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The 4th Infantry Division is a mechanized heavy division of the U.S. Army based at Fort Carson, Colorado . It has four combat brigades with a total workforce of about 20,000 men, and is subject to the FORSCOM U.S. III Corps. This is one of U.S. combat units most advanced technical level. The division has two nicknames. The first, originally, is a play on words inspired by the Roman numeral "IV". The four leaves of ivy (Ivy Leaves) symbolize also the tenacity and loyalty, two buzzwords that are the basis for its motto "Steadfast and Loyal" (Immutable and Loyal). The second nickname, "Iron Horse", was adopted fairly recently, to highlight the speed and power division.
Sheet of the 4th Infantry Division.
• Activation Date: December 10, 1917 to September 21, 1921. 1 June 1940 - Present.
• Country: United States of America.
• Branch: United States Army.
• Type: Mechanized Infantry Division.
• Employees: approximately 20,000 men.
• Subordinate to: III Corps, FORSCOM.
• Garrison Fort Carson, Colorado.
• Nicknames: Ivy Division and Iron Horse .
• Motto: "Steadfast and Loyal" ("Enduring and Loyal").
• Badge distinctive round:
• Commitments:
- First World War (1917-1918): St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne, Champagne, Lorraine.
- Second World War (1944-1945): Normandy, France, Ardennes, Germany.
- Vietnam War.
- Global war against terrorism: Operation Iraqi Freedom .
• Current Commander: Major-General David G. Perkins.
• Former notable commanders: Oscar Griswold, Raymond O. Barton, Raymond T. Odierno.
• Combat Brigades:
- 1st Heavy Brigade Combat (HBCT) Raiders.
- 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat (HBCT) Warhorse.
- 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat (HBCT) Iron .
- 4th Brigade Combat Infantry (IBCT) Mountain Warriors.
History (1917-2011).
1 ° World War (1917-1918).
The 4th Infantry Division was formed at Camp Greene, North Carolina, December 10, 1917, under the command of Major-General George H. Cameron. There she adopts his shoulder distinctive badge, the four ivy leaves. This badge is inspired by the Roman numeral "IV" and symbolizes the motto "Steadfast and Loyal." It is organized to be part of the American Expeditionary Force sent to fight in France. When she landed in French ports, in February 1918, it comprises a workforce of approximately 32,000 men.
1.1. Table of organization.
• 7th Infantry Brigade.
- 39th Infantry Regiment.
- 47th Infantry Regiment.
- 11th Battalion of heavy machine guns.
• 8th Infantry Brigade.
- 58th Infantry Regiment.
- 59th Infantry Regiment.
- 12th Battalion of heavy machine guns.
• 4th Brigade artillery.
- 77th Field Artillery Regiment.
- 13th Field Artillery Regiment.
- 16th Field Artillery Regiment.
• 4th Engineer Regiment.
• 8th Battalion transmissions.
• HQ and Divisional Train.
- 4th Train ammunition.
- 4th Supply Train.
- 4th Train Engineer.
- 4th Sanitary Train
(19th, 21st, 28th and 33rd field hospital).
1.2. St. Mihiel offensive.
The division is moving toward an area of consolidation in the south of Verdun, where it is incorporated into the new 1st U.S. Army General John J. Pershing. One of his first missions is to participate in the elimination of the German salient of St. Mihiel. Subject to U.S. V Corps, it operates on the western flank of the salient. The general plan is to attack the U.S. V Corps to the south-east, so as to establish its junction with U.S. IV Corps and encircle the Germans of St. Mihiel in a pocket.
To this end, the 59th Regiment is deployed in an area previously occupied by the French, and is arranged on a broad front of 9km. On 12 September, the regiment sends its first patrols to probe enemy positions. The 4th Infantry Division, fires his offensive on September 14, 8th Brigade capturing the city of Manheulles. The full width of the Allied front which they are assigned, the Americans broke down the German defenses, and eventually totally isolate the salient of St. Mihiel.
