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in reserve, the 138th was under
fire and suffered casualties all
day. but were unable to ‘"trike
brick L etaic e of the nature of their
mission Water was scarce, too,
because *ho wells had been poi
soned by the re*renting Ger
mans 11 v/as almost dark when
Chart entry was taken. The
138 th wru then withdrawn sc that
it could prepare to lead the ad
vance on the next day. Dur.ng
the advance on Charpen*rv. the
140th moved slowly through dev
astating fire, supported by the
138th’s 2nd Battalion, command
ed by Licutcnan* Leahy Both
organizations advanced through
deadly artillery and machine gun
fire.
The 140th led the advance on
the next day, because of failure
of the 138th to receive orders
from higher headquarters. Its
advance was slowed by extremely
heavy artillery and machine gun
lire. Orders finally were receiv
ed by the 133th and two battal
ions of it immediately moved up
Adih the 140th. The 2nd Bcttal
on. still lead by Lierderlmt'
heahy, were diverted from the at -
c.dc by its regimental commander
jy order of the commanding of
icer of the other Brigade n the
Division. The 2nd Battalion
iressed forward on its new mis
lon unlil about noon, driving the
nemy ebfore it or destroying
hem, suffering at the same lime
■xtermely heavy losses, includ-,
ng fhe Battalion Commander,!
nd later his successor. Other
foments of the Regiment con-1
inued their advances until aft-'
rnoon, suffering many casualties j
s they moved forward.
During the afternoon the Dfvi-:
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sion was ordered to retire to a
line manned by the 110th Engi
neer Regiment. Assisted by the
remnant of the 3rd Battalion of
the 138th, and two machine gun
companies, this Engineer Regi
ment repulsed an enemy counter
attack and held there until re
lieved by fresh troops of the F rs4
Division.
After three days of battle
against elements of six German
Divisions, members of 4his Regi
ment had advanced 12Vfe kilo
meters through enemy territory,
and had broken through the al
most impregnable H;ndenburg
Line. They captured many pris
oners and a mass of material, but
the cost was - high. To4al battle
casualties of the Regiment dur
ing the war were 313 killed, and
1 222 wounded The Argonne
Offensive was the bitterest fought
of any in which America partici
pated dur ng 4he war. No Amer
ican troops had harder fighting,
nor greater hardships in this war
than the 138th Infantry and the
35th Division,
After relief from the Argonne
Drive, the Division entered a sup
posedly quiet sector, southeast of
Verdun, called the Sommedieue
Sector. Here it was readied for
another offensive Into this quite
, sector the enemy fired 7,000 gas
shells one night. On November
6th and 7th, 1918, the Division
1 moved from the quiet sector to
wards Commercy Upon reaching
that point it learned that the war
had ended. The Division, and
1he Regiment, remained there un
til Spring, 1919. On April 13,
1919, it left St. Naizaire for the
United States. Its members were
discharged at Fort Riley. Kan., on
May 7, 1919
Lack of appropriate legislation
at the time resulted in the dis
charge of the entire personnel of
the Regiment at Ft. Riley. Rec
ords are few and vague covering
the remainder of that year. Dur
ing that year, however, what is
now designated as the 2nd Bat-j
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talion, 138th Infantry, was organ
ized at St. Louis and designated
the First Infan4ry, Missouri Na
tional Guard. Company F was
organized at that time and re
ceived Federal Recognition on
April 20th, 1920. In order that
National Guard organizations
might carry on and preserve their
traditions from the World War.
they were redesignated on Octo
ber 1, 1921. On that date the
First Missouri again became the
138th Infan'ry.
Routine Armory Drills, Federal
Inspections and Summer Encamp
ments brought the Regiment to an
efficient military force during the
years that followed. One battal
ion. the 3rd, was stationed at
towns outside St. Louis. Its
Headquarters Company was at
Chillicothe; Company I at Mar
shall; Company K at Kirksville;
Company L at Hannibal: and
Company M at Fayette. Those
units served efficiently and well
in the communities at which they
were stationed.
I In addition to its routine drill
and encampments, the Regiment
served the city and state at vari
ous times in many ways. Out
standing service was probably
that rendered immediately after
the St. Louis tornado on Septem
ber 29fh, 1927. In less than five
hours more than 500 men had as
! sembled at the armory and taken
over many duties. This was ac
! romplished despite the lack of
telephone and transportation fac
ilities. At a later date a pro
visional company was rushed to
: Jefferson City to aid in stopping
| a riot among convicts. In 1937
i and in 1940, the Regiment par
ticipated in the Fourth Army
maneuvers at Ft. Riley, Kansas,
i and at Camp Ripley, Minnesota.
During January, 1939, the Regi
ment moved from its “temporary”
i quarters, first occupied in 1908,
! to its new and commodious arm
! ory located on busy Market
j Street at Spring Avenue. Here,
! during the gathering war-clouds
i of World War II., the Regiment
f prepared for its day of induction
| into active Federal Service.
! On December 23, 1940, the
: Regiment was inducted into Fed
. eral Service at i*s armory in St.
! Louis. It completed necessary
administrative duties and then
departed for Camp Joseph T.
I Robinson, near Little Rock, Ark
ansas, where it joined its parent
organization, the 35th Division.
