Back to Normandy - Recently Added Listings - 30 Infantry Division (USA) https://www.backtonormandy.org/ Thu, 28 Mar 2024 15:53:04 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 30 Infantry Division (USA) to the Seine https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/divisions-infantry/30-infantry-division-usa/213745-30-infantry-division-usa-to-the-seine.html

The 30th Infantry Division now became part of another encirclement, this one intended to trap German forces just west of the Seine River.
Launching from Brezolles, the division advanced quickly to Nonancourt against sporadic resistance.
Here it secured crossings of the Aure River and drove on to Evreux.
It occupied Evreux without opposition, so weakened had the German resistance become.
Regimental combat teams raced ahead to the high ground west and south of Louviers, trapping units that might have intended to flee through that town.
Patrols worked their way into Louviers, and found that the Germans had abandoned the town.
On 25 August Paris fell to the French 2nd Armored Division and the American 4th Infantry Division.
By this time the Americans had seized multiple crossings across the Seine River.
The Battle for France was becoming a rout.

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30 Infantry Division (USA) near St.André https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/divisions-infantry/30-infantry-division-usa/213744-30-infantry-division-usa-near-st-andre.html

The 30th Infantry Division now became part of another encirclement, this one intended to trap German forces just west of the Seine River.
Launching from Brezolles, the division advanced quickly to Nonancourt against sporadic resistance.
Here it secured crossings of the Aure River and drove on to Evreux.
It occupied Evreux without opposition, so weakened had the German resistance become.
Regimental combat teams raced ahead to the high ground west and south of Louviers, trapping units that might have intended to flee through that town.
Patrols worked their way into Louviers, and found that the Germans had abandoned the town.
On 25 August Paris fell to the French 2nd Armored Division and the American 4th Infantry Division.
By this time the Americans had seized multiple crossings across the Seine River.
The Battle for France was becoming a rout.

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fredvogels Wed, 01 Mar 2017 19:06:11 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/divisions-infantry/30-infantry-division-usa/213744-30-infantry-division-usa-near-st-andre.html
30 Infantry Division (USA) drove on to Evreux https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/divisions-infantry/30-infantry-division-usa/213743-30-infantry-division-usa-drove-on-to-evreux.html

The 30th Infantry Division now became part of another encirclement, this one intended to trap German forces just west of the Seine River.
Launching from Brezolles, the division advanced quickly to Nonancourt against sporadic resistance.
Here it secured crossings of the Aure River and drove on to Evreux.
It occupied Evreux without opposition, so weakened had the German resistance become.
Regimental combat teams raced ahead to the high ground west and south of Louviers, trapping units that might have intended to flee through that town.
Patrols worked their way into Louviers, and found that the Germans had abandoned the town.
On 25 August Paris fell to the French 2nd Armored Division and the American 4th Infantry Division.
By this time the Americans had seized multiple crossings across the Seine River.
The Battle for France was becoming a rout.

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fredvogels Wed, 01 Mar 2017 18:57:53 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/divisions-infantry/30-infantry-division-usa/213743-30-infantry-division-usa-drove-on-to-evreux.html
30 Infantry Division (USA) in Brezolles https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/divisions-infantry/30-infantry-division-usa/213742-30-infantry-division-usa-in-brezolles.html

The 30th Infantry Division now became part of another encirclement, this one intended to trap German forces just west of the Seine River.
Launching from Brezolles, the division advanced quickly to Nonancourt against sporadic resistance.
Here it secured crossings of the Aure River and drove on to Evreux.
It occupied Evreux without opposition, so weakened had the German resistance become.
Regimental combat teams raced ahead to the high ground west and south of Louviers, trapping units that might have intended to flee through that town.
Patrols worked their way into Louviers, and found that the Germans had abandoned the town.
On 25 August Paris fell to the French 2nd Armored Division and the American 4th Infantry Division.
By this time the Americans had seized multiple crossings across the Seine River.
The Battle for France was becoming a rout.

