College of the Holy Cross CrossWorks The Octofoil Special Collections 5-25-2021 Octofoil Newsletter Index for Issues January 1947-December 2020 Richard B. Kann Jr. Follow this and additional works at: https://crossworks.holycross.edu/octofoil Part of the Military and Veterans Studies Commons, Military History Commons, Social History Commons, and the United States History Commons Octofoil Newsletter Index To Ninth Infantry Division Stories 39th Infantry Regiment Veterans 39th Infantry Regiment Pictures for issues January 1947 Through December 2020 First Edition Prepared by Richard B. Kann Jr. May 25, 2021 Octofoil Newsletter Index To Ninth Infantry Division Stories 39th Infantry Regiment Veterans 39th Infantry Regiment Pictures for issues January 1947 – December 2020 First Edition Last Edit: 25-May-2021 Copyright by Richard B. Kann Jr. Additional material copyright of named contributors. All Rights Reserved No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. TABLE OF CONTENTS Forward …………………………………………..…..………..…… 1 Using This Index ……….……………….………..………...……….... 3 On-line Octofoil Access ……….……….………..………...……….... 4 Notes and Tips ……………….…………………..…….…..……....… 5 Ninth Infantry Division Stories Index ...……....………..…………. 7 39th Infantry Regiment Veterans Reference Index ….....……….... 14 39th Infantry Regiment Picture by Category Index ……….……... 84 39th Infantry Regiment Picture by Name Index ……….….………. 91 OCTOFOIL NEWSLETTER INDEX First Edition FORWARD th Recently I have completed a book entitled “Chronicle of the 39 Infantry Regiment” with the intent of identifying and documenting the route taken by the 39th Infantry Regiment from the Normandy Beaches through the subsequent European Campaign. My motivation was to learn as much as possible about my father’s travels, activities, and experiences as he fought with the Ninth Division from Normandy to the Elbe River. My father was Cpl. Richard B. Kann, a medic nd th in 2 Battalion, Company G, of the 39 Infantry Regiment. He was known for his efforts to reach and provide aid to Col. Paddy Flint when he was mortally wounded on July 24, 1944. For this action he received the Bronze Star. He served from July 1943 through October 1945, from Normandy to the end of the war at the Elbe River, then on to Schrobenhausen for occupation duty. My goal was to assemble a chronicle of the daily locations, events, and actions so that others who share the same interest could travel the same route in the future and be aware of the difficult times the troops faced. Many authors have done a superb job of documenting the Ninth th Division, but none have focused specifically on the daily progress of the 39 Infantry Regiment. During my research I became aware of the tremendous research potential provided by The Octofoil, the Ninth Division Association’s newsletter. Buried in approximately 75 years of newsletters can be found the names, home towns, rank, units, letters, friends, notes, military actions, and stories – in fact, a wealth of eye witness details of the happenings of the Ninth Infantry Division during World War II. Also included are letters to the editor, and letters between friends telling personal stories describing actions during wartime from the soldiers’ point of view. And, an added benefit are the many pictures of soldiers and their buddies at wartime locations and at post-war Association events. Trying to make use of this important information is like trying to find a book in the library without the use of a card catalogue or the Dewey Decimal System. In 2009, I began a th project to index the Octofoils for names of 39 Infantry Regiment veterans with the intent to identify organizational structure and associations. I soon realized the historical wealth of valuable stories, letters, and pictures contained in the newsletters. I decided to index all Ninth Division stories, thinking stories would be of most value to the largest number of researchers. I continued to index the 39th veterans and pictures to satisfy my research needs. I began this work in 2010 from the Octofoil Library Project DVD of documents. It has taken me about 12 years of th part time effort to index the Ninth Division stories, and the names and pictures of the 39 Infantry Regiment. Hopefully my efforts will provide the model and incentive for others in the future to complete this work for the entire Ninth Division. I would have liked to have indexed th th th veterans of the 47 and 60 Regiments and all associated 9 Division organizations, but that project must wait for a later edition. Indexing of the 47th Infantry Regiment is underway and should finish by December of 2021 as a Second Edition. A Third Edition will center on indexing of the 60th Infantry Regiment and should complete by December of 2022. 