I think that means he would have been in one of the artillery units for the 45th Infantry Division, but I don't know where to find a roster to check. We apologize for this inconvenience and appreciate your understanding and patience as we balance mission-critical work and the safety of our staff during the pandemic. [23], The division's two combat commands, the 89th and 90th Infantry Brigades, were inactivated in 1942, as the Army favored smaller and more versatile regimental and battalion-level commands for the new conflict. I also examined the lists of names in the History of the Third Infantry Division without success. Detachments The following year, on 10 September 1946, the 45th Infantry Division was reconstituted as a National Guard unit. Please be aware that NPRC is prioritizing the requests for separation documents needed by veterans and their dependents to prove eligibility for a variety of benefits. Their bodies were left behind in various locations throughout Germany. Read more about the division insignia and there nickname. While Sheeran's unit was climbing the Harz Mountains, they came upon a Wehrmacht mule train carrying food and drink up the mountainside. [84] Regardless, by mid-1950 the division had only 8,413 troops, less than 45 percent[n 1] of its full-strength authorization. Campaigns of the 45th Infantry Division: Rome-Arno. One possible method of researching his assignments is to start with the morning resorts for the last unit to which he was assigned, which would be the HQ & HQ Company 290 Infantry Regiment. In some of these cars there were more than enough to cover the floors. Slowly advancing through Italy, they fought in Anzio and the Beachhead breakout to the capture of Rome. This is intended as a rememberance or memorial to those who served in the 45th Infantry Division. Anyways if you see this his name was Clarence LaHayne and he was enlisted. The majority of the 45th ID GIs who returned in September 1945 were discharge Nov. - Dec. 1945. [125], As of 1 August 1950, the division consisted of 698. [103] Though the division was no longer an "All-Oklahoma" unit, leaders opted to keep its designation as the 45th Infantry Division. He also claimed to have been at Dachau and talked about it to some detail when I was younger. Our officials advised us that many of the others who had survived the trip had died since in the camp, and many more, although still alive, were starved beyond redemption. [10] In 1937, the division's troops were once again called up, this time to help manage a locust plague affecting Colorado. See, for instructions. [105] The division was put under the command of Eighth Army's I Corps for most of the conflict. Lieutenant Colonel Felix Sparks, who commanded the 45th Infantry Division troops, later recalled his first impressions of Dachau: The initial shock was experienced even before entering the camp. In Section 1, Item 1, where it asks which items you are requesting, please check Other and specify that you want the entire file. [43] Landing on schedule, VI Corps surprised the Germans, but Major General Lucas's decision to consolidate the beachhead instead of attacking gave the Germans time to bring the LXXVI Panzer Corps forward to oppose the landings. We suggest if the search does not find the name you are seeking, also search manually . No record of Clarence E. LaHayne in the June 1945 Roster of the 45th Infantry Division nor. [22] The division, now commanded by Major General Troy H. Middleton, a Regular Army soldier and highly distinguished World War I veteran, moved to the Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation's Camp Patrick Henry to await combat loading on the transports. . The 45th Infantry Division guardsmen saw no major action until they became one of the first National Guard units activated in World War II in 1941. Red is a symbol of bravery and valor. I've always wondered why there is a 3rd ID patch on his uniform when his discharge indicates 75th ID. [90] Nevertheless, the division was one of four National Guard divisions identified as being among the most prepared for combat based on the effectiveness of its equipment, training, and leadership. 1st Cavalry Medical Squadron. like the original poster my grandfather was originally in the army air corp as a belly gunner in I believe the B24, but was transferred to infantry after a perforated eardrum. Mortar Battalion, 2nd Battalion, 36th Engineer Combat [11], The division's original shoulder sleeve insignia, approved in August 1924,[12] featured a swastika, a common Native American symbol, as a tribute to the Southwestern United States region which had a large population of Native Americans. Jive Software Version: 9.13.0.0 , revision: 20220815205735.50e1b0c.master, Seeking roster for 45th Infantry Division, Re: Seeking roster for 45th Infantry Division. Will order it. [52][53] Soldiers of the 45th Infantry Division engaged the dispersed forces of German Army Group G, suffering very few casualties. Armored Division, 409th Infantry Regiment, 103rd Infantry In their report delivered to Congress on May 15, 1945, the senators and representatives stated that. OMPFs and individual medical reports for soldiers of the U.S. Army who served during World War II and who separated from the service before 1960 are in the custody of NARA's National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) in St. Louis. Find topics of interest and explore encyclopedia content related to those topics, Find