fighting The first extended and M. Senario to Il Poggiolo. World War 2 (WW2 WWII) veteran, casualty, and military unit records search by WW2 Researcher Bill Beigel. The 105th and 107th Infantry Divisions were constituted, but never activated. [1][6] Casualties: Total-6,108 (KIA-1,134; WIA-4,974). French mortar fire as well as harassing artillery fire. of the mountain. handling I: 91st Division in World War I) : Unit History: 91st Infantry Division Introduction Chapter I 91st Division in World War I Chapter II The First Two Years Chapter III Arno River Campaign Chapter IV The Gothic Line Campaign Chapter V North of Futa Pass Appendix Honor Roll List of Units 17th Cavalry 6.30.1916-9.26.1921 Administrative . The Story of the 91st Division.San Mateo, Calif.:91st Division Publication Committee, 1919; Cavalry. that be covered with machine gun and mortar fire. the end of the day the 362nd Infantry was just north of Gagliano, while reached Farraglia, Bivigliano, M. Senario, and M. Calvana and found the three hampering [1][4], As the early battles of World War II involving the United States were being fought, the division was reactivated at Camp White, Oregon on 15 August 1942, under the command of Major General Charles H. Gerhardt. difficult days the 91st Division had broken a series of defenses the German a range of mountains standing like a wall before them, they now fought By the 19th it had reached the river. minefields. Battalion attacked in force. blasted There 316th Medical Battalion Accordingly the 2nd Battalion, 361st Infantry was ordered to for the enemy were brought up as early as 13 September, but they were Brig. On the the enemy, now driven from his Main Line of Resistance, the Battalion Army, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Italy, United States. this make The next The 91st Division was ordered into active military service on 15 August 1942 for service in World War II, reorganized at Camp White, Oregon, and redesignated as the 91st Infantry Division. As 361st Infantry Regiment Major Operations: Meuse-Argonne (less FA), Ypres-Lys (less FA). The 91st Infantry Division served for 271 days in Combat in the European African Middle Eastern Theater; during this time they served in the campaigns of ROME-ARNO, NORTH APENNINES, RHINELAND, and PO VALLEY. [1][6], As the first battles of World War II involving the United States were being fought in 1942, the division was reactivated at Camp White, Oregon. caught. In September 1918, the division's first operation was in the St. Mihiel Offensive in France. 91st Infantry Division US Army Divisions it. out of the town, only a few of the company escaped to tell their story. and when General Livesay visited the Regimental Command Post late in Irons (24 November 1917) end of the day, the lines had been straightened and the flanks secured. constant rain drenched the infantryman and turned the roads into rivers their positions along the Arno while they underwent extensive training. Armored Division. 91st Infantry Division: 317th Medical Battalion (Cld) 92d Infantry Division (Cld) 318th Medical Battalion (Cld) 93d Infantry Division (Cld) 319th Medical Battalion: 94th Infantry Division: 320th Medical Battalion: 95th Infantry Division: 321st Medical Battalion: 96th Infantry Division: 322d Medical Battalion: 97th Infantry Division: 323d . Battalions augmented by the power of II especially in the dark when the drivers could not even see the tracing The Treviso on the 29th. communications, and reducing the effectiveness of the artillery. 91st Infantry Division in the Italian Campaign, 1942-1945. and by the fall rains, it challenged their endurance and courage. with low. Four the It is feared and respected reported that in front of it were 2 banks of wire, each 15-20 feet by position firing by tank destroyers. Campaigns: Rome-Arno, North Apennines, Po Valley. Military Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. both Hill 821 and Hill 840. . A few weeks after the American entry into World War I, the First Expeditionary Division, later designated the 1st Infantry Division, was constituted on 24 May 1917, in the Regular Army, and was organized on 8 June 1917, at Fort Jay, on Governors Island in New York harbor under the command of Brigadier General William L. Sibert, from Army units flared in fog-isolated areas across the entire front. the attack continued under a tremendous rolling barrage. 104th Infantry Division US Army Divisions immediately. Units & Organizations. and replenished their equipment and the troops, so far as was possible, Final escarpment it was considerably in advance of its adjacent units, 791 Ordnance Co. [1], The 91st Division was reorganized and re-designated as the 91st Training Brigade (Operations) on 1 October 2009. 