Sergeant Walter L. Arnold
Anti-Tank Company, 329th Regiment
83rd Infantry Division
Sgt. Walter L. Arnold, a website honoring his service in WWII, hosted by his family.
Contact Rev. Arnold at peteandjean@windstream.net
Or the webmaster at bill_arnold@insightbb.com
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Walter L. "Pete" ArnoldDeggendorf, Germany. July, 1945
The 83rd I.D. is also noted for its liberation of Langenstein, a subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp. Dad's outfit was not personally involved, but he knew men who first discovered Langenstein.
Read about it here.
The 329th landed on Omaha Beach D+17, June 23, 1944. They fought their way through France, Luxembourg, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany, to within 35 miles of Berlin, the closest American unit to Hitler's capital.
Sergeant Arnold was with the division from its training in Camp Atterbury (Indiana), Camp Breckinridge (Kentucky), and Wales, England. He commanded a ten-man squad as part of the 329th's Anti-Tank Company.
For the day in April 1945,
when Sgt. Arnold earned
the Bronze Star,
click Decorations.
Sgt. Walter L. Arnold, a website honoring his service in WWII, hosted by his family.
Contact Rev. Arnold at peteandjean@windstream.net
Or the webmaster at bill_arnold@insightbb.com
