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	divisionhistorypage1
		The 253rd was attached to the 44th Infantry Division in the Sarreguemines-Riming area; the 254th was attached to the 3rd Infantry Division in the Colmar Area, and the 255th was attached to the 100th Infantry Division near Bitche.
		From mid-February 1945 until the end of the war, the 63rd Infantry Division made a path of Blood and Fire from Sarreguemines through the Siegfried Line to Worms, Mannheim, Heidelberg, Gunzburg and ending in Landsberg Germany at the end of April 1945 when the division was pulled from the line for a much needed rest.
		In 1967, the 63rd RTU was again tasked with the mission of providing support to the National Rifle Matches in Camp Perry, Ohio and again was assigned responsibility of command for all reserve component elements in the support unit.
	www.63rdinfdiv.com /divisionhistorypage1.html (1502 words)

	63rd (Royal Naval) Division
		Originally just know as the Royal Naval Division until it was given the number of the disbanded 2nd Northumbrian Division.
		The Division was formed in Great Britain in 1914 from the excess Naval Reservists and Royal Marines.
		The Division served in Belgium in 1914 then returned to England, the Division then went to Gallipoli and then to France arriving in France in May 1916.
	www.warpath.orbat.com /divs/naval_div.htm (133 words)

	The 11th Armored Division - Our History
		Tank-Armored Infantry Coordination in Attack, (42nd Tank Battalion and 63rd Armored Infantry Battalion), by Lt Col George B. Pickett, Jr.
		The Reinforced Tank Battalion (42nd with 63rd AIB) In Exploitation,
		With the Eleventh Armored Division In the Battle of the Bulge, A
	www.11tharmoreddivision.com /i_ourhistory.html (530 words)

	The 63rd Infantry Division
		The 63rd Infantry Division was nicknamed the "Blood and Fire" division soon after its formation in the spring of 1943.
		The 63rd Infantry Division was created in 1943 and landed in southern France in December 1944, some six months after the massive Allied invasion of western Europe on D-Day (June 6).
		As the 63rd advanced farther into the Bavarian countryside, on April 29-30, 1945, it liberated several Nazi subcamps attached to the Kaufering camp complex in the Landsberg region.
	www.ushmm.org /wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10006156 (0 words)

	63rd Infantry Division Unit History (LoneSentry.com) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The rest of the Division arrived at Marseilles, 14 January, 1945, and moved to Willerwald, 2 February, where it was joined by the advance elements on 6 February.
		On 28 March, the Division crossed the Rhine at Neuschloss, moved to Viernheim and captured Heidelberg on the 30th.
		That river was crossed on the 25th and Leipheim fell before the Division was withdrawn from the line, 28 April, and assigned security duty from the Rhine to Darmstadt and Wursburg on a line to Stuttgart and Speyer.
	www.lonesentry.com /usdivisions/history/infantry/division/63rd_infantry_division.html (389 words)

	Worcestershire Regiment(29th/36th of Foot) Web site
		The 63rd Division in which was included the 14th (Pioneer) Battalion of the Regiment, took a prominent part in a series of small attacks and advances, and the Pioneers were often under fire.
		The line held by the 63rd Division was immediately on the right of that of the 19th Division, and the Worcestershire Pioneers were not a mile distant from the trenches held by the 10th Worcestershire.
		Division the enemy had gained little ground (it is now known that the enemy attacks on the front of the 63rd Division were no more than a feint).
	www.worcestershireregiment.com /wr.php?main=inc/bat_14 (8153 words)

	British 63rd (Royal Naval) Division
		The division participated in the defence of the Belgian city of Antwerp in late 1914.
		The division was shipped to Egypt prior to serving in the Battle of Gallipoli where it fought on both the Anzac and Helles battlefields.
		By the end of the Dardanelles campaign, the division's casualties were such that it no longer contained a significant number of naval servicemen and so in July 1916 it was redesignated as the 63rd Division when the original Territorial Force 63rd (2nd Northumbrian) Division was disbanded.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/b/br/british_63rd__royal_naval__division.html (570 words)

