General Orders 1946 - Fort Benning

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No. 101 I WAR DEPABTUEWT
W.wnrriuTou 2b. 10 September 1946.
Section
UATELAN ARMY AIR FIELD. DATELAN, ARIZONA--Change in status ........ I
MII.ITARP ESTABLIS~NT-M~SS~LI~~PP~ Ordmnce Plant. Jaekson. Mlssiasipy~
dlscontln~ed ............................................................ 11
OFFICER'S REPLACEMENT POOL-Army Alr Fomes. Looisvllle. Kentucky.
discontimed . 111
REGIONAL HOSPITALArm9 Air Forces, Greensboro. North Carolina, dia-
COntinOEd .............................................................. IV
RITTLE HONORS-Cttationa ol UolQ ....................................... V
ILDATELAN ARMY AIR FIELD, DATELAN. ARIZONA-Cflcctire a8 of
27, dzlgust 1940, the Datelan Army Air Field. Datelan, Arizona, is withdrawn
from the category of surplus, classified a class 111 installntion, and placed under
the jurisdiction of the Commanding General, Army H r Foma.
[AG 602 (30 Ang 4611
II..MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT-Effect* ns of 15 Awgust 1946. the Uis~
sissippi OMnance Plant, Jackson, Mississippi, is discontinued as a military iustallation.
IAG 080.1 (4 SOD 46) 1
ZIILOFFICER'S REPLACEMENT POOGEWect4ue as of 7 June ,1946, the
Army Air Forces Officer's Replacement Puoi, Louisville, Kentucky, is discou-
tinurd.
[AG 322 (29 Auy: 46) I
ZY.-REGIONAL HOSPITAdEffectZue aa of 98 ReBruaru 1946, the Army Air
Forces Regionnl Hospital, Greensboro, North Carolina, is discontinued.
LAB 322 (29 lug 461 1
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V..BATTLE HONORS-As authorized by Executive Order 9396 (sec. I, WU
Bul. 22, 1943), superseding Executive Order g(Yi6 (,wc. 111. WD Bul. 11, 1942).
citations of the following units in the general orders indicated are confirmed
under the Provisions of section IV, WD Circular 333, 1943, in the nnmc of the
Presdynt of the United States as public evidence of deserved honor and rlistin&
fi&& he citations read as follows:
,;.;-I. The 1st Battalion, 897th Il~fantw Regiment, is cited for outstanding ne-
t;,, eomplishment in combat during the wried 5 to 11 April 1045, in the vicinity
5.2. ' of Hcilbronn. Germany. Crossing the Neckar River by assault boat under heavy
fire, the 1st Hattalion secured a bridgehead in the face of unyielding resistance
and inaugurated its block-by-block, house-by-house, and even room~by-room
conquest of the key rail city of IIeilbronn. Deadly cross-fire from automatic
wenpons emplnced in rubble heaps and cellars of ruined buildings slowed the
attack: snipers in countless vantage points constantly harassed our troans; and
thickly wooded hills on three sides afforded the enemy perfect observation for
the direction of ail types of artillery Bre. Yet despite fanatical resistnnce,
the 1st Battalion continued its implacable advance, repulsing repeated tank-
iufmtry counterattacks and destroying group after group of infiltrating enemy
infantry. Supporting armor and tank destroyers were sped across the river
by a hastily installed pontoon bridge, which was as quickly demolished by nrtiller~
Grc; casualties were evacuated and supplies brought forward by ferry under
cootinuous shelling: and on 11 April, after 7 days of the most savagely prosecuted
fighting on the entire western front, the 1st BattaUon, 897th Znfantru Regiment,
~i~.tu;?lly completed Its capture of the city, because of the individual bravery
aco hn-sent. ?05568'-46