Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The United States entered World War II after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941. The U.S. Army fought World War II with more flexible divisions, consisting of three infantry regiments of three infantry battalions each. Most soldiers' time was spent in training in the United States, with large numbers only going overseas in ...
The World War II draft operated from 1940 until 1946 when further inductions were suspended, and its legislative authorization expired without further extension by Congress in 1947. During this time, more than 10 million men had been inducted into military service. [40] However, the Selective Service System remained intact.
Soldiers in the European and Pacific theaters found it difficult to maintain regular meals during intense combat or in remote areas. While in World War I soldiers often faced food shortages in World War II the process of feeding soldiers in combat zones had improved, though problems of malnutrition and lack of fresh food persisted in some theaters.
The Big Red One (1980), a movie about the division's experiences in World War II written by Samuel Fuller, who served in the division during World War II. 1st Infantry Division Museum; Cantigny, the former estate of Col. Robert R. McCormick, is where the 1st Infantry Division Museum at Cantigny is located. The museum showcases the history of ...
92nd Division (Colored) ("Buffalo Soldiers") 24 October 1917 26 September 1918 Maj. Gen. Charles C. Ballou Maj. Gen. Charles Martin Brig. Gen. James B. Erwin: Meuse–Argonne: 93rd Division (Colored) ("Blue Helmets") (only infantry organized) 23 November 1917 8 April 1918 Brig. Gen. Roy Hoffman: Third Aisne Second Marne
The 6-week basic training (General Military Training, GMT) was conducted in the Primary Training Centers (PTC). The training included physical training, drill, map reading and tactics. As the army grew, so did the need for officers. At the beginning of the war, it was customary to create small officer cadet units spread throughout the country.
During the course of the war, 21,498 U.S. Army nurses (American military nurses were all women then) served in military hospitals in the United States and overseas. Many of these women were positioned near to battlefields, and they tended to over a million soldiers who had been wounded or were unwell.
Foreign volunteer battalion in the Wehrmacht.Soldiers of the Free Arabian Legion in Greece, September 1943. Spanish volunteer forces of the Blue Division entrain at San Sebastián, 1942 The Ukrainian Liberation Army's oath to Adolf Hitler Ingrian Wehrmacht volunteers of the 664th Eastern Battalion, 1943