1.3. Meuse-Argonne - Phase I (September 26 to October 3, 1918).
On 26 September 1918, the last offensive of the Great War, the Campaign Meuse-Argonne ", begins. Secretly, under cover of the forest, the 1st U.S. Army Pershing took position in this sector after the elimination of the salient of St. Mihiel. Three U.S. Army Corps (I, III and V), with approximately a million doughboys are arranged on a front line of 27km wide, Forges to the Meuse. The III Corps U.S. takes place at the east end, and lined up from left to right, the 79th, 4th, 80th and 33rd U.S. Infantry Divisions.
The 7th Brigade of the 4th Division moved into the trenches around Hill 304. The U.S. assault was launched at 5:25 am, through a narrow valley. The 7th Brigade is progressing in this valley and around 9 am, she reached the second line of defense near Cuisy enemy. The German resistance was strong, but the 39th Regiment eventually pierce and through the town of Septsarges. During that first day, the 7th Brigade 1700 prisoners and captured more than 40 German guns. The divisional headquarters moved to Cuisy.
27 September 1918, the U.S. offensive resumed. The 39th Regiment advancing behind an artillery barrage, until it struck the German machine gun nests in the wood of the Ogoni. The 8th Brigade advance through the Bois de Brieulles, but she is also harassed by enemy fire from Ogoni. The next three days, Americans make little progress, with heavy losses.
October 3, 1918, Phase I of the Campaign Meuse-Argonne is complete. In one week, the 1st U.S. Army has advanced 15km up in the German system, and destroyed two of its three lines of defense.
1.4. Meuse-Argonne - Phase II (4-13 October 1918).
On October 4, 1918 begins phase II of the American offensive. The objective of the 4th Infantry Division was to seize the woods surrounding Brieulles, then take the city. The 8th Brigade out of their positions and advance on open ground, protected by a épaix fog. When the fog lifted, the Germans opened fire with machine guns and artillery, including with chemical shells. Despite heavy losses, the 58th Regiment reached and entered the Bois de Fays. During the four days, the Americans grew feebly under constant fire from artillery and German patrols trying to enter at night in their lines.
On October 9, 1918, the 8th Brigade was sent to rest and relief in the 7th positions. The 39th Regiment was designated to lead the assault. As before, the Sammies plod with heavy losses, harassed by machine guns and chemical shells enemies, until sunset. He resumed his attacks on 10 October at 10am, with no more success than before. The 2nd Battalion, front, loses three quarters of its officers, including all the majors.
The order was given to continue the offensive to 17.30. The 2nd Battalion fighting fiercely and advance in the Bois de May de Faux. On the morning of October 11, the entire staff of the 39th Regiment suffered a gas attack, and Lieutenant-Colonel Troy Middleton, 17th Regiment, must assume temporary command.
October 12, 1918, the Americans clean the pockets of German resistance in the Bois de Foret. Patrols are sent to the northern slope of the Hill 299. The next day, the Ivy , exhausted, is relieved by the 4th Regiment of the 3rd Infantry Division. Major General John L. Hines was appointed to take command of the U.S. III Corps, and George H. Cameron succeeded him as head of the division.
This is sent to the rest until 19 October. During his twenty-four days of commitment, she paid a terrible price: 244 officers and 7168 men killed or wounded. She captured 2,731 German prisoners. She then relocated to Lucey, to the second part of the new U.S. Army Lieutenant General Robert Lee Bullard, incorporated on 15 October.
October 22, 1918, George G. Cameron, in turn, must give up his command, being recalled to the back to form and lead to new divisions. The divisional command is temporarily assigned to the commander of the 7th Brigade, BG Benjamin A. Poore, until the arrival and took office on October 31, MG Mark L. Hersey.
November 11, 1918, the Armistice ended the Great War. The recent loss of the 4th Infantry Division are recorded around 14h by the 13th Field Artillery Regiment.
Losses incurred during the First World War: 2611 and killed 9895 battle casualties.
1.5. Occupation troops in Germany.
Under the terms of the armistice, Germany must evacuate all the territories west of the Rhine. U.S. units are designated to be part of Allied occupation troops. The United States support in the central area of Koblenz. The 4th Infantry Division entered Germany and, after covering nearly 600km in two weeks, is dispersed in the region of Bad Bertrich, which moved its headquarters. Ivy Division is pursuing a series of training and sport activities or educational. In April 1919, she moved further north, in Rheinland-Pfalz region.
