36th infantry division (united states)
TRANSCRIPT
-
7/30/2019 36th Infantry Division (United States)
1/12
36th Infantry Division (United States) 1
36th Infantry Division (United States)
36th Infantry Division
36th Infantry Division shoulder sleeve insignia
Active July 1917June 1919
25 November 194015 December
1945
1 May 2004present
Allegiance United States of America
Branch United States Army
Type Infantry
Size Division
Part of Texas Army National Guard
Nickname Arrowhead(special designation)[]
Fighting 36th
Texas
Engagements World War I
World War II
Italian Campaign
Operation Dragoon
Central Europe
Global War on Terror
Afghanistan Campaign
Iraq Campaign
Commanders
Commanding
General
MG James K. Brown
Assistant Division
Commander Support
BG Stephen G. Sanders
Assistant Division
Commander Maneuver
COL Samuel L. Henry
The 36th Infantry Division ("Arrowhead"[]
), also known as the Texas Division, is a modular division of the
United States Army and the Texas Army National Guard. It was activated for service in World War II on 25
November 1940, and was sent overseas in April 1943.
It was reorganized in May 2004 from the 49th Armored Division.
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=49th_Armored_Division_%28United_States%29http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Texas_Army_National_Guardhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=United_States_Armyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Division_%28military%29http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Operation_Iraqi_Freedomhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Operation_Enduring_Freedomhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=War_on_Terrorhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Central_Europe_Campaignhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Operation_Dragoonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Italian_Campaign_%28World_War_II%29http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special_designationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Texas_Army_National_Guardhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Division_%28military%29http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Infantryhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=United_States_Armyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:36th_Infantry_Division_SSI.svg -
7/30/2019 36th Infantry Division (United States)
2/12
36th Infantry Division (United States) 2
History
World War I
The 36th Infantry Division was originally activated as the 15th Division, an Army National Guard Division from
Texas and Oklahoma. The new unit also received a new commander, Major General Edwin St. John Greble. The
designation was changed to the 36th Division in 1917, possibly in July. The final composition of the 36th Division
consisted of the 71st and 72nd Infantry Brigades, the 141st and 142nd Infantry Regiments belonging to the 71st. The
143rd and 144th Infantry Regiments were attached to the 72nd Brigade. Belonging to the 71st was also the 132nd
Machine Gun Battalion. Similarly, the 72nd received the 133rd Machine Gun Battalion. The 61st Field Artillery
Brigade, 131st, 132nd, and 133rd Field Artillery Regiments, 111th Regiment Engineers, 111th Signal Battalion and
the 111th Supply Train comprised the rest of the 36th Division. The unit was trained at Fort Bowie, Texas. The unit
was sent to Europe in July 1918 and conducted major operations in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. On October
910, the unit was participated in heavy combat near the village of St. Etienne. Following this victory, which
included capture of several hundred German men and officers, as well as artillery, the unit launched an assault near
an area known as "Forest Farm." During World War I, the division suffered 2,584 casualties consisting of 466 killed
in action, and 2,118 wounded in action. The unit was inactivated in June 1919.
World War II Europe
US infantry divisions (1939present)
Previous Next
35th Infantry Division 37th Infantry Division (Inactive)
The 36th was called up again for active federal service on 25 November 1940, at San Antonio, Texas. The division
loaded all of its equipment, mustered its personnel, and departed for its mobilization station at Camp Bowie, Texas
on 14 December 1940. The 36th moved to Brownwood, Texas on 1 June 1941, where it participated in the VIII
Corps Brownwood Maneuvers until 13 June 1941. The division then returned to Camp Bowie.
The division then moved to Mansfield, Louisiana, and took part in both the August and September 1941 Louisiana
Maneuvers. The division then returned to Camp Bowie on 2 October 1941, where it was reorganized into a triangular
infantry division on 1 February 1942.
The division then moved to Camp Blanding, Florida on 19 February 1942, and participated in the Carolina
Maneuvers between 9 July 1942, and 15 August 1942. The division then was staged at Camp Edwards,
Massachusetts on 17 August 1942, for its port call.
The division departed the New York Port of Embarkation on 2 April 1943, for North Africa.
