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SUBJECT: Report of Action Against the Enemy.TO The Adjutant General, 82nd Airborne Division.

1. Submitted herewith are six copIes of this uni t I s history for theperiod December 17 - 31, 1944.2. The f i r s t four copies contain:

Historical NarrativeOperations SketchesUnit JournalPeriodic ReportsCasualty Reportsr,

3. Copies f ive and six do not cont ain Periodic R e p o r t . ~ s , . For the Battal ion Ccmmander:

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HEADQUARTERS307TH AIRBOmE ENGmEER BATTALIONAPe 469, u. S. ARMY1 January 1945

HISTCRICAL NARRATIVEThe Battalion was alerted 2105 Decemberl?, 1944 in i t s SISSONNE, FRANCEgarrison. The night was spent in hurried preparations, drawing and issuinganmnnjtion, rati"On.t!I, loading equipment on transportation, drawing and issuing.maps to division uni ts .The following morning the Battalion deParted af te r attaching the fourle t tered companies to regimental combat teams. All arrived ~ WmEoMOOT, BEL-Gn& some 25 miles South of LIEGE the night and morning of Dec IS - 19. Elementsof the Batta.lionmade reconnaissance, placed minefields, repaired a bridge at .FORGES, buUt a Bailey bridge at H A B I ~ T , cleared wreckage from roads, openeda water point, drew and broke down maps, and established bivouac.The nigpt of Dec 20 - 21, Bn CP, Medical Detachment, H&S Co, and Co "A",which had reverted to battal ion control, moved fran 'WERBOl&l:NT to LIERNEUX sane15 miles to the Southeast. The t'Wo companies were placed to the South and tothe West in defenSe of Division Headq:uarters. P a ~ r o l s were sent out to REGJE onthe South, to the 325th In ! on the East an d to FRAITURE on the West, the enemybeing contacted.Companies at-tached to combat teams wereplac.ing road blocks. Two men of Co"C" were wounded by 20nm1 f i re of f w a a ~ s in the battle of CHENEUX.On tl}e morning of Dec 22, BnCP, Med Det, H&S Co, and Co "A" moved. to BRA

where defenses for the Division CP were again set up to the South and West.. Com-pany "C" prepared bridges for demolitions along"Lf -AMBIEVE r iver East of STAU'dlIT.CanJ&ny "B" prepared bridges for deoli t iorls along the SAUl: r iver South of TROISJ'CNTS. _Bridges at TROIS PQITS and ROCHELJ:'NVAL were blown. . .At th is t i .methe clivillion had fanned out to LI A14BIEVE and the SAlA! riversand THIER DU MCNT to contact the enelQ' 8n.d U;S.t roops . tha t had been in the 51

V I T ~ area. The se troops were coming througll our area. Meanwhile tne enemy wasbuilding up forces against our much too long front over which Unit.s were stretchedunt i l thin .--- -- - During the night of Dec. 22 - 23 a demolition party was dispat ched to ' PETITELANGi..IR where a bridge was blown over the .RONCEstream. A hundred eneiny vehiClesbad crossed ~ h i s bridge during the dar going North.en Dec 23rd, Co flD" blew a stone culvert 1-1/2 miles South of .SAlllCHATEAU

af te r the l as t vehicle of the 7thAnnoredDivision ha d paSsed. CompariY liB" blewthe bridge at GRAND HALlJ!DX. We thus began placing' obstacles .i n front of theenemy both to slow his progresllf and to make ~ more cautious and timid.--,- _ ~ Y i r l e 8 - - ' W e r e - p r o e u r e d ~ and--a, -barrier-plap madefort-h..-rtnal---a1-VlSion- -de-!enSve---'-l ine during Dec 24th.Chris tns:s Ev.e night was bitterlY cold. as t h 8 ~ g i n ~ e r s pro-1 -.53

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., ...Historical Narrative, 3Cf7 AlB Engr Bn for month of Dec 1944 (Cont fd) Page 2.ceeded with t he i r blowing of brid&es, culverts, cutting abat is , laying ant i -

