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Frank Momot of Farmington served in the Army with C. Co 303 Eng. Bn 78 Div. 

He achieved the rank of T/4 while serving in the European Theatre.  He was awarded the Bronze Star and Cluster, three battle stars, and the following ribbons:   Army of Occupation, American Campaign, European Africa/Middle Eastern Campaign and the Army Citation. 

Momot's division, the 17th Infantry was the first infantry division to get all its infantry across the Rhine River. 

The following stories were related in a book submitted by Momot: 

"Pfc. John J. Coyle, the Engineer medic, was up on the road leading to the Kraut box so he could be on hand in case one of this Engineers were wounded.  But during one of the many barrages a doughboy was hit and Coyle went to give him aid.  Doc was squatting on the ground just outside the doughboy's foxhole when the next barrage came in and a close shell killed the doughboy and severely wounded Doc in the leg. 

"When the Engineers in the troop shelter heard of this, they all wanted to go to their medic's aid.  Lt. Siegele and T/4 Frank Momot tried to get to him but a Kraut machine gun was firing through a break in the hedge row, and their artillery was trying to knock out one of our tanks so the men were forced to turn back.  Later, when the firing quieted down, the whole engineer group took a stretcher mounted on skiis up to the foxhole and evacuated Coyle." 

Still another section of the book reports on the crossing of the Sieg River: 

"By dawn, the squad had finished removing the last mine, and the rest of the platoon arrived to put in the bridge. 

"The men assembled the sections of the bridge behind some houses, and by daylight they were all ready to set it up.  There was no infantry around to give support, it was needed, so Lieutenant Siegele deployed the squads in the houses to cover him while he swam across.  T/4 Frank Momot and Pvt. Russel Gaudet volunteered to help.  The three doffed their heavy equipment, and walked toward the river bank.   They were half-way across the open field which bordered the river, when the Krauts opened up with machine-gun and rifle fire.  Pvt. Gaudet was hit once in the neck, and when he turned to seek cover, he was hit again in the back.

 The Krauts creased Lt. Siegele's helmet with a bullet.  Then the engineers in the houses opened up with their rifles."

 The DAILY JOURNAL, St. Francois County., Wednesday, April 26, 1995.


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