Company C
1st Lt. John J. Kelly
(0-443969)
C. O.
1st Lt. Joseph M. Michaels
(0-1169252)
1st Pltn.*
1st Lt. Charley H. Von Behren
(0-1170235)
2nd Pltn.
1st Lt. Nicholas V. Allender
(0-1030541)
3rd Pltn.
2nd Lt. Gus Sakellaris
(0-1822634)
Executive
Medical Detachment
Capt. John D. Singer
(0-312128)
Bn. Surgeon
* Second in Command
Wreckage of June 6th still littered the beaches as the unit landed. The battalion, minus C
Company and part of B Company, landed on UTAH BEACH near St. Germain De Varreville at 2200
hours on the 7th. The remainder of the battalion landed at 1245 hours the same day, on OMAHA
BEACH near St. Laurent-Sur-Mer. Assembling at La Haye Du Puits, and with attachment to the 5th TD
Group as part of the XV Corps, the battalion made a 91 mile march to St. Elliers Du Maine. At
Avranches an enemy air attack during the night brought the war closer. Checked vehicles and guns and
gratefully received from the Norman-French who wandered into our bivouac, eggs, crusty French bread
and … cognac. Services were held by a Protestant Chaplain and a French Priest. On the 12th, and 74
miles later, came Le Mans and the first prisoner of war, brought in by C Company. By the 14th the unit
had closed in a few miles south and east of enemy held Argentan. Twice firing positions were taken, but
it was not until the 17th that action in the memorable Argentan-Falaise Pocket began, and with it
attachment to the V Corps of the First Army.
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