THE WHITE BATTALION__Company G
| DATE | CP Town | Company
G
|
| Feb. 1 | OSWEILER |
Seven outposts . . . cold, snowy, muddy, 88s . . .OP-9 broke up Kraut patrol . . . Lt. Byrnes with some hot recon-patrols. |
| Feb. 12 | BERBOURG, LUXEMBOURG |
Care, cleaning of equipment . . . hikes . . . a hot time at Hinkel--MGs. |
| Feb. 16 | ECHTERNACHERBRÜCK, GERMANY |
Occupied pillboxes other side of river; damp, dark, dirty . . . more mud . . . 88s in town . . . kitchen caught it. |
| Feb. 25 | FERSCHWEILER | In the fight, but good . . . caught 88s and mortars all day. |
| Feb. 28 | MECKEL | Took Helenenberg T . . . relieved; back to Meckel for a rest. |
| Mar. 1 | OLK |
Assaulted through town; a couple pillboxes . . . spotted Kraut tank . . . caught heavy stuff . . . back into town . . . spent night . . good air support. |
| Mar. 2 | WELSCHBILLIG | Took a break . . . that night jumped off across Kyll. |
| Mar. 3 | ENROUTE |
Hosten without a fight . . . Kraut machine-gunned river . . . assault boats . . . hoofed it to Preist; took heavy shelling . . . 6o PWs. |
| Mar. 4 | SPEICHER | Jerry mortars, 88s again . . . nobody hurt . . . more PWs. |
| Mar. 5 | SPEICHER | Helped F Company out . . . we caught the book! 28 new men came. |
| Mar. 7 | HERFORST | Attack in morning; not too much trouble . . . billeted there. |
| Mar. 8 | BURG | Relieved 385th as town security . . . (Long fast march getting there.) |
| Mar. 9 | MUSWEILER |
Crossed Kyll again . . . steep banks, dark, tough . . . light sniper fire . . . in morning took Musweiler . . . caught all kinds of fire. |
| Mar. 10 | SCHLADT | Jumped off towards Schladt at 0130 . . . took town easily and slept there. |
| Mar. 11 | WITTLICH |
Musweiler; Gipperath; Greinerath; still no fire; Plein; Wittlich 1900; 30 replacements. |
| Mar. 12 | PLATTEN | Moved out on foot; 3rd battalion reserve. |
| Mar. 13 | ALTRICH | Rest at last . . . corps reserve! |
| Mar. 15 | LIESER | Pulling outpost guard . . . things quiet. |
| Mar. 20 | NOVIAND | Billets are okay . . . movies. |
| Mar. 21 | NIEDERHEIMBACH | 81 miles by truck, outpost guard along Rhine . . . jeeps chased by 20 mm fire. |
| Mar. 26 | RHEINBÖLLEN | Extended company sector . . . spread thin. |
| Mar. 27 | LANGSCHEID | Still holding the Rhine. |
| Mar. 29 | ST. GOAR | Early move . . . searchlights on river . . . guarding bridge. |
| Apr. 1 | ST. GOAR | Bridge duty over; all set to join armored drive. |
| Apr. 3 | GROSSROPPER HAUSEN | All day on trucks . . . shivered in light rain . . . K-rations. |
| Apr. 4 | MELSUNGEN | Another truck . . . billets . . . more cold rain. |
| Apr. 5 | FRANKERSHAUSEN |
3rd platoon at Melsungen . . . foot move . . . guard Regtl. CP . . . flushed woods . . . arrived Frankershausen dog-tired, wet, hungry . . . |
| Apr. 6 | ZIMMERN | Truck in rain . . . 2nd platoon back. |
| Apr. 7 | THAMSBRÜCK | Hiked from Zimmern. Billeted for the night. |
| Apr. 8 | MERXLEBEN |
Out of Thamsbrück 0315 (on foot) . . . hiked into town about 0415 . . . 3rd platoon still at Corps . . . 2nd into Sundhausen . . . 1st platoon in Klettstedt . . . 4th ran motor patrol . . . took three, killed three in outpost scrap. |
| Apr. 10 | STRAUSSFURT |
Jumped off. Big show . . . Urleben without trouble . . . then Bad Tennstedt . . . small-arms fire . . . strafed . . . Ballhausen; Straussfurt . . . more light stuff . . . large volume; stopped counter-attack before it got underway. |
| Apr. 11 | WERNIGSHAUSEN | Left by truck, back to Bad Tennstedt . . . on trucks again to Werningshausen. |
| Apr. 13 | KRETZSCHAU | Arrived 0615. Gave support to 1st battalion, Zeitz. |
| Apr. 14 | ÖLSEN |
Out of Zeitz about 0100, rejoined battalion ... then to 212th FA Bn.; 40 more km . . . Geussnitz, caught in small-arms fire. |
| Apr. 15 | ALTMITTWEIDA |
Left Ölsen 0800, trucks . . . 80 km . . . dropped the 1st Lunzenau-- P. W. guard . . . picked up full company enemy who "offered" to surrender. |
| Apr. 16 | KRUMBACH | Dreiwerden; heavy fire, mortars and meemies . . . rode to Krumbach. |
| Apr. 17 | OTTENDORF | Moved from Krumbach 1415 on foot . . . set up defense system in woods. |
| Apr. 18 | MARKERSDORF | Battalion at Krumbach; Markersdorf . . . more outposts . . . movies. |
| Apr. 24 | BURKERSDORF |
Set up defensive system, coordinated heavies and mortars . . . closed town along eastern railbed . . . more rainy weather. |
| Apr. 25 | BURKERSDORF |
The war "seems" to be over . . . business as usual . . . no celebration. May 9th - V-E Day! |
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