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65th US Infantry Division
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Divisional information
Divisional troops
Attachments
Assignments
Detachments
Command Posts
| Divisional information |
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History
| Activated |
16.08.1943 |
| Arrived ETO |
21.01.1945 |
| Arrived Continent (D+234) |
26.01.1945 |
| Entered Combat |
09.03.1945 |
Statistic
| Days in Combat |
55 |
| Prisoners of War Taken |
unknown |
Casualties (Tentative)
| Killed |
186 |
| Wounded |
757 |
| Missing |
99 |
| Captured |
10 |
| Battle Casualties |
1.052 |
| Non-Battle Casualties |
1.250 |
| Total Casualties |
2.302 |
| Percent of T/O Strength |
16.3% |
Individual Awards
Campaigns
Commanding General (CG)
| 16.08.1943 |
Maj.-Gen. Stanley E. Reinhart |
Assistant Division Commander
| 21.01.1945 |
Brig.-Gen. John E. Copeland |
Artillery Commander
| 21.01.1945 |
Brig.-Gen. Ronald C. Brock |
Chief of Staff
| 21.01.1945 |
Col. William J. Epes |
Assistant Chief of Staff G-1
| 21.01.1945 |
Lt.-Col. David H. Arp |
Assistant Chief of Staff G-2
| 21.01.1945 |
Lt.-Col. James N. Robertson |
Assistant Chief of Staff G-3
| 21.01.1945 |
Lt.-Col. George T. Duncan |
Assistant Chief of Staff G-4
| 21.01.1945 |
Lt.-Col. Joseph S. Hardin |
Adjutant General
| 21.01.1945 |
Lt.-Col. Burnett J. Brown |
Infantry
| 259th Infantry Regiment |
00.00.0000-00.00.0000 |
| 260th Infantry Regiment |
00.00.0000-00.00.0000 |
| 261st Infantry Regiment |
00.00.0000-00.00.0000 |
Field Artillery (FA)
| Headquarters & Headquarters Battery |
00.00.0000-00.00.0000 |
| 867th FA Battalion (105mm Howitzer) |
00.00.0000-00.00.0000 |
| 868th FA Battalion (105mm Howitzer) |
00.00.0000-00.00.0000 |
| 869th FA Battalion (105mm Howitzer) |
00.00.0000-00.00.0000 |
| 720th FA Battalion (155mm Howitzer) |
00.00.0000-00.00.0000 |
Other troops
| Headquarters & Headquarters Company |
00.00.0000-00.00.0000 |
| Headquarters Special Troops |
00.00.0000-00.00.0000 |
| 65th Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized) |
00.00.0000-00.00.0000 |
| 265th Engineer Combat Battalion |
00.00.0000-00.00.0000 |
| 565th Signal Company |
00.00.0000-00.00.0000 |
| 765th Ordnance Light Maintenance Battalion |
00.00.0000-00.00.0000 |
| 65th Quartermaster Company |
00.00.0000-00.00.0000 |
| 365th Medical Battalion |
00.00.0000-00.00.0000 |
| Military Police Platoon |
00.00.0000-00.00.0000 |
| Divisional Band |
00.00.0000-00.00.0000 |
Antiaircraft Artillery (AAA)
| 546th AAA AW Battalion (Mobile) |
04.03.1945-end of war |
Armored
| C Company, 778th Tank Battalion |
07.03.1945-11.03.1945 |
| C Company, 748th Tank Battalion |
13.03.1945-21.03.1945 |
| 749th Tank Battalion |
29.03.1945-06.04.1945 |
| 707th Tank Battalion |
06.04.1945 |
| 748th Tank Battalion |
