30th Division encampment in Engl


30th Division encampment in England WW2
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117th Infantry Regiment, 30th Division	1. A light machine gun team fires through a hole they've knocked in a wall during a firefight in Kohlsched, Germany on October 16, 1944. The gunner, Private Victor Henry, had seen a group of German soldiers inside a barn about 300 yards away. He's busy putting fire on the barn in this scene. The men belonged to Company K, 3rd Battalion, 119th Infantry, 30th Division.
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	119th Regiment
Men of the 120th Inf. Regt., 30th Infantry Division, passing through a German village, as they move up to the front lines near Warden, Germany. Stamped on back "US Army Photo 21 Nov 1944".
	photograph depicting men from the American 30th Infantry Division in a firefight somewhere east of the Rhine River at the end of March, 1945. The soldier second from the right has just been shot.
A photo of Pfc. Edward Nobles of Chadbourn, N.C., manning his 30 Cal machine gun near Pont, Belgium. He is with Co. D, 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Division, 119th Inf. Regt. Stamped on back "US Army Photo 1/17/45". Penciled on back "Saga #56 - #57 Sept 1963". This photo was used in that publication. This is a later photo print of the original, no later than the 50's or early 60's, since it came from the collection of a man who wrote magazine articles at that time.	soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 120th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division, taking German soldiers prisoner near Krauthausen, Germany on the afternoon of February 23, 1945. The 30th took part that day in Operation Grenade, the combat assault across the Roer River that gave the 9th Army a bridgehead into Germany that was soon used as a springboard to the Rhine River.

	76mm gunned M-4 Shermans cover a group of 30th Division troops as they advance into Braunschweger, Germany on April 10, 1945.
photograph depicting a platoon of GI's from the 30th "Old Hickory" Infantry Division crossing the Roer River on February 23, 1945 during Operation Grenade. The 30th Infantry Division ranked as one of the elite line units produced by the U.S. Army during	A photo showing William Loveland and Ashley Petit of the 30th Infantry Division aiming a flame thrower at a German pillbox north of Aachen, Germany. They are named on back. Stamped on back "US Army Photo 11/5/44". This is a later photo print of the original, no later than the 50's or early 60's, since it came from the collection of a man who wrote magazine articles at that time.
unlucky American combat engineer who drew the delightful task of probing for mines along a road leading to St. Vith, Belgium that had already claimed numerous American vehicles, which can be seen half-buried in the snow in the background. The GI is Private William Bouck, and he belonged to the 291st Engineer Battalion of the 30th Infantry Division. The photo was taken January 21, 1945.	WWII GIs Unload Jeep From Landing Craft Tracked Alligator Amphibian Duck On Normandy Invasion Beach Photograph Removed From An Album The Jeep is IDed to the 1st Battalion 120th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division. The 30th came ashore in Normandy on 10-15 June 1944, spearheaded the St Lo breakthrough and kept in the forefront all the way into Belgium, Holland and into Germany. It was the first unit of the Allied troops to enter Belgium and Holland. Its first mission on landing in France was to secure the high ground north of the Vire et Taute Canal.
