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Best National Guard Land Units - 3/22/2005 7:42:29 PM   
madmickey

 

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Status: offline 		Based on historical performance which National Guard Unit was the best the question could be for either pacific or total WWII operations?
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RE: Best National Guard Land Units - 3/22/2005 8:05:26 PM   
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RE: Best National Guard Land Units - 3/22/2005 8:09:27 PM   
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Status: offline 		442nd RCT comprised of Nissei (Japanese Americans) served in Italy mainly. This outfit had a high number of medals awarded for gallantry. The movie "Go For Broke" was one where this unit was highlighted.

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RE: Best National Guard Land Units - 3/22/2005 8:10:41 PM   
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RE: Best National Guard Land Units - 3/22/2005 8:21:18 PM   
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Status: offline 		Mark Clark made many mistakes but his using the 424 was not one of them.

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RE: Best National Guard Land Units - 3/22/2005 8:28:30 PM   
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RE: Best National Guard Land Units - 3/22/2005 8:35:18 PM   
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The 442nd Regiement (Nisei) was NOT a National Guard Unit. It was a regular army formation recruited in the United States. The unit you-all are thinking of is the 100th Independent Infantry Battalion. This also was a Regular Army Unit but it was formed from Hawaii National Guardsmen from the 298th and 299 Infantry (both Hawaii National Guard). The 100th was later merged into the 442nd.


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RE: Best National Guard Land Units - 3/22/2005 8:57:14 PM   
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Status: offline 		Best Guard Unit was the question .... the 29th ID! Went into Omaha on D-Day!

http://29thinfantrydivision.com/

For the Pacific it would be the 164th RCT that was put into the Canal to help the 1st Marine Div. Chester Puller said they fought like Marines, no great compliment could be given!

http://www.pacificislandtravel.com/solomon_islands/about_destin/invasionofguadalcanal.asp

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RE: Best National Guard Land Units - 3/22/2005 9:19:52 PM   
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RE: Best National Guard Land Units - 3/23/2005 1:23:49 AM   
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Status: offline 		the 164th Rgt. were very well thought of by the Marines at Guadalcanal and were popularly adopted as the 164th Marines.

I would look at the 32nd Division fighting from the Kokoda Trail through to Leyte and Luzon, or the 34th fighting from Tunisia to the Po. At least they probably saw the most action. But the 34th skipped Sicily. 45th saw pretty much constant action from Sicily to Munich

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RE: Best National Guard Land Units - 3/23/2005 1:40:04 AM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: Capt Cliff

Best Guard Unit was the question .... the 29th ID! Went into Omaha on D-Day!

http://29thinfantrydivision.com/


I agree completely, and will add that the 115th Infantry was the best of the best! (And no, I'm not entirely objective on either count, and I make no apology for that whatever .)

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RE: Best National Guard Land Units - 3/23/2005 2:19:23 AM   
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RE: Best National Guard Land Units - 3/23/2005 9:22:39 AM   
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I agree completely, and will add that the 115th Infantry was the best of the best! (And no, I'm not entirely objective on either count, and I make no apology for that whatever .)


I gather that your family is from Maryland? If you had relatives in that unit, you have good reason to be proud.

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RE: Best National Guard Land Units - 3/23/2005 9:07:05 PM   
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Status: offline 		Ike liked the 30th ID becaused they stopped the SS at Mortaine. Also they ended up in front of Peiper during the Bulge. Stopped him too! Too bad they were the most heavy bombed ID by the U.S. Air Corp, or the American Luffewaffe as the 30th ID called them.

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RE: Best National Guard Land Units - 3/23/2005 10:09:09 PM   
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Status: offline 		My heart is with the 28th ID - the Bloody Bucket. Awful losses in the Huertgen Forest campaign and, as far as I'm concerned, performed well in the Ardennes - what was left of them.

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