29th Division Living History Group
History of the 29th Division!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Having participated in the U.S. Army’s great Meuse-Argonne offensive of 1918, and Operation Overlord, the invasion of Normandy in 1944, the 29th Infantry Division is one of America’s most illustrious military units.
The 29th Infantry
Division Insignia 
The
division insignia, as suggested by Major J. A. Ulio (later Major General, the
Adjutant General), then Division Adjutant, is the monad (ying & yang), the Korean
symbol of eternal life. It is half blue and half gray in matching teardrop
design. The colors represent the tradition of the division, composed of men of
both North and South, whose forefathers fought in the Union (blue) and
Confederate (gray) Armies during the Civil War.
Pre-29th
Before that, 29th Infantry Division was formed, the regiments that comprise the 29th performed valorous service in America’s wars, from the “Maryland 400” at the Battle of Long Island in 1776 to the “Stonewall Brigade” in the Civil War.
World War I
In preparation for fighting a modern war, the U.S. Army reorganized the preexisting regiments mentioned above into the 29th Infantry Division in 1917 as a component of the National Guard. Its nickname, the “Blue and Gray Division,” is derived from these milita regiments that fought on opposite sides during the Civil War. The new division entered its first major battle on October 8, 1918 by launching massive Meuse-Argonne Offensive in France. Three 29ers were awarded the Medal of Honor for valor during that struggle. After 21 months of mobilization, the 29th returned home in the summer of 1919.
World War II - Mobilization
The 29th Infantry Division was a Maryland Virginia-DC National Guard unit. The 29th Infantry Division was inducted into 1 year of Federal service on 3 February 1941 at Fort Meade, MD. In February 1942, the War Department instructed the division to convert from its square configuration to a triangular arrangement best suited for fighting a modern opponent. The old formation was designed to generate frontal attacks against prepared positions akin to the trenches of World War 1. The new design cut the division by eliminating brigade headquarters, reducing the infantry to three regiments and the artillery regiments to four battalions. The support elements shrank to company or battalion size. This procedure made efficient use of men and equipment, and, when coupled with a plentiful supply of new vehicles, turned an infantry division into a highly flexible team capable of rapid movement. The 29th carried out its conversion at Fort Meade on 12 March 1942.
Between April and September 1942, the 29th Division conducted training in Maryland, Virginia, the Carolinas, ending up at Fort Blanding, Florida. They then moved secretly by train to a staging area at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, for deployment overseas. Most of the Blue and Gray Division left the port of New York aboard the ocean liner Queen Mary on 26 September for an unescorted high-speed run across the Atlantic. The balance followed on the Queen Elizabeth on 5 October. The troops landed in Scotland and were transported to Tidworth Barracks, in southern England, where an intensive training program began.
World War II - England
While at Tidworth, the European Theater of Operations created a provisional unit within the 29th Division, the 29th Ranger Battalion. The Army's lone ranger battalion had recently demonstrated its worth in North Africa and planners in London wanted a similar elite group in England to prepare for the invasion of Europe. The picked men learned specialized assault tactics by training with British Commandos and detachments accompanied their instructors on three hit-and-run raids in Norway and in the English Channel. The 29th Rangers also performed well in allied preinvasion exercises in England. A policy decision by the War Department awarded the ranger mission to others, forcing London to disband the battalion in October 1943. Fortunately, for the Blue and Gray, many of the men the men returned to their former units and passed on their skills.
In May 1943, the division moved to the Devon Cornwall peninsula and started conducting simulated attacks against fortified positions. Assault landing practice followed at the theater' 5 amphibious training center at Slapton Sands. In July 1943, while in Devon the 29th changed commanders with Maj. Gen. Charles Gerhardt. "Uncle Charlie" and his dog "D-Day" would become familiar sights to all who served in the Blue and Gray.
