(p. 55, 57), During the day, the Regiment had lost 3 officers and 9 men killed and 31 men wounded. During the next two days, men continued on their way to Fortress Cherbourg. Fortunately he had also become a member and responded to my email. Lives were the main concern of Headquarters, despite the american advance toward Cherbourg, the 315th Infantry Regiment and the other two (313th and 314ths) were withdrawn in preparation for a coordinated attack scheduled on the 23rd of June. The third section [which included the Third Battalion arrived the next day at 11:30 A.M. (p. 263)]. Regt., 79th Div.) While the 315th Infantry Regiment was getting ready for action, an order came from the Division telling them to be on a 3 hours alert. [3] It held a defensive line at the Ollonde River until 2 July 1944 and then returned to the offensive, taking La Haye du Puits in house-to-house fighting, 8 July. 391 0 obj <>stream I called the number ans wow he was blown away when he found out who I was. "A" Company was the first to make contact with the Germans near Flottemanville (D-24 / D-71), "B" Company then reported to have spotted some enemies at Morville (D-287). Close at hand was the sharp, staccato of the French 75-millimeter [3-inch] guns, farther back the roar of the six- and nine-inch howitzers, while, in the distant rear, hills and valleys reverberated to the deep boom of the huge naval guns along the Dombasle road. The first of these was the prolongation of the famous Hindenburg Line, which at this point lay three kilometers south of Montfaucon. (Map based on p. 50), The plan of action, as outlined in Brigade orders, was that the 315th Infantry should support the attack of the 314th Infantry at a distance of 1,000 meters, advancing with two battalions in line and one in support, the latter to serve as a Brigade reserve. We talked on the phone several times in the last few years, and finally we were able to meet in El Paso, TX for a short visit. The Cross of Lorraine: A Combat History of the 79th Infantry Division, June 1942-December 1945. The 79th Infantry Division ( Russian: 79- , 79-ya Pekhotnaya Diviziya) was an infantry formation of the Russian Imperial Army. tqt/9y_UxBS` The Third Battalion was the last to arrive this time. Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 79th Infantry Division Artillery, 79th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized), Headquarters, Special Troops, 79th Infantry Division, Headquarters Company, 79th Infantry Division. Here the Regiment took up positions for the night; Companies "I" and "K" of the Third Battalion, east of the Malancourt-Montfaucon road; Companies "L" and "M" and the First Battalion, west of the road; the Second Battalion in a system of trenches about 400 meters south of the Third Battalion; and Regimental Headquarters one kilometer southeast of Malancourt. It was a wonderful moment that we will both remember for the rest of our lives, and we owe it to VetFriends. 749th Tank Battalion, from July 1st to 24, 1944 Throughout its entire World War I campaign, the division suffered 6,874 casualties with 1,151 killed and 5,723 wounded. 279 members Join group About this group To honor the Veterans of the 315th Infantry Regiment (79th Infantry Division) who served in World War II in the cause of everlasting Freedom. The 313th and 314th Infantries were to initiate the attack in the Divisional sector, which was to he narrowed to half its original width. Co B, 749th Tank Battalion, from July 31st to August 1st, 1944, Anti-tank This richly illustrated book chronologically describes the course of Operation Overlord through 357 specific events. Company G Soldiers (315th Inf. ABMC Headquarters 2300 Clarendon Blvd, Suite 500 Arlington, VA 22201 Phone: 703-584-1501 Mentally and physically they were fit for combat in all possible ways. After riding nearly all night, at day-break the soldiers marched to Brocourt Woods where they rested all day. Despite a good progress in Normandy, the landscape of the Cotentin Peninsula was a nightmare for the American troops, Germans were disappearing with a snap of a finger when they saw the enemy. 2 I11!g1#WtxR1B8)BH-RYSC:FJAeEJ5u$7?)S>c$P6N $Pc$Hk I#t2JQkS,zi8 7> - LrF@x .Nb4ydzgrw9=]_RwWpz_^vuhWiKZu6FZfg&^&^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^xZZuyEmy&M7!oB y%K/!_B| %/K y&M7!oB ys7G9,RyB\rWCZ. All rights reserved. Early next morning the various units of the 315th Regiment left the train [The Third Battalion arrived in Hoboken at 5 A.M. on July 8th (p. 262)] and went by ferry to United States Embarkation Pier No. They were pushed back. The harbor installations were destroyed by the Germans when the Americans arrived in the suburbs of the city. June 12th, 1944: Audouville-la-Hubert The division was reconstituted in the Organized Reserve on 24 June 1921 and assigned to the eastern half of the state of Pennsylvania. 