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Category : 106th-ID, Battle of the Bulge
Tags: 002nd Infantry Division, 1/424th Inf, 106th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, 106th Division Artillery, 106th Division Special Troops, 106th Infantry Division, 106th Reconnaissance Troop, 112th Infantry Regiment, 14th Cavalry Group, 2/423rd Infantry, 28th Infantry Division, 32d Cavalry Recon Sq, 331st Medical Battalion, 422d Infantry Regiment, 423d Infantry Regiment, 424th Infantry Regiment, 589th Field Artillery Battalion, 590th Field Artillery Battalion, 592nd Field Artillery Battalion, 634th AAA AW Bn (M), 7-AD, 7th Armored Division, 81st Engineer (C) Battalion, 820th Tank Destroyer Bn, 82nd Infantry Division, After Action Report, Andler, Anthisnes, B-18th Cav Recon Squadron, Baraque de Fraiture, Belgium, Bleialf, Bra sur Lienne, Brig Gen Buechler, Brig Gen Perrin, CCB-7-AD, CCB-9-AD, Col Baker, Col Brook, Col Glatteaver, Col James Reid, Col John Stokes, England, Faiveux, Faymonville, Ferrières, France, Gen Matthew B. Ridgway, General Staff Sections, Germany, Herresbach, Houffalize, Liège, Lt James Willis, Major J. O’Sullivan, Manhay, Our River, Ourthe River, Salm River, Schnee Eiffel, Schoenberg, Siegfried Line, St Vith, Steinebruck, Task Force Rosebaum, Vaux Chavanne, Vielsalm, VII Corps, Wallerode, Weppeler, Werbomont, Wereth, Winterspelt, XVIII Corps (Airborne)
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HEADQUARTERS
106TH INFANTRY DIVISION
APO 443 US ARMY
After Action Report
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A : Enclosed are the After Action Reports and Journals of the following units and General Staff Sections of the 106th Division, covering action against the enemy during the month of December 1944 :
- 424th Infantry Regiment Report
- 106th Division Artillery Report
- 81st Engineer (C) Battalion Report
- 331st Medical Battalion Report
- 106th Division Special Troops Report
- G-1 Report
- G-2 Report
- G-3 Report
- G-4 Report
B : The commanding officers and staffs of the 422d Infantry Regiment, 423d Infantry Regiment and the 106th Reconnaissance Troop are missing in action. Their records are presumed to have been destroyed and are not available. The action of these units is covered, but not completely, in the reports and journals of the General Staff Sections. The 14th Cavalry Group was attached to the division from 111900A to 181300A December. Its action, in part, during this period is included in the reports and journals of the general Staff Sections. After 181300A December, it was attached to the 7th Armored Division.
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Category : 23/2nd Inf Div, Germany
Tags: 002nd Infantry Division, 1st Infantry Division, 3. Panzerdivision, 8. Regiment, Belgium, Germany, Heavy FLAK unit 33, Iveldingen, Jungschar, Jungvolk, Leipzig, Leuna, Luezendorfer Garrison, Lützendorfer Kaserne, Merseburg, Mulde River, Niederbreisig, Ondenval, Remagen Bridge, Rhine River, Roer River Dams, Rudolf Fisher, Russian Army, Saale River, Schleiden Forest, Schwere Flackersatzabteilung 33, Siegfried Line, St Vith, Trebnitz, Weimar
The following informations received today (21-12-09) from one German World War Two Veteran and another link can be added to the History’s chain.