1 OCTOFOIL NEWSLETTER INDEX First Edition I would like to thank many in the Association, both veterans and their descendants th for their help in facilitating my work. First, Mr. Red Phillips reviewed my “Chronicle of the 39 Infantry Regiment,” offered many helpful comments, and included the “Chronicle” in the Octofoil Library Project document collection. In 2010, Mr. William Sauers was very helpful to my initial indexing effort by providing the Octofoil Library Project DVD, Volume 1, 2010. Credit must also go to Mr. Dale Smith, 39th Infantry 2nd Battalion Medic, for helping me with his wartime accounts with my father. In February of 2021, Mr. Terry Barnhart assisted the effort by providing a DVD of 2006 through 2012 Octofoils. Terry later advised that Octofoils from 2018 through the present are available on the Members Only section of the Ninth Infantry Division Association web site. Terry also advised me that Octofoils from 1947 through 2019 were now available online on the Holy Cross CrossWorks web site. The Holy Cross CrossWorks web site th is part of the Holy Cross permanent archive for the 9 Infantry Division. What a tremendous resource this site provides to the researcher. Assistance from all of these individuals made it possible to complete the attached group of indexes. I hope you find these indexes helpful and will report any comments or suggestions to the undersigned. Sincerely, Dick Kann 1233 Steamboat Road Shady Side, MD 20764 [email protected] 2 OCTOFOIL NEWSLETTER INDEX First Edition Using this Index This index was created by reading each Octofoil newsletter and creating a record for each Ninth Infantry Division Story, each 39th Infantry Regiment Veteran, and each 39th Infantry Regiment picture. There are four separate indexes: 1. The Ninth Infantry Division Stories index allows you to find stories and accounts by scanning the left most index column to identify a Category. Categories are general topic areas for grouping collections of stories under a general description like Country, Generals, Infantry Regiment, North Africa, Memorials, Ninth Infantry Division Association, Ninth Infantry Division History, Normandy, Remagen Bridge, Russians, and many more. Having picked a Category, find a Story of interest from the Story column, then use the Octofoil Date and Page to look up the story in the on-line Octofoil archive. 2. The 39th Infantry Regiment Veteran Reference Index contains a record (or line) for each Octofoil occurrence of a veteran’s name. Included in the line are Last Name, First Name, Initial, Rank, City, State, Company (or battalion), Octofoil Date, Page, and Comment. Search alphabetically on the last name field, then use the Octofoil Date and Page to look up the reference in the on-line Octofoil archive. 3. The 39th Infantry Regiment Pictures by Category Index contains a record (or line) for each Octofoil occurrence of a veteran’s appearance in a picture. Included in the line are Last Name, First Name, Initial, Rank, Company (or battalion), Octofoil Date, Page, and Comment. To assist in lookups, a high level “Period” field allows the pictures to be grouped by Pre-war, Post-war and Wartime groups. A Category field was also added to further group pictures by topic (England, France, Belgium, Germany, North Africa, Fort Bragg, Gatherings, Reunions, Trips, and more.) Search alphabetically on a Period, then within the Period, on a Category, and finally, on a Description of the picture. After the picture is identified, use the Octofoil Date and Page to look up the picture in the on-line Octofoil archive. Last name, first name, and company are sometimes available to further describe the picture. 4. The 39th Infantry Regiment Pictures by Name Index like the Pictures by Category Index contains a record (or line) for each Octofoil occurrence of a veteran’s appearance in a picture. Pictures by Name Index is organized on veterans names sorted alphabetically. 3 OCTOFOIL NEWSLETTER INDEX First Edition Octofoil Access Octofoil newsletters may be found on-line at the following locations: The Holy Cross University CrossWorks site (1947 - 2019): https://crossworks.holycross.edu/octofoil/ The Ninth Infantry Division Association Members Only site (2018 - present): https://9thinfantry.org/members-only/ Octofoil newsletters may also be found on the Octofoil Library Project DVD, Volume 1, 2010. 4 OCTOFOIL NEWSLETTER INDEX First Edition Notes and Tips 1. The CrossWorks web site adds a title page before each Octofoil newsletter. The page number shown in this Index does not include the CrossWorks title page, but rather is the actual page number of the Octofoil page referenced. 2. Indexing involved reading each Octofoil newsletter and looking for clearly identified 39th Infantry men. If a reference did not contain a company or battalion identification, that occurrence of the name was not initially included in the index. Later, when a large number of references with affiliations had been indexed, I began to compare names without affiliations against already indexed records to possibly index names without affiliation.