Organizations
Pre 2 October 1941 square organization
HHC, 36th Infantry Division, TXARNG
36th Military Police Platoon
36th Signal Company
111th Ordnance Company
111th Engineer Regiment (CBT), TXARNG
111th Medical Regiment
111th Quartermaster Regiment
HHC, 71st Infantry Brigade, TXARNG
141st Infantry, TXARNG.[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=141st_Infantry_Regiment_%28United_States%29http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=141st_Infantry_Regiment_%28United_States%29http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Massachusettshttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Camp_Edwardshttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Camp_Blandinghttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mansfield%2C_Louisianahttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=VIII_Corps_%28United_States%29http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=VIII_Corps_%28United_States%29http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brownwood%2C_Texashttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Camp_Bowiehttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=San_Antonio%2C_Texashttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=37th_Infantry_Division_%28United_States%29http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=35th_Infantry_Division_%28United_States%29http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saint-%C3%89tienne-%C3%A0-Arneshttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Meuse-Argonne_Offensivehttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=71st_Battlefield_Surveillance_Brigadehttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oklahomahttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Army_National_Guard -
7/30/2019 36th Infantry Division (United States)
3/12
36th Infantry Division (United States) 3
142nd Infantry, TXARNG
HHC, 72nd Infantry Brigade, TXARNG
143rd Infantry, TXARNG
144th Infantry, TXARNG
HHB, 61st Field Artillery Brigade, TXARNG
131st Field Artillery Regiment (75mm), TXARNG 132nd Field Artillery Regiment (75mm), TXARNG
133rd Field Artillery Regiment (155mm), TXARNG
2 October 1941 triangular reorganization
HHC & Special Troops, 36th Infantry Division, TXARNG
36th Military Police Platoon
36th Signal Company
36th Quartermaster Company
36th Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment
36th Mechanized Reconnaissance Troop
736th Ordnance Company (LM)
111th Engineer Battalion (CBT), TXARNG
111th Medical Battalion
141st Infantry Regiment, TXARNG [cited by Heinz Guderian in his order of battle, prepared after the war at
Allied request, as rating #2 of all Allied forces in the ETO]
142nd Infantry Regiment, TXARNG
143rd Infantry Regiment, TXARNG
HHB, 36th Division Artillery, TXARNG
131st Field Artillery Battalion (105mm), TXARNG
132nd Field Artillery Battalion (105mm), TXARNG
133rd Field Artillery Battalion (105mm), TXARNG
155th Field Artillery Battalion (155mm), TXARNG
19441945 augmentations
191st Tank Battalion (26 August 194431 August 1944)
753rd Tank Battalion (15 August 194426 December 1944); (4 March 194529 March 1945); (29 April 1945
13 June 1945).
636th Tank Destroyer Battalion (15 August 194429 March 1945; 29 April 194513 June 1945.
822nd Tank Destroyer Battalion (29 April 1945
1 May 1945. 443rd Anti Aircraft Artillery Battalion (AW)(7 December 194413 January 1945.
Combat chronicle
The 36th Infantry Division landed in North Africa, 13 April 1943, and trained at Arzew and Rabat. It was assigned to
the VI Corps, Fifth Army, but attached to Services of Supply, North African Theater of Operations U.S. Army
(NATOUSA), for supply. The division first saw action on 9 September 1943, when it landed by sea at Paestum on
the Gulf of Salerno against intense German opposition. The Germans launched counterattacks on 1214 September,
but the 36th repulsed them with the aid of air support and naval gunfire, and advanced slowly, securing the area from
Agropoli to Altavilla.
After a brief rest the 36th returned to combat, 15 November. It captured Mount Maggiore, Mount Lungo, and thevillage of San Pietro despite strong enemy positions and severe winter weather. This grueling campaign was marked
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_San_Pietro_Infinehttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_San_Pietro_Infinehttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mount_Lungohttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mount_Maggiorehttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Altavilla_Silentinahttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Agropolihttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Allied_invasion_of_Italyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paestumhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=North_African_Theater_of_Operationshttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Services_of_Supplyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Seventh_Army_%28United_States%29http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=VI_Corps_%28United_States%29http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rabathttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Arzewhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=144th_Infantry_Regiment_%28United_States%29http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=143rd_Infantry_Regiment_%28United_States%29http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=142nd_Infantry_Regiment_%28United_States%29 -
7/30/2019 36th Infantry Division (United States)
4/12
36th Infantry Division (United States) 4
by futile attempts to establish a secure bridgehead across the Rapido River, 1 January 1944, to 8 February 1944.
After assisting the 34th Division in the attack on Cassino and fighting defensively along the Rapido River, the
severely depleted 36th withdrew, 12 March 1944, for rest and recreation. The division arrived by sea at the Anzio
Beachhead, 22 May 1944, to take part in Operation Diadem, with the breakout from the beachhead commencing the
following day. It drove north to capture Velletri, 1 June, and entered Rome on the 5th. Pushing up from Rome, the
36th encountered sharp resistance at Magliano[2], but reached Piombino, 26 June 1944, before moving back to
Paestum for rest and recreation.
On 15 August 1944, as part of the 6th Army Group, the division made another amphibious assault landing, against
light opposition in the Saint-Raphal-Frjus area of Southern France as part of Operation Dragoon. A rapid advance
opened the Rhone River Valley. Montelimar fell, 28 August, and large German units were trapped. On 15 September
1944, the Division was attached to the French First Army.The 36th advanced to the Moselle River at Remiremont
and the foothills of the Vosges. In a grinding offensive, the Division crossed the Meurthe River, breached the Ste.