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Category : Battle of the Bulge, Medics & Evacuations
Tags: 002nd Infantry Division, 1-393rd, 1-395th, 102d Evacuation Hospital, 102nd Cav Gp, 106th Infantry Division, 107th Evacuation Hospital, 110th Evacuation Hospital, 128th Evacuation Hospital, 130th General Hospital, 134th Medical Group, 15th General Hospital, 18th Cav Gp, 1st Hospitalization Unit, 1st Infantry Division, 1st Medical Depot Company, 2-393rd, 2-394th, 2-395th, 21st Army Group, 28th Infantry Division, 2nd Medical Battalion, 2nd Rcn, 3-393rd, 3-395th, 3-575th Ambulance Company, 393rd, 394th, 3d Auxiliary Surgical Group, 3d Hospitalization Unit, 3d Replacement Depot, 3rd-394th, 42d Field Hospital, 44th Evacuation Hospital, 454th Medical Collecting Company, 464th Medical Collecting Company, 47th Field Hospital, 4th Convalescent Hospital, 575th Ambulance Company, 618th Medical Clearing Company, 67th Evacuation Hospital, 77th Evacuation Hospital, 91st Medical Gas Treatment Bn, 96th Evacuation Hospital, 97th Evacuation Hospital, 99th Concentration Area, 99th Infantry Division (US), 99th Rcn, 9th Infantry Division, Aachen, Argueil, AS-A-85 E - Cerfontaine, AS-A-92-St Trond, Aubel, Battice, Berg, Buchholz, Bullingen, Cambrai, Camp Elsenborn, Charleroi, Chief Surgeon, Ciney, Clervaux, Dom Bütgenbach, Domaine Ruhrhof, Elsenborn, Esch, Eupen, European Theater of Operations, First US Army, France, Gournay, Havre, Hepscheid, Höfen, Hunningen, Hürtgen Forest, Huy, Jalhay, Kalterherberg, Krinkelt, Kuchelscheid, Liège, Losheim, Losheimergraben, Lt Col Jorns, Malmedy, Mons, Monschau, Montdidier, Murringen, Namur, Nidrum, Ninth US Army, Noye, Ouffet, Peronne, Remouchamps, Rhine River, Rocherath, Rocherath-(K-985074), Roer River, Röhren, Schleiden, Sourbrodt, Spa, St Hubert, St Lucien, Third US Army, Tiège, V Corps, Valenciennes, Verviers, VII Corps, VIII Corps, Waimes, Weisserstein, Wiltz, Wirtzfeld, XIX Corps
As the combat troops approached the fortifications of the Siegfried Line, enemy resistance stiffened and the tactical situation settled into one of a relatively static front. Opportunity was taken to regroup the medical units of First Army so that this new phase of the campaign might be more adequately covered. An area was secured midway between the army’s north and south boundaries, and the bulk of army medical units, evacuation hospitals, NP hospitals, 91st Medical Gas Treatment Battalion, the 1st Medical Depot Company, and the headquarters of the medical groups were concentrated in this area with all possible speed.
The army surgeon rearranged the army medical units to provide three identical groups. One group operated in each corps zone and was charged with the responsibility for control of army medical service. The composition of the three groups was as follows :
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Category : Omaha Beach, Textes en Français
Tags: 002nd Infantry Division, 101st Airborne Division, 115th Inf Regt, 116th Inf Regt, 16th Inf Regt, 1st British Corps, 1st Infantry Division, 1st US Army, 21. Panzerdivision, 21st Army Group, 29th Infantry D, 29th Infantry Division, 2nd British Army, 2nd Ranger, 2nd Ranger Battalion, 5th Ranger Battalion, 6th British Airborne Division, 7. Armee, 82nd Airborne Division (US), 8th AAF, 9th AAF, ACM Trafford L. Leigh Mallory, Afrique du Nord, Alençon, Allied Combined Staff, Bayeux, Cabourg, Caen, Caumont, Cherbourg-(Port), Col Benjamin B. Talley, Col James E. Rudder, Conférence de Québec, Conférence de Washington, Conflans, Coutances, Creil, Dartmouth, Devonshire, Douve-(Rivière), Duck, Evreux, Fabius, Falmouth, Forêt de Cerisy, Fox, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Gen Bernard L. Montgomery, Gen Charles H. Gerhardt, Gen Clarence R. Huebner, Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower, Gen Lawton J. Collins, Gen Leonard T. Gerow, Gen Matthew B. Ridgway, Gen Maxwell D. Taylor, Gen Norman D. Cota, Gen Omar N. Bradley, Gen Walter M. Robertson, General der Artillerie Erich Marcks, Generalleutnant Edgar Feuchtinger, Generaloberst Friedrich Dollmann, Grandcamp, Ilfracombe, Le Havre-(Port), Les Moulins, Lt Gen Frederic E. Morgan, Lt Gen G. C. Bucknall, Lt Gen J. T. Crocker, Lt Gen James H. Doolittle, Lt Gen Lewis H. Brereton, LXXXIV Korps, Maj Gen R. N. Gale, Maj Sidney V. Bingham, Manche, Mans, Merderet-(Rivière), Meuse-(Rivière), Montebourg, Mur de l'Atlantique, Normandie, Omaha Beach, Opération Neptune, Operation Overlord, Operation Torch, Orne-(Rivière), Paris, Pas-de-Calais, Péninsule de Bretagne, Péninsule du Cotentin, Plymouth, Pointe de la Percée, Port en Bessin, Portland, Rouen, Royal Navy, Saint-Lô, Seine-(Rivière), SHAEF, Sicile, Slapton Sands, Somme-(Rivière), Ste Mere-Eglise, Textes Français, US Navy, Utah Beach, V Corps US, VII Corps US, Vire, Vire-(Rivière), Washington, Winston Churchill, XXXth British Corps
