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This
page provides links to several
documents related to the 85th Infantry Division and the Italian
Campaign. These documents were obtained from the National
Archives (NARA)
Library in College Park, MD. These documents were obtained during
my visits there. I reviewed many files of various units of the
85th Infantry Divison. I have all the GO's for the 328 Field
Artillery and browsed through many other files in search of records
related to the 328FA and artillery of the division. GENERAL ORDERS, OPERATIONAL REPORTS & MAPS These documents were issued by the following units: 328 Field Artillery 85 Divisional Artillery 337 Infantry Regiment 85 Infantry Division II Corps Artillery. |
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General Orders
General Orders are official records of the unit and are archived at the NARA facility in College Park, MD. For higher awards, such as Bronze Star Medal or Silver Star Medal, these were issued by the Infantry Division or the Army or even higher HQ. Other documents that may be available are the monthly Operational Reports, Daily logs and maps and overlays that pin-pointed their positions. The General Order is referenced by its Number and the Year it was issued and the Unit. Sometimes the Date of issue was included. Notice that the date of the Order may issue an award for something that happened many months before. Then if the soldier's actions deserved a highter award, a higher HQ would issue an Order that would rescind the lower award and issue the higher medal. Examples of GO identification: GO 1 328FA 44 = General Order #1 issued in 1944 by the 328 Field Artillery Battalion GO 33 WD 45 = General Order #33 issued in 1945 by the War Department. This GO created the Victory Medal and issued it to all soldiers currently in service when the war ended. |
|
GO |
HQ |
Year |
No. |
Date |
Pages |
Comment
|
| GO_85ID-44-72 | 85ID |
1944 |
72 | Nov 11, 1944 | ||
| GO_85ID-44-75 | 85ID | 1944 | 79 | Nov 20, 1944 | 9 |
|
| GO_85ID-44-79 | 85ID | 1944 | 79 | Nov. 28, 1944 | 10 |
|
| GO_85ID-44-81 | 85ID | 1944 | 81 |
Dec. 7, 1944 | 5 |
|
| GO_85ID-45-05 | 85ID | 1945 | 05 |
Jan 17, 1945 | 6 |
|
| IPW_Report_18 | 337IR | 1945 | --- | April 27, 1945 | Prisoner
info &
strength of enemy divisions |
|
| Corps2_Arty | 2Corp | 1944 | --- | October 1944 | Various
pages from II Corps Artillery. Missing pages |
|
| 85Arty | 1944 | --- | Aug 8, 27, 1944 | Advance
across the |
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| OpsMemo_May45 | 85Arty | 1945 | --- | May 1945 | Instructions after Surrender. | |
| Navy War Diary | USN |
43/45 | --- | Various
|
Ship
logs of cruises - 85 Div |
|
| 328FA Ops
Reports |
328FA |
44/45 |
44/45 | April
1944 to May 1945 |
htm |
Monthly Reports for 328FA 11 months. Transcribed |
| Daily328_April44
|
328FA | 1944 | April
1944 |
Daily
Journal for April 1944 |
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| Daily328_May44 | 328FA | 1944 | May1944 | Daily Journal for May1944 | ||
| Daily328_June44 |
328FA | 1944 | June
1944 |
Daily
Journal for June1944 Liberation of Rome |
||
| Daily328_September | 328FA | 1944 | September 1944 | Daily Journal for September 1944 | ||
| Daily328_October | 328FA | 1944 | October 1944 | Daily Journal for October 1944 | ||
| Daily328_April45
| 328FA | 1945 | April
1945 | Daily
Journal for April 1945 up to Surrender |
|
Map ID |
TITLE |
Sheet |
Scale |
