100: History of the Century Division

Butler, General Benjamin; Colonel Edwin K. Adam, Colonel Ed Hessel, compilers

ISBN 10: 1563113244 / ISBN 13: 9781563113246

Published by Turner Publishing Company, Paducah, KY, 1996

About this Item

Overview of the wartime activities of this unit, incorporating the text of a 1946 history, "The Story of the Century" edited by Michael A. Bass; adding its post-war reactivation as a training unit, war stories by its veterans, and a listing of veterans with brief biographies and then/now photos. Glossy hardcover, as pictured; no jacket, as issued; one of an unspecified "limited" edition. Light wear, corners bumped & rubbed. Text clean; 160 pages; many b/w photos, index. Size: Quarto.

Seller Inventory # v0624

Bibliographic Details

• Title: 100: History of the Century Division
• Publisher: Turner Publishing Company, Paducah, KY
• Publication Date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 1563113244
• ISBN 13: 9781563113246
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Memoirs, Biography
  • Military History

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Synopsis

The 100th Division (formerly the 100th Infantry Division) is an infantry division of the United States Army headquartered at Fort Knox, Kentucky. It currently serves as a major training command of the United States Army Reserve. Throughout its long history, the division has taken on numerous roles. Serving as the 100th Infantry Division until the 1950s, the division then briefly became the 100th Airborne Division before becoming the 100th Division (Training). Since this transformation, the division has primarily taken on numerous training roles for other Army units. It was activated in mid 1918, too late to join the fighting in World War I. The division is best known for its exploits during World War II as the 100th Infantry Division. Fighting in the European Theater, the division advanced through France and Germany through the end of the war, fending off serious German counterattacks along the way. World War II would be the only war the division would fight in before taking on its role as a training unit.