Jan 1, 1944 - Camp Atterbury Prepares for Christmas. Most Personnel at Atterbury Will Get Holiday. Turkey Tops Dinner Menu. Jan 3, 1944 - STAFF CHANGES AT ATTERBURY. Others Take Over Duties of Major Paul Lamb, Who Has Been Transferred. Jan 4, 1944 - 1,637 V-D treatments given at clinic here in 1943. Jan 5, 1944 - Shift POWs to Fort Harrison. 250 Italian POWs to be moved to help with construction. Jan 6, 1944 - Soviet troops advance into Poland. Enlisted Medics Praised by Atterbury Veteran. Others There Too. Jan 7, 1944 - Class 44-A graduates at Freeman AAF. Italian POWs purchase 'gold' rings in POW camp canteen. Story develops that US government gave gold rings to each Italian POW. War Prisoner "Gift Story" is debunked. Italians bought rings themselves from Canteen profits; Government didn't give Yule presents, Jan 8, 1944 - Camp Atterbury To Have Dance Guests. Indianapolis Cadettes and I. U. Coeds to Visit. Jan 11, 1944 - President Roosevelt submits budget of $99,769,000,000. 3 Atterbury Soldiers Die In Car-Bus Crash. Young Woman Also Victim of Collision South of Indianapolis. Five on Bus Treated. Doughboys Were Serving With 30th Division. Woman Unidentified. Jan 15, 1944 - Combat training to end at CAMP ATTERBURY - to become mainly a Hospital camp. 477th Bombardment Group (Black) activated and 618th & 619th sent to Atterbury AAF. HOTCAKES ARE ATTACKED, T00. Atterbury Soldier from Alaska Also Played Night Softball Without Lights. Most Troops May Be Out of Camp Atterbury March 1. Senator Willis Quotes War Dept on Status Change. To Be Mainly Hospital. 1,960 Bed for Patients to be Maintained at Camp. Jan 16, 1944 - Dwight D Eisenhower named commander of the allied forces.
Jan 17, 1944 - First attack toward Cassino, Italy.
Jan 19, 1944 - 36 ATTABOYS NATURALIZED. 30th Division Men from Camp Get Citizenship Papers. Hearing held on Prisoner of War labor wages. Jan 20, 1944 - Atterbury Hoosier Finds Foxhole Has Advantages. Capt. John Warren, now stationed at the Wakeman Hospital spent his worst night on Guadalcanal in a foxhole. Camp Atterbury Shift Seen By Some As 'Natural.' Proposed Change to Hospital Center Might Extend Use for Number of Years. Nearly 50 soldiers from Camp Atterbury's 30th Infantry Division become citizens. Jan 22, 1944 - Allies land at Anzio, Italy.
Jan 24, 1944 - Atterbury Sergeant once saw Nazi "Big Three" in car together. Jan 26, 1944 - 30th Division departs CAMP ATTERBURY enroute to Camp Myles Standish, Mass. Muster out pay increased to $300. Jan 27, 1944 - Leningrad relieved after a 900-day siege. Cleared of all Nazis. STIMSON SAYS ATTERBURY ONE TO BE CLOSED. Also Mentions Pine Camp, N. Y., in Interview Quoted by A. P. TWO-THIRDS TO GO OVER. Army Ready for Weeding Process to Fill Combat Ranks.
Jan 28, 1944 - Secretary of War Stimson lists Atterbury as one of camps to
close.
NO WORD THAT AIR BASE HERE TO BE CLOSED. Acting Commander Comments on Rumors About Local Field. SEPARATE FROM CAMP ATTERBURY.
