335th Regiment 89th ID

The 335th Regiment was part of the 89th Infantry Division ("Rolling W") of the United States Army, originally constituted during World War I in 1917. Re-activated for World War II, the 335th Infantry Regiment landed in France in March 1945 and quickly advanced through Germany as part of the Central Europe campaign. The regiment played a significant role in the capture of key cities such as Eisenach and Zwickau, and was instrumental in liberating prisoners from the Ohrdruf concentration camp, a subcamp of Buchenwald. After the war, the 335th was inactivated but later re-designated as a training unit within the Army Reserve.