80th Division
Digital Archives Project
Miscellaneous Reports
Miscellaneous Reports
The more I research, the more reports I find. Instead of trying to separate them into various types of reports, if they're not a Divisional or Regimental After Action Report or if they're not a Unit History Report, they're here under "Miscellaneous Reports."
Many of these are interviews with battlefield commanders, conducted anywhere from a few weeks to a few months after the actual battle. There are also some Oral Interviews here, either sent to me or "found" on the Internet.
To make this as organized as possible, I'm organizing them as the following:
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Division Reports
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Regimental Reports
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Battalion Reports
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Company Reports
They are in chronological order, at least as best I could tell from the report.
80th Infantry Division Miscellaneous Reports
- Preparation for and Crossing of Moselle River - 1-15 SEP 44
- 80th Division - Moselle River - A Brief Analysis of Terrain - 04-15SEP44
- 80th Division - Moselle River Crossing Analysis - 04-05SEP44
- Operations of Enemy in Sector of 80th Inf Div on Attack on Moselle River - 4 - 15 SEP 44
- 80th Division Artillery - Moselle Crossing Div Artillery - 05-15SEP44 - Interview with Lt Col J.E. Shaw, Exec Officer
- 80th Division Engineers - Moselle River Crossing - 04-12SEP44
- 80th Division - Dieulouard Bridge Crossing - SEP44
- 80th Division History - NOV44
- 80th Division - St Avold, France: Time-Bomb Incident - 27NOV44 - 04DEC44
- 80th Division and 6th Armored Division - Summary of Operational Interviews Concerning Lorraine Campaign
- 80th Division - Time Sequence Action - HANS-sur-NIED - NOV44
- 80th Division Artillery - SEILLE River Crossing - 08NOV44 - Interview with Lt Col Jay W. Fredrickson, S-3 Div Arty
- 80th Officer Promotions - 01FEB45
- 80th Drive From Regensburg to Vocklabruck 28APR45 - 7MAY45 - 07MAR45
- 80th Operations - April 1945
- 80th Task Force Smythe Surrender of 6th German Army at Garstan Austria - 06-08MAY45
- 80th
Division G-2 & G-3 Periodic Report - 09MAY45 Legal size,
8 pages - includes order from Adolph Hitler; Konrad Henlein (Gauleiter
of Sudentenland); Statistics Regarding the Cremation Plant at Camp Buchenwald
(Weimar).
- 80th Division - "Ever Forward - The Story of the 80th Division" - 21 pages
- 80th Division - Camp Forrest, TN 1941-1946 - 29 pages
- 80th
Division - Brief History of 80th in WWI and WWII - 44 pages
- Battle Participation Credit
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Officers and Men Who Have Distinguished Themselves in Action - Medals and Awards (note, these are not presented in any particular order; I've received these as stand alone reports, not knowing in what month they were originally included.
- 80th
Division Losses in Action: AUG 44 - MAY 44
Compiled by Bob Murrell, these reports provide summary numbers on the
losses of officers and enlisted men by company by month.
- XX
CORPS - History of the XX Corps Artillery (21 October 1943 -
9 May 1945). Actually, this 24-page report only contains information
for August 1944 and March 1945 through May 1945.
- 3rd
Army Operations, A Brief Summary:
The Bastogne-St Vith Campaign (19DEC44-29JAN45) and The Eifel to the
Rhine and the Capture of Trier (29JAN45-12MAR45)
- Surrender of the Sixth German Army to General McBride (09MAY45). Submitted by Fred R. Bodkin (D-702 Tank Bn) is the conversation betwen Maj Gen Horace L. McBride, CG 80th Inf Div, and General der Panxer Truppe (US Lt Gen) Balk, CG Sixth German Army at 1945 hours in Kirchdorf, Austria.
