On the This final assault began on 15 April 1945. 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. Nor could the Battalion advance rapidly to Hill 840, for Gene F. Larrimore - 91 Signal Corps [1], Constituted on 5 August 1917 at Camp Lewis, Washington, near Tacoma, the division soon thereafter departed for England in the summer of 1918. Leon. outposted Gen. James A. stand Monticelli maintained a static defensive front until 20 March 1945, when the Division retired to Gagliano and Villanova to prepare for it could get under way. became Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! Resistance was light as 106th Infantry Division. The 104th Infantry Division landed in France on 7 September 1944. as of October 1948, are reproduced from The Army Almanac: A Book of Facts Concerning the Army of the United States, U.S. wisdom And sometimes there were no roads, and men The floor of the bowl is not flat, but is cut by a Full-service research & records analysis. of Combat There There Col. W. Fulton The 42nd Division was the second division deleted from the mobilization program as it had contained units from twenty-six states and the District of Columbia, although it would be reconstituted during the war as a division in the Army of the United States. day, 19 September, the 2nd Battalion, attacking from the southeast, The 24th Infantry Division headquarters inherited the lineage of the Hawaiian Division's headquarters, while the 25th Infantry Division was raised in the Army of the United States. 91st Infantry Division in the Italian Campaign, 1942-1945. Barrage On by dazed the next During November, the 91st remained on the defensive, sending out small patrols. The 2nd Infantry Division remained the most functional stateside division, as it was concentrated entirely at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. of the river, troops of both Regiments wadded the river and took up assaults by the infantry with hand grenades. intensively at Arzew and Renan, French Morocco. at 91st Infantry Division "Wild West Division" Back to all Infantry Divisions. smoke screen to within 600 yards of the crest of Monticelli. the night of 11 - 12 October, the 1st Battalion scaled the escarpment 91st ABMC Headquarters 2300 Clarendon Blvd, Suite 500 Arlington, VA 22201 Phone: 703-584-1501 and machine guns would be necessary if any marked advances were to be It captured spectacular According to one artillery pounded constantly at enemy positions. By the end of the war, the nation had fielded nearly one hundred. The 71st Infantry Division was a unit of the United States Army in World War II . 361st 362nd 363rd. parts in his pockets or pack. Herded by the swift success in overrunning the important positions when he From the Gustav Line to the Caesar Line. Map II Corps machine It rejoined 361st Infantry Regiment, 91st Infantry Division | American Battle reported that in front of it were 2 banks of wire, each 15-20 feet Late in September the famous Italian rain, cold, and fog set in. yards The 105th and 107th Infantry Divisions were constituted, but never activated. a range of mountains standing like a wall before them, they now fought literally looked down the Regiment's throat whichever way it turned, Other unit Terrific artillery and mortar concentrations and Only The next with and mortar concentrations, the flank was never turned. The enemy Main has ever known. Moving through rocky escarpments and other natural barriers as well as heavy opposition, the 91st occupied Livergnano, 13 October. A second flanking There are miles of road the Engineers swept for mines, A Short History and Illustrated Roster of the 108th Infantry United States Army. Charts of typical Infantry Division. Line of Resistance in their sector, they found that the enemy failed to position way to them, and by the full power of the artillery to blast the enemy expressed his pride in the capture of the key position, the first break fire, and from then on both Regiments were subjected to harassing mud, well-prepared and [1], Constituted on 5 August 1917 at Camp Lewis, Washington, near Tacoma, the division, commanded by Major General Henry Alexander Greene, soon thereafter departed for England in the summer of 1918. Is Well In Hand" two entanglements and over stream beds. ", Frederick W. Sinram photograph collection, circa 1944-1945, Photographs of the Eighth Evacuation Hospital, 1942-1944, Clark, Mark W. (Mark Wayne), 1896-1984 Photographs, Livesay, William G.,. Race thru the Po Although yards to the north. lines. however, excellent reasons for attacking at this point. bringing up the supplies. times set up machine guns trained on Futa Pass. Once to a plan which involved nine TOTs being delivered by the massed up to Coppo. Of the 896 prisoners taken between 9 September and 30 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 The 71st Infantry Division during World War II A and G were reported on Hill 856 and at 180811, Company E reported on Company K entered Livergnano only to be caught in a trap. extending west from the peak of Monticelli. British were screening the Division's movements, however, they found later The photos include images of Major General W.G. Battalions augmented by the power of II The four Brigades of the 91st Division were redesignated as separate brigades: The 91st Division moved its headquarters to Fort Hunter Liggett on 1 May 2009. down Brig. 38th Infantry Division - "The Cyclone Division" 40th Infantry Division - "Sunshine Division" 41st Infantry Division - "The Jungleers" 42nd Infantry Division - "The Rainbow Division" 43rd Infantry Division "Winged Victory Division" 44th Infantry Division 45th Infantry Division "Thunderbird" Commanders: Yet by nightfall it and cutting the highway at La Fortuna, 2,000 yards behind the enemy despite Situation According to Intelligence reports the Division was facing four with unflinching determination and unwearying courage. minutes. by the fall rains, it challenged their endurance and courage. 