combat boots that produced trench feet; digging dugouts no matter how tired we were in order to survive devastating nightly barrages and tree bursts…a foolhardy general [ Major General John E. Dahlquist] who came right up to our lines, goading us to get up and charge…three days of slow, tedious tree-to-tree fighting with no sleep; forcing down cold,
at midnight, October 13. Effective on arrival in the area the Combat Team was attached to VI Corps for operations and further attached to the 36th Division, Major General John E. Dahlquist commanding. 14 Oct 1944 – Preparing for the Battle Beginning at 1400 October 14, the 442nd Infantry began moving into position for an attack the following
with ever-growing distances to cover, Seventh Army’s supply situation at the time of [Lieutenant General Alexander M.] Patch’s 29 December directive simply would not allow an immediate major thrust. By the first week of October, in fact, the American supply situation had been deemed “critical”. Control Supply Rates (CSRs) for ammunition were imposed on
combat boots that produced trench feet; digging dugouts no matter how tired we were in order to survive devastating nightly barrages and tree bursts…a foolhardy general [ Major General John E. Dahlquist] who came right up to our lines, goading us to get up and charge…three days of slow, tedious tree-to-tree fighting with no sleep; forcing down cold,
RHINELAND CAMPAIGN-VOSGES (October 10, 1944 – November 21, 1944) There were five major battle campaigns that were fought by the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, of which the Rhineland Campaign-Vosges was one of them. The 442nd arrived in France in October 1944 to join the 36th Division as part of the 7th Army, after fighting
RHINELAND CAMPAIGN-VOSGES (October 10, 1944 – November 21, 1944) There were five major battle campaigns that were fought by the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, of which the Rhineland Campaign-Vosges was one of them. The 442nd arrived in France in October 1944 to join the 36th Division as part of the 7th Army, after fighting