317th Infantry Regiment Reports
- 317th - AntiTank Operations Northeast of Argentan in Closing of Argentan-Falaise Gap, 17-20 AUG 1944
- 317th - Moselle Operation - 12-15SEP44 - Interview with Major Hayes
- 317th - Moselle River Crossing Summary of Interviews - 04-06SEP44 - Interview with Lt Col L.E. Fisher, Regimental Exec O and Major J.D. Hayes, former S-2 317th and Capt S.A. Ford, former S-3 317th
- 317th
- Moselle River Crossing Summary of Interviews (missing pages)
- 07-12SEP44 - Interview with Lt Col L.E. Fisher, Regimental Exec O
and Major J.D. Hayes, former S-2 317th and Capt S.A. Ford, former S-3
317th and Capt J.E. Mullen, former CO 317th/Co E
- 317th - SEILLE and NIED River Crossings and reduction of Maginot Fortresses and St Avold - 08NOV44 - 29NOV44 - Interview with Major A.C. Johnson, S-4, 317th
- 317th - Battle of the Bulge Action - 17-25DEC44 - Interview with Major James Hayes, S-3 317th
- 317th
- Sure River Crossing and Capture of Hosingen - 01-27JAN45 -
Interview with Major James Hayes S-3 317th
- 317th - Award of Bronze Star Medal - Capt John E. Thayer - OCT 1945
- 317th - Losses in Action - SEP 1944
- 317th - Losses in Action - OCT 1944
- 317th - List of Casualties - DEC 1944
317th - 1st Battalion Reports
- 317th/1st Bn - Moselle Crossing - 04-15SEP44 - Interview with Lt Col Sterling S. Burnett, CO 317th/1st Bn
- 317th 1st Bn - Seizure of Bridget at HANS-sur-NIED - 11NOV44 - Interview with Major James A. Craig, CO 317th/1st Bn (then CO 317th/Co A) and Capt Jerry Crowethers, Exec Officer 317th/1st Bn
- 317th/1st
Bn - Battle of the Bulge Action - 07DEC44 - 31JAN45 - Interview
with Capt Emmett H. McCrary (sp?), 317th/1st Bn CO (then 317th/Co A
CO)
- 317th/Co A - Capture of Bridge over NIED River at HAN-sur-NIED - 11-12NOV44 - Interview with T/Sgt Wilber L. Anderson, S/Sgt Winifred L. Martin, S/Sgt Russell L. Waldrum, Cpl Everett M. Bailey, Pfc Lewis M. Snellgroves, Pfc Lewis C. Hyers, Pfc Thomas W. Cunningham
- 317th/Co A - NIED River Crossing - 11NOV44 - Interview with 1st Lt Rexford Hawkins, CO Co A (then Co Exec O)
- 317th/Co A - NIED River Crossing - 11NOV44 - Interview with Sgt Benjamin Topolewski, Pfc Everett M. Bailey
317th - 2d Battalion Reports
- 317th/2d Bn - Moselle Operation - 08-15SEP44 - Interview with Capt Mullen, CO 317th/2d Bn
- 317th/2d Bn - Moselle Operation Notes - Interview with Col A.D. Cameron, Major James Hayes
- 317th/2d Bn - Moselle River Crossing with Assault Boats - 04-12SEP44 - Interview with Major James Hayes
- 317th/2d
Bn - Crossing of Moselle River - Interview with Capt James Mullen,
Executive Officer, 2d Bn, 317 Inf
- 317th 2d Bn - SEILLE River Crossing at MORVILLE-sur-SEILLE - 08-10NOV44 - Interview with Capt James Hayes CO 317th/1st Bn (then CO 317/2d Bn)
- 317th/2d
Bn - Battle of the Bulge Action - 21DEC44 - 27JAN45 - Interview
with Lt Col William Boydston, CO 317th/2d Bn
- 317th/Co B - Original Company Roster on Omaha Beach - 04AUG44
- 317th/Co E - Notes from Capt. Mullen Notebook
- 317th/Co F Roster - Nov 1942
- 317th/Co
F - CIB to 1st Lt. Jess Barton
- 317th/Co
F - Thaine Ray Hogue [contact Allan Hogue for more info:
allanhogue@verizon.net]
- 317th/Co F - Valie William Hotz [contact Allan Hogue for more info: allanhogue@verizon.net]
- 317th/Co G- DSC to Sgt James L. Adkins
- 317th/G - Smith, Percy M., 1st Sgt - January 21, 1945 - 34 page oral history describing the events January 21-22, 1945; Lt. Michael Damkowitch; Col Boydstun (injury and death); Lt McHaffey (fwd observer, 880th FA); Sgt McAllister; Lt. Caputo; Pvt Alfred Miller; Capt Jenkins; Capt. Williams; Pvt Corden; Pvt Beuler; Sgt Rayburn.
