Posted by Allan Wilford Howerton On November 30, 1944 the 335th Infantry was involved in the battle for Lindern, Germany (general vicinity of Geilenkirchen). The Third Battalion,with Companies K and I leading, had captured Lindern with heavy losses in the early morning of November 29. Company L had fought its way into Lindern later in the day and set up defensive positions within the village itself backing up elements of companies K and I which were defending the town from across the railroad tracks. German counterattacks were made at various times and incoming artillery fire was persistent. The regimental after-action report notes: "Most of the early hours of the thirtieth were punctuated by counterattacks on the defensive positions of the 1st (Bn which had moved up on the left to reinforce companies K and I) and 3rd Bns. The most fierce was at 0520 after a saturation concentration of artillery. All were repulsed." Casualties were heavy. Pfc. Marguiles was most likely wounded during some aspect of this defensive operation. Lindern was the first offensive action of the war for the 335th's Third Battalion. The battle to hold it continued for several days. This was one of the most significant penetrations of the Siegfried Line as it opened the way for the crossing of the Roer River at nearby Linnich (Februsry 23, 1945) and the advance to the Rhine. The division history, "The 84th Infantry Division in the Battle of Germany" by Lt. Theodore Draper is out of print. However, used copies and reprints can often be found online through various Internet booksellers. My memoir, "Dear Captain, et al.: the Agonies and the Ecstasies of War and Memory" describes the battle for Lindern from the perspective of Company K and the Third Battalion.
Link: Dear Captain, et al.
on June 6, 2006, 2:48 pm, in reply to "335th campaigns/ WWII"
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If your father was Seymour Margulies he was a member of Company L, Third Battalion, 335th Infantry. The 84th Division roster notes only that his rank was Private First Class, that he was awarded a Purple Heart medal, and served during the Rhineland campaign. 124
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