Posted by Allan Wilford Howerton
on June 12, 2009, 3:21 pm, in reply to "William F. Penker"
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Per the 84th Division roster, T/Sgt. William F. Penker of Richmond Hills, Long Island, New York was a member of Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 335th Infantry. He served during all three of the division’s campaigns (Rhineland, Ardennes, and Central Europe). Although I am not aware of a flame thrower unit as such, flame throwers were used mainly against German fortified pillbox defenses in the Siegfried Line but also against other heavily-fortified positions. As a Tech Sergeant he would have been the principal noncommissioned officer in a headquarters company platoon.
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Story of a 3rd Bn-335 Company
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