104th Inf Div

Timeline
Yellow Background relates directly to Walter C. Robbins
31 July 1942	The first officer assigned to the Division to report to Camp Adair was Capt. Clyde L. Pennington, Division Automotive Officer. The first enlisted man to report was S/S William E. Allen. S4,
7 Aug 1942	Major General Gilbert R. Cook opened his headquarters as commanding general of the Division at Camp Adair, Oregon. The strength report for August shows a total of 31 officers and 8 enlisted men. S4,
Sept 1942	Activated Camp Adair, Oregon S3,
15 Sept 1942	The 104th Infantry Division formally activated with ceremonies at Camp Adair, Oregon. At 1000 hours, the 684 officers and 1,435 enlisted men, then in the division, marched to the central parade grounds, and stood at attention before the speakers platform - - As the first notes of a bugle sounded the Division Commander's party reached the platform and the troops in the field came to attention. - - Lt. Col. Frank Worthington, Division Chaplain, pronounced the invocation and Lt. Col. A.M. Button read the orders of activation S2, S4,
14 Dec 1942	Basic training for the newly arrived recruits started and the soldiers soon learned why natives along the Willamette Valley hibernated each winter. The strength report showed a total of 819 officers and 15,112 enlisted men S2, S4,
13 March 1943	Basic Training ended S4,
6-7 Aug 1943	The division moved out of Camp Adair to the Oregon desert in the vicinity of Sisters-Bend, Oregon. The strength report showed a total of 934 officers, 38 warrant officers, and 10,713 enlisted men. S4,
August to November 1943	Oregon Maneuvers S2,
August 1943	To Bend, OR Maneuver Area S3,
15 October 1943	Major General Terry de la Mesa Allen assumed command of the 104th Inf Div. S3, S4,
November 1943 to March 1944	California-Arizona Maneuvers S2, S3,
7 Nov 1943	The Division moved by train from Bend, Oregon, to Camp Hyder, Arizona in the California-Arizona maneuver area S2, S4,
29 Nov 1943	The Division moved to Camp Horn, Arizona (6 miles to the west) S2, S4,
4 March 1944	Camp Granite, California S2, S4,
9 February 1944	To Yuma, AZ - more desert training - The arduous training in the Camp Horn area was completed and the Division moved northwest of Yuma for Corps maneuvers S3, S4,
1944, March	To Camp Granite, CA S3,
March-August 1944	Camp Carson, Colorado: Additional training S2, S3,
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15 March 1944	Camp Carson S2, S4,
June 1944	Infantry Day - 15,000 men in review S3,
16 July 1944	Lt. Col. Wm. Summers, 3rd Bn, 413th Inf., received the following directive, "Stop your problem and move your troops to the barracks at once, the Division has been alerted for movement overseas." S4,
10 August 1944	Advance party left Camp Carson S2, S4,
17 August 1944	Advance party sailed for Europe from New York aboard SS Ile de France - Landed in Greenoch, Scotland S2, S4,
15 & 17 August	The remainder of the Division, in 24 trains, moved out of Camp Carson, closing on camp Kilmer, NJ on 20 Aug. S2, S4,
20 August 1944	Camp Kilmer, New Jersey S2,
25-26 Aug 1944	The Division filed into coaches at Camp Kilmer and rode to New York harbor. Marching onto ferry boats, the men heavily loaded, rode silently to the piers. S4,
27 Aug 1944	Embarked for Overseas from New York aboard USS LeJeune, USS George Washington, USAT Cristobal and USS Ocean Mail (The Largest convoy of WWII and the first to proceed directly from the US to France) S2, S4,
7 September 1944	We passed Portland Cape, England, on Monday night and woke up in the harbor of Cherbourg on Tuesday morning, 7 Sept. (Our 415th Regiment, aboard the U.S.A.T Cristobal, landed on the famous Utah Beach) S2, S3, S4, - Valognes, France - Manche Region S2,
