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On 5 September 1918, the War Department directed the organization of the 96th Division at Camp Wadsworth, South Carolina.Plans called for the division to include a headquarters, headquarters troop, the 191st Infantry Brigade (381st and 382nd Infantry Regiments and 362nd Machine Gun Battalion), 192nd Infantry Brigade (383rd and 384th Infantry Regiments and 363rd Machine Gun Battalion), 361st ...
The 96th Infantry Division (German: 96. Infanterie-Division) was a German division deployed during World War II. It was formed on 25 September 1939 in Bergen as part of the 5th wave (aufstellungswelle). The division was equipped with captured Czech weapons and In 1942, 40-45% of the division's soldiers were Polish. [1]
In military terms, 96th Division or 96th Infantry Division may refer to: Infantry divisions. 96th Infantry Division (German Empire) 96th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 96th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) 96th Infantry Division (United States) Aviation divisions. 96th Air Division
The 382nd Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment in the United States Army. The unit served as a reserve regiment until it was called to active duty during World War II, whereupon it saw action in the Pacific theater as part of the 96th Infantry Division. The unit returned to reserve status after the war until being deactivated in 1952.
On 30 January 1942, the unit was reorganized as an element of the 96th Infantry Division, and redesignated as the 321st Engineer Battalion. The battalion was ordered to active service along with the 96th Infantry Division on 15 August 1942. This time, they were organized at Camp Adair, Oregon as the 321st Engineer Combat Battalion.
At West Point in 1914. James Lester Brown was born on May 18, 1891, in Doniphan, Missouri.He was the son of Spencer Price and Mary Watts Bradley. Desiring a military career, he entered the United States Military Academy (USMA) in 1910 and graduated from there four years later, in 1914, the same year that World War I began in Europe.
Terry joined the Army from his birth city of Little Rock, Arkansas in June 1942. [1] He was assigned to the 382nd Infantry Regiment, 96th Infantry Division. He acted as a platoon leader, munitions officer, motor transport officer, and intelligence staff officer.
It participated in the invasion of Leyte in the Philippine Islands on 20 October 1944, with the 7th Infantry Division and 96th Infantry Division its major combat units. During the campaign on Leyte and aided by Filipino regular and constable force of the Philippine Commonwealth Army and Philippine Constabulary military units, the 77th Infantry ...