PFC Floyd W Haulman, Army Serial Number 39423062 served as a member of Task Force Poinier, with B Company, 7th Armored Infantry Battalion, Combat Command A (CCA), 8th Armored Division.
11 April 1945
Following a 15 minute artillery preparation on Unna by five artillery battalions, CCA jumped off at 0630 with Task Force Goodrich moving up from the south and Task Force Poinier moving in from the southeast. These units were given fire support by Task Forces Van Houten and Roseborough respectively.
The main approach to Unna from the east (the Unna-Soest road) traversed almost level ground. To the south the terrain sloped upward to form a ridge, the crest of which was approximately two kilometers from the roadway. This ridge dominated the road and had to be taken before any armored unit could safely move toward Unna. At 0720 light tanks and tank destroyers of TF Poinier captured this important high ground.
Meanwhile attacking abreast, B Company and C Company, 7th AIB, had reached the edge of Unna by 0740, and met with heavy fire from the graveyard, orchard, and buildings to their immediate front. House-to-house fighting was the only method for clearing the enemy from the southeastern part of the town. At 1015 an enemy counterattack was launched against Company B, 7th AIB, but was quickly repulsed by Lieutenant Fisher's men.
Source,
'In Tornado's Wake' 8th Armored Division, by Capt. Charles Leach
PFC Haulman was wounded by gun shots to the abdomen during this 11 April assault on Unna, Germany and died of his wounds 15 days later on 26 April 1945 at an undisclosed Portable Surgical, Evacuation, or Theater of Operations Convalescent Hospital.
11 April 1945
Following a 15 minute artillery preparation on Unna by five artillery battalions, CCA jumped off at 0630 with Task Force Goodrich moving up from the south and Task Force Poinier moving in from the southeast. These units were given fire support by Task Forces Van Houten and Roseborough respectively.
The main approach to Unna from the east (the Unna-Soest road) traversed almost level ground. To the south the terrain sloped upward to form a ridge, the crest of which was approximately two kilometers from the roadway. This ridge dominated the road and had to be taken before any armored unit could safely move toward Unna. At 0720 light tanks and tank destroyers of TF Poinier captured this important high ground.
Meanwhile attacking abreast, B Company and C Company, 7th AIB, had reached the edge of Unna by 0740, and met with heavy fire from the graveyard, orchard, and buildings to their immediate front. House-to-house fighting was the only method for clearing the enemy from the southeastern part of the town. At 1015 an enemy counterattack was launched against Company B, 7th AIB, but was quickly repulsed by Lieutenant Fisher's men.
Source,
'In Tornado's Wake' 8th Armored Division, by Capt. Charles Leach
PFC Haulman was wounded by gun shots to the abdomen during this 11 April assault on Unna, Germany and died of his wounds 15 days later on 26 April 1945 at an undisclosed Portable Surgical, Evacuation, or Theater of Operations Convalescent Hospital.
PFC Floyd W Haulman, Army Serial Number 39423062 served as a member of Task Force Poinier, with B Company, 7th Armored Infantry Battalion, Combat Command A (CCA), 8th Armored Division.
11 April 1945
Following a 15 minute artillery preparation on Unna by five artillery battalions, CCA jumped off at 0630 with Task Force Goodrich moving up from the south and Task Force Poinier moving in from the southeast. These units were given fire support by Task Forces Van Houten and Roseborough respectively.
The main approach to Unna from the east (the Unna-Soest road) traversed almost level ground. To the south the terrain sloped upward to form a ridge, the crest of which was approximately two kilometers from the roadway. This ridge dominated the road and had to be taken before any armored unit could safely move toward Unna. At 0720 light tanks and tank destroyers of TF Poinier captured this important high ground.
Meanwhile attacking abreast, B Company and C Company, 7th AIB, had reached the edge of Unna by 0740, and met with heavy fire from the graveyard, orchard, and buildings to their immediate front. House-to-house fighting was the only method for clearing the enemy from the southeastern part of the town. At 1015 an enemy counterattack was launched against Company B, 7th AIB, but was quickly repulsed by Lieutenant Fisher's men.
Source,
'In Tornado's Wake' 8th Armored Division, by Capt. Charles Leach
PFC Haulman was wounded by gun shots to the abdomen during this 11 April assault on Unna, Germany and died of his wounds 15 days later on 26 April 1945 at an undisclosed Portable Surgical, Evacuation, or Theater of Operations Convalescent Hospital.
11 April 1945
Following a 15 minute artillery preparation on Unna by five artillery battalions, CCA jumped off at 0630 with Task Force Goodrich moving up from the south and Task Force Poinier moving in from the southeast. These units were given fire support by Task Forces Van Houten and Roseborough respectively.
The main approach to Unna from the east (the Unna-Soest road) traversed almost level ground. To the south the terrain sloped upward to form a ridge, the crest of which was approximately two kilometers from the roadway. This ridge dominated the road and had to be taken before any armored unit could safely move toward Unna. At 0720 light tanks and tank destroyers of TF Poinier captured this important high ground.
Meanwhile attacking abreast, B Company and C Company, 7th AIB, had reached the edge of Unna by 0740, and met with heavy fire from the graveyard, orchard, and buildings to their immediate front. House-to-house fighting was the only method for clearing the enemy from the southeastern part of the town. At 1015 an enemy counterattack was launched against Company B, 7th AIB, but was quickly repulsed by Lieutenant Fisher's men.
Source,
'In Tornado's Wake' 8th Armored Division, by Capt. Charles Leach
PFC Haulman was wounded by gun shots to the abdomen during this 11 April assault on Unna, Germany and died of his wounds 15 days later on 26 April 1945 at an undisclosed Portable Surgical, Evacuation, or Theater of Operations Convalescent Hospital.
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