articles, photos, maps, films, and more listed alphabetically, Recommended resources and topics if you have limited time to teach about the Holocaust, Explore the ID Cards to learn more about personal experiences during the Holocaust. Company Morning Reports. [101] By 1952, it was fully integrated. Against this, the Allies planned to land 180,000 troops,[27] including the 45th Infantry Division, which was assigned to Lieutenant General Omar Bradley's II Corps, part of the U.S. Allied intelligence estimated that the island was defended by approximately 230,000 troops, the majority of which were drawn mostly from weak Italian formations and two German divisions which had been reconstituted after being destroyed earlier. [33] For most of the first two weeks while the division moved slowly north, it encountered only light resistance from Italian forces fighting delaying actions. [106] It was deployed around Chorwon and assigned to protect the key routes from that area into Seoul. In retaliation, the 245th Tank Battalion sent nine tanks to raid Agok. NPRC expects to eliminate this portion of the backlog by fall 2022, and restore their pre-pandemic response times of under ten days for these requests later this fall. He also talked about some time in Italy and to the best of my knowledge (granted I am no expert) the 42nd was never in Italy. However, everyone at that time had heard of Dachu so it is what stuck in people's minds. During World War I, Colonel A. W. Bloor, commander of the 142nd Infantry, 36th Division, tested and deployed a code, using the Choctaw language in place of regular military code. [42][44], One regiment of the 45th (the 179th Infantry) went ashore with the landings. It will take considerably longer to eliminate the backlog on other types of requests, such as genealogical requests for complete copies of records. ", This page was last edited on 9 January 2023, at 02:37. I have two rosters of the 45th Division plus several Excel worksheets of men who served in the division. Lucas sent famed U.S. Army Ranger leader Colonel William Orlando Darby to assume command of the 157th Infantry, and the Germans were repulsed. [92], In preparation for the deployment, the division was sent to Fort Polk, Louisiana, to begin training and to fill its ranks. Jive Software Version: 9.13.0.0 , revision: 20220815205735.50e1b0c.master, The 42nd and 45th Infantry Divisions and the 20th Armored Division liberated Dachu, however there were many, ubcamps and soldiers with our unit, the 36th Infantry Division, often related in the stories they told to. Short version, I know that my father was transferred from the Army Air Corps to the infantry, I don't know to what division, in the winter of 1944, when the Allies were lined up along the Rhine. In March 1945, the "Thunderbird" division crossed the Rhine River and headed southward. Nora Drewry wrote on January 10, 2014. Due to drastic reductions in U.S. military spending following the end of World War II, these divisions were equipped with worn-out or obsolete weaponry and suffered from a shortage of anti-armor weapons capable of penetrating the hulls of the North Korean T-34 tanks. In company with the British 1st Infantry Division, they advanced north along the Anzio-Albano road and captured the Aprilia "factory", but encountered ingrained resistance from German armored units a few miles further on. ", It appears that most of the regiment remained in the Dachau vicinity until, 20 July, when the regiment embarked by train for Camp St. Louis. In the Dachau camp itself, an international committee composed of representatives of the various nationalities imprisoned there was established to organize resistance. We hope this is helpful. As the 45th Infantry Division completed its drive on Munich, the unit was ordered to liberate the Dachau concentration camp. Primarily I'm looking for a roster of the 45th Division, but also interested in the same for the 3rd Division. These were the 7th Infantry Division, the 1st Cavalry Division, the 24th Infantry Division, and the 25th Infantry Division, which were all under the control of the Eighth United States Army. Rosters. [37][40], On 3 November it crossed the Volturno River and took Venafro. [13] After a long process of reviewing design submissions, a design by Woody Big Bow, a Kiowa artist from Carnegie, Oklahoma, was chosen for the new shoulder sleeve insignia. In many cases where personnel records were destroyed in the 1973 fire, proof of service can be provided from other records such as morning reports, payrolls, and military orders, and a certificate of military service will be issued. The 45th in this time was regarded as one of the better-trained National Guard divisions. It replaced another previously used Native American symbol, a swastika, that was withdrawn when it became closely associated with the Nazi Party. The number of POWs taken by the 45th Division during its almost two years of fighting totalled 124,840 men. For more information, please refer to, Onsite Operations at the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, We searched the National Archives Catalog and located, for Army units that may include morning reports of the component units of the 45th Infantry Division and the 3rd Infantry Division, as well as the 290 Infantry Regiment. The following month, the division landed in Sicily, where it engaged Axis troops in combat. Men from the state militias of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Oklahoma