German infantry advances at Stalingrad
North of Stalingrad on October 6, 1942, the 16th Panzer Division defended in sector, from Hill 139.7 to the Volga and from the Volga southwest to Hill 145.1, north of Orlovka against the 120th Rifle Division, the 84th Rifle Division, the 299th Rifle Division and the 64th Rifle Division. To the west was the 3rd Infantry Division (Motorized); to the southwest was the 94th Infantry Division. The division lost nine NCOs/enlisted killed in action; 32 NCOs/enlisted were wounded in action; one man was reported missing in action. (Stalingrad: The Death of the German Sixth Army on the Volga, 1942-1943)
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A U.S. Army general court-martial convened on October 6, 1944 at the Palais de Justice, Le Mans, France for Private Walter J. Baldwin. Convicted or murder, on January 17, 1945 in the village of Beaufay in the Sarthe region of France, he was hanged by Master Sergeant John C. Woods, the Army’s hangman in Europe. (American Hangman: MSgt. John C. Woods: The United States Army’s Notorious Executioner in World War II and Nürnberg)