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A Bibliography of MHI Sources

General Accounts......p.1

Special Aspects

- Schmidt......p.2

- Other......p.2

U.S. Unit Histories/Personal Memoirs

- Higher Cmds.....p.3

- Divisions

- 1st Inf Div......p.3

- 4th Inf Div......p.3

- 5th Arm Div......p.4

- 8th Inf Div......p.4

- 9th Inf Div......p.4

- 28th Inf Div......p.5

- 78th Inf Div......p.5

- 83d Inf Div......p.6

- 84th Inf Div......p.6

German Perspective......p.6

MacDonald, Charles B. The Battle of the Hurtgen Forest. Phila: Lippincott, 1963. 215 p. D756.5H8M3.

. The Siegfried Line Campaign. In USAWWII series. Wash, DC: OCMH, 1963. 670 p. D769A533v3pt6.

See esp Pt 5.

Margry, Karel. "The Battle of the Hurtgen Forest." After the Battle (No 71, 1991): pp. 1-35. Per.

Then-and-now photos, plus details of operations.

Snyder, Louis L. Historical Guide to World War II. Westport, CT: Greenwood. D740S65,

RefColl. pp. 335-336.

Introductory outline.

Whiting, Charles. The Battle of Hurtgen Forest. NY: Orion, 1989. 290 p. D756.5H8W47.

Crawford, Steven L., & Lapham, Wm J. "The Sergeants Major Course Staff Ride to Schmidt." Army Hist (Fall 1994): pp. 34-35. Per.

5 Apr 93 visit along w/German army counter parts.

MacDonald, Charles B. "Objective Schmidt." Three Battles: Arnaville, Altuzza, and Schmidt. In

USAWWII series. Wash, DC: OCMH, 1952. pp. 249-422. D769A533v8pt1.

Taylor, Benjamin G., Jr. "Operation Schmidt." Mil Rev 34 (Aug 1954): pp. 30-39. Per.

U.S. Army Cmbt Dev Cmd. Dynamics of Fire and Maneuver (FIRMAIII). Final Report, Aug 1969. ca 300 p. U167D96.

See App. I-8 (13 P.)

Wothe, John W. "Logistics and the Battle of Schmidt." Mil Rev 62 (Mar 1982): pp. 19-28. Per.

Bookman, John T., & Powers, Stephen T. The March to Victory: A Guide to WWII Battlefields from London to the Rhine. Niwot: U of CO, 1994. 280 p. D747B65.

See Chap 7.

Cushen, W.E. Generalized Battle Games on a Digital Computer. Study, Opns Rsrch Off,

Johns Hopkins U, 1954. 74 p. U310C87.

Brief history and computerization of factors concerning attack on Singling, 6 Dec 44,

by units of 4th Arm Div, pp. 23-68.

Ellis, John. The Sharp End: The Fighting Man in World War II. NY: Scribner, 1980. 396 p. D743E44.

Purges of officers, 8th Inf Div, for failing to advance, p. 8.

Taylor, Barry. "Infantryman's Ordeal in the Huertgen." World War II (Nov 1987): pp. 26-33. Per.

U.S. Army. The Armored School. Advanced Officers Course. "Armor in Hurtgen Forest." Committee Rpt, May 1949. ca 150 p., maps. D756.5H8A75.

. Student Cmttee. "Armor in the Hurtgen Forest." Report, May 1949. 210 p., foldouts. D756.5H8A75. Hurtgen Forest p.3

- WWII - SignalCorpsColl - Germ - Hurtgen, PhotoArch.

Colby, Elbridge. "The First Army in Europe." Typescript, n.d. ca. 250 p. #03-1-1963.

See pp. 29-53 of Chap 8.

Troxel, Orlando C., Jr. Papers. 1 bx. Arch.

Incls VII Corps orders & overlays, from his staff duty as opns officer.

U.S. Army. First Army. Report of Operations, 1 August 1944-22 February 1945. n.p., n.d. 174 p.

#03-1-1946v1.

See pp. 71-98 and 165-168.

. V Corps. Operations in the ETO, 6 Jan 1942 - 9 May 1945. n.p., n.d. 509 p. #04-5-1945.

See Chaps XV-XX.

U.S. Army. 1st Inf Div. Danger Forward: The Story of the First Infantry Division in WWII. Atlanta, GA: Love, 1947. Chap 7. #05-1-1947.

. Pertinent interviews, rpts & orders on microfiche. World War II Combat Interviews. Bethesda, MD: Univ Pubs of America, 1989. 575 cards. D756W67, Micro.

See rpt on Hill 203, 8 p., CI #6 and material re Hamich Ridge, 108 p. CI #5.

- 4TH INF DIV

U.S. Army. 4th Inf Div. Pert intervws, rpts, orders on microfiche. 269 p. CI #34 of WWII Combat Interviews. D756W67, MFColl.