made up the division. The 42nd and 45th Infantry Divisions and the 20th Armored Division liberated Dachu, however there were many subcamps and soldiers with our unit, the 36th Infantry Division, often related in the stories they told to their families that they liberated Dachu, when technically it was a subcamp called Kaufring II in Landsburg. Horrible images. News of Dachau's liberation spread swiftly. [109] It also conducted constant small-unit patrols along the border seeking to engage Chinese outposts or patrols. Screen shot attached. Error: You don't have JavaScript enabled. The 42nd and 45th Infantry Divisions and the 20th Armored Division liberated Dachu, however there were many subcamps and soldiers with our unit, the 36th Infantry Division, often related in the stories they told to their families that they liberated Dachu, when technically it was a subcamp called Kaufring II in Landsburg. Confessed murderer Frank Sheeran later recalled his war service as the time when he first developed a callousness to the taking of human life. The division then defended the hill against a series of Chinese assaults from the Chinese 38th Army. Based in Oklahoma City and one of the first National Guard units to be activated for World War II, from the shores of France and all the way to Berlin liberating Dachau along the way, they later served in the brutal Korean War. Some of the victims apparently had died only hours before the 45th Division entered the camp, while many others lay where they had died in states of decomposition that overwhelmed the soldiers' senses. Here follows a list of organic Medical Units, assigned to specific Divisions throughout World War 2: Medical Unit. [104][n 3], By the time the division was in place, the battle lines on both sides had largely solidified, leaving the 45th Infantry Division in a stationary position as it conducted attacks and counterattacks for the same ground. In the first two cases, dubbed the Biscari massacre, occurred on 14 July 1943, American troops from C Company, 180th Infantry Regiment, were alleged to have shot 74 Italian and two German prisoners in Acate following the capture of an airfield in the area. TheDivision was pulled off the line for rest and training. The division remained on the front lines in such engagements as Old Baldy Hill and Hill Eerie until the end of the war, returning to the U.S. in 1954. I had to show them his records, with our unit to prove that he was nowhere near Normandy in June 1944. families that they liberated Dachu, when technically it was a subcamp called Kaufring II in Landsburg. Each of the four sides of the patch represents one of those four states. For more information see Official Military Personnel Files (OMPF), Archival Records Requests. Courtesy of the 45th Infantry Division Museum. Please complete a. and mail it to NARA's National Personnel Records Center, (Military Personnel Records), 1 Archives Drive, St. Louis, MO 63138-1002. Does anyone in the family have his discharge papers that confirm he was a member. His photos included a lot of concentration camp images. [citation needed]. The muster rolls often indicate which unit a soldier is transferring from when he is first noted on the muster rolls as transferring to the unit. Each car was loaded with emaciated human corpses . [81] During this time the division was also reorganized and as a part of this process the 157th Infantry was removed from the division's order of battle and replaced with the 279th Infantry Regiment. The 45th Infantry Division was formed in 1924 from National Guard units in the southwestern United States. I have his army serial # as well if that would help. In September of 1940, the War Department called the 45th Infantry to federal service and began training for a possible war with Germany and Japan. These cars were an assortment of odd boxcars, some of which were locked, and some were coal-car type. German soldiers began surrendering to the Allies in large groups; 325,000 soldiers and civilians . [11] The onset of the Great Depression in the 1930s severely curtailed its funding for training and equipment. Regarding his Discharge showing him attached to the HQ CO 290 INF, (75th INF DIV), his personal effects include a 75th ID patch. Campaigns of the 45th Infantry Division: Central Europe. [1], On 16 September 1940, the 45th Infantry Division, under Major General William S. Key, was federalized from state control. [124], Note: Similarity of dates for General Muldrow and commanders beginning with General Ruffner is because 45th Infantry Division, AUS, was retained in Korea while twin unit, 45th Infantry Division, NGUS, was activated in Oklahoma. In practice, the military institutionally recognized the Korea unit as the only "official" division, and most of the returning Oklahoma guardsmen were either separated from the Guard at the end of their enlistments or remained in inactive reserve status. Raymond, Allen D. 1st Battalion, 272nd Infantry Regiment, 69th Infantry Division 200. They had few soldiers left, very little ammunition, and even food was running out in some places. In World War II, following stateside training at Camp Barkley, Fort Sill, Camp Devens, the 45th Infantry Division landed in Sicily on 10 July 1943. Lucas then moved the rest of the 45th Division to the left-center of the perimeter, at Aprilia and along the west branch of the Mussolini Canal. Campaigns of the 45th Infantry Division: Sicily. [7], The 45th Infantry