83^rd Infantry Division - originally formed during WW1 was reactivated in mid-1942, with the first contingent of troops arriving at the Camp on July 16^th, 1942. The 83^rd Division included the 329^th, 330^th, and 331^st Infantry Regiments, the 322^nd, 323^rd, 324^th and 908^th Field Artillery Battalions; the 308^th Medical Battalion, the 308^th Engineers and the Headquarters, Signal, Quartermaster and Ordnance Companies. A school was set up for Rangers in March 1943. The 83^rd left the Camp on June 14^th, 1943. In April 1944, they sailed for England. Among other impressive achievements, the 83^rd was instrumental in capturing the Hamm railyards, and then proceeded to the Elbe, capturing 24,000 Germans and liberating 75,000 Allied prisoners on the way.

Camp Crier - 04.30.1943

92^nd Army Division - was trained at the Camp at the same time as the 83^rd. The 92^nd included the 365^th Infantry Regiment and the 597^th Field Artillery Battalion, composed of Negro selective servicemen. The 365^th and 597^th trained until April 26^th, 1943 when they joined the rest of the Division. They seized Mount Cassela in Italy, a peak dominating the coastal ports.

30^th Infantry Division - arrived at Atterbury November 13^th, 1943. It consisted of National Guard troops from Tennessee, North and South Carolina and selective service troops from Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and North Dakota. It was called the "Old Hickory Division" and was one of the first four units to be reactivated for WW2. It was composed of the 117^th, 119^th and 120^th Infantry Regiments; the 113^th, 118^th, 197^th and the 230^th Field Artillery Battalions, the 730^th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company, the 105^th Medical Battalion and the 105^th Engineer Battalion, Signal and Quartermaster Companies, Reconnaissance Troops and a Division Headquarters and Headquarters Company. They served in the fighting in Normandy, France, Belgium and Holland.

106^th Infantry Division - arrived on May 15^th, 1943 and included the 422d, 423^rd and the 424^th Infantry Regiments, the 589^th, 590^th, 591^st, and 592^nd Field Artillery Regiments. The 106^th was known as the "Golden Lion" Division. It was the last large divisional unit to train at Camp Atterbury. The 106^th, assigned to a
quiet" sector in St. Vith, France, on December 16^th, caught the worst of the Battle of the Buldge offensive by the Germans. Although greatly outnumbered, with the 101^st Airborne Division, held out for more than a week until relieved by General George S. Patton's tank corps. They took 1/5^th of all casualties of the battle which numbered, 8,663, including 416 dead, 1,246 wounded and 7,001 missing, which were held prisoners by the Germans.

See Camp Atterbury Museum for a diary kept by a 106th member during the Battle of the Bulge and capture by the Germans.

The 106th Division trained at Atterbury from March until October of last year. Our other two divisions, the 83rd and 30th are fighting heroically and also helped stop the Nazi offensive.

31^st "Dixie" Division - Not trained at Atterbury, but assigned there after the war, consisted of the 154^th, 155^th, 167^th and the 124^th Infantry Regiments and the 114^th, 116^th, 117^th and 149^th Field Artillery Battalions. Supporting units included the 106^th Engineer Combat Battalions, the 31^st Calvary Recon Troop, 731^st Ordnance Company, 31^st Signal Company, Division Headquarters Company, Military Police Platoon and the Division Band.

Austrian Battalion (101^st Atterbury Infantry Battalion) - was part o the regular United States Army which also contained one Czech Battalion and one Norwegian Battalion. Qualifications for this battalion included knowledge of the German language, Austrian parentage. Most were political refugees from the Austrian Republic. After 3 months of service they were given the opportunity to become American citizens.

28^th Division - Known as the "Keystone Division" is the oldest component of the United States Army that has a continuous service record. It became know as the "Bloody Bucket" Division in reference to the flaming red Keystone shoulder patch. In August 1950, they were again called to service and sent to the newly reopened Camp on September 14^th, 1950, in a convoy of 450 vehicles. Mr. Hilton U. Brown, an Indianapolis news reporter made the following statement: "Surely there is enough righteousness in sober, thoughtful free men to conquer evil and to bring back peace to the world - if not, may God have mercy on any who comes up against the 28^th Division."

Atterbury Units Scattered Throughout the World
06.02.1945

A complete numerical listing of organizations during the past three years follows. The first date is its arrival or activation date here and the last its departure. In parenthesis is the name of the organization upon re-designation.