In July 1919 the division returned to France, and the last detachment sailed for the United States the last day of the month. On 21 September 1921, it is deactivated at Camp Lewis in Washington state, according to the Reorganization Act of 1920 the Army.
1.6. Commanders of the division (1917-1919).
- MG George H. Cameron (3 December 1917-16 August 1918).
- BG Benjamin A. Poore (16-27 August 1918).
- MG John L. Hines (August 27 to October 11, 1918).
- MG George H. Cameron (11-22 October 1918).
- BG Benjamin A. Poore (22-31 October 1918).
- G. Mark L. Hersey (October 31, 1918 - August 1, 1919).
2 ° World War (1940-1945).
The 4th Infantry Division was reactivated on 1 June 1940 at Fort Benning, Georgia, under the command of Major-General Walter E. Prosser. It was reorganized according to the Table of Organization and Equipment (TOE or TOE & E) 1 August 1940, as "Motorized Infantry Division." It is assigned with the 2nd Armored Division, the U.S. I Corps, and moved in Dry Prong (now Alexandria Metropolitan Area) Louisiana.
2.1. France.
Commissioned by the MG Raymond O. Barton, Ivy Division arrived in England in early 1944 to take part in Operation Overlord . It is one of nine divisions of D-Day assault and landed on Utah Beach June 6, 1944 (1). Under isolated elements of the 82nd Airborne Division at Sainte-Mere-Eglise, she then took part in the liberation of the Cotentin Peninsula and the capture of Cherbourg, June 25
Photo below: 4th Infantry Division on Utah Beach June 6, 1944.
After hard fought Perriers, 6-12 July, she participated in Operation Cobra and pierced the left flank of the 7th German Army, and then advance to Avranches, to end of this month.
August 25, 1944, the 4th Division involved in the liberation of Paris, alongside the French Division Leclerc (2). Ernest Hemingway, a reporter and photographer embedded in civil 22nd Regiment, commemorates these events on film colors. She then took part in the continuation of the army German retreat across the north-west of France and Belgium to the Siegfried Line and the German border.
2.2. Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany.
The 4th Infantry Division enters and frees Houffalize in Belgium in the Ardennes, before attacking the Siegfried Line and advance in the Schnee Eifel, September 14, 1944. She then made several penetrations in Germany in October and early November.
On 6 November 1944, she participated in the bloody battle of Hurtgen Forest until early December. Proven, it is placed at rest in the Luxembourg Ardennes. At the outbreak of the German offensive, December 16 (3), although still weak, the book of fierce fighting in and Dickweiler Osweiler, and eventually stop the Germans on the "hinge south" of their protruding.
When cons-American offensive, it crosses the Sauer and resumed Fouhren and Vianden. Stopped by German resistance on the Prüm, in February 1945, the division finally crossed the river on the 28th of the month, Olzheim, then Kyll March 7.
After a brief rest, the 4th Infantry Division crossed the Rhine March 29, 1945 at Worms, attacked and secures Würzburg, April 3, establishes a bridgehead beyond the Main, Ochsenfurt. Advancing at a brisk pace to the southeast across Bavaria, Ivy reached Miesbach and Isar 2 May, when lifted and placed in reserve to be part of the Allied occupation forces in post- war.
Losses incurred during the conflict: 4097 killed and 17,371 wounded in combat, 3757morts of their injuries.
2.3. Commanders of the division (1940-1946).
- Lloyd G. R. Fredendall (October 9, 1940 to August 18, 1941).
- Oscar G. W. Griswold (August 18 - October 7, 1941).
- MG Fred C. Wallace (October 7, 1941 to June 30, 1942).
- MG Terry de la Mesa Allen (December 1941).
- MG Raymond O. Barton (July 3, 1942 to December 26, 1944).
- BG Harold W. Blakeley (September 18, 1944 to September 20, 1945).
- MG Harold R. Bull (20-29 September 1944).
- BG James A. Van Fleet (September 29 to October 4, 1944).
- MG Harold W. Blakeley (December 27, 1944 - October 1945).
2.4. Order of Battle (1944-1945).
- 8th Infantry Regiment.
- 12th Infantry Regiment.
- 22nd Regiment Infantry.
- 20th Field Artillery Battalion (155mm).
- 29th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm).