~ tank: and anti-persamel minefields. This was coordina.ted with the orderlywithdrawal of the infantry. Some mines exploded 1IIhile being carried. Anentire squad of Co ItC" Were casualt ies; three were. killed including I i. Ullrich.By Christmas morning Battalion Headquarters, Medical Detachme1t, H&.S Co,and Co "A" had moved to HABJ:E!.fWT and were again set up to defend DiVilSionHeadquarters from the West. This was a bleak day. The men were t i red from- the previous n i g h S ~ s barr ier 'WOrk and benumbed by the cold as they a te the i rK.ration cheese.Fran Dec 26 to Dec 31 the defense l ine was improved. Mine., concertinaentangl8ment.s, sandbags and entrenching tools were procuNd.. Fort if icat ionsmaterial was issued to the division units. Additional..llinetie1d8 were laic!un t i l more than a hundred fields were in place. The rOacl net w&snone too good.Trails through the woods 'Were developed as supply roads. Fortunately the groundwas frozen an d the ear th roads could take any load. The 238th E'41gr an (Combat)

was., placed in close support of the d1vision. These engineers 1nmedia te lystar t ed the improvement of roads in the division rear area. On Dec 27th Lt Prusi and ..detachment trom 602nd Engr En (Camouflage) were placed with the division to as'- sis t in any camouflagt!matters. On Dec, 29th Bn Hq moved two miles E ~ , _ o ~ HABIEMCET to avoid the muzzle blast of heavy ar t i l lery which had knocked out a l l glass and hind-e,red CP operations.Now Year' 8 Eve found the Battalion somewhat recovered from the f i r s t round,a second breath had come and the canmand was ready tor new effort

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') '. ". .: ',. ' _.' " ," ".' ,"Do_sit ionssnouldbe., . .ciri:efof local poJ::l.cecontact.ed CO ~ l 1 d offer:ed C1s_>?ist}-rce in ' an:,,/ 9.ay between .civiliarls:?n,d a r m ; y . " ~ T h i s "was accepted and order.s,:g:r.yel':to hin as follow5:in cooper'ation ','iith'cut: local sent):'ies, 3Ot t T exarrJ.riationbyour Investi ,za:tingOfi ' icer. You w i l 3 : a s s i ~ t , i n , : " ~ e ~ ~ : o r c i r ( ~ c'uriers from one 1)O'ur af ter , dark un t i l 01)0 hour beforedayllgnt. .,,'bl"2:ned r-8..)o1' Lee. '. ,_ '_ ' ,.: . "

CO l e f t B n ' ' - C P ~ t o ' i ! 1 2 , k e recen of ei'ltire area. ,.FEjor t e . e l e f t BnCP v;it h chief ,of loca:l 1)01{'6e to point out roaddesiE;ilateplaces fo r bis guard. "!, ~ , .-- r:;".. ' ! : J ~ ~ ' ' ( ' I " ......... ~ . -..+._ . ~ ,-..1a 'o r Lee retlu'rled \it'Lth- " . ..-. j : H ~ f 1 t . v::t h . C : ~ C C ) f icer . Fir$t :3gts ofo'H8ro';:; . HAll Cos:repodeci to Bn cr for orders . .

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i taCO. and 8 - 3 . ' ',;' , ", . ,.' '",0140 H&S patrol repqrted' no c>ange, on contacting 325thIr i f . 0755H&S.patrol rep6rtedih L e g d ; i Y e ~ l s t B I I 3 2 5 t b ' I n f - r r D ' l i r i ~ ~ , q ) . l P ; - - ~ P a t r o f ~ d l s - -, continued. '0820 AbE reports to Bn CF and gives s i tua t ion to CO.,OS50, ADE l e f t Bn CP enroute to Div CP.OS50: CO ordersBn to 'move a t 1000 t h i s date.0930 Co 1I}\11 lef t area (605891) on narcb to new C1rea.1000 En OP closed at:/:JmRN'J.iJ1rX, BEI,GItn,; (&158$9) enroutet,o BRA) BELGIlJM (577934).1100 CP es tdb l i sheda t BR.}. (i17934)alld reported to (J..,3.1115 ;\DE, reports to GP givos sitlJc,tion to CO also brin,!s Mle to R": ~ 0 : - Q : u : -,"\.vena ,J.s ;COtlc.. .. ~ bri