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fredvogels Wed, 01 Mar 2017 18:52:57 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/divisions-infantry/30-infantry-division-usa/213742-30-infantry-division-usa-in-brezolles.html
30 Infantry Division (USA) pivoted through Barenton https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/divisions-infantry/30-infantry-division-usa/213741-30-infantry-division-usa-pivoted-through-barenton.html

The 30th Infantry Division mopped up around Mortain, and then continued the attack to destroy German forces in the newly forming “Falaise Pocket”. 

General George S.Patton’s Third Army had encircled numerous enemy troops – including survivors of the attack on Mortain – when it sped east from Avranches and hooked northwards towards Falaise.

The 30th Infantry Division pivoted through Barenton, and with the help of French civilians captured Domfort as Allied forces squeezed the entrapped Germans into a smaller and smaller area.

Near Domfort the division was pinched out by British forces crossing its front as the pocket disappeared.
The Falaise Pocket proved to be a disaster for the Germans, who lost 50,000 prisoners, in addition to tens of thousands already killed or wounded in the fighting.

The Germans who did escape lost most of their equipment in the pocket or in the pursuit.
The 30th Infantry Division pulled out of the line and displaced over 100 miles to Brezolles, positioned for another mission.

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30 Infantry Division (USA) redeployed to secure newly seized Mortain https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/divisions-infantry/30-infantry-division-usa/213740-30-infantry-division-usa-redeployed-to-secure-newly-seized-mortain.html

After assisting in the seizure of Tessy-sur-Vire, the 30th Infantry Division was pinched out by friendly units.
The division redeployed to secure newly seized Mortain.
It 32 had barely arrived when the Germans launched a desperate counterattack on 7 August, hoping to reach the sea at Avranches and cut off General George S.Patton’s Third Army.
The weight of this three-armored-division attack hit squarely on the 30th Infantry Division.
The Germans pushed quickly into Mortain, but the Americans doggedly held on to nearby Hill 317 and other key terrain features.
Reinforcing artillery fires and air strikes helped the defenders, but the greatest honors went to determined infantrymen defending their positions against long odds.
Nearby units reinforced quickly, and the Germans got the worst of a confused melee.
They left over 100 destroyed tanks on the Mortain battlefield, and their participating divisions were severely mauled.
The attack had been contained by local forces, and had no significant effect on Patton’s advance.

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30 Infantry Division (USA) and the fall of Troisgots https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/divisions-infantry/30-infantry-division-usa/213739-30-infantry-division-usa-and-the-fall-of-troisgots.html

The 30th Infantry Division continued to advance against collapsing German resistance.
By 27 July it had pushed a dozen miles from its starting positions and secured bridges along the Vire River, outflanking German forces to their east.
It also cleared routes for the passage of armored combat commands through it, and began mopping up residual enemy resistance in the breakthrough area as these armored formations pressed ahead.
Arriving German reinforcements attempted to contain the American advance, and took up strong defensive positions near the village of Troisgots.
This precipitated a fierce four-day battle as further reinforcements arrived on both sides.
Ultimately the 30th Infantry Division battered its way into the village, dispatching enemy tanks with bazookas at close ranges.
The fall of Troisgots unhinged the German line in this sector, precipitating yet another German withdrawal.

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fredvogels Wed, 01 Mar 2017 18:32:05 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/divisions-infantry/30-infantry-division-usa/213739-30-infantry-division-usa-and-the-fall-of-troisgots.html
30 Infantry Division (USA) to Hebecrevon https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/divisions-infantry/30-infantry-division-usa/213738-30-infantry-division-usa-to-hebecrevon.html

The 30th Infantry Division repositioned and prepared for the major breakthrough offensive, codenamed COBRA.
COBRA envisioned a massive “carpet bombing” followed by three infantry divisions attacking to punch a hole in enemy lines, and then two armored divisions and a motorized infantry division exploiting through the hole thus made.


