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34th Infantry
"Red Bull"
Division
Order of Battle
34th Division Headquarters
Headquarters Company
133rd Infantry Regiment
135th Infantry Regiment
168th Infantry Regiment
168th Commandos
100th Infantry Battalion (9 Sep 43 - 31 Mar 44)
442nd Regimental Combat Team (12 Jun 44 - 10 Aug 44)
34th Division Artillery, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery
125th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm)
151st Field Artillery Battalion (105mm)
175th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm)
185th Field Artillery Battalion (155mm)
34th Military Police Company
34th Quartermaster Company
34th Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized)
34th Signal Company
109th Engineer (Combat) Battalion
109th Medical Battalion
734th Ordnance (Light Maintenance) Company
1st Ranger Battalion
Casualties Killed in Action: 3,737
Wounded in action: 14,165
Missing in action: 3,460
Total Battle Casualties: 21,362
Days of Combat
517
Commanders
Maj. Gen. Ellard A. Walsh
Feb - Aug 41
Maj. Gen. Russell P. Hartle
Aug 41 - May 42
Maj. Gen. Charles W. Ryder
May 42 - Jul 44
Maj. Gen. Charles L. Bolte
Jul 44 to inactivation
Campaigns
Tunisia 17 Nov 42 - 13 May 43 Naples-Foggia
9 Sep 43 - 21 Jan 44 Rome-Arno
22 Jan - 9 Sep 44 North Apennines 10 Sep 44 - 4 Apr 45 Po Valley
5 Apr - 8 May 45
Medals
Medal of Honor - 9
Distinguished Service Crosses - 98
Distinguished Service Medals - 1
Silver Stars - 1,153
Bronze Stars - 2,545
Legion of Merit - 116
Soldier's Medal - 54
Purple Hearts - 15,000
Battle Honors
Distinguished Unit Citations - 3
Foreign Awards
French Croix de Guerre
Medal of Honor Recepients
Pvt. Robert D. Booker
34th Infantry Division
Fondouk, Tunisia
April 9, 1943
2nd Lt. Ernest H. Dervishian
34th Infantry Division
Cisterna, Italy
May 23, 1944
Cpt. William W. Galt
168th Infantry Regiment
Villa Crocetta, Italy
May 29, 1944
S/Sgt. George J. Hall
135th Infantry Regiment
Anzio, Italy
May 23, 1944
1st Lt. Beryl R. Newman
133rd Infantry Regiment
Cisterna, Italy
May 26, 1944
Pfc. Leo J. Powers
133rd Infantry Regiment
Cassino, Italy
February 3, 1944
2nd Lt. Paul F. Riordan
34th Infantry Division
Cassino, Italy
February 3 - 8, 1944
Pvt. Furman L. Smith
135th Infantry Regiment
Lanuvio, Italy
May 31, 1944
2nd Lt. Thomas Wigle
135th Infantry Regiment - Co K
Monte Frassino, Italy
September 14, 1944
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1942 14 Jan- The first contingent of the 34th Division embarks at Brooklyn. 15 Jan- Sailed from New York. 26 Jan- The initial group of 4,508 of the Division stepped ashore at 12:15 hrs at Dufferin Quay, Belfast. 8 Nov- After training in Northern Ireland, the 34th Infantry Division saw its first combat in North Africa. As a member of the Eastern Task force, which included two brigades of the British 78th Infantry Division, and two British Commando units, they landed at Algiers and seized the port and outlying airfields. Elements of the Division took part in numerous subsequent engagements in Tunisia during the Allied build-up, notably at Sened Station, Faid Pass, Sbeitla, and Fondouk Gap. 1943 Apr- The Division assaulted Hill 609. 1 May- The Division captured Hill 609 and then drove through Chouigui Pass to Tebourba and Ferryville. The Division trained for the Salerno landing. 9 Sep- The 151st FA Bn. went in on D-day at Salerno, Italy. 25 Sep- The rest of the Division followed. 28 Sep- The Division contacted the enemy at the Calore River. Oct- The 34th drove north to take Benevento, crossed the winding Volturno three times thru November. 9 Dec- The Division assaulted Mount Patano and took one of its four peaks before being relieved. 1944 Jan- The Division went back in II Corps front line battering at the Bernhardt Line defenses. After bitter fighting through the Mignano Gap, they were able to take Mount Trocchio without resistance as the German defenders withdrew to the main prepared defenses of the Gustav Line. 24 Jan- During the First Battle of Monte Cassino the 34th pushed across the Rapido River into the hills behind and attacked Monastery Hill which dominated the town of Cassino. 11 Feb- The 34th were relieved from their positions. 25 Mar- After rest and rehabilitation, the Division landed at the Anzio beachhead. 23 May- Maintaining defensive positions until the offensive of 23 May, the Division broke out of the beachhead, took Cisterna, and raced to Civitavecchia and Rome. 19 Jul- After a short rest, the Division drove across the Cecina River to liberate Livorno Oct- The 34th continued on to take Mount Belmonte during the fighting on the Gothic Line. 1945 15 Apr- The Division dug in south of Bologna for the winter. 21 Apr- The 34th captured Bologna. 2 May- The 34th routed the enemy to the French border was halted on 2 May upon the German surrender in Italy.