World War II - Normandy
Five stretches of French coastline in Normandy were selected as the sites for the landings that the allies intended as the primary effort to defeat Hitler on the western front. One of these, code named "Omaha," became the responsibility of the Regular Army's 1st Infantry Division and the 29th on the morning of 6 June 1944. The 116th Infantry received the mission of leading the division ashore, the only National Guard regiment to participate in the first wave on that historic day. The 16th Infantry of the 1st Division landed to their left and the 2d Ranger Battalion was assigned to capture the cliffs on their right. The 29th had responsibility for a section of beach 3,000 yards long but containing only two passages inland. The unit had the task of opening both routes so that succeeding units could drive inland.
Planners counted on heavy naval and air bombardment to neutralize
the defenses just before the boats carrying the first wave hit shore.
Intelligence expected the Germans to use inferior quality troops along the
coast and keep their best divisions inland to counterattack. On D-Day, however,
fate had placed a crack unit on the cliffs overlooking Omaha as part of a
training exercise. This development cost the 29th dearly. The first assault
wave of the 116th consisted of Companies A, G, F and E. They
loaded into landing craft at 4:00 in the morning. Difficulties began as soon as
the small boats started towards shore and encountered large waves. At 6:30, the
first craft approached the beach and came under fire from German gunners. Some
boats suffered direct hits or sank when near misses flooded them with seawater.
Obstacles stopped others offshore and forced the men to wade in while exposed
to fire, often at locations far from their assigned sectors. Company A was hit
hardest, suffering more losses getting ashore than any other unit of the 116th.
Forty-six guardsmen from Bedford were in the company, but only twenty-three
survived that day. Within ten minutes, every officer in the company was a
casualty and the survivors found themselves pinned down by Germans shooting
from the tops of nearby cliffs. The other three companies in the first assault
group fared somewhat better, in part because many of their boats were pushed
off course or because smoke from fires started by naval gunfire hid them from
the defenders. The second wave started landing troops at seven. These companies
encountered many of the same problems and also became pinned down. Maj. Sidney
Bingham, commander of the 2d Battalion, finally organized men in the center of
the zone and captured a large stone house dominating the beach near Les
Moulin’s draw, but heavy fire again blocked further movement.
The third wave came ashore twenty minutes later and benefited from the sacrifices of those who had gone before. This element, mostly from the 1st and 3d Battalions and the attached 5th Ranger Battalion, finally fought their way to the crest of the bluff between the beach's two draws and, led by Company C, became the first element of the 29th Infantry Division to penetrate the first zone of defenses. Shortly thereafter, a second force punched through further east. Ten minutes after the third wave landed the last elements of the regiment started reaching shore, including Col. Charles Canham who remained in command despite a painful wound. The 1l6th's artillery support on D-Day was supposed to come from the dozen howitzers of the 111th Field Artillery Battalion. Unfortunately, all of the amphibious trucks (DUKWs) transporting the guns to the beach either swamped or suffered hits. The dazed survivors struggled ashore near Les Moulin’s at 8:30 and were told by Lt. Col. Thornton Mullins "To Hell with our artillery mission, we're infantrymen now!" A sniper soon killed the colonel, but his troops assisted their fellow Virginians in the drive inland. By nightfall American forces controlled the key terrain at Omaha and plus the cliffs on the right. The drive for their next objective began, the communications and traffic crossroads in the city of St. Lo. The Germans tenaciously defended and forced the Americans to fight for each hedgerow. During this combat Tech. Sgt. Frank Peregory of Charlottesville's Company K, 116th Infantry, earned his Medal of Honor by capturing an enemy strongpoint single-handed. Unfortunately, he was killed a few days later.