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Feb 4-11, 1944 - Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin meet at Yalta. Feb 2, 1944 - ASKS CAMP BE KEPT AT WORK. Stake C. of C. Campaigns Against Atterbury Change -Franklin, Too. Feb 8, 1944 - Class 44-B graduates at Freeman AAF. Feb 12, 1944 - 30th Division leave US for Scotland. Feb 13/14, 1944 - Dresden is destroyed by a firestorm after Allied bombing raids. Feb 14, 1944 - US Marines attack Tarawa and Kwajalein. No Change Back At Camp Seen. Willis Telegram Indicates End of Training Activities Still Planned. Feb 15-18, 1944 - Allies bomb the monastery at Monte Cassino. Feb 16, 1944 - Germans counter-attack against the Anzio beachhead. Feb 19, 1944 - WILSON UNABLE TO FIND CHANGE FOR ATTERBURY. Congressman `Triple-Checks' Status on Basis of Local Rumors. TO RENAME HOSPITAL. Rest of Camp Belongs to Ground Forces, He Is Informed. Feb 20, 1944 - US captures island of Eniwetok. Feb 21, 1944 - Hideki Tojo becomes military dictator in Japan. Camp Atterbury given fire plaque. "Best Military Camp" award presented to Atterbury by Blaze Chiefs. Feb 22, 19440 - 30th Division arrives in Scotland. Feb 24, 1944 - Guns Instead. Father Doesn't Want Attaboy's Dependency Pay. Feb 26, 1944 - Atterbury Works With Red Cross Groups On Hospital Relief. Feb 28, 1944 - First Italian POW dies at CAMP ATTERBURY and is buried in new POW Cemetery. Allies bomb Monte Cassino Abbey. US bombs Japanese harbor at Truk. |
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March 3, 1944 - The patients at the Post Hospital now have their own weekly newspaper, the "Wardier". It will not publish any war news, but rather hospital news and rumors. Atterbury reinstated for troop training. Full status is given; Hospital be be General. Two or three Divisions may be sent here. March 4, 1944 - Glider pilots practicing at Atterbury AAF. Soviet troops begin an offensive on the Belorussian front; First major daylight bombing raid on Berlin by the Allies. Camp Atterbury Hospital to Serve Wounded Men as Well. March 6, 1944 - Men Shy of Schooling. 35 Transfer of 106 Pro-Fascist Italian Prisoners of War from CAMP ATTERBURY to POW at Monticello, Arkansas March 8, 1944 - Record 2,000 plane raid on Berlin. Atterbury To Be 'Duration' Training Camp. Plans To Put It on Caretaker Status Are Rescinded. More Troops Coming. 'Near Capacity', says Willis. Full Division, Wilson Reports. March 9, 1944 - Camp Activity May Not Be For War's Duration. March 12, 1944 - Class 44-C graduates at Freeman AAF. March 13, 1944 - Attamechs' Get Vehicles Into Shape for Overseas. March 15, 1944 - Second Allied attempt to capture Monte Cassino begins. March 16-20 - Battle of Atlantic climaxes with 27 merchant ships sunk by German U-boats. March 18, 1944 - British drop 3000 tons of bombs during an air raid on Hamburg, Germany. Food Program Held At Camp Atterbury. Those Working in Mess Supply Attend Conference on 'Food As Weapon.' March 20-28, 1944 - Montgomery's Eighth Army breaks through the Mareth Line in Tunisia. March 21, 1944 - Three "Invasion Nurses" to talk in local schools. March 22, 1944 - Attaboys get tongues for use in foreign lands. March 23, 1944 - Attaboys Ride On New Trains. Improved Kitchen Cars and 3-Deck Sleeping Cars Ease Doughboys' Travels. March 27, 1944 - 106th Division leaves Tennessee for CAMP ATTERBURY. March 30, 1944 - Camp's Chow-Hounds Eat Horse Meat - And Like It. March 31, 1944 - Col Conner heads newly designated General Hospital at CAMP ATTERBURY |
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April 1, 1944 - 106th Division arrives at CAMP ATTERBURY. Unit Arrives For Further Training. Commander is Maj. Gen. Jones. Is Third to be At Camp. -- Col. H. L. Conner to Head New General Hospital at Atterbury. Native of New Albany, Indiana. April 3, 1944 - Will Activate Camp Hospital on Wednesday. Army Reveals Patients from Breakers Hotel to be Sent to Atterbury. Confirms Early Report. Part of Staff from Former Hospital in Florida Hotel Also to Be Shifted. The 106th Infantry Division arrived at Camp Atterbury Saturday at noon. It will be the third division to be at Atterbury. April 4, 1944 - General Hospital to be 8th in four states. Orange Lion Cub identifies the 106th men. April 5, 1944 - US Army Station Hospital at CAMP ATTERBURY redesignated as Wakeman General Hospital. 62,800 soldiers have received dental care at Wakeman. -- First Tank unit arrives at Atterbury for training. 