Blue Bn._Company L

DATE	CP Town	Company L
Jan. 25	DICKWEILER, LUXEMBOURG	Relieved 87th. Barrages, patrols; snow, mud; sweat out assault.
Feb. 23	FERSCHWEILER, GERMANY	Relieved 10th Regt. Time is getting shorter.
Feb. 26	ALSDORF	Head for Nims. Dark! Take shellacking in woods, but cross to Alsdorf.
Feb. 27	MECKEL	"Meemies" all AM. TDs look good. Take town, 20 mms. Hot meal!
Feb. 28	GILZEM	Night attack. Exposed ground. Pillboxes at dawn.
Mar. 1	EISENACH	In with marching fire. Many PWs. Take high ground.
Mar. 2	MECKEL	Move up--dig in--dawn. Hold all day. (5 hours sleep! Move out!)
Mar. 3	ITTEL-KYLL	Something's up--headed for river. Kyll, ravine--no picnic.
Mar. 4	ORENHOFEN	Attack surprises them . . . for awhile. Rockets, snipers, shells, patrols, tanks--the works! Food, ammo low. Krauts want town!
Mar. 8	N1ERSBACH	Sweat out woods but took town without a shot! Hmm!
Mar. 12	PLATTEN	No resistance! Air Corps flattened it! Tried to save bridge at Wehlen. Pulled back to Platten for hot meal; then headed for Lieser.
Mar. 14	LIESER	Artillery knocked 'em groggy. 88s across river. Patrols. Hot time in Cues!
Mar. 16	WENGEROHR	Eat, sleep--nothing else! (Must be dreaming.)
Mar. 19	ANDEL	Across Moselle; Kraut took off. Left mines on the banks.
Mar. 20	LIESER	Settled, but alert--Kraut is tricky! (Rhine--not too far away!)
Mar. 21	WEILER	On the Rhine. Other shore looks grim.
Mar. 25	DÖRREBACH	Regimental reserve here. Just bummed it for a couple of days.
Mar. 27	MIEHLEN	6th Cav. Boppard under shelling; off for Giessen. Ride tanks; stopped here.
Mar. 28	BAD EMS	Tearing along. White flags. Clearing, screening, main job.
Mar. 29	LANGGÖNS	Giessen; reorganized near-by. Clean up, rest. How tanks take off!
Mar. 31	STEINFISCHBACH	Rejoin Regt., screen area. Flush woods, no Kraut.
Apr. 3	ALLMUTHSHAUSEN	By truck to meet 6th Armd. More woods.
Apr. 5	HITZERODE	Daily "rat-race"--no fun! Hot meal. K-ration, nine towns beyond.
Apr. 6	GROSSENGOTTERN	Tanks again. Help 65th--"bloody Struth." Luftwaffe. Dingelstädt.
Apr. 7	DINGELSTÄDT	Tanks roaring now; hard to keep up. Finally, motorized; Kraut on run; looking for someone to surrender to. (Some don't, though.)
Apr. 14	ZEITZ	Luftwaffe, final bid. Sweat out Zeitz but move on to Altenburg. Kraut convoys burning; equipment strewn everywhere.
Apr. 15	ALTENBURG	Tear in on tanks. 1800 PWs in Regtl. cage. DPs everywhere.
Apr. 17	RÖLLINGSHAIN	By truck. Dug in. Defensive. Pretty rough, artillery, rifle fire, etc.; tanks accomplish mission. Sweating out Russians!
Apr. 25	PENIG	Continual motor patrols and bridge guard. Outposts along Zwickauer Mulde.
May 9		Alerted to meet Russians. War's over for us in Germany! V-E Day!