tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23163454960899003852011-04-21T12:07:04.190-07:00Huub Janssenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371544343965216189noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2316345496089900385.post-55919411572815342262009-04-02T08:25:00.000-07:002009-04-02T14:32:12.619-07:00<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Please, also visit</span><strong> </strong><a href="http://infantryozark.blogspot.com/">http://infantryozark.blogspot.com/</a></span> Silver Star Medal.<br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">And </span><a href="http://ozarkmia.blogspot.com/">http://ozarkmia.blogspot.com/</a> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">Missing in Action.</span><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong>-------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Awards and Decorations</span></strong> (For the period 23 Sep 44 to 10 Feb 46)<br />Distinguished Service Cross : 18<br />Legion of Merit : 12<br />Silver Star Medal : 448<br />Distinguished Flying Cross : 1<br />Soldier's Medal : 25<br />Bronze Star Medal<br />- For Gallantry in Action : 2,244<br />- For Meritorious Service : 1,219<br />Air Medal : 85<br />Purple Heart : 1,316<br />Good Conduct Medal : 7,636<br />---------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Losses of the 102nd Infantry Division</span></strong><br /><br /><strong>Non Battle Casualties :</strong><br />November 1944 - Officers : 18 - Enlisted Men : 657<br />December 1944 - Officers : 39 - Enlisted Men : 815<br />January 1945 - Officers : 18 - Enlisted Men : 267<br />February 1945 - Officers : 21 - Enlisted Men : 395<br />March 1945 - Officers : 28 - Enlisted Men : 629<br />April 1945 - Officers : 21 - Enlisted Men : 481<br />May 1945 - Officers : 16 - Enlisted Men : 446<br />-----------------------------------------------------<br />Totals - Officers : 161 Enlisted Men : 3,690<br /><br /><strong>Killed in Action :</strong><br />November 1944 - Officers : 8 - Enlisted Men : 197<br />December 1944 - Officers : 26 - Enlisted Men : 345<br />January 1945 - Officers : 3 - Enlisted Men : 43<br />February 1945 - Officers : 11 - Enlisted Men : 127<br />March 1945 - Officers : 5 - Enlisted Men : 177<br />April 1945 - Officers : 9 Enlisted Men : 76<br />May 1945 - Enlisted Men : 3<br />-----------------------------------------------------<br />Totals - Officers : 62 - Enlisted Men 968<br /><br /><strong>Wounded in action :</strong><br />November 1944 - Officers : 50 - Enlisted Men : 1,006<br />December 1944 - Officers : 28 - Enlisted Men : 642<br />January 1945 - Officers : 4 - Enlisted Men : 184<br />February 1945 - Officers : 47 - Enlisted Men : 961<br />March 1945 - Officers : 17 -Enlisted Men : 359<br />April 1945 - Officers : 4 - Enlisted Men : 214<br />May 1945 - Enlisted Men : 9<br />-----------------------------------------------------<br />Totals - Officers : 150 - Enlisted Men : 3,375<br /><br /><strong>Reinforments </strong>- Officers : 492 Enlisted Men : 9,910<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2316345496089900385-5591941157281534226?l=ozarkchrono.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Huub Janssenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371544343965216189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2316345496089900385.post-59738318806514856032009-04-02T07:30:00.000-07:002009-04-03T03:43:37.955-07:0024 June 1921<br />Majority of organic units designated as part of the Organized Reserve.<br /><br />14 August 1942<br />Cadre reported to Camp Maxey, Texas.<br /><br />15 September 1942<br />Activation of the 102nd Infantry Division.<br /><br />20 March 1943<br />Basic training completed.<br /><br />5 June 1943<br />Unit training completed.<br /><br />11 September 1943<br />Pre-maneuver training completed.<br /><br />16 November 1943<br />Maneuver exercises completed.<br /><br />29 December 1943<br />General Anderson relinquished command.<br /><br />20 January 1944<br />General Keating assumed command.<br /><br />20 June 1944<br />Post-maneuver training completed.<br /><br />8 September 1944<br />Preparation for overseas movement completed.<br /><br />12 September 1944<br />Sailed from New York.<br /><br />22 September 1944<br />Anchored in Weymouth Harbor, United Kingdom.<br /><br />25 September 1944<br />Debarkation at Cherbourg, France, completed.<br /><br />25 October 1944<br />Advance party reported to Ninth Army headquarters at Arlons, France.<br /><br />27 October 1944<br />First Ozark wounded in action.<br /><br />28 October 1944<br />First Ozark killed in action.<br />Private Clayton A. Richard. 405th Infantry Company I. From Detroit, Michigan.<br /><br />3 November 1944<br />102nd Infantry Division became operational, defending a sector near Geilenkirchen, Germany.<br /><br />5 November 1944<br />First artillery concentration under division control fired into Geilenkirchen.<br /><br />19 November 1944<br />Apweiler captured.<br /><br />20 November 1944<br />Gereonsweiler captured<br /><br />23 November 1944<br />Immendorf and Beeck captured.<br /><br />29 November 1944<br />102nd Infantry Division attacked toward the Roer river.<br /><br />30 November 1944<br />Welz, Flossdorf and Rürdorf captured.<br /><br />3 December 1944<br />Linnich captured.<br />This area was defended during the Battle of the Bulge.<br /><br />26 January 1945<br />Brachelen and Randerath seized.<br />Then followed about 1 month of planning the Roer crossing.<br /><br />23 February 1945<br />Roer river crossed. Many losses. Roer bridgehead established.<br />Massive German counterattack at Boslar.<br /><br />26 February 1945<br />Erkelenz falls.<br /><br />1 March 1945<br />Viersen captured.<br /><br />3 March 1945<br />Krefeld falls. The Rhine is within reach. One week's rest.<br /><br />4 April 1945<br />Rhine crossed at Wesel.<br /><br />11 April 1945<br />3 day battle for the Wesergebirge comes to an end.<br /><br />12 April 1945<br />Hannover captured.<br /><br />14 April 1945<br />Gardelegen captured. Here the Gardelegen massacre was discovered by the 405th Infantry. 1,016 prisoners of the Nazi's were locked up in a barn which was then set on fire. All died.<br /><br />21 April 1945<br />Von Clausewitz elements decisively defeated. Ozarks fight their last battle on the banks of the Elbe river.<br /><br />3 May 1945<br />Russian Army contacted.<br /><br />4 May 1945<br />Remnants of German 9th and 12th Panzer Army surrender.<br /><br />7 May 1945<br />All fighting ceased. Last Ozark killed in action.<br />Private Foster L. Porter. 405th Infantry, Service Company. From Butte, Montana.<br /><br />9 May 1945<br />VE Day<br /><br />31 May 1945<br />Occupation of Altmark, Saxony, ended.<br /><br />3 July 1945<br />Occupation of Thuringia ended.<br /><br />6 September 1945<br />Occupation of Niederbayern, Bavaria, ended.<br /><br />10 February 1946<br />Occupation of Franconia, Bavaria, ended.<br /><br />22 February 1946<br />Excepting 405th Infantry Regiment, last elements cleared Bavaria.<br /><br />3 March 1946<br />Sailed home from Le Havre, France.<br />102nd Infantry Division inactivated.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;color:#666666;">All data taken from the book by major Allan H. Mick</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;color:#666666;">"With the 102nd Infantry Division through Germany"</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2316345496089900385-5973831880651485603?l=ozarkchrono.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Huub Janssenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371544343965216189noreply@blogger.com0