34th Infantry Division Association

34th Inf Div Assn 'Home Page'

• SiteMap (in revision)

National Association Council Bluffs Chapter Des Moines Chapter Tri-State Chapter

Fall 2011 National Newsletter (PDF File) Locating Veteran Records

Affiliated website: Military History Network

Deployments During Winter Holidays

In recent years we have seen elements of the 34th Infantry Division "Red Bulls" repeatedly deployed "in harm's way" in the Middle East and the former Yugoslavia. During the Christmas/Hanukkah/Muslim New Year seasons our troops have been "in the trenches" seven times since 2003. These 'holiday' deployments have been to the Sinai Desert, to Bosnia-Herzegovina, twice to Afghanistan, twice to Iraq, and currently to Kuwait. An eighth deployment - to Kosovo - was in the summertime.

Some of you will remember Danny Quinn as our musician at the 2005 and 2009 reunions in Carlisle. Danny has recently recorded a World War I song, "Christmas in the Trenches" and has permitted us to use it now on our website. As you listen to the song, please keep in mind our 1st Brigade Combat Team is even now proudly serving in Kuwait.

If you wish to post or leave a message for Danny on his Facebook site, please mention you're a Red Bull.

News, Notes, and Updates

"34th Division Regimental Lineages and Honors" (PDF file),
from US Army Center of Military History, 1953, extracted for us by Russ Bierl

1st Brigade Combat Team (Minnesota National Guard)

News reports of or about our 1st Brigade Combat Team will be archived on this website as a permanent collection. The more recent stories will appear below:

29 Nov 2011, 1st Brigade Combat Team
Kuwait: Minnesota Guard's CWO Daniel Mellon recalls two decades, two trips.

25 Nov 2011, 1/34th Brigade Special Troops Battalion:
SPC Garrett Nelson works with 1-94th Cav as a driver trainer in the drawdown.

14 Nov 2011, 1-194th Combined Arms Battalion:
Convoy Escort Security: Safeguarding the Iraq Drawdown.

12 Nov 2011, 134th Brigade Support Battalion:
Throw a Wrench at It !

11 Nov 2011, 134th Brigade Support Battalion:
National Guard units make room for exodus as Iraq drawdown nears.

10 Nov 2011, Iowa Public Television:
Iowa Soldiers, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, Remember Afghanistan. (29 min. TV feature)

Official Facebook Resources

Facebook of the 34th Infantry Division Association.

Facebook of the 34th Infantry Division.

Facebook of the 1st Brigade, 34th Infantry Division.

Facebook of the 2nd Brigade, 34th Infantry Division.

Facebook of the Minnesota National Guard.

Facebook of the Iowa National Guard.

Facebook Notes for the 1st Brigade, 34th Infantry Division.

Other Reports and Information Sources

"Lives During Wartime", New York Times, 10 Nov 2011: USAF CPT Peter N Shinn,
734th Agribusiness Development Team, writes about Sgt. Tessa Poppe.

Maj. Gen. David Elicerio takes command of the 34th Infantry Division.

Recent Iraq Order of Battle (PDF file)

Oct 2011
Recent Afghanistan Order of Battle (PDF file)

Oct 2011
The Red Bull Gift Shop at 34th Infantry Division Headquarters. (webpage)

Units under command of the 1st Brigade Combat Team include:

1/34th Brigade Headquarters and Headquarters Company

1/34th Brigade Special Troops Battalion

44th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear Company

1st Squadron, 94th Cavalry

112th Military Police Battalion

1st Battalion, 125th Field Artillery

134th Brigade Support Battalion

2nd Battalion, 135th Infantry

2nd Combined Arms Battalion, 136th Infantry

1st Combined Arms Battalion, 194th Armor

2nd Brigade Combat Team (Iowa National Guard).

The Red Bull's 2nd Brigade Combat Team has now returned home from Afghanistan. 220 reports of that deployment are archived on this website.

The report of our 2nd Brigade Combat Team losses while in Afghanistan is also maintained in a permanent archive of this website.

"May they have no more hills to climb,
nor cold, nor rain, nor mud, nor enemy fire,
and may they now rest in Peace."

