Публикувано: вт яну 29, 2008 2:03 pm
MEETING STEEL WITH STEEL
TSGT Joseph A.Farinholt, an army national guard soldier from Baltimor,MD Was serving with 175TH INF 29TH DIV in the european campain in 1944, by november he head already earned 3 silver stars sice at Omaha beach 5 1/2 monts earlier.
Borhneim,Germany- november 26,1944. A nazi armor column was attempting to reatke the town captured by 29TH DIV 3 days ago earlier,The opening artilery barrage was called "worst suffered by division during the war."Then the nazi tanks and infantry rolled in.
One of tsgt Farinholt's 57 mm antitank gun grews bacames casualtys when a shell from a tiger tank exploeded nearby.
Unable to penetrate the Tiger's tjick the armor TSGT Farinholt blasted the tread off lead tank stalling the advncing column.
The tank machine gun opened up on TSGT Farinholt wounding him more than 20 times one aromer-pearcing round shattering his right leg.
TSGT Farinholt dragged himself to his company Jeep and sped off his battalion to warn of the sterght and direction of the enemy force.With the tank stalled american troops and air support were able to defeat and drive back the enemy advance.Bourhneim was spared and never returned to nazi hands.
The action carnered TSGT Joseph A. Farinholt his 4th silver star the only enlisted man in WWII to achiev thet practicul
honor.Due to his injures he spent 2 years in the hospital never fully recovering.His bravery and devotion to duty brings honor to himself and his nationaly guard unit 3RD BN, 175 TH INF, 29TH INF DIV.
TSGT Joseph A.Farinholt, an army national guard soldier from Baltimor,MD Was serving with 175TH INF 29TH DIV in the european campain in 1944, by november he head already earned 3 silver stars sice at Omaha beach 5 1/2 monts earlier.
Borhneim,Germany- november 26,1944. A nazi armor column was attempting to reatke the town captured by 29TH DIV 3 days ago earlier,The opening artilery barrage was called "worst suffered by division during the war."Then the nazi tanks and infantry rolled in.
One of tsgt Farinholt's 57 mm antitank gun grews bacames casualtys when a shell from a tiger tank exploeded nearby.
Unable to penetrate the Tiger's tjick the armor TSGT Farinholt blasted the tread off lead tank stalling the advncing column.
The tank machine gun opened up on TSGT Farinholt wounding him more than 20 times one aromer-pearcing round shattering his right leg.
TSGT Farinholt dragged himself to his company Jeep and sped off his battalion to warn of the sterght and direction of the enemy force.With the tank stalled american troops and air support were able to defeat and drive back the enemy advance.Bourhneim was spared and never returned to nazi hands.
The action carnered TSGT Joseph A. Farinholt his 4th silver star the only enlisted man in WWII to achiev thet practicul
honor.Due to his injures he spent 2 years in the hospital never fully recovering.His bravery and devotion to duty brings honor to himself and his nationaly guard unit 3RD BN, 175 TH INF, 29TH INF DIV.
