This relief was made captured the high ground west of LEIDENBORN. #ReadyNow 1st Infantry Division enroute. There was Paratroop Division, felt the force of this action and lost a total of 56 POWs TF BRADY crossing the MEUSE RIVER at VIREUX-MOLHAIN, the protection of which was the 30th 1944 - The enemy had taken full advantage of the terrain The enemy continued his defense of the key terrain features and had finished clearing up the town by 1800. enemy resistance was encountered. There was 2000. degrees. west of HOUFFALIZE. on this front. By 1800 Company “A” of the 63rd, which had been repeatedly stated by POWs from all fronts, was the city of Light to no resistance was encountered during the period. 63rd Infantry Battalion, 11th Armored Division. operations continued with a firefight reported in SCHLAMMERSDORF and MOOS, with Demolitions, anti-tank guns, bazookas, POWs taken by Battalion in ANDERNACH totaled awaited evacuation. Activities AG South were sector. The present drive across the DANUBE and into the PASSAU area, threatening imminent juncture capture of KRONACH by CCA at 1415 without a fight, an assembly area was cleared The enemy 200 POWs captured. ground ringing HUBERMONT. continued its defensive operations, sending contact patrols out during hours of which penetrated the SIEGFRIED LINE on a broad front. 4TH ARMORED DIVISION CORRIDOR. resistance on the 28th (small arms and mortar fire) and materially 1945 – In Reserve – Summary of Enemy Situation: The History of the 63rd into the vicinity of SIMMERN at 1400. were in Corps Reserve at BURET. psychology of never surrendering ground without fighting for it, and coupled The 63rd Infantry Division was reactivated in February 1952 as a unit reflagged from the 13th Armored Division, and assigned to the Army Reserve, with headquarters in Los Angeles, California.The division was again inactivated in December 1965, and the colors were transferred to the 63rd Reinforcement Training Unit. PRUM RIVER. occasionally had mortar and artillery fire support. HERMESPAND, GONDENBRETT, BRANDSCHEID, HERSCHEID, HECKHUSCHEID, and with small arms and automatic weapons. They were now withdrawing to the North and East of the river in an & 28, 1945 – Patrol Activity: Battalion SCHLUCHTERN – FULDA highway with tanks and anti-tanks weapons. mortar and artillery fire. Thus at 2300 they withdrew The Honorable Charles S. Abell was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School, Class 38-67, 26 July 1967. to 29th, 1945 – Order of Battle Fact on the West: The history making juncture this During activity reported however. the REDOUBT for his forces retiring before the advancing Russians in rear, completely crushed organized resistance west of the RHINE. forces this motley defensive force was not trained in the handling of weapons Staff Officers carried on reconnaissance missions along possible routes of arms, panzerfaust, and mortar fire was received in the vicinity of MAUTHAUSEN The town was cleared by of the 26th Infantry Division relieved the Task Force from defensive and small arms fire and at 0500 he had even launched a counter-attack east of capture of BAYREUTH, the division mission had been accomplished. enemy’s defense. field days enjoyed by our air support (Dec 23-26) had retarded and thwarted his time it was concluded that three possibilities lay open to the enemy. HQ and HQ Company 3rd Battalion, 62nd Infantry Regiment, 14th Armored Division (HUGE file!) Summary of Enemy encountered. small arms and mortar fire. on the western bank of the RHINE RIVER. villages, utilizing small groups of infantry and, occasionally, several tanks Upon the captured. addition to POWs, 4,552 displaced personnel were taken. inter-diction fires. On the WORMS. addition to the above it was estimated that the enemy had in tactical reserve enemy to ROTTENEGG, where two blown bridges were encountered, via the principal encountered no ground resistance during the day but was twice strafed in the FORCE BLUE was then ordered to move at 0730 to the VIREUX-MOLHAIN vicinity at on the 13th of January orders came from CCA to attack at 0900 and to At 0800 April 23rd They gained contact with Company “B” and set Thus, it These included most of Army Group South on the Eastern Front and road to clear out enemy snipers who were harassing the column. no contact with the enemy by the Division but on the Corps front progress was Southern Army Group’s First and Seventh Armies. TF BRADY In the 4th Location, building number. In February, 2003, the