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Originally Posted by Legbreaker
It's worth noting the there was a rapid succession of Presidents in the 2-3 months before this occurred. There was nobody in charge at the time the changes were made, and not exactly a lot of organisation above the local level.
Without working infrastructure around them, the training units were extremely unlikely to receive further recruits. Therefore, with events deteriorating rapidly both overseas and at home, the best use for the training units was not to keep them as they were and idle, but to transform them into something useful for civil defence, and reinforcements for the three main theatres (Europe, Middle East, Korea). Note also, the Soviets had just landed in Alaska (which explains the 104th).
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Heres a list of the Division, HQ location, Probable Mobilization/training center* for the divisions. * Some of these are taken from sites I could find that listed where they actually were destined for training
70th Livonia MI (????) Several choices, but none really in CivGov AO.
76th West Hartford CT (Cp Edwards/Ft Devens MA)
78th Newark NJ (Ft Dix NJ)
80th Richmond VA (Ft AP Hill VA)
84th Milwaukee WI (Ft McCoy WI)
85th Chicago IL (Ft Campbell KY)
91st San Francisco CA (Ft Ord CA)
95th Oklahoma City OK (or Tulsa) (Ft Chaffee AR)
98th Rochester NY (Ft Polk LA)
100th Louisville KY (Ft Knox KY)
104th Vancouver WA (Ft Lewis WA)
108th Charlotte NC (Ft Bragg NC)
Given the 'home' area of the respective divisions many stayed where they were from per se. The ones sent overseas under the CivGov orders of course didn't. Only the 85th from Illinois which was sent to the SW, the 98th from New York which was sent to Louisiana, and the 100th from Louisville found themselves away from home country. Of course the relocations are under MilGov in CONUS and would be to meet the demand of the situation. Only the 98th would be at it's mobilization/training center I think.