	British 63rd (Royal Naval) Division (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Formed at the outbreak of war as the Royal Naval Division from the surplus reserves of the Royal Navy that could not be placed on a ship, the division participated in the defence of the Belgian city of Antwerp in late 1914.
		The division was shipped to Egypt prior to serving in the Battle of Gallipoli where it fought on both the Anzac and Helles battlefields.
		By the end of the Dardanelles campaign, the division's casualties were such that it no longer contained a significant number of naval servicemen and so in July 1916 it was redesignated as the 63rd Division when the original 63rd (2nd Northumbrian) Division was disbanded.
	www.icyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/b/br/british_63rd__royal_naval__division.html (319 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: 63rd Division (Site not responding. Last check: )
		That river was crossed on the 25th and Leipheim fell before the Division was withdrawn from the line, 28 April, and assigned security duty from the Rhine to Darmstadt and Wursburg on a line to Stuttgart and Speyer.
		Formed at the outbreak of war as the Royal Naval Division from the surplus reserves of the Royal Navy that could not be placed on a ship, the division participated in the defence of the Belgian city of Antwerp in late 1914.
		By the end of the Dardanelles campaign, the division's casualties were such that it no longer contained a significant number of naval servicemen and so in July 1916 it was redesignated as the 63rd Division when the original 63rd (2nd Northumbrian) Division was disbanded.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/63rd-Division (303 words)

	Our Part, History of the 99th Chemical Mortar Bn
		The 75th Division was attacking to the south from the vicinity of Bischwihr in the direction of Appenwihr.
		The 63rd Infantry Division was holding defensive positions along the Saar River on the right flank of the 70th Division, on a line running through Saareguemines then north along the Saar to Bliesbruck, and thence southeast along the north edge of Bois (Forest) de Bliesbrucken.
		The 63rd Infantry Division was holding defensive positions in the pocket north of Sarreguemines formed by the bend of the Saar River.
	www.4point2.org /hist-99.htm (9111 words)

	63rd Regional Readiness Command - History
		The 63rd ID's proud heritage continued in February of 1952 as the unit was reactivated and assigned to the Army Reserve.
		On January 1, 1968, the division was redesignated as the 63rd U.S. Army Reserve Command, encompassing Southern California and the states of Arizona and Nevada.
		The 63rd RSC's main mission will continue to be that of providing combat support and combat service support to units during deployments; to support troop projection by filling in for deploying active troops; providing port, rail and other transportation support; and, act as the training base during full mobilization.
	www.armyreserve.army.mil /USARC/RRC/0063RRC/History.htm (586 words)

	Science Fair Projects - British 63rd (Royal Naval) Division
		The RND was one of two British divisions (along with the 29th Division) at the Gallipoli landings.
		Originally the division was only required to make a diversion at Bulair in support of the main landings at Anzac Cove and Helles.
		The division initially comprised eight naval battalions named after famous British naval commanders (Anson, Benbow, Collingwood, Drake, Hawke, Hood, Howe, Nelson), plus the Royal Marine Brigade of four battalions from the Royal Marine dépôts at the ports of Deal, Chatham, Portsmouth and Plymouth.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/British_63rd_%28Royal_Naval%29_Division (705 words)

	63rd Inf. Division
		Three regiments of the 63d Infantry Division arrived in Marseille, France, 8 December 1944, trained at Haguenau and, under the designation Task Force Harris, protected the east flank of the Seventh Army along the Rhine River.
		The rest of the Division arrived at Marseilles, 14 January, 1945, and moved to Willerwald, 2 February, where it was joined by the advance elements on 6 February.
		The Division switched to the southeast, capturing Lampoldshausen and clearing the Hardthauser Woods, 7 April.
	www.lyonresearch.com /html/63rd_inf__division.html (408 words)

	Approach to the Siegfried line (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The division attack was to be made with all three regiments on line, the 276th Infantry on the left, the 274th Infantry in the center, and the 275th Infantry on the right.
		In the division center the 2nd and 3rd Battalions of the 274th Infantry had crossed their line of departure at 0430 hours on 17 February.
		The 70th Reconnaissance Troop, patrolling the division flanks, was paying particular attention to the eastern fiank, where the attack of the adjacent 63rd Division was not developing sufficiently to bring it abreast of the 70th Division.
	www.trailblazersww2.org /divisionhistory/approach_siegfried.htm (2769 words)

