In August of 2003 at the Frederick
Co. Airshow,
the I&R Platoon was invited by their sister outfit the 4th ID
Military
Police Pltn. to visit a small museum in Ellicot City, MD. It was
a hot weekend and we were pretty tired and sweaty, but made the trip
nonetheless.
All of us were surprised to pull up a private residence, where we were
greeted by an eager Butch Maisel.
Butch took us immediately downstairs to
his basement and
flipped on the light. To our astonishment was a collection of 4th
Infantry Division memorabilia spanning from the 18th C. through
today.
His interest in the 4th infantry division was out of admiration for his
father, Frederick C. Maisel. As he recounted the stories of his
father,
we all then knew that this was not only a museum to the fighting 4th,
but
a memorial to his father. So inspired were our men, that the unit
designation from 22nd. IR to the 8th IR was made.
All of us were humbled by this experience
and for this
we dedicate our unit to the memory of Captain Frederick C. Maisel, Co.
I Commander, 8th Regtiment, 4th Infantry Division, UTAH Beach D-Day.
Military
Service Record
of Major Frederick Charles Maisel, Jr.
R.O.T.C. University of Maryland,
College Park
MD
June 6, 1941-Appointed to 2nd.
Lieutenant United
States Army/Serial #0418335
June 1941 to January 1942-Ft. Benning,
Georgia
...............................1/42 to
5/42 -
K Co. 4th RCN Bn. 2nd. Lt. Platoon Leader
...............................6/23/42 to
8/20/42
- Hq. 3rd. Bn. 8th Inf. 1st. Lt. Bn. S1 & Act. Commander
...............................8/20/42 to
12/31/42
- Hq. 3rd. Bn. 8th Inf. 1st. Lt. Bn. S4
...............................1/17/43 to
4/10/43
- I Co. 8th Inf. 1st. Lt. Co. Executive Officer
April 11, 1943 to September 21, 1943 -
Fort Dix,
N.J.
...............................4/10/43
to 5/1/43
- I Co. 8th Inf. 1st. Lt. Co. Executive Officer
...............................5/10/43 to
9/43
- I Co. 8th Inf. Captain Co. Commander
September 22nd, 1943 to November 30,
1943 - Camp
Gordon Johnston, Florida
...............................9/22/43
to 11/30/43
- I Co. 8th Inf. Captain Co. Commander
December 1, 1943 to January 10, 1943 -
Fort Jackson,
South Carolina
...............................12/1/43
to 12/31/43
- I Co. 8th Inf. Captain Co. Commander
...............................12/31/43
to 1/10/44
- Captain, 3rd. Bn. S-3
January 18, 1944 - Departed from
United States
for Europe
February 1, 1944 - Arrived in Great
Britian
February 1, 1944 to June 5, 1944 -
Various Allied
Bases on Souther Coast of England
...............................2/1/44
to 3/31/44
- Hq. 3rd. Bn. 8th Inf. Captain Bn. S-3
...............................3/31/44 to
6/5/44
- I Co. 8th Inf. Captain Co. Commander
June 6, 1944 to June 22, 1944 -
Normandy Invasion
...............................6/6/44
- D-Day
I. Co. 3rd. Bn. 8th Inf. 4th Div. Captain Company Commander
...............................
“
- Wades ashore 0730hrs at UTAH Beach
...............................
“
- Crossed exit #2 and moved inland
...............................
“
- Lead assault team against a German 88 Battery at Germain which
earned him the Silver Star.
...............................
“
- Bivouacked near Les Forges
June 7, 1944 Hq. 3rd. Bn. 8th Inf.
Captain Bn.
S-3 thru 6/22/44
...............................6/7/44 -
Heavy
fighting near Fauville
...............................
“
- Relieved 82nd. Airborne at St. Mere-Eglise
...............................
“
- Jumped off from St. Mere-Eglise thru Neuville-au-Plain and past
Magneville and saw severe fighting in the hanger area north of
this
town.
June 9, 1944 - Managed to take hanger
area after
heavy losses and gain position in the orchard just
north of the hanger by nightfall.
June 10, 1944 - Moved east of la Lande
and north
toward the le Ham - Montbourg Highway
...............................
“
- Reached highway by 1300hrs after heavy fighting.
June 11, 1944 - Wounded from bomb
explosion (awarded
the Purple Heart for wounds received)
...............................
“
- Continued on toward Montebourg
June 12, 1944 to June 18th, 1944 -
Fought in the
area southwest of Montebourg
June 19, 1944 - Drove Germans out of
Montebourg
and gained new position southeast of
Valogne.
June 20, 1944 - Moved east of Valogne
and west
of Tamerville
...............................
“
Reached the southern edge of the Bois de Roudou/southwest of
Rufosses.
June 21, 1944 - Pushed thru the Bois
de Roudou
to hill 178 and onto the Delasse-Bourdonnerie
highway.
June 22, 1944 - Attacked northward
toward la Glacerie
..............................
“
Sent back to direect tank support
..............................
“
Severely wounded by an 88mm shell near the intersection of hill 178
and
Bois de Roudou.
..............................
“
Treated at an aid station and sent by a litter jeep back to beach
hospital.
June 28, 1944 - 305th Station Hospital
Ward #114
June 29, 1944 to August 30, 1944 -
97th General
Hospital Wards 22 and 23
August 30, 1944 to September 8, 1944 -
188th General
Hospital
September 10th to September 24th -
Sailed on the
U.S.A.H.S. Blanche F. Sigman from Europe to
the United States.
September 26, 1944 to September 28,
1944 - Stark
General Hospital, Charlestown, South Carolina.
September 28, 1944 to December 10,
1944 - Newton
D. Baker General Hospital, Martinsburg,
West Va.
December 10, 1944 to December 26, 1944
- Redistribution
Station, Asheville, North Carolina.
December 1944 to October 1945 - In and
out of
Walter Reed Hospital, Washington D.C. and
Regional Station Hospital, Fort Meade, Maryland.
May 1945 to October 1946 - Field training
instructor
for the Maryland State Guard/Md. Military
District 2nd Army.
October 12, 1947 - Promoted to rank of
Major
August 14, 1947 to October 12, 1947 -
Terminal
Leave
April 1, 1953 - Termination of Reserve
Appointment
Continental Service - 5 years 7 months
13 days
Foreign Service - 8 months 4 days
Citations
Silver Star Medal, Bronze Star, Combat
Infantryman’s
Badge, Presidential Unit Citation, Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster,
European Theater Service Medal with the Normandy Bronze Arrowhead,
World
War II Victory Medal, American Theater Service Medal, American Defense
Service Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Ranger “R”
Frederick C. Maisel Jr.'s
Military record
has been published here with the expressed permission of his son Butch
Maisel, any use of this beyond the personal enjoyment of the the reader
without the expressed permission of the Maisel family is strictly
prohibited.