- 42nd Field Artillery Battalion (105mm).
- 44th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm).
- 4th Platoon recognition.
- 4th Engineer Battalion.
- 4th Battalion medical.
- 4th Battalion Quarter Master (QM).
- 4th Signal Company.
- 704th Ordinance Company (SM).
(1) Blogosphere Mara, "Operation Overlord - D-Day: The first day of fighting"
(2) Blogosphere Mara, "19-25 August 1944 - Liberation of Paris and French 2nd Armored Division "
(3) Blogosphere Mara," December 16, 1944 to January 25, 1945 - Battle of the Bulge: the showdown "
3 ° July 1945 - May 1956
division Ivy returns to the United States in July 1945 and is quartered at Camp Butner, North Carolina, preparing to be shipped in the Pacific. After the end the conflict, it is deactivated in March 1946. reactivated Then, as a division of education and training, to Fort Ord, Calif., July 2, 1947.
1st October 1950, it is converted into a combat division operational, following training at Fort Benning, Georgia. In May 1951, it was the first of four American divisions sent to Europe to join the new "Organization of the North Atlantic Treaty (NATO) during the early years of the Cold War. Its headquarters is located in Frankfurt.
After spending five years in Germany, Ivy is redeployed to Fort Lewis, Wash., in May 1956. The 6th Tank Battalion of the 2nd Armoured Division, stationed Fort Hood, Texas, having been sent to Korea to serve with the 24th Infantry Division, this new habit of affecting a tank company to each infantry battalion is still practiced today, with 66th and 67th Armored Regiments incorporated in the 4th Infantry Division.
Majors Division (1945-1965).
- MG George Price Hays (November 1945 - March 1946).
- Jens G. A. Doe (July 15, 1947 to February 28, 1949).
- MG Robert T. Frederick (28 February 1949 to 10 October 1950).
- MG Hartan N. Hartness (10 October 1950 - April 5, 1953).
- MG Joseph H. Harper (6 April 1953 to 13 May 1954).
- Clyde G. D. Eddleman (May 13, 1954 to May 24, 1955).
- MG Rinaldo Van Brunt (May 24, 1955 to May 15, 1956).
- Paul G. L. Freeman (September 15, 1956 to January 20, 1957).
- MG William W. Quin (January 20, 1957 - May 1958).
- MG John H. McGee (June-August 1958).
- Louis W. G. Truman (August 1958 - June 1960).
- MG William F. Train (July 1960 - April 1962).
- Frederick G. R. Zierath (April 1962 - August 1963).
- Claire G. E. Hutchinson, Jr. (September 1963 - June 1965).
4 ° Vietnam War (1966-1970).
The 4th Infantry Division leaves Fort Lewis to Pleiku, South Vietnam, September 25, 1966, and will remain in this country for four years. She returned to Fort Carson, Colo., Dec. 8, 1970. Two of its brigades were operating in the Highlands and the central highlands. The 3rd Brigade, the divisional tank battalion being sent into the province of Tay Ninh, northwest of Saigon, to take part in operations Attleboro, September-November 1966, then Junction City, February- May 1967, both in the Zone C Combat. "After nearly a year of commitments, the two infantry battalions of the 3rd Brigade were exchanged with two battalions of the 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division and Task Force Integrated of Oregon Americal Division (4).
During his stay in South-East, Ivy Division conducts combat operations in the Central Highlands region in central South Vietnam along the Cambodian border . She gained experience in combat against the North Vietnamese regular forces (AVN), which attempt to infiltrate through this mountainous region in autumn 1967, mainly around Kontum.
The 3rd Brigade left South Vietnam in April 1970 and was deactivated at Fort Lewis. In May, the rest of the 4th Division conducts border missions and participates with the South Vietnamese army (ARVN), the incursion of the U.S. Army in Cambodia with the aim of destroying the Staff central military and political communist Vietcong guerrillas (COSVN), and its bases of supply.
But although the basics of COSVN be dismantled and that President Richard Nixon announces that this operation is a success, the North Vietnamese infiltration, interrupted for a certain period it is true, will resume thereafter.
Division Ivy regains Fort Carson, Colo., in December 1970, but one of its infantry battalions will remain in South Vietnam, as an autonomous force separate, until January 1972. Losses incurred by the division during the Vietnam conflict: 2531 killed and 15,229 wounded in combat.
