Thousands of American replacement troops poured through the city before being deployed to combat operations.
It was rated a third class division by Allied intelligence, mainly due to its losses in heavy fighting and reduced quality of replacement troops.
Most of its personnel were eventually reassigned as replacement troops in Korea or Germany.
Although the 92nd had significant casualties, Daugherty recounts how the military did not send replacement troops to keep their numbers up.
Temel believes them to be reinforcements, not replacement troops.
Upon release from the hospital, he became part of the replacement troops and joined his unit.
Late in August, the ship loaded replacement troops and sailed west.
It served as a basic training facility for replacement troops headed for the war against Japan.
Same's true, I think, for most of the replacement troops shipped down with me.
Hanover unloaded replacement troops on that battle-scarred island, and after the close of the war prepared to take part in the occupation.