Congressional Medal of Honor Station held at Hurleyville Ny - July 10, 2004 - Honoring Francis S Currey. FRANCIS S. CURREY, Sergeant, U.S. Army, Company K, 120th Infantry, 30th Infantry Division. Place and date: Malmedy, Belgium, 21 December 1944. Entered service at: Hurleyville, N.Y. Birth: Loch Sheldrake, N.Y. G.O. No.: 69, 17 August 1945. Citation: He was an automatic rifleman with the 3d Platoon defending a strong point near Malmedy, Belgium, on 21 December 1944, when the enemy launched a powerful attack. Overrunning tank destroyers and antitank guns located near the strong point, German tanks advanced to the 3d Platoon's position, and, after prolonged fighting, forced the withdrawal of this group to a nearby factory. Sgt. Currey found a bazooka in the building and crossed the street to secure rockets meanwhile enduring intense fire from enemy tanks and hostile infantrymen who had taken up a position at a house a short distance away. In the face of small-arms, machinegun, and artillery fire, he, with a companion, knocked out a tank with 1 shot. Moving to another position, he observed 3 Germans in the doorway of an enemy-held house. He killed or wounded all 3 with his automatic rifle. He emerged from cover and advanced alone to within 50 yards of the house, intent on wrecking it with rockets. Covered by friendly fire, he stood erect, and fired a shot which knocked down half of 1 wall. While in this forward position, he observed 5 Americans who had been pinned down for hours by fire from the house and 3 tanks. Realizing that they could not escape until the enemy tank and infantry guns had been silenced, Sgt. Currey crossed the street to a vehicle, where he procured an armful of antitank grenades. These he launched while under heavy enemy fire, driving the tankmen from the vehicles into the house. He then climbed onto a half-track in full view of the Germans and fired a machinegun at the house. Once again changing his position, he manned another machinegun whose crew had been killed; under his covering fire the 5 soldiers were able to retire to safety. Deprived of tanks and with heavy infantry casualties, the enemy was forced to withdraw. Through his extensive knowledge of weapons and by his heroic and repeated braving of murderous enemy fire, Sgt. Currey was greatly responsible for inflicting heavy losses in men and material on the enemy, for rescuing 5 comrades, 2 of whom were wounded, and for stemming an attack which threatened to flank his battalion's position.	It was taken of Major General Leland S. Hobbs, Commanding General of the 30th Infantry Division, somewhere in Germany. Photo was taken on February 18, 1945
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photograph depicting an M-8 gun carriage supporting a platoon of infantry from the 30th Infantry Division as the unit advanced up a road near Vise, Belgium on September 11, 1944. Seconds after this photo was taken, the Germans opened fire on the GI's and tank. The troops belonged to Company K, 117th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division.
Original vintage ad from 1947 for U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force Recruiting Service. Photo: Technical Sergeant Freeman V. Horner, of Shamokin, Pa., was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for extraordinary courage in combat with the 30th Infantry Division in Germany in 1944. Recently, he enlisted in the Regular Army.	National Guard Heritage series print Battle for Mortain by Keith Rocco. In August 1944, after the Normandy invasion of June and subsequent breakout at St. Lo, in July, the German High Command was prepared for a massive counter-offensive in an attempt to throw the Allied Armies back into the sea. Hitler, and his generals, moved massive amounts of armor and infantry to the area of Mortain, France, 150 miles west of Paris. At H-Hour, 7 August 1944, the troops of the XLVII Panzer Corps rolled forward in Operation Luttich with the 2nd SS Panzer Division headed directly for Mortain and Hill 317, a key terrain feature in the central sector of the attack, Above are depicted part of the Anti-tank Company, 3rd Battalion, 120th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division (N.C., S.C., Tenn.) during fighting on the second day. They had set up a roadblock adjacent to Hill 317, where the 2nd Battalion, 120th Infantry was dug in directly north of Mortain. The crews, manning the 57mm anti-tank guns, and troops of the 2nd Battalion with anti-tank rockets, were responsible for destroying over 40 vehicles during the action and stopped the German onslaught in the area. On the 7th of August, the roadblock and Hill 317 were surrounded and bypassed by the main body of German forces. The group surrounded on Hill 317, commanded by Capt. Reynold Erichson -- about 700 men -- were protected by a ring of artillery fire from the 35th Infantry Division artillery and fighter-bomber sorties flown by the 2nd Tactical Air Force RAF. This kept the Germans from taking Hill 317 and stopped the momentum of the counterattack in the area on the first day. The 35th Infantry Division, attacking the German penetration from the southwest, relieved the besieged troops at noon on 12 August. In one of the outstanding small-unit achievements of the war in Europe, the defenders held out for six days, sustained 300 casualties, but denied the enemy a key objective. For their valiant actions on Hill 317, the 120th Infantry Regiment was awarded a Presidential Unit Citation. This proud fighting tradition of the 30th Infantry Division is perpetuated by the 30th Infantry Brigade, North Carolina Army National Guard
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	1. A 30th ID patrol, supported by an M4 Sherman tank, pushing into Braunschweiger, Germany on April 10, 1945. 2. A 30th ID flame thrower team torches a pillbox in November, 1944, north of Aachen, Germany. 3. Citizens of Louviers, France, greet the 30th ID as their town is liberated on August 29, 1944. 4. A knocked out M4 Sherman and a Stug III assault gun mark the end of a fierce battle for Tampone, France on August 2, 1944. 5. A 143rd Infantry, 30th ID GI checks out a knocked out Sherman outside of Herrlisheim, France in February, 1945. 6. A 30th ID patrol moves through a forest near Haulthausen, Germany on March 25, 1945. 7. A 30th ID Browning .30 caliber machine gun crew covers a castle just inside of Germay. 8. A 30th ID patrol encountered this enormous 15 inch howitzer near Nusa, Germany on April 2, 1945. 9. A 30th ID squad relaxes inside a German castle on the Dutch-German border during a short lull in the fighting on October 4, 1944. 10. An exhausted and filthy group of 30th ID GI's shave between patrols in Eastern France in November, 1944.

