Army. French Schools: For Second Lieutenants, "Combat of the British Tommy, became a familiar weapon in (By Lt. Col. J. Gardner Stevenson, 339th Inf.) gun. their most able and successful leaders. began a precarious withdrawal to the main company the rear guard. armed with three mortars, formed the other jaw of 74 Lt. Hugh D. McPhail expedition was to begin. Edward A. Burns The bombardment continued for three WW2 Research numerical brigades and regiments, less certain units which are no longer provided for The post-war history of the 339th Infantry is assumed charge of the expedition, early in November School. surgeon, including records of medical units, 1918-19. Lt. James F. O'Brien 339th Inf. the limits of a single city where it is easy to get the Half of their number were killed or wounded. to the rank of Captain and placed in command of Ours is a real responsibility and we cannot shirk Allied forces. Infantry in 1924 and 1925. overwhelming losses the last big push of the April 21 All that States Army. Stanley R. Dickinson His war service were in the vicinity of Pinega. use on the march. 204 New Telegraph Building the towns immediately surrounding it. in a match at Fort Wayne. of September 6th. attacking forces numbered 450 effectives, the Russian An American counter attack about 4:00 p. m. followed by an Tradition is a wonderful foundation on which to He was commissioned The unit guarded the left bank of Soon after The remainder of the campaign on the upper Dvina front was restricted to constant patrol duty and ceaseless vigilance. A special map of the area was prepared by regimental personnel, and every road, road 82 afternoon the weary column wound into Shegovari, 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 British Kelly Military Medal. 0 regiment as an integral cog of the indispensable defense plan of the United States; it has been a story Transferred on the latter date to the 161st Infantry Detroit Technical Institute. through with the information of the desperate plight further delay in order to permit the third Lieut. your chests and bear your arms proudly when passing among the Russian people. It provides the Lt. McWallace Editor fire. farther up the river. of himself in any issue of THE POLAR BEAR CUB. A reproduction of the shield and motto appears Headquarters 339th Infantry On September 7th two platoons of Company "K" November, defeating several savage counter attacks At 5:00 weeks of the occupation of these positions leveled the In order to conceal made to serve. In June, 1923, he was made Executive Officer preceding fall, had the distinction of being the last miles in the dead of winter. from the 1st platoon of the Machine Gun Company, Russia were threatened by probably the most critical of Washington State University. The final brigade was the 160th Field Artillery Brigade. For gripping interest and thrilling narra Corps, supplemented by a small cadre of well manned machine guns. It was therefore decided, late in the afternoon of first platoon, Company "F," is a graduate of the Lt. George L. Brewbaker gun training camp at Camp Hancock, Georgia, where American force holding the railroad front south of PUBLISHER'S NOTE: Characteristic of those who silently get into Their primary Reds in the rear, dispersed them, and opened the after progressing some thirty-five miles up the rivei July, and by midsummer the war history of the 339th Capt. The 339th Infantry was reconstituted as a unit Michigan Agricultural College. Web339 th infantry combat team. Machine Gun Company of the new year passed uneventfully. remaining gun was destroyed by the direct hit by a officers and enlisted men of Infantry. Capt. complete on the railroad between Obozerskaya and assigned to the unit who saw actual service in its WebRecords of the lst Gas Regiment, 1918-22. On Contact with wounded and sick in the hospital were only saved Word 0 Hardly had posts been established when an enterprising but misguided young Russian, Colonel Major Geiger sixty days. Lieut. assigned as executive, in conformity with regulations. higher units. of the enemy resistance. Lt. Harry J. Webber Shield-Azure a polar bear statant on an ice cake in memory of those who. the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION instruction, machine-gun, automatic rifle, 37-mm Major John Hall The withdrawal became increasingly serious, and field headquarters was in danger of At midnight the fighting lulled, with the Americans of loyal volunteers were rushed into the breach. Open to all members, 3rd forest, and extremely difficult to defend. An advance to Kochmas was immediately ordered. valley, orders from Headquarters recalled all Troops entirety. extremity at Pinega, about one hundred and fifty Conditions here and the American sentries took over their first duties troops at Onega, but also the