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36th Infantry Division (United States)

36th Infantry Division

36th Infantry Division shoulder sleeve insignia

Active July 1917June 1919

25 November 194015 December

1945

1 May 2004present

Allegiance United States of America

Branch United States Army

Type Infantry

Size Division

Part of Texas Army National Guard

Nickname Arrowhead(special designation)[]

Fighting 36th

Texas

Engagements World War I

World War II

Italian Campaign

Operation Dragoon

Central Europe

Global War on Terror

Afghanistan Campaign

Iraq Campaign

Commanders

Commanding

General

MG James K. Brown

Assistant Division

Commander Support

BG Stephen G. Sanders

Assistant Division

Commander Maneuver

COL Samuel L. Henry

The 36th Infantry Division ("Arrowhead"[]

), also known as the Texas Division, is a modular division of the

United States Army and the Texas Army National Guard. It was activated for service in World War II on 25

November 1940, and was sent overseas in April 1943.

It was reorganized in May 2004 from the 49th Armored Division.
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History

World War I

The 36th Infantry Division was originally activated as the 15th Division, an Army National Guard Division from

Texas and Oklahoma. The new unit also received a new commander, Major General Edwin St. John Greble. The

designation was changed to the 36th Division in 1917, possibly in July. The final composition of the 36th Division

consisted of the 71st and 72nd Infantry Brigades, the 141st and 142nd Infantry Regiments belonging to the 71st. The

143rd and 144th Infantry Regiments were attached to the 72nd Brigade. Belonging to the 71st was also the 132nd

Machine Gun Battalion. Similarly, the 72nd received the 133rd Machine Gun Battalion. The 61st Field Artillery

Brigade, 131st, 132nd, and 133rd Field Artillery Regiments, 111th Regiment Engineers, 111th Signal Battalion and

the 111th Supply Train comprised the rest of the 36th Division. The unit was trained at Fort Bowie, Texas. The unit

was sent to Europe in July 1918 and conducted major operations in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. On October

910, the unit was participated in heavy combat near the village of St. Etienne. Following this victory, which

included capture of several hundred German men and officers, as well as artillery, the unit launched an assault near

an area known as "Forest Farm." During World War I, the division suffered 2,584 casualties consisting of 466 killed

in action, and 2,118 wounded in action. The unit was inactivated in June 1919.

World War II Europe

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35th Infantry Division 37th Infantry Division (Inactive)

The 36th was called up again for active federal service on 25 November 1940, at San Antonio, Texas. The division

loaded all of its equipment, mustered its personnel, and departed for its mobilization station at Camp Bowie, Texas

on 14 December 1940. The 36th moved to Brownwood, Texas on 1 June 1941, where it participated in the VIII

Corps Brownwood Maneuvers until 13 June 1941. The division then returned to Camp Bowie.

The division then moved to Mansfield, Louisiana, and took part in both the August and September 1941 Louisiana

Maneuvers. The division then returned to Camp Bowie on 2 October 1941, where it was reorganized into a triangular

infantry division on 1 February 1942.

The division then moved to Camp Blanding, Florida on 19 February 1942, and participated in the Carolina

Maneuvers between 9 July 1942, and 15 August 1942. The division then was staged at Camp Edwards,

Massachusetts on 17 August 1942, for its port call.

The division departed the New York Port of Embarkation on 2 April 1943, for North Africa.

Organizations

Pre 2 October 1941 square organization

HHC, 36th Infantry Division, TXARNG

36th Military Police Platoon

36th Signal Company

111th Ordnance Company

111th Engineer Regiment (CBT), TXARNG

111th Medical Regiment

111th Quartermaster Regiment

HHC, 71st Infantry Brigade, TXARNG

141st Infantry, TXARNG.[1]
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142nd Infantry, TXARNG

HHC, 72nd Infantry Brigade, TXARNG

143rd Infantry, TXARNG

144th Infantry, TXARNG

HHB, 61st Field Artillery Brigade, TXARNG

131st Field Artillery Regiment (75mm), TXARNG 132nd Field Artillery Regiment (75mm), TXARNG

