The 76th Infantry Division was a unit of the United States Army in World War I, World War II and the Cold War. In early 1943, he enlisted in the Army and was assigned to HQ-Co, 2nd Bn, 417th Regiment in the 76th Division. Regt. At approximately 0200 the morning of January 12th, they boarded open trucks. We did our work with our guns on the south ranges there, Baker said. Americal Division. Everything for sale on ima-usa.com is completely legal to own, trade, transport and sell within the United States of America. In December 1918 Headquarters and the division permanent On the 23rd the res of the Battalion left for England on the U.S.S. From the snipers positions they could see all enemy action. Armistice. A Spanish army trainer leads Iraqi security forces, Second Lt. Brianna Stetts, medical operations officer, Lt. Duane Sowa, a platoon leader with D Company, 1st, U.S. Army Spc. - Fantastic wartime made scrapbook with dozens of wartime photos, postcards, newspaper articles, postcards, letters and more. 417th Infantry Regiment: 00.00.0000-00.00.0000: Other troops. The organization was designated as the 3d thousands of raw recruits poured into the once deserted cantonment area Waters, Division Artillery Commander, and Col Herbert T. wasn't any holiday. Staff calculations by pins on a map or flags waved by an umpire in the because the 417th Inf.Reg. Most of its troops were used as replacements for front line units which reduced the division to 7,000 troops. With this addition, only ONE piece of 76th literature remains unaccounted for. action, the remainder of the 417th Infantry Regiment made the river In November 1944, trains headed to Camp Myles Standish in Taunton, Massachusetts for staging before transport to Europe. Written in a training notebook by Staff Sgt. Veterans History Project Service Summary: War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945 Branch of Service: Army Unit of Service: Company E, 417th Infantry Regiment, 76th Infantry Division Location of Service: Camp Fannin, Texas; Fort Meade, Maryland; Fort Jackson, South Carolina; Fort Bragg, North Carolina; France; Germany; European Theater Highest Rank: Private First Class receptions by our government for such notables as Queen Wilhelmina of the 76th went to war the first time, after activation at Camp Devens, 417th infantry regiment, 76th infantry division. colorado school of mines wrestling. November 1918 it passed to French XVII Army Corps control, and as Corps Hosted by Carl Schwamberger. It was their initial contact with the German army. guides who promptly ushered them to trucks and waiting barracks. Thank You, Robert J Kountz. IMA works diligently to be aware of these ever changing laws and obeys them accordingly. This website is developed as a part of the world's largest public domain archive, PICRYL.com, and not developed or endorsed by the U.S. National Archives or DVIDS. phrase rang with assertion and finality, and it seemed that nothing It landed at Le Havre, France, 12 January 1945, and proceeded to the Limesy concentration area. Meuse-Argonne offensive from 5 November to 11 November 1918. . tenaciously to the bridgehead it had wrested within the Siegfried Line 417th Infantry Regiment DUI. group of men preparing to reactivate the division at Fort George G. On the 22nd of November D company left for England. The 4th Battalion, 27th Infantry was active in the 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (L) at Schofield Barracks on the island of Oahu in Hawaii during the late 1980s and early 1990s. - War Depart Identification Card dated 28 April 1945. In that edition the 76ths Commanding General, Maj. Gen. William R. Schmidt, sent a message to the divisions troops. July to December. 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. Two strong infantry counterattacks, supported by armor, were launched by was rescued from its mere paper existence, and again called upon to take It was there where they had their first taste of combat even though it was not on the front lines. 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. Many of the boats were overturned before had no troops; at occasional maneuvers they were represented in the Army a likely participant in official events of international consequence. by Jeroen 17 Nov 2002, 12:22, Post were; strenuous training went on daily. It will come only when the full might of our arms defeat the enemy on his own battle-ground. Do you want to create your own battlefield tour to sights of wars from the past? 3rd Battalion, 385th Infantry Regiment, 76th Infantry Division: 26.03.1945-27.03.1945 . At 0200 March 10, 1945, an attack was launched to take the high ground and to take out all snipers. 104th Infantry Division. TracesOfWar.com tells you more! organized . Police Platoon, and the Infantry and Artillery Bands, later incorporated Powered by Invision Community, US MILITARIA FORUM - COLLECTORS PRESERVING HISTORY. 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. 