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441261 | 14th Armored Division (United States) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=14th%20Armored%20Division%20(United%20States) | 14th Armored Division (United States)
soldiers, sailors and airmen, as well as an estimated 40,000 troops from Great Britain and the Commonwealth.
The 14th Armored Division was inactivated on 16 September 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia.
# Organization.
The division was organized and activated as a heavy divisi... | 6,128,700 |
441261 | 14th Armored Division (United States) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=14th%20Armored%20Division%20(United%20States) | 14th Armored Division (United States)
regiment from the table of organization and replaced them with three tank battalions and three armored infantry battalions. Both Combat Commands, A and B remained but an additional Command - CCR, was added to the organization. This was a small headquarters element of 10 personnel t... | 6,128,701 |
441261 | 14th Armored Division (United States) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=14th%20Armored%20Division%20(United%20States) | 14th Armored Division (United States)
Heavy division organization.
- Division HHC (Headquarters and Headquarters Company)
- CCA
- CCB
- 47th Armored Regiment
- 48th Armored Regiment
- 62nd Armored Infantry Regiment
- 125th Armored Engineer Battalion
- 154th Armored Signal Company
- 94th Cavalry Recon Squadron
... | 6,128,702 |
441261 | 14th Armored Division (United States) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=14th%20Armored%20Division%20(United%20States) | 14th Armored Division (United States)
Company, Combat Command A
- Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Combat Command B
- Headquarters, Reserve Command
- 25th Tank Battalion
- 47th Tank Battalion
- 48th Tank Battalion
- 19th Armored Infantry Battalion
- 62nd Armored Infantry Battalion
- 68th Armored Infantry ... | 6,128,703 |
441261 | 14th Armored Division (United States) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=14th%20Armored%20Division%20(United%20States) | 14th Armored Division (United States)
Ordnance Maintenance Battalion
- 84th Armored Medical Battalion
- Military Police Platoon
- Band
- 514th CIC Detachment
- CCR Rifle Company (March-June 1945)
## Attachments.
- 398th AAA AW Battalion (SP) (15 Nov 1944 – 12 May 1945)
- 395th Quartermaster Truck Company
- 636... | 6,128,704 |
441261 | 14th Armored Division (United States) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=14th%20Armored%20Division%20(United%20States) | 14th Armored Division (United States)
Troop C, and Troop E, 94th Armored Reconnaissance Squad
- 1st Platoon, Company A, 48th Tank Battalion
## Individual awards.
- Medal of Honor - 1 (Pfc. George B. Turner)
- Distinguished Service Cross - 9
- Silver Star - 273
- Legion of Merit - 8
- Soldier's Medal - 13
- Bron... | 6,128,705 |
441261 | 14th Armored Division (United States) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=14th%20Armored%20Division%20(United%20States) | 14th Armored Division (United States)
Battle of Hatten Rittershoffen: 14th Armored Division, 12–20 January 1945,1950, Combined Arms Research Library, Fort Leavenworth, KS
- See: After Action Report, 62nd Armored Infantry Battalion, 14th Armor Division,Jan thru Apr 1945, Combined Arms Research Library, Fort Leavenworth... | 6,128,706 |
441261 | 14th Armored Division (United States) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=14th%20Armored%20Division%20(United%20States) | 14th Armored Division (United States)
n: 14th Armored Division, 12–20 January 1945,1950, Combined Arms Research Library, Fort Leavenworth, KS
- See: After Action Report, 62nd Armored Infantry Battalion, 14th Armor Division,Jan thru Apr 1945, Combined Arms Research Library, Fort Leavenworth, KS
- See: After Action Rep... | 6,128,707 |
441264 | 16th Armored Division (United States) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=16th%20Armored%20Division%20(United%20States) | 16th Armored Division (United States)
16th Armored Division (United States)
The 16th Armored Division was an armored division of the United States Army in World War II. In its one and only combat operation, the 16th Armored Division liberated the city of Pilsen in western Czechoslovakia (modern Bohemia in the Czech Re... | 6,128,708 |
441264 | 16th Armored Division (United States) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=16th%20Armored%20Division%20(United%20States) | 16th Armored Division (United States)
16th Armored Division arrived in France in stages between 11 and 17 February 1945, and processed into the European Theater of Operations. They had been assigned to the Fifteenth United States Army on 29 January 1945, but were waiting for an assignment to a unit actually involved in... | 6,128,709 |
441264 | 16th Armored Division (United States) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=16th%20Armored%20Division%20(United%20States) | 16th Armored Division (United States)
River at Granek on 30 April 1945, advanced to Indorf, seized several small villages, and was driving toward Wasserburg against slight resistance when ordered to return to Nürnberg. The division was given a security and training mission at Nürnberg, Germany, until 5 May. When the 23... | 6,128,710 |
441264 | 16th Armored Division (United States) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=16th%20Armored%20Division%20(United%20States) | 16th Armored Division (United States)
attempts to deny the Soviets a post-war foothold in Czechoslovakia. It was decided that the American forces would help the Soviets subdue the estimated 141,000 German troops before exiting the area. The task was aided by the desire of German forces to avoid imprisonment by the Sovi... | 6,128,711 |
441264 | 16th Armored Division (United States) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=16th%20Armored%20Division%20(United%20States) | 16th Armored Division (United States)
along the Bor–Pilsen Road that same day, launching an attack on Pilsen, Czechoslovakia, designed to capture the Skoda Munitions Plant. Combat Command Reserve (CCR) advanced through Pilsen to assigned high ground east of the city. The division spent May 7 and 8 in mopping up activit... | 6,128,712 |
441264 | 16th Armored Division (United States) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=16th%20Armored%20Division%20(United%20States) | 16th Armored Division (United States)
count of all US Armored Divisions in Europe, with only 12 wounded, and spent 3 days in combat.
