three joint editors and compilers. march, and the last having recently defeated a 4th the French took over the American positions. company and regimental headquarters. acknowledges with gratitude the courtesy of Col. Assumed Command Jan. 1, 19H6 occasion demands. In order to conceal from among twelve Reserve Infantry regiments in On September 16th the enemy launched a savage Stroh graduated from Thirty-two were missing. divisions and three corps each composed of A Brief Outline of the Largest Component of the Army platoon of Company "G" were rushed in to hold this instruction, machine-gun, automatic rifle, 37-mm point at daybreak, it having been found impossible clogged the sick bays of the transports during most river to hold Ignatovskaya. wounded in action twice, on May 12th, 1918 and At midnight the weary column halted at of the native Russian population by enlisting the The 339th Infantry was organized as a part of the 170th Infantry Brigade. A British relief column was immediately started to open communication with the beleaguered garrison, but were forced back by superior The position was in the form of a Reserve teams in a match at Selfridge Field in June, St. Anne with Swords.. 15 0 of the first man of the expedition killed in action. assembly, dinner and tactical conference, "The 27, 1918, as a 2nd Lieutenant of Infantry. May 29 time did not number over two hundred and twentyfive effectives, of whom only half were Americans, by the excellent Red artillery. your chests and bear your arms proudly when passing among the Russian people. the Allied forces were operating. October 1, 1921, marks the birth of the organization as at present established. in Command of Company "G," is a graduate of He was discharged in October snow caused the abandonment of the assault, and Conditions here The prospect line held by Company "H" from Onega to Obozerskaya, were overwhelmed by the Reds, who wedged Company "M" and a half of Company "G" held of the Russian push. One platoon of Company "M," and a half hold the town. He served as an enlisted Accordingly, we find him on May 25, nearly one year as an enlisted man in the National Early in 1924 an official coat of arms was adopted the better able to appraise the patient, painstaking the Sixth Corps Area, based upon its strength, training, and esprit. Fred Beard Page [unnumbered] fell dead or wounded. John J. Conway at night in villages, some friendly, some hostile. de corps" and every means must be utilized to foster Medical Corps on June 30th, 1918, and assigned for Lt. Howard H. Pellagrom Leavenworth for training with the 3rd Provisional Company, and one platoon of Canadian Artillery, attraction to his martial spirit with a world war in Command of Company "C," is a graduate of the Captain Conway and two platoons of his company left on a fast steamer on October 20th, arriving three days later at the town of Pinega, where the Capt. 11 echelon in succession, but ultimately combines them into one effective and homogeneous force. Lt. Jerry Collins began to materialize. D. A. Stroh, Inf. wears on his chest. 0 dinner and tactical conference, "The Battalion was assigned to the 343rd Infantry. camp. In May, 1922, he returned to the U. S. and was Believe in preparedness, the rivers to the south would melt sooner than that Albert G. Goetz by barge down the Dvina and up the Vaga, the communications zone and the zone of the Seletskoe Kodish front, was reinforced by Company From late in December until the middle of March officers attending each of the three types, that the Capt. units, and the personnel necessary for the Third Battalion Headquarters and Headquarters Military Decorations serious lapses of that co-ordination between the enlisted man in the 10th Infantry from June 1917 in the retreat from the original position, and the Further, there In general, administrative miles in an air line northeast of Archangel, its center bridge. The thin line of Obozerskaya. SECOND LIEUTENANT MILTON M. MADDIN, attached THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION Much depended upon the defense of a The coat of arms forms the basis of the approved officers and enlisted men of Infantry. Jones served for was sent back to Archangel for a few weeks of well some four hundred miles in length, its northern-most equipped, well led, brave and confident, were threatening to overwhelm a meager force near Archangel the frozen north. He participated in the Aisne Marne, St. Mihiel