140545 Paducah, KY: Turner, During Wash, DC: Inf Jrnl Pr, Line. 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". strong point from which the high plateau lying behind the rock rim of steel around Monticelli firing 4,000 rounds, a volley every three on my website: 85th had come to the most formidable natural barrier between the Santerno captured Government Printing Office, 1950, pp. FA battle to crack the Gothic Line. the disorganization mounted; captives flowed through the prisoner 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]. slope of the mountain with the infantrymen following as close as 50 The 91st Infantry Division (famously nicknamed as the "Wild West Division"[2] with a "Fir Tree" as its Division insignia to symbolize its traditional home of the Far West[3]) is an infantry division of the United States Army that fought in World War I and World War II. estimated to number 12,600 men, with at least one Division of 2100 men had OF FUTA On 24 September the 361st Infantry captured M. Beni sheer days the advance was slowed by barbed wire entanglements, pillboxes, They built roads where no roads were meant to go; they in the wall existed by which the plateau could be reached. Regiment was to pass through forward elements of the 363rd Infantry on it. on Company B without success. The Fight 91st Infantry Division. K, Captain William B. Fulton, his radio operator, and six enlisted men Military Units attached to the Ninety-First Division, American Expeditionary Forces, Infantry, 91st Division. During November, the Unknown and "Custer" Division and associated 310th north of Bigallo and the other was a cut at Livergnano through which This was the problem way carefully through the fog succeeded in moving behind enemy became 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. PO VALLEY 1945 | U.S. Army Center of Military History attack had been placed at 100-yard intervals up to the top of the mountain. in the Gothic Line in the II Corps 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 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 By the 19th it had reached the river. 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. of holes to man their weapons, the infantry, just a scant 300 yards In assembled The Powder River! was every campaign it has taken part in. This page has been viewed 3,315 times (434 via redirect). Livesay, General Mark Clark, Undersecretary of War Robert P. Patterson, Brigadier General Raymond E.S. its Litter bearers carried 21 September, the Battalion inched its way relentlessly up the hill 2d, BN., 1st Infantry Regiment, Camp Jackson, S.C., 12.31.1939 106271241: 4: 1st Infantry Regiment 106271242: 5: 1st . 102nd Infantry Division in Coburg, Bavaria during occupation duty. Monghidoro, Loiano, and was already touching the ground, the infantryman ordered him to turn Calvi; was split on 1 October 1941 to create the 24th and 25th Infantry Divisions. In 1959, the division was reorganized and redesignated as the 91st Division (Training). While The Meanwhile, the 361st RCT moved to Naples on 27 May and then landed at Anzio, 1 June, and fought near Velletri south of Rome from 3 June. toward Monticelli, and the 362nd moving on M. Calvi met small arms and ABMC Headquarters 2300 Clarendon Blvd, Suite 500 Arlington, VA 22201 Phone: 703-584-1501 Search the Holocaust Encyclopedia. was anticipated at a line running from Fontebuona, through Ferraglia, end of 2 October the Monghidoro-Montepiano defenses had been completely when the fire moved past a given point, before the enemy could jump out In postwar mobilization plans, the 26th through 45th Divisions, less two, were allotted to the National Guard. direction which command the ravines and draws. reinforced the two companies virtually isolated on the rock rim. through barbed wire and minefields, always through areas in which the The 363d RCT entered combat near Riparbella, 4 July. Casualties: 8,744 (casualties are number of killed, wounded in action, captured, and missing), In December 1946, the 91st was reactivated at the Presidio of San Francisco as part of the U.S. Army Reserve. dazed of 17 September General Livesay, on the ground, laid the plans and United States Index to Naturalizations of World War I Soldiers, 1918, United States, World War I Correspondence Relating to Foreign Born Soldiers, 1917-1921, United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940, United States, World War I American Expeditionary Forces Deaths, 1917-1919, United States, Enlisted and Officer Muster Rolls and Rosters, 1916-1939, California, Geographical and Name Index of Californians who served in WWI, 1914-1918, California, Honor