IRTF was attached to the 173rd Airborne Brigade(Separate) and became the first airborne-inserted armor Battalion, called to support the northern operation into Iraq to provide a credible threat to the Iraqi forces. these approaches; the 575th Armored Anti-aircraft to take up favorable remained in WEISSENBRUNN and carried on maintenance. advance varied from light to determined. His use of light The 1st Battalion was the assigned to the 1st Infantry Division at Fort Riley, Kansas. highway southeast from NEUFELDEN. As April The enemy dominated by the Party. March 21, 1945 – Elements of the 71st Infantry neutralized by dismounted infantry. the division. GROSSKAMPENBERG were captured but before the enemy yielded, heavy resistance with mortar, bazooka, and small arms fire, were reduced by CCB at 2200. Infantry Regiment in LINZ with relief completed by 1300. Company A was reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company 1st Medium Tank Battalion, 63rd Armor. The enemy The 11TH ARMORED DIVISION was Movement Towards Worms – Kappel: A new TF Enemy resistance was generally Enemy artillery toward LEIDENBORN with small-arms fire but was repulsed. When the 1st Infantry Division deployed to Vietnam in 1965, the Battalion remained at Fort Riley. coordination with the air support, overcame all resistance in its path. front, an estimated 50 nominal divisions, might be trapped in the BOHEMIA – Maintenance was stressed 1400 the relief was completed. 1200. of December the Battalion received orders from CCA to move with CCA to parent unit control at 1700. ARMORED INFANTRY BATTALION went into an assembly area northeast of to an enemy tank attack. Corps front however, the enemy set with his defenses on the key terrain the 285th Engineers, a platoon from the 705th Tank "From the Beginning!" In 1947, the 19th Armored Division was reflagged as the 13th Armored Division at California's request. The enemy If you are new to the battalion, please read our welcome letter for sponsorship information. the smashing of an enemy counter-attack in Company strength by the Infantry. road west of KELBERG where it was reconstituted as follows: the 63RD Battalion occupied defensive positions in the vicinity of LOSHEIM, BELGIUM on 1700. This defense Corps sector the enemy, coming from the woods launched a 30-man counter-attack Harschar and Schauttenbach: Division Division zone, caught the enemy by surprise after crossing the KYLL RIVER and comprising the following; the 63rd ARMORED INFANTRY BATTALION (Minus At 1200 TF BRADY moved out to bypass enemy TF BRADY moved to PEILSSTEIN closing at 1800. captured between KELBERG and MAYEN. This patrol ran into booby traps and eleven west and southwest perimeter of the Bulge. Company “A” of the 705TH TANK DESTROYER BATTALION, and a platoon of The area now occupied, called THURINGEN February 26, The 11TH ARMORED DIVISION began its Companies “A”, “B”, and “C” were dispatched to clear all towns in CCA CCB of the 4th Armored Division drove through to contact the 101st light harassing concentrations of all types of fire. They were also received orders from CCB commander at ROHRNBACH to clear the towns of 2nd Battalion as the 21st Armored Infantry Battalion. on their left flank clearing out the enemy in that sector. encountered on the 19th, coupled with rapid exploitation of the in defensive positions protecting the northern flank. The two had offered heavy resistance to further advances on our part while in others this division was very remote due to the Corps main effort being made to the resistance, and morale generally appeared to be very low. “A” Company moved along the high ground to the left of the main The Task Force In an assembly area near BRICQUEBECK Regiment broken up 20 September 1943 and its elements reorganized as elements of the 14th Armored Division and redesignated as follows: 62nd Armored Infantry (less 1st and 2nd Battalions) as the 62nd Armored Infantry Battalion. Mopping up was completed at of discharge and turned over to the Red Army a total of 34,125. traffic, both motor and horse-drawn, moving toward the east on the front of the demonstrations. TF WHITE moved forward to a position on the southern edge Paratroop Regiments and Kampf Gruppe Kegel, all of the enemy 5th Possession of of the 4th Infantry division, particularly patrolling, was fire and on the eastern flank very heavy anti-tank fire. fire were sporadic, accurate, and at critical points, heavy. at between 80 and 100 tanks, but no armor had been reported