As the gap widened and resistance crumpled, further forces would pile on.
The three infantry divisions to make the initial attack were, from right to left, the 9th, 4th and 30th.
COBRA was set for 21 July, but was postponed to 22, 24 and then 25 July because of weather.
On the morning of 25 July more than 2,400 Allied planes dropped more than 4,000 tons of bombs within a six-square-mile sector west of Saint-Lô.


Despite losses to bombs fallen short, the 30th Infantry Division forced its way across the Périers - Saint-Lô Highway and into the village of Hebecrevon.
The bombing and subsequent infantry attacks totally disrupted the defenders along thousands of yards of front.

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30 Infantry Division (USA) to Saint-Jean-de-Daye https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/divisions-infantry/30-infantry-division-usa/213737-30-infantry-division-usa-to-saint-jean-de-daye.html

The 30th Infantry Division attacked to force the Vire River and Vire – Taute Canal and seize the village of Saint-Jean-de-Daye.
Covered by darkness and a drizzling rain, the first several waves of infantry crossed in rubber boats and scrambled up the far side.
Soon engineers constructed pontoon bridges and repaired destroyed bridges, enabling the rest of the division and part of the 3rd Armored Division to cross.
On 11 July a German armored division counterattacked to preclude further American advances in the bocage between the Vire and Taute Rivers.
The 30th Infantry Division turned back this attack within its sector, destroying numerous enemy tanks.
Fighting was at close quarters and confused in the heavily vegetated terrain, allowing the Americans to make optimal use of antitank rifles and bazookas.
Pressing on in the aftermath of its successful defense, the 30th Infantry Division seized the ridgeline at Hauts-Vents and the bridge at Pont-Hebert.
Here they over watched the Périers - Saint-Lô highway, threatening Saint-Lô from the west.

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30 Infantry Division (USA) worked on techniques for eradicating snipers https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/divisions-infantry/30-infantry-division-usa/213736-30-infantry-division-usa-worked-on-techniques-for-eradicating-snipers.html

The 30th Infantry Division continued to defend in its sector.
The terrain it held along the Vire - Taute Canal secured ground between major Commonwealth efforts to seize Caen and major American efforts to seize Cherbourg.
It also covered the flank of American divisions making a more limited attack towards Saint-Lô.
The division’s defense was an active one; regiments routinely sent out numerous patrols to probe enemy lines, keep the enemy off balance, secure tactical intelligence, and identify worthy targets for air and artillery strikes.
The Germans responded with patrols and counterattacks of their own.
Artillery fire and snipers were dominant sources of casualties for both sides in this sector during this period.
The 30th Infantry Division worked on techniques for eradicating snipers, and many of its combat patrols were dispatched for this purpose.
This attrition and diversion of German forces continued to drain the enemy, even as more heavily resourced attacks were progressing elsewhere.

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fredvogels Wed, 01 Mar 2017 18:11:27 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/divisions-infantry/30-infantry-division-usa/213736-30-infantry-division-usa-worked-on-techniques-for-eradicating-snipers.html
30 Infantry Division (USA) to Montmartin-en-Graignes https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/divisions-infantry/30-infantry-division-usa/213735-30-infantry-division-usa-to-montmartin-en-graignes.html

The 30th Infantry Division embarked from England and debarked across Omaha Beach on 15 June.
Even though most of its units were still en route and not yet closed, the 30th Infantry Division launched an attack to seize Montmartin-en-Graignes and close to the Vire-Taute Canal.
The narrow corridor between the Vire and Taute Rivers separated American First Army efforts to secure Saint-Lô from Americans battling in the Cotentin Peninsula to seize Cherbourg.

Allied planners feared the Germans, reinforced by arriving armor, would drive north down the corridor with each flank protected by a river, and split the American First Army in two.

