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106th Infantry Division The 106th “Golden Lion†Infantry Division was activated at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, on 13 March 1943. After participating in the Number 5 Tennessee Maneuvers, the division transferred to Camp Atterbury, Indiana, and subsequently deployed to the European Theater of Operations (ETO) in November 1944. The 106th was activated as a “triangular†division organized around the 422d, 423d and 424th Infantry Regiments. However, during the Battle of the Bulge, the 422d and 423d Infantry Regiments were virtually destroyed near Schonberg in the Schnee Eifel salient. Accordingly, the two regiments were replaced with the 3d and 159th Infantry Regiments. Although the 422d and 423d Infantry Regiments were reconstituted, they did not rejoin the 106th Infantry Division until May 1945. The division returned to the United States on 1 October 1945 and was inactivated the following day at Camp Shanks, New York. In 1942 a typical infantry regiment consisted of a headquarters and band, a headquarters company, a service company, an anti-tank company, a cannon company, and three infantry battalions. In March 1943 the basic infantry regiment was reorganized to include a headquarters, a headquarters company, a service company, an anti-tank company, and three infantry battalions. Each of the three infantry battalions consisted of a headquarters and headquarters company, three rifle companies and a heavy weapons company. Within each regiment, the 1st Battalion consisted of Companies A D, the 2d Battalion consisted of Companies E through H, and the 3d Battalion consisted of Companies I through M (there was no Company J). Name Location Rank Unit Contents Headquarters and Headquarters Company Bandurak, Walter Box 1 SSG Newspaper clipping of his obituary and photographs [Photographs transferred to the WWII Veterans Survey Photograph Collection; see Box 64] 422d Infantry Regiment Benigno, Russell A. Box 1 T/5 2d Battalion, Two surveys and an article, Headquarters “Benigno Recalls Lager 118†Company Black, Ewell C., Jr. Box 1 CPL 1st Battalion, Survey Company A Brannstrom, Arnold J. Box 1 T/2 1st Battalion, Survey and a photocopy of four Company A photographs [Photographs transferred to the WWII Veterans Survey Photograph Collection; see Box 64] Buchanan, Paul C. Box 1 SSG 3d Battalion, Typed memoir, “My Life As A Company L Prisoner of War†Cucarola, Joseph F. Box 1 SSG 1st Battalion, Survey, “Synopsis of Audio Tape Company B on the Battle of the Bulge,†“Synopsis of Audio Tape on Being a POW of the Germans,†three maps, and a post-War photograph [Photograph transferred to the WWII Veterans Survey Photograph Collection; see Box 57] Freedman, E. Box 1 T/4 Regimental Survey, German form used to Headquarters send correspondence to POWs, Company POW decal, Certificate of Appreciation from the Governor of Massachusetts, 106th Infantry Division shoulder patch, Bronze Star medal, miniature POW medal, and six photograph [Patches and medals transferred to the AHM; photograph transferred to the WWII Veterans Survey Photograph Collection; see Box 57] Gaal, Frank Jr. Box 1 T/5 Anti-Tank Company Two surveys Gardner, James Box 3 CPL 2d Battalion Survey Griffin, Glenn C. Box 3 CPL 1st Battalion Survey Harter, Harry B. Box 1 MSG 1st Battalion, Survey Company C Hawkins, Marlin H. Box 1 1SG 2d Battalion, Survey and short typed Company F; 1st Battalion, Company B Higgins, Robert E. Box 1 PVT 1st Battalion, Survey, letter dated 21 November Company B 1944, four War Department telegrams, a lengthy handwritten reflection on his military service, a schematic diagram of POW Camp Stalag IV, a photograph and a rolled panoramic photograph of the Anti-Tank Company, 174th Infantry Regiment [Photographs transferred