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Covers the colonial origins of the three infantry regiments that comprise the Blue and Gray Division,"" the establishment of the Division in 1917, and its current status as a light infantry division in the Maryland National Guard. Contains an emphasis on the history of the 29th Infantry Division in WWII. Map displaying activity of 29th Division from June 6, 1944 through January 1, 1945 on endsheets. Hundreds of photos. Indexed

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WW2

29th Division

Military

History of the United States

World War II

United States Army

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Armée de terre des États-Unis

Seconde Guerre mondiale

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Publié par	Turner Publishing Company
Date de parution	15 juin 1992
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781618587220
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	3 Mo

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TURNER PUBLISHING COMPANY
The Front Line of Military History Books
P.O. Box 3101
Paducah, Kentucky 42002-3101
(502) 443-0121

Copyright © 1992. Turner Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

This book or any part thereof may not be reproduced without the written consent of the Publisher.

29th Infantry Division, A Short History of a Fighting Division was compiled using available information. The Publisher is not responsible for errors or omissions.

29th Infantry Division, A Short History of a Fighting Division Staff:
Joseph M. Balkoski
Joseph H. Ewing, Author
Col Robert M. Miller (USA-Ret.)

Turner Publishing Company’s Staff:
Editor: Kelly O’Hara
Designer: Trevor W. Grantham

Library of Congress Catalog
Card Number: 90-071720
9781618587220

Printed in the United States of America.

Limited Edition. Additional books may be purchased from Turner Publishing Company.
An American wireman laying light “W-130” telephone cable. (Courtesy of Military History Institute and Joseph Balkoski)
Table of Contents
Title Page Copyright Page Foreword Preface Introduction 29TH INFANTRY DIVISION - Long Ago Soldiering 29TH INFANTRY DIVISION - World War One 1917-1919 29TH INFANTRY DIVISION - World War Two 1941-1945 29TH INFANTRY DIVISION - Post-war Era (1946-Present) 29TH INFANTRY DIVISION - Blue and Gray Veterans 29TH INFANTRY DIVISION - Roster of Members 29TH INFANTRY DIVISION INDEX BIBLIOGRAPHY PUBLISHER’S MESSAGE
Foreword

W hen a proposal to publish this 29th Division history book was first made to me by Dave Turner at the Division association meeting in Akron, I thought it was a good idea. As the discussion developed, I thought it a great idea, for I saw it would do what our reunions do—recall old faces and old names, and stories of the wartime Division in compact and permanent form. And so during the progress of the reunion I agreed, as National Commander, to sponsor the project, and this action was approved by the executive committee.
The process to complete this manuscript required great time and attention. Just as our preparation to rescue France on June 6, 1944 took tremendous skill and fortitude, so did the compilation of our Division’s heritage. The addition of Joseph Ewing, 29th Infantry Division veteran and author of the original Division history of 29 Let’s Go!, gave us the opportunity to not only utilize the skills of a previously published author, but also take advantage of his personal experiences with the 29th Division. Even though the task seemed an almost impossible undertaking, Mr. Ewing plowed through the piles of information to create a book which will be treasured by all Blue and Gray veterans and their families. Colonel Robert Miller, present National Commander of the Division, also played a major role in seeing this book to completion. His enthusiasm and tenacity encouraged many members to take part in this once-in-a-lifetime publication. We are confident that this 29th Division History Book is exceptional and the end result well worth the wait.
The book’s manuscript has been seen in draft form by various members of the association, all of whom have had an opportunity to express their opinions as to the text, to make suggestions on content and style, and to point out mistakes and omissions where they occured. The author has expressed his appreciation for this assistance.
Let me say that I heartily endorse this work, which I feel is really about people more than about events, as so many of the stories and pictures, and the biographies will attest. I see it, even before printing, as a beautiful book. It should make a most appropriate and welcome gift for any 29ers who might not already have subscribed to it and for wives and sons and daughters of Blue and Gray veterans. I feel sure the reader will treasure its pages.