The surest defense against such a possibility was to force the Germans off the northern banks of the Vire - Taute Canal, and then defend that formidable obstacle against counterattack.

The 30th Infantry Division assumed this mission, closed to the canal, and held that line while the attacks on Cherbourg and Saint-Lô moved forward.

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30 Infantry Division (USA) landed on Omaha Beach https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/divisions-infantry/30-infantry-division-usa/213734-30-infantry-division-usa-landed-on-omaha-beach.html

The 30th Infantry Division embarked from England and debarked across Omaha Beach on 15 June.
Even though most of its units were still en route and not yet closed, the 30th Infantry Division launched an attack to seize Montmartin-en-Graignes and close to the Vire-Taute Canal.
The narrow corridor between the Vire and Taute Rivers separated American First Army efforts to secure Saint-Lô from Americans battling in the Cotentin Peninsula to seize Cherbourg.
Allied planners feared the Germans, reinforced by arriving armor, would drive north down the corridor with each flank protected by a river, and split the American First Army in two.
The surest defense against such a possibility was to force the Germans off the northern banks of the Vire - Taute Canal, and then defend that formidable obstacle against counterattack.
The 30th Infantry Division assumed this mission, closed to the canal, and held that line while the attacks on Cherbourg and Saint-Lô moved forward.

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30 Infantry Division (USA) Chesham, Buckinghamshire 7-13 June https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/divisions-infantry/30-infantry-division-usa/213733-30-infantry-division-usa-chesham-buckinghamshire-7-13-june.html

Headquartered in Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England, the 30th Infantry Division – the “Old Hickory Division” – trained and prepared for deployment to France.

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30 Infantry Division (USA) HQ in Chesham, Buckinghamshire https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/divisions-infantry/30-infantry-division-usa/213732-30-infantry-division-usa-hq-in-chesham-buckinghamshire.html

Headquartered in Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England, the 30th Infantry Division – the “Old Hickory Division” – trained and prepared for deployment to France.

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Pfc. R. Larock playing piano, killed two days later https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/divisions-infantry/30-infantry-division-usa/119-infantry-regiment-usa/126531-pfc-r-larock-playing-piano-killed-two-days-later.html

Pfc. R. Larock of E. Co., 119th IR, 30 Infantry Division, relaxes after a day of fighting by playing piano in a wrecked German beer hall; Germany 8th October 1944. KIA on 10 October 1944 and was buried at the Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial in Hombourg, Belgium.

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30 Infantry Division (USA) at Mortain https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/divisions-infantry/30-infantry-division-usa/126177-30-infantry-division-usa-at-mortain.html

Units: 30th Infantry Division

Date: 07-August-44

Locations: Mortain / Mayenne 

Characters: (unknown)

Themes: ruin / Market Garden / Crash glider / Glider

Length: 7:03 min

Cameraman: (unknown)

 

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fredvogels Sun, 18 Oct 2015 08:28:02 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/divisions-infantry/30-infantry-division-usa/126177-30-infantry-division-usa-at-mortain.html
119 Infantry Regiment (USA) at Perriers-en-Beauficel, Saint-Michel-de-Montjoie, Mortain https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/divisions-infantry/30-infantry-division-usa/119-infantry-regiment-usa/126173-119-infantry-regiment-usa-at-perriers-en-beauficel-saint-michel-de-montjoie-mortain.html

Streetcombats and combats in the fields

Units: 30th Infantry Division / 119th Infantry Regiment

Date: 10-August-44 locations: Perriers-en-Beauficel / Saint-Michel-de-Montjoie / Mortain / handle characters: (unknown)

Themes: artillery / Bocage / corpse / injured / Medic / Crash plane / Combat

Duration: 4:52 min Cameraman: (unknown)

Last part strangely enough: Lt. Gen. Joe Stillwell lands at SEAC airfield in Ceylon, where he meets BG Frank Merrill, during World War II

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285 Field Artillery Observation Battalion 90 soldiers executed https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/divisions-infantry/30-infantry-division-usa/-285-field-artillery-observation-battalion/15672--285th-field-artillery-observation-battalion-90-soldiers-executed.html

285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion 80-90 soldiers executed

The Malmedy massacre was a war crime in which 80 American prisoners of war were murdered by their German captors during World War II. The massacre was committed on December 17, 1944, by members of Kampfgruppe Peiper (part of the 1st SS Panzer Division), a German combat unit, during the Battle of the Bulge.

