The
106th Infantry Division Association extends its thanks
to Mr. Ralph G. Steed (423rd Regt), Robbins, North
Carolina, and U. S. Senator, Clyde R. Hoey (North
Carolina), for obtaining this official information from
the Adjutant General, regarding the Battle Participation
Credits, Distinguished ( Citations, Meritorious Unit
Commendations, and Foreign Unit Awards, won by the 106th
Infantry Division during World War II.
BATTLE PARTICIPATION CREDITS 106th
Infantry Division Northern France, Rhineland and
Ardennes Alsace 422d Infantry Regiment Northern France,
Rhineland and Ardennes Alsace 423d Infantry Regiment
424th Infantry Regiment 589th Field Artillery Battalion
590th Field Artillery Battalion 106th Reconnaissance
Troops (Mecz) 591st Field Artillery Battalion Northern
France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace and Central Europe
592d Field Artillery Battalion 806th Ordnance Light
Maintenance Company 106th Signal Company 106th
Quartermaster Company 81st Engineer Combat Battalion
331st Medical Battalion 106th Coaster Intelligence Corps
Detachment
DISTINGUISHED UNIT CITATIONS (UNITED STATES
ARMY) 3d Platoon, Company F, 423d Infantry
Regiment Cited for action at St Vith, Belgium from 17
December to 23 December 1944
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81st Engineer Combat Battalion Cited for action in
Germany from 16 December to 23 December 1944
MERITORIOUS UNIT COMMENDATION Service
Company, 424th Infantry Regiment Cited for service from
16 December 1944 to 15 March 1945. 106th Signal Company
Cited for service from 1 February 1945 to 1 April 1945.
106th Quartermaster Company Cited for service from 1
December 1944 to 29 January 1945. 331st Medical
Battalion Cited for service from 12 December 1944 to 12
February 1945
FOREIGN UNIT AWARDS Hq & Svc
Co, 81st Engr Combat Bn 3d Plat, Co F, 423d Inf Regt
424th Inf Regiment; 591st FA Bn (Attached to 7th Armored
Div) : CITED IN THE ORDER OF THE DAY of the Belgian Army
by Decree No. 7253, 13 July 1950, by Charles, Price of
Belgium, Regent of the Kingdom with the following
citation: During the crucial period of the German
offensive of the Ardennes, in 1944, the American 7th
Armored Division attacked by enemy forces estimated at
eight divisions, among them 3 SS Panzer Divisions and 2
Panzer Divisions, held the important center of Saint
Vith, preventing any advance and any exploitation on
this main line, thus dooming the German offensive to
frustration and, by its sacrifice, permitting the
launching of the Allied counteroffensive. 10
Co C, 81st Engr Combat Bn; Co C, 331st Med Bn;
424th Inf Regiment; 591st FA Bn (Attached to 7th Armored
Div) : CITED IN THE ORDER OF THE DAY of
the Belgian Army by Decree No. 7253, 13 July 1950, by
Charles, Prince of Belgian, Regent of the Kingdom, with
the following citation: Passing over to the attack on 20
January in the Saint Vith sector where it had fought
previously, the 7th Armored Division pushed the enemy
out of the position that it had been organizing for two
weeks and pushed it without respite seven kilometers
beyond the Belgian frontier, inflicting heavy losses on
this enemy. During these nine days it captured more than
one thousand prisoners.
424th Inf Regiment; 591st FA Bn: BELGIAN
FOURRAGERE (1940), awarded under Decree No.
7253, 13 July 1950, by Charles, Prince of Belgium,
Regent of the Kingdom 589th FA Bn (105-How)
FRENCH (MIX DE GUERRE WITH SILVER-GILT STAR,
awarded under Decision No. 247, 15 July 1946, by the
President of the Provisional Government of the French
Republic, with the following citation: A remarkable
battalion whose brilliant conduct was greatly valued
during the battles of St. Vith and Manhay on 16 to 23
December 1944. Attacked by an enemy operating in force
but filled with the desire to conquer at any cost, it
remained in position and, with direct and accurate fire,
kept the attackers from access to vital communications
south of Manhay. Short of food, water and pharmaceutical
products the 589th Field Artillery Battalion endured
three attacks without flinching, inflicted heavy losses on
the enemy and forced him to retire.
BRONZE STAR MEDAL Under the
provision of Current Regulations, the Bronze Star Medal
may be awarded to those members of the Armed Forces of
the United States who, on or after 7 December 1941 have
been awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge or Medical
Badge, or whose meritorious achievement or exemplary
conduct in ground combat against the armed enemy between
7 December 1941 and 2 September 1945, inclusive, has
been, between 7 December 1941 and 30 June 1947,
inclusive, otherwise confirmed in writing by competent
authority. Individuals who have been awarded the
Combat Infantryman Badge or Medical Badge for service
between 7 December 1941 and 2 September 1945 by
Department of the Army Letter Orders dated subsequent to
2 September 1945 are eligible for the retroactive award
of the Bronze Star Medal. Applications for this
award may be made to the Adjutant General, Washington
25, D.C., furnishing therewith full name, service
(serial) number, and copy of orders awarding the badge,
if available.
EDITOR'S
NOTE: The only authentic authority available at the
editorial office at the present time is Headquarters
106th Infantry Division General Orders Number 52 dated 1
August 1945, pertaining only to the 423rd Infantry
Regiment.
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