World War II - St. Lo
The 29th took five weeks to reach St. Lo. Just before the final drive captured the city Maj. Thomas Howie, commander of the 3d Battalion, 116th Infantry, promised his men "I'll see you St. Lo." He was killed immediately afterwards but General Gerhardt ordered the column to carry his body into the town square. A New York Times correspondent's story of the incident immortalized the "Major of St. Lo." The division's Task Force Cota, a strike team led by the assistant division commander, Brig. Gen. Norman Cota, finally gained the objective and raised the division flag over the rubble before all the fighting ceased. The Blue and Gray's attack continued on to Vire in late July where the 1st Battalion, 116th Infantry won a Presidential Unit Citation for its role in the capture of Hill 219. The Allies' need for ports to sustain the invasion led to the 29th's next assignment. Trucks shifted the division south to Brest where a bypassed German garrison was stubbornly fighting to protect a submarine base. Siege operations reminiscent of the battles of Yorktown and Petersburg started on 24 August and ran until 18 September when the battered garrison finally surrendered. The men of the Blue and Gray deserved a rest, but after only six days they moved by train across France and Belgium to a part of Holland near the German border.
World War II - Germany
During the rest of the war the 29th Division clawed its way into western Germany. The men missed Hitler's Ardennes offensive (the battle of the Bulge) but by keeping up pressure on their own sector of the line freed other units to counterattack and defeat the Germans' last threat. In the spring, the Blue and Gray finally broke through, capturing a number of cities and thousands of prisoners. München-Gladbach fell to the division on 1 March 1945, which then found itself supporting other American forces mopping up resistance in Germany's industrial heartland, the Ruhr "Pocket." This operation involved little combat as everyone realized that the war was about to end. On 24 April, the 116th became the first unit in the 29th Infantry Division to reach the Elbe River where the Americans halted to await their Russian allies advancing from the east. The first Soviet unit (5th Guards Cavalry Division) reached the 29th's sector on 2 May. The following day Brig. Gen. Sands, Division Artillery commander, crossed the river to greet them. With Germany's surrender, the men of the Blue and Gray moved west again to assume occupation duties in the region around the ancient city of Bremen and its port, Bremerhaven, where they remained until it was time to ship home.
Facts & Stats for the 29th
Division During World War II
COMMAND AND STAFF
Commanding General:
11 October 1942 Maj. Gen. Leonard T. Gerow
22 July 1943 Maj. Gen. Charles H. Gerhardt
Assistant Division Commander:
11 October 1942 Brig. Gen. George Alexander
13 October 1943 Brig. Gen. Norman D. Cota
31 August 1944 Col. Leroy H. Watson
07 December 1944 Brig. Gen. Leroy H. Watson
Artillery Commander:
11 October 1942 Brig. Gen. William H. Sands
Chief of Staff:
11 October 1942 Col. James H. Hagan
10 January 1944 Lt. Col. Karl W. Curtis
28 April 1944 Col. Godwin Ordway, Jr.
13 June 1944 Lt. Col. William G. Purnell (Acting)
15 June 1944 Col. Edward H. McDaniel
05 October 1944 Lt. Col. Louis G. Smith
26 November 1944 Col. Harry R. Warfield (Acting)
13 December 1944 Lt. Col. Louis G. Smith
10 January 1945 Col. Louis G. Smith
Assistant Chief of Staff G-1:
11 October 1942 Lt. Col. Cooper B. Rhodes
26 November 1944 Maj. George P. Page (Acting)
10 December 1944 Lt. Col. Cooper B. Rhodes
28 March 1945 Maj. James L. Hayes (Acting)
05 May 1945 Maj. James L. Hayes
Assistant Chief of Staff G-2:
11 October 1942 Lt. Col. Norman C. Atwood (Acting)
05 December 1942 Lt. Col. Norman C. Atwood
14 February 1944 Maj. Paul W. Krznarich
15 July 1944 Lt. Col. Paul W. Krznarich
Assistant Chief of Staff G-3:
11 October 1942 Lt. Col. Carey Jarman
17 December 1943 Maj. William J. Witte
01 May 1944 Lt. Col. William J. Witte
Assistant Chief of Staff G-4:
11 October 1942 Lt. Col. Louis M. Gosorn
10 April 1945 Maj. Stanley W. Phillips
Assistant Chief of Staff G-5:
23 February 1944 Capt. Asa B. Gardiner
13 October 1944 Capt. Walter D. Buttner
24 October 1944 Maj. Donovan P. Yeuell, Jr.
16 December 1944 Lt. Col. Donovan P. Yeuell, Jr.
01 January 1945 Maj. Robert E. Walker
11 January 1945 Maj. J. P. Powhida (Acting)
24 April 1945 Maj. Robert E. Walker (Acting)
Adjutant General:
11 October 1942 Maj. Robert H. Archer, Jr.
01 November 1943 Lt. Col. Robert H. Archer, Jr.
Commanding Officer, 115th Infantry:
11 October 1942 Col. Eugene N. Slappey
13 June 1944 Col. Godwin Ordway, Jr.
18 July 1944 Col. Alfred V. Canie [spelling ?]
11 August 1944 Lt. Col. Louis G. Smith
05 October 1944 Col. Edward H. McDaniel
19 October 1944 Lt. Col. Edley Craighill
21 November 1944 Lt. Col. William O. Blandford
13 march 1945 Col. William O. Blandford
Commanding Officer, 116th Infantry:
11 October 1942 Lt. Col. Morris A. Warner
16 March 1943 Col. Charles D. W. Canham
07 July 1944 Col. Philip R. Dwyer
11 October 1944 Col. Philip R. Dwyer
13 November 1944 Lt. Col. Harold A. Cassel
03 December 1944 Lt. Col. Sidney V. Bingham, Jr.
29 march 1945 Col. Sidney V. Bingham, Jr.
Commanding Officer, 175th Infantry:
11 October 1942 Col. Philip Wood
01 May 1944 Col. Paul R. Goode
11 June 1944 Lt. Col. Alexander George
18 June 1944 Lt. Col. William C. Purnell
23 June 1944 Col. Ollie W. Reed
30 July 1944 Lt. Col. William C. Purnell
01 October 1944 Col. William C. Purnell
20 February 1945 Lt. Col. Arthur T. Sheppe
21 February 1945 Col. Harry D. McHugh
11 March 1945 Col. Edward H. McDaniel
STATISTICS
Chronology:
Activated [ i.e., Inducted] 3 February 1941
Arrived ETO 11 October 1942
Arrived Continent (D Day) 6 June 1944
Entered Combat: First Elements 6 June 1944
Entered Combat: Entire Division 7 June 1944
Days in Combat 242
Prisoners of War Taken 38,912
Casualties (Tentative):
Killed 3,720
Wounded 15,403
Missing 462
Captured 526
Battle Casualties 20,111
Non-Battle Casualties 8,665
Total Casualties 28,776
Percent of T/O Strength 204.2 %
Campaigns:
Normandy
Northern France
Rhineland
Central Europe
Individual Awards:
Distinguished Service Cross 40
Legion of Merit 11
Silver Star 856
Soldiers Medal 25
Bronze Star 5,954
Air Medal 176
COMPOSITION
Main Regiments:
115th Infantry
116th Infantry
175th Infantry
29th Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized)
121st Engineer Combat Battalion
104th Medical Battalion