We also want to share with you this 22 June 2011 New York Times story/tribute,
For Soldiers, Death Sees No Gender Lines", to Sergeant Devin Snyder and the
124th Military Police Company which was then under Ironman Battalion command.

Featured Items

34th Division Station List, 9 Feb 1941

The list of 'Home Stations' for all units of the division, just before it was activated in the Federal Service in 1941, is now online among our History Papers as a PDF file, five pages. The orignal document, here transcribed, was recently found in the Library and Archives of the State Historical Society of Iowa.

Troops in Harm's Way

We know, from our own experiences in World War II, what it means to lose a fellow Red Bull. To their families, their friends, their comrades of this generation, we will maintain this small remembrance in their honor, in your honor.

2nd Brigade Combat Team: 2011 Red Bull Fatalities in Afghanistan

Division Headquarters: 2009-2010 Red Bull Fatalities in Iraq

1st Brigade Combat Team: 2006-2007 Red Bull Fatalities in Iraq

"May they have no more hills to climb,
nor cold, nor rain, nor mud, nor enemy fire,
and may they now rest in Peace."

National Association
Communications • News • Notices

President: COL Ron "Curly" Albrecht
Secretary: Russ Bierl

• Fall 2011 Newsletter (PDF File)

• 2011 Membership and Catalog Form (PDF File)

• National Association Bylaws (PDF File)

The 2010-2011 Officers and Trustees of the National Association are:

President:              COL Ron Albrecht
1st Vice-President:     LTC Stephen Osborn
2nd Vice-President:     COL Ben Corell

1 Year Trustees:        Richard Holmes, 
                        Darline Smith,
                        Don Prock
                        Rebecca Snyder Phillips, 

2 Year Trustees:        Patrick Skelly, 
                        MAJ Ed Graybill,
                        SPC Dave McChesney
                        Hal Turner

3 Year Trustees:        LTC Steve Boesen
                        LTC Scott Visser
                        COL Craig Bargfreed
                        SSG Ashlee Lolkus

Secretary:              Russell Bierl
Treasurer:              Michael Musel
Sergeant at Arms:       Mildred Fencl
Historian:              Patrick Skelly
Webmaster:              Patrick Skelly
Chaplain:               Steve Cunningham

The association's postal address is:
34th Infantry Division Association
Iowa Gold Star Museum, Bldg A-9
7105 NW 70th Avenue
Johnston IA 50131-1824

Council Bluffs Chapter
Communications • News • Notices

President: Robert E Wege
Secretary: Leslie L Jerome

This chapter, with about forty members, does not publish bulletins. Their members meet at monthly luncheons or dinners. They also host an annual Christmas Dinner.

The chapter's postal address is:
Leslie Jerome
Council Bluffs Chapter, 34th Inf Div Assn
208 Sylvan Dr
Council Bluffs IA 51503

Des Moines Chapter
Communications • News • Notices

President: Herman Poggensee
Secretary: Ken Andresen

• November 2011 Meeting and Report (Text file)
• October 2011 Volunteer Appreciation Dinnet (.doc file)
• August 2011 Meeting and Report (Text file)
• June 2011 Meeting and Report (Text file)
• 2011 Reunion Committee (MS Word file)
• 2011-2012 Meetings Calendar, Rev. 2 (MS Word file)
• April 2011 Meeting, Rev. (MS Word file)
• March 2011 Meeting (MS Word file)
• February 2011 Meeting and Election (Text file)
• November 2010 Meeting and Report (Text file)
• 2010 Volunteer Recognition Dinner (PDF file)

The chapter's postal address is:
Des Moines Chapter
34th Infantry Division Association
7105 NW 70th Ave, Camp Dodge
Johnston IA 50131-1824

Tri-State Chapter
Communications • News • Notices

President: Dan Andrews
Secretary: Marilyn Andrews

• Fall 2011 Newsletter (PDF file)s

• March 2011 Newsletter (pdf File)
• March 2009 Newsletter (PDF File)
• April 2008 Newsletter (PDF File)
• December 2007 Newsletter (PDF File)
• August 2007 Newsletter (PDF File)
• June 2007 Newsletter (PDF File)
• May 2007 Newsletter (PDF File)
• March 2007 Newsletter (PDF File)
• Standing Rules of the Chapter

The 2011-2012 Officers and Trustees of the Tri-State Chapter are:

