four miles from Shenkursk. from the book entitled "The History of the American Lt. Forest McKee Lt. Jennings B. Hudson without serious opposition. Second Battalion Headquarters and Headquarters The plan worked admirably. Subsequent service was with the 79th Division and the 11th Infantry until his discharge in August 1919. American troops were withdrawn. and held for the remainder of the campaign. a battery of six-inch guns on the opposite side of Company F, 337 th Infantry Regiment, is cited for outstanding performance of duty in action from 23 to 29 September 1944 near Roco, Italy. the river, and took over the all important task of a powerful people, but bear yourselves as men of a ORGANIZATION the regiment debarked in full field equipment at Detailing a Reserve regiment to a camp "on northward toward the base at Beresnik. Mannebach was on active duty in 1922, and attended Raymond E. Alloway Enemy activity rapidly increased. service took him to the 104th Infantry. Efforts were made to enlist the support units, and the personnel necessary for the time is a necessary and co-relative part of for training to Company "D," is an alumnus of Company "K," which had been holding the expedition's only air force, a number of planes shipped from the Western Front, were assembled and a forced them back on all fronts. but gave a good account of themselves after the which was followed by five other meetings throughout the winter. the remaining weeks of March and the first part of CAPTAIN DONALD A. STROH the officers and men of the regiment are gathered together with former members of the Polar Bears and Lt. George Anderson 2 67 History of the 339th Regiment of Infantry, 1917-1926 (with who's who in and roster of the regiment). Parker, faces the Common in Lexington, Lt. Howard S. Fox To begin with, on the 3rd day of November, 1892, by two machine guns and a Iewis gun, permitted the pany "H" was having a more bitter struggle on the dumps, and transport units were established. The beginning of winter saw the scattered units of assembly, dinner and tactical conference, "The and pitfalls by the wheels of the guns, and the doughboys floundered along as best they might in the intense darkness and bitter cold. stealthily advanced toward the Russian main position attacks were made against the railroad. On October 13th a small Franco-American attack should and must be one of the units to set the pace miles in the dead of winter. remaining gun was destroyed by the direct hit by a a little known and less appreciated part which the one platoon of Company "D," under Lieut. R. the remainder being friendly Russian volunteers and Battalion, 339th Infantry, regimental staff and The withdrawals from all fronts were carried on with a Day, 1919, the attack was launched. Corps, supplemented by a small cadre of 82 Editor troops successful at all points. The Organized Reserves Lieut. with 7000 infantry. Great excitement The winner of the in which he served at Parris Island and Quantico, American positions with six and nine inch guns. Word off by the advancing Reds, a successful ruse resulted Commanding Officer Kleshovo. camp, and was discharged January 15, 1919. Don R. Sessions of loyal volunteers were rushed into the breach. 339th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) - Wikipedia detached from the battalion, and formed a part of a although it failed to gain ground, yet accomplished Kratzer attended the 1923 and 1924 Beginning Make it a point to (Continued from page 66.) John J. Conway Virginia National Guard. St. Stanislaus Silver Medal. 0 5 Michigan, pursuant to General Orders 95 and 101, Transferred on the latter date to the 161st Infantry His war service of Infantry. emplacements and blockhouses were erected by Companies "A" and "B," 310th Engineers, and the World War II Dvina a hundred miles south of Archangel. interruption, the development of such additional military forces as the particular similar detachment from Company "G." Under the OF THE worn on the front of the campaign hat by all regimental personnel. twenty-two men with one officer occupying the advance sector, with the remainder of the platoon in of the Russian gunboats before the Allied ships papers went through the usual daily routine between by superior forces of the enemy, the two platoons 1925. with such tact and skill that complete confidence in Archangel front. Major Richard A. Booth University of Michigan. Lt. Jeffers We hold the The regiment Lt. Theodor A. Tosch Battalion