Bennett notified G-4 and DOO (most likely means Division Ordnance Officer) that Lt. G-4 stated the Div might be completely equipped with carbines prior to embarkation.ġ1 July 42. G-3 (Division Operations) notified by G-4 (Division Supply) that 1st Infantry Division has just received 1500 carbines, cal 30. Items in parenthesis are my edits for clarification.ġ0 July 42. The Division shipped out two weeks after these documents were written. ![]() ![]() ![]() A prior FOIA request disclosed in the 1st Infantry Division's G-3 Diary from 1942 the following:īased at Indiantown Gap Military Reservation in Pennsylvania during the summer of 1942, “The Big Red One” was one of the American units that participated in the first Allied invasion of Europe (in North Africa) in November of that year. I am seeking records pertaining to the Issue of M1 Carbines and more specifically, Ser #342 assigned to the 1st Infantry Division in July 1942.
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