J-!EA:U ':~;A RT:GRS 33D ! .... ;:r 'ORED m;GLE:iT Office of the Regimental Cor~~nander

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APO 253, U.S. Army 5 January l9l~5·

SUBJECT: TO · :

After Action Report of th.e ,33rd Arnd Rcgt for the l,:onth of December 191.4.. Coii~; ;a ildins (',eneral, 3d Armored Division.

a. Origi n::: l unit: J3d /mnored Re '!iElent (CC 11 D"), 3d ·\ r md Div.

h. Chanze s in or;;:.J.niz .:. tion: ' 0 C { Jal~£;l:S in .JJd Ar ::.d :~e.st (See Ap _ .. e .ldix r: o 1 for organizaticn of JJd Armd lle;t into Task Forces uncier CC 11 3 11 coutrol)

c. Strength: 1 Dece::J.ber 19L,4

J::i.. ~ecen.ber 19/.;4 ~et Increase or Decrease

Officers 119 121 72

~'{arrant -:... .:Li'icers ., ' ' .J..V

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. ~. J.:. 222.3 211.2 - 81

d. Stations: (S ee narrative report A:)pc.tcib: ~·io 1 for Cp l ocat .i.ons of ur.it.s)

'f. Car.ipai :;ns: Offici-3.1 inforr.:2. tion ,lac ,i :,g CJ t prese:1t •

..:,:;. Sattles: ( Se e Appendix l·Jo 1)

h. Coi~t:Tt<LlGi . .; ')ffi~ers i ~ 1 im;Jc. rta.nt e. 1~a ::e e .ts: Colol1el .John C. ·.-:eLJorn

i. Losses in action: (See Appc :dix .o 2)

J.· .Forr.<er a;1d present r:le ta~ ers who h~we distiu ·;u ::.<·ted t hemselves in action: ( Ap ·. endix , :o 3 deleted - i 1o awards published Jurini--. the month of Dece .:..ber)

k. Fhotot:;raphs: None avaL.able.

1. Docua:er:ts and jour:13.ls: A co.- oined jourml is kept between CC 11 B11 and 33d Armored Re giment to prevei1t dupl j cation of effort. For reference see CC 11B11

and 33d Armd Regt journal, with CC"B" report.

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For the Commandine Officer:

A. J. STEV.:.. ~.rs,

J.::ajor, 33d Armd. Regt., Adjutant.

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APPE-:DU: #1 TO AFTEil. .\CTIOE ?.EPOHT FOR T~l E nortri~ OF DECE! 'BL:R 1944 /ehh

__ ;aps: Ger:: tany 1/25~000, Sheets 5104, 5203,_ 5204. 1 . ,

i I. Enemy Situation at Bep,innin :' of i:;erioq. ! .

The er; cril.J co:1tinued to resi$t stuobornly t he First Arm,y offensive but was forced to ~ive ~round to the East in the direction of the RO::::R- IiiVffi. Continuous and deter-

_.. ned attac~<s by ~he i04th Infantry Division on the iTort i1, the 1st and 4th Infar1try ul.Visions in T-J he ce:1ter and Southern secter of the VII Corps fro ;1t had forced the e::e::!.'' back to the line LUCI!IQBURG F-043506, .South to tTUEO.:t:i.SDORF F-042487, So11theast to l.:::;c::;;o:s F-054455 and GEY at the be,;inni~l,] of t :-.is :.)eriod. The e e .:;y 47th In fn.:.try VolY.a :renadier , Division bore t:1e tJrunt of tnis assault ar:.d were :_,adly ba~tered <:L td l'iere in t :;e pro-:c::ss of oein::; r eplaced and ~ ·elie-v-ed. 0.;1 the 5tll a ;d 8th !.-te:_;i .. ents of t;~e 3rd Pa r c;. ci1Ute Division. i•'urt.her Sout:1 on the Corps front, elea:e:1ts of t :le 353rd ..:me::.y Infantr-y Division .1 er.:: in c c.:1tact witi1 ou r trco-c•s.

The 3rd Armored Division constitutin ; a stron ,. !:to .ile for ~e re .ained in r e ser;e in t r1 e •:;e,~eral vicinity of STOL~:E:l.G E-935430 a1d NJ..USD,\C!-1 K-9r/1498. On 1 Decei:l :,er 1944 , the Division ~·ecei :e<.l or C; rs to attack 1-::C::st and Southe2..st of i..A..:r~rzn.~~.!: 'S -J."-()30475 to seize t.he ~o-m of GEICri F-059474, OBiEtG.~IC i F-053473, a.OTHAUS F-057487, 0 1 BOR.S F-053464 and S83LIC!I F-052454. A f •.:..w bo!lrs later tl:e ord-:'r ;:-; f'or the c:tta :::~~ ••e :·e rescin(~ eQ. and the Division rever-Led t o its for; ,lcr re :; erve st1.t :1 s.

Durin,~ the first l>'::. r~ of ~i1e pc.riod, 'u ~ :e Gernan 6th !mr,oreci Ar;,,y cc~-:. sis -~ in i; of t he lst 89. 2r.d 89, <;th 89 f--'ild 12th j:) Pan'l~r Divisions woved ~'le st acro ::;s the : :~r;;s }·:.IV__:21 and we~e loca~ed so .. :c;;he :'e in t:w area between tl1e 3ETI·::::: and ~-WK~ HIVE?..S . This <. as t :ne e;l~my 1 s stron c;est nobile re s erve force <111d movi: ;g it to ;JOsitior.s ~lest of the ::c.::n:.:; :iUVER indicated a possible intention of goinG on the off'ensive.

