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the last of Ofoher sW the all oming in very sle. All. personnal
noted a tenets. in the mall reeived, There was apparently nothing that
oould be don* by either the battalion or the Division to inorease the flow
of mail, as all the mall that the Division reoivod was distributed. -In
the middle of Novembr, chrieaz packaps began to arrive and all personnel
beuw oonvineed that the Ghritms paeokxgs mrselv lng tho regular mal
thanksgiving day was eslobratod by tho battalion vth business as
usual. A ration of tarhey ith all the frills that could be provided
foatuxed the neon Thanksgiving meal.
on SN ovember, 1944cmpansad aa cohanged positions* ny 0
joined 00mpaq U is tiring with tho 16th FIeld Artillery while m A
med into the orwr billets of Omp&z Co
The battalion tablo of organisation had been ehangpd in ealisted strength,
the Battalion T/b ant aetual strwngth as of 27 November 1944 was as followss
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14%the Battalion Vmined in the Vi elnltv of 0hmed,
on 1 oeember 1944 Major Leonard3. l
aln renaimed In eu of the battalion.
n was promoted to Lt. oClonul
Te battalio was alerted for movement, em 11 Deceter 1944 and together
with ierest o f 0 3*B Ot Arwred Divsios was attached to the nd It% flr
Division. Tho mission was parttipatton in an attok in the DreiboemUre with
the ultimate mision of ether destroying or eapturing dae on the eROT river,
The bttalion motVd from Sehiede, sL ewourg on 13 Dqoember 1944 and
maroled a distane of 24 miles to a bivouao area one (1) mile north east of
LignuvIlle. Beolgiu map reforenoo, Oentral Eupe, ,sheot fi 1, soale 1/I00,000
From 15 lesebur to lb Deoomber 1944. the battalon mained in the viciniy
of, Li euvilloe Delgium making nap studios and reonnaitsnno for the batliton'
proposed part in the attok. Six ot fiors from the Battalion were attaohed to V*
2nd infantry Division as observers.
At 02W0 hours 17 Deoeeber 1944, the battalion was alerted for immediteb
owmeit.At 55017 Deember 1944, the battlief awed from Lignevlle, Belgia
to ara a oe () mle east of Breitfld, Belgium marehing a distance of 41
miles. Rap reernces Osrny sheet *70:8. scale 1/56.000. The Battalion
aSd 00 '3' were attaehed to the 106th lntautuy Division.
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