Red Bn._Company C

DATE	CP Town	Company C
Jan. 25	DICKWEILER	Sauer River--Frontlines--German artillery.
Jan. 29	BERBOURG	Regimental reserve.
Feb. 3	RODENHOF	Relieved "F" on line. Lull before storm. Contact 417th.
Feb. 5	FERME FROLBERG	"Storm" is here. Ammo. detail for 81 mm. Right now Sauer looks big.
Feb. 19	OSWEILER, LUXEMBOURG	Relieved Baker; defensive positions NW. Everything still fine. One combat casualty. Itching to touch German soil. Rumors are thick.
Feb. 23	FERSCHWEILER, GERMANY	Here at last. Live in German dug-outs. This is Hitler's Reich.
Feb. 25	HOLSTHUM	First attack. Crossed Prüm--high ground left of Holsthum. Enemy sniper, artillery fire. A few casualties. (Fox-holes dug deeper each day!)
Feb. 27	MECKEL	East of Meckel 12 mile march--constant alert--no incident.
Feb. 28	HELENENBERG	Passed through 2nd Bn., secured town. Rolling terrain--open approaches. Direct fire--88s, mortars. Company slogged through! Gained objective. Casualties heavy-men showed strain.
Mar. 1	WINDMÜHLE	Attack completely successful. 30 PWs. Few casualties.
Mar. 4	KYLL	Tried to cross. No soap. Direct MG fire pinned us down. Withdrew by creep and crawl. Crossed at another point.
Mar. 10	WITTLICH	Followed 10th Armored in. First large city. Men dog-tired.
Mar. 12	PIESPORT	Moselle. (River and wine.) In town under cover of darkness. Stumbled down valley. Mortar barrage, coming into town. No casualties, thank God! Replacements just came. First rest in 15 days.
Mar. 21	DAXWEILER	More rest--with a dash of garrison training.
Mar. 27	KOBLENZ	Kaput! Object lesson; air superiority. Comfortable feeling.
Mar. 29	ST. GOAR	Rhine--treadway bridge. (Engineers on bridge; "target practice" at every floating object as mine security!)
Mar. 31	LENZHAHN	Mopping up--outpost duty--truck movement. Guarded Autobahn, Frankfurt to Cologne.
Apr. 7	LANGENSALZA	Still burning. Thuringia at last. Tanks! No more hills for a spell.
Apr. 12	ZEITZ	With 6th Armored - into town, down railroad tracks, with 2 medium tanks. Hard fighting that night, all next day. Waded Weisse Elster-strong current-waist deep-snipers. Casualties surprisingly light.
Apr. 15	MITTWEIDA	Line of defense along Zschopau. Snipers opposite bank. Enemy artillery.
Apr. 19	SCHÖNBORN- DREIWERDEN	Across Zschopau--no opposition until in town; here, opposition "fanatic;" snipers, mortars, meemies; two counter-attacks repulsed; many PWs; company digs in. Patrols go through to try contact Russians.
Apr. 25 May 9	LANGENLEUBA- OBERHAIN	Under darkness, "bequeathed" Schönborn to Russians entrucked for this town. Outposts. End of war; garrison life.