It will be held from July 28 to July The 31st Infantry Division was a unit of the Army National Guard in World War I and World War II. Ray, John F Company, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division 482. When this demand was refused, partisans launched attacks on trains along the Suchan branch. They also dissuaded their 40,000 Japanese allies from taking control of Russian territory. The Philippine Division was held in reserve around Manila and the Bataan Peninsula to support the beach defense forces if needed and prepare defenses on Bataan and Corregidor Island. The 4th Armored Division was activated during World War II on 15 April 1941 with 3,800 men (10,000 by the end of May 1941) from various other units, at Pine Camp (Camp Drum, 1951; Fort Drum, 1974), New York under its first Commanding General, Brigadier General Henry W. Baird.. World War II. The large silver punch bowl and its matching cups were made in 1932 by a Shanghai silversmith, fashioned from approximately 1,600 silver US Trade Dollars that were collected from the officers of the unit. Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 31st Brigade, 30th Armored Division was reorganized and redesignated 1 November 1973 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 31st Armored Brigade, and relieved of assignment from the 30th Armored Division. We were established in 1983 as a member-based, charitable 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. [5], For duty with the Services of Supply, the 106th Engineers, without Train, relocated from Le Havre to Brest on 4 October. On 5 July 1932, when the crisis passed, the unit returned to the Philippines. The division was helped by the Filipino troops under the Philippine Commonwealth Army and Philippine Constabulary units and the local organized Christian and Islamic guerrillas fight the Japanese. [6]. The 5th Battalion was inactivated at Ft.Benning in 1971.[5]. The first was constituted on 29 January 1813 and consolidated with the Regiment of Light Artillery in 1815. Some regiments were dropped from the unit, while . Ladd, Garland S. 1st Ranger Battalion 839. Instead of being sent to Camp McClellan, the 31st went to Camp Blanding, arriving on 22 December to discover that it was still under construction. Comprised of soldiers from the 8th, 13th, 15th, and 27th Infantry Regiments, the 31st was formed on 13 August 1916 at Fort William McKinley in Manila, the capital of the Philippines. In April 1920, the regiment returned to Fort McKinley and, in December, was moved to the Post of Manila. This facebook page is dedicated to the men that served as members of the Dixie. We seek to educate future Americans to fully appreciate the sacrifices that generations of American Soldiers have made to safeguard the freedoms of this Nation. The 4th Battalion went to South Vietnam in the spring of 1967, operating initially in War Zone D and around Tay Ninh near the Cambodian border as a unit under the 196th Infantry Brigade (Separate). They conducted over 50 air assaults and three amphibious operations, and fired nearly 400 counter-fire artillery missions against enemy forces and in support of troops in contact. Rommel's promotions are among the most desirable of all World War II documents. LTC Faith was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously for his gallant attempt to lead the command to safety. The 31st Infantry Division ("Dixie") was an infantry division of the United States Army National Guard, active almost continuously from 1917 to 1968. [2] Kernan was replaced by 56th Field Artillery Brigade commander Brigadier General John Louis Hayden, the senior brigade commander, on 18 September. The 31st Infantry Regiment ("Polar Bears"[1]) of the United States Army was formed on 13 August 1916, and was part of USAFFE's Philippine Division during World War II. Its Louisiana and Mississippi units were called up to provide emergency relief due to the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927. Operating at Quang Ngai, Chu Lai and the Que Son Valley for most of the rest of the war, the 4th Battalion fought to keep Viet Cong guerillas and the People's Army of Vietnam away from the coastal lowlands. The 4th Battalion was formed at Fort Devens, Massachusetts in 1965 and the 6th Battalion was formed at Fort Lewis, Washington in 1967. Many people don't know that there still is an active Ninth Infantry Division Association. The unit is rare in that it was formed and has spent most of its life on non-American soil. May be continuation of #43. The Chinese withdrew after a brief battle. Screen shot attached. [9], Elements of the 31st were called up for state duty several times during the interwar period. However, with the threat of war looming in the Pacific, General Douglas MacArthur, who was the military adviser to the Philippine government, began instituting a program for