387^th Infantry Regiment

The 387th Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Swift, Texas, on February 25, 1943, and trained with the 97th Infantry Division before deploying overseas. It sailed on February 19, 1945, reached France on March 1, and crossed into Germany on March 28. Attached to the 78th Infantry Division from April 4 to April 6, it entered combat as the 97th relieved forces along the south bank of the Sieg River and took over its division zone.

During the Ruhr Pocket operation the 387th followed the 386th's April 7 assault crossing of the Sieg and advanced as the division drove north against compressed German resistance. While the 303rd fought through Siegburg, the regiment moved through densely wooded and strongly defended terrain toward the Wupper and Duesseldorf. The 13th Armored Division passed through the 97th's sector, but the infantry still had to clear bypassed positions and secure communications behind the armored thrust. On April 15 the 387th and 386th reached the Berg Neukirchen-Burscheid railway. The division cleared Solingen on April 17 and entered Duesseldorf on April 18.

The 387th then shifted east with the division to the German-Czechoslovak frontier, relieving cavalry elements along the As-Arzberg line. On April 25 the 387th and 386th attacked toward Cheb, and the division took the city the next day. The regiment captured Cheb Airfield on April 28, giving the 97th a specific objective beyond the border town itself. In the final attack toward Pilsen on May 5, the 387th served as the center regiment between the 303rd and 386th. The division seized Trstenice, Chodova Plana, Plana, and Bor, invested Stribro, and stood near Konstantinovy Lazne when hostilities ended.