SUB..TEX;T: ~!arrative of Events.

' !l. - Period 1 Dt-ceni)e r to 18 Decer::ber 1941-i (Inclu_si ve).

:7ith the e;wepti c..n of a lir:-J.ted object ive a attac){ by the 3rd Bn 33ci :\rJ:td :Ltegt (under Div Control) fro;·,1 10 Decem<~·er to 13 D - ~ cer:~ber, the 33d J\rmd ReE~t remained inactive throu c;:1out the above uer:iod. The 1st Bn commanded bv l 'a i KEEf~i~T~ T. I.'C GEO.i~GE was situ­ated ~t HASTL;;~tATZ K-97544.6, the 2nd com:. J~:.:1ded by Ltv Col~ ·viLLLL B. li)'IZLADDY at ·:TE::l.TH F-9784)5 and ST fi.I;;P:t;:;,s~l.L K-984444, t i1e 3rd En co!;i::Bnded oy Lt Col SA~'U .::.L 1.; . HOG-;!.; at ! .~AUSBACH K-969407, :.=tegimental Headquarters {advanced eel! :lon) at G.:c;BTH E-977~37, ::-ce,:;i­me:ltal ~eadquar 'vers (rear ech -~ lon) with CC"B" at ~ ,Al!S3AC : J K-963411. T;·ains and ]Jersonnel in and about JJR.EJ:iJ:I} K-929380.

The period was spent mainly in re-or ~ani :dtl,! , training , recreation and reha:Jilit­ation and prefit~in~ the units. i~ovies we ~-e si10wn t he ~~eci Cross Clubnobiles visite:.1 the area. The weather was cold, l'ainy 3nd dar:1p ::.nd mud ham})c ~·ed ver1icle activity. Training

in s rnal_ ·areas f iring and ta:1k ~unnery •·:as held. The Ar;;1y Talk orien t ation pro;rain wc;.s resu..-·'led.

me:~-y activity -;;as limited to li c:;ht artiller.~r f ire, strafin:; ~wd 'Jc;-:;bitl :__~ b,y pl:.nes and the a~peara:1ce of nuirl.ero ~1 s robot boJ:tbs passin:; over the area ~oine; in a ~ ·.-esterly di.r'ection.

On 3 Decer.1)er between l400A and l500A, 50 to 60 e::e:.\v aircraft nainly ;.E l v9 's but includiu . a few 190's flew ove~ t:-~c 3rd /1rmored Divisi · ·n are::J. ale.'-::: ::,;te lirw :.AlJ.S-

iH- ZGEr:;:._-__:_, , str::;,fin ::-; ond bom' _,in ~ . 3etween the 2nd ~:ln ___..,)d A:;,•;;ri J.e zt and t~e lst Jn ..... ..-.cd. Armd R.e t t r.:c (2) planes were ciown<:>d. J,t a later ti~•~e hi;~b er neadc~uarLc~~s desired to kno;·: t i-.e effect on r.orc.;.le ca L~ sed by t ile reappe;:tran ce of '.:.i1e ~'}e rnan Air Fore;;; in strength . ·:·he results of a hasty investi::ativn revealed that 9c;-::; of the- 3Jd Armd d.e :;t were ea;;er to eet at the planes and enJoyed · hat the;,' t e:::·;1ed a ,_;_;o oci s how.

Oh the i December 19L4, U Col SMJJEL H. HOGAN suent a billetin~ p<.irtv "-o .. -v·-·:' !"'7.'!L1 F-Q'-!0475 t -- - - • "' .; '-' ..... ,.. . ...rL.I.-"-· ~ 0 prepar<.:: for movement of the Jrd Bn 3Jd Armd i\e rt ( unc. er " C"lv ,--!·;- 11 ') t - v 1\.. . • ~...... 0

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that tovm for an attack on 18 December. Combat -command "HO ;, L..E" was to attack 100745A December in conjunction with · the VII Corps in the direction of OBERGRICH 053473, GEICH 059474 and EC~TZ 070464. At 1400, 9 December Hq 3rd Bn 33d Armd Regt moved to LAUGER- -\'1EHE F~030475. By 1800, "C", "G", and "H" Companies arrlved into the assembly area in vicinity LAUGffi\iEHE F-030476.

At 0730, 10 December the leading elements moved out. "C" Company received artil­lery fire and encountered mines. By 0920, "G" Company lost 4 tanks through enemy action, and the remainder were stuck in the mud. "H" Company which had supported the attack by fire then pressed forward. Attached ~nfantry were pinned dovm by mortar and small arms

re. By 1700, "H" Company had pushed to a point half way between OBERGJ•:ICH and GEICH u ~ F-055475 but at 1800 had to pull back into OBERGEICH for night security. Main enemy elements encountered were those of the German 3rd Parachute Division.·

at 0800, ll December 11 H11 Company jumped off toward GEICH. They met slight resist­ance and reached the objective of G.!ilCH within a half hour. By 1400, "G" Company hating retreived their boggedtanks, advanced on ECHTZ and reached the Southwest edge of the town. Enemy AT ·gun was located at F-075471. The Bn CP moved to GEICH F-057475.

At 1035, 1.2 December 11 G11 Company now attached to TF "K ANE" the other task force of CC"HO'iiZE" moved in on the j·~ est edge of HOVI!N F-088488. Withahe assistance of "C" Company of the 60th Inf Regt 11 G" Company entered the town and set up road blocks in the South and East sections. .

On the 13 December, the 3rd Bn 33d Armd .~egt was relieved and, crossing the IP at Geich at 1730, closed into original bivouac at NAUSBACH K-969407 by 1900. "C" Company remained with TF "KANE 11 until 14 December when it closed into the bivouac area at MAUS-BACH at 0230. .

