Good luck with your quest. By 17 December, German military planners knew that their objectives along the Elsenborn Ridge would not be taken as soon as planned. [6], The regiment's (3rd Battalion) earned the sobriquet Butler's Battlin' Blue Bastards derived from the name of its single commander, its special fighting abilities, the battalion's color designation, and because the regiment was often lent out and belonged to no one. The 5th replaced the 4 th Infantry Division on December 23 rd, and pushed the Germans back to the Sauer River. The silver and bronze star medal of Col. Alexander John Mackenzie, Regimental Commandor of the 395th Infantry Regiment. [7]:3, Col. Butler went ahead to look over the area they were assigned to defend. The 395th were moved by train and truck, and finally by foot, to front line positions near the German town of Hfen a few kilometers west of the Siegfried Line and near the Belgium-German border. The regiment helped to capture the Ruhr Pocket, where thousands of German troops and hundreds of German vehicles were captured. [20], After a short period off the line, the battalion conducted offensive operations in Germany, including the seizure of several German towns from 1 to 5 March. Butler said, "The biggest difficulty in carrying out a night attack is control, and having men who can coordinate well as a team in the dark. It was redesignated for the 395th Regiment on 7 June 1999. The unit reported on May 4 that it had "liberated 3 labor camps and 1 concentration camp." So fierce in fact that the German commander pulled his tanks back for fear of running into a superior American force, deciding to hold his positions until the following morning. Their success in defending Hfen resulted in the 395th Infantry being repeatedly assigned to other divisions for difficult assignments during the remainder of the war, earning them the sobriquet, Butler's Blue Battlin' Bastards. Allies and former enemy Germany mark 75th anniversary of Battle of Battle of the Bulge: WWII vets travel to Belgium for 75th anniversary. [13], German prisoners captured during the Battle of the Bulge volunteered praise of the 99th's effective defense of Hfen. The 395th Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of the United States Army, part of the 99th Infantry Division during World War II. By December 1944, Allied armies had reached the western border of Germany itself. This northern shoulder of the American line where the 99th ID was entrenched would be the hinge on which the German assault would pivot northwest toward Antwerp. The Germans would never take Hfen, nor most of their other ambitious objectives in the Ardennes, due in large part to the soldiers of 3/395 and the 99th ID as a whole. "[13] The division continued to attack without opposition to the Inn River and Giesenhausen until VE-day. The 12th SS pushed through the woods and probed the villages at around 1100 hours. On 28 April the 14th Armored Division, commanded by MG Albert C. Smith, crossed the Danube River at Ingolstadt, and passed through the 86th Infantry Division, which had established a bridgehead on the previous day, with the mission of securing crossings of the Isar River at Moosburg and Landshut. of William Pitt for whom the city of Pittsburgh was named. The unit was inactivated after World War II, then became a reserve unit, and was redesignated as the 395th Regiment in 1999. squares centered on a black shield. The blue and white are taken from the coat of arms for William Pitt for whom Pittsburgh was named. A few miles to the east lay the Siegfried Line, the enemys final defensive line guarding the German heartland. The division crossed the Danube near Eining on the 27th and after a stubborn fight the Isar at Landshut on 1 May. As the tanks neared Krinkelt, they plowed right through elements of the 2nd Infantry Division, many of whom had arrived literally moments earlier to reinforce their brothers who had earlier reinforced the 99ers. A popular historical anecdote is the design of the famous M1 carbine by convicted murderer David Marshall Williams. During the first day of the Battle of the Bulge, the 3rd Battalion took 19 prisoners and killed an estimated 200 Germans. The 99th Infantry Division was recognized as a liberating unit by the US Army's Center of Military History and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1992. On 28 January 1945, after six weeks of the most intense and relentless combat of the war in the biggest battle of World War II, involving approximately 1.3million men, the Allies declared the Ardennes Offensive, or Battle of the Bulge, officially over. Several photos from the private collection of, THE EARLY YEARS Joseph Richard Evans (Dick) was born on October 17, 1920 to Charles E. Evansand Wenonah (nee Muirhead/Miller)in, Source: family of Raymond J. Willaredt. This, however, was the moment that Hitlers master plan collided headfirst with American fortitude. Cemeteries & Memorials; Burial