WWII 65th Infantry Division

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15.Supply' 6.Bai ley br a gI7.Cr i t' i qu e


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LIGHT M A I N T E N A N C E


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Evacuation . Field Op erations .

. ORDNANCE

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Supply. Welding Automotive.

Machine Shop.

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Experts. Keep 'Em Rolling. Sorry , Sarge, Only Wa t e r !

65TH QUARTERMASTER COmPAny Main Line of Resistance.Raise Periscope. My Day.

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SNEAK AND PEEK

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Pigeons. Radio Repair. Radio Operation. Firing.

Motor Stab:e,. Teletypewriter. Rddio Operation. Message Center.

TELSWBD Repair. SWBD Operation. Construction. Construction. M e ~ s a g e Center.

ACTIUATlon DAY


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MAJOR GENERAL C . H . WHITE, Commanding General IX Corps.

DAY AUGUS T 16 , 1943

CAMP SH ELBY , MISS.

BR IG ADI ER G EN ER A L REINHART, Commllnder of the 65th, Guadalcanalveteran .

COLONEL WILLIAM J. EPES, Chief of Staff, r e ads the acti vation order of The 65th Infantry Division.

HONOR S rendered comm a nd i ng gene ral ' s p arty . Left to Right : Gene ra lH allo ran, G en er al Bo lte , Ge neral W hite , G e neral lte i nhart , Co lo ne l Wyeth ,

a nd Colone l Ep e s.

C O LONE L W YETH reads the cita t ion for General Reinhart's award .

GENERAL WHITE presents the Legion of Merit for Guadalcanal achievementto General Reinhart.

C HARTER MEMB ERS of the 65th. Shown here are division color bearers andguar d s. Th e d iv ision is at "Presen t Arms" liS the band plays "1 0 the Colors."

Two thousand two h un d red and sixty-one men exe cute " Batta lions-attention."


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GENERAL WHITE makes the presentation of division colors which will be a THE COMMANDER salutes a unit's colors as they are unfurled for the first time . COLONEL McMAHON, Division Artillery Commander , takes the colors fromsymbol of the accomplishments of the 65th. GENERAL REINHART and pres ents them to the Color Guard.

NO FRIEND of the photograph 'er is this unit commander shown here acceptinghis col ors from the commander .

LIEUTENANT LEE, Commanding Officer, 65th Quartermaster Compa ny, isissued some TIA equipment, unit colors, by the commander.

GENERAL REINHART presents unit colors to Captain Sweitzer, Command ing Officer, 35th Medical Battalion.

COLONEL SCHILDROTH, Commllnding Officer. 261st Infantry. accepts hisunit 's colors from the General.

LIEUTENANT COLONEL WALLACE , Commanding Off icer of the 265th Engineers, does some ceremonial Enginee ring in accepting his unit 's colors.

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General Marshall Speaks.

Six Stars .

Practical Work .

A Close Inspection.

"The Chief" Directs.

" Now , Sir , Over There ."

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GEN ERAL McNAI R'S three-starred car pauses "somewhere inthe pines" around camp for a field i nspection .

UNIFORMS CLEANED AND PRESSED are put aside forweek -ends or pass days are hauled out and displayed herein formation for the inspecting eye of thl! "Chief" from

Washington .

GENERAL REINHART, right, in conversation with GeneralMcNa ir soon after the latter had arrived by personal trans

port shown in background .

THE COMMANDER OF ALL GROUND DIVISIONS is shownhere at Division Headquarters of our own " Battle Axe "

Division.GOOD photographic shot of " Big Shots"-still at the airport _ PICTURE OF DEMOCRATIC ARMY In action when the Gen

eral consults a K . P. on military maneuvers in a kitchen .TWO-THIRDS of the 65th Command , General Reinhart andGener al McMahon , right, minus Gener al Barber. but withCo lo ne l Epes , CIS , left foreground, listen intently as the

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visiting commander gestures a point.

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22 November 1943 the 65t h saw the big boss of the U. S. Army's footsol diers in the person of Lieutenant General Lesley J. McNair , Commanderof Army Ground Forces, when he made a thorough inspection tour of Camp

Shelby men and installations.

The events of the day ranged all the way from visits to Division Head

quarters to close scrutiny of the unsung heroes of the pots and pans.

THE CORPORAL , secondthe temptat io n of every

from the left, has succu mbed tosoldier at inspection to look for THIS MESS SERGEANT gets some pointed advice on the

the approaching officer, however, most inspectors are not affairs of the kitchen posted on his bulletin board.so im portant as General McNa ir.

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T H E 6 5 T H

RECRUITS ARRIVE

' I o n T R A I n sM A K E S A S O L D I E R


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M A K E S A S O L D I E R


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HERE T O O

WE HATE TO SEE YOU GO I

Photographs Courtesy U . S . Signal Corps and 65th Div i s ion .


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Corporal F. Paul , the originato r

of Halbert Alber t and the artis tof the front cover .

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WALTER P . O'BRIENColon 'el

259th Infantry

ROBERT T. FOSTERColonel

260th Infantry

WILLIAM H. SHILDROTHColonel

261st Infantry

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J O H N B. RICELieutenant Colone l

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