Marie Pass and burst into the Alsatian Plains. The enemy counterattacked, 13 December 1944, but the 36th held the
perimeter of the Colmar Pocket. On 15 December 1944, the Division was released from attachment to the First
French Army, and returned to the control of VI Corps. The German Army counterattacks out of the Colmar Pocket
were so fierce, that at times, the field artillery was forced to fire over open sights, at point blank range to stop them.On 20 December 1944, the Division resumed the attack, advancing northward along the Rhine River to Mannheim
meeting heavy resistance at Haguenau, Oberhofen[2], and Wissembourg. In this action Company "G" 143rd Infantry
Regiment gained a Presidential Unit Citation. On 27 December 1944, the division was reassigned to XXI Corps, and
the division was pinched out and returned to Seventh Army Reserve on 30 December 1944.
The division was taken out of the line for the first time since it had landed in the south of France. On 3 January 1945,
the division was reassigned to XV Corps. On 18 January 1945, the division was reassigned to VI Corps. It returned
to the line early March 1945. The 36th was reassigned to the Seventh Army on 29 March 1945, and moved to the
Danube River on 22 April 1945. It was reassigned to the XXI Corps on 27 April 1945, and attacked the "National
Redoubt" at Knzelsau on the 30th. The 36th has been recognized by the United States Holocaust Memorial
Museum as a liberating unit for their work securing the subcamps of the Dachau concentration camp system. [3] By 8
May 1945, the division was based in Kitzbhel, Austria where it captured Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt, the
commander of all German army forces on the Western front, and its final station was at Kufstein, Austria on 14
August 1945.
After 400 days of combat, the 36th Infantry Division returned to the United States in December 1945. It was returned
to the Texas Army National Guard on 15 December 1945.
World War II - The Lost Battalion
The 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, long with the rest of the 36th Infantry Division, was mobilized for federal
service on November 20, 1940. It was soon sent to Camp Bowie at Brownwood.Earmarked as part of the reinforcements to U.S. Army troops in the Philippine Islands, the Battalion was detached
from the 36th Infantry and sailed on the USSRepublic on 21 November 1941. It arrived at Pearl Harbor on the 28th
of the same month. After refueling in Hawaii, the ship sailed south in the company of several other troopships,
including the Chaumont, Hallmark, Holbrook, Admiral Halstead, Bloemfontein, Farmerand Gregg, a corvette and
the cruiser USSPensacola.
On December 6, the convoy crossed the Equator, and the next morning the Unit was informed of the attack on Pearl
Harbor. The Battalion manned theRepublic's four 3-inch guns and one 5-inch gun from this time until their arrival in
Australia.[4]
After a short stop at Suva, Fiji Islands, the convoy sailed on to Brisbane, Australia, crossing the
International Dateline (180th Meridian) on December 13, 1941.
The Battalion was among the first American troops ever to land on Australian soil. The Battalion spent Christmas
1941 in Brisbane, but before New Year's Day, it was again on the high seas, aboard the Dutch freighter
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS_Pensacola_%28CA-24%29http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Suvahttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brisbanehttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Suvahttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brisbanehttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brisbanehttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Suvahttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS_Pensacola_%28CA-24%29http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS_Republic_%28AP-33%29http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Camp_Bowiehttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Austriahttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kufsteinhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gerd_von_Rundstedthttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kitzb%C3%BChel%2C_Austriahttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dachau_concentration_camphttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=United_States_Holocaust_Memorial_Museumhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=United_States_Holocaust_Memorial_Museumhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=K%C3%BCnzelsauhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Danube_Riverhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=XV_Corps_%28United_States%29http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=XXI_Corps_%28United_States%29http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Presidential_Unit_Citation_%28US%29http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=143rd_Infantry_Regiment_%28United_States%29http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=143rd_Infantry_Regiment_%28United_States%29http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wissembourghttp://toolserver.org/~dispenser/cgi-bin/dab_solver.py?page=36th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)&editintro=Template:Disambiguation_needed/editintro&client=Template:Dnhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oberhofenhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Haguenauhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mannheimhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rhinehttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Colmar_Pockethttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alsatian_Plainhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ste._Marie_Passhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ste._Marie_Passhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Meurthe_Riverhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vosgeshttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Remiremonthttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Moselle_Riverhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Montelimarhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rh%C3%B4ne_Riverhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Operation_Dragoonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fr%C3%A9jushttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saint-Rapha%C3%ABl%2C_Varhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=6th_Army_Group_%28United_States%29http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paestumhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Piombinohttp://toolserver.org/~dispenser/cgi-bin/dab_solver.py?page=36th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)&editintro=Template:Disambiguation_needed/editintro&client=Template:Dnhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maglianohttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Velletrihttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Operation_Diademhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Operation_Shinglehttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Operation_Shinglehttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Monte_Cassinohttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=US_34th_Infantry_Divisionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rapido_River -
7/30/2019 36th Infantry Division (United States)
5/12
36th Infantry Division (United States) 5
Bloemfontein, bound for the island of Java in the Dutch East Indies, via Darwin, Australia (escorted part of the way
by the cruiser USSHouston). It landed on Java on 11 January 1942 (35 days into the war). They were to be the only
U.S. ground combat unit to reach the Dutch East Indies before the Dutch capitulated to the Japanese.
