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75th Infantry

peter_pitcher — 2018-05-16 14:26:37 UTC

Insignia

thomas_gliniecki — 2018-05-16 14:27:53 UTC

75th IC

History

peter_pitcher — 2018-05-16 14:28:09 UTC

Constituted December 24, 1942 Activated April 15, 1943 and inactivated November 14, 1945. In 94 days of combat, they took 20,630 POW's.

The 75th IC started as the 75th Infantry Division in World War II and was also active from 1952 to 1957 as a combat division of the United States Army Organized Reserves. In 1993, the division was reactivated as the 75th Division (Training Support) in the Army Reserve, which in later years became designated the 75th Training Command.

Awards

thomas_gliniecki — 2018-05-16 14:28:39 UTC

Unit awards
-Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for EUROPEAN THEATER, HHC, 1st Brigade, 75th Division (now HHC, Southern Division, 75th Training Command)
-Army Superior Unit Award Streamer Embroidered 2003 (all UICs received one)
-Army Superior Unit Award Streamer Embroidered 2006

Individual awards
-Distinguished Service Cross-4
-Silver Star-114
-Legion of Merit-3
-Soldier's Medal-21
-Bronze Star Medal-1,287
-Air Medal-29

Role In WWII

thomas_gliniecki — 2018-05-16 14:28:51 UTC

-Entered Grandmenil, 5 January 1945. The Division relieved the 82d A/B Division along the Salm River, 8 January, and strengthened its defensive positions until 17 January when it attacked
- They crossed the Rhine Canal and reached the Rhine, 7 February. Relieving the 6th British Airborne Division on a 24-mile defensive front along the Maas River, 21 February.
-From 13 to 23 March, the 75th patrolled a sector along the west bank of the Rhine from Wesel to Homburg and probed enemy defenses at night.
-On 24 March, elements crossed the Rhine in the wake of the 30th and 79th Divisions. Pursuance of the enemy continued as the 75th cleared the Haard Forest, 1 April, crossed the DortmundEms Canal on the 4th, and cleared the approaches to Dortmund, which fell to the 95th Division, 13 April.
-After taking Herdecke, 13 April, the Division moved to Brambauer for rest and rehabilitation, then took over security and military government duties in Westphalia.

Nickname

peter_pitcher — 2018-05-16 14:29:01 UTC

The 75th IC. They didn't really have a nickname. I don't know why.

Miscellaneous

thomas_gliniecki — 2018-05-16 14:29:02 UTC

-No one in the 75th has seen the battlefield prior to the Battle of the Buldge

Role in the Future

thomas_gliniecki — 2018-05-16 14:29:13 UTC

As of January 2018, this unit is designated as the 75th Innovation Command and all subordinate units are now assigned to the 84th Training Command. The only remaining organization in the US Army with the 75th designation is Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 75th Innovation Command, located at Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base in Houston, Texas.

Leadership

peter_pitcher — 2018-05-16 14:29:19 UTC

Maj. Gen. Willard S. Paul (Apr 43 - Aug 43)
Maj. Gen. Fay B. Prickett (Aug 43 - Jan 45)
Maj. Gen. Ray E. Porter (Jan 45 - Jun 45)
Maj. Gen. Arthur A. White (Jun 45 - Oct 45)

Geography

peter_pitcher — 2018-05-16 14:29:31 UTC

It's Headquarters are in Houston, Texas. They were deployed to Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe though. They are more of a national division.

Sources

thomas_gliniecki — 2018-05-16 14:31:08 UTC

http://www.unithistories.com/units_index/default.asp?file=../units/75th%20Inf.Div.asp

https://www.armydivs.com/75th-infantry-division/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/75th_Innovation_Command_(United_States)