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1 o.r. -a el.nll.S8uPlJOl ; " '. . . . ".Capt G,alvasino, 237 'Ehgrs"reports to Bn GP.andin.forms' CO that. i t s impos-. s i b l e to have 3. companies of, the 237 Engrs. All ,the;).' are able to furnishi s one' co. '. Major Lee breaks th i s Co down as follows:'. I Plat to Co C,IPJ.,at to Co D,..l Plat to CoB. Q

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COlef tBn CP enroute toDivC'P to attenp.meeting withCG.Col Sute, XVIII' Corps, -8.rr1v;es. at Bn Gpand giVes situ.f:.tion to 5 ....3 i n t h ~ coC 8 a,bsence. - . . )C o Shute l e f tBn CPtLt 'Cahplinsld re})orts to SnOP' fcr $ i t u , ~ t i o n end in.stru c t ions c.!' ti e

lin.e, als6.he.s C1 Pla t of' the 2 3 7 ~ } ~ n g r s assigned.CO returns to EnGP and givesoTLlers to;O & DCas to blowc:l lbr iciges uponwithdraWal j,z,0. e . l l l a t e ra l roads 'will-be. blown ~ t t ' 2000, th is date9 .I P l a t f I ' ~ 2 3 J l ~ n g r s r e p o n s t Q ~ __ l:lt1.cL i p 'assigned to Gant J L a r r i p _ ~ o ~ _ L _ . _.'_.,Capt Coru1ally, CoB; has 1 Plat of 237 Engrs assigned to him aEG the Go is .ordered. to . repor t .to. him. . . . . . . " ..Msg t o CO: 2 S3 PzDiv 0rder 'capt 'ured by 325 G li In! dtd toda;;'. direc""s .2ndPanzerCor:ps toat tacke.long,valle ;y road . V ~ L S A L M , L I E 1 m w : ( , ChLvPNPd Five-Eight Panz;erGorpsis . d i r e ~ t e d _ t o s e c u r e ' 811RI'" R E m r ~ ~ , L l l i H K E X U " to.assist2ndPanze,rCorps. ReportedtoCO'who in turn notified Staff .

' -MedDet'moved put of BRA area'enrput e ~ Hi\.BIE1ta':T, .BE:Ifllli'.,;I . [l.&S.:Co l e f tBRA 'are8.- enroutepY'trtlcktoHABTEMorIT BnCPcloseda t BRAaridilloves,b;y truck-.to ~ 2 9 3 5 6 8 ) H ~ . J 3 I E l l ( j N T . ~ f , l C P _ o p e n e d a t HlffiIEMONTandrporledyoG-3.:A,B,C,D Cos withCTs.

Capt 9-aJ.yas:!.nb,,, LfaisorYOff" ..23TFngrs, .. 1 ~ ~ P ? r t . s , ~ o : B n C ~ . f o r o T d e : ( 3 .,0 0 of t'liis Bh.isGolLinn. ' /l'heY';l.re.$tobe i n ~ l o s e s u P F c 1 $ , of01.lt.Bni . ~ . s f o l l o w s ( l )coinpanytoreporl to . G e . p t C o n n ~ I l Y C b B , ( 1 ) c o m . p a ! l Y t 9 .report ..to LtGbapl insk;fCo p, ( l ) ~ c ~ o m R a n y . tQ;repoITtto ...Capt H a : r r ~ 5 G o . C . ".This'a,ssigwllentw a s ~ a d e \ by Jlcaj o r , I . e ~ . T h e clqse support; "'as!rQde due-to. a. P o s s i b l e b r e < ' l k t h r 6 1 , 1 g h , w h i c h h a s . e n d e : ~ l g e r e d t h i s B J . 1 f o ! ! 2daya . .Capt yalva,sinoLiaison 9ff of ' t l le237Engr.s, left En' CP enrout.etomoveBn:;i.ponsuPlX>rt. , , ~ , ; . . . , . ". - ,c , , .CO'leftBn GP enroute to Div ' s i tua.tiol1 1'ootLl.1 J u r i ~ , , L i a i s o n O f f o f t ~ 1 i s Bnto 3 2 5 r n ! h a ~ 9 ; ~ l l e d h a v e ~ : a _ d e - - - ' . a c . . s u c c e s s f u l c o u h t e r ~ t t a c k o f t h e t o i ' i r i X t ~ . [ R E C I ~ E ing it at th i s t i m e ~ . This ' rel ieves the preSstlre tc 5cii12grGut tl':rev.t oni:,l;t, Diy. . -

