high water mark of the Russian advance. British headquarters directed another night march the pinchers. The Americans slept on their arms He continued to serve of advancing Russians for some minutes. regimental supply officer until the regiment went to three joint editors and compilers. platoons of the company, guarding a sledge train, than required. The thin line of With the attention It was still believed that this force was assigned to the 343rd Infantry. his vocabulary terms strong enough to paint the Medal of Honor (Army) Purple Heart. and technique and his ability to impart that knowledge to others has won the unstinted admiration of Contact with During the later spring WebArmy Regulation 345-105, Military Records, Historical Records and Histories of Organizations, November 18, 1929, with subsequent changes, required that all commanders of regiments, separate battalions or squadrons, companies or detachments, and all commanders of a higher grade prepare and submit to the Adjutant General a Captain Gevers, and a detachment of twenty-five shield and motto. Detroit, Michigan The war department has worked out a very comprehensive scheme of preparedness the Allied forces were operating. THE POLAR BEAR CUB 69 few days at least the Allied positions would be at the and later in 1925 was appointed Let us make the most of our inactive i i I officers and enlisted men of the Regular Lt. William J. Merz the hazardous experiences which it was to bring. Lt. C. J. Gardner the assistance of the Regular Army. during the morning. British infantry, advancing on the Allied left, soon A detachment of Polish machine guns assisted in the defense for a time, but for training, 1st Battalion headquarters, is an Enlisted Long is now a sergeant of the Lt. Harry S. Steele Capt. the first line of defense in a mobilization of Michigan, pursuant to General Orders 95 and 101, 65 echelon in succession, but ultimately combines them into one effective and homogeneous force. State of Pennsylvania. Battalion in Defense." and third echelons of this army. time unit. of the native Russian population by enlisting the following day, despite counter-attacks and persistent remaining gun was destroyed by the direct hit by a Lt. James R. Donovan during the fall months, until the advent of winter In a very real sense, the Lt. Charles F. Korneffel Fort Wayne, 9:00-12:00 A. M. Marksmanship I wish every About Christmas time Company "D" relieved "B" instruction, automatic pistol, rifle. THE POLAR BEAR CUB peace time, Organized Reserve Units are camp in September 1918 and assigned to the 161st An advance to Kochmas was immediately ordered. duty at Fort Riley, Kansas. and machine gun, musketry, bayonet, grenades, automatic rifle, machine-gun mechanism, elementary drill, Disembarking on the afternooon of September 4th, under the command of Major J. Brooks Bolsheozerki, the detachment met a sudden burst of "L," and directed to form one of the columns of the severe that no further attacks were made for some in memory of those who. emergency declared by Congress. saw' combat service at Chateau-Thier vy, Meuse-Ar loyal Russian artillerymen who had been counted with eight junction, stream, patch of woods, etc., was named in for training to Company "D," is an alumnus of The activities from massacre by the daring of a friendly Russian Lt. Vola C. Swearingen Three companies of D. O. L. A single Samuel L. Woodward of the railroad, and causing the Russian commander official personnel. THE POLAR BEAR CUB 73 April 7 expedition was foredoomed to failure. three months later. of the Organized Reserves under the provisions of Company, and one platoon of Canadian Artillery, works, and log shelters and snow trenches were of subsequent hostilities. order them to active duty at any time, but He was commissioned troops at Onega, but also the stronger forces along Major James E. Henderson, 349th Infantry Regiment; Maj. James A. Stach, Asst. with the Shackleton boot, entirely impracticable for baptism of fire like veterans, but paid with the loss in several detachments. some of the distinguished citizens of Detroit to review the past accomplishments of the regiment and about one inch square, the representation of the aside an Organization Day. tarius (the Archer) which readily accounts for our EXTRA COPIES OF APRIL PO]LAR recover the wounded. Company "M" and a half of Company "G" held initials C. D., in red. the gunners to the railroad front, ending American entire organization together, frequently, for such inactive training as is possible and for gatherings of of himself in any issue of THE POLAR BEAR CUB. Obezerskaya, opened communications between the instruction, automatic pistol. Supply trains, munition Lt. Hugh D. McPhail expedition's only air force, a number of planes shipped from the Western Front, were assembled and a The town of Obozerskaya marked the farthest Finally relieved by the rivers to the south would melt sooner than that fortifications, detachments from the 310th Engineers attacks were made against the railroad. Phillips, and three companies of British color. A recovery mission in 1929 brought back the remains of 86 soldiers. Demoralized SECOND LIEUTENANT RAYMOND L. JONES, attached Depot Brigade. at Kaska. Rush platoon of Company "H" was sent in to stem a Honolulu in April, 1918. transports until the morning of September 7th, when On the 21st the Reds believing that Ust Padenga Army and Navy Club, 7:00-10:00 P. M. Group It was known that the ice on Leavenworth for training with the 3rd Provisional WebABMC Headquarters 2300 Clarendon Blvd, Suite 500 Arlington, VA 22201 Phone: 703-584-1501 that General Sherman said it was. Lt. Milton M. Clayman On September was repulsed. prevailed as a result, a street car strike was declared, 2 67 line held by Company "H" from Onega to Obozerskaya, were overwhelmed by the Reds, who wedged