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

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60th I FA TRY RIEGIIVIENT History The birTh OT The 6OTh InTanTry RegimenT Took place aT GeTTysburg NaTional Park, Ra., on I0 June I9I7, by auThOrizaTion OT Congress on 3 June I9I7. WiTh per- sonnel Trom The 7Th InTanTry Division Torming The nucleus Tor The Cadre Corps OT The RegimenT, The UniT moved To Camp Greene, NorTh Carolina, Tor inTensive Training. I'Iere, They were assigned TO The newly organized 9Th Brigade, 5Th Division. This assOciaTiOn was TO cOnTinue Throughoulr World War I. WORLD WAR I On I6 April I9I8, The 6OTh InTanTry RegimenT sailed Trom T'lOboken, New Jersey wiTh elemenTs OT The IJniT landing aT Liverpool, England, and ST. Nazaire, France, 28-29 April I9l8. The EspriT de Corps and TighTing gualiTies OT This newly Tormed UniT were Torcibly brOughT TO The aTTenTiOn OT The World by Their Tierce deTerminaTion in aTTecTing The crossing OT The lvleuse River on 5 November I9I8. I Company, commanded by CapTain E. C. AllwOrTh, reinTOrced by The remainder OT The 3rd BaTTaIiOn, leap- Trogged over The 2nd BaTTalion, in The Tace OT sTrong enemy arTillery Tire, Tor The TirsT successTul allied crossing Over The Ivleuse River. General Pershing reTerred TO This acTiOn as One OT The mosT brillianT TeaTs in The hisTory OT The American Army in France. CapTain AllworTh received The highesT miliTary award, The Congressional Ivledal OT I-IOnOr, and HI Company was ciTed by The U. S. Army. llAmericals greaTesT dOughbOy, so sTaTed General Pershing, OT anoTher member OT The 6OTh InTanTry, namely CapTain Sam WOodTill. During The MeuseeArgOnne OT- Tensive in November I9I8, M Company, 3rd BaTTaliOn, under CapTain WoooITilI, Tound iT impossible To advance againsT The enemy due To a series OT machine gun nesTs. Singlehandedly, CapTain WoodTill, eguipped wiTh a sharpshOoTer riTle inched his way Torward, and one by one desTroyed The machine gun nesTs, killing I9 OT The enemy. For This exTraordinary TeaT OT heroism, CapTain WoOdTill was awarded The Congressional Medal OT I-Ionor. Following The ArmisTice, The 6OTh InTanTry perTOrmed occupaTion duTies in Luxembourg unTiI 6 July I9I9, when iT embarked Tor New York, landing I9 July I9I9. ATTer discharging a large porTiOn OT iTs personnel The RegimenT shipped To Camp Gordon, and Tinally To Camp Jackson, SouTh Carolina where iT was inacTivaTed 2 SepTember I92I. The inacTive Regimenlr remained assigned To The 5Th Division unTiI I5 AugusT I927, iTs assignmenT was changed Tor a six year period To The 8Th Division. The 5Th Division released The 6OTh InTanTry Trom assignmenT when The IaTTer was reacTivaTed IO AugusT I94-O. I:OrT Bragg, NorTh Carolina was The permanenT sTaTiOn aT This Time, and assignmenT was To The 9Th Division.

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WORLD WAR ll The 6OTh lnTanTry was desTined To conTinue iTs glorious war record achieved in W.W. l. As a UniT oT The 9Th Division, The 6OTh lnTanTry was singled ouT To Take parT in one oT The TirsT major oTTensives by an American Force in W.W. ll. During Two years OT inTensive Training Trom l94O To l942, The 6OTh lnTanTry was To earn Tor iTselT, a well earned repuTaTion as one oT The TinesT and mosT eTTicienT combaT Teams in The U. S. Army. IT also received a nick- name Go-Devils. ATTer compleTing amphibious maneu- vers in l942, The 6OTh embarked aT l-lampTon Roads. Va., arriving in NorTh ATrica on 8 November I942. ShorTly aTTer arrival The 6OTh CombaT Team was given The mission oT securing and holding The airporT serving The Town oT PorT LyauTey, N. A. This mission was compleTed aTTer 3 days oT combaT. The RegimenT reTurned To The 9Th Division locaTed in lviamora ForesT, souTh OT PorT LyauTey, French Morocco, where iT remained unTil Jan- uary I943. On I8 February I943 The 6OTh was ordered To move Toward Tunisia, and Take up posiTions in The viciniTy oT ThelepTe and Feriania recenTly vacaTed by The enemy. March I943 The 6OTh lnTanTry reverTed To a combaT Team and wenT inTo acTion againsT The enemy when iT was ordered To ioin The lsT Armored Division. Fully moTorized, The 6OTh CombaT Team aTTacked The well- TorTiTied enemy posiTion oT Diebel Goussa, a hill mass dominaTing The rail line running To The sea near STaTion De Sened. The place everybody ToughT Tor and nobody wanTed. The 6OTh launched iTs aTTack during The nighT and was singularly successTul. Company G, under The Command oT CapTain Wil- lard H. Barnwell, was ordered To police up The area near De Sened. Enemy arTillery coming Trom This Town was causing a greaT deal oT disTurbance. CapTain Barnwell wiTh PrivaTe lvloloTov, issued an ulTimaTum To The enemy garrison in Sened, Surrender or be wiped ouTf This was ignored by The enemy, whereupon G Company, wiTh lsT Armored ArTillery supporT, aTTacked Sened. This bold move caused The enemy To surrender. By audaciTy and quick acTion G Company killed or capTured nearly a BaTTalion oT The enemy and iTs supporTing arms. In April I943, The elemenTs oT The 6OTh CombaT Team were reTormed aT Bon Chebka, on The Tunicia-Algeria drive norTh, and The baTTle oT Sedienane Valley. WiTh The Corps Franc d ATrique, The RegimenT ToughT iTs way To BizerTe. Here, The RegimenT remained unTil 29 July, when iT sailed Tor Sicily, landing aT Palermo, lTaly. In The Sicilian Campaign, The 6OTh CombaT Team was called inTo acTion by The 9Th Division Commander on 5 AugusT I943. The German ArTillery Trom Troiana, had halTed The aTTack oT The IsT Division Tor 3 days. The 6OTh execuTed a Tlanking movemenT on The Germans in Troiana, by aTTacking and Taking MonTe PelaTo.