CO S,ADEreturns t6Bri OP f I ' meeting with' C of. S .UpOh a r r i va l CO o'rdersto be moved to H A B I E M O N T ~ This must be done as .tt i s imDossible fo r theto holdmuch.lohger astheDiv a ~ p r e s e n t ~ s h o l d i n g - s e v ~ n C k r m a n ,Divs.,CO thellW13nt:on t() give_situation to .s taff . . "

ADm l e f t ~ Bn CPenrouteto,niake :recol} ofWs,sible ' new,CF a t E A B - m f P l ~ T . Capt Harris , 00G " repo r t s to ' BnCP a11dreceiv6sin_struction.s as to the ., ~ ' '. ". ,:',',,' - . , ' ,""

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Rngr Pn 3 ~ Journal (cont ' d). Ptige 2.c . o ~ retnrni':;;cl to ?n CP af ter making a reeon 'o f f ront lm8,s in ' 505 8,G.O' ,- left ?n CPenpoute to Div CP.Capt Harris rer :or t s tO Bn e F t a ' get si tuati ,on ,:.nd stt t tus of the l"L.tbaclc[lere to CF.Cline of " ~ n g r s a,rrived at Pn CP to'Cel l : get one c of ri:ngrs f1' :":l1t;rs 3n i ' o r ; : j L i j . n t ' ' ' ' ' : ' " ' ' ~ ' ~ ' ' ' l J , ' - c ; ; . 011cle.rs Cb.pt. Cline to setHI th i s f ~ d o w ~ n : to t l i ..Ls 8.n andS-,) Returns to 2n CP an d gives CO h is report of reCGin.Capt Ihrr i ,p Ie ft , ....':.::;P enrout e toGo aT'.D Co t ruckdr iver l 'eports to 8n CP to. pick up 500 rhines: these ' ; ; i l lb '3-4 Sec-tion . .

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of the Divis ion ' s ' defensive l ine froT:: TEOlS POE'l'SSouthvlest to Vi:..UXGT.uT:. Anti-perSol;nel and ' ; r r t i - t ~ n k minefields Were bein:; ins ta l l ed ..-' of Co 1 1 ( ~ l f VJ;JS lc111ed ,vdule placing li.Pl:,;ines. 'l'r'a:L1s throuc1i the 1'0 cds j',eY-e being .illade, 1.\sab,le for'5uppl;y; ro;,ds. Bl'idZe? culvert.. s ' . lere pre:::ared.. fo: : , i t ion.A 1'01' cJ leaclin.c in to Bl1'.J" was' b e i n , ' ~ s c r e e n e d ,:frJ)Dl observat ion w::Lth .tr2.ns-slanted SDruce

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. The 1st Platoon under I f ; Bild , 576th Engr C o Y ~ a s t o c lear rhines,on roads and t r a i l s NE of bridge (B) and guide the In fmt ry thrOugh the gaps. The 576thmen rom i t r tosmal l ' arnis fire jus t ~ a s t of bridge (B) andfOW1d the5 l ' ( th Inf9;-'1try had not jumped' off .the MLR, as scheduled.