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34th Infantry Division
in World War II
CD 1
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34th Infantry Division
133rd Infantry Regiment
History
CD 1
256 Pages - PDF
34th Infantry Division
135th Infantry Regiment
History
CD 1
690 Pages - PDF
34th Infantry Division
168th Infantry Regiment
History
CD 1
73 Pages - PDF
34th Infantry Division
Letters
Documents
News Clippings
CD 1
8 Pages - PDF
Medal of Honor
Recepients
CD 1
9 Citations - PDF
34th Infantry Division
133rd Infantry Regiment
'Here Is Your Outfit'
History or 133rd
CD 1
4 Pages - PDF
1943 - 1 Jan 44
Air Phase of the
Italian Campaign
CD 1
434 Pages - PDF
7 - 10 Nov 42
34th Infantry Division
135th Infantry Regiment
Operations
Algiers, North Africa
Algeria - French
Morocco Campaign
CD 1
31 Pages - PDF
12 Dec 42
North Africa
Operations Report
CD 1
78 Pages - PDF
19 Dec 42
Observer Report
North Africa
CD 1
7 Pages - PDF
24 Dec 42 - 17 Feb 43
34th Infantry Division
168th Infantry Regiment
Operations
CD 1
34 Pages - PDF
12 - 21 Feb 43
34th Infantry Division
168th Infantry Regiment
Operations
Battle of Faid Pass
CD 1
28 Pages - PDF
14 - 23 Feb 43
Battle of
Kasserine Pass
CD 1
28 Pages - PDF
Mar 43
Operation Torch
Intelligence Lessons
from North Africa
CD 1
18 Pages - PDF
26 Mar - 11 Apr 43
34th Infantry Division
135th Infantry Regiment
Operations
Fonduk el Okbi,
North Africa
Tunisian Campaign
CD 1
30 Pages - PDF
8 - 9 Apr 43
34th Infantry Division
133rd Infantry Regiment
Operations
Fondouk Gap,
North Africa
Tunisian Campaign
CD 1
31 Pages - PDF
26 Apr - 2 May 43
34th Infantry Division
135th Infantry Regiment
1st Battalion
Operations
Hill 609 and 531
Mateur, Tunisia
CD 1
33 Pages - PDF
26 Apr - 2 May 43
34th Infantry Division
135th Infantry Regiment
1st Battalion
Hill 531
Mateur, Tunisia
Tunisia Campaign
CD 1
26 Pages - PDF
26 - 28 Apr 43
34th Infantry Division
168th Infantry Regiment
Operations
Sidi Nsir, Tunisia
Tunisian Campaign
CD 1
31 Pages - PDF
27 Apr - 1 May 43
34th Infantry Division
Operations
Tunisia, North Africa
Tunisian Campaign
CD 1
24 Pages - PDF
Jul 43
Reports on
Operation Husky
Sicily
CD 1
30 Pages - PDF
7 - 15 Oct 43
Volturno
First River Crossing
CD 1
20 Pages - PDF
12 - 14 Oct 43
34th Infantry Division
135th Infantry Regiment
First Crossing of
the Volturno River
Naples-Foggia
Campaign
CD 1
22 Pages - PDF
13 Oct 43
34th Infantry Division
168th Infantry Regiment
Crossing the
Volturno River, Italy
CD 1
18 Pages - PDF
25 - 28 Oct 43
34th Infantry Division
135th Infantry Regiment
Operations
Battle of Ailano, Italy
CD 1
21 Pages - PDF
29 Nov - 2 Dec 43
34th Infantry Division
168th Infantry Regiment
Mount Pantano, Italy
CD 1
26 Pages - PDF
26 Jun 44
34th Infantry Division
442nd Infantry Regiment
Suvereto, Italy
CD 1
37 Pages - PDF
Aug 44 - Apr 45
North Apennines
Gothic Line
CD 1
21 Pages - PDF
Mar - Aug 45
34th Infantry Division
13 Newsletters
CD 1
52 Pages - PDF
5 Apr - 2 May 44
Final Campaign of
15th Army Group
Po Valley
Campaign
CD 1
38 Pages - PDF
18 Apr 45
34th Infantry Division
168th Infantry Regiment
