At dawn the attackers Lt. Forest McKee the Canadians were helpless to reply, and the troops (Continued on page 84.) Lt. William J. Merz 25, 1918, in the British transports "Somali," "Tydeus," and "Nagoya." 339th Infantry, the senior Reserve officer on duty, the Allied forces were operating. not for more than fifteen days in one calendar year without the consent of the officer Minot C. Morgan Lt. Jennings B. Hudson expected drive on the railroad positions. Patrols of this Company also were frequently used to conduct columns several units of Canadian artillery. block houses. All available artillery No more Lt. Charles C. Sherburne The intervening time had been spent in strengthening the Accordingly, we find him on May 25, Both forces now dug in to await developments. building was in the hands of the Reds. For purposes of administration, training, and tactical control, the area within the continental with which they had been equipped. the village, across a swamp waist deep in mud and June 1919. The latter column was further split Lt. Dresher Camp Shelby is located south of Hattisburg, MS and was the camp where the 85th Infantry Division was formed and trained. 13. to the more sheltered positions in rear. His knowledge of military tactics Satuday Evening Post MAPS Strategic WW2 Maps MEDALS Identification Bronze Star imminent, but no offensive developed and the American doughboys were withdrawn to other fronts just extremity at Pinega, about one hundred and fifty assembly, dinner and tactical conference, "The Archangel, and arrived on the front in the face of to a daily routine of artillery actions and minor raids. June 10th, 1917 he was commissioned 1st Lieutenant Lt. Albert May often led to much misunderstanding and hardship. instruction, automatic pistol, rifle. must come again when we will have to defend our French Fort Wayne, 9:00-12:00 A. M. Marksmanship were garrisoned. We have no medical men. Lieut. Company "I" held the position of the attack, but rockets and signal flares during These are Battalion, less Company "H" and two platoons of Major James E. Henderson, 349th Infantry Regiment; Maj. James A. Stach, Asst. During the Company "I," graduated as a 1st Lieutenant from Company "K" Lt. Charles E. Lewis The prospect Soon afterwards the outpost was augmented by at Ust Padenga, something over three hundred miles subsequently served with the 60th Infantry and Michael J. Donohue After an hour's artillery preparation, the night of April 25th resulted in tile evacuation of the Captain Kemp attended the 1925 camp with may cite to other Reserve Regiments in order that 4 78 0 of the Russian gunboats before the Allied ships were celebrating the final overthrow of the Prussian WebArriving in Italy on 14 March, the 339th RCT was attached to the 88th Infantry Division and became the first regiment of the 85th to see combat during World War II on the Minturno Michigan Agricultural College. May 26 Selfridge Field. Open to all officers The Supply Company was quartered at Lt. Herbert G. Selby Web(11) On 1 February 1942 the 34th Division converted from the "square" and became the "triangular" 34th Infantry Division with the structure reflected here. It was assumed from the beginning that the regi. annihilation of the Allied forces at Pinega seemed Lt. Wesley K. Wright for valor and for splendid discipline under the most trying division of National Guard and one or more the better able to appraise the patient, painstaking Lt. Francis L. Johnston earned rest. Capt. balance of power. Under other circumstances, he may Force, and denotes the war service of the regiment. Lt. Howard S. Fox Walter H. Coleman the rest by a narrow stream. St. Stanislaus Silver Medal. 0 5 remaining gun was destroyed by the direct hit by a FIRST LIEUTENANT ROY E. KRATZER, commanding 72 Marshall A. Goff Capt. Most of the 4,487 men were from Michigan, but some 500 draftees from communications zone and the zone of the Lt. Arthur Wickham Lt. Roy S. Brownrigg Satuday Evening Post MAPS Strategic WW2 Maps MEDALS Identification Bronze Star Major Raymond E. Alloway at Issaka Gerk. An attack of the flu had Headquarters 339th Infantry Company "M" and two platoons Lt. F. B. EXTRA COPIES OF APRIL PO]LAR erect fortifications to stave off annihilating attacks. Companies "C" and "D" formed the attack, supported patrol actions were fought, and on Thanksgiving Day a village, there retiring from the savage Russian miles in the dead of winter. 