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The 36th Division Archive
Wartime Records
36th Infantry Division Operational Records
Operational Records are documents created by clerks and headquarters of various units within the 36th ID to document the ongoings of their unit for a certain period of time, typically by month. These records contain detailed battle accounts, casualty lists, individual incidents of valor, and a number of other anecdotes told in a chronological fashion. These scans are of original government documents from the National Archives.
36th Infantry Division Morning Reports
Morning Reports are daily records maintained by a clerk in each company of a division. These records are excellent sources of information on individual soldiers as well as brief summaries on a particular company's location and actions day by day. These records are in the process of being digitized and are instrumental in building a picture of a particular soldier's time in the division, from entry, to transfers, wounds, sicknesses, and more.
36th Infantry Division General Orders
These records, known as "General Orders," were official orders and paperwork passed from the division headquarters performing a multitude of functions from notifying about promotions, awarding decorations, recognizing meritorious conduct of division units, and much more. The most important role for individual research, however, comes in the award records. These orders list all the men who received Bronze Stars, Purple Hearts, Silver Stars, and other decorations, with citations for a number of them.
36th Infantry Division Info Cards
This collection of information cards was created by the division in the latter part of 1945. The collection is stored at the Texas Military Forces Museum but is accessible through the link embedded in the button below. These cards offer wonderful information about veterans of the 36th Division, often including units, dates of attachment, awards, and hometowns. The currently digitized list is incomplete but does contain many veterans so far.
"T-Patch" Newspaper
The "T-Patch" was a division newspaper beginning publication in mid-1944 which continued irregularly until the fall of 1945. This collection is largely incomplete and any additional copies are highly requested. The newspapers contain content ranging from division orders, trending stories, sports, army-wide news, valor decorations, combat stories, photographs, and much more.
"Rotate and Review" Newspaper
Another highly unknown paper, "Rotate and Review" was the newspaper for the 142nd Infantry Regiment. Very few of these have been found by the author and any additional versions are highly requested for digitization. They seem to give similar material as the "T-Patch" but specifically geared towards the 142nd Infantry.