Description |
| US ARMY MAPS | ||||
| Tunisia
|
-- |
-- |
-- |
Index
of Map Sheet No's for Tunisia. |
| Sheet
88-II |
IMOLA
|
88-I |
Marked
up with code names for roads & Objectives. |
|
| Sheet
87-1 |
CASTEL
MAGGIORE |
87-I |
Bologna
and north of Hiway # 9. |
|
| Mosaic
87-II nw |
87-II |
12.5K |
Aerial Photo Map just south of
Bologna. |
|
| Mosaic
62-II nw |
62-II |
12.5K | Aerial Photo Map of Montavo and Lake Superior | |
| Mosaic
62-III ne |
62-II |
12.5K | Aerial Photo Map west of above map |
|
| Map OSTIGLIA-REVERE - Sht 63-III | OSTIGLIA | 63-III | 50k | Po River crossings at Ostiglia and Quingentole. |
| Map BOLOGNA-SE - Sht 87-II | BOLOGNA | 87-II | 50k | B&W copy of 2 maps southeast of Bologna. $ |
| Map CS Pietro D Emilia Sht 88-III | BOLOGNA | 88-III | 25k | Hiway No. 9 & Monte Granda area $ |
| Map_LOIANO-Sht98-I |
LOIANO |
98-I |
50k |
Monghidoro,
Livergnano, Bisano, Mt. Bibele |
| Map_FIRENZUOLA-Sht 98-11 | FIRENZUOLA | 98-II | 50k | Firenzuola, Gagliano, Mt. Altuzzo, Mt. Freddi $ |
| Map_LUCCA- Sht 105 | LUCCA | 105 | 100k | Lucca, Pistoia, Montecatini, Castelfranco & Arno River $ |
| Map_ROMA Sht 150 | ROMA | 150 | 100k | Rome and areas to East and South $ |
| Map_Florence | Florence | -- | 10k | City Map with Army gridlines |
| ROAD MAPS |
Printed by US Army |
200k | Complete set includes 30 Sheets covers all of Italy and Sicily |
|
| Road Map No. 11 | Sheet #11 | 11 | 200k | Lucca, Florence, Bologna |
| Road Map No. 13 | Sheet #13 | 13 | 200k | Pisa, Florence, Perugia |
| Road Map No. 17 | Sheet #17 | 17 | 200k | Civitavechhia, Rome, Anzio, Cassino |
| Road Map No. 19 | Sheet #19 | 19 | 200k | Terracina, Naples, Salerno |
| University of Texas | Digital Map Library | US Army Maps EXTERNAL LINK | ||
| Maps 1:250,000 Scale | EXTERNAL LINK | |||
| Maps 1:100,000 Scale | EXTERNAL LINK | |||
| Maps 1:50,000 Scale | EXTERNAL LINK | |||
| Maps 1:25,000 Scale | EXTERNAL LINK | |||
| Herausgegeben
vom OKH/Gen St dH | German
Map of Po Valley |
|
TITLE |
UNIT
|
File |
Comment
|
| 34th Red
Bull Division |
34
ID |
Text |
History
of 34 Division in 3 parts. |
| Story of
36 Division |
36ID |
Text | History of 36 Division |
| First Armored Division |
1
AD |
Text | History of 1st Armored Division |
| 3rd 'Marne' Division | 3
ID |
Text | A partial history of 3ID as
it relates to Italy |
| Minturno to the
Appennines |
85
ID |
Text | History
booklet of 85 Infantry Division with added supplement. |
| We Were
There |
88
ID |
Text | History book
of 88 Infantry Division |
| 91st
Powder River Division |
91
ID |
Text | History
booklet |
| 442
Regt. Combat Team |
442RCT |
Text |
A short
history of 442 RCT |
| 310 Combat Engineer Batln |
310Eng |
Text |
An
unofficial history of 310 Engr of 85 Division |
| Fire Mission - 329FA |
329FA |
Newspaper
issued by 329FA, dated April 9, 1945 |
|
| Welcome to the 85 Division |
85
ID |
PDF |
Booklet
for replacement troops |
| Salerno to
Florence |
5
AAA |
Scan |
Booklet
on 5th Army's Anti-Aircraft EXTERNAL LINK |
| NOTICE
Most of these documents are maps and archival
records from the US Army and War Department. These are considered
Public Domain however, the material was purchased by me. The
material cannot be used for profit without written permission of
the webmaster of Custermen.com. Some of the material is from external links to other websites. Contact that website for permission to use their material. |
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