Description

TIMBERWOLF SCRAPBOOK

104th “Timberwolf” Infantry Division · World War II ·

16 pages scanned. Instant PDF download.

Document Overview

Prepared by the G-2 Photo Section of the 104th (Timberwolf) Infantry Division in Europe, this scrapbook gathers photographs spanning September 1944 to June 1945: the Battle of the Dikes at Standdaarbuiten, Holland; winter fighting at Duren and along the Roer River after the dams were blown; the drive east of the Rhine dedicated to the memory of Maj. Gen. Maurice Rose; portraits of division commanders and regimental colonels; visits from Eisenhower, Bradley, Montgomery, and Hodges; the link-up with Soviet forces at Delitzsch and Annaburg, Germany; and the division’s return to New York Harbor in July 1945. This listing is a digital download of a scanned copy of the original photo album.

Campaigns: Battle of the Dikes, Standdaarbuiten, Holland · Duren and the Roer River, Winter 1945 · Drive East of the Rhine (Remagen to the Elbe) · Link-Up with the Russians at Delitzsch and Annaburg · Return to New York, July 1945

Commanders: Maj. Gen. Terry de la M. Allen (Commanding General) · Brig. Gen. Woodward (Division Artillery) · Brig. Gen. Moore / Brig. Gen. Lanham (Assistant Division Commander) · Col. DeGraff (Chief of Staff) · Col. Waltz / Col. Summers (413th Infantry) · Col. Touart / Col. Kelleher (414th Infantry) · Col. Cochran (415th Infantry)

Division newspaper: The Timberwolf

Table of Contents

Battle of the Dikes — Standdaarbuiten, Holland

Duren in the Snow

Two Months on the Roer River

Drive East of the Rhine — Dedicated to Maj. Gen. Maurice Rose

Division Commanders

Unit Commanders’ Meeting, Cologne

The High Command Visits the Timberwolves

Link-Up with the Russians

Return to New York Harbor

“Nothing in Hell must stop the Timberwolves.”

— 104th Infantry Division motto