Chapter IV
The Offensive LaunchedFootnotes
2. VIII Corps G-3 Jnl File, 2 Jul. Requests for air support usually came from the G-3 Air Section of a division and were tunneled through the corps and army G-3 Air Sections to the IX TAC, which fulfilled the requests according to the availability of planes. For a detailed study of air-ground liaison, see Kent Roberts Greenfield, Army Ground Forces and the Air-Ground Battle Team Including Organic Light Aviation, AGF Study 35 (Hist Sec, AGF, 1948), particularly pp. 69ff.
3. 21 AGp Dir, M-505, 30 Jun, Pogue Files; FUSA G-2 Est 7, 29 Jun.
4. VIII Corps G-2 Est 2, 28 Jun.
5. 82d Abn Div G-2 Est, 1 Jul. The G-2 reports of the 82d are typical of those published by the other divisions of VIII Corps.
6. FUSA G-2 Est 7, 29 Jun; VIII Corps G-2 Est 2, 28 Jun.
7. 82d Abn Div Rev Intel Annex to FO 7 (Rev), 28 Jun, and G-2 Est, 1 Jul.
8. FUSA Ltr, Fld Arty Ammo Expenditures, 2 Jul, VIII Corps G-3 Jnl File; 83d Div G-2, G-3 Jnl and File, 2 and 3 Jul.
9. VIII Corps Weekly Per Rpt, 1 Jul.
10. FUSA G-3 Jnl, 0340, 3 Jul. Note: The hours of the day in this volume are British Double Time when used in connection with Allied activities, one hour earlier for the Germans--so that 1300 for the Allies is the same as 1200 (noon) for the Germans.
11. Harrison, Cross-Channel Attack, pp. 413ff; Hodgson, R-24, R-34, and R-49.
12. Harrison, Cross-Channel Attack, p. 402.
13. Telecon, Choltitz to Hausser, 30 Jun, Seventh Army Tel Msgs.
14. Pz Lehr Div Ib KTB, Allg. Anlagen, Annex 241; see MS # B-418 (Choltitz) for an account of LXXXIV Corps activity, 18 Jun to 15 Jul. Choltitz, Soldat unter Soldaten, p. 187 is rather confused.
15. Seventh Army and AGp B KTB's, 3 Jul; Tagesmeldungen, OB WEST KTB, Anlage 433.
16. AGp B Id Memo, 4 Jul, AGp B Ia Op. Befehle.
17. The division journals and other records give ample evidence of the high regard the men had for their leaders.
18. The account of operations is taken from the official records of the division and the regiments.
19. Pfc. James L. Geach of the 325th Glider Infantry, though he had never handled a rocket launcher, seized a bazooka and fired several rounds, forcing two enemy tanks to withdraw. He was awarded the DSC.
20. William G. Lord, II, History of the 508th Parachute Infantry (Washington: Infantry Journal, Inc., 1948), p. 37.
21. [Maj. Roland G. Ruppenthal. Utah Beach to Cherbourg, AFA Series (Washington, 1947), p. 129; Harrison, Cross-Channel Attack, pp. 402-03.
22. Seventh Army and AGp B KTB's, 3 Jul.
23. The account of tactical operations is based upon the official records (the After Action Reports, operations orders, periodic reports, and journals) of the units involved.
24. Penciled ltr to Brig Gen Claude B. Ferenbaugh (n.d.), 83d Div G-2, G-3 Jnl and File.
25. Capt. Leroy R. Pond, a battalion commander, and Pvt. Barney H. Prosser, who assumed command of a rifle company (upon the loss of all the officers) and two leaderless platoons of another company, were key figures in the advance. Both were awarded the DSC.
26. OB WEST KTB, 1330, 4 Jul; Seventh Army KTB, 4 Jul, and Tagesmeldungen, 5 Jul.
27. Captain Carroll was awarded the DSC.
28. 90th Div AAR, Jul. FUSA Daily Estimated Loss Reports, July, gives 549 casualties sustained by the organic units on 4 July as contrasted with 382 reported for the previous day, but the figures for both days were incomplete.
30. Seventh Army KTB (Draft), 5 Jul.
31. 90th Div G-3 Jnl, 0255, 7 Jul.
32. 90th Div G-3 Jnl, 2330, 6 Jul; Lt Col Charles H. Taylor's Notes on Mont Castre, ML-1071.
33. 90th Div G-3 Jnl, 2340, 6 Jul; Engr Opns, 2000, 5 Jul, 90th Div G-3 Jnl File; 315th Engr Combat Bn Jnl, 1530, 6 Jul, and 0020, 7 Jul; 358th Inf Jnl, 7 Jul.
34. 90th Div G-3 Jnl, 0425, 7 Jul.
35. 90th Div Sitrep 58, 8 Jul; 315th Engr Combat Bn Jnl, Jul.
36. The 357th Inf AAR, Jul, contains the following account in detail.
37. Seventh Army KTB (Draft), 5-7 Jul.
39. The Germans took 250 men and 5 officers prisoners. Seventh Army KTB (Draft), 8 Jul.
40. Ltr, Eisenhower to Marshall, 5 Jul, Pogue Files.
41. 79th Div Intel Annex 2 to FO 5, 1 Jul.
42. Records of the 79th Division are sketchy. The After Action Report is in reality a daily summary of each regimental effort. The G-3 Journal is thin. Combat Interviews 153 contains only fragmentary material. The unofficial history of the 314th Infantry, Through Combat, is helpful, and General Wyche has kindly made available his personal journal.
43. Thurston was awarded the DSC.