A chronicle of the Second Battalion, 329th Infantry Regiment, 83d Infantry Division, involving five campaigns during World War II in the European Theater of Operations. It is a history of the Second Battalion as remembered and related by Granville Attaway Sharpe who was initially a company commander within the battalion, and then battalion commander of the unit. / In January, 1945 Granville Sharpe was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel at the age of twenty-four. He was the youngest infantry officer to hold that rank in the United States Army European Theater of Operations. He had landed on Omaha Beach as the commander of G Company, Second Battalion. After being wounded twice in Normandy, Captain Sharpe returned to the battalion from a field hospital and was given command of the Second Battalion on 4 August 1944. He remained in the position of battalion commander, a lieutenant colonel's job, for the remainder of the war. He proved to be a successful combat officer, with both natural leadership qualities and a concern for the safety and morale of his men. / The narrative includes stateside training for overseas service and then participation by the battalion from Omaha Beach on June, 1944 until the meeting with the Russian allies after crossing the Elbe River in May, 1945. / The chapter divisions correspond to the geographical mission changes of the 83d Division. Chapter One Preparation for service. Chapter Two Normandy. Chapter Three Brittany. Chapter Four Loire Valley and Luxembourg. Chapter Five Huertgen Forest. Chapter Six Ardennes. Chapter Seven Roer to the Rhine. Chapter Eight the race to the Elbe. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 50-08, Section: A, page: 2619. / Major Professor: James Pickett Jones. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1989.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_78040 |
| Contributors | Daly, Charlotte Sharpe., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 382 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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