Avant-Propos – 2009
Avant de publier sur ce site l’ouvrage des Editions Foxmaster que je dirigeais dans les courant des années 1990-1995 et avant de me séparer de la Société en prenant soins toutefois de conserver le catalogue et les droits, je voudrais attirer l’attention du lecteur d’expression française sur le point suivant : tant Heimdall que Foxmaster et d’autres ont publié bien des ouvrages sur le sujet. A chaque fois, des lecteurs exprimèrent de nombreux commentaires, souvent positifs ou non. Je lance donc ici un appel à ceux qui d’une manière ou d’une autre seraient susceptibles d’apporter à ce travail une quantité d’anecdotes inédites, des images inconnues voir même des récites toujours inconnus à ce jour. Bien que le coût du maintient de mon site en ligne devient de plus en plus difficile à supporter seul j’aimerai faire savoir aux lecteurs, aux historiens et aux passionnées de cette période que la place n’a pas de limite sur Internet. Il ne peut donc être question d’éloigner des photos ou des récits par manque de place comme dans l’édition papier. Aussi, je vous invite tous à ma faire parvenir vos documents et images via émail avec vos désidératas, vos envies, et surtout vos coordonnées afin de pouvoir ajouter vos propos dans le texte que je publie et que j’envisage de renommer – la version corrigée – avec votre aide, vos essais, vos écrits et même vos livres qui trouveront ici la publicité qu’ils méritent.
Gunter G. Gillot Jr – Jalhay – 2009
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Category : 612th-TDB, Battle of the Bulge
Tags: 002nd Infantry Division, 1st US Army, 2nd Lt Brannon, 612th TDB, 99th Infantry Division (US), Battle of the Bulge, Berlin, Brest Airport, Bronsfeld, Bullingen, Burgbrohl, Camp Elsenborn, Chartres, Chateau, Chateauneuf, Dreiborn, Eupen, France, Germany, Harperschied, Heartbreak Crossroads, Höfen, Koln, Landerneau, Lanzerath, Laval, Le Mans, Liège, Losheim, Lt Penton, M-18 Tank, Malmedy Province, Manderfeld, Monschau Forest, Nidrum, Oder River, Paris, Province of Liège, Remagen, Rennes, Rhine River, Roth, S/Sgt Brannon, Schlieden, Siegfried Line, Soumagne, Sourbrodt, St Quentin, St Vith, Steinbruck, Task Force X, Versailles, Verviers, Vielsalm, Waldorf
We left our assembly area near Landerneau, France at one o’clock on the afternoon of September 27 1944, heading for that Western Front. The first two days were uneventful, as we covered around 300 miles, stopping at dusk by pulling off the main road. We slept beside our vehicles, by the side of the road, wrapped up in our blankets.
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Category : Veterans Taps
Tags: 002nd Infantry Division, 38th Inf Regt, 507th PIR Association, Airborne Department, Alexis Smith, Amanda McDaniel, Bachelor of Science, Baton Rouge, Brandon McDaniel, Bronze Star - Oak Leaf Clusters, Bulverde, Caracas, Caribbean Defense Command, Chief Instructor, CO 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, CO 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Combat Infantryman Badge, Corey Mayeux, D-Day, Department of Health, Doug Griffin, Dr. Tannetje` Crocker, Edwin & Jennie Lewis Smith, France, French Croix de Guerre, French Legion d'Honneur, Fresville, Ft. Benning, Ft. Bragg, Ft. Campbell, Ft. Sheridan, Garrett Griffin, Germany, Gordon K Smith, Haley McDaniel, Hq 507th PIR, Human Resources, Illinois, Jessica Mayeux, Jilray & Dominique Launay, Kade Kienzle, Kathy Gault, Keller, Kimberleigh Gratehouse, Korea, Kristopher Kienzle, La Fière, Lindsey Gratehouse, Louisiana, LSU, LTC US Army (Ret), Lukenwald, Margo & Larry Shallcross, Mark & Susie Gazaway Smith, Martha Griffin, Martha LeBleu Smith, Masonic Service, Master Parachutist Badge, Nicole Shallcross, Normandy, Oflag 64 POW Camp, Panama, Payton Gratehouse, Platoon Leader 501st Parachute Battalion, Poland, POW, Purple Heart, Resthaven Gardens of Memory, ROTC, Ryan Griffin, San Antonio, Sandra Rodgers, Shane Crocker, Shellie Kienzle, Spring Branch, Stalag 3, Taylor Smith, Texas, Trenton McDaniel, University of Wisconsin, Venezuelan Parachute Battalion, Waukesha, Wisconsin, XO 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, XO 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment
It is with a heavy heart and my deepest sympathy that we learn of the passing of another of our Distinguished Veterans and a Valued Comrade. In a message from Kathy Gault, 507th PIR Association we learned that Gordon K Smith, LTC US Army (Ret), Hq 507th PIR, passed away on 21 September 2009. With assistance from the family members I was able to obtain the essential information for this message.
