PART TWO
COMMENDATIONS
HEADQUARTERS
THIRD UNITED STATES ARMY
Office of the Commanding General APO 403
16 April 1945
SUBJECT:
Commendation
THRU:
Commanding General Ninth U.S. Army, APO 339, U. S. Army
TO:
Commanding General, 95th Infantry Division, APO 9, U.S. Army
1. The achievement of your division and attached units, consisting of the 607th tank Destroyer Battalion,
778th Tank Battalion, and 547th AAA AW Battalion, in successfully completing the assigned mission in
connection with the reduction and capture of the strongly fortified city of Metz by Third U.S. army was
outstanding, both in the combat skill of the individual units committed and the control and sound tactical
judgment displayed by commanders of all echelons.
2. The fourteen days of continuous attack against a strong and aggressive enemy, along the 26-mile
front, drove irresistibly to the heart of the city of Metz where contact was made with American forces
advancing from the south. In the course of this attack you successfully (1) made four assault crossings
of the Moselle River at its high flood stage, (2) penetrated the line of defending forts, reducing those
necessary to accomplish the mission, and (3) greatly contributed to the destruction of an entire
reinforced German division. Against these fortifications which had never before in modern times fallen
by assault, in terrain favorable to the enemy, and under almost intolerable weather conditions of rain,
flood, and bitter cold, your officers and men met a most searching combat test which required not only
individual courage, skill, endurance, and determination, but also sound tactical judgment coupled with
an insatiable desire to close with the enemy.
3. This achievement has added luster to the glorious history of American arms, for which you and all
the officers and enlisted personnel of your division and attached units, are highly commended.
G. S. Patton, Jr.
Lieutenant General, U. S. Army, Commanding
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