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Category : 001st ID Photos
Tags: 103d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion, 1st Infantry Division, 745th Tank Battalion, 7th Field Artillery, 90th Chemical Battalion, Aachen, Amarillo, Asselborn, Belgium, Berlin, Bliesheim, Butgenbach, Colleville-sur-Mer, D.C. Cox, El Guettar, Erft River, Eupen, Farriana, France, Frauwullesheim, Furstenberg, Gabes, George Talbert, Germany, Gladbach, Hamich, Hürtgen Forest, Jalhay, Kasserine Pass, Kreuzau, Kufferath, Lendersdorf, Luxembourg, Metternich, Michael Swinkin, Mittelscheid, Murringen, North-Africa, Paul Romanick, Rhine River, Roer River, Scharfenberg, Schneidhausen, Schoppen, Soller, Sourbrodt, Staats Forest, Stockheim, Texas, Tunisia, Weilerwist, Werhdon
SC 167571 – The 2d Battalion, 16th Infantry, that cleared the road and fields of mines, marching through the Kasserine Pass and on to Kasserine and Farriana, Tunisia. 26 Feb 1943. Photo : McGray.
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Category : North-Africa
Tags: El Guettar, Manton S. Eddy
Authority : CG 9th Infantry Division
Date : 27 March 1943 FO #16 MAPS : TUNISIA, 1:200,000
1. a. See overlay
- b. See overlay
2. This Division will attack 280400, with Regts in column, 47th Infantry leading. Objective, direction of attack, boundaries, See overlay.
3. a. 47th Inf will start attack from assembly areas, securing high ground of Y3160 – Y3361 and objective. 39th Infantry follow attack by bounds behind 47th Infantry and will be committed only on Division order.
- b. Field Arty. Support attack
(1) 26th FA Bn and 17th FA (- 1st Bn) direct support of 47th Inf
(2) 84th and 34th FA Bns – general support
(3) One half of Div Arty will be capable of reinforcing the fires of the Arty of the 1st Inf Div
(4) Registration prior to attack from new positions prohibited
(5) Hq & Btry “A” 107th CA Bn (AA) (with Btry B 106th CA Bn (AA) attached) attached to 9th Inf Div Arty
- c. 894th TD Bn under Div control move 271900 to assembly area by route indicated. Mission, Div reserves
- d. 15th Engr Bn
(1) Be prepared to execute any desired demolitions on Div order
(2) Be prepared to detect and remove any mine fields encountered
4. Adm Instructions – See Adm O # 12
5. A. Sig. – See Index 1A-4 SOI
- b. Div C.Po – See overlay.
- c. Axis Sig Com EL GUETTAR – B. ZELLOUDJA
- x. Rad silence for stations moving to new locations until 280400
EDDY
Commanding
OFFICIAL :
SUNDIN G-3
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Category : North-Africa
Tags: 10. Panzerdivision, 15. Panzerdivision, 18th Army Group, 1st Armored Division (US), 1st Infantry Division, 21. Panzerdivision, 2nd Corps (US), 34th Infantry Division, 60th Combat Team, 9th British Corps, 9th Infantry Division, Abiod, Akarit, Bizerte, Bou Chebka, British 46th Division, British 8th Army, Derbyshire Yeomanry, Djebel Ben Krier, Djebel Berda, Djebel Chemsi, Djebel El Kreroua, Djebel Lettouchi, Djebel Tebaga Fatnassa, Draa Saade, El Guettar, El Hamra, El Kreroua, Faid, Faid Pass, Fondouk, Gabes, Gafsa, Gen George, Gen Manton, Graves Registration, Hill 290, Hill 369, Hill 772, Maj Gen Manton S. Eddy, Maknassy, Mareth, Northern Tunisia, Oued El Beida, Sbeitla, Sbiba, Sfax, Sicily, Southern Tunisia, Thelepte, V British Corps
October 5 1943
SUBJECT : Reports on Operations, 9th Infantry Division, Southern Tunisia, Northern Tunisia and Sicily.
TO : Commandant, Command and General Staff School, Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas.
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Category : 001st Infantry, US Army - World War 2
Tags: 103rd AAAA-W Battalion, 104th Infantry Division, 16th Infantry Regiment, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st CIC Detachment, 1st Engineer Combat Battalion, 1st Quartermaster Company, 1st Signal Corps Company, 26th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division (US), 32nd Field Artillery Battalion, 33rd Field Artillery Battalion, 3rd Armored Division, 4th Cav Grp, 5th Field Artillery Battalion, 5th Inf Div, 634th Tank Destroyer Battalion, 635th Tank Destroyer Battalion, 701st OD Light Maint Company, 745th Tank Battalion, 7th Armd Div, 7th Field Artillery Battalion, 8th Infantry Division US, 97th Infantry Division, 9th Infantry Division, Aachen, Aywaille, Bambusch Woods, Barrafranca, Bayeux, Beja, Belgian Mons Pocket, Bonn, British, British 4th Inf Div, Buchholz Forest, Burg, Butgenbach, Caltanisseta, Camp Blanding, Carolina Maneuvres, Caumont, Colombières, Czechoslovakian, Djebel Berda, Djebel el Ahmera, Djebel el Anz, Eilendorf, El Guettar, Elsenborn Ridge, Eupen, Faymonville, Florida, Fort Benning, Fort Devens, Fort Hamilton, Gabes, Gangi, Gela, Georgia, Haaren, Harz Mountains, Hill 407, Hill 523, Hill 575, Indian Town Gap Mil Reservation, Juengersdorf, Karlsbad, Kasserine Pass, Kreuzau, Kynsperk, Langerwehe, Laufenburg Castle, Les Andalouses, Liège, Louisiana, Louisiana Maneuvers, Luchem, Malmedy, Marigny, Massachusetts, Mayenne, Mazzarino, Medjez el Bab, Merode, Meuse River, Mnichov, Mortain, Neffell River, New York, Niscemi, Nort Africa, North Carolina, North-Africa, Nrw York POE, Observatory Hill, Omaha Beach, Operation Cobra, Oran, Ouseltia Valley, Paderborn, Paris, Rhine River, Roer River, Ruhr Pocket, Sabine, Sakket, Salsa River, Samarcand, Sangerberg, Schoenbach, Schoppen, Sée River, Sicily, Sieg River, Siegen, St Lô, St Vith, Steinbach, Troina, Tunis, Tunisia, Verlautenheide, Weser River, West Wall
The 1st Infantry Division also nicknamed The Fighting First, is the oldest division in the United States Army, and has seen continuous service since its organization in 1917. The 1st Division started preparing for World War II by moving to Fort Benning on November 19th 1939 and ran its personnel through the Infantry School. It then moved to the Sabine Parish, Louisiana area on May 11th 1940 to participate in the Louisiana Maneuvers, returned to Fort Hamilton on June 5th 1940 then to Fort Devens, Ma., on February 4th 1941. The Division was sent to both Carolina Maneuvres of October and November 1941, moved to Samarcand, North Carolina on October 16th 1941 and on December 6th 1941, returned to Fort Devens, Ma. It was then transfered to Camp Blanding, Florida (February 21st 1942) where it was re-designated 1st Infantry Division on May 15th 1942. The 1st Infantry Division moved then back Fort Benning, on May 22nd 1942, to Indian Town Gap Mil Reservation, on June 21st 1942 and, finally, Division departed New York Port of Embarkation on August 1st 1942. The 1st ID arrived in England on August 7th 1942 and assaulted in North Africa on November 2nd 1942 (Operation Torch).
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