Milton Aliff Past National Commander 29th Division Association
Preface

T he 29th Infantry Division, activated in August 1917, was an Army National Guard Division composed of citizen-soldiers from Virginia, District of Columbia, Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey. Antecedent units from Virginia and Maryland go back to colonial times, the American Revolution, War of 1812 and the Civil War.
World War I, 1917-1919, saw us mobilized, and brought to war strength of 28, 830. We went to France and earned a hard-fighting record for ourselves in both trench and open warfare in Alsace and the Meuse-Argonne Campaigns.
Mobilized in February 1941 for World War II, the Division was comprised of units from Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. Reorganized as a triangular Division at war strength of 15,072; training vigorously stateside and for amphibious operations in England, the Division was selected as one of two assault Divisions to land on Omaha Beach in the great Allied amphibious assault at Normandy.
On D-Day 6 June 1944 the 29th Division stormed ashore on Omaha Beach to win a beachhead. During 11 months of combat, in four major campaigns: Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Central Europe, the Division suffered 19,814 casualties, killed, wounded and missing, not counting the casualties of attached units.
Post-war, the Division was inactivated in 1968. In 1985, the 29th Infantry Division (Light) was reactivated, made up of Army National Guard units from Maryland and Virginia, the only Light Division in the Reserve Componets. Strength: 10,500. Mission: To be moved anywhere in the world by air in five days, in 500 lifts.
Comrades, as history is a record of men and their actions, so are we a part of that history. We, you and I, are a living reminder of the history of our peoples of the United States of America, and representative of all our forebears who have gone before us.
Let us thank Him for the gift of life He made to us that we might live out our lives and let us not ever forget those who have gone before us.
So, the 29th Division, the esprit, the history, traditions, pride, our record, of service and sacrifice for the nation, continues . . . .
. . . 29, Let’s Go!

Robert M. Miller National Commander 1990-1991
Introduction
“It is indeed desirable to be well descended but the glory belongs to our ancestors”—Plutarch

T his will be a story of the 29th Infantry Division and its antecedent units. You could call it a “history” except that it will be lacking the details and thoroughness one should expect to find in a real history of a Division. To some readers, the World War II portion could be called a “recollection.” But to few readers are the World War I portions a recollection—because not many of us are that old.
Ancestral units of the 29th have histories reaching far back into the past, even pre-dating our Revolutionary War. All this very early history will only be touched upon here. But it will be worth reading, for it is good to know something about our military ancestors. Certainly some of the “spiritual” strength of our Division today derives from that distant past. The lines of descent of the 29th Division units, like all the Army’s fighting units, are preserved, protected and justified by the Department of the Army, which sets down requirements governing the transmission of an organization’s history. It is the final judge as to what history a unit may claim.
For a National Guard unit, the chief determinant in its history is its placement in a particular locality, where local pride is engendered. According to the Army this “history cannot be established and re-established at will; it cannot be granted or refused—it simply belongs.” And so, while units of the 29th may change their size, their structure, or even their mission, their history remains. This history when it is known gives each of its members a sense of belonging to an organization bigger and more important than himself. And with this comes an appreciation of past glories, of battles won, of unit legends—all this too valuable to be lost in the forgetting or ignoring of our history.
And so we have this book—another instrument of reinforcing our identity as members—present or past—of the 29th Infantry Division.
Various books, manuscripts, documents and files have been referred to and drawn upon in compiling this outline narrative; and although sources are rarely given in the text, the bibliography lists works referred to in preparing this story.
To many readers it will be obvious that 29 Let’s Go, the history of the World War II Division, was drawn upon and generally followed in preparing the World War II portion. This should not be surprising, since the author of 29 Let’s Go is one and the same person as the writer of this narrative. I don’t pretend to have uncovered here any really significant new facts. Indeed the time allowed for preparing the manuscript never permitted it. But certain incidents not in 29 Let’s Go have been used here, and brief recollections of some World War II veterans have been introduced. The World War II portion is merely a streamlined account of the Division in that war.
Quite naturally this book cannot tell of each Bronze Star, Silver Star, or even Distinguished Service Cross won by Division members. There were simply too many. An award action is usually described to help explain a battle situation or to add more life to the story at a time when it appeared to be needed. These “omissions” must not be considered as slighting the soldier who performed outstandingly. The winners of battle awards were obviously brave and courageous men. Yet there is no absolute way of measuring the courage of any soldier. Indeed who is to say that the obscure rifleman in the third squad of the second platoon did not show a high level of courage by simply staying on the line and fighting when all influences and forces within him urged him to run.
Again, because of the requirements of space, the names of battalion and lower unit commanders are not usually mentioned. The changes of command were just too many and too frequent. And yet at some pl

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