Signal Corps and the Holocaust 

The U.S. Army Center of
Military History and the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum lists
28 infantry, armored, and air borne divisions as liberators of
40 camps and subcamps.
Divisions had about 16
units with about 14,000 soldiers. Only a few soldiers from a few
combat units entered the camp.
Every division had a
Signal Company. Those Signal Company were within a few miles of
the camp providing lateral communications among the division's
units while combat units entered the camp.
For example, on April
29, 1945, while elements of "I" and "L" Companies of the
3rd Battalion, 157th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division
supported by elements of the 191st Tank Battalion entered
Dachau, the
45th Signal Company was moving from Schrobenhausen about 39 miles by road
north of Dachau to Haimhausen, about 8 miles by road northeast
of Dachau.
The Signal Company of
the other 27 divisions were performed similar duties during the
liberation of camps and subcamps.
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not in the public domain 2023 -2024 Leonard
H. Cizewski: Posted: Last Reviewed: Update, Corrective and Revision History: November 29, 2023 |
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