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	44th Infantry Division: Assault on the Siegfried Line
		As the U.S. XV Corps, consisting of the 44th Infantry, 45th Infantry, 100th Infantry and 12th Armored Divisions, approached the German border, in early December 1944, the Germans stubbornly delayed the advance by forming strong-points around key road junctions and at Maginot positions.
		At Bitche, attached to the 44th, were the 749th Tank Battalion and 776th Tank Destroyer Battalion, and U.S. Army Aircorp P-47 units for bombing and strafing support.
		On December 16, 1944 infantry and engineers from the 44th Infantry Division, with supporting armor from the 749th and 776th Regiments, clambered through the mine-fields, artillery and machine gun fire, to the thick walls of the most powerful fortress in the world.
	efour4ever.com /44thdivision/intro_simserhof.htm (359 words)

	U.S. 44th Infantry Division
		The 44th Infantry Division was a unit of the United States Army in World War II.
		The attack was repulsed and the 44th continued its active defense.
		Moving across the Rhine at Worms, 26 March, in the wake of the 3d Division, the 44th relieved the 3d, 26-27 March, and crossed the Neckar River to attack and capture Mannheim, 28-29 March.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/u/u_/u_s__44th_infantry_division.html (472 words)

	War Diary, 44th Rifle Division
		The mission of the 44th Division for December 20, 1939: continue concentrating the main forces of lead task forces, namely 3rd Battalion of the 305th Regiment and 1st Battalion of the 25th Regiment, regimental artillery of the 305th Regiment, the Division’s tank battalion and Divisional anti-tank battalion.
		The Division is to break through enemy’s defenses in the center and by outflanking the enemy from both sides surrounds and destroys enemy in the area of Kuomijarvi lake, Suomussalmi and the northern cape of Hatiaola lake.
		Division commander came by the morning, chief of the political section of the division, chiefs of G1 and G2 sections.
	www.mannerheim-line.com /44th.htm (4788 words)

	25th Infantry Division Association: The Units
		The 2nd Battalion (Airborne) 503rd Infantry Regiment was reactivated on 16 December 2001 as a parachute infantry battalion and assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade stationed at Vicenza, Italy.
		The 66th Infantry Platoon (Combat Tracker) was activated on 15 February 1968 and served with the 25th Infantry Division until inactivated in Vietnam on 15 March 1971 with the departure of the 2nd Brigade.
		On 16 October 1989 the 1st Battalion was reactivated as a parachute infantry battalion and assigned to the 6th Infantry Division with station at Fort Richardson, Alaska On 16 April 1998 the 1st Battalion was reassigned to the 172nd Infantry Brigade.
	www.25thida.com /unitsinfantry.html (10371 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: US I Corps
		There, the division of Pennsylvania Reserves, under Brigadier General George G. Meade took heavy casualties through its hard fighting, and was withdrawn to replenish.
		In February, the corps consisted of the 1st, 2nd, 26th, 32nd, 41st, and 42nd Divisions.
		The three divisions of the I Corps were held in defense of Washington, D.C., while the rest of the Army of the Potomac advanced to the Peninsula Campaign.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/US-I-Corps (1104 words)

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		During Post-invasion Iraq, Operation Ivy Lightning was a raid conducted by elements of the U.S. 4th Infantry Division on 12 August 2003 in the towns of Ain Lalin and Quara Tapa along the Jabal Hamrin Ridge north of Baghdad.
		During Post-invasion Iraq, Operation Ivy Needle was a raid conducted by elements of the 4th Infantry Division in and near Khalis, seventy kilometers north of Baghdad, on August 26, 2003.
		Operation Abilene was conducted on December 8, 2003 by the US Army's 1st Infantry Division, 1st Brigade.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Operation_Soda_Mountain (1977 words)

