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The 40th Infantry Division ("Sunburst Division") [2] is a modular division of the California Army National Guard.Following the Army's modularization in the mid-2000s, the division has become a modular unit consisting of three brigade combat teams, with National Guardsmen from throughout the Pacific and Western United States and Oceania.
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.
Map of U.S. operations in Southern Philippines, 1945 Japanese troops surrender to the 40th Division, September 1945. The Battle of Visayas (Filipino: Labanan sa Visayas; Visayan languages: Gubat sa Kabisay-an) was fought by U.S. forces and Filipino guerrillas against the Japanese from 18 March – 15 August 1945, in a series of actions officially designated as Operations Victor I and II, and ...
Following the advent of the armored division, infantry divisions became officially designated by "Infantry Division" (with the 25th Infantry Division being the first constituted by the adjutant general as such). All of the 1917–1941 (non-cavalry) divisions, with the exceptions of the 10th through 20th and 101st Divisions, would be ...
This is a list of formations of the United States Army during the World War II.Many of these formations still exist today, though many by different designations. Included are formations that were placed on rolls, but never organized, as well as "phantom" formations used in the Allied Operation Quicksilver deception of 1944—these are marked accordingly.
Division units also practiced boat loading at the Monterey Wharf and amphibious assault techniques at the Salinas River in California. [3] The 159th Infantry was relieved from the 40th Division on 29 September 1941 and assigned to the 7th Infantry Division. It was reorganized and redesignated the 159th Infantry (Motorized) on 29 October 1941.
0–9. 1st Infantry Division (United States) 2nd Infantry Division (United States) 3rd Infantry Division (United States) 4th Infantry Division (United States)
Infantry divisions of the United States Army in World War II (64 P) Pages in category "United States Army divisions during World War II" The following 91 pages are in this category, out of 91 total.