04-21-2009, 08:41 AM
THE RESCUE OF THE LOST BATTALION
On the 26th of October, Colonel Pence was directed to relieve the 3rd Btl, 141st Infantry, with one Battalion, 442nd Infantry, and elected to send the 2nd into the line. The relief was effected at 0300 hours on October 26 on the extreme left of the division sector. The following day, however, the entire Combat Team was ordered into the line in an effort to relieve pressure on the 1st Btl, 141st Infantry. In a push down the long heavily-wooded ridge that extended southeast and dominated the valley from Biffontaine to La Houssiere, the 1st Btl had overextended itself and had been cut off by strong enemy forces. The photo shows the place where the first German roadblock was set.