	Military History Online - US Army in World War II
		Reconnaissance in the armored divisions was performed by the armored reconnaissance battalion -- in the heavy division -- or by the cavalry reconnaissance squadron, mechanized -- in the light division.
		Forty-two of the infantry divisions and four of the airborne divisions served in the ETO and MTO, the remainder served in the PTO.
		By early 1942 the division was organized substantially the way it would be used in battle, with, in addition to its three infantry regiments, four artillery battalions (three twelve-tube 105mm light battalions and one twelve-tube 155mm howitzer medium battalion), a cavalry reconnaissance troop, and division service troops.
	www.militaryhistoryonline.com /wwii/usarmy/infantry.aspx (1915 words)

	History of the 2nd Infantry Division
		The 2nd Infantry Division was activated on Oct. 26, 1917, in Beaumont, France.
		At the time of its activation, the Indian head Division was composed of one brigade of U.S. Infantry, one brigade of U.S. Marines, one brigade of artillery and various supporting units.
		Initially employed piecemeal, the entire division was committed to relieve the 24th Infantry Division at the Naktong River Line on Aug. 24, 1950.
	www.ranger95.com /divisions/history_of_the_2nd_infantry_divi.htm (959 words)

	United States Army Information
		Divisions; brigades (except those organic to divisions); regiments; groups; battalions; squadrons; separate companies, troops, batteries, platoons, and detachments; and other separate units are numbered in series within a branch, beginning with “1st”.
		Cavalry was eliminated, and eight infantry regiments and one rifle regiment arose from the ruins of the forty-six and four in existence.
		Forty-two of the infantry divisions and four of the airborne divisions served in the ETO and MTO, the remainder served in the PTO.
	www.bookrags.com /United_States_Army (7847 words)

	United States Army information - Search.com
		Cavalry was eliminated, and eight infantry regiments and one rifle regiment arose from the ruins of the forty-six and four in existence.
		Forty-two of the infantry divisions and four of the airborne divisions served in the ETO and MTO, the remainder served in the PTO.
		By early 1942 the division was organized substantially the way it would be used in battle, with, in addition to its three infantry regiments, four artillery battalions (three twelve-tube 105mm light battalions and one twelve-tube 155mm howitzer medium battalion), a cavalry reconnaissance troop, and division service troops.
	www.search.com /reference/United_States_Army (8245 words)

	~ WW I I and THE 44TH DIVISION ~
		Adjoining the units of the 70th Division was the 63rd Infantry Division in the Sarreguemines area.
		The 253rd and 255th Infantry Regiments of the division had first occupied these positions while the third regiment of the division, the 254th Infantry, was being employed in the Colmar operations attached to the 3rd Infantry Division.
		The 44th Division held the sector in the Gros Rederching area, east of the 63rd Division; and on its right was the 100th Division, covering the east flank of the corps in the area west and southwest of Bitche.
	community-2.webtv.net /bricham/WAR (14863 words)

	44th Tennessee Infantry Regiment Descendants Association
		The 44th Tennessee Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Trousdale December 16, 1861; consolidated with 55th (McKoin's) Tennessee Infantry April 18, 1862 to form 44th Consolidated Tennessee Infantry; reorganized May 5, 1862; field consolidation with 25th Tennessee Infantry October, 1863; paroled at Appomattox Courthouse April 9, 1865.
		As a result, on April 18, 1862, the 44th was permanently consolidated with the 55th (McKoin's) regiment which had also suffered heavy losses, to form the 44th Tennessee Infantry Regiment Consolidated, or the 44th Tennessee Infantry, 2nd Organization.
		On April 26 the 44th Consolidated was reported with 489 electives, in Wood's Brigade, composed of the 16th Alabama, 8th Arkansas, 33rd Mississippi, 27th, 44th Tennessee Infantry Regiments, Avery's Georgia Dragoons, and the Jefferson Light Artillery.
	petersburgbreakthrough.org /44thTN.htm (1229 words)

	Asia Times Online - News from greater China; Hong Kong and Taiwan
		US military officials visiting Taiwan often complain that the military's boot camps are too lax.
		Using the hotline would demonstrate to the US that the new president and his people have access to the codes necessary to transmit an encrypted message, and also validate that the new president has the authority to access the hotline within Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense - a demonstration of power and control.
		If the US were able to send aircraft carriers to the scene, the US Navy's Pacific Fleet has six aircraft carriers in its arsenal: USS Kitty Hawk, Carl Vinson, Nimitz, Abraham Lincoln, John C Stennis, and Ronald Reagan.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/China/FD10Ad02.html (2969 words)

