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The 4th Infantry Division is a division of the United States Army based at Fort Carson, Colorado.It is composed of a division headquarters battalion, three brigade combat teams (two Stryker and one armor), a combat aviation brigade, a division sustainment brigade, and a division artillery.
The 9th Infantry Division was already engaged in the forest since September, so only moderate German resistance was expected. On 2 November, three days before the anticipated start of Operation Queen, the offensive against the town of Schmidt was launched by the 28th Division against the German 275th Division .
As commander of the 4th Infantry Division during World War II, most notably during the Normandy landings in June 1944. He commanded the 4th Infantry Division from 3 July 1942 to 26 December 1944 and led them into battle from D-Day at Utah Beach , [ 2 ] to the Battle of Normandy , the Liberation of Paris , and into the Battle of Hürtgen Forest ...
The Bloody Forest: Battle for the Huertgen: September 1944-January 1945, Presidio Press, Novato, CA, 2000. Barner, Captain John H., “Advanced Infantry Officers Course 1949-1950, Operations of the2d Battalion, 311th Infantry (78th Infantry Division) in the Attack on Kesternich, Germany, 30 January – 1 February 1945 (Rhineland Campaign).
Ray joined the Army from Baldwin, New York in 1943, [1] and by November 17, 1944 was serving as a First Lieutenant in Company F, 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division. On that day, in the Hurtgen Forest near Schevenhütte, Germany, Ray exposed himself to intense enemy fire in an attempt to destroy a wire obstacle that was blocking his ...
NATO Map Symbol (1998) ... such as Battle for Brest and the Battle of the Hurtgen Forest. ... I" 1st Infantry Division, Vietnam; "K" 4th Infantry Division ...
In early December, the 2nd Infantry Division was assigned to capture a road junction named Wahlerscheid, at the southern tip of the Hurtgen Forest. German forces counterattacked in what the Americans initially thought was a localized spoiling action, but was actually a leading element of the Battle of the Bulge.