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The 44th Infantry Division was a division of the United States Army National Guard from October 1920 to November 1945, when it was inactivated after Federal Service during World War II. A second 44th Infantry Division existed in the Illinois Army National Guard from 1946 until October 1954, when that division was disbanded after federal service ...
Inducted into Federal service 16 September 1940 at Vineland as an element of the 44th Infantry Division. Redesignated 7 January 1941 as the 2nd Battalion, 157th Field artillery. Reorginazed and redesignated as the 157th Field Artillery Battalion and assigned to the 44th Infantry Division. 17 February 1942.
44th Infantry Division "Prepared In All Things Division" 45th Infantry Division. ... 39th Armored Division World War II "phantom" unit. see Operation Fortitude.
The unit was activated shortly thereafter on 1 October 1941 at Fort Knox, Kentucky, as an element of the 5th Armored Division. During World War II, the 1st Battalion, 34th Armor Regiment was relieved from the 5th Armor Division, reorganized and re-designated as the 772nd Tank Battalion before being sent to Europe. Arriving at Le Havre, France ...
(The 42nd Infantry Division was a reconstitution of the National Guard's 42nd Division that had fought in World War I, but was raised in the Army of the United States rather than in the National Guard) [92] [93] 14 July 1943: 24 January 1944: 106: Maj. Gen. Harry J. Collins: Rhineland; Central Europe; 43rd Infantry Division
Statement from the President, Washington D.C., 17 March 2020: At my direction, the United States Army will award the Presidential Unit Citation to the 30th Infantry Division. More than 75 years ago, Soldiers of the 30th Infantry Division slept in their foxholes after hastily taking defensive positions around the small town of Mortain, France.
The third 44th Infantry Regiment was formed in 1917, during World War I. It was organized on 20 June 1917 at Vancouver Barracks, Washington around a cadre of personnel from the 14th Infantry Regiment. The 44th Infantry was assigned to the 13th Division, which was activated on 16 July 1918 at Camp Lewis, Washington.
44th Reserve Division (German Empire) 44th Landwehr Division (German Empire) 44th Infantry Division (Germany) (World War II) 44th Infantry Division Cremona (Kingdom of Italy) 44th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) 44th Infantry Division (Poland) 44th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), a unit of the Red Army reformed during World War II