133rd Field Artillery Regiment (155mm), TXARNG

2 October 1941 triangular reorganization

HHC & Special Troops, 36th Infantry Division, TXARNG

36th Military Police Platoon

36th Signal Company

36th Quartermaster Company

36th Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment

36th Mechanized Reconnaissance Troop

736th Ordnance Company (LM)

111th Engineer Battalion (CBT), TXARNG

111th Medical Battalion

141st Infantry Regiment, TXARNG [cited by Heinz Guderian in his order of battle, prepared after the war at

Allied request, as rating #2 of all Allied forces in the ETO]

142nd Infantry Regiment, TXARNG

143rd Infantry Regiment, TXARNG

HHB, 36th Division Artillery, TXARNG

131st Field Artillery Battalion (105mm), TXARNG

132nd Field Artillery Battalion (105mm), TXARNG

133rd Field Artillery Battalion (105mm), TXARNG

155th Field Artillery Battalion (155mm), TXARNG

19441945 augmentations

191st Tank Battalion (26 August 194431 August 1944)

753rd Tank Battalion (15 August 194426 December 1944); (4 March 194529 March 1945); (29 April 1945

13 June 1945).

636th Tank Destroyer Battalion (15 August 194429 March 1945; 29 April 194513 June 1945.

822nd Tank Destroyer Battalion (29 April 1945

1 May 1945. 443rd Anti Aircraft Artillery Battalion (AW)(7 December 194413 January 1945.

Combat chronicle

The 36th Infantry Division landed in North Africa, 13 April 1943, and trained at Arzew and Rabat. It was assigned to

the VI Corps, Fifth Army, but attached to Services of Supply, North African Theater of Operations U.S. Army

(NATOUSA), for supply. The division first saw action on 9 September 1943, when it landed by sea at Paestum on

the Gulf of Salerno against intense German opposition. The Germans launched counterattacks on 1214 September,

but the 36th repulsed them with the aid of air support and naval gunfire, and advanced slowly, securing the area from

Agropoli to Altavilla.

After a brief rest the 36th returned to combat, 15 November. It captured Mount Maggiore, Mount Lungo, and thevillage of San Pietro despite strong enemy positions and severe winter weather. This grueling campaign was marked
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by futile attempts to establish a secure bridgehead across the Rapido River, 1 January 1944, to 8 February 1944.

After assisting the 34th Division in the attack on Cassino and fighting defensively along the Rapido River, the

severely depleted 36th withdrew, 12 March 1944, for rest and recreation. The division arrived by sea at the Anzio

Beachhead, 22 May 1944, to take part in Operation Diadem, with the breakout from the beachhead commencing the

following day. It drove north to capture Velletri, 1 June, and entered Rome on the 5th. Pushing up from Rome, the

36th encountered sharp resistance at Magliano[2], but reached Piombino, 26 June 1944, before moving back to

Paestum for rest and recreation.

On 15 August 1944, as part of the 6th Army Group, the division made another amphibious assault landing, against

light opposition in the Saint-Raphal-Frjus area of Southern France as part of Operation Dragoon. A rapid advance

opened the Rhone River Valley. Montelimar fell, 28 August, and large German units were trapped. On 15 September

1944, the Division was attached to the French First Army.The 36th advanced to the Moselle River at Remiremont

and the foothills of the Vosges. In a grinding offensive, the Division crossed the Meurthe River, breached the Ste.

Marie Pass and burst into the Alsatian Plains. The enemy counterattacked, 13 December 1944, but the 36th held the

perimeter of the Colmar Pocket. On 15 December 1944, the Division was released from attachment to the First

French Army, and returned to the control of VI Corps. The German Army counterattacks out of the Colmar Pocket

were so fierce, that at times, the field artillery was forced to fire over open sights, at point blank range to stop them.On 20 December 1944, the Division resumed the attack, advancing northward along the Rhine River to Mannheim

meeting heavy resistance at Haguenau, Oberhofen[2], and Wissembourg. In this action Company "G" 143rd Infantry

Regiment gained a Presidential Unit Citation. On 27 December 1944, the division was reassigned to XXI Corps, and

the division was pinched out and returned to Seventh Army Reserve on 30 December 1944.

