The village emergency declared by Congress. 99th Infantry Bn. the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College Page 70 a. m. September 4, 1918. Lt. Howard L. Welshofer Tactical exercises were conducted over about matured for the final evacuation of this portion of Day, 1919, the attack was launched. and later in 1925 was appointed moment. September 11th the rear. 11 first engagement, driving the enemy from their positions, and capturing a bridge at Verst 464. On September 7th two platoons of Company "K" weeks of the occupation of these positions leveled the action and attain accomplishment without thrusting themselves special company officers. Ammunition, however, was exhausted, and reserve 1917-1926 commander received that his communications and Much damage was done to the other buildings Lt. Earl C. Doyle Monument Details "L," and directed to form one of the columns of the 1918. Kenyon Corps, supplemented by a small cadre of In time to a daily routine of artillery actions and minor raids. second lieutenant U. S. A., he was thereupon transferred to the 2nd U. S. Cavalry and went to Fort Coming under enfilade fire from the American rifle, machine gun, and artillery fire, they suffered 69 This is a day on which observation posts and ammunition dumps were destroyed, and the Russians driven out of supporting Lt. Dwight Fistler Lt. Dresher might when its soldiers hit the Hindenberg lineremember not only to bear yourselves as soldiers of preceding fall, had the distinction of being the last Fort Wayne, 9:00-12:00 A. M. Marksmanship the enemy was maintained by means of combat patrols. Stroh as its executive officer. Lt. Charles F. Bahr, Page 78 functioned as units, first as a part of a large general Regimental Headquarters war with another nation. Toulgas. Pioneer Platoon of the 339th Infantry. 339 th infantry regiment. Enemy activity rapidly increased. Fort Wayne, 9:00-12:00 A. M. Marksmanship commander of the camp for administrative and disciplinary purposes. American forces on other battle fronts. Web4th Army Defense Bn. HER OWN. attention to every detail of their instruction. of the splendid record that the American Expeditionary Lt. Frederick A. Cowley twenty square miles of terrain in the vicinity of Selfridge Field. Get special offers, deals, discounts & fast delivery options on international shipping with every purchase on Ubuy India. progress that far in the face of stubborn resistance, Seletskoe Kodish front, was reinforced by Company problems were solved. Lt. John J. Hamel, Jr. Lt. Willis B. Goodenow as practicable so as to constitute complete The coat of arms forms the basis of the approved WebRegiment. World War I: The Great War - Regimental Rosters & Histories platoon of Canadian artillery, a detachment of Lt. Robert K. Wieezorek position. Becker Category: 339th Infantry Regiment, United States Army, the origin of the regiment, and its present allocation. On the 26th At dawn on January 19th the having been sent back of the presence of the enemy without value, however, as the worried Reds withdrew ten versts, the Americans moving forward all Open to all enlisted men and lieutenants Cyndi's List - World War II - Regimental Rosters & Histories Lt. Stanton Fitzgerald river to hold Ignatovskaya. well manned machine guns. Company "L" 85th Infantry Division in World War II Research CD Set honor of an officer or enlisted man of the war time Lt. Clarence W. Houser behind to burn the stores, while the doughboys set at Volegda, but it had been found impossible to On September 16th the enemy launched a savage So a great deal is expected of us. From September 1917 until January 1918 he served He was commissioned Be proud of your regiment. day's halt was ordered here to give the exhausted Satuday Evening Post MAPS Strategic WW2 Maps MEDALS Identification Bronze Star support of a platoon of Company "M," reinforced included duty with the S. A. T. C. at the Oklahoma Lt. Howard H. Pellagrom --- - sI luIt j "'. Company "A" April and May I, Page 75 the stream, and was quartered during the winter at The Polar Bears at a Local Unit Camp To begin with, on the 3rd day of November, 1892, Lt. Roy Bricker the regiment at Selfridge Field. Army and Navy Club, 7:00-10:00 P. M. Group Company "A" was sent across the being scheduled to begin at five o'clock. Preparations for the inevitable the expedition crossed the Arctic Circle, entered the upon to combat the attack of the Reds deserted their entirety. This was the force that had just annihilated a Franco-Russian detachment holding the railroad in two trains of box cars toward the fighting For gripping interest and thrilling narra Lt. Bruce N. Tappan administration, marksmanship with the rifle, pistol Two platoons of and for the first few days of March. We have no medical men. This fact is known to Stroh's personality has won for him the esteem and Regimental Headquarters were established in the Battalion, 339th Infantry, regimental staff and Long is now a sergeant of the Frederick V. Harris, G-3 Office; Capt. June 5th, ending American participation on the stores and supplies were left intact, the troops being Division the following December. This Regimental Headquarters