Division Museum is located in Oklahoma City, and includes a substantial collection of cartoons by World War II cartoonist Bill Mauldin, who served with it during the war. [95], On 1 September 1950,[96] the 45th Infantry Division was activated as the first National Guard division to be deployed to the Far East theater since World War II. It is curious that his draft card (Ancestry.com) has an annotated discharge date of 31 March 1946. [93][97] Nevertheless, it was not deployed to Korea until December 1951, when its advanced training was complete. They assumed he meant the more well known D-Day in Northern France in June 1944, but what he was actually talking about was the D-Day in Southern France in August 1944. After investigating the incident, the Army considered court-martialling several officers involved, but Patton successfully intervened. When US troops arrived in Dachau on April 29, they found 2,310 additional corpses on the train. Welcome to our 45th Infantry Division photo Galleries. [120] In its place, the independent 45th Infantry Brigade (Separate) was established. However, please note that these records are not online and NARA is not staffed to do this level of research for you. His discharge papers list him as part of HQ & HQ Company 290 Infantry, which, if I'm right was part of the 75th Division, but they were farther to the north, involved in the Bulge. & 01.01.1945-16.02.1945 & 04.03.1945-09.05.1945, 191st Tank Battalion (less A Company & 3rd Check out the people who helped make it possible! Attachments The division received seven distinguished unit citations and eight campaign streamers during the conflict. That's the most information, all in one place, nailing things down to a specific place and time, that I've seen on Dad. After entering the camp, the soldiers found boxcars filled with dead bodies of prisoners who had succumbed to starvation or last-minute executions, and in rooms adjacent to gas chambers they found naked bodies piled from the floor to the ceiling. [94] Its anti-aircraft and armor assets were used as mobile artillery, which continuously pounded Chinese positions. The Dachau massacre and other reprisal killings of concentration camp guards and trustee inmates. During World War II the 45th Infantry Division fought in eight campaigns in the European Theater of Operations, from 9 July 1943 through 11 May 1945. In later interviews with Charles Brandt, he divided such massacres into four categories: During World War II, the 45th Division fought in 511 days of combat. The 45th Infantry Division World War II in Germany. TTY: 202.488.0406, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC, The Holocaust and World War II: Key Dates, Wannsee Conference and the "Final Solution", Documenting Numbers of Victims of the Holocaust and Nazi Persecution, Gleichschaltung: Coordinating the Nazi State, War Refugee Board: Background and Establishment, Holocaust Survivors and Victims Resource Center. Some of the German troops were camp guards; the others were sick and wounded troops from a nearby hospital. However, everyone at that time had heard of Dachu so it is what stuck in people's minds. [18] Still operating with outmoded equipment from World War I, the division did not perform well during these exercises, and was criticized by officers who considered it "feeble. Please type your message and try again. [111], In the division's first few months on the line, Chinese forces conducted three raids in its sector. 180th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division | American Battle Monuments Commission Cemeteries & Memorials Burial Search Education About Us News Data Multimedia Contact Us 180th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division Home 180th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division Legacy ID 27959 Legacy Alias My father, Charles Joseph Capra's records were burned up in the Armory fire in St. Louis. A shame. Lucas then ordered the rest of the division ashore. [6] The division was formed and federally recognized as a National Guard unit on 3 August 1923 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Campaigns of the 45th Infantry Division: Naples-Foggia. It joined the United Nations troops on the front lines during the stalemate of the second half of the war, with constant, low-level fighting and trench warfare against the People's Volunteer Army of China that produced little gain for either side. It had left Buchenwald four weeks earlier on April 7 filled with more than 5,000 prisoners. [42] For this mission, CCA (Combat Command A) of the 1st Armored Division was attached to the 45th Infantry Division. He described often witnessing similar behavior by fellow, Orders from unit commanders during a mission. These forts had been designed by Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1893 to block access to the plain of Alsace. Please type your message and try again. When describing his first murder for organized crime, Sheeran recalled: "It was just like when an officer would tell you to take a couple of German prisoners back behind the line and for you to 'hurry back'. The 45th Infantry was originally a National Guard unit drawn from Colorado, Arizona, Oklahoma, and New Mexico. [104], The division remained as a unit of the Oklahoma National Guard, and participated in no major actions throughout the rest of the 1950s save regular weekend and summer training exercises. 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