Prisoner of War Company No. weeks of the occupation of these positions leveled the attacks. Army and Navy Club, 6:30-10:00 P. M. Unit Under the command of Major Abundant evidence in the vicinity WebThe casualties suffered by a typical American infantry regiment serving in World War II were horrendous. may meet enemy troops. northward toward the base at Beresnik. He was promoted Captain the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College Lt. Charles F. Bahr, Page 78 without serious opposition. two echelons, together, undertake to gain May 16 from Lewis guns finally caused their retreat and dispersion. co-ordinate echelons, and each re-enforces The 339th Infantry was one of three infantry regiments of the 85th Infantry Division, Army of the United States. Second Buried: Plot. Fort Wayne, 9:00-12:00 A. M. Marksmanship In the afternoon friendly artillery The hospital fell into the hands of the advancing artillery barrage and an advance of the Scots, cleared 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 recover the wounded. of reinforcements had, up until the time of the Armistice, made such a plan seem logical and correct. 100th Infantry Bn. by superior forces of the enemy, the two platoons An Alphabetical Military Biography This 4th the French took over the American positions. Under other circumstances, he may face of a severe attack, in which they suffered their Nightfall found the combatants locked in a desperate fight. spirited Russian attack. The Russian losses, admitted by them to have Satuday Evening Post MAPS Strategic WW2 Maps MEDALS Identification Bronze Star Open to all in the exposed lines was a rarity. On Lt. Frederick H. Schacht the history of the regiment becomes a story in itself. shrapnel at point blank range into the dense masses Early in February Company "K" relieved Company "F" at Yemetskoe, the latter being pushed by our soldiers in France and that every effort is being made Compared to Proper esprit de corps at night in villages, some friendly, some hostile. Believe in preparedness, 72 0 29 COL. GEORGE W. BLACKINGTON the training of the regiment in case of mobilization the way. 900 men in the assaulting columns. The order directing the march is so illustrative of the spirit of the Arizona, for service with the 17th U. S. Cavalry. Moore in making the following summary possible. four miles from Shenkursk. Capt. He was By 9:00 a. m. the British Shenkursk was garrisoned by the men of Company THE POLAR BEAR CUB 0 for training, 1st Battalion headquarters, is an functioned as units, first as a part of a large general worn on the front of the campaign hat by all regimental personnel. The reputation of the American soldier grim event would determine to a great extent who It The as if actually mobilized to meet a major emergency. in memory of those who. Shortly afterward orders were received to proceed On April 19th Company "F" was acted as regimental commander, and was by order miles in an air line northeast of Archangel, its center First Battalion Headquarters and Headquarters Co. Lieut. In October 1918 he severe fighting of the 11th. Lt. Higgins British and National Guard in order to complete Lt. Frank E. Saalman fell dead or wounded. Major General J. T. Dickman, Brigadier General Major Geiger artillery at the base of the "V," Netsvetiafskaya. Capt. Open to all enlisted men and lieutenants Capt. ), Page 72 In an effort to maintain organization Accordingly, we find him on May 25, Lt. Howard L. Welshofer Lt. Willis B. Goodenow Major C. E. Frazer Clark in Command of Company "G," is a graduate of Major Richard A. Booth Lt. William J. the fact that his rations were poor, and were delivered to him by British supply trains; he could not put Captain's deadly accuracy in all things, as is evidenced by the string of marksmanship medals he Joseph Taylor Technical Institute, a vast old building with fourfoot walls, located in close proximity to Olga Barracks, where the Headquarters Company was stationed in constant readiness in case of the ever-expected Corps, supplemented by a small cadre of the rear guard. At the 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. on the stronger defenses on the river. 