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Category : 291st-ECB, Battle of the Bulge
Tags: 002nd Infantry Division, 101st Airborne Division, 106th Infantry Division, 1111th Engineer Combat Group, 158th Engineer Combat Battalion, 168th Engineer Combat Battalion, 291st Engineer Combat Battalion, 299th Engineer Combat Battalion, 35th Engineer Combat Battalion, 3rd Armored Division, 44th Engineer Combat Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 51st Engineer Combat Battalion, 7th Armd Div, 81st Engineer Combat Battalion, 82nd A/B Div, 84th Infantry Division (US), Adolf Hitler, Antwerp, Ardenne, Bastogne, Belgium, Capt Preston Hodges, Capt Sam Scheuber, Corps of Engineers, D-Day, Distinguished Unit Citation, Egypt, France, German Panzers, Golden Lion, Hotton, Huertgen Forest, Huy, Indian Head, Istanbul, La Roche, Lt Col Clarion J. Kjeldseth, Lt Col David E. Pergrin, Lt Col Harvey Fraser, Lt Col Sam Tabet, Lt Col Thomas J. Riggs, Luxembourg, Maj Robert B. Yates, Malmedy, Malmedy Massacre, Marche, Meuse River, Odessa, Ortheuville, Ourthe River, Paris, Port Said, Pvt Bernard Michin, Pvt Lee Ishmael, Rochefort, Roer River, Saar River, Sgt Kenneth Kelly, St Vith, Stavelot, Trois-Ponts, US Army, VIII Corps, Warsaw, Wiltz, Wiltz River
Although D-day gave the western Allies a beachhead in northern France, it took them almost two months of bitter fighting to break out of the Normandy hedgerows. After the breakout, Allied armies raced across France, liberated Paris, and headed toward the German frontier. The rapid pace of the advance placed a severe strain on Allied logistics, which, along with bad weather and stiffening German resistance, slowed the offensive. By mid-December, American armies had reached the Roer River inside Germany and the West Wall along the Saar River in eastern France. Between these two fronts lay the Ardenne, a hilly, densely forested area of Belgium. The Germans had attacked France through this supposedly impassable region in 1940. In early December 1944, five American divisions and a cavalry group held the 85-mile-long Ardenne front. The difficult terrain of the region and the belief that the German army was near exhaustion had convinced the Allied commanders that the Ardenne sector was relatively safe. Thus, three of the divisions were new, full of green soldiers who had only recently arrived on the continent; the other two were recuperating from heavy losses suffered in the bitter fighting in the Huertgen forest farther north. In addition, the heavy demand for American troops in some sectors had forced Allied commanders to lightly man other portions of the front .
