Description

12th Infantry Regiment
4th Infantry Division • World War II •
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Document Overview
Issued by Headquarters, Fourth Infantry Division under Major General H. W. Blakeley and dedicated to Major General Raymond O. Barton, this is the 12th Infantry Regiment volume of a five-book set commemorating the Fourth Infantry Division at Camp Butner, North Carolina in 1945. It covers the regiment’s officers and men, Medal of Honor citations, the Division’s World War I lineage, and its World War II combat record from the Normandy landings through the Battle of the Hurtgen Forest to the campaigns in Germany. This listing is a digital download of a scanned copy of the original wartime volume.

Campaigns: Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe — including the Utah Beach landing, the St. Lo breakthrough, the Siegfried Line, the Battle of the Hurtgen Forest, and the drive into Germany.

Commanders: Major General Raymond O. Barton and Major General H. W. Blakeley, Division Commanders; Brigadier General James S. Rodwell, Assistant Division Commander; Colonel Russell P. Reeder and Colonel James S. Luckett, Commanding Officers, 12th Infantry Regiment.

Division newspaper: The Ivy Leaf

Table of Contents
Dedication
Division and Regimental Commanders
Medal of Honor Citations
Fourth Infantry Division in World War I
Normandy Campaign
Northern France Campaign
Siegfried Line Breakthrough
Battle of the Hurtgen Forest
Ardennes Counteroffensive
Rhineland Campaign
Central Europe Campaign
Personnel Roster

“The Battle of Hurtgen Forest had been an epic of stark infantry combat.”
— 12th Infantry Regiment History