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Attachments to the Americal Division, WWII
New Caledonia 97 Field Artillery Pack Battalion 70 Coast Artillery Regiment (AA) 3 Bn, 244 Coast Artillery Regiment (155mm) 3 Plat, Btry G, 244 Coast Artillery Regiment (155mm) 810 Aviation Engineer Battalion (Negro) 811 Aviation Engineer Battalion (Negro) 700 Signal Air Warning Company 831 Signal Service Company 22 Ordnance Medium Maintenance Company 51 Ordnance Ammunition Company 71 Ordnance Depot Company (composite) 1 Plat, 676 Ordnance Aviation Company 1913 Quartermaster Truck Company (Aviation) Co A, 82 Quartermaster Battalion (LM) 352 Quartermaster Company (composite) 1 Bn, 130 Quartermaster Regiment, less Cos A and B 3 Quartermaster Aviation Supply Company (detachment) 65 Materiel Squadron Troop B, 251 Quartermaster Remount Squadron (detachment) 1619 Quartermaster Aviation Company 1620 Quartermaster Aviation Company 9 Station Hospital 52 Evacuation Hospital 109 Station Hospital 754 Light Tank Battalion 67 Pursuit Squadron 58 Interceptor Control Squadron (detachment) 2 Chemical Decontamination Company (detachment) 502 Army Postal Unit Army Airways Communications System detachment Hq & Hq Det, Air Corps Guadalcanal 161 Infantry Regiment 147 Infantry Regiment less 2 Bn 1 Bn, 10 Marine Regiment 2 Bn, 10 Marine Regiment 3 Bn, 10 Marine Regiment Btrys L and Z, 11 Marine Regiment 1 Bn, 11 Marine Regiment 3 Bn, 11 Marine Regiment Btry A, 14 Marine Defense Battalion Btry A, 97 Field Artillery Pack Battalion Btry F, 244 Coast Artillery Regiment Btry B, 259 Coast Artillery Regiment Bougainville 25 Infantry Regiment (Negro) 1 Bn, 24 Infantry Regiment (Negro) 3 Bn, Fiji Infantry Regiment Co A, 145 Infantry Regiment 593 Field Artillery Battalion (105mm) (Negro) 93 Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized)(Negro) Cos A, C, D, 82 Chemical Mortar Battalion Co A, 318 Engineer Combat Battalion (Negro) Co A, 318 Medical Battalion (Negro) Co D, 318 Medical Battalion (one plat)(Negro) 793 Ordnance Light Maintenance Company (detachment)(Negro) 106 Ordnance Bomb Disposal Squad 107 Ordnance Bomb Disposal Squad Leyte and Samar 92 Division, Philippine Army 93 Division, Guerrilla Forces 1 Filipino Infantry Regiment 542 Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment (detachment) 17 Portable Surgical Hospital Cebu, Bohol and Negros Oriental 478 AAA AW Battalion, less Btrys C, D 746 AAA Gun Battalion 542 Engineer Boat and Shore Regt, less det of Hq & Hq Co and Cos B,C,D 865 Aviation Engineer Battalion 1459 Engineer Maintenance Company, less two plats 636 Port Company 480 Amphibian Truck Company, less one plat 592 Joint Assault Signal Company, less Det 292 2 Plat, 536 Signal Heavy Construction Company 35 Message Center Team, Type 2 (DB), 997 Signal Service Battalion 578 Ordnance Ammunition Company, less det 106 Ordnance Medium Maintenance Company 588 Ordnance Heavy Maintenance Company (Tank)(detachment) 183 Ordnance Service Detachment (Bomb Disposal) Team No 5,3073 Ordnance Company (Comosite)(detachment) 3521 Quartermaster Truck Company 3368 Quartermaster Service Detachment (Driver Augmentation) 1 Plat, 248 Quartermaster Depot Supply Company 410 Quartermaster Refrigeration Detachment, Mobile 4 Platoon, 123 Quartermaster Bakery Company 254 Quartermaster Laundry Platoon, Hospital 110 Quartermaster Graves Registration Platoon, less one section 1 Plat, 3875 Quartermaster Gas Supply Company (section) 58 Evacuation Hospital 10 Portable Surgical Hospital 17 Portable Surgical Hospital Co B (less det), 262 Medical Battalion 399 Medical Collecting Company 52 Malaria Control Unit 401 Medical Composite Company (Malaria Survey) 670 Medical Clearing Company (platoon) Co B, 716 Medium Tank Battalion Co B, 658 Amphibian Tractor Battalion Support Aircraft Party Co A, 80 Chemical Mortar Battalion 184 Chemical Service Platoon (detachment) 15 Philippine Civil Affairs Unit 24 Philippine Civil Affairs Unit 718 Army Postal Unit Japan 180 Chemical Service Platoon Co C, 82 Chemical Mortar Battalion 531 Military Police Battalion |
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1865:
Confederate General Joseph Johnston officially surrenders his army to General William T. Sherman at Durham Station, North Carolina.
1865: John Wilkes Booth is killed when Union soldiers track him down to a Virginia farm 12 days after he assassinated President Abraham Lincoln. 1865: Joseph E. Johnston surrenders the Army of Tennessee to Sherman. 1937: The ancient Basque town of Guernica in northern Spain is bombed by German planes. 1952: Armistice negotiations are resumed. 1971: The U.S. command in Saigon announces that the U.S. force level in Vietnam is 281,400 men, the lowest since July 1966. 1972: President Nixon, despite the ongoing communist offensive, announces that another 20,000 U.S. troops will be withdrawn from Vietnam in May and June, reducing authorized troop strength to 49,000. |