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Hello, I am a local historian from Germany and am looking for information about the 8th Armored division in March 1945

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I read the homepage of the 8th armored division. I'm not looking for after action records. I'm interested in what happened between March 2nd, 1945 and March 26th, 1945 outside of the fighting. Which units were stationed in Grefrath (Rhineland) at the time? Are there orders? Are there any pictures or footage?

Thank you very much

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    Thank you for posting your question on History Hub!

    The National Archives at College Park, Textual Reference Division (RR2RR) has custody of the series entry Station Lists, 1942 - 1953 within Record Group (RG) 407 Records of the Adjutant General's Office. These lists are arranged by broad geographical location and thereunder by date. The lists are generally monthly or biweekly. Each list is arranged by type of unit and thereunder in order by unit name or number. The nearest town is listed for each unit. Given the arrangement and volume of these lists, going through them to trace particular areas for units is a labor-intensive process. Please keep in mind that units during this time were being billeted at different bases at a rapid pace. For more information about these non-digitized records, please email us at archives2reference@nara.gov.

    The Textual Reference Archives II Branch (RR2RR) also has custody of unit records for the 8th Armored Division. Military unit files among these records consist mostly of historical reports, operations (or “after action”) reports, unit journals, and general orders. We searched the National Archives Catalog and located the World War II Operations Reports, 1940-1948 in the Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1917 - 1985 (Record Group 407) and located after action reports of the 8th Armored Division in box 12751. For more information about these non-digitized records, please contact the National Archives at College Park - Textual Reference (RR2R) via email at archives2reference@nara.gov.

    We also searched the National Archives Catalog and located a series titled Unit Histories, 1943 - 1967 in the Records of U.S. Army Operational, Tactical, and Support Organizations (World War II and Thereafter) (Record Group 338) for the 8th Armored Division. Please see information relating to those file units here:

    https://catalog.archives.gov/search-within/895216

    Keep in mind that this series covers the time period beyond World War II as well. For more information about these non-digitized records, please contact the National Archives at College Park - Textual Reference (RR2R) via email at archives2reference@nara.gov.

    Photographs of various U.S. Army, Navy, and Marine Corps activities dating from 1940 to 2007 are in the custody of the National Archives at College Park - Still Picture (RRSS). Please contact RRSS via email at stillpix@nara.gov.

    We invite you to continue the conversation with community members on History Hub, but should you have follow up questions for the staff at Archives II, please email us at archives2reference@nara.gov so that we can assist you further. 

    We hope this assists you with your research! 

    Sincerely,

    Textual Reference Archives II Branch (RR2RR)

    [RR2RR 25-12020-VVT]

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    Thank you for posting your question on History Hub!

    The National Archives at College Park, Textual Reference Division (RR2RR) has custody of the series entry Station Lists, 1942 - 1953 within Record Group (RG) 407 Records of the Adjutant General's Office. These lists are arranged by broad geographical location and thereunder by date. The lists are generally monthly or biweekly. Each list is arranged by type of unit and thereunder in order by unit name or number. The nearest town is listed for each unit. Given the arrangement and volume of these lists, going through them to trace particular areas for units is a labor-intensive process. Please keep in mind that units during this time were being billeted at different bases at a rapid pace. For more information about these non-digitized records, please email us at archives2reference@nara.gov.

    The Textual Reference Archives II Branch (RR2RR) also has custody of unit records for the 8th Armored Division. Military unit files among these records consist mostly of historical reports, operations (or “after action”) reports, unit journals, and general orders. We searched the National Archives Catalog and located the World War II Operations Reports, 1940-1948 in the Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1917 - 1985 (Record Group 407) and located after action reports of the 8th Armored Division in box 12751. For more information about these non-digitized records, please contact the National Archives at College Park - Textual Reference (RR2R) via email at archives2reference@nara.gov.

    We also searched the National Archives Catalog and located a series titled Unit Histories, 1943 - 1967 in the Records of U.S. Army Operational, Tactical, and Support Organizations (World War II and Thereafter) (Record Group 338) for the 8th Armored Division. Please see information relating to those file units here:

    https://catalog.archives.gov/search-within/895216

    Keep in mind that this series covers the time period beyond World War II as well. For more information about these non-digitized records, please contact the National Archives at College Park - Textual Reference (RR2R) via email at archives2reference@nara.gov.

    Photographs of various U.S. Army, Navy, and Marine Corps activities dating from 1940 to 2007 are in the custody of the National Archives at College Park - Still Picture (RRSS). Please contact RRSS via email at stillpix@nara.gov.

    We invite you to continue the conversation with community members on History Hub, but should you have follow up questions for the staff at Archives II, please email us at archives2reference@nara.gov so that we can assist you further. 

    We hope this assists you with your research! 

    Sincerely,

    Textual Reference Archives II Branch (RR2RR)

    [RR2RR 25-12020-VVT]

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