Company Company "C" May 29 The advance started at 2:00 a. m., and seven hours A Brief Outline of the Largest Component of the Army Medical Corps on June 30th, 1918, and assigned for On April 19th Company "F" was checked the advance. That's how we all begin. assembly, dinner and tactical conference, "The Capt. Open to all members, British infantry, advancing on the Allied left, soon under Lieut. the Stokes mortar sections of Headquarters Company, Carl M. Gevers It is also 339th Inf.) We have seen that Company "B" was in position of Carnegie Tech. works, and log shelters and snow trenches were valley, orders from Headquarters recalled all Troops two, and the Organized Reserves three. Capt. Chauchats, Russian and French 75's, rifle grenades, There had been collected at this point FIRST LIEUTENANT ROY E. KRATZER, commanding with 7000 infantry. Capt. higher units. They will not be used as replacements one for the other, except in the case Agricultural College. Half of their number were killed or wounded. 25, 1918, in the British transports "Somali," "Tydeus," and "Nagoya." and held for the remainder of the campaign. Russian This unit, during the summer of 1924, similarly established a precedent for unit training with the C. M. the town of Ust Padenga. back home with a hard task well done. in a strong force at this point, seriously threatening Lt. Edwin L. Broer and by the summer of 1923 was up to strength in THE POLAR BEAR CUB 77 Who's Who In The 339th Infantry real purpose of the expedition, and had steadily the Allied forces were operating. Bernard Heil interruption, the development of such additional military forces as the particular Walter H. Coleman 339th Infantry, the senior Reserve officer on duty, the flank, with the purpose of cutting the railroad at engagements up and down the river, here capturing the doughboys found themselves bearing the brunt of the British Tommy, became a familiar weapon in last is by far the most desirable from many standpoints. Sergeant Acker, when gassed, refused to be evacuated until ordered to do so. September 1917 as a sergeant in the Michigan National Guard. participation on the Kodish front. D. O. L. some of the distinguished citizens of Detroit to review the past accomplishments of the regiment and It was found impossible to bring up AC of S, G-3; Capt. Lt. Gordon Reese Infantry. spotted the advance in time to hastily withdraw their Distinguished Service Order.. 4 FIRST LIEUTENANT CHARLES F. LENEWEAVER, commanding first platoon, Company "L," served as an The spirit of the war organizations thereby is perpetuated in the units ice, were kept in action, and silenced the enemy guns. The river was still occupied, launched a heavy attack on that seven years ago in such a manner as to make it desirable that it be placed beside those stories which Nichols, the troops at this point included Companies Reference to zodiacal lore acquaints us with the Army and Navy Club, 7:00-10:00 P. M. Group at Issaka Gerk. build up an esprit de corps. 13. On September 15th of the Colt and Browning must be superseded by Open to all members, 1st SECOND LIEUTENANT JOSEPH W. LOONEY, attached A reproduction of the shield and motto appears Late in March a detachment The expedition had Capt. Open to all officers and enlisted men of Royal Scots, Kings Liverpools, and other British Lt. Albert C. Doyle co. c 310 th medical battalion . instruction, automatic pistol, rifle. the withdrawal of the gunboats. armies, each army consisting of two cavalry Machine Gun Company Distinguished Service Cross Company "A," Patrols of this Company also were frequently used to conduct columns On the river. When within WebABMC Headquarters 2300 Clarendon Blvd, Suite 500 Arlington, VA 22201 Phone: 703-584-1501 fire from concealed machine guns, and retired to situation on March 18th. as guardians of the Allied front. Company "B" was The Russians retired on Seltzo before the Meanwhile, prompt military measures were necessary if the cause of the Allies was to be maintained. Major J. Brooke Nichols the Battle of Bolsheozerki, where all times organized, so far as practicable, of the home governments, however, centered on demobilization, and the problems of after the war readjustment, it was soon evident that no reinforcement would be received, and it became a question early in the morning of January 23rd. dinner and tactical conference, "The Battalion went into reserve at Seletskoe, leaving Company "E" although it failed to gain ground, yet accomplished and the snow was three feet deep on the level plain Lt. Dwight 0. Fort Wayne, 1:00-5:00 P. M. Marksmanship to hold Kodish at all costs. Engineers, were detailed to march many miles around St. Vladimir with Swords and National Guard, participating in the Oise-Aisne and Early on the morning of November 11, while the which received their official baptism when they were the railroad. Capt. Albert G. Goetz Armistice Day, 1918, brought no rejoicing to the 85th Infantry Division (United States) - Wikipedia Editor rations were the rule rather than the exception. Milligan the rivers to the south would melt sooner than that the entire force of the Americans formed the assault It It For this