HEADQUARTERS 7th ARMD INF BN
8th Armd Div
APO 258, U. S. ARMY

Time

Incidents, Messages, Orders, etc. Action taken

1300

LnO brings G-2 rpt to CO

1350

S-3: All Cos (msg) comply with ETO memo 13 Jan 45

1400

Bn receives 98 EM replacements

1500

LnO to CO: Bn alerted to move on 6hrs notice.

1515

S-3: All Cos (Msg) read memo capture by en ETO 6 Jan - 4 Dec

1550

CO: All Cos (Msg) alert to move on 3 hrs notice.

1550

CO: All Cos (Msg) send rept X to too Bad.?

1730

ExO: All Cos (Msg) billeting NCOs rept Bnt/Q.

1755

CO: A, B, C, (Msg) MaintO school cancelled.

1805

S-1: All Cos (Msg) CO meet & payroll turnin.

1920

CO: 2 (Msg) furnish 1/4 T Trk.
S-2: All Cos (Msg) turn in maps.

2115

CO: Co Cmdrs:
    Div moves N tomorrow - move is top secret Route will be marked by MP's. Details on march not available now. We probably won't move until noon tomorrow. Div is moving in order:
    Div Hq
    Div Arty, 0800 cross IP
    CCB
    CCA
    CCR
    2 1/2 hrs betw serials.
    Will move approx 8 MPH - speed about 10 MPH. A 24 hr march - move by CCS - each 7 hrs have 2 hr halt. During halt serve hot meal: Serve drivers just so they can sleep during 2hrs; change drivers when possible.
Have 1/4 ton ride the column for your CO.
    Radio silence.
    CCA move - 7th, 398th, 18th - AG Plt if it has M4 will move with 18th.
    Bn IP - R. J. at Nomeny where C Co road enters - go to Pont-a-Mousson.
    P-a-M is Div IP - at bridge.
    Route - tentative - P-a-M - Mars-le-Tour - Confleus - Etain - Longuyon - Longwy - Arton - NW on N48 - Neufchateau - N on N 35 to Marsh - Liege - Vise - Wist - Biv in woods there.
    This position is behind 8th Army on line to Berlin. Rumor of 15th Army atk there. Berlin repts trp concentration there.
Total trip 25 hrs - should arrive aftern of 3 Feb.
    10 min betw Cos; 30 min betw Bns.
    Watch mines now that ground is thawing.
    All 1 1/2 QT decons will be filled with danc.?
    Men must dig foxholes; not just slit trenches.

2300

CCA: S-1 (Msg) meeting of billeting party E of P-a-M bridge 0100

0830

LnO brings Operations Instrs. 1 Feb 45 - tentative H Hour - 2020. IP Pigny

0930

S-3: All Cos (Msg) clean 7 whitewash veh - password, 1st sgts call.

1217

CCA: S-3 changes 1 & 2 to Oper Instrs, 1 Feb.

1245

CO: All Cos (Top Sec Msg) Re Movement.

1340

S-2: All Cos (Msg) Re Destruct of ident material.

1400

S-1: CCA (Msg) Re Reading of memos: control German civilians; capture by enemy.

1800

S-3 brings fr CCA - Lv Mailly 1920; cross Nomeny 1940 - Div IP 2050

1920

Bn departs mounted.

1940

Hq Co hits IP; clears 1945; A - H 1950 C 1957; B - H 2001 C 2014; C - H 2017 C 2024; Sv - H 2025 C 2030.

2303

Flare over column & explosion heard; planes overhead; columb halts - lts off (beyond Dornig).

2320

Column moves blkout

2330

Column moves with lights.

0630

Column halts for refuel and hot breakfast.

0800

Column moves.

1600

Column halts for refuel and hot meal.

1800

Column moves.

2330

Bn closes: hung travelled 222 miles.
Bn Hq & Hq Co : Cartiels, Holland
    A Co. : Wijare,       "     (spelling?)
    B Co. : Ingare,       "     (spelling?)
    C Co. : Wislde,      "     (spelling?)
    Sv Co : Witten,       "
    CCA : Gulpen, Holland
Map refer: France & Belgium, SHT: Gulpen #59 (South)