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The current National Association Newsletter is now online and downloadable as a PDF file. The most recent Tri-State Chapter Newsletter is also online and downloadable.
You will also find below a listing of the online back issues of both National and Tri-State newsletters
Veteran Information and Searches
We now have online a new message forum implementation for the Veteran Information and Searches board which we had provided in the past. The permanent link appears at the top of this page. The return has been long-overdue, but it had to await a more 'spam'-resistant implementation.
• Fall 2009 Newsletter (PDF File)
• Winter 2009 Newsletter (PDF File)
• Fall 2008 Newsletter (PDF File)
• April 2008 Newsletter (PDF File)
• January 2008 Newsletter (PDF File)
• November 2007 Newsletter (PDF File)
• May 2007 Newsletter (PDF File)
• April 2007 Newsletter (PDF File)
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
• 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 Chapter's Postal Address is:
Tri-State Chapter
34th Infantry Division Association
PO Box 1166
Pocasset MA 02559-1166
34th Infantry Division Headquarters is now deployed to Basra, Iraq, where they have the additional responsibility of serving as Headquarters, Multi-National Division South. Their website, The Red Bulls is updated daily. They also have a daily (Mon-Fri) online newsletter, The Red Bull Report (The individual issues are downloaded PDF files).
Next year (date later) the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, Iowa National Guard, is expected to deploy to Afghanistan. It seems as though there is always a Red Bull unit somewhere in the CENTCOM region.
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
- 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)
- and still other units which remain to be found, confirmed, and listed here.
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. That Battalion is now deployed to Iraq!
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.
I'm delighted to report that I'm finding references to more units which were attached to the Division as I'm transcribing our narrative history documents; they all get recognized above. Please be aware, though, that attachments were often for periods of days or weeks, not for an entire campaign.
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