to the WWII Veterans Survey Photograph Collection; see Box 64] Kelch, з‡œU з‡œU 𠑇œU p¹X‡œU 8·‡œU 𷇜U @ 𷇜U a>. Box 1 SSG 3d Battalion, Survey Company I Kleppinger, Arthur J. Box 1 CPL Typed memoir, “My Memories of World War II Days†Lapato, Frank Box 1 T/5 Regimental Survey and photocopies of several Headquarters official documents to include his Company “Enlisted Record and Report of Separation†and “Honorable Discharge†and six photographs [Photographs transferred to the WWII Veterans Survey Photograph Collection; see Box 57] McKee, Richard Box 1 SSG 1st Battalion, Survey and compiled memoir, Company A “The Military Service Diary of SGT Richard McKee...†O’Neill, Robert M. Box 1 MAJ 2d Battalion, Survey Company G Penham, Gordon W. Box 1 Anti-Tank Company Photograph [Photograph transferred to the WWII Veterans Survey Collection; see Box 64] Redmond, Dean T. Box 1 CPL 3d Battalion, Survey Headquarters Company Seevers, Ralph C. Box 1 CPL 3d Battalion, Typed reflections on his military Headquarters service Company, Anti-Tank Platoon Wojtusik, Stanley A. Box 1 CPL 2d Battalion, Survey Company G Zordell, Jack W. Box 1 CPL 1st Battalion, Survey Company D; 3d Battalion, Company M 423d Regiment Ansel, Joseph J. Box 1 TSGT Antitank Company Survey Blodgett, John Q. Box 1 1LT 3d Battalion, Survey Company I Bottenfield, Paul Box 1 SSGT Cannon Company Survey Clark, Robert J. Box 1 PFC 1st Battalion, Survey Company A Clotworthy, Harold W. Box 1 PFC Medical Detachment Survey Davis, John R. Box 1 2d Battalion, Survey Company K Diehl, William A. Box 1 CPL 1st Battalion, Survey Company I Donnini, James Box 1 Headquarters POW history Company Doxsee, Gifford B. Box 1 CPL 3d Battalion, letter with recollections, survey Company Headquarters Edwards, James L. Box 1 3d Battalion, veterans’ association newsletter Company K Erbes, Richard C. Box 1 CPL Headquarters Survey Company Hoag, John W. Box 1 PFC 3d Battalion, Survey, POW recollections Company I Kornfield, Bertram H. Box 1 CPL Survey, booklet for recovered personnel, v-mail, division history, recollections, newspapers Kramer, Joseph Box 1 PFC 3d Battalion, Survey Headquarters Company Kuesport, Wilfred A. Box 1 T/4 2d Battalion, Company F Lane, Weldon V. Box 1 2d Battalion, memoir Antitank Company [See: WWII Survey Photos] Lawson, William J. Box 1 CPL 2d Battalion, Survey, letters, newspaper Company H clippings, POW information Lockhart, Richard T. Box 1 CPL Survey Lowenberg, Howard Box 1 PFC 2d Battalion, Survey Company E Mills, James M. Box 1 CPL 3d Battalion, Survey, discharge, service diary Company I Noon, Cletus E. Box 1 T/3 Service Company Survey Peck, Robert B. Box 1 CPL 2d Battalion, Survey Company E Penman, Gordon W. Box 1 MSGT 1st Battalion, Survey, brief bio sketch Antitank Company Politano, Charles E. Box 1 SSGT 1st Battalion, Survey Company C Puett, Joseph F. Box 1 LTC 2d Battalion notes and interviews with POWs Stranko, Peter P. Box 1 PFC 1st Battalion, Survey, personal Army Company A documents, POW recollections, copies of photographs of POW camp, Christmas card, POW reunion information, newspaper, POW rosters, articles relating to POW camp, federal documents relating to POWs [See: WWII Photos] Sulser, Jack A. Box 1 SGT 2d Battalion, Correspondence regarding Company F establishing a relationship between the MHI and the 106th Infantry Division Swett, John A. Box 1 2d Battalion autobio sketch Varju, John J. Box 1 CPL 3d Battalion, Survey Company I 424th Infantry Regiment Allen, Harold D. Box 2 PFC 1st Battalion, Survey Company A Ashburn, Nolan Box 2 PFC 2d Battalion, Survey Company H Bayles, Darrell R. Box 2 CPL Cannon Company Survey Bobela, John Box 2 newspaper article copies Carver, Dale R. Box 2 1LT 3d Battalion, Survey, book of poetry Headquarters Company Clower, Robert G. Box 2 CPL Cannon Company Survey