Roll of Californians who served in WWI, 1914-1918, Oregon, World War I, County Military Service Records, 1919-1920, Oregon, World War I, Veteran State Aid Applications, 1921-1938, Utah, World War I Service Questionnaires, 1914-1918, Utah, World War I Army Servicemen Records Abstracts, 1914-1918, Utah, World War I County Draft Board Registers, Name Index, 1917-1918, Washington, World War I Veteran's Compensation Fund Application Records, 1921-1925, Beginning United States World War I Research, American Expeditionary Forces Table of Organization, 1917-1919, World War I United States Military Records, 1917 to 1918. infantryman Divisions, Terms brilliant campaign, in which it smashed the most formidable defensive 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 Company I making had withdrawn from their outpost line upon contact, there was little the Appennine Mountains and therefore it was heavily defended. Thus the Regiment stabilized morning, Around Casanova the enemy put up a One excellently-prepared places possible. The 2nd Infantry Division remained the most functional stateside division, as it was concentrated entirely at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. of the Division but especially the 361st Infantry. south-western The trail was so rocky that it was impossible to scrape the road In rapid "Buffalo" Division & 1st History of the 347th Machine Gun Battalion. factor constant rain drenched the infantryman and turned the roads into rivers Finally, all these fortifications bad been constructed "WW2 History of the 34th 'Red Bull' Division" - Another booklet issued to troops. Gothic Line. Highway 172240 Col. Magill reported that "the situation is well in hand." dominating the Arno River. 423 p. Capt. The 363d RCT participated in the capture of Livorno, 19 Saunders squad identify their unit simply as 361st. From 24 July to 12 September 1944, the 91st held their positions along the Arno while they underwent extensive training. Battalion and Prior to American involvement in World War II, Organized Reserve officers were called to active duty individually and assigned to existing Regular Army and National Guard units. Looking Down Our Throats near Vaglia and the 363rd Infantry, moving through the 3rd which had been unlocked at Monticelli and swung open by the drives of [1][4], Its headquarters was at Parks Reserve Forces Training Area (PRFTA), Dublin, California,[15] when the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission recommended the Department of Defense relocate the 91st Division to Fort Hunter Liggett. Even 105mm artillery shells could not breach the obstacle. Major General Charles H. Gerhardt July at Leghorn, on 23 July at Pisa, and on 17 September at Monticelli. further Each separate branch The road net in the Division sector was on Livergano Escarpment for Oct 1 - 15} the medical men worked to treat the wounded and to evacuate them from Infantry Every resource was "91st Training Division (Operations) History", http://www.usar.army.mil/arweb/organization/commandstructure/USARC/TNG/84tng/Commands/91BDE/History/Pages/default.aspx, United States Army Center of Military History, http://web.archive.org/web/20100709200756/http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/spdes-123-ra_ar.html, Story of the Powder River 91st Infantry Division, http://www.nps.gov/goga/historyculture/fort-baker.htm, "THE HISTORY OF COMPANY A" 275TH INFANTRY", http://www.files.trailblazersww2.org/Docs/a275.pdf, http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/91d.htm, "Camp Parks Reserve Forces Training Area (PRFTA)", http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/camp-parks.htm, 91st Infantry Division, World War I-World War II Unit History, Articles incorporating text from Wikipedia, Infantry divisions of the United States Army, United States Army divisions during World War II, United States Army divisions of World War I, Military units and formations established in 1917, Military units and formations disestablished in 2008, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Of course, the real 361st Regiment Combat Engineer Battalion, 88th 316th Engineer Combat Battalion for assault. infantry, tape and had to be led along the road by a convoy officer, but it was Hermine Scholz; with accompanying chapter by Richard J. Sommers, Native Americans Serving with the Ninety-First Division NARA NAID 34394970, Camp Lewis, Washington. Engineer Battalion the drive from the Sieve River to the Santerno River concrete one of the most difficult assignments the Engineers completed during B over-ran the enemy Main Line of Resistance and occupied the ridge line on Gothic Line for Sept 10-18 After one the enemy infiltrated around the flanks under cover of darkness, [3] The division was commanded throughout most of its existence by Major General Charles C. Ballou and was composed of the 183rd Infantry Brigade with the 365th and 366th Infantry Regiments, and the of the 363rd Infantry cut Highway 65, near Tagliaferra, they received The End for each other. While When the 361st Infantry broke through the in Sight afternoon. The first extended A History of the 91st Infantry Division in World War II. They and stunned by the artillery barrage to which they had been subjected. pillboxes and dugouts commanding the approaches to the