The division was taken out of the line for the first time since it had landed in the south of France. On 3 January 1945,

the division was reassigned to XV Corps. On 18 January 1945, the division was reassigned to VI Corps. It returned

to the line early March 1945. The 36th was reassigned to the Seventh Army on 29 March 1945, and moved to the

Danube River on 22 April 1945. It was reassigned to the XXI Corps on 27 April 1945, and attacked the "National

Redoubt" at Knzelsau on the 30th. The 36th has been recognized by the United States Holocaust Memorial

Museum as a liberating unit for their work securing the subcamps of the Dachau concentration camp system. [3] By 8

May 1945, the division was based in Kitzbhel, Austria where it captured Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt, the

commander of all German army forces on the Western front, and its final station was at Kufstein, Austria on 14

August 1945.

After 400 days of combat, the 36th Infantry Division returned to the United States in December 1945. It was returned

to the Texas Army National Guard on 15 December 1945.

World War II - The Lost Battalion

The 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, long with the rest of the 36th Infantry Division, was mobilized for federal

service on November 20, 1940. It was soon sent to Camp Bowie at Brownwood.Earmarked as part of the reinforcements to U.S. Army troops in the Philippine Islands, the Battalion was detached

from the 36th Infantry and sailed on the USSRepublic on 21 November 1941. It arrived at Pearl Harbor on the 28th

of the same month. After refueling in Hawaii, the ship sailed south in the company of several other troopships,

including the Chaumont, Hallmark, Holbrook, Admiral Halstead, Bloemfontein, Farmerand Gregg, a corvette and

the cruiser USSPensacola.

On December 6, the convoy crossed the Equator, and the next morning the Unit was informed of the attack on Pearl

Harbor. The Battalion manned theRepublic's four 3-inch guns and one 5-inch gun from this time until their arrival in

Australia.[4]

After a short stop at Suva, Fiji Islands, the convoy sailed on to Brisbane, Australia, crossing the

International Dateline (180th Meridian) on December 13, 1941.

The Battalion was among the first American troops ever to land on Australian soil. The Battalion spent Christmas

1941 in Brisbane, but before New Year's Day, it was again on the high seas, aboard the Dutch freighter
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Bloemfontein, bound for the island of Java in the Dutch East Indies, via Darwin, Australia (escorted part of the way

by the cruiser USSHouston). It landed on Java on 11 January 1942 (35 days into the war). They were to be the only

U.S. ground combat unit to reach the Dutch East Indies before the Dutch capitulated to the Japanese.

A few days after the Battalion's arrival in Java, it moved to Singosari Airfield near Malang, Java to support the 19th

Bombardment Group of the U.S. Army Air Corps. The 19th had escaped the Philippines on 29 December with a few

B-17 bombers, pilots, co-pilots and whatever crew members that managed to get aboard as the planes took off whileunder attack. The 19th flew B-17s, B-24s, and LB-30s from Java against enemy airfields, shipping, and ground

installations during the Japanese offensive against the Dutch East Indies during early 1942. Until this group

withdrew to Australia on March 2, 1942, the Battalion provided it with mechanics, ground crew, aerial gunners and a

semblance of anti-aircraft weapons. Two men were killed on February 3, 1942 when they parachuted from one of the

B-17s and were gunned down by Japanese fighters. 23 men of the Battalion transferred to the 19th Bomb Group and

were evacuated with them.[5]

When the Japanese invaded Java, the Battalion (less E Battery) used its artillery and .50 caliber machine guns

(salvaged from wrecked B-17s) in support of an Australian "Pioneer Infantry" group which had arrived in Java just

prior to the Japanese landing. They helped hold up the Japanese advance at Leuwilleng, near the Central Java City of

Bandoeng.

