On this day in history for the 87th CMB 23 July 1943, Item 43: Strength increased to 323 enlisted men, obtained by transfer. 23 July 1944, Item 124 (D plus 47): All was relatively quiet on the VII Corps front as far as offensive action was concerned. The gun positions occupied by Company B were subjected to harassing fire throughout the day. Shell fragments hit and damaged one M-29 Cargo Carrier which was evacuated. One man was slightly wounded in action but remained on duty. During the day, Company D fired 22 rounds of harassing fire on an enemy troop concentration areas in conjunction with the artillery supporting the 60th Regiment, 9th Infantry Division. It was announced that D Company has been officially credited with knocking out two Panther tanks while supporting operations of the 39th Infantry, 9th Division on July 21, 1944. Approximately 50 rounds had been fired into an area believed to contain enemy troops and tanks. When our infantry reached the area several hours later, they found two tanks still burning, their treads knocked off. A gas alarm was sounded in the vicinity of the battalion rear echelon from 2400 to 0100. The alarm was not passed on by the battalion sentries because they did not smell any gas. The alarm was later found to be false. Two enemy planes flew over the rear echelon at 2100 and were soon met with a heavy concentration of anti-aircraft fire. A large amount of flak fell into the area. One anti-aircraft shell landed within 30 yards of the Battalion CP and exploded. There were no casualties. Strength remained at 43 officers and 699 enlisted men.
Posted on: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 09:08:37 +0000
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