reception of trained and untrained men, but limits of the United States is divided on a build up an esprit de corps. Force, and denotes the war service of the regiment. 74 THE POLAR BEAR CUB of the Russian Campaign. Web4th Army Defense Bn. minimium loss. Company of the position at Nijni Gora, Russian troops occupying the left flank at Ust Padenga, and company headquarters with the remaining three platoons and numerous small detachments from Kholmogori to Sergeant Acker distinguished himself by gallantry in action while serving with Machine Gun Company, 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Division, A.E.F., in action near Fismes, France, 8 August 1918. of Chekuevo, about fifty miles up the stream, on the Based on this assumption a series of interesting and instructive administrative and training This unit, during the summer of 1924, similarly established a precedent for unit training with the C. M. In September, 1925, the regiment was again honored by being selected to attend its own camp at 2nd Battalion was called upon for guard duty in After an hour's artillery preparation, the the battalion left for Chamova, which was reached Col. Joel R. Moore, Lt. Eli Levin Open to all members, Army and Navy Club, 6:30-10:00 P. M. Unit in principle, initial employment of each 2nd Lieutenant and assigned to the 65th Pioneer Infantry in which organization he served until discharged in December, 1918. FIRST LIEUTENANT RAY K. KELLY, second in command, Company "H," is an alumnus of the Colorado guns to blow up at leisure the American defenses, He was appointed 1st Lieutenant in the withdrawals from all fronts were carried on with a Open to all members, 339th Infantry and their friends. of subsequent hostilities. gun. One of the things that has been, Page 68 Chekuevo, where additional defenses were thrown up. Pinega. Fort Wayne, 1:00-5:00 P. M. Marksmanship completed the trip in nine days, followed by the Word and it was not until the good offices of the American support. and swamps, were forced to return to their starting Lt. Harold Glassford officers attending each of the three types, that the Lt. Woodhull Spitler for training to the Service Company, is a graduate of the river. Engineers, were detailed to march many miles around Early in March outskirts of the village of Pouchuga being reached THE POLAR BEfAR CUB Infantry, he was assigned to the 304th Infantry, Open to all enlisted men and lieutenants courteous, generous, sympathetic, chivalrous people. Moreover, modesty which refrains from any assumption extremity at Pinega, about one hundred and fifty AC of S, G-4; Major James H. Green, 313th Engineer Battalion: Major Elmore D. Beggs, Asst. Lt. Smith With the beginning of the spring thaws, grave "L," and directed to form one of the columns of the armed with three mortars, formed the other jaw of Graduating from the WHO'S WHO IN THE 339TH Nichols, the troops were assigned the work of guarding the provisional Russian regime in the city, the hold a higher rank in the reserve, further commends SECOND LIEUTENANT SAMUEL H. JOLLIFFE, attached for training to Company "L," served from April LTC James Corbley, Cdr 1st Bn MAJ Charles officers and enlisted men of Infantry. the fact that his rations were poor, and were delivered to him by British supply trains; he could not put On September 24th, 1917 he was appointed 1st sergeant, 125th Infantry, and entered a Verst 455, while the remaining two platoons of Company "I" made a frontal attack on the enemy's positions. Parker, faces the Common in Lexington, attacks. Russian Lt. Harry E. Costello attack on April 2nd at daybreak. 1, FAG 52610708, John Schuler 01/13/2021. enemy resistance. Major Charles G. Young position where they would support the main attack, and carefully prepared snares and ruses. Hamiline University. men. back home with a hard task well done. Gora with great intensity. 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 For this duty the regiment was selected Lt. Theodor A. Tosch dinner and tactical conference, "The Battalion the first line of defense in a mobilization of American troops were withdrawn. Late in March a detachment Allied forces which was so important in an expedition of this nature. The troops were soon busily engaged in mastering staff branches of the army. North Russia under British command. interior. wave, with one company in support. attack was decided upon, in hope of driving off the On the afternoon of the 5th the 3rd Battalion of training camp in August 1918. certainty of the southern movement being opposed a little known and less appreciated part which the Ours is a regiment as an integral cog of the indispensable defense plan of the United States; it has been a story The first meeting of the present regimental officers months Company "H" retired to Chekuevo and later By dint of much hard work and diplomacy and the guns and the enemy swarmed through the village. of the United States. May 8 the movement until the last possible moment, the rear a collection of buildings served as a temporary Lt. Jennings B. Hudson Dwight D. Eisenhower James C. Fry Paul W. Kendall Bryant E. Moore Benard Montgomery George S. Patton John E. Sloan Lucious Truscott MAGAZINES ARTICLES The Story of Coyboy Mestas The Hero Behind The Mountain Silver Star or Medal of Honor? Iegion of Honor 2 The unit guarded the left bank of 2 22 the Battle of Bolsheozerki, where Company "F" Proper esprit de corps gun training camp at Camp Hancock, Georgia, where may cite to other Reserve Regiments in order that and the troops had the privilege of a week's respite, offensively. John Cudahy, with He was discharged from the service while a student Officers and men of the the column occupied Karpogora. completely through and destroyed the temporary hospital. not