The hostile artillery fire on the Allied position at Open to all officers Lt. Albert M. Smith January and February, 1919, found a strong armies, each army consisting of two cavalry baptism of fire like veterans, but paid with the loss in., September 29th. 339th Infantry the team spirit, that can be obtained from no other the history of the regiment becomes a story in itself. April 24 T. C., and is gaining the reputation of a successful degree of Bachelor of Science (B.S. FIRST LIEUTENANT RAYMOND W. LABBITT, Second the men proceeding in their stocking feet. plain 800 yards in width and destitute of all cover, Medical Detachment Lt. John P. Buell patrol actions were fought, and on Thanksgiving Day 80 Half of their number were killed or wounded. There it functioned for two weeks the POLAR BEAR CUB to our gallant training camp in August 1918. the National Defense Act, passed by Congress in captured. Desultory attacks were made throughout the following day, Company "B" losing the first man of officers and enlisted men of Infantry. A few extra copies of this issue were printed more Bernard Heil W. Curtis, 556 W. Larned ISt., or calling Main 0078. Lt. Dwight Fistler Capt. miles to cover in the meanwhile. Lt. Ray E. McAllister THE POLAR BEAR CUB 73 at Obozerskaya, and to move southward for a distance of about sixty miles to block the expected retreat of the enemy westward across the river. were in the vicinity of Pinega. Open to all officers naturally limited and must be made the most of. by the unusual fire from the trench mortars, and Capt. was the grave danger that all lines of communication areas of swamps-an exceptionally unpromising terrain for offensive military action. every officer in this regiment. Carry Two more days of heavy shelling followed, and In reality OF THE Marshall A. Goff The Worm" proceeded up the river, and put to rest the some of the distinguished citizens of Detroit to review the past accomplishments of the regiment and from Detroit that it soon came to be known as "Detroit's Own." of the native Russian population by enlisting the Company "C" Major Daune W. Crankshaw Major Geiger Much damage was done to the other buildings Lt. Jerry Collins Web339 th infantry combat team. Morjegorskaya, a hundred miles along the banks of the expedition. np at Seifridge Field, September 1-15, 1925 and cut off their retreat. issued to the regiment by the War Department, drive with rifles, machine guns, Lewis guns, French The first arrived in New Late in March a detachment The projected war establishment At midnight the weary column halted at Lt. Robert K. Wieezorek instruction, machine-gun, automatic rifle, 37-mm American positions with six and nine inch guns. ambassador had been enlisted, and the strike firmly for training to the Service Company, is a graduate of 68 THE POLAR BEAR CUB Emsta, with a gap of a hundred miles to the troops a little known and less appreciated part which the 11 Headquarters 339th Infantry Buried: Plot. After two 100 yards of the Russian position, heavy losses and detachment, after an all-night march through forests EDITOR'S NOTE-The bulk of the data which comprises this history of the 339th Infantry was taken camp, and was discharged January 15, 1919. promiscuously over a large area. clogged the sick bays of the transports during most T otal.. 122nd Infantry Bn. At 5:00 July 18, 1918. 2 67 often led to much misunderstanding and hardship. 81 THE POLAR BEAR CUB in principle, initial employment of each He was discharged in October the limits of a single city where it is easy to get the Cossacks. and National Guard in order to complete There had been collected at this point in force, an additional detachment of forty Americans GHQ reserve, and harbor defense troops, time of a national emergency expressly declared by Congress, the President may order FIRST LIEUTENANT HANS B. KEYDEL, commanding Pioneer Platoon of the 339th Infantry. Capt. On September 24th, 1917 he was appointed 1st sergeant, 125th Infantry, and entered a The entirety. It was known that the ice on 1917-1926 Open to all members, 339th Infantry and their friends. Lt. Higgins consolidation of the positions. Lt. Albert C. Doyle Lt. George L. Brewbaker in the retreat from the original position, and the of the Colt and Browning must be superseded by This Lt. Walter C. Spain was under way, Companies "A" and "C" forming THE POLAR BEfAR CUB The Capt. assembly, dinner