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CO:M:MANDER'S NARRATIVE FOR T"rlE MONTH OF MAY 1945

OF THE ACTIVITIES' OF TEE 1915T TANK BATrALION

MAP REFERENCE: GERMANY, 1/100, 000, Sheet X-6, Munchen

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OOW-'IAND NARRATIVE FOR TEE MONTH MAY 1945 oJi' .TH1i! ACTIVITIES OF TEE 1915T TANK BATTALION

In the first part of the period of the first of May the Battalion continued in support of 45th Inf Div. Companies A and C had no activity, Company B supported the 179th Inf in clearing that part of the sector in the city of MUNCHENeast of the Isar River. No organized resistance was enountered.

In the af~ernoon orders were received from Division to assemble the Battalion-in the vicinity of the airport between NEUBlBERG and UN~BRBlBERG.. During the afternoon and eveningall elements closed into the airfield, and billeted in bUildings of the airport. .

On the second, 36 Luftwaffe women, who had been found on the airport upon our arrival, were evacuated with a few miscellaneous prisoners brought in by patrols. Four road blocks and one bridge guard were set up in the Battalion control sector. The bulk of the Battalion'e~gaged in maint­enance of vehicles and rehabilitation of the men. Men were furnished as guards on several key "targets" in the 1ifffi'JCEEN area.

On the third, guards east of the Isar River were relieved by the l79th Inf Regt and the 42nd Inf.Div. The Battalion was attached for operations to t~e 157th Inf.

During the first week of May rehabilitation was stressed, and for the first time in many-months great emphasis was placed on the wearing of the uniform; and military courtesy.

Wntil the ninth the Battalion guarded a number of minoE strategic. targets such as a C8lllera factory, a sauerKraut works and a liquor cellar. ~lin~r looting and rioting developea on several occasions, but was quickly put down.

On the eighth, word was received from Lt Col ESClillNBURG that our guards would be relieved and we would concentrate on maintenance and training. An 01 was received on the ninth relieving our men with elements of the 179th Inf.

On the tenth relief of all guards elements was completed. S/Sgt Weber received his promotion to 2nd Lt.

tJ~1J~ WELBORI\T G. DOLVIN

Lt. Col., 191st Tank Bn 2 Inclosure s : Commanding

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for period to 10 May 1945. Personnel, and Troop List.

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Headquarters and Headquarters Company . Service Oompany

"A" Com~any . "Bf.I Companync" Company nD'f Company Medical Detachment

LIST OF :KEY PERSONNEL:

Battalion Commander WELBORN G. DOLVIN Lt Col Bn Executive Officer CARL R. BERNHARDT . Major Adjutant (S-l) (Acting) CYRUS OVERMAN 'CaptIntelligence Officer (8-2) CYRUS O~ Captplans-&. Training Off (8-,3) CARL R.BERNHARDT Major Supply Officer (S-4) CHRISTIAN ZOETEWAY Capt En Motot Officer ROLAND.J. HORKY CaptBn Surgeon FREDERICK J. SCHURMEIER Capt lID in US CHARLES II. HOLLIS Ma j or TD in US TOMMY L. COBB JR. Capt

COMPAl'lY COMMANDERS:

C.O. Headquarters Company GARRETT J. CALLAHAN capt'C.O. Service Company vI/ILLI.AIvl S. HATHAWAY 1st Lt c.o. "An Company DONALD E. ST JOHN . CaptC.0. "B~f Company OSCAR L. SMITH 1st Lt c.o. "C" Company ROY R. RICKS 1st Lt C.. 0• com!JS.ny HAROLD B. EENDERLY CapttlDf1

CASUALTIES:

None

PROMOTIONS:

None

INCLOSURE fin

0-219$0 0-1014772 0-394941 0-3949i1 0-1014772 0-1013537 0-3753293 0-1$20:;'47 0-327079 0-1014$7$

0-298498 0-399972 0-1014956 0-1683488 0-1015654 0-1010300

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1i'/'!~ADQ:"UARTERS 1915T TANK BN" AP075.8" US June 1945

~ ~TO: Commanding General 45th 'Infantry Div~sion, .APO 45

Transmitted herewith is the Historioal Record and support­ing papers, this organization, for the month ending,?l May 1945­

For the Commfu~ding Officer:

I Incl. Historical Record

,and Supporting Papers

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HQ" 45TH INF DIV, APO 45, U S A~',:y, 22 June 1945.