772nd Tank Bn arrives. Includes the "General Sherman" tanks. Birds of a feather flocking together. April 7, 1944 - Atterbury General Hospital, 3547th Service Unit activates. Atterbury welcomes the 106th. April 8, 1944 - Soviet troops begin an offensive to liberate Crimea. Ordnance Unit Forms At Camp. 377th Starts Training at Atterbury Following Activation. April 10, 1944 - ARMY MEDICAL MEETING HELD. Colonel Conner arid Staff Members Among Those at Louisville. April 12, 1944 - Men of newly arrived 106th think Atterbury a fine camp. April 14, 1944 - Louis Prima Band performs at Freeman AAF. Atterbury men spend fortune on phone calls. April 15, 1944 - Class 44-D graduates at Freeman AAF. General McNair Pays Visit to Camp Atterbury. April 15, 1944 - General McNair visits CAMP ATTERBURY. April 17, 1944 - CAMP HOSPITAL ALMOST READY. Atterbury said to Have One of Nation's Largest Treatment Centers. Transfer 83rd from Kentucky, The 83rd Infantry Division which some months ago was in training at Camp Atterbury, and later transferred to Camp Breckinridge, has been transferred again, to an unknown location. April 18, 1944 - ASTP-trained soldiers join 106th Division at Atterbury. April 20, 1944 - Many more nurses needed for service, says Atterbury Head of Nursing April 21, 1944 - Guadalcanal hero, at Atterbury, carried equipment to the front. Now member of the 429th MP Guard Co. Post Laundry Officer, city man, Captain. April 22, 1944 - TANKS DO NEW SPRING PLOWING AT ATTERBURY. Metal Steeds of 772nd Battalion Furrow Bartholomew Training Area. GO ON FIRING RANGE. Two New Ordnance Units Are Activated With 2nd Army Troops. 700 Prisoners of War asked for farm work. Nine Post Officers promoted this week at Camp Atterbury. April 24, 1944 - Nine Camp Atterbury Officers to attend area food service conference. Four Camp Atterbury soldiers return here from Bermuda, Claim island anything but a vacation land. April 25, 1944 - Open House at Camp Atterbury for prospective WACS. April 26, 1944 - Two new Ordnance Units activated at Atterbury. Hq & Hq Detachment of the 210th Ordnance Battalion and 417th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company. April 27, 1944 - Heavy tanks give Atterbury a spring plowing.772nd Tank Bn. |
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May 1, 1944 - 161,144 CAMP ATTERBURY soldiers ride to Franklin by bus in 1943. -- "Old Timer" Switch Engine Doing Duty at CAMP ATTERBURY railyard. Seven Camp Atterbury officers obtain promotions during week. 161,144 Camp Atterbury soldiers ride to Franklin by bus in 1943. Post Commander presents first ball as Attaboys begin baseball season. May 3, 1944 - Most meats removed from rationing.. Steaks and beef roasts are principal exceptions. Capt. Hennessy Directs Psychologists at Camp Atterbury. May 5, 1944 - Post Who's Who Include Robert Taylor, Herbert Hoover; Locator files list Atterbury's "famed" personalities. Sgt. Sargent is stationed at Atterbury. Three Silver Stars and one Soldier's Medal were awarded to men of the 106th Division during the past week. The first soldier to be honored was Cpl. John Duggan, Co. B, 423rd Inf., whose home is in New York City. He had participated in a bayonet assault upon a large enemy force in North Africa, captured their position, and held it despite heavy enemy fire, until relieved by reinforcements. The presentation was made by Col. C. C. Cavender, commanding officer of the 423rd. May 6, 1944 - Views on the News. Display of Axis war equipment in Washington, D. C. Ours is superior, says Congressman Earl Wilson. Four members of 106th Division honored. Three Silver Stars and one Soldier's Medal awarded at Camp Atterbury. May 8, 1944 - Army Hospital at CAMP ATTERBURY renamed Wakeman General Hospital. Military Institution to Be Called for Hoosier Colonel. Valparaiso Graduate. In Surgeon General's Office Until Death Two Months Ago. - First German POWs arrive at CAMP ATTERBURY. State Editors to tour Atterbury.
May 9, 1944 - Soviet troops
recapture Sevastopol.
Views on the News.
May 10, 1944 -
Many Italians Enlist In New Units, Report. Number from Camp Atterbury Are Said to Have Joined Non-Combat Groups. No Official Statement.
May 11, 1944 - All Italian POWs now gone from CAMP ATTERBURY - Germans now arriving. German Prisoners Replace Italians at Camp. Exact number of Nazis not yet revealed. All Italians who first arrived here in April, 1943, have been transferred to non-combat units. Employment as Farm Labor Here is Not Yet Determined. 250,000 "Attaheads" Cut. City Resident Is Top Man. Allies attack the Gustav Line south of Rome. 250,000 haircuts administered to Camp Atterbury soldiers in 1943; Comments vary but intent is same. Cost to soldiers was $87,500. May 12, 1944 - Germans surrender in the Crimea. New Guard Unit at Camp Atterbury. Views on the News. Italian POWS vs. German POWS. Camouflaging of left-over food received high praise from Military Police at Atterbury. Left-overs meats are ground and camouflaged with new tastes and appearances. May 15, 1944 - Germans withdraw to the Adolph Hitler Line. May 17, 1944 - Atterbury AAF is now in the Troop Carrier Command. 