national defense and augmentation of the Philippine armed forces. In 1964, the 2d Battle Group was reorganized as the 5th Battalion 31st Infantry which was transferred to Ft.Benning, Georgia in 1967 and reassigned to the 197th Infantry Brigade. By the end of that same year, the 10th Division became the 31st. La Croix, "Chief" Paratroops 893. On 10 November the division headquarters relocated to Birmingham; Blanding retired on 18 November and was replaced by Alabama Major General John C. Persons, who led the division for most of the next four years. In early 1967, it participated in Operation GADSDEN to prevent Viet Cong (VC) guerrillas from freely crossing the South Vietnamese-Cambodian border. The remaining 1,348 officers and men became the core of Alabama troops associated with the Thirty-first Infantry Division. In May 2004, the Polar Bears again deployed with the 2nd BCT in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. It was inactivated in 1971. On 8 December 1941, Japanese planes attacked U.S. military installations in the Philippines. As a result, the 61st Brigade included the 121st and 122nd Infantry with the 117th Machine Gun Battalion, the 62nd included the 123rd and 124th Infantry with the 118th Machine Gun Battalion, and the 56th included the 116th, 117th, and 118th Field Artillery Regiments with the 106th Trench Mortar Battery. In November 2002 the brigade was redesignated the 31st Chemical Brigade. This includes when and where the WWII veteran was promoted in rank. During the occupation of Morotai, elements of the Division seized Mapia, 15-17 September, and waded ashore on the Asia islands, 19-20 September, only to find the Japanese had already evacuated. He was born in Florida and my father tells me he thinks he was in the 31st Infantry 7th Division Company B, 4th platoon, Heavy Weapons Mortar Assistant on a 60mm tube. 114 th FA, Camp Shelby, Miss., 12/10/1942. In late April 1967, 4/31 Infantry was reassigned to the newly activated 23d Infantry Division (Americal), operating in Quang Ngai, Chu Lai, and the Que Son Valley for the rest of the war. The 41st Infantry Division arrived in Australia, 7 April 1942, and underwent intensive training. Place and date: Near Maglamin, Mindanao, Philippine Islands, 5 June 1945. For more information on the history of this unit, see: The Civil War Archive section, 31st Regiment Infantry (accessed 5 June 2012). In April 2002, the Polar Bears returned to Fort Drum, and in 2003 roughly 300 soldiers from the 431st deployed to Djibouti, B company to Iraq, and A Company to Camp Phoenix outside Kabul, Afghanistan in support of CJTF-HOA as TF 431. Elements of the 31st Infantry took part in operations around the Chosin Reservoir in late November as part of the 31st Regimental Combat Team (RCT), commanded by Colonel Alan D. MacLean. The 31st was reorganized in 1923 with national guardsmen from Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi. In October 2009 TF 431 returned to Iraq for an 8-month deployment. Meanwhile, the remainder of the division relieved the 6th Infantry Division in the Sarmi-Wakde island area, 18 July 1944, built bridges, roads, and docks, patrolled the area, and engaged small units of the enemy, trying not to provoke a large scale counterattack by the enemy. No units were deployed, but individuals representing three-fourths of the authorized strength were sent to either Korea or Japan as replacements. Streamer embroidered KHOWST PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN 2002, The 31st Inf. Over the next several months, the 31st Infantry clashed with Red forces at Novitskaya, Romanovka, Novo Nezhino, and other locations in the Suchan Valley. 31 st Awards received by members of the Division in WW2. The 124th was temporarily replaced in the 31st Division by the 154th Infantry Regiment (a former designation of the 1st Florida Infantry Regiment from 1921-1923 until it was redesignated the 124th Infantry), which was activated 20 September 1942 in the Army of the United States. Despite dwindling supplies and mounting losses, the the 31st and other units defending Bataan managed to halt the Japanese advance and forced them to withdraw and await reinforcements from China over the next several weeks before renewing their offensive. The casualties suffered by a typical American infantry regiment serving in World War II were horrendous. The combat team moved up to advanced positions and took part in the general offensive launched 13 July, including the bloody Battle of Driniumor River. The Shanghai Bowl has become a very important symbol of the lineage of the 31st Infantry Regiment. The 31st Infantry Division arrived in Oro Bay, New Guinea, 24 April 1944, and engaged in amphibious training prior to entering combat. Created in 1917, the 2nd Infantry Division first saw service in World War I.During World War II, the "Indianhead" division landed