2675th Regiment Allied Control Commission

[Johan Willaert]

I'm looking for more info about the 2675th Regt which was part of the Allied Control Commission in Italy at the end and right after WW2.

Some googling revealed that the unit was involved in local aid and civilian-military co-operations but the amount of info was rather poor....

 

Does anyone have more??? Especially about the regiment?

 

Thanks,

 

Johan

[Johan Willaert]

No-one???

[ehrentitle]

There was an episode of the US Public TV series History Detectives that aired in the Spring that mentions the 2675th in a story about a dagger that was supposed to have belonged to Mussolini. Here is the transcript:

 

http://www-tc.pbs.org/opb/historydetective.../709_dagger.pdf

[ehrentitle]

Johan, Here is the entry for this unit in Department of the Army Pamphlet 672-1 Unit Citation and Campaign Participation Credit Register. The campaigns are: 29 - Naples-Foggia (Ground), 31- North Apennines, 33 - Po Valley, 35 - Rome-Arno.

[Johan Willaert]

Thanks!

[Annie2]

I am reporting to this post which is now 10 years old. If anyone is still interested I am a cop of the history of Company G which was a part of regiment 2675, Fifth Army during WW2. It could be copied and mailed.

[Johan Willaert]

On 6/22/2021 at 5:23 PM, Annie2 said:

I am reporting to this post which is now 10 years old. If anyone is still interested I am a cop of the history of Company G which was a part of regiment 2675, Fifth Army during WW2. It could be copied and mailed.

Thx, my email is info 'at' theliberator.be

[Annie2]

I have tried to send an email to www.info@the liberator.be but Gmail will not send it on. I have a copy of the history of Company G under regiment 2675 but no other information about the regiment.  [email protected]

[Johan Willaert]

Thx for trying, but the,email is not   [email protected]

 

but

 

[email protected]

 

will send you an email this weekend, so you can reply

 

cheers

 

 

[Navybean]

Kind of interesting topic.  I just picked up a bronze star grouping with a named bronze star medal and a New York Conspicuous Cross Medal.  Both medals are named to an HSC Piper Sergent assigned to the 2675th Regiment.  The NY Cross is named and number to Piper.  Not really clear on what the what the 2675th did during the war.    

[Mercenary25]

On 10/23/2011 at 9:07 AM, ehrentitle said:

There was an episode of the US Public TV series History Detectives that aired in the Spring that mentions the 2675th in a story about a dagger that was supposed to have belonged to Mussolini. Here is the transcript:

 

http://www-tc.pbs.org/opb/historydetective.../709_dagger.pdf

Interesting because my great grandfather, Colonel John J. Albright was EO for 2675th in Italy. In one of his letters, he wrote that he was sad when he found out that he had lost the “magic dagger” (his words) in Germany 1945 when Marlene Dietrich (USO’s glamour girl) asked to see it during a dinner with officers. Now I wonder if it was the dagger. 
 

edit: updated link to the transcript above. 

https://www.pbs.org/www-tc.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/static/media/transcripts/2011-05-21/709_dagger.pdf

 

[WiscoHunter]

On 7/12/2024 at 10:18 AM, Mercenary25 said:

"Interesting because my great grandfather, Colonel John J. Albright was EO for 2675th in Italy. In one of his letters, he wrote that he was sad when he found out that he had lost the “magic dagger” (his words) in Germany 1945 when Marlene Dietrich (USO’s glamour girl) asked to see it during a dinner with officers. Now I wonder if it was the dagger. "
 

 

Do you know if your great grandfather reported to a Colonel Hinsley? My father was in Company H as a staff sergeant. He spoke Italian so he could work directly with townspeople when they were putting things back together.

 

[Mercenary25]

On 1/5/2025 at 8:22 AM, WiscoHunter said:

 

I don’t know much about his time in this unit. He transferred to 36th Infantry Division in France and stayed with them the rest of the war. He seemingly started to document his experiences in France.