377^th Infantry Regiment

The 377th Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Swift, Texas, on July 15, 1942, and trained with the 95th Infantry Division before landing in France on September 15, 1944. After a short period near Norroy-le-Sec, it entered the Moselle front south of Metz and became the division's bridgehead regiment for Operation CASANOVA. Its role also covered the 90th Division's flank during the crossing. On November 8 its 1st Battalion crossed the Moselle near Uckange, with Company C leading the way, then held through flooding, improvised supply by air liaison aircraft, and a major counterattack while the rest of the regiment reduced the Maizieres-les-Metz pocket on the west bank. The regiment stormed Bertrange on November 13 and, in the Metz attack, drove south from Maizieres, cleared la Maxe and Woippy, contained Fort Gambetta, and entered Metz as the fortress city collapsed.

After Metz, the 377th crossed the Nied, pushed into abandoned Maginot Line positions, and crossed into Germany on November 28. It fought for the Saar heights and St. Barbara from November 29 to December 2, then supported the 379th Infantry's Saarlautern crossing before relieving into the street battle for Fraulautern. The regiment remained in the Saarlautern bridgehead until mid-December and helped defeat the January 20 counterattack before the division shifted to Holland. In March 1945 it supported the Rhine drive through Uerdingen and Rheinhausen, then was attached to the 2nd Armored Division from March 29 to April 2. In the Ruhr campaign Task Force Faith, built around the 377th, reduced the Ruhr-Moehne pocket from April 7 to April 12.