The headquarters was organized on 1 September 1921. They laid in the trucks about two hours before the convoys started to move. Candidate Schools. Not attributed to a veteran but it was a must have for my collection. 79th Infantry Division. in the history of mankind. walls of the barren buildings now called "home", and often I had fallen asleep when the ship left, and I didnt get to see my country as we went to leave. Two strong infantry counterattacks, supported by armor, were launched by Baker obviously survived the war and retired from the Army Reserve in 1980. a likely participant in official events of international consequence. Furthermore, there is the History of the First Battalion of the 417th Infantry Regiment: "ALWAYS FIRST" - THE FIRST BATTALION, 417TH INFANTRY REGIMENT (1945, Gera, Germany ? The history of the 76th also shows that while operating from Camp McCoy, an advanced training group moved in November 1943 to Northern Michigan (the Upper Peninsula) to near Watersmeet.. Or are you interested in war medals and their recipients? Cemeteries & Memorials; Burial Search; About Us; Education; Facebook; Twitter; YouTube; Instagram; ABMC Headquarters 2300 Clarendon Blvd, Suite 500 Arlington, VA 22201 Phone: 703-584-1501. The 76th Infantry Division was a unit of the United States Army in World War I, World War II and the Cold War. Indiana's 151st and 152nd Infantry regiments formed the new 76th Infantry Brigade. A possible match? - Army Air Force Aid Society membership card dated December 1st, 1944. Driving across the Kyll River, the division took Hosten, March 3, Speicher on March 5, and Karl on March 10; swung south and cleared the area north of the Moselle, crossing the river, March 18, near Mlheim an der Mosel. They With this addition, only ONE piece of 76th literature remains unaccounted for. marched from Bournemouth to Boscombe station where they boarded a train for Southampton. The 76th Division was reactivated as the 76th USAR Operational Response Command (ORC) and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah. Baker, who was a second lieutenant at that time at Camp McCoy, recalled his battery of Soldiers completing their wide variety of training. to be completed. Comunicacin Social TracesOfWar.com tells you more! Copies of the After Action Reports, Combat Records and G-Journals (G-1, G-2, G-3, G-4 and G-5 - the journals give information to further important records, reports and documents!) organized . Powered by Invision Community, US MILITARIA FORUM - COLLECTORS PRESERVING HISTORY. That's Regt. They then moved by motor convoy to Rodt. guides who promptly ushered them to trucks and waiting barracks. The 78th Division of the United States Army was activated on 23 August 1917 at Camp Dix, New Jersey. The 304th Infantry Regiment entered action in ETO 19 January 1945 and Hollis Cloyd was KIA near Holsthum, Germany 25 February 1945. I have a 76th Division history as well as a history for the 304th Infantry Regiment. His message had a familiar ring . Official Staff Sergeant Veteran Discharge Status. :think: If he were in the 385th instead I could assist you more. The town was cleared of all snipers and then C Company moved into Mertesdorf, clearing it of all snipers. In May 1942, these officers assembled at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, ABMC Headquarters 2300 Clarendon Blvd, Suite 500 Arlington, VA 22201 Phone: 703-584-1501 It was a number in some official Gen Leslie J. McNair visited the NCO school at Camp McCoy. were; strenuous training went on daily. with a training cadre of several hundred non-commissioned officers and when the 76th became a ghost division. Labor Day, not three months after organization, the entire division practicing the grim, superhuman technique of going to war. "Say, Looking for reliable information or news facts about WW2? Baker trained at McCoy and deployed from the post with his battery of 500 men in November 1944. The 10th Armored Division entered France through the port of Cherbourg, 23 September 1944, and put in a month of training at Teurtheville, France, before entering combat. Subscribe to 385th Infantry Regiment, 76th Infantry Division Footer menu. The division was deactivated in 1996 and has been reconstituted as the 76th U.S. Army Reserve Operational Response Command in 2013.. In the cold blackness of the early morning hours on February 7th, men of the first battalion, undergoing their baptism of fire, embarked in small boats at Echternach, Luxembourg, to cross the swollen Saur River and plunged into the vaunted German West wall. urgency and seriousness of the pending training program, and were being The battery and the Division eventually deployed to Europe to fight in World War II in November 1944 arriving in England in December 1944. Male Highest Rank. . its obscurity in the War Department records none the less complete from reception centers in New York, New Jersey and New England. The 76th, the "Cortland Regiment," recruited principally in Cortland and Otsego counties, was mustered into the U. S. service at Albany, Jan. 16, 1862, for three years. Zeitz was captured after a violent struggle, 1415 April, and the 76th reached the Mulde River on 16 April, going into defensive positions to hold a bridgehead across the Mulde near Chemnitz until VE-day. At 0200 March 12, 1945, Company A left their position and moved through Mertesdorf to launch another attack on the hill which Company C was forced to withdraw from. The attack continued in conjunction with the 6th Armored Division; Langensalza fell and the Gera River was crossed, 11 April. The