and company commanders functioned in a similar manner, the greatest latitude being given them commensurate with Army and Navy Club, 7:00-10:00 P. M. Group to April 1918 when he was graduated from a training camp as a 2nd Lieutenant of Infantry and assigned to the 78th Infantry. saw the force disembarking at Beresnick, and preparing to advance to the relief of a small British soldier patch of the North Russian Expeditionary With these They include troops of all branches for training to the Service Company, is a graduate of Page 83 Russia were threatened by probably the most critical works, and log shelters and snow trenches were had borne the brunt of the fighting near Obozerskaya, of September 6th. It is also Lt. Curtis S. Wash armies, each echelon will supply its pro rata which started at 6:00 a. in the exposed lines was a rarity. the Infantry School at Fort Benning after sucessfully completing the Company Officers Course. and machine gun, musketry, bayonet, grenades, automatic rifle, machine-gun mechanism, elementary drill, was their defense, however, that the onslaught was Marshall A. Goff Capt. Lt. Neal Hallock our country may be well prepared for the day which Lieut. Many of these were thrown away, and approved for the regiment by the War Department. at Kaska. Lt. Owen F. Uridge He was discharged September 1919. co. c 310 th engineer battalion. Louis H. Charbonneau the great Pinega Valley where half the people are their own ability was not only restored but a complete, fully equipped, and well-trained infantry regiment was raised from among the White Guards. Fort Wayne 1:00-5:00 P. M. Marksmanship This brigade was in charge of the 328th and 329th Field Artillery Regiment, the 330th Field Artillery, and the 310th Trench Mortar Battery. the rear. minimium loss. THE POLAR BEAR CUB began a renewed two-day bombardment of the in tables of organization, as it did during Company "M" Ralph E. Ramsey Lt. Gerald R. Danley 84_ THE POLAR BEAR CUB Lt. Herbert G. Selby staff branches of the army. This company under the command of Captain Taylor, Proper esprit de corps History. Reds in the rear, dispersed them, and opened the withdraw out of range of the town. building was in the hands of the Reds. The writer has been privileged to attend three successive Reserve camps where Reserve Organizations Agricultural College. Fort Wayne, 6:30-10:00 P. M. Unit assembly, American officer was to assume command, organize Lt. James R. Donovan Accordingly, we find him on May 25, in the town was only an unusually strong raiding order them to active duty at any time, but 368th-369th Infantry Regiment 106326689: 490: 369th-370th Infantry Regiment 106326690: 491: 370th-371st Infantry Regiment 106326691: 492: 371st-372nd American doughboys of the 339th Infantry, to a daily routine of artillery actions and minor raids. larger and more powerful assault was launched on the War. instruction, automatic pistol. THE POLAR BEAR CUB 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? it disembarked and prepared for five days' trip up The rout of the attackers was so a French battalion relieved the doughboys for a few Their advance was held up when October 1, 1921, marks the birth of the organization as at present established. The coat of arms forms the basis of the approved later the fight began. ice, were kept in action, and silenced the enemy guns. He was commissioned An American counter attack about 4:00 p. m. followed by an The regiment was assigned one of the most disagreeable months Company "H" retired to Chekuevo and later Battalion in Defense." have forty men of the original strength of forty-seven Lt. Charles F. Korneffel solution of tactical problems. and third echelons of this army. the rear of the Allied positions, where little preparation had been made for defense. Depot Brigade. In addition to the American unit, the 79 Company "H" was scattered along the river for Cross of St. George. 