	The 63rd (Royal Naval) Division in 1914-1918
		The Division was orginally titled the Royal Naval Division, and was formed in England in September 1914.
		After a lengthy period of refit and training (scattered in various locations, and still short of many of the units that ordinarily made up the establishment of a Division), the Division moved to Egypt preparatory to the Gallipoli campaign.
		The Division transferred from the authority of the Admiralty to the War Office on 29th April 1916, and was redesignated the 63rd (Royal Naval) Division on 19th July 1916.
	www.1914-1918.net /63div.htm (1454 words)

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		Pfc Rowe "Bill" Maxwell, 63rd MP Platoon is looking for his wartime buddies.
		Pfc Rowe "Bill" Maxwell, 63rd Military Police Platoon is looking for his wartime buddies.
		Pfc Maxwell served with the 63rd Division from the beginning at Camp Van Dorn until the division returned to the states.
	www.63rdinfdiv.com /specialtroopspage1.html (447 words)

	creditspage1
		the 63rd Infantry Division Banner appearing on the Homepage was produced, free of charge, by Martin Spirit of the WWII Banner Billet Site.
		These photos are US Army Signal Corps photos that were published in the 63rd Infantry Division Chronicles, a publication of the 63rd Infantry Divsiion Association.
		The Medal of Honor images appearing on the Medal of Honor pages of the 253rd Infantry and Division Artillery were furnished and authorized for use by CWO Paul D. Henriott, webmaster of the USS Oakland Website.
	www.63rdinfdiv.com /creditspage1.html (298 words)

	accessKent \| 63rd District Court
		The 63rd District Court is committed to providing the public fair and efficient judicial service in an atmosphere of respect to all persons, and in cooperation with the funding unit.
		The 63rd District Court is one of seven District Courts in the County.
		One vacant Clerk I position and one part-time Clerk I position were not budgeted in 2007.
	www.accesskent.com /CourtsAndLawEnforcement/63rdDistrictCourt/63rdDistrictCourt.htm (0 words)

	Battle of Krasny Bor
		The 4 SS Polizei Division was also to the right of the Spanish (beyond the 5th?) but could not assist during the battle as it was expecting a Soviet offensive on its own front.
		A regiment of the German 212th Division was promised as a reinforcement for Krasny Bor.
		The SS Polizei Division had been taken from that place a little earlier and sent to the Sinyavino heights, though some parts of this division could be left in reserve in the area of Tosno-Sablino.
	www.balagan.org.uk /war/iberia/1939/krasny_bor.htm (3061 words)

	Monchy
		North of 37 Division, with a front extending to the River Scarpe, was 15 Division.
		63rd Brigade (with 10th York and Lancs) was north of 111 Brigade by Lone Copse, east of Orange Hill, while to the south was 112 Brigade attacking towards the road from La Bergere to Monchy.
		The boundary between the 37th and the 15th Divisions was a line east/west, north of Monchy, running close to Lone Copse, so putting the 10th York and Lancs on the extreme left flank of the division.
	www.btinternet.com /~Navradar/yorkandlancs/monchy.html (741 words)

	Seventh Army and Nordwind (Site not responding. Last check: )
		During this period of the extension of the Seventh Army line, brought about by the Ardennes counter-offensive, elements of the 63rd, 42nd, and 70th Divisions, which had debarked at Marseille and which consisted of the infantry regiments and a provisional staff headed by the assistant commander of each division, were arriving in the army area.
		The newly-arrived 63rd, 42nd, and 70th Divisions were required to furnish 219 basics from each regiment, these replacements to be moved north to the Third Army for the counterattack on the Ardennes front.
		Elements of nine divisions of the First German Army were in contact with Seventh Army: the 245th, 256th, 257th, 361st Volksgrenadier Divisions, the 19th, 36th, and 347th Infantry Divisions; and fragmentary elements of the three mobile units which were reforming in the rear.
	www.trailblazersww2.org /divisionhistory/seventh_nordwind.htm (2337 words)

	63rdInfantryDivision (Site not responding. Last check: )
		June 1943 saw the activation of the 63rd Division at Camp Blanding, Florida.
		The 63rd infantry was divided in December 1943, and some men alerted for overseas action.
		The men in the 63rd remaining at Van Dorn, were brought up to strength with replacements and received additional training.
	www.vandorn.org /63rd.htm (178 words)

