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Chart 1st Battalion 2nd Battalion 3rd Battalion  I
Co Roster (1954)Tactical Command NCO Academy Order No. 17 (Med Co) |
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350th
Inf Regt Organization Day, July 15, 1953 Additional info from the 1952/53 Yearbook still to come! |
History
of the 350th Infantry Regiment
(Source: Pictorial Review "350th Infantry , Austria 1952-1953")
(Source: Pictorial Review "350th Infantry , Austria 1952-1953")
As a part of the 88th Infantry Division, the Regiment rounded out its training in the Côte d'Or region of France with the 7th French Army prior to going into combat. On October 12 1918 the 350th moved up to the front lines, occupying positions in the haute-Alsace area of France.
The Regiment distinguished itself in several operations near the key city of Mulhouse, in that sector of France. During this period, members of the 350th Infantry were the first of the 88th Division to receive the French Croix de Guerre, awarded for heroic achievement.
Immediately after the Armistice in 1918 the 88th Division's four-leaf-clover insignia was adopted. This emblem, worn by members of the 350th Infantry, was designed by forming two figure eights to form a four-leaf clover, for good luck, and was colored blue for the Infantry. By the time the Division was deactivated on May 9 1919 the 88th Division was generally known as the Clover-Leaf Division.
When the United States entered World War II the 350th was again activated as a component of its old parent unti, the 88th, the reactivation took place at Camp Gruber, Oklahoma on July 15 1942. The Division was triangulated at this time, and consisted of the 349th, 350th and 351st Infantry Regiments.
On this occasion the major part of its personnel came from New England, New Jersey, and New York, and the cadre from Fort Bragg's 9th Infantry Division. Training began on August 1 1942. After completion of training in the United States and North Africa, the Division was moved to Italy in January 1944, ready for combat. The 88th Infantry Division was the first organized Reserve Division to go overseas, and also the first to enter combat.
Committed to action on the main Fifth Army front north of Naples on March 4 1944, in what was later known as the Rome-Arno Campaign, the Regiment played an active part in the liberation of Rome. On June 5 1944 the 350th Infantry was the first Allied unit to enter the Italian capital.
Spearheading the entire Fifth Army drive north from Florence towards the Po Valley in the autumn of 1944, the 350th Infantry progressed step by step until the unit captured a strategic high point of resistance that was to become famous in the annals of history. The place was Mount Battaglia - in English, "Battle Mountain".
After consolidating positions on Mount Battaglia, the Regiment repelled attack after attack by strong German forces for seven straight days. A full fifty percent of the Regiment became casualties in this action, with every company commander except one either killed or wounded. For their achievement in holding this mountain at such bitter cost the Second Battalion received the Presidential Unit Citation.
After this fierce mountain action the Regiment was nicknamed the Battle Mountain Regiment. It was "Axis Sally" herself, in her infamous broadcasts from Berlin during the war, who gave the 88th Infantry Division the nickname "Blue Devils" by which the Division is still known today.
In the great spring offensive of 1945 the Regiment assisted in the capture of key points of the German lines in the northern Appenine mountains, corssed the Po Valley, and attacked to capture the key city of Vicenza. The Regiment then turned north into the Alps, heading for the Brenner Pass with other elements of the Division towards a link-up with the 7th Army forces then moving southward through Austria. Deep in the Italian Alps the Regiment received word that the war in Italy had ended on May 2 1945.
The record shows that the 350th Infantry during the time it was in combat - March 4 1944 to May 2 1945 - suffered over four thousand battale casualties, of whom twelve hundred were killed in action.
After the cessation of hostilities the 350th Infantry started the job of rounding up the remanants of the German Army in Northern Italy. When this task was completed the Regiment, along with the rest of the 88th Division, was assigned the delicate job of occupying the Morgan Line in the Venezia-Gulia Province of Italy, facing east towards Yugoslavia. This area of agitation was the focal point in the Italian-Yugoslav border controversies of the first years after the war.
The 350th Infantry was deactivated late in 1947, but was again activated on June 15 1948 at Camp Truscott, in Austria, to replace the 16th Infantry Regiment in occupying the United States Zone of Austria and the United States Sector of Vienna.
