From HEADQUARTERS 31ST TANK BATTALION :Date: 1 Oct 1944 :
APO 257, U. S. ARMY
UNIT HISTORY 31ST TANK BATTALION -
1 Sept 1944:At 1700 we received a change of orders, for it was discovered that CC"A" who had been advancing on our right had crossed the river and captured Verdun -- still engaged in mopping up the city. Our force marched down through Marre and went into a bivouac area about four miles northwest of Verdun -- arriving in bivouac at 2040.That night at 2325, our battalion received its first bombing from the Luftwaffe. We had three men from Co "A" wounded -- 2d Lt Halloran, Alfred J, 01019136; Sgt Roberts, Christopher C, Jr, 14 010 843; and Pfc St. Clair, Albert M. 33 199 256 -- Tec 5 Trainer, John H, 34 192 189, Hq Co was killed -- and Sgt Ford, William H, 32 227 106, Co "G" slightly wounded -- Lt Halloran's feet were both blown off. The officer and men were evacuated and the Bn settled down for the night. We learned that one must never fire at airplanes from a bivouac at night. You merely disclose your position -- then they come back later and dump their loads on you.
Military Information: 1ST LT, US ARMY
APO 257, U. S. ARMY
UNIT HISTORY 31ST TANK BATTALION -
1 Sept 1944:At 1700 we received a change of orders, for it was discovered that CC"A" who had been advancing on our right had crossed the river and captured Verdun -- still engaged in mopping up the city. Our force marched down through Marre and went into a bivouac area about four miles northwest of Verdun -- arriving in bivouac at 2040.That night at 2325, our battalion received its first bombing from the Luftwaffe. We had three men from Co "A" wounded -- 2d Lt Halloran, Alfred J, 01019136; Sgt Roberts, Christopher C, Jr, 14 010 843; and Pfc St. Clair, Albert M. 33 199 256 -- Tec 5 Trainer, John H, 34 192 189, Hq Co was killed -- and Sgt Ford, William H, 32 227 106, Co "G" slightly wounded -- Lt Halloran's feet were both blown off. The officer and men were evacuated and the Bn settled down for the night. We learned that one must never fire at airplanes from a bivouac at night. You merely disclose your position -- then they come back later and dump their loads on you.
Military Information: 1ST LT, US ARMY
From HEADQUARTERS 31ST TANK BATTALION :Date: 1 Oct 1944 :
APO 257, U. S. ARMY
UNIT HISTORY 31ST TANK BATTALION -
1 Sept 1944:At 1700 we received a change of orders, for it was discovered that CC"A" who had been advancing on our right had crossed the river and captured Verdun -- still engaged in mopping up the city. Our force marched down through Marre and went into a bivouac area about four miles northwest of Verdun -- arriving in bivouac at 2040.That night at 2325, our battalion received its first bombing from the Luftwaffe. We had three men from Co "A" wounded -- 2d Lt Halloran, Alfred J, 01019136; Sgt Roberts, Christopher C, Jr, 14 010 843; and Pfc St. Clair, Albert M. 33 199 256 -- Tec 5 Trainer, John H, 34 192 189, Hq Co was killed -- and Sgt Ford, William H, 32 227 106, Co "G" slightly wounded -- Lt Halloran's feet were both blown off. The officer and men were evacuated and the Bn settled down for the night. We learned that one must never fire at airplanes from a bivouac at night. You merely disclose your position -- then they come back later and dump their loads on you.
Military Information: 1ST LT, US ARMY
APO 257, U. S. ARMY
UNIT HISTORY 31ST TANK BATTALION -
1 Sept 1944:At 1700 we received a change of orders, for it was discovered that CC"A" who had been advancing on our right had crossed the river and captured Verdun -- still engaged in mopping up the city. Our force marched down through Marre and went into a bivouac area about four miles northwest of Verdun -- arriving in bivouac at 2040.That night at 2325, our battalion received its first bombing from the Luftwaffe. We had three men from Co "A" wounded -- 2d Lt Halloran, Alfred J, 01019136; Sgt Roberts, Christopher C, Jr, 14 010 843; and Pfc St. Clair, Albert M. 33 199 256 -- Tec 5 Trainer, John H, 34 192 189, Hq Co was killed -- and Sgt Ford, William H, 32 227 106, Co "G" slightly wounded -- Lt Halloran's feet were both blown off. The officer and men were evacuated and the Bn settled down for the night. We learned that one must never fire at airplanes from a bivouac at night. You merely disclose your position -- then they come back later and dump their loads on you.
Military Information: 1ST LT, US ARMY
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