393^rd Infantry Regiment

The 393rd Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Van Dorn, Mississippi, on November 15, 1942, and trained with the 99th Infantry Division before moving through Camp Maxey, England, France, Belgium, and into Germany by November 12, 1944. It entered its first combat campaign on the V Corps front between Schmidt and Monschau. During the hard December attack toward the Roer and Urft dams, the 393rd held part of the division line south of the 395th. When the Ardennes counteroffensive opened on December 16, German attacks struck across the division front; a penetration developed between two 393rd companies, and battalions of the regiment later formed blocking positions north of Rocherath and withdrew through Wirtzfeld toward the Elsenborn ridge line under artillery support.

After rebuilding on the front, the 393rd attacked into the Elsenbuechel Woods, its first renewed offensive action, east of Elsenborn on January 30, 1945, and helped gain the Monschau Forest objectives by February 1. In March it crossed the Erft at Glesch, took Neurath, and helped bring the division to the Rhine. At Remagen it crossed into the bridgehead, attacked on the southern flank, and with the 395th reached objective heights west of the Wied. On March 22 the 393rd and 395th crossed the Wied, advanced past Kurtscheid, and helped cut the Cologne-Frankfurt highway near Willroth. Continuing behind armor, the regiment cleared to the Dill River line northwest of Wetzlar and relieved armored elements at the Asslar-Hermannstein crossing.

In April the 393rd joined the Ruhr Pocket assault, taking Wingeshausen and crossing the Lenne as the pocket collapsed. Shifted south, it crossed the Danube at Eining on April 27, expanded the bridgehead after combat, and crossed the Isar at Landshut on April 30-May 1. It drove with the division toward Vilsbiburg, Velden, and the Inn as organized resistance ended.