	U.S. Department of Defense: 4th Infantry Division Goes 'Modular'
		The transformation of the 4th Infantry Division from a "legacy" division to a "modular" configuration is in tune with the dramatic changes being felt throughout the Army as it carries through and adopts its strategic vision for the future.
		The 4th Infantry Division is changing to better support the war fight and to provide more stability for our units and families, Thurman said.
		The new troops in the division are part of an overall revamping of the Army that will eventually add 10 new brigade combat teams, which is an increase from 33 to 43 brigades.
	www.defenselink.mil /home/articles/2004-12/a121504a.html (1141 words)

	Fallen Heroes of Operation Iraqi Freedom - Listed by name
		Barbieri was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
		Bunda was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry, Fort Lewis, Washington.
		Campoy was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
	www.fallenheroesmemorial.com /oif/alphabetical.php (15785 words)

	Ulm: 44th Infantry Division
		The 44th I.D. and the attached U.S. 10th Armored Division stunned the opposition in its swift advance
		On April 24, 1945 the 324th Regiment and elements of the U.S. 10th Armored Division drove from Erbach into battered Ulm, the historic Danube city.
		From the brass down to the private, the soldiers of the 44th and 10th had no idea that a French tank unit brazenly and with little preparation crossed army boundaries by 44 miles to compete for the capture of Ulm.
	44thdivision.efour4ever.com /ulm.htm (612 words)

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		Society of the First Infantry Division - The Society of the First Infantry Division was formed in 1919 and has been in continuous existence ever since.
		It is a non-profit, non-political association of former and present members of the 1st Infantry Division.
		Society of the 3rd Infantry Division, US Army - The official website of the Society of the 3rd Infantry Division, US Army.
	www.dailystocks.com /odp.cgi?passurl=/Regional/North_America/United_States/Government/Military/Army/Units/Infantry/Veterans (593 words)

	Army Corps
		The Division's final objective, a junction with 5th Army troops near the Brenner pass, was accomplished in the morning of May 4 when an advance party of the 103rd met a patrol of the 88th Infantry Division (5th US Army) near Colle Isarco in South Tyrol (south of the Brenner Pass).
		In addition to that, the 101st Airborne Division was attached to the corps and the 86th Infantry Division, which had been classified a Category II unit, was ordered to prepare to move to Mannheim, Germany, where it would initiate preparations for its redeployment to the Pacific Theater.
		The 103rd Infantry Division occupied the western section of Tyrol and the 101st Airborne Division occupied Land Salzburg to the east.
	www.usfava.com /USFA_ArmyCorps.htm (4593 words)

	The 34th Red Bull Infantry Division
		The Division soon became accustomed to the difficulties of the cross-country movements which later were to form part of their daily existence in combat.
		The U.S. troops who had taken part in the African fighting were represented on this occasion by the 135th Infantry Regiment who marched past in a solid mass under the palms of the Boulevard de Gallieni, to the vigorous applause of the crowd.
		While the 133rd Infantry Task Force was scoring the first of the Division's great successes in Europe, the 135th and 168th RCTs devoted themselves to training in the use of close-combat anti-tank weapons and in preparing themselves for the fierce fighting to come.
	members.aol.com /ItalyWW2/Division34.htm (6782 words)

	The Battle of Salamanca The Peninsular war
		The standard infantry weapon for both armies was the musket, which could be fired two or three times a minute and threw a heavy ball inaccurately for a hundred metres.
		Assuming that two divisions was all he faced, Marmont resolved to engage these troops while his army marched off to the left and came in behind the British, cutting them off from the rest of Wellington’s army which he took to be retreating in the distant dust cloud.
		The charge was continued until the cavalry encountered a steady French brigade of infantry in squares and the dragoons were brought to a halt, loosing casualties including General Le Marchant who was killed.
	www.britishbattles.com /peninsula/peninsula-salamanca.htm (2264 words)