A few days after the Battalion's arrival in Java, it moved to Singosari Airfield near Malang, Java to support the 19th
Bombardment Group of the U.S. Army Air Corps. The 19th had escaped the Philippines on 29 December with a few
B-17 bombers, pilots, co-pilots and whatever crew members that managed to get aboard as the planes took off whileunder attack. The 19th flew B-17s, B-24s, and LB-30s from Java against enemy airfields, shipping, and ground
installations during the Japanese offensive against the Dutch East Indies during early 1942. Until this group
withdrew to Australia on March 2, 1942, the Battalion provided it with mechanics, ground crew, aerial gunners and a
semblance of anti-aircraft weapons. Two men were killed on February 3, 1942 when they parachuted from one of the
B-17s and were gunned down by Japanese fighters. 23 men of the Battalion transferred to the 19th Bomb Group and
were evacuated with them.[5]
When the Japanese invaded Java, the Battalion (less E Battery) used its artillery and .50 caliber machine guns
(salvaged from wrecked B-17s) in support of an Australian "Pioneer Infantry" group which had arrived in Java just
prior to the Japanese landing. They helped hold up the Japanese advance at Leuwilleng, near the Central Java City of
Bandoeng.
Battery E remained on the eastern end of Java to guard the airfield at Malang and to support the Dutch troops in the
Soerabaja area. Heavy ground action was experienced by Battery E prior to the surrender of the island by the Dutch
to the invading Japanese, on March 8, 1942. The Japanese terms of surrender were unconditional and all troops were
advised that any further resistance would be followed by instant reprisals against the civilian population, including
women and children. Of the 558 men and officers who landed on Java on January 11, 1942, 534 became prisoners of
war of the Japanese.
Within a few weeks, the Japanese had all of the American prisoners from the USS Houston and the 131st Field
Artillery (less E Battery) together in the 10th Battalion Bicycle Camp, a former Dutch installation in Batavia
(Jakarta), Java. Battery E remained in the Soerabaja area until moved to Nagasaki and other areas in Japan via
Batavia and Singapore in November and December 1942. Thus, two units of the American Armed Forces, consisting
of 902 men, seemingly disappeared from the face of the earth (and became one unit). As with crew members of the
USSHouston, the U.S. government had no information on the fate of the Battalion after the Dutch surrender, hence
the name, "Lost Battalion."
Of the 902 men taken prisoner, 668 were sent to Burma and Thailand to work as slave laborers on the Burma-Siam
"Death Railway" ofThe Bridge on the River Kwai fame, building a railroad through the jungle. Of the total 163 men
who died in Prisoner of War camps, 133 died working on the railroad. The 235 men who didn't work on the Burma
Railway were sent to the coal mines, docks and shipyards in Japan and other southeast Asian countries. Both groups
of POWs suffered together through 42 months of humiliation, degradation, physical and mental torture, starvation
and horrible tropical diseases, with no medication.
Quite a few of the men were killed by American submarines while en route to Singapore and Japan and more were
killed by American bombers. Through the debrief of some survivors of the POW convoys who had been rescued by
U.S. submarines, the U.S. Government first found out that members of the Battalion as well as of the crew of the
USSHouston had survived.
When liberated, the men were scattered throughout locations in Southeast Asia: Java, Singapore, Burma, Thailand,
French Indo China, Japan, China and Manchuria, to name most of them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bridge_on_the_River_Kwaihttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Burma_Railwayhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Burma_Railwayhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Singaporehttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jakartahttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nagasakihttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jakartahttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jakartahttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Soerabajahttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Malanghttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bandoenghttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Airfieldhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=LB-30http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=B-24http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=B-17_Flying_Fortresshttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Malanghttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS_Houston_%28CA-30%29http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Darwin%2C_Northern_Territoryhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dutch_East_Indieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Java -
7/30/2019 36th Infantry Division (United States)
6/12
36th Infantry Division (United States) 6
Unit Awards
Presidential Unit Citation: 12.
Personal awards
Medal of Honor: 14
Distinguished Service Crosses: 80 Distinguished Service Medals: 2
Silver Stars: 2,354
Legion of Merit Medals: 49
Soldier's Medals: 77
Bronze Star Medals: 5,407
Air Medals: 88
Total casualties
KIA: 3,131
WIA: 13,191
Died of wounds: 506
Global War on Terror
On 1 May 2004, the 49th Armored Division of the Texas Army National Guard was officially deactivated and the
49th Armored Division was redesignated the 36th Infantry Division. After half a century, the "Fighting 36th" was
reactivated to better carry on the proud legacy established by the 36th Division, as opposed to the peacetime-only
service of the 49th Armored Division.
