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[Katsup]

Hey hey, I joined to look for any images of the 157th Infantry Brigade in the 1980s. I am interested in military history and have been researching units my family was in, but its been hard to find any images of 1-313th, 1-314th, or 1-315th of the 157th outside of WW2 era images. Any help is welcome.

 

[Fluff]

Welcome, you have come to the right place!

 

[Katsup]

Thank you, hopefully I can find what I need!

 

[LimaCharles]

Here's a start: https://www.first.army.mil/Mission/Units/Division-East/157th-Infantry-Brigade/

You can do a FOIA request for that timeline with our Natural Archives, complete with unit info, etc: https://www.archives.gov/research/alic/reference/photography

Good luck and welcome to the site.

 

[Katsup]

Thank you! I didn't think to check archives.gov, hopefully they have something. I have done some basic research but kind of fell off when most of the results were either modern or from WW1-WW2.

 

[OldGuy]

1st Army

157th Infantry Brigade (United States) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[OldGuy]

Thank you! I didn't think to check archives.gov, hopefully they have something. I have done some basic research but kind of fell off when most of the results were either modern or from WW1-WW2.

I had been searching for several years to find any photos or info on my grandfather 2nd husband of my grandmother. I knew he was in the Texas 36th Division in WWII. I was surfing one day last year and just happened to find a one in a hundred thousand photo of my grandfather aboard a Navy Landing craft leaving the Italian Anzio campaign after 90 days and they were on their way to France to hook up with Patton's new Army for what became the last of WWII. He was a Half Track Driver . I had one old black and white photo but no info written on the date or location. Here are those two photos and you will find him at the extreme bottom of the photo with helmet in left hand filled with rations. Two men directly behind him had another man standing to their middle rear and he was one of his vehicle group of 4 men. They were forward scouts and had an anti tank gun mounted. He passed away in 85.

 

[Katsup]

Interesting, I may try and find more references then.

I was surfing one day last year and just happened to find a one in a hundred thousand photo of my grandfather aboard a Navy Landing craft leaving the Italian Anzio campaign after 90 days and they were on their way to France to hook up with Patton's new Army for what became the last of WWII.

 

[OldGuy]

Search those listed locations for the units you mentioned and start looking online for associations for each unit. You might be surprised what you find out there. Especially since your looking for units in our lifetime on active duty. All the wartime units for all the divisions of the Army were eventually returned to Reserve duty or deactivated completely. The 157th deactivated in 1995 Pennsylvania . Lots of activity back a few years ago with shuffling so many units to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan. Units were here one day gone the next, it's like trying to read a road map.

Another very good resource here

First Army > Mission > Units > Division East > 157th Infantry Brigade

www.first.army.mil

And another that still shows the 157th in today's role

First Army > Mission > Units > Division East

www.first.army.mil

Un casing the colors

Fond farewell: 157th cases colors, leaving Fort Jackson

FORT JACKSON, S.C. -- After almost 14 years here, the 157th Infantry Brigade bade farewell to Fort Jackson during a casing ceremony June 23 at the Joe E. Mann Center. The brigade will move to Camp Atterbury, Ind., where it will uncase its colors Aug....

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