Just over two years later, the division was inactivated on 15 November 1996 at West Hartford, Connecticut. into one Division Band. 151st Field Artillery Brigade, upon completion of its training, was 79th Infantry Division. If all Regiments in the war had a unit book this complete, veteran research would be nonexistent. practicing the grim, superhuman technique of going to war. Division 76th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop 301st Engineer Combat Battalion 304th Infantry Regiment 385th Infantry Regiment 417th Infantry Regiment Headquarters and . - Photocopied packet of many of Wilder's wartime documents such as his enlistment record and medical examination. While the staff prepared all the men's uniforms and armed the men the medics were checking if the soldiers had all of the required immunizations. men from the famed 1st Infantry Division. Victory will come to Allies but it will not be an easy one. No longer was it to be a mere number on paper. US MILITARIA FORUM - COLLECTORS PRESERVING HISTORY September 14, 2010 in MEDALS & DECORATIONS. phrase rang with assertion and finality, and it seemed that nothing In November 1944, trains headed to Camp Myles Standish in Taunton, Massachusetts for staging before transport to Europe. special service schools and refresher courses for additional training. the Netherlands, President Arroyo de Rio of Ecuador, and President He was inducted into the army in April, 1944 and served as a member of the 3rd anti-tank squad, HQ Company, 3rd Battalion. Unit of Service: Company F, 417th Infantry Regiment, 76th Infantry Division; Location of Service: Fort Thomas, Kentucky; Camp McCoy, Wisconsin; Fort Hood, Killeen, Texas; overseas; . If someone has it and can post any info about Kish that would be great. What the future holds for this division no man knows. Most of its troops were used as replacements for front line units which reduced the division to 7,000 troops. On Thanksgiving Day 1944, three transports sailed from the Boston port of embarkation to Europe. field. They spent the night there and the next morning, they went by truck to Mierchamps, Belgium, where they were placed in secretive strategic reserve for the 3rd Army. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. indomitable fighting spirit which reflect great credit on all Despite all its history, the division was again among the first reserve units to be was attached to the 5th Inf.Div. Are there any internesites about this crossing? On 12 March 1944, the division returned to Camp McCoy. Not eligible for payment with Paypal or Amazon. part in the gigantic struggle against perpetrators of the foulest crimes Written in a training notebook by Staff Sgt. My father was also with the 417th co.HQ S SGT Harry L Weaversupervised a 57mm anti-tank crew. conditions which at times appeared prohibitive, the 417th Regimental initial force. During the last week of May and first half of June, by Jeroen 15 Nov 2002, 21:33, Post He Graduated from North Dakota State University in 1937 with the rank of Second Lieutenant. A possible match? It left the state the next day for Washington, was assigned to the 3d brigade of Casey's division and served in the vicinity of Washington during the first winter. On 5 crossed by boat and it became necessary to supply isolated groups by Can't ever be sure though without a little bit more background on him. signifying how men were uprooted from their homes to serve their nation; of the 69th Division, first West Front unit to achieve contact with Even that faint and inglorious semblance to an army unit was There they boarded the SS Antenor at Portsmouth to cross the English channel. Against this grim background of world events the 76th Infantry Division question almost as frequently as he has had to take vaccine shots. Lineage and Honors Information as of 30 September 2005 . VI Corps CG Gen Lucian K. Truscott, HQs & HQ Co, VI Corps Combat Command CG Gen Aim M. Sudre, Combat Command Sudre, 1st French Armored Attached 1st Co 9th Regiment des Chasseurs d'Afrique; Detachment 2/661 Co, (Ordnance) Rparation Engins Blinds; 66th Ammo Co (-) and Detachment 705th Co, Fuel Supply Field Artillery HQs & [] was the only unit in this vicinity to reach its objective on its Capt. Then began the Despite violent enemy attempts to dislodge it, the combat team held It consisted of the 151st and 152d Perrin, Chief of Staff. 417th infantry regiment, 76th infantry division. Does anyone have a WWII unit history for the 417th Inf.Reg, 76 Div.? He served in the 76th Infantry Division as the Company Commanding Officer of "D" Company, 1st Battalion in the 417th Infantry Regiment. Gen Leslie J. McNair visited the NCO school at Camp McCoy. Sign up for a new account in our community. the enemy the fatal taste of its steel. The 417th Infantry sailed on the SS Marine Raven. My grandfather, John J. Hummel, was a member of the 76th Infantry Division and the 417th Infantry Regiment. 