36th Infantry Division soldiers instruct Honduran soldiers.
In January 2004, 74 soldiers from Alpha Battery
(TAB) 2nd Battalion 131st Field Artillery were
activated for federal service in support of
Operation Iraqi Freedom. Alpha Battery
commanded by CPT Alvaro Gomez entered
federal service in Fort Sill, OK. Under the
supervision of 1SG Alfredo Barrera, the soldiers
trained up and deployed to Iraq. While readying
their equipment in Kuwait, Alpha Battery was
given her mission and the five radar sections were
split up. One AN-TPQ37 Radar section (SSG
Gonzales) was attached to the 1st Marine
Division in Al Taqadum another (CW3 Earnest
Metcalf) was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division
at LSA Anaconda and the three AN-TPQ36 radar sections (CW2 Davidson, CW2 Bien, and SSG Johnson) were
assigned to the 2nd Infantry Division in Mosul. The headquarters and support platoon (1LT Christopher Galvan)
operated out of Forward Operating Base Freedom in northern Mosul. In addition to the target acquisition mission,
the support platoon supplemented patrols conducted by the 25th Infantry Division Fires Brigade FIST Team and
provided security for the FOB's perimeter by manning the entrance gates and watch towers. At the conclusion of the
battery's deployment, the unit was awarded three Bronze Star Medals, 1 Purple Heart Medal, 47 Army
Commendation Medals, 74 Combat Action Badges, several memorandums of appreciation from command staff, and
were given the privilege of wearing the unit shoulder sleeve insignia for wartime service from the 2nd Infantry
Division, the 25th Infantry Division, the 36th Infantry Division, or the 1st Infantry Division.
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3A36_INF_DIV_Instructors.jpghttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Texas_National_Guardhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=U.S._49th_Armored_Divisionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Air_Medalhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bronze_Star_Medalhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Soldier%27s_Medalhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Legion_of_Merithttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Silver_Starhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Distinguished_Service_Medal_%28Army%29http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Distinguished_Service_Cross_%28United_States%29http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Medal_of_Honorhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Presidential_Unit_Citation_%28United_States%29 -
7/30/2019 36th Infantry Division (United States)
7/12
36th Infantry Division (United States) 7
In 2005 approximately 100 soldiers of the 36th Infantry Division deployed to Bosnia for Enduring Mission 3 which
was a continuation from previous IFOR and SFOR missions. When Task Force Strike left Eagle Base in Tuzla late
2006, it marked the end of an American military maneuver presence in Bosnia which had existed for almost a decade
after the Dayton Accords.
In 2005, over three thousand troops from the 56th BCT, 36th ID deployed to Iraq as part of the largest deployment of
Texas troops since World War II.
[citation needed]
3/133 FA, 2/142 INF were both awarded Meritorious Unit Citationsfor their service in Iraq.
In 20052006, 800 soldiers of 3d Battalion, 141st Infantry Regiment, 72d Brigade, 36th Infantry Division deployed
to Afghanistan for combat operations. The battalion was attached to the 504th Infantry Regiment of the 82d Airborne
Division and earned a Joint Meritorious Unit Citation.
In 2006, the 1st Squadron, 124th Cavalry Regiment, 36th Infantry Division became the first cavalry unit to serve as
peacekeepers in the Sinai Desert for the Multinational Force and Observers.[citation needed]
The force was made up of
soldiers from several units of the 36th Infantry Division including 1112th AR, 2112th AR, 3112th AR, 3rd
Mech, and C Btry 2-131 FA (MLRS).
In late 2006, Company B of the 3d Battalion, 144th Infantry Regiment deployed to Iraq after pre-deployment
training at Ft. Dix, NJ and were actively engaged in combat operations. They returned in late 2007.
In late 2005 to late 2006, the 36th Infantry Division was the major leading force for KFOR7, the peacekeeping
mission on Kosovo.
The Combat Aviation Brigade, 36th Infantry Division shipped to Iraq in September 2006 for a planned one-year
deployment.
On 7 May 2007 3d Battalion 144th Infantry Regiment mobilized as "Task Force Panther" in support of Operation
Iraqi Freedom. "Task Force Panther" trained at Camp Shelby, MS, and, after validation, forward deployed to Kuwait,
where they processed into theater and transferred into Iraq.
On 28 August 2008, more than 3000 soldiers of the 56th IBCT again deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi
Freedom. On 15 August 2009, the 3000 soldiers of the 56th IBCT returned to Texas after 10 months in Iraq. Two
soldiers from Bravo Troop 3-124 Cav, and one from C Btry 4-133 were wounded during the tour.