29th Division Artillery
110th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm Howitzer)
111th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm Howitzer)
224th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm Howitzer)
227th Field Artillery Battalion (155mm Howitzer)
Special Troops:
729th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company
29th Quartermaster Company
29th Signal Company
Military Police Platoon
Headquarters Company
Band
ATTACHMENTS
Antiaircraft Artillery:
1 det, Hq & Hq Btry, 49th AAA Brig 17 May 44-7 Jun 44
Hq & Hq Btry, 18th AAA Gp 17 May 44-7 Jun 44
110th AAA Gun Bn (Mbl) 17 May 44-7 Jun 44
457th AAA AW Bn (Mbl) 17 May 44-7 Jun 44
1 det, 413th AAA Gun Bn (Mbl) 17 May 44-7 Jun 44
1 det, 320th AAA Bln Bn VLA 17 May 44-7 Jun 44
459th AAA AW Bn (Mbl) 9 Jun 44-17 Aug 44
1 Br RAF Det (Radar) 2 Sep 44
459th AAA AW Bn (Mbl) 28 Sep 44-29 Oct 44
554th AAA AW Bn (Mbl) 6 Nov 44-15 Aug 45
18th AAA Gp 14 Apr 45-16 Apr 45
141st AAA Gun Bn (Mbl) 14 Apr 45-16 Apr 45
379th AAA AW Bn (Mbl) 14 Apr 45-16 Apr 45
571st AAA AW Bn (SP) 14 Apr 45-16 Apr 45
Armored:
743d Tk Bn 17 May 44-14 Jun 44
747th Tk Bn 17 May 44-17 Aug 44
Co A, 709th Tk Bn 23 Aug 44-21 Sep 44
1 sq, Br 141st Royal Armd Regt (Br 79th Armed Div) 12 Sep 44-18 Sep 44
747th Tk Bn 28 Sep 44-8 Mar 45
744th Tk Bn (- Co A) 30 Sep 44-3 Nov 44
1 plat, Hq, 739th Tk Bn 9 Feb 45-26 Feb 45
747th Tk Bn 29 Mar 45-23 Jul 45
Cavalry:
Hq & Hq Tr, 102d Cav Gp 17 May 44-10 Jun 44
102d Cav Rcn Sq 17 May 44-10 Jun 44
113th Cav Gp 18 Jul 44-20 Jul 44
102d Cav Rcn Sq (- Tr A) 14 Aug 44-17 Aug 44
102d Cav Gp (- 102d Cav Rcn Sq) 16 Aug 44-17 Aug 44
Trs A & E, 86th Cav Rcn Sq (6th Armd Div) 23 Aug 44-10 Sep 44
113th Cav Gp 30 Sep 44-3 Nov 44
17th Cav Rcn Sq 17 Dec 44-24 Dec 44
113th Cav Gp 5 Feb 45-7 Feb 45
125th Cav Rcn Sq 5 Feb 45-7 Feb 45
113th Cav Rcn Sq 5 Feb 45-7 Feb 45
15th Cav Gp 14 Apr 45-16 Apr 45
15th Cav Rcn Sq 14 Apr 45-16 Apr 45
175th Cav Rcn Sq 14 Apr 45-16 Apr 45
Chemical:
Cos B & D, 81st Cml Mort Bn 8 Jun 44-1 Jul 44
92d Cml Mort Bn 6 Jul 44-13 Jul 44
Cos A & D, 81st Cml Mort Bn 12 Aug 44-17 Aug 44
81st Cml Mort Bn (- Cos A & D) 16 Aug 44-17 Aug 44
Co A, 86th Cml Mort Bn 23 Aug 44-16 Sep 44
Co B, 86th Cml Mort Bn 11 Sep 44-18 Sep 44
Hq & Cos A & B, 92d Cml Mort Bn 6 Nov 44-21 Dec 44
83d Cml Mort Bn 20 Dec 44-12 Jan 45
