Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The 27th Infantry Division was a unit of the Army National Guard in World ... before losing the strong point. After a mopping-up period, the division left Okinawa, ...
The 4th Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 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. Elements of 4th Battalion were deployed during Operation Desert Storm and served as guards for Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf during their deployment.
383rd Infantry Regiment – Brown Beaches 382nd Infantry Regiment – Reserve 361st, 362nd, 921st Field Artillery Battalions (105mm) 363rd Field Artillery Battalion (155mm) Reserve: 27th Infantry ("New York") Division (16,143 officers and enlisted) Division Commander: Major General George W. Griner, Jr., USA 105th Infantry Regiment – landed L+8
Sergeant Alejandro Renteria Ruiz [1] (June 26, 1923 – November 20, 2009) was a United States Army soldier who received the Medal of Honor, the United States' highest military decoration, for his actions in the Battle of Okinawa in the Ryukyu Islands during World War II.
The 27th Infantry Division, which had landed on 9 April, took over on the right, along the west coast of Okinawa. General John R. Hodge now had three divisions in the line, with the 96th in the middle and the 7th to the east, with each division holding a front of only about 1.5 mi (2.4 km).
Major General Ralph Corbett Smith (November 27, 1893 – January 21, 1998) was a senior officer of the United States Army.After receiving early training as a pilot from Orville Wright he served Brigadier General John J. Pershing's army against Pancho Villa, was decorated for bravery in World War I and commanded the 27th Infantry Division in combat in the Pacific War in World War II.
During the Battle of Okinawa (1 April through 22 June 1945), the Tenth Army consisted of XXIV Corps of the U.S. Army (consisting of the 7th, 27th, 77th and 96th Army infantry divisions) and III Amphibious Corps of the U.S. Marine Corps (consisting of the 1st, 2nd and 6th Marine divisions).
27th Infantry Division (Army) (16,404 officers and enlisted) Major General Ralph C. Smith (thru 24 Jun) [e] ... Okinawa ground order of battle; Notes