352nd Infantry Division

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[JPhilip]

Hello,
I've never seen white chainstitched "916" loops so far...sorry i can't help you locating one...but as you say that H. Severloh is wearing them on his shoulderstraps on the pic that you posted...so they do exist...and the contrary would be quite unbelievable.
I did read Heinrich Severloh's book, "WN 62"...it was quite an interesting reading. It was also published in french.

[Nico C]

I have a soldbuch from a decorated soldier with EK1, who survived Normandy and lost an arm in the neighbourhood of Butgenbach doring the Ardennes...

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[Johnny R]

First, here is the book. It is in German. People were talking about translating it when it came out but I never heard what happened. If you want to study these things at more than a casual level you need to at least learn basic German.

http://www.amazon.de/WN-62-Erinnerun.../dp/3932922115

Second, Severloh was not in GR 916, he was assigned to Artillery Regiment 352, that is what the numbers on his boards indicate.

[JPhilip]

Didn't remember that...
so the 352 must be chainstitched in red
white chainstitched 352 would mean 352th infantry regiment, not 352th infantry division...

[Johnny R]

Didn't remember that...
so the 352 must be chainstitched in red
white chainstitched 352 would mean 352th infantry regiment, not 352th infantry division...

Yes my friend, you can see in the picture it is dark.

In addition to Gockel I spoke with a couple other German Vets he knew but I no longer remember their names or units sadly. They also were involved in the fighting but were members of several different units that were in defensive positions within short distances of the beaches. Extra non-infantry personnel had defensive positons with MGs etc. in case of attack. There were several small Infantry guns set up to cover the lower areas of the beach with direct fire. I was too dumb to have asked the right historically important questions then. Sorry I cannot help more. If you contact some of the US Vet organizations they may know more about the Germans. When I was on Omaha beach I met one man that was crew on one of the Shermans that were modified for shallow water etc. That may be your best bet. There was an FJ alive as well that was fighting behind the beaches. I cannot remember his name. There was a documentry made the 40th or 50th anniversry that had a lot of Germans in it was well. Also articles in Stern and Bild

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[Jean-Loup]

I started a long thread about H Severloh's book. To me it is an absolute mystery that it has not been translated into english yet!! http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...light=severloh

Maybe some of you can send a letter to Mr Von Keusgen, who wrote the book with Severloh, and ask for it to be translated. It is absolutely obvious the book would be a great success.

JL

[Johnny R]

There were people that were planning to do it. They probably ran into money issues. That can get expensive quickly. On-line translators are pretty bad. I would suggest learning German if you are interested in the History of the War.

[Stormfighter]

Here's a helmet that almost certainly belonged to a member of the 352nd Infantry Division since Le Hamel was in the zone that the 352nd defended.

Barry

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