Marne: Some geat pics. Many thanks. Cant help but wonder how many are with us now. Where were these pics taken? CA. WA, or where? I believe the 7th was at Vancouver, Ft. Lewis and Ft. Ord during this era ? No idea of where the 30th was then. Too early for this "youngster's" mind .
Hey Joe!
Thanks! Have you talked to Sherman in a while? Hows he doing? The pictures taken in this dinner menu were taken sometime I would ponder a guess in the November to early December time frame of 1941 just before their christmas dinner. I say that because a few of the photos show the infantry piping on the garrison caps and according to my research that regulation took effect in November of 1941. All the photos in the menu were taken of them while doing daily every day-to-day type activites and drill and formations while they were at the Presidio in San Francisco during the November to December time frame of 1941.
As for how many are still with us? I couldn't even being to say but heres their statistics:
U.S. 30th Infantry Regiment, U.S. 3rd Infantry Division
Campaigns:
WWI:
Champagne-Marne Defensive
Aisne-Marne Counter Offensive
Meuse-Argonne Offensive
WWII:
Algeria-French Morocco
Tunisia
Sicily
Naples-Foggia
Anzio
Rome-Arno
Southern France
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe
Constituted: Spring-Fall 1813
Unit: U.S. 30th Infantry Regiment, U.S. 3rd Infantry Division
Nickname: Friscans or Battle Boars
Unit Motto: Our Country, Not Ourselves
Days in Combat: 531
Theatres of Operation: Mediterranean and European
Casualties: 8,308
Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients: 12
Distinguished Service Cross Recipients: 39
Silver Star Recipients: 854
Bronze Star Recipients: 1,068
Legion of Merit Recipients: 29
Soldier's Medal Recipients: 28
Fedela to Salzburg Survivors of the U.S. 30th Infantry Regiment, U.S. 3rd Infantry Division:
Officers:
Regimental Headquarters: 9
1st Battalion Headquarters: 3
2nd Battalion Headquarters: 2
3rd Battalion Headquarters: 3
Dog Company: 3
Howe Company: 2
Love Company: 3
Mike Company: 1
Service Company: 5
Cannon Company: 3
Enlisted:
Regimental Headquarters: 57
1st Battalion Headquarters: 32
2nd Battalion Headquarters: 19
3rd Battalion Headquarters: 29
Able Company: 12
Baker Company: 14
Charlie Company: 9
Dog Company: 33
Easy Company: 6
Fox Company: 6
George Company: 6
Howe Company: 23
Item Company: 18
King Company: 6
Love Company: 13
Mike Company: 28
Anti-Tank Company: 44
Service Company: 74
Cannon Company: 57
Medical Detachment: 16
Officers: 33
Enlisted: 502
Regards,
MARNE