United States Army Second Lieutenant Barter was killed in combat in World War II. Gilbert served with the 106th Cavalry Group - Reconnaissance. On Thanksgiving night, 1944, the 106th executed a delaying action against the German 130th Panzer Division. The Germans were engaged in a coordinated attack aimed at cutting the main supply lines of the Allied troops east of Vosges. The Germans hoped to recapture Savern, which could seal off Allied forces east of the mountains in the Strassbourg area. This successful action by the 106th Cavalry gave the corps commander time to shift his forces to meet this armored threat to his flank, and the German attack was turned back.
United States Army Second Lieutenant Barter was killed in combat in World War II. Gilbert served with the 106th Cavalry Group - Reconnaissance. On Thanksgiving night, 1944, the 106th executed a delaying action against the German 130th Panzer Division. The Germans were engaged in a coordinated attack aimed at cutting the main supply lines of the Allied troops east of Vosges. The Germans hoped to recapture Savern, which could seal off Allied forces east of the mountains in the Strassbourg area. This successful action by the 106th Cavalry gave the corps commander time to shift his forces to meet this armored threat to his flank, and the German attack was turned back.
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