Battery E remained on the eastern end of Java to guard the airfield at Malang and to support the Dutch troops in the

Soerabaja area. Heavy ground action was experienced by Battery E prior to the surrender of the island by the Dutch

to the invading Japanese, on March 8, 1942. The Japanese terms of surrender were unconditional and all troops were

advised that any further resistance would be followed by instant reprisals against the civilian population, including

women and children. Of the 558 men and officers who landed on Java on January 11, 1942, 534 became prisoners of

war of the Japanese.

Within a few weeks, the Japanese had all of the American prisoners from the USS Houston and the 131st Field

Artillery (less E Battery) together in the 10th Battalion Bicycle Camp, a former Dutch installation in Batavia

(Jakarta), Java. Battery E remained in the Soerabaja area until moved to Nagasaki and other areas in Japan via

Batavia and Singapore in November and December 1942. Thus, two units of the American Armed Forces, consisting

of 902 men, seemingly disappeared from the face of the earth (and became one unit). As with crew members of the

USSHouston, the U.S. government had no information on the fate of the Battalion after the Dutch surrender, hence

the name, "Lost Battalion."

Of the 902 men taken prisoner, 668 were sent to Burma and Thailand to work as slave laborers on the Burma-Siam

"Death Railway" ofThe Bridge on the River Kwai fame, building a railroad through the jungle. Of the total 163 men

who died in Prisoner of War camps, 133 died working on the railroad. The 235 men who didn't work on the Burma

Railway were sent to the coal mines, docks and shipyards in Japan and other southeast Asian countries. Both groups

of POWs suffered together through 42 months of humiliation, degradation, physical and mental torture, starvation

and horrible tropical diseases, with no medication.

Quite a few of the men were killed by American submarines while en route to Singapore and Japan and more were

killed by American bombers. Through the debrief of some survivors of the POW convoys who had been rescued by

U.S. submarines, the U.S. Government first found out that members of the Battalion as well as of the crew of the

USSHouston had survived.

When liberated, the men were scattered throughout locations in Southeast Asia: Java, Singapore, Burma, Thailand,

French Indo China, Japan, China and Manchuria, to name most of them.
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Unit Awards

Presidential Unit Citation: 12.

Personal awards

Medal of Honor: 14

Distinguished Service Crosses: 80 Distinguished Service Medals: 2

Silver Stars: 2,354

Legion of Merit Medals: 49

Soldier's Medals: 77

Bronze Star Medals: 5,407

Air Medals: 88

Total casualties

KIA: 3,131

WIA: 13,191

Died of wounds: 506

Global War on Terror

On 1 May 2004, the 49th Armored Division of the Texas Army National Guard was officially deactivated and the

49th Armored Division was redesignated the 36th Infantry Division. After half a century, the "Fighting 36th" was

reactivated to better carry on the proud legacy established by the 36th Division, as opposed to the peacetime-only

service of the 49th Armored Division.

36th Infantry Division soldiers instruct Honduran soldiers.

In January 2004, 74 soldiers from Alpha Battery

(TAB) 2nd Battalion 131st Field Artillery were

activated for federal service in support of

Operation Iraqi Freedom. Alpha Battery

commanded by CPT Alvaro Gomez entered

federal service in Fort Sill, OK. Under the

supervision of 1SG Alfredo Barrera, the soldiers

trained up and deployed to Iraq. While readying

their equipment in Kuwait, Alpha Battery was

given her mission and the five radar sections were

split up. One AN-TPQ37 Radar section (SSG

Gonzales) was attached to the 1st Marine

Division in Al Taqadum another (CW3 Earnest

Metcalf) was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division

at LSA Anaconda and the three AN-TPQ36 radar sections (CW2 Davidson, CW2 Bien, and SSG Johnson) were

assigned to the 2nd Infantry Division in Mosul. The headquarters and support platoon (1LT Christopher Galvan)

operated out of Forward Operating Base Freedom in northern Mosul. In addition to the target acquisition mission,

the support platoon supplemented patrols conducted by the 25th Infantry Division Fires Brigade FIST Team and

provided security for the FOB's perimeter by manning the entrance gates and watch towers. At the conclusion of the

battery's deployment, the unit was awarded three Bronze Star Medals, 1 Purple Heart Medal, 47 Army

