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The 13th Division was activated at Camp Lewis, Washington on 16 July 1918 as part of the U.S. military mobilization for World War I. [2] It was manned and trained at Camp Lewis in preparation for combat in France, Several existing Regular Army units, and cadres taken from these units, formed the division's nucleus, while draftees, predominantly from California, Montana, Oregon, Washington ...
The 13th Airborne Division was the fifth airborne division (11th, 13th, 17th, 82nd and 101st) to be formed in the United States during World War II, and was officially activated on Friday 13 August 1943 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, under the command of Major General George W. Griner Jr. [1]
38th Division ("Cyclone Division") (Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia) 25 August 1917 No Combat (Depot Division) Maj. Gen. William H. Sage Brig. Gen. William V. Judson Augustine McIntyre Jr. Brig. Gen. Frank M. Caldwell Maj. Gen. Robert Lee Howze - 39th Division ("Delta Division") (Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi) 18 July 1917 No Combat (Depot ...
13th Division 1918-19 ... 14th Division (National Guard WWI—distinct from Regular Army 14th Division) ... 15th Armored Division World War II "phantom" unit.
U.S. Marine Corps World War II Order of Battle: Ground and Air Units in the Pacific War, 1939–1945. Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-313-31906-5. Web. Bartley, Whitman S. (1954). Iwo Jima: Amphibious Epic. Marines in World War II Historical Monograph. Washington, DC: Historical, Division of Public Information, Headquarters, United States Marine Corps.
The 8th Infantry Division was transferred to Fort Carson, Colorado and the 13th went with it where it resumed its training mission. In 1955 the 8th ID was designated an Operation Gyroscope division and as part of the division the 13th completed its last training cycle in December, 1955. In January the regiment began to get permanent party ...
The regiment was reactivated during World War II, again as part of the 82nd Infantry Division, and was converted into a glider infantry formation, becoming the 326th Glider Infantry Regiment. Originally part of the 82nd Airborne Division, the regiment transferred to the 13th Airborne Division. However, despite training for almost three years ...
13th Division (People's Republic of China) 13th Division (German Empire) 13th Reserve Division (German Empire) 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian), a German unit in World War II; 13th Panzergrenadier Division (Bundeswehr), Germany; 13th Infantry Division (Greece) 13th Infantry Division "Re", a unit of the Royal ...