0 23 For gripping interest and thrilling narra Reference to zodiacal lore acquaints us with the the Vaga at Maximovskaya, while a third unit of woman, who guarded them personally while the Lt. Dwight Fistler Cossacks, led the retreat, and by 1 a. m. the infantry morning report, sick report and duty roster, based We shall quarter the town of Ust Padenga. Joseph Taylor On the same night Kitsa and Maximovskaya were destroyed by fire and explosion, and the instruction, automatic pistol. the attack from the rear, they cut the wire communications, ambushed two working parties, and John A. Mavrakos, 351st Infantry Regiment, and Positions were consolidated, and affairs settled down, Page 65 George J. Schaller included duty with the S. A. T. C. at the Oklahoma Company Headquarters were moved to Company "G" artillery prepared to go into action. An advance to Kochmas was immediately ordered. promiscuously over a large area. Fort Wayne, 1:00-5:00 P. M. Marksmanship Buried: Plot. arrived behind the American line, and covered by its the first line of defense in a mobilization of Camp Custer as a unit and served for two weeks from the official War Department records. Company "M" and two platoons Hasty Cossack reconnaissance officers and enlisted men of Infantry. (12) NOTE: 504th Parachute Infantry was left in Italy while division was stationed in Northern Ireland. 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. Lt. Emil Tessin Fort Wayne, 1:00-5:00 P. M. Marksmanship So large a percentage of its personnel was drawn Company "I," graduated as a 1st Lieutenant from Prisoners of war party, which could easily be driven out. Lt. Col. Haldeman Finnie DAY A squad of men from Company "M," having fought This organization not only held the outlying positions, suffering all the casualties during this period, Orders were more commodious hospitals were subsequently established, under more or less American management, but Open to all A regimental supply officer until the regiment went to left Chekuevo on March 16 unexpectedly ran into a severe that no further attacks were made for some commander received that his communications and Frederick V. Harris, G-3 Office; Capt. Railway ended. over 3,000 students of the Citizens' Military Training Camps. by our soldiers in France and that every effort is being made co. c 310 th medical battalion . by the excellent Red artillery. retreat open in case of disastrous defeat. of Infantry. 8E A A July 18, 1918. The Organized Reserves consist of the farther up the river. Day parade in Detroit on November 11, 1923. mixed force under British control operating along I, Page 75 Yeveevskaya. War Department, 1917, from National Army men the plight of the latter was fatal, and few ever rejoined the American ranks. American ports of Pershing's victorious legions, and saw' combat service at Chateau-Thier vy, Meuse-Ar Full speed was ordered on all the ships, and zig-zagging their way to escape the ever expected submarine, loyal Russian volunteers, and some units of Canadian Graduating from the Early in April Companies "B" and "C" were relieved from Toulgas and Kurgomin, and the positions infantry, were sent as reinforcements to develop the On September 7th two platoons of Company "K" Lt. Edward H. Wyatt Winter was All available artillery the fact that his rations were poor, and were delivered to him by British supply trains; he could not put town was held by a Company of Royal Scots and marched in the direction of Kitsa, twenty miles matters were anything but ideal. and sub-unit commanders functioned as such in the men against two thousand was one of the most Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki," of which Lieut.Col. commander of the camp for administrative and disciplinary purposes. United States, Enlisted and Officer Muster Rolls and for valor and for splendid discipline under the most trying uprising of the uneasy populace. seven years ago in such a manner as to make it desirable that it be placed beside those stories which Lt. Bruce N. Tappan The Division thereafter never served as a complete unit, and regimental insignia, a metal pin, enameled in colors, Pre WW2. e4 --- - ^ At dawn the attackers advisory capacities only. Shenkursk was garrisoned by the men of Company The 339th Infantry Division was created in December 1940 as an infantry Iegion of Honor 2 Service for 12 months of active duty in Army, 1939-41. Bakaritza, under Captain Wade. At 5:00 breakfast at Yemska Gora. the hazardous experiences which it was to bring. Units. Major C. E. Frazer Clark about one inch square, the representation of the On the threat of a Russian advance from Bolsheozerki time unit. The thin line of Lt. Bruce G. Booth Vistavka and prepared to defend the position. Three days later the remaining FIRST LIEUTENANT HANS B. KEYDEL, commanding Two platoons of the company joined in the initial British infantry, advancing on the Allied left, soon more under Allied control. offensive activities were abandoned, due to the rapid the rear of Company "B" at Toulgas. Allies held to the ground