Commendation Medals, 74 Combat Action Badges, several memorandums of appreciation from command staff, and

were given the privilege of wearing the unit shoulder sleeve insignia for wartime service from the 2nd Infantry

Division, the 25th Infantry Division, the 36th Infantry Division, or the 1st Infantry Division.
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In 2005 approximately 100 soldiers of the 36th Infantry Division deployed to Bosnia for Enduring Mission 3 which

was a continuation from previous IFOR and SFOR missions. When Task Force Strike left Eagle Base in Tuzla late

2006, it marked the end of an American military maneuver presence in Bosnia which had existed for almost a decade

after the Dayton Accords.

In 2005, over three thousand troops from the 56th BCT, 36th ID deployed to Iraq as part of the largest deployment of

Texas troops since World War II.

[citation needed]

3/133 FA, 2/142 INF were both awarded Meritorious Unit Citationsfor their service in Iraq.

In 20052006, 800 soldiers of 3d Battalion, 141st Infantry Regiment, 72d Brigade, 36th Infantry Division deployed

to Afghanistan for combat operations. The battalion was attached to the 504th Infantry Regiment of the 82d Airborne

Division and earned a Joint Meritorious Unit Citation.

In 2006, the 1st Squadron, 124th Cavalry Regiment, 36th Infantry Division became the first cavalry unit to serve as

peacekeepers in the Sinai Desert for the Multinational Force and Observers.[citation needed]

The force was made up of

soldiers from several units of the 36th Infantry Division including 1112th AR, 2112th AR, 3112th AR, 3rd

Mech, and C Btry 2-131 FA (MLRS).

In late 2006, Company B of the 3d Battalion, 144th Infantry Regiment deployed to Iraq after pre-deployment

training at Ft. Dix, NJ and were actively engaged in combat operations. They returned in late 2007.

In late 2005 to late 2006, the 36th Infantry Division was the major leading force for KFOR7, the peacekeeping

mission on Kosovo.

The Combat Aviation Brigade, 36th Infantry Division shipped to Iraq in September 2006 for a planned one-year

deployment.

On 7 May 2007 3d Battalion 144th Infantry Regiment mobilized as "Task Force Panther" in support of Operation

Iraqi Freedom. "Task Force Panther" trained at Camp Shelby, MS, and, after validation, forward deployed to Kuwait,

where they processed into theater and transferred into Iraq.

On 28 August 2008, more than 3000 soldiers of the 56th IBCT again deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi

Freedom. On 15 August 2009, the 3000 soldiers of the 56th IBCT returned to Texas after 10 months in Iraq. Two

soldiers from Bravo Troop 3-124 Cav, and one from C Btry 4-133 were wounded during the tour.

On 1 October 2009, the 72nd IBCT mobilized for deployment to Iraq. Upon arrival in theater, the brigade

headquarters assumed authority as the Joint Area Support Group-Conditional for the International Zone, with the

brigade's subordinate elements distributed throughout the country conducting detainee operations. The brigade

returned from Iraq in July and August 2010, with A Btry 1-133 FA being the last element to return home.

In November and December 2010, the 36th Infantry Division Headquarters deployed to Basrah, Iraq, replacing the

US 1st ID, where they provided command and control of US active-duty, Reserve, and National Guard units in

support of Operation New Dawn. The 36th ID command covered 15,000 deployed military and contractor forces at

17 bases in the 9 provinces in Southern Iraq. As part of the draw-down of US forces in Iraq the division headquartersredeployed back to the US starting in late August 2011, main body following in September 2011 to Fort Hood, TX.

No 36th ID soldiers were lost to combat operations during the deployment.

