358^th Infantry Regiment

The 358th Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Barkeley, Texas, on March 25, 1942, trained with the 90th Division, and departed New York on March 24, 1944. It reached England on April 9 and landed in France on June 6, then entered the Merderet bridgehead as the division began its attack westward on June 10.

The regiment's first major action was the fight for Pont l'Abbe. Advancing on the division left toward Picauville, Pont l'Abbe, and St. Sauveur-le-Vicomte, it met heavy mortar and artillery fire, encircled Pont l'Abbe by June 11, and captured the town on June 13 after bombing and artillery fire reduced the position. In July, during the Mont Castre operation, the 358th tried to force the corridor between the hill mass and the marshes, fought at Les Sablons, and later reinforced the 359th on the slopes of Mont Castre after heavy losses.

In Lorraine the 358th crossed the Moselle with the 359th on November 9 and fought the Battle of Fort Koenigsmacker from November 9-11, anchoring the division bridgehead against counterattacks. Attached to the 10th Armored Division from November 19-24, it then moved toward the Saar. On December 15 two battalions led the assault into Dillingen behind smoke, tanks, and tank destroyers, clearing blocks east of the railroad tracks; on December 18 its 2nd Battalion joined the 359th in the final city drive. In the Ardennes and West Wall phases the regiment crossed the Our at Stupbach, took Heckhuscheid, fought Hill 519 on February 8-9, and captured Watzerath on February 11. It later crossed the Kyll, Moselle, Rhine, and, with the 357th, assaulted the Main near Doeringheim on March 28 before entering Czechoslovakia on May 5.