'Always First," 1945, 33 leaves. by Jeroen 17 Nov 2002, 12:22, Post by Dwight Pruitt 17 Nov 2002, 08:16, Post The 417th Infantry Regiment, 76th Infantry Division started to make history at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin where full time pre-combat training terminated in November of 1944. Engineer Battalion, 301st Medical Battalion, 76th Signal Company, 76th 76th Infantry Division (United States) - WikiMili, The Best . - War Depart Identification Card dated 28 April 1945. I never found out what Battalion or Company he was in before he passed. and/or Ulrich Koch: ulrich.koch@koch-athene.de. It was there where they had their first taste of combat even though it was not on the front lines. The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) was established in 1934 by President Franklin Roosevelt. up, training cadres were formed and personnel were trained as Activated: August 1917 Overseas: August 1918 Commanders: Maj. Gen. H. F. Hodges (5 August 1917), Brig. In marched over the hill from Trier to Eitelsbach. We They became the only battalion in the Sauer and Iur River crossing to reach the objective in strength, on the first day. Disclaimer: A work of the U.S. National Archives and DVIDS is "a work prepared by an officer or employee" of the federal government "as part of that person's official duties." at Camp Devens, its birthplace, in May 1919. The excellent role of the 417th Infantry Regiment is noted in WE RIPENED FAST - the History of the 76th Infantry Division. been inducted as privates under the Selective Service Act not more than The tremendous power of the Allied Nations is now being unleashed in all its fury. or the G-Journals of the 76th Infantry . Not in the 1991 roster of the 76th association either. Approximatley thirty-two landing sites were in their area. On arrival in the advanced zone it was He did mention about his baptism by fire attacking the line at the Sauer river. in the history of mankind. trained, equipped and forwarded 19,971 officers and enlisted men as 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. infantry division" the 385th and 417th Infantry Regiments were Four exercises were conducted during which the 385th Infantry Regiment (headquartered in Pori, Michigan, opposed the division as an enemy force. The wait was worth it for this one! Police Platoon, and the Infantry and Artillery Bands, later incorporated From October 2015 to September 2017, Major General Ricky L. Waddell served as commanding general of the 76th Operational Response Command. NARA keeps those Federal records that are judged to have continuing valueabout 2 to 5 percent of those generated in any given year. 32nd Infantry Division: 33rd Infantry Division : 34th Infantry Division : 35th Infantry Division : . Some RARE . The battery and the Division eventually deployed to Europe to fight in World War II in November 1944 arriving in England in December 1944. many reserve and newly-commissioned officers, the products of Officer This is an apolitical forum for discussions on the Axis nations and related topics hosted by the Axis History Factbook in cooperation with Christian Ankerstjernes Panzerworld and Christoph Awender's WW2 day by day. (Historical photo), Soldiers with the 76th Infantry Division complete winter training on an obstacle course in November 1943 at Camp McCoy, Wis. Division Soldiers trained at McCoy for nearly a year before deploying to Europe in November 1944. Our unique research process is essential to understanding the experiences of individual military veterans of WWII-since the vast majority of WWII Army/Air Corps personnel records were lost in the 1973 National Archives fire. This page was last edited on 27 December 2022, at 10:48. 76th Division was led first by Maj Gen Henry F. Hodges. Baker obviously survived the war and retired from the Army Reserve in 1980. A soldier with the 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, A Soldier from 1st Battalion, 77th Field Artillery, Soldiers from the 308th Infantry Regiment of the 77th. This man and the rest of the 417th will go down in history as one of the 76th Division's fiercest fighting units and I am honored to have this uniform in my collection! organized . Approximately at 0230, March 5, 1945, the Battalion moved by motor convoy to Trier, where they undertook offensive action to gain high ground at the bend at the Moselle River, and wipe out enemy pockets of resistance. Gen. William Weigel (28 November 1917), Maj. Gen. H . Marine Raven. I'll look through the rest of my info and see if I can turn anything up though! The objects in this collection are from The U.S. National Archives and Defense Visual Information Distribution Service. A new attack was launched April 4, and the Werra River was reached the next day. While the staff prepared all the men's uniforms and armed the men the medics were checking if the soldiers had all of the required immunizations. They reached their objective without any other conflict. When We assume no liability associated with misuse of our products. air. with a training cadre of several hundred non-commissioned officers and When flung into the icy waters when their boats were sunk, struggled toward the far shore. Zeitz was captured after a violent struggle, April 1415, and the 76th reached the Mulde River on April 16, going into defensive positions to hold a bridgehead across the Mulde near Chemnitz until Victory in Europe Day in 1945.. 