President:              Dan Andrews
1st Vice-President:     Edward Hess, Jr.
2nd Vice-President:     Dale Phillips
Secretary:              Marilyn Andrews
Treasurer:              Steve Tennant
Sergeant at Arms:       Frank Day
Chaplain:               Jacquelinw Tennant
1-Year Trustees:        Irwin Gibson,
                        Dennie Cramer
2-Year Trustees:        John Minotti,
                        Rebecca Snyder Phillips
3-Year Trustees:        Reggie Laidig,
                        Gary Giacomantonio

The chapter's postal address is:
Tri-State Chapter
34th Infantry Division Association
262 Florida Ave
Amsterdam NY 12010

Principal Directory of Contents

Who Were We?
WW II Order of Battle - 34th Infantry Division

Headquarters, 34th Infantry Division
133rd Infantry Regiment
100th Infantry Battalion (Separate) [assigned Naples-Foggia, Anzio, Rome-Arno]
135th Infantry Regiment
168th Infantry Regiment
168th Commandos
442nd Regimental Combat Team [attached Rome-Arno]
   442nd Infantry Regiment
      100th Infantry Battalion
   232nd Engineeer (Combat) Company
   442nd Medical Detachment
   522nd Field Artillery Battalion (105mm)
34th Division Artillery
   34th Division Artillery Headquarters and Headquarters Battery
   125th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm)
      (normally in support of the 133rd Inf. Regt.)
   151st Field Artillery Battalion (105mm)
      (normally in support of the 135th Inf. Regt.)
   175th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm)
      (normally in support of the 168th Inf. Regt.)
   185th Field Artillery Battalion (155mm)
34th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized)
109th Engineer (Combat) Battalion
109th Medical Battalion
34th Division Special Troops
   Headquarters, Special Troops, 34th Division
   34th Infantry Division Headquarters Company
   34th Infantry Division Band
   Military Police Platoon, 34th Division
   34th Counter-Intelligence Detachment [attached]
   34th Quartermaster Company
   34th Signal Company
   734th Ordnance (Light Maintenance) Company

Other Attached Units

Jewish Infantry Brigade (attached Occupation)
A Company, 2nd Chemical Warfare Battalion (attached Naples-Foggia)
35th Quartermaster War Dog Platoon (attached North Apennines)
38th Infantry Scout Dog Platoon (attached Occupation)
72nd Signal Company (Special) (attached Naples-Foggia)
84th Chemical Mortar Battalion (attached North Apennines)
100th Chemical Mortar Battalion (attached North Apennines, Po Valley)
105th AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion (Self-Propelled) (attached Naples-Foggia)
107th Coast Artillery Battalion (AAA Automatic Weapons) Battalion (attached Tunisia)
A Company, 191st Tank Battalion (attached Naples-Foggia)
2nd Battalion, 351st Infantry Regiment (attached North Apennines)
432nd AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion (attached North Apennines)
435th AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion (Self-Propelled) (attached Anzio)
443rd AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion (Self-Propelled) (attached Tunisia)
751st Tank Battalion (attached Tunisia)
752nd Tank Battalion (attached Rome-Arno, North Apennines, Po Valley, Occupation)
753rd Tank Battalion (attached Rome-Arno)
757th Tank Battalion (attached North Apennines)
776th Tank Destroyer Battalion (attached Naples-Foggia)
804th Tank Destroyer Battalion (attached North Apennines)
807th Tank Destroyer Battalion (attached North Apennines)
813th Tank Destroyer Battalion (attached Tunisia)
894th Tank Destroyer Battalion (attached Rome-Arno)

Special Notes

The 100th Infantry Battalion (Nisei)(Separate), which stood in for the 2nd Battalion, 133rd Infantry, from September 1943 through May 1944, and the 442nd Infantry Regiment (Nisei) which was attached to our Division from June 1944 through August 1944, have an especially honored place in our memories and history. We are pleased and likewise honored that many of their veterans have come to look upon the "Red Bull" as their 'home' division.

The 1st Ranger Battalion, though not a part of the 34th Inf Div, was activated in 1942 with 80% of its personnel coming from this Division.

Please be aware, that attachments were often for periods of days or weeks, but generally not for an entire campaign.

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