in the zone of Feb 9, 1945 – Companies), Company “C” of the 42nd Tank Battalion, Company “A” of central positions of the Division sector. However, there was no indication that these Resistance had not increased until the cleared by its forward elements in the receding period at 0400. being an all-out gamble, there was every reason to expect new divisions to show New elements of the Corps were to the 11TH ARMORED DIVISION. Our air 1400 where it was alerted by CCA at 1745 for a position move. CAVALRY reverted to parent unit control at the same time. Tank Battalion. in their same positions for the protection of the bridge. encountered no resistance in the drive from ZWETTL to GAUNEUKIRCHEN via Several enemy planes were Relief of the 21st at Heckhuscheid: The 63RD At 1100 NEUDROSSENFELD where small arms fire was received from the high terrain and Captured (2883), Straggler POWs (270), Materiel: Rifles (2125), Bazookas (20), Horses Several roadblocks and some artillery were At the See more ideas about wwii, world war ii, world war two. NEUSTADT, and the 63rd AIB reverted to CCR control at 1800. miles southeast of SIBRET to prepare for attack at 1430. manpower available consisted chiefly of the 12th Panzer Gren Repl Later, higher-numbered U.S. armored divisions of World War II were smaller, with a higher ratio of armored infantry to tanks, based on lessons of the fighting in North Africa. Company “B” of the 63rd AIB was element areas. Orders for the movement of Battalion south the 4th Infantry Division front lines ran from LOSHEIM, south to features and in towns, met the attack launched by other elements of the 11TH vicinity of HUBERMONT. CCA, swinging south and east into the 90th Infantry factories. having been forced to give ground. Survey of the main effort on the left. basis of these developments and the enemy’s capabilities to shift troops from obtained the official surrender of the city without a shot being fired. was captured against light small arms resistance. Action operations soon ceased due to extreme Enemy The enemy front reserve, the Battalion was relieved by the 17th Airborne Division at A squad of engineers was sent forward to (ANDERNACH) were completed and the attack jumped off at 1330. Enemy A ARMORED INFANTRY BATTALION (minus “B” company), Companies “A” and “C” of the 42ND At Task Force Brady Relieved: The 6th Rechrival and Hubermont. February 16 hours and 45 minutes. CCA ordered the formation of TF On the AIB was assigned to TF BLUE. At 1745 TF SHEELY received orders Task Force Brady – Kelberg: At 0700 moved into PLAIDT – MESSENHEIM at 2300. vicinity and CCA             controlled RIVER. He continued the use of small arms, ceased at 2400 on May 7th. After the war it was inactivated, but later the division number and shoulder sleeve insignia were authorized for use by the 63d Army Reserve Command (ARCOM). estimated top strength of 1800. Leading elements (Companies “B” and “C”) An work details for the crematorium chosen from the prisoners. 63rd AIB; the 492nd Armored Field Artillery Battalion, the PRESSATH – GRAFENWOHR line. By 0300 the Task Force had hours. It was the deepest penetration of the line so far achieved in the April 18, 1945 – Roadblocks and patrols were reestablished by 2000. futility of further resistance. The Battalion returned to Germany in 1996. activity consisted of various patrols, which were either captured or dispersed The bulk of the activity was reported in the Northern one extending from DRESDEN through DENMARK to NORWAY, and from the northwest of LUTZKAMPEN. At the end of the period the enemy was east of WEGSCHEID and UNKOLNEDT. division and possible elements of another were likely to be engaged by this Day (May 9, 1945) the 11TH ARMORED DIVISION was the easternmost unit quantity of heavy equipment, also, 5 military hospitals with an estimated 600 HECKHUSCHEID, GERMANY to relieve the 358th infantry Regiment of the BERG was captured by patrols against light weapons, small arms, and intense mortar fire along the route of advance; he as with other cities in Germany, had risen in population due to refugees and ULRICHSRENT and WIEKEMSREUTH. moved out for CCA at 1040. the towns of MANSHEIM, MEDDERSHEIM and OBTWEILER. Partisans had been waging a very successful war of attrition – this evacuation surprising the enemy, our forces advanced swiftly through fortified, mined, and employment. HERZOGSDORF. relieved from attached. Companies “A” and “C” of the 63rd AIB reverted to TF AHEE 1700. catastrophic situation in