2nd Infantry Division of the U.S. Army during World War II?

Question

Does anyone have a map that shows the troop movements of the U.S. Army's 2nd Infantry Division? I know they landed at Normandy, but I don't know where they went after that. Any answers will be appreciated.

Answer 1

Try the link below. It is the official history of the US Army in World War 2.

Answer 2

The Marines have always been a branch of the Navy and they still are. For the most part, they stormed the islands in the South Pacific, the South China sea and moved toward Japan. The action is called Island Hopping. Those who went on the shores ofthe island were called Amphibious forces, and went ashore from the Navy's amphibious ships such as the LSTs of which there were about 1175 made during the war - more than any other ship made during that period. It is an interesting ship, I served on one in Vietnam. LSTs were used in the invasionx of Africa, Italy, and on D Day, but they were primarily landing Army troops. Other amphib ships were the LSD, the LSM, LSMR. The LSD is a ship that is used as a dock (Landing ship dock), supplies were transferred to the LSD and the LSD would load them on amphibious boats and land them for the use of the troops on the island. The LSM (Landing Ship Medium) was used for a variety of purposes parallel to the LST. LST means Landing Ship Tank and it was also used to put tanks and other rolling stock on the shore. Once the Marines had established a beachhead, those ships would land ammunition and other materiels for use by the Marines. LSMR is a specially designated LSM and was known as the Landing Ship Medium Rocket. In its cargo bay, which like the LSM was a well, the LSMR contained rocket launchers. There were a plethora of landing craft (boats) which were carried on the amphibious ships and if the ships could not land directly on the beach, they landed the Marines with the boats.

Answer 3

I believe the discovery and the military channel both did documentaries on the troop movements on d-day my father was there also He was 17 at the time, I would check those to channels web sites Also I believe the Time Life book series had reference to this, my Fathers picture is in there, And my one Uncle was Master Sargent in the Marine core he is mentioned in war correspondents Ernie Plyes book My father and eight of my uncles were, in Europe and in the South Pacific. there are many books and documentaries out there look on the web and at your Library , the Military can probably even help you .

Answer 4

Umm globalsecurity.org has unit histories, btw 2ID might have gotten into France via Normandy, but they were not part of the D-Day invasion, on Omaha was the 1stID(The Big Red One) and 29thID, on Utah was the 4thID

Answer 5

YES,252INT. DIV