61 German soldiers had been captured. The air was filled with the whistling of passing shells, and above all rose the thunder of the guns. The trip lasted all night, with the various units arriving at Rampont early on the morning of the 13th. The 79th Infantry Division (formerly known as the 79th Division) was an infantry formation of the United States Army Reserve in World Wars I and II. Once every man of the 313th Infantry Regiment were disembarked from the LCT, they all started to march to their . (ibid. Normally overshadowed by the Battle of the Bulge, Nordwind battles were just as intense and the troops involved faced the same bitter weather . On 26 July, the 79th attacked across the Ay River, took Lessay, crossed the Sarthe River and entered Le Mans, 8 August, meeting only light resistance. August 3rd, 1944: Le Chtellier 2/313 (p. 62), From the outset, on the morning of September 26th, there had been only one road available for the use of both the 4th and 79th Divisions. (ibid. The 315th Infantry (79th Division, United States Army) was a combat unit of the American Expeditionary Forces in France. [Very brief description of U.S. Thanks VetFriends, It was a wonderful moment that we will both remember for the rest of our lives, and we owe it to VetFriends. (Map based on p.116). ), At 5:30 A.M. on the morning of September 26th, the first waves of infantry swept forward, and the American Army, with nine divisions on a 25-mile front, began an offensive that ended only with the Armistice. August 28th, 1944: Fontenay-Saint-Pre. This smoke, combined with the mist which lay in the valley, made it extremely difficult for companies and platoons to keep touch with one another. The towns allotted to the Regiment were part of the Tenth Training Area, in which the 79th Division was to spend its final period of training before going to the Front. Participation in World War One, Roster of Company "K" as it was on 1 September 1918, Hamburg-American liner "Amerika", renamed "America", the 79th Division's sector of the Allied line, French fortress on the Meuse River, Verdun, the Esnes-Malancourt-Montfaucon Road buried under a hopeless jam, https://www.roangelo.net/angelo/overtop.html, Special Units: Headquarters Company, Machine Gun Company, Supply Company, and Medical Detachment. Young) Prepared August 2017 It is the duty of the future generation. 904th Field Artillery Battalion (105 mm Howitzer), Anti-aircraft artillery But toward the beginning of summer 1918, the higher commanders began to believe that, after all, the war would be decided by the tactics of open warfare, and therefore detailed attention was given to this method of training. Inactivated: 20 December 1945, Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. These words perfectly define Rittershoffen and Hatten, no one lives . The first address you sent me is my buddy. A picture of him also shows a 42nd Division Rainbow Patch. US ARMY WORLD WAR II 315th Infantry Regiment, 79th Infantry Division United States Military Academy Class of 1942 Entered the Service from D.C Service# 0-24723 SYNOPSIS: Captain (Infantry) Alexander McCarrell Patch, III (ASN: 0-24723), United States Army, was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) for. The forward movement of artillery became nearly impossible, and, as the day wore on, the advancing troops were forced to reply more and more on the momentum of their own attack. We raced volkswagens on our time off and we'd go to the range and shoot all day. combat record, memoir . The first units of the regiment went to their assembly area near Sainte-Marie-du-Mont waiting there until June 16th, 1944 for their band of brothers. (p. 37-38), The Regiment began arriving at the station in Vaux on July 24th. Four months from beginning to end. (ibid. Thanks for making it possible!" Two months were necessary to fix all port facilities. 7 April 1945: XVI Corps, Ninth Army, 12th Army Group. Having distinguished itself at Montfaucon, in Lorraine, the. During the next two days, men continued on their way to Fortress Cherbourg. . U.S. motor trucks (p. 263)]. Since 2009, it has been active as the 79th Theater Sustainment Command. Do you have 315TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 79TH INFANTRY DIVISION Reunion information you'd like to share Relive & share the memories of your service time with your brothers & sisters in arms today. Posted by Cecil Earl Workman, WWII Veteran, "L" Co., 129th Inf. (p. 32). (p. 31-32) In the nine months before 31 May 1918, some 10,000 men had been received by the 315th Infantry, given a period of intensive training, and then transferred to the ranks of the organizations which had secured places on the "priority list" for transfer overseas. The 79th Infantry Division came ashore on June 14th,1944, at 0400pm and was the fourth American Infantry Division to land on Utah Beach. June 18th, 1944: Orglandes At the beginning of April 1944, the division reported to the port of embarkation at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts. In the fall of 1917 the strength of an infantry regiment was set at 103 officers and 3,652 enlisted men (p. 32-33). 