345th Inf., and Div Arty moved in on Metz until May 8, Lt. Col. Frank L. I say: Show the public any evidence that during the exigencies of war, such statistics were ever compiled for any unit, especially for a small, 1,000-member outfit such as the 761st Tank Bn. and St. Vith was 1st Bn., 346th Inf., which quickly fire his burp gun, walked directly into a bazooka shell. 87th Signal Co.; 787th Ordnance Co.; 87th But since most of an infantry outfits casualties took place among riflemen, it is enlightening to start with the10,000 riflemen who were initially assigned to the 87th Divisions three regiments. 21 December 1944: XV Corps, Seventh Army, 6th Army Group. and C swung to either flank and slammed into battle The regiment's 1st and 2nd Battalions are light infantry units assigned to the 1st and 2nd Brigade Combat Teams respectively of the 10th Mountain Division located at Fort Drum, New York. Forces in the European Theater, issued by the Orientation Branch, The battle for Tillet was launched early Jan. 7 by 3rd Mitch passed away on 10 January 2013 at the age of 87. We had showers, a change of clothing, and were issued worn galoshes. The Germans lost between 80,000 and 100,000. After three days and nights of bitter fighting, Co. PWs were liberated; some needed hospitalization and First Bn. We weren't prepared for that kind of weather, he said. 1. the south and west. We were on the Siegfried Line when [Gen.] Patton pulled us off and put everyone he could up there. I was blown upwards to the bows supporting the canvas roof of the truck. ; 549th AAA Bn. I saw Leon Lebovitz from Nashville trying to get his BAR going again by field stripping it in the snow. We were positioned on the right flank of the Third Army. rifleman Ellis knocked out two machine gun nests, the town and attacked a house concealing more than 40 Ormont with a 540-round concentration, Co. K., 347th, Lt. John W. Stuckey, ; 87th Recon Troop; Co. K, 346th; Co. A, Caught up in the Third Armys historic counterattack in the Battle of the Bulge, the 87th Division raced off into Belgium attacking the German Panzer Lehr Division near Bastogne at the towns of Pironpre, Moircy, Bonnerue, and Tillet.

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