TO: Commanding Gener~l, Seventh Army, APO 758, U S Army.

DISPA,Tct ED _ l. pnHQ 45th Fir' DIY A PO 45 lJ S ["rmy_ E. P. F. /

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The~eriGd from the 11th of May to end of ~my was o~e in fhich the Battalion remained at the German Airport at NEUBlBERG, sou h of ~ruNICH. . ~

At the, beginning of the period the Battalion maint ined road blocks at 719266 and RJ 714248. The PU+pose Of these oad blocks

non-Ger.mans who were attempting to return home on heir own.

On the 19th of Llay, Battalipn took over gua.. of the 9th Hungarian Infantry Division which was "caged" in he south block . of barracks on the airport. In conjunction with taking over the Hungarian ~risoner guard the Battalion discontinued its road blocks. The guard of the Hungarians required one company. This was rotated between the four line companies giving each company three days for training for every day of guard.

On Sunday 19 May, the Battalion held a Memorial Service for our dead in the German War.

Prayers were ,said by Chaplains MAT~~VEY and CJ~EY and Capt SHAINHAUSE, eo C., 120 Med Bn. Capt FISHER of the 45th Division spoke briefly on the fighting record of the Battalion and paid homage to th~se wfto had died in the fight.

vord was received on the 25th that. Capt WARD had been killed in an auto~obile accident. The accident was bitterly ironical as CAPT WARD had come through many months of tough combat, been decorated wounded three times only to lose his life after the curtain had fallen on the last act.

During the period a great improvement in military courtesy, discipline, and general appearance was made in the Battalion. Barracks and kitchens becmae daily neater and cleaner. The Battalion had succeeded in going into a garrison setup much more efficiently than had been thought possible when the fighting ended.

The training continued during the period and athletic facilities were developed 'to include three baseball fields, two volleyball courts, horseshoe courts and a small swimming paolo

Some of the old timers in the Battalion returned home, however, for the majority it was a job of waiting until the unit received a category status. Only then would the men know what was in store for them of the Battalion, whether or not the Battalion still had fighting ahead of it in the Japanese waro

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Lt. Col., 191 Tank En. Commander

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LIST Q! m PERSONNEL

Battalion Commander WELBORN G. DOLVIN Lt Col, 0-21980 BnExecuttve Officer CARL R. BERNHARDT Major, 0-1014772

. Adjutant (8-1) EDWARD L.- WARNER Capt, 0-452311 Intelligence Officer (8-2) CYRUS O~~ Capt, 0-394941 Plans & Training Off (6-3) CARL R. B~T Major, 0-1014772 Supply Officer (S-4) CHRISTIAN ZOETEWEY Capt, 0-1013537 Bn N~tor Transport Off ROLAND J. HORKY Capt, 0-3573293 En Surgeon FREDERICK J. SCHURMEIER Capt, 0-1820147 T.D in US TUMMY L. COBa JR Capt, 0-1014878

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Company Commanders:

Hq ,Company VINCENT N. NOVACO 1st Lt, 0-1013108 Sv Company WILLIAM S. HATHAWAY Capt, 0-399972 Camp~ntr:·'.' A. DONALD E. ST JOHN'Capt, 0-1014956 Company B OSCAR L. ~rrTH 1st Lt, 0-1683488 Company C ROY R. RICKS 1st Lt, 0-IDI05654 Company D HAROLD B. HENDERLY Capt, 0-1010300

mattle Caaualties:

None

Promotions:

1st Lt HATHA~~~Y to Capt ~6 May 45 2nd· Lt REID to 1st Lt 16 May 45 2nd Lt SAUNDERS to 1st Lt 16 May 45

. 2nd Lt ST JOHN to 1st Lt 16 May 45

Change in Company COlumanders:

Hq Company - from Capt CALLAHAN to Lt NOVACO

Promotions of Enlisted Men: To be 1st Sgt

S/Sgt Murray E. Turner 20380227 Co C

To be T/SgtT/4 ~~tonio W. Saso 31033703 Co B s/Sgt Lawrence E. Schwartz 35281527 Co D

