United States. Army. Infantry Division, 41st
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United States. Army. 41st Infantry Division
United States. Army. Sunset Division
United States. Army. Jungleers
Jungleers
United States. Army. 41st Division.
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found: McCartney, W. F. The Jungleers, 1948
found: Lawyer, Cliff. Letters from a jungleer, 2013:p. 2 (Jungleeer, 41st Infantry Division Association)
found: Center of Military History website, Nov. 27, 2012:41st Infantry Division combat chronicle page (41st Division activated July 1917 as a National Guard division from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana; went overseas in Feb. 1918 but did not participated in combat as a unit; inactivated June 1919; activated Sept. 16, 1940; sent overseas Mar. 4, 1942 and participated in campaigns in New Guinea, Southern Philippines, and Papuan; inactivated Dec. 31, 1945; nicknamed the Jungleers; previously known as the Sunset Division
found: Oregon encyclopedia website, Nov. 27, 2012:41st Infantry Division page (41st Division of the Army National Guard was organized on July 18, 1917 at Camp Greene, N.C. with recently federalized troops from the Northwest; from Feb. 1918 through the end of WWI, the 41st trained and provided replacements for front-line units; called into federal service in Sept. 1940 and had been renamed the 41st Infantry Division by early 1942)
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Change Notes
1980-03-26: new
2021-11-29: revised
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