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The 104th Division was constituted in the Organized Reserve on 24 June 1921, allotted to the Ninth Corps Area, and assigned to the XIX Corps.The division was allocated to the states of Utah, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming as its home area, although the 2nd Battalion, 413th Infantry was organized at Reno, Nevada. [5]
At the outbreak of World War II, the 104th Division began preparing to participate in the war in Europe. 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 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.
In April 1942, he was assigned to the 25th Infantry Division as assistant division commander (ADC). On May 23 he was promoted again, now to the temporary rank of brigadier general. [5] In June 1942 he was designated as commanding general (CG) of the 104th Infantry Division and returned to the mainland.
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 ...
The 413th Infantry Regiment was constituted in the Organized Reserve on 24 June 1921, assigned to the 104th Division, and allotted to the Ninth Corps Area.The regiment was initiated on 25 January 1922 with the regimental headquarters at Salt Lake City, Utah.