World War II
Delve into Arizona’s significant involvement in World War II, with particular emphasis on the Bushmasters and their heroic jungle warfare in the Pacific.
On 16 September 1940, with the declaration of the National Emergency, the 158th Infantry joined its parent organization, the 45th Division at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma. After the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, the 158th Infantry Regiment was removed from the 45th Division and became a separate Regiment. In January 1942, the Regiment embarked at the Port of New Orleans and disembarked in the Canal Zone.