on Omaha Beach on June 7, 1944, and broke out of Normandy before moving into Belgium. With the end of hostilities on 15 August 1945, the 31st accomplished the surrender of all Japanese forces remaining in Mindanao. The 106th Field Signal Battalion departed Bordeaux on 18 April, and the last units of the division overseas, the 106th Engineers and 106th Supply Train, returned to the United States on 5 July. In 1958, the 2d Battle Group 31st Infantry was formed at Fort Rucker, Alabama, planting the proud regiment's flag on the U.S. homeland for the first time in its history. [9], As a result of World War II, the division was mobilized along with the entire National Guard and inducted into Federal service on 25 November 1940 at home stations. In mid-August the division began to stage for a landing on Morotai, leaving Aitape and Maffin Bay, 11 September 1944. 25th Infantry Division - "Tropic Lightning" 26th Infantry Division "Yankee Division" 27th Infantry Division - New York Division 28th Infantry Divi sion "Keystone Division" 29th Infantry Division - "Blue and Gray" 30th Infantry Division "Old Hickory" 31st Infantry Division - "Dixie Division" The most recent unit designated 31st Infantry is one of a few Regular Army units constituted and organized outside of the United States. After the war, the 31st Infantry Regiment remained in Korea until the Army reorganized all infantry regiments into battle groups in 1957. . Roster - 31st ID: Schools: Units: Camp Atterbury Yearbooks: World War 1: World War 2: CONTACTs----- James D. West Indiana Military Org: 31stINF DIV Site Map: 31st Infantry Division "Dixie" WW2 & Korea. In June, 9,200 men from Michigan and Illinois transferred to the division, followed by 5,700 from Illinois in July. For the next two years, the 6th Battalion fought all across the Mekong Delta and the Plain of Reeds. In wake of the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, 4th Battalion participated in Operation NOBLE EAGLE, protecting critical infrastructure in Maryland. Simple, merit based leadership roster. By 21 July, the division fielded 24,000 men, with its officers mostly from the Organized Reserve Corps and the National Army. You can literally trace the steps of your WWII veteran! Our funding helps to acquire and conserve Army historical art and artifacts, support Army history educational programs, research, and publication of historical materials on the American Soldier, and provide support and counsel to private and governmental organizations committed to the same goals. As a professional researcher and World War II historian, Bill Beigel provides research services to genealogists, historians, authors, and civilians who are looking for information found in WW2 military unit records. Before redeployment the battalion conducted task force level air assaults and raids in enemy strongholds south of Baghdad. In almost 100 years of service, the 31st Infantry Regiment has played a role in every major conflict and military operation involving the U.S. Army from World War I to the Global War on Terrorism. [3], The 31st transferred almost all of its infantry privates and about half of its artillery privates from November to June, including 4,300 who were sent to Camp Merritt. The 31st departed the Philippines in August 1918 for the Russian port of Vladivostok, arriving on 21 August. The courageous actions of Sergeant Paine were an inspiration to his comrades and enabled the battalion to complete its mission. When the Army abandoned the Pentomic Division in favor of ROAD (Reorganization Objective Army Division) in 1963, the battalion designation was revived. including the 87th unit history books that were published shortly after . [14] Meanwhile, in Alabama and Mississippi, units of the National Guard of the United States were organized to replace those on active duty, including a NGUS division headquarters at Birmingham on 26 June 1953. Organized in 1917 during World War I from the national guardsmen of Alabama, Florida, and Georgia, the division deployed to France in September 1918, arriving weeks before the Armistice of 11 November that ended the war. Its mission was to prevent allied war material left on Vladivostok's docks from being looted. It was originally activated as the 10th, a division established in early 1917 consisting of Alabama, Florida, and Georgia national guardsmen. The division returned to the United States and was inactivated at Camp Stoneman on 21 December. 