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SC 334903 - On 19 December 1944, 118 men of the 79th Infantry Division, 313th Infantry Regiment, Company C, attacked enemy positions in the Bien Woods.
SC 334903 - On 19 December 1944, 118 men of the 79th Infantry Division, 313th Infantry Regiment, Company C, attacked enemy positions in the Bien Woods.

The battle raged for about 9 hours before withdrawal was made. Out of the 118 men, only eight returned. Shown here are the seven infantrymen and one medic who came back. Front row, L-R: S/Sgt. Wilbur R. Lytle, Coldwater, Kansas; Pvt. Henry C. Clark, (medic) Shelby, North Carolina, Pfc. Robert Livingston, Grand Rapids, Mich., rear: S/Sgt. James Kozelka, Cleveland, Ohio, S/Sgt. Drew S. Valentine, Athens, La., Pfc. James P. Whitley, Stillwater, Minn., Pvt. Searcy E. Mullenix, Tuscalosa, Ala. Pvt. George E. Datz, Pittsburgh, Pa. 20 December, 1944. Lauterbourg area, France.

Company C, 313th Infantry Regiment, 79th Infantry Division.

Photographer: Pfc. N.S. Lowrey, 163rd Signal Photo Co.

Note: Sgt. Kozelka was later killed in action and is listed in the 79th Infantry Division unit history book.

Photo Source: U.S. National Archives. Digitized by Signal Corps Archive.

Taken on: December 20, 1944
Sets appears in:   • European Theater    • France    more » • France - East    • Group Portraits    • Army Medical Department    • 79th Infantry Division    • Seventh Army    « less
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SC 334903 - On 19 December 1944, 118 men of the 79th Infantry Division, 313th Infantry Regiment, Company C, attacked enemy positions in the Bien Woods.

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