Lt. Col. Peter W. Garland, Regimental Commander, succeeded Col. O. P. Bragan on April 28, 1945 at Hohenstein, Germany.  Until his promotion, Col. Garland was Executive Officer of the Regiment, and has been associated with the 385^th ever since May 1942, except for a five month period from May until October 1944, when he was A C of S, G-3 of Division.

He was Regimental S-3 until Jan. 1, 1943 when he was simultaneously promoted to Lt. Col. and assigned as 385^th Executive Officer.  As Exec. he fought the battles of Ft Meade, A. P. Hill, Camp McCoy, and served as Executive officer through the campaign in Luxembourg and Germany.

Col. Garland attended the University of North Carolina and is a graduate of West Point class of 1936.  He served in the Philippines from 1938 to 1940, during which time he also visited China and Japan.  In the fall of 1941 he attended the Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas and in the Spring of 1944 he took the Advanced Officers Course at Fort Benning, Georgia.

Lt. Cot. R. Sinnreich attended West Point Prep School at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, and from there entered West Point, graduating in 1938.

Following West Point, Col. Sinnreich saw service with the 29^th Infantry Regiment at the Infantry School, Ft. Benning, Georgia; 9 months with Hq. MP Co. of the 4^th Division; and a temporary assignment as Assistant G-2 of the 3^rd Army.

After several more Army schools including the Advanced Officers Course and Battalion CO and Staff Officers School at Benning. Colonel Sinnreich went with the 29^th Infantry to Iceland in September 1943.  He remained with the 29^th Division until April, 1945. when he came to the 76^th.

Before assuming his present position as Executive Officer for the Regiment, he was 3^rd Battalion Exec, and for two months commanded the 2^nd Battalion.

The 355^th is an old friend of the Doughs of the 385^th.  Side by side, the Artillerymen and the doughs have fought the battles of A. P. Hill, and Camp McCoy, and now that the battles of the ETO are over, men of the 385^th really know what that friendship means.  Back in maneuver days when everything was simulated, it was pleasant to think about artillery support.  But when it came to the Siegfried Line and the days that followed, those artillery rounds sounded swell going out.  For the first time, the Infantrymen could really see what the Artillery can do, and throughout the entire campaign, the 355^th gave a most convincing demonstration.  Men of 385 are proud of the comradeship which exists here between the two branches of Service and are grateful for the fine support when it was needed.