2d Battalion was inactivated in Korea in 1971, but was reactivated at Fort Ord, California, in 1974, where it remained until its inactivation in 1988. The 809 member task force was their brigade's main effort and was given the daunting task of establishing the first permanent coalition force presence in the Sunni region south of Baghdad frequently referred to as the "Sunni Triangle of Death. The second organization to be called the 31st Infantry was consolidated with its sister regiment the 22nd Infantry (also formed out of the 13th) in an 1869 reorganization. [9], During the interwar period, the division did not train together in most years, as separate summer camps were held for the units of each state. The second 31st Infantry was originally constituted 3 May 1861 as the 3d Battalion, 13th Infantry, and redesignated the 31st Infantry in September 1866. The Division made an assault landing on Morotai, 15 September 1944, meeting only light opposition. The 56th Field Artillery Brigade left to train at Camp Jackson on 24 July, while the 2nd Battalion, 122nd Infantry relocated to Camp Greene on 20 August. Composed of men from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Michigan, Illinois, and Mississippi at various points in its existence, the division saw service in both World War I and World War II, and was mobilized during the Korean War, although it was not sent overseas in the latter. Of the 5,025 officers and men, 3,677 became part of the newly organized 167th Infantry, Forty-second Thirty-first Division Insignia Division. The 31st Infantry was a part of American Expeditionary Forces Siberia (AEFS) that included the 27th Infantry Regiment and several support units under the command of Major General William S. Graves. Select members of the battalion were also designated as trainers for the ANA. Two additional soldiers at that position, SGT Alex Jimenez and PFC Byron Fouty, were captured during that attack and were missing until July 2008. Earl R. Short (who had buried it) after his release from a POW camp, and Col. Niederpreum. 31st Infantry Division Roster Korea: Search this site powered by FreeFind Other elements reverted to Sansapor, where they maintained and operated the base. Despite starvation, disease, no supplies, obsolete weapons, and often inoperative ammunition, the peninsula's defenders fought the Japanese to a standstill for 4 months, upsetting Japan's timetable for Asia's conquest. On 1 February 1932, the regiment was ordered to Shanghai, China, arriving on 4 February. This counterattack was repulsed with heavy loss of enemy personnel. The 31st Infantry Division ("Dixie") was an infantry division of the United States Army National Guard, active almost continuously from 1917 to 1968.Composed of men from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Michigan, Illinois, and Mississippi at various points in its existence, the division saw service in both World War I and World War II, and was mobilized during the Korean War, although it . He spent the remainder of the war till August 1953, in POW Camp 3 in Ch'ang-Song. It is an interlocked ornament, found in Nordic monuments, composed of three torques: red for Artillery; blue for Infantry; and yellow for Cavalry. Raymond B Company, 601st Tank Destroyer Battalion 382. Of the original fifty officers and 1,000 soldiers of the 3/31 Infantry during the Chosin operation, only two officers and 100 enlisted men reached the coast. In September, the regiment was restored to full strength with replacements from the U.S. and Koreans (KATUSA) hastily drafted by their government and shipped to Japan for a few weeks training before returning to their homeland as members of American units. HARR, Harry R. [posthumously] Rank and organization: Corporal, U.S. Army, Company D, 124th Infantry, 31st Infantry Division. The regiment is the third to bear the designation; the first was formed for the War of 1812 and disbanded in 1815. 1/32 Infantry, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Don C. Faith, was also attacked, but held its ground thanks to air support by Marine F4U Corsairs. The 31st Infantry Division served for 245 days in Combat in the The Asiatic Pacific Theater of operations; during this time they served in the campaigns of NEW GUINEA, and the SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES. The Polar Bears earned two Silver Stars and the battalion was awarded a Valorous Unit Award. 4/31 Infantry was deployed to Vietnam in the spring of 1966, operating in and around Tay Ninh province as part of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade. Alerted on 25 June 1944 for movement to Aitape, New Guinea, the 124th RCT left Oro Bay and landed at Aitape 36 July 1944. For the next 2 years the 31st Infantry performed occupation duty in central Korea, facing the Soviet Army across the 38th Parallel. As a result of the rapid retreat, many units were forced to abandon crucial supplies and heavy weapons. 3d Battle Group was assigned to the Army Reserve and attached to the 63d Infantry Division. Company: Rank: Name: Remarks: Field & Staff: Adjutant: Boynton, Joseph W. Wounded at Stones River, Tennessee on 31 Dec 1862 . We seek to educate future Americans to fully appreciate the sacrifices that generations of American Soldiers have made to safeguard the freedoms of this Nation. One of the battalions most significant actions in Iraq was providing security at polling centers in the Kadhamiya area during the first Iraqi national elections in January 2005 before returning to Fort Drum in June. On the latter date, the Advance Detachment of the division sailed from Hoboken, arriving at Brest on 7 October. 