1st Plat, Co C, 92d Cml Mort Bn 11 Jan 45-15 Jan 45
83d Cml SG Co 6 Feb 45-23 Feb 45
92d Cml Mort Bn 8 Feb 45-28 Feb 45
89th Cml Mort Bn 20 Apr 45-30 Apr 45
Co C, 3d Cml Mort Bn 30 Apr 45-3 May 45
Engineer:
992d Engr Treadway Br Co 17 May 44-7 Jun 44
503d Engr Light Pon Co 17 May 44-7 Jun 44
5th Engr SP Brig 17 May 44-7 Jun 44
6th Engr SP Brig 17 May 44-7 Jun 44
Hq & Hq Co, 1171st Engr C Gp 17 May 44-7 Jun 44
1340th Engr C Bn 17 May 44-7 Jun 44
502d Engr Light Pon Co 17 May 44-7 Jun 44
1 det, 996th Engr Treadway Br Co 17 May 44-7 Jun 44
234th Engr C Bn 17 May 44-7 Jun 44
Hq & Hq Co, 1121st Engr C Gp 17 May 44-7 Jun 44
254th Engr C Bn 17 May 44-7 Jun 44
610th Engr Light Equip Co 17 May 44-7 Jun 44
246th Engr C Bn 30 Sep 44-1 Oct 44
Co B, 82d Engr C Bn 30 Sep 44-2 Oct 44
Co B, 234th Engr C Bn 30 Sep 44-4 Oct 44
Co C, 234th Engr C Bn 6 Oct 44-7 Oct 44
Co C, 234th Engr C Bn 11 Oct 44-2 Nov 44
1 det, 234th Engr C Bn 22 Feb 45-23 Feb 45
Field Artillery:
Hq & Hq Btry, V Corps Arty 17 May 44-7 Jun 44
1 det, 17th FA Obsn Bn 17 May 44-7 Jun 44
Hq & Hq Btry, 190th FA Gp 17 May 44-7 Jun 44
190th FA Bn (155mm Gun) 17 May 44-7 Jun 44
186th FA Bn (155mm How) 17 May 44-7 Jun 44
200th FA Bn (155mm Gun) 17 May 44-7 Jun 44
187th FA Bn (155mm How) 17 May 44-7 Jun 44
58th Armd FA Bn 17 May 44-14 Jun 44
230th FA Bn (30th Div) (105mm How) 11 Jun 44-14 Jun 44
1 btry, 200th FA Bn (155mm Gun) 11 Jun 44-14 Jun 44
967th FA Bn (155mm How) 10 Jul 44-27 Jul 44
283d FA Bn (105mm How) 11 Oct 44-2 Nov 44
283d FA Bn (105mm How) 6 Nov 44-26 Jan 45
967th FA Bn (155mm How) 8 Nov 44-21 Dec 44
70th FA Bn (105mm How) 17 Dec 44-2 Mar 45
692d FA Bn (105mm How) 27 Jan 45-30 Jan 45
83d Div Arty 8 Feb 45-26 Feb 45
323d FA Bn (83d Div) (105mm How) 8 Feb 45-28 Feb 45
Infantry:
26th CT (1st Div) 17 May 44-7 Jun 44
33d FA Bn (1st Div) (105mm How) 17 May 44-7 Jun 44
1 det, Hq & Hq Btry, 1st Div Arty 17 May 44-7 Jun 44
Co C, 1st Engr Bn (1st Div) 17 May 44-7 Jun 44
2d Ranger Inf Bn 7 Jun 44-10 Jun 44
5th Ranger Inf Bn 7 Jun 44-10 Jun 44
1st Bn, 110th Inf (28th Div) 31 Jul 44
Cos D, E & F, 2d Ranger Inf Bn 23 Aug 44-11 Sep 44
2d Ranger Inf Bn (- Cos D, E & F) 26 Aug 44-18 Sep 44
5th Ranger Inf Bn (- Cos A, C & E) 31 Aug 44-18 Sep 44
Cos A, C & E, 5th Ranger Inf Bn 4 Sep 44-18 Sep 44
Neth. Cos 2, 3, & 4, Royal Stoot Troepen 8 Oct 44-11 Oct 44
