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The 91st Infantry Division is an infantry division of the United States Army that fought in World War I and World War II. From 1946 until 2008, it was part of the United States Army Reserve . It was briefly inactivated from 2008 until 2010 when it was elevated back to a division size element as the 91st Training Division (Operations) .
Promoted to major general in December 1943, and lieutenant general in May 1944, he held various commands before being appointed Commander of the 91st Infantry Division in April 1944. Falley was the first German general to fall in action during the Normandy landings.
A graduate of the United States Military Academy, he is most noted for his service during World War II as commanding general of Service Command, South Pacific Theater of Operations and as the assistant division commander (ADC) of the 91st Infantry Division during the Italian campaign. [1]
In 1923, the adjutants general of the states concerned successfully requested that the War Department change the designation of the 39th Division to the 31st Division and adjust allotments of units accordingly. The 42nd Division was the second division deleted from the mobilization program as it had contained units from twenty-six states and ...
General John J. Pershing (left), C-in-C of the AEF in France, and Major General William H. Johnston, commanding the 91st Division, in the Argonne forest, October 26, 1918. American forces first saw serious action during the summer of 1918, contributing eight large divisions, alongside 24 French ones, at the Second Battle of the Marne.
He assumed command of the entire 80th Infantry Division in 1943 and was promoted to major general in March 1943. He led the division overseas the following year, where it fought in the Battle of Normandy in the summer of 1944 and throughout the rest of the campaign in Western Europe until Germany's surrender in May 1945, by which time the 80th ...
Luther Rea Stevens (3 July 1889 – 7 February 1973) was a military officer who served in the Philippine Constabulary, Philippine Army and United States Army.During World War II, he commanded the 91st Division during the Philippines campaign and then spent more than three years as a prisoner of war after surrendering at Bataan in April 1942.
Commanding General, 81st Infantry Division (Philippines), U.S. Army Forces in the Far East [65] Vicente Lim: Philippine Army 31 December 1944 Executed by Japanese forces Manila, Philippines Commanding General, 41st Infantry Division (Philippines), U.S. Army Forces in the Far East [4] [66] [39] Fidel Segundo: Philippine Army 6 January 1945