WWII Combat StoryMap: 103rd Infantry Division

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In 2015, the 103rd Infantry Division (Cactus) World War II Association donated its entire World War II archive to the Dale Center for the Study of War & Society at Southern Miss.  Since that time, the Dale Center and Special Collections at USM's University Libraries has cared for the original website and Division's archival collection of documents and other items. 

In 2022, the Dale Center began a new, multi-year digital humanities project designed to create a new website highlighting the wartime history of the division along with a digital document collection of the division's historical record.  In October, 2023, the new 103rd Infantry Division Digital Humanities Project website was launched.  As part of that project, the Dale Center's 103rd Infantry Division project team created an interactive, digital-narrative timeline and map of the Division's history, called a StoryMap. 

To experience the division's World War II history, click on the first combat-related  StoryMap below.  To continue following the division's wartime history, click on the additional StoryMaps below the first map.

To continue the division's World War II history, click on the links below (StoryMap will open in a new window):

103rd Infantry Division Timeline (Pre-Combat, 1921-October 1944)

103rd Infantry Division Timeline (October-November 1944)

103rd Infantry Division Timeline (December 1944)

103rd Infantry Division Timeline (January 1945)

103rd Infantry Division Timeline (February-March 1945)

103rd Infantry Division Timeline (April-September 1945)

Additional aspects of the 103rd Infantry Division (Cactus) World War II digital humanities project will be released in the future.  Please keep on eye on the Dale Center's social media for news of additional content as it is released.

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Dale Center StoryMaps Project Team: Sarah Anne Hogue, Project Director; Dan Ward, Content Editor; Brian Valimont, Content Editor; Dr. Kyle F. Zelner, Project Supervisor.

This project was created using Northwestern University knight lab's StoryTelling tool, StoryMapJS.