317th - 3d Battalion Reports
- 317th/3d Bn - Crossing of the CLERT River and captuer of BOCKHOLTZ - 01-27JAN45 - Interview with Capt Maurice Kaufman, S-3 317th/3d Bn and Capt Robert Phifer, S-1 317th/3rd Bn
318th Infantry Regiment Reports
- 318th - Moselle River Crossing - 04-15SEP44 - Interview with Lt Col John C. Golden, former CO 318th/2d Bn
- 318th - Summary of Interviews Moselle Operation - 12-15SEP44 - Interview with Lt Col John C. Golden, 318th Exec O (then CO 318th/2d Bn) and Capt Charles Gaking, S-3 318th/2d Bn (then S-3 member 318th
- 318th - General Summary of Activities - 18-24DEC44 - Interview with Capt Frederick J. Maxsted, S-3 318th
- 318th
- Plan for Attack - 02DEC44
- 318th
Revised Plan - 04NOV44
- 318th History - Month by month (Compiled by the 80th Division Veteran's Association Historian - Fred Witzgell)
- 318th/Company
F, 317th/Cannon Co, 317th I&R Company Unit Citation- 15MAR45
- 318th Battle Casualty Record (Officers Only) 05AUG44 - 08MAY45
- 318th Wounded, Killed, Missing - SEP44
- 318th Wounded, Killed, Missing - DEC44 (partial)
- 318th Wounded, Killed, Missing - MAR45
- 318th Wounded, Killed, Missing - APR45
318th - 1st Battalion Reports
- 318th/1st Bn - SEILLE and NIED River Crossings - 08NOV44 - 04DEC44 - Interview with Capt Edward E. Hueske, S-3, 318th/1st Bn
- 318th/1st Bn - Ettlebruck, Luxembourg - 22-28DEC44 - Interview with 1st Lt Edward E. Hueske S-3 318th/1st Bn, 1st Lt Thomas L. Murphy S-2 318th/1st Bn, 1st Lt John Ryan Arty Ln O 314th FA
- 318th/1st Bn - Pintsch, Luxembourg - 24-28DEC44 - Interview with Maj Charles F. Geking CO 318th/1st Bn, 1st Lt Edward E. Hueske 318th/1st Bn S-3
- 318th/1st Bn - Battle of the Bulge - 24-28DEC44 - Interview with Major George W. Connaughton, former CO 318th/1st Bn
- 318th/1st Bn - Battle of the Bulge - 24-28DEC44 - Interview with Major Charles F. Gaking, CO 318th/1st Bn and 1st Lt Edward E. Hueske, S-3 318th/1st Bn
- 318th/1st Bn - Sauer River Crossing - 28DEC44 - 25FEB45 - Interview with Capt Charles D. Cockfield S-1 318th/1st Bn, 1st Lt Edward C. Hueske S-3 318th/1st Bn, 1st Lt Dick A. Beanot, Platoon Leader 318th/AT
- 318th,
1st Battalion - Operations in the Capture of the City of Kassel, German
(1-4 APR, 1945), 24 pg; "Battalion in the Attack" paper from
The Infantry School, General Section, Military History Committee, Fort
Benning, GA
- 318th/Company B, Recommendation for Commendation - 25DEC44
- 318th/Company C, Camp Forrest, TN, Christmas 1942 - lists company roster
- 318th/Company F, Summary Description of Actions AUG44 - MAY45 (unknown author, 17 pg); includes Baptism of Fire, Moselle River Crossing, Lorraine Area, The Ardennes, Siegfried Line, The Mop Up
318th - 2d Battalion Reports
- 318th/2d Bn - Moselle Crossing - 12-15SEP44 - Interview with Capt Charles Gaking, S-3 318th/2d Bn
- 318th/2d Battalion Unit Citation - NOV44 Seille River Valley
- 318th/2d Bn - SEILLE and NIED River Crossings - 08NOV44 - 04DEC44 - Interview with Lt Col Glenn H. Gardner, Exec O 318th (then CO 318/2d Bn) and Capt John L. Gann, S-3 318th (then CO 318th Hq Co)