German Apennine Line
CD 1
30 Pages - PDF
War Aginst
Germany and Italy
Pictorial Record
CD 1
458 Pages - PDF
8 - 11 Nov 42
Algeria
French Morocco
Campaign
CD 1
32 Pages - PDF
17 Nov 42 - 13 May 43
Tunisia
CD 1
32 Pages - PDF
9 Jul - 17 Aug 43
Sicily
Campaign
CD 1
28 Pages - PDF
9 Sep - 6 Oct 43
Salerno
CD 1
111 Pages - PDF
6 Oct - 15 Nov 43
Volturno
From Volturno
to the Winter Line
CD 1
131 Pages - PDF
9 Sep 43 - 21 Jan 44
Naples - Foggia
CD 1
32 Pages - PDF
9 Sep 43 - 4 Jun 44
Road To Rome
CD 1
66 Pages - PDF
22 Jan - 24 May 44
Anzio
CD 1
28 Pages - PDF
22 Jan - 31 May 44
The German
Operation at Anzio
CD 1
167 Pages - PDF
22 Jan - 9 Sep 44
Rome-Arno
CD 1
31 Pages - PDF
10 Sep 44 - 4 Apr 45
North
Apennines
Campaign
CD 1
33 Pages - PDF
19 Days
From the Apennines
to the Alps
The Story of the
Po Valley Campaign
CD 1
96 Pages - PDF
5 Apr - 8 May 45
Po Valley
Campaign
CD 1
28 Pages - PDF
14 Apr - 2 May 45
Final Campaign
Across Northwest
Italy
CD 1
145 Pages - PDF
1945
Finito !
The Po Valley
Campaign
CD 1
70 Pages - PDF
WW2
Situation Maps
Europe
CD 1
82 Maps - PDF
Research Guide
National Archives
Finding Information of
Personal Participation
in World War II Guide
CD 1
5 Pages - PDF
Form SF-180
Records Request
Request for
Personnel Records
CD 1
3 Pages - PDF
Guide to
Research Resources Relating to
World War II
CD 1
20 Pages - PDF
1941 - 1945
WWII
Chronology
US Army
CD 1
672 Pages - PDF The files below are found on CD 2
VE Day
Eisenhower Flyer
CD 2
1 Page - PDF
Rank
Insignia of Grade
CD 2
1 Page - PDF
Chart
Enlisted Men's
Uniform Insignias
CD 2
1 Page - PDF
Patch
Identification
Guide
CD 2
19 Pages - PDF
Mines - Booby Traps
Identification Guide
CD 2
80 Pages - PDF
Aircraft
Nose Art
CD 2
34 Pages - PDF
Aircraft
Recognition Guide
CD 2
17 Pages - PDF
Aircraft
Insignia Poster
CD 2
1 Page - PDF
US
World War II
Posters
CD 2
249 Pages - PDF
German
World War II
Posters
CD 2
75 Pages - PDF
Comic Book
Covers
CD 2
8 Pages - PDF
Song Lyrics
Army
HIT KIT
of Popular Songs
CD 2
6 Pages - PDF
Troopships
of World War II
CD 2
391 Pages - PDF
British
Grenadier Guards
1939 - 1945
Campaigns
BEF - 1939 - 1940
Tunisia 1942 - 1943
Italy - 1943 - 1945
Europe 1944 - 1945
CD 2
93 Pages - PDF
Film
The
BIG PICTURE
Documentary Film
"Combat Infantryman"
An Official
Television Report
to the Nation
From the
United States Army
CD 2
Film Info - PDF
Film: 27m14s - MP4
Newsreels
"Allied Vise Tightens
On Rhineland"
Universal Newsreel
7 Dec 44
Film: 7m17s
"Nazis Surrender"
Universal Newsreel
14 May 45
Film: 7m24s
"The Year 1945"
United Newsreel
Film: 8m34s
CD 2
Newsreels - Folder
1 Sep 39 - 10 May 42
Graphic History
Of The War
CD 2
76 Pages - PDF
1985
Veterans
Remerbrances
of World War II
40th Anniversary
of VE Day
CD 2
141 Pages - PDF
Brief History
of World War II
CD 2
55 Pages - PDF
APOs
Army
Postal Service
Addresses
CD 2
149 Pages - PDF
The files below are found on CD 3
Music
"Singing Soldiers"
Winners Second
All Army Soldier
Singing Contest
1954-55
19 Song LP Record
2 Album Set
CD 3
Info - PDF
Files - Folder
Music
What Do You
Do In The Infantry ?
