January, 1945

• 1 Jan - began moving across the English Channel, landing at Le Harve, France.
  
  
• 4-7 Jan - moved across France to Bacqueville just north of Rouen.
  
  
• 8-10 Jan - moved 175 miles from Bacqueville to vicinity of the cathedral city of Rheims.
  
  
• 11 Jan - attached to 3rd Army under Gen. George A. Patton.
  
  
• 12 Jan - moved 105 miles from Rheims to vicinity of Pont-a-Mousson, France in anticipation of German attack on Metz.
  
  
• 14 Jan - the 148th signal Company, the last unit across the English Channel, joins the division. They had been stranded on a ship in the channel until 11 Jan.
  
  
• 17 Jan - Cleared mines and removed dead, both American and German, from Pont-a-Mousson area.
  
  
• 19 Jan - CCA began battle indoctrination and are ordered to attack German towns of Nennig, Berg, and Sinz in a joint attack with 94th Inf. Div.
  
  
• 22 Jan - CCA units launch attack on Nennig in conjunction with units from the 302nd Inf. Reg. of the 94th Inf. Div.
  
  
• 24 Jan - Nennig is captured and cleared during a blinding snowstorm and bitter cold.
  
  
• 25 Jan - the attack on Berg is begun and the town is cleared by noon except for a strongpoint in Schloss-Berg which was captured that evening.
  
  
• 26 Jan - the attack on Sinz began in the morning. Engineers build a treadway bridge over an anti-tank ditch in the evening.
  
  
• 27 Jan - the battle for Sinz continues throughout the day. CCA is relieved after midnight and ordered to rejoin the Division.
  
  
• 28 Jan - CCA returns from assisting 94th Div. and goes into reserve. Casualties were 23 killed and 268 wounded. Six tanks were destroyed and four were disabled.