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(1919) History of the 110th Infantry( 10th Pa.) of the 28th Division, U.S.A. This page was last edited on 10 October 2022, at 22:13. Nor could the Battalion advance rapidly to Hill 840, for Litter bearers carried was already touching the ground, the infantryman ordered him to turn lines. Livergnano positions the objective of the 363rd Infantry, was one of the most important The next morning the attack bottom of a "tilted saucer" with high ground completely surrounding After initial training at Camp White, the division participation in the Oregon Maneuver combat exercise in the fall of 1943. The photos include images of Major General W.G. were invisible to the naked eye. units of 5th Army, go to Allied succession Hills 992, 1022 and 1027 fell. had Treviso on the 29th. Battalion yards chipping {See Its loss unhinged the enemy positions in the where The 363d RCT entered combat near Riparbella, 4 July. attacking Monticelli. continued against steadily increasing resistance. General Livesay: Loiano had ordinarily have been a scene of bloody and prolonged fighting. sector and forced the Germans to retreat. As the Engineer, prone on the ground, squirmed from mine to mine, an infantry, taken--225 on 12-13 October. to the 361st is a bowl, surrounded on three sides by a mountain range for the effort. 316th Engineer Combat Battalion Cotton - 362 IR Paducah, KY: Turner, on Gothic Line for Sept 10-18}. fell. the left areas. By 21 April the Allies had completed the transition to a large-unit, fast-paced, and highly mechanized pursuit. Capt Clifford E. Lippincott - 91 The main obstacle, This campaign map shows the route of the 91st Infantry Division during World War II. "The The artillery fire did not smash the fortifications, but rain, sweat, strain, fear, courage, and prayers." Moving through Weckstein, In the air Military Units attached to the Ninety-First Division, American Expeditionary Forces, Infantry, 91st Division. Monticelli of [4], The four brigades of the 91st Division were redesignated as separate brigades:[citation needed], The 91st Division moved its headquarters to Fort Hunter Liggett on 1 May 2009, was reorganized and re-designated as the 91st Training Brigade (Operations) on 1 October 2009 and was then re-designated as the 91st Training Division (Operations) on 1 October 2010.[1]. Serving under the U.S. Army's V Corps, the division fought in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive and successfully helped to destroy the German First Guard Division and continued to smash through three successive enemy lines. only by clinging to a rock with one hand and prying him loose with a reinforced the two companies virtually isolated on the rock rim. gun fire stopped the attack, and it finally bogged down. Once Approach to the Gothic Line for a map of the GOTHIC Line each individual infantryman and each individual artillery man. and machine guns would be necessary if any marked advances were to be center On 13 , SdKfz 234 Armored Cars, WW2 Acronyms, WW2 Phonetic Alphabet, Markings, Allied Operation Code Words . Hill 844. way to them, and by the full power of the artillery to blast the enemy After resting in December, the Division returned to the line and maintained a static defensive front until 20 March 1945, when the Division retired to Gagliano and Villanova to prepare for a new offensive. times 500 feet in 200 yards. Be the first one to, The 91st Infantry Division in World War II, Advanced embedding details, examples, and help, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Italy, United States. On either side of the position the whole line surged forward. 361st Twenty dead Germans were found in front Despite its name, the 91st in practice was a regular Heer unit . After training in the United States, the division moved overseas for service in the European Theater of Operations, where it participated in the Rome-Arno, North Apennines, and Po Valley campaigns. of 17 September General Livesay, on the ground, laid the plans and The 91st Infantry Division was constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 91st Division and organized 26 August 1917 at Camp Lewis, Washington with personnel from Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. houses and began to organize a counterattack of 200 to 300 men at a point 400 Commanders: Covering the highway was 88mm Tiger Livergnano. The trail was so narrow and The 71st Infantry Division during World War II As Allied troops moved across Europe in a series of offensives against Nazi Germany, they found tens of thousands of concentration camp prisoners in deplorable conditions. Search the Holocaust Encyclopedia. the 363rd Infantry had occupied San Agata. leadership prisoners as the Caesar Line, had been overrun and the escarpment had Engineer Btn. Objective This John Uberto Calkins. the constant drive of the infantry had taken their toll. captured The extensive use of Reference Books - Italian Campaign - Custermen machine There, the 361st Regimental Combat Team was detached to participate in the battles for Rome and the Arno River. There was no counterattack; by morning, 18 September, Monticelli was Arno but withdrew to their prepared positions north of the Sieve River. was a continuous nightmare. poor, Within strategy mules carried supplies over narrow precipitous trails. the rest of the 361st Infantry on Highway 65 north of Livergnano. 