Researching
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2nd
Infantry
Division
"Second to None"
"Indian Head"
"Warrior Division"
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9th Infantry
"The Manchus"
" Keep Up The
Fire!"
Regiment
History
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23rd Infantry
" Tomahawks"
"We Serve"
Regiment
History
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38th Infantry
" Rock of the
Marne"
Regiment
History
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Order
of Battle
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9th
Infantry Regiment
23rd Infantry Regiment
38th Infantry Regiment
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2nd Reconnaissance
Troop (Mechanized)
2nd Engineer Combat Battalion
2nd Medical Battalion
15th Field Artillery Battalion
(105mm Howitzer)
37th Field Artillery Battalion
(105mm Howitzer)
38th Field Artillery Battalion
(105mm Howitzer)
12th Field Artillery Battalion
(155mm Howitzer)
702nd Ordnance Light Maintenance
Company
2nd Quartermaster Company
2nd Signal Company
Military Police Platoon
Headquarters Company Band
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Casualties
Killed
in Action : 3031
Wounded in Action
: 12758
Died of Wounds
: 457
Days
of Combat : 303
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Commanders
MG
John C. H. Lee
Nov 6, 1941 – May 8,
1942
MG Walter M. Robertson
May 9, 1942 – June 1945
BG
W. K. Harrison
June – Sept 1945
MG Edward M. Almond
Sep 1945 – June 1946
MG Paul W. Kendall
June 1946 – May 24,
1948
MG Harry J. Collins
June 30, 1948 –
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Campaigns
Normandy
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Jun - 24 Jul 1944
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Northern
France
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Jul - 14 Sep 1944
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Rhineland
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Sep 1944 - 21 Mar 1945
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Ardennes-Alsace
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Dec 1944 - 25 Jan 1945
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Central
Europe
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Mar - 11 May 1945
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Medals
Medal of
Honor - 6
Silver Star - 741
Bronze Star Medal - 5530
Distinguished Service Cross
- 34
Distinguished Service Medal
- 1
Legions of Merit - 25
Soldier's Medal - 14
Air Medal - 89
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1943
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Oct-
| Training in Northern
Ireland and Wales to Jun 44.
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1944
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7
Jun-
| Crossed the
channel to land on Omaha Beach
near St. Laurent-sur-Mer on
D plus 1.
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10
Jun-
| Attacking across
the Aure River, the Division liberated
Trevieres and proceeded to assault
and secure Hill 192, the key enemy
strongpoint on the road to St.
Lô.
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11
Jul-
| The Division
went on the defensive until July
26.
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15
Aug-
| Exploiting the
St. Lô break-through, the
2nd Division advanced across the
Vire to take Tinchebray.
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18
Sep-
| The Division
moved west to join the battle
for Brest, the heavily defended
fortress surrendering Sep 18,
1944 after a 39-day contest.
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19
Sep-
| The Division
took a brief rest till 26 Sep.
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29
Sep-
| Moved to
defensive positions at St. Vith,
Belgium.
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3
Oct-
| The division
entered Germany.
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11
Dec-
| The Second was
ordered to attack and seize the
Roer River dams. The German Ardennes
offensive in mid-December forced
the Division to withdraw to defensive
positions near Elsenborn, where
the German drive was halted.
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1945
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Feb-
| The Division
attacked, recapturing lost ground.
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4
Mar-
| Seized Gemund.
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9
Mar-
| Reached the Rhine
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10-11
Mar-
| Advanced south
to take Breisig and to guard the
Remagen bridge.
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21
Mar-
| The Division
crossed the Rhine and advanced
to Hadamar and Limburg an der
Lahn.
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28
Mar-
| Relieved elements
of the 9th Armored Division.
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6-7
Apr-
| Crossed the
Weser at Veckerhagen.
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8
Apr-
| Captured Göttingen.
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14
Apr
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a bridgehead across the Saale
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15
Apr
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on April 15.
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Apr
18-
| Division took
Leipzig, mopped up in the area,
and outposted the Mulde River.
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24
Apr-
| Elements which
had crossed the river were withdrawn.
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1
May-
| Relieved on the
Mulde, the 2nd moved 200 miles
to positions along the German-Czech
border near Schonsee and Waldmünchen,
where 2 ID relieved the 97th and
99th ID's on 3 May.
