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This was the only combat duty that the 104th Infantry Division has served during its history. At the end of the fighting on 7 May 1945 , this division was in central Germany opposite the troops of its allies from the Soviet Army. After World War II, this division was reorganized primarily as a training division for Reserve forces.
The division was ordered into active military service on 15 September 1942 and reorganized as the 104th Infantry Division at Camp Adair, Oregon. [1] The 207th and 208th Brigades did not reactivate as part of an army-wide elimination of brigade commands within its divisions.
The 414th fought in World War II with the 104th Infantry Division and was inactivated after the end of the war. It was reactivated postwar and moved to Washington state before being reorganized as a training unit in 1959, becoming part of the 104th Division (Training).
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.
Inactivated during post-World War II demobilization, the regiment was reactivated 12 June 1947 as part of the Organized Reserve and headquartered in Tacoma, Washington under the 104th Division. The Battalions have been realigned under the 95th Training Division and provides trained personnel to support Initial Entry Training.
The division was ordered into active military service on 15 September 1942 and reorganized as the 104th Infantry Division at Camp Adair, Oregon. [1] The 207th and 208th Brigades did not reactivate as part of an army-wide elimination of brigade commands within its divisions.
United States Army in World War II. (one volume from the official U.S. Army History of World War II. Outlines the combat operations in the Ardennes and the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. In this action the YD played a pivotal role in the defeat of the German offensive.) Connole, Dennis A. The 26th Yankee Division on Coast Patrol Duty 1942 ...
Constituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 413th Infantry and assigned to the 104th Division (later redesignated as the 104th Infantry Division) Organized in January 1922 with headquarters at Salt Lake City, Utah; Ordered into active military service 15 September 1942 and reorganized at Camp Adair, Oregon