American Military March
Semper Fidelis (Marines)
CD 3
Files - Folder
D-Day
Radio Broadcasts
13 - BBC/CBS/NBC
Normandy Invasion
Broadcasts
24 - CBS Invasion
1 Hour Broadcasts
CD 3
Files - Folder
Cartoons
11
BANNED
World War II
Cartoons
Bugs Bunny
Donald Duck
Popeye
Superman
more ...
CD 3
Info - PDF
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34th Infantry
"Red Bull"
Division
34th Infantry Division History World War II
The first contingent embarked at Brooklyn on 14 January 1942 and sailed from New York the next day. The initial group of 4,508 stepped ashore at 12:15 hrs on 26 January 1942 at Dufferin Quay, Belfast commanded by Major-General Russell P. Hartle. They were met by a delegation including the Governor General (Duke of Abercorn), the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (John Miller Andrews), the Commander of British Troops in Ulster (General G. E. W. Franklyn), and the Secretary of State for Air (Sir Archibald Sinclair).
After continuing its training in Northern Ireland, the 34th Infantry Division saw its first combat in North Africa on 8 November 1942. As a member of the Eastern Task force, which included two brigades of the British 78th Infantry Division, and two British Commando units, they landed at Algiers and seized the port and outlying airfields. Elements of the Division took part in numerous subsequent engagements in Tunisia during the Allied build-up, notably at Sened Station, Faid Pass, Sbeitla, and Fondouk Gap. In April 1943 the Division assaulted Hill 609, capturing it on 1 May 1943, and then drove through Chouigui Pass to Tebourba and Ferryville.
The Division then trained for the Salerno landing. The 151st FA Bn. went in on D-day, 9 September 1943, at Salerno, while the rest of the Division followed on 25 September. Contacting the enemy at the Calore River, 28 September 1943, the 34th, part of U.S. II Corps, drove north to take Benevento, crossed the winding Volturno three times in October and November, assaulted Mount Patano and took one of its four peaks before being relieved, 9 December 1943.
In January 1944, the Division was back in II Corps front line battering at the Bernhardt Line defenses. Thankfully, after bitter fighting through the Mignano Gap, they were able to take Mount Trocchio without resistance as the German defenders withdrew to the main prepared defenses of the Gustav Line. On 24 January 1944, during the First Battle of Monte Cassino they pushed across the Rapido River into the hills behind and attacked Monastery Hill which dominated the town of Cassino.
While they nearly captured the objective, in the end their attacks on the monastery and the town failed. The performance of 34 Division in the mountains is considered to rank as one of the finest feats of arms carried out by any soldiers during the war. In return they sustained losses of about 80% in the Infantry battalions. They were relieved from their positions 11-13 February 1944. Eventually, it took the combined force of five allied infantry divisions to finish what the 34th nearly accomplished on its own.
After rest and rehabilitation, it landed in the Anzio beachhead, 25 March 1944, maintaining defensive positions until the offensive of 23 May, when it broke out of the beachhead, took Cisterna, and raced to Civitavecchia and Rome. After a short rest, the Division drove across the Cecina River to liberate Livorno, 19 July 1944, and continued on to take Mount Belmonte in October during the fighting on the Gothic Line. Digging in south of Bologna for the winter, the 34th jumped off, 15 April 1945, and captured Bologna on 21 April. Pursuit of the routed enemy to the French border was halted on 2 May upon the German surrender in Italy.
The Division participated in six major Army campaigns in North Africa and Italy. The Division is credited with amassing 517 days of front line combat, more than any other U.S. division. One or more 34th Division units were engaged in actual combat with the enemy on 611 days. This would have been 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry, the IRONMAN battalion. This battalion still holds the record over the rest of the United States Army for days in combat.