On 16 December the commander of CC"R11 , Colonel HOt ZE conducted a critique of the act~on December 10 - 13 at 36th Armored Infantry Headquarters.

on 17 December the Commanding General of the 3rd Armored Division Major General V~URIC~ C. ROSE spoke to personnel of the Regiment and awarded Silver and Bronze Stars and Purple Hearts to 64 men of the 33d Armored Regiment. ·

Maps: France and Belgium 1/50,000, Sheets, # 79, 80, 81, 92, 93, 106. Belgium and NE France 1/100,000. Sheets 1/9 and 13. Central Europe 1/100000, Sheets R-1 and S-1.

B. - Period 19 December to 31 December 1944 (Inclusiye).

During the night 16 - 17 December enemy paratroopers were dronned at various points, throuthout the 1st Army Zone of Action. On the morning of 17 December an all out enemy counter offensive and drive to the ~·.est was launched on the Southern par t of the V Corps and all of the VIII Corps sector of the 1st Army front. Initial objectives appeared to be bO~CnAU F-935250, 1iAU.i'r.;J)Y K-788045,- ST VITH P-853382, and HA 0-:'0GRE P-5558.

Prisoners and llilitary Intelligence soon revealed that the enemy under cover of darkness and the low overcast of the preceding days and skillfully utilizing all possible camoufla :~e meas~es had been able to concentrate initially, at least 6 infantry, 4 panzer and 1 parachute divisions in this sector for the offensive. It was to be an all out of­fensive utilizing airborne forces to seize important road junctions and bridges and to disrupt communications. The advance elements of some fighting units of the enemy were to utilize American vehicles and uniforms and pose as American soldiers in order to assist in the initial break-throu~. In the initial stages of the counter-offensive this l , __ ception was successful. Captured paratroopers that came down in v1idely scattered groups on the night of 16/17 December said they were under the command of Colonel VonDer Heitde

,_,later captured) and their mission was to seize and hold a road junction at K-840163 ap­.Jroximat ely 12 kilometers North of V.illrEDY, until relieved by advancing elements. This

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would prevent American reinforcements from coming East or ~outh to bloc~ the proposed : · ~ counter-offensive. On the next two nights, the 17th and 18th and 18th and 19th more para- -:· .. troopers were dropped in widely scattered groups due to faulty fiying, anti-aircraft :'-· f

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defense and adverse flying conditions. Generally the mission was a failure and few of those paratroopers reached their destination.

Y.~ving concentratod such a potent striking force in the weakest sector of the First Army Front and achieving almost complete surprise, the enemy's initial gains were rapid. The defending American units fought bravely and stubbornly against overwhelming odds but were overrun or forced back alo!lg the Southern part of the V Corps e.nd the VIII C0rps sector. By the end of the 1st day December 17th, ~n amemy spearhead had penetrated to K-8303. On subsequent days further.eremy penetration and progress was made at STAVELOT Y-"'18010, 1:AU EDY K-790043, ST VITl-I P-853882. :!Yiore and more German reserves were being ~ into this action including elements of che German 5th and 6th Armored Armiss.

For the first time since NORMA!mY, the enemy was usin.; his air force in strength and on both1he First and Third Army fronts many of our troops receiv~d their first enemy air action.

:t/ ilitary Intelligence through the mediwn of priso"lors, captured docwnents and orders soon discovered that the plan of General VO~ RU~STEDT of the German High Command v;as to break through the ARDENFES to the r.~EUSE tatdng VEHVI8RS and LIEGE and then pushing Yorth to ANT'f.'ERP thus sealins off large elements of the Allied Forces East of this pene­tration. At the same time a secondary ·attack might b~ lau~ched against our forces from the CC'LOGNE plain toward AACHEN and LIEGE.

Ylhen the enemy penetration was effected. Higher Headquarters cornmi tted add:i ~ior:al ~ inforc ements on the Forthern and Southern flanks of t he penetration to contain it. As •re enemy reserves were committed to exploit the penetration a nd the plan of the German

High Command became more obvious, it was necessary to commit more and greater Allied forces to contain and counter the enemy penetration. This period of action from 19 December through 31 December describes the action of this unit in those memorable days.

In view of the Widespread dropping of small groups of enemy paratroppers, all units of the Regiment immediately strengthened existing security measures, however none of the enemy were reported or apprehended in the immediate area during the period 17 through 22 Dec~mber.

On Monday, December leth. CC"A" of the 3d Armored Division on orders from Higher Headquarters moved South to vicinity of ZUPEN K-7927 to stand by to repuls~ enemy thrusts in that area and as.sist in protection of 5upply a :y· rear installations in the general vicinity sr LISGE, SPA and ~ERVISRS. Other units of the Division continued to stand by ~xpecting orders of a similar nature at any hour. ·

19 December At a meeting at DivisioE lleadquarters at approximately 0900, Color;.el JOHH C. Yi:::I..D CilN, Co:mma.nding Officer of the 33d Armore d Regiment and. acting CO of CC"B" 3rd Armored Division in the absence of Brigadier General TRUJ.:AE E. BO'LlHNOT received in­structions to alar~ alJ_uiJ,i u _ g.f_...CC"B~' _f__o_r _a pos sib!e_ move _ ~()-the S~~th _wi.th~n three (3 -f. hours. /The lst~nd 2nd Battalions (reinforced) of the 33d Armored Regiment were alerted for a "!.1'ove beginning at 1315. The 1st Battalion (reinf) under the command of N.aj KE!'P.ffiTH T. KcGEOR.GE arrived tin ai:la'Ssernbly area at LA REID, BELGIUJ.( K-621119 and vrent into bi­vouac for the night at 2300. The 2nd Bn ( reinf) under the command of Lt Col WILLIA2.~ B. LOVSLADY arrived in an assembl t K-642118, 2-~- miles West of SPA, BELGIUM at ~ Train elements and overhead personnel of Regimental He quar ers~ - rr-t" and 2nd Bns over and above that needed for rnini~um tactical operations were left behind at the old loca­tions and were to follow pending later instructions.