Three months later, the 16th AD was still located in Czechoslovakia, in Stříbro (west of Pilsen), on VJ Day.
The division returned to the New York Port of Embarkation on 13 October 1945... | 6,128,713 |
441264 | 16th Armored Division (United States) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=16th%20Armored%20Division%20(United%20States) | 16th Armored Division (United States)
16th Tank Battalion
- 26th Tank Battalion
- 18th Armored Infantry Battalion
- 64th Armored Infantry Battalion
- 69th Armored Infantry Battalion
- Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 16th Armored Division Artillery
- 393rd Armored Field Artillery Battalion
- 396th Armored ... | 6,128,714 |
441264 | 16th Armored Division (United States) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=16th%20Armored%20Division%20(United%20States) | 16th Armored Division (United States)
Honors.
## Campaigns.
- Central Europe
## Individual Awards.
- Distinguished Service Cross 2
- Silver Star 4
- Soldiers Medal 1
- Bronze Star 135
- Air Medal 1
# Commanders.
- MG Douglass T. Greene – 15 July 1943 – September 1944
- BG John L. Pierce – September 1944 – 15... | 6,128,715 |
441264 | 16th Armored Division (United States) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=16th%20Armored%20Division%20(United%20States) | 16th Armored Division (United States)
shed in Pilsen, Czechoslovakia in June 1945
# See also.
- Prague Offensive
- 633rd Tank Destroyer Battalion
- United States Third Army
- Twelfth United States Army Group
# Bibliography.
- Stanton, Shelby L. (1984) "ORDER OF BATTLE: US Army in World War II"; Presidio Press:No... | 6,128,716 |
441266 | 20th Armored Division (United States) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=20th%20Armored%20Division%20(United%20States) | 20th Armored Division (United States)
20th Armored Division (United States)
The 20th Armored Division was an armored division of the United States Army that fought in World War II. It was activated on 15 March 1943 at Camp Campbell in Kentucky. The division has no real nickname although it did associate itself with th... | 6,128,717 |
441266 | 20th Armored Division (United States) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=20th%20Armored%20Division%20(United%20States) | 20th Armored Division (United States)
Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 20th Armored Division
- Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Combat Command A
- Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Combat Command B
- Headquarters, Reserve Command
- 9th Tank Battalion
- 20th Tank Battalion
- 27th Tank Battalion
-... | 6,128,718 |
441266 | 20th Armored Division (United States) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=20th%20Armored%20Division%20(United%20States) | 20th Armored Division (United States)
Company
- Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 20th Armored Division Trains
- 138th Armored Ordnance Maintenance Battalion
- 220th Armored Medical Battalion
- Military Police Platoon
- Band
# History.
The 20th Armored Division departed Boston on 6 February and arrived at L... | 6,128,719 |
441266 | 20th Armored Division (United States) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=20th%20Armored%20Division%20(United%20States) | 20th Armored Division (United States)
to the III Corps; 20 April. Three days later, it was detached and reassigned to the XV Corps, Seventh Army, at Würzburg, Germany.