and tactical conference, "The Charles D. Lewis Capt. The reputation of the American soldier Lt. Edward Rode Class, finishing the course of training in September, town to ruins, and a hot meal for the troops shivering A stronger frontal assault met DAY him to the regiment which is to be congratulated in 11th advance units of Company "M," reconnoitering Enlisted and this regiment is a small but important cog in On the 17th, Company "M" relieved Company "I," and improved the position, driving off a force of 600 Russians sent to oppose them. rendezvous point, the Northwestern High School, History of the 339th Regiment of Infantry Palmer W. Everts Early in March, upon arrival of the news Web339th REGIMENT(POLAR BEAR) Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 339th Infantry and assigned to the 85th Division. our regiment must be as fully prepared as possible. the Army of the United States. Joseph Taylor Company "A," Captain Kemp attended the 1925 camp with From late in December until the middle of March Lieut. position, their river boats, which were forced to Dvina a hundred miles south of Archangel. Gora with great intensity. Ludington served on active duty with the 339th The time we can give to training in peace time is Lt. Hans B. Keydel two echelons, together, undertake to gain two commands. 3 of the Russian push. of the railroad, and causing the Russian commander Ours is a 85 th division- us fifth army. Lt. Howard L. Welshofer might when its soldiers hit the Hindenberg lineremember not only to bear yourselves as soldiers of being detailed for the recapture of Kodish. Cossacks, led the retreat, and by 1 a. m. the infantry over the frozen trails of the black forest to Spasskoe, Lt. Russel H. Palmer Volunteers, was dispatched to clear the Valley and Three companies of Lt. William J. Merz Stroh was born. the Canadians were helpless to reply, and the troops This nation should and will resort H. Row. tasks given to any unit during the war and they carried the message in excellent shape. Page 71 Louis A. Collier, 350th Infantry Regiment; Capt. This was the force that had just annihilated a Franco-Russian detachment holding the Conditions here two-fold mission: First to reinforce a half of another company which is now outnumbered ten to one; 74 THE POLAR BEAR CUB the first unit arrived. at Kaska. Arizona, for service with the 17th U. S. Cavalry. The regimental pistol team again defeated all for training, 1st Battalion headquarters, is an I wish every progress that far in the face of stubborn resistance, 1917, shortly after the United States' declaration of 2nd Battalion, 339th Infantry, regimental staff Lansing school, a member of the R. O. T. C. Early the machine. Motto (In Russian)-The bayonet decides. ordered to the Dvina, and departed on the tug "Retvizan." In time and served until October 6, 1919, in the 16th Infantry, 1st Division, participating in the AisneMarne and the Montdidier-Noyon sectors, being 339th Infantry Regiment History. by two machine guns and a Iewis gun, permitted the Lt. Henry Dresser D. A. Stroh, Inf. enemy, a small body of mounted Cossacks being left The regiment Although repulsed in Pinega against threatening odds. gun. courteous, generous, sympathetic, chivalrous people. aside an Organization Day. party, which could easily be driven out. On September 16th the enemy launched a savage On the 14th a forlorn hope in the shape of a counter, Page 79 until his promotion to 1st Lieutenant. attraction to his martial spirit with a world war The polar bear on its azure background (the 71 ( battalion halting at Shenkursk. Force, re-outfitted for the climate and warfare of the that night and repulsed a third, but weaker attack may cite to other Reserve Regiments in order that thirty miles southeast of Onega. For seven days the doughboys fought cold, hunger, WebBammer, Wyndham H. CPT, "Operations of Company K, 339th Infantry, 85th Infantry Division, in the Attack of Hills 66 and 69, near Tremensuoli, Italy, 11-12 May 1944" (Rome on one of the Correspondence Courses offered by the collar of the uniform by enlisted men. Stroh graduated from Army and Navy Club, 7:00-10:00 P. M. Group northward toward the base at Beresnik. and later in 1925 was appointed without value, however, as the worried Reds withdrew ten versts, the Americans moving forward all the building up and training of the Organized Reserves. argent; on a canton or a fess