The massacre, as well as others committed by the same unit on the same day and following days, was the subject of the Malmedy massacre trial, part of the Dachau Trials of 1946. The trials were the focus of some controversy.

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117th Infantry Regiment (USA) liberation of Maastricht https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/divisions-infantry/30-infantry-division-usa/117-infantry-regiment-usa/13626-117th-infantry-regiment-usa-liberation-of-maastricht.html

Liberation of Maastricht by the 117th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division.

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119 Infantry Regiment (USA) attacked from the vicinity of Malmedy https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/divisions-infantry/30-infantry-division-usa/119-infantry-regiment-usa/5871-119th-infantry-regiment-usa-attacked-from-the-vicinity-of-malmedy.html

On the 11th of Januari the 119th Infantry Regiment of the Thirtieth Division attacked from the vicinity of Malmedy and across the unit's left front. The Battalion supported the attack with heavy machine gun and 81-mm mortar fire. During the attack the enemy heavily shelled unit positions causing some casualties. The Germans knew the terrain which the unit was occupying and their artillery was accurate; because the terrain was so heavily wooded enemy mortar and artillery fire was particularly devastating due to tree-bursts.

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fredvogels Sat, 14 Jul 2012 14:56:33 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/divisions-infantry/30-infantry-division-usa/119-infantry-regiment-usa/5871-119th-infantry-regiment-usa-attacked-from-the-vicinity-of-malmedy.html
120th Infantry Regiment (USA) take positions in the vicinity of Malmedy https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/divisions-infantry/30-infantry-division-usa/120-infantry-regiment-usa/5613-120th-infantry-regiment-usa-take-positions-in-the-vicinity-of-malmedy.html

Later during the same evening one battalion of the 120th Infantry Regiment of the 30th Division came up to take positions with the 99th in the vicinity of Malmedy. Enemy parachutists were dropped one-half mile west of the town but were never contacted.

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fredvogels Sat, 14 Jul 2012 13:45:38 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/divisions-infantry/30-infantry-division-usa/120-infantry-regiment-usa/5613-120th-infantry-regiment-usa-take-positions-in-the-vicinity-of-malmedy.html
119 Infantry Regiment (USA) closing of the Aachen gap https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/divisions-infantry/30-infantry-division-usa/119-infantry-regiment-usa/5937-119th-infantry-regiment-usa-closing-of-the-aachen-gap.html