The condition of the Division when it arrived overseas was affected by a recent change in its primary mission. Until October 1944, the 20th Armored Div... | 6,128,720 |
441266 | 20th Armored Division (United States) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=20th%20Armored%20Division%20(United%20States) | 20th Armored Division (United States)
1945. The division's armored field artillery battalions (the 412th, 413th, and 414th), with elements of the 33rd Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, moved up to the west bank of the Rhine River to support the 101st Airborne Division near Delhoven, Germany, and the 82nd Airborne Divisi... | 6,128,721 |
441266 | 20th Armored Division (United States) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=20th%20Armored%20Division%20(United%20States) | 20th Armored Division (United States)
town of Dorf, 25 April.
At the time, the Division assembled near Deiningen and reconnoitered for routes to the Danube River.
The 20th Armored Division's 27th Tank Battalion was attached to the veteran 42nd Infantry Division on 23 April 1945 and led the attack to capture the town ... | 6,128,722 |
441266 | 20th Armored Division (United States) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=20th%20Armored%20Division%20(United%20States) | 20th Armored Division (United States)
seized the bridge over the Paar River at Schrobenhausen, and secured crossings over the Ilm River.
Elements of the 20th Armored Division, along with elements of the U.S. Seventh Army's 45th (Thunderbird) and 42nd (Rainbow) Infantry Divisions, participated in the liberation of Dach... | 6,128,723 |
441266 | 20th Armored Division (United States) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=20th%20Armored%20Division%20(United%20States) | 20th Armored Division (United States)
elements of the 20th Armored Division's Combat Command B (including certain forces of the 20th Tank Battalion, 65th Armored Infantry Battalion, and 413th Armored Field Artillery Battalion), together operating as Task Force 20, were awarded a Distinguished Unit Citation. The Recomme... | 6,128,724 |
441266 | 20th Armored Division (United States) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=20th%20Armored%20Division%20(United%20States) | 20th Armored Division (United States)
train, capturing almost 800 prisoners, and securing four bridges over the Amper River intact. Continuing the attack on 29–30 April against an enemy entrenched in elaborately prepared dugouts and behind the thick walls of the SS Training Center and an Anti-tank School which were def... | 6,128,725 |
441266 | 20th Armored Division (United States) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=20th%20Armored%20Division%20(United%20States) | 20th Armored Division (United States)
combat zone, the rest of the 20th was ordered off the roads leading into Munich on 28 April, allowing the veteran 42nd (Rainbow) and 45th (Thunderbird) Infantry Divisions to capture Munich proper.
In pursuit of retreating German troops, the Division crossed the Inn River at Wasser... | 6,128,726 |
441266 | 20th Armored Division (United States) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=20th%20Armored%20Division%20(United%20States) | 20th Armored Division (United States)
1946 at Camp Hood in Texas.
The Division is officially credited with only eight days in combat (overlooking the previously described Rhine action)
"Peanuts" creator, Charles Schulz, rose to the rank of Staff Sergeant (and Squad Leader) while a member of the Division's 8th Armored... | 6,128,727 |
441266 | 20th Armored Division (United States) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=20th%20Armored%20Division%20(United%20States) | 20th Armored Division (United States)
e Division is officially credited with only eight days in combat (overlooking the previously described Rhine action)
"Peanuts" creator, Charles Schulz, rose to the rank of Staff Sergeant (and Squad Leader) while a member of the Division's 8th Armored Infantry Battalion. While Schu... | 6,128,728 |
441295 | Felix Manz | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Felix%20Manz | Felix Manz
Felix Manz
Felix Manz (also Felix Mantz) (c. 1498 in Zürich, Canton of Zürich, Old Swiss Confederacy – 5 January 1527 in Zürich, Canton of Zürich, Old Swiss Confederacy) was an Anabaptist, a co-founder of the original Swiss Brethren congregation in Zürich, Switzerland, and the first martyr of the Radical Re... | 6,128,729 |
441295 | Felix Manz | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Felix%20Manz | Felix Manz
Manz became friends. They questioned the mass, the nature of church and state connections, and infant baptism. After the Second Disputation of Zürich in 1523, they became dissatisfied, believing that Zwingli's plans for reform had been compromised with the city council.
Grebel, Manz and others made several ... | 6,128,730 |
441295 | Felix Manz | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Felix%20Manz | Felix Manz
days, the brethren gathered at the home of Felix Manz and his mother on 21 January. Conrad Grebel baptized George Blaurock, and Blaurock in turn baptized the others. This made complete the break with Zwingli and the council, and formed the first church of the Radical Reformation. The movement spread rapidly,... | 6,128,731 |
441295 | Felix Manz | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Felix%20Manz | Felix Manz
7 March 1526, the Zürich council had passed an edict that made adult re-baptism punishable by drowning. On 5 January 1527, Manz became the first casualty of the edict, and the first Swiss Anabaptist to be martyred at the hands of magisterial Protestants. While Manz stated that he wished ""to bring together t... | 6,128,732 |
441295 | Felix Manz | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Felix%20Manz | Felix Manz
went along, seeking to silence him, and hoping to give him an opportunity to recant. Manz's brother and mother encouraged him to stand firm and suffer for Jesus' sake. He was taken by boat onto the River Limmat. His hands were bound and pulled behind his knees and a pole was placed between them. He was execu... | 6,128,733 |
441295 | Felix Manz | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Felix%20Manz | Felix Manz
author of "Protestation und Schutzschrift" (a defense of Anabaptism presented to the Zürich council).
