Posted by Gregg Sales --Previous Message--
on 12/18/2006, 12:28 pm, in reply to "Re: Company C"
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Roddy, thanks so much for your reply. I don't know if mistyped or was mistaken. I confirmed that he was actually in Company B. Does anyone have info on Company B?
: Gregg-I can give you general information about
: Co. C. It was a rifle company composed of
: about 150 men divided into squads of 8 men
: armed primairly with the MI Garand rifle-
: but also some Browning Automatic Rifles for
: rapid fire and some 60 mm. mortars for
: indirect fire. A rifle company is of course
: the "work-horse" of an Infantry
: Regiment. Leads in action-gets the most
: casualties on a percentage basis of any war
: time unit- in otherwords takes and holds the
: ground. I was in a Heavy Weapons
: Company-heavy mortars & mach. guns-but
: we did not lead the charge. C. company means
: he was in the ist Battalion of the 114th
: Inf. Reg. Most tasks were assigned by
: battalion strength so his company would have
: cooperated mostly with A-B-D companies of
: the 114th. A History of the 44th Div. might
: give a record of specific actions of his
: battalion & or Company. Hope this is of
: some use to you-regards--Roddy
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: My uncle, James Howard Morrow, was a member
: of
: Co. C 114th Inf. I can find information
: about other companies but not his. Can
: anyone tell me about Company C? How many
: men? What was their task? What was their
: relationship to other companies? Thanks.
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