On 26 November 2011, the newly formed 1-143rd Infantry (Airborne) mobilized as Task Force Walker for

deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. The battalion, comprising companies from

Texas, Rhode Island and Alaska, is currently deployed across the country in support of provincial reconstruction

teams. The HHC element is located in Kabul serving under the 648th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade (Task Force

Hydra) in the Kabul Base Cluster. The organization of the 36th Infantry Division is still unclear, as the Army is

undergoing a transformation to brigade units of action and the 36th is not expected to complete its reorganization

until 2012.
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Insignia

The 36th Division insignia consisting of an olive drab "T" on a blue flint arrowhead was adopted in 1918. The flint

arrowhead represents the State of Oklahoma (once the Indian Territory), and the "T" is for Texas.

Current Structure

Structure 36th Infantry Division

36th Infantry Division exercises

Training and Readiness Oversight of

the following elements, they cannot be

considered organic:[6]

Special Troops Battalion[7]

45th Infantry Brigade Combat

Team (OK ARNG)


1st Battalion, 179th InfantryRegiment

1st Squadron, 180th Cavalry

Regiment (RSTA)

1st Battalion, 279th Infantry Regiment

1st Battalion, 160th Field Artillery Regiment

700th Brigade Support Battalion

56th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (TX ARNG)


1st Squadron, 124th Cavalry Regiment (RSTA)

2nd Battalion, 142nd Infantry Regiment

3rd Battalion, 144th Infantry Regiment

3rd Battalion, 133rd Field Artillery Regiment


72nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (TX ARNG)


1st Squadron, 112th Cavalry Regiment (RSTA)

1st Battalion, 141st Infantry Regiment

3rd Battalion, 141st Infantry Regiment

1st Battalion, 133rd Field Artillery Regiment


155th Heavy Brigade Combat Team (MS ARNG)


1st Squadron, 98th Cavalry Regiment

1st Battalion, 198th Armor Regiment

1st Battalion, 155th Infantry Regiment

2nd Battalion, 114th Field Artillery Regiment


256th (Infantry) Brigade Combat Team (LA NG)


2nd Squadron, 108th Cavalry Regiment (RSTA)
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2nd Battalion, 156th Infantry Regiment

3rd Battalion, 156th Infantry Regiment

1st Battalion, 141st Field Artillery Regiment


Combat Aviation Brigade, 36th Infantry Division (TX NG)

Headquarters and Headquarters Company (TX NG) 2nd Battalion, 149th Aviation Regiment (General Support) (TX NG) (HQ Grand Prairie, Texas)

[13]

1st Battalion, 149th Aviation Regiment (Attack/Recon) (TX NG)

3rd Battalion, 131st Aviation Regiment (Assault) (AL NG)

1st Battalion, 114th Aviation Regiment (S&S) (AR NG)

449th Aviation Support Battalion (TX NG)

Attached units

136th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade[14]

36th Sustainment Brigade[15]

71st Battlefield Surveillance Brigade [16]

3rd Squadron, 124th Cavalry Regiment (R&S)[17]

636st Military Intelligence Battalion

321st Military Intelligence Battalion (USAR) (TX)

143rd Network Support Signal Company

112th Brigade Support Company

236th Network Support Company

Former divisional commanders

36th Infantry Division

Start Date End Date Commander

25 August 1917 18 September 1917 MG. E. St. John Grebble

18 September 1917 6 December 1917 BG George Blakely

6 December 1917 8 July 1918 MG E. St. John Grebble

8 July 1918 13 July 1918 BG John A. Hulen

13 July 1918 MG William "Billy" R. Smith

18 June 1919 Division returned activated to state control

2 May 1923 MG William "Billy" R. Smith

2 May 1923 9 September 1935 MG John A. Hulen

9 September 1935 12 October 1936 MG George R.Rains

12 October 1936 MG Claude V. Birkhead

25 November 1940 Division called up to federal service

12 September 1941 MG Claude V. Birkhead

12 September 1941 7 July 1944 MG Fred L. Walker

7 July 1944 1 November 1945 MG John E. Dahlquist

1 November 1944 15 December 1945 BG Robert I. Stack
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15 December 1945 Division returned inactive to state control