- 318th/2d Bn - SEILLE and NIED River Crossings - 08NOV44 - 04DEC44 - Interview with Major Matthew L. Dwyer, CO 318th/2d Bn (then S-1 318th/2d Bn)
- 318th/2d Bn - Battle of the Bulge - 24-28DEC44 - Interview with Lt Col Glenn H. Gardner, 318th Reg Exec O (then CO 318th/2d Bn) and Capt Prentiss W. Foreman, S-3 318th/2d Bn and 2d Lt John H. Shuford S-2 318th/2d Bn
- 318th/2d Battalion Unit Citation - DEC44 Ettlebruck
- 318th/2d Bn - Bastogne Salient - 24-28DEC44 - Interview with Lt Col Glenn H. Gardner Regt Exec O (then CO 318th/2d Bn), Capt Prentice W. Foreman S-3 318th/2d Bn, 2d Lt John A. Shuford S-2 318th/2d Bn
- 318th/2d
Bn - Attack toward and Our River Crossing - 28DEC44 - 09FEB45
- Interview with S-3 318th/2d Bn
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318th/Company F - Our River Crossing
- 318th Company F - Record of Events from 30JUN44
- 318th/Company F - 2d Platoon Unit Citation - 15MAR45
- 318th/Company F - 317th/Cannon Co, 317th I&R Company Unit Citation- 15MAR45
- 318th/Company
F - Unit Citation - APR45
- 318th/2d Battalion History - Small (4" x 3") 36 page history of the 318th 2d Battalion
318th - 3d Battalion Reports
- 318th/3d
Bn - SEILLE and NIED River Crossings - 08NOV44 - 04DEC44 - Interview
with Lt John Bier, S-3 318th/3d Bn (then S-2)
319th Infantry Regiment Reports
- 319th - Assignments, Camp Forrest, TN - 07DEC42
- 319th - Assignments, Camp Forrest, TN - 14DEC42
- 319th - Assignments, Camp Forrest, TN - 23DEC42
- 319th - Assignments, Camp Forrest, TN - 15FEB43
- 319th - Officer Assignments - 24MAY44
- 319th - Leave of Absence, Nashville, TN - 27AUG43
- 319th - Combat Infantry Badge Awards - 14SEP44
- 319th
- SEILLE and NIED River Crossings
- 08NOV44
- 04DEC44 - Interview with Lt Col Howard D. Ives, Exec O 319th (then
CO 319th/1st
Bn)
- 319th - Reducing the Bulge - 17DEC44 - 31JAN45 - Interview with Major Ralph W. Wevers, S-3 319th
- 319th
- Drive From Gotha to Chemnitz
08-18APR45
- 319th - The Gravel Agitator (Sep 29, 1945) - Newspaper of the 319th Infantry Regiment (4p)
- 319th - The Gravel Agitator (Oct 24, 1945) - Newspaper of the 319th Infantry Regiment (4p)
319th - 1st Battalion Reports
- 319th/1st Bn - SEILLE and NIED River Crossings - 08NOV44 - 04DEC44 - Interview with Lt William P. Sweaney, S-3 319th/1st Bn (then S-2)
- 319th/1st Bn - Reducing the Bulge - 17DEC44 - 31JAN45 - Interview with 1st Lt William P. Sweaney, S-2 319th/1st Bn
- 319th/1st
Bn - Sauer River Crossing - 07-28FEB45 - Interview with Maj
Arthur H. Clark
- 319th/C - Our River Crossing - 07FEB45
319th - 2d Battalion Reports
- 319th/2d Bn - SEILLE and NIED River Crossings - 08NOV44 - 04DEC44 - Interview with Lt Joseph H. Johnson, S-2 319th/2d Bn (then AT Platoon Leader) and S/Sgt Thomas P. Parkinson, Operations Sergeant
- 319th/2d Bn - Reducing the Bulge - 17DEC44 - 25JAN45 - Interview with Capt George W. Harmon, S-1 319th/2d Bn
- 319th/2d
Bn - Attack across Our River into Sigfried Line - 07-28FEB45
- Interview with Lt Col Paul Bandy CO 318th/2d Bn, Capt John Leake Jr.
