411^th Infantry Regiment

The 411th Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana, on November 15, 1942, with the 103rd Infantry Division. After training in Louisiana and Texas, it staged at Camp Shanks, sailed from New York on October 6, 1944, and landed at Marseille on October 20. In November it entered the line near St. Die. With the 409th Infantry, it cleared the wooded hill mass between St. Die and the Taintrux valley from November 16 to 18, while the 410th held the left. For the Meurthe attack, the 411th held the division's right wing beside the 36th Infantry Division.

After the division crossed the Meurthe on November 20-21, the 411th forced a crossing of the eastern section of the river near Saulcy-sur-Meurthe on November 22 under heavy small-arms and machine-gun fire, then pushed north along Route N-59 toward St. Die. As VI Corps pursued through the Vosges, the regiment advanced through Le Hohwald and reached the western edge of Barr on November 27. Barr was strongly defended, and on November 28 the 411th fought house to house from the west while elements of the 14th Armored Division entered from the north and east. The town was cleared on November 29 after the foot infantry worked through the resistance that had checked the armor.

In December the 411th moved through Gundershoffen, advanced near Woerth with the 409th, and continued north toward the German border. At Climbach, a task force including Company C, 614th Tank Destroyer Battalion, defeated an armor-supported counterattack, though the tank destroyer platoon suffered severe losses. The regiment was attached to the 79th Infantry Division from January 19 to 21 during the Alsace defensive phase. In the final offensive it took Landsberg, moved through the Innsbruck area, and on May 4 reached Brenner Pass, making contact with the 88th Infantry Division from Italy.