9^th Infantry Regiment

The 9th Infantry Regiment served with the 2nd Infantry Division in northwest Europe after prewar stationing at Fort Sam Houston and training at Camp McCoy. It staged through Camp Shanks, sailed from New York in October 1943, and trained in England before entering the Normandy campaign. The Stanton regiment file gives June 12, 1944, as its landing date, while the Green Book account places 9th Infantry elements in action earlier within the V Corps lodgment. In the fighting after Omaha Beach, the regiment operated on the 2nd Division left, struck toward the Trevieres-Rubercy road, advanced toward Rubercy, and later supported the division's Hill 192 assault by fire while other regiments made the main attack.

After the St. Lo breakthrough, the regiment fought through the Northern France campaign and moved with the division into Brittany for the reduction of Brest. It then crossed into Belgium and Germany on October 3, 1944, and took part in the division's operations near St. Vith and the Schnee Eifel. When the German Ardennes counteroffensive opened, the 9th Infantry helped withdraw the division from Wahlerscheid and form the defensive line through Rocherath, Krinkelt, Wirtzfeld, and Elsenborn. Elements of the regiment helped hold the road net while German armor and infantry pressed the northern shoulder of the salient.

In 1945 the regiment returned to offensive operations with the 2nd Division. During the March advance from the Roer toward the Rhine, soldiers of the 9th and 23rd Infantry rode tanks and tank destroyers in a rapid move toward the Ahr, clearing towns and helping open the way to Ransbach. In April the 9th and 23rd led the division to the Saale, established a bridgehead across a damaged railroad bridge, cleared Merseburg, and entered Leipzig. The regiment returned to the United States in July 1945.