U.S. Army. 5th Arm Div. Paths of Armor: The Fifth Division in World War II. Nashville, TN: Battery, 1985; orig pub 1950. 358 p. #05-5AR-1985.

. 5th Armored Div. The Victory Division in Europe: Story of the Fifth Armored Division. Gotha, Ger: Eugelhard- Reyhersche, 1945. pp. 12-18. #05-5AR-1945.

- 8TH INF DIV

Boesch, Paul. Forest in Hell. Houston, TX: Gulf, 1962. 254 p. D756.5H8B6.

His memoir of service, Co G, 121st Inf, 8th ID.

. World War II as One Soldier Knew It: The Remembrances.... Houston, TX: Boesch, 1979. 582 p. D811B6.

See esp pp. 370-487.

McCall, Robert H. Papers. 1 bx. Arch.

Memoirs, ltrs, & misc re enlisted service, 121st Inf Rgt, 8th Inf Div.

Griesbach, Marc F., ed. Combat History of the Eighth Infantry Division in World War II. Nashville, TN: Battery, 1988; orig pub 1945. Chap 5. #05-8-1988.

U.S. Army. 8th Inf Div. Pert interviews & rpts on microfiche covering 20 Nov-5 Dec 1944. 228 p.

CI #49A in WWII Cmbt Interviews. D756W67, Micro.

. 8th Inf Div. "Report After Action Against Enemy, 1 Nov-30 Nov 1944." Typescript, 1944. 109 p. #05-8-1944/3.

- 9TH INF DIV.

. Interviews on microfiche covering 16-29 Nov 1944. 29 p. CI #57 in WWII Combat Interviews. D756W67, Micro.

Christianson, Thomas E. "The Destruction of the 28th Division in the Huertgen Forest, Nov 1944." Combined Arms.... Ft Leavenworth: CGSC, 1992. pp. 181-90. U260C66.

Morale factor analyzed.

Colbaugh, Jack. The Bloody Patch: A True Story of the Daring 28th Infantry Division. NY: Vantage, 1973. 131 p. #05-38-1973.

His reminiscences and observations, plus vignettes.

Connecticut. Office of the Governor. Connecticut Men: 28th Bloody Bucket-Division. Hartford: n.p., 1945. 20 p. #05-28-1945/4.

Currey, Cecil B. Follow Me and Die: The Destruction of an American Division in World War II. NY: Stein & Day, 1984. 320 p. #05-28-1984

U.S. Army. 28th Inf Div. Historical and Pictorial Review of the 28th Infantry Division in

World War II. Atlanta: Love, 1946. ca 200 p. #05-28-1946/2.

See Chap 3.

. Pert interviews, rpts, orders on microfiche covering 2-16 Nov 1944. ca 800 p. CI #74-#77 in WWII Combat Interviews. D756W67, Micro.

. 28th Roll On. Booklet, Paris, 1945. 333 p. #05-28-1945/3.

_____. 110th Inf Rgt. History of the 10th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry: Its Forebearers and Successors.... Allentown: Miers, n.d. 238 p. #603-110-1968.

See pp. 175-85.

. History of the 110th Infantry of the 28th Division, United States Army, World War II, 1941-1945. Atlanta: Love, 1945. 60 p. #603-110-1945.

- 78TH INF DIV

U.S. Army. Material on microfiche re 12-30 Dec 1944 & assault on Kesternach. 28 p. CI #142 in WWII Combat Interviews. D756W67, Micro.

Hayhow, Ernie. The Thunderbolt Across Europe: A History of the 83d Infantry Division. Munich: Bruckmann, 1945. 119 p. #05-83- 1946.

See Chap 7.

- 84TH INF DIV

Mittelman, Joseph B. Eight Stars to Victory. Columbus, OH: Heer & Terry, 1948. Chap 9. #05-9-1948.

Bieroth, Ella. "The Battle of the Hurtgen Forest." English trans of German writer's account 1944. Arch.

Gersdorff, R.V. "The Battle of the Hurtgen Forest." USAREUR Foreign Mil Study #A-891. 18 p. FgnMSColl.

. "Questions for Consideration and Reply." FgnMS #A-892. 19 p. FMSColl.

Neitzel, Hass. "89th Inf Div., (13th Sept-1 Oct 1944)". FgnMS #B-793. pp. 20-30. FMSColl.

Schirmer, Horst, & Boesch, Paul. Hurtgen: A Look at World War II's Cauldron of Death From the Other Side: A Joint Effort. Houston, Texas: n.p., 1949. 118 p. D745.2B5.

Postwar letter exchanges and poems.

Schmidt, Hans. "Fighting in Rhineland, 275th Inf Div." FgnMS #B-810. ca 50 p. FMSColl.

. "275th Inf Div." FgnMS #B-373. pp. 102-9. FMSColl.

Waldenburg, Siegfried von. "Report on 116th Panzer Div., 11-9 Nov 1944." FgnMS #A-905.

3 p. FgnMS.