Verzameling

[SS collector]

Dank je ben blij dat ik er eindelijk 1 heb kunnen bemachtigen word nog leuk research werk over die divisie

[Akko]

Ja, kan ik gelove, veel succes man

[johan willaert]

I&R Section 1BM 310 Inf 78th Div

Intelligence & Reconnaissance Section, 1st BattalioN, 310th Infantry Regiment, 78th Infantry Division

Vocht in Europa in 1944-1945

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Het eerste Bn van het 310th IR vocht nabij het Remagen Bruggenhoofd!

[SS collector]

Enorm bedankt Johan dit zal me heel erg hard voorthelpen.

[johan willaert]

Meanwhile, the 310th, working with the 9th Armd. Div., had been motorized for most of its race Rhine- ward. Mounted on open-top trucks and preceded by tanks, the 310th troops captured many German towns without even dismounting. Firing BARs, M-1s and grease guns from the sides of the trucks, they rolled through town after town, wiping out snipers and overpowering the already demoralized enemy. By March 7, the 310th had seized more than 2300 prisoners and 35 towns, including Euskirchen, Rheinbach and Bad Neuenahr.

The 310th infantrymen were fighting in the towns of Mehlem and Lannesdorf March 7 when word was flashed that the Ludendorf Railway Bridge over the Rhine still was intact.

1st Bn. was ordered to move immediately for the Rhine crossing. Doughs rushed to Remagen aboard trucks. At 0430 March 8, the battalion crossed the Ludendorf Bridge from Remagen to Erpel -- the first infantry battalion of an infantry division to span the Rhine. Later the same day, the 311th crossed over. Within the next two days, the entire 78th Division had closed on the east bank.