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Foreword by Major General Bolling
Note
The Infantry Division
The Units
Introduction
Port One: THE SIEGFRIED LINE
I. The Big Picture
II. Prummem
III. Geilenkirchen
IV. Lindem
V. Goodbye to the Siegfried Line
Port Two: THE ARDENNES
VI. At All Costs
VII. The Battle of the Bulge
Part Three: TO THE RHINE
VIII. The Battle behind the Battle
IX. Across the Roer
X. The Break-through
XI. At the Rhine
Part Four: TO THE ELBE
XII. Across the Rhine
XIII. Across the Weser
XIV. Elbe, We Are Here
XV. Another Journey's End
Appendix I
Commendations and Citations
Appendix II
Command of the 84th Infantry Division, 1 October 1944 to
8 May 1945
Attachments and Detachments, 10 November 1944 to 8 May
1945
Detachments of the Organic Units of the 84th Infantry Division
Corps and Armies to Which the 84th Infantry Division Was
Attached, 12 November 1944 to 8 May 1945
COLOR REPRODUCTIONS OF PAINTINGS
A GI in the Siegfried Line
Life in the Ardennes
The Horse-and-Sled Ambulance
Crossing the Roer
The Division CP in Krefeld
The Tank-Infantry Team
PHOTOGRAPHS AND WASH DRAWINGS
Camp Claiborne, Louisiana
Crossing the Atlantic
Part I. The Siegfried Line
"Dragon's teeth" - Mud and foxholes . Rolling country . Light machine gun
crew . Covered foxhole . Forward artillery observers . Another type of forward OP . Wire communications . Signal Company pole· 1edies· Prisoners . Pillboxes from a distance . German dugout . Typical pillbox . Bad
tank country . Mud decides . GeiIenkirchen . Traffic jam . German soldier .
Lindem . Red Cross clubmobiIe
Part II. The Ardennes
Marche . MP's check traffic· "Verdenne pocket" . MeniI . Snow· Machine
gun position . Anti-tank gun . Food-foxhole and kitchen . The way to
Laroche . The way to Samree . Riflemen advance . Typical terrain, near
Marcourt . Crossroad turning point . Evacuating wounded . Laroche . Drive
to HouHalize . Jeep casualty . Recaptured jeep . First and Third Army
patrols link
Part III. To the Rhine
Aerial view, Roer Valley· Submerged highway bridge· Site of Roer crossing . Line up for the crossing . Artillery preparation . Bridge equipment .
Infantry support bridge· Assault boat and footbridge crossing . Cars on
treadway bridge· On assault boat· Entering Korrenzig . Prisoners· German
ammunition cart . Baal . Granterath . Infantry on tanks . Follow-up units
Captured bicycles· Waldniel . Krefeld . Mors . Two-way traffic' Rhine
bridge· Baptism· Red Cross girls
Part IV. To the Elbe
Rhine crossing, Wesel . Weser crossing . Aerial view, Weser crossing .
Infantry support bridge· Captured cars and busses . Autobahn . Prisoners .
Civilians· Liberated PW's . Concentration camp . Hannover' Celebration in
Salzwedel· Guards' whips' New quarters' Band concert· Germans at the
Elbe . Colonel and "field wife" . Trek to the rear . Link up with the Red
Army • Troop review . Russian and American officers . Russian DP's .
German hospital ships, U.S.D. show· Generals Gillem and Bolling
MAPS
1. The War in Europe, November 16, 1944
2. Operation Clipper
3. The First Action
4. The Siegfried Line
5. The Battle of Lindem
6. The Battle of the Bulge
7. The Counter-Reconnaissance Screen
8. The Ardennes: Defensive Phase
9. The Ardennes: Offensive Phase
10. Beho to Gouvy to Ourthe
11. Operation Grenade
12. Waldniel to Siichteln
13. Across the Weser
14. The Capture of Hannover
15. From the Siegfried Line to the Elbe
16. To the Elbe
THE UNITS
If there are any leading characters in this story, they are the units of the
Division. In the 84th Infantry Division, the cast of characters was:
333rd Infantry Regiment
334th Infantry Regiment
335th Infantry Regiment
84th Division Artillery
325th Field Artillery Battalion
326th Field Artillery Battalion
909th Field Artillery Battalion
309th Engineer Combat Battalion
309th Medical Battalion
84th Reconnaissance Troop
84th Division Headquarters Company
84th Quartermaster Company
84th Signal Company
784th Ordnance light Maintenance Company
557th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion (attached)
638th Tank Destroyer Battalion (attached)
771st Tank Battalion (attached)
The Infantry Division
The Units
Introduction
Port One: THE SIEGFRIED LINE
I. The Big Picture
II. Prummem
III. Geilenkirchen
IV. Lindem
V. Goodbye to the Siegfried Line
Port Two: THE ARDENNES
VI. At All Costs
VII. The Battle of the Bulge
Part Three: TO THE RHINE
VIII. The Battle behind the Battle
IX. Across the Roer
X. The Break-through
XI. At the Rhine
Part Four: TO THE ELBE
XII. Across the Rhine
XIII. Across the Weser
XIV. Elbe, We Are Here
XV. Another Journey's End