This part is from the 119th Official History Book: Look also here. The First Battalion had, long before dawn, bridged the Wurm River in front of Kohlscheid and proceeded to the north edge of the town, meeting scattered but stubborn opposition. The Wurm River ran generally south to north. It was small and could he termed a good-sized creek. However, in the “Line” battle. the Regiment had to bridge it three times-once moving east at Rimburg, once moving west at Kohlscheid, and once moving east, south of Kohlscheid.
The leading platoon of Company A was pinned down by machine gun lire until T/Sgt. John Overman, a mortar observer, charged the machine gon position with his sub-machine gun and killed three of the enemy crew. After that, progress was fairly rapid. First Battalion had the downtown area cleared before noon and was on its way southwest in the direction of Ursfeld and Richterich. Second Battalion jumped ofi at daylight, and though it soon ran into resistance from tank, machine gun, and artillery fire, it was able to knock out one tank and two pillboxes. Secure footholds were established finally on the northern and western edges of Wurselen.
Our plan was not to push directly through Wurselen to cut the highway, hut to come down the western side of the city and cut the highway at a point southwest of it, making contact with the First Division at the same time. In the afternoon the Second Battalion held positions reaching down the slope to within 500 yards of the highway, and a company of the 99th Infantry Battalion, an American Norwegian Battalion attached to us, had men dug in just short of the highway. The enemy held a considerable force of tanks and infantry on the high hill directly south of WurseIen overlooking the highway. This force brought such heavy fire to bear on the men of the 99th that they were unable to leave their foxholes by daylight.
The enemy also had pushed tanks along the road and sent six of them, accompanied by 40 infantrymen, against Company E holding the extreme right of the Second Battalion west of the highway. One of the tanks, a Mark VI, was able to advance to within 175 yards of our lines. A bazooka team was sent out, but, Ending that the bazooka had no effect on the heavy armor of the monster tank, the team came back. In a second attempt Pvt. Blair I... Mutimer took the bazooka and went forward 50 yards and fired. One rocket hit the tank, glanced off without doing any damage, and two otlters, though they missed, accounted for I5 of the accompanying infantry. The attack was finally driven off by artillery and small arms.
At nightfall, a patrol was sent from Company F to contact the l8th Infantry of the First Division. The patrol slipped forward in the darkness and rain, coming within 200 yards af the First Division front lines before they were fired on by an enemy outpost. S/Sgt. Frank A. Karwel, who was in charge of the patrol, vanished. Fortunately he had given orders to avoid a fire fight and get on to the First Division. Two lead scouts, Pvt. Edward Krauss and Pvt. Evan F.Whitis, succeeded in crawling out from under the concentrated small arms and mortar fire, and in reaching the First Division lines. The seven other men of the patrol managed to work hack to our lines in the dark. Private Krause and Private First Class Whitis guided a patrol from the First Division hack to our lines later that night, but found no trace of Sergeant Karwel. lt was not known whether he was killed or captured.