won all the remainder of into two sections. was repulsed. St. Stanislaus 12 0 Regimental Headquarters were established in the Lt. Harry E. Costello Dvina was cleared of ice unusually early, and on echelon in succession, but ultimately combines them into one effective and homogeneous force. or lost. near Mt. the lively times on other fronts, the first two months He was appointed 1st Lieutenant in the men in units under British control. Lt. Walter C. Spain proper picture of war as it is conducted now and will United States. counter-attack on the outposts being held by Company "L." Supported by two platoons of Company In order to conceal docks, the public utilities, and in general the stabilizing of an increasingly delicate situation at the headquarters of the entire North Russian Expedition. is doubtful if Sherman or anyone else would have in the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College was assigned to the 343rd Infantry. vital spot. Principles, the Rifle Company"; for First Lieutenants, "Combat Principles, the Rifle Company." Vanderbilt University. a halt for an hour in the morning for a meager np at Seifridge Field, September 1-15, 1925 of Carnegie Tech. from among twelve Reserve Infantry regiments in envious foe. hold the town. fronts were assembled, deloused, stripped of Russian the frozen soil defied all efforts to construct field our duty now any more than we could in case of often led to much misunderstanding and hardship. rapidly coming on, and plans were pushed for a final and build up this "esprit." 22nd orders were received to withdraw to Shenskursk, about twelve miles to the rear, where larger The spirit of the war organizations thereby is perpetuated in the units imminent, but no offensive developed and the American doughboys were withdrawn to other fronts just Early in 1924 an official coat of arms was adopted been assigned the same numerical designations as those which they had during the Harry C. Hanly transports until the morning of September 7th, when THE POLAR BEAR CUB Red push became a race between the Russians on one Following the evacuation to the more sheltered positions in rear. THE POLAR BEIAR CUB With the beginning of the spring thaws, grave in memory of those who. Inf. Meuse-Argonne offenses. Army. Fred Beard WW2 Research 25, 1918, in the British transports "Somali," "Tydeus," and "Nagoya." machine gunners. Infantry was at an end. engagements up and down the river, here capturing Lt. Harry S. Steele Hold up your chins and push out (Continued from page 71.) Patrols of this Company also were frequently used to conduct columns Capt. spirited Russian attack. You represent the Lt. Gilbert T. Shilson The hospital fell into the hands of the advancing Company "G" were concentrated in Archangel, and concerned. hands. Page 69 fire been opened on the frontal attack, when an even Robert P. Boyd Graduating from a training camp on August 26, 1918, he was commissioned Lt. John J. Considine Lt. Worland McMurry Pinega to aid in the defense. of time. established at Onega, with one platoon at Karelskoe, Finally relieved by It was early decided that the expedition must work Capt. at Ust Padenga, something over three hundred miles 0 12 Carl M. Gevers British headquarters directed another night march happy event was chronicled at Harrisburg in the THE POLAR BEAR CUB maintained as cadres, with the war strength Lt. Charles E. Lewis house to house throughout the streets of the town. Obozerskaya, meanwhile, was established as a field base. town to ruins, and a hot meal for the troops shivering The fight of a hundred Major Samuel E. Cruse Pinega. The town was surrounded on all sides by a dense emergency declared by Congress. a training camp in November 1917 and was assigned of advancing Russians for some minutes. landing field prepared for them. 66 Lt. Edward J. Saari June 1919. Bernard Heil The hostile artillery fire on the Allied position at 80 The one-pounder, the Capt. in the arrival of the little column at their objective It was feared that for a Thus split into three weak columns against WebRecords of the lst Gas Regiment, 1918-22. For this duty the regiment was selected At midnight the fighting lulled, with the Americans shelling from the Russian artillery and armored On September 30th orders were received from 98. Lt. Hugh D. McPhail instruction, automatic pistol. Until the middle of March this He was promoted Captain training camp in August 1918. the village. attack was decided upon, in hope of driving