S-3 319th/2d Bn, Capt Thomas C. Mason Atry Liaison Officer 905th FA
Bn
- 319th/B - Assault Sigfried Line - Wallendorf, Germany - 07-15FEB45
- 319th/C - Mount Toulon, France - 07-08OCT44
- 319th/F
- Our River Crossing - 07FEB45
- 319th/G - Coomer, Warren Kenneth, Maj Sgt - 18 page oral history
319th - 3d Battalion Reports
- 319th/3d Bn - Assault Crossing of the Moselle River - 04-15SEP44
- 319th/3d Bn - SEILLE and NIED River Crossings - 08NOV44 - 04DEC44 - Interview with Capt James L. Long, S-3 319th/3d Bn
- 319th/3d Bn - Battle of the Bulge - 19DEC44 - 29JAN45 - Interview with Lt Col Elliott Cheston, Bn CO; Capt Robert J Bee, Jr., Bn S-3
- 319th/3d Bn - Sauer River Crossing - 04-28FEB45 - Interview with Capt Robert J. Bee, Jr. Exec O 319th/3d Bn
80th Engineer
Battalion Reports
- 305th Eng Bn - Moselle River Crossing - 05-12SEP44 - Interviews with Major Charles G. Croker, Col Lovett (1117 Eng Grp), Major Brooks (Hvy Pontoon Bn), T/Sgt Lucus (Hvy Pontoon Bn), Major R.R. McCorkle (XO, 248th Eng Bn) and Capt E.H. Cockrell, Major Leonard W. Peterson (1117 Eng Grp Operations Officer), Capt Paul Cote (CO, Co B, 167th Bn)
- 305th Eng Bn - History of Company - 06AUG44-31JUL45 - Day-by-day record of events
80th Division Field Artillery Unit Reports
- 313th FA Bn - Seizure of Bridge at HANS-sur-NIED - 11NOV44 - Interview with Capt Raymond Talcott, Ln Officer, 313th FA BN to 317th/1st Bn
- The 314th FA
Battalion in the ETO: A Footnote to History
- Introduction [pdf, 1.4mb]
- 1 - From Stateside to the European Theater [pdf, 0.6mb]
- 2 - Adjusting to the Combat Zone [pdf, 1.9mb]
- 3 - Argentan - The Baptism of Fire [pdf, 2.8mb]
- 4 - Keep Them Rolling to the Meuse [pdf, 0.9mb]
- 5 - From Celebration to Confrontation, Bar-Le-Duc to Moselle Firing Positions [pdf, 2.4mb]
- 6 - Pont-a-Mousson and St Genevieve - FIRE FOR EFFECT! [pdf, 2.6mb]
- 7 - Displacing the Bridgehead [pdf, 5.4mb]
- 8 - Through Fire and Water and Mud to the Siegfried Line [pdf, 3.0mb]
- 9 - Counter March and Left About - to the Bulge! [pdf, 5.5mb]
- 10 - Bracketing the Palatinate, Luxembourg to the Rhine [pdf, 0.7mb]
- 11 - Across the Rhine and On To Berlin - Almost [pdf, 1.9mb]
- 12 - Chemnitz to Niederholzheim - Cease Fire! End of Mission! [pdf, 1.8mb]
- 13 - Over Hill, Over Dale, Over the Alps - The Last Tactical March [pdf, 0.4mb]
- Epilogue [pdf, 0.5mb]
- Photographs [pdf, 20.0mb]
- Index
[pdf, 0.7mb]
- Tales from
Henpeck: Folklore of the 314th FA BN
- Introduction [pdf, 56kb]
- 1 - From Stateside to the European Theater [pdf, 51kb]
- 2 - Adjusting to the Combat Zone [pdf, 118kb]
- 3 - Argentan - The Baptism of Fire [pdf, 69kb]
- 4 - Keep Them Rolling to the Meuse [pdf, 59kb]
- 5 - From Celebration to Confrontation, Bar-Le-Duc to Moselle Firing Positions [pdf, 92kb]
- 6 - Pont-a-Mousson and St Genevieve - FIRE FOR EFFECT! [pdf, 97kb]
- 7 - Displacing the Bridgehead [pdf, 100kb]
- 8 - Through Fire and Water and Mud to the Siegfried Line [pdf, 36kb]
- 9 - Counter March and Left About - to the Bulge! [pdf, 159kb]
- 10 - Bracketing the Palatinate, Luxembourg to the Rhine [pdf, 30kb]