106th Division Band solder and family re-united despite international entanglements. May 18, 1944 - Allies capture Monte Cassino. Atterbury Set to Play Host. Plans Completed for Session of Hoosier State Press Group. May 19, 1944 - Soldier dies from injury. Pvt. Edwin M. Freeman, Jr., 20, of the 422nd Infantry, died early Friday morning at the Wakeman General Hospital as a result of an accident early Tuesday morning, when a jeep he was driving overturned. -- Soldiers learn to write in 1584th classroom. Close-order drill also on balanced program. Blue Barron, nationally know orchestra leader at Atterbury Assigned to Service Co, 424th Infantry Regiment. Soldier dies from injury. Pvt. Edwin M. Freeman, Jr., 20, of the 422nd Infantry, died early Friday morning at the Wakeman General Hospital as a result of an accident early Tuesday morning, when a jeep he was driving overturned. Soldiers learn to write in 1584th classroom. Close-order drill also on balanced program. (photo). Retired as soldiers, but still "soldering". These four work at Atterbury. Welcome sign still up at Service Club # 2, during the 422nd Infantry dance. May 20, 1944 - Editors View Camp Atterbury at Work. General Collins Urges Future Preparedness. Editors See Troops Under Fire. Soldier discharged Thursday from Atterbury found murdered. Found fatally injured in Terre Haute. May 22, 1944 - Four civilian employees at Atterbury share $250 for idea. Eight "newshounds" of the 1584th Special Training unit report the news from Atterbury. May 23, 1944 - Class 44-E graduates at Freeman AAF. Four veteran retired soldiers work at Atterbury as civilians. May 24, 1943 - Headquarters, 8th Detachment, Special Troops, 2nd Army issues Special Order No. 5, which authorizes the Austrian Battalion to be formed At CAMP ATTERBURY. Includes 3 Austrian Grand Dukes. Two From Here, One from Hope Get Camp Awards. Cash Given to Four Employees for Ideas to Save Time, Effort and Money. May 25, 1944 - German POWs grow crops on 150 acres inside CAMP ATTERBURY. Atterbury is making large food savings. Economy results from 150 acres of gardens. Germans retreat from Anzio. No place like home, Atterbury soldiers say following arrival.
Col. Andres, former Director of "Australian Burma Road" now Supply Chief at Atterbury. 5,000 gallons of gasoline saved at Atterbury monthly by "Share the ride". May 27, 1944 - Congressional Medal of Honor to be Given at Camp Atterbury 'Open House'. May 29, 1944 - Camp Atterbury Salvage Sales Save $ 25,363. Government receives $25,363 from sale of salvage at Atterbury. May 31, 1944 - German POWs may work on farms. |
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June 3, 1944 - ITALIANS WORK IN BEAN FIELD. War Prisoners Are Reported Proving Very Satisfactory Farm Hands. Open Carnival at Atterbury. Two-day event being held at Service Club #2. Local girls help out. 106th Division Band wlil play. June 5, 1944 - Allies enter Rome. June 5, 1944 - Under-secretary of War Robert P. Patterson visits CAMP ATTERBURY. PATTERSON AT ATTERBURY AND AIR BASE HERE. Undersecretary of War Sees 106th Division in Action. SALUTED WITH 17 GUNS. Also Greeted by Band at Air Base-Impressed by Attaboys. General Dwight Eisenhower prepares draft of statement for release in the event the invasion of France fails. June 6, 1944 - D-Day
landings.
45 Allied divisions with almost 3 million men, led by General
Eisenhower, began landing on Normandy Beach, in France. Within three
weeks, Allied troops had captured all of the Normandy peninsula and
port of Cherbourg. By the end of August, Paris was liberated, and
Allied forces continued toward Germany.
IT'S WORK AS USUAL AT LOCAL ARMY STATIONS
June 9, 1944 - Soviet offensive against the Finnish front begins. June 10, 1944 - 30th Division lands at Normandy, spearheading the St Lo breakthrough. It was the first unit of the Allied troops to enter Belgium and Holland. Nazis liquidate the town of Oradour-sur-Glane in France. -- PUBLIC INVITED TO ATTERBURY 'INFANTRY DAY'. Review by 106th Division. Medal Presentation Highlight of Program. DISPLAY IS PLANNED. Manufacturers from Two States Also to Be Guests Next Week. Invasion brings deep concern for personnel stationed at Atterbury. June 12, 1944 - Allies liberate Rome. TEACHERS TAKE JOBS AT CAMP ATTERBURY. Several from City and Rural Schools to Instruct Soldiers. Will observe "Infantry Day" at Camp Atterbury. Open House open to the public. Public to see 106th in action. June 13, 1944 - First German V-1 rocket attack on Britain. June 14, 1944 - OPEN HOUSE AT CAMP THURSDAY. Many from Here to See Demonstration by 106th at Camp Atterbury. Atterbury to entertain on Infantry Day. Everyone invited. T/Sgt Routt killed as he changes tire along roadside. Attached to 377th Ordnance Maintenance Co.
June 15,
1944 - Medal of Honor to be presented by Maj Gen Allen Jones, 106th
Division Commander, to father of Robert Craig, slain soldier at CAMP
ATTERBURY Open House. -- 106th has first parade at CAMP
ATTERBURY. -- 30th Division enters combat. --
A group of soldiers from I Co. of the 423rd Inf., traveled over 60
miles to Liberty, Indiana, to fire a final salute to William Cherry
who was shot down in a B-25 over Holland. --
Lt. Col. George L. Descheneaux, Jr., former Division Plans and
Training Officer (Assistant Chief of Staff, G-3) assumed command of
the 422nd Infantry regiment this month. He replaced Col.
