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History of the 28th Infantry Regiment, first published in 1947, details the World War II activities of this important U.S. Army regiment. Beginning with a brief overview of the unit's service in the Philippines, Mexico and in World War I, the majority of the book focuses on the regiment's activities in the Second World War: its training in the U.S, departure for Europe on December 4, 1943, landing on Utah Beach in July 4, 1944, followed by ten months of combat in France, Belgium and Germany, including the bitter fighting in the Huertgen Forest. While in Europe, the regiment took part in four allied campaigns, capturing over 115,000 German soldiers and large amounts of enemy equipment. Illustrated throughout with maps and photographs.
An inventive study of relations between the National Guard and the Regular Army during World War II, Guard Wars follows the Pennsylvania National Guard's 28th Infantry Division from its peacetime status through training and into combat in Western Europe. The broader story, spanning the years 1939--1945, sheds light on the National Guard, the U.S. Army, and American identities and priorities during the war years. Michael E. Weaver carefully tracks the division's difficult transformation into a combat-ready unit and highlights General Omar Bradley's extraordinary capacity for leadership -- which turned the Pennsylvanians from the least capable to one of the more capable units, a claim dearly tested in the Battle of the HÃ1⁄4rtgen Forest. This absorbing and informative analysis chronicles the nation's response to the extreme demands of a world war, and the flexibility its leaders and soldiers displayed in the chaos of combat.