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Category : 099th-ID, 324th-MED, Battle of the Bulge
Tags: 002nd Infantry Division, 100th Infantry Division (US), 103rd Infantry Division (US), 128th Evac Hosp, 134th Medical Group, 1st Infantry Division, 324th Medical Battalion, 44th Evac Hospitals, 575th Ambulance Company, 67th Evac Hospitals, 7th Infantry Division (Mot), 99th Infantry Division (US), 9th Infantry Division, American Red Cross Doughnut, Amite County, AR 615-360, Arkansas, Aubel, Belgium, Berg, Boston Port of Embarkation, Brig Gen Harry Collins, Brig Gen Walter E. Lauer, Brig Gen William B. Bradford, Bullingen, C. C. Germany, California, Camp Barkeley, Camp Maxey, Camp Miles Standish, Camp Polk, Camp Robinson, Camp San Luis Obispo, Camp Van Dorn, Centreville, Certificates of Disability, Chief of Supply Branches, Clubmobile Units, Collecting Companies, Collecting Stations, Division Dental Surgeon, Division Headquarters Company, Division Veterinarian, Domaine Ruhrhof, Elsenborn, Eupen, European Theater of Operations, France, General Earl Van Dorn, Geneva Convention, Gonorrhea, H. H. Crosby, Höfen, Holly Springs, Homochitto National Forest, Hunningen, Jalhay, John O'Brien, Kalterherberg, Krinkelt, L. O. Crosby, Le Havre, Lee B. Robinson, Leesville, Losheim, Louisiana, Maj Gen Thompson Lawrence, Malmedy, Massachusetts, Medical Administrative Corps Supply Officer, Medical Corps Officers, Mexico, Mississippi, Mississippi Valley Railroad, Monschau, Murringen, New York, Nidrum, Oliver Emmerich, Port Gibson, Rocherath, Röhren, Sanitary Corps Officer, Schleiden, Scott's 1847 Campaign, Section VIII, Solomon & Kies, Sourbrodt, Southwest Mississippi Cantonment Association, Special Troops Medical Detachment, Station Hospital, Texas, Troy, V Corps, Verviers, VII Corps, VIII Corps, W. M. Webb, W. S. Johnson, War Department Circular # 122, War Department Circular # 223, War Department Circular # 266, War Department Circular # 99, War Department Circular 293, Wirtzfeld, Woodville Republican, Yazoo Valley Railroad
HEADQUARTERS, 99TH INFANTRY DIVISION
Office of the Division Surgeon
A.P.O. 449, c/o Postmaster
New York, New York
28 January 1945
SUBJECT : Medical History, 99th Infantry Division.
TO : The Surgeon General, US Army, Washington, DC
(Through Technical Channels).
The Medical History of the 99th Infantry Division for the calendar year 1944 is submitted in compliance with instructions in paragraph 6, AR 40-1005, Circular Letter No. 168, 1942, No. 81, 1943, Office of the Surgeon General, and Circular Letter No. 143, 1944, Office of the Chief Surgeon, ETO, United States Army.
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Area visited today on one heavy rainy day : Sourbrodt and the British Bomber Crash site along the Russian Labor Camp (POW)(Bosfagne) then up to Elsenborn Proving Ground and down to Nidrum, Wirtzfeld, Krinkelt, Rocherath, to the little bridge over the Jahnsbach River, then back to Lt Charles B. MacDonald’s (23/2ID) own 1944 foxhole (CP), CMH Winner Sgt Lopez’s (23/2ID) first heavy machine gun position, second heavy machine gun position and withdrawal path. Then up to the German Border along the International Highway (393/99ID), back to the 5 destroyed Panther Tanks’ road (from water tower to Rocherath), up then to Haselpath. We were lucky (again and as usual) and found the base of one Screaming Mamie that was fired from Germany to Belgium in December 1944 and will now fly again, from Belgium to United Sates.
Before I am posting the photos I want everyone to know the beautiful work done along the Hasepath to rebuilt original World War Two combat positions (German and American), Aid Station, CP.
See photos.
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Hello Gunter
To whom it may concern,
I have been searching and seem to be getting closer to some answers after reviewing your site. My Grandfather whom I am so proud of was a Private enlisted May 23rd 1943, 2nd Infantry Division. I am searching for anything with his traces pictures ect. While he was alive he never talked about the war and I was to young to ask. I could imagine what he went through at a POW at Stalag 4B.
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Category : 002nd ID History
Tags: 002nd Infantry Division, Belfast, Cotentin Peninsula, County Armagh, County Down, Irish Sea, Isigny, North Ireland, Port en Bessin, St Donat's Castle, Tenby
The voyage across was made without undue incident, and on Oct 17, the Division began arriving in the Irish Sea off Belfast. Disembarking at the Irish port of Belfast, the units of the Division moved by rail to points in and County Down, North Ireland. They then marched to the billets they would occupy, in hutments, castles, manor houses, and factories, throughout the scattered Irish towns and hamlets.