4.1. Commanders of the division (1965-2001).
- Arthur G. S. Collins, Jr. (June 1965 - January 1967).
- William G. R. Peers (January 1967 - January 1968).
- Charles G. P. Stone (January 1968 - November 1968).
- BG Donn R. Pepke (November 1968 - November 1969).
- Glenn G. D. Walker (November 1969 - June 1970).
- William G. A. Burke (June 1970 - December 9, 1970).
- MG John C. Bennett (December 10, 1970 to August 24, 1972).
- MG James F. Hamlet (August 25, 1972 to October 14, 1974).
- MG John W. Vessey, Jr. (October 15, 1974 - August 1, 1975).
- G. W. Williams Palmer (August 2, 1975 to October 15, 1976).
- John F. G. Forrest (October 16, 1976 to September 18, 1978).
- Louis C. G. Menetrey (September 19, 1978 to September 11, 1980).
- MG John W. Hudachek (September 12, 1980 to July 30, 1982).
- MG GT Bartlett (April 14, 1984 to June 6, 1986).
- MG James R. Hall, Jr. (June 6, 1986 to June 22, 1988).
- MG Dennis J. Reimer (22 June 1988 to 25 May 1990).
- Neal T. G. Jaco (May 25, 1990 to October 4, 1991).
- MG Guy AJ Boa (October 4, 1991 to October 22, 1993).
- MG Thomas A. Schwartz (October 22, 1993 to November 29, 1995).
- Robert G. S. Coffey (May 1994 - June 1996).
- Paul J. G. Kern (June 1996 - June 1997).
- MG William S. Wallace (June 1997 - June 29, 1999).
- MG Benjamin S. Griffin (June 29, 1999 to October 24, 2001).
4.2. Order of battle in Vietnam (1966-1970).
- 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment.
- 2nd Battalion, 8th Regiment Infantry [Mechanized].
- 3rd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment.
- 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment.
- 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment (assigned to the 25th ID, August 1967 - December 1970).
- 3rd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment.
- 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment (assigned by the 25-ID, August 1967 - December 1970).
- 1st Battalion, 22st Infantry Regiment (separate force, in November 1970 - January 1972).
- 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment (assigned to the 25th ID, August 1967 - December 1970).
- 3rd Battalion, 22st Infantry Regiment (assigned to the 25th ID, August 1967 - December 1970).
- 1st Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment (assigned by the 25-ID, August 1967 - April 1970).
- 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment (assigned by the 25-ID, August 1967 - December 1970).
- 2nd Battalion, 34th Armored Regiment (Assigned to the 25th ID, August 1967 - December 1970).
- 1st Battalion, 69th Armored Regiment (assigned by the 25-ID, August 1967 - April 1970).
- 2nd Battalion, 9th Field Artillery Regiment (105mm) (sold by the 25-ID, August 1967 - April 1970).
- 5th Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment (155mm).
- 6th Battalion, 29th Field Artillery Regiment (105mm).
- 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery Regiment (105mm).
- 2nd Battalion, 77th Field Artillery Regiment (105mm) (assigned to the 25-ID, August 1967 - December 1970).
- 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment [armored] (Divisional Reconnaissance).
- 4th Battalion Aviation [helicopters].
- 4th Engineer Battalion.
- 4th Battalion medical.
- 124th Battalion transmissions.
- 704th Maintenance Battalion.
- 4th Administration Company.
- 4th Military Police Company.
- 374th Company Army Safety.
- Orchestra and Divisional Support Command.
external elements attached recognition:
- Company E, 20th Infantry Regiment (Long Range Patrol, LRP).
- Company E, 58th Infantry Regiment (LRP).
- Company K, 75th Ranger Regiment [Airborne].
(4) Formally, the 23rd Infantry Division home, incorporated in 1942 in New Caledonia ("Americal": American and New Caledonian). This division distinguished itself in the Southwest Pacific against the Japanese, then in Vietnam, before being finally disbanded in November 1971.
5 ° Global war against terrorism (2001-Present).
