MEN-MUD-AND MAINTENANCE
HISTORY
OF THE 790th
ORDINANCE LIGHT MAINTENANCE
COMPANY
COMPANY BIVOUAC AREAS
This is the story of one small unit in the 90th Infantry
Division – a tiny cog in the mighty war machine that was General George S.
Patton, Jr.’s Third United States Army.
The Third Army crushed and battered its way through Normandy, the Battle
of Northern France, the Ardennes, the Rhineland and Central Europe, its
invincible tanks the unconquerable spearhead of the surging allied drive. In this magnificent push to final victory,
the 90th Infantry Division was a gallant, glorious part.
An infantry division is no stronger than the strength of
its doughboys. They did not come
stronger in body, stouter in heart, more valorous in spirit than the “Tough
‘Ombres” of the Fighting 90th.
This is the story of the 790th Ordnance Light Maintenance
Company – whose job it was to keep the Division constantly supplied with
ammunition and armament, whose job it was to keep its automotive equipment
running, its small arms firing, its heavy artillery roaring and blasting. Its job was threefold;
Supply-Recovery-Maintenance. It did its
job, and did its job well – often under impossible working conditions with
typical American initiative and ingenuity.
We are Proud – Proud to have been a part of the mighty
Third Army; Proud to have belonged to the gallant 90th Infantry Division; Proud
of the small role we played in the crushing defeat of the German Army.
EUGENE
W. CONNOR
Capt.
Ord. Dept.
Commanding
IN MEMORIAM
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS
ROBERT L. HEDGEPETH
34456632
Killed in Action,
14 December 1944
Bouzonville, France
AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
SOLDIER’S MEDAL
1ST LT ROBERT L. EDENFIELD
T/SGT MELVIN R. MONKEN
TEC 5 FREDERICK J. BOERGER
BRONZE STAR WITH ONE OAK
LEAF CLUSTER
LT COL JAMES F. SINCLA]R
MAJOR NICK B. GOIA
BRONZE STAR
CAPT EUGENE. W. CONNOR
CAPT MATTHEW L. HABZDA, JR
1ST LT ROBERT W. ANDERSON
2ND LT ROBERT D. CLIPP
M/SGT PAUL S. BLANKENHORN
1ST SGT JACK COOK
T/SCT KENNETH E. LUTERNOW
T/SGT WILLIAM S. PEROVICH
T/SGT FRANK E. RATCLIFF
S/SGT EARLY C. BULlS
S/SGT EDWIN R. MOWRER
S/SGT WILLIAM A. PRATOR
TEC 3 WILLIAM J. FIEDLER
TEC 3 RICHARD L. PARR
TEC 3 DUDLEY C. STARR
SGT ROBERT V. POWELL
TEC 4 JOHN W. BULLOCK
TEC 4 THEODORE JULOCK
TEC 5 CARL L. ALLEN
TEC 5 GEORGE P. BUTRICA
TEC 5 JOSEPH V. HOMMEZ
PURPLE HEART
1ST LT ROBERT L. EDENFIELD
TEC 3 RICHARD L. PARR
TEC 4 RUSSEL LOUTZENHISER, JR.
TEC 5 WILLIAM SIMPSON
PVT LESTER D. DALTON
PVT HERMAN L. SNODDY
FOREIGN AWARDS - CROIX
de GUERRE
LT COL JAMES F. SINCLAIR