8th Detachment, Special Troops, 2nd Army

09.01.1942 - 06.28.1944

8th General Hospital

09.01.1942 - 02.25.1943

9th Tank Destroyer Grp., Hq & Hq. Detachment

08.30.1943 - 03.24.1944

11th Ordnance Bn., Hq & Hq. Detachment

07.20.1943 - 11.17.1943

13th Finance Disbursing Co.

07.13.1943 - 08.07.1943

16th Field Artillery Observation Bn., Btry A

05.28.1943 - 06.25.1943

18th Hospital Center (317th)

09.01.1942 - 04.01.1943

18th Signal Service Section (1560th)

07.01.1942 - 01.31.1943

22nd Quartermaster Rgt. Co. K

07.01.1942 - 09.12.1942

24th Ordnance MM Co.

10.20.1942 - 01.04.1943

27th Medical Depot Co.

09.10.1943 - 01.03.1944

28th Medical Depot Co.

09.25.1943 - 04.10.1944

30th Infantry Div - OLD HICKORY

11.07.1943 - 01.30.1944

30th Signal Construction Bn

09.16.1942 - 04.20.1943

31st Signal Construction Bn

09.16.1942 - 09.17.1943

35th Evacuation Hospital

08.30.1942 - 06.14.1943

36th Portable Surgical Hospital

06.07.1943 - 03.18.1944

39th Evacuation Hospital

08.30.1942 - 06.07.1943

41st Engineer Rgt., Co. F

09.01.1942 - 10.20.1942

42nd Signal Construction Bn

08.15.1943 - 03.30.1944

42nd Provisional Prisoner of War Detachment

12.10.1943 - 12.15.1943

44th WAAC Post Hdgtrs Co. (3561st, 1560th)

03.06.1943 - 05.22.1943

49th Field Hospital

09.10.1943 - 02.09.1944

50th Field Hospital

09.10.1943 - 02.09.1944

55th Field Hospital

02.25.1944 - 04.13.1944

56th Field Hospital

02.25.1944 - 04.13.1944

56th Ordnance HM Rgt. (Q), Co. M (895th)

09.2.1942 - 10.31.1942

57th Chemical Maintenance Co.

11.29.1943 - 12.01.1943

62nd General Hospital

09.10.1943 - 10.15.1943

72nd General Hospital (228th)

09.01.1942 - 06.24.1943

73rd General Hospital (231st)

09.01.1942 - 06.24.1943

74th General Hospital

08.31.1942 - 10.31.1942

74th Army Ground Forces Band (195th)

09.23.1943 - 01.10.1944

75th General Hospital

08.31.1942 - 10.31.1942

75th Ordnance MM Co.

08.15.1942 - 04.05.1943

75th Quartermaster Co.

01.15.1943 - 03.10.1943

82nd Army Ground Forces Band

05.24.1944 - 07.24.1944

83rd Infantry Division FIRST DIVISION

08.15.1942 - 06.14.1943

85th Ordnance MM Bn., (Q) Co. (3479th)

09.16.1942 - 11.11.1942

85th Field Hospital

11.15.1944 - 01.11.1945

100th QM Bakery Bn. Hq & Hq Detach. & Co. C

09.04.1942 - 06.12.1943

101st Infantry Bn

12.15.1942 - 05.25.1943

106th Infantry Division GALLANT 106th

03.27.1944 - 10.13.1944

112th Automatic Anti-Aircraft Group

06.08.1943 - 06.20.1943

112th Station Hospital

09.01.1942 - 10.25.1942

113th Station Hospital

09.01.1942 - 10.31.1942

115th Station Hospital

09.01.1942 - 11.10.1942

118th Station Hospital

12.20.1942 - 07.11.1943

122nd Ordnance MM Co

03.16.1943 - 03.18.1944

130th QM Bakery Co

09.04.1942 - 06.12.1943

134th Field Artillery Bn

07.20.1944 - 08.26.1944

141st Ordnance Bn

03.19.1943 - 11.07.1943

184th Field Artillery Depot

11.01.1942 - 12.19.1942

193rd Signal Repair Co

09.01.1944 - 10.06.1944

196th Army Ground Forces Band (74th)

01.10.1944 - 06.08.1944

202nd Provisional Military Police Detachment (made part of the 30th Div)