The 3rd 3n 33d Armd Regt and operating under CC 11A11 (Division Control) was alerted at 1200 for a move on a two hour notice. At 1820• the Battalion moved out from RAUSBACH K-970406 for vicinity of BOTTON, BELCIUM P-370880 ( Division assembly area) to repel possible German thrusts in that area. r'- On arrival in the apove locations vicinity of SPA. BELGIUM the r.,-inforced Battalions

;he Regiment came under XVIII Corps control and were temporarily attached to the 82nd A;tl Division. On the morning of December 20, CC"B" was relieved from the 62nd A/B Divi­sion and attached to the 30th Infantry Division for tacti~al operations.

20 December Early on the morning of December 2oth, orders were received to attack South from their present location toward the L'AMB~~ RIVER with the mission of blocking

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and eliminating a knovm ent> ... 1y armored thrust toward SPA, TH...... .. uN and LIEGE from the vicinity of STAVELOT K-718010.

At 0400, the 1st Battalion received an attack ord~r and t h e Bn ~as split into twc task forces. Maj KENNETH T. McGEORGE had comrrand of TF 111111 which consisted of "I" Company, 2nd Plat 11D11 CoMpany 36th AIR, 1 squad 11D11 Company 23d Engrs, the 1st Bn assault e;un Plat and the 2nd Bn 36th mortar Plat. Capt JOE}; w. JORDAN had comma.nd of TF "J" whic~ corlsiiSted of:"twolight .; -t;;a~- Plats :of "A" Company, "F" Company 36th AIR and mortar Plat, "F" Company 33rl Armd Regt, 36th AIR assault gun Plat. At 0800, both forces moved toward their objectives. TF "M" was given LA GLBIZE K-658033 as his objective and TF "J" WI\S given STCUMONT K-629028 as his objective. At 1134, Battalion Headquarters CP was set

G COTJR K-674057. At 1200. TF "J'' force encountered a minefield at K•642042. At 1300, an .mk:nown number of enemy tanks ?nre reported between the two objectives. TF "J" report• l'!d at 1315 that he held up just short of the objected by a road block. At 1400, ":t! Company ran into direct fire from their left at K-662040 and lost one tank. At 1440, TF "~'s" unit encountered a strone; road block at K-660038 which consisted of one tank, AT gun and several SP guns plus dismounted machine guns. This block could not be bypassed because of terrain. At 2020, the Infantry mo.de an att;C'~k on LA GLEIZE which was repulsed l:>y the enemy. The emlllllY then counter-attacked with infantry e.nd our force withdrew to BOu~G~~01~ K-663045, where it remained in devensivn position during the night. Lt WANAMAKER of Company "I" was killed during the day. .

The 2nd Bn (reinf) received orders to move South and secure RJ at K--671021. They moy"'d out at 0815 with "E" Company in the lead and encounterad an enemJ' point at RJ K-671021. One enemy truck and towed 75mm AT gun and som~ enem9 infar.try were knocked out at ,this point. Orders were received to continue on to STAVELOT Y.-718010 and on the route an enemy column 'ms encounterod an1 2 trucks, 3 large ~t•s, 1 volkswagen, 2 towed 75mm AT g uns. 1 towed 150mm. 1 SP 150mm on Mk IV chassis, 5 ammunition trucks and an undeter­mined number of enemy infantry were knocked out. In this action our force lost four M-4 ·' ~nks by AT fire. The CP was located at K-686046. Advanced elements at P-678902.

The 3rd Battalion 33d Armd Regt (reiPf') a.ft'er an all night march .arrived in the vicinity Sf HCTTON P-370685 at 0900. A TF under Lt Col SAJ.nJEL 1:. EOGAN and hereafter call5d TF 11H11 was immediately organized and consisted of Company "G" 33d Armd Regt Company "A" 83rd Rcn Bn. Battery "C" 54th AFA Sn; assault gun plat from Headquarters Company 3rd Bn 33d .Armd Regt. The TF left -the p~sition at HOTTON at 1215 with objective of DINEZ F-600765 or vicinity of that town. Route through BEFFE, MARCOURAY. CIELLE, LA RCCRE, M.ADRIN, WI3RI "N . At 1600, an enemy roe.d block ~as encountered at F-479772 and with:-'the ··Lt.COURTIDf'RIVER ·on. onif"Side: andea t steep cliff on the other, it was impossible to emp loy ta:oYs. "G" Company 3::;d Armd Regt a.ud Company "A" 83rd Rcn Bn established a counter-road block and Bn Hdqs and Btry "C" 54th pulled back to the Eastern outskirts of LA ROCHE P-459780 for ~e night. Orders were issued for Company "A" to send out a strong patrol beyond th~ enemy road block to determine enemy strength.