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 ? Next up is the 304th Infantry Regiment's official unit history. The advance continued across the Prum and Nims Rivers, 2527 February. From November 2017 to June 2018, Major General A.C. Roper served as commanding general of the 76th Operational Response Command. by Jeroen 17 Nov 2002, 20:16, Post 20 de enero, 2021 . By November 1944, trains headed from Camp McCoy to Camp Myles Standish in Massachusetts for staging before transport to Europe, the history shows. The division was skeletonized on 7 November 1918 - four days before the Armistice. mortar, and machine-gun fire. Supplies were dropped form artillery liaison planes while engineers battled to construct bridges across the swollen river to supplement their dwindling stores. are in the National Archives, Washington, D.C., and Suitland, MD, in Carlisle Barracks, PA and possibly in Fort Benning, GA (Research Library of the Infantry School). of physical perfection had to be achieved, and the 76th Division, as The command is made up of over 6,000 soldiers with a presence in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, and select locations in Europe. considerably since 1918. Male Highest Rank. Armistice. assigned to the Second Army. The war Not attributed to a veteran but it was a must have for my collection. 422nd 423rd 424th. He served with the 76th and 26th Divisions on Occupation duty in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. River into one of the deepest portions of the Siegfried Line. "By the end of December I was joining the 76th Infantry division as a replacement. At 0200 March 10, 1945, an attack was launched to take the high ground and to take out all snipers. The "According to our [U. S. National Archives] records, in 1951 the Department of the Army destroyed all passenger lists, manifests, logs of vessels, and troop movement files of United States Army Transports for World . and were out on the drill field doing so many bends and push-ups and I was disappointed though. And by including until now unknown personal memories and documents of personal photos which are collected in albums to this day! In general, under section 105 of the Copyright Act, such works are not entitled to domestic copyright protection under U.S. law and are therefore in the public domain. Lineage and Honors Information as of 30 September 2005, Constituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 417th Infantry and assigned to the 76th Division (later redesignated as the 76th Infantry Division), Organized in March 1922 with Headquarters at New Haven, Connecticut, Ordered into active military service 15 June 1942 and reorganized at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, Reconstituted 7 October 1946 in the Organized Reserves as the 417th Infantry and assigned to the 76th Infantry Division, Activated 17 December 1946 with Headquarters at Hartford, Connecticut, (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve), (Location of Headquarters changed 11 September 1950 to New Haven, Connecticut; changed 25 January 1954 to Hartford, Connecticut; changed 15 July 1954 to West Hartford, Connecticut), Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1959 as the 417th Regiment, an element of the 76th Division (Training), with Headquarters at Auburn, Maine, Reorganized 31 January 1968 to consist of the 1st and 2d Battalions, elements of the 76th Division (Training), Reorganized 1 April 1971 to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 76th Division (Training), Reorganized 16 September 1993 to consist of the 1st and 2d Battalions, elements of the 76th Division (Training), Reorganized 1 October 1994 to consist of the 1st and 2d Battalions, elements of the 76th Division (Institutional Training), Reorganized 16 October - 16 November 1996 to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 98th Division (Institutional Training), Reorganized 17 October 2004 to consist of the 1st and 2d Battalions, elements of the 98th Division (Institutional Training), World War II: Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe, Presidential Unit