7 Oct 1944	At 1030 Division Headquarters received the following warning order from III Corps: "Be prepared to move the Division by rail and motor forward on or about 15 October." S4,
10 Oct 1944	Barneville, France - Manche Region S2,
14 Oct 1944	At 0600 the advance party composed of officers and men from all Division units, moved out and the Division was informed that it would move to the vicinity of Vilvorde, Belgium, north of Brussels S4,
15-16 Oct 1944	6,523 troops of the 413th, 414th, 415th & Div Special Troops boarded dilapidated "40 & 8" freight cars at La Haye du Puits. S4,
16 Oct 1944	Brig. Gen. Bryant E. Moore, Assistant Div. Commander, and the Division G-3 reported to Headquarters, First Canadian Army at Antwerp. S4,
18 Oct 1944	At 1750 the Division was informed by SHAEF that the 692nd Tank Destroyer Battalion, 555th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons (Mobile) Battalion and the 750th Tank Battalion were attached to the Division S4,
20 Oct 1944	Malines, Belgium - Brabant Region S2,
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22 Oct 1944	The I British Corps directed that the 104th Inf Div relieve the 49th Inf Division (British) during the period 23-25 Oct. S4,
22 Oct 1944	Westmalle, Belgium - Antwerp Region S2,
23 Oct 1944	5 May 1945 - Combat Service (195 consecutive days) - (Reportedly more consecutive days of combat thatn any other division in the ETO) S2,
23 Oct 1944	In the early hours, Regimental Combat Team 413 [th Inf Reg] moved from its bivouac area completing the relief of the 56th Brigade (British) at 1700 S4,
23 Oct 1944	Entered combat at Wuustwezel, Belgium S2,
23 Oct - 8 Nov 1944	Holland - Battle of the Dykes S2,
25 Oct 1944	Oostmalle, Belgium - Antwerp Region S2,
25 Oct 1944	At 1030 0n 25 Oct a patrol of Company E, 414th Inf Regt gained contact with the enemy in the vicinity of the Custom House on the Wuustwezel-Breda highway just north of the Holland frontier. S4,
October 1944	To Belgium S3,
Oct-Nov 1944	"Move To Germany" S14, Page 12
November 1944	To Germany S3,
1 Nov 1944	Ruephen, Netherlands - North Brabant Region S2,
3 Nov 1944	Hoeven, Netherlands - North Brabant Region S2,
5 Nov 1944	The 104th Div Headquarters received a TWX from Headquarters First United States Army, directing it to move to the vicinity of Aachen, Germany S4,
7 Nov 1944	Grenhof, Germany - Rhineland Region S2,
7 Nov 1944	At 0100 tactical reconnaissance parties from all units left for Germany. By 2200 the Division (less the 414th) closed in its assembly area south of Aachen, Germany S4,
8 Nov 1944	The 1600 relief of the 16th Inf (1st Inf Div) began by the 415th and completed by 0025 9 Nov. S4,
9 Nov - 14 Dec 1944	Beyond the Seigfried Line (Aachen to the Roer River) Ordered to clear the west bank of the Inde River (a small tributary of the Roer River) - S2, S8 p103,
10 Nov 1944	Brand, Germany - Rhineland Region S2,
10 Nov 1944	Shortly before noon General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Commander of all Allied Forces in the European Theater, General Omar Bradley, Commander Twelfth Army Group, and Lt General J. Lawton Collins, Commander of the VII Corps, called on the Division Commander at Grenzhof, Germany. S4,
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16 Nov 1944	At 0325 the G-3 at Division Headquarters received the following message from VII Corps: "This is D-Day, H-Hour is at 1245" (Operation Queen). S4,
24 Nov 1944	Eschweiler, Germany - Rhineland Region S2,
12 Dec 1944	Weisweiler, Germany - Rhineland Region
6 February 1945	The Division was directed to prepare plans for the crossing of the Roer River. S3, S4,
23 Feb 1945	7 March 1945 Objective Cologne (Roer River to Rhine River) S2,
