357^th Infantry Regiment

The 357th Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Barkeley, Texas, on March 25, 1942, trained with the 90th Division through its motorized period and reorganization, and departed New York on March 24, 1944. It reached England on April 4 and landed in France on June 8, entering combat west of the Merderet when the division attacked on June 10.

In Normandy the 357th advanced slowly through defended hedgerows near Les Landes and Amfreville, then became the division reserve for the July drive past Mont Castre toward Periers. After the breakout it fought through the Seves and Taute crossings, joined the division at Mayenne, and helped close the Falaise-Argentan gap. In Lorraine the regiment battled west of Metz, attacking the Kellermann Works in September. During the November Moselle offensive, it entered the bridgehead after the 358th and 359th crossed, captured the Hackenberg Works on November 16-17, and later pushed toward the Saar, with its 1st Battalion crossing the Nied near Niedaltdorf.

At Dillingen in December the 357th held the exposed left of the Saar bridgehead, fought through pillboxes and counterattacks, and was so depleted that its 1st Battalion was briefly pulled back after the city attack began. In January it fought in Luxembourg, crossed the Clerf at Binsfeld, then crossed the Our at Oberhausen on January 29. In the West Wall drive it attacked Hill 511 and protected the 358th's movement toward the Pruem. After the Kyll and Moselle crossings in March, the regiment was briefly attached to the 5th Division, then assaulted the Main with the 358th on March 28. In May it opened the Zwiesel-Zelezna Ruda-Dobra Voda road through Regen Pass into Czechoslovakia, giving armor a route toward Prague before the cease-fire stopped further advance.