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The artillery of the division boasted more days of continuous combat firing than the batteries of any other American division. The 80th captured two Germans and one machine gun for every man wounded and one piece of artillery with gun crew for every 10 men wounded. Men of the 80th Division received 619 awards and decorations. [5] [citation needed]
During the 1941 Carolina Maneuvers, he commanded the 87th Infantry Brigade, a unit of the 44th Infantry Division. [13] In May 1942, Patch was promoted to major general and in August he was appointed to command the 80th Infantry Division. [13] [24] He assumed command during the unit's initial organization and training at Camp Forrest, Tennessee ...
The 80th Training Regiment is a training unit of the 80th Training Command.Its battalions are assigned to several different training divisions of the command. [1]It was constituted August 5, 1917, in the National Army as Headquarters, 155th Field Artillery Brigade, and assigned to the 80th Division.
The 317th Infantry Regiment [1] [2] was a regiment of the United States Army during World War II.It was one of three infantry regiments in the 80th Infantry Division.Today, it is known as the 317th Regiment and is based in Lynchburg, Virginia as a training unit within the United States Army Reserve - currently under the 104th Training Division.
The 80th Division's third regiment, the 317th Infantry, was in divisional reserve. By the end of the day, western and southern suburbs of Kassel had been occupied by the Americans. In the south, German infantry of the 15th Battalion mounted 15 half-tracks and, supported by about 12 tanks, moved south and surprised elements of the 1st Battalion ...
In September 1971, it was redesignated as the 2nd Missile Battalion, 80th Field Artillery. On 28 February 1987, the 2-80 FA was reorganized and activated as the 2nd Battalion, 80th Field Artillery, consisting of three Basic Training and two Advanced Individual Training Batteries. Later it was reorganized to consist of four Army and one Marine ...
Prior to his deployment to Iraq, McLaren served as the Assistant Division Commander – Operations for the 80th Division (Institutional Training) as well as numerous brigade and battalion level command and staff positions within the division. McLaren served as the Commanding General of the 80th Training Command from May 17, 2008, to August 29 ...
In military terms, 80th Division or 80th Infantry Division may refer to: Infantry divisions. 80th Division (People's Republic of China) 80th Reserve Division (German Empire) 80th Division (IDF) (Israel) 80th Rifle Division (Soviet Union) 80th Infantry (Reserve) Division (United Kingdom) 80th Division (United States) (formerly 80th Airborne ...