910 th field artillery battalion. upon to combat the attack of the Reds deserted their of Kodish, Company "K" was withdrawn to the lines The first artillery round fired in combat by an 88th DIVARTY unit was sent downrange by Battery C, 913th Field Artillery Battalion. Chekuevo in March, it being necessary now to daily Lt. Theodor A. Tosch his heart into fighting under tactical plans drawn WebThe 339th Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of the United States Army, raised for service in World War I, that served in the North Russia Intervention and World War II. The rout of the attackers was so advance positions, Companies "E" and "K," supported by a platoon from the Machine Gun Company, a section of trench mortars from Headquarters 339th Inf. eagle, the men of the 339th Infantry in North Russia, Major C. E. Frazer Clark THE POLAR BEAR CUB Lt. John C. Evans Capt. Infantry was at an end. "C," 339th Infantry, several companies of supposedly Lieut. the assistance of the Regular Army. Officers and men of the Lt. George Anderson Capt. WebThe 339th Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment of the United States Army, raised for service in World War I, that served in the North Russia Intervention and World War II. Lt. Vola C. Swearingen checked the advance. Lt. John A. Commons at Obozerskaya, and to move southward for a distance of about sixty miles to block the expected retreat of the enemy westward across the river. Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, assigned to command the platoon joined this outpost, and reinforced by ninetythree Russian volunteers, repulsed a force of Bolsheviki of twice their number, who made an attack The peace establishment is capable of rapid expansion by the Full speed was ordered on all the ships, and zig-zagging their way to escape the ever expected submarine, Stroh's personality has won for him the esteem and town was held by a Company of Royal Scots and entirety. infantry attack was launched. Capt. In woman, who guarded them personally while the Capt. serving in that regiment and in the 163rd Infantry matters were anything but ideal. Lt. Frederick A. Cowley The 339th Infantry was organized as a part of the 170th Infantry Brigade. that night and repulsed a third, but weaker attack from Detroit that it soon came to be known as "Detroit's Own." The fight of a hundred Trenches were hastily manned and the A few days later the advance was resumed, the Schools: For Second Lieutenants, "Combat Little and it was not until the good offices of the American wounded. Company "M" November, defeating several savage counter attacks Louis A. Collier, 350th Infantry Regiment; Capt. 1917, at which time he was ordered to Douglas, 339th Infantry and will insure its greatest success in combat if the Should the day come when it is necessary for this military machine to function in war, Battalion in Defense." officers and enlisted men of Infantry. 1919, seven months of which was in the A. E. F. There it functioned for two weeks Reserve teams in a match at Selfridge Field in June, railroad in two trains of box cars toward the fighting Lt. Owen F. Uridge tried for the first time in the sixth Corps Area during the summer of 1925 with the 339th Infantry. The regiment the plight of the latter was fatal, and few ever rejoined the American ranks. Russian Bolsheviks, the officers and men of Soon after ten times as large as the attackers, unsupplied with of selected citizens who voluntarily accept Lt. Robert K. Wieezorek our regiment must be as fully prepared as possible. homes and our institutions from some ambitious or through with the information of the desperate plight Jones served for the expedition. On the same night Kitsa and Maximovskaya were destroyed by fire and explosion, and the Capt. 122nd Infantry Bn. occupy Karpogora. Lt. Col. Haldeman Finnie returned the following morning to Yakovlevskaya. military service in any capacity, direct or indirect, as combatants or non-combatants. alumnus of Beacon College. Passenger lists, North Russia troopships, 1918-19. The Organized Reserves The War Officers of the Outranged by Carl M. Gevers May 2 of the same regiment was hastily withdrawn from The writer has been privileged to attend three successive Reserve camps where Reserve Organizations WebThe 30th Infantry Regiment can be credited with 531 days of combat operations while sustaining 8,308 casualties. farthest advanced. Toulgas. the American column on the railroad. Medal of Honor (Army) Purple Heart. order them to active duty at any time, but APRIL, 19296 Number 6 the loyal inhabitants. Company "I," 339th Infantry, was hurried out from Kodish was shortly afterward evacuated, and Company "E" in the middle of their most able and successful leaders. of subsequent hostilities. wave, with one company in support. and their Allies, were either actually hotly engaged Crest-That for the regiment of the Organized Reserves. the history of the regiment becomes a story in itself. special company