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- Aug 6 1921
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- War Department forms
Division under National Defense Act of 1920
- with
1940 revision. Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico states
- from which reserves will form Division.
- (This is the three peaks found on many of the
insignia)
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- Aug 31 1921
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- Major James A. McGrath
assigned to 103rd.
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- Sep 8 1921
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- First day of 103rd in
Denver, Major McGrath takes command.
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- Sep 11 1921
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- Major W.M.Whiting takes
command, Major McGrath is adjutant.
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- Sep 21 1921
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- First enlisted arrive.
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- Oct 21 1921
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- Lt Colonel Homer C
Washburn assigned to command 411th IR
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- 1922
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- Division named "The
Rocky Mountain Division" with Green Saguaro
- Cactus with blue ground and yellow sky.
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- 1923
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- Division renamed
"Cactus Division".
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| Jan 20,
1940
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Franklin
Roosevelt elected for third term as President |
| Dec
7 1941
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Japan
bombs Pearl Harbor, Hawaii |
| Dec
8 1941
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US
Declares War on Japan |
| Dec 11
1941
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Germany
Declares War on US |
- 1942
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- Top Hit Songs
- 1. Don't Sit Under the
Apple Tree - Glenn Miller
- 2. Somebody Else is Taking
My Place - Benny Goodman
- 3. Who Wouldn't Love
You - Kay Kyser
- 4. My Devotion
- Vaughn Monroe
- 5. Sleepy Lagoon
- Harry James
- Top Movies - Bambi,
Casablanca, Yankee Doodle Dandy
- Best Picture of the Year
- Mrs. Miniver
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- Jun 30 1942
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- changed Organized
Reserve Division to active Army Division
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| Aug 7
1942
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Marines
land at Guadalcanal |
- Nov 15 1942
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- Activated-enlarged to
the Front Page List. Based Camp Claiborne, LA.
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- 1943
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- Top Hit Songs
- 1. Juke Box Saturday Night
- Glenn Miller, Marion Hutton, Tex Beneke
- 2. I've Heard that Song
Before - Harry James, Helen Forrest
- 3. Don't get around much
anymore - The Ink Spots
- 4. Sunday, Monday,
Always - Bing Crosby
- 5. You'd Be So Nice to Come
Home To - Dinah Shore
- Best Picture of the Year -
Casablanca
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- Aug 8 1943
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- Slagle, LA start of
D-series training maneuvers.
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- Sep 2 1943
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- Return to Camp Claiborne
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- Sep 15 1943
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- Fall maneuvers
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- Nov 15 1943
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- End of maneuvers
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- Nov 18 1943
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- Changed base to Camp
Howze, Texas.
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| Nov 28
1943
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Tehran
Conference |
- 1943
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- ASTP (Army Specialized
Training Program) added from colleges.
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- 1944
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- Top Hit Songs
- 1. The Trolley Song -
Judy Garland
- 2. San Fernando
Valley - Bing Crosby
- 3. Shoo-Shoo
- Andrews Sisters
- 4. G. I. Jive -
Louis Jordan
- 5. I'll get By
- Harry James Orch
- Best Picture of the
Year - Going My Way - Bing Crosby
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| Jun 6
1944
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D-Day
Invasion |
| Aug 25
1944
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Allies
free Paris |
- Sep 15 1944
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- Left Texas, moved to
Camp Shanks New York for ocean trip
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- Sep 28 1944
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- Arrived at Camp Shanks,
New York
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- Oct 6 1944
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- Ships
U.S.S. General J.R. Brooke (Flagship), Monticello
- (former Italian Liner Conte Grandi), Henry Gibbons (Signal Company
- on board,) and Santa Maria. Freight ship Mormac Moon, plus
other
- unit ships. Depart New York port.
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- Oct 20 1944
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- Arrived port of
Marseilles, France.
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- Nov 1 1944
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- Left Marseilles, France
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- Nov 9 1944
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- Arrived Docelles, France
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- Nov 10 - 30 1944
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- Vosges Mountain
Operations
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- Dec 1 - 4 1944
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- Battle of Selestat
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- Dec 5 - 23 1944
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- Alsace Campain
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- Dec 23 - Mar 15
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- Wissembourg and
Sessenheim
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- 1945
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- Top Hit Songs
- 1. On the Atchison, Topeka,
and the Santa Fe - Johnny Mercer
- 2. You Belong to My
Heart - Bing Crosby / Zavier Cugat Orch
- 3. Rum and Coca-Cola
- The Andrews Sisters
- 4. It Might as Well be
Spring - Dick Haymes
- 5. My Dreams are Getting
Better All the Time - Doris Day / Les Brown
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| Jan 12
1945
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US
liberates Philippines |
| Jan 20
1945
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Franklin
D Roosevelt in for Fourth term as President |
- Mar 15 -31
- 1945
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- Saar - Palatinate
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| Apr
1945
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Roosevelt
dies, Truman becomes President |
- Apr 1 - May 5 1945
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- Danube River to
Innsbruck,Austria
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- May 6 1945
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- German Surrender notice
received
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| Jun 26
1945
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UN
Established |
- Aug 24 1945
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- Moved to Landsberg,
Germany pre-departure
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- Sep 9 1945
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- Boarded ship at Le Havre
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- Sep 18 1945
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- New York Port for most
of 103rd Division
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- Sep 20 1945
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- Deactivation of Division
at Camp Kilmer, NJ
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