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119 Infantry Regiment (USA) liberation of Maastricht https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/divisions-infantry/30-infantry-division-usa/119-infantry-regiment-usa/5708-119th-infantry-regiment-usa-liberation-of-maastricht.html Liberation of Maastricht by the 119th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division. ]]> fredvogels Mon, 02 Jul 2012 11:57:13 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/divisions-infantry/30-infantry-division-usa/119-infantry-regiment-usa/5708-119th-infantry-regiment-usa-liberation-of-maastricht.html 119 Infantry Regiment (USA) liberation of Maastricht https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/divisions-infantry/30-infantry-division-usa/117-infantry-regiment-usa/5717-119th-infantry-regiment-usa-liberation-of-maastricht.html Liberation of Maastricht by the 119th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division. ]]> fredvogels Mon, 02 Jul 2012 11:57:13 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/divisions-infantry/30-infantry-division-usa/117-infantry-regiment-usa/5717-119th-infantry-regiment-usa-liberation-of-maastricht.html 3 Infantry Division (USA) liberation of Winthagen https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/divisions-infantry/30-infantry-division-usa/5716-30th-infantry-division-usa-liberation-of-winthagen.html Liberation of Winthagen by the 3rd Battalion, 119th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division supported by Company "C", 743rd Tank Battalion. ]]> fredvogels Sun, 01 Jul 2012 12:52:01 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/divisions-infantry/30-infantry-division-usa/5716-30th-infantry-division-usa-liberation-of-winthagen.html 743rd Tank Battalion (USA) liberation of Winthagen https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/divisions-infantry/30-infantry-division-usa/743-tank-battalion-usa/5698-743rd-tank-battalion-usa-liberation-of-winthagen.html Liberation of Winthagen by the 3rd Battalion, 119th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division supported by Company "C", 743rd Tank Battalion. ]]> fredvogels Sun, 01 Jul 2012 12:50:59 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/divisions-infantry/30-infantry-division-usa/743-tank-battalion-usa/5698-743rd-tank-battalion-usa-liberation-of-winthagen.html 743rd Tank Battalion (USA) liberation of Weustenrade https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/divisions-infantry/30-infantry-division-usa/743-tank-battalion-usa/5714-743rd-tank-battalion-usa-liberation-of-weustenrade.html Liberation of Weustenrade by the 3rd Battalion, 119th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division supported by Company "C", 743rd Tank Battalion. ]]> fredvogels Sun, 01 Jul 2012 12:49:59 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/divisions-infantry/30-infantry-division-usa/743-tank-battalion-usa/5714-743rd-tank-battalion-usa-liberation-of-weustenrade.html 3 Infantry Division (USA) liberation of Weustenrade https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/divisions-infantry/30-infantry-division-usa/5715-30th-infantry-division-usa-liberation-of-weustenrade.html Liberation of Weustenrade by the 3rd Battalion, 119th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division supported by Company "C", 743rd Tank Battalion. ]]> fredvogels Sun, 01 Jul 2012 12:48:33 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/divisions-infantry/30-infantry-division-usa/5715-30th-infantry-division-usa-liberation-of-weustenrade.html 3 Infantry Division (USA) liberation of Voerendaal https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/divisions-infantry/30-infantry-division-usa/5712-30th-infantry-division-usa-liberation-of-voerendaal.html Liberation of Voerendaal by the 3rd Battalion, 119th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division supported by Company "C", 743rd Tank Battalion. ]]> fredvogels Sun, 01 Jul 2012 12:47:16 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/divisions-infantry/30-infantry-division-usa/5712-30th-infantry-division-usa-liberation-of-voerendaal.html 743rd Tank Battalion (USA) liberation of Voerendaal https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/divisions-infantry/30-infantry-division-usa/743-tank-battalion-usa/5713-743rd-tank-battalion-usa-liberation-of-voerendaal.html Liberation of Voerendaal by the 3rd Battalion, 119th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division supported by Company "C", 743rd Tank Battalion. ]]> fredvogels Sun, 01 Jul 2012 12:46:04 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/divisions-infantry/30-infantry-division-usa/743-tank-battalion-usa/5713-743rd-tank-battalion-usa-liberation-of-voerendaal.html 743rd Tank Battalion (USA) liberation of Ubachsberg https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/divisions-infantry/30-infantry-division-usa/743-tank-battalion-usa/5710-743rd-tank-battalion-usa-liberation-of-ubachsberg.html Liberation of Ubachsberg by the 3rd Battalion, 119th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division supported by Company "C", 743rd Tank Battalion. ]]> fredvogels Sun, 01 Jul 2012 12:44:27 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/divisions-infantry/30-infantry-division-usa/743-tank-battalion-usa/5710-743rd-tank-battalion-usa-liberation-of-ubachsberg.html 