76th Infantry Division, Fort McCoy have history tied to World War II, This is a snapshot of a front page of the Camp McCoy, Wis., newspaper, The Real McCoy, from June 17, 1944, that highlights the 76th Infantry Division. (Skis, snowshoes, toboggans, snow tractors, snow goggles, winter camouflage suits, Eskimo parkas, etc.) Leaving Teurtheville, 25 October, the Division moved to Mars-la-Tour, where it entered combat, 1 November, in support of the XX Corps, containing enemy troops in the area. The 76th Infantry Division was a unit of the United States Army in World War I, World War II and the Cold War. "First Battalion, 417th Infantry Regiment, 76th Infantry Division," 1945, 17 leaves, he cites only one copy at Carlisle Barracks. As part of Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, the 1205th Transportation Railway Services Unit (later 1205th Transportation Railway Operating Battalion), based in Middletown, CT, was mobilized to augment civilian railway employees at Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point, a U.S. Army munitions outport located just south of Wilmington, NC, bringing in tons of explosives by rail to the secure port for shipment to the war zone. The Defense Visual Information Distribution Service provides a connection between world media and the American military personnel serving at home and abroad. That's Please see our. . Soldiers with the 76th trained in Michigan until March 1944 while others continued training throughout at Camp McCoy. For the next couple of days the Battalion engaged in much combat. It's easy! And most of all, to the entire 76th Infantry Division, heroes one and all. Then began the . The next day Companies A and B cleared Wolsfeld and Badenborn. Also on 23rd of March the Battalion was given orders to make all soldiers carry gas masks. Not developed or endorsed by NARA or DVIDS. Could you give me a date of the crossing? earned that decoration back in '17 when the 76th Division trained the In the vineyards German snipers were hidden. and were out on the drill field doing so many bends and push-ups and Hill Military Reservation near Fredericksburg, Virginia. army man has had "Operations of the 60th Infantry Regiment, 9th Division, in the Hurtgen Forest, September-October 1944" (Rhineland Campaign) ABMC Headquarters 2300 Clarendon Blvd, Suite 500 Arlington, VA 22201 Phone: 703-584-1501 We fought our way across Germany for the next 101 days. The wait was worth it for this one! mortar, and machine-gun fire. - Officer overseas garrison cap with Lieutenant bar. Are there any internesites about this crossing? 417th infantry regiment, 76th infantry division. On 12 March 1944, the division returned to Camp McCoy. For the second time in It landed at Le Havre, France, on Jan. 12, 1945, and proceeded to the Limesy concentration area. By April we were at the demarcation line. NAME: Jack F. Kountz, 417th Infantry, Headquarters Co. (11 June 2008) Hello, I would like to add my uncle's name to the registry, he was "Jack F Kountz" he was in the 76th division, 417th regiment Headquarters Company, was assigned to reconassance. But this time they were gone and the 43rd Squadron was getting the counterattack. 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). This is the 1st Battalion 417th unit book. 313th 314th . Discussions on all aspects of the United States of America during the Inter-War era and Second World War. Veteran . walls of the barren buildings now called "home", and often On November 13th the men turned their backs to the barracks and marched to the train. We got on a train and went through Milwaukee all the way to Miles Standish, Baker said. From there they started a pretty big foot voyage. The river The alerted enemy covered the area with heavy artillery, states of the Union; and an unfinished wagon wheel, denoting tasks yet Not attributed to a veteran but it was a must have for my collection. This very The 76th, the "Cortland Regiment," recruited principally in Cortland and Otsego counties, was mustered into the U. S. service at Albany, Jan. 16, 1862, for three years. River into one of the deepest portions of the Siegfried Line. men from the famed 1st Infantry Division. It consisted of the 151st and 152d On January 19th, 1945, Major Clarence A. Mette, the battalion commander, was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel.When in Wameriville, France, they removed their division patches and unit markings from all vehicles. I had fallen asleep when the ship left, and I didnt get to see my country as we went to leave. The white device was a medieval English heraldic symbol meaning "first son". (Army historical photo), Army announces upcoming 4th Infantry Division unit rotations, Army announces upcoming 2nd ABCT, 1st Cavalry Division, unit rotation, U.S. Army STAND-TO! "The First Bn., 417th Inf. Hello, I too checked my resources I have on the 76th including the same book that Allan H has, couldn't find a thing on the gentleman in question. tempo of World War II had changed the structure of a division by Jeroen 17 Nov 2002, 20:16, Post Hard to imagine how much info they may have given their size. wallop of Division Artillery was likewise increased. History shows the division began training for war at Camp McCoy in September 1943 where the unit focused on winter training. Our expertise enables us to reconstruct the service history of your individual WWII veteran and to give you a glimpse of . 76th FA Bn (25 pounders) 27 Jan-12 Feb 45 : 187th FA Gp : 4-23 Feb 45 : 187th . assault boats. Russian forces at the Elbe River) was assigned to command the division, The records of ships used to carry troops to their theaters of operations were destroyed intentionally in 1951. 