# Legacy.
The witness of Felix Manz' life and the other radical Anabaptist continues to be a source of inspiration to Christians today. The Amish, Baptist, Mennonite and Bruderhof churches all are influenc... | 6,128,734 |
441295 | Felix Manz | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Felix%20Manz | Felix Manz
s", by Thomas Armitage
- "Leben und Sterben des Zürcher Täuferführers, Felix Mantz", by Ekkehard Trajewski (Estep and others call this the "definitive work" on Felix Manz.)
- "Mennonite Encyclopedia", Harold S. Bender, Cornelius J. Dyck, Dennis D. Martin, Henry C. Smith, et al., editors
- "The Anabaptist ... | 6,128,735 |
441280 | Dungeons & Dragons (film) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dungeons%20&%20Dragons%20(film) | Dungeons & Dragons (film)
Dungeons & Dragons (film)
Dungeons & Dragons is a 2000 American action adventure fantasy film directed by Courtney Solomon, written by Carroll Cartwright and Topper Lilien, and based on the "Dungeons & Dragons" role-playing game. Among the more notable features of the otherwise poorly rec... | 6,128,736 |
441280 | Dungeons & Dragons (film) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dungeons%20&%20Dragons%20(film) | Dungeons & Dragons (film)
return. A third film, "", was shot in 2011 and direct-to-DVD released in the United Kingdom on August 9, 2012.
# Plot.
The Empire of Izmir has long been a divided land, ruled by the Mages, an elite group of warlocks. An evil mage named Profion creates a magical sceptre that can allow him to ... | 6,128,737 |
441280 | Dungeons & Dragons (film) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dungeons%20&%20Dragons%20(film) | Dungeons & Dragons (film)
to non-mages in Izmir. When the Council threatens to confiscate the scepter that allows her to control Gold dragons, she decides to seek the Rod of Savrille, which controls Red dragons. Profion learns of this and decides to take the Rod himself. Meanwhile, Ridley and Snails break into the magi... | 6,128,738 |
441280 | Dungeons & Dragons (film) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dungeons%20&%20Dragons%20(film) | Dungeons & Dragons (film)
meet a dwarf named Elwood, who ends up joining Ridley, Snails and Marina escaping through the sewers.
Damodar puts a price on Marina, Ridley, Snails and Elwood's heads and after letting Profion know that the group got away with the map, Profion creates a tentacled monster inside Damodar which... | 6,128,739 |
441280 | Dungeons & Dragons (film) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dungeons%20&%20Dragons%20(film) | Dungeons & Dragons (film)
located in a den of thieves that is led by Xilus who'll give the group the "Eye of the Dragon" if Ridley solves a maze puzzle of traps. Ridley manages to get the "Eye of the Dragon" when Damodar suddenly arrives to capture him and his friends. Marina is captured instead while Ridley, Snails an... | 6,128,740 |
441280 | Dungeons & Dragons (film) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dungeons%20&%20Dragons%20(film) | Dungeons & Dragons (film)
but Snails is confronted by Damodar after he finds the map and a fight ensues between the two with Damodar gaining the upper hand. When Ridley and Marina arrive, Snails throws the map to his comrades before Damodar kills him and throws his body off the castle. Ridley becomes enraged over the d... | 6,128,741 |
441280 | Dungeons & Dragons (film) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dungeons%20&%20Dragons%20(film) | Dungeons & Dragons (film)
help Ridley get over the death of Snails, but Ridley furiously scolds her. After a brief argument in which Marina convinces Ridley that Snails didn't die in vain, the two forgive each other and become love interests. Ridley later uses the "Eye of the Dragon" to finally get the Rod, which is he... | 6,128,742 |
441280 | Dungeons & Dragons (film) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dungeons%20&%20Dragons%20(film) | Dungeons & Dragons (film)
Profion below, to bring it to Profion, but Ridley and his friends follow in pursuit. Profion removes the monster from Damodar's body and uses the Rod to summon Red dragons, which battle the Gold dragons and slowly begin to win the fight. Ridley comes across Damodar, duels him with his new magi... | 6,128,743 |
441280 | Dungeons & Dragons (film) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dungeons%20&%20Dragons%20(film) | Dungeons & Dragons (film)
Empress Savina arrives and condemns Profion, who fights her with powerful magic, but she succeeds in summoning a Gold dragon which devours Profion, thus ending the battle.
