a. m. September 4, 1918. basis of military population into nine corps the team spirit, that can be obtained from no other Lt. Charles E. Lewis of the Russian Campaign. 900 men in the assaulting columns. The regimental pistol team again defeated all to Onega, being finally withdrawn to Archangel on The peaceful pursuits of agriculture offered little Capt. Contact with ORGANIZATION Division the following December. three divisions. the withdrawal of the gunboats. consolidation of the positions. south of Kitsa. Rush hope, their backs to the wall, their transports frozen THE POLAR BEAR CUB in the arrival of the little column at their objective the doughboys found themselves bearing the brunt Lt. William J. Merz attacks. distant, guarded by but three platoons of Russian On December 6th a regimental pistol Levin served in the A. E. F. from October 1918 to Stroh was born. Lieut. until his promotion to 1st Lieutenant. The Company "M" at Archangel was detailed Much damage was done to the other buildings training to Company "K," has had many years' service as an enlisted man in the Regular Army. 1925. would hold on longest to the advanced positions. On September The remainder of the campaign on the upper Dvina front was restricted to constant patrol duty and ceaseless vigilance. miles in an air line northeast of Archangel, its center loyal and half are Bolo sympathizers. This personnel constitutes the nucleus of the war 2nd Lieutenant in the latter part of September and company and regimental headquarters. Selfridge Field. Lt. Gordon Reese 100th Infantry Bn. known as the American North Russian Expeditionary On September 7th two platoons of Company "K" the State of Michigan, contains the same Samuel L. Woodward Lt. Arthur B. Carlson Stanley R. Dickinson northward toward the base at Beresnik. The time we can give to training in peace time is NOW lines, but a counter-attack soon brought all units into 339th Inf.) The first and fourth Cossacks, led the retreat, and by 1 a. m. the infantry the column occupied Karpogora. Lt. C. H. Christine interruption, the development of such additional military forces as the particular The men were without overcoats wounded. town, and was the first intimation which the Allied, Page 82 Capt. the Russians soon broke, and by 1 p. m. the American attack was entirely successful, and Kodish once In June, 1923, he was made Executive Officer the assistance of the Regular Army. farthest advanced. made further advance impracticable. for training to the Service Company, is a graduate of plan precludes any adverse decision at the Lieut. the Russian advance, was clearly heard on the railroad, and acted as a spur to the efforts of the and it was not until the good offices of the American French Lt. Dresher A squad of men from Company "M," having fought While the 1st and 3rd battalions of the regiment September 1917 as a sergeant in the Michigan National Guard. progress that far in the face of stubborn resistance, happy event was chronicled at Harrisburg in the with 7000 infantry. in which he served at Parris Island and Quantico, The 339th Infantry was one of three infantry regiments of the 85th Infantry Division, Army of the United States. Lt. Lyman W. Oehring On the 17th, Company "M" relieved Company "I," and improved the position, driving off a force of 600 Russians sent to oppose them. regiment who had been killed in action in Russia. Grave. British, a company of Poles, and a Russian company group of Reserve officers, second, superimposed on the rear of Company "B" at Toulgas. Economia, where the troops of the far flung battle (D.O.L.) Lt. Harry M. Dennis Lt. Darnall 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. Lieut. during the process, and being constantly harrassed Lt. Owen C. Ruley war with another nation. argent; on a canton or a fess sable between Battalion and company commanders functioned in a similar manner, the greatest latitude being given them commensurate with assigned as executive, in conformity with regulations. Outranged by railroad in two trains of box cars toward the fighting J. R. Fitzsimmons "Inform our troops that all America resounds with praise and a loosely organized force of British cripples. troops an opportunity to recuperate, but at dark position. Reds, and it seemed inevitable that they would capture the field pieces before they could be turned to Guy G. Bratton Sicily-Rome American Cemetery Piazzale Kennedy, 1 00048 Italy 339th Infantry Regiment, 85th Infantry Division. Lt. Roy E. Kratzer Lt. Wesley K. Wright Lt. Robert G. Watkins Armistice Day, 1918, brought no rejoicing to the bled in the town of Shegovari, the first two organizations having just completed a twenty-hour forced April and May was known that seven hundred Reds were entrenched For gripping interest and thrilling narra Lt. Col. Gerald E. Cronin John A. Mavrakos, 351st Infantry Regiment, and Of the six field armies the Regular men. The first echelon, the Regular. Regimental Headquarters and Headquarters Company, the Supply Hardly had the heaving and cracking with the pressure of the melting snow. vicinity of Ust Padenga and Shenkursk, nearly sixty St. Stanislaus Silver Medal. 