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The 71st Infantry Division departed United States on 26 January 1945, arriving at Le Havre, France, on 6 February 1945, and training at Camp Old Gold with headquarters at Limesy. The division moved east, relieved the 100th Infantry Division at Ratswiller and saw its first action on 11 March 1945.
The facility was captured on 21 March 1945 by the 71st Infantry Division, used as a war materials storage center, then was expanded by additional construction from the late 1950s through mid 1970s; in 1976 it was officially created as a full army base of its own right (US Military Community, Pirmasens). The last construction under US Military ...
Onslow S. Rolfe (January 16, 1895 – January 29, 1985) was a career officer in the United States Army.He attained the rank of brigadier general during World War II as commander of the Mountain Training Center at Camp Hale, Colorado, and the 71st Infantry Division.
71st Infantry Regiment is a reserve unit of Philippine Commonwealth Army under 71st Infantry Division activated and organized in Negros Island. It was transferred to Luzon island to bolster its defending forces during World War II.
Major General Eugene M. Landrum (February 6, 1891 – July 24, 1967) was a senior United States Army officer.He is known primarily for defeating the Japanese in the Aleutian Islands Campaign at the start of World War II, being relieved as commander of the 90th Infantry Division shortly after the D-Day landings, and organizing the Pusan Perimeter to blunt the North Korean offensive during the ...
71st Division may refer to any of a number of military divisions: . Infantry Division . 71st Division (1st Formation)(People's Republic of China), 1949–1950 71st Division (2nd Formation)(People's Republic of China), 1969–1985
71st Infantry may refer to: 71st Infantry Regiment (Greece) 71st Infantry Regiment (New York) Highland Light Infantry, the 71st Foot; 71st Infantry Division (France) 71st Infantry Division (United States)
This left the 44th and 71st Infantry Divisions as well as the 13th SS Division going into the new year 1945. [5] Müller was succeeded as corps commander by Rudolf Konrad on 29 January 1945. [2] By 19 February, the 44th Infantry Division had left the corps, leaving only the 13th SS Division and the 71st Infantry Division.