Felix & World War 2
| The 45th Infantry
Division is notified that it will be redeployed to
the
Pacific and
the war with Japan. (Information regarding the planned transfer
of the 45th to the Pacific is from Flint Whitlock's
The Rock of Anzio: From Sicily to Dachau: A history of the U.S. 45th
Infantry Division.) |
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| The 45th Infantry Division
was not listed in the August,
1945 Provisional Order of Battle for the Invasion of Japan. The
invasion plans state that "If additional troops were needed,
as expected, other Divisions redeployed from Europe and undergoing
training in the United States would be shipped to Japan in what was
hoped to be the final push." (From "An Invasion not found in the history books" by James Martin Davis, The Omaha World Herald, November, 1987.) The 45th may have been one of the those divisions. |
| July, 1945 movement of the 45th Infantry Divison from Munich, Germany to Reims, France | |||
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Late
July, 1945:
Transfer to Camp St. Louis, Mourmelon Sub Area, near Verzenay, approximately
15 kilometers south of Reims, France.
Imagine
the distress Felix and the other members of the 45th Division felt as
they made this journey. They started from the vicinity of Dachau and
proceeded through areas of Germany and France they just fought over
weeks earlier. They passed through Verdun
in France, still scarred by a World War 1 battle that lasted over
eleven month with over 700,000 causalties, one of the longest and
costliest in history. Their final destination was only a temporary stop
on their way to the Pacific and the war with Japan. |
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| Felix could he
have
used these maps as one of the drivers in the movement of the 45th
Infantry Division from
Munich to Reims. Verdun
in the center of this map. |
Lower right corner: Starting point for "Div Arty, SP Troops I P #2," "Einsbach" according to the note in the lower left corner. The 45th Signal Company, Felix's company, would be a Special Troop, referred to as "SP Troops" on the map. Dachau would be near the end of the road starts in Furstenfeldbruck through I P #1 (Geiselbullach) to about the end line on the above map just beyond ""Div Arty, SP Troops I P #2." |
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Lovetere, Musbach, & Robinson Family History Ibiblio Index © 2006 Leonard H. Cizewski Last Modified on December 6, 2006 |
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