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4
May-
| The division
crossed over to Czechoslovakia
and attacked in the general direction
of Pilsen, attacking that city
on VE Day.
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20
Jul-
| Division returned
to the New York Port Of Embarkation.
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2
Jul-
| Arrived at Camp
Swift at Bastrop, Texas to start
a training schedule to prepare
them to participate in the scheduled
invasion of Japan, but they were
still at Camp Swift on VJ Day.
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1946
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28
Mar-
| Moved to the
Staging Area at Camp Stoneman
at Pittsburg, California but the
move eastward was canceled and
they received orders to move to
Fort Lewis at Tacoma, Washington.
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15
Apr-
| Arrived at Fort
Lewis which became their Home
Station. From their Fort Lewis
base, they conducted Arctic, air
transportability, amphibious and
maneuver training.
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| 2nd
Infantry Division
in World War II
CD
1
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The
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12-16 Jun 44
2nd Infantry Division
23rd Infantry Regiment
3rd Battalion
Operations in the
Attack on Hill 192,
West of Berigny, France
Normandy
Campaign
CD 1
35 Pages - PDF
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11-12 Jul 44
2nd Infantry Division
23rd Infantry Regiment
Operations in the
Attack on Hill 192,
East of St. Lo, France
Normandy
Campaign
CD 1
31 Pages - PDF
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13-16 Dec 44
2nd Infantry Division
9th Infantry Regiment
2nd Battalion
Operations in the
Attack on Pillbox Sector
Wehlerscheid, Germany
Rhineland
Campaign
CD 1
33 Pages - PDF
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17-20 Dec 44
2nd Infantry Division
38th Infantry Regiment
Company M
Operations in the
Vicinity of
Krinkelt, Belgium
Adrennes - Alsace
Campaign
CD 1
34 Pages - PDF
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15-20 Jan 45
2nd Infantry Division
23rd Infantry Regiment
Company G
Operations at
Ondenva, Belgium
Adrennes - Alsace Campaign
CD 1
22 Pages - PDF
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17-19 Jan 45
2nd Infantry Division
23rd Infantry Regiment
Company L
Operations in the Ondenval Iveldingen
Pass, Belgium
Adrennes - Alsace Campaign
CD 1
30 Pages - PDF
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2nd
Infantry Division
Conneticut Men1945 Publication
Division History
Roster and stories
of Conneticut
CD 1
16 Pages - PDF
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2nd Infantry Division
6 Medal of Honor
Citations
Infantry Division
Citations of WWII
1943 - 1945
CD 1
7 Pages - PDF
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Last Offensive
CD 1
554 Pages - PDF
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16 Dec 44 - 25 Jan 45
Ardennes - Alsace
Campaign
CD 1
56 Pages - PDF
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6 Jun - 24 Jul 44
Normandy
Campaign
CD 1
51 Pages - PDF
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War Against Germany
and Mediterranian
and Ajacent Areas
Pictorial Record
CD 1
459 Pages - PDF
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Order of Battle
US ARMY
European Theater
of Operations
CD 1
618 Pages - PDF
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World War II
Situation Maps
Europe
CD 1
83 Pages - PDF
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Chart
Organization
USArmy Regiment
CD 1
1 Page - PDF
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Map
United States Map
USArmy Regions
CD 1
1 Page - PDF
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World War II
Newspaper
Headlines
CD 1
507 Pages - PDF
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Magazine
Covers
CD 1
74 Pages - PDF
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Film
The
BIG PICTURE
Documentary Film
"Combat Infantryman"
An Official
Television Report
to the Nation
From the
United States Army
CD 1
Film: 27m14s - MP4
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Newsreels
"Allied Vise Tightens
On Rhineland"
Universal Newsreel
7 Dec 44
Film: 7m17s
"Nazis Surrender"
Universal Newsreel
14 May 45
Film: 7m24s
"The Year 1945"
United Newsreel
Film: 8m34s
CD 1
Newsreels - Folder
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The
files below are found on CD 2
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8 Nov - 11 Nov 42
Algeria–French
Morocco
CD 2
32 Pages - PDF
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Jul 43
Sicily and the
Surrender of Italy
CD 2
630 Pages - PDF
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9 Jul - 17 Aug 43
Sicily Campaign
CD 2
28 Pages - PDF
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6 Jun - 1 Jul 44
Cross-Channel Attack
CD 2
538 Pages - PDF
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1 Jul - 11 Sep 44
