EXC ORIG 1947 1ST ED. 89th INFANTRY DIVISION HISTORY "THE EIGHTY-NINTH DIVISION"

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This is an original, first edition, 1947-dated hard-cover book, a history of the United States Army 89th Infantry Division ("Rolling W"), titled "The EIGHTY-NINTH DIVISION, 1942-1945,"  by Major Maynard L. Diamond, Lieutenant Willard E. Simms, Corporal Edward B. Baldinger, Corporal Meyer Siegelbaum, Tec. 4 Louis H. Cook, Tec. 4 Ernest W. Fair, and Tec. 4 Hal G. Evarts, Jr., publised by the Infantry Journal Press of Washington, D.C. The table of contents lists the following chapters and sections:
IN RETROPSECT
THE CAMMANDERS
REACTIVATION
MANEUVERS
OVERSEAS MOVEMENT
THE RHINELAND
CENTRAL EUROPE
V-E DAY TO V-J DAY
IN SUPPORT
OFF DUTY
MISCELLANEOUS.
The book has a roster of the men of the division who were killed in action, and rosters of the division broken down by Regiment, Battalion, and Company. There are 270 pages and about 116 pages of photos, many of which are full page or spread across two pages. There are numerous maps showing the advances of the 89th Division in the ETO. Front and back inside pages show the movements of the division across the U.S. and Europe.
************ A brief history of the US Army 89th Infantry Division is as follows:
The 89th Infantry Division landed in France at Le Havre, 21 January 1945, and engaged in several weeks of precombat training before moving up to the Sauer River into jump-off positions east of Echternach, 11 March 1945. The next day, the offensive began, and the 89th plunged across the Sauer in a rapid advance to and across the Moselle, 17 March. The offensive rolled on, and the division assaulted across the Rhine River on 26 March 1945 under intense fire in the Wellmich-Oberwesel region. A pontoon bridge was built across the Rhine from St. Goar to St. Goarshausen. In April, the 89th attacked toward Eisenach, taking that town on 6 April. The next objective, Friedrichroda, was secured by 8 April. On 4 April 1945, the 89th overran Ohrdruf, a subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp. The division continued to move eastward toward the Mulde River, capturing Zwickau by 17 April. The advance was halted, 23 April, and from then until VE-day, the division saw only limited action, engaging in patrolling and general security. Three towns, Lößnitz, Aue, and Stollberg, were kept under constant pressure, but no attacks were launched.
Order of Battle, World War II
Headquarters, 89th Infantry Division
353rd Infantry Regiment
354th Infantry Regiment
355th Infantry Regiment
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 89th Infantry Division Artillery
340th Field Artillery Battalion (105 mm)
341st Field Artillery Battalion (105 mm)
563rd Field Artillery Battalion (155 mm)
914th Field Artillery Battalion (105 mm)
314th Engineer Combat Battalion
314th Medical Battalion
89th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized)
Headquarters, Special Troops, 89th Infantry Division
Headquarters Company, 89th Infantry Division
789th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company
89th Quartermaster Company
89th Signal Company
Military Police Platoon
Band
89th Counterintelligence Corps Detachment
Combat Record (World War II)
Ordered into active service: 5 July 1942 at Camp Carson, Colorado
Overseas: 10 January 1945.
Campaigns: Rhineland, Central Europe
Days of Combat: 57
Entered Combat: 12 March 1945
Killed in Action: 292
Total Casualties: 1,029
Awards: DSM-1 ; SS-46; LM-5; SM-1 ; BSM-135 ; AM-17.
Commanders:
Maj. Gen. William H. Gill (July 1942-February 1943),Maj. Gen. Thomas D. Finley (February 1943 to inactivation).
Returned to United States: 16 December 1945.
Inactivated: 27 December 1945 at Camp Shanks, New York.
*************** Overall condition of the book is very good to excellent. The book is complete with all pages, including photos. The pages are intact and in good shape with no water stains or other damage. I do not see any writing in the book. One of the roster pages toward the pack of the book has a small tear at the top, a few of the front pages are slightly wrinkled. There is a small tear at the bottom of the spine that someone fixed with transparent tape. Overall this is in nice, usable shape with some great black and white photos of the division in training, combat, and occupation duty, and what appear to be complete rosters of all personnel. ***************
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