AT CO 2ND Infantry Camp Campbell, KY

[HodgeStyle]

I bought this picture at an auction. Was wondering if anybody knows anything about them. Tried finding information online but haven't found anything usefull.



http://imgur.com/gallery/pyjKVpw

 

[HodgeStyle]

Nobody on here knows anything about this infantry?

 

[femurphy77]

Ammunition Train, 2nd Infantry Division. Current primary mission; cannon fodder at the DMZ Korean Peninsula.

 

[Alamo]

I thought the designation "2nd Infantry" refers to the 2nd Infantry Regiment, not the 2nd Infantry Division.

If so, this may help: https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/2-2in.htm

In World War II, the 2nd Infantry Regiment fought as part of the 5th Infantry Division in Patton's famous Third Army, leading the way in the breakout from the beaches of Normandy in operation Cobra, capturing the ancient capital of Rheims and seizing Metz after a major battle at Fort Driant. The 2nd Infantry Regiment forced a crossing of the Sauer River and attacked into the Seigfried Line. The Regiment Crossed the Rhine River near the Oppenheim and secured crossing for other Third Army units. The unit then spearheaded the attack into Czechoslovakia and was located near the town of Voltray when the word came to cease all forward movement at 0831 hours on 7 May 1945.
The unit was inactivated on 20 September 1946 at Camp Campbell, Kentucky, only to be activated again on 15 July 1947 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.

I note the date in the picture is 3-14-46.

This link also shows the 2nd Infantry Regiment deactivated at Fort (Camp) Campbell KY in Sep 1946.
https://history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/inf/0002in.htm

 

[HodgeStyle]

Wow. Thats some helpfull information everyone. Thanks. I think i will definitely hang on to this picture. Sounds like these guys was a force to be wreckened with.

 

[femurphy77]

I thought the designation "2nd Infantry" refers to the 2nd Infantry Regiment, not the 2nd Infantry Division.

If so, this may help: https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/2-2in.htm


I note the date in the picture is 3-14-46.

This link also shows the 2nd Infantry Regiment deactivated at Fort (Camp) Campbell KY in Sep 1946.
https://history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/inf/0002in.htm

Possible, I got my info here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_Infantry_Division_(United_States) and a couple of other places. Probably right, the division doesn't show any connection to Ky.