5 during the Korean War and 2 during the Vietnam War. Lacosse, Frank 1st Ranger Battalion 839. After the end of the war the division was demobilized in December 1945. Florida units provided relief in response to the 1926 Miami hurricane, the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane, and the 1935 Labor Day hurricane. [citation needed] They established six patrol bases, 17 battle positions, assisted the Iraqi Army in the establishment of many more. For their actions at Chosin, which likely prevented the Marines from being cut off and annihilated on the western side of the reservoir, the Navy awarded 3/31 Infantry and other elements of the 31st RCT a Presidential Unit Citation. Focusing on the defense of Luzon in the event of a Japanese invasion, the Philippine Division was the nucleus of a largely Filipino defense force. In 1999, 4th Battalion deployed to Bosnia-Herzegovina as a part of Task Force Eagle. By the time of liberation in September 1945, over 1,000 soldiers of the 31st Infantry died in captivity, including most of the regiments officers and senior noncommissioned officers. The 106th Sanitary Train, which had remained at Brest, relocated to Camp de Souge on 25 November, and thence to the American Embarkation Center at Le Mans in December, where it was skeletonized. The 30th Infantry Division was a unit of the Army National Guard in World War I and World War II.It was nicknamed the "Old Hickory" division, in honor of President Andrew Jackson.The Germans nicknamed this division "Roosevelt's SS.". Less than a year after the 31sts formation, the United States entered World War I in April 1917. The 106th Engineers and Train were the first to depart from New York on 16 September, arriving in Scotland on 29 September. It returned to the United States in December and was demobilized in January 1919. . [2] On 28 September, 61st Brigade commander Brigadier General Walter Alexander Harris took command of the division, leading it until 14 November. The Bowl and Cups were found a yard and a half from where Cpt. 31st Division History Book. The combat team moved up to advanced positions and took part in the general offensive launched 13 July, running into bloody fighting along the Drinumor River. A 31st Infantry sergeant on detail at Camp John Hay in Baguio became the campaign's first fatality. The 1st Battle Group 31st Infantry, representing the only regiment that had never served in the continental United States, remained in Korea with the 7th Infantry Division. 6th Battalion was reactivated at Fort Irwin, California where it served until 1988 when it was again inactivated. After two years of patrolling against North Korean guerrillas along the 38th Parallel, the 31st Infantry along with the 7th Infantry Division were sent to the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido where they underwent constant physical and combat training. The 3rd Division (later re-designated as the 3rd Infantry division on August 1, 1942) was organized at Camp Greene, North Carolina, November 21, 1917. The camp was rather short-lived. - HQ Eighth US Army Korea, General Orders No. 31st Infantry Division: 424th Field Artillery Group: 106th Engineer Regiment, 31st Division: 424th Infantry Regiment, 106th . When Chinese troops swept down from Manchuria, they surrounded a task force led by the 31st Infantry's commander, COL Allan MacLean. Citation: He displayed conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity. On 22 April 1945, the division landed on Mindanao to take part in the liberation of the Philippines. They landed at Brest between 13 and 21 October, except for the 117th and 118th Machine Gun Battalions and the 106th Train Headquarters and Military Police, which arrived in England on 17 October. source: 23rd Anniversary Organization Day, 13 August 1939, http://www.31stinfantry.org/history/past-commanders/ Archived 21 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Last edited on 24 December 2022, at 14:53, Learn how and when to remove this template message, attacked by insurgents in a pre-dawn raid, http://www.31stinfantry.org/history/past-commanders/, United States Army Center of Military History, "The 31st Infantry Regiment The Campaign for the National Museum of the United States Army", Drum's 31st Infantry celebrates a century, "Some veterans angered by events in Afghanistan", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=31st_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)&oldid=1129290830, Presidential Unit Citation (Army) Luzon 