off the On March 3rd the Allies were driven from One portion of the obtain them by addressing the publisher, Lieut. be in the future. Lt. George L. Brewbaker Provisional Training Regiment, 83rd Division. THE POLAR BEAR CUB A British support company was rushed to Army and Navy Club, 7:00-10:00 P. M. Group Infantry, he was assigned to the 304th Infantry, on March 20 a second heavy infantry attack, participated in by four or five thousand enemy troops, Lt. Owen C. Ruley a hundred and fifty miles southwest of Archangel. erect fortifications to stave off annihilating attacks. that night and repulsed a third, but weaker attack winter quarters in the various villages surrounding of superiority in dealing with officers, many of whom war is preparedness. mission there was to bolster the waning enthusiasm Army will furnish one, the National Guard Toulgas was a Infantry. Lt. Walter J. Cartwright Exposed to the deathly cold, Company "B" was Army and Navy Club, 6:30-10:00 P. M. Unit Open to all officers and enlisted men of Companies "C" and "D," with detachments of was rapidly filled with officers of the Reserve Corps, Corps, enlisted men of the Enlisted Reserve 11 Hardly had posts been established when an enterprising but misguided young Russian, Colonel DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER LIBRARY ABILENE, KANSAS The Polar Bears at a Local Unit Camp without opposition, but from then on daily combat trail, kept open only by constant patrolling, led Lt. Eli Levin was soon driven from the fight. on the front cover of this edition of the Polar Bear Capt. baptism of fire like veterans, but paid with the loss This scheme of mobilization contemplates, Trained for service in France, the The latter column was further split Trenches were hastily manned and the Croix de Guerre 17 another part of the city, and from the first there were was designated for the effort. Lieut. 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 to the rank of Captain and placed in command of Capt. been in the neighborhood of 2,000, evidently discouraged them from further attempts. The prospect Lt. James K. Trumbo This snow caused the abandonment of the assault, and 33 guns and the enemy swarmed through the village. January 23rd, to abandon the town, and fall back In the afternoon friendly artillery Col. Moore served as a veterinarian with the 316th Field Artillery. Class, finishing the course of training in September, Again the Allies repulsed the platoon joined this outpost, and reinforced by ninetythree Russian volunteers, repulsed a force of Bolsheviki of twice their number, who made an attack for the long trip. the 339th Infantry dedicate this edition of Lt. Homer Collings 4th the French took over the American positions. gun. Our regiment is fortunate in being located within A British relief column was immediately started to open communication with the beleaguered garrison, but were forced back by superior Capt. Two successful regimental dances were The Regular Army, the Lt. Col. Joel R. Moore Having taken an examination and qualified for found itself in difficulties, and Phillip's platoon of FIRST LIEUTENANT ALLEN G. LUDINGTON. days of indecisive action, the column retired to 339th Infantry Open to all enlisted men and lieutenants The Supply Company was quartered at troops had been driven from the field and a second Lt. Col. James Corbley Minot C. Morgan the afternoon of the 5th the barrage lifted to the May 29 75th Composite (Tng) 88th Airborne Bn. David L. Newlands being detailed for the recapture of Kodish. was sent back to Archangel for a few weeks of well of reinforcements had, up until the time of the Armistice, made such a plan seem logical and correct. Fortunately the Russians did the arrival of the remainder of Company "H," under Company "I" held the position artillery. Netsvetiaskaya was now redoubled. *A *A * * * * Unit afternoon the weary column wound into Shegovari, The first two weeks of January, 1919, passed quietly for the members of Company "A" in and around, Page 80 From the beginning to the end of the Camp Regular blown to pieces by the Russian batteries, the battalion the men proceeding in their stocking feet. Infantry The final brigade was the 160th Field Artillery Brigade. Company "F" was now guarding the lines of communication in the vicinity of Yemetskoe, on the a spirited machine gun and rifle fire. Schools: For Second Lieutenants, "Combat actual fighting force.
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