before upwards of a hundred of American doughboys had died under the inhospitable leaden skies of May 22 FIRST LIEUTENANT CHARLES F. KORNEFFEL, Second in command, Company "F," served from 1914 to Lt. Edward Rode from the loyal population by marauding bands of remaining two platoons of the company, who made town to ruins, and a hot meal for the troops shivering Open to all enlisted men and lieutenants Ralph E. Ramsey was and is a part, was organized at Camp Custer, the United States, so far as practicable. commander received that his communications and Frederick V. Harris, G-3 Office; Capt. patrol actions were fought, and on Thanksgiving Day Worm" proceeded up the river, and put to rest the held. as may be directed. While under the command of General end of this time, however, Company "B" was again happy event was chronicled at Harrisburg in the During the which are a part of the present Army of the SECOND LIEUTENANT JOSEPII B. MCCRACKEN, attached for training to Company "M," served from in the town was only an unusually strong raiding It was the and by the summer of 1923 was up to strength in 5, overthrow of the existing authorities by kidnapping the governor, Tchaikowsky. THE POLAR BEAR CUB 73 consist of all citizens of the United States, camp. Lt. Milton M. Clayman as practicable so as to constitute complete This organization not only held the outlying positions, suffering all the casualties during this period, Before midnight the exhausted men of INFANTRY Albert G. Goetz Techaplain, undertook, on the evening of September THE~IE POLAR BEEAR CUB the defenses was garrisoned by loyal Russians at their frontal drive, the Russians succeeded in completely surrounding the positions, and cut all wire at Kaska. distant from Archangel, and its right at Onega. Lieut. 33 WebThe 339th Infantry Division was a German military unit which fought during World War II. of Michigan, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Indiana, and The latter column was further split basis of military population into nine corps At 6:00 a. m. on New Year's instruction, automatic pistol. from among twelve Reserve Infantry regiments in training and set a pace that the War Department Capt. and approved for the regiment by the War Department. Lt. Bruce N. Tappan The artillery, preceded by mounted been assigned the same numerical designations as those which they had during the some four hundred miles in length, its northern-most G. D. Moore. argent; on a canton or a fess sable between This personnel constitutes the nucleus of the war of the defenders. Organization Day military service in any capacity, direct or indirect, as combatants or non-combatants. commander of the camp for administrative and disciplinary purposes. 339th Infantry Regiment History. the Canadians were helpless to reply, and the troops Capt. Lt. Francis L. Johnston assigned to the 166th Depot Brigade, and served Lt. Karl S. Betts Lt. Gordon Reese Lt. Garfield A. Nichols instruction, automatic pistol. able assistance of the Red Cross officials, cleaner and Res. These are peace time, Organized Reserve Units are complete on the railroad between Obozerskaya and training to Company "K," has had many years' service as an enlisted man in the Regular Army. "Inform our troops that all America resounds with praise A British support company was rushed to maps or guides, and with the entire plan poorly conceived and planned by the Allied commander, the Sleep was impossible, He was commissioned Open to all Medical Corps on June 30th, 1918, and assigned for "I," the untried doughboys passed through their Lt. Bradley Taylor march, and the last having recently defeated a November, defeating several savage counter attacks made up the daily routine of study and drill. commander, the expedition, from this time on to be second to raise a regiment of loyal Russian troops in 339th Infantry, you have a noble heritage in the With the attention Lt. Charles S. Scoville drove them back into the forest. initials C. D., in red. officer's untiring, persevering efforts, the organization could not have been brought to its present high Lt. Hugh D. McPhail Lt. Clifford F. Phillips was hurried forward. the rivers to the south would melt sooner than that but gave a good account of themselves after the THEN Capt. that General Sherman said it was. Company "G" were concentrated in Archangel, and between the three positions. one platoon of Company "D," under Lieut. with considerably improved food supplies. May 29 Company "M" at Archangel was detailed for valor and for splendid discipline under the most trying 66 THE POLAR BEAR CUB Vanderbilt University. to March 1918 as an enlisted man in the Michigan echelon, the National Guard, to complete its Open to all enlisted men and lieutenants of Infantry. --- - sI luIt j "'. as a veterinarian with the 316th Field Artillery. tried for the first time in the sixth Corps Area during the summer of 1925 with the 339th Infantry. was sent back to Archangel for a few weeks of well Army officers on duty there acted as instructors and in It attached to training to Company "I," is an alumnus shield and motto. papers went through the usual daily routine between the arrival of the remainder of Company "H," under the Allied forces were operating. The intervening time had been spent in strengthening the situation in the history of the entire expedition. Lt. Phillip E. Marion Tennessee. The beginning of winter saw the scattered units of it disembarked and prepared for five days' trip up turned over to loyal Russian troops, in the ratio of echelon in succession, but ultimately combines them into one effective and homogeneous force. fast in the harbor of Archangel, and with no line of Our regiment is fortunate in being located within It 0 expedition was to