A Brief History of "the Indianhead Division" During World War 2

WORLD WAR II (1941 – 1945) Battle Legacy:

  • October 1943, transferred from Fort Sam Houston to Ireland
  • 10 months training as part of Operation Overload, the Normandy invasion
  • June 7, 1944 (D Day +1) the division stormed Omaha Beach
  • After 39 day battle, Division liberated vital port city Brest on September 18, 1944
  • From positions around St. Vith, Belgium, sized Roer River Dam on December 11, 1944
  • Division held key roads leading to Liege and Antwerp during Battle of the Bulge
  • February 6, 1945 resumed offensive against fleeing Wehrmacht
  • Transferred from First Army to Patton’s Third Army
  • Last days of war spent moving across Czechoslovakia, halting at Pilsen
  • Met Soviet allies in Pilsen  
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    The division participated in the Normandy, Northern France, the Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and the Central Europe Campaigns of World War Two. The Division suffered 3,031 killed in action and 12,785 wounded in action during the war.

    The Second Infantry Division arrived back home at Ft. Swift, Texas on July 22, 1945.

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