312th Field Artillery Battalion (155 mm Howitzer) (ibid. km NE of Fierville), Le Haut de Gris (vic; 2 km E of Le Mesnil-St-Martin), La Vieville (vic; 21 813th Tank Destroyer Battalion (SP), from July 1st to September 9, 1944, April 18th, 1944: Pettypool Hall, England 315th Regiment Lineage and Honors Information as of 24 Feb 2021 315 th Regiment Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 315th Infantry and assigned to the 79th Division. The order creating the various units of the 79th Division was issued by the War Department on 3 August 1917, and the 315th Infantry Regiment was provisionally organized on 26 August 1917, and then permanently organized on 21 September 1917 (p. 19). The division remained on the defensive along the Moder until 6 February 1945. Therefore the Second Battalion was ordered to take up position immediately behind the Third Battalion on the west side of the Malancourt-Montfaucon road and await further orders. The 79th Infantry Division (formerly known as the 79th Division) was an infantry formation of the United States Army Reserve in World Wars I and II . During February and March 1945, the division mopped up German resistance, returned to offensive combat, 24 March 1945, crossed the Rhine, drove across the Rhine-Herne Canal, 7 April, secured the north bank of the Ruhr and took part in clearing the Ruhr Pocket until 13 April. The division held a defensive line along the Lauter River, at Wissembourg from 20 December 1944 until 2 January 1945, when it withdrew to Maginot Line defenses. 1/313 An important note about how I have used this book to write this page: what follows is not an exact reproduction. The 315th Infantry Regiment landed on June 14th, 1944, the first men's thought was the excellent work done by the Engineers, indeed the soldiers were surprised to be able to land out of a boat directly onto a deck without getting one's feet wet! brianna-serrano ), Nevertheless, the troops drove ahead long after darkness fell, and by ten o'clock that evening the Regimental front line had been carried to a point nearly a kilometer beyond the Montfaucon-Septsarges Road. The 79th Infantry Division is now the 79th Sustainment Support Command (SSC) headquartered at Joint Forces Training Base (JFTB) Los Alamitos, California. It was then ordered to Camp Phillips, Kansas for training in the winter conditions. Share a testimony from a relative or a friend, veteran or civilian, resistance member, ally or German, actor or witness of History. He got into a sound truck, approached it near the German Hospital. Army. It participated in the Tennessee Maneuver Area, after which it moved to Camp Laguna near Yuma, Arizona, where it trained in the desert. 79 th Division Reconnaissance Troop. This historical account was put together very well, and it is well worth reading. U.S. Army Service No. WWII 315th Infantry Regiment | Normandy American Heroes provides custom World War II tours of Normandy and beyond On our blog, we write about World War II, . Soldiers of the regiment reported that many civilians came to discuss, even if there were troubles of communications, the troops knew civilians were filled with happiness. (p. 62-63), Under these circumstances, the morning of the 27th found the Esnes-Malancourt-Montfaucon Road buried under a hopeless jam of ambulances, artillery, supply trucks, and vehicles of all descriptions. 3/314, 315th Infantry Regiment: Colonel Porter B. Wiggins, replaced on June 23, 1944 by Colonel Bernard B. McMahon and Colonel Robert H. York from July 13, 1944, then replaced by Lieutenant-Colonel John A. McAleer on July 29, 1944 Purple Heart. Written by Pierre Fallet, Normandy American Heroes. ZMZK.l=mf=Ue;Rh5:JjmIjjNziM. Also: I have ended the story with the death of my great-uncle, which occurred a month and a half before the Armistice that ended World War One. Visible To honor the Veterans of the 315th Infantry Regiment (79th Infantry Div.) ), It had been hoped that Nantillois would he taken before dark, but the strong resistance encountered by the front line troops during the day had so delayed the advance that the occupation of the town before night set in became impossible. Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 315th Infantry and assigned to the 79th Division. (ibid. June 20th, 1944: Colomby 79th Infantry Division. (ibid. PFC Glenn W. Halvorson. The Company was scattered about in dug-outs for two days and then went forward to a position from which it was to begin its advance in the biggest drive of the war. WWII 1st US Army, /^6 ;ei;Tf>b:eXgl1lC?.J@t U&2Z[L}d55SBlD+?#jS P~PNq&U7gHwT66.&)oh _^ O Major General William D. Frink, Jr. (1 December 2009 8 February 2013), Major General Megan P. Tatu (9 February 2013 4 December 2015), Major General Mark Palzer (5 December 2015 8 December 2018), Major General Eugene J. 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(p. 53), In accordance with the plans laid down, the 315th Infantry started its advance across No Man's Land when the last elements of the 314th Infantry had passed a thousand meters beyond the jumping-off point. The 315th Infantry was made up of three battalions and four special units: First Battalion: Companies A-D Second Battalion: Companies E-H Third Battalion: Companies I, K-M His last letter was written from underneath an apple tree on June 18th. who served their country during. After a period of training, he became a private in the 315th Infantry Regiment of the 79th Infantry Division. I highly recommend it. nox+;F` K{ah@p" c4x I1F$K l1^DRL^RV:: `wdHaI If burst in the air, the shell shatters into fragments that fly into their victims; the area of fragmentation is mostly to the sides (as opposed to the front or back) of the explosion, and in that direction a 75-millimeter [3-inch] shell is effective up to 25 meters (to both sides of the burst). It was then ordered to Camp Phillips, Kansas for training in the winter conditions. (p. 35-36), The rest of the voyage, which lasted in all nine days, passed without incident, and on Thursday, 18 July 1918, the America dropped anchor [at 5 P.M., after land was sighted at 2 P.M. (p. 262)] in Brest harbor at the western tip of the French peninsula of Brittany. On Jan 8th, 1945 the 79th met a German counterattack as the Germans were attempting to establish a bridgehead west of the Rhine at Gambsheim. 613 th Tank Destroyer Battalion. 3/331, 79th Artillery Division 29 May 1944: Third Army but attached to VII Corps. Private Henry Gunther, the last American soldier to be killed in action during World War I, served with the 313th Infantry Regiment of the 79th Division. Here, however, the latter regiment was halted by heavy sniping and machine gun fire. The division was first activated at Camp Meade, Maryland in August 1917, composed primarily of draftees from Maryland and Pennsylvania. (ibid. It participated in the area of Tennessee maneuveurs, after which it moved to Camp Laguna near Yuma, Arizona, where it trained in the desert. This page was last edited on 22 February 2023, at 23:40. The ship was one of a convoy of five steamers which carried a total of nearly 22,000 troops, at that time one of the largest, if not the largest, single shipment of troops ever made. After passing Malancourt, very stiff resistance was met in the form of machine gun nests and minenwerfer cannons. Opposite Montfaucon, in the sector occupied by the 315th Infantry, the artillery was literally lined up hub to hub. 6. Participation in World War One]. There was even a shortage of standing room on deck, and the Regiment was divided into three shifts for sleeping. This attempt did its work ! on August 12, 2009. June 28th, 1944: Petite Motte 7 September 1944: XV Corps, Third Army, 12th Army Group. Veteran L. Prickett, "Dear VetFriends, Thanks so much for your help! km S of La-Haye-du-Puits), Chanteloup (vic; 1 km W of Sille-le-Philippe), 310th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm Howitzer), 311th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm Howitzer), 904th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm Howitzer), 312th Field Artillery Battalion (155mm Howitzer). 313th Infantry Regiment 314th Infantry Regiment 315th Infantry Regiment I'm the first to ever contact him. The taking of Fortress Cherbourg allowed the Allied Forces to have its first deep water harbor. "cC*RS k To carry out this plan, the First Battalion was placed on the left of the Third Battalion in the Regimental attack sector. 3 at Hoboken. Roster of Company "K" ), [According to his Burial Case File, one of the 9 men killed on 27 September 1918 was Giovanni Angelillo. (p. 52), Two hours after midnight the fire of the artillery seemed to double in intensity, and the metallic whiz of shells overhead merged into a continuous scream. Memorial Certificate. Epinal American Cemetery . (p. 47), The Favry Sub-sector was what the French would term a "trs bon" sector. 