William Murray, who left the division several weeks ago. June 16, 1944 - Freeman AAF Post Theater lobby redesigned by noted artist Karl Reinbald. Sports Ed Sees Weird 'Track Meet' at Camp Atterbury. Article in Camp Crier says Army Hospital named in honor of Col. Wakeman. Four Chaplains join the 106th Division. June 17, 1944 - JOBS ARE OPEN AT ATTERBURY. Civilian Positions Which Must Be Filled at Camp Are Listed. Atterbury to hold "Bond Day" for 5th War Loan. June 19-21, 1944 - Battle of the Philippine Sea. Nine Japanese carriers accompanied by battleships and cruisers attempted to attack an American force led by 15 carriers, covering the landings in Saipan. The battle became known as the "Marina's Turkey Shoot". The Japanese started the battle with 430 carrier aircraft. When it ended they had only 35 carriers left. Almost all were shot down by the American fighters and anti-aircraft guns, while attempting to attack the US force. In addition, two Japanese fleet carriers were sunk by submarines and one by air attack. June 20, 1944 - 106th Division received combat swimming training to prepare for possible evacuation from troop ships. Two story tower constructed at Yellow wood lake near Nashville. June 21 - 24, 1944 - 83rd Division lands on Omaha Beach in Normandy, France. Senate passes army appropriation bill of $49,107,735,795. June 22, 1944 - Operation Bagration begins (the Soviet summer offensive). June 26, 1944 - Japanese mainland city of Yawata attacked by US B-29s. June 27, 1944 - U.S. troops liberate Cherbourg. Class 44-F graduates at Freeman AAF. Pictorial of the 106th Division in training. First appeared in Camp Crier. June 29, 1944 - Serum to combat measles developed and will be released soon. -- Tallest GI in the 106th Division is Cpl. Donald W. Canfield, at 6 feet seven and three-quarters inches. June 30, 1944 - Camp Atterbury to have 5,000 in Indianapolis parade on the Fourth of July. 106th Division to lead the way. Lt. Gen Somervell to review troops. |
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July, 1944 - 38th Division leaves Hawaii for New Guinea.
July 1, 1944 - Bretton
Woods Conference. Forty four nations attended the Conference.
A plan was agreed upon to establish an International Monetary Fund
to help stabilize currencies and promote international trade. The
delegates also agreed to the establishment of the International Bank
for Reconstruction and Development, which later came to be known as
the World Bank.
5,000 Attaboys To Be In Parade. 106th and Post Units Will Be Reviewed by Somervell at Indianapolis. ATTERBURY IN CONSTANT WAR ON MOSQUITO. Program Aimed at Removal of Conditions Favorable to Propagation. DAILY CHECKS ARE MADE.
July 3, 1944 -C-47 pilots face court-martial for buzzing Columbus. 'Battle of the Hedgerows' in Normandy; Soviets capture Minsk July 6, 1944 - Germans report the 106th Division is on Normandy. 167 people die in a fire in the main tent of the Ringling Bros. circus, 200 others injured. July 8, 1944 - New Workers at Camp Atterbury Listed. 40 More Join Civilian Personnel Branches at Atterbury.
July 9, 1944 - British and
Canadian troops capture Caen. Island of Saipan falls to US
combined forces. July 12, 1944 - Crews of C-47's Train Here for Overseas Duty. First Troop Carrier Command Reveals Further Details of Local Program. LEARN NIGHT OPERATION. Announcement Discounts Rumors of Flights With Prisoners, Wounded. State Guards to Maneuver. Battalion to Work Out July 23 at Brown County park. July 14, 1944 - Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy entertain at CAMP ATTERBURY with 5 shows. Col Modisette says CAMP ATTERBURY is not 'open'. Proper ID required for visitors. Army reveals there are now 146, 101 German POWs and 50,278 Italian POWs in the US. July 15, 1944 - First units of the 92nd Division sail from the US. July 17, 1944 - WLW radio stars entertain Wakeman wounded. C-47 makes belly landing at Atterbury AAF, crew safe. July 18, 1944 - U.S. troops reach St. Lô. July 19, 1944 - All German Navy POWs transferred from CAMP ATTERBURY to Camp McCain, Miss. General Kuniaka Koiso becomes the new Prime Minister of Japan. July 20, 1944 - Three Army Stockade prisoners from CAMP ATTERBURY still at large out of eleven escapees. A failed assassination attempt on Hitler is preformed by Claus von Stauffenberg. July 21, 1944 - President Roosevelt nominated again along with Harry S. Truman as running mate. July 24, 1944 - Soviet troops liberate first concentration camp at Majdanek. July 25-30, 1944 - Operation Cobra (U.S. troops break out west of St. Lô). July 26, 1944 - ARMY OFFICER AT CAMP ATTERBURY KILLED BY LIGHTNING. Maj. Wesley J. Neuman of 424th Infantry Dies in Field. SEVERAL STUNNED HERE. Bolt Strikes Trees on California Street, Flashes Through Home. Camp Atterbury Hospital Has New Post Surgeon. July 27, 1944 - Lt. Gen. Leslie McNair killed in France by 'Friendly Fire'. Highest ranking officer to die in WW2. Visited CAMP ATTERBURY on April 14th, 1944. July 28, 1944 - Soviet troops take Brest-Litovsk. U.S. troops take Coutances. July 29, 1944 - General George Patton crosses the Seine River. July 31, 1944 - 30th Division Disclosed Battling in Normandy. |
