US Army Training Center - Yearbook (Fort Dix, NJ)

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To Genoa, lTaly, where The Division was assembling pre- paraTory To movemenT To The UniTed STaTes. Early in November The movemenT was sTarTed and on 27 Novem- ber l945 The Division was deacTivaTed aT l-lampTon Roads, Va. The 365Th lnTanTry RegimenT was acTivaTed I5 July I947 aT ForT Dix, New Jersey where iT is aT presenT sTaTioned wiTh a primary mission oT Training newly en- lis+ed personnel oT The Army Field Forces in basic miliTary subiecTs Tor TourTeen U4-l weelcs. ln addiTion To assisTing The PosT in providing services such as adminisTraTion, supply, TransporTaTion, and se- curiTy, schools and reTresher courses are conducTed Tor TurTher Training of permanenTly assigned o'lTicers and en- lisTed men and Reserve Corps and summer Camp per- sonnel. The RegimenTal Insignia is Blue, WhiTe and Gold. The l.aTin wording aT The base oT The cresT when TranslaTed means: HFORTITUDE MAKES STRONG MEN. llln 1

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A,...wY Barga To Lima Di SoTo and l-lill 906 againsT heavy Ger- man resisTance. SS Troops comprised mosT OT The enemy Torces. The Division suTTered many casualTies buT held Tirm The posiTions gained. During The laTer parT oT February i945 The 365Th lnTanTry RegimenT moved To The Luzano di Belvidere Area and There relieved elemenTs oT The lOTh MounTain Division. IT was Trorn These posiTions ThaT The 365Th In- TanTry RegimenT deployed and ToughT wiTh oTher 5Th Army ElemenTs Through The Po Valley To The end OT The War on 8 May 1945. In baTTle The Regime-nT received honors Tor parTici- paTing in The Po Valley, NorTh Appennines, and Rome- Arno campaigns and was decoraTed wiTh a sTreamer oT The Croce al MeriTo di Guerra, Following The end oT hosTiliTies The 365Th lnTanTry RegimenT operaTed numerous Prisoner oT War Camps in norThern lTaly. ln June l945 The RegimenT was moved

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REGIIVIE TAL HDQS 365th I F REGT COL GEORGE S. BEURKET LT COL HARRY F LOFTON LT COL ELMER P GIBSON Isf Li' Jamus E. McGee Capi' John Sunnfelr lsr L+ Harry P. Davis Isf Lf John W. Hurns, Jr Isf L+ Thomas E. Leigh Isi' Lf Ordie P. Taylor Isf Li George Bryanf CWO Oliver P. Lasley CWO Lewis A. Mifchell