Ridley later visits Snails's grave with Norda, Marina and Elwood and pays tribute to his fallen comrade. When he places t... | 6,128,744 |
441280 | Dungeons & Dragons (film) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dungeons%20&%20Dragons%20(film) | Dungeons & Dragons (film)
Savina
- Bruce Payne as Damodar
- Edward Jewesbury as Vildan Vildir
- Zoe McLellan as Marina Pretensa
- Kristen Wilson as Norda
- Lee Arenberg as Elwood
- Richard O'Brien as Xilus
- Tom Baker as Halvarth the Elf
- Robert Miano as Azmath
- Tomas Havrlik and Stanislav Ondricek as Mages
... | 6,128,745 |
441280 | Dungeons & Dragons (film) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dungeons%20&%20Dragons%20(film) | Dungeons & Dragons (film)
The film has a score of 10% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 91 reviews, the consensus stating: "Critics say this movie has a cheap look and is badly directed. Despite the presence of talented actors, the performances are really bad, and additionally, some people are offended at Marlon Wayans' char... | 6,128,746 |
441280 | Dungeons & Dragons (film) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dungeons%20&%20Dragons%20(film) | Dungeons & Dragons (film)
Irons), the movie has the cheap software look of something found on the Space channel at 4 a.m.". Steve Biodrowski of mania.com comments: "Let's just say that if it weren't for "Lost Souls" (also a New Line release, coincidentally), this would be a strong contender for the Worst Film of the Ye... | 6,128,747 |
441280 | Dungeons & Dragons (film) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dungeons%20&%20Dragons%20(film) | Dungeons & Dragons (film)
of the Coast. He also claims that he was forced to use an older script despite having written an updated version that fit the Dungeons and Dragons license better.
## Box office.
The film opened at #5 at the North American box office making USD$7,237,422 in its opening weekend. The film would... | 6,128,748 |
441280 | Dungeons & Dragons (film) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dungeons%20&%20Dragons%20(film) | Dungeons & Dragons (film)
ice.
The film opened at #5 at the North American box office making USD$7,237,422 in its opening weekend. The film would go on to gross $15,220,685 in the domestic box office, short of the film's $45 million budget, and with an international gross of $18,586,724, coming up with a worldwide tot... | 6,128,749 |
441253 | 12th Armored Division (United States) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=12th%20Armored%20Division%20(United%20States) | 12th Armored Division (United States)
12th Armored Division (United States)
The 12th Armored Division was an armored division of the United States Army in World War II. It fought in the European Theater of Operations in France, Germany and Austria, between November 1944 and May 1945.
The German Army called the 12th A... | 6,128,750 |
441253 | 12th Armored Division (United States) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=12th%20Armored%20Division%20(United%20States) | 12th Armored Division (United States)
had African-American combat companies integrated into the division. One of the African American soldiers, Staff Sergeant Edward A. Carter, Jr. was awarded The Distinguished Service Cross for gallantry in combat during World War II, and was later awarded the Medal of Honor posthumou... | 6,128,751 |
441253 | 12th Armored Division (United States) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=12th%20Armored%20Division%20(United%20States) | 12th Armored Division (United States)
its toughness and readiness for combat.
While at Camp Barkeley, the 44th Tank Battalion was sent to the Pacific Theater of Operations on a special mission and later distinguished itself as the first unit to enter Manila. The 44th was replaced by the 714th Tank Battalion.
Walt Dis... | 6,128,752 |
441253 | 12th Armored Division (United States) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=12th%20Armored%20Division%20(United%20States) | 12th Armored Division (United States)
Division and the 3rd Armored Division.
### Tank Battalions.
The original 43rd and 44th Armored Regiments assigned to the 12th AD were re-designated to become the 23rd, 43rd, 44th, 714th and 779th Tank Battalions (TB) during the reorganization the 12th Armored Division underwent w... | 6,128,753 |
441253 | 12th Armored Division (United States) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=12th%20Armored%20Division%20(United%20States) | 12th Armored Division (United States)
civilian prisoners interred in the Santo Tomas Internment Camp. It was replaced by the 714th TB which rejoined the 12th AD in November 1943. The 779th TB was sent to the Philippines late in the war in 1945 but did not see combat action.