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Aug, 1944 - 92nd Division goes into combat on the 5th Army front in Italy Aug 1, 1944 - Polish Home Army uprising against Nazis in Warsaw begins; U.S. troops reach Avranches. Aug 3, 1944 - Some CAMP ATTERBURY soldiers under observation for possible elephantiasis contracted in South Pacific. Battalion Is Brought Back from South Pacific for Observation. LITTLE DANGER IS SEEN. Elephantiasis Said to Come Only from Prolonged Attacks. Aug 4, 1944 - Class 44-G graduates at Freeman AAF. Anne Frank and family arrested by the Gestapo in Amsterdam, Holland. Aug 6, 1944 - Newly developed calculating machine will solve problems in higher mathematics. Aug 7, 1944 - Germans begin a major counter-attack toward Avranches. Aug 12, 1944 - Final Japanese garrison at Guam is defeated. Aug 15, 1944 - CAMP ATTERBURY to serve as an Induction Station and as a Reception Center for men returning from overseas. Operation Dragoon begins (the Allied invasion of Southern France). Allied forces landed in Southern France. They met limited opposition and were able to quickly capture Tulon and Marseilles. Aug 16, 1944 - Army ends censorship of soldier's reading material. Aug 17, 1944 - First Air Force to quarter at Atterbury AAF Aug 18, 1944 - War wounded arriving at Atterbury AAF by plane and then moved to Wakeman Hospital by ambulance. WOUNDED MOVED INTO ATTERBURY. Battlefield Injured Arrive by Train and C-47 Planes at Local Air Base. BEST OF CARE STRESSED. Can Now Handle 2,000 Bed Patients, 3,000 for Reconditioning. Aug 19, 1944 - Resistance uprising in Paris. US tanks reach outskirts of Paris. Aug 19/20, 1944 - Soviet offensive in the Balkans begins with an attack on Romania. Aug 20, 1944 - Allies encircle Germans in the Falaise Pocket. Aug 21, 1944 - First incendiary raid by US B-29s on Nagasaki. Aug 25, 1944 - Negro bombing unit to train at Atterbury AAF. Liberation of Paris. Aug 28, 1944 - 92nd Division reported to be in Italy. Aug 29, 1944 - Slovak uprising begins. Aug 30, 1944 - Two bomber squadrons (Negro) now at Atterbury AAF. US Navy reports construction of 65,000 ships of all types since Sept 1, 1939. Aug 31, 1944 - Soviet troops take Bucharest. |
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Sept 1944 - First Helicopter Training School in nation established at Freeman AAF. Sept 1-4, 1944 - Verdun, Dieppe, Artois, Rouen, Abbeville, Antwerp and Brussels liberated by Allies. Sept 2, 1944 - 30th Division crosses into Belgium. Sept 4, 1944 - Finland and the Soviet Union agree to a cease-fire. Sept 7, 1944 - Britain lifts blackout orders as menace from air is removed. Sept 8, 1944 - Class 44-H graduates at Freeman AAF. First German V-2 bomb is launched on Britain. -- Lt Magill of the 83rd Division is first approached with an offer of surrender of 20,000 Germans and their Generals. Sept 10, 1944 - 83rd Division General Macon and a delegation of high staff officers from the Ninth US Army, had a conference with General Elster, and came to official terms of surrender of the German troops. In almost every case the previous terms suggested by Lt Magill were upheld, and, in substance, to paraphrase Prime Minister Winston Churchill, never had so many surrendered themselves to so few. Sept 11, 1944 - Allied troops enter Germany. Sept 13, 1944 - U.S. troops reach the Siegfried Line. -- 30th Division crosses into Holland. Sept 15, 1944 - 106th Division parades for General McNair at CAMP ATTERBURY Sept 17, 1944 - Operation Market Garden begins (Allied airborne assault on Holland). -- 83rd Division Gen. Macon accepted the pistol of German General Elster signifying surrender, and the 20,000 troops were marched to a PW enclosure. It was the largest mass surrender of the war. -- 30th Division crosses into Germany. Sept 18, 1944 - Lt Magill of the 83rd Division arranges for the surrender of 20,000 German troops and their General Staff. Largest mass surrender to date. Sept 20, 1944 - Two German POWs escape from CAMP ATTERBURY.
