Evening star., 1944-09-10
Infantry Regiments
Fighting IN Italy
List Is Area Men

Au8Vuu AGe8 19 serving WITH tue
3Slst and l33d Infantry Regiment,
In italy, two Of Gen. Marx Clark'l
Army units which helped to drive
the Germans from the Garlian<
River to the Arno. The 351st, ex.
cept for = brief rest period, ha.
marched and fought almost contin.
uously for more than 1ive months.
District men In the 35lst include
Second 1t. Merrill L. Walrath, 3oOt
Ames street NE, platoon ofncer
Corpls. Isaac G. Hough, ia Atlantis
street Sc, and Robert @. Vidi, 81:
E street NV: Pics. John T. Sweeney
1914 Mount Pleasant street NV,
Harry McManos, alt r street NV;
Eugene j. 0alliyan, sos Thirty.
fourth street NE, and Argyll r. Law.
renee, 324 Sixteenth street Sc.
Pvts. Madison c. Eiland, 1872 Long.
fellow street NV; Ralph e. Stark
5000 Third street NV; William H
Swan, 50 Farragut place NV; VIII.
liam w. Klien, 1906 Saratoga avenue
NE; Dino Formant, 6308 Sixteenth
street NV; Hewell p. Jones, 81,
Sixth street Sc, and Robert L. Rus.
sell. 1912 Potomac street NV.
Six men from nearby Maryland
are: First 6ergt. Earl w. Sherman
3l1 Laurel avenue, Laurel; Pics
Frank H. Wilbur, 10000 Colesville
road, Silver Spring, and willard E
Phelps, Gaithersburg, and Pvts
Richard H. Davis, 5503 Forty-third
place, Hyattsville: Franklin T.
Welsch, 4005 Thirty-seventh street
Mount Rainier, and Paul D. Prather
Stevenlocks road, Cabin John.
Boast Several '.Firsts."
Part Of the 88th Infantry Division
the first selective service infantry
division to be sent overseas In this
war, the 351st was the first element
Of the division to arrive overseas, the
first to enter combat, first to earn q
Distinguished Service Cross and the
first to receive q battlefield promo
ton.
After two months Of aggressive pa
trolling In the Minturno section, the
regiment participated in the 5th
Army drive, which began May IL
three days later storming into Santa
Maria Infante, q key enemy bastion
The regiment, fighting over rugged
mountains and across broad valleys
also helped liberate Rome.
After q three-week rest followinf
the fall Of Rome, the 35lst was AGAR
slashing at enemy lines and backing
the defeated Germans to the north
133d in Arno River Zone.
An ofiicer and five enlisted mer
from the District are members Of thu
133d Infantry participating in tn,
fighting along the Arno.
Overseas nearly three years, thi,
regiment, q part Of the RED Bull
Division, has piled up more hour
in action combat than many Ameri.
can divisions have time overseas.
The local members Of the 133d in.
clude: Col. William H. Schildroth
2714 Seventeenth street NE, regi.
ment commanding ofncer: Sergt
John P. Monahan, jr., 1921 Twenty.
second street NE, communication
sergeant; Pics. Dewitt O. Tutor, 1924
Fairmont street NV. riReman, anc
John G. Welsh, TIC Kearney street
NV, cannoneer, and Pvts. Melvin
p. Baker, 2504 Twenty second street
NE, All Walter v. Mattingly, 30Os
Otis street NE. ammunition bear.
ers.
The regiment first entered combat
service In Tunisia. defeating the
Germans In the famous battle fol
Hill 600. later fighting at Casino
Anzio and in the drives above Rome
The regiment was one of the first
infantry units to go overseas In thi!
war.
With q record Of having taker
every objective assigned to it, the
1891 has become one of the mos
decorated units in the Mediterranean
theater. Scattered among the tight.
ing infantrymen of the unit are two
Congressional Medals Of Honor, Is
Distinguished Service Crosses, III
Silver Stars for gallantry in action
and more than $500 Purple Heart
awardS