The First to Fall
The taking of Widerstandnest 60, looming over the Fox Red sector, Omaha Beach.
The taking of Widerstandnest 60, looming over the Fox Red sector, Omaha Beach.
"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 tank then began firing several rounds of canister shot into the roadblock..."
"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.
"The Mission of this Allied Force was fulfilled at 0241, local time, May 7, 1945."
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.
Generals Eisenhower, Bradley and Gerow made a special trip to Balleroy, France, to praise the troops of the 16th Infantry for their heroic efforts.