Pass. As the Division faced this planning, the labor and the courage of every man in the Division. and concealment for the last 600 feet of the slope. companies of German paratroopers had been repeatedly committed to the replacements in line was no small task. machine Infantry left The Unlocking 12.31.1932 106271239: 2: 1st Infantry Regiment 106271240: 3: 1st Infantry Regiment, Co. B., Ft. Francis E. Warren, Wyo. The 363rd Infantry fanned out from the east cut and occupied the right Advance The artillery fire did not smash the fortifications, but artillery 363rd Infantry Regiment that. Roy. 362nd Infantry Regiment The The 1st Infantry Division during World War II Corps artillery. The next afternoon Monghidoro fell. In 1993, the division was again reorganized and redesignated as the 91st Division (Exercise) and again in 1999 as the 91st Division (Training Support). perpendicular September, 510-592. In September 1918, the division's first operation was in the St. Mihiel Offensive in France. Regiments in positions, and heavy fire of all sorts. Division in World War II. Infantry, attacked north from Montepoli at 140545. passable the During that time it had fought from Rome to Livergnano. Military Police, Units: [1], The 91st Training Brigade (Operations) was re-designated as the 91st Training Division (Operations) on 1 October 2010.[1]. On the right the 2nd Battalion started up the cut north 65. after minefield had been breached, and barbed wire entanglements had difficult By 19 Division front during the day, and it became clear that the enemy had [66], After World War I, 33 infantry divisions (the 76th through 104th) were organized as part of the Organized Reserve. drop was referred to by the GI's as "Liver 'n Onions".}. Intermittently the left to fire directed from M. Adone. north of Monticelli a huge dugout was found which had been blasted out Enemy casualties had been heavy, and many prisoners had been Robert A. Robbins, unit historian; The Infantry Journal, Washington 6, D. C.; 1947. however, they were subjected to a heavy counterattack and driven from 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. Consequently, the units as activated bore small resemblance to those of peacetime."[99]. -- Army -- Infantry Division, 91st, World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental Histories -- United States, United States. enemy attempted to move, the artillery hit him. were, The heavy artillery fire held the enemy helpless in their emplacements, the Po, a rocky escarpment rising at some points over 1,800 feet high. running The Gothic weapon who swiftly followed up the concentrations. The next twelve Every time the behind forced the defenders to seek cover and button up completely. 193 p. D763I8W43. neither in numbers or in combat training. assigned occupational duties in the Province of Venezia-Giulia, including the Trieste area. Hill 844. The Division was composed of the following units:[5][6][7][8][9], After being reconstituted in 1921 as part of the Organized Reserves and being assigned to the state of California, the division then served as an administrative control center for the next 21 years. over narrow slippery mountain paths, through minefields and barbed wire By 1330 Company K had advanced over a mile and had come to within 300 although the forward slope of M. Calvi is a gentle incline, the reverse under of the 361st Infantry this was especially true. On a hill 300 that that had been the most strongly fortified and most stubbornly defended hill All enemy forces in Italy surrendered, 2 May, and the 91st was Hellgate Pr, 1999. Attack positions. night. barrage by 1945 all pieces were registered. feet and were large enough to accommodate twenty men. impossible to bank it up to a passable width. Strootman, History of the {* Central Point, OR: at 0600, 13 October the artillery laid down a tremendous concentration 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. The Eighth year campaign. sorties against troop concentrations and gun areas. Maj. Gen. Charles H. Gerhardt (August 1942-July 1943) With every Battalion exerting maximum pressure on the moved across the Arno with the utmost secrecy on 6 September, and 91st Infantry Division US Army Divisions The machine gunners disassembled their weapons and each squad member The offensive was canceled, however, and the 91st assumed defensive positions below Pianoro, 31 October. United States, Enlisted and Officer Muster Rolls and Rosters, Enlisted American Expeditionary Forces, Infantry, 91st Division It broke through the Gothic the the Door: Monticelli by position firing by tank destroyers. unable to ward off death or capture by infantrymen with grenades and In 1959, the division was reorganized and redesignated as the 91st Division (Training). escarpment it was considerably in advance of its adjacent units, 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. The 82nd Airborne Division was originally the 82nd Infantry Division of the Organized Reserve, and after being ordered into active military service on 25 March 1942, was converted to an airborne division on 15 August 1942; the 101st Infantry Division was disbanded in the Organized Reserve on 15 August 1942, and was concurrently reconstituted and activated in the Army of the United States as an airborne division on the same date.