07.04.1945-end of war |
Cavalry
| 3rd Cavalry Group |
19.03.1945-21.03.1945 |
Chemical
| A Company, 81st Chemical Mortar Battalion |
07.03.1945-11.03.1945 |
| C Company, 81st Chemical Mortar Battalion |
27.03.1945-04.04.1945 & 20.04.1945-25.04.1945 |
| A Company, 93rd Chemical Mortar Battalion |
04.04.1945-16.04.1945 |
| 94th Chemical Mortar Battalion |
25.04.1945-29.04.1945 |
| A Company, 94th Chemical Mortar Battalion |
01.05.1945-end of war |
Engineer
| 1258th Engineer Combat Battalion |
07.03.1945-16.03.1945 |
Field Artillery (FA)
| 176th FA Battalion (4.5inch Gun) |
11.03.1945-14.03.1945 |
| 744th FA Battalion (8inch Howitzer) |
11.03.1945-14.03.1945 |
| - C Battery, 243rd FA Battalion (8inch Gun) |
11.03.1945-14.03.1945 |
Tank Destroyer (TD)
| 691st TD Battalion (SP) |
04.03.1945-06.04.1945 |
| 808th TD Battalion (SP) |
05.04.1945-end of war |
| Date |
Assigned to Corps |
Assigned to Army |
Attached to Army |
Assigned to Army Group |
Attached to Army Group |
| 261st CT |
11th Armored Division |
28.03.1945-29.03.1945 |
| 261st CT |
6th Armored Division |
29.03.1945-04.04.1945 |
| - 859th FA Battalion |
6th Armored Division |
29.03.1945-04.04.1945 |
| - 65th Reconnaisance Troop |
6th Armored Division |
29.03.1945-04.04.1945 |
| - 1st Platoon, C Company, 265th Engineer Combat Battalion |
6th Armored Division |
29.03.1945-04.04.1945 |
| 21.01.1945 |
Le Havre |
Seine-Inferieure |
France |
| 22.01.1945 |
Camp Luck Strike (vic. St-Valery-en-Caux) |
Seine-Inferieure |
France |
| 03.03.1945 |
Ennery |
Moselle |
France |
| 07.03.1945 |
Boulay-Moselle |
Moselle |
France |
| 17.03.1945 |
Villing |
Moselle |
France |
| 20.03.1945 |
Saarlautern |
Saarland |
Germany |
| 20.03.1945 |
Reisweiler |
Saarland |
Germany |
| 21.03.1945 |
Neunkirchen |
Saarland |
Germany |
| 27.03.1945 |
Rockenhausen |
Pfalz |
Germany |
| 28.03.1945 |
Schwabenheim |
Hessen |
Germany |
| 31.03.1945 |
Laubach |
Hessen-Nassau |
Germany |
| 01.04.1945 |
Hattenbach |
Hessen-Nassau |
Germany |
| 02.04.1945 |
Ersrode |
Hessen-Nassau |
Germany |
| 03.04.1945 |
Berneberg |
Kurhessen |
Germany |
| 05.04.1945 |
Treffurt |
Thuringia |
Germany |
| 09.04.1945 |
Berka |
Thuringia |
Germany |
| 12.04.1945 |
Waltershausen |
Bavaria |
Germany |
| 14.04.1945 |
Arnstadt |
Bavaria |
Germany |
| 17.04.1945 |
Breitengussbach |
Bavaria |
Germany |
| 20.04.1945 |
Altdorf |
Bavaria |
Germany |
| 23.04.1945 |
Velburg |
Bavaria |
Germany |
| 24.04.1945 |
Deuerling |
Bavaria |
Germany |
| 27.04.1945 |
Regensburg |
Bavaria |
Germany |
| 01.05.1945 |
Platting |
Bavaria |
Germany |
| 02.05.1945 |
Furstenzell |
Bavaria |
Germany |
| 03.05.1945 |
Neuhaus |
Bavaria |
Germany |
| 04.05.1945 |
Scharding |
Ober-Oesterreich |
Austria |
| 04.05.1945 |
Raab |
Ober-Oesterreich |
Austria |
| 05.05.1945 |
Linz |
Ober-Oesterreich |
Austria |