407th Inf (102d Div) 28 Oct 44-3 Nov 44
330th Inf (83d Div) 23 Feb 45-28 Feb 45
Tank Destroyer:
635th TD Bn (T) 17 May 44-7 Jun 44
823d TD Bn (SP) 26 Jun 44-3 Jul 44
821st TD Bn (SP) 28 Jun 44-13 Jul 44
803d TD Bn (SP) 30 Jun 44-1 Jul 44
Co B, 803d TD Bn (SP) 17 Jul 44-20 Jul 44
803d TD Bn (SP) (- Co C) 28 Jul 44-30 Jul 44
Co C, 803d TD Bn (SP) 28 Jul 44-3 Aug 44
Co A, 803d TD Bn (SP) 2 Aug 44-3 Aug 44
Co A, 644th TD Bn (SP) 23 Aug 44-21 Sep 44
DETACHMENTS
(Attached to)
Cavalry:
29th Rcn Tr Hq, XVI Corps 30 Mar 45-5 Apr 45
Engineer:
1 plat, Co B, 121st Engr C Bn 75th Div 1 Apr 45-7 Apr 45
Field Artillery:
227th FA Bn 30th Div 14 Jun 44-15 Jun 44
29th Div Arty 35th Div 20 Jul 44-27 Jul 44
111th FA Bn XIII Corps 3 Nov 44-6 Nov 44
29th Div Arty 79th Div 1 Apr 45-6 Apr 45
Infantry:
116th CT 1st Div 17 May 44-7 Jun 44
111th FA Bn 1st Div 17 May 44-7 Jun 44
1 det, 29th Rcn Tr 1st Div 17 May 44-7 Jun 44
1 det, 121st Engr C Bn 1st Div 17 May 44-7 Jun 44
115th CT 1st Div 2 Jun 44-7 Jun 44
1st Bn, 116th Inf 30th Div 30 Sep 44-25 Oct 44
3d Bn, 116th Inf 2d Armd Div 4 Oct 44-28 Oct 44
2d Bn, 116th Inf 2d Armd Div 8 Oct 44-11 Oct 44
175th Inf Ninth Army 17 Mar 45-24 Mar 45
116th Inf 75th Div 1 Apr 45-7 Apr 45
1 plat, Co A, 115th Inf XVI Corps 2 Apr 45-4 Apr 45
1st Plat, Co A, 115th Inf XVI Corps 2 Apr 45-4 Apr 45
1st Plat, Co C, 115th Inf XVI Corps 4 Apr 45-6 Apr 45
1st Bn, 115th Inf (- 1 plat) Ninth Army 4 Apr 45-17 Apr 45
175th Inf XIII Corps 20 Apr 45-26 Apr 45
1st Plat, Co C, 121st Engr C Bn XIII Corps 20 Apr 45-26 Apr 45
ASSIGNMENT AND ATTACHMENT TO HIGHER
UNITS
|
DATE |
CORPS |
ARMY |
ARMY GROUP |
|
Assigned |
Attached |
Assigned |
Attached |
|
29 Nov 42 |
V |
ETOUSA |
|
|
22 Oct 43 |
V |
First |
|
|
14 Jun 44 |
XIX |
First |
|
|
01 Aug 44 |
XIX |
First |
12th |
|
12 Aug 44 |
V |
First |
12th |
|
19 Aug 44 |
VIII |
First |
12th |
|
05 Sep 44 |
VIII |
Ninth(-) |
12th |
|
21 Sep 44 |
XIX |
First |
12th |
|
22 Oct 44 |
XIX |
Ninth |
12th |
|
20 Dec 44 |
XIX |
Ninth |
12th Br 21st |
|
23 Dec 44 |
XIII |
Ninth |
12th Br 21st |
|
04 Feb 45 |
XIX |
Ninth |
12th Br 21st |
|
29 Mar 45 |
XVI |
Ninth |
12th Br 21st |
|
04 Apr 45 |
XVI |
Ninth |
12th (-) |
|
05 Apr 45 |
(-) |
Ninth |
12th |
|
12 Apr 45 |
XVI (Opns) |
Ninth |
12th |
|
17 Apr 45 |
XIII |
Ninth |
12th |
|
04 May 45 |
XVI |
Ninth |
12th |
(-) Indicates relieved from assignment.