5.1. Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Last alert January 19, 2003, the 4th Infantry Division is expected to take part in the invasion of Iraq, entering the north since Turkey. But the Turkish government refused him permission to operate from its territory, it remains confined aboard transport ships in the Mediterranean.
Arrival in Kuwait after the outbreak of the Allied offensive, the Division Ivy multiplies exercises NBC warning against the SCUD, in camps and Wolf Udairi. She participates in the latest fighting in April in areas of Tikrit and Mosul in northern Iraq. It is then deployed north of the Sunni Triangle, near Tikrit, with its headquarters located in Baghdad. It covers the area of operations north from Kirkuk to the Iranian border.
During this first stay in Iraq, the 4th Infantry Division involved in the disarmament and disbanding the PMOI (or MEK), the Iranian Moujahiddins Movements of People in the July-August 2003, then with the help of forces Special to the capture of Saddam Hussein, December 13. In summer 2004, she was relieved by the 1st Infantry Division and returned to the United States.
She makes a second tour of duty at the end 2005, noting the 3rd Infantry Division and took command of the "Multi-National Division, Baghdad (MND-B). It has under its responsibility, as from 7 January 2006, four Iraqi provinces: Baghdad, Karbala, Najaf and Babil. During this stay, the 3rd Brigade was incorporated within the Task Force Band of Brothers under the command of the 101st Airborne Division.
Photo below: soldier of the 4th Division equipped with an M240 machine gun (FN Hersal "MAG"), stationed in Iraq, October 28, 2006.
The 4th Infantry Division conducts a third service in Iraq in 2005-2007. During his three deployments, she recorded the following losses: 84 killed in fighting in 2003-2004, 235 in 2005-2006 and 113 in 2007-2009.
July 2009 sees a change of command, the 56th since the formation of the division in 1917, with the Nominated MG David Perkins. With this change, the 4th Division ends at fourteen years of presence at Fort Hood, Texas, and moved to Fort Carson, Colorado, plant it had occupied from 1970 to 1995.
5.2. Operation Enduring Freedom: Afghanistan.
Just moved to Fort Carson, 4th Infantry Division is already preparing to be immediately returned to battle. The 3rd Brigade Combat is again deployed in southern Iraq in March 2010 as "Brigade Support and Consulting." The 1st Brigade was sent to Afghanistan in July 2010, the HQ and the rest of the division following in early 2011.
5.3. Commanders of the division (2003-Present).
- MG Raymond T. Odierno (October 24, 2001 to June 18, 2004).
- MG James D. Thurman (June 18, 2004 to January 19, 2007).
- MG Jeffery Hammond (January 19, 2007 to July 16, 2009).
- MG David G. Perkins (July 16, 2009 - Present).
Current organization of the 4th Infantry Division.
• Headquarters and "Special Troops" divisional Lightning. Fort Carson, Colorado.
• 1st Brigade Combat Heavy (HBCT) Raiders. HQ Fort Carson, Colorado.
- Battalion "Special Troops" Brigadier Phoenix.
- 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment Ghost (M3A3 Bradley ).
- 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment Regulars (M2A3 Bradley ).
- 1st Battalion, 66th Armored Regiment Iron Knights (M1A2 Abrams ).
- 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery Regiment Straight Arrows (M109A6 Paladin ).
- 4th Support Battalion [Logistics] Brigadier Packhorse .
• 2nd Brigade Heavy Combat (HBCT) Warhorse. HQ Fort Carson, Colorado.
- Battalion "Special Troops" Brigadier Lonestar.
- 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers (M3A3 Bradley ).
- 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment First In Normandy (M2A3 Bradley ).
- 1st Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment Death Dealers (M1A2 Abrams ).
- 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment Rolling Thunder (M109A6 Paladin ).
- the 204th Support Battalion [Logistics] Brigadier Rough Riders .
• 3rd Brigade Heavy Combat (HBCT) Iron . HQ Fort Carson, Colorado.
- Battalion "Special Troops" Brigadier Phoenix.
- 4th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment Black Jack (M3A3 Bradley ).
- 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment Fighting Eagles (M2A3 Bradley ).
- 1st Battalion, 68th Armored Regiment Silver Lions (M1A2 Abrams ).
- 3rd Battalion, 29th Field Artillery Regiment Piecesetters (M109A6 Paladin ).
