History of the 398th Infantry Regiment in World War II. This item is unavailable.History of the 398th Infantry Regiment in World War II

1st Edition / 1st Printing - GOOD No dust jacket. A few pencil marginalia - unobtrusive., Binding is sound. 208 p. illus. (incl. ports., maps) 24 cm. A regimental history of the 398th Infantry, 100th Infantry Division, covering its organization, training, combat operations in Europe, and occupation duty through the end of the war. Edited by Bernard Boston and published by Infantry Journal Press in 1947, the volume traces the regiment from its mobilization at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, on 15 December 1942, through stateside training (including Tennessee maneuvers) and deployment overseas via Camp Kilmer and the troopship USS General William H. Gordon to Marseille, France, in October 1944. The narrative then follows the 398th through the Vosges Mountain campaign, the crossing of the La Plaine River, and subsequent operations in the Rhineland and Central Europe campaigns, emphasizing small-unit actions, terrain and weather difficulties, and the tactical learning curve of an inexperienced division in combat. The book describes fighting in French towns and rugged wooded country, river crossings under artillery and small-arms fire, advances into Germany (including border towns whose white flags signaled collapsing German resistance), and the regiment?s role in seizing and holding key ground against counterattacks.…