	He's wearing a Bronze Star, Good Conduct, and ETO campaign ribbons.
An Original and Authentic WWII Chemical Mortar Smoke Hides 30th Infantry Division Rhine River Attack Period Official News Captioned Wire Front Line Radio Transmission Photograph Dated 3.25.45. This photo was taken by Henry Griffin, one of the premier combat photographers of WWII.	Hello and thanks for dropping in. You are bidding on one lot of five 4x6, non-original photographs depicting the legendary 30th Infantry Division in action during the campaing in Western Europe 1944-45. The 30th ID became the elite infantry outfit in Europe during the war. Its men performed superbly from the moment it first entered combat until the final days as it fought through the remains of the Third Reich. Known as the "Workhorse of the Western Front" the 30th was actually a National Guard division composed of troops from Tennessee, North and South Carolina. These citizen-soldiers of the National Guard formed the spearpoint of the advance against the Germans in the West. #1. On March 24, 1945, the 9th Army assaulted across the Rhine River along with the rest of Montgomery's 21st Army Group. This photo was taken during the fighting on the east bank of the Rhine in the 30th ID's area. Here, a platoon of GI's from the 30th are under furious counter-fire from German defenders in the area. The soldier at left has just been wounded by machine gun fire. #2. Soldiers from the 30th ID guard German prisoners heading for the rear during the Roer River crossing on February 23, 1945. #3. A light machine gun team engages German defenders who are hunkered down in a barn about 300 yards away from their position behind a brick wall. The gunners belonged to Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 119th Infantry of the 30th ID. The photo was taken inside the German town of Kohlsched in October, 1944. #4. Elements of the 30th Infantry Division enter Mastricht, Holland with the support of a towed 57mm AT gun. The photo was taken in the fall of '44. #5. This photo was taken on September 11, 1944 in Vise Belgium. In it, a patrol from Kilo Company, 3-117th Infantry. 30th ID cautiously peers down a street while an M-5 Stuart waits to support their advance into the town. As soon as the men moved around the corner of the building, they came under heavy machine gun fire and a full-scale skirmish erupted for control of the town. The Germans were subsequently forced to withdraw..
	A photo showing a fog smoke-pot throwing up a smoke screen to conceal the crossing of the Roer River by troops of the 3rd Chemical Company, 30th Infantry Division, XIX Corps, U.S. Ninth Army. Stamped on back "US Army Photo 23 February 1945".
Caption American Army Private Paul Oglesby of the 30th Infantry Division stood before an altar in a damaged Catholic Church at Acerno, Italy, 23 Sep 1943 Photographer Benson Source United States National Archives Identification Code 111-SC-188691 Article(s) Linked to This Photo Event: Italian Campaign	WWII L-5 Artillery Spotter Aircraft Pilot 1Lt Ford Thompson Gets Air Medal From 30th Infantry Division Commander Major General Leland S Hobbs 12.10.44 Dated Signal Corps Official Captioned Period News Photograph