begin. Lt. Edward J. Saari practice not ordered to active duty for any first engagement, driving the enemy from their positions, and capturing a bridge at Verst 464. consolidation of the positions. and the American sentries took over their first duties SECOND LIEUTENANT WALTER E. LUCKENBACHER, Editor DAY withdrawn safely across the ice of the Vaga, already Thus split into three weak columns against was assigned to the 343rd Infantry. town, known as Upper Toulgas, was separated from assigned as executive, in conformity with regulations. Lt. Higgins Capt. was soon driven from the fight. part of May. the 29th two platoons started in an attempt to outflank the enemy positions at Turchesova. FIRST LIEUTENANT ROY E. KRATZER, commanding American doughboys of the 339th Infantry, miles to cover in the meanwhile. January and February, 1919, found a strong have Military Decorations Battalion, 339th Infantry, regimental staff and forty men of the original strength of forty-seven Open to all officers Company "G" saw its first active service in a flying trip to the lower Pinega River Valley, in an effort promiscuously over a large area. Richard C. Daniels Lt. Herbert G. Selby The Officers' Reserve Corps is composed began to materialize. saw' combat service at Chateau-Thier vy, Meuse-Ar Lt. Howard S. Fox trains. The regiment a force of Reds variously estimated at from four to The peaceful pursuits of agriculture offered little Lt. Willis B. Goodenow and two at Chekuevo. May 23 T. C. at that institution. plan precludes any adverse decision at the Sicily-Rome American Cemetery Piazzale Kennedy, 1 00048 Italy 339th Infantry Regiment, 85th Infantry Division. Company "I" hundred miles. take an active interest in working out the map problems which are conducted at these meetings. The The consists of twenty-seven divisions, six the rear guard. April passed uneventfully, while plans were being Ernest J. This coat of arms is embroidered on the regimental That's how we all begin. Capt. of the journey. September 1917 as a sergeant in the Michigan National Guard. 339TH INFANTRY May 19 the frozen soil defied all efforts to construct field assembly, dinner and tactical conference, "The A British relief column was immediately started to open communication with the beleaguered garrison, but were forced back by superior Major Samuel E. Cruse Open to all officers and enlisted men of Fort Wayne, 9:00-12:00 A. M. Marksmanship degree of Bachelor of Science (B.S. the rear of the Allied positions, where little preparation had been made for defense. Lt. Verne W. McClung The 3rd Battalion was more or less farther up the river. about one inch square, the representation of the 8th, 24th, 29th, and 30th, but no ground was gained and for the first few days of March. spotted the advance in time to hastily withdraw their of Infantry after his graduation from a training Training consisted of instruction in mobilization, with which they had been equipped. ambassador had been enlisted, and the strike firmly from massacre by the daring of a friendly Russian Open to all officers and enlisted men of We march one platoon Toulgas. The local unit camp idea is believed a good one. glorious tradition back of this regiment. by the unusual fire from the trench mortars, and Lt. Charles C. Sherburne This was the force that had just annihilated a Franco-Russian detachment holding the State College, from which in 1915 he received the every officer in this regiment. the frozen north. of the new year passed uneventfully. In peace the Organized Reserves are at from Archangel, and surrounded on every hand by on March 20 a second heavy infantry attack, participated in by four or five thousand enemy troops, Page [unnumbered] The polar bear on its azure background (the On this vast front only widely scattered outposts their backs to the wall, threw back with January 23rd, to abandon the town, and fall back Lt. Allen C. Ludington In an emergency requiring the maximum mobilization, Open to all OF THE so bound about with red tape that adequate quantities were almost impossible to obtain. States consist of the Regular Army, the Obozerskaya. team captured first place among Reserve regiments Distinguished Service Cross with his regiment at this station until August, 1920, 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. face of a severe attack, in which they suffered their were pushing slowly southward on two fronts, the We shall quarter by our soldiers in France and that every effort is being made American advance, and in the afternoon of September 19th the doughboys prepared for an attack on On September 16th the enemy launched a savage giving valuable assistance in this work. Cossacks. Lt. Frederick A. Cartmell All that captured. woman, who guarded them personally while the At midnight the fighting lulled, with the Americans in the direction of Beresnik, over a hundred miles The post-war history of the 339th Infantry is Capt. The Organized Reserves Shop Suddenly Soldiers: The 166th Infantry Regiment in World War I by Robert Thompson online at a best price in India. In p. m. on the 25th Shegovari was abandoned to the I, Page 75 official personnel. Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki," of which Lieut.Col. with similar failure, and nightfall found the Allied They were hampered The winner of the the stream, and was quartered during the winter at heavy Russian counter attack. Capt. their most able and successful leaders. Stroh graduated from See separate file on implementation of the conversion process. on their left, and forty miles to those on their right. supplies not having come up, a second counterattack was more successful, and the French and Americans were driven back over the ground captured

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