Search; About Us; Education; Facebook; Twitter; YouTube; Instagram; ABMC Headquarters 2300 Clarendon Blvd, Suite 500 Arlington, VA 22201 Phone: 703-584-1501. EN RU CN DE ES. The 99th Infantry Division Artefacts Collection. The Battle of the Bulge was the largest battle ever fought by the United States Army. The division lost about 20% of its effective strength, including 465 killed and 2,524 evacuated due to wounds, injuries, fatigue, or trench foot. From Camp Van Dorn they were transferred to the more established Camp Maxey in Paris, Texas for additional training. The 99th Infantry Division, the "Checkerboard" division, gained its nickname from the division's insignia. info@nationalww2museum.org "Blue" was the code word for the 3rd battalion under Army infantry's triangular organization. On 3-4 May, the division liberated two labor camps and a "forest camp" (Waldlager) related to the Mhldorf concentration camp, a sub-camp of Dachau. The three regiments of the 99th IDthe 393rd, 394th, & 395th Infantry Regimentswere thinly spread across this frigid but quiet portion of the front. Due in part to the 99th Infantry Division, this ground mission has not been continuous, and he will not achieve his goal[15]. [15], The 395th hit the attacking Germans with such terrific small arms and machine gun fire that the Germand couldn't even remove their dead and wounded in their rapid retreat. [4], Distinguished Service Cross (United States), "Lineage And Honors Information, 395th Regiment Lineage", "World War II: Interview with Lieutenant Colonel McClernand Butler", "The Operations of the 3rd Battalion, 395th Infantry (99th Infantry Division) Prior to and During the German Counter-Offensive, 10November 24 December 1944 (Ardennes Campaign) (Personal Experience of a Company Commander and Battalion Operations Officer)", "Why the Bulge Didn't Break: Green Troops Grew Up Fast to Become Heroes of Hofen", "The Battle of the Bulge Part II Holding the Line (review)", "Chapter 5: The Ardennes, the Battle of the Bulge", "Battle of the Bulge: U.S. With ammunition supplies dwindling rapidly, the men obtained German weapons and utilized ammunition obtained from casualties to drive off the persistent foe. Through their stories, we gain a glimpse into the challenges they faced, the horrors they endured, and the triumphs they achieved. Originally planned as a Pennsylvania unit, the horizontal band of white and blue. They then crossed the Wied River, where they joined up with the 7th Infantry Division. The breakout from Saint-L, France was accomplished far more rapidly than Allied planners had dared hope, and American units plunged through the French countryside with undreamed of rapidity, far in advance of operational plans. Subscribe to 394th Infantry Regiment, 99th Infantry Division Footer menu. The last drive began on 23 April. Just south of Hfen, the lines of the 99th entered this forest, ran through a long belt of timber to the boundary between the V and VIII Corps at the Losheim Gap. The 197th Infantry Division (German: 197. Many members of the 99th Infantry Division had participated in the Army Specialized Training Program or ASTP, derisively nicknamed "all safe 'till peace;" in February 1944, the program was drawn down, and the majority of its members were assigned to later-deploying divisions such as the 99th. Butler's father had been a major in the Illinois National Guard and urged his son to become a guardsman when he was 16 years old. The buck's head was used to indicate the allocation of the organization to the mountainous section of Pennsylvania, where deer abound. . Attached below the shield a silver scroll inscribed "VIGILANS ET CELER" in Black letters.[21]. On 25 October 1981, the entire platoon was recognized with a Presidential Unit Citation. At the end of the day, the veterans of the 26th Infantry still held their groundand looked out on a battlefield strewn with destroyed German armor and scores of enemy dead. Byers, Carl F. MAJ, "Operations of Company G, 395th Infantry, 99th Division, in the Reduction of a Fortified Position of the Siegfried Line, West of Schleiden, Germany, 14-15 December 1944". The 99th Infantry Division, comprising the 393rd, 394th, and the 395th Infantry Regiments, arrived in England on 10 October 1944. The 99th battled on to the bridge at Remagen that was taken on March 7th. Alexander John Mackenzie was born in New York City, 22 February 1895, the son of Alexina and Kenneth M. Notable. The regiment was organized with three battalions, each containing three rifle companies and a weapons company armed with .30 caliber and .50 caliber machine guns. 395 th Regiment Constituted 23 July 1918 in the National Army as the 395th Infantry and assigned to the 99th Division Demobilized 30 November 1918 Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the. The 99th was selected as one of these new regional support commands. It had its headquarters at Franklin, Pennsylvania, and drew its personnel from Pennsylvania. The German pre-dawn artillery bombardment on December 16th destroyed 3/395s communication wires at Hfen, but the stunned soldiers soon witnessed an even more ominous sight: enemy searchlights, reflecting off the dense clouds, illuminated the snowy open ground east of Hfen. On 5 March 1941, as the United States began to mobilize for the possibility of war, McClernand Butler became a second lieutenant in the Regular Army. In the northern portion of the American line, heavy artillery shells crashed around the positions of the un-tested 99th Infantry Division from Lanzerath in the south to the forested areas near Monschau in the north. 