To be S/Sgt \ Sgt ~ffiaes B. Billmeyer 16155140 Co B T/4 George A Urban 36310465 Hq

Sgt ~dwar9.'A. Ten Eyck 39317922 Hq Co T/3 ·~v·al ter E.--Craig 12131920 Med Sgt ~ans Hansen _ 37651186 Co A Sgt Elvin T Shock 38410705 A

Sgt John W. Yates 39611477 Co C

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Cp1 John 0 Goheen. Jr. 33081916 Med T/4 Edmund. R. De Mille Jr 31033268

, ,_ To be Sgt ' Cpl William J. Williams 37472896 B,T!4 ll'red E. Wddssflog 36310157 A Cpl Glenn rue Hofland 35000948'A,Fvt ~aul P. Capitan 20156965 B Cpl Edwin M.'Keener 34683470 A,T!4 Edwin M. Dotson 35775296A T74 Robert K. Smel1ie 39835255 O,Cpl Leon C. Nelson 39256530 C T/4 ;F:r8.Ilk L. Hennessey Jr 16145358 D', T!4 11 illiam B. Liese 31039687 B Cpl fho~s C. Clark 34606421 B

To be T/4T/5 Gustav J. Frietsche,32335845 Med,T!5 Charles A. Johnson 39104503 B T/5 Chester Loftus 32281.507 B,Pfe James J McDonald 20157397 B T/5 G,~orge L. Beckstead Jr.39835421 Sv,T/5 Wilfred J.Jbkerst 37416950 B T/5 hver~tt Y.Plummer 35573952 Sv, T15 Millard L. Roy 14120943 HqT/5Stanley C. Ka.linowski 31047118 SV,Pfc Joseph F. Korzenko 31047380 D T/5 Rich~rd C. Laya 39277607 C, T!5Wallace H. Tuttle 39104536 A Cpl Claudie L. Edwards 38347644 B, T/5ames D. Brigman 39463931 B

T/5 tenneth C. Viele ~42141081 D , ..

To be Cpl T/5 qeorge F. rhi1pot 35454395 A, Pfc William G. GQupel1 36473136 A Pfc llilaurice J .l.1arvington 36908708 A,Pfc J!'raIiklin B. IIawk 35906255-B Pfc Fred D. ~~ola 36733637 A, ~vt Thomas F. Stroud 37511694 A Pfc Cli,fford O.Gunderson 39301743 B,Pfc Cecil Watkins 15382827 C Pfc John P. Healy 12170530 A, Pfc Leslie A Warner 35917841 B

Pvt Denis L. Berger B Co.

To be T/5 . . Prc D.V.J.Goins 34606471 B, Ptc Oseo W. Moore 38096031 Hqpfc Eugene M. Spradlin 39179373 Hq,Pfc Ra~ond A.Wojewedka 37397178 B Pvt Warren E. Heffner 33111909 Sv,Ptc ~omas D. Barnhardt '38466257 B Ptc Robert 0 Buskey 31120935 B, f'1'c ~ohn D. Cameron - 20;Ji'7378 sv ptc Alonzo R. Friedrich 38231847 Sv,?fc John H &:r;eeman 35962052 A ptc ~el1ie M Ivy 38365806 Sv,Ptc Michael Laterza 42178467 A ptc Robert A. Martin 36230676 SV,Pfc Raymond y. Schreiner 35929664 A ptc Leonard A. Wallin 37481743 H~,Pfc Ernest R. Zechman 33233836 Sv ptc Ignatius Streshenkoff 1310934?t D, Pvt Hanry C_~ Jones 14012235 D ptc John L. Tindall 35929674 G, ptc FrRnk J. Kulaga 33230410 A ptc Burke C. Brown 37747121 D, Ptc Elmer S Sutton , 35087357 D ptc Jimmie F. Burnett 14~19532 B, p~t Wilfred J. Jokerest 374k6950 B

. Pvt ~atrick G. Ma~moy 15129384 B Co

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AWARDS _.

Congressional Medal of Honor Distinguished Service Cross Legion of Merit Silver star

m6 A;pr.45 1 1 1

27

Total 1

-1 1

27 Soldiers Medal Bronze star

1 76 11

1 87

Unit Citation (3rd Platoon, Co "C"}l 1

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