Dr. Walt’s Latest World War II Blogs

On March 31, the weather turned cloudy and cold, but the men of the 30th [Infantry Division] were given a time of rest over the Easter […]

The next plan was to cross the Main River, a barrier nearly as wide as the Rhine, which called for another spearhead by the 30th Infantry.[1]

In one village, a German civilian met the GIs with a white surrender flag and escorted them to a large wooden building, where they found a […]

Under cloudy skies at Lampertheim, five miles inland from the [Rhine] river, the regrouped enemy offered the most resistance of the day.[1]

The 30th Infantry Regiment, with Phil’s 3rd Battalion in the lead, covered sixty miles in three days to assemble directly west of Mannheim and the Rhine […]

On March 20, 1945, the 30th Infantry attacked and quickly cleared Zweibrücken, which had been nearly flattened by an Allied bombing raid a few days earlier.[1]

The grinding, slashing, grueling fight [into Germany] continued for several days, made more difficult when the retreating Germans demolished every bridge in the path of the […]

As a warming sun cleared the eastern horizon, the 30th Infantry received tremendous support from the air. When a 1,600-yard breach had been effected, Phil and his Love […]