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106th Infantry Division 15 Mar 43 activated at Ft Jackson S.C. and moved 24 Jan 44 to Second Army No.5 Tennessee Maneuvers; transferred to Cp Atterbury Ind 28 Mar 44; staged at Cp Myles Standish Mass No Distinctive 10 Oct 44 until departed Boston P/E 10 Nov 44; arrived England 17 Nov 44 and landed in Insignia Authorized France 6 Dec 44; crossed into Belgium 10 Dec 44 and returned to France 16 Mar 45; entered Germany 25 Apr 45; arrived New York P/E I Oct 45 and inactivated at Cp Shanks N.Y. 2 Oct 45. Campaigns: Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe Aug 45 Loc: Bad Ems Germany
Typical Organization (1944): 422nd Infantry Regiment* 81st Engineer Combat Battalion 423rd Infantry Regiment* 331st Medical Battalion 424th Infantry Regiment 106th Counter Intelligence Corps Det HHB Division Artillery Headquarters, Special Troops 589th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm) Hq s Company, 106th Infantry Division 590th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm) Military Police Platoon 591st Field Artillery Battalion (105mm) 806th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company 592nd Field Artillery Battalion (155mm) 106th Quartermaster Company 106th Reconnaissance Troop, Mecz 106th Signal Company 82Oth Tank Destroyer Battalion (attached 8 Dec 44-4 Jan 45) 44Oth AAA Auto-Wpns Battalion (attached 17 Dec 44-25 Dec 44) 563rd AAA Auto-Wpns Battalion (attached 9 Dec 44-18 Dec 44) 634th AAA Auto-Wpns Battalion (attached 8 Dec 44-18 Dec 44] *Destroyed in Schnee Eifel salient 19 Dec 44 near Schonberg; rebuilt in France but did not rejoin division until 16 May 45.
Typical Organization (1945): 3rd Infantry Regiment* 81st Engineer Combat Battalion 159th Infantry Regiment* 331st Medical Battalion 424th Infantry Regiment 106th Counter Intelligence Corps Det HHB Division Artillery Headquarters, Special Troops 589th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm) Hqs Company, 106th Infantry Division 59Oth Field Artillery Battalion (105mm) Military Police Platoon 591st Field Artillery Battalion (105mm) 806th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company 592nd Field Artillery Battalion (155mm) 106th Quartermaster Company 106th Reconnaissance Troop, Mecz 106th Signal Company
*Attached to division 16 Mar 45-past 9 May 45 to replace 422nd, 423rd Inf Regts.
Overseas Wartime Assignments: VIII Corps - 29 Nov 44 Fifteenth Army - 10 Mar 45 XVIII (A/B) Corps - 20 Dec 44 Advanced Section, Communications Zone V Corps - 6 Feb 45 (attached) - 15 Apr 45
Commanders: MG Alan W. Jones: Mar 43 BG Herbert T. Perrin: Dec 44 MG Donald A. Stroh: Feb 45 Killed in Action: 417 Wounded in Action: 1,278 Died of Wounds: 53 Prisoners: 6,697** *'6,500 eventually returned to military control after being captured in the German Ardennes Counteroffensive.
106th Infantry Division Combat Narrative The division landed in France on 6 Dec 44 and replaced the 2nd Inf Div in the Schnee Eifel sector of Belgium on 11 Dec 44. The German Ardennes Counteroffensive struck the division on 16 Dec 44, the 424th Inf being at Winterspelt and the 422nd and 423rd Inf Regts being in the Schnee Eifel salient. Both 422nd and 423rd Inf surrendered on 19 Dec 44 after being encircled in their area near Schonberg the previous day. The 424th Inf was pushed back across the Our River, losing most of its equipment, and joined other divisional remnants to hold St Vith 20-21 Dec 44, being reinforced by the 112th Inf of 28th Inf Div 19-23 Dec 44. From 24 to 30 Dec 44 the 424th Inf was attached to the 7th Armd Div and participated in heavy combat around Manhay, and then was withdrawn to Anthisnes Belgium. The 424th Inf took over defense of the Wanne-Wanneranval region 9 Jan 45 and the division had a second regiment attached, the separate 517th Prcht Inf, 11-17 Jan 45. On 15 Jan 45 the division consolidated and cleared Ennal. It then assembled at Stavelot on 18 Jan 45 and the 424th Inf was again attached to the 7th Armd Div 23-28 Jan 45 where it fought at Meyerode and around St Vith. The division moved to Hunnigen 7 Feb 45 and the 424th Inf was attached to the 99th Inf Div 5-9 Feb 45. The 424th Inf then advanced along the high ground between the Berk and Simmer River until ':t reached Olds on 7 Mar 45. It was then sent for rehabilitation and the division given a security mission along the Rhine River until 15 Mar 45, when the division was withdrawn to St Quentin to be rebuilt.
The division was reconstituted 16 Mar 45 when the 3rd Inf and 159th Inf were attached to replace its surrendered regiments. It then moved back into Germany 25 Apr 45, but was relegated to duty processing prisoners and performing military occupation of secure areas. The 422nd and 423rd Inf were newly formed in France from replacements and attached to the 66th Inf Div for training purposes 15 Apr 45, and were still in this capacity when hostilities were declared ended on 7 May 45. |
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