- 11 - Across the Rhine and On To Berlin - Almost [pdf, 65kb]
- 12 - Chemnitz to Niederholzheim - Cease Fire! End of Mission! [pdf, 90kb]
- 13 - Over
Hill, Over Dale, Over the Alps - The Last Tactical March [pdf,
69kb]
- 313th FA Bn Battle Awards - OCT 1945 [pdf, 200kb]
- 313th FA Bn Operational Report: MAY45 - SEP45 [pdf, 2mb]
- 313th FA Bn Service Btry Roster: 16MAY45 [pdf, 2mb]
80th Signal Company
- 80th Signal Company - July 1945 Brief History
80th Reconnaisance Troop
305th Medical Battalion
- History of the 305th Medical Battalion in France (AUG44 - DEC44)
Tank Battalion Reports
- 610th Tank Battalion - Moselle River Crossing - 12-15SEP44
- 610th Tank Battalion - Moselle River Crossing - Interview with S/Sgt Moter, Platoon Sgt 1st Platoon Co A
- 610th Tank Battalion - Moselle River Crossing - Interview with S/Sgt Judnich, Platoon Sgt 3d Platoon Co C
- 610th Tank Battalion - Moselle River Crossing - Interview with Capt Donald Stewart S-3, Lt Atkinson Co C, Capt Stitt CO Co A, and Lt Lepine Co B
- 610th Tank Battalion - Moselle River Crossing - Interview with Lt Hearn Platoon Leader 1st Platoon Co C
- 610th
Tank Battalion - Moselle River Crossing - Interview with Lt
Hearn Platoon Leader 1st Platoon Co C
- 702d Tank Battalion - Moselle River Crossing - 12-15SEP44
- 702d Tank Battalion - Moselle River Crossing - 12-15SEP44
- 702d Tank Battalion - Moselle River Crossing - Interview with Lt Col Ralph Talbot, CO 702d Tk Bn
- 702d Tank Battalion, Co A - Moselle River Crossing - Interview with Capt Francis McDermott, CO Co A
- 702d Tank Battalion, Co A - Moselle River Crossing (con't).
- 702d Tank Battalion, Co A - Moselle River Crossing (con't).
- 702d Tank Battalion, Co B - Moselle River Crossing - Interview with Lt William B. Miller, CO Co B
- 702d Tank Battalion, Co D - Moselle River Crossing - Interview with Capt James F. Grimm, CO Co D
- 702d Tank Battalion, List of Purple Hearts
- 702d Tank Battalion, Commendation - 30OCT44
- 702d Tank Battalion, Commendation - 20NOV44
- 702d Tank Battalion, Artillery Inspection - 09NOV44
- 702d Tank Battalion, Knocked Out Tanks
- 702d Tank Battalion, Co B Roster - 06AUG44
- 702d Tank Battalion, Co B Roster - 14MAY45
- 1117 Engr Group Moselle Crossing - 12-15SEP44 - Interview with Major James Hayes
- 1117
Engr Group Moselle Crossing - 12-15SEP44 - Interview with Major
James Hayes (con't)
- 1135 Engr Group - Bridging Sauer and Our Rivers - 07-12FEB45 - Interview with Lt Col H.B. Hines Exec O 1135 Engr Group
- 1135
Engr Group/155 Engr C Bn - Our and Sauer River Crossings - 04-13FEB45
- Interview with Lt Col Bruce W. Reagan CO, Capt Arthur E. MacHolm Exec
O, Capt James C. McCann, Jr. Bn S-3, Capt Victor L. Christensen Bn S-2,
1st Lt John F. Mann Ln O to 1135th Engr C Gp
- 1135 Engr Group/166th Engr Bn - Crossing of the Sauer River at Dillingen, Luxembourg - 05-12FEB45 - Interview with Capt Dale S Wallace 166th Bn S-2, 2d Lt Robert P. Nyhanna Asst S-3 166th Bn, T/Sgt Xenophon G. Nichols S-2 Intelligence Sgt
- Mercy Flight into Bastogne - 25DEC44 - Interview with Lt Taflinger, 14th Liaison Squadron, 3d Army
