Ernie Pyle: Victory in Europe
"I hope that in victory we are more grateful than we are proud. I hope we can rejoice in victory–but humbly. The dead men would not want us to gloat.”
"I hope that in victory we are more grateful than we are proud. I hope we can rejoice in victory–but humbly. The dead men would not want us to gloat.”
The 16th Cross the Roer! Around seventy-five years ago, the 16th Infantry Regiment crossed the Roer River at Kreuzau, Germany. The assault had originally been planned to move the Second and Third Battalions across a pontoon bridge erected over the River in the neighboring 8th Infantry Division's sector. Simultaneously, the
"The 16th Infantry Regiment turned threatened catastrophe into a glorious victory."
The orneriest, most flea-bitten mule in the U.S. Army and mascot of the 16th Infantry Regiment.
First Lieutenant Jimmie W. Monteith, Jr., rallied troops in the critical first hours at Omaha Beach, led tanks through minefields, and made the ultimate sacrifice on June 6, 1944.
President Harry S. Truman awarded the 100th Medal of Honor of World War II to 16th Infantryman Technical Sergeant Jake W. Lindsey.
On April 16, 1918, General Pershing addressed the officers of the First Division at Chaumont-en-Vexin, France, before their departure to the front.
Men of the 16th Infantry Regiment prepare for Rhode Island service to aid in controlling the textile strike situation in that state in September 1934.
Generals Eisenhower, Bradley and Gerow made a special trip to Balleroy, France, to praise the troops of the 16th Infantry for their heroic efforts.
Ste-Honorine-des-Pertes after the village was liberated by the 16th Infantry Regiment.