21 December .o\t 0330, TF "J" of the 1st Bn 33d Armd Regt (reinf) {Capt JORDAN'S · / ORCE) was placed under Colonel BISION of the 3rd Bn ll9th Inf Regr of the 30th Inf Div for an attack at dawn. Soon after daylight TF "M" (Maj l.fcGEORGE' s FORCE) of the 1st Bn came dolvn a road on the left flank of the objective and ren into several enemy tanks in the vicinity of K-673028. At 1~30, TF ''M'' contacted six enemy tanks at K-870023. Shortly ther..,after atl400, TF "J" sighted six enemy tanks at K-631034. At 1400, TF "J" was 200 yards short of his objective.

TF "L" (Lt Col LOVELADY's FORCE) was held up by the enemy at P-678992. At this time "D" Company was sent out from PETIT COC K-682005 to adva nce and secure STAVELOT K-718010 but encountered enemy infantry in large numbers at PPRFOliDRUY K-706005. Many of the enemy were killed and some prisoners of an SS unit along with some paratroopers were taken. At the little vilage of PARFONDRUY men of "D" Company discovered the : /"""" owing atrocities connnitted by the enemy against the BolgiElll civilians. Two old men we1·e f'ound murdered, one was in the bed and had been shot through the throat a number of times. The other was killed and thrown in the street. Another old man was killed in a hallway . One man, woman and six month old be.by were found murdered in their hom..,. Six

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small children were murder·~u in another house. .Lt. LUTEN o • .2nd Bn Hq Co 32d Armd Regt and others saw these ruthlessly slain civilians. Enemy prisoners taken here were fran the lst SS Panzer Division and some of them later freely confessed to these crimes and .said they were ordered to do so by their Company Commanding Officer. Heavy enemy 'mortar and some artillery fire was encountered and a forward observer of the 82nd A/B Division was contacted and needed artiller,y support was secured. At this time, the forward CP was located at P-879996. "D" Company tanks knocked out one enemy tank Mk V and two Mk IV tanks.

. During the early part of the night Brigadier General TRUMAN E. BOUDINOT rejoined ,....-.he Combat Command Headquarters and assumed command and Colonel JOilli C. V. EL:OORN, CO of

Ale 33d Armd Regt reverted to the Executive ()fficer position of t!1e corrunand. Rcn elements of TF HOGAN reported that the enemy was occupying BERISH2NIL P-520-

776. During the morning, the enemy start ·~d infiltrat~g our flanks and it was necessary ~o move the road block located at P-479772 back toward LA ROCHE about 500 yards. At a­bout 1300, orders were received to proceed to AJWNINES P-448874. At about 1600, small arms fire was encountered at RJ located at P-433831. Leading elements continued to advance and at the South edge ofBEFFE P-424841 met AT, small arms, bazooka and mortar fire. One tank was lost by enemy hazooka fire. The force then pulled back into the valley at P-435825 for night security and road blocks were established to the North and South •

. 22 December At 1305, TF 11 J 11 (Capt JORDAN's FORCE) attacke:i ROUAT K-632020_. Preceded by a 30 minute intense artillery barrage -on the town TF "ll" (1v~aj MC GID::tGE 1 s FORCE) attacked LA GLEIZE K-658032 and by 1515, the attackhad advanced to E-660033 where 111'1 Company ran into AT and infantry opposition and lost two tanks at this point. A short time later, "!" Company withdrew to K-665033 where they remained durin~ the night. _ At 1735, Capt JORDAN's force working with the 119th Inf occupied STOU1.':0NT K-630-028. At 1710, Capt JORDAN reported 1 enemy 75mm AT eun destroyed and 20 of the enemy killed. At 2100 some enemy paratroopers were dropped in srom:ONT K-630028 area and by 2125, five had been captured.

TF 11L11 (Lt Col LOVill.ADY' s FORCE) in column and adve:mcing Southeast on the road parallelling the L 1 MI~LEVz RIVER received a strong enemy infantry counter-attack which cut the column at F-682006 and isolated leading elements of the focce South ·of this point. An aid station and a number of our vehicles were overrun and captured by the enemy, some of which were wearing our uniforms and equipment. The attack was effectively countered and held off by our small arms and close artillery fire, however the forward elements of the column still remained isolated.

at 1300, TF "H" (Lt Col HOGAN's FORCE) located at P-435825 attempted to advance but werecounter-attacked by the enemy. They then realized that they were cut off so the TF withdrew to MARCGURAY P-438817 for a better defensive position and to await relief. Road blocks and machine guns were set up on all roads entering the town.

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f K-628006. They were under the command of Maj GEORGE T. STALLINGS and at 0900 an attack and attempt was made to break through and regain contact with the main body but strong infantry resistance and mortar fire was encountered and the attempt was unsuccess- '!'r ful. During the day this force lost two light tanks but · took 3 prisoners and killed many :<.· ~

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one enemy armored car broke through one of the road blocks but was later destroyed in the t~wn and seven prisoners were taken. An attempt was made to drop supplies to the beseiged force from 0~47 planes but the supplies landed in enemy hands outside the town. Some medical supplies were shot in by friendly artillery btit the supplies were damaged beyond use.

24 Dece~ber In the morning, TF MC GEORGE and TF JORDAN continued closin~ in on LA GLEI~~ K-658032 and by 1000, were ~n the town and were mopping up the remaining re-~ 1tance. At 1100, the two ~ask forces were instructed to group and await further orders. _ .1e ls·~. Bn 33· :Armd . Begi;tgroup~d .at 14001 , at K-.675028:)and .at 1530,., started .mo.vement to · ~TINVAL K-557170. .

In this action, in cooperation with elements of the 30th Inf Div in vicinity of STOUUDN'f and LA GLEIZE, the following losses were inflicted on the enemy: 26 Mk V tanks destroyed or captured, 35 half-tracks, 4 SP 150mm howitzers, 150 prisoners, 40 enemy killed. In addition, 300 captured US soldiers were recovered. Losses for the 1st Bn (reinf) were relatively light in both personnel and vehicles. This decisive defeat stopped a strong and serious enemy armored thrust toward JPA, U IGE and the !.1JESE RIVER.