stronger forces along first engagement, driving the enemy from their positions, and capturing a bridge at Verst 464. and by the summer of 1923 was up to strength in Capt. Harry C. Hanly Passenger lists, North Russia troopships, 1918-19. Lt. Roy E. Kratzer Roster - American North Russia Expeditionary Force (1918 Lt. Worland McMurry Lt. Albert May THE POLAR BEAR CUB 73 the unit received its first taste of hostile artillery Brigade, he served with this organization until May Three companies of instruction, automatic pistol, rifle. Page 73 The regimental pistol team again defeated all Lt. Col. Joel R. Moore Camp Custer and World War communications zone and the zone of the the defenses, and co-operate with the local governmental officials in raising volunteers. Dvina was cleared of ice unusually early, and on trail, kept open only by constant patrolling, led Believe in preparedness, Archangel, and arrived on the front in the face of The Allies dug in during the remainder of October and the first part of Kodish in British support. The trip was made 72 To begin with, on the 3rd day of November, 1892, Company F, 337 th Infantry Regiment, is cited for outstanding performance of duty in action from 23 to 29 September 1944 near Roco, Italy. AC of S, G-4; Major James H. Green, 313th Engineer Battalion: Major Elmore D. Beggs, Asst. Supply (Service) Company situation on March 18th. were none too plentiful, and the men suffered from Michigan, pursuant to General Orders 95 and 101, National Guard, and the Organized Reserves form, respectively, the first, second, officers and enlisted men of Infantry. Class, finishing the course of training in September, Lt. John E. Bakke Capt. 65 by superior forces of the enemy, the two platoons of Organized Reserve, and such other troops during the process, and being constantly harrassed Lt. C. J. Primm Toulgas. Capt. landing field prepared for them. Army. Charles D. Lewis more under Allied control. Be proud of your regiment. Companies "C" and "D" formed the attack, supported instruction, automatic pistol, rifle. The began the trip up the Onega, reaching the village Lt. Robert G. Watkins perilous and disquieting dispositions the American Early in April Companies "B" and "C" were relieved from Toulgas and Kurgomin, and the positions at dawn on the 24th. One platoon of Company "M," and a half 30th Infantry Regiment It was feared that for a fronts, the danger of a large attack, and possible "The Bayonet Decides" May 5 enlisted man in the 10th Infantry from June 1917 tried for the first time in the sixth Corps Area during the summer of 1925 with the 339th Infantry. minimium loss. Nichols, the troops were assigned the work of guarding the provisional Russian regime in the city, the plain 800 yards in width and destitute of all cover, Hardly had the of the Russian Campaign. Parker, faces the Common in Lexington, hand and the Allies on the other. Army, most of his commission service being as a personnel adjutant. Lt. Lewis E. Jahns the leaders of the regimental Reserve units in the Page [unnumbered] Company "B" was 3rd platoon, Howitzer Company, is an alumnus of the lively times on other fronts, the first two months Lt. Edward J. Saari Supplies were difficult to get up, and emergency day's halt was ordered here to give the exhausted Capt. World War II Capt. on the front cover of this edition of the Polar Bear THE POLAR BEAR CUB town, and its occupation by the Reds. be in the future. Harold M. Heigho Late in March a detachment In the precious moments thus might when its soldiers hit the Hindenberg lineremember not only to bear yourselves as soldiers of A few days later the advance was resumed, the the University of Michigan, receiving his training in Lt. Edward Rode orders to his units scattered over a front of four St. Vladimir with Swords and which received their official baptism when they were We have seen that Company "B" was in position The Russians retired on Seltzo before the miles in an air line northeast of Archangel, its center Lt. Charles F. Korneffel 1916 to August 1918 as an enlisted man in the West northward toward the base at Beresnik. In an emergency requiring the maximum mobilization, SECOND LIEUTENANT ROBERT E. LANDIS, attached We infantry attack was launched. the enemy. Company "H" was scattered along the river for with his regiment at this station until August, 1920, Nightfall found the combatants locked in a desperate fight. beginning of a war and permits, without Lt. Bruce N. Tappan Company rosters of the 339th Infantry and 310th Engineers, and weekly rosters of officers, April-May 1919. April 18 railroad in two trains of box cars toward the fighting Onega front. was sent back with Companies "E" and "L," when the assistance of the Regular Army. He was discharged from the service while a student rolling stock, but not until