88th Glider Regiment. (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. eighteen months earlier. 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. Winter training started in September 1943 at Camp McCoy in Wisconsin. . (Army historical photo), Soldiers with Battery C, 302nd Field Artillery Battalion, 76th Infantry Division, are shown in 1944 at then-Camp McCoy, Wis. 76th Division was led first by Maj Gen Henry F. Hodges. 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(Army historical photo), Soldiers with the 76th Infantry Division participate in winter training near Watersmeet, Mich., in November 1943. despite its longevity in the minds of those men who had served in its Enamel Distinctive Unit Insignias for the 471th Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant bars, infantry lapel pins and 4 overseas service bars on left sleeve. After arrival in France in July 1918, the division, less its 302nd Infantry Regiment and 151st Field Artillery Brigade, was designated as the 3rd Depot Division on 3 August 1918. There they set up a defensive position and waited for the next orders to move. The division was reconstituted in the Organized Reserve on 24 June 1921 and assigned to the states of Connecticut and Rhode Island. The 76th Infantry Division arrived in England, 20 December 1944, where it received additional training. The 417th Infantry sailed on the SS Marine Raven. Although The history states the 76th Infantry Division arrived in England on Dec. 20, 1944, where it received additional training. by helaine.cohen@gmail.com 28 Jan 2021, 00:09. reconstruction program, however, brought the 76th out of its obscurity. Very good - fine with a couple of tiny chips. The excellent role of the 417th Infantry Regiment is noted in WE RIPENED FAST - the History of the 76th Infantry Division. 2d INFANTRY DIVISION "Second to None Division" The division insignia, according to legend, is the creation of a driver of the division who painted it on the side of his truck with such success that the resulting design evolved into the insignia of the 2d Division. chow, lined up by platoon leaders to scrub down the floors, rafters and For the next 13 years, the division served as a traditional line Infantry division, training annually at Camp Edwards, Massachusetts and at Pine Camp (now Fort Drum), New York. His message had a familiar ring . On the 15th of March they entrenched and left Rodt for Rivinich where the Battalion relieved the 2nd Calvary on the 16th of March. The advance continued across the Prum and Nims Rivers, 2527 February. The 76th has a history called "We Ripened Fast" -- they were one of the last infantry groups to train together and serve as a fighting team rather than as a source of replacements. One field artillery regiment from the 38th Division served in combat in France as part of the new 42nd (Rainbow) Division. Artillery, supported the action of the 33d and 81st Divisions until the In pitch dark, with the river swollen to a raging torrent, they made the crossing, under a hail of NSDAP small arms, mortar, and artillery fire. The attack continued in conjunction with the 6th Armored Division; Langensalza fell and the Gera River was crossed, 11 April. The war For more high resolution photos, visit the 3rd ABCTs Flickr page at http://tinyurl.com/kwpmd9l. changes necessitated by an increasingly modernized, brutalized war. been inducted as privates under the Selective Service Act not more than signal outfit. 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. 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It landed at Le Havre, France, 12 January 1945, and proceeded to the Limesy concentration area. All orders are subject to acceptance by IMA Inc, which reserves the right to refuse any order. A comprehensive history could arise from all these documents posthumoulsy - in troubling the veterans of the 417th Regiment and all veterans of the 76th Division together! 32nd Infantry Division: 33rd Infantry Division : 34th Infantry Division : 35th Infantry Division : . Written in a training notebook by Staff Sgt. If all Regiments in the war had a unit book this complete, veteran research would be nonexistent. 417th Infantry Regiment : Airborne. the Netherlands, President Arroyo de Rio of Ecuador, and President The liberation of France has begun. Candidate Schools. lost, when, in 1940 U. S. Army reconstruction was begun and the reserve Further notes can be found in the histories of the 304th and 385th Infantry Regiments . In the taking of two towns beside each other the anti-tank platoon gave direct fire into the towns. overseas during the period 3 July to 8 August 1918. According to Controvich's bibliography there are three very short works on the 417th's first two battalions. State occasions, the division was present in this respect at official considerably since 1918. Under Every Briefly replaced The attack continued in conjunction with the 6th Armored Division; Langensalza fell, and the Gera River was crossed, April 11. we'd reply patiently, proudly, "that white emblem was an ancient - Multiple unattached patches (including a German officer uniform breast eagle). heraldic symbol worn into battle by the first son of a noble family. by Jeroen 15 Nov 2002, 21:33, Post There, foreshadowing the several 78th Infantry Division. . 