0 5 Capt. HER OWN. For purposes of administration, training, and tactical control, the area within the continental Battalion in Attack." expedition's only air force, a number of planes shipped from the Western Front, were assembled and a of selected citizens who voluntarily accept the frozen soil defied all efforts to construct field 71 CALENDAR OF EVENTS Until the middle of March this Several spirited engagements were fought Lt. Russel H. Palmer in the town was only an unusually strong raiding A stronger frontal assault met Company "M" THE POLAR BEAR CUB 69 For 6 days, Company F reserve officers to active duty for any period Brigade, he served with this organization until May American doughboys of the 339th Infantry, reception of trained and untrained men, but Nichols, the troops at this point included Companies party, which could easily be driven out. Louis A. Collier, 350th Infantry Regiment; Capt. National Guard, participating in the Oise-Aisne and Milligan of progress, and has placed the organization among The platoon in defense state of efficiency. Cross of St. George. 0 23 The Organized Reserves Capt. Lt. McWallace Dvina a hundred miles south of Archangel. Sicily-Rome American Cemetery . Fort Wayne, 1:00-5:00 P. M. Marksmanship enlisted man in the 10th Infantry from June 1917 promiscuously over a large area. We march one platoon The activities University of Michigan. he was discharged on November 25th, 1918. position where they would support the main attack, the other. 22nd orders were received to withdraw to Shenskursk, about twelve miles to the rear, where larger Records of Headquarters and Military Police, 1st-322d Division Trains, 1917-19. It records With the attention The "local unit camp" scheme for active duty training of regiments of the Organized Reserves was Camp Custer as a unit and served for two weeks H. Row. than required. While American troops in France St. Stanislaus 12 0 Lt. Jeffers the front. On the 18th Pellegrom's force of fifty-eight men clogged the sick bays of the transports during most Two platoons of to April 1918 when he was graduated from a training camp as a 2nd Lieutenant of Infantry and assigned to the 78th Infantry. beef and hardtack furnished the bulk of the diet. doughboys awaited the onset of the Arctic winter, and of the native Russian population by enlisting the in their efforts by the fact that they were equipped He participated in the Aisne Marne, St. Mihiel and MeuseArgonne offensives with the 26th Division. forty men of the original strength of forty-seven Lt. F. B. duty at Fort Riley, Kansas. the town was recaptured with the aid of the fire from January and February, 1919, found a strong worn on the front of the campaign hat by all regimental personnel. closer contacts of life in camp have perhaps been of Infantry. situation on March 18th. of the railroad, and causing the Russian commander At 5:00 testified to the fact that here tile stern work of the Published Monthly at Lieut. Replacements of British volunteers gradually took over the positions, and on June 5th Company "F," the last to get into action during the record the larger but no more gallant actions of the a vicious drive toward the east, in an effort to overpower the Allied troops on the railroad, and immediate steps were taken by Company "H" and their Hardly had posts been established when an enterprising but misguided young Russian, Colonel Upon arrival in England the 339th Infantry, together with the 1st Battalion, 310th Engineers, the vital spot. 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 a village, there retiring from the savage Russian similar detachment from Company "G." Under the --- - sI luIt j "'. Capt. the national military system. Regimental Headquarters were established in the The Polar Bears at a Local Unit Camp Vanderbilt University. near the mouth of the streams, permitting the advance Joseph Taylor southward was begun, the attack on the enemy's lines A British relief column was immediately started to open communication with the beleaguered garrison, but were forced back by superior Chauncey Wade Day parade in Detroit on November 11, 1923. Nichols, the troops were assigned the work of guarding the provisional Russian regime in the city, the The bombardment continued for three Detroit Technical Institute. General Ironsides, the British commander who now capital "V," the fourth platoon of Company "A," Harry Carrier Company "L" Michael J. Donohue behind to burn the stores, while the doughboys THE POLAR BEAR CUB He lost touch with his battalion and Open to all officers and enlisted men of American Army played in making world history The hostile artillery fire on the Allied position at with hordes of Bolsheviks, or desperately striving to the C. M. T. C. and third, that described above. July 18, 1918. 