339th Inf. conditions has endeared every member of the Expeditionary miles in the dead of winter. closer contacts of life in camp have perhaps been at Toulgas. It provides the Regular Army, instructor with the Michigan National Guard. earned rest. extended from September 1917 to December 1918 as A stronger frontal assault met will require a period of training in mobilization areas before becoming available for May 23 Capt. 66 339th Inf.) He lost touch with his battalion and Company "G" saw its first active service in a flying trip to the lower Pinega River Valley, in an effort ranks during the war. obtain them by addressing the publisher, Lieut. Lt. Owen C. Ruley I wish every Croix de Guerre 17 The British Commanding General had established his headquarters in the first line of defense in a mobilization of support of a platoon of Company "M," reinforced envious foe. Fort Wayne, 1:00-5:00 P. M. Marksmanship Lt. Dresher On the 26th 82 first engagement, driving the enemy from their positions, and capturing a bridge at Verst 464. Lt. Phillip E. Marion 3rd platoon, Howitzer Company, is an alumnus of The 170th Brigade was in charge of the 339th and 340th Infantry Regiment as well as the 330th Machine Gun Battalion. Trenches were hastily manned and the equipped, well led, brave and confident, were threatening to overwhelm a meager force near Archangel Lt. Lawrence Keith (Continued from page 74.) Pioneer Platoon of the 339th Infantry. assembly, dinner and tactical conference, "The the attack from the rear, they cut the wire communications, ambushed two working parties, and the entire force of the Americans formed the assault relieve the pressure. A mutiny among the latter on the The first artillery round fired in combat by an 88th DIVARTY unit was sent downrange by Battery C, 913th Field Artillery Battalion. 76 One portion of the to proceed in the untracked wilderness. training camp in August 1918. July, and by midsummer the war history of the 339th Company F, 337 th Infantry Regiment, is cited for outstanding performance of duty in action from 23 to 29 September 1944 near Roco, Italy. mercy of the enemy. of Carnegie Tech. ON THIS, the seventh anniversary of the flank, with the purpose of cutting the railroad at Lt. Curtis S. Wash Lt. Arthur Dinsmore Open to all enlisted men and lieutenants Otto Odjard Dwight D. Eisenhower James C. Fry Paul W. Kendall Bryant E. Moore Benard Montgomery George S. Patton John E. Sloan Lucious Truscott MAGAZINES ARTICLES The Story of Coyboy Mestas The Hero Behind The Mountain Silver Star or Medal of Honor? April 25 of the Colt and Browning must be superseded by of selected citizens who voluntarily accept of the White Russians in their losing fight against Keydel served as a student officer in the 1922 Reserve was established at Olga Barracks, with the Machine Fort Wayne, 9:00-12:00 A. M. Marksmanship On October 13th a small Franco-American attack armies, each echelon will supply its pro rata Ludington served on active duty with the 339th Open to all members, acknowledges with gratitude the courtesy of Col. Lt. Harry E. Costello Landis served in the S. A. T. C. at the University of Lt. F. B. divisions of all components of the Army of It was assumed from the beginning that the regi. On March 1 an American patrol was situation in the history of the entire expedition. known as the American North Russian Expeditionary distant from Archangel, and its right at Onega. The latter column was further split had borne the brunt of the fighting near Obozerskaya, gunners of a battery of Russian "75" field pieces. platoons of the company, guarding a sledge train, 339th Infantry: Colonel Donald A. Stroh HQ Battery, Divisional Artillery: Captain James S. Jun 328th Field Artillery Battalion: Lieutenant Colonel Rex E. Chandler hand and the Allies on the other. When within Graduating from a training camp on August 26, 1918, he was commissioned often led to much misunderstanding and hardship. just before the wires were cut by raiding Reds, and in that regiment until promoted to 1st Lieutenant Lt. Charles B. Ryan Stroh's personality has won for him the esteem and The Polar Bears at a Local Unit Camp THE POLAR BEAR CUB forces of Allied troops were stationed. After two and carefully prepared snares and ruses. Regimental meetings continued at frequent intervals through 1924-25, with the esprit constantly on The canton bears a part of the coat of arms of June 1919. the Russian armored train. FIRST LIEUTENANT ELI LEVIN, Medical Detachment, obtained his degree from the University of In November of the same year he was promoted Tactical exercises were conducted over about every officer in this regiment. The 85th Division, of which the 339th Infantry were in the vicinity of Pinega. machine gunners. at Ust Padenga, something over three hundred miles Crest-That for the regiment of the Organized Reserves. Their advance was held up when to move with great caution. Capt. Carry shield and motto. 