The division was credited with more combat days than any other division in the war. The 34th Division suffered 3,737 killed in action, 14,165 wounded in action, and 3,460 missing in action, for a total of 21,362 battle casualties. Casualties of the division are considered to be the highest of any division in the theater when daily per capita fighting strengths are considered.
There is little doubt the division took the most enemy-defended hills of any division in the European Theater. The division's men were awarded 10 Medals of Honor, 98 Distinguished Service Crosses, one Distinguished Service Medal, 1,153 Silver Stars, 116 Legion of Merit medals, one Distinguished Flying Cross, 2,545 Bronze Stars, 54 Soldier Medals, 34 Air Medals, with duplicate awards of 52 oak leaf clusters, and 15,000 Purple Hearts. More recently, in 2000 the Minnesota Legislature renamed all of Interstate 35 in Minnesota the "34th Division (Red Bull) Highway," in honor of the Division and its service in the World Wars.
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34th Infantry
Division
Campaigns
34th Infantry Division
Campaigns of World War II
Tunisia 17 Nov 42 - 13 May 43 Naples-Foggia
9 Sep 43 - 21 Jan 44 Rome-Arno
22 Jan - 9 Sep 44 North Apennines 10 Sep 44 - 4 Apr 45 Po Valley
5 Apr - 8 May 45
Tunisia Campaign
17 Nov 42 - 13 May 43
Having gained Algeria, the Allies quickly turned eastward, hoping to take Tunis and Bizerte before the Germans could send reinforcements into Tunisia. But the drive broke down short of the goal. In February 1943, after Rommel had been driven into Tunisia, the Axis took the offensive and pushed through Kasserine Pass before being stopped. With Ninth and Twelfth Air Forces in the battle, the Allies drove the enemy back into a pocket around Bizerte and Tunis, where Axis forces surrendered in May. Thus Tunisia became available for launching an attack on Sicily as a preliminary to an assault on Italy.
Naples-Foggia Campaign
9 Sep 43 - 21 Jan 44
After Allied bombardment of communications and airfields in Italy, Montgomery crossed the Strait of Messina on 3 September 1943 and started northward. Five days later Eisenhower announced that the Italian Government had surrendered. Fifth Army, under Clark, landed at Salerno on g September and managed to stay despite furious counterattacks. By 18 September the Germans were withdrawing northward. On 27 September Eighth Army occupied the important airfields of Foggia, and on I October Fifth Army took Naples. As the Allies pushed up the peninsula, the enemy slowed the advance and brought it to a halt at the Gustav Line.
Rome-Arno Campaign
22 Jan - 9 Sep 44
The Allied operations in Italy between January and September 1944 were essentially an infantryman’s war where the outcome was decided by countless bitterly fought small unit actions waged over some of Europe’s most difficult terrain under some of the worst weather conditions found anywhere during World War II.
North Apennines Campaign
10 Sep 44 - 4 Apr 45
The northern Apennines fighting was the penultimate campaign in the Italian theater. Although the Allies steadily lost divisions, materiel, and shipping to operations elsewhere, which diminished their capabilities, their offensives prevented the Axis from substantially reinforcing other fronts with troops from Italy. Yet the transfer of units from Fifth and Eighth Armies for use in northwest Europe, southern France, and Greece, both after the capture of Rome and during the North Apennines Campaign itself, left Allied commanders with just enough troops to hold Axis forces in Italy but without sufficient forces to destroy the enemy or to end the campaign.
Po Valley Campaign
5 Apr - 8 May 45
For the Allied armies in Italy, the Po Valley offensive climaxed the long and bloody Italian campaign. When the spring offensive opened, it initially appeared that its course might continue the pattern of the previous months and battles in Italy, becoming another slow, arduous advance over rugged terrain, in poor weather, against a determined, well-entrenched, and skillful enemy.
However, by April 1945 the superbly led and combat-hardened Allied 15th Army Group, a truly multinational force, enjoyed an overwhelming numerical superiority on the ground and in the air. On the other side, Axis forces had been worn down by years of combat on many fronts; they were plagued by poor political leadership at the top as well as shortages of nearly everything needed to wage a successful defensive war.
By April 1945 factors such as terrain, weather, combat experience, and able military leadership, that had for months allowed the Axis to trade space for time in Italy could no longer compensate for the simple lack of manpower, air support, and materiel. By the end of the first two weeks of the campaign both sides realized that the end of the war in Italy was in sight, and that all the Allies needed to complete the destruction of Axis forces was the skillful application of overwhelming pressure, a feat largely accomplished within ten days, by 2 May 1945.
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