365^th Infantry Regiment

The 365th Infantry Regiment (Colored) was activated at Camp Atterbury, Indiana, on October 15, 1942, and assigned to the 92nd Infantry Division. After training at Fort Huachuca, it staged at Camp Patrick Henry on September 17, 1944, departed Hampton Roads on October 2, and arrived in Italy on October 27. The regiment entered the front on November 8-9 as the division took over a sector from the coast into the Serchio Valley.

Its first months in Italy were defensive and positional. In late December German forces struck the division's Serchio Valley outposts and forced a general withdrawal, with Indian brigades passing through to restore the line. When the 92nd resumed responsibility for the sector in January, the 365th became the east-bank regiment for a limited February attack. On February 4 it advanced east of the Serchio while the 366th kept pace west of the river, recovering Gallicano, Castelvecchio, and Albiano. The next day the regiment drove beyond Lama toward Lama di Sotto Ridge, overlooking Castelnuovo, where German resistance stiffened. Counterattack by the 286th Infantry forced the regiment back from Lama and down the ridge.

During the division's March-April reorganization, the 365th was withdrawn from the main assault force and used south of Viareggio as a replacement training center. In the final offensive it was detached from the division to cover IV Corps' extended left flank in the Cutigliano valley and then served under army control as the front broke open. While the reconstituted 370th, the 442nd, and the 473rd drove on Massa, Aulla, and Genoa, the 365th guarded prisoners and rear areas.