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84th Division Fights Through Ardennes to Hold Marche
The 84th Division faces heavy combat in the Meuse Ardennes sector. After an initial November attack into Prummern Germany, they seized Lindfern Beech Leiffarth and Mullendorf by December 18. They then halted a German counteroffensive near Marche, repelling tanks and infantry with bazookas mine fields and aggressive rifle fire, with Medal-worthy acts by Sgts Scanlan and Tenpenny and Pvt Theil.
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84TH
Stag- Wir
Europe
Army of Occupation
Germany
Army
Ardennes
Meuse River
Prummern
Siegfried Line
Ircher
Suggerath
Lindfern
Beech
Leiffarth
Wurm
Mullendorf
Karl von Rundstedt
Liege
Meuse
A. R. Bolling
Washington, D. C
Marche
Dinant
Namur
Menil
333D
Clarence E. Love
Cherry Valley
Ark
Alex V. Tiler
Paris
Tenn
Carl R. Tisdale
Pataskala
Ohio
Robert C. Halloway
Inglewood
Calif
James M. Scanlan
Danville
Company I
Joseph S. Wagner
West Conshohocken
Jesse Tenpenny
Morrison, Tenn
Stephen Theil
Beaver
Scanlan