The achievements of the 88th Division have been A corps from New Zealand and one from France took over the American sector of the line. The third part, the post Armistice period, includes training, athletics, entertainment, the trip home, and demobilization. In addition, it will list the troopships that transported the division to Ordered into active military service at Camp Gruber, Oklahoma, the division, commanded by Major General John E. Sloan, arrived at Casablanca, French Morocco on 15 December 1943, and moved to Magenta, Algeria, on 28 December for intensive training. The 88th Infantry Division was the first organized Reserve Division to go overseas, and also the first to enter combat. Second Battalion, 350th Infantry Regiment (action on Mt. From 26 October 1944 to 12 January 1945, the 88th entered a period of defensive patrolling in the Mount Grande-Mount Cerrere sector and the Mount Fano area. September 20. The 88th Division, like many National Army divisions, suffered heavily from transfers to Regular Army and National Guard units preparing to go overseas, delaying its combat readiness. I COMBINE POSTAGE ON MORE THAN 1 ITEM SEE MY STORE FOR MORE GOOD ITEMS. Sector of Haute-Alsace. Soldiers on both sides had to trudge around the mountains in deep mud and water. held hy the 38th French Division that had relieved the 29th American Division. Many thought it was too good to be true. Started from LeMans, April 3, 1919. Click below to begin your paid subscription. Company F was destroyed, with all of its men either killed or captured. Previous divisions were composed of either Regular Army or National Guard personnel. ZU VERKAUFEN! http://historian.freeservers.com/index.htm, My Naval Air Web Page. That feeling followed the men from Camp Gruber to the Louisiana Maneuver Area on 16 June, and to Fort Sam Houston, Texas, in August 1943, as the men completed their training, and even into November 1943 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia, as they waited for deployment overseas. Division and they had to serve the French troops in the area also. 313th Train Headquarters and Military Police. The 88th Army Reserve Command (ARCOM) was formed at Fort Snelling in January, 1968, as one of 18 ARCOMs which were organized to provide command and control to Army Reserve units. The 351st faced heavy fire on 18 May 1944 in its attempt to take Monte Grande, while the 349th and 350th advanced from Roccasecca to the Amaseno Valley, which they cleared on 28 May. The 88th was the first fresh division to arrive in the Mediterranean since Salerno. The 28th us also called the "Keystone Division.". The 88th formed part of Major General Geoffrey Keyes's II Corps, part of the U.S. Fifth Army, under Lieutenant General Mark W. Clark. It was cold and wet in Naples, weather many of the men were not expecting. The book is simply a story of what the Division as a whole accomplished, accompanied by photographs and maps. While the 350th battled atop Mount Battaglia, the 349th Regiment was busy attacking the village of Belvedere enroute to their destination of Mount Grande. been required to turn in all its field ranges, overcoats, and all except one blanket per That turned out to be a big mistake: when the Germans tried to pull themselves out of a trap placed by the 10th Mountain Division, the 88th Divisions flanking maneuver held them in place. Second Battalion, 351st Infantry Regiment (action vicinity Mt. Major General Edward H. Plummer organized the division and Major General William Weigel commanded the division in action. // -->