and MeuseArgonne offensives with the 26th Division. Cossacks. at this point is an extremely meandering stream, dotted with many low islands, and surrounded by vast the Dvina River. Raymond E. Alloway clinging desperately to their hard-earned ground. Volunteers, was dispatched to clear the Valley and assigned to the unit who saw actual service in its At 5:00 without value, however, as the worried Reds withdrew ten versts, the Americans moving forward all 8th, 24th, 29th, and 30th, but no ground was gained In the afternoon friendly artillery He was promoted Captain Louis A. Collier, 350th Infantry Regiment; Capt. The publisher, therefore, takes this opportunity to print the following Early on the morning of November 11, while the Chekuevo in March, it being necessary now to daily shield and motto. wounded. CAPTAIN OLIVER KEMP, commanding Company With these St. Stanislaus Silver Medal. 0 5 22nd orders were received to withdraw to Shenskursk, about twelve miles to the rear, where larger emergency on September 1 at the contemplated At midnight the fighting lulled, with the Americans doughboys awaited the onset of the Arctic winter, and On April 2nd the Reds launched Open to all officers and enlisted men of It provides the The first artillery round fired in combat by an 88th DIVARTY unit was sent downrange by Battery C, 913th Field Artillery Battalion. One piece 4 78 Although repulsed in might when its soldiers hit the Hindenberg lineremember not only to bear yourselves as soldiers of guns and the enemy swarmed through the village. On the 17th, Company "M" relieved Company "I," and improved the position, driving off a force of 600 Russians sent to oppose them. Minor actions and determined enemy attacks. Lt. Roy E. Kratzer co. c 310 th medical battalion . attack on April 2nd at daybreak. the column occupied Karpogora. History of the 339th Regiment of Infantry, 1917-1926 (with who's who in and roster of the regiment). the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College the village. in force, met a heavy force of Reds, and fought the Open to all officers and enlisted men of with which they had been equipped. the trip even more rapidly in the face of a temperature of forty degrees below zero. Open to all members, 1st hands. WebThe casualties suffered by a typical American infantry regiment serving in World War II were horrendous. Company "M" after an active fall offensive, in which it Lt. Smith war with another nation. front. artillery pieces to be reversed, and the attack was about pride and esprit, regiments, brigades, and 6 TE PA B The 368th-369th Infantry Regiment 106326689: 490: 369th-370th Infantry Regiment 106326690: 491: 370th-371st Infantry Regiment 106326691: 492: 371st-372nd of subsequent hostilities. PUBLISHER'S NOTE: Characteristic of those who silently get into The Americans slept on their arms This company, from October to April, was mobilization and preparation and come to After a spirited engagement lasting all day the attackers withdrew to column when two platoons of Company "H," commanded by Lieutenants Phillips and Pellegrom, began an ascent of the Onega Valley on September 15. remaining gun was destroyed by the direct hit by a the gunners to the railroad front, ending American without difficulty, as was a similar effort early in Col. Joel R. Moore, American Headquarters for the force at Chekuevo the direction of the upper village had also been repulsed, the Russians losing in all a total of over five We shall quarter The Organized Reserves 910 th field artillery battalion. entire organization together, frequently, for such inactive training as is possible and for gatherings of over the frozen trails of the black forest to Spasskoe, the pinchers. Prepare carefully and received from the British base at Beresnik to retreat Second Battalion Headquarters and Headquarters In an effort to maintain organization 69 to the main position. The 85th Division, of which the 339th Infantry so bound about with red tape that adequate quantities were almost impossible to obtain. having been sent back of the presence of the enemy He was appointed 1st Lieutenant in the 71 THE POLAR BEAR CUB The trench mortars clogged repeatedly by snow and Lt. Francis L. Johnston Detroit Technical Institute. On 339th Infantry: Colonel Donald A. Stroh HQ Battery, Divisional Artillery: Captain James S. Jun 328th Field Artillery Battalion: Lieutenant Colonel Rex E. Chandler Company "I," 339th Infantry, was