Breakout
and Pursuit
CD 2
771 Pages - PDF
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25 Jul - 14 Sep 44
Northern France
CD 2
32 Pages - PDF
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15 Sep 44 - 21 Mar 45
Rhineland
CD 2
36 Pages - PDF
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22 Mar - 11 May 45
Central Europe
CD 2
36 Pages - PDF
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Long Road
To Victory
CD 2
20 Pages - PDF
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US Air Force
Combat Chronology
1941 - 1945
CD 2
743 Pages - PDF
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"Fighting Divisions"
Army
Divisions History
CD 2
241 Pages - PDF
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Supreme Command
European
Theater Operations
CD 2
631 Pages - PDF
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Brief History
of World War II
CD 2
55 Pages - PDF
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APOs
Army Postal Service
Addresses
Alphabetical Listings
CD 2
149 Pages - PDF
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Form SF180
Records Request
Request for
Personnel Records
CD 2
3 Pages - PDF
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Research Guide
National Archives
Finding Information of
Personal Participation
in World War II Guide
CD 2
5 Pages - PDF
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Mines - Booby Traps
Identification Guide
CD 2
42 Pages - PDF
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Aircraft
Nose Art
CD 2
34 Pages - PDF
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Aircraft
Recognition Guide
CD 2
17 Pages - PDF
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Aircraft
Insignia Poster
CD 2
1 Page - PDF
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US
World War II
Posters
CD 2
250 Pages - PDF
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German
World War II
Posters
CD 2
75 Pages - PDF
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Rank
Insignia of Grade
CD 2
1 Page - PDF
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Patch
Identification
Guide
CD 2
19 Pages - PDF
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Chart
Enlisted Men's
Uniform Insignias
CD 2
1 Page - PDF
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Song Lyrics
Army
HIT KIT
of Popular Songs
CD 2
6 Pages - PDF
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VE Day
Eisenhower Flyer
CD 2
1 Page - PDF
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Comic Book
Covers
CD 2
8 Pages - PDF
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| 2nd
Infantry
Division
"Second to None"
"Indian Head"
"Warrior Division"
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2nd Infantry Division History
After training in Northern Ireland and Wales from October 1943
to June 1944, the 2nd Infantry
Division crossed the channel to
land on Omaha Beach on D plus
1, June 7, 1944, near St. Laurent-sur-Mer.
Attacking across the Aure River,
the Division liberated Trevieres,
June 10, and proceeded to assault
and secure Hill 192, the key enemy
strongpoint on the road to St.
Lô. With the hill taken July 11,
1944, the Division went on the
defensive until July 26. Exploiting
the St. Lô break-through, the
2nd Division advanced across the
Vire to take Tinchebray August
15, 1944. The Division then moved
west to join the battle for Brest,
the heavily defended fortress
surrendering September 18, 1944
after a 39-day contest.
The Division took
a brief rest September 19–September
26 before moving to defensive
positions at St. Vith, Belgium
on September 29, 1944. The division
entered Germany on October 3,
1944, and the Second was ordered,
on December 11, 1944, to attack
and seize the Roer River dams.
The German Ardennes offensive
in mid-December forced the Division
to withdraw to defensive positions
near Elsenborn, where the German
drive was halted. In February
1945 the Division attacked, recapturing
lost ground, and seized Gemund,
March 4. Reaching the Rhine March
9, the 2ID advanced south to take
Breisig, March 10–11, and
to guard the Remagen bridge, March
12–March 20.
The Division crossed
the Rhine March 21 and advanced
to Hadamar and Limburg an der
Lahn, relieving elements of the
9th Armored Division, March 28.
Advancing rapidly in the wake
of the 9th Armored, the 2nd Infantry
Division crossed the Weser at
Veckerhagen, April 6–April
7, captured Göttingen April 8,
established a bridgehead across
the Saale, April 14, seizing Merseburg
on April 15. On April 18 the Division
took Leipzig, mopped up in the
area, and outposted the Mulde
River; elements which had crossed
the river were withdrawn April
24. Relieved on the Mulde, the
2nd moved 200 miles, May 1–May
3, to positions along the German-Czech
border near Schonsee and Waldmünchen,
where 2 ID relieved the 97th and
99th ID's. The division crossed
over to Czechoslovakia on May
4, 1945, and attacked in the general
direction of Pilsen, attacking
that city on VE Day.