An attack was launched during the morning to regain contact with the isolated leading elemtns of TF LOVEDADY 1 s force South of FETIT COO and after a stiff fight this was accomplished. Many enemy infantry were killed in this section and our losses were relatively light. The 2nd Bn 33d Armd Regt (reinf) was to be relieved by elements of the 30th Inf Div. At 2300, this relief was accomplished and by 2400, the force was ~n its way to a new and quite distint location.

During this action around STAVELOT, PETIT COO and PA.:l.FONDIDJY this force in con­junction with elements of the 30th Inf Div inflicted the follvwing losses on units of the enemy 1st SS Panzer Division and eliminated a serious enemy- armored thrust toward the vital SPA, LEIGE and VEd.VIEdS vicinity. One enemy 11k V and one US M-4 tank used by the enemy were dewtroyed or captured. One SP 150rnm howitzer, one towe~ 150mmm howitzer, two large half track personnel carriers, 2 towed 75rrun AT guns, 4 twcks and 1 volkswagon were captured or destroyed. .

Major GEORGE T. STALLn:IGS in command ·of that part of TF LOVELADY's force that was isolated for the two days South ofPETIT COO discovered the following atrocity at P-678-998. He personnally saw the remains of 10 men, women and children that had been driven into a house and shot by members of the 1st SS Panzer Division 10 minutes before the ar­rival of our troops.

m On 24 December 1944, another unsuccessful attempt was made to drop supplies from C-47 transports to theisolated force of TF HOGAN at MAitCOURAY P-438817. At 1800, word was received from the Commanding General of the 3rd Armored Division that two more attempts would be made to drop supplies and if both attempts failed, the task force was to destroy all equipment and make an all out effort to reach friendly lines under cover of darkness. . A patrol was sent out to reconnoiter for a possible route to break out of the encirclement with the vehicles, however they found that to be impossible.

That part of Regimental Headquarters operating with the advanced echelon of CC"B" left the Cp at ANDRIMONT K-6906 at 1630, and arrived in new CP located at LES FORGES K-552-182. Rear elements of the Regimant remained at SPA, Br'LGUIM K-675115.

i~ith accomplishment of its mission in the STAVELOT - STOU~~NT AREA AND relief of CC"B"from the 30th Inf Div. the Combat Command and all attached units of the 33d Armd Regt were temporarily placed in a Corps Reserve category.

25 December At 0925, a message was received from XVIII US Corps to CC"B" to alert the command for move to VII Corps on one hour notice. At 0930• a message was received ~·om the Commanding Genreal of the 3rd Armored Division to move one Company of medium

nks, one platoon of light tanks and one Company of infantry to vicinity P-405970 at .all possible speed in order to engage an enemy ar100red penetration in that area. Major KENA K.ETH T. HJ GEO:OOE, Conmand.ing Officer of the 1st Bn 33d Armd Regt (reinf) was immediately

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. at this point. This task force moved out at 1000, and reached the vicinity of the ob-. jective at 1130, and went into an asembly position along the road at P-511970. At ap­proximate~ 1430, friendly P-38 1 s bombed and strafed our position. Three officers and approxmnately 20 men from "F'' Dompany 36th AIR, two men from 1st Bn Headquarters 33d Armel. iiegt and fovr men from the 75th Inf Div were killed and an addition al munber of d~aualities were caused. At 1500, the task force under the command of Major KEmlETH T. ~ G.illRGE moved toward the town of GRANDl.f.:E1HL P-5290 and in the subsequent attack onthe

_ l~ngly held town our force was repulsed. At that time, Capt JOHN W. JORDAN brought , the remainder of the Bn and attached units to the assembly area. At 2000, another at~ack was made with the mission of securing the town and placing a strong road block iiest of it, at P-525901. By 2200, the leading elements were in the Eastern edge of GRANDJ.!.ENIL P-519899. At 2245, "L" Company of the 289th Inf Regt was attached to TF MC GEORGE and moved into position in the town. · There was harassigg fire in and around the town through­out the night. Lt IRl'ilN F. EVANS of "A" Company was killed and Lts VJIU.IAU. P CANT'NELL AND JOHN B. 'NALSH of "I" Company and Lt. JAl:.l!3 E. FOGW .. AN of 11 F11 Company 33d Arnxi Regt were wounded.

A short time later, the entire command alerted to move to ' an area nearer the projected scene of action and· 3rd Armored Division Headquarters. At 1226, the Head­quarters left the Cp K-552182 and arrived in new location of TROIS FONTAINE P-427928.

The 2nd Bn 33d Armd Regt (reinf) reached an assembly position at K-580168 at 0230 in vicinity of LOUVUGNE. At 1000, the Bn was alerted to move and at 1300, the move was begun. The Bn arrived in its new assembly area vicinity BAYA~ P-426933 at 1500, and set up all round defense -for the night. At 1600, part of the Bn was alerted to outpost the town of MELREAUX P-365894. This force consisted of "E" company 33d Arnrl Regt, one platoon Company "B" light tanks, 11E11 Company 36th AIR and ~ of the Rcn Plat 33d Armd Regt. "E" Company medium tanks and "E" Company 36th AIR outposted the town of V~I.RbUX and the light tank platoon plus ~ of the Rcn platoon set up defensive positions

. cutting the road at P-381900. An PO of the 391st AFA Bn was with this group. At about 1100, TF HOGAN still surrounded at MARCOURAY P-438817 sent a message to

