Arthur Bradlee Hunt, Jr. was born August 14,1920 in Ocean Springs, MS to Arthur B. Hunt Sr. of New Orleans, La and Rosa Marie Viguerie Hunt of St. Mary's Parish, LA. He was the grandson of Frank Camille Viguerie, Sr. (son of Jean Pierre Viguerie and Marie Elvire Delaporte Viguerie) and Ernestine Burguières Viguerie (daughter of Ernest Denis and Aglae Bonvillain Burguières) and the great grandson of Eugene Denis and Marie Marianne Verret Delaporte Burguières.
Having entered The Citadel on September 20, 1940, he become a part of the famous "Class That Never Was" after hearing these words at mess in the spring of 1943 "Gentlemen, you are shipping out." Of the 565 entering freshman, six would become POWs and 34 would give their lives for our country, including Arthur. On May 2nd they boarded a train for Fort Jackson, Columbia, SC where they were inducted into the service. They returned to finish their junior year, but that summer were shipped out for basic training, officer candidate school and commissioned. There would be no graduating Class of 1944 at The Citadel.
Arthur was assigned to the 333rd Infantry Regiment of the 84th Infantry Division, the Railsplitters. By October 1, 1944, they were in England waiting for combat deployment. Orders came in late October with the first units landing at Omaha Beach on November 1st. The troops sped through France and Belgium into Holland. Rarely had a division been moved from the States to the Western Front with such speed. Within a week the Railsplitters were attacking one of the strongest sectors of the Siegfried Line. Operation Clipper was underway.
Clipper was a part of a wider Allied operation to gain control of the Roer Valley and the Hurtgen Forest. A German position on the Siegfried Line at the boundary between the British 2nd Army and the U.S. 9th Army was a restriction to the movement of Allied forces and a potential threat. The Railsplitters were sent to attack. Geilenkirchen was subdued relatively easily by the 333rd Infantry Regiment on November 19, but the Allied advance suffered from the lack of artillery support. Next the lead battalion of the 333rd passed through Süggerath on its way to Würm. The direct road was mined and an alternative route was blocked by debris and had to be cleared with a bulldozer. Rain on the November 21 rendered the tanks ineffective and vulnerable due to mud. It was on this day, Arthur Bradlee Hunt Jr. was killed in action.
Having entered The Citadel on September 20, 1940, he become a part of the famous "Class That Never Was" after hearing these words at mess in the spring of 1943 "Gentlemen, you are shipping out." Of the 565 entering freshman, six would become POWs and 34 would give their lives for our country, including Arthur. On May 2nd they boarded a train for Fort Jackson, Columbia, SC where they were inducted into the service. They returned to finish their junior year, but that summer were shipped out for basic training, officer candidate school and commissioned. There would be no graduating Class of 1944 at The Citadel.
Arthur was assigned to the 333rd Infantry Regiment of the 84th Infantry Division, the Railsplitters. By October 1, 1944, they were in England waiting for combat deployment. Orders came in late October with the first units landing at Omaha Beach on November 1st. The troops sped through France and Belgium into Holland. Rarely had a division been moved from the States to the Western Front with such speed. Within a week the Railsplitters were attacking one of the strongest sectors of the Siegfried Line. Operation Clipper was underway.
Clipper was a part of a wider Allied operation to gain control of the Roer Valley and the Hurtgen Forest. A German position on the Siegfried Line at the boundary between the British 2nd Army and the U.S. 9th Army was a restriction to the movement of Allied forces and a potential threat. The Railsplitters were sent to attack. Geilenkirchen was subdued relatively easily by the 333rd Infantry Regiment on November 19, but the Allied advance suffered from the lack of artillery support. Next the lead battalion of the 333rd passed through Süggerath on its way to Würm. The direct road was mined and an alternative route was blocked by debris and had to be cleared with a bulldozer. Rain on the November 21 rendered the tanks ineffective and vulnerable due to mud. It was on this day, Arthur Bradlee Hunt Jr. was killed in action.