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). Then there was a lot of familiarizing with trucks, and a lot of road marching and we did things to get (artillery) guns oriented.. Social media posts I've read seem to differ a lot and depart from my own research, which was done 1997 - 1999. In 1944, the 76th ID was involved in heavy fighting with Soviet troops in the Ukraine and eastern Romania. bewildered, uniformed civilians were met at a nearby railroad siding by 141st NY Infantry Regiment: 13th NY Infantry Regiment: 76th NY Infantry Regiment: 142nd NY Infantry Regiment: 14th NY Infantry Regiment: 77th NY Infantry Regiment: 143rd NY Infantry Regiment: 16th NY Infantry Regiment: 78th NY Infantry Regiment: 144th NY Infantry Regiment: 17th NY Infantry Regiment: 79th NY Infantry Regiment: 145th NY Infantry . From the town of Buttsdadt they took 20 towns and over 300 prisoners. teeth on a hot macadam road you were fighting the "give" of In In Operation Onaway Eagle, elements of the division successfully conducted Basic Combat Training for hundreds of new soldiers. crossing on the second and third nights and established contact with the Indiana's 151st and 152nd Infantry regiments formed the new 76th Infantry Brigade. The 76th Infantry Division was a unit of the United States Army in World War I, World War II and the Cold War. Overall a fantastic rare grouping from an officer in one of the most famous U.S. infantry divisions of WWII. From June 2018 to July 2019, Brigadier General Douglas A. Cherry served as acting commanding general of the 76th Operational Response Command. Katzenkopf fortress and Irrel fell on 28 February and the attack pushed on toward Trier, reaching the Moselle, 3 March. the first, the division's proximity to the nation's capitol marked it as Their regiment was relieved by the 385th Infantry. These its history, the division was again among the first reserve units to be the enemy, but both were repulsed after bitter encounters. Approval was reserved, however, for the now historic For my father, Feb 6 through Feb 13 were the hardest days of the war -- the closest thing to a Normandy-type invasion, with similar losses. Since He continued his service after WWII and was discharged from the Army as a Major after the Korean War. From that town they were attacked by two more planes which were both shot down. The 302d, 355th, The I've just found this thread (it's Veteran's Day in the U.S.) My father was in Company C, 417 Regiment, 76th Infantry Division. Engineer Battalion, 301st Medical Battalion, 76th Signal Company, 76th Baker said they sailed south toward Florida, caught an armed convoy with destroyers, and then headed towards Europe where they arrived safely. The Combat Infantry Badge is given for action under small arms fire. By placing an order, the buyer represents that he/she is in compliance with the law and will utilize the items in a lawful manner. I am looking for Alex G. Kish. Public Use Notice of Limitations: https://www.dvidshub.net/about/copyright. On 5 All rights reserved. The powerful area. Not attributed to a veteran but it was a must have for my collection. Battle Cry: "ONAWAY" The "alert" signal of the Chippewa Indian warriors upon whose ground the 76th Division had trained. However, it is ultimately the responsibility of the buyer to be in compliance of laws that govern their specific location. It was on the 17th of March that the Battalion was ordered that the Articles Of War had to be read. 100th Infantry Battalion Morning Reports 100th Infantry Division Morning Reports 101st Airborne . On teh 24th of March they entrenched and got on a motor convoy that took them to the Rhine River where they crossed by pontoon bridges. The Regiment was filled out by replacements and never achieved its original combat power again until the end of WWII. Every musket, rifle, display machine gun, machine gun parts set or gun sold by IMA, Inc is engineered to be inoperable according to guidelines provided by the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATF). Thanks. As they were leaving the hill Jeries started to throw everything they had back onto the hill. The excellent role of the 417th Infantry Regiment is noted in WE RIPENED FAST - the History of the 76th Infantry Division. My 76th Infantry Division Book/Ephemera Collection. 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. Looking for reliable information or news facts about WW2? Posted September 14, 2010. combatively assigned in the Marbache sector until the Armistice. The remainder of the 76th Division was composed of the 301st Thanks. The colder it gets, the more a man thinks to himself to hell with his equipment, Wagner wrote in the composition book donated to the Fort McCoy History Center. paraded at Fort Meade like seasoned veterans before Brazilian Ambassador Prior to withdrawing Company D mortar men in Mertesdorf went into action and fired 340 rounds in 7 minutes to stop the counterattack. Reaching the east bank, the doughboys stormed up the steep, slippery cliffs of Germany and plunged 1600 yards into the Siegfried Line to take and hold high ground. 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