On 1 October 2009, the 72nd IBCT mobilized for deployment to Iraq. Upon arrival in theater, the brigade
headquarters assumed authority as the Joint Area Support Group-Conditional for the International Zone, with the
brigade's subordinate elements distributed throughout the country conducting detainee operations. The brigade
returned from Iraq in July and August 2010, with A Btry 1-133 FA being the last element to return home.
In November and December 2010, the 36th Infantry Division Headquarters deployed to Basrah, Iraq, replacing the
US 1st ID, where they provided command and control of US active-duty, Reserve, and National Guard units in
support of Operation New Dawn. The 36th ID command covered 15,000 deployed military and contractor forces at
17 bases in the 9 provinces in Southern Iraq. As part of the draw-down of US forces in Iraq the division headquartersredeployed back to the US starting in late August 2011, main body following in September 2011 to Fort Hood, TX.
No 36th ID soldiers were lost to combat operations during the deployment.
On 26 November 2011, the newly formed 1-143rd Infantry (Airborne) mobilized as Task Force Walker for
deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. The battalion, comprising companies from
Texas, Rhode Island and Alaska, is currently deployed across the country in support of provincial reconstruction
teams. The HHC element is located in Kabul serving under the 648th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade (Task Force
Hydra) in the Kabul Base Cluster. The organization of the 36th Infantry Division is still unclear, as the Army is
undergoing a transformation to brigade units of action and the 36th is not expected to complete its reorganization
until 2012.
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brigadehttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=648th_Maneuver_Enhancement_Brigadehttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=36th_Combat_Aviation_Brigadehttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kosovo_Forcehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citation_neededhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Multinational_Force_and_Observershttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=124th_Cavalry_Regiment_%28United_States%29http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=82d_Airborne_Divisionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=82d_Airborne_Divisionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=504th_Infantry_Regiment_%28United_States%29http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=141st_Infantry_Regiment_%28United_States%29http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citation_needed -
7/30/2019 36th Infantry Division (United States)
8/12
36th Infantry Division (United States) 8
Insignia
The 36th Division insignia consisting of an olive drab "T" on a blue flint arrowhead was adopted in 1918. The flint
arrowhead represents the State of Oklahoma (once the Indian Territory), and the "T" is for Texas.
Current Structure
Structure 36th Infantry Division
36th Infantry Division exercises
Training and Readiness Oversight of
the following elements, they cannot be
considered organic:[6]
Special Troops Battalion[7]
45th Infantry Brigade Combat
Team (OK ARNG)
Special Troops Battalion[8]
1st Battalion, 179th InfantryRegiment
1st Squadron, 180th Cavalry
Regiment (RSTA)
1st Battalion, 279th Infantry Regiment
1st Battalion, 160th Field Artillery Regiment
700th Brigade Support Battalion
56th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (TX ARNG)
Special Troops Battalion[9]
1st Squadron, 124th Cavalry Regiment (RSTA)
2nd Battalion, 142nd Infantry Regiment
3rd Battalion, 144th Infantry Regiment
3rd Battalion, 133rd Field Artillery Regiment
949th Brigade Support Battalion
72nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (TX ARNG)
Special Troops Battalion[10]
1st Squadron, 112th Cavalry Regiment (RSTA)
1st Battalion, 141st Infantry Regiment
3rd Battalion, 141st Infantry Regiment
1st Battalion, 133rd Field Artillery Regiment
536th Brigade Support Battalion
155th Heavy Brigade Combat Team (MS ARNG)
Special Troops Battalion[11]
1st Squadron, 98th Cavalry Regiment
1st Battalion, 198th Armor Regiment
1st Battalion, 155th Infantry Regiment
2nd Battalion, 114th Field Artillery Regiment
106th Brigade Support Battalion
256th (Infantry) Brigade Combat Team (LA NG)
Special Troops Battalion[12]
2nd Squadron, 108th Cavalry Regiment (RSTA)
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=RSTAhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=108th_Cavalry_Regiment_%28United_States%29http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Louisiana_National_Guardhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=256th_Infantry_Brigade_Combat_Team_%28United_States%29http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=98th_Cavalry_Regiment_%28United_States%29http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mississippi_Army_National_Guardhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=155th_Heavy_Brigade_Combat_Teamhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=141st_Infantry_Regiment_%28United_States%29http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=141st_Infantry_Regiment_%28United_States%29http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=RSTAhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=112th_Cavalry_Regiment_%28United_States%29http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Texas_Army_National_Guardhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=72nd_Infantry_Brigade_Combat_Team_%28United_States%29http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=RSTAhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Texas_Army_National_Guardhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=56th_Infantry_Brigade_Combat_Teamhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=700th_Support_Battalion_%28United_States