Arthur Bradlee Hunt, Jr. was born August 14,1920 in Ocean Springs, MS to Arthur B. Hunt Sr. of New Orleans, La and Rosa Marie Viguerie Hunt of St. Mary's Parish, LA. He was the grandson of Frank Camille Viguerie, Sr. (son of Jean Pierre Viguerie and Marie Elvire Delaporte Viguerie) and Ernestine Burguières Viguerie (daughter of Ernest Denis and Aglae Bonvillain Burguières) and the great grandson of Eugene Denis and Marie Marianne Verret Delaporte Burguières.
Having entered The Citadel on September 20, 1940, he become a part of the famous "Class That Never Was" after hearing these words at mess in the spring of 1943 "Gentlemen, you are shipping out." Of the 565 entering freshman, six would become POWs and 34 would give their lives for our country, including Arthur. On May 2nd they boarded a train for Fort Jackson, Columbia, SC where they were inducted into the service. They returned to finish their junior year, but that summer were shipped out for basic training, officer candidate school and commissioned. There would be no graduating Class of 1944 at The Citadel.
Arthur was assigned to the 333rd Infantry Regiment of the 84th Infantry Division, the Railsplitters. By October 1, 1944, they were in England waiting for combat deployment. Orders came in late October with the first units landing at Omaha Beach on November 1st. The troops sped through France and Belgium into Holland. Rarely had a division been moved from the States to the Western Front with such speed. Within a week the Railsplitters were attacking one of the strongest sectors of the Siegfried Line. Operation Clipper was underway.
Clipper was a part of a wider Allied operation to gain control of the Roer Valley and the Hurtgen Forest. A German position on the Siegfried Line at the boundary between the British 2nd Army and the U.S. 9th Army was a restriction to the movement of Allied forces and a potential threat. The Railsplitters were sent to attack. Geilenkirchen was subdued relatively easily by the 333rd Infantry Regiment on November 19, but the Allied advance suffered from the lack of artillery support. Next the lead battalion of the 333rd passed through Süggerath on its way to Würm. The direct road was mined and an alternative route was blocked by debris and had to be cleared with a bulldozer. Rain on the November 21 rendered the tanks ineffective and vulnerable due to mud. It was on this day, Arthur Bradlee Hunt Jr. was killed in action.
Having entered The Citadel on September 20, 1940, he become a part of the famous "Class That Never Was" after hearing these words at mess in the spring of 1943 "Gentlemen, you are shipping out." Of the 565 entering freshman, six would become POWs and 34 would give their lives for our country, including Arthur. On May 2nd they boarded a train for Fort Jackson, Columbia, SC where they were inducted into the service. They returned to finish their junior year, but that summer were shipped out for basic training, officer candidate school and commissioned. There would be no graduating Class of 1944 at The Citadel.
Arthur was assigned to the 333rd Infantry Regiment of the 84th Infantry Division, the Railsplitters. By October 1, 1944, they were in England waiting for combat deployment. Orders came in late October with the first units landing at Omaha Beach on November 1st. The troops sped through France and Belgium into Holland. Rarely had a division been moved from the States to the Western Front with such speed. Within a week the Railsplitters were attacking one of the strongest sectors of the Siegfried Line. Operation Clipper was underway.
Clipper was a part of a wider Allied operation to gain control of the Roer Valley and the Hurtgen Forest. A German position on the Siegfried Line at the boundary between the British 2nd Army and the U.S. 9th Army was a restriction to the movement of Allied forces and a potential threat. The Railsplitters were sent to attack. Geilenkirchen was subdued relatively easily by the 333rd Infantry Regiment on November 19, but the Allied advance suffered from the lack of artillery support. Next the lead battalion of the 333rd passed through Süggerath on its way to Würm. The direct road was mined and an alternative route was blocked by debris and had to be cleared with a bulldozer. Rain on the November 21 rendered the tanks ineffective and vulnerable due to mud. It was on this day, Arthur Bradlee Hunt Jr. was killed in action.
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Entered the service from Mississippi.
