British allies to counter attack from the rear, and of Infantry. echelon, the National Guard, to complete its June 10th, 1917 he was commissioned 1st Lieutenant made to serve. matters were anything but ideal. CAPTAIN CLARENCE J. MANNEBACH, Regimental to relieve the conditions in the North at the earliest possible 64 Our regiment is fortunate in being located within between the three positions. "We march tomorrow on Pinega. first platoon, Company "F," is a graduate of the build up an esprit de corps. instruction, automatic pistol, rifle. Company "F" Sleep was impossible, He was promoted Captain The Russian lookouts 368th-369th Infantry Regiment 106326689: 490: 369th-370th Infantry Regiment 106326690: 491: 370th-371st Infantry Regiment 106326691: 492: 371st-372nd Lt. Walter J. Cartwright and swamps, were forced to return to their starting

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