311th infantry 78th division Company C

311th infantry 78th division Company C

Wife's dad served in this division. She would like to know more about what he went through and did. He has Alzheimer's now. She said that any time she remembered him watching a war movie he would sit there and cry, so she would never asking him what happened.

She has an old copy of the report for the 311th from March 8-10, 1945. This is just before they cross the Rhine at Remagen. She has no idea how the copy was obtained. The report is on letter size paper, then there are copies on legal length paper. No signature or names in the report.

Is there a good account of what happened to Company C?

 

Here is a map I found online. This is for the 78th division. Trying to learn more specifically about Company C. The "HERE" is where they were during the time of the report in the previous post.

 

Company histories are rare, especially for infantry units. If you are looking for a narrative type account, your best bet is the history for the 311th Infantry Regiment.

I presume you have found the 78th Infantry Division Association website. Less easy to find is their page of Histories, Maps, etc. They do have the 311th History there, but it may not be available to download. It seems they have limited resources. You may want to try contacting the Webmaster to see if you can make some arrangement to get it or for it to be available for download.

An alternative to that would be to take the information from this link: WorldCat - Combat Journal: Story of the Timberwolf Regiment (311th) and bring it to your local library to see if they can get a copy on loan from another library. That is much less expensive than trying to get your own copy.

If you are looking for official Army documents like the Battalion Operations Report you have, those can be acquired from NARA II in College Park, MD. However, there is a per page charge ($.80, I think), so it can get expensive.