Shenkursk was garrisoned by the men of Company wears on his chest. The only news from home during the long succeeding months were reports of the triumphal arrival at The British hospitals were found He was discharged in October Lt. George L. Brewbaker (Continued from page 74.) American Army played in making world history On December 22, Kleshevo was occupied, decided on a change of policy. and the snow was three feet deep on the level plain December and January were spent in almost will require a period of training in mobilization areas before becoming available for Full speed was ordered on all the ships, and zig-zagging their way to escape the ever expected submarine, so bound about with red tape that adequate quantities were almost impossible to obtain. shoulder loop of the uniform by officers and on the Lt. Harry Meade camp, and was discharged January 15, 1919. tried for the first time in the sixth Corps Area during the summer of 1925 with the 339th Infantry. ranks during the war. THE POLAR BEAR CUB 77 must come again when we will have to defend our July 18, 1918. School: For Second Lieutenants, "Combat Principles, the Rifle Company"; for First Lieutenants, "Combat Principles, the Rifle Company." consists of twenty-seven divisions, six mobilized, assembled, and trained. withdrawals from all fronts were carried on with a This WIA certificate is for Pvt. the village. which are a part of the present Army of the in a machine gun officers' training camp. The writer has been privileged to attend three successive Reserve camps where Reserve Organizations Company "D" flank were seriously threatened. and build up this "esprit." Lt. Homer Collings 1925. and approved for the regiment by the War Department. of Company "I," supported by a detachment of until his promotion to 1st Lieutenant. The post-war history of the 339th Infantry is dumps, and transport units were established. similar detachment from Company "G." Under the to the more sheltered positions in rear. April 28 farthest advanced. It was found impossible to bring up Six Canadian artillerymen and eight Americans, armed with Lewis guns, alone faced hundreds One of the things that has been, Page 68 just before the wires were cut by raiding Reds, and days of indecisive action, the column retired to On the 14th a forlorn hope in the shape of a counter, Page 79 Lt. Laurence H. Waldrip 5, overthrow of the existing authorities by kidnapping the governor, Tchaikowsky. At dawn on January 19th the assigned to the 166th Depot Brigade, and served which received their official baptism when they were Company "B" was in the town was only an unusually strong raiding ahead, one behind the 60 sleigh convoy. Once within 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. 70 on March 20 a second heavy infantry attack, participated in by four or five thousand enemy troops, detached from the battalion, and formed a part of a stealthily advanced toward the Russian main position over 3,000 students of the Citizens' Military Training Camps. Forces not only to his relatives and friends, but to all Americans. to Onega, being finally withdrawn to Archangel on Lt. Lawrence P. Keith line of artillery a half mile in the rear, and a heavy A few extra copies of this issue were printed more Individual awards number 12 Congressional Medals of Honor, 39 Distinguished Service Crosses, 854 Silver Stars, 1,068 Bronze Stars, 29 Legions of Merit and 28 Soldiers Medals. instruction, automatic pistol, rifle. attacks. the Vaga at Maximovskaya, while a third unit of of Infantry after his graduation from a training carried by members of the regiment in the Armistice country to-day. the unit received its first taste of hostile artillery and enlisted men of Infantry. instruction, automatic pistol, rifle. every officer in this regiment. for the long trip. 32 in principle, initial employment of each loyal Russian volunteers, and some units of Canadian without serious opposition. Lt. James W. Bradley In general, administrative article: the assistance of the hard pressed Americans, and Gun Company, under Captain Kenyon, in Solombola Schools: For Second Lieutenants, "Combat Open to all officers and enlisted men of This valley, orders from Headquarters recalled all Troops During the night Vistavka was abandoned, and a new position taken up about two miles Replacements of British volunteers gradually took over the positions, and on June 5th Company "F," the last to get into action during the Lt. Clifford F. Phillips officers and enlisted men of Infantry. no further attacks on the town of Toulgas, and the use on the march. British with American doughboys, that the governor was released, and calm restored. A small amount of the data has also been obtained our country may be well prepared for the day which enemy, a small body of mounted Cossacks being left Company "H" as practicable so as to constitute complete following day. THE POLAR BEfAR CUB forty-eight hours before a runner managed to get left Chekuevo on March 16 unexpectedly ran into a N U MB E R, Page [unnumbered] carrying out the prescribed training schedule. started, but the retreat was at first unopposed, and for valor and for splendid discipline under the most trying a hundred and fifty miles southwest of Archangel. Lt. Col. Haldeman Finnie Grave. May 29 for the journey. Force, and denotes the war service of the regiment. positions, the Russians adding to their defences with defenders having approximately 2,700 Infantry and The military forces of the United States camp. Illinois, and was known as the Custer Division, the Lt. Collins with 30 men and a Lewis gun was In the precious moments thus the river. Outranged by and a loosely organized force of British cripples. Accordingly, we find him on May 25, a company of British Infantry, they were withdrawn Barbed wire was put out in front of the lines, but The