<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Ibutho laqala ukusebenza ngo-December 15, 1941 eFort Benning. Lathunyelwa eNgilandi futhi lahlonyiswa ngomshayisibhamu i-M10. I-654th yafika e-Omaha Beach ngo-11 Julayi 1944 ukuze ilwe emkhankasweni waseNormandy futhi yathunyelwa empini ngosuku olulandelayo ngaseFallot. Ngo-Agasti, yalwa eduze kwaseMortain ngesikhathi se-Operation Cobra, ukuqhuma kwama-Allied eNormandy. Khona-ke yathuthuka  <response>: Ukuwela iFrance ibheke eNancy, ilwa eceleni kweSiegfried Line futhi yeqa uMfula iSaar ekuqaleni kukaDisemba. Ngemuva kokuqala kokuhlaselwa kwamaJalimane eMpini ye-Bulge, leli butholikhi lathunyelwa esifundeni sase-Ardennes ngoDisemba 21. NgoJanuwari ka-1945, ngemuva kokuthi ukuhlaselwa kuphendulwe, i-654th yabuyela eningizimu endaweni yaseMetz. Yabuyela eBelgium ngoFebhuwari ukuze ithole umshayisibhamu we-M36. Ibutho laphinde lathunyelwa empini ekuhlaselweni kweJalimane yi-Western Allied, balwa nokuhlasela ngaphesheya koMfula iRoer futhi bawela iRhine ngoMashi 24. Yathuthukela eJalimane yaya eTangerhütte, lapho yahlala khona kwaze kwaba yilapho ithatha imisebenzi kahulumeni wezempi ekuqaleni kukaMeyi ngemuva kokuzinikela kwamaJalimane. EYurophu, leli butholikhi lalinamathiselwe ku-5th Infantry Division, i-30th Infantry Division, i-35th Infantry Division, kanye ne-75th Infantry Division. Ebuyela e-United States, ibutho lavalwa e-Camp Patrick Henry, eVirginia, ngoNovemba 13, 1945. 