	The Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalions
		The 188th and 189th Brigades (both in 63rd Division) were to take LA BARQUE and THILLOY and the 190th Brigade were to pass through them to RIENCOURT.
		In the evening attacks were made on the 188th and 189th Brigades (both in 63rd Division), but were repulsed, and the dispositions of the 4th Bedfords remained unchanged.
		Division would attack on our right, but their attack was cancelled at the last moment and our right flank was thus exposed to extremely heavy M.G. fire from the high ground in M.7.d., M.8.c.
	www.huntscycles.co.uk /C%20L%207%204th%20(Extra%20Reserve)%20Battalion%20Bedfordshire%20Regiment.htm (2789 words)

	Somme,Ancre,1916,Royal Marines,Royal Naval Division (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A deal had been struck, the Division was to be administered by the war office, replacements ad supplies would come from the army as opposed to the admiralty but the personel especially the marines were under the wing of the Admiralty.
		Y ravine, in the 51st Division sector adjoining the Marines, had also now been cleared of the enemy, which by any standards was an excellent feat of arms, it also secured the marines position.
		On the 15th the 63rd RN Division was relieved by the 37th Division and the marines trudged back to Englebelmer.
	www.royalnavaldivision.co.uk /ancre.htm (5804 words)

	U.S. Army Divisions of World War II: 63rd Infantry Division, Casualties, Generals, Battles & Campaigns
		Activation date is the date the division was activated or inducted into federal service (national guard units).
		Other Wars are the wars in which the division was mobilized.
		The dates after the campaign name are the dates of the campaign not of the division.
	www.historyshots.com /USArmy/Division.cfm?did=63 (182 words)

	63rd Ohio Infantry
		Roster of the 63rd Regiment O.V.V.I., and "Sixty-Third Regiment," a Poem
		Fuller's Ohio Brigade was composed of the 27th, 39th, 43rd and 63rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiments.
		Organized at Marietta, Ohio, by consolidation of Battalions of the 22nd and 63rd Ohio Infantry January 25, 1862.
	www.ohiocivilwar.com /cw63.html (784 words)

	KUNSAN AIR BASE: How It Was - Occupation Forces: Camp Hillenmeyer (1945-1949)& Korean Constabulary (1949-1950)& Cholla ...
		In early 1944, the 6th Division was certified for combat and embarked aboard troop transports for the trip overseas.
		The 6th Division was hot on their heels and several viscious delaying actions were fought by the Japanese to buy time for their commander, General Yasmashita.
		The 6th Infantry Division remained on the island and fought almost constant skirmishes with Japanese resistance fighters in the mountains of Luzon.
	kalaniosullivan.com /KunsanAB/Occupation/Howitwasx.html (12489 words)

	History of 212th AFA in ETO: Chap 6, To the Rhine
		But the artillery was detached from the division on March 13 and sent to support the initial corps attack east of Sarregnemines.
		The firing was halted abruptly at 1515 the 19th, however, with word that the 63rd Infantry Division had achieved a breakthrough of the Siegfried north of Sarreguemines.
		The division was about to finish the war as it had begun: in a Patton-maneuvered spearhead drive.
	www.super6th.org /MA212TH/2126rhin.htm (1032 words)

	Somme,Ancre,1916,Royal Marines
		The four Marine battalions had been reduced to two due to horrific casualties and the inability to maintain four battalions in the feild as the number of casualties was outstripping the abiltiy to train replacements.
		Since landing in France the division had re equipted and trained extensively as the style and conditions of fighting varied tremendously with that in Gallipoli.
		About this time reports from division stated that 189 brigade had reached the yellow dotted line and 188 brigade was being urged to do the same.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/kylet1/ancre.htm (5804 words)

	Sucrerie British Cemetery Graincourt-les-Havrincourt
		Graincourt-les-Havrincourt was captured by the 62nd (West Riding) Division on the 20th November, 1917, and again, after a hard struggle, by the 63rd (Royal Naval) Division on the 27th September, 1918.
		The cemetery was made by the 63rd Division on the 6th October, 1918.
		The graves are in one long trench, almost all of whom belonged to the 63rd Division and fell in the capture of Graincourt.
	www.ww1cemeteries.com /ww1frenchextension/sucreriegraincourt.htm (148 words)

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