Douglass, John W. Box 2 T/5 Headquarters Survey Company Emmert, David S. Box 2 SSGT Headquarters Survey Company Hines, Roy A. Box 2 CPL 3d Battalion, Survey Company I Huminski, Edwin C. Box 2 PFC 2d Battalion, Survey Company F Prewett, Edward A. Box 2 PFC 1st Battalion, Survey, 2 French booklets on the Company B US Army Reed, Albert L. Box 2 Headquarters placed and Headquarters in Photo Archives and Unit Company Histories], veterans’ newsletter [See: WWII Survey Photos] Reid, Neel W. Box 2 2LT 3d Battalion, Survey Company M Reynolds, James A. Box 2 BSGT 3d Battalion, Survey Company M Ruffino, Louis Box 2 SGT 2d Battalion, Survey, discharge Company G Sowell, Robert F. Box 2 TSGT 2d Battalion, Survey, v-mail, recollection Company E Stenger, Charles Box 2 1st Battalion, brief POW outline Company C 106th Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized Johnson, Lawrence E. Box 3 T/5 Survey, photocopies of his “Honorable Discharge,†“Enlisted Record and Report of Separation†and “Separation Qualification Record,†photocopies of four issues of Trooper, a photocopied issue of Swiss Yodeler, and the July, August, September 1996 issue of The Cub of the Golden Lion, and documents pertaining to the Camp Wither Recreation Center [The Cub of the Golden Lion transferred to the Periodical holdings] Simpson, John C. Box 3 LTC Survey 106th Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment 81st Engineer Combat Battalion 331st Medical Battalion 106th Division Artillery Headquarters and Headquarters Battery 589th Field Artillery Battalion Gatens, John 1 CPL Battery A Survey Hunt, Robert L. Box 1 T/4 Unidentified battery Survey McGinty, Edward F. Box 1 PFC Battery C Survey, photocopies of his “Honorable Discharge†and “â€Enlisted Record and Report of Separation†and a handwritten reflections of his military experiences Roberts, John M. Box 1 1LT Battery A [See: 106th Infantry Division; 592d Field Artillery Battalion] Wood, Eric F., Jr. Box 1 Battery A [See: 99th Infantry Division; 394th Infantry Regiment] 590th Field Artillery Battalion Anderson, James R. Box 2 PVT Battery B Survey, transcript of opening of Fort Jackson House, Peter Box 1 SGT Battery A Survey, typed reflections, “Air Drop Failed†and “Wacht Am Rheim (Watch on the Rhein)†and issues of Stalags 9A, 9B, & 9C Association newsletters Peros, George Box 1 T/5 Battery A Survey 591st Field Artillery Battalion Corrigan, Charles K. Box 1 PFC Service Battery Survey 592d Field Artillery Battalion Lauman, Clarence W. Box 1 CPT Headquarters, Survey Aviation Section Roberts, John M. Box 1 1LT Battery C Survey Headquarters Special Troops 806th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company 106th Quartermaster Company 106th Signal Company Calhoon, Robert R. Box 1 T/4 Survey Ream, Granville C. Box 1 PFC Survey Military Police Platoon Hanke, Arthur K. Box 3 PFC Survey Attached / Unidentified Units Attached units supported the 106th Infantry Division at some point during the war, but were not organic to the division. Unidentified unit means that the veteran’s survey indicated service with the 106th Infantry Division, but did not provide sufficient information regarding the specific subordinate unit. Bandaruk, Walt [See: WWII Survey Photos] Blodgett, Rush M., Jr. Box 3 191st General Medical activities report Hospital Brannstrom, Arnold J. [See: WWII Survey Photos] Fisher, Bruce Box 3 Unidentified unit memoir Fred, Berwyn A. Box 3 3d INF REGT [See also: 78th DIV, 3d INF REGT] Haug, Charles A. Box 3 Unidentified unit [See 28th INF DIV, 112 INF REGT] Walters, Dan [See: WWII Survey Photos] Yagura, Katsumi Box 3 Unidentified unit letters, drawing, various documents regarding Japanese Americans, excerpt from “The Quiet Americanâ€, interview transcript |
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