. ,3. 'Co nG", 238th Engrs (Corps) brougnt t rucks loaded with trea.dway bridg-ing - these arrived l a t e r than had been planned. But a f te r ~ r i v a l , t h ~ s e were held about a mile ff'il of BASb"E 30DEUX on .order of CO, 517 In f who didnot w&ilt' vehicles in B A S ~ ' E BulJE.UX drawing enemy art i l le , ry :f i re o .4. TanJ.{s were now crossing the stream a. t b r i ~ e (.,1..) on a. log corduroy fordplaced unde'r direct ion of Co "Bi l lS It Lieding a f te r he blew abutments Withbangalores. .5. At liOO Col Bedell found bridge t ra in parkeq.. on road. HW of' BAsSE BO.rMn::.He. ordered the bridges to be put inJ.mmedlately .

~ Some enemy art i l lery f i re f e l l on b r i d g e ~ , ~ ~ l f jus t as the bridget ra in Ol.rrived. The hydrOl.ulic lift on the Brockivay t ruck WOl.S S1 ot up. ,236had platoon leader and 2_A1wounded. Ii-jar Lee took cli...:rge':t..nd. with Co"An, 5 LtMcDennott Ol.nd a Co IIBI! squad b ~ l o n g i n g to It Finliy:son ffimlhandledthe treadway bridge in p ~ c e by 1348. .._

b. Col Bede'll took charge a t. bridge (B). ' Elements. from everywherehelped p ~ in the bridge - Capt Conrial1jr of Co tlB", Capt Dalr;ymple Of596th, It Hong of 23eth. The D-7dozer .blade was used to lift th e fa r end.of tread.v'lay in to posi t ion. The bridge was if', by 1238.

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--Begiiming on the afternoon of' JEn loth ,the Battal ion moved to a rear reservearea. This area was in the vic in i ty of LoU\fEIGI:E f i l o ~ e than i l l miles South of liEGE.B::' the night of' t-TDh 11th Bn Hq Vias located on the S01.1th edge of r.OUV1UC:0J.LP1"Ht:S Gowas located in AOOEUI, Go I I A " W ~ S located in1R.CUGS Tf:lER, l IB", t fC",and IIDn CoL.paDies"1:?ere in IJElct:Ea -

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do.307 ,AlB En,gr Bn wil l clear a l l roads and construct such additional roads as. necessary to assist tne forward movement of the division. , ( ~ e e overlay)", c. , D-aay, .3 January; H-hour, 0$30A.:3 a. '. A Compan'y.(1) 3rd Plat at end: 32.5 Gl i In f per Div F016. (2) Assists forward movement of 325' Glider Infantry, ' J?et10rming'-engineerwork in regimental sector.,(,3) . SUpervises> c o n ~ r u e t l o n of Claas40 trdw br at A by personnel of 238

Engr (c l I3n., reportingoI;lening time. Corrdinates doubling of bridge" . at.)csite f9r 2-waytraffi6. .' . , ' (4) Ope118PARK AvE to ODRIMrnT and SUTTON. P L A C E ~ ~ @ ; H I E R L O I ' . ', 0 (5) , Assembles vicCR)liALL and p.ARK for futher ord i ! t ' r s . - ':.' BCompani. .(I) 2nd, Plat atchd 505 ParaInf , per D i v ~ 1 6 . -(2) PerfoI'II'lsengineer work in regimental 'sector, assist ing f o r w a r d a d v a n c ~ .

( 3 ) ~ o p e n s RUBBER by supervising construction of trdy br at B by 238 Engr(COBn .(4) Operis WALL ST to I'ARK AVENUE, and 42ND S'l' from PARK to ViALL.rptd vic OR PARK. and 42ND). . '(5) Assemble.s vic CR PARK and WAIL for further o r d e r ~ , . c ' Z ~ ~ ~ ~ b ~ S v i C 6 ~ 7 9 0 0 ' a t o 3 0 8 0 0 A on call .(2) .Prepares to. assis t Div advance by opening 42ND ST from WALL to YADISON, '.. and BROAIJtlAY. from MADISON to PARK.(3) InBn reseI"'i8. .1 In night' 02-03 .January, remov.es a l l AP m.i.ries on 508 Para In ! front,and a l l ATIllines that may hazard. moyement on RUBBER and PARK.(2) A s s e m } : ) l e s . v i ~ 609975 in Bn reservi .! . 6 Para En r C o 1 Atchd 517Pal'a.RCT.(2 ) I t i s understoo'd,by agreement, that Co w:i;ll clea,r road RUBBER from. . bridge' B to .MADISON ' and MADISON to H." . .

