US Army Training Center - Yearbook (Fort Dix, NJ)

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In SepTember and OcTOber The regimenT pushed on Through The SiegTried Line in The viciniTy OT RoeTgen. Ger- many, To The l'luerTgen ForesT, where The easTern edge OT The TOresT was cleared and The NorTh-SOuTh road Trom The Duren CUT. The close OT I944 saw The 39Th in The area sOuTh OT Duren, and The German break Through, known as The BaTTle OT The Bulge, in Belgium deTeaTed. IT was on The high ground OT KalTerherberg ThaT TfSgT PeTer J. Dalessondro, who was one OT The many ouTsTanding and courageous men OT The 39Th InTanTry RegimenT, dis- played ExTraordinary I-IerOism in leading his pIaToon in The deTense OT an impOrTanT road iuncTion on The high ground which bounds The ciTy. SgT Dalessondro saved his company Trom a disasTrous deTeaT, buT was capTured in The eTTorT. I-Ie received The Congressional Medal OT Honor Trom Presi- denT Truman aTTer his release aT The end OT The war. In The monThs leTT OT The war in Europe, The 39Th moved Torward Thru wesTern Germany To Dessau and made cOnTacT wiTh The Russians in ThaT area aT The conclusion OT The war on 9 May I945. From May To OcTober I945 The 39Th was sTaTiOned aT Aichach, Germany, where The regimenT served as occupaTiOn Torces. From ThaT Time unTil June I946 The 39Th was sTaTioned aT Rosenheim, Germany and Then Bad Tolz where iT was deacTivaTed on 30 November I946. The 39Th InTanTry RegimenT was reacTivaTed Tor The second Time as a uniT OT The 9Th InTanTry Division, a newly Tormed Training division, on I5 July I947 aT ForT Dix, New Jersey. The 39Th, wiTh Col. Nelson I. Foolcs, InTanTry, as iTs presenT commanding oTTicer, has served since This Time as an imporTanT linlc in building a peaceTime army by providing new enlisTees wiTh The necessary ToundaTion Tor miliTary IiTe-basic Training. CAMPAIGNS CAMPAIGNS-WORLD WAR I. Aisne-Marne 2. Meuse-Argonne 3. Meuse River 4. Arclennes 5. Lorraine . ST. Mihigl f Q. 7. Champagne CAMPAIGNS-WORLD WAR II I., Algeria-French Morocco 2.. Tunisia-Sicily 3. Normandy 4. NorThern France 5. Ardennes-Alsace 6. Rhinelancl 7. CenTraI Europe

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HEADQ ARTERS 39thI FA TRY REGIIVIE T COL NELSON I. FOOKS MAJ WILLIAM A. DUBINSKI MAJ L. S. JOBE Isl L+ J. M. Balmer Cap? Horsl' K. Joosf Cap'I William B. Ross Capf Richard W. Secor Capl James J. Sergio Capl' Paul R. Sliclcel Isl L+ Paul W. Auslin Isl L+ Frazier M. Conway Isl LI' Jol1n A. Frederick Isl' L+ Thomas A. Grey Isl' L+ James C. Skinner 2nd L+ Rolaeri M. Griswold pm