119 Infantry Regiment (USA) liberation of Ubachsberg https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/divisions-infantry/30-infantry-division-usa/119-infantry-regiment-usa/1462-119th-infantry-regiment-usa-liberation-of-ubachsberg.html Liberation of Ubachsberg by the 3rd Battalion, 119th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division supported by Company "C", 743rd Tank Battalion. ]]> fredvogels Sun, 01 Jul 2012 12:42:36 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/divisions-infantry/30-infantry-division-usa/119-infantry-regiment-usa/1462-119th-infantry-regiment-usa-liberation-of-ubachsberg.html 743rd Tank Battalion (USA) liberation of Retersbeek https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/divisions-infantry/30-infantry-division-usa/743-tank-battalion-usa/5709-743rd-tank-battalion-usa-liberation-of-retersbeek.html Liberation of Retersbeek by the 3rd Battalion, 119th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division supported by Company "C", 743rd Tank Battalion. ]]> fredvogels Sun, 01 Jul 2012 12:39:20 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/divisions-infantry/30-infantry-division-usa/743-tank-battalion-usa/5709-743rd-tank-battalion-usa-liberation-of-retersbeek.html 3 Infantry Division (USA) liberation of Retersbeek https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/divisions-infantry/30-infantry-division-usa/5711-30th-infantry-division-usa-liberation-of-retersbeek.html Liberation of Retersbeek by the 3rd Battalion, 119th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division supported by Company "C", 743rd Tank Battalion. ]]> fredvogels Sun, 01 Jul 2012 12:38:02 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/divisions-infantry/30-infantry-division-usa/5711-30th-infantry-division-usa-liberation-of-retersbeek.html 3 Infantry Division (USA) liberation of Ransdaal https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/divisions-infantry/30-infantry-division-usa/5706-30th-infantry-division-usa-liberation-of-ransdaal.html Liberation of Ransdaal by the 3rd Battalion, 119th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division supported by Company "C", 743rd Tank Battalion. ]]> fredvogels Sun, 01 Jul 2012 12:36:27 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/divisions-infantry/30-infantry-division-usa/5706-30th-infantry-division-usa-liberation-of-ransdaal.html 743rd Tank Battalion (USA) liberation of Ransdaal https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/divisions-infantry/30-infantry-division-usa/743-tank-battalion-usa/5707-743rd-tank-battalion-usa-liberation-of-ransdaal.html Liberation of Ransdaal by the 3rd Battalion, 119th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division supported by Company "C", 743rd Tank Battalion. ]]> fredvogels Sun, 01 Jul 2012 12:35:11 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/divisions-infantry/30-infantry-division-usa/743-tank-battalion-usa/5707-743rd-tank-battalion-usa-liberation-of-ransdaal.html 743rd Tank Battalion (USA) liberation of Mingersberg https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/divisions-infantry/30-infantry-division-usa/743-tank-battalion-usa/5704-743rd-tank-battalion-usa-liberation-of-mingersberg.html Liberation of Mingersberg by the 3rd Battalion, 119th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division supported by Company "C", 743rd Tank Battalion. ]]> fredvogels Sun, 01 Jul 2012 12:33:35 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/divisions-infantry/30-infantry-division-usa/743-tank-battalion-usa/5704-743rd-tank-battalion-usa-liberation-of-mingersberg.html 3 Infantry Division (USA) liberation of Mingersberg https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/divisions-infantry/30-infantry-division-usa/5705-30th-infantry-division-usa-liberation-of-mingersberg.html Liberation of Mingersberg by the 3rd Battalion, 119th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division supported by Company "C", 743rd Tank Battalion. ]]> fredvogels Sun, 01 Jul 2012 12:32:16 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/divisions-infantry/30-infantry-division-usa/5705-30th-infantry-division-usa-liberation-of-mingersberg.html 3 Infantry Division (USA) liberation of Kunrade https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/divisions-infantry/30-infantry-division-usa/5702-30th-infantry-division-usa-liberation-of-kunrade.html Liberation of Kunrade by the 3rd Battalion, 119th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division supported by Company "C", 743rd Tank Battalion. ]]> fredvogels Sun, 01 Jul 2012 12:30:39 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/divisions-infantry/30-infantry-division-usa/5702-30th-infantry-division-usa-liberation-of-kunrade.html 743rd Tank Battalion (USA) liberation Kunrade https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/divisions-infantry/30-infantry-division-usa/743-tank-battalion-usa/5703-743rd-tank-battalion-usa-liberation-kunrade.html Liberation of Kunrade by the 3rd Battalion, 119th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division supported by Company "C", 743rd Tank Battalion. ]]> fredvogels Sun, 01 Jul 2012 12:29:18 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/divisions-infantry/30-infantry-division-usa/743-tank-battalion-usa/5703-743rd-tank-battalion-usa-liberation-kunrade.html