Famed 91st Division Played
Major Part In Winning War
The 361st Infantry regiment,
91st Division, activated at Camp
White, Aug. IS, 1943, and later
trained at Camp Adair, was in
activated at Camp Rucker, Ala.,
Nov. 13, 1945, after a colorful
but stormy campaign through
Italy. Headed by Col. R. W.
Broedlow, whose family resided
here throughout the war, the
regiment ended one of the most
fruitful careers of any regiment
participating in World war II.
Two presidential citations were
won by two of its battalions, the
second and third, one more than
was won by other regiments of
its division. Members of the
361st also shared largely in the
14,027 awards made to division
personnel for exploits during the
late war.
Livesay Pays Tribute
First of the regimental troops
left Camp Rucker early in No
vember and at an impressive
ceremony General William G.
Livesay, then commanding gen
eral of the division, paid a glow
ing tribute to the gallantry and
devotion of his men. Following
the address, the National Regi
mental Battalion Colors were
massed and dipped in honor of
the departing commanding gen
eral, after which they were pre
pared for shipment to Washing
ton, D. C, where they will re
main permanently as a silent
tribute to the heroic and master
ful display of courage on the
part of the regiment during the
North Italy campaign.
The 361st shipped overseas in
April, 1944, and took invasion
training in North Africa. In
June it was temporarily detach
ed from the 91st "Powder
River" division, of which it is a
part, and sent into the line north
of Velletri, Italy. On June 3,
1944, the 361st Infantry Regi
mental Combat Team went into
action to push the last remnants
of Germans from the ruptured
Gustav line.
From Velletri, the combat
team pursued the rapidly re
treating foe to Rome and beyond
to the north, giving them no
time to rest or make a stand.
In the wake of the swiftly with
drawing Germans was strewn all
types of equipment as the men
of the 361st chased them through
Civitavecchia, Tarquinia, Mon
talto and Orbetello. Twelve
nights later, more than 100
miles north of the line of depar
ture, over 600 soldiers of the
third battalion crossed the Om
brone river over an old power
plant dam to surprise the enemy
and wipe them out.
First at Arno River
After a brief rest, the regi
ment, again joining 91st division
control, opened an attack on the
enemy on July 15 and succeeded
In pushing them to the Arno
river. After four days of bitter
fighting the r-.-glment spear
headed the whole Fifth army to
be the first unit on the Italian
front to reach the Arno river,
water barrier south of the Gothic
line.
The 361st took the center as
signment in the Gothic and with
the 91st broke the vaunted line
st its toughest points, Futa Pass
and Monticelli. Its hardest
battle, however, was the epic
fight for Livergnano, a small
town south of Bologna, whose
strategic position atop a sheer
1,800 foot hill Marshal Kessel
ring had ordered held at all
costs. The Third battalion was
awarded the Presidential Cita
tion for its capture.
A monument stands today at
Livergnano as a perpetual tri
bute and honor to members of
the regiment who gave their
lives in the attack. It was
erected by funds voluntarily
contributed by the survivors.
Po Drive On
The 361st racked up another
victory when, in a three-day as
sault, it felled Mount Adono, a
2,200 foot gun-studded bastion
which controlled three divisional
sectors and had halted the Fifth
army's drive south of Bologna.
When It fell, the Po river drive
was on and the 91st lunged into
the valley in the race to north
ern Italy and the final destruc
tion of all German forces in
Italy.
The regiment has spent 208
days in line and covered approxi
mately 550 fighting miles, tak
ing 7,558 prisoners. Thirty
three officers had been killed,
103 wounded, two missing in
action and three confirmed cap
tured. Five hundred fifty-two
enlisted men had given their
lives while 2,214 were wounded
48 still missing and 204 con
firmed captured. Within the
regiment, 10 Distinguished Serv
ice Crosses were awarded, seven
Legions of Merit, 188 Silver
Stars, 1,004 bronze stars, two
soldier's medals and 104 citations
have been presented.
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Members of the 361st won
1,590 combat decorations and
more than 3,127 combat infan
tryman and medic badges. The
regiment received many com
mendations from General Mark
W. Clark, then commander of
the Fifth army and the 15th
army.
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TERMINAL LEAVE
Capt. Robert C. Minear re
cently returned home on four
months' terminal leave after
four and one-half years of active
service with the army engineer
corps, 34 months of which were
spent in the southwest Pacific.
The captain was among the first
troops to arrive in that area.
Capt, Minear served with the
391st Engineer's Supply Depot
company throughout Australia
and New Guinea, later being
transferred to the 477th Engi
neer's Maintenance company
where he saw service in both
British and Dutch New Guinea
and Islands in that area. He last
participated in the Leyte cam
paign. The captain returned to
the United States in January of
1945 and was assigned to the
Transportation Develop ment
Branch of the Engineer Board at
Ft. Belvoir, Va.
Accompanying the captain
here were his wife and young
son, Philip, who had been
making their home In Alexan
dria, Va.
Capt. Minear plans to make
his home here and, together with
his brother, Donald Minear, will
manage and operate the Minear
orchard and dairy. Capt. Minear,
son of Mrs. Jessie M. Minear,
Route 1, is a graduate of Med
ford high school and Oregon
State college.
Mrs. Minear's daughter, Mrs.
Charles H. Thompson, Jr., and
small son, Wayne, are expected
here today from San Francisco
to spend the holidays. Mr.
Thompson, petty officer second
class in the navy, will arrive
later.
TEST MENTALITY
OF ROSE CAM
Chelsea, Mass., Dec. 18 (U.R)
Mrs. Rose Carlan, 23-year-old
mother who hid her dead In
fant's body and then told police
he had been kidnaped, under
went more mental tests today at
a psychopathic hospital.
She was taken to the hospital
after she pleaded innocent to a
charge of murdering six-months-old
Ronald Carlan. Her kidnap
hoax had aroused the sympathy
of millions of persons and re
sulted in a 16-day search in nine '
states for the "kidnapers."
The baby's body was found
stuffed under the bottom drawer
of a China closet by police last
Friday.
Carlan, home from his Oak
land, Calif., naval base to help
in the search, still was being
treated for shock at the home
of his parents, two floors above
the Carlans' own tenement apart
ment. Police said Mrs. Carlan would
undergo mental observation for
10 days and then be given a
hearing Dec. 24.
P.-T. A. Activities
Jackson P.-T.A.
The Jackson School Parent-
Teacher association held its an
nual Daddy's Night program
Friday, Dec. 14, in the school
rvm. After several community
songs, led by Mrs. Marjorie
Hopkins, a large gatnenng en
Joyed a potluck supper.
FnnHern of Mrs. Eve Pren
tice's Accordionaires entertained
with Christmas music during the
dinner hour.
Mrs. Edith Hamilton, presid
Ing officer, introduced Milo
Ross, whe spoke. H. W. Gustin.
Jackson school principal, wel
comed those present and intro
duced the teachers.
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