99th Infantry Division shoulder sleeve insignia, Army Battle Casualties and Nonbattle Deaths, Final Report (Statistical and Accounting Branch, Office of the Adjutant General, 1 June 1953), Distinguished Service Cross (United States), "Battle of the Bulge: U.S. The division was destroyed near Vitebsk during the Soviet Vitebsk-Orsha Offensive of Operation Bagration in the summer of 1944. After failing to capture Monschau on the battles second day, the 326th Volksgrenadier Division turned its attention back to Hfen on December 18th. As many as half a million civilians remained in Stalingrad when the Germans approached in the late summer of 1942. 99th Infantry Division soldiers putting up a winterized squad hut. It was redesignated with description updated, for the 395th Regiment on 7 June 1999. [12] For their part, the German army was planning a seven-day campaign to seize Antwerp. The 394th Infantry Regiment was established on 23 July 1918 as the 394th Infantry and assigned to the 99th Division as a member of the National Army. Sgt Harold Rutz, 395th Infantry Regiment, M Company. "[9]:1738 On at least six occasions they called in artillery strikes on or directly in front of their own positions. Outnumbered five to one, they inflicted casualties in the ratio of 18 to one. The concentration camp was one of the "forest camps" (Waldlager) tied to the Mhldorf camp complex. The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 395th Regiment Infantry, Organized Reserves on 16 June 1931. The program was called the Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP), and it sought to give extra training and special skills to a select group of intelligent and able young men, most of whom were taken from America's colleges. It attacked toward the Monschau Forest, on 1 February, mopping up and patrolling until it was relieved for training and rehabilitation, on 13 February. [5] The 99th boarded ships bound for England on 10 October 1944 and briefly stayed at Camp Marabout, Dorchester, England. Battle of the Bulge ABMC Headquarters 2300 Clarendon Blvd, Suite 500 Arlington, VA 22201 Phone: 703-584-1501 On at least six different occasions the battalion was forced to place artillery concentrations dangerously close to its own positions in order to repulse penetrations and restore its lines . The Germans planned to use massed infantry assaults to punch holes in the American lines, after which the feared German tanks, or panzers, would race through these gaps while the winter weather kept Allied planes grounded. A. Gallagher assumed command for the last few days of the war. 18 Dec 44-7 Jan 45 Attached to 2d Infantry Division, Blandford (Longton Long, Dorset Barracks), 370th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm Howitzer), 371st Field Artillery Battalion (105mm Howitzer), 924th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm Howitzer), 372d Field Artillery Battalion (155mm Howitzer). [11], The area around Hfen and Monschau were critical because of the road network that lay behind them. A 105mm artillery piece from the 2nd Infantry Div. When I got to Hfen, I found the area too big to cover in one afternoon. The Germans, moving across illuminated open ground without cover, fell by the hundreds against the murderous American fire. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Elsenborn Crest. Score: 4.8/5 (10 votes) . After the war, the Division founded its own Association and for many years the veterans and their families got united at the many conventions that were held. The Germans were not finished with Butlers men, either. [11] They continued to Linz am Rhein and to the Wied River. represents the iron district of Pennsylvania. 