12.10.1943 -

206th QM Gas Supply Bn., Co. B

09.01.1942 - 02.23.1943

210th Ordnance Bn., Hq Detachment

04.14.1944 - 06.29.1944

227th Army Ground Forces Band

11.18.1943 - 04.05.1944

228th Station Hospital (72nd)

06.24.1943 - 07.07.1943

231st Sttion Hospital (73rd)

06.24.1943 - 12.13.1943

237th Station Hospital

02.25.1943 - 06.24.1943

249th QM Service Bn., Hq & Hq Detachment, Cos. C & D

08.25.1942 - 04.16.1943

257th Signal Construction Co

09.01.1942 - 11.17.1942

261st QM Service Bn

09.01.1942 - 10.01.1942

354th Military Police Co

09.01.1942 - 02.14.1943

271st Ordnance MM Co

08.25.1944 - 10.16.1944

301st Signal Operations Bn

11.02.1943 - 02.14.1944

306th QM Railroad Co

03.12.1943 - 07.22.1943

308th QM Railroad Co

07.07.1943 - 11.18.1943

317th Station Hospital (18th)

04.01.1943 - 12.12.1943

329th QM Depot

09.01.1942 - 04.15.1943

338th Engineer Rgt

09.04.1942 - 11.14.1942

377th Ordnance MAM Co

03.30.1944 - 06.29.1944

379th QM Truck Depot

05.03.1943 - 08.28.1943

381st Engineer Bn

1942

414th MP Escort Gd. Co

05.01.1943 - 02.07.1944

417th Ordnance LM Co

04.14.1944 - 07.01.1944

428th MP Escort Guard Co

04.01.1943 - 01.24.1944

428th Medical Ambulance Bn., Hq & Hq Detachment

04.10.1943 - 11.22.1943

429th MP Escort Guard Co - (transferred to 1537th)

04.01.1943

452nd Coast Artillery AAA Bn

01.01.1943 - 04.02.1943

453rd MP Escort Gd. Co

04.15.1955 - 05.22.1944

457th Engineer Depot Co

12.01.1942 - 03.24.1943

522nd Ordnance HM Rgt (Q) Co. E

09.01.1942 - 10.31.1942

535th Coast Artillery AAA Bn

05.05.1943 - 06.24.1943

537th Coast Artillery AAA Bn

04.01.1943 - 05.03.1943

569th QM Bn

08.14.1943 - 11.01.1943

574th QM Railhead Co

05.01.1943 - 09.18.1943

577th MP Escort Guard Co (1537th)

01.28.1944 - 04.13.1944

587th Medical Ambulance Co

04.10.1943 - 11.22.1943

588th Medical Ambulance Co

04.10.1943 - 11.22.1943

589th Medical Ambulance Co

04.10.1943 - 11.22.1943

597th Field Artillery Bn

09.10.1942 - 04.26.1943

608th Tank Destroyer Bn

06.09.1943 - 12.18.1943

610th Tank Destroyer Bn

11.11.1943 - 03.29.1944

673rd Engineer Topographic Co

03.01.1943 - 08.20.1943

717th Railway Operations Bn

04.05.1944 - 04.14.1944

721st Railway Operations Bn Cos. A, C & D

11.02.1943 - 11.29.1943

729th Military Police Bn

11.28.1944

735th Military Police Bn

10.25.1943 - 12.18.1943

737th Military Police Bn

10.29.1943 - 11.29.1943

749th Medical Sanitary Co

04.26.1943 - 11.15.1944

750th Medical Sanitary Co

04.26.1943 - 10.08.1943

751st Medical Sanitary Co

04.26.1943 - 10.08.1943

755th Railway Shop Bn

10.09.1943 - 11.20.1943

772nd Tank Bn

04.01.1944 - 09.21.1944

773rd Tank Destroyer Bn

04.11.1943 - 01.12.1944

797th Medical Sanitary Co

06.25.1943 - 10.18.1943

798th Military Police Bn

03.15.1945

822nd Tank Destroyer Bn

08.95.1944 - 09.17.1944

895th Ordnance HAM Bn (56th)

