WWI -- Co M 120th Infantry of the 30th Division
29 September 1918 (the day Ivey Drenon Bechanan died) was the day this division attacked and broke the Hindenburg Line. Here is an excerpt of the story:
The 30th Division was assigned to the Second Corps of the American Expeditionary Force, which was detached and operated under the control of the British Army. During the attack on the Hindenburg Line, the 30th Division was part of the British Fourth Army. The 119th and 120th Infantry Regiments [originally units created from North Carolina National Guard units] led the assault on the Hindenburg Line. The Germans opened fire and inflicted heavy casualties. The attack of the 119th Infantry made little progress; but, the 120th Infantry captured the village of Bellicourt, France after heavy fighting, breaking the Hindenburg Line. Later in the afternoon on September 29th, the Australian Corps took over the assault and further exploited the initial breakthrough.
https://www.ncdcr.gov/blog/2018/09/25/120th-infantry-breaks-hindenburg-line
also:
On September 29th, 1918 the 30th American Division, 27th American Division and 46th British Division on the right, the 30th in the center, assaulted the Hindenburg Line which at the point of the assault curved in front of St. Quintin and was considered by the Germans to be unbreakable. The 60th Brigade, the 119th and the 120th Infantry, supported the 117th and 118th Infantries, American troops, 30th Division, attacked at 5:50 AM and captured with the tunnel system, the German troops holding the city of Bellicourt with five adjacent smaller towns and two entire German Divisions were defeated. 147 officers and 1,434 soldiers were taken prisoners.
Co. M went into the fight with 218 men, came out with 49. Fifty-two were killed, 17 wounded. The dead were buried on October 2, about 200 yards of the wall of St. Quintin...
http://www.wwvets.com/Infantry.html
29 September 1918 (the day Ivey Drenon Bechanan died) was the day this division attacked and broke the Hindenburg Line. Here is an excerpt of the story:
The 30th Division was assigned to the Second Corps of the American Expeditionary Force, which was detached and operated under the control of the British Army. During the attack on the Hindenburg Line, the 30th Division was part of the British Fourth Army. The 119th and 120th Infantry Regiments [originally units created from North Carolina National Guard units] led the assault on the Hindenburg Line. The Germans opened fire and inflicted heavy casualties. The attack of the 119th Infantry made little progress; but, the 120th Infantry captured the village of Bellicourt, France after heavy fighting, breaking the Hindenburg Line. Later in the afternoon on September 29th, the Australian Corps took over the assault and further exploited the initial breakthrough.
https://www.ncdcr.gov/blog/2018/09/25/120th-infantry-breaks-hindenburg-line
also:
On September 29th, 1918 the 30th American Division, 27th American Division and 46th British Division on the right, the 30th in the center, assaulted the Hindenburg Line which at the point of the assault curved in front of St. Quintin and was considered by the Germans to be unbreakable. The 60th Brigade, the 119th and the 120th Infantry, supported the 117th and 118th Infantries, American troops, 30th Division, attacked at 5:50 AM and captured with the tunnel system, the German troops holding the city of Bellicourt with five adjacent smaller towns and two entire German Divisions were defeated. 147 officers and 1,434 soldiers were taken prisoners.
Co. M went into the fight with 218 men, came out with 49. Fifty-two were killed, 17 wounded. The dead were buried on October 2, about 200 yards of the wall of St. Quintin...
http://www.wwvets.com/Infantry.html
WWI -- Co M 120th Infantry of the 30th Division
29 September 1918 (the day Ivey Drenon Bechanan died) was the day this division attacked and broke the Hindenburg Line. Here is an excerpt of the story:
The 30th Division was assigned to the Second Corps of the American Expeditionary Force, which was detached and operated under the control of the British Army. During the attack on the Hindenburg Line, the 30th Division was part of the British Fourth Army. The 119th and 120th Infantry Regiments [originally units created from North Carolina National Guard units] led the assault on the Hindenburg Line. The Germans opened fire and inflicted heavy casualties. The attack of the 119th Infantry made little progress; but, the 120th Infantry captured the village of Bellicourt, France after heavy fighting, breaking the Hindenburg Line. Later in the afternoon on September 29th, the Australian Corps took over the assault and further exploited the initial breakthrough.
https://www.ncdcr.gov/blog/2018/09/25/120th-infantry-breaks-hindenburg-line
also:
On September 29th, 1918 the 30th American Division, 27th American Division and 46th British Division on the right, the 30th in the center, assaulted the Hindenburg Line which at the point of the assault curved in front of St. Quintin and was considered by the Germans to be unbreakable. The 60th Brigade, the 119th and the 120th Infantry, supported the 117th and 118th Infantries, American troops, 30th Division, attacked at 5:50 AM and captured with the tunnel system, the German troops holding the city of Bellicourt with five adjacent smaller towns and two entire German Divisions were defeated. 147 officers and 1,434 soldiers were taken prisoners.
Co. M went into the fight with 218 men, came out with 49. Fifty-two were killed, 17 wounded. The dead were buried on October 2, about 200 yards of the wall of St. Quintin...
http://www.wwvets.com/Infantry.html
29 September 1918 (the day Ivey Drenon Bechanan died) was the day this division attacked and broke the Hindenburg Line. Here is an excerpt of the story:
The 30th Division was assigned to the Second Corps of the American Expeditionary Force, which was detached and operated under the control of the British Army. During the attack on the Hindenburg Line, the 30th Division was part of the British Fourth Army. The 119th and 120th Infantry Regiments [originally units created from North Carolina National Guard units] led the assault on the Hindenburg Line. The Germans opened fire and inflicted heavy casualties. The attack of the 119th Infantry made little progress; but, the 120th Infantry captured the village of Bellicourt, France after heavy fighting, breaking the Hindenburg Line. Later in the afternoon on September 29th, the Australian Corps took over the assault and further exploited the initial breakthrough.
https://www.ncdcr.gov/blog/2018/09/25/120th-infantry-breaks-hindenburg-line
also:
On September 29th, 1918 the 30th American Division, 27th American Division and 46th British Division on the right, the 30th in the center, assaulted the Hindenburg Line which at the point of the assault curved in front of St. Quintin and was considered by the Germans to be unbreakable. The 60th Brigade, the 119th and the 120th Infantry, supported the 117th and 118th Infantries, American troops, 30th Division, attacked at 5:50 AM and captured with the tunnel system, the German troops holding the city of Bellicourt with five adjacent smaller towns and two entire German Divisions were defeated. 147 officers and 1,434 soldiers were taken prisoners.
Co. M went into the fight with 218 men, came out with 49. Fifty-two were killed, 17 wounded. The dead were buried on October 2, about 200 yards of the wall of St. Quintin...
http://www.wwvets.com/Infantry.html
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