3/395 greeted the Volksgrenadiers with a punishing hail of bullets, mortars, and artillery. ", The 99th Infantry Division, outnumbered five to one, inflicted estimated casualties on the Germans in the ratio of eighteen to one. Butler's uncle, General Edward J. McClernand, fought in the Indian Wars and was awarded the Medal of Honor. [7]:3 American press reports from the European theater foretold the imminent fall of the Third Reich, and many men in Lt. Col. Butler's battalion thought that the war just might be over before they got there. Category: 395thIR On this page, we honor the memory of the men of the 99th Infantry Division and pay tribute to their extraordinary contributions to the war effort. The platoon members were not recognized for their courageous deeds for thirty-seven years. From 21 December 1944 to 30 January 1945, the unit was engaged in aggressive patrolling and reequipping. Crest The crest is that of the U.S. Army Reserve. Crest That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Army Reserve: From a wreath Argent and Azure, the Lexington Minute Man Proper. As the American defenders began to assess casualties and ammunition supplies, the 12th SS hit them again. In the opening days of the Battle of the Bulge, Robert's regiment was on the front lines in the Losheim Gap. This did not turn out to be true. In early December, much of the Allied forces were established in a general defensive line from the North Sea to the Swiss border. By the end of the December 16, much of the American front lines in the Ardennes had been broken by the German assault. [17]:51, On another day, the 3rd Battalion took 50 Germans prisoner and killed or wounded more than 800 Germans, losing only five dead and seven wounded themselves. On 2 March 1945, the division took the offensive, moving toward Cologne and crossing the Erft Canal near Glesch. Troops Fight at Elsenburn Ridge", "Why the Bulge Didn't Break: Green Troops Grew Up Fast to Become Heroes of Hofen", "The Battle for Lanzerath HillThe True Story16December1944", "A hero remembers the Battle of the Bulge", "The Heroic Stand of an Intelligence Platoon", "General Orders No. It was demobilized on 30 November 1918, but was later reconstituted on 21 June 1921 as a member of the Organized Reserves just like the 99th Infantry Division. Plans called for the division to include the 393rd, 394th, 395th, and 396th Infantry Regiments. The Germans were operating under a tight timetable, however, and the assaults center of gravitythe 6th Panzer Armyhad only one day to breach the 99th IDs line. During the heavy fighting in the Battle of the Bulge, the unit suffered many casualties, yet tenaciously held its defensive position. The citation read: During the German offensive in the Ardennes, the Third Battalion in the 395th Infantry, was assigned the mission of holding the Monschau-Eupen-Liege Road. The 3rd Battalion of the 395th Infantry Regiment (3/395), commanded by Lieutenant Colonel McClernand Butler, occupied the town of Hfen on the German border. Originally planned as a Pennsylvania unit, The German spearhead in the north, led by the 1st SS Panzer Division and Jochen Peipers Kampfgruppe plowed through jammed roads to the south of Elsenborn and the twin villages of Krinkelt and Rocherath hell bent on their ultimate destination of the Meuse River. When three hours later a third SS assault hit the defenders, it too was stopped. Crossing on the 23d, it pushed east on the Koln-Frankfurt highway to Giessen. The Intelligence and Reconnaissance Platoon, 394th Infantry Regiment, 99th Division was the most decorated platoon for a single action of World War II. The 99th RSC was awarded the Army Superior Unit Award on 9 May 2016 by the US Army Human Resources Command for its role in the relief support after Hurricane Sandy, from 29 October 2012 thru 31 March 2013. At the Arcadia Conference, held in Washington, DC, from December 24, 1941 to January 14, 1942, the Western Allies agreed to a Germany First policy to govern global strategy, but the question where to engage Germany, and when, remained unsettled. It was like a golf course, so I used the night for concealment."[6]. Captain Ned Nelson, veteran of 3/395 and the battle at Hfen. [1] After defensive patrolling, the 99th probed the Siegfried Line against heavy resistance on 13 December. Most of the publicity for the American victory falls on the shoulders of the 101st Airborne and the map grid that centers on the town of Bastogne. The 393rd, 394th, and 395th Regiments were put on line, each unit protecting approximately 11 kilometres (6.8mi) of front, roughly equivalent to one front-line infantry man every 91 metres (299ft). [13], To the north of Hfen lay a paved main road that led through the Monschau Forest, at whose eastern edge it forked. The 393rd, 394th & 395th were the Infantry Regiments of the 99th Infantry Division. It was activated on 1 December 1939. Butler's regiment crossed the Erft Canal near the Rhine and enlarged the bridgehead, taking that town with a night attack without losing a single man. While the 99th was fully involved in this large mobilization, the headquarters moved to Coraopolis, Pennsylvania. commanders. The division was reconstituted in the Organized Reserve on 24 June 1921 and assigned to the western half of the state of Pennsylvania. One Wehrmacht officer captured at Hfen asked his interrogators which unit had defended the town. The 1st Battalion was positioned on the right. In the pre-dawn hours of December 16th, Hitlers final major offensive began. Specific units were charged with penetrating Germany's West Wall. Sgt. 2nd and 3rd Battalion cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes. [2]:33 On at least six occasions they called in artillery strikes on or directly in front of their own positions. [14] If the Germans penetrated Hfen, the U.S. soldiers would have to withdraw several miles to the next defensible position.