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The 38th Infantry Division was directed to Camp Anza, California, for final demobilization and inactivation, which was completed on 9 November 1945. [24] For a time, the 38th Infantry Division remained inactivated while debate raged within the federal government as to the size, scope and even the necessity for a separate Army National Guard.
Thomas joined the Army from Ypsilanti, Michigan in 1942, [1] and by April 22, 1945, was serving as a private first class in the 149th Infantry Regiment, 38th Infantry Division. On that day, during a firefight in the Zambales Mountains on the island of Luzon in the Philippines , Thomas continued to fight even after being mortally wounded by an ...
By this time the entire western part of the island was cleared and preparations made to clear the tail area. On 24 February the 3rd Battalion, 34th Infantry was relieved by the 2nd Battalion, 151st Infantry of the 38th Infantry Division. At 1100 on 26 February the Japanese apparently decided to finish themselves and take some Americans with ...
This is a list of United States Armed Forces general officers and flag officers who were killed in World War II. The dates of death listed are from the attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 to the surrender of Japan on 2 September 1945, when the United States was officially involved in World War II. Included are generals and admirals who ...
28th Infantry Division: Battle of Hürtgen Forest: September 19, 1944: 16,266 6,184 [15] 38.01 Germany: 28th Infantry Division destroyed as a fighting force. Unit withdrawn for action. Later replentished. [15] 2nd Infantry Division: Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River: November 26–30, 1950 (4 days of combat) [15] ~14,000 4,163 [15] 30 [15] China ...
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.
The depleted 38th Division landed 5–15 November 228th Infantry Regiment 229th Infantry Regiment 230th Infantry Regiment 38th Mountain Gun Regiment 38th Engineer Battalion. 35th Brigade Major General Kiyotaki Kawaguchi [w] Landed 29 August–5 September; included a late-arriving battalion of the 28th Infantry Regiment. 124th Infantry Regiment
Ronald Eugene Rosser (October 24, 1929 – August 26, 2020) was a United States Army soldier who received the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for thrice attacking a hill alone, killing 13 enemies while wounded and carrying wounded comrades to safety one winter day in the Korean War.