46. After a short period of occupation duty, the division returned to the United States in July 1945 for retraining prior to redeployment, but the end of the Pacific war resulted in inactivation in November 1945 at Camp Chaffee, AR. The 34th was reorganized as the 1st Infantry Regiment, Minnesota National Guard on 31 January 1920. [2] The Germans had launched a bewildering nighttime counter-attack on the beachhead just as the 151st was landing, but with sheer grit and courage, the artillerymen stopped it cold. A second 44th Infantry Division existed in the Illinois Army National Guard from 1946 until October 1954, when that division was disbanded after federal service during the Korean War. As a member of the Eastern Task Force, which included two brigades of the British 78th Infantry Division, and two British Commando units, they landed at Algiers and seized the port and outlying airfields. Bitter hand-to-hand combat was often needed to root the enemy out of his holes in the mountains, and the men frequently fought in regions, which could only be supplied by animal pack trains. Gen. William A. Beiderlinden (1 – 14 November 1945). An attack began early on April 29, 1943, when the 3rd Battalion, 135th Infantry moved to the base of the hill and captured a small village. Approximately 11,000 Soldiers from the 34th Infantry Division have been deployed in support of these missions since 9-11. It marked the largest single unit deployment for the division since WWII. After completing the "D-Series", division-level training, the 44th was sent to participate in the multi-division Fourth Army #6 Louisiana Maneuvers, 7 February-3 April 1944. 3,000). In 2011, it was staffed by roughly 6,500 soldiers from the Minnesota National Guard,[4] 2,900 from the Iowa Guard, about 300 from the Nebraska Guard, and about 100 from other states. After Rome, the division continued its drive up the boot of Italy through heavily entrenched German positions. One or more 34th Division units were engaged in actual combat with the enemy on 611 days. OCS Form 10, Official Statement of Lineage and Battle Honors, “Headquarters Company, 44th Infantry Division, NG, Ill.,” dated 16 FEB 54 & 5 OCT 60, US Army Center for Military History files re: 44th Infantry Division, Fort McNair, VA. The 44th Division participated in the First Army Maneuvers in Upstate New York from 7–24 August 1940,[5]:36 prior to being inducted into federal service for twelve months of training on 16 September 1940. 34th Infantry Division : 35th Infantry Division : 36th Infantry Division : 37th Infantry Division : 38th Infantry Division [ 39th Infantry Division - Did not exist during WWII ] 40th Infantry Division . Stiff opposition by reinforced German troops was encountered in Tunisia. The 339th Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of the United States Army, raised for service in World War I, that served in the North Russia Intervention and World War II.