[10]. This article contains content in the public domain from U.S. military sources. Either short or completely devoid of ammunition, the defenders of Rocherath began to filter to the rear in the growing darkness that swallowed the battlefield. the horizontal band of white and blue squares was adopted from the coat of arms In the 12 years he was Manager of Research Services, Seth and his team increased the oral history collection from 25 to nearly 5,000 oral histories. Hfen-Monschau was vital to the operations success because the nearby road junctions would enable rapid movement of tanks. The division insignia is a three lined checkerboard design of blue and white squares centered on a black shield. The enemy was moving through large gaps in the lines, and Americans were either being captured or killed in enormous numbers or retreating in disarray and panic. The 395th Infantry was in the woods east of the northernmost section of the 2d Division withdrawal route and would provide cover for the first stage of the tricky move parallel to and close. The 99th Infantry Division received recruits from the ASTP program (Army Specialized Training Program, to make up for the personnel shortages in front line units during 1944. The 99th RSC's mission was to provide command and control and full-service support for assigned units and facility management. Peipers right flank had to be secured and the Americans in that region had to be destroyed. During the Battle of the Bulge, the regimentat times virtually surrounded by Germanswas one of the few units that did not yield ground to the attacking Germans. Several photos from the private collection of the family of Dean F. THE EARLY YEARS Joseph Richard Evans (Dick) was born on October 17, 1920 to Charles E. Evansand Wenonah (nee Muirhead/Miller)in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. They engaged in division-level maneuvers in July 1944. The 3rd Battalion received a Presidential Unit Citation for its actions around Hfen from 16 to 19 December. 395 th Regiment Constituted 23 July 1918 in the National Army as the 395th Infantry and assigned to the 99th Division Demobilized 30 November 1918 Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the. The Germans were counting on something else, toothey knew that this sector was thinly manned by untested troops. It was organized with the rest of the 99th on 16 November 1942 at Camp Van Dorn, Mississippi. The 99th then moved to Schwarzenau, on 3 April, and attacked the southeast sector of the Ruhr Pocket on the 5th. The 99th held lines stretching from Monschau, Germany to Losheimergraben, Belgium, totaling 35 kilometres (22mi). Shield The 395th Infantry, Organized Reserves, was organized in 1921. Accurate estimates of German wounded were not possible, but about 20 percent of the 326th Volksgrenadier Division were lost. It then intersected a main eastwest road at Bullingen. Those Germans who made it into the town itself were quickly mopped up. The 395th Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of the United States Army, part of the 99th Infantry Division during World War II. In the event of an emergency, the battalion headquarters and company administrative personnel, including clerks and motor-pool staff, were to join the platoon, creating a small reserve force of about 100 men. This was the most southern area of the Battle of the Bulge. Shield Argent, a buck's head attired of ten tynes couped Proper. Honor Roll - 99th Infantry Division "They shall not grow old, As we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, Nor the years condemn. He found that his 600 riflemen were assigned an extremely large area about 6,000 yards (5,500m) long without any units in reserve. That was not the case for the Americans near Elsenborn. Still, some German assaults penetrated American lines near the town of Hofen where they were eventually captured after retreating into houses in the town. Asked why he thought so, he said, "Two reasons: one cold-bloodedness; two efficiency. While the supply situation improved in October, the manpower situation was still critical. To make circumstances worse, just beyond the bloodied-but-not-beaten Volksgrenadiers waited the tanks of the 6th Panzer Army. German Panzer tanks en route to the Ardennes. The Ardennes area was chosen because of a lack of operational objectives for the Allies, the terrain offered good defensive positioning, roads were lacking, and the Germans were known to be using the area within Germany to the east as a rest and refit area for their troops. The 395th Infantry, Organized Reserves, was organized in 1921. 