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36th Infantry Division
The 36th Infantry Division was activated in 1917. Beginning their training for WWI at Camp Bowie. The 36th Infantry Division The 36th Division insignia consisting of an olive drab "T" on a blue flint arrowhead was adopted in 1918. In World War I, the division was organized from National Guard units of Oklahoma and Texas. The flint arrowhead represents the State of Oklahoma which was an Indian Territory, and the "T" is for Texas.
World War II
In World War II, the Division landed in North Africa in April of 1943. The 36th saw its first WW2 combat in September, landing at Salerno, Sicily to vicious fighting. In 1944, they landed at Anzio and fought their way to Rome.
By August of 1944, the 36th participated in the landing assault of southern France. They continued to push along the southern sectors meeting heavy resistance at places such as the Colmar Pocket. The division continued fighting through places such as Haguenau, Oberhofen, and Wissembourg.
in 1945 after a brief respite from the front line the 36th Division after being assigned to the Seventh Army moved toward the Danube River. Following assignment to XXI Corps, they attacked the Germans 'National Redoubt' and were in Kitzbuhel, Austria where members captured Field Marshall von Rundstedt as the World War II Europe ended in May of 1945.
 | Nickname(s): Lone Star Division, Fighting 36th |
 36th Infantry Division in Western Europe
36th Infantry Division Winter War: The Bulge and Beyond
442nd Infantry Regiment
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36th Infantry Division Films
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442nd Infantry Regiment
Liberation of Western Europe Series
September 1944 - November 1944
$14.99
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36th Infantry Division
Liberation of Western Europe Series
August 1944 - October 1944
$24.99
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36th Infantry Division
Winter War: The Bulge and Beyond
November 1944- March 1945
$24.99
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WWII Campaigns
Sicily (with arrowhead)
Naples-Foggia
Rome-Arno
Southern France
Rhineland
Central Europe
WWII Units
141st Infantry
142d Infantry
143d Infantry
36th Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized)
111th Engineer Combat Battalion
111th Medical Battalion
131st Field Artillery Battalion (105 Howitzer)
132d Field Artillery Battalion (105 Howitzer)
133d Field Artillery Battalion (105 Howitzer)
155th Field Artillery Battalion (155 Howitzer)
736th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company
36th Quartermaster Company
36th Signal Company
Military Police Platoon
Headquarters Company
Band
WWII Commanders
Maj Gen John E Dahlquist
Combat Reels salutes the veterans of the 36th Infantry Division of World War II and their valuable contribution to U.S. military history.
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