10.31.1942 - 10.18.1943

963rd Ordnance HAM Co

05.15.1944 - 07.02.1944

979th QM Service Co

08.14.1943 - 11.10.1943

980th QM Service Co

08.01.1943 - 11.01.1943

981st QM Service Co

08.01.1943 - 11.03.1943

982nd QM Service Co

08.01.1943 - 11.03.1943

Provisional Training Rgt., Aviation-Corps of Military Police

10.06.1943 - 01.01.1944

1219th MP Aviation Co

11.01.1943 - 01.14.1944

1220th MP Aviation Co

10.06.1943 - 11.12.1943

1231st MP Aviation Co

10.06.1943 - 11.12.1943

1232st MP Aviation Co

10.06.1943 - 11.12.1943

1233rd MP Aviation Co

10.06.1943 - 11.12.1943

1234th MP Aviation Co

10.06.1943 - 11.12.1943

1235th MP Aviation Co

10.06.1943 - 11.12.1943

1236th MP Aviation Co

10.06.1943 - 11.12.1943

1237th MP Aviation Co

10.06.1943 - 11.12.1943

1238th MP Aviation Co

10.06.1943 - 01.21.1944

1239th MP Aviation Co

10.06.1943 - 02.07.1944

1240th MP Aviation Co

10.06.1943 - 01.12.1944

1241st MP Aviation Co

10.06.1943 - 01.12.1944

1506th Service Unit, School for Bakers & Cooks (1562nd)

07.01.1942 - 07.01.1944

1512th Service Unit, 5th Service Command Motor Pool (1560th SCU)

11.16.1944 - 02.01.1945

1534th Service Unit, Reception Center (1560th SCU)

09.01.1944 - 02.01.1945

1537th Service Unit, Prisoner of War Camp (1560th SCU)

12.01.1943 - 02.01.1945

1558th Service Unit, Reception Station (1560th SCU)

11.09.1944 - 02.01.1945

1560th SU: Hq., Medical, Finance, Engineer Supply, Ordnance, Chemical Warfare Service sections (Inactivated and personnel transferred to Hq & Hq Section)

07.01.1942 - 03.01.1944

1560th SU, Signal Section (Hq & Hq Section - 18th)

01.31.1943 - 03.01.1944

1560th SU, WAC Section 1, Hq. Detachment (44th, 3561st, 1560th SCU)

10.27.1943 - 02.01.1945

1560th SU, WAC Section 2, Medical Section (3561st, 3547th)

10.27.1943 - 04.05.1944

1560th SU, MP Sections 1 & 2 (MP Section)

07.01.1942 - 03.01.1944

1560th SU, QM and Service Sections (Hq & Hq Section)

07.01.1942 - 06.12.1944

1560th SU (1560th SCU Station Complement)

03.01.1944 - 02.01.1945

1560th Service, Command Unit comprising Hq., MP, WAC Sections, Station Compliment; Station Medical; Motor Pool; W.D. Personnel Center, HQ Section; Reception Center, Prisoner of War Camp, Reception Station #6, Special Training Unit, Separation Center, Packing Squad, Wakeman Hospital Center, Wakeman General Hospital, Wakeman Convalescent Hospital, Medical Department Enlisted Technicians School (WAC)

02.01.1945 -

1562nd Service Unit, School for Bakers & Cooks (1506th)

07.01.1942 - 07.01.1944

1584th Service Unit, Special Training Unit (1560th SCU)

11.02.1943 - 02.01.1945

1585th Service Unit, Separation Center (1560th SCU)

10.15.1944 - 02.01.1945

1596th Service Unit (1560th SCU)

04.12.1943 - 02.01.1945

3430th Ordnance Co

10.01.1942 - 02.15.1943

3479th Ordnance MM Co (85th)

11.11.1942 - 04.20.1943

3532nd Ordnance Bn

04.01.1943 - 01.25.1944

3545th Service Unit (MDETS)

07.20.194? - 02.01.1945

3547th Service Unit, Detachment Medical Dept. (WAC Section, WGH)

04.05.194? - 02.01.1945

3555th Service Unit, Casual Co

06.01.1943 - 07.15.1944

3561st Service Unit WAC Hq. Section (44th, 1560th)

05.22.1943 - 10.27.194?

9256th Cadre

07.01.1943 - 08.09.1943

Wakeman General Hospital

04.05.1944 - 02.01.1945

Wakeman General Hospital & Convalescent Hospital

02.01.1945 - 04.11.1945

Wakeman Hospital Center

04.11.1945 -