Andres was described as single, 5 feet 5 inches, and 132 pounds (WWII Enlistments). Andres served during World War II from January 27, 1942 until November 7, 1945. Andres was with Company A of the 263rd Infantry Regiment, 66th Infantry Division.
The 66th Infantry Division arrived in England during November and December of 1944. In late December the division crossed the English Channel to Cherbourg, France on 2 Belgium steamships. One of the ships was sunk by a German torpedo. The 66th relieved the 94th Division in the Brittany-Loire area on December 29, 1944. Its mission was to contain the enemy in the St. Nazaire and Lorient pockets by carrying out daily reconnaissance patrols, limited objective attacks, and the maintenance of harassing and interdictory fires on enemy installations. They repulsed a heavy German attack near La Croix on April 16, 1945. Enemy troops in the Lorient and St. Nazaire pockets surrendered to the Division upon the end of hostilities in Europe on May 8, 1945. The 66th moved to Germany for occupation duty in the Koblenz subarea on May 20, 1945. On May 26, 1945 the Division left for Marseille, France in preparation for redeployment to the Pacific. It sailed for home October27, 1945.
Andres was described as single, 5 feet 5 inches, and 132 pounds (WWII Enlistments). Andres served during World War II from January 27, 1942 until November 7, 1945. Andres was with Company A of the 263rd Infantry Regiment, 66th Infantry Division.
The 66th Infantry Division arrived in England during November and December of 1944. In late December the division crossed the English Channel to Cherbourg, France on 2 Belgium steamships. One of the ships was sunk by a German torpedo. The 66th relieved the 94th Division in the Brittany-Loire area on December 29, 1944. Its mission was to contain the enemy in the St. Nazaire and Lorient pockets by carrying out daily reconnaissance patrols, limited objective attacks, and the maintenance of harassing and interdictory fires on enemy installations. They repulsed a heavy German attack near La Croix on April 16, 1945. Enemy troops in the Lorient and St. Nazaire pockets surrendered to the Division upon the end of hostilities in Europe on May 8, 1945. The 66th moved to Germany for occupation duty in the Koblenz subarea on May 20, 1945. On May 26, 1945 the Division left for Marseille, France in preparation for redeployment to the Pacific. It sailed for home October27, 1945.
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