23 Feb 1945	At 0245 in the black of the night, the Roer River line burst into a ball of fire - the thunderous battle flamed along a 22 mile front. At 0330 the barrages shifted to the east and the Timberwolves commenced crossing the flooded Roer (Operation Grenade). S4,
24 Feb 1945	Langerwehe, Germany - Rhineland Region S2,
25 Feb 1945	Duren, Germany - Rhineland Region S2,
27 Feb 1945	Buir, Germany - Rhineland Region S2,
March 1945	Crossed Rhine River S3,
3 March 1945	Sindorf, Germany - Rhineland Region S2,
5 March 1945	Brauweiler, Germany - Rhineland Region S2,
5 March 1945	At 0923 the Timberwolves drove into Cologne and by 2100 four battalions had a firm grip on the great industrial center ("the third largest rubble pile in Germany"). S4,
8 March 1945	Cologne, Germany - Rhineland Region S2,
9 March - 1 April 1945	Encirclement of the Ruhr (Remagen to Lippstadt) S2,
21 March 1945	The Division was directed by VII Corps to move to the Remagen bridgehead in the vicinity of Honnef S4,
22 March 1945	Honnef, Germany - Rhineland Region S2,
25 March 1945	Herborn, Germany - Hessen-Nassau Region S2, -The 3rd Armored Division, with the 414th attached was directed to pass through the 1st Div & the 104th at 0400 to seize Altenkirchen, 25 miles to the east, and to be prepared to continue its advance to the Dill River S4,
26 March 1945	Flammersfeld, Germany - Hessen-Nassau Region S2,
27 March 1945	Hachenburg, Germany - Hessen-Nassau Region S2,
28 March 1945	Herborn, Germany - Hessen-Nassau Region S2,
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29 March 1945	Friedensdorf, Germany - Hessen-Nassau Region S2,
30 March 1945	Medebach, Germany - Westphalia Region S2,
31 March 1945	Nieder Marsberg, Germany - Westphalia Region S2,
April 1945	To Pretzsch to meet Red Army S3,
1 Apr - 8 May 1945	Paderborn to Torgau S2,
1 April 1945	At 1400 units of the 3rd Armored, with the 1st Battalion, 414th Infantry, mounted on its tanks, linked up with the 2nd Armored Division of the Ninth Army at Lippstadt. The iron ring of infantry and tanks was locked around the Ruhr. Over 335,000 German troops had been encircled and the great industrial area could no longer support the Hitler war machine S4,
6 April 1945	Warburg, Germany - Westphalia Region S2,
7 April 1945	Trendelburg, Germany - Hessen-Nassau Region S2,
9 April 1945	- Adelebsen, Germany - Braunschweig Region S2, - At 0400 the 3rd Battalion, 413th Inf, crossed the Weser River in assault boats and was quickly followed by the 2nd Battalion S4,
10 April 1945	Duderstadt, Germany - Graunschweig Region S2,
11 April 1945	Patrols of the 2nd Battalion, 414th, with the 3rd Armored had reached Nordhausen & found a large German concentration camp for political prisoners, discovering 5,000 corpses among the 6,000 inmates in various stages of decay S4,
12 April 1945	Nordhausen, Germany - Thuringia Region S2,
14 April 1945	Ober-Teutschenthal, Germany - Saxony-Anhalt Region S2, - After bitter fighting, units of the 413th clinched the city of Bad Lauterberg S4,
15 April 1945	The battle for Halle raged from 0800 to 1055 19 April during which time General De Witt's troops resisted, house to house from the northern to the southern extremities S4,
16 April 1945	Landsberg, Germany - Saxony-Anhalt Region S2,
21 April 1945	A message was received from VII Corps directing the Division to remain along the west banks of the Mulde until further orders. The offensive action of the Timberwolf Division in World War II had ended. Since 25 March the 104th had advanced 375 miles, had captured 19,152 prisoners, & played a vital role in trapping the 335,000 Germans troops in the Ruhr pocket and the 65,000 Nazis in the Harz Mountains. S4,
22 April 1945	Delitzsch, Germany - Saxony Region S2,
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24 April 1945	Visual contact between the 104th Div and the Russian forces was first made on this day at 1305 S4,
