US Army Training Center - Yearbook (Fort Leonard Wood, MO)

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HISTORY QF THE 1 . CXCNAME: Super SixXh. r X942 ai Fori Knox, Kenrucky. Shanks, New York. . NX ACTXVATXON: X5 Februa y XNACTXVATXON: X8 Seplrember X945 ar Camp ATXON' 5 Sepiember X950 ai' Fori Leonard Wood,Missour1. he Division was organized. ir Xeir Fori Knox, X4enXucky, There in March X942. X'Xaving Xoer X942 REACTXV . TRAXNXNG: XSXaXesideX AXXer 'r Tor Camp Chaiiee, Arkansas, To begin Xraining 'raken pari in Third Army maneuvers in Louisiana in Augusr and Sepiem . The Division wenr Xo Camp Young, CaXiXornia, Tor Xraining in Xhe Deseri Training y Cenrer in Ocjrober X942. X.aXer The Division was assigned Xo Camp Cooke, CaXi- Xornia, coming under The XX Armored Corps and The XVXXX Corps'whiXe ar Xha'r sXa'rion. Xn November X943, s'riXX assigned Xo Camp Cooke, The uniX became a parr oi The Fourrh Army Command. DEPARTED UNXTED STATES EOR FOREXGN DUTY: XX February X944 Trom New York Porlr oi Embarkarion. TRAXNXNC-5: XOverseasX Trained in The Unired Kingdom Tor 'Xive monXhs prior Xo combat ' i STATES: X7 Sepiember X945. Xhern France, RXnineXand, Ardennes, and RETURNED UNXTED CREDXTS: XDivisionX Normandy, Nor X3'rsX' eXemen'rs oi DivisionX 27 BATTLE CenXraX Europe. DATE ENTERED COMBAT: XDivisionX 28 .XuXy X944. X 1 Juiy XQ44. COMBATKDAYS: XDivisionX, 226. SUCCESSXVE COXVXXVXANDXNG GENERALS: Xviaior C5eneraX WiXXiam X'X. X'X. Morris,- Jr., from February X942 ro Xviay X943: Xviaior GeneraX Roberr W. Grow from May X943 unXiX Division inacXivaXion. CONGRESSXONAL MEDAL OF HONOR WXNNER: Slraii Sergeanr Archer T. Gammon, Company A, Ninih Armored Xnianiry Ba'rraXion Tor acXion near BasXogne, BeXgium, XX January X945. X OFFXCXAX. CXTATXONg AXXer he had charged 'rhrough hip-deep snow To knock X ' our an enemy machine gun and i'rs Three-man crew wirh a grenade, he again V rushed forward Xo desirroy anoiher auiomaiic weapon posiXion and iXs crew' of 5 ' X'Xe Xhen advanced To wirhin 25 yards of a Tiger RoyaX frank, kiXXing Xwo 'rhe rank srarred ro wirhdraw ir Tired poinXbXank and Xour. hosXiXe riTXemen enroure. As kiXXed him.

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