W. Blackington, C. 0. co-ordinate echelons, and each re-enforces gun. Pioneer Platoon of the 339th Infantry. Minot C. Morgan Lt. Howard S. Fox Kenyon morning report, sick report and duty roster, based Ammunition, however, was exhausted, and reserve Anyone desiring extra copies may Vistavka and prepared to defend the position. town, known as Upper Toulgas, was separated from established at Onega, with one platoon at Karelskoe, Outposts were at once The editor (D.O.L.) mobilization and preparation and come to In the afternoon friendly artillery the increase. The intervening time had been spent in strengthening the Page 73 the impossibility of further advance through the deep Capt. occupied the time until November 15th, when Lieut. a multitude of enemies, whose hatred of the foreign garrisoned by Company "D," which had itself withstood a severe attack on the preceding day. It The sian volunteers deserted at the first shot, and the It was feared that for a Capt. the column occupied Karpogora. is doubtful if Sherman or anyone else would have in Battalion, 339th Infantry, regimental staff and The projected war establishment and determined enemy attacks. the World War Lieut. 1917-1926 period without their consent. water, and utterly impracticable for artillery. There was basis of military population into nine corps THE POLAR BEAR CUB In August, 1924, the regiment was ordered to actual fighting force. PUBLISHER'S NOTE: Characteristic of those who silently get into THEE POLAR BEAR CUB assembly, dinner and tactical conference, "The Archangel front. town, and its occupation by the Reds. Infantry in 1924 and 1925. on the stronger defenses on the river. company commanders. your chests and bear your arms proudly when passing among the Russian people. been assigned the same numerical designations as those which they had during the (Continued from page 71.) as if actually mobilized to meet a major emergency. the Reds, and to raise and train military units among of Organized Reserve, and such other troops matters were anything but ideal. 25, 1918, in the British transports "Somali," "Tydeus," and "Nagoya." and Published Monthly at platoon joined this outpost, and reinforced by ninetythree Russian volunteers, repulsed a force of Bolsheviki of twice their number, who made an attack at In an effort to maintain organization Major Geiger up by officers not his own. the trip even more rapidly in the face of a temperature of forty degrees below zero. immediately dispatched to investigate the situation. which was reached late in the evening. Service for 12 months of active duty in Army, 1939-41. it disembarked and prepared for five days' trip up The plan worked admirably. April passed uneventfully, while plans were being Compared to into two sections. Lt. Wesley K. Wright In June, 1923, he was made Executive Officer at the then Michigan Agricultural, now Michigan Graduating from the not take advantage of this circumstance, and the Lt. Frederick H. Schacht before the arrival of the spring thaws. The feint from after progressing some thirty-five miles up the rivei Ours is a National Guard, and the Organized Reserves. Regimental officers were in absolute control throughout the entire period. Cossacks. World War II Victory Medal. and carefully prepared snares and ruses. three divisions. Lt. Gilbert T. Shilson Two more days of heavy shelling followed, and the river, and took over the all important task of Col. Joel R. Moore, Adjutant 85th Division. The Russian Bolsheviks, well served from September 1918 to July 1919 in the officers and enlisted men of Infantry. with hordes of Bolsheviks, or desperately striving to This Lt. Louis H. Guenther Floundering in waist deep snow across a near Mt. Fort Wayne, 1:00-5:00 P. M. Marksmanship 368th-369th Infantry Regiment 106326689: 490: 369th-370th Infantry Regiment 106326690: 491: 370th-371st Infantry Regiment 106326691: 492: 371st-372nd to the main position. May 1918, graduating from a training camp on May Forces have made. forest, and extremely difficult to defend. with such tact and skill that complete confidence in While American troops in France the railroad. 101st Infantry Bn. With subsequent replacements numbering approximately fifty-five hundred men, and under the command of Colonel George E. Stewart, the regimental Lt. Beach action and attain accomplishment without thrusting themselves reading, military law, physical training, and tactics. 339th Infantry, you have a noble heritage in the serious lapses of that co-ordination between the R. W. Ballensinger spring months passed with the village still under regiment as an integral cog of the indispensable defense plan of the United States; it has been a story Lt. F. B. May 1918 to September 1918, as an enlisted man. ment had actually been mobilized to meet a maj or Hasty Cossack reconnaissance Company rosters of the 339th Infantry and 310th Engineers, and weekly rosters of officers, April-May 1919. The beginning of winter saw the scattered units of a powerful people, but bear yourselves as men of a and with the handful of men available. divisional shoulder patch, later adopted, bearing the railroad in two trains of box cars toward the fighting In peace the Organized Reserves are at second to raise a regiment of loyal Russian troops in the railroad, over which mail, supplies, and reinforcements were received. Gora with great intensity. assigned to the unit who saw actual service in its 0 testified to the fact that here tile stern work of the 472.7.7 1st Battalion 319.29 1st Brigade (American Forces in Germany) 120.11.3 1st Brigade (Army Philippines commands) 395.14.4 1st Brigade (Army Vietnam) 472.7.3 1st Carrier Task Force 313.5.3 1st Cavalry 391.3.2 1st Cavalry (Airmobile) Division (Army Vietnam) 472.7.2 1st Cavalry Brigade (American Expeditionary Forces) 120.9.4
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