- 64th Support Battalion [Logistics] Brigadier Mountaineers.
• 4th Infantry Brigade Combat (IBCT) Mountain Warriors. HQ Fort Carson, Colorado.
- Battalion "Special Troops" Brigadier Gryphons .
- 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment Red Warriors.
- 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment Lethal Warriors .
- 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment Destroyers.
- 2nd Battalion, 77th Field Artillery Regiment Steel Warriors (M777 Howitzer ).
- the 704th Support Battalion [Logistics] Brigadier Blacksmith.
• Brigade Support [Logistics]. HQ Fort Carson, Colorado.
- 43rd Battalion "Special Troops" brigade.
- 68th Support Battalion [Logistics] Combat (CSSB).
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4th Infantry Division (United States) (en.wikipedia.org).
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2 ° 4th Infantry Division (globalsecurity.org).
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/4id.htm
Sheet of the 4th Infantry Division.
• Activation Date: December 10, 1917 to September 21, 1921. 1 June 1940 - Present.
• Country: United States of America.
• Branch: United States Army.
• Type: Mechanized Infantry Division.
• Employees: approximately 20,000 men.
• Subordinate to: III Corps, FORSCOM.
• Garrison Fort Carson, Colorado.
• Nicknames: Ivy Division and Iron Horse .
• Motto: "Steadfast and Loyal" ("Enduring and Loyal").
• Badge distinctive round:
• Commitments:
- First World War (1917-1918): St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne, Champagne, Lorraine.
- Second World War (1944-1945): Normandy, France, Ardennes, Germany.
- Vietnam War.
- Global war against terrorism: Operation Iraqi Freedom .
• Current Commander: Major-General David G. Perkins.
• Former notable commanders: Oscar Griswold, Raymond O. Barton, Raymond T. Odierno.
• Combat Brigades:
- 1st Heavy Brigade Combat (HBCT) Raiders.
- 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat (HBCT) Warhorse.
- 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat (HBCT) Iron .
- 4th Brigade Combat Infantry (IBCT) Mountain Warriors.
History (1917-2011).
1 ° World War (1917-1918).
The 4th Infantry Division was formed at Camp Greene, North Carolina, December 10, 1917, under the command of Major-General George H. Cameron. There she adopts his shoulder distinctive badge, the four ivy leaves. This badge is inspired by the Roman numeral "IV" and symbolizes the motto "Steadfast and Loyal." It is organized to be part of the American Expeditionary Force sent to fight in France. When she landed in French ports, in February 1918, it comprises a workforce of approximately 32,000 men.
1.1. Table of organization.
• 7th Infantry Brigade.
- 39th Infantry Regiment.
- 47th Infantry Regiment.
- 11th Battalion of heavy machine guns.
• 8th Infantry Brigade.
- 58th Infantry Regiment.
- 59th Infantry Regiment.
- 12th Battalion of heavy machine guns.
• 4th Brigade artillery.
- 77th Field Artillery Regiment.
- 13th Field Artillery Regiment.
- 16th Field Artillery Regiment.
• 4th Engineer Regiment.
• 8th Battalion transmissions.
• HQ and Divisional Train.
- 4th Train ammunition.
- 4th Supply Train.
- 4th Train Engineer.
- 4th Sanitary Train
(19th, 21st, 28th and 33rd field hospital).
1.2. St. Mihiel offensive.
The division is moving toward an area of consolidation in the south of Verdun, where it is incorporated into the new 1st U.S. Army General John J. Pershing. One of his first missions is to participate in the elimination of the German salient of St. Mihiel. Subject to U.S. V Corps, it operates on the western flank of the salient. The general plan is to attack the U.S. V Corps to the south-east, so as to establish its junction with U.S. IV Corps and encircle the Germans of St. Mihiel in a pocket.
To this end, the 59th Regiment is deployed in an area previously occupied by the French, and is arranged on a broad front of 9km. On 12 September, the regiment sends its first patrols to probe enemy positions. The 4th Infantry Division, fires his offensive on September 14, 8th Brigade capturing the city of Manheulles. The full width of the Allied front which they are assigned, the Americans broke down the German defenses, and eventually totally isolate the salient of St. Mihiel.
