1st Battalion 22nd Infantry Hurtgen Forest Page 1

1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

Operations of the 22nd Inf Regiment in the Hürtgen Forest

Introduction

Major Frederick T. Kent Jr.

Photo from the 22nd Infantry Regiment yearbook of 1946

The account on the following pages of the 22nd Infantry in the Hürtgen Forest is from the
monograph prepared by Major Frederick Kent as part of the requirements for graduation
from the US Army Advanced Infantry Officers Course of 1947-48.

Frederick Thomas Kent was born in New York on February 24, 1909. He graduated from Rutgers University
with Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering in 1931. On June 5, 1931 he was commissioned a
2nd Lieutenant in the US Army Infantry Reserve. During the Battle of the Hürtgen Forest Kent served as the
22nd Infantry Regimental Logistics Officer (S-4) and also as the Commanding Officer of Service Company
22nd Infantry.

His awards include the Combat Infantryman Badge, Bronze Star Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart
Medal and the Army Commendation Medal.

Frederick T. Kent retired from the Army as a Colonel on December 31, 1960. He died on June 12, 1991
and is buried at Leavenworth National Cemetery in Leavenworth, Kansas.

Capt Don Warner, Commander of Company A, 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry
Warner started the November attack as a Platoon Leader and ended it as a Company Commander.

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Photo of Don Warner from:

A Dark and Bloody Ground
The Hurtgen Forest and the Roer River Dams 1944-1945

by Edward G. Miller

Texas A&M University Press © 1995

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Texas A&M University Press