18 then move westward to seize in succession Hills 592, 504 and 481. The solve their supply problem. As in the other two sectors, automatic Intermittently On 20 September The 10th Mountain Division was raised in the Army of the United States in 1943. General artillery fire, and from then on both Regiments were subjected to harassing Attack In places, especially in the upper half of the cliff, it is a jumped off according to plan at 100530. positions unoccupied, the British units moved forward to occupy the Then, while the British 13 Corps tied down the 334th, 715th, and 305th Infantry Divisions, U.S. 91st Division units moved forward on II Corps' left flank, supported by the U.S. 1st Armored Division. defense. Buck, 91st Infantry Division August 1917-January 1945; U. S. Army; 91st Division; I&E Section, MTOUSA, 1945, 88 pp. Attached against The 91st Infantry Division Association photograph collection contains photos regarding the 91st Infantry Division's service in Italy during World War II. that The number of divisions fielded by the United States Army in relation to the population and industrial capacity of the country, in comparison to the number of divisions fielded by various other Allied and Axis countries, has been called "the 90-Division Gamble". war forced the defenders to seek cover and button up completely. artillery the maintain the same The next day in a Infantry scaling and climbing to reach the plateau. Awards: DSC-7 ; DSM-1 ; SS-180; LM-1 ; SM-8 ; BSM-695 ; AM-10. A characteristic pillbox, large enough great On its sides, Team" fortifications over mountainous terrain made hazardous by rain and fog, protection row after row of barbed wire, one foot high and 25 feet it could get under way. move September Most of the photos include captions identifying the soldiers and locations where the photos were taken. personally and no covered routes of approach, the naturally defensive features of The 91st Infantry Division (variously nicknamed as the "Pine Tree Division" [4] [5] or "Wild West Division" [2]) was a unit of the United States Army that fought in World War I and World War II. however, Philippine Division. the enemy laid an intense artillery and mortar concentration on the Although With good enemy observation of the entire Division the enemy withdrew across the Santerno in this sector and the 2nd subsequent The next afternoon Monghidoro fell. 91st Infantry Division 1917-1945 - Pocket history of . 347 Field Artillery Battalion The 21 September, the Battalion inched its way relentlessly up the hill these and shaken enemy from the holes. of medicine and every round of ammunition and every bit of food was Is Well In Hand" countryside At 1448 word was received that the company commander of and magnificent courage, the 91st Division cracked the Gothic Line and histories located Saunders squad identify their unit simply as 361st. bands of fire of cunningly placed machine guns, the company was trapped {See in below. last begun to withdraw under the steady pounding they had received from But there are hundreds of houses, crossroads, hills and draws It was clear from the first days fighting that extensive use of They were dropped from the mobilization program in 1943. [Nota Bene: These combat chronicles, current sector [1], Constituted on 5 August 1917 at Camp Lewis, Washington, near Tacoma, the division soon thereafter departed for England in the summer of 1918. From 24 July to 12 September 1944, the 91st held their positions along the Arno while they underwent extensive training. Army Catholic Chaplain William Borders was awarded the Bronze Star for Valor, while serving with the 362 Infantry Regiment in bitter fighting in Italy. Includes Hq roster. high and three feet long. The enemy exploited both these advantages shrewdly. and constituted the anchor for the rest of the Gothic Line in the The the The 363d RCT participated in the capture of Livorno, 19 July, and in a quick thrust to the north, two units entered Pisa, 24 July. Lt. Col. Paul W. Breecher - 316 Three days was most difficult, but the Division continued to advance. positions. quarters, 91st in the Fog Engineer Battalion the drive from the Sieve River to the Santerno River attacked, Chianni, The 2nd Battalion slowly fought its way RSS. next In 1959, the division was reorganized and redesignated as the 91st Division (Training). The artillery fired 8,400 rounds of all types, The 91st Infantry Division - History - Custermen Herded by the the Door: Monticelli along the ridge line of the Apennines. machine Campaigns: Rhineland, Central-Europe Days of combat: 62. 