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The following , l is t of Officers of the307th AlB Errgr.Bn with theirasgmtand duty is.presented as an ~ i d i n better understanding of the Unitm ~ ~ ' . ' "~ , . ' RANK ' . ' A$fiUr WTYASH .'"Bedell,Edwrin. A. I t Col 0322823 BnHg {G i l l E n Ccadr 7004Bigler, John L . 1st LtOllO()447 nc", lp;'cht) - , piat Comdr 1339Capozzi, F ~ n c i a B. 1st. a . 01106629 I ' B ~ ; i l } ) r c h t ) !Jet . 4470C,appa, A1tred. J " 1st Lt ,01190038."BIt (Prchtr Plat, codidr 1339Chap1.1nsld., CharlesW. 1st It OJ..lOOO46H&S(D}(Prcht) Co comdr133t,Clau88n , Ralph Tor' 1st Lt Ol107347C"Alt.{Gli) . Plat Comd r J 331>gla;,well, William O. 1st I;t,OllQ3+03i,H&S(D)(Praht) Plat CCI!Idr ' '1339CcanaJ ly , David G., J r . ' :Capt 0453893 < ":stt., (Praht ) CoComdr1336Decker, WiJ.liam w ~ Capt 0 3 6 ~ 4 6 3 H & s , ( G 1 i ) " CocOndr 1336tutton, Wilmer C., Jr. 2nd It. 01112668 H&S(D)(PrchtjPlat Comdr - , J339

Er1, Fnlnk L. _... 1st Lt' 0392231 .. " A ~ " ( G l i ) 'CoCondrJ336Finlayson, AdrumJ. lst 'Lt 01102724 "BfI. (P,raht)/; Plat Comtir 1339.. Franks, B e n n i 8 E ~ ,2nd Lt 0887884 B h H q . ( ~ l i ) l W ' ~ ' A d ~ t ~ ~ " 2110Gibson, Olen c., J r . Capt. 0304294'. Bn'Hq (Gli)- ' S - 4 - 4470HanJ.e, William o. 1s t I t 011048i$ IlBlt(Prcht}" 'Aast P 1 ~ C C m r l r 1339Harris, WesleyD. . Capt 045.3241 .'''.C!I;,.(.P.reht,.. "Co Condr " 1339XHolabird, John, A., Jr. 1st Lt 0 1 l O 6 8 2 4 I f C ~ ' (Prcht) AdDdnO. '1339'JaDIIl&er" Joseph J . . 1st L t 0 4 7 ~ 4 5 li&S(D)(Pi-cht) Ass't Plat>Condr 1339JedrziewS1d., Anthony-A. . Capt ' 0352631 BnHq( Gli) B n E x e c > 2],20Jurist, Wilb'Ur-W.--.....~ - - - : : ~ l I t - O t l O ; " . ~ - t G 1 1 } - - . . A ~ s t Piat Comdr :1.336Kel loa; , WUllam W. Cap t ' 0446618Bn Hq (Praht) - A s s t S ~ 2 , 5.-3 'KirkwoOd, JohnD. . Capt 0453311 . BnHq(Gli) 1).ADE 7004Klein,. RObert E. l&tU 01103261 liB"-- (Prcht) . Plat Comdr '1339Lee,. Johnc. H., J r ~ " '< Major 023688 Bn Hq (Gil ) ' S .. }-- 2162 'Ueding,VIB.1l8.ce o. . 2nd Lt 0159565) ":alt (PJ;cht) Aast Plat Cpnrlr