next day Companies A and B cleared Wolsfeld and Badenborn. According to Controvich's bibliography there are three very short works on the 417th's first two battalions. been inducted as privates under the Selective Service Act not more than replacements at the front, while the artillery brigade trained at indomitable fighting spirit which reflect great credit on all (Army historical photo), Army announces upcoming 4th Infantry Division unit rotations, Army announces upcoming 2nd ABCT, 1st Cavalry Division, unit rotation, U.S. Army STAND-TO! by the 301st, 302d and 303d Machine Gun Battalions, 301st Engineer the first insignia recommended for the 76th been adopted, our left (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. ceremony on The Hill. All Images and Text Copyright 2003-2020 International Military Antiques Inc. All Rights Reserved. Infantry Brigades, the 151st Field Artillery Brigade, and was supported 32nd Infantry Division: 33rd Infantry Division : 34th Infantry Division : 35th Infantry Division : . It landed at Le Havre, France, 12 January 1945, and proceeded to the Limesy concentration area. initial force. (Skis, snowshoes, toboggans, snow tractors, snow goggles, winter camouflage suits, Eskimo parkas, etc.) We did our work with our guns on the south ranges there, Baker said. assault boats. by Dwight Pruitt 17 Nov 2002, 18:27, Post In early 1943, he enlisted in the Army and was assigned to HQ-Co, 2nd Bn, 417th Regiment in the 76th Division. We The training was an extension of training from Camp McCoy, Wis. (Army historical photo), Soldiers, including some possibly with the 76th Infantry Division, eat in a mess hall (dining facility) at Camp McCoy, Wis., in November 1943. Companies reached their objectives and were dug in by dawn when the Germans counterattacked with tanks and infantry in force capturing part of Company B and causing the remainder to withdraw. Could you give me a date of the crossing? marched over the hill from Trier to Eitelsbach. The SS Richardson docked at the Clyde River near Grenoch, Scotland on 12 December 1944. There are approximately 10 billion pages of textual records; 12 million maps, charts, and architectural and engineering drawings; 25 million still photographs and graphics; 24 million aerial photographs; 300,000 reels of motion picture film; 400,000 video and sound recordings; and 133 terabytes of electronic data. The 76th Infantry Division was a unit of the United States Army in World War I and World War II. If all Regiments in the war had a unit book this complete, veteran research would be nonexistent. . The 417th Infantry sailed on the SS Marine Raven. 151st Field Artillery Brigade, upon completion of its training, was It was the first National Army division to be drawn from The specific numbers cited by the other poster, if derived from after-action reports, are probably reliable. Written in a training notebook by Staff Sgt. because the 417th Inf.Reg. into the war. reconstruction program, however, brought the 76th out of its obscurity. In September 1992, more than 600 people associated with the 76th held a reunion at Fort McCoy to recall their time at the post 50 years later as well. There's nothing listed for the third battalion, sorry. The wait was worth it for this one! . Very good - fine with a couple of tiny chips. U.S. Army Sgt. In the vineyards German snipers were hidden. Depot Division and was ordered to an area south of Bourges, France, with Gun magazine laws, concealed weapons laws, laws governing new made display guns, airsoft guns, blank fire guns, and other items vary greatly by nation, state and locality. In this role during 1985 and 1986, in an operation codenamed "Onaway Eagle", the division successfully defined, established and executed the first USAR (United States Army Reserve) mobilization army training center at Fort Campbell, Kentucky which became the model for utilization and employment of other reserve training divisions in the United States Army. I couldn't ask from you that you typ over 5 pages of a book, I'm more interested in the question if "this was the greatest manpour loss in one day ever suffered by any two inf. 417th Regiment Lineage. The 417th docked at Plymouth 4 December 1944. Leaving Teurtheville, 25 October, the Division moved to Mars-la-Tour, where it entered combat, 1 November, in support of the XX Corps, containing enemy troops in the area. Hard to imagine how much info they may have given their size. Capt. I've just found this thread (it's Veteran's Day in the U.S.) My father was in Company C, 417 Regiment, 76th Infantry Division. Meade, Maryland, in May of 1942. forces across the river and insured the success of an operation of major by Jeroen 17 Nov 2002, 20:16, Post crossing on the second and third nights and established contact with the . You guys must be in a The division was inactivated in 1996 and has been reconstituted as the 76th US Army Reserve Operational Response Command in 2013. . In the defensive battles for Letcani and Iai (German: Jassy) the 76th ID suffered heavy losses and had to withdraw across the . From November 2017 to June 2018, Major General A.C. Roper served as commanding general of the 76th Operational Response Command. . On January 11th, 1945, they arrived at Le Havre, France, where they saw the destruction that war can cause. men from the famed 1st Infantry Division. Engineer Battalion, 301st Medical Battalion, 76th Signal Company, 76th 417th Infantry Regiment: 00.00.0000-00.00.0000: Other troops. When at Mierchamps they set up a perimeter defense. 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