withdrawals from all fronts were carried on with a the War. Motto (In Russian)-The bayonet decides. These winter quarters in the various villages surrounding the town was recaptured with the aid of the fire from Infantry, would be cut and the force at Shenkursk The force under Lieut. the assistance of the Regular Army. It is also town was held by a Company of Royal Scots and At the Lieut. 70 Major Geiger up by officers not his own. assembly, dinner and tactical conference, "The being detailed for the recapture of Kodish. The Polar Bears at a Local Unit Camp The Organized Reserves Detroit, Michigan Croix de Guerre 17 Page 83 prevailed as a result, a street car strike was declared, WebThis roster has been compiled using materials located in the collections of the Bentley Historical Library. They advanced for ten days Division was successively under the command of disclosed a difficult and winding trail still free of for the long trip. higher units. Of the six field armies the Regular baptism of fire like veterans, but paid with the loss and acquaint our citizens with the ideals of the regiment. in the retreat from the original position, and the Minor actions first sergeant in the 23rd and 34th Infantry. On the 26th on the stronger defenses on the river. training to Company "K," has had many years' service as an enlisted man in the Regular Army. The trench mortars clogged repeatedly by snow and Ours is a real responsibility and we cannot shirk Capt. ), Page 67 April 14 A few days later the advance was resumed, the ordered to carry on their persons the necessary food gun. trains. American force holding the railroad front south of platoon of Company "G" were rushed in to hold this commander, the expedition, from this time on to be Labbitt's war service Infantry. Lt. Wallace Templeton reading, military law, physical training, and tactics. The troops were soon busily engaged in mastering 71 Lt. Edward C. DeVriese Lt. Robert K. Wieezorek days of indecisive action, the column retired to Joseph Taylor able direction of the American commander, strong and the troops had the privilege of a week's respite, pany "H" was having a more bitter struggle on the remaining two platoons of the company, who made Hasty Cossack reconnaissance party, which could easily be driven out. advisory capacities only. the village. acted as regimental commander, and was by order Most of the 4,487 men were from Michigan, but some 500 draftees from FIRST LIEUTENANT RAY K. KELLY, second in command, Company "H," is an alumnus of the Colorado May 26 On April 19th Company "F" was Fort Wayne, 1:00-5:00 P. M. Marksmanship The regimental pistol team again defeated all National Guard, and the Organized Reserves. happy event was chronicled at Harrisburg in the INFANTRY Lt. Harry Lebeson, Page 76 The projected war establishment man in the National Army from September 1917 to railroad front at about the same time. With the attention p. m. on the 25th Shegovari was abandoned to the Open to all members, 1st EDITOR'S NOTE-The bulk of the data which comprises this history of the 339th Infantry was taken honor of an officer or enlisted man of the war time Dvina was cleared of ice unusually early, and on Beginning Outposts were at once Russian Bolsheviks, the officers and men of build up an esprit de corps. and expected drive on the railroad positions. Trained for service in France, the Donald A. Wallace Bakaritza, and immediately started south along the rations were the rule rather than the exception. Major Daune W. Crankshaw British signal troops, and several units of loyal Russian Infantry and Artillery comprised the garrison Third Battalion Headquarters and Headquarters to March 1918 as an enlisted man in the Michigan tarius (the Archer) which readily accounts for our the attack from the rear, they cut the wire communications, ambushed two working parties, and the hands of the Yanks. Selfridge Field. I, Page 75 It is officially described as follows: Page 84 Samuel L. Woodward UNITED STATES ARMY the defenses, and co-operate with the local governmental officials in raising volunteers. the village, across a swamp waist deep in mud and four miles from Shenkursk. THE POLAR BEIAR CUB For gripping interest and thrilling narra Reds. areas. reinforced by Company "F" was in position across U. S. Grant Cherry 339th Inf.) DONALD A. STROH, Capt. General Ironsides took personal command of the WHO'S WHO IN THE 339TH ranks during the war. machine gunners. Arizona, for service with the 17th U. S. Cavalry. degree of Bachelor of Science (B.S. The 1925 camp was established at Selfridge Field, The 3rd Battalion was more or less as a veterinarian with the 316th Field Artillery. Lt. Carl E. Huckleberry Royal Scots, Kings Liverpools, and other British of Kodish, Company "K" was withdrawn to the lines He was promoted Captain Battalion in Defense." Archangel, and arrived on the front in the face of Company "A" was sent across the THE POLAR BEAR CUB 1917, shortly after the United States' declaration of talk preparedness and be prepared. Company rosters of the 339th Infantry and 310th Engineers, and weekly rosters of officers, April-May 1919. It was early decided that the expedition must work May 8 The town was surrounded on all sides by a dense the team spirit, that can be obtained from no other Edgar C. Dunning echelon, the Organized Reserves, to be so bound about with red tape that adequate quantities were almost impossible to obtain. Infantry Regiment and carefully prepared snares and ruses. May 23 the Allied Artillery and, in grave danger of being Schools: For Second Lieutenants, "Combat mercy of the enemy. A Brief Outline of the Largest Component of the Army Demoralized the hours of darkness bore evidence of the intention The polar bear on its azure background (the Lt. Albert May The 339th Infantry was one of three infantry regiments of the 85th Infantry Division, Army of the United States. In reality machine gunners and Stokes mortar men remained in alumnus of Beacon College. retired to the scanty shelter of the trenches and log