2nd Infantry Division
returned to the New York Port
Of Embarkation on July 20, 1945,
and arrived at Camp Swift at Bastrop,
Texas on July 22, 1945. They started
a training schedule to prepare
them to participate in the scheduled
invasion of Japan, but they were
still at Camp Swift on VJ Day.
They then moved to the Staging
Area at Camp Stoneman at Pittsburg,
California on March 28, 1946,
but the move eastward was canceled,
and they received orders to move
to Fort Lewis at Tacoma, Washington.
They arrived at Fort Lewis on
April 15, 1946, which became their
Home Station. From their Fort
Lewis base, they conducted Arctic,
air transportability, amphibious,
and maneuver training.
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| 9th
Infantry
" Keep Up
The Fire!"
Regiment
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9th Infantry Regiment History
After breaking
out from the beachhead at Normandy,
the 9th waged an 18 hour engagement
during the Battle of the Bulge.
With the Allied line established,
the 9th spearheaded a drive
toward the Siegfried Line, crossed
the Rhine in March 1945 and
advanced rapidly through Saxony
into Czechoslovakia, ending
the war with many decorations
including three Presidential
Unit Citations.
Stationed at
Ft. Sam Houstin Tex as part
of 2nd Division.
24 Nov 42 -
Moved to Cp McCoy Wis.
27 Sep 43 -
Staged at Cp. Shanks N.Y.
8 Oct 43 -
Departed New York P/E.
19 Oct 43- Arrived
England.
12 June 44
- Landed in France.
3 Oct 44 -
Crossed into Belgium and entered
Germany same date.
19 Jul 45 -
Arrived Boston P/E.
23 Jul 45 -
Moved to Cp Swift Tex.
29 Mar 46 -
Transferred to Cp. Stoneman
Cal.
16 Apr 46 -
Transferred to Ft. Lewis Wash
where active through 1946.
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23rd
Infantry
" Tomahawks"
"We Serve"
Regiment
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23rd Infantry Regiment
History
Stationed at
Ft. Sam Houstin Tex as part
of 2nd Division.
24 Nov 42 -
Moved on to Cp McCoy Wis..
29 Sep 43 -
Staged at Cp. Shanks N.Y.
8 Oct 43 -
Departed New York P/E.
18 Oct 43 -
Arrived England 18 Oct 43.
12 June 44 -
Landed in France.
3 Oct 44 - Crossed
into Belgium and entered Germany
same date.
16-18 Dec 44
- Attached 99th Infantry Division.
13-24 Jan 45
- Attached 1st Infantry Division.
20 Jul 45 -
Returned New York.
25 Jul 45 -
Moved to Cp. Swift, Tex.
30 Mar 46 -
Transferred to Cp. Stoneman,
Cal.
16 Apr 46 -
Transferred to Ft. Lewis Wash.
where active thru 1946.
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Infantry
"Rock
of the Marne"
Regiment
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38th
Infantry Regiment History
16
Oct 39 - Stationed at Ft. Douglas
Utah as part of the 3rd Division
until assigned to 2nd Division.
9 Nov 39 - Moved to Cp. Bullis
Tex where participated in maneuvers.
27 Jan 40 - Moved
to Ft. Sam Houstin where participated
in maneuvers.
24 Nov 42 - Transferred
to Cp McCoy.
30 Sep 43 - Staged
at Cp. Shanks N.Y. 30 Sep 43.
8 Oct 43 - Departed
New York P/E.
19 Oct 43 - Arrived
England.
12 Jan 44 - Landed
in France.
21-30 Aug 44 -
Attached VIII Corps.
3 Oct 44 - Crossed
into Belgium and entered Germany
same date.
8 Mar 45 - Attached
78th Infantry Division.
25 Mar-5 Apr 45
- Attached 9th Armored Division.
5 May 45 - Crossed
into Czechoslovakia.
20 Jul 45 - Returned
to New York P/E.
25 Jul 45 - Moved
to Cp. Swift Texas.
28 Apr 46 - Transferred
to Cp. Carson Coloado where active
through 1946.