1.3. Meuse-Argonne - Phase I (September 26 to October 3, 1918).
On 26 September 1918, the last offensive of the Great War, the Campaign Meuse-Argonne ", begins. Secretly, under cover of the forest, the 1st U.S. Army Pershing took position in this sector after the elimination of the salient of St. Mihiel. Three U.S. Army Corps (I, III and V), with approximately a million doughboys are arranged on a front line of 27km wide, Forges to the Meuse. The III Corps U.S. takes place at the east end, and lined up from left to right, the 79th, 4th, 80th and 33rd U.S. Infantry Divisions.
The 7th Brigade of the 4th Division moved into the trenches around Hill 304. The U.S. assault was launched at 5:25 am, through a narrow valley. The 7th Brigade is progressing in this valley and around 9 am, she reached the second line of defense near Cuisy enemy. The German resistance was strong, but the 39th Regiment eventually pierce and through the town of Septsarges. During that first day, the 7th Brigade 1700 prisoners and captured more than 40 German guns. The divisional headquarters moved to Cuisy.
27 September 1918, the U.S. offensive resumed. The 39th Regiment advancing behind an artillery barrage, until it struck the German machine gun nests in the wood of the Ogoni. The 8th Brigade advance through the Bois de Brieulles, but she is also harassed by enemy fire from Ogoni. The next three days, Americans make little progress, with heavy losses.
October 3, 1918, Phase I of the Campaign Meuse-Argonne is complete. In one week, the 1st U.S. Army has advanced 15km up in the German system, and destroyed two of its three lines of defense.
1.4. Meuse-Argonne - Phase II (4-13 October 1918).
On October 4, 1918 begins phase II of the American offensive. The objective of the 4th Infantry Division was to seize the woods surrounding Brieulles, then take the city. The 8th Brigade out of their positions and advance on open ground, protected by a épaix fog. When the fog lifted, the Germans opened fire with machine guns and artillery, including with chemical shells. Despite heavy losses, the 58th Regiment reached and entered the Bois de Fays. During the four days, the Americans grew feebly under constant fire from artillery and German patrols trying to enter at night in their lines.
On October 9, 1918, the 8th Brigade was sent to rest and relief in the 7th positions. The 39th Regiment was designated to lead the assault. As before, the Sammies plod with heavy losses, harassed by machine guns and chemical shells enemies, until sunset. He resumed his attacks on 10 October at 10am, with no more success than before. The 2nd Battalion, front, loses three quarters of its officers, including all the majors.
The order was given to continue the offensive to 17.30. The 2nd Battalion fighting fiercely and advance in the Bois de May de Faux. On the morning of October 11, the entire staff of the 39th Regiment suffered a gas attack, and Lieutenant-Colonel Troy Middleton, 17th Regiment, must assume temporary command.
October 12, 1918, the Americans clean the pockets of German resistance in the Bois de Foret. Patrols are sent to the northern slope of the Hill 299. The next day, the Ivy , exhausted, is relieved by the 4th Regiment of the 3rd Infantry Division. Major General John L. Hines was appointed to take command of the U.S. III Corps, and George H. Cameron succeeded him as head of the division.
This is sent to the rest until 19 October. During his twenty-four days of commitment, she paid a terrible price: 244 officers and 7168 men killed or wounded. She captured 2,731 German prisoners. She then relocated to Lucey, to the second part of the new U.S. Army Lieutenant General Robert Lee Bullard, incorporated on 15 October.
October 22, 1918, George G. Cameron, in turn, must give up his command, being recalled to the back to form and lead to new divisions. The divisional command is temporarily assigned to the commander of the 7th Brigade, BG Benjamin A. Poore, until the arrival and took office on October 31, MG Mark L. Hersey.
November 11, 1918, the Armistice ended the Great War. The recent loss of the 4th Infantry Division are recorded around 14h by the 13th Field Artillery Regiment.
Losses incurred during the First World War: 2611 and killed 9895 battle casualties.
1.5. Occupation troops in Germany.
Under the terms of the armistice, Germany must evacuate all the territories west of the Rhine. U.S. units are designated to be part of Allied occupation troops. The United States support in the central area of Koblenz. The 4th Infantry Division entered Germany