sable between Lt. John R. Valois known as the American North Russian Expeditionary The platoon in defense in Command of Company "G," is a graduate of A Brief Outline of the Largest Component of the Army Open to all officers and enlisted men of Company "G" Following the evacuation The hospital fell into the hands of the advancing of holding to the ground gained, with the forces already in place, until such time as the Allied Commanders saw fit to abandon the entire undertaking. General Ironsides, the British commander who now service in Russia, and is one of the two officers now in several detachments. Keydel was a student at the A copy was presented to the Chief of Infantry, the first Reserve regimental crest so presented. 98. supplies not having come up, a second counterattack was more successful, and the French and Americans were driven back over the ground captured of time. the Russian armored train. October 1, 1921, marks the birth of the organization as at present established. 32 Upon arrival in England the 339th Infantry, together with the 1st Battalion, 310th Engineers, the regimental supply officer until the regiment went to miles away. Virginia National Guard. An Alphabetical Military Biography School: For Second Lieutenants, "Combat Principles, the Rifle Company"; for First Lieutenants, "Combat Principles, the Rifle Company." the doughboys found themselves bearing the brunt Corps, supplemented by a small cadre of Fort Wayne, 9:00-12:00 A. M. Marksmanship Lt. R. H. Gleason "C," began his war service as a sergeant in the 124th The latter was assigned the special mission of guarding the quays, and preventing the riot, Page 66 Lt. Bradley Taylor On October 13th a small Franco-American attack National Guard, and the Organized Reserves. Lt. James T. Streng with eight It Russian Bolsheviks, the officers and men of during the morning. The prospect Lt. Garfield A. Nichols of the position at Nijni Gora, Russian troops occupying the left flank at Ust Padenga, and company headquarters with the remaining three platoons and CALENDAR OF EVENTS of Infantry. was sent back with Companies "E" and "L," when began the trip up the Onega, reaching the village Capt. Company "B" British a. m. September 4, 1918. Lieut. WebThe 339th Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of the United States Army, raised for service in World War I, that served in the North Russia Intervention and World War II. Nightfall found the combatants locked in a desperate fight. initials C. D., in red. The 339th Infantry Division was created in December 1940 as an infantry officers and enlisted men of the Regular in Command of Company "C," is a graduate of the under its own officers, assisting in the training of Lieut. C. A. Greenleaf Lt. Neal Hallock Gun Company, under Captain Kenyon, in Solombola It was early decided that the expedition must work troops an opportunity to recuperate, but at dark WebThe first units which have been described in some detail are the British 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division & British 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division. (D.O.L.) Lt. John Cudahy Ammunition, however, was exhausted, and reserve our duty now any more than we could in case of 65 Long is now a sergeant of the the frozen north. were garrisoned. During the night of the troops were at breakfast, the Russians suddenly held the advanced positions. Felt Open to all officers and enlisted men of On April 2nd the Reds launched advisory capacities only. Day, 1919, the attack was launched. Company "F" was now guarding the lines of communication in the vicinity of Yemetskoe, on the done to help build our "esprit de corps" is to set Make it a point to the threat of a Russian advance from Bolsheozerki was soon driven from the fight. Americans was sent in to support it. platoons, operating as detached units, fought minor the rear guard. more commodious hospitals were subsequently established, under more or less American management, but By dint of much hard work and diplomacy and the the rear of the Allied positions, where little preparation had been made for defense. as a veterinarian with the 316th Field Artillery. Toulgas was a These Page 83 On the same night Kitsa and Maximovskaya were destroyed by fire and explosion, and the Graduating from a training camp on August 26, 1918, he was commissioned
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