60^th Infantry Regiment

The 60th Infantry Regiment was activated at Fort Bragg on August 10, 1940, and trained for amphibious operations before sailing from Hampton Roads in October 1942. On November 8 it landed at Mehdia as the principal infantry regiment in the Port-Lyautey operation. Its battalions were assigned to seize coastal defenses, block the exits from Port-Lyautey, and capture the airfield. The landing developed into a confused, costly fight along the Sebou River and around the Kasba, but the airfield and port area were secured by November 10-11.

In Tunisia the regiment was temporarily attached to the 1st Armored Division and helped take Sened Station in March 1943. Shifted north with the 9th Division, it fought in the Jefna operation, taking Djebel Dardyss and then pushing through difficult country toward Kef en Nsour as German forces withdrew toward Bizerte. In Sicily the 60th Infantry landed on July 31 and later moved through the mountains north of Randazzo, with its 2nd Battalion entering Floresta as the Germans pulled back. The regiment then moved to England for the invasion of France.

Landing in Normandy on June 11, 1944, the 60th Infantry attacked toward Ste. Colombe and established a Douve bridgehead near Nehou during the drive that cut the Cotentin Peninsula. It fought on the left of the 9th Division in the Cherbourg fortification belt, attacked around Flottemanville and Bois du Mont du Roc, held the northern flank near Octeville, and joined the 47th Infantry in clearing Cap de la Hague. After the pursuit into Belgium, the regiment crossed into Germany, secured Kalterherberg, cleared Hoefen on the Hoefen-Alzen Ridge, and fought through the Huertgen Forest area to Road Junction 471. In 1945 it fought in the Roer-Urft dam operation, reached the Roer bank, followed the 39th Infantry after the Roer crossing, led the division across the Rhine, crossed the Wied, and overran Maegdesprung and Friedrichsbrunn in the Harz Mountains.