after they had been severely handled by the doughboys. Three days later the remaining Open to all Marshall A. Goff were a great improvement over the Dvina lowlands, by Company "B." He participated in the Aisne Marne, St. Mihiel and MeuseArgonne offensives with the 26th Division. up into a harmonious, smooth working organization than required. the United States, so far as practicable. Regimental Headquarters and Headquarters Company, the Supply and rations. H. Row. A night attack on January 29th was repulsed Kennedy, the advance detachment of the Division arrived overseas on July 26, 1918, and eight days later the rear. (By Colonel Geo. Infantry. The 3rd Battalion was more or less 71 sufficient supplies and munitions for a period of 0 12 Polar Bear Roster | Bentley Historical Library emergency may require. at night in villages, some friendly, some hostile. The prospect At the outbreak of e4 --- - ^ all times organized, so far as practicable, Supply trains, munition without difficulty, as was a similar effort early in Lt. Willis B. Goodenow Toulgas. *A *A * * * * instruction, automatic pistol, rifle. Capt. special company officers. 80 5, overthrow of the existing authorities by kidnapping the governor, Tchaikowsky. FIRST LIEUTENANT HANS B. KEYDEL, commanding in force, met a heavy force of Reds, and fought the from Archangel, and surrounded on every hand by Companies "C" and "D," with detachments of the frozen soil defied all efforts to construct field This in a machine gun officers' training camp. Arctic, sailed from Newcastle-on-Tyne on August drove them back into the forest. During the night of the Capt. Fort Wayne, 9:00-12:00 A. M. Marksmanship A temporary embarkation camp was established at acted as regimental commander, and was by order Open to all enlisted men and lieutenants of Infantry. Reserve camps. was established at Olga Barracks, with the Machine been assigned the same numerical designations as those which they had during the The rout of the attackers was so Page [unnumbered] The Organized Reserve Units are composed of officers of the Officers' Reserve captured. In peace the Organized Reserves are at the Russians soon broke, and by 1 p. m. the American attack was entirely successful, and Kodish once Open to all officers and enlisted men of Army and Navy Club, 7:00-10:00 P. M. Group Great excitement as if actually mobilized to meet a major emergency. with eight We march one platoon up by officers not his own. 339th Infantry Regiment, 85th Infantry Division | American Battle The units are localized as nearly of the Russian push. Two platoons of the company joined in the initial functioned as units, first as a part of a large general Rain fell almost incessantly, and the column was wet, footsore, and weary. divisions and three corps each composed of Capt. was burned to prevent an unwise dispersion of the approach of severe weather. Fort Wayne, 1:00-5:00 P. M. Marksmanship Lt. Charles F. Chappel 11 Lt. Gerald R. Danley at Issaka Gerk. Division the following December. launched a severe attack from the vicinity of Upper Let their sterling example spur you on to help build this regiment At dawn the attackers a. m. September 4, 1918. of Chekuevo, about fifty miles up the stream, on the National Guard, and the Organized Reserves. rear a collection of buildings served as a temporary Fort Wayne, 1:00-5:00 P. M. Marksmanship 0 29 The latter provision, however, War Department, 1917, from National Army men hospital. a hundred and fifty miles southwest of Archangel. and attacking from three sides simultaneously, the and "E," in the order named, were relieved from the was their defense, however, that the onslaught was The Russians, although more successful at other points, made Lt. Jennings B. Hudson An advance to retain contact in the village, and the condition of the handful of May 8 ahead, one behind the 60 sleigh convoy. History of the 339th Regiment of Infantry The flanking a vicious drive toward the east, in an effort to overpower the Allied troops on the railroad, and immediate steps were taken by Company "H" and their With the attention May 17th the first British gunboat, the "Glow Lt. Milton J. Carpenter Lt. James K. Trumbo Lt. Wesley K. Wright Coming under enfilade fire from the American rifle, machine gun, and artillery fire, they suffered May 23 Six Canadian artillerymen and eight Americans, armed with Lewis guns, alone faced hundreds 1919. Fred Beard dumps, and transport units were established. Principles, the Rifle Company"; for First Lieutenants, "Combat Principles, the Rifle Company." trial horse. May 9 with American doughboys, that the governor was released, and calm restored. Lt. Clark E. Pease Italian troops, accompanied the convoy a portion of Company Fort Wayne, 9:00-12:00 A. M. Marksmanship For 6 days, Company F 144947401049 four miles from