29 April 1946 Unit reactivated in state control

29 April 1946 7 July 1948 MG Preston A. Weatherred

7 July 1948 1 March 1953 MG H. Miller Ainsworth

1 March 1953 21 September 1961 MG Carl L. Phinney

21 September 1961 15 January 1968 MG Everett S. Simpson

18 June 1969 Division inactivated in state control

1 May 2004 Division reactivated in state control

1 May 2004 1 April 2006 MG Michael Taylor

1 April 2006 1 October 2007 MG John T. Furlow

1 October 2007 17 April 2009 MG Jose S. Mayorga

18 April 2009 20 January 2012 MG Eddy M. Spurgin

21 January 2012 Present MG James K. Brown

Former divisional command sergeants major

CSM Roger Brownlee

CSM Bruce Hendry

CSM Jim L. Broyles

CSM George Williams

Unit timeline

December 1943

combat against the Bernhardt Line 2022 January 1944attempted crossing of the Rapido against the 15th Panzer Grenadier Division

18 May - 5 Jun 1944 - Battle for Anzio

References

[1][1] Relieved from Assignment to Division on 1 February 1942.

[2] http:/ /toolserver. org/%7Edispenser/cgi-bin/dab_solver. py?page=36th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)&

editintro=Template:Disambiguation_needed/editintro&client=Template:Dn

[3] United States Holocaust Memorial Museumhttp://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en& ModuleId=10006165

[4] http:/ /www.conigliofamily. com/history.htm

[5] see http://www.texasmilitaryforcesmuseum. org/lostbattalion/history3. htm

[6] AUSA, Torchbearer Special Report, 7 November 2005; http://www.ausa.org/SiteCollectionDocuments/ILW%20Web-ExclusivePubs/

Torchbearer/TBearComp1v12. pdf

[13] http://www.minnesotanationalguard. org/tf34/units/2-149/index. php
http://www.minnesotanationalguard.org/tf34/units/2-149/index.phphttp://www.ausa.org/SiteCollectionDocuments/ILW%20Web-ExclusivePubs/Torchbearer/TBearComp1v12.pdfhttp://www.ausa.org/SiteCollectionDocuments/ILW%20Web-ExclusivePubs/Torchbearer/TBearComp1v12.pdfhttp://www.texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/lostbattalion/history3.htmhttp://www.conigliofamily.com/history.htmhttp://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10006165http://toolserver.org/~dispenser/cgi-bin/dab_solver.py?page=36th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)&editintro=Template:Disambiguation_needed/editintro&client=Template:Dnhttp://toolserver.org/~dispenser/cgi-bin/dab_solver.py?page=36th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)&editintro=Template:Disambiguation_needed/editintro&client=Template:Dnhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Operation_Shinglehttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=German_15th_Panzer_Divisionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rapido_Riverhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bernhardt_Linehttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James_K._Brownhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eddy_M._Spurginhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jose_S._Mayorgahttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_T._Furlowhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael_Taylor_%28general%29http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Everett_S._Simpsonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carl_L._Phinneyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=H._Miller_Ainsworthhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Preston_A._Weatherred


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External links

Brigadier General John C. L. Scribner Texas Military Forces Museum (http://www.texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.

org/)

36th Infantry Division Association (http://www.texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/gallery/36div.htm)

GlobalSecurity.org: 36th Infantry Division (http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/36id.htm)

The Story of the 36th Infantry Division (http://www.lonesentry.com/gi_stories_booklets/36thinfantry/index.

html)

Home page (http://www.agd.state.tx.us/36id/)
http://www.agd.state.tx.us/36id/http://www.lonesentry.com/gi_stories_booklets/36thinfantry/index.htmlhttp://www.lonesentry.com/gi_stories_booklets/36thinfantry/index.htmlhttp://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/36id.htmhttp://www.texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/gallery/36div.htmhttp://www.texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/http://www.texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/


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