3/313, 314th Infantry Regiment: Colonel Warren A. Robinson The regiment continued its advance along the road Valognes Cherbourg setting up its CP in the village of Saint Joseph on the 21st of June 1944. During this period, great stress was laid on maneuvers, and everyone was drilled incessantly in all the whys and wherefores of his job. 2/331: Lieutenant-Colonel James F. Faber (killed on July 9, 1944) The headquarters was organized on 29 September 1921. He was killed in action on 27 September 1918, the second day of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, and is buried in the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery in Romagne (Meuse), Lorraine, France. One after another of the companies marched from their barracks in "R" block at Camp Meade to the station at Disney [unidentified], where trains of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad were waiting for them. (p. 46-47), Strong as the German position was by nature, it had been rendered still more formidable by artificial means. The batteries had changed to drum-fire. But how ? The 315th Infantry Regiment landed on June 14th, 1944, the first mens thought was the excellent work done by the Engineers, indeed the soldiers were surprised to be able to land out of a boat directly onto a deck without getting ones feet wet! 2/314 But how ? The 315th Infantry (79th Division, United States Army) was a combat unit of the American Expeditionary Forces in France (p. 6). web pages endstream endobj 393 0 obj <>stream 79th Infantry Division - Seine River: Reinforce the Bridgehead. He joined the 313th Infantry Regiment out of Detroit Michigan. (p. 63), By eleven o'clock that morning, the Division front had been pushed well forward: The leading elements of the 313th Infantry were filtering through the battered ruins of Montfaucon, and the 314th Infantry had gained the southern edge of the Bois de Tuilerie. 315th Infantry Regiment, 79th Infantry Division | American Battle Monuments Commission 315th Infantry Regiment, 79th Infantry Division Home 315th Infantry Regiment, 79th Infantry Division Legacy ID 19692 Legacy Alias /db-abmc-burial-unit/315th-infantry-regiment-79th-infantry-division Legacy Source db_abmc_burial_unit Francis L. Cotter Read more Wood Two months were necessary to fix all port facilities. Abstract. July 12th, 1944: Bolleville The 315th Infantry Regiment stopped two German divisions at Hatten after a furious 11 day fight. *~+J(?-VX"9^JJ=U 1dX^.kbaXV*kRHC(W; 11 talking about this. We halted about 10:30 P.M. northeast of Montfaucon, where the 315th Infantry relieved the 314th of their assaulting task. [Official Division history]. 315th Infantry Publication date 1920 Topics World War, 1914-1918 Publisher [Philadelphia] Collection ), The positions of the various companies were changed on the night of September 18th, and it was also at this time that the Regiment first became aware of unusual activity in its sector. (p. 263)] The journey was made by rail from Vaux to Revigny. on the Internet. It was in the vicinity of Lieusaint that the 315th Infantry Regiment captured its first prisoners of war but to the greatest amazement prisoners were not Germans but Polish, and Georgians! Giovanni emigrated to Bristol Borough, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in 1905, and he was living there when he was, apparently, drafted into the U.S. Army. (p. 33). (p. 35) Several times daily the soldiers responded to the "Abandon Ship Call" during which they practiced marching quickly and in an orderly way to their assigned stations. How so ? August 1st, 1944: Saint-Lger They arrived at 12:30 A.M. and their captain found some barns for them to rest in. during this combat. During the four years of their occupation of the French soil north and west of Verdun, the Germans had constructed and organized four successive lines of defense. He said we were like brothers and then all of a sudden, we lost all contact. 22)], Home | Site Map | Site Search | Angelillo Family History - More Documents and Stories, Very brief description of U.S. Zn9Y.ODc$sHM^! `9CjAzv-"'\;q- ={5Ci{[XU;O7eB7`l-G'4Kvc g+g4,98cb;Q%h"Y6;?cC'NhZ'z_=N*wv|r944]{y6_OvG~ej=_o\n.i{_],K%+dWCZ_#C] d Finally at 7:00 P. M., the order directing the forward movement arrived, and, preceded by the light tanks, the Regiment advanced toward its next objective -- Nantillois. Until then, fightings were exchanges of fire between the two camps, but soon hand to hand fighting became necessary to dislodge the German forces from their dug-in emplacements, more so, the 88mm German guns delivered hell on the Allied troops. Since 2009, it has been active as the 79th Theater Sustainment Command. Beyond these the country rolled to the north in hills and valleys dotted with small clumps of woods and underbrush, and traversed by band after band of barbed