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106th Infantry Division (United States)
Summary
The 106th Infantry Division was a division of the United States Army formed for service during World War II. Two of its three regiments were overrun and surrounded in the initial days of the Battle of the Bulge, and they were forced to surrender to German forces on 19 December 1944. The division was never officially added to the troop list following the war, despite having been almost completely organized in Puerto Rico by 1948; subsequently, the War Department determined the division was not needed and inactivated the division headquarters in 1950.
Constituted on paper on 5 May 1942 in the Army of the United States.
Activated on 15 March 1943 with a cadre from the 80th Infantry Division at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.
Moved to Camp Atterbury, Indiana, on 28 March 1944.
Staged at Camp Miles Standish, Massachusetts on 10 October 1944.
Was sent back to New York Port of Embarkation and sailed to England
Arrived in England, 17 November 1944, and trained for 19 days.
Assigned 29 November 1944 to VIII Corps, First United States Army, 12th Army Group.
Moved to France, 6 December 1944, where the division joined the ongoing Rhineland Campaign.
106th Infantry Division crossed into Belgium on 10 December 1944.
Relieved from assignment to Rhineland Campaign on 16 December, and assigned to Ardennes-Alsace Campaign.
Relieved from assignment to VIII Corps, and assigned on 20 December to XVIII Airborne Corps, First Army, 12th Army Group, with attachment to the 21st Army Group.
Relieved from attachment to 21st Army Group on 18 January 1945, and returned to XVIII Airborne Corps, First Army, 12th Army Group.
Ardennes-Alsace Campaign terminated 25 January. Division resumed assignment to Rhineland Campaign.
On 6 February, the 106th Infantry Division relieved from assignment to XVIII Airborne Corps, and assigned to V Corps.
On 10 March, 106th Division relieved from assignment to V Corps, and assigned to Fifteenth United States Army, 12th Army Group.
106th Infantry Division returned to France on 16 March.
Rhineland Campaign terminated on 21 March.
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