Soon after arrival at Camp
Robinson, war strength was au
thorized for the Regiment. Per
sonnel necessary to build to that
strength were furnished the regi
ment by the Selective Service
Administration during February,
1941, when hundreds of men be
came members of the 138th In
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fan'ry.
The Regiment participated in
all of the 1941 Arkansas-Louisi
ana maneuvers with the Second
Army. It traveled by various
means over large areas of both
states. After two months of those
maneuvers it returned to Camp
Robinson, where.- after a fur
lough period, it resumed its
training.
Shortly after December 7*h.
1941, the Regiment moved with
the Division to Ft. Ord. Califor
nia. While stationed ‘here it was
relieved from the 35th Division
and assigned to an overseas mis
sion.
The Regiment’s new mission
proved to be service wPh the
AlaSl^a Defense Command. It
moved to Ft. Lewis. Washington,
where it was equipped and pre
pared for Alaskan service while
awaiting transportation to the
North. In addition to preparation
for shipment, the 2nd and 3rd
Battalions performed guard and
anti-sabotage duties at Belling
ham. Bremertot.. Olympia and
McChord Field, Washington.
First to depart for Alaska were
elements of the 1st Battalion, un
der command of Lt. Col. James
M. Moore. These units. Company
C, reinforced by a detachment
from Company D, left Ft. Lewis
la'e in January, 1942, for Cold
Bay, Alaska. In April they were
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joined by Company A. with Com
panies B and D following late in
May.
The 2nd Battalion, commanded
by Lt. Col. Roy W. Riegle, began
its movements to Alaska on March
23, 1942, with the departure of
Company F, bound for a s'alien
in Southeastern Alaska Battalion
troops at this station were aug
mented by a detachment of Com
pany H. 'he Battalion Headquar
ters and its detachment, and a de
tachment from the Battalion
Medical Section, all of whom left
Seat Me on May 16, 1942. At the
same time. Companies G and H
proceeded to points on the ma n
land coast, while detachments of
Company E were dispersed to
points farther in the Interior.
The 3rd BaMalion arrived at an
Aleutian Base, Major Gorrill,
commanding, in June, 1942. Sev
eral months later Company I was
detached from it and stationed
farther west.
All units of the Regiment, at
♦heir various stations, then per
formed the duties and underwent
the hardships peculiar to Alaskan
service at that time. As at all
other stafumjs in Alaska, prin
cipal duMes were the construction
of camps and air bases, in addi
tion to being on the alert for de
fense against attack.
During the Regiment’s Alaskan
service, many new members have
been assigned to it to replace
those ♦ransferred because c* ser
vice exigencies. Those units of
the 2nd Battalion, while stationed
in Southeastern Alaska, received
many citizens of Alaska, after
their induction in4o the service.
In May, 1943. the 1st Battalion
moved from Cold Bay to an Aleu
tian Base. While there it fur
nished a detachment which took
par4 in the first landing on Kis
ka Island on August 15. 1943. In
February, 1944. the 1st Battalion
reioined its Regiment, less the
2nd Battalion, at another Aleu
tian Base. On May 13. 1944, 4he
1st Battalion sailed for the Unit
ed States, arriving at Ft. Lawton,
Washington on May 22. After a
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shor4 stay it departed for its new
station at Camp Shelby, Mississ
ippi. under the command of Lt
Co!. Vincent J Seib.
In September, 1943, units of the
2nd Battalion moved from their
Southeas'ern station to an Arctic
base, under command of Major
John O. Conweil. Other units of
'hi-- b.-ttr.I on were shifted to new
* ta’ions orj the mainland. This
Battalion is now commanded by
L\ Col. Vincent M. Hidalgo.
Other units of the Regiment
and the 3rd Battalion remain at
a base in the Aleutians under the
Regimental Commander, Ceil
James M. Moore.
The 13Pth Infan'ry is author
zed the following battle stream
ers: Alsace-Lorraine, Meuse-Ar
gonne, Aleu ians Campaign.
YES. MEXICO STILL
AT WAR WITH AXIS
MEXICO CITY —<AP)—De
spite 4 he war, Mexico received
imports last year from both Ja
pan and Germany—as a result of
delays in International trade.
Since Mexico has been at war
with the Axis since June, 1942,
reporters were intrigued when
the government statistical bureau
reported 1943 Japanese imports of
'wo tons of trinkets valued at
$575,000 and a ton of German
merchandise valued at $196,000.
But the bureau explained the
coods had been bought in peace
4 tree and were in transit before
Mexico went ic war.
PULPIT IN THE PUBS
CHATHAM, Eng. —<AP)—“The
pub is the best place in England
to put a point of view to a tol
erant audience,” said the rector
of Chatham, the Res* J. McCul
loch, who recently paid a Sunday
night visit to the Red Lion pub
lic house to answer religious
questions. Now he plans to do
the same thing weekly.
The Mississippi river and its
tributaries drain 19 states, or
about two-fifths the area of the
U. S.
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j C O. finally gives the signal...
There’ll be no tinle to thtnk of
I better things to do with his life.
THE KID'S IN ITTOR KEEPS— giv
ing all he’s got, now/
We’ve got to do the same. This
is the time for us to throw in every
thing we’ve got.
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This is the time to dig otft that
extra hundred bucks and spend it
for Invasion .Bonds.
Or make it $200. Or $1000.
Or $1,000,000. There’s no ceiling
on this one!
The 5th War Loan is the big
gest, the most vitally important
financial effort of this whole War!
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