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C company was always one of the rifle companies in the first battalion of every US Infantry regiment. The first battalion was always rifle companies A, B and C, along with heavy weapons company D.
The 110th Infantry was one of the three infantry regiments in the 28th Infantry Division. In peacetime this division is the Pennsylvania National Guard. Its shoulder patch features a red keystone, for "the Keystone State". During WWII its members referred to this as the "bucket of blood". The Division did see much hard service, particularly during the fighting in the Huertgen Forest in the autumn of 1944. All National Guard divisions were called into active service during the war ("Federalized") and after this lost much of their flavor as state-based units, receiving large influxes of men from all states.
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So far as I know there has never been published any roster of company members. The 28th ID did publish a history after the war. You could probably find a copy on eBay, or perhaps Battery Press of Nashville might have produced a reprint. I doubt it would contain a company roster though.
A rifle company, such as C, 110th Inf, had an authorized strength of 187 officers and men by 1944. About 108 of these were actual riflemen. The overwhelming majority of US casualties in WWII was among riflemen. When you factor in men evacuated for nonbattle causes, I would guesstimate that probably somewhere around 800-1000 men were assigned to this company at one time or another.
The only sure method I could recommend of compiling a definitive roster would be to visit the National Archives in Suitland, Maryland to ferret out rosters and morning reports.
You might try contacting the divisional "alumni association:
http://28thinfantrydivisionassoc.org/index.html
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Does anyone have a photo of Company H of the 111Th Infantry Division of the 28Th Infantry Division that served in World War 1?
Unfortunatly I do not at the moment however I do know that someone in my family has a picture of several men in the company. I am unsure as to where it is. My great grandfather served in the company too. :)
Where in France did the 111th regiment 28 Division have a battle on 29 September 1918?
he 28th Division traces its history from the briefly active 7th Division, formed in May 1917. In July 1917 or later, the division was renamed the 28th Division. It was activated in September 1917. Its initial organization included the 55th Infantry Brigade (109th and 110th Infantry Regiments) and the 56th Infantry Brigade (111th and 112th Infantry Regiments). During World War I it was involved in the Meuse-Argonne, Champagne-Marne, Aisne-Marne, Oise-Aisne, and Ypres-Lys operations. During the war it took a total of 14,139 casualties. An honor battalion of Pennsylvania National Guardsmen of the "Iron Division" (These are not soldiers, these are iron men. Gen. Pershing) dedicated the Pennsylvania World War Memorial in Argonne, France, in 1928.
What infantry was called bloody bucket in World War 2?
I believe that was the 28th "Keystone" Infantry Division because their Shoulder Sleeve Insignia is a bright red keystone that resembles a bucket. I read that term somewhere recently and I believe that is what it referred to. The Pennsylvania Army National Guard's 28th Infantry Division does wear a red "keystone" patch on their shoulder. The patch became known as the "bloody bucket" after WWII, during which the Division suffered massive casualties during the fighting to liberate Europe, particularly in the Ardennes forest and during the Battle of the Bulge, in and around the Belgian town of Bastogne. My dad was a sgt at the Battle of the Bulge and told me that the Germans tagged the 28th with the name BLOODY BUCKET because of the damages and deaths that the 28th caused the German soldiers. He said that as they rounded up the surviving German soldiers, the Germans would refer to the Keystone as a bloody bucket.
Who liberated Sourdeval in World War 2?
The town of Sourdeval was liberated by the 28th American Infantry with long-range artillery support from other Allied Forces such as the British.
What day did the maori battalion go to war?
•The 28th (Maori) Battalion was part of the 2nd New Zealand Division, the fighting arm of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force. during World War 2 . A frontline infantry unit made up entirely of volunteers, the Battalion usually contained 700-750 men, divided into five companies.
