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  Bulletin Board for 1st Battalion, 397th Infantry Regiment
I lost my father in 1971 due to a heart attack at age 49.
as stated above, fought at Bettviller, France on Dec 30, 1944 and with 5-6 other men, was awarded the Bronze Star.
In the 100th Division "Story of the Century", he is actually listed as being part of Cannon Company, but I suspect he was reassigned, possibly due to...
www.military.com /HomePage/UnitPageBulletinBoard/1,13492,101145,00.html   (298 words)

  
 History of 212th AFA in ETO: Chap 6, To the Rhine
First came a prelude of some 1400 rounds on March 15th.
A short pursuit was next as the Germans hurried behind their wall, and for the next two days displacements replaced firing; on March 16 the battalion moved to Bettviller first, then to Ormesviller, and the following day displaced across the German border to Altheim.
There all the battalion's previous shooting records were eclipsed, as the battle got into the teeth of the Siegfried Line.
www.super6th.org /MA212TH/2126rhin.htm   (1032 words)

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