Division Headquarters was set up in Armagh, the county seat of County Armagh, reputed burial place of Good St Patrick. Mastering the idiosyncrasies of the Irish language which proved to be a pure, clear English and not at all the brogue of Irish comedians on the American stage. The men of the Division fell in quickly with the customs of the country. They made friends readily with their amiable Irish neighbors and soon learned to tell a crown from a bob and stout from ale. One of the great surprises was the Irish weather. It was generally wet and overcast with long slow rains and heavy swirling fogs. There hovered constantly a blanket of mist which kept the countryside a dazzling green. Once the men got used to murky skies and boggy ground, other aspects of life in garrison became more pleasing.
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Category : 009th Armd Div, US Army - World War 2
Tags: #3 California Maneuvres, 002nd Infantry Division, 1st Infantry Division, 3-A, 69th Infantry Division, 9-AD, 9th Armd Div, Ahr River, Bastogne, Belgium, Borna, California, Camp Ibis, Camp Kilmer, Camp Patrick Henry, Camp Polk, CCA, CCB, CCR, Cheb - Falknov Road, Colditz, Cologne Frankfurt Autobahn, Desert Training Center, Deutzen, Diemel River, Diez, Egland, Elster River, Erft River, Ermsdorf, Euskirchen, Fort Riley, France, Friesheim, Germany, Goff, Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation, Idstein, Jena, Kansas, Karlsbad, Lahn River, Langendorf, Lastau, Limburg, Lommersum, Louisiana, Ludendorff Railroad Bridge, Luxeùbourg Border, Mulde River, New Jersey, New York Port of Embarkation, Niederberg, Pegau, Poteau, Remagen, Rhine River, Roer River, Roth River, Rotha, Rudolec, Saale River, Sedan, Soller, St Vith, Taucha, Third Army #5 Louisiana Maneuvres, Trois-Vierges, Virginia, Warburg, Weisse River, Weser River, Wied River, Wollersheim
The 9th Armored Division was activated on July 15 1942 at Fort Riley, Kansas, moved to Goff, California on June 10 1943 then to Camp Ibis, California on August 1 1943 while part in the #3 California Maneuvres in the Desert Training Center.
The 9-AD moved then to Camp Polk, Louisiana on October 25 1943 for the Third Army #5 Louisiana Maneuvres.
The division staged then at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey on August 14 1944 until departed the New York Port of Embarkation on August 18 1944 and arrived in England on September 1 1944.
The 9th Armored Division landed in France on October 3 1944, crossed into the Duchy of Luxembourg on October 20, into Belgium on December 18 1944, returned to France on December 23 1944, got back to Belgium on February 22 1945 and entered finally Germany on March 2 1945.
The 9th Armored was sent back to Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation in USA on October 13 1945 and was sent to Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia where it was deactivated.
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Category : 106th-ID, 422nd-IR, 423rd-IR, Battle of the Bulge
Tags: 002nd Infantry Division, 106th Infantry Division, 28th Infantry Division, 422/106, 422nd Infantry Regiment, 423/106, 423rd Infantry Regiment, 424-106/ID, After Action Report, Andler, Anthisnes, Auw, Baraque de Fraiture, Bleialf, CCB/9AD, Col John Stokes, England, Faymonville, Hasso von Manteuffel, Herresbach, Houffalize, Limesey, Maj J. O’Sullivan, Manhay, Operation Grief, Our River, Ourthe River, Salm River, Salmchateau, Schnee Eiffel, Schoenberg, Siegfried Line, St Vith, Steinebruck, Wallerode, Weppeler, Werbomont, Wereth, Winterspelt, XVIII Corps A/B
Facts
The 106th Infantry Division moved from England to France and closed in its concentration area in the vicinity of Limesey, France to St Vith Belgium, completing the move at 101830A Dec 1944. In compliance with an VII Corps order the 106/ID with attachments, relieved the 2/ID in place. CG 106/ID assumed responsibility for the defense of the sector at 111900A Dec 1944. The major units attached to the division at this time were :
- 14th Cavalry Group
- 820th Tank Destroyer Bn
- 634th AAA-AW Bn
Early Dec 16, the enemy launched a coordinated infantry-tank attack with an estimated two infantry divisions and elements of two Panzer divisions preceded by an extensive artillery preparation. Captured documents taken by the division indicated the scope of the German attack. Operation Grief appeared to be part of this large scale counteroffensive. The German attack increased in fury and continued, generally along the whole sector, during the day.
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