26 April 1945	Contact with the Russian Army at Torgau, Germany - between the Mulde and Elbe Rivers S2,
6 May 1945	When the Russians closed up to the east bank of the Mulde River, it was announced that the Division had officially broken contact with the enemy, after 195 consecutive days of arduous combat (reportedly more consecutive days than any other division in the ETO). S4,
7 May 1945	A representative of the German high command signed the unconditional surrender S4,
8 May 1945	Prime Minister Churchill announced "V-E Day". S4,
11 June 1945	The Division began its movement from Germany to Camp Lucky Strike near Dieppe, 25 miles from Le Havre, France S4,
26 June 1945	To United States aboard SS Monterey S2, S3,
2 July 1945	To United States aboard SS Ericsson S2,
3 July 1945	SS Monterey arrives New York
11 July 1945	SS Ericsson arrives in New York S2,
June 1945	Deactivated S3,
26 June & 2 July 1945	Embarked for US from France S2, S4,
1 Aug 1945	Camp San Luis Osbispo, California S2, S4,
5 Aug 1945	The first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima S4,
9 Aug 1945	The second atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki S4,
15 Aug 1945	Japan Surrenders S4,
2 Sept 1945	The President of the United States announced "V-J Day". S4,
15 Sept 1945	Last review of the 104th Infantry Division - The 104th Infantry Division on its third birthday passed in final review before its commander, Major General Terry de la Mesa Allen S2, S4,
20 Dec 1945	Division deactivated - The War Department ordered the inactivation of the 104th Infantry Division. Its mission in World War II had been accomplished S2, S4,
1945	Timberwolf Scrapbook S11,
December 1946	Reactivated, Portland, OR - Organized Reserves S3,

Sources
	Source Citation	Image (Click for larger View) (To Magnify larger image - use CTRL + )
S1	Letter from General Terry Allen, Headquarters 104th (Timberwolf) Infantry Division, Office of the Commanding General, APO 104, US Army. To All Timberwolves. 23 April 1945. Acc000327. I2, Transcription and Notes
S2	Major Dates - Training Camps List - Battlefields - Units Lists - Div Command Posts List - Re-deployment home
S3	Original Source: - http://home.teleport.com/~eewilson/campadair.html (link not working 6 Feb 2010)
S4	Key Timberwolf Dates
S5	Book: History of the 413th Infantry Regiment. Los Angeles: Warren F Lewis, 1946. Acc000328
S6	"The Trail of the Timberwolves: 104th Infantry Division". Major General Terry Allen. Camp San Luis Obispo, California, 1945. Acc000563/Doc0367.pdf Reading Notes: Doc3847.txt	Doc0367.pdf
S7	Map: "Touring Europe with the Timberwolves!" Map -
S8	Book: Yeide, Harry. The Longest Battle: September 1944 to February 1945, from Aachen to the Roer and Across. Zenith Imprint, 2005. Bk3341
S9	U.S. Army Center of Military History, www.army.mil/cmh-pg
S10	Letter, News Article, Envelope - National Timberwolf Association, Aug 1987 - Talking about the Chicago, Illinois Convention to be held in Sept 1987. Acc002280/Doc0961.pdf	Doc0961.pdf
S11	Book: Timberwolf Scrapbook - Acc000666/Doc0672.pdf	Doc0672.pdf
S12	Book: Clark, Katherine P. War Stories of WWII: Written by the Soldiers of the 104th Infantry Division, Timberwolves. National Timberwolf Association, 2011. Bk3769
S13	Map. "Operations of the Timberwolf Division in Europe - Sept 44 - May 45" Reproduced by 663rd Engineer Co., U.S. Army, 1945. Walt Robbins, Sr. ID0005 PapersAcc002789/Doc1721.pdf
S14	"Timberwolf Tracks in History: Move To Germany" Timberwolf Howl, Vol. 4, No. 1, Jan-Feb 2015 - Link,
S15	Book: Hoegh, Leo A., Howard J. Doyle. Timberwolf Tracks: The History of The 104th Infantry Division 1942-1945. Washington, DC: Infantry Journal Press, first edition July 1946, 2014 Edition. Bk3945
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