The 45th Infantry Division, a unit of national guardsmen from the Southwest United States, had one of the most storied combat records of WWII. From their baptism by fire during the invasion of Sicily, to the liberation of the Dachau Concentration Camp in April 1945, the division was exposed to some of the most horrific episode of the Second World War. This unit also gained a reputation for violence and aggression off of the battlefield. This undergraduate thesis explores criminal outbursts to include the killing or prisoners of war and how external leadership