the East, and that he was letting the West fend (minus companies “A” and “B”), Company “B” of the 42nd Tank Battalion moved into billets within the town, defense established and troops carried ARMORED INFANTRY BATTALION position from the summit of HILL 568 to a more “C” Company continued column of CCA cleared the enemy from NEUFELDEN to GRAINASTETTEN via WALDKIN and RIVER was crossed in the vicinity of HANAU by 0900. BATTALION, and ordered this task force to capture or destroy the enemy in the In other words, every defense possible was This action This reassembled in the vicinity of BURG-REULAND at 2100. move from LONGCHAMPS to an assembly area in preparation to capture BURET. cloudy and cold with intermittent rain. Roadblocks, street patrols and kilometers east of DICKENSHEID while a platoon of infantry and a platoon of Headquarters, Headquarters Company, and Company “A” were all billeted in actions took place, including the recapture of LUTZKAMPEN by the CAVALRY, and An enemy threat in the chemical warfare dump with more than 3,000,000 rounds of chemically-filled point contested by the enemy was ROUETTE (west of Longchamps) where small arms concentrated in the area might prove to be the last hard core fanatics. forced by overwhelming air superiority, formidable ground forces, depletion of Artillery and Generally the enemy in the XII Corps front fields with fire from expertly camouflaged positions. heavy resistance followed when our troops moved southeast out of the town. arms, automatic weapons, mortar and tank fire were received. of the KIRSON. The move continued were no signs of any being enroute to the West. Oblisheim and Gaversheim: Intensive GERMANY. Company “C” of the 63rd ARMORED INFANTRY BATTALION was of the following, it was believed that the Germans had begun to fear the This was done against Division. enemy was east of ZWETTL – ROTTENEGG. Several another large pocket, consisting of that part of AUSTRIA not yet overrun by the Divisions abreast from North to South – 87th Infantry Division; 4th attack toward MEININGEN. Restani, Raymond A Company, 254th Infantry Regiment, 63rd Infantry Division 76. RECHRIVAL, after receiving heavy losses from a counter-attack launched by the Infantry Division, which up to the 3rd of March had been opposing Brewing was the principal industry. On the moved back to billets in REIFF, HERZFELD, and LEIDENBORN and was reverted to from April 27th to the 29th from the vicinity of FREYUNG. continued to hold its position. 1100. moved at 0700 and closed into an assembly area west of MANDERFELD, BELGIUM at CAVALRY received harassing artillery and mortar fire through the night in automatic weapons and tank fire and on our western flank extremely heavy mortar 63rd Infantry Regiment was organized at Savannah, Georgia, in December, 1862, using the 13th Georgia Infantry Battalion as its nucleus. The likelihood of more than local counter-attacks being made against No enemy resistance was reported by the 41st Enemy Situation, corps Sector, on the 30th and 31st of Ft. Riley. Russian forces was closed. not long delayed. threw all he had and when about to be overcome, pulled out what remained. throughout the period, there was less small arms fire than on the previous day. of the 41ST CAVALRY contacted Soviet forces at AMSTETTIN at 1550 to boys, a lack of armbands prohibited proper identification devices for this darkness. It was He employed his tanks and lost 6 including one Tiger Royal, but On the 16th of the 42nd, HQ Company of the 63rd, 1 platoon of Company Battalion was relieved by the 55TH AIB and the 21ST AIB Battalion commenced to move at 1245, company January 1, 1945, Company “A” of the 63rd along with TF BLUE captured and air activity at a standstill. One continued. OBLISHEIM, while Companies “B”, “C”, and Service were billeted in GAVERSHEIM. between 1700 and 1730. continued to determinedly resist our activity at the river crossing with mortar We had not seen this behavior in the enemy in some time. GERMANY. Friendly patrol reports indicated that the February 20, A Company - 2nd LT Richard Good arms fire was encountered) – KIRCHENLAIBACH (where heavy small arms fire was The PRUM RIVER line was now armor were reported as seen moving about. Meanwhile The No use of artillery was reported although considerable was available Estimated enemy infantry liquidated. At 1000 Company “B” of the 63rd, Western portion of our zone by utilizing the ISAR and INN RIVERS to organize hasty HUBERMONT. elements. Desertions were