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A Machine Gunner's War: From Normandy to Victory with the 1st Infantry Division in World War II. Philadelphia & Oxford: Casemate. ISBN 978-1636241043. Clay, Steven E. (2001). Blood and Sacrifice: A History of the 16th Infantry Regiment from the Civil War to the Gulf War. Cantigny Military History Series, Cantigny First Division Foundation.
Brigadier General George Arthur Taylor [3] (February 14, 1899 – December 3, 1969) was an officer of the United States Army.He is most famous for the leadership of his men in World War II on Omaha Beach during the Normandy landings, June 6, 1944, where he served as commander of the 16th Infantry Regiment, part of the famous 1st Infantry Division ("The Big Red One"), and for which he earned a ...
The 1st through 25th Infantry Divisions, excepting the 10th Mountain Division, were raised in the Regular Army or the Army of the United States prior to American involvement in World War II. Because of funding cuts, in September 1921, the 4th through 9th Infantry Divisions were mostly inactivated.
The 16th Iowa Infantry was organized at Davenport, Iowa, and mustered in for three years of Federal service by companies between December 10, 1861, and March 12, 1862. The regiment was mustered out on July 19, 1865.
The 16th Indiana Infantry was organized at Indianapolis, Indiana and initially served on a one-year enlistment from May 27, 1861, through August 19, 1862, and mustered again on August 19, 1862, for three years' service under the command of Colonel Thomas J. Lucas. The regiment was attached to Manson's Brigade, Army of Kentucky.
Prior to joining the 16th Wisconsin, he was a corporal in the 1st Wisconsin Infantry Regiment and was commissioned quartermaster in the 11th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment. After the war, he was appointed United States district judge for the District of Nevada. Wiley Scribner was first lieutenant of Co. E and later quartermaster.
The 16th Kentucky Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Kenton in Kentucky and mustered in for a three-year enlistment on January 27, 1862. The regiment was attached to 18th Brigade, Army of the Ohio, to March 1862. Unattached, Army of the Ohio, to November 1862.
The 16th Connecticut Infantry Regiment was organized at Hartford, Connecticut, on August 24, 1862.. The regiment was attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, IX Corps, Army of the Potomac, to April 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, VII Corps, Department of Virginia, to July 1863. 2nd Brigade, Getty's Division, Portsmouth, Virginia, Department of Virginia and North Carolina, to January 1864.