Divisional Headquarters saying that it would be useless to attempt to drop any supplies and gasoline to them and at 1830, the force started destroying all of its equipment pre­paratory to making an attempt to bread aut on foot. At 1810, the task force of some 400 men moved out of the town and slowly began working their way through enemy territyory toward our lines utilizing all available cover and back trails. They expected to arrive at our lines in vicinity of SOY P-416898. ·

26 December At 0610, TF MC G&ORGE resumed the attack to secure the town of GRA1~­li:ENIL and place the road block in the Eastern outskirts of the town; however leading elements ran into strong final protective fire as well as fire from enemy tansk. Our tank HJsses were very heavy and at 1200, only two "F" Company t _anks were left and both of their large caliber guns were jammed. At 1300, eight replacements tanks were brought for­ward and "H" Company of the 32d Armd Regt with eight tanks was attached to TF JIG GED'1.GE . for another attack that began at 1425. By 18001 the town was clear with the exception of a few snipers. The road block was placed at P-525901 and the 269th Inf Regt took control of the town. · .

The 2nd Bn 33d Armd Regt (r~ing) was alerted to move into NY P•393S9?.and set up defensive positions. The CP was located at P-395899. The Battalions defensive line was to run from the high ground East of NY, 'iiest to the railroad at llEL~UEX P-365894. "D" Company outposted NY with vehicles .dug in.

-,-.... At about 1700 TF HOGAN, after marching all night through enemy beld territory, :ssed into our lines in the vicinity of HOTTON P-3788. His force of approximately 400

men had their faces blacked and successfully made their treak out and trek through miles of enemy territy without being discovered. Late that afternoon, TF HQGAN moved to BAR­VAUX P-405970 to re-equip and reorganize.

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Advanced echelon of the itegiment working with Combat Command Hear:quarters moved l . their CP from TROlii FONTAll'JE P-427928 to ~r:.miS P-LJ31942 between the hours 1400 to 1420. j

27nDecember At 1000, the 1st Bn 33d Armd Regt (reinf) moved from GRAND1/ENIL P-4290· l·' to SOY P-415899 preparatory to reorganization and rest. )'

11 E11 Company 33d Armd Regt and "E" Company 26th AIR of the 2nd Bn and in defense 1· ~ I .

positions at NELREUX were relieved by 11G" Company of the 32nd Armd l\egt and "B" Company ! 36th .rtiR, at 1209. One platoon of "E" Company medium tanks set up a defense at P-381903 ; in dug in positions behind wire and mines. Concertina wire was run from P-J86905 around !-

,----- ld in front of woods following high ground to 367904. The remainder of 11E Company tanks · . .:>mpleted defense around NY P-394897. 11E11 Company of the 36th AIR reverted "to 36th AIR 1j

Headquarters. , The 3rd Bn 33rd Armd Regt was resting and going through the procedure of re- l

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28 DE~ember The 1st Bn 33d Armd Regt was still at SOY. There was some artillery 11·

fire on the town during the night but no casualties were suffered. the Qnd Bn 33d Armd Regt improved its defensive positions . around NY by laying more j

mines and wire. The Rcn platoon was relocated in WERPIN P-396870 to maintain conmunication with the 84th Inf Div on the Battalions right and front.

"H" Company of the 3rd Bn 33d Armd Regt which had been attached to CC"R" arrived in BARVAUX about 10001 from ~ONINE P-448873. A 12001 they were put on immediate alert for movement to a possible counter-attack. At 1600, the immediate alert was changed to a tw hour alert.

29 December At 0830, a medium tank platoon of 11 F" Company lst Bn 33d Armd Regt commanded by Lt. ROBERT A. D1AlffiRCSIO and Lt 'NESLEY J. KUCERA of the Bn RCN platoon went on a reconnaissance mission South of SOY to determine enemy location, strength and the presence of armor. The Rcn ·detachment contacted enemy infantry, anti-tank guns and were subjected to artillery fire but gained much valuable inofrmation on enemy positions, disposition and strength.

the 2nd Bn 33d Annd Regt sent out a similar patrol as the 1st Bn and they gained vauable enemy info~tion. .

3rd Bn 33d Armd Regt - No change in status or location. 30 :December The 3rd Armd Regt moved to MODAVE K-270075 beginning at 1030.

Closed in bivouac at 1200, for rest and reorganization period. 31 December All units of the 33d Annd Regt attached to CC"B" were ordered to move

to general vicinity HOYOUX K-264044. CC"B" Headquarters left the CP at i'1-:ERIS K-i393 at 1210, and closed in new location HOYOUX K-264044, at approximately 1600, for proposed rest and reorganizatiob.

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SUGHTLY ·~~OUNDED IN ACTION

ALGerio, Joseph 32796945 . Pfc 23 Dec 44 Armstrong, Glenn R. 39459440 . . Cpl 21 Dec 44 ~ustin, Harland E. 01019130 1st Lt 20 Dec 44

