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to 78th, Other Associations and Member Sites Links
to 78th, Other Associations and Member Sites
Last Update 10 May 06
78th Division Sites
More 78th Infantry Division History
78th Division WW2 Occupation History
Lightning, The History Of The 78th Infantry Division in WWII - (Divisional Series) by Division Historical Committee
78th Division Veterans Association Research Section
78th Infantry Division- WWII
Living History Re-Enactment Unit - "The Lightning Division"
78th
Division Association Members' sites:
My Dad Goes
to War - Lynn K. Juckett - 78th Infantry Division Headquarters created
by Daniel Juckett as a tribute to his Dad. Excellent site with many photos!
James
L. Cooper - K Company/311th Infantry
The Search for Andrew E. Lincoln [C-Company/309th Inf] - by Greg Farrell, webmaster, search for my uncle, who was with C-Co/309th of the 78th Division.
William Frazier Furr, a member of Company D, 309th Infantry Regiment, who was KIA near the Schwammenauel dam - a beautifully done website
William Block - "I was in the 78th inf division for 2 years, in 78th signal, but attached to 309th HQ throughout the war."
Harold J. Roberts
Goes to Europe (in the 78th)
Other helpful links:
American Battle Monuments Commission
In-Honored-Glory - At first the main goal of this website was to tell the stories of the men who are buried or memorialized at the American Military Cemetery at Henri-Chapelle. But while doing research for this website and while talking to many veterans and relatives, it became very clear that there is more to tell then "just" about the men of Henri-Chapelle ... (new 5-10-06)
National Personnel Records Center- Military Personnel Records NPRC (MPR)
Remagen Bridge Peace Museum Website
23rd HQ, Special TroopsAssociation
2nd Armored Division Association
3rd Armored Division Association - Spearhead
4th Infantry Division Association
23rd Americal Division Association
62nd Volksgrenadier Division (new 5-10-06)
69th ("The Fighting 69th") Infantry Division Association
70th Infantry Division Association
99th Infantry Division Association
Other Interesting websites for military research related to 78th Division and Rhineland campaign
Arthur S. Tozar - French World War I Museum - The American Divisions engaged in our Region during the First World War
First Infantry Division - The Big Red one came late into the Remagen Bridgehead, but still had a few days of heavy battle here. The division is very interesting due to the long history, for example D-Day.
9th Infantry Division - The 9th Infantry Division (Old Reliable). They crossed the Rhine together with the 9th Armored, the 78th and 99th infantry divisions.They had the most casualities in the Remagen Bridgehead.
The 746th Tank Battalion was with the 9th ID in the Remasgen Bridgehead
The 104th Infantry Division (Timberwolves) came like the 1st ID late into the bridgehead. Later they found together with the 3rd Armored Division the largest underground factory during WW2 in east Germany. The caves at the City of Nordhausen called "Mittlebau Dora" produced all V2 rockets. Jewish slave workers died there in masses. It was anhihilation through work.
The 750th Tank Battalion was with the 104th ID.
The 3rd Armored Division (Spearhead in the West) conquered Cologne, was in Bonn and came late into the Bridgehead. They found the large V2 caves at Nordhausen at first.
The 3rd Armored - a private page where you can read an old unit history of the 3rd Armored Divison.
The D-Day Museum founded by Stephen Ambrose opened on June 6th 2000
Engineering Battalions - This is a listing of the 41 U. S. Army Engineer Battalions active as of 31 July, 1997
John Kline is the webmaster of the 106th Infantry Division: The 106th lost one full regiment during the early days of the Battle of the Bulge. They all became POWs. Kline wrote a diary during combat and captivity. He was also at Stalag 12A at Limburg where some 78th soldiers were imprisoned. There was a story about the accidential bombing of 12A in the "Flash" of January 2001.
The 69th Infantry Division was with the V Corps in the ETO and crossed the Rhine River later than the 78th. The "Fighting 69" was the division to make the first contact with the Russian Army at the Elbe River. Webmaster Joe Lipsius was for a short time with the 78th after the war and he was the responsible editor of the 311th Regimental History "Combat Journal":
The 86th "Black Hawk" Infantry Division: They came late into the ETO and fought side by side with the 78th across the Sieg River and up into the Ruhr Pocket.