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Post by phantom12321 on Nov 1, 2006 17:07:50 GMT -5
Maybe I'm wrong but, I thought most divisions consisted from men in one particular region for the most part (the 69th division were from New York, the 101'st were mostly from the southern states)
If I'm wrong set me straight, if I'm right, I was wondering what divisions were created/recruited in the Chicagoland area.
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Post by 29ththerealpimps on Nov 1, 2006 18:37:26 GMT -5
I know the 101st wasn't just southern states there are people from rhode island in the 101st in ww2 I know the 30th ID was north and south carolina and tennessee national guard units formed to make a division
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Post by 2nd Bat on Nov 1, 2006 19:53:03 GMT -5
The only divisions that were regional at all were national guard units that were activated. For example The 45th Division was from Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and the 29th was the Blue and Grey Division because it borderd on the Mason Dixon line and drew traditionally Northern as well as Southern soldiers. The 28th was the keystone Division etc. Most Infantry divisions were not at all colloquial and none were exclusively. Even the fomally National Guard units by the time they got into action and started receiving replacements.
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Post by 5thrangerinfantry on Nov 2, 2006 10:00:46 GMT -5
Well, the 69th Division was activated at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, on May 15, 1943. The 27th Infantry Div was the New York National Guard - served in the pacific..... These ones were from Illinois....(did a yahoo search for Illinois national guard.....hint, hint ) 33rd Infantry Division www.saundersinsignia.com/item_images/4003_lrg.jpgCo B, 192d Tank Bn (captured at Bataan) 106th Cavalryfrom chicago www.saundersinsignia.com/item_images/225_lrg.jpga 106th reenactment group can be found here: hometown.aol.com/dauerern/index.htmlyou can also read about their history here: mars.wnec.edu/~dwilliam/history/106cav.html108th Observation SquadronAssigned to the 72nd Observation Group and served in Panama, and was only activated from 8 Feb 1941 to 1 NOv 1943. Currently called the 108th Air Refueling Squadron steationed at Scott Air Force Base 184th Field Artillery Regimentalso from chicago, starting as the 16th bn of the Illinois State Millitia in 1873, eventually becam the 184th, and currently part of the 178th Infantry Regiment, you can read a thorough history here: www.il.ngb.army.mil/Army/UnitWeb/b1_178inf/History178Reg.htm132d Infantry RegimentAlong with the 164th Infantry Regiment from North Dakota, and the 182d Infantry Regiment from Massachusetts, they became the Americal Division which relieved the 1st Marine Division at Guadalcanal and later took positions on Bougainville. Sometime, either during or after the war, they were re-designated the 23rd Americal Division.
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Post by napalm on Nov 2, 2006 10:48:18 GMT -5
Good division right there It's my current unit ;D And the 33rd served in the Pacific theater. If you want more info on them here are a few links. I started to put together an impression of them but the cold weather rolled around so that project is being put off until next summer www.33rdinfantrydivision.org/www.ismi.net/goldencross/index.html
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Post by Nungesser on Nov 3, 2006 20:15:50 GMT -5
The only divisions that were regional at all were national guard units that were activated. For example The 45th Division was from Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and the 29th was the Blue and Grey Division because it borderd on the Mason Dixon line and drew traditionally Northern as well as Southern soldiers. The 28th was the keystone Division etc. Most Infantry divisions were not at all colloquial and none were exclusively. Even the fomally National Guard units by the time they got into action and started receiving replacements. A 29th veteran told me that becuase its troops came from Maryland and Virginia National Guard units, the regiments composing the division actually fought against one another during the US Civil War.
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Post by 2nd Bat on Nov 3, 2006 20:41:16 GMT -5
Most of them weren't old enough to have actually done that but perhaps their grand parents did! LOL! Actually it's for that reason that the 29th Inf Divisions patch used the Blue and Grey Ying Yang pattern!
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Post by 5thrangerinfantry on Nov 6, 2006 9:57:23 GMT -5
From what I understand, A co. 29th division traces its heritage all the way back to the Stonewall Brigade.
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Post by tanker44 on Nov 22, 2006 13:31:42 GMT -5
Tanker44, here About the Army divisions. Back in WWI they were regional and started out like that in WWII. The US 33rd is an Illinois NA unit, alot of it's members were from the Chicago area and the northern part of the State. It stayed that way even today. Divisions numbered under 110 were state orientated. But during the later part of WWII because of the repo-depot and a need to refill units, draftees came from anywhere. Watch some of the old B/W movies like the "Fighting 69" alot can be learned there.
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Post by Guinness on Nov 23, 2006 14:39:10 GMT -5
And 'cuz I'm from here: -The 795th Military Police Battalion was activated on 7 July 1942 at Camp Blanding, Florida. -The 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) was activated at Camp Blanding, Florida in 1942. www.508pir.org/photogallery/blanding/blanding_1.htmGood stuff in there- back then Camp Blanding was truly a 'Camp' out in the middle of the Florida Pine woods, many miles from any real town. Slainte! -G
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Post by tagg on Nov 26, 2006 18:32:37 GMT -5
The interesting thing abouts these units is that when they got replacements, it didn't matter what region of the country you were in. Hence, my Grandpa found his way into the 45th when he was a Wisconsinite in an otherwise southern unit.
EDIT: Whoops, didn't see what Tanker 44 said, but yeah, I guess my Grandpa is a supporting detail to what he said.
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