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B Company 329th IR HQ Positions During Normandy Campaign July 1944 For B Co, 329 IR we start off with comments and then nothing. Looks like there was a change in who was doing the Morning Reports. 

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E Company 330th IR HQ Positions During Normandy Campaign July 1944

E Company 330th IR HQ Positions During Normandy Campaign July 1944

I recently had a very nice note from someone whose father was in E Co 330 IR during July and August, 1944.  So I thought, I don’t necessarily have to go from A to M, 329 to 331.  So here is E Co. 330 IR, July, 1944.

I had an pleasantly different problem here with E Co. 330 IR. Whoever was doing the Morning Reports took full and ample advantage of the Record of Events.  I had trouble making it all…

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Position of 1 Bn, 330 IR from 28 July to 31 July, 1944, around le Lorey

Position of 1 Bn, 330 IR from 28 July to 31 July, 1944, around le Lorey

I had someone interested in seeing just when, what units of the 83 ID were where, around le Lorey. This seemed like an interesting way to look at things.  Once I had it done though, I thought that a day by day visualization would be less busy, easier to follow; but then I thought again, what was wanted, was to see where everything was around a certain point and what I had worked well for that. An…

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A Company, 229th IR HQ Positions During Normandy Campaign I finally got another company campaign map done.  I decided to go back to A Co, 329 IR and should should follow along in order.  

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F Company, 229th IR HQ Positions During Normandy Campaign

F Company, 229th IR HQ Positions During Normandy Campaign

It’s been a very long time since I posted; I know; been moving around a lot and there was no really good place to work.  I’ve also been playing with what to do next after finishing the overlays I have permission to publish.  I finally decided to take the Morning Reports and using them to mark Company Headquarter positions.  It seems logical to begin by doing a map for each company and then see…

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15 July, 1944, 16:00 1st & 3rd Bn Progress against Remily-sur-Lozon

So now we come to the final overlay in my possession.  We saw the objectives for the day for the 1st and 3rd Bn, 330 IR, July 15th.  Here we have progress as of 16:00.

I thought with this nice display of company positions this overlay deserved a zoom-in. So I cropped the full overlay and included it below the first.

July 15, 1944, 16:00 Progress of 1st & 3 Bn against Remily-sur-Lozon

July 15,…

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15 July 1944, 330 Infantry Regiment, Objectives for 1st and 3rd Battalions

15 July 1944, 330 Infantry Regiment, Objectives for 1st and 3rd Battalions

Ya, I know, big delays.  Sorry. We’ve been on the move again and with threats of having to move the big tent. Fortunately, for now, the big tent stays put, otherwise I’d be out of touch for a lot longer.

Here we have the first of two overlays for 15 July.  I had thought this one was the last, but I see that there is one more that I had thought was just a detail from this one, but I see it has new…

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14 July, 330 IR Near Sainteny

14 July, 330 IR Near Sainteny

This single overlay for 14 July shows the 330 IR pulled back but in a defensive set up to the north-east of Sainteny; very much in line with what we saw with the last two overlays for 13 July. As the regimental journal says for this overlay, “Defense areas to use in an emergency.”

We also get a position for the 329 IR HQ, the 330 IR HQ, as well the 1 Bn, 329 IR HQ.  Though the positioning of…

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13 July 2100, 3Bn 330 IR, Moves into Position in Rear between Sainteny, Culot, and Hottot By evening of 13 July 3rd Bn, 330 IR has moved back behind the line, closer to 2nd Bn, close to Sainteny.

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13 July 2000, 2Bn 330 IR, Moves into Reserve near Sainteny Another 13 July overlay.  This is fairly straight forward.  2 Bn, 330 IR moves back into reserve between Sainteny and Culot.  

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13 July 1700, 1Bn 330 IR, Definition of New Positions Near les-Champs-de-Losque

This second to last overlay for 13 July suddenly jumps further south and east.  So we are off the map.  If this continues I’ll have to dig up the map sheets to the east of what I’ve got; if not, I’ll just let it go since the 83 ID related information on this overlay is still on the map. This overlay was the one that made me realize that the date given for Journal entry wasn’t necessarily the date…

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13 July 1400 330 IR 01 Bn Position & State of Taute River Bridges Another 13 July overlay.  This one some time around 1400.  I'm not sure because there are two times on the overlay.  

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13 July 1200 330 IR Fire Instructions for C Co. 802 Tank Destroyer Battalion

13 July 1200 330 IR Fire Instructions for C Co. 802 Tank Destroyer Battalion

This next overlay is for 13 July,  I think.  It has instructions for the field of fire for C Co. 802 Tank Destroyer Battalion for 0900, 12 July, and then for 1200, 12 July OR 13 July.  Not sure why the choice.  Maybe it is clarified in the other reports.  We shall see. Obviously this is in getting ready for the crossing of the Taute River marshes.

    13 July 1200 330 IR AT Fire Instructions

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13 July 1100 330 IR

13 July 1100 330 IR

The second 13 July overlay seems to show what’s happened by 1100.  We actually have positions for G Co., B Co. & C Co. It will be interesting to see where the morning reports for 13 July show for these companies.

We have G Co. at St-André-de-Boh0n and le Port while B Co. and C Co. are working their way though le Moulin.  le Port gives them control of the north end of the causeway across the River…

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13 July 0900 Objectives 330 IR Again, apologize for taking so long to get back.  We had to move camp.  Will be in Brazil for a while; I hope to finish off what overlays I have for the 330th Infantry Regiment.  

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12 July 1944 330 IR Plans for the day & then with intelligence?

12 July 1944 330 IR Plans for the day & then with intelligence?

Right.  It’s been awhile.  I have 2 overlays, the last 2, from 12 July 1944. They are related on each other, but which is the original and which is the continuation, I’m not sure.  Only one is marked as part of the Journal. And there are things on the first that aren’t on the second (the order being as they appear in this blog), and I wasn’t aware these things could be erased.

Still, very…

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12 July 1944 330 IR 3 Bn Patroling

12 July 1944 330 IR 3 Bn Patroling

Still on July 12th.  Because of some confusion about the next overlay I was set to do I had to go back into the 330 IR journal document and found this little gem that I guess I had previously considered to be to unimportant to include, or that that I just missed.  As an lonely overlay, all my itself, it is pretty unimpressive.  Some almost illegible text and some squiggles. But of course in the…