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The 26th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, formerly the 26th Infantry Division is a unit of the United States Army that served in World War I and World War II. It was originally activated as the 5th Division in early 1917, but this became the 26th Division after a few months' service. Prior to becoming a maneuver enhancement brigade, it was a modular infantry brigade combat team.
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[edit] Combat ChronicleThe 26th Infantry Division landed in France at Cherbourg and Utah Beach, 1944-09-07, but did not enter combat as a division until 7 October. Elements were on patrol duty along the coast from Carteret to Siouville, 13-30 September, and the 328th Infantry saw action with the 80th Division to which it was attached, 5-15 October. On 7 October the 26th relieved the 4th Armored Division in the Salonnes-Moncourt-Canal du Rhine au Marne sector, and maintained defensive positions; a limited objective attack was launched, 22 October, in the Moncourt woods. On 8 November the division went on the offensive, took Dieuze, 20 November, advanced across the Saar River to Saar Union, and captured it, 2 December, after house-to-house fighting. Reaching Maginot fortifications, 5 December, it regrouped, entering Saareguemines 8 December. Rest at Metz was interrupted by the Von Rundstedt offensive. The division moved north to Luxembourg, 19-21 December, to take part in the Battle of the Bulge break-through. It attacked at Rambrouch and Grosbous, 22 December, beat off strong German counterattacks, captured Arsdorf on Christmas Day after heavy fighting, attacked toward the Wiltz River, but was forced to withdraw in the face of determined enemy resistance; after regrouping, 5-8 January 1945, it attacked again, reached the Wiltz River, and finally crossed it, 20 January. The division continued its advance, took Grumelscheid, 21 January, and crossed the Clerf River, 24 January. The 26th then shifted to the east bank of the Saar, and maintained defensive positions in the Saarlautern area, 29 January-6 March 1945. The division's drive to the Rhine jumped off on 13 March 1945, and carried the division through Merzig, 17 March, to the Rhine, 21 March, and across the Rhine at Oppenheim, 25-26 March. It took part in the house-to-house reduction of Hanau, 28 March, broke out of the Main River bridgehead, drove through Fulda, 1 April, and helped reduce Meiningen, 5 April. Moving southeast into Austria, the division assisted in the capture of Linz, 4 May. It had changed the direction of its advance, and was moving northeast into Czechoslovakia, across the Vltava River, when the cease-fire order was received. 26th Infantry Division was in Passau, Germany on 1945-08-14 when World War II was declared over, and was deactivated in Germany. [edit] Assignments in the ETO
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