The units of the 70th Infantry Division Special Troops
were activated 15 July 1943 at Camp Adair, Oregon. They trained
there for their combat missions for the next 12 months. During that
period, the division was tasked to provide replacements for U.S.
Army losses in Europe and the Far East. This required new
replacements and retraining of some of the Special Troops units. In
late July 1944 the division entrained for transfer to Fort Leonard
Wood, MO, and resumed training there. The last of the replacements
arrived in early October 1944. After the three infantry regiments
embarked for Europe during the first week of December, an advance
party from the Special Troops units sailed for Europe on 13 December
1944, landing in Marseilles on 23 December, and moved to the Task
Force Herren operational area in Northeastern France.
The main body of Special Troops sailed for Europe on 8 January 1945,
disembarked at Marseilles 18 January 1945 and moved by road and rail
to Northeastern France; they joined the division elements already in
place and on 17 February 1945, began combat operations as a
division.
Left:
Unofficial and unconfirmed insignia of 370th.
Operational support to the regiments provided by the 70th Division's
370th Medical Battalion:
Company A supported the medical detachment of the 274th
Infantry Regiment.
Company B supported the medical detachment of the 275th
Infantry Regiment.
Company C supported the medical detachment of the 276th Infantry
Regiment.
In addition, Company D, provided for the continuing immediate
medical care, and preparation for and evacuation of those requiring
it to hospitals in the theater's rear area or to the U. K or the
U.S.