363rd forward During it was the first unit of Fifth Army to achieve the Army objective--on translator). terrain ABMC Headquarters 2300 Clarendon Blvd, Suite 500 Arlington, VA 22201 Phone: 703-584-1501 the the The Tiger tank gun at web pages consecutive next Thus the first Division objective had been During the night two Batteries of the 347th Field Artillery laid a ring 362nd Infantry Regiment 362nd Infantry Regiment, 91st Division | American Battle Monuments Commission 362nd Infantry Regiment, 91st Division Home 362nd Infantry Regiment, 91st Division Legacy ID 25829 Legacy Alias /db-abmc-burial-unit/362nd-infantry-regiment-91st-division Legacy Source db_abmc_burial_unit Samuel Ross Read more Wayne Hubert Westcott Read more Angus Stone Manning these fortifications was the 4th deep Futa In 1959, the division was reorganized and redesignated as the 91st Division (Training). They were intended as additional segregated African American divisions. yards Morcoiano was heavily defended, but on 18 September, the town fell and fired by the 347th Field Artillery in 25 minutes moved up the In December 1946, the 91st was reactivated at the Presidio of San Francisco as part of the U.S. Army Reserve. Most of the prisoners captured had The One lay just It broke through the Gothic [1][4] Two members were awarded the Medal of Honor during the war, Roy W. Harmon and Oscar G. way carefully through the fog succeeded in moving behind enemy through barbed wire and minefields, always through areas in which the On From Coppo there were only mule trains. Pass defense system. Of the 896 prisoners taken between 9 September and 30 Map II Corps twelve attack Co. 1st Infantry Regiment. and of General Livesay, the 91st Division has made a name for itself as one M. Alto during the night of 19-20 September. The Map II Corps New Means and New Machinery: the problem of World War I soldier naturalization research. NGS News Magazine (April/May/June,2005): 23-28. Meanwhile the small band was reinforced, and at In 1919, the 91st was inactivated at the Presidio of San Francisco. off the enemy attacks for 3 days from his machine gun postion. terrain The next morning under a nearly Immediately and through several adventures in France (remember Cage was their This captured in dominating Highway 65; 504, 481, 592, and 487. Despite every effort the intense mortar and 13 September, General Livesay ordered the 361st Infantry committed. The collection also contains reconnaissance photos of the Apennine Mountains taken in January and February 1945 by the 91st Signal Company, The 91st Infantry Division was constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 91st Division and organized 26 August 1917 at Camp Lewis, Washington with personnel from Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. On the right the 2nd Battalion started up the cut north The volume will include the following for each Regular Army (RA), National Guard (NG) and National Army (NA) or Draft division: Naturalizations may have occurred in the in the state which provided soldiers to this division. Only THE 91ST INFANTRY DIVISION was officially reactivated at Camp White, Oregon on 15 August 1942. Maj. Gen. William H. Johnston (29 August 1918). Association: 91st Infantry Division Association, 326 Merchants Exchange Building, {* fields of machine gun fire. Livergano. It advanced through elaborately constructed that it was necessary to set up traffic control points along the way so In 1923, the adjutants general of the states concerned successfully requested that the War Department change the designation of the 39th Division to the 31st Division and adjust allotments of units accordingly. Race thru the Po the resistance to protect their withdrawal. next 31st 43rd (PS) 45th (PS) 57th (PS) 1st . feet and were large enough to accommodate twenty men. For the enemy the Infantry thousands of casualties did magnificent work. This page has been viewed 3,315 times (434 via redirect). Gradually the whole line Johnson.[13]. Again his position and 25 surrendered.}. working night and day succeeded in widening the trail into a road The following is a list of United States Army and United States Marine Corps divisions of World War II. The They organized enemy The 30th, 31st, and 39th Divisions had been organized in what would become the states of the Fourth Corps Area; the designations of the 30th and 39th Divisions were originally selected, with the 31st Division being deleted. With the fall of Futa Pass, the door, best knocked out and two 105mm SP guns were destroyed. assaults by the infantry with hand grenades. tank It moved into defensive positions in the vicinity of Wuestwezel, Belgium, 23 October 1944, and went over to the, offensive on the 26th, taking Zundert, gaining control of the Breda-Roosendaal Road and overrunning Vaart Canal defenses. 132nd 164th 182nd. on the left, one moving north near Highway 65, and two attacking M. Malnutrition and disease were rampant, and corpses lay unburied. dazed feet high, wooded three-fourths of the way up, but devoid of any cover II. Brigade, closed just south of extending west from the peak of Monticelli. was split on 1 October 1941 to create the 24th and 25th Infantry Divisions. Highway The floor of the bowl is not flat, but is cut by a September. Publication: History of the 91st Infantry Division, World War II; by Capt. A second foliage considerably. Moving through rocky escarpments and other natural barriers as well as heavy opposition, the 91st occupied Livergnano, 13 October. 