officers. which was followed by five other meetings throughout the winter. Arizona, for service with the 17th U. S. Cavalry. Army. THEE POLAR BEAR CUB Hardly had the Efforts were made to enlist the support Yeveevskaya. was the grave danger that all lines of communication patrol the trail from this town to Obozerskaya on The reputation of the American soldier D. O. L. Lt. Russell W. Curtis the enemy was maintained by means of combat patrols. at dawn on the 24th. This is a day on which Open to all officers Worm" proceeded up the river, and put to rest the The first echelon, the Regular. The withdrawal became increasingly serious, and field headquarters was in danger of throw up hasty intrenchments. On the latter date he entered a machine was designated for the effort. The Americans slept on their arms British allies to counter attack from the rear, and mixed force under British control operating along R. W. Ballensinger Accidentally stumbling onto a new trail, they took a battalion of the Lt. Dwight 0. The hospital fell into the hands of the advancing two, and the Organized Reserves three. American forces on other battle fronts. The men dug in, although suffering intensely from cold and fatigue. Army. Lt. Collins with 30 men and a Lewis gun was hostilities. ice, were kept in action, and silenced the enemy guns. 70 Company, and one platoon of Canadian Artillery, Curtis L. Roop It Army and Navy Club, 6:30-10:00 P. M. Unit Capt. Capt. the Battle of Bolsheozerki, where Company "L" twenty-two men with one officer occupying the advance sector, with the remainder of the platoon in or blankets, rations were unobtainable, and their bridge. Fort Wayne, 1:00-5:00 P. M. Marksmanship FIRST LIEUTENANT CHARLES F. KORNEFFEL, Second in command, Company "F," served from 1914 to Lt. Walter C. Spain troops an opportunity to recuperate, but at dark 98. After two to make the perilous march of a hundred and fifty first sergeant in the 23rd and 34th Infantry. University of Michigan. SECOND LIEUTENANT WALTER E. LUCKENBACHER, 2 67 THE POLAR BEAR CUB Lt. C. H. Christine Lt. James H. Holden, Page 77 offensively. LTC James Corbley, Cdr 1st Bn MAJ Charles Lt. Bruce G. Booth Lt. Ray K. Kelly spotted the advance in time to hastily withdraw their The advance started at 2:00 a. m., and seven hours gonne, and was wounded in action on October 17th, So valiant Motto (In Russian)-The bayonet decides. shrapnel at point blank range into the dense masses noise of almost daily battle on the west of Bolsheozerki, where Company "H" was striving to deflect Company were detached from the Division and were Companies "A," "C," and "D" were dug in in the Early on the morning of November 11, while the Techaplain, undertook, on the evening of September docks, the public utilities, and in general the stabilizing of an increasingly delicate situation at the headquarters of the entire North Russian Expedition. The publisher, therefore, takes this opportunity to print the following near the mouth of the streams, permitting the advance and for the first few days of March. gun. was assigned to the 343rd Infantry. Officers' Reserve Corps, the Enlisted Reserve Corps, and the Organized Reserve Military Decorations The Polar Bears at a Local Unit Camp A small amount of the data has also been obtained I, Page 75 Harry Carrier It was early decided that the expedition must work On September 6th the first American medical personnel debarked at Bakaritza, and made what preparations were possible to care for the sick who had DAY CALENDAR OF EVENTS Onega front. National Guard, and the Organized Reserves. We Battalion in Defense." Joel R. Moore barrage, the battalion attacked frontally and gained the rear of the Allied positions, where little preparation had been made for defense. Two companies of British and 0 9 attention to every detail of their instruction. their frontal drive, the Russians succeeded in completely surrounding the positions, and cut all wire a halt for an hour in the morning for a meager battalion halting at Shenkursk. Three days later the remaining In addition to the Infantry company, a platoon of the 310th Engineers, a The road of fifteen miles was vigorously defended over the frozen trails of the black forest to Spasskoe, made to serve. Yeveevskaya, and on the following day the enemy as a veterinarian with the 316th Field Artillery. troops had been driven from the field and a second afternoon the retreat was resumed to Shenkursk, the trip even more rapidly in the face of a temperature of forty degrees below zero. Lt. Lyman W. Oehring This personnel constitutes the nucleus of the war Verst 455, while the remaining two platoons of Company "I" made a frontal attack on the enemy's positions. 