1st Battalion 22nd Infantry Regimental History WW2

1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

History of the Twenty-Second Infantry Regiment in World War II

Captain William S. Boice was the Chaplain of the 22nd Infantry Regiment during World War II.
At the end of the war Boice directed Lt. David James to gather After Action Reports and
documents chronicling the activities of the Regiment during the conflict.

The two men put together a narrative history of the 22nd Infantry during its days of combat in Europe.

Boice self published and printed copies of that history for members of the
22nd Infantry Regiment Association (which later became the 22nd Infantry Regiment Society).
The book had never been formally published and offered to the general public, until the summer
of 2024, when Bob Babcock, veteran of B 1/22 Infantry in Vietnam, and owner of Deeds Publishing,
revised and prepared a new edition, which was made available in July 2024.

Here is the official synopsis of the new edition:

Chaplain Bill Boice landed on D-Day, 6 June 1944, with the 22nd Infantry Regiment of the 4th Infantry Division and served with them
as they fought across France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Germany until V-E Day on 8 May 1945. He was there for the D-Day invasion,
the hedgerow fighting, the taking of the port at Cherbourg, the St. Lo breakout, the liberation of Paris, the crossing of the Siegfried Line,
the bloody fight in the Hurtgen Forest, the Battle of the Bulge, and the final drive across Germany in the early months of 1945.

On the ship returning from Europe to prepare for the invasion of Japan, Chaplain Boice formed the 22nd Infantry Regiment Society,
an organization that still exists today as the rallying point for veterans of the 22nd Infantry Regiment from all wars to renew their
wartime bonds and preserve their stories of fighting with the 22nd Infantry Regiment.

Bill Boice took it upon himself to write this history of the 22nd Infantry Regiment in World War II, completing the work in 1956,
eleven years after his release from the Army. Never formally published, this book is being published during the 80th anniversary year
of the 22nd Infantry Regiment’s and the 4th Infantry Division’s fight across Europe in WWII.

On the left: Bill Boice as a Lieutenant with the 22nd Infantry
On the right: Bill Boice later in life

All profits from the sale of this book will be used to pay for more research into the history of both
the 22nd Infantry Regiment “Deeds not Words!” and the 4th Infantry Division “Steadfast and Loyal.”

Copies of the book may be ordered through the Deeds Publishing website at the following link:

History of the Twenty-Second Infantry Regiment in World War II

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