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What u.s. army division in World War 2 included the 1259th combat engineers?
8th Infantry Division
How did women serving in the armed forces help the war effort if they were not involved in combat?
They freed men up to do combat tasks.
How many units fought on Omaha Beach?
There were many units involved in the landing. Even an infantry division is composed of many small units such as signal corps companies etc. Infantry and armored Landing forces: 116th Regimental Combat Team(RCT) of the 29th Infantry Division 743rd Tank Battalion 16th RCT of the 1st Infantry Division 741st Tank Battalion Three companies of the 2nd Ranger Battalion were to take a fortified battery at Pointe du Hoc, followed by 5th Ranger Battalion. At H+195 minutes two further Regimental Combat Teams, the 115th RCT of the 29th Infantry Division and the 18th RCT of the 1st Infantry Division were to land, along with the 26th RCT of the 1st Infantry Division. These infantry units were supported by engineers and naval beach units.
Did the 82ND Airborne Division make 5 combat jumps in World War II?
No, the 82nd ARB made 4 combat jumps during world war II. Salerno, Sicily, Normandy, and Holland. The only other combat jump since was into Panama during Operation Just Cause.
Where Company A 163rd Infantry was located during World War 1?
Most likely in the vicinity of St. Aignan, France.The 163rd Infantry was part of the 41st Infantry Division (National Guard). The Division was organized at Camp Greene, N. C., near Charlotte, in September 1917. The Division was composed of National Guard Troops from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. Its nickname was the "Sunset Division". The Division remained in training at Camp Greene until October, when parts of it began embarking for France, the last units arriving in France December 7, 1917.Upon arrival in France the Division was redesignated as the 1st Depot Division, and sent to the St. Aignan training area. The Division was broken up into training cadres, to train replacements for combat divisions at the front. While serving as the 1st Depot Division the Division forwarded over 260,000 replacements to units at the front.During the war the Division had 93 men killed and 315 wounded.