When it was reactivated in 1948 the Regiment was stationed at Battalion-sized posts. Originally the 1st Battalion was in Vienna, while the Headquarters, Service, Medium Tank, Medical, and Heavy Motor Companies, as well as the 2nd Battalion, were at Camp McCauley, near Linz. In January 1949 the 1st Battalion was transferred to Camp Saalfelden with the Heavy Motor and Medium Tank Companies; the 2nd Battalion was transferred to Camp St. Johann; and the Headquarters, Service, and Medical Companies were transferred to Camp Truscott, where the 3rd Battalion was reactivated.
In March of 1951 the Regiment was assigned to USFA Tactical Command, and is now a divisional-type Regiment rather than a separate Regiment.
Consolidation of the 350th Infantry Regiment forces was accomplished in April 1952, when all units of the Regiment, except for the 2nd Battalion, completed the move to Camp Roeder, near Salzburg.
| The 1st Battalion was reactivated in Vienna, Austria, in 1946 to assume guard of the International Zone and to represent the United States Government in the International City. In 1947 the Battalion moved to Camp McCauley. Austria, and later to Camp Saalfelden, Austria. During the stay at Saalfelden, the 1st Battalion trained in the mountain area, and soon developed into a hardened, well-trained maountain battalion. The summer of 1951 found the Battalion moving to its present station at Camp Roeder, Austria. |  |
Camp
Roeder - Parade Ground, 1952/53 (Click on thumbnail to view larger image - 196 KB) |
| Reactivated at Camp Truscott, Salzburg, Austria, on June 1 1950 the 3rd Battalion consisted of Headquarters, "I" and "M" Companies. In September 1950 "K" Company was organized at Saalfelden, Austria, and moved to join the Battalion at Camp Truscott. During October 1950 the 3rd Battalion became full fledged fighting force with the activation of "L" Company. |  |
Camp
Roeder - Main Gate, 1952/53 (Click on thumbnail to view larger image - 269 KB) |
Additional
excerpts and images from the 1952/53 Pictorial Review coming soon!
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MEDICAL
COMPANY
350TH INFANTRY REGIMENT APO 541  US
ARMY |
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| 1.
Captain John A Kneepkens, MSC, assigned primary duty as Company Commander
(3500) with additional duties as follows; TI&E Officer, Classified
Documents Officer. |
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| 2.
1st Lt John C Nulty, MSC, assigned primary duty as Platoon Leader--1st
Platoon (3506) with additional duties as follows; Investigating Officer,
Training Officer, Asst TI&E Officer, Records Management Officer,
Asst Postal Officer, Alternate Classified Documents Officer. |
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| 3.
1st Lt John L Simmons, MSC, assigned primary duty as Platoon Leader-3rd
Platoon (3506) with additional duties as follows; Supply Officer,
Claims Officer, Special Service Officer, Tax Officer, Savings Officer,
Red Cross Chairman, Utilities Officer, Voting Officer. |
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| 4.
1st Lt William E Rush, MC, assigned primary duty as Regimental Surgeon
(3100) with additional duties as follows; Platoon Leader--Collecting
Pltaoon, Regt'l Psychiatrist, Narcotics Officer. |
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| 5.
1st Lt Donald W Maloney, MC, assigned primary duty as Asst Platoon
Leader--Collecting Platoon (3100) with additional duties as follows;
Asst Regt'l Surgeon, Regt'l Sanitation Officer, Regt'l Immunization
Officer, VD Control Officer. |
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| 6.
2nd Lt Edward W Blackburn, MSC, assigned primary duty as Platoon Leader--2nd
Platoon (3506) with additional duties as follows; Mess Officer, Motor
Officer, Safety Officer, A&R Officer, Postal Officer, Recruiting
Officer. |
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| 7.
All orders issued privously (sic) that are in conflict with the above
are hereby rescinded. |
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 1. Cover (no higher resolution available) |
 2. The menu for Thanksgiving Dinner (KB) |
 3. Page 1 of Roster (KB) |
 4. Page 2 of Roster (KB) |
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