Sept 21,
1944 - Sept 22, 1944 - Two German POWs re-captured. Carmen Miranda entertains 83rd and Wakeman Hospital at CAMP ATTERBURY. Sept 25, 1944 - Soviet troops capture Warsaw. Sept 26, 1944 - Soviet troops occupy Estonia. Sept 27, 1944 - Operation Marker Garden fails. After liberating Antwerp and Brussels, Belgium, the Allies planned a very ambitious operation to capture the bridges over the Rhine. The plan entailed the landing of paratroopers at Arnhem Bridge. They were to hold the bridge until advancing ground forces could reinforce them. The ground forces failed, however, to make the link up, and the airborne troops at Arnhem were wiped out. Sept 28, 1944 - Atterbury AAF-based B-25 crashes near Columbus. Crew safe. Sept 29, 1944 - Collision of two trains near Terre Haute, Indiana kills 29 and injures 65. Most of the dead are soldiers. Sept 30, 1944 - Wakeman Hospital at CAMP ATTERBURY to get swimming pool for therapy. |
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Oct 2, 1944 - Warsaw Uprising ends as the Polish Home Army surrenders to the Germans. Oct 3, 1944 - Siegfried Line breached by US Fifth Army. Oct 9, 1944 - Dumbarton Oaks Conference. This meeting was attended by representatives of the US, Great Britain, the Soviet Union and China. At the conference, delegates discussed the charter of a new, permanent, post-war international organization. The conference laid the groundwork for the creation of the United Nations. Oct 10-29, 1944 - Soviet troops capture Riga. Oct 10, 1944 - Col, BRANNAN HEADS 1534TH. West Virginian Commands Reception Center and Station at Atterbury. Oct 13, 1944 - 106th Division departs CAMP ATTERBURY for East Coast for shipment to Belgium. Combined US forces capture Island of Palau. Oct 14, 1944 - Allies liberate Athens; German General Erwin Rommel commits suicide rather than face trail for the part in the conspiracy against Hitler.
Oct 14,
1944 - CAMP ATTERBURY Separation Center activated. 561,000
personnel separated here. Oct 20, 1944 - American forces under Gen MacArthur invade Philippines, landing on Leyte Island.
Oct 21, 1944 - Massive
German surrender at Aachen. First German city captured by Allies. Oct 27, 1944 - Separation Center begins operations at CAMP ATTERBURY Oct 30, 1944 - Last use of gas chambers at Auschwitz. Oct 31, 1944 - 83rd's 3rd Bn. Twice Commended - Unit of 330th is lauded by two Generals. A double commendation, one of which has been authorized by Major General Troy Middleton and the other by Brigadier General Herbert L. Earnest, has been given to the third battalion of the 330th regiment. |
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Nov 1, 1944 - General Hunter visits Atterbury AAF. Nov 4, 1944 - 75 PERCENT OF PATIENTS NOW FROM OVERSEAS. Convalescents Also Moved to Wakeman from Other Hospitals in Area. SPECIALIZE ON EYES. Treatment of Battle Cases Under Surgery Is Divided into Eight Sections. Nov 7, 1944 - President Roosevelt re-elected by 53 % of popular vote, winning 36 states. Nov 10, 1944 - 106th Division departs US for Europe. Soldier discharged at CAMP ATTERBURY in record time - 2 1/2 hours. Nov 12, 1944 - Class 44-I graduates at Freeman AAF Nov 14, 1944 - CAMP ATTERBURY POW camp now holds 4,205 Germans. 102 Russians to be transferred out. -- 83rd FA Wrecks Jerry Trains - 324 Artillery Blasts Freights Within Reich - 155mm Howitzers Knock Out Three Locomotives and Hundred Cars. The 155mm howitzers of this battalion, commanded by Lt. Col. George W. Irvine of San Francisco, Cal. heaved their 100 pound projectiles causing this great destruction of Nazi rail transportation. -- 83rd Infantrymen Get Sleeping Bags - Normal Rations of Cigarettes Will Be Issued. 6,000 of these sleeping bags have already been issued to the combat men of the Infantry Regiments and as supplies are received, they will be issued to all combat units and finally to all service units. -- This Week's Funny Broadcast - The Japanese Domei Agency, in a wireless dispatch picked up here, reports "a shortage of cigarettes" in the US. "So acute is the shortage", the dispatch reports, "that many women have taken up pipe smoking." -- Determination is sometimes just as valuable as a full magazine, SSgt Robert Lang of Cincinnati, Ohio, a wire chief in the 83rd Division recently discovered. Lang and his crew were laying wire along a road closely following the attacking troops. During their progress, they worked their way right into the path of six Jerries. Lang immediately grabbed his carbine and with determination and "do or die" written plainly on his face, ordered the Nazis to surrender. Faced by Lang's ferocious expression and his weapon, the Jerries gave up and were sent to the rear. It was then that Lang looked at his carbine and saw that not only didn't it have a magazine, but there wasn't even a round in the chamber. Nov 18, 1944 - CAMP ATTERBURY's Reception Center is processing 3,000 a month. Nov 20, 1944 - French troops drive through the 'Beffort Gap' to reach the Rhine. Nov 24, 1944 - French capture Strasbourg. Nov 27, 1944 - 30th Division is driving on Cologne. Lt Gen Mark Clark appointed Command in Chief of US forces in Italy. Nov 29, 1944 - First B-29 Raids On Japan. The US air force, flying B-29 bombers- the most powerful planes of the war, began strategic bombing raids against Japan. The raids, which grew in size, slowly destroyed all of Japan's industrial capabilities. Nov (late), 1944 - 38th Division leaves New Guinea for Leyte. |