	44th NY Infantry Regiment during the Civil War - NY Military Museum and Veterans Research Center
		In June, 1863, the three years' men of the 14th and 25th Infantries joined the regiment by transfer.
		September 23, 1864, the men not entitled to be mustered out with the regiment were formed into a battalion, and October 11, 1864, this battalion was transferred to the 140th Infantry (266 enlisted men), and the 146th Infantry (183 enlisted men).
		Proceedings of the 44th Ellsworth N.Y. veteran association, on the occasion of their re-union, held at Martin's hall.
	www.dmna.state.ny.us /historic/reghist/civil/infantry/44thInf/44thInfMain.htm (498 words)

	von Braun capture
		Suddenly a young German came to members of Anti-tank Company, 324th Infantry and announced that the inventor of the deadly V-2 rocket bomb was a few hundred yards away—and wanted to come through the lines and surrender.
		The first soldier that he met was a sentry with the 324th Infantry Regiment, 44th Infantry Division, Private First Class Frederick Schneikert.
		The contemporary report from the "Mission Accomplished, The Battle History of the 44th" is written with this prospective.
	www.efour4ever.com /44thdivision/vonbrauncapture.html (821 words)

	101st Airborne Division
		The division is headquartered at Fort Campbell, Kentucky and is currently serving in the Iraq war.
		The division was in V Corps, providing support to the 3rd Infantry Division by clearing Iraqi strongpoints which that division had bypassed.
		The Division then went on to a tour of duty as part of the occupation forces of Iraq, using the city of Mosul as their primary base of operations, before being withdrawn in early 2004 for rest and refit.
	www.506pireasyco.com /101st_airborne_division.htm (1029 words)

	U.S. Army Divisions of World War II: 44th 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=44 (215 words)

	100th ID - The 361st Volks-Grenadier Division
		The first division to bear the number "361" was activated 24 September 1943 in Denmark.
		From March to August of 1944, the 361st Infantry Division fought the Soviets in Belorussia and Poland, as part of Army Group Center.
		In November, they opposed the advance of the 44th Infantry Division near Sarrebourg, and in December, they grudgingly gave ground as they fought tenacious delaying actions from south to north through the Low Vosges.
	www.100thww2.org /gerunit/361.html (410 words)

	~ WW I I and THE 44TH DIVISION ~
		The 253rd and 255th Infantry Regiments of the division had first occupied these positions while the third regiment of the division, the 254th Infantry, was being employed in the Colmar operations attached to the 3rd Infantry Division.
		The 44th Division held the sector in the Gros Rederching area, east of the 63rd Division; and on its right was the 100th Division, covering the east flank of the corps in the area west and southwest of Bitche.
		In the 114th Infantry of the 44th Division it was necessary to commit the antitank company to hold a portion of the line.
	community.webtv.net /bricham/WAR (14863 words)

	44th Infantry Division - United States (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This site is dedicated to the special breed of men, those who served in the U.S. 44th Infantry Division.
		America and the whole world owe them a debt of gratitude which is as valid today as it was some 60 years ago.
		The men of the 44th fought and were victorious so that we today have the chance, the opportunity, to prosper and live as free men and women....
	44thdivision.efour4ever.com /index.html (112 words)

	Silk Chutes and Hard Fighting: US. Marine Corps Parachute Units in World War II (The Jump into Parachuting)
		Captain Williams used his battalion's time on the ground to emphasize his belief that "paratroopers are simply a new form of infantry." His men learned hand-to-hand fighting skills, went on conditioning hikes, and did a lot of calisthenic exercises.
		A landing at an airfield near Fredericksburg, Virginia, unexpectedly disrupted maneuvers of the Army's 44th Infantry Division, because its leaders thought the Marines were an aggressor force added to the problem without their knowledge.
		In his preliminary report on the exercise, he referred to Edson's infantry/tank/parachute assault on D+2 as a "spearhead thrust around the hostile flank" and emphasized the need in modern warfare for the "speed and shock effect" of airborne and armor units.
	www.nps.gov /archive/wapa/indepth/extContent/usmc/pcn-190-003147-00/sec3.htm (1976 words)

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