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"D" Company came up from Chamova and relieved "B" Company for a month. Work was constantly expended upon the winter defenses. The detachment of 310th Engineers was to our men an invaluable aid. And when "B" went up to Toulgas again late in January, they found the fortifications in fine shape. But meanwhile rumors were coming in persistently of an impending attack.
LIEUT. ALBERT M. SMITH, "B" Co., 339th Inf. LIEUT. LAWRENCE P. KEITH, "M.G." Co. 339th Inf. LIEUT. GORDON B. REESE, "I" Co., 339th Inf. LIEUT. HARRY S. STEELE, "C" Co., 339th Inf. LIEUT. W. C. GIFFELS, "A" Co., 310th Engrs. LIEUT. HARRY M. DENNIS, "B" Co. 339th Inf. LIEUT. JOHN A. COMMONS, "K" Co., 339th Inf. LIEUT. H. D. McPHAIL, "A" Co., 339th Inf. LIEUT. CHARLES B. RYAN, "K" Co., 339th Inf.
Major Donoghue was to command the attacking forces, which besides "E" and "K" consisted of one section of Canadian artillery, one platoon of the "M. G." Company, one trench mortar section, a medical detachment and a detachment of 310th Engineers who could handle a rifle if necessary with right good will.
SGT. E. P. TROMBLEY, "A" Co., 339th Inf. CORP. H. T. DANIELSON, "A" Co., 339th Inf. CORP. J. FRANCZAC, "A" Co., 339th Inf. BUGLER C. J. CAMPUS, "A" Co., 339th Inf. MECH. A. J. HORN, "A" Co., 339th Inf. SGT. J. A. NEES, "A" Co., 339th Inf. SGT. ARNOLD W. NOLF, "A" Co., 310th Engrs. SGT. H. H. HAMILTON, "A" Co., 310th Engrs. PVT. BERGER W. BERGSTROM, "A" Co., 310th Engrs.
LIEUT. H. T. KETCHAM, "H" Co., 339th Inf. LIEUT. HARRY J. COSTELLO, "M.G." Co., 339th Inf. MAJOR CLARE S. McARDLE, Commanding officer 1st Battalion 310th Engrs. LIEUT. EDWIN J. STEPHENSON, "A" Co., 310th Engrs. LIEUT. B. A. BURNS, "A" Co., 310th Engrs. CAPT. W. O. AXTELL, "B" Co., 310th Engrs. LIEUT. E. W. LEGIER, "C" Co., 310th Engrs. Distinguished Conduct Medal
LIEUT. ROBERT J. WIECZOREK, "M" Co., 339th Inf. LIEUT. DWIGHT FISTLER, "I" Co., 339th Inf. LIEUT. B. A. BURNS, "A" Co., 310th Engrs. LIEUT. A. W. KLIEFOTH, Military Mission. LIEUT. M. B. ROGERS, Military Mission. LIEUT. E. L. PACKER, Military Mission. MAJOR D. O. LIVELY, American Red Cross. CAPT. ROGER LEWIS, American Red Cross. LIEUT. FRED MASON, American Red Cross.
When detached from the 310th Engineers the entire Headquarters detachment was taken with the Second Battalion, leaving this battalion without a non-com staff for headquarters; even the Battalion Sergeant-Major was taken, as we were told there was no place in the table of organization for a battalion sergeant-major when the battalion is acting separately. No extra officers were furnished us.
The 310th Engineers went into quarters at Bakaritza, September 7th, where it was said German agents two years before had blown up Russian munitions even as they had blown many a dock in our own country.
The headquarters of the 339th Infantry and the 310th Engineers responded to every reasonable request made by the "Y" for assignments of helpers, huts or other facilities in the different areas where work was carried on. The naval command showed special courtesies in forwarding supplies on cruisers and despatch boats from England and Murmansk and in permitting the "Y" men to travel on their ships.
The colonel and major left the barracks some time later, and were driven up to the quarters of the colonel of the 310th, who looked surprised at the visit, but said en passant "I have just heard that your missing bandsman has been found. Suicide, I suppose?" "Or attempted murder!" said the colonel gravely. "We have come about that."
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