%29http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=160th_Field_Artillery_Regimenthttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=279th_Infantry_Regiment_%28United_States%29http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=RSTAhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=180th_Cavalry_Squadron_%28United_States%29http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=180th_Cavalry_Squadron_%28United_States%29http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=179th_Infantry_Regiment_%28United_States%29http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=179th_Infantry_Regiment_%28United_States%29http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=45th_Brigade_Special_Troops_Battalionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oklahoma_Army_National_Guardhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=45th_Infantry_Brigade_Combat_Team_%28United_States%29http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=45th_Infantry_Brigade_Combat_Team_%28United_States%29http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:36th_Infantry_Division_SSI.svghttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3A36th_US_Infantry_Division.pnghttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oklahomahttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Arrowhead -
7/30/2019 36th Infantry Division (United States)
9/12
36th Infantry Division (United States) 9
2nd Battalion, 156th Infantry Regiment
3rd Battalion, 156th Infantry Regiment
1st Battalion, 141st Field Artillery Regiment
199th Brigade Support Battalion
Combat Aviation Brigade, 36th Infantry Division (TX NG)
Headquarters and Headquarters Company (TX NG) 2nd Battalion, 149th Aviation Regiment (General Support) (TX NG) (HQ Grand Prairie, Texas)
[13]
1st Battalion, 149th Aviation Regiment (Attack/Recon) (TX NG)
3rd Battalion, 131st Aviation Regiment (Assault) (AL NG)
1st Battalion, 114th Aviation Regiment (S&S) (AR NG)
449th Aviation Support Battalion (TX NG)
Attached units
136th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade[14]
36th Sustainment Brigade[15]
71st Battlefield Surveillance Brigade [16]
3rd Squadron, 124th Cavalry Regiment (R&S)[17]
636st Military Intelligence Battalion
321st Military Intelligence Battalion (USAR) (TX)
143rd Network Support Signal Company
112th Brigade Support Company
236th Network Support Company
Former divisional commanders
36th Infantry Division
Start Date End Date Commander
25 August 1917 18 September 1917 MG. E. St. John Grebble
18 September 1917 6 December 1917 BG George Blakely
6 December 1917 8 July 1918 MG E. St. John Grebble
8 July 1918 13 July 1918 BG John A. Hulen
13 July 1918 MG William "Billy" R. Smith
18 June 1919 Division returned activated to state control
2 May 1923 MG William "Billy" R. Smith
2 May 1923 9 September 1935 MG John A. Hulen
9 September 1935 12 October 1936 MG George R.Rains
12 October 1936 MG Claude V. Birkhead
25 November 1940 Division called up to federal service
12 September 1941 MG Claude V. Birkhead
12 September 1941 7 July 1944 MG Fred L. Walker
7 July 1944 1 November 1945 MG John E. Dahlquist
1 November 1944 15 December 1945 BG Robert I. Stack
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Robert_I._Stackhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_E._Dahlquisthttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fred_L._Walkerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Claude_V._Birkheadhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Claude_V._Birkheadhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George_R.Rainshttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_A._Hulenhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_%22Billy%22_R._Smithhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_%22Billy%22_R._Smithhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_A._Hulenhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=E._St._John_Grebblehttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George_Blakelyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=E._St._John_Grebblehttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=71st_Battlefield_Surveillance_Brigadehttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=36th_Sustainment_Brigadehttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=136th_Maneuver_Enhancement_Brigadehttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Arkansas_Army_National_Guardhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alabama_Army_National_Guardhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Texas_Army_National_Guardhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Combat_Aviation_Brigade%2C_36th_Infantry_Division_%28United_States%29http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=141st_Field_Artillery_Regiment_%28United_States%29 -
7/30/2019 36th Infantry Division (United States)
10/12
36th Infantry Division (United States) 10
15 December 1945 Division returned inactive to state control
29 April 1946 Unit reactivated in state control
29 April 1946 7 July 1948 MG Preston A. Weatherred
7 July 1948 1 March 1953 MG H. Miller Ainsworth
1 March 1953 21 September 1961 MG Carl L. Phinney
21 September 1961 15 January 1968 MG Everett S. Simpson
18 June 1969 Division inactivated in state control
1 May 2004 Division reactivated in state control
1 May 2004 1 April 2006 MG Michael Taylor
1 April 2006 1 October 2007 MG John T. Furlow
1 October 2007 17 April 2009 MG Jose S. Mayorga
18 April 2009 20 January 2012 MG Eddy M. Spurgin
21 January 2012 Present MG James K. Brown
Former divisional command sergeants major
CSM Roger Brownlee
CSM Bruce Hendry
CSM Jim L. Broyles
CSM George Williams
Unit timeline
December 1943
combat against the Bernhardt Line 2022 January 1944attempted crossing of the Rapido against the 15th Panzer Grenadier Division
18 May - 5 Jun 1944 - Battle for Anzio
References
[1][1] Relieved from Assignment to Division on 1 February 1942.
