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Jan 11, 2021 · A history of 9th Infantry Division events, from reunions, to trips back to Vietnam and many others. Posted on June 3, 2023 June 10, 2023 Documentaries Documentaries and Books
The 9th Infantry Division (Division) was first activated during World War I, but was never deployed to Europe. Soon after the Great War, the Division was demobilized in 1919 and re-designated a regular Army unit in 1923 and placed on the inactive list. On August 1, 1940, the 9th Division was reactivated and began training at Ft. Bragg, NC.
Invasion of the continent began in the early morning of June 6, 1944. The 9th Inf. hit the Normandy beach on D plus 4, as one of the two U.S. infantry divisions on the beachhead with previous combat experience, a fact fully appreciated by higher commanders and military observers. Again the 9th Unleashed its Might.
Cota’s 28th Infantry Division had suffered the same heavy casualties that the 9th Infantry Division had suffered. As the 28th Infantry Division was pulled out of line for rehabilitation on November 16, First Army prepared to make another major push to reach the Roer River. By then three U.S. infantry divisions were in the Hürtgen Forest.
The 9th Infantry Division arrived in Vietnam on 16 December 1966 from Ft Riley, KS and departed Vietnam for Ft Lewis, WA on 27 August 1969. On 26 July 1969, the 3rd Bde, 9ID was OPCON to the 25th ...
The 9th Infantry, on the eastern flank of the division front, was directed to support the attack by all available fires.” An hour before the ground attack commenced, artillery shells—more than 25,000 rounds in 60 minutes—rained down on the 3rd Fallschirmjäger’s positions––the heaviest artillery concentration up to that point in the ...
The 9th Division arrived by the 15th on its new sector, defending the city of Mechelen along well-prepared lines and buttressed by the fort of Walem. Unfortunately, after the breakthrough at Sedan, the Belgian army was to retreat the K-W Line without much of a fight. At the new Scheldt line, the 9th Division was to take up position behind the ...