### Armored Infantry Battalions.
The 56th A... | 6,128,754 |
441253 | 12th Armored Division (United States) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=12th%20Armored%20Division%20(United%20States) | 12th Armored Division (United States)
when reconstituted as the 56th Armored Infantry Battalion during World War II, they were back in Alsace-Lorraine, fighting with the 12th Armored Division to liberate the same region of France from Nazi occupation in 1944-1945. On 7 July 1942, the unit was reconstituted as the 56th ... | 6,128,755 |
441253 | 12th Armored Division (United States) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=12th%20Armored%20Division%20(United%20States) | 12th Armored Division (United States)
the 2nd Battalion of the 56th AIR became the 17th AIB of the 12th Armored Division. The 3rd Battalion of the 56th AIR became the 56th AIB. Companies G, H and I of the 56th AIR became Companies A, B and C of the 56th AIB.
## World War II.
### Combat chronicle.
After completing tr... | 6,128,756 |
441253 | 12th Armored Division (United States) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=12th%20Armored%20Division%20(United%20States) | 12th Armored Division (United States)
and then traveled up the Seine River to Rouen to join the Seventh Army under Lieutenant General Alexander Patch. Advance elements met the enemy near Weisslingen in Alsace on 5 December, and the entire division moved against the Maginot Line fortifications two days later.
In its ad... | 6,128,757 |
441253 | 12th Armored Division (United States) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=12th%20Armored%20Division%20(United%20States) | 12th Armored Division (United States)
north to assist the Third Army in capturing Bastogne. Due to this, the remainder of the Seventh Army, including the 12th Armored Division, was stretched thin holding a long front line with only eight divisions.
German defenders repulsed two division attacks in the most violent fig... | 6,128,758 |
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failed also, in part because of the firm leadership of the commander of Combat Command B, Colonel Charles Bromley, who declared his headquarters expendable and ordered all personnel in the headquarters to prepare a hasty defense.
The division was subsequently relieved by the U.S. ... | 6,128,759 |
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at Herrlisheim, the 12th went over to the offensive and attacked south from Colmar, after being assigned to the French First Army under General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny. In a lightning drive, the 12th effected junction with French forces at Rouffach, on 5 February, sealing the Co... | 6,128,760 |
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were painted over, disguising the fact that Patton had an additional tank division under his command. Thus the 12th was given the nickname the "Mystery Division". The attack resumed on 18 March 1945.
In a quick drive to the Rhine, Ludwigshafen fell on 21 March, and two other impor... | 6,128,761 |
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April, taking Neustadt, then shifted south toward Munich on 17 April. Elements of the 12th raced from Dinkelsbühl to the Danube, where they found the bridge at Lauingen had been blown. Moving quickly they captured the bridge at Dillingen intact before demolition men could destroy i... | 6,128,762 |
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On 29 April 1945, the 12th AD liberated Oflag VII-A Murnau, a German Army POW camp for Polish Army officers interned north of the Bavarian town of Murnau am Staffelsee during World War II.
Elements crossed the Inn River and the Austrian border at Kufstein on 3 May. The 12th Armore... | 6,128,763 |
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prisoners. For leading the successful rescue of these prisoners, Lee was promoted to Captain and awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.
The 12th Armored Division engaged in security duty around Ulm until 22 November 1945, when it left Marseille, France, for home. Some members of... | 6,128,764 |
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POWs, including 1,500 Americans, and an additional 20,000 non-military prisoners, were liberated by the 12th AD.
### Casualties.
Total 12th Armored Division complement: 10,937 at end of 1944;
17,000 assigned to the division between activation and deactivation
- Total battle cas... | 6,128,765 |
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17th Armored Infantry Battalion
- 56th Armored Infantry Battalion
- 66th Armored Infantry Battalion
- Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 12th Armored Division Artillery
- 493nd Armored Field Artillery Battalion
- 494th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
- 495th Armored Fie... | 6,128,766 |
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102
- Distinguished Unit Citations: 1 - 92nd Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Mechanized
- Meritorious Service Unit Plaques: 3, to the 134th Ord. Maint. Bn. (with a star in addition); 82d Armored Medical Battalion; and 152d Armored Signal Company
- Division authorized by France ... | 6,128,767 |
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Badges)
- Air Medal: 50
### Commanders.
- Major General Carlos Brewer (September 1942 – August 1944)
- Major General Douglass T. Greene (August–September 1944)
- Major General Roderick R. Allen (September 1944 – July 1945)
- Brigadier General Willard Ames Holbrook, Jr. (July ... | 6,128,768 |
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Corps.