COMMAND POSTS
|
DATE |
TOWN |
REGION |
COUNTRY |
|
11 Oct 42 |
Firth of Clyde |
Scotland |
UK |
|
18 Oct 42 |
Tidworth Barracks |
Wiltshire |
England |
|
27 May 43 |
Tavistock |
Devon |
England |
|
20 May 44 |
Bodmin Barracks |
Cornwall |
England |
|
22 May 44 |
Fort Tregantle |
Cornwall |
England |
|
02 Jun 44 |
Aboard LST #414, |
511 -- -- |
France |
|
06 Jun 44 |
Stone Quarry (road to Vierville-sur-Mer) |
Calvados |
France |
|
08 Jun 44 |
Vierville-sur-Mer |
Calvados |
France |
|
09 Jun 44 |
Longueville |
Calvados |
France |
|
10 Jun 44 |
Castilly (vic) |
Manche |
France |
|
15 Jun 44 |
Foose aux Loups |
Manche |
France |
|
17 Jun 44 |
Govin |
Manche |
France |
|
19 Jun 44 |
Vessie |
Manche |
France |
|
30 Jun 44 |
Les Mieux (3 mi S) |
Manche |
France |
|
13 Jul 44 |
La Fossardiere |
Manche |
France |
|
28 Jul 44 |
Le Mesnil Herman (K mi SW) |
Manche |
France |
|
02 Aug 44 |
La Denisiere (H mi SW) |
Manche |
France |
|
03 Aug 44 |
Montabot (1 mi NE) |
Manche |
France |
|
04 Aug 44 |
Tillaux (1 mi W) |
Manche |
France |
|
05 Aug 44 |
La Bocagnerie |
Manche |
France |
|
12 Aug 44 |
La Pinsonniere |
Manche |
France |
|
14 Aug 44 |
La Cour |
Manche |
France |
|
15 Aug 44 |
Le Fresne Poret (1 mi NE) |
Manche |
France |
|
22 Aug 44 |
Plouguin |
Finistere |
France |
|
25 Aug 44 |
Treleon |
Finistere |
France |
|
29 Aug 44 |
Lorcornan (H mi S) |
Finistere |
France |
|
30 Aug 44 |
Kergouvel (3 mi S) |
Finistere |
France |
|
15 Sep 44 |
Plouzane (200 yds N) |
Finistere |
France |
|
17 Sep 44 |
Questel |
Finistere |
France |
|
19 Sep 44 |
Kerdivichen (1 mi SW) |
Finistere |
France |
|
27 Sep 44 |
Sibbe |
Limburg |
Netherlands |
|
29 Sep 44 |
Oorsbeck |
Limburg |
Netherlands |
|
06 Oct 44 |
Niederbusch (Staatsforst) |
Limburg |
Netherlands |
|
30 Oct 44 |
Eygelshoven (vic) |
Limburg |
Netherlands |
|
10 Nov 44 |
Merkstein-Plitschard |
Rhineland |
Germany |
|
19 Nov 44 |
Basweiler |
Rhineland |
Germany |
|
23 Nov 44 |
Aldenhoven |
Rhineland |
Germany |
|
28 Dec 44 |
Schaufenberg |
Rhineland |
Germany |
|
06 Feb 45 |
Siersdorf |
Rhineland |
Germany |
|
26 Feb 45 |
Julich |
Rhineland |
Germany |
|
28 Feb 45 |
Titz |
Rhineland |
Germany |
|
02 Mar 45 |
Rheydt |
Rhineland |
Germany |
|
01 Apr 45 |
Dinslakener Bruch |
Rhineland |
Germany |
|
03 Apr 45 |
Huls (vic SW; Drewer Nord) |
Westphalia |
Germany |
|
06 Apr 45 |
Sendenhorst |
Westphalia |
Germany |
|
09 Apr 45 |
Ludinghausen |
Westphalia |
Germany |
|
19 Apr 45 |
Uetze |
Hannover |
Germany |
|
21 Apr 45 |
Bodenteich |
Hannover |
Germany |
|
24 Apr 45 |
Luchow |
Hannover |
Germany |
|
04 May 45 |
Warendorf |
Hannover |
Germany |
Post World War II
The 29th Infantry Division (Light) was deactivated in 1968, but on 6 June 1984, the United States Army announced its reactivation as the 29th Infantry Division (Light) of the National Guard. Units of the Blue and Gray Division still serves proudly in missions of homeland defense and in combat in the Middle East.
Copyright © 2016 29th Division Living History Group