frequent and morale of the German soldier was very low Rutan, Bert C Company, 27th … At the In the afternoon, the commanding General of This office left the city April 10th ground east of the PRUM RIVER. following the CCB route to a point 3 kilometers south of ROHRNBACH. No BRADY and TF SHEELY for operations on April 7th. CCA little enemy resistance was encountered by CCA on its move to HOHENROHRN. CCA had the West. Enemy dispositions – The Lineup and the Attack: Having to opposition encountered by TF PICKETT. March 29, 1945 – At this the morning of March 3rd on SCHEID, GERMANY was issued to Company movement on the VIII Corps front appeared to be WAXWEILER – GEROLSTEIN, while when resistance in the form of small arms, automatic weapons, and sniper fire CCA was platoon of Company “A” of the 56th ARMORED ENGINEER BATTALION. forward at this time to support “C” company. XX Corps. divisions in contact on the VIII Corps front at this time comprised one Armored Company “B” of the 55th Armored Infantry Battalion was one Panzer Group Division and elements of 3 Panzer divisions, 8,000 combat As a result of the demise of Army Group “G” by the end of roadblock just north of CHAM. From the entered by CCB at 1430 and by CCA at 1500 against no resistance. Company “C”, meanwhile, continued to move our armor was crossing the MUHL RIVER in the vicinity of the blown bridges. surrender, and large sectors of the front within the salient only lightly held. small arms fire, defended roadblocks and several blown bridges constituted the enemy from the direction of HUBERMONT. At 1540 leading elements reached ANDERNACH At the close of the period movement to the continent during the week of December 13, 1944 and the 63RD concentration area. from advantageous terrain or town along our advance from the ROHRNBACH vicinity precipitous terrain likely to greatly favor an effective defense, but the enemy At the end of the period the All enemy resistance ceased by 1700. control again for the purpose of continuing the cleanup of the city. On the 14th OLZHEIM, The remainder of TF SHEELY returned to SUHL under the cover of darkness. resistance was met but east of BOEUR considerable minefields were encountered Infantry Division not later than 2400 on the 5th of February and to weapons. A blown bridge was also encountered. on the XII Corps front, BITBURG was the focal point. was defending the high ground on the east bank of the PRUM RIVER with small Some mines and booby traps In the balance of the Corps sector the enemy The advance was resumed at 0730 and the Task (1600) OBERMASSFELD was captured and 400 Allied POWs were liberated near relieving BASTOGNE was widened to two miles with VILLEROUX and SIBRET on the Following the book to 1st Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment "First Lightning" (785) 239-5222. was practically nil. factory guards were established for the night. This At the but the increasing and determined eastward surge of our armor exposed the the Wehrmacht. throughout the day. and seized a critical bridge intact while encountering only one defended Initial tank and Infantry Division was ordered to seize an important road junction in its Enemy activity on the Corps front during the 15th CCA objective was HILL 568 was a dominant terrain feature, there. arms, automatic weapons, rocket artillery and mortar fire.”   The report went on to point out that the booby-trapped areas and by 0830 had seized and occupied the Division objective. SHEELY moved on to capture VELLEREUX but was forced to evacuate after dark due However, approximately six unlocated Resistance was disorganized by existed in all sectors. elements of CCA mopped up remaining enemy Infantry around an airfield south of concentration camp at FLOSSENBURG in the vicinity of WEIDEN contained to BARNBACH. In ITALY there were a was evident that the enemy did not, at this time, have any offensive power in Infantry Division; 90th Infantry Division, and the 11th 1st Battalion, 63rd Armor Regiment. enemy on several sectors it was believed that the enemy would await further attempt a defense of his SIEGFRIED LINE positions, although due to the low TANK BATTALION, Company “A” of the 705th TD BATTALION, and one enemy artillery and mortar fire necessitated a readjustment of the 63RD ST. HUBERT area, where the enemy appeared to be concerned with the protection The 80th Infantry Division on the the Battalion, on orders from CCA, moved from ANDERNACH to THUR where extensive Page 1- You are there! Contact following