lss, Merwin 36166299 Sgt 25 Dec 44 oaker, Forrest Y. 37580384 Tee- 5 26 Dec 44 Bell, Alt'l~c , , 14017324 St Sgt 23 Dec 44 Biastro, John s. 35233646 Pfc 20 Dec 44 Blackwell, ~'ialter E. 38685294 Pvt 26 Dec 44 Blank, Marvin A. 39050436 Cpl 26 Dec 44 Bolich, Ora Q 37120493 Tee 4 23 Dec 44 Bowman, Robert L 33148734 Pfc 23 Dec 44 Bravmann, Ernest A. 33731020 Pfc 22 Dec 44 Breslawski, Nicholas 01018029 2d Lt 21 Dec 44. Burnett, i1oodrow F. 20380249 Pfc 21 Dec 44 Cadden, William H. 35734548 Cpl 18 Dec 44 Cantwell, \~illiam P. 01016547 1st Lt 26 Dec 44 Chewning, Homer J. 6669733 st Sgt 23 Dec 44 Cordova, Hilario 38674046 Pvt 21 Dec 44 Draganio, Michael P. 35273928 Sgt 22 Dec 45 Dugan, Kenneth P. 37512590 Pfc 22 Dec 1J4 Fogleman, James E. 01014811 2d Lt 26 Dec 44 Franken, Dries 37466766 Tee 4 20 Dec 44 Frenette, Clarence D. 31275998 Tee 5 21 Dec 44 Garza, Raul G. 39709275 Pvt 22 Dec 44 Gottshall, Donald R. 33513047 Pfc 24 Dec 44 Hall, Henry R. 34800773 Tee 4 25 Dec 44 Holsinger, Russell 35615971 Pfc 20 Dec 44 Holzinger, John 34406902 Pvt 23 Dec 44 Ivie, Everett A. 38627165 Pvt 23 Dec 44 Johnson, Russell F. 37016346 Sgt 25 Dec 44 Johnston, Harold H. 01015548 2d Lt 20 Dec 44 Keen, c. c. 34635020 . ' Pfc 26 Dec 44 Kozrowski, Stanley 3~54013 TAec 5 22 Dec 44 Le~y, Joseph H. 11064841 Cpl 24 Dec 44 Lucas; Bernard A. 36689281 Pfc 20 Dec 44 McLaughlin, Patrick Jr. 36118527 Pvt 23. Dec 44 JlcV.J.llan. W. C. 38138523 Sgt 22 Dec 44 1uetsner, Carl A. 36746726 Cpl 26 Dec 44 Miller, Robert L. 01017265 1st Lt. 10 Dec 44 Uortimore, Therrel L. 37160173 Sgt 21 Dec 44 Mueller, Norbert H. 37548057 Pvt 20 Dec 44 Notaro, John L. 32976540 Pvt 25 Dec 44 -. -Osborn, Arnold J. 38081223 Tee 5 20 Dec 44 Park, Raymond A. 6578649 Sgt 20 Dec 44 Pospilil, John 33836318 Pvt 26 Dec 44

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Rizzo, William G. 37404398 Cpl 2.4 Dec 44 i

Robb, Chris A. 36879490 Cpl 22 Dec 44 • i

Rojek, Stanley J. 35273976 Pvt 12 Dec 44 Santos, Joseph Jr. 31463076 . Pvt 23 Ded 44 Scheidleman, rlalph J. 32233972 . Tee 4 .22 Dec 44 .· .

'3chwei tzer, \wilmer B. 1 sr.38500975 Pvt 21 Dec 44 Specht, Louis J. 32239979 Cpl 18 Dec 44 Stanko, George 01998373 2d Lt 20 Dec 44 Stanly, Groege ¢g 33847739 Pvt 26 Dec 44 Stearns, Harold 36885485 Tee 5 10 Dec 44 Swistara, Walter E. 36042690 Sgt 26 Dec 44 Tell, John A. 34165599 Tec ·4 21 Dec 44 Wilbert, Ralph A. 35307790 Pvt 18 Dec 44 Wishart, James R. 14000176 Pvt 22 Dec 44 Ylppdy, Kimsey R. 33776275 Pfc 21 Dec 44 \"iright, Edward J. 35127092 St Sgt 27 Dec 44 Zuc car o 1 Peter 32796505 P.i'c

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Andrasko, Michael J. 42030902 Pfc 26 !:lee 44 Batter, Richard H. 35875683 Pvt 25 Dec 44 Burich, George N. 33422843 Cpl 27 Dec 44 Douthit, Joe o. 36872647 Tee 5 23 Dec 44 Flowers, Hulbia, A. 35893072 Pfc · 20 Dec 44 Jones, George H. 34884389 Pvt 10 Dec 44 !'.annetta, William L. 31304256 Cpl 24 Dec 44 Meredith, John P. 34886391 Tee 5 10 Dec 44 Peratti, James N .• 39145643 Pfc 22 Dec 44 Perlman, Calvin M. 01018827 2d Lt 29 Dec 44 Taylor, Arlie H. 36726687 Pfc 22 Dec 44 Viglietta, Antonio 33702150 Sgt 26 Dec 44

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Anderson, Hobert P. 32864692 Pvt. 25 Dec 45 Bednarski, Peter P. 33057511 Tee 5 23 Dec 44 Brokemp, Joseph J. 35124286 Tee 5 22 Dec 44 Germain, Richard A. 31369582 Pfc 25 Dec 44 Jones, _William E. 35869982 Tee 5 10 Dec 44 Kelly, Robert C. 01012093 2d Lt 21 Dec 44 Senecal, Joseph W. 11009945 / Sgt 22 Dec 44 Steffen, Vincent J. 37110804 Sgt 23 Dec 44 Su.at.e.;"eie, 'rocy, Jr. 37010S2.S Sgt 2.6 Dee 44

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Kuuerka, Raymond A. Leineweber, Frederick Jr. Lmm, ~'laltet L., Jr. Luchainger, Stanley D. l.~arkham, John W. '' 31.7359995

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Angel, !larry J. Bitzko, John L. Carroll, George E. Cle·;:ent, Vernon Dalton, Kenneth 17. Decker, Harold K. Ecklund, Arthur I., Endly, Ernest ~ .:.

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