wire entanglements. ), At three o'clock, the advance of both the First and Third Battalions had been halted by the overwhelming fire from the German trenches ahead. The insignia of the 79th Division is a gray Lorraine cross on a blue shield with a gray border; it was adopted during World War I. In June 1918, the 79th Division finally secured its own place on the priority list for departure overseas. Hedgerows! This is the reason why 3rd Battalion was given the mission to clean out the village of Lieusaint (D-2) of German snipers. Shoulder patch: White bordered blue shield on which is superimposed a cross of Lorraine. Cherbourg was the largest port in Normandy and a primary strategic objective because of its location near the Cotentin Peninsula. . By six o'clock on the evening of 26 September the first wave of the 315th Infantry had crawled up the hill slopes and into the Hindenburg trench. August 7th, 1944: Brlon The 79th SSC was officially activated on 1 December 2009 with the mission of providing trained, ready, cohesive, well-led sustainment units for worldwide deployment to meet the U.S. Army's rotational and contingency mission requirements in support of the National Military Strategy. After rest and training at Lunville, the division returned to combat with an attack from the MignevineMontiguy area, 13 November 1944, which carried it across the Vezouse and Moder Rivers, 18 November 10 December, through Haguenau in spite of determined enemy resistance, and into the Siegfried Line, 1720 December. 3 miles South before Cherbourg, the number of prisoners of war increased, while. Beyond all, far back on the northern horizon, rose the dominating heights of Montfaucon [altitude: 280 meters = 900 feet], which the German High Command had said would never be taken by the Allies. Pierre Fallet on Jan 25, 2023 8:53:59 AM. (p. 35), The night of July 8th was spent aboard ship [Each man received a life preserver and a copy of the Naval I. D. R. All ammunition, flashlights and matches were turned in: it was a court-martial offense to strike a light on deck after dark when the ship was out at sea (p. 262)], and late in the afternoon of the 9 July 1918, the America, in a gray mist, steamed down the Hudson, past Manhattan, the Statue of Liberty, and sailed out into the Atlantic. (ASN): #33847376 Entered the Service From: Pennsylvania 315th Infantry Regiment, 79th Infantry Division Awards: Purple Heart ***I would like to thank Andy Find A Grave ID 48021049 for adding his gravesite photos to this memorial*** ***I would like to thank ernie Find A Grave ID 48454782 for. The weather and the ocean were calm throughout the voyage. Military Catalog, Sales, Discounts & more. During the three days which the Regiment spent in the fields outside the city of Brest, it rained almost continuously. August 10th, 1944: Chanteloup After informing the enemy personnel of the situation, 1700 Germans were taken as prisoners. The VII Corps tried to take Cherbourg while sparing lives. The advance was resumed at 7:00 A.M. on September 27th, but we had practically nothing to do this day but follow the 314th Infantry. An occasional H.E. shell was all that marred the manoeuvre. The advance continued across the Seine, 19 August. On its way to Laval, 313 th Infantry Regiment was still motorized with the following attachments: 719 th Tank Battalion. Still later, batteries of French 75-millimeter [3-inch] guns arrived just behind the line of resistance, and then it was settled beyond all question of doubt that an attack on a large scale was impending. These soldiers had behind them a wealth of pre-combat experience, plus the last word in equipment. h263W0Pw/+Q0L)667)@Hc0i 310th Field Artillery Battalion (105 mm Howitzer) It participated in the area of Tennessee maneuveurs, after which it moved to Camp Laguna near Yuma, Arizona, where it trained in the desert. But when reconnaissance of the front line positions showed that an advance on the right of the road would not be so seriously held up as reported, the Second and Third Battalions were at once ordered to reform on the right of the road and to push forward until contact was regained with the rear elements of the 314th Infantry. Nevertheless, the regiment landed under German artillery fire wounding, For the second time the Cross of Lorraine Division was on French soilbut there the comparison stopped. His training began 27 May 1918 and ended 25 June 1918; his overseas service began 9 July 1918. The VII Corps tried to take Cherbourg while sparing lives. (p. 54), At 12:30 P.M., an "S.O.S." There they could hear the rumble of the big guns and speculated about when they would see "no-man's land", when one evening they marched quickly and quietly to the first line trenches on Hill "304".