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2nd
Infantry
Division
Campaigns
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Campaigns of World War II
Normandy
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Jun - 24 Jul 1944
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Northern
France
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Jul - 14 Sep 1944
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Rhineland
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Sep 1944 - 21 Mar 1945
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Ardennes-Alsace
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Dec 1944 - 25 Jan 1945
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Central
Europe
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Mar - 11 May 1945
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Normandy
Campaign
6 – 24 July 1944
A great invasion
force stood off the Normandy coast
of France as dawn broke on 6 June
1944: 9 battleships, 23 cruisers,
104 destroyers, and 71 large landing
craft of various descriptions
as well as troop transports, mine
sweepers, and merchantmen—in
all, nearly 5,000 ships of every
type, the largest armada ever
assembled. The naval bombardment
that began at 0550 that morning
detonated large minefields along
the shoreline and destroyed a
number of the enemy’s defensive
positions. To one correspondent,
reporting from the deck of the
cruiser HMS Hillary, it sounded
like “the rhythmic beating
of a gigantic drum” all
along the coast. In the hours
following the bombardment, more
than 100,000 fighting men swept
ashore to begin one of the epic
assaults of history, a “mighty
endeavor,” as President
Franklin D. Roosevelt described
it to the American people, “to
preserve. . . our civilization
and to set free a suffering humanity.”
Northern
France Campaign
25 July – 14 September 1944
As July 1944 entered
its final week, Allied forces
in Normandy faced, at least on
the surface, a most discouraging
situation. In the east, near Caen,
the British and Canadians were
making little progress against
fierce German resistance. In the
west, American troops were bogged
down in the Norman hedgerows.
These massive, square walls of
earth, five feet high and topped
by hedges, had been used by local
farmers over the centuries to
divide their fields and protect
their crops and cattle from strong
ocean winds. The Germans had turned
these embankments into fortresses,
canalizing the American advance
into narrow channels, which were
easily covered by antitank weapons
and machine guns. The stubborn
defenders were also aided by some
of the worst weather seen in Normandy
since the turn of the century,
as incessant downpours turned
country lanes into rivers of mud.
By 25 July, the size of the Allied
beachhead had not even come close
to the dimensions that pre–D-day
planners had anticipated, and
the slow progress revived fears
in the Allied camp of a return
to the static warfare of World
War I. Few would have believed
that, in the space of a month
and a half, Allied armies would
stand triumphant at the German
border.
Rhineland
Campaign
15 September 1944 – 21 March
1945
The Rhineland
Campaign, although costly for
the Allies, had clearly been ruinous
for the Germans. The Germans suffered
some 300,000 casualties and lost
vast amounts of irreplaceable
equipment. Hitler, having demanded
the defense of all of the German
homeland, enabled the Allies to
destroy the Wehrmacht in the West
between the Siegfried Line and
the Rhine River. Now, the Third
Reich lay virtually prostrate
before Eisenhower’s massed
armies.
Ardennes
- Alsace Campaign
16 December 1944 – 25 January
1945
In August 1944,
while his armies were being destroyed
in Normandy, Hitler secretly put
in motion actions to build a large
reserve force, forbidding its
use to bolster Germany’s
beleaguered defenses. To provide
the needed manpower, he trimmed
existing military forces and conscripted
youths, the unfit, and old men
previously untouched for military
service during World War II.
In September Hitler
named the port of Antwerp, Belgium,
as the objective. Selecting the
Eifel region as a staging area,
Hitler intended to mass twenty-five
divisions for an attack through
the thinly held Ardennes Forest
area of southern Belgium and Luxembourg.
Once the Meuse River was reached
and crossed, these forces would
swing northwest some 60 miles
to envelop the port of Antwerp.
The maneuver was designed to sever
the already stretched Allied supply
lines in the north and to encircle
and destroy a third of the Allies’
ground forces. If successful,
Hitler believed that the offensive
could smash the Allied coalition,
or at least greatly cripple its
ground combat capabilities, leaving
him free to focus on the Russians
at his back door.
Central
Europe Campaign
22 March – 11 May 1945
By the beginning
of the Central Europe Campaign
of World War II, Allied victory
in Europe was inevitable. Having
gambled his future ability to
defend Germany on the Ardennes
offensive and lost, Hitler had
no real strength left to stop
the powerful Allied armies. Yet
Hitler forced the Allies to fight,
often bitterly, for final victory.
Even when the hopelessness of
the German situation became obvious
to his most loyal subordinates,
Hitler refused to admit defeat.
Only when Soviet artillery was
falling around his Berlin headquarters
bunker did the German Fuehrer
begin to perceive the final outcome
of his megalomaniacal crusade.
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