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351ST INFANTRY REGIMENT

History of the 351st Infantry Regiment 1944 - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec 1945 - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec

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Monthly Historical Narratives 1944 - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec 1945 - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec March - 1944 - Transmittal Notes 00 Pages March - 1944 - Transmittal Notes 00 Pages July 44 - Movement Notes 00 Pages

The Battle for Santa Maria Infante 351st Infantry Regiment 11 to 14 May 1944

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The battle for Santa Maria Infante was important in the opening of the Allied offensive toward Rome on 11 May 1944. Strong Allied forces were concentrated on the west side of the Italian peninsula to renew an effort stopped by the winter and heavy German resistance.

The Battle of Laiatico 351st Infantry Regiment June to July 1944

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At Laiatico, the 351st encountered stubborn opposition, checked by several strong German counterattacks and continuous driving rains swelled streams to river size. The 313th Engineers doubled their efforts to keep open the lines of supply and in several places strung high lines over washouts and flash floods by means of which supplies and ammo were sent to forward troops.

While performing security duties on the Division’s left flank, the 351st Infantry Regiment unexpectedly ran into a hornet’s nest near Laiatico on 9 July. Here, the regiment encountered Grenadier Regiment 1060, an element of the recently-disbanded 92nd Infantry Division now attached to the 362nd Infantry Division, as well as other elements of the 90th Panzer Grenadiers. After being initially repulsed on 11 July, the regiment attacked again on the 12th with the 2nd and 3rd Battalions up and the 1st in reserve. The 3rd Battalion tore into the 1060th’s 1st Battalion, destroying it and killing the enemy battalion commander. By the early morning of 13 July, all regimental objectives were secure; for its part in the attack, the 3rd Battalion, 351st Infantry Regiment was later awarded the Distinguished Unit Citation.

The Arno River was crossed on the July 20th.

After a period of rest and training, the Division opened its assault on the Gothic Line, 21 September 1944, and advanced rapidly along the Firenzuola-Imola road, taking Mount Battaglia on the 28th.

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Related Information:
Presidential Unit Citations
	3rd Battalion - 351st Infantry Regiment Action vicinity of Laiatico, Italy - 9 to 13 July 1944
	2nd Battalion - 351st Infantry Regiment Mt.Capello, Italy - 27 September to 1 October 1944
Rome-Arno
	Rome-Arno 22 January to 9 September 1944

351ST INFANTRY REGIMENT	Distinguished Unit Citation 2nd Battalion 351st Infantry Regiment Mt.Capello, Italy - 27 Sep. to 1 Oct. 1944	351ST INFANTRY REGIMENT

Lieutenant General John Lee, Commanding General of US Army Forces in the Mediterranean Theater, fastens the Distinguished Unit Citation Streamer to the colors of the 2nd Battalion 351st Infantry Regiment.

351ST INFANTRY REGIMENT	Distinguished Unit Citation 3rd Battalion 351st Infantry Regiment Laiatico, Italy - 9 to 13 July 1944	351ST INFANTRY REGIMENT

3rd Battalion, 351st Infantry Regiment
Is authorized by War Department General Order 6, 1945

The 3rd Battalion, 351st Infantry Regiment, is cited for outstanding performance of duty in action during the period 9 to 13 July 1944 in the vicinity of Laiatico, Italy. During the attack on strongly fortified German positions in the vicinity of Laiatico, the 3rd Battalion occupied an advanced position devoid of cover and with both flanks exposed, and for three days withstood heavy enemy artillery and mortar bombardments as well as three vicious enemy counterattacks supported by tanks. Displaying courage, skill, and determined fighting spirit, the battalion frustrated all enemy efforts to defend the town and surrounding strategic positions. On the fourth day, the battalion launched a night attack and penetrated the German stronghold from the flanks and rear. Aggressively exploiting its breakthrough, the battalion seized a German regimental command post after a savage hand-to-hand struggle in the darkness and cut the main escape route from the Laiatico hill mass. As a result of the 3rd Battalion's prodigious efforts, 425 prisoners were taken, 250 Germans were killed or wounded, and a large quantity of enemy weapons were captured which were promptly employed with telling effect against the battered German forces. The timely capture of this key enemy defensive position compelled the Germans to abandon a carefully prepared, strongly defended line and opened the route of advance to the Arno River. The fearlessness, heroic determinations and aggressive lighting spirit of the officers and men of the 3rd Battalion, 351st Infantry Regiment, resulted in a performance which brings honor to the armed forces of the United States.

List of German Units Evacuated 351st Infantry Regiment May 1945

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DRAWINGS

1944 Drawing 1 Laiatico

1944 Drawing 2 Laiatico

1944 Drawing 3 Hills

1944 Drawing 4 Partino

MAPS 00 Pages

1 July 44 Map 1 2 Bn. Attack Plan 1 Jul 44 Map 2 3 Bn. Attack Plan 9 Jul 44 Map 3 Dispositions 9 Jul 44 Map 4 Movement Co K 10 Jul 44 Map 5 3 Bn. Attack 13 Jul 44 Map 6 Dispositions 17 Jul 44 Map 7 Dispositions 16 Jul 44 Map 08 Dispositions 17 Jul 44 Map 9 Dispositions 22 Jul 44 Map10 Attack Plan 24 Jul 44 Map 11 Attack Plan 25 Jul 44 Map 12 Dispositions Apr 1944 Map 1 Action Nogara Apr 1945 Map 2 Action Marostica Apr 45 Map 3 Po River Crossing Apr 1945 Map4 Giovanni Panora River Crossing