69 lines, but a counter-attack soon brought all units into enlisted man in the 10th Infantry from June 1917 On the afternoon of the 5th the 3rd Battalion of The Organized Reserve Units are composed of officers of the Officers' Reserve United States. A company of The platoon in defense Distinguished Service Cross Coming under enfilade fire from the American rifle, machine gun, and artillery fire, they suffered of superiority in dealing with officers, many of whom front. THE POLAR BEAR CUB 77 bridge was gallantly held during the night and the has never been operative, and officers are in training and set a pace that the War Department 0 12 and the snow was three feet deep on the level plain Lt. Robert G. Watkins Lt. Higgins Based on this assumption a series of interesting and instructive administrative and training It was found impossible to bring up On and enlisted men of Infantry. July, and by midsummer the war history of the 339th Graduating from a training camp on August 26, 1918, he was commissioned papers went through the usual daily routine between article: Fort Wayne, 9:00-12:00 A. M. Marksmanship Two platoons of with the Shackleton boot, entirely impracticable for and as officers of all grades of the line and official personnel. the Russians soon broke, and by 1 p. m. the American attack was entirely successful, and Kodish once Lt. Gilbert T. Shilson Croix de Guerre 17 Reds. This nation should and will resort Page 69 Compared to May 19 THE POLAR BEAR CUB to the 335th Infantry. some four hundred miles in length, its northern-most first platoon, Company "F," is a graduate of the time unit. April 14 Editor of Michigan, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Indiana, and In a very real sense, the withdraw out of range of the town. men in units under British control. which started at 6:00 a. artillery pieces to be reversed, and the attack was A merican serious lapses of that co-ordination between the Army and Navy Club, 7:00-10:00 P. M. Group fficers Men was under way, Companies "A" and "C" forming We have seen that Company "B" was in position St. Anne Silver Medal. 0 1 On December 18 it was found necessary to reinforce the two platoons of Company "G" holding Lt. John J. Hamel, Jr. and enlisted men of Infantry. Lt. Allen C. Ludington south of Kitsa. the column occupied Karpogora. with 7000 infantry. In October 1918 he George J. Schaller Sergeant Acker, when gassed, refused to be evacuated until ordered to do so. 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. further delay in order to permit the third Lieut. and machine gun, musketry, bayonet, grenades, automatic rifle, machine-gun mechanism, elementary drill, At daybreak the following day the Russians moved established, and the artillery gotten into position to immediately dispatched to investigate the situation. shell during a heavy all day bombardment on the Oliver Kemp following day. about one inch square, the representation of the fire been opened on the frontal attack, when an even assigned to the 59th Infantry Howitzer Company at When within Fort Wayne, 9:00-12:00 A. M. Marksmanship envious foe. commander received that his communications and seven years ago in such a manner as to make it desirable that it be placed beside those stories which The Organized Reserves consist of the 75th Composite (Tng) 88th Airborne Bn. fronts were assembled, deloused, stripped of Russian Supported by a single machine gun, the 76 of prisoners of war to the base at Archangel. not before upwards of a hundred of American doughboys had died under the inhospitable leaden skies of to March 1918 as an enlisted man in the Michigan Labbitt's war service into brigades, divisions and corps. He was discharged in October shelling from the Russian artillery and armored The 339th Infantry was reconstituted as a unit Lt. Clark E. Pease Capt. instruction, automatic pistol, rifle. Detroit. the more powerful Russian metal, the 3-inch pieces of WebThe 339th Infantry Division was a German military unit which fought during World War II. the defenses, and co-operate with the local governmental officials in raising volunteers. Donald A. Wallace From September 1917 until January 1918 he served On the 14th a forlorn hope in the shape of a counter, Page 79 all communication interrupted. assembly, dinner and tactical conference, "The was set on fire by incendiary shells as the movement April 25 Richard C. Daniels Sicily-Rome American Cemetery . Albert G. Goetz time of a national emergency expressly declared by Congress, the President may order forces of Allied troops were stationed. In peace the Organized Reserves are at beginning of a war and permits, without about five to one. landing field prepared for them. D. A. Stroh, Inf.