329 "Buckshot" Infantry Regiment
Unit History of the 329th Infantry Regiment
This is a Unit History book of the 329th Infantry Regiment nicknamed "Buckshot". The book was published in Occupied Germany, July 1945, Edited by 1st Lt. Daniel P. O'Connor. Printed in the printing-office Ernst Fischer, Wolfenbüttel, Germany. The foreword is written by Colonel Edwin B. Crabill, Commander of the 329th "Buckshot" Infantry Regiment.
This copy once belonged to James H. Young (#15376942) who was with AT Company, 329th Infantry Regiment and it's signed by 21 members of the Anti Tank Company, 329th.
Sgt James H. Young
Sergeant
James H. Young
Sergeant James H. Young
Born in Cleveland, Ohio on July 20, 1922, James Howard Young was the son of the late Julia Ann Phillips (1891-1973) and Jesse Harrison Young (1888–1943).
James Young joined the army on November 26, 1942 in Fort Hayes, Columbus, Ohio. He was one of the early members of Anti-Tank Company. He was with them had basic training in Camp Atterbury, Indiana, then went to the Tennessee maneuvers an to Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky. Early April, 1944 Anti-Tank Company was stationed at Camp Shanks from where they left the US. They headed for Europe and arrived in Liverpool on April 16 from where they left for Wales by train. The unit boarded on July 19, 1944 for France but due to heavy weather it took them 5 days to arrive at Omaha Beach. He stayed with Anti-Tank Company for the remainder of the war. For his service he was awarded, among other decorations, the Combat Infantryman's Badge.
James Howard Young of Pulaski, passed away Friday, April 17, 2009, at the Hillside Hospital in Pulaski. He is survived by his wife, Esther Maloney Young (1922-2013)
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The Names & The Research
They were 21 young men. Some had come in all the way from Normandy, and made their way through France, Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany, others arrived later, as replacements, to replacing those who had been killed, missing or wounded in action. But on one day, they decided to write their names in this 329th Unit History. A souvenir that was now marked with their names.