Editing 2nd Infantry Division (United States) (section)

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[[File:2nd Infantry Division, E-1 draw, Easy Red sector, Omaha Beach, D+1, June 7, 1944.jpg|thumb|2nd Infantry Division marching up the bluff at the E-1 draw of Omaha Beach (7 June 1944). They are going past the German resistance nest 65 that defended the route to Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer.|left]]
After training in [[Northern Ireland]] and [[Wales]] from October 1943 to June 1944, the 2nd Infantry Division crossed the channel to land on [[Omaha Beach]] on [[Normandy landings|D]] plus 1 (7 June 1944) near [[Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer]], however around 150 men from the 9th & 23rd Infantry Regiments and 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion volunteered to assist the operations of the Special Engineer Task Force and their Operations on June 6th, these men were disperse into the various Assault Gap Teams of the 146th & 299th Combat Engineer Battalions and landed with them at H-Plus 3 at Omaha Beach. Attacking across the [[Aure River]] on 10 June, the division liberated [[Trévières]] and proceeded to assault and secure Hill 192, a key enemy strong point on the road to [[Saint-Lô#World War II|Saint-Lo]]. After three weeks of fortifying the position and by order of Commanding General [[Walter M. Robertson]], the order was given to take Hill 192. On 11 July under the command of Col. [[Ralph Wise Zwicker]] the [[38th Infantry Regiment (United States)|38th Infantry Regiment]] and with the 9th and the 23rd by his side the battle began at 5:45am. Using an artillery concept from World War I ([[rolling barrage]]) and with the support of 25,000 rounds of HE/WP that were fired by 8 artillery battalions, the hill was taken. Except for three days during the [[Battle of the Bulge]], this was the heaviest expenditure of ammunition by the 38th Field Artillery Battalion, and it was the only time during the 11 months of combat that 2nd Division artillery used a rolling barrage. The division went on the defensive until 26 July. After exploiting the Saint-Lo breakout, the 2nd Division then advanced across the [[Vire (river)|Vire]] to take [[Tinchebray]] on 15 August 1944. The division then raced toward [[Brest, France|Brest]], the heavily defended port fortress that was a major port for German [[U-boat]]s. After 39 days of fighting the [[Battle for Brest]] was won, and was the first place the [[United States Army Air Forces|Army Air Forces]] used [[Bunker buster|bunker busting]] bombs.{{Citation needed|date=September 2012}}

The division took a brief rest 19–26 September before moving to defensive positions at [[St. Vith]], [[Belgium]] on 29 September 1944. The division entered [[Germany]] on 3 October 1944, and was ordered, on 11 December 1944, to attack and seize the [[Roer River]] dams. The German [[Battle of the Bulge|Ardennes offensive]] in mid-December forced the division to withdraw to defensive positions near [[Battle of Elsenborn Ridge|Elsenborn Ridge]], where the German drive was halted. In February 1945 the division attacked, recapturing lost ground, and seized [[Gemund]], 4 March. Reaching the [[Rhine]] on 9 March, the division advanced south to take [[Breisig]], 10–11 March, and to guard the [[Remagen bridge]], [[Battle of Remagen|12–20 March]].
[[File:SC 201439-S -Pfc. John P. Miskovich, of 847 W. 84th St., Los Angeles, Calif., gives his views on front line movies to his unit correspondent, Pfc. Robert J. Donovan, of Buffalo, N.Y (53006053964).jpg|left|thumb|Two soldiers of 9th Infantry Regiment of 2nd Division in front of a military cinema, provided for soldiers' entertainment (1 March 1945).]]
The division crossed the Rhine on 21 March and advanced to [[Hadamar]] and [[Limburg an der Lahn]], relieving elements of the [[US 9th Armored Division|9th Armored Division]], 28 March. Advancing rapidly in the wake of the 9th Armored, the 2nd Infantry Division crossed the [[Weser]] at [[Veckerhagen]], 6–7 April, captured [[Göttingen]] 8 April, established a bridgehead across the [[Saale]], 14 April, seizing [[Merseburg]] on 15 April. On 18 April the division took [[Leipzig]],<ref>[https://www.stadtmuseum.leipzig.de/media/wmZoom/Z0120/Z0120089.jpg Stadtgeschichtliches Museum Leipzig, Foto by Robert Capa: American soldiers crossing Zeppelin Bridge, Leipzig, Germany, April 18, 1945]</ref> mopped up in the area, and outposted the [[Mulde River]]; elements which had crossed the river were withdrawn 24 April. Relieved on the Mulde, the 2nd moved 200&nbsp;miles, 1–3 May, to positions along the German-[[Czech Republic|Czech]] border near [[Schönsee]] and [[Waldmünchen]], where 2 ID relieved the [[97th Infantry Division (United States)|97th]] and [[99th Infantry Division (United States)|99th IDs]]. The division crossed over to [[Czechoslovakia]] on 4 May 1945, and attacked in the general direction of [[Plzeň|Pilsen]], attacking that city on [[VE Day]]. The division lost 3,031 killed in action, 12,785 wounded in action, and 457 died of wounds.

[[File:2nd Infantry Division, From D+1 to 105 - cover.jpg|thumb|right|World War II unit history]]
The 2nd Infantry Division returned to the [[New York Port of Embarkation]] on 20 July 1945, and arrived at [[Camp Swift]] at [[Bastrop, Texas|Bastrop]], Texas on 22 July 1945. They started a training schedule to prepare them to participate in the scheduled [[Operation Downfall#Coronet|invasion of Japan]], but they were still at Camp Swift on [[VJ Day]]. They then moved to the staging area at [[Camp Stoneman]] at [[Pittsburg, California|Pittsburg]], California on 28 March 1946, but the move eastward was canceled, and they received orders to move to [[Fort Lewis (Washington)|Fort Lewis]] at [[Tacoma, Washington|Tacoma]], Washington. They arrived at Fort Lewis on 15 April 1946, which became their home station. From their Fort Lewis base, they conducted Arctic, air transportability, amphibious, and maneuver training.