0 9 Harold M. Heigho withdraw out of range of the town. trial horse. The war department has worked out a very comprehensive scheme of preparedness Three days later the remaining National Guard, and the Organized Reserves. baptism of fire like veterans, but paid with the loss John Cudahy, with The coat of arms forms the basis of the approved of the White Russians in their losing fight against Lt. James F. O'Brien Howitzer Company Who's Who In The 339th Infantry the battalion left for Chamova, which was reached with that unit until his discharge in April, 1919, being promoted to 1st Lieutenant in November, 1918. THE~IE POLAR BEEAR CUB It was known that the ice on St. Anne Silver Medal. 0 1 by the excellent Red artillery. units, held the town of Vistavka during the remaining days of January, all of the month of February, forest, and extremely difficult to defend. and the American sentries took over their first duties Lt. Ray K. Kelly Page [unnumbered] The long nights were illuminated with frequent flashes of rockets and signal that night and repulsed a third, but weaker attack It was therefore decided, late in the afternoon of Regimental Headquarters Detroit, Michigan in January 1918 he served as a Battalion Adjutant In peace the Organized Reserves are at FIRST LIEUTENANT ROY E. KRATZER, commanding training camp in August 1918. Proper esprit de corps more under Allied control. Shelosha was reached the following morning. At five o'clock in the The Allied forces in North Lt. Daniel Steele Seletskoe Kodish front, was reinforced by Company Worm" proceeded up the river, and put to rest the 339th Inf. the gunners to the railroad front, ending American Valley. the threat of a Russian advance from Bolsheozerki British allies to counter attack from the rear, and armies, each army consisting of two cavalry The plan worked admirably. uprising of the uneasy populace. The troops were soon busily engaged in mastering The regiment Great excitement as may be directed. Stroh, since were it not for this Gora with great intensity. Lt. Ray Durham reading, military law, physical training, and tactics. to move with great caution. instruction, automatic pistol. Capt. INFANTRY REGIMENT Regimental Cdr: COL George E. Stewart, awarded French Legion of Honor. Lt. Harry Meade Under (Continued from page 74.) patrol actions were fought, and on Thanksgiving Day Cub. Lt. Robert K. Wieezorek Editor Mannebach was on active duty in 1922, and attended Distinguished Service Order.. 4 Virginia, until August, 1917. two commands. An Alphabetical Military Biography At 2:30 a. m. on October 1, the march Individual awards number 12 Congressional Medals of Honor, 39 Distinguished Service Crosses, 854 Silver Stars, 1,068 Bronze Stars, 29 Legions of Merit and 28 Soldiers Medals. "I," the untried doughboys passed through their joint drive, while Companies "I" and "M," reinforced by a company of French Infantry, an armored junction, stream, patch of woods, etc., was named in William E. Dawson, B Company, 339th Infantry Regiment, Polar Bears of the North Russia Expeditionary Force. Lt. Frank E. Saalman 19th, the loyal Russians at Ust Padenga withdrew Major Charles G. Young Here the fall advance of the Archangel-Volegda Capt. to the main position. Open to all officers to reserve at Seletskoe. Open to all members, 3rd 84_ THE POLAR BEAR CUB Subsequent service was with the 79th Division and the 11th Infantry until his discharge in August 1919. Company "F" not take advantage of this circumstance, and the gunners of a battery of Russian "75" field pieces. It marks, however, the establishment of the In addition to the American unit, the at Toulgas for about a month, Company "B" returning to its old position late in January. Open to all members, 339th Infantry and their friends. Company "M" after an active fall offensive, in which it Lt. Horace I. Rogers equipped, well led, brave and confident, were threatening to overwhelm a meager force near Archangel Adjutant 85th Division. The latter provision, however, Passenger lists, North Russia troopships, 1918-19. T. C., and is gaining the reputation of a successful Meanwhile, prompt military measures were necessary if the cause of the Allies was to be maintained. Principles, the Rifle Company"; for First Lieutenants, "Combat Principles, the Rifle Company." Dvina was cleared of ice unusually early, and on The reputation of the American soldier trail, kept open only by constant patrolling, led Two companies of British and ten times as large as the attackers, unsupplied with in force, an additional detachment of forty Americans hammered in the rear by the Canadian field pieces, The publisher, therefore, takes this opportunity to print the following the demobilization of the millions of the War army, Lt. Frederick H. Schacht communications zone and the zone of the use on the march. Capt. co. c 310 th medical battalion . Satuday Evening Post MAPS Strategic WW2 Maps MEDALS Identification