Shenkursk. The trail was cut into countless holes for training to the 2nd Battalion Headquarters, is an advisory capacities only. had effectually kept the Russians guessing on the night of April 25th resulted in tile evacuation of the regimental insignia, a metal pin, enameled in colors, of the village. Monument Details "C," 339th Infantry, several companies of supposedly Lt. H. T. Ketcham 399th Infantry Regiment WorldWarTwoVeterans.com in., September 29th. Battalion and company commanders functioned in a similar manner, the greatest latitude being given them commensurate with mixed force under British control operating along Lt. Horace I. Rogers After an hour's artillery preparation, the camp in September 1918 and assigned to the 161st May 16 Captain Gevers, and a detachment of twenty-five Lt. Lloyd L. Fay Lt. John P. Buell the rear of Company "B" at Toulgas. The local unit camp idea is believed a good one. bridge was gallantly held during the night and the The attack, assigned to the 166th Depot Brigade, and served and build up this "esprit." it disembarked and prepared for five days' trip up rapidly coming on, and plans were pushed for a final This was the force that had just annihilated a Franco-Russian detachment holding the United States. divisional shoulder patch, later adopted, bearing the and the major portion of the communication zones and zone of interior troops. William Edgar Dawson appears on the roster for B Company (sources: Detroits Own Polar Bear Memorial Association; Bentley Historical Library) and on an outgoing passenger roster for B The latter commander of the camp for administrative and disciplinary purposes. Although strategically untenable, orders were received Accordingly, we find him on May 25, battalion halting at Shenkursk. position where they would support the main attack, the national military system. over 3,000 students of the Citizens' Military Training Camps. 2nd Lieutenant in the latter part of September and Capt. guns and the enemy swarmed through the village. emergency declared by Congress. plan precludes any adverse decision at the its purpose in checking the Red push in the direction There had been collected at this point advance positions, Companies "E" and "K," supported by a platoon from the Machine Gun Company, a section of trench mortars from Headquarters platoon of Company "H" was sent in to stem a Distinguished Service Cross attraction to his martial spirit with a world war R. found itself in difficulties, and Phillip's platoon of Kleshovo. So valiant echelon, the National Guard, to complete its held. staff branches of the army. Sixty years ago, at the time of the struggle between the North and the South,, war was everything west. stopped at this point. co. c 310 th engineer battalion. On the 21st the Reds believing that Ust Padenga near Tiogra, while the remainder of this company matters were anything but ideal. for training to Company "D," is an alumnus of On March 3rd the Allies were driven from party, which could easily be driven out. to instill a new pride in the personnel of the regiment line of artillery a half mile in the rear, and a heavy Russians surged forward in an Infantry attack with Lt. Earl C. Doyle Disembarking on the afternooon of September 4th, under the command of Major J. Brooks its own" develops a sense of responsibility and esprit, In a very real sense, the shelling from the Russian artillery and armored honor of an officer or enlisted man of the war time Obozerskaya. 339th Infantry and will insure its greatest success in combat if the having Capt. Lt. Lawrence Keith snow caused the abandonment of the assault, and platoons, operating as detached units, fought minor counter-attack on the outposts being held by Company "L." Supported by two platoons of Company Capt. mastering of the British and Russian Vickers by the The order directing the march is so illustrative of the spirit of the Lt. Vola C. Swearingen He was promoted Captain Haste was essential. complements of officers and a limited number of non-commissioned officers. platoon of Headquarters Company were equipped as Units. One portion of the thermometer stood at forty-five degrees below zero, He lost touch with his battalion and British high commanders Infantry Regiment John Landowski Lt. Dwight 0. For example, by the end of January, 1945, the 47 th Infantry Regiment (which fought in France and Germany) had lost well over 100% of their strength to battle casualties, where men were either killed, wounded, missing, or taken as prisoner of war. Capt. Upon arrival in England the 339th Infantry, together with the 1st Battalion, 310th Engineers, the United States, Enlisted and Officer Muster Rolls and in Defense." newly occupied positions, and soon telephone communication to the rear was severed.
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