Citation (Army), for ECHTERNACH. bud, is that white thing a French telephone? reaching the far shore and heavy casualties were suffered. A new attack was launched 4 April and the Werra River was reached the next day. Driving across the Kyll River, the division took Hosten, 3 March, Speicher on 5 March and Karl on 10 March; swung south and cleared the area north of the Moselle, crossing the river, 18 March, near Mlheim an der Mosel. I was assigned to the 417th Infantry regiment. earned that decoration back in '17 when the 76th Division trained the All of us were awarded the Combat Infantry Badge for that. Baker trained at McCoy and deployed from the post with his battery of 500 men in November 1944. November 1918 it passed to French XVII Army Corps control, and as Corps U.S. Army Sgt. its obscurity in the War Department records none the less complete I have created a book detailing his life before, during, and after the war. He was a member of the ROTC, which led to his service in the United States Army in World War II, where he served as an Infantry Officer with the First Battalion, 417th Infantry Regiment, 76th Infantry Division as part of the Third Army in Europe. 27th . There, foreshadowing the several . On the 23rd the res of the Battalion left for England on the U.S.S. Why this is so, we can only speculate today: The cause most probably rested on the fact that this regiment had heavy losses at the Luxembourg-German border, the crossing of the Sauer River and at the conquest of the Siegfried Line at the beginning of the combat in January and February 1945. The It landed at Le Havre, France, on Jan. 12, 1945, and proceeded to the Limesy concentration area. Infantry Brigades, the 151st Field Artillery Brigade, and was supported was rescued from its mere paper existence, and again called upon to take The 304th Infantry plus a Division Headquarters party sailed on the SS Brazil. Other troops 76th Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized) 00.00.0000-00.00.0000: 76th Quartermaster Company: 00.00.0000-00.00.0000: 301st Engineer Combat Battalion: 00.00.0000-00.00.0000: . Light Maintenance, 76th Division Headquarters Company, 76th Military lost, when, in 1940 U. S. Army reconstruction was begun and the reserve Reset Candidate Schools. Story on story could be told of their heroic deeds. The commander at the time was BG John G Pappas, who served in this position from 1 Oct 1994 until 9 Sept 1996. Legal Notice - International Military Antiques, Inc observes all Federal, State and local laws. With this addition, only ONE piece of 76th literature remains unaccounted for. My collection honoring the 76th Infantry Division in WWII, My grandfather was drafted and assigned to the 417th. record book, faintly alive by virtue of the fact that approximately 300 STIWOT, 1999-2023. The crossing was particularly brutal -- Gen Patton said in his autobiography that overall the losses (killed, wounded, or captured) were 90% -- that means 900 out of the 1,000 that went across. This training focused on the use of skis, snowshoes, toboggans, snow tractors, snow goggles, winter camouflage suits, Eskimo parkas, and more. Further notes can be found in the histories of the 304th and 385th Infantry Regiments and in the After Action Reports of the companies and battalions of the 417th Regiment or the G-Journals of the 76th Infantry Division (until now, unfortunately, this one hasn't been evaluated - all restrictions are lifted since 1992!). The remainder of the division sailed from Boston on 10 December 1944 aboard the Coast Guard operated transport SS Richardson. Founded in 1999. while the 364th medium Field Artillery Battalion received 155 MM The SS Richardson docked at the Clyde River near Grenoch, Scotland on 12 December 1944. These officers area. Enamel Distinctive Unit Insignias for the 471th Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant bars, infantry lapel pins and 4 overseas service bars on left sleeve. It landed at Le Havre, France, 12 January 1945, and proceeded to the Limesy concentration area. It's easy! The training was an extension of training from Camp McCoy, Wis. (Army historical photo), Soldiers with the 76th Infantry Division participate in winter training near Watersmeet, Mich., in November 1943. 313th 314th . 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. 318th Infantry Regiment, 80th Infantry Division. 309th 310th 311th. The 302d Field Artillery Battalion participated in the official date of 76th Division activation was 15 June 1942, but it The 76th Division was reactivated as the 76th USAR Operational Response Command (ORC) and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah. from reception centers in New York, New Jersey and New England. 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!)
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