3rd Infantry Regiment

[connie]

In a recent message, one member of this discussion board noted:

I am interested in any information on the replacements after the losses in the 106th Infantry Division during the Battle of the Bulge, namely 3rd Infantry Regiment.

It sounded like an interesting topic, so I'll note some info I have gleaned and hope that he (and others) can add more.

UNIT SPECIFIC DISCUSSIONS- UNITS IN THE 106TH- if you scroll down under this thread to the last item or click on this link to that post: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/3423/thread
you'll find a link to a 106th After Action Report that includes a list of units within the 106th: www.indianamilitary.org/106ID/Reports/47-106thAAR-5-1-1945/106thAAR-5-1-1945.htm

A screen shot from this report shows four units attached to the division as of 16 March 1945:

3 Inf, 159th Inf, 401 FA Bn (105 How), and the 627th FA Bn (105 How)

Attachments:

[connie]

AFTER ACTION REPORT- www.indianamilitary.org/106ID/Reports/47-106thAAR-5-1-1945/106thAAR-5-1-1945.htm
The report that lists the 3rd infantry regiment and its addition to the 106th Infantry Division goes on to give detailed information on the purpose and training of the division from that point.
It's interesting reading.

WIKIPEDIA- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_U.S._Infantry_Regiment_(The_Old_Guard) reports:
"Late in the war, the regiment staged at Camp Myles Standish, near Taunton, Massachusetts, on February 27, 1945, and departed from Boston bound for France on March 8, 1945.

The regiment arrived in Le Havre, France on March 18, 1945, and was attached to the reconstituted 106th Infantry Division with the mission of containing the isolated German garrison at St. Nazaire. The regiment moved with the 106th Division into Germany on 26 April 1945 — twelve days before the surrender of Germany — and processed prisoners of war. The regiment was then assigned to duty in the occupation of Germany and was located at Babenhausen. The 3rd Infantry was inactivated on 20 November 1946 in Berlin.[18]

The 3rd Infantry was credited with the American Theater streamer for its defense of Newfoundland. It was also credited with the European Theater Northern France Campaign streamer, even though the Northern France Campaign technically ended on 14 September 1944 — however Theater Commanders were authorized to award Campaign Participation Credit to select campaigns even after the technical end of that campaign, the Northern France Campaign being one of those, since the 3rd Infantry Regiment assisted with the mission of containing the German Garrison at St.Nazaire."

Note from Connie
Interestingly, but probably of little importantance, Camp Myles Standish in Taunton Massachusetts is the same camp where the men of the 106th Infantry Division awaited their deployment to the ETO in October/ November of 1944.

[connie]

ANOTHER AFTER ACTION REPORT found on the Indiana Military Site reports:

HEADQUARTERS 159th INFANTRY
APO 408, U S Army
SUBJECT : After Action Report (Routine Activities)
1 - 9 May 1945

1. The primary mission of the Regiment was guarding, administrating and supplying PWTE within the WHITE area under the supervision of the 106th Infantry Division.

2. In compliance with FO #13 (Secret) 106th Infantry Division, the 1st Battalion, 159th Infantry completed the transfer of PWTE A-4 at Buderich, Germany, to the 3rd Infantry Regiment on the 1st May 45, and moved to its bivouac area NE of PWTE A-5 at Sinzig, Germany.