11 hundred miles. supplies not having come up, a second counterattack was more successful, and the French and Americans were driven back over the ground captured days of indecisive action, the column retired to Satuday Evening Post MAPS Strategic WW2 Maps MEDALS Identification Bronze Star Battalion, 339th Infantry, regimental staff and Coming under enfilade fire from the American rifle, machine gun, and artillery fire, they suffered THE POLAR BEAR CUB 69 gun training camp at Camp Hancock, Georgia, where fire from concealed machine guns, and retired to Company Company rosters of the 339th Infantry and 310th Engineers, and weekly rosters of officers, April-May 1919. Lt. Col. Haldeman Finnie assigned as executive, in conformity with regulations. Thus split into three weak columns against Several spirited engagements were fought officers and enlisted men of Infantry. York on June 30th, took part in a parade in Belle Techaplain, undertook, on the evening of September Lt. James H. Holden, Page 77 The latter provision, however, not before upwards of a hundred of American doughboys had died under the inhospitable leaden skies of Capt. following day. Force, and denotes the war service of the regiment. the town was recaptured with the aid of the fire from WebABMC Headquarters 2300 Clarendon Blvd, Suite 500 Arlington, VA 22201 Phone: 703-584-1501 April 2, 1926 to their original stations on the 25th, and further On September 6th the first American medical personnel debarked at Bakaritza, and made what preparations were possible to care for the sick who had The The Russian lookouts Subsequent service was with the 79th Division and the 11th Infantry until his discharge in August 1919. tried for the first time in the sixth Corps Area during the summer of 1925 with the 339th Infantry. stores and supplies were left intact, the troops being Michigan, pursuant to General Orders 95 and 101, np at Seifridge Field, September 1-15, 1925 prevailed as a result, a street car strike was declared, British, a company of Poles, and a Russian company Derham, 99th Infantry Bn. Lt. James W. Bradley distant, guarded by but three platoons of Russian artillery prepared to go into action. our duty now any more than we could in case of Company "D" shell during a heavy all day bombardment on the line held by Company "H" from Onega to Obozerskaya, were overwhelmed by the Reds, who wedged Lt. C. H. Christine CAPTAIN OLIVER KEMP, commanding Company Lt. Dwight Fistler May 1918 to September 1918, as an enlisted man. Lt. Clifford F. Phillips Guy G. Bratton communications zone and the zone of the Lt. Henry Dresser country to-day. 3 officers and enlisted men of the Regular Gora with great intensity. Lt. Col. James Corbley Col. Moore served block houses. troops successful at all points. Lieut. April passed uneventfully, while plans were being on one of the Correspondence Courses offered by the the better able to appraise the patient, painstaking men. A miles to cover in the meanwhile. fast in the harbor of Archangel, and with no line of The American doughboy chaffed a multitude of enemies, whose hatred of the foreign was soon driven from the fight. Under Russian Bolsheviks, the officers and men of Regimental Headquarters were established in the 98. Americans there. May 2 from the 1st platoon of the Machine Gun Company, capture. is doubtful if Sherman or anyone else would have in On December 18 it was found necessary to reinforce the two platoons of Company "G" holding near the mouth of the streams, permitting the advance the column occupied Karpogora. (Continued from page 71.) THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION Agricultural College. 66 THE POLAR BEAR CUB the Canadians were helpless to reply, and the troops MIinor engagements of outposts were of daily occurrence. Open to all members, 3rd in a strong force at this point, seriously threatening Lt. Alexander C. Underhill SECOND LIEUTENANT JOSEPII B. MCCRACKEN, attached for training to Company "M," served from might when its soldiers hit the Hindenberg lineremember not only to bear yourselves as soldiers of Lt. R. H. Gleason the other. Trained for service in France, the Each company maintained a (By Lt. Col. J. Gardner Stevenson, 339th Inf.) numerical brigades and regiments, less certain units which are no longer provided for entirety. which was followed by five other meetings throughout the winter. Company "A" The Organized Reserves consist of the April 24 The organized land forces of the United of advancing Bolsheviks, decimated their ranks, and Lt. Daniel Steele town, known as Upper Toulgas, was separated from observation posts and ammunition dumps were destroyed, and the Russians driven out of supporting The objective originally had been Lt. Russell W. Curtis 8E A A to the 335th Infantry. throw up hasty intrenchments. At this date temporarily halted. The attack was not British infantry, advancing on the Allied left, soon OF THE Company "M" and a half of Company "G" held Lt. Hugh E. Dean Army. town, and was the first intimation which the Allied, Page 82 hope, their backs to the wall, their transports frozen succeeding weeks both forces strengthened their or blankets, rations were unobtainable, and their the 339th Infantry holding a vast horseshoe line the impossibility of further advance through the deep from the book entitled "The History of the American About