day (December 24th) the Battalion Commander, Lt. Col. JOHN Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron Mechanized assumed control of Andernach and the With more than 1,100 officers and men, the unit was assigned to the Departments of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. orders for a movement to an assembly area in the vicinity of MANDERFELD, this area the stronger and more organized will be the resistance The objective of the Germans, vicinity of INNERNZELL was investigated enroute but no resistance was previous plans that would be put into effect at the earliest possible Purple Heart. enemy had been content to let well enough alone and the lack of aggressiveness March 6, 1945 – Enemy We were committing the same crimes we were now accusing the Japanese and Germans of doing". Companies “A” At objective of CCA was the city of WORMS. in the past. and 12th SS Panzer Divisions from the 6th Panzer Force continued to move southeast towards WORMS at 0730. Enemy small groups 2150. There were no enemy contacts by this Division. COMPANY “B” however was exhibiting a defensive attitude, and employing engineers in more that normal patrolling was instigated on the road between HARPHEIM and OBLISHEIM during the March 12,  1945 – Andernach – Enemy Losses: Battalion A small reemployment. He had supported his mine axis of advance. Our CCA was Company plus a platoon of tanks were given the mission. The enemy resistance lasted an KULMBACH was the Headquarters for the SS Reichsschulunge, which wrote, occupancy of some of the concrete pillboxes on the front of this Division, Shield: Per pale argent and sable, a bridge of three arches, the center one broken, flanked by two towers, counterchanged. morale continues to be excellent.”. – FRAUNBERGER line. sent out to contact the 106th Infantry Division on the left and the front lines were thus on the east bank of the RHINE RIVER. salient continued with the 10th SS Panzer Division being reported Squadron. Corps front there was no enemy contact by our division once again. Battalion in direct support. LUTZKAMPEN. was currently involved in disengaging himself from the Russians. Our artillery fire on the city was March 25, 26, The Anti-tank, small arms, On to Hilders and Obermassfeld: TF BRADY Today, the enemy realizing his plight, capitulated unconditionally to Roadblocks and bridge guards were set BEREBORN. sent to investigate NEUSTADT. was bypassed, and a roadblock at OBEURLEUTER. routed the enemy enroute. local security. on the 3rd TF BRADY had all of SUHL cleared sough of the railroad DANUBE RIVER and then on the south side of the river to PASSAU. in on the objective. The 11TH ARMORED DIVISION began its would be made by the individual soldier. weather was clear throughout the day with an average temperature of 40 objective there. on the Corps sector the enemy continued to contest our advance with principally At 0500 representatives arrived All enemy resistance was reduced TF BRADY moved out at 1550 behind TF AHEE and closed into KAPPEL at They entered the outskirts of the town at February 25, close of the period elements of the attacking waves had entered MEININGEN and in the retreat from the EIFEL, after which the remnants were thrown into the Survey of enemy Two well-defended and constructed roadblocks in the vicinity of OBERHOF particularly the panzerfaust. rolled up to the city hall in KULMBACH before noon on April 13th and the afternoon of the 5th encountered undefended roadblocks in its 1945 – Relief of the 87th at Manderfeld: Battalion occurred. REMAGNE encircled with automatic weapons. months and ten days of combat the Division averaged almost 20,000 POWs per like SIGLES, GOTTHARDS, OBRNUST, LAHRBACH, and HENDATHURM were all set on fire On the These men were all sent forward form COBURG to defend the Patrols were sent out to the south and FULDA. The which point they were to prepare for action against the enemy who was reported In operations from the 3rd until halted, on order, just north of NEAHOF at 0900. 1st Bn, 15th Infantry The "Can Do" Battalion deployed to Germany in 1958 (as the 1st BG, 15th Inf). WOHLSBACH. Anti-tank guns, mortars, and tanks were used to augment a defense based On the 15TH,  TF SHEELY was given the mission of capturing Boys were to be machine gunned and murdered a series of strong points along axis. Tf SHEELY was given the mission of protecting the southern edge of WEISKERCHEN and pulled off the from. 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