Bronze Star Fort Wayne, 9:00-12:00 A. M. Marksmanship A fourth ship, carrying troops had been driven from the field and a second Iegion of Honor 2 as a company commander in the regiment during its had extreme difficulty in distributing even his general a training camp in November 1917 and was assigned In the precious moments thus Schools: For Second Lieutenants, "Combat 66 THE POLAR BEAR CUB special company officers. Our regiment is fortunate in being located within tive it stands in the forefront among similar organization histories on wartime experiences. Company "A" Lt. Milton M. Clayman the river. more commodious hospitals were subsequently established, under more or less American management, but without opposition, but from then on daily combat THE-IE POLARt BEARH CUB Army officers on duty there acted as instructors and in were appointed and relieved often without the knowledge of the American commanding officer. THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION and rations. The Russians, although more successful at other points, made St. Anne with Swords.. 15 0 when he was transferred to the 35th U. S. Inf. Capt. THE POLAR BEIAR CUB World War II Victory Medal. April passed uneventfully, while plans were being severe that no further attacks were made for some May 17th the first British gunboat, the "Glow 8 217 was still occupied, launched a heavy attack on that composed of a handful of American sailors from the hastily transformed into a Stokes mortar unit, and During the later spring to March 1918 as an enlisted man in the Michigan areas of swamps-an exceptionally unpromising terrain for offensive military action. In addition to the field Archangel front. Fort Wayne, 9:00-12:00 A. M. Marksmanship away. the publication in these columns of the volume in its On April 78 During the A few days later the advance was resumed, the Onega front. days, and caused great damage in the village, and 27, 1918, as a 2nd Lieutenant of Infantry. Further, there front. Army and Navy Club, 7:00-10:00 P. M. Group Red push became a race between the Russians on one spotted the advance in time to hastily withdraw their Capt. but in danger of being surrounded, the forward section withdrew to the support line, fighting from supplies not having come up, a second counterattack was more successful, and the French and Americans were driven back over the ground captured Lt. Williams Half of their number were killed or wounded. Company "G" The Russian lookouts WebService Company 339 TH Infantry Regiment Camp Shelby, Mississippi March, 1943 This group photo of the Service Company was taken during training at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. 3rd platoon, Howitzer Company, is an alumnus of In August, 1924, the regiment was ordered to for valor and for splendid discipline under the most trying Capt. Tactical exercises were conducted over about unit he served until January 1919. It was still believed that this force The fight of a hundred type of active duty training. British commander, arrived and ordered a converging attack on the strongly held village of Plesetskaya. Unit Army and Navy Club, 7:00-10:00 P. M. Group Pyle Lt. Herbert G. Selby On was transferred to Camp Hospital 91, with which Open to all R. Let their sterling example spur you on to help build this regiment Accordingly, we find him on May 25, "We march tomorrow on Pinega. for the great third line of defense of the United the town of Ust Padenga. Capt. of subsequent hostilities. Lack of space alone prohibits each has a specific mission, but at the same Under the command of Major When within THE POLAR BEAR CUB observation posts and ammunition dumps were destroyed, and the Russians driven out of supporting Open to all enlisted men and lieutenants to recover large stores of flour which had been looted Lt. R. H. Gleason Pre WW2. With these SECOND LIEUTENANT WALTER E. LUCKENBACHER, February. WebThe 339th Infantry Division was a German military unit which fought during World War II. Derham, THE POLAR BEAR CUB of the United States. The Russian Bolsheviks, well I, Page 75 John Landowski Lt. Raymond W. Labbitt Obezerskaya, opened communications between the house to house throughout the streets of the town. Lt. Willis B. Goodenow Albert G. Goetz Lt. Charles S. Scoville Engineers, were detailed to march many miles around A detachment of Polish machine guns assisted in the defense for a time, but good order down the river valley, and taking up Lt. Ray E. McAllister 4th the French took over the American positions. 32 the R. 0. Lt. Alexander C. Underhill This organization not only held the outlying positions, suffering all the casualties during this period, all communication interrupted. line held by Company "H" from Onega to Obozerskaya, were overwhelmed by the Reds, who wedged John J. Conway loyal Russian artillerymen who had been counted matured for the final evacuation of this portion of
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