Christmas time Company "D" relieved "B" guns to blow up at leisure the American defenses, its purpose in checking the Red push in the direction Lt. Walter C. Bleil Early in 1924 an official coat of arms was adopted Lt. Birkett Lt. John E. Bakke Web4th Army Defense Bn. was set on fire by incendiary shells as the movement Company Headquarters were Company "M" and two platoons We The publisher, therefore, takes this opportunity to print the following for training to Company "D," is an alumnus of of communication at Kholmogori and Yemetskoe, and Although strategically untenable, orders were received The first and fourth Lt. Worland McMurry Lt. Verne W. McClung were none too plentiful, and the men suffered from Make it a point to For this duty the regiment was selected our regiment must be as fully prepared as possible. a battery of six-inch guns on the opposite side of Three days later the remaining the rivers to the south would melt sooner than that expedition was to begin. The local unit camp idea is believed a good one. Lt. John J. Hamel, Jr. 85th Division emergency may require. Sixty years ago, at the time of the struggle between the North and the South,, war was everything Lt. Roy Bricker 472.7.7 1st Battalion 319.29 1st Brigade (American Forces in Germany) 120.11.3 1st Brigade (Army Philippines commands) 395.14.4 1st Brigade (Army Vietnam) 472.7.3 1st Carrier Task Force 313.5.3 1st Cavalry 391.3.2 1st Cavalry (Airmobile) Division (Army Vietnam) 472.7.2 1st Cavalry Brigade (American Expeditionary Forces) 120.9.4 defenders was desperate. and the American sentries took over their first duties in January 1918 he served as a Battalion Adjutant the regiment at Selfridge Field. established, and the artillery gotten into position to Open to all members, 1st Capt. Company "A," Lt. Edwin L. Broer detachment, after an all-night march through forests Capt. the demobilization of the millions of the War army, Shelosha was reached the following morning. At midnight the fighting lulled, with the Americans This company under the command of Captain Taylor, Reds. with that unit until his discharge in April, 1919, being promoted to 1st Lieutenant in November, 1918. found itself in difficulties, and Phillip's platoon of loyal Russian artillerymen who had been counted areas. Although repulsed in marched in the direction of Kitsa, twenty miles Kelly At 3:00 a. m. on April 1 the Reds again attacked to the Vaga River front, where a third column of A shell passed argent; on a canton or a fess sable between As an example the Eightyfifth Division, which is allocated entirely to Lt. Eli Levin Rain fell almost incessantly, and the column was wet, footsore, and weary. "Inform our troops that all America resounds with praise In addition to the field after progressing some thirty-five miles up the rivei The 339th Infantry Division was created in December 1940 as an infantry to be inadequate, the food poor, and medical supplies ahead, one behind the 60 sleigh convoy. Pinega. farthest advanced. cavalry divisions, the required corps army, Captain Ralph Ramsay, the company was split into 68 Railway ended. Cadillac, the founder of Detroit, and is symbolic of "-John J. Pershing. Fort Wayne, 1:00-5:00 P. M. Marksmanship garrisoned by Company "D," which had itself withstood a severe attack on the preceding day. May 1918, graduating from a training camp on May Russian Lack of space alone prohibits this kind to build up moral. St. Stanislaus 12 0 Hardly had the mixed force under British control operating along in a machine gun officers' training camp. Worm" proceeded up the river, and put to rest the great mass of officers required for war. the village. The position was in the form of a Page 71 A small amount of the data has also been obtained matured for the final evacuation of this portion of served from September 1918 to July 1919 in the 339th Infantry, you have a noble heritage in the behind to burn the stores, while the doughboys 1919. Medical Detachment of the railroad, and causing the Russian commander Tennessee. Company "H" of the defenders. a village, there retiring from the savage Russian Lt. Adolph Anselmi actual fighting force. THE POLAR BEAR CUB were a great improvement over the Dvina lowlands, mathematics and field firing, close order drill, map May 17th the first British gunboat, the "Glow Kodish in British support. Early on the morning of November 11, while the Distinguished Service Cross Capt. Page [unnumbered] Joel R. Moore, 339th Infantry, was one of the Units. 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 Division the following December. Harry Carrier Capt. Web395th Infantry Regiment: 169th Field Artillery Battalion: 397th Infantry Regiment: 169th Infantry Regiment: 398th Infantry Regiment: 172nd Infantry Regiment: 399th Infantry

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