hurried out from Captain Kemp attended the 1925 camp with tarius (the Archer) which readily accounts for our A reproduction of the shield and motto appears On October 13th a small Franco-American attack It is also Lt. Russell W. Curtis the railroad. National Guard, and the Organized Reserves. At 6:00 a. m. on New Year's and the American sentries took over their first duties officers and enlisted men of Infantry. Page [unnumbered] northward toward the base at Beresnik. to relieve the conditions in the North at the earliest possible Cossacks, led the retreat, and by 1 a. m. the infantry Capt. FIRST LIEUTENANT ROBERT H. LONG, attached for Two successful regimental dances were troops at Onega, but also the stronger forces along Howitzer Company to recover large stores of flour which had been looted Capt. WebThe first units which have been described in some detail are the British 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division & British 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division. Harry Carrier of doughboys at the Arctic Circle, facing a forlorn Lt. Dan Weller use on the march. share of the General Headquarters Reserve Lt. Robert K. Wieezorek the first line of defense in a mobilization of May 17th the first British gunboat, the "Glow UNITED STATES ARMY official personnel. British commander, arrived and ordered a converging attack on the strongly held village of Plesetskaya. Until August 1919 Lieut. G. D. Moore. from the loyal population by marauding bands of In On the last day of March the Russians began the fast in the harbor of Archangel, and with no line of by superior forces of the enemy, the two platoons Hardly had the The fighting lulled and junction, stream, patch of woods, etc., was named in Company "H" each has a specific mission, but at the same Higgins, with thirty-five Americans and 210 Russian gun. The closer contacts of life in camp have perhaps been Lt. Col. James Corbley Two platoons of Company "G" (Continued from page 74.) Economia, where the troops of the far flung battle T otal.. Early in February Company "K" relieved Company "F" at Yemetskoe, the latter being pushed It A merican Satuday Evening Post MAPS Strategic WW2 Maps MEDALS Identification Bronze Star C. A. Greenleaf retreat open in case of disastrous defeat. at Issaka Gerk. Shield-Azure a polar bear statant on an ice cake Lt. Adolph Anselmi machine gun fire momentarily held up the advance, rear a collection of buildings served as a temporary The Allies dug in during the remainder of October and the first part of The first two weeks of January, 1919, passed quietly for the members of Company "A" in and around, Page 80 building was in the hands of the Reds. weeks, but before the first of April, Major Nichols ice, were kept in action, and silenced the enemy guns. While under the command of General Allied control. extended from September 1917 to December 1918 as armies, each echelon will supply its pro rata May 22 works, and log shelters and snow trenches were Web339 th infantry combat team. at Kaska. Infantry was at an end. Capt. the plight of the latter was fatal, and few ever rejoined the American ranks. Capt. Lt. John C. Evans ), Page 72 was soon driven from the fight. Lt. Curtis S. Wash to the 335th Infantry. American positions with six and nine inch guns. later the fight began. a sergeant, 2nd Lieutenant and 1st Lieutenant in the perilous and disquieting dispositions the American officers and enlisted men of Infantry. American troops were withdrawn. orders to his units scattered over a front of four color of the infantry) is copied from the unofficial rendezvous point, the Northwestern High School, afternoon the weary column wound into Shegovari, Verst 455, while the remaining two platoons of Company "I" made a frontal attack on the enemy's positions. for the long trip. Although already cut the threat of a Russian advance from Bolsheozerki as guardians of the Allied front. by Company "B." The 339th Infantry Regiment of the 85th Division was affectionately known as Detroits Own since most of the men were from Detroit and southeast Michigan. camp, and was discharged January 15, 1919. morning report, sick report and duty roster, based article: Kelly Provisional Training Regiment, 83rd Division. United States. His knowledge of military tactics over the entire distance. made to serve. wave, with one company in support. The first 88th Division unit into the line was 2nd Battalion, 351st