Rare Lot#1 of WW2 US ARMY 44th Div.OFFICER's MANUALS,Documents (12)

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DEAR E-BAYERS!!!!!Here is a RARE Lot#1 of WW2 US ARMY 44th Division --- OFFICER's Items-Manuals + other paper items--look pics--what you see is what you will get.I also sell his other lots & items--look my listings!World War II [ edit ]The division was en route to New Jersey on 7 December 1941, returning to Fort Dix when news was heard of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. A regimental combat team, based on the 113th Infantry, was immediately detached from the division and attached to the Eastern Defense Command to provide ground forces for the defense of the East Coast from New York to Philadelphia. Shortly afterwords, the remainder of the division moved to Camp Claiborne, LA, where the 44th Division was reorganized and redesignated, the 44th Infantry Division on 16 February 1942. [2] :374 [6] :131The division was then sent to Fort Lewis Washington, where it participated in defense of the West Coast for the remainder of 1942. In February 1943, the 44th Infantry Division, much reduced through the loss of personnel and units entered a period of rebuilding and training. After completing the "D-Series", division-level training, the 44th was sent to participate in the multi-division Fourth Army #6 Louisiana Maneuvers, 7 February-3 April 1944. [5] :106-107 [6] :131 The division then moved to Camp Phillips, KS for its final pre-deployment preparations. [6] :131 [7] The division moved by railroad to Camp Miles Standish, Massachusetts, arriving on 24-27 August 1944; [8] departing the United States via the Boston Port of Embarkation on 5 September 1944. [6]Combat chronicle [ edit ]The 44th Infantry Division landed in France via Cherbourg, 15 September 1944, and trained for a month before entering combat, 18 October 1944, when it relieved the 79th Division in the vicinity of Foret de Parroy, east of Lunéville, France, to take part in the Seventh Army drive to secure several passes in the Vosges Mountains. Within 6 days, the division was hit by a heavy German counterattack, 25-26 October. The attack was repulsed and the 44th continued its active defense. On 13 November 1944, it jumped off in an attack northeast, forcing a passage through the Vosges Mountains east of Leintrey to Dossenheim, took Avricourt, 17 November, and pushed on to liberate Strasbourg, along with the 2d French Armored Division. After regrouping, the division returned to the attack, taking Ratzwiller and entering the Ensemble de Bitche in the Maginot Line. Fort Simserhof fell 19 December. Displacing to defensive positions east of Sarreguemines, 21-23 December, the 44th threw back three attempted crossings by the enemy of the Blies River.Mickey Rooney entertains soldiers of the 44th Division in Kist, Germany during a May 1945 jeep tour.An aggressive defense of the Sarreguemines area was continued throughout February 1945 and most of March. 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. Shifting to the west bank of the Main, the division crossed that river at Gross-Auheim in early April, and engaged in a 3-week training period. Attacking 18 April, after the 10th Armored Division , the 44th took Ehingen, 23 April, crossed the Danube , and attacking southeast, took Füssen , Berg, and Wertach , in a drive on Imst , Austria. On 2 May, a group of V-2 rocket scientists that included Wernher von Braun surrendered to the 44th. [9] Pursuing the disintegrating enemy through Fern Pass [10] and into the Inn River valley, the 44th set up its CP at Imst on 4 May. After a short period of occupation duty, the division returned to the United States in July 1945 for retraining prior to redeployment, but the end of the Pacific war resulted in inactivation in November 1945 at Camp Chaffee, AR. [2] :374 [6] :131 [11]Assignments in ETO [ edit ] 30 August 1944: Ninth Army, 12th Army Group. 5 September 1944: III Corps. 10 October 1944: Ninth Army, 12th Army Group. 14 October 1944: XV Corps, 6th Army ... read more

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