[2] http:/ /toolserver. org/%7Edispenser/cgi-bin/dab_solver. py?page=36th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)&
editintro=Template:Disambiguation_needed/editintro&client=Template:Dn
[3] United States Holocaust Memorial Museumhttp://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en& ModuleId=10006165
[4] http:/ /www.conigliofamily. com/history.htm
[5] see http://www.texasmilitaryforcesmuseum. org/lostbattalion/history3. htm
[6] AUSA, Torchbearer Special Report, 7 November 2005; http://www.ausa.org/SiteCollectionDocuments/ILW%20Web-ExclusivePubs/
Torchbearer/TBearComp1v12. pdf
[13] http://www.minnesotanationalguard. org/tf34/units/2-149/index. php
http://www.minnesotanationalguard.org/tf34/units/2-149/index.phphttp://www.ausa.org/SiteCollectionDocuments/ILW%20Web-ExclusivePubs/Torchbearer/TBearComp1v12.pdfhttp://www.ausa.org/SiteCollectionDocuments/ILW%20Web-ExclusivePubs/Torchbearer/TBearComp1v12.pdfhttp://www.texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/lostbattalion/history3.htmhttp://www.conigliofamily.com/history.htmhttp://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10006165http://toolserver.org/~dispenser/cgi-bin/dab_solver.py?page=36th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)&editintro=Template:Disambiguation_needed/editintro&client=Template:Dnhttp://toolserver.org/~dispenser/cgi-bin/dab_solver.py?page=36th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)&editintro=Template:Disambiguation_needed/editintro&client=Template:Dnhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Operation_Shinglehttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=German_15th_Panzer_Divisionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rapido_Riverhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bernhardt_Linehttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James_K._Brownhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eddy_M._Spurginhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jose_S._Mayorgahttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_T._Furlowhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael_Taylor_%28general%29http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Everett_S._Simpsonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carl_L._Phinneyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=H._Miller_Ainsworthhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Preston_A._Weatherred -
7/30/2019 36th Infantry Division (United States)
11/12
36th Infantry Division (United States) 11
External links
Brigadier General John C. L. Scribner Texas Military Forces Museum (http://www.texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.
org/)
36th Infantry Division Association (http://www.texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/gallery/36div.htm)
GlobalSecurity.org: 36th Infantry Division (http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/36id.htm)
The Story of the 36th Infantry Division (http://www.lonesentry.com/gi_stories_booklets/36thinfantry/index.
html)
Home page (http://www.agd.state.tx.us/36id/)
http://www.agd.state.tx.us/36id/http://www.lonesentry.com/gi_stories_booklets/36thinfantry/index.htmlhttp://www.lonesentry.com/gi_stories_booklets/36thinfantry/index.htmlhttp://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/36id.htmhttp://www.texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/gallery/36div.htmhttp://www.texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/http://www.texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/ -
7/30/2019 36th Infantry Division (United States)
12/12
Article Sources and Contributors 12
Article Sources and Contributors36th Infantry Division (United States) Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=541203727 Contributors: Al.gomez, AntonyZ, Brian in denver, Bstockus, Buckboard, Buckshot06,
CORNELIUSSEON, Chris the speller, Cmills1493, D6, Damon.cluck, David Newton, Dcfowler1, Dietary Fiber, DocWatson42, Dodgerblue777, Duane.cowdery, Ed!, Editor at Large,
Eheadstream, Elphion, EricSerge, Foofbun, Giraffedata, Grapple MC, Hhfjbaker, HiB2Bornot2B, Hmains, JacobPrice1421, Jaraalbe, John of Reading, JohnI, Joseph Dwayne, Kirrages, Kjkolb,
Klemen Kocjancic, Kylebrennan1, LukeFF, Lusum, MBisanz, Markussep, MauriceJFox3, Mglan, Mhardcastle, Michfan2123, Mikeofv, Monkeybait, Morriswa, N2e, Nabla, Neko-chan,
Nightstallion, Nobunaga24, Noclador, Nohomers48, Ocalafla, Ohconfucius, RHodnett, RTO Trainer, Rayc, Retired username, Rich Farmbrough, Rjwilmsi, Rogerd, Ryan.opel, Sadads,
ScreaminEagle, Shovonma17, Snowolf, Srich32977, TL36, TabooTikiGod, The Founders Intent, Thiseye, Tm3108, Tom991, Tomtom9041, Tonster, Tristan benedict, UA900, Utpilot, VilePig,
Willstanback12, Woohookitty, WriterRick, Yitzhak1995, Zsinj, 118 anonymous edits
Image Sources, Licenses and ContributorsImage:36th Infantry Division SSI.svg Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:36th_Infantry_Division_SSI.svg License: Public Domain Contributors: -- Steven Williamson
(HiB2Bornot2B) - talk 19:07, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
File:36 INF DIV Instructors.jpg Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:36_INF_DIV_Instructors.jpg License: Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Contributors: United States
Army.
Image:36th US Infantry Division.png Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:36th_US_Infantry_Division.png License: Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0
Contributors: Noclador
License
Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported//creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/