Rhineland 1944

bigpigeon.us webpage WWII-Germany > The ETO > War of Attrition > Rhineland 1944 > Queen/Hürtgen, © 2023 by Robert A. Christiansen, updated by RAC 10 Sep 2022.
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Operation Queen was a joint venture of the US Ninth and First Armies. This webpage describes Operation Queen in the First Army sector, at the eastern end of the Hürtgen Forest.

Operation Queen, which in the First Army sector was also the third phase of the Battle of the Hürtgen Forest, began on 16 November and ended around 13 December. It ended with almost all of the Hürtgen Forest in First Army hands. 

First Army order of battle
VII Corps:

• 3rd Armored Division
• 1st Infantry Division (replaced by 9th Infantry Division 5 December)
• 4th Infantry Division replaced by 83rd Infantry Division 3 December)
• 5th Armored Division (from 29 November)

V Corps:

• 5th Armored Division (to 29 November)
• 8th Infantry Division

Third Phase (Operation Queen) of Hürtgen Forest Campaign

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Operation Queen - The Hürtgen Forest, 16 November - 9 December 1944

scalable version

Originally Operation Queen's southern sector, in the Hürtgen Forest, was initially assigned to VII Corps. On 19 November, V Corps units were brought in. Some smaller units that fought are not listed above.

Sources for Big Pigeon's The ETO > War of Attrition > Rhineland 1944 > Queen/Hürtgen webpage:
Major Sources:

• The Siegfried Line Campaign, by Charles B. MacDonald, 1961, ~670 pp. [CMH #7-7] - the 1944 ETO Rhineland Campaign & Netherlands operations. See Chapters XVIII, XIX, & XX.
• http://home.scarlet.be/~sh446368/home.html - The Battle for the Hürtgen Forest.

​Sources for webpage images:

• Operation Queen - The Hürtgen Forest, 16 November - 9 December 1944, scalable map, https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-E-Siegfried/maps/USA-E-Siegfried-VII.jpg.

Other Sources:

• After Action Report, 12th Inf. Regt., 1st Inf. Div., 1 November - 8 December 1944, http://home.scarlet.be/~sh446368/aar-12th-inf-1.html.

Pottawattamie Area WW II Dead - The ETO > War of Attrition > Rhineland 1944 > Queen/Hürtgen:

• Taken from the bigpigeon.us WWII Roster module.

03-03 - The ETO > War of Attrition > Rhineland 1944 > Queen/Hürtgen: (four dead, updated 31 Dec 2022)
† Ellison, Melvin Isaac, SN 37-446-316, US Army, Harrison Co.

• Co. I, 3rd Bn., 12th Inf. Regt., 4th Inf. Div., VII Corps, First Army;  WIA probably near Germeter, NW of Schmidt, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; DOW 19 Nov 1944; Operation Queen - The ETO > War of Attrition > Rhineland 1944 > Queen/Hürtgen.

† Metheny, Hershel Alfred, SN 6-857-125, US Army, Pott. Co.

• Co. H, 2nd Bn., 331 Inf. Regt., 83rd Inf. Div., VII Corps, First Army; KIA 11 Dec 1944, near Gey, SW of Düren, Hürtgen Forest, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; Operation Queen - The ETO > War of Attrition > Rhineland 1944 > Queen/Hürtgen.

​​† Miller, Melvin Max, SN 37-692-104, US Army, Crawford & Shelby Cos.

• Co. C, 1st Bn., 16th Inf. Regt., 1st Inf. Div., VII Corps, First Army (1st Bn. attached to 18th Inf. 27th & 28th); KIA 27 Nov 1944 near Langerwehe, NW of Düren, Hürtgen Forest, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; Operation Queen - The ETO > War of Attrition > Rhineland 1944 > Queen/Hürtgen.

† Morgan, Dale Leroy, SN 6-939-700, US Army, Pott. Co.

• Co. H, 2nd Bn.,18th Inf. Regt., 1st Inf. Div., VII Corps, First Army; KIA 1 Dec 1944, NE of Langerwehe, NW of Düren,  Hürtgen Forest, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; Operation Queen - The ETO > War of Attrition > Rhineland 1944 > Queen/Hürtgen.