9th Infantry Division In WWII
– The Archival Film Footage Collection –
Sgt. Bernard Newman, who filmed a lot of 9th Infantry Division film footage as part of the 165th Signal Corps.
9th Infantry Division in WWII – Archival Film Footage
Belgium – September 1944
3 September 1944
Tanks of the 746th Tank Battalion in support of the 60th Infantry Regiment, fire from a roadside at the Belgium town of Philippeville.
– 81mm Mortar Crew of B Company, 1st Battalion, 60th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division fires several rounds.
– Observers use walkie-talkies and field phones to direct fire.
4 September 1944
The town of Beaumont is liberated: Towns people greet American soldiers of the 9th Infantry Division.
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29 and 30 June 1944
Men of the 9th Infantry Division on the move near Cherbourg.
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16 August 1944 – Town of Le Grais, France
US infantrymen of 2nd Battalion, 39th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division enter the town and are greeted by civilians.
16 August 1944 – Town of Lonlay-le-Tesson, France
US infantrymen of the 2nd Battalion, 39th Infantry Regiment in the town of Lonlay-le-Tesson.
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16 August 1944 – Town of Beauvain, France
General Manton S. Eddy and US infantrymen and their commanders of 47th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division enter the town and are greeted by civilians.
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17 August 1944 – Near Briouze, France
Men of the 39th Infantry Regiment in action near the town of Briouze.
We can see a 60mm Mortar crew getting radio messages to commence firing, and do so. Nearby, defense positions are being dug.
Armored troops are arriving, and a road is cautiously inspected.
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8 November 1944 – Krinkelt, Belgium
Master Sergeant Michael Puzak of the 39th Infantry Regiment hands out the 1944 election results to his buddies on day after the election on Wednesday, 8th of November 1944. A list with electoral information is placed on the door of the make-shift Message Centre in town as well.
The 1944 United States presidential election was the 40th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 7, 1944.
The election took place during World War II.
Incumbent Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated Republican Thomas E. Dewey to win an unprecedented fourth term.
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8 November 1944 – Bütgenbach, Belgium
General Eisenhower visits 9th Infantry Division HQ near Bütgenbach, Belgium
December 1944 – Merode Castle, Merode, Germany
Men of the 39th Infantry Regiment check out the castle at Merode after taking it. This is now their Headquarters.
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5 March 1945 – Lommersum, Germany
Tanks and crew from C Company, 746th Tank Battalion, attached to the 39th Infantry Regiment standing in the streets of Lommersum, Germany.
They are discussing tactics for the next attack on the town of Strassfeld. Soldiers can be seen talking to civilians.
Tanks and soldiers then advance across the nearby fields and along both sides of a dirt road.
A German prisoner bandages a fellow prisoner’s hand.
Men of the 39th Infantry Regiment are supervising German POWs removing anti-tank mines from the fields.
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