Fato · eixo combates · Fifth Army History pt. IX (S146)

F0544 — 15/09/1944: o 6º RCT, reforçado pelas Cias A e C do 701st Tank Destroyer Bn e pela Cia C do 751st Tank Bn, entra em linha; às 24h00 o Gen. Brig. Euclides Zenóbio da Costa assume uma zona montanhosa de 5 milhas de largura entre a planície costeira e o vale do Serchio, substituindo o 434th AAA Bn (e a parte da frente da 1ª Div. Blindada tida pelo II/370th Inf.)

CONFIRMADO PARCIAL

Trecho: "The 6th Combat Team, BEF, reinforced by Companies A and C, 701st Tank Destroyer Battalion, and Company C, 751st Tank Battalion, entered the line on 15 September. At 2400, Brig. Gen. Euclides Zenobio Da Costa, commander of the 6th Combat Team, assumed responsibility for a 5-mile wide zone of mountainous terrain lying between the coastal plain and the Serchio Valley. [...] after arriving in Italy in mid-August the Brazilian troops had received a month of training under the supervision of Fifth Army personnel" · p. 80: "the 434th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion was relieved by the 6th Combat Team, BEF, in the mountains overlooking the coastal plain" · p. 79: "the 6th Combat Team, BEF, assumed responsibility for the portion of the division front held by the 2d Battalion, 370th Infantry" — S147 p. 81 (parte 5, PDF p. 21; https://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/api/collection/p4013coll8/id/1542/download) · item http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/u?/p4013coll8,1553 · pp. 79–80 (parte 5, PDF pp. 18–20) [conferido na imagem]
Fonte: S147
Status: Entrada em 15/09 e hora 24h00: mesma linhagem de S145 (F0513/F0514), não é confirmação independente · CONFIRMADO entrada em linha em 15/09 (S147 + S038/S032, linha 20) · NOVO: unidades americanas de reforço (Cias A e C/701st TD, Cia C/751st Tk) e unidades substituídas (434th AAA Bn; II/370th Inf.) — PARCIAL (só S147). Pergunta 154.

S147 *Fifth Army History, Part VII: The Gothic Line (16 August–15 December 1944)*
S145 Starr, Chester G. (ed.). *From Salerno to the Alps: a history of the Fifth Army, 1943–1945*
S038 Relatório – Infantaria Divisionária (I.D.E./1) – Organização, estacionamentos e operações (1944–45)
S032 Relatório – Operações do 9º Batalhão de Engenharia na Itália ("História da Guerra")