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Dec 1, 1944 - Wakeman General Hospital designated as plastic eye center. Strikes in Chicago and Detroit delay production of B-29 bombers. Dec 4, 1944 - Civil War in Greece; Athens placed under martial law. Dec 6, 1944 - Authorization to transfer German POWs to camps nearer to relatives in US. -- A German Hospital ship, the Tubinen was sunk by mistake in the Gulf of Venice just over three weeks ago, it is announced from Allied Headquarters Mediterranean. In a statement, the German authorities have been notified and the British Government's regrets expressed to them/ Causalities among the crew were light, and the hospital ship had no wounded on board. -- 38th Division lands on Leyte beaches. At 5:30 am eight German armored divisions and thirteen German infantry divisions launched an all out attack on five divisions of the United States 1st Army. Dec 10, 1944 - 106th Division enters combat. Dec 11, 1944 - 106th Division goes into line in Belgium. Occupies a 28 mile front. Dec 12, 1944 - Colonel Blocker, Chief of Plastic Surgery begins use of plastic eyeballs for reconstruction surgery. First in Nation Dec 13, 1944 - Authorization to transfer German POWs to be with other captured family members. POWs at Fort Sheridan, Illinois go on sit-down strike: 1,300 put on bead and water. Dec 16, 1944 - Germans commence 'Battle of the Bulge' attacking the 422nd & 423rd Regiments of the 106th Division. Division suffers 8,663 casualties. Germans report 30th Division is mauled. -- 422nd & 423rd Regiments of the 106th Division send final radio message -- NEED AMMO -- FOOD -- WATER. Both Regiments send same coded message -- "WE ARE NOW DESTROYING OUR EQUIPMENT...". Most are taken prisoners by the Germans. Parachuting of supplies is impossible due to heavy fog. Dec 16-27, 1944 - Battle of the Bulge in the Ardennes. The German forces made a surprise attack against US forces in Belgium. The Germans made rapid progress, but were unable to capture the city of Bastogne, where American forces were encircled. The US and the British were able to counterattack, and the Germans were forced to withdraw, but not before US forces lost 35,000 men. Dec 17, 1944 - Americans were taken prisoner at Baugnez and were shot by Colonel Peiper's unit while on a road headed for Malmeddy. Of the 140 men taken prisoner 86 were shot and 43 managed to survive to tell the story of what had happened. Rumors of this event spread quickly through the American divisions causing the Americans to fight much harder and with more resolve. -- 30th Division crosses back into Belgium. Dec 18, 1944 - Units of the 83rd Division become closest troops to Berlin after crossing Roer River. -- 106th Division Headquarters is met on the road by Germans disguised as American troops, wearing American uniforms. Meeting ends with an artillery ambush. Dec 19, 1944 - 1,800 Wakeman Hospital patients get leaves for Christmas. Dec 19-23 - About 100 survivors of the 589th FAB of the 106th Division defended a vital crossroads at Baraque de Fraiture, Belgium, earning the French Croix de Guerre with Silver Gilt Star. A few troops from other units, 82nd AB, 203rd AAA, etc., were also there to help. The place has become known as "Parker's Crossroads" in honor of Major Arthur C. Parker III, the commander at the time. Dec 22, 1944 - German officers under the flag of truce delivered a message from General der Panzertruppe von Luttwitz Commander of XLVII Panzerhops, demanding the surrender of Bastogne. After receiving the message Brigadier General Mcauliffe exclaimed "Aw, nuts" which was his official reply to the request for surrender. This message was delivered by Joseph Harper to the Germans. He told the Germans it meant they could all go to Hell.
Dec 24-26, 1944 - Soviets
launch offensives on the Ukrainian front. Dec 26, 1944 - Patton relieves Bastogne. Dec 27, 1944 - Soviet troops besiege Budapest. Dec 29, 1944 - Bobby Sherwood and band perform at CAMP ATTERBURY's Wakeman Hospital and cuts a record of the show. -- London paper says 106th wiped out. |
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26, 1944 - Van Mungo, former league hurler, takes mound at Atterbury. Assigned to Post Special Services.