Item: i113888

 Authentic Medal of:

United States of America
World War II – 301st Infantry Regiment Badge
1940’s Sterling Silver Medal 30mm  x 32mm (12.37 grams)
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The 94th Division, like the other divisions of the Organized Reserve was not mobilized as a complete unit. In August 1940, the officers and men of the Organized Reserve had been called to active duty individually, being disbursed to existing Regular Army and Army National Guard units. The majority of mid-level officers (captains through lieutenant colonels) in the U.S. Army during the Second World War were Reserve officers. As such, the 94th provided leaders to every theater in the war.

With virtually all of the division’s personnel having gone off to war without it, the 94th Division existed only on paper when its shoulder sleeve insignia was changed on 5 September 1942 to a half-black, half-gray circle with the Arabic numerals 9 and 4 superimposed in reverse colors. Ten days later, on 15 September 1942, the division was ordered into active military service as the 94th Infantry Division at Fort Custer near Kalamazoo, Michigan. To effect the initial organization of the 94th, the officer cadre below regimental level and the entire enlisted cadre was selected from the soldiers of the 77th Infantry Division, then stationed at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.

Order of battle

• Headquarters, 94th Infantry Division
• 301st Infantry Regiment
• 302nd Infantry Regiment
• 376th Infantry Regiment

The 376th Infantry Regiment receiving the honor of being the first to qualify Expert Infantry Regiment in US military history

• Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 94th Infantry Division Artillery
  • 301st Field Artillery Battalion (105 mm)
  • 356th Field Artillery Battalion (105 mm)
  • 390th Field Artillery Battalion (155 mm)
  • 919th Field Artillery Battalion (105 mm)
• 319th Engineer Combat Battalion
• 319th Medical Battalion
• 94th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized)
• Headquarters, Special Troops, 94th Infantry Division
  • Headquarters Company, 94th Infantry Division
  • 794th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company
  • 94th Quartermaster Company
  • 94th Signal Company
  • Military Police Platoon
  • Band
• 94th Counterintelligence Corps Detachment

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