Dr. Walt’s Latest World War II Blogs

The cost of the Colmar battle was heavy on both sides. The [Allies’] 6th Army Group staff estimated American casualties around 8,000 and French losses about […]

And again the 3rd Infantry Division took up its Watch on the Rhine. Limited training was undertaken almost immediately as the Division outposted and patrolled, and […]

Phil, as a brand-new company commander, was put to the test the following two days when his Company L was caught in intense artillery concentrations while […]

As the brand-new company commander of Company L, 3rd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, and perhaps the youngest company commander in WWII,[1] Phil wrote […]

I’m continuing a blog on most days until mid 2025 following my father’s exploits and adventures during WWII. Each blog will represent what he and the […]

As the brand-new company commander of Company L, 3rd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, and perhaps the youngest company commander in WWII,[1] Phil and […]

Jumping off at 0100 hours on February 1, the 1st and 3rd Battalions [of the 30th Infantry Regiment] attacked under the advantage of “artificial moonlight”[1] through the […]

In the following days, all three regiments [of the 3rd Infantry Division, namely the 7th, the 30th, and the 45th Infantry Regiments] drove south several miles, […]

The average infantryman had the pockets of his combat jacket crammed with rations, shaving articles, pictures, cigarettes, candy, dry socks, writing paper and pens, and mess […]