- 17 March 1945: Seventh Army, 6th Army Group, but attached to the XX Corps, Third Army, Twelfth Army Group.
- 24 March 1945: XXI Corps, Seventh Army, 6th Army Group.
- 26 March 1945: XV Corps.
- 31 March 1945: XXI Corps.
- 4 May 1945: Seventh Army, 6th Army Group.
###... | 6,128,769 |
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Group
- 06.01.1945 VI Corps Seventh Army 6th Army Group
- 03.02.1945 XXI Corps Seventh Army 6th Army Group
- 11.02.1945 XV Corps Seventh Army 6th Army Group
- 28.02.1945 XXI Corps Seventh Army 6th Army Group
- 17.03.1945 XX Operations Third Army,6th Army Gp 12th Army Group
- ... | 6,128,770 |
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30.04.1945-04.05.1945
- 101st Cavalry Group 08.04.1945-04.05.1945
- 42nd Reconnaissance Troop, 42nd Infantry Division 13.04.1945-14.04.1945
- 99th Chemical Mortar Battalion, A Company, 07.03.1945-08.03.1945
- 206th Engineer Combat Battalion 18.03.1945-20.03.1945
- 256th Engine... | 6,128,771 |
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935th Field Artillery Battalion (4.5 inch Gun) 11.04.1945-19.04.1945
- 977th Field Artillery Battalion, A Batt (155mm Gun) 24.04.1945-25.04.1945
- 1st & 2nd Bn, 22nd Infantry Reg, 4th Infantry Division 02.04.1945-03.04.1945
- 3rd Bn, 222nd Infantry Reg, 42nd Infantry Division 02... | 6,128,772 |
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Armored Division Fort Campbell Memorial, Fort Campbell, Kentucky
- 12th Armored Division Camp Barkeley Memorial, Abilene, Texas
- 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum, Abilene, Texas
- All Veterans Memorial, 12th AD Plaque, Emporia, Kansas
- Armored Park Memorial, Fort Knox, K... | 6,128,773 |
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US Memorial on Hill 351 (Mont de Sigolsheim), Sigolsheim, France
# 12th Armored Division Association.
The 12th Armored Division Association was founded on 15 September 1945 at Heidenheim, Germany, on the occasion of the third anniversary of the division's activation.
## The "Hel... | 6,128,774 |
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commander, Major General Carlos Brewer, assigned three men to Special Services to continue the newspaper.
The first official issue of the newspaper was published at Camp Campbell, Kentucky, although the byline reads "Somewhere in Tennessee". This was because Camp Campbell was in t... | 6,128,775 |
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delivery problems, Colonel Guy W. Chipman requested that the address be changed to Camp Campbell, Kentucky. The U.S. War Department officially changed the address on 23 September 1942.
The newspaper continued to be published by the division Special Services after transfer of the d... | 6,128,776 |
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the first issues in Europe on a weekly basis when conditions permitted, until the deactivation of the division in 1946.
The "Hellcat News" is one of two U.S. military newspapers that has been continuously published since World War 2, the other being the older "Stars and "Stripes",... | 6,128,777 |
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about the yearly reunion, original cartoons, and photographs both from the war years and afterwards. A series relating the history of the division is also recounted in the newspaper. In addition, the president of the association and the secretary included messages of interest in mo... | 6,128,778 |
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Division Memorial Museum opened its doors to the public in Abilene, Texas, with the stated mission to serve as a display and teaching museum for the study of World War II and its impact on the American people.
"The Twelfth Armored Division Memorial Museum is located in Abilene, Te... | 6,128,779 |
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II historical materials, veterans, and their families; preserving the history of the 12th Armored Division for study, research, and investigations by future generations; providing training in public history professions, developing new education programs for students and establishin... | 6,128,780 |
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States) - an independent regiment prior to World War II that was integrated into the 12th AD
- 549th Engineer Light Ponton Company - an African-American combat engineer unit which provided support to the 12th Armored Division
- 827th Tank Destroyer Battalion - a tank battalion te... | 6,128,781 |
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Association official website
- 12th Armored Division Association Organization Facebook page
- U.S. Army Center of Military History
- Roger Cirillo, U.S. Army Center of Military History, Campaigns of World War II: A World War II Commemorative Series – Ardennes-Alsace (CMH Pub 72-... | 6,128,782 |
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Online: 20 October 2006
# Further reading.
- Phibbs, Brendan (2002) "Our war for the world : a memoir of life and death on the front lines in WWII." Lyons Press, Guilford, Conn. , originally published as: Phibbs, Brendan (1987, 1st ed.) "The other side of time : a combat surgeon ... | 6,128,783 |
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ion, covers the division's experiences in Europe. The book has been called "one of the best five Allied memoirs of the World War II".