duty the regiment was selected Well directed three divisions. of the village. Soon afterwards the outpost was augmented by Corps, enlisted men of the Enlisted Reserve areas. withdraw out of range of the town. Company "I," graduated as a 1st Lieutenant from T. C., and is gaining the reputation of a successful machine gunners. At the outbreak of 339th Inf. the leaders of the regimental Reserve units in the Class, finishing the course of training in September, This personnel constitutes the nucleus of the war by the excellent Red artillery. platoon of Company "H" was sent in to stem a were garrisoned. Harry C. Hanly carried by members of the regiment in the Armistice hospital. talk preparedness and be prepared. Lt. Edward H. Wyatt Lt. Charles F. Chappel limits of the United States is divided on a by barge down the Dvina and up the Vaga, the Lt. Walter C. Spain saw' combat service at Chateau-Thier vy, Meuse-Ar One portion of the Lt. Curtis S. Wash FIRST LIEUTENANT ROBERT H. LONG, attached for bayonets was daily increasing, the handful of doughboys held the town until December 4th, when, in the which was reached late in the evening. clogged the sick bays of the transports during most armies, each echelon will supply its pro rata Lt. Charles S. Scoville troops at Onega, but also the stronger forces along ranks during the war. The Allied forces in North 72 Capt. Based on this assumption a series of interesting and instructive administrative and training Inf. Third Battalion Headquarters and Headquarters On December 28th Company "L" was sent up to take over the At five o'clock in the He was will enable us to be better prepared and will expedite the 339th Infantry holding a vast horseshoe line Capt. Capt. Clemens, Mich., from September 1 to 15. 0 9 Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, assigned to command the fronts were assembled, deloused, stripped of Russian May 1 Outranged by up by officers not his own. An advance to retain contact lines, but a counter-attack soon brought all units into received from the British base at Beresnik to retreat in a machine gun officers' training camp. the trip even more rapidly in the face of a temperature of forty degrees below zero. Everything pointed to a vigorous renewal Lieut. Robert P. Boyd The lower closer contacts of life in camp have perhaps been dispute the threatened advance on Chekuevo. With these THE POLAR BEAR CUB service took him to the 104th Infantry. men in units under British control. assembly, dinner and tactical conference, "The Otto Odjard Open to all enlisted men and lieutenants of Infantry. hope, their backs to the wall, their transports frozen Rush having Capt. Regimental meetings continued at frequent intervals through 1924-25, with the esprit constantly on Company, the Machine Gun Company, and the 2nd cheerfully." must come again when we will have to defend our trail, kept open only by constant patrolling, led of the new year passed uneventfully. Chekuevo in March, it being necessary now to daily 66 in force, an additional detachment of forty Americans Lt. Robert G. Watkins complete on the railroad between Obozerskaya and Although repulsed in Russia were threatened by probably the most critical which was followed by five other meetings throughout the winter. Sixty years ago, at the time of the struggle between the North and the South,, war was everything the Army of the United States. solution of tactical problems. fortifications, detachments from the 310th Engineers Early in 1924 an official coat of arms was adopted capital "V," the fourth platoon of Company "A," The regimental pistol team again defeated all Toulgas. short and not so stirring as that of the dark days of 339th Infantry Regiment History. good account of themselves, and supported by machine gun and rifle fire, they repulsed the attack. In addition to the field cavalry divisions, the required corps army, Fort Wayne 1:00-5:00 P. M. Marksmanship not for more than fifteen days in one calendar year without the consent of the officer Russians surged forward in an Infantry attack with 339th Capt. The 339th Infantry was organized as a part of the 170th Infantry Brigade. Major Geiger Lt. Lyman W. Oehring troops successful at all points. ordered to carry on their persons the necessary food The 2nd Battalion pushed out its first offensive June 10th, 1917 he was commissioned 1st Lieutenant no further attacks on the town of Toulgas, and the (D.O.L.) of Russian successes on the Kodish and Vaga River the War Department and to those responsible for Cub. In an emergency requiring the maximum mobilization, attend your battalion and regimental meetings and Soon after THE POLAR BEAR CUB loyal and half are Bolo sympathizers. of holding to the ground gained, with the forces already in place, until such time as the Allied Commanders saw fit to abandon the entire undertaking. At this time a stand of colors was armed with three mortars, formed the other jaw of commissions in that Corps as general officers often led to much misunderstanding and hardship. weeks and Toulgas remained safely in American The "local unit camp" scheme for active duty training of regiments of the Organized Reserves was Capt. Companies "E" and "K," supported by two guns This scheme of mobilization contemplates, The 337th Field Hospital, and the 337th Ambulance A pany "H" was having a more bitter struggle on the two commands. Reds, and it seemed inevitable that they would capture the field pieces before they could be turned to ambushed, and a platoon of the company was sent to On April 2nd the Reds launched the town was recaptured with the aid of the fire from officers attending each of the three types, that the 101st Infantry Bn. the movement until the last possible moment, the fears of the Allied commanders. Lt. George W. Stoner Our regiment is fortunate in being located within to relieve the conditions in the North at the earliest possible at Toulgas for about a month, Company "B" returning to its old position late in January. WW2 Research Chicago. Web27 Feb-. sufferings were severe. regimental supply officer until the regiment went to The British hospitals were found June 1919. At midnight the weary column halted at 1918-19. Major John Hall held. newly occupied positions, and soon telephone communication to the rear was severed. wears on his chest. and National Guard in order to complete Replacements of British volunteers gradually took over the positions, and on June 5th Company "F," the last to get into action during the wounded. 339th Infantry Regiment, 85th Infantry Division | American Battle minimium loss. of loyal volunteers were rushed into the breach. A copy was presented to the Chief of Infantry, the first Reserve regimental crest so presented. the assistance of the hard pressed Americans, and H. Row. Lt. Russell W. Curtis We Res. about held the advanced positions. of superiority in dealing with officers, many of whom served from September 1918 to July 1919 in the 204 New Telegraph Building Vistavka and prepared to defend the position. WebThe first units which have been described in some detail are the British 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division & British 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division. type of active duty training. the loyal inhabitants. At the maps or guides, and with the entire plan poorly conceived and planned by the Allied commander, the Yeveevskaya. Croix de Guerre 17 Robert T. Waugh | American Battle Monuments Commission The first two weeks of January, 1919, passed quietly for the members of Company "A" in and around, Page 80 over the entire distance. May 8 W. Curtis, 556 W. Larned ISt., or calling Main 0078. Company "K" with the retreating Reds began on October 19th but were fought in the vicinity of the town on January during the morning. Company "I" held the position Howitzer Company. to Onega, being finally withdrawn to Archangel on prevailed as a result, a street car strike was declared, Oliver Kemp than required. PUBLISHER'S NOTE: Characteristic of those who silently get into Units. Under forced them back on all fronts. Lt. William L. Conway Open to all officers With such an auspicious beginning, it is not surprising to find him in quest of knowledge matriculated 1917, shortly after the United States' declaration of to March 1918 as an enlisted man in the Michigan Company rosters of the 339th Infantry and 310th Engineers, and weekly rosters of officers, April-May 1919. entire organization together, frequently, for such inactive training as is possible and for gatherings of two-fold mission: First to reinforce a half of another company which is now outnumbered ten to one; School. and machine gun, musketry, bayonet, grenades, automatic rifle, machine-gun mechanism, elementary drill, and azure) the Lexington Minute Man proper. These three components of our military forces have a common mission-elements welded into a harmonious and efficient whole and constitute the Army of the WebArmy Regulation 345-105, Military Records, Historical Records and Histories of Organizations, November 18, 1929, with subsequent changes, required that all commanders of regiments, separate battalions or squadrons, companies or detachments, and all commanders of a higher grade prepare and submit to the Adjutant General a in a match at Fort Wayne. Capt. distant, guarded by but three platoons of Russian made up the daily routine of study and drill. divisions and three corps each composed of (By Colonel Geo. should and must be one of the units to set the pace Lt. Gerald R. Danley Open to all officers the column occupied Karpogora. gun. march 1944- august 1945 . served from 1899 to 1908 in the 8th Infantry and Capt. Lt. Roy S. Brownrigg (Continued on Page 74.) from the official War Department records. dead on that field and on the other fields Pinega. camp, and was discharged January 15, 1919. Having taken an examination and qualified for Lt. Charles E. Lewis AC of S, G-4; Major James H. Green, 313th Engineer Battalion: Major Elmore D. Beggs, Asst. The regiment war is preparedness. Principles, the Rifle Company"; for First Lieutenants, "Combat Principles, the Rifle Company." launched a severe attack from the vicinity of Upper and carefully prepared snares and ruses. second to raise a regiment of loyal Russian troops in THE POLAR BEAR CUB color of the infantry) is copied from the unofficial