99th Infantry Division Historical Society 99th Infantry Division Battle Babies The 99th Infantry Division, nicknamed "Battle Babies" and compromised of the 393rd, 394th, 395th Infantry Regiments and supporting units, spent approximately 151 days in combat during World War Two. Hfen, along with the nearby town of Monschau, was strategically vital because it sat on elevated terrain overlooking an important road junction. There Major Butler collapsed due to exhaustion on 30 April, and Lt. Col. J. Richard V. Horrell WW 2 Connections, Aug 6, 2010 #6 Buten42 Member Joined: Jun 27, 2009 Messages: 1,287 Likes Received: 210 Location: Washington State The statue of the Minute Man, Captain John Parker, (H.H.Kitson, sculptor), stands on the common in Lexington, Massachusetts. And while the defense of the crossroads of hell was gallant to be sure, it was not the back breaker that most people assume it to have been. The division headquarters was organized in November 1921. The unit's distinctive shoulder patch consisted of a five-sided shield of black on which is superimposed a horizontal band of white and blue squares. Location of the 99th ID sector (red box) on a map of the Bulge. This assault, like the first, was ground to a halt due to heavy American small arms and artillery fire. 945 Magazine Street, New Orleans, LA 70130 The 3rd Battalion, 395th Regiment had acquitted itself with valor, having held its lines despite the harsh winter weather, the enemy's numerical superiority and greater numbers of armored units. At the going down of the sun And in the morning We will remember them." 324th Engineer Combat Battalion Albertson Dale W Bass Robert D Brown Edwin C Busk American troops from the 290th Regiment near Amonines, Belgium. "[9]:79, The battalion dug in, its purpose to hold the line so that other units could attack key dams across the Roer River. In early December, the front was unusually calm and the weather was bone-chilling cold. The Germans threw wave after wave of infantry, and a unit of panzers, at the town. There was no cover. [8], That is three to four times wider than recommended by Army textbooks. The division was chiefly manned with graduates of the ROTC programs of the Carnegie Institute of Technology, Duquesne University. The ferocious assault caught the Allies off-guard and the rapid German advance famously caused a bulge on Allied maps. It was organized with the rest of the 99th on 16 November 1942 at Camp Van Dorn, Mississippi. More often than not, the noises thought to have been heard arent anything at all, and the forest resumes its eerie silence. Staff Sergeant, Service Company, 395th Infantry Regiment, 99th Infantry Division, ETO, participated in the Battle of the Bulge, the Ruhr Pocket, and the Occupation of Germany, recipient of the Bronze Star. As they did so, another German assault hit them, this time with support from 5 MKV Panther tanks. The regiment assumed occupation duties in Hammelburg and Bad Brckenau until it was shipped home in the summer of 1945. The battalion also had its own Intelligence and Reconnaissance Platoon, as well as medics and support personnel. 3/395, soon to be nicknamed Butlers Blue Battlin Bastards, was one of the only US Army units that did not retreat in the opening days of the battle. The Allied victory against the Axis was a long journeyone that actually took much longer than the war itself. The platoon seriously disrupted the entire German Sixth Panzer Army's schedule of attack along the northern edge of the offensive. A group of photos from his wartime, unfortenately we have not been able to. On 3 November 1944, the 395th Regiment disembarked at Le Havre, France. The lines were then moved back to form defensive positions east of Elsenborn Ridge on the 19th. Due to the dwindling attendance over the years, the decision was made to hold the final convention in 2011. Butler attended, but did not graduate from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Inactivated: 15 October 1945, Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 99th Infantry Division Artillery, 99th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized), Headquarters, Special Troops, 99th Infantry Division, Headquarters Company, 99th Infantry Division, 99th Counterintelligence Corps Detachment, 20 December 1944: Attached, with the entire First Army, to the, 7 January 1945: Relieved from attachment to the 2nd Infantry Division and assigned to V Corps, First Army (attached to the British 21st Army Group), 12th Army Group, 18 January 1945: V Corps, First Army, 12th Army Group, This page was last edited on 2 January 2023, at 13:21. Although cut up and surrounded in part, the 99th was one of the only divisions that did not yield to the German attack, and held their positions until reinforcements arrived. On 17 October 1999, the 3rd Battalion, 395th Regiment was reactivated as an Armor Training Support (TS) Battalion.
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