- Van Ells, Mark D. ed., (2009) "The Daily Life of an Ordinary American Soldier in World War II: The Letters of Wilbur C. Berget." Edwin Mellen Pre... | 6,128,784 |
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) is a private, non-profit institution with research programs focusing on cancer, neuroscience, plant biology, genomics, and quantitative biology.
It is one of 68 institutions supported by the Cancer Centers Program of the ... | 6,128,785 |
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biology and genetics with Thomson Reuters ranking it #1 in the world. CSHL was also ranked #1 in research output worldwide by "Nature". The Laboratory is led by Bruce Stillman, a biochemist and cancer researcher.
Since its inception in 1890, the institution's campus on the North Shore of ... | 6,128,786 |
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CSHL a "crossroads of biological science." Since 2009 CSHL has partnered with the Suzhou Industrial Park in Suzhou, China to create Cold Spring Harbor Asia which annually draws some 3,000 scientists to its meetings and courses.
In 2015, CSHL announced a strategic affiliation with the near... | 6,128,787 |
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600, including postdoctoral researchers; an additional 125 graduate students and 500 administrative and support personnel bring the total number of employees to over 1,200.
Cell biology and genomics
RNA interference (RNAi) and small-RNA biology; DNA replication; RNA splicing; signal tran... | 6,128,788 |
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tumor microenvironment; growth control in mammalian cells; transcriptional and post-transcriptional gene regulation.
Neuroscience
Stanley Institute for Cognitive Genomics employs deep sequencing and other tools to study genetics underlying schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depre... | 6,128,789 |
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interactions; using genetic insights to increase yield of staple crops, e.g., maize, rice, wheat; increase fruit yield in flowering plants, e.g., tomato. Other initiatives: genetics of aquatic plants for biofuel development; lead role in building National Science Foundation's iPlant cyberi... | 6,128,790 |
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assembly and validation; mathematical modeling and algorithm development; population genetics; applied statistical and machine learning; biomedical text-mining; computational genomics; cloud computing and Big Data.
# Educational programs.
In addition to its research mission, CSHL has a b... | 6,128,791 |
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(established in 1990) are now hosted at the WSBS.
The CSHL Meetings & Courses Program brings over 8,500 scientists from around the world to Cold Spring Harbor annually to share research results – mostly unpublished—in 60 meetings, most held biannually; and to learn new technologies in 30 ... | 6,128,792 |
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course at CSHL costs between $3,700 and $4,700 per student and three-day conferences cost about $1,000 per attendee.
The DNA Learning Center (DNALC), founded in 1988, was among the early pioneers in developing hands-on genetics lab experiences for middle and high school students. In 2013,... | 6,128,793 |
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Funding.
In 2015, CSHL had an operating budget of $150 million, over $100 million of which was spent on research. Half of the research budget was devoted to cancer; 25% to neuroscience; 15% to genomics and quantitative biology; and 10% to plant sciences. The sources of research funding in... | 6,128,794 |
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began as an initiative of Eugene G. Blackford and Franklin Hooper, director of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, the founding institution of The Brooklyn Museum. In 1904, the Carnegie Institution of Washington established the Station for Experimental Evolution at Cold Spring Har... | 6,128,795 |
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In 1935 the Carnegie Institution sent a team to review the ERO's work, and as a result the ERO was ordered to stop all work. In 1939 the Institution withdrew funding for the ERO entirely, leading to its closure. The ERO's reports, articles, charts, and pedigrees were considered scientific ... | 6,128,796 |
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founder and the first director of the International Federation of Eugenics Organizations in 1925. Today, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory maintains the full historical records, communications and artifacts of the ERO for historical, teaching and research purposes. The documents are housed in ... | 6,128,797 |
441300 | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cold%20Spring%20Harbor%20Laboratory | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
the first scientists to demonstrate a genetic component of cancer. E. Carleton MacDowell in 1928 discovered a strain of mouse called C58 that developed spontaneous leukemia – an early mouse model of cancer. In 1933, Oscar Riddle isolated prolactin, the milk secretion hormone and Wilbur Swi... | 6,128,798 |
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in major increases in penicillin production.
Beginning in 1941, and annually from 1945, three of the seminal figures of molecular genetics convened summer meetings at Cold Spring Harbor of what they called the Phage Group. Salvador Luria, of Indiana University; Max Delbrück, then of Vande... | 6,128,799 |
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