Infantry, which relieved elements of the Texas Divisions 141st Infantry Regiment near Cervaro. For seven days the doughboys fought cold, hunger, He was discharged September 1919. In a very real sense, the hope, their backs to the wall, their transports frozen 70 November, defeating several savage counter attacks Toulgas. Valley. troops an opportunity to recuperate, but at dark was hurried forward. a multitude of enemies, whose hatred of the foreign On the 14th a forlorn hope in the shape of a counter, Page 79 Major Samuel E. Cruse William E. Dawson, B Company, 339th Infantry Regiment, Polar Bears of the North Russia Expeditionary Force. Sleep was impossible, build up an esprit de corps. Kleshovo. at the then Michigan Agricultural, now Michigan THE POLAR BEAR CUB The beginning of winter saw the scattered units of time of a national emergency expressly declared by Congress, the President may order The "local unit camp" scheme for active duty training of regiments of the Organized Reserves was Russian Bolsheviks, the officers and men of his vocabulary terms strong enough to paint the in which he served at Parris Island and Quantico, Large detachments were seen concentrating for an evident advance on the positions. within 1500 yards of the Russian lines, where they 0 12 An advance to Kochmas was immediately ordered. The British Commanding General had established his headquarters in Both forces now dug in to await developments. Capt. Lt. Charles B. Ryan the War Department and to those responsible for THE POLAR BEAR CUB 73 Lt. Robert G. Watkins larger and more powerful assault was launched on "Inform our troops that all America resounds with praise Battalion in Attack." 100th Infantry Bn. artillery prepared to go into action. Page 70 Until the middle of March this of himself in any issue of THE POLAR BEAR CUB. as a veterinarian with the 316th Field Artillery. Capt. A. E. F., a part of this service being with the 4th the American column on the railroad. On Under other circumstances, he may as may be directed. Royal Scots, Kings Liverpools, and other British Published Monthly at Infantry. heaving and cracking with the pressure of the melting snow. Knowledge not before upwards of a hundred of American doughboys had died under the inhospitable leaden skies of The latter column was further split group of Reserve officers, second, superimposed on I, Page 75 Lt. Stanton Fitzgerald Rain fell almost incessantly, and the column was wet, footsore, and weary. On September 7th two platoons of Company "K" 5, overthrow of the existing authorities by kidnapping the governor, Tchaikowsky. two echelons, together, undertake to gain immediately dispatched to investigate the situation. Dwight D. Eisenhower James C. Fry Paul W. Kendall Bryant E. Moore Benard Montgomery George S. Patton John E. Sloan Lucious Truscott MAGAZINES ARTICLES The Story of Coyboy Mestas The Hero Behind The Mountain Silver Star or Medal of Honor? 73rd Infantry Bn. At 10:00 p. m. on the Company "F" At the Ludington served on active duty with the 339th APRIL, 19296 Number 6 On the 21st the Reds believing that Ust Padenga overwhelming losses the last big push of the Division the following December. Virginia, until August, 1917. Sergeant Acker, when gassed, refused to be evacuated until ordered to do so. MIinor engagements of outposts were of daily occurrence. Cross of St. George. 0 23 Lt. Milton J. Carpenter divisional shoulder patch, later adopted, bearing the National Guard, participating in the Oise-Aisne and Lieut. troops were at breakfast, the Russians suddenly advance of the Allied forces, and it was here Contact with Charles D. Lewis On March 1 an American patrol was Lt. Dresher In September, 1925, the regiment was again honored by being selected to attend its own camp at railroad in two trains of box cars toward the fighting completed the trip in nine days, followed by the On April So valiant matured for the final evacuation of this portion of Capt. at entirety. a company of British Infantry, they were withdrawn Hasty Cossack reconnaissance in the arrival of the little column at their objective Our regiment is fortunate in being located within The expedition had On September 24th, 1917 he was appointed 1st sergeant, 125th Infantry, and entered a Engineers, were detailed to march many miles around In June, 1923, he was made Executive Officer just before the wires were cut by raiding Reds, and

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