Excerpt. Mentions the 372nd.
...23 - 25 December 1944
The Group moved to Luxembourg according to the plan given by the Group Commander, and by the evening of the 23rd, the CP was established in Moutfort in a building which was occupied by General Blucher, the Prussian Commander, immediately before the battle of Waterloo. The 2d Squadron CP was in Costingen, while the 42d was located in Dalheim. The Troops of each Squadron were disposed in the towns around their respective CP's. No attempt was made to relieve the elements of the 4th Infantry Division until the following morning.
As the Bulge was still bulging, in the wrong direction as far as the Americans were concerned, and likely to break out anew in any direction, the Second Cavalry was heavily reinforced for it's mission of screening and holding the east side of Luxembourg. At the time of it's arrival, there were attached to the Group the 808th TD Battalion, minus one Company, the 372nd Engineer GS Regiment, the 398th Engineer GS Regiment, and the 276th Armored Field Artillery Battalion; all of which comprised Task Force Reed. Additional artillery, the 255th and 775th FA Bn's, each commanded by a Lt. Col. Shepherd**, were in direct support. It was not an extremely large force, considering that just to the left of the TF from Echternach to Ettelbruck on the Sure river, very heavy fighting was even then in progress, and the issue was still very much in doubt. In fact, several large headquarters were keeping themselves well gathered, and it was rumored that USO girls in Luxembourg City were keeping their powder puffs packed....
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