| Time |
Incidents, Messages, Orders, etc. Action taken |
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1 Feb 45 |
| 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 6 hrs 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 |
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2 Feb 45 |
| 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. |
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3 Feb 45 |
| 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: having 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) |