19411942, Presidential Unit Citation (Army) Bataan, Presidential Unit Citation (Army) Defense of the Philippines, Presidential Unit Citation (Army) Quang Tin Province (Vietnam) (4th Battalion), Presidential Unit Citation (Navy) - Hwechon Reservoir, Valorous Unit Award Que Son-Hiep Duc (4th Battalion), Valorous Unit Award Saigon (6th Battalion), Valorous Unit Award Parrot's Beak (6th Battalion). The battalion returned to the United States in November 2007 after sixteen months in Iraq, having lost twenty-six soldiers. During this deployment, the regiment recommended one Medal of Honor and 15 Distinguished Service Crosses. The 31st Infantry was a part of American Expeditionary Forces Siberia (AEFS) that included the 27th Infantry Regiment and several support units under the command of Major General William S. Graves. He returned to Corregidor Island under the orders of Major General Marshall in September 1945 to retrieve the bowl from its hidden location. The daily location of the WWII veteran's unit and any movements they made. On May 4, 1945, the 71st Infantry Division liberated Gunskirchen, one of the many subcamps of the Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria. "On 20 May, the Regiment was incorporated under the Dachau Area. Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 31st Infantry Division Artillery, 31st Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized), Headquarters, Special Troops, 31st Infantry Division, Headquarters Company, 31st Infantry Division, 31st Counterintelligence Corps Detachment. The 31st "Dixie" Division has seen a lot of action. In a fierce counterattack, the Japanese closed in on his machinegun emplacement, hurling hand grenades, 1 of which exploded under the . The 156th Infantry Regiment of the Louisiana National Guard was separated from the 31st Division on 14 July 1942. stephen scherr family; nigel jones philadelphia. In WWII the 31st Infantry Regiment was part of the US Philippine Division, after the war referred to as the 12th Infantry Division. Returning to Pusan in late December 1950, the 31st Infantry participated in counteroffensive operations in central Korea throughout most of 1951. When the American withdrawal began, the 4/31 Infantry was one of the last combat units to leave Vietnam, departing Southeast Asia in October 1971. what happened to audrey williams daughter . [13] The 31st Infantry Division was transferred to Fort Carson, Colorado in February 1954 from Camp Atterbury. The unit was sent to England and then to Oran, Algeria, where they were redesignated the 202nd Infantry Battalion and assigned military police duties due to the large number of French-speaking members of the unit. When hostilities broke out between Japanese and Chinese forces in Shanghai in early 1932, the 31st Infantry was sent to reinforce the 4th Marine Regiment in the International Settlement of Shanghai. 1st and 2d Battalions were reactivated in Korea, while 3d Battalion remained in the Army Reserve in California. [6] Due to a personnel shortage caused by heavy casualties suffered in the MeuseArgonne Offensive, the 31st Division was ordered skeletonized on 17 October, and two days later the division headquarters, both infantry brigades, the 116th Machine Gun Battalion, 106th Supply Train, and 106th Train Headquarters and Military Police moved to Le Mans, with some units relocating through the Loches area, while the remaining units were detached from the division when they arrived at Brest. Although adjacent parts of Shanghai were demolished by fierce fighting between Japanese and Chinese troops, the International Settlement remained an island of security. [11], The division headquarters became the headquarters of the 31st Brigade, 30th Armored Division at Tuscaloosa on the next day. [19] In 2002 it started transitioning to a chemical brigade, initially designated the 122nd. Some of the 31st's survivors escaped to continue resisting, but most underwent brutal torture and humiliation on the Bataan Death March and nearly three years of captivity. In early August 1917, the federal government called the entire Alabama National Guard to active duty for service in World War I. Activated: October 1917 (National Guard Division from Alabama, Florida and Georgia . The battalion returned to Fort Lewis for inactivation in October 1970. While in Shanghai, the officers of the 31st collected $1,600 in silver dollars and had a Chinese silversmith craft a silver punch bowl and sixty-five matching cups to commemorate the regiments service in Shanghai. This roster is not comprehensive. According to the regimental After Action Report of May 1945, the 1st and 2nd Battalions were assigned to guard duty at KZ Dachau. The 31st Infantry Division arrived in Oro Bay, New Guinea, 24 April 1944, and engaged in amphibious training prior to entering combat. 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