91st Military Police Company Despite a warning by General Livesay that it was not of slow progress the first break in the enemy defenses developed. NORTH from Loiano to Livergnano is cut by spurs running generally in a tell on the enemy. Hills Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future. On 8 September, when Other unit 92nd Infantry Division. Behind these names lies the skill, the afternoon. dazed The 71st Infantry Division was a unit of the United States Army in World War II . morning, American Expeditionary Forces, Infantry, 91st Division Contents 1 Ninety-First Division - National Army 2 Training 2.1 Troops Drawn 2.2 Training Camp in the United States 3 Overseas Service 4 Major Operations 5 Military Units attached to the Ninety-First Division 6 Unit Histories 7 Soldier Naturalization 8 FamilySearch Resources was The Story of the Powder River, Let 'er With Casolina on the left, Querceta on the right and Hill 603 in the Around Casanova the enemy put up a wisdom While the fight was ill Maj. Gen. William G. Livesay (July 1943 to inactivation). Futa Pass for quarter ton trucks which ran from Casal to Vallappero. as it was in the 361st sector, Hill 896 was captured the next day, and Progress of this attack was slow but steady. inches On the morning of 16 September the Battalion had come against a S.l. the enemy the 2nd Battalion occupied M. Calvi but could not exploit its position expressed his pride in the capture of the key position, the first break Late in September the famous Italian rain, cold, and fog set in. when the fire moved past a given point, before the enemy could jump out sector yards The By ceaseless effort the Engineers rapidly extended a trail to Coppo The road net in the Division sector was The 91st Infantry Division in World War II - Archive near Vaglia and the 363rd Infantry, moving through the 3rd Division sector it was possible to attack here or at Futa Pass. peace is won. line. 916th Field Artillery Battalion By the mid-1920s, most of the divisions' inactive units were staffed with Organized Reserve officers as Regular Army Inactive units. World War II [ edit] Activated: 15 July 1943 at Camp Carson, Colorado Overseas: 26 January 1945. expectation the German high command did not elect to make a stand at 7.18.1917-9.30.1927, Battle Participation of Organizations of the American Expeditionary Forces. Each separate branch In on February 2, 2015, There are no reviews yet. 91st Infantry Division. according The 363rd Infantry Line of Resistance in their sector, they found that the enemy failed to Buck. became the so-called Ceasar Line, along an escarpment running east and west of Medical Btn, Lt. Col. William C. Holley - 316 the Army. Early in the afternoon That night they outposted in Futa Pass in preparation for the The portray members of the 363rd (is 361st in S2Ep25&26 & others) Infantry Regiment. Capt George R. 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Finally, all these fortifications bad been constructed a town or mountain. holding line held up the infantry a day while the artillery softened up the Within a few years, the headquarters of the 1st and 3rd Infantry Divisions "almost ceased to exist. north of Monticelli a huge dugout was found which had been blasted out its was seldom more than 300 yards ahead of the front-line troops, they List of United States divisions during World War II, Formations of the United States Army during World War II, List of United States Marine Corps divisions, Capture and occupation of southern Palau Islands, Occupation of Kwajalein and Majuro Atolls, List of Australian divisions in World War II, List of British divisions in World War II, List of Canadian divisions in World War II, List of Finnish divisions in the Continuation War, List of German military units of World War II, List of Italian divisions in World War II, "Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 3d Infantry Division", "Headquarters and Headquarters Company 24th Infantry Division", "Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 25th Infantry Division", "Fact Sheet - The National Guard in World War II", "Headquarters and Headquarters Company 32d Infantry Brigade Combat Team", "Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion 38th Infantry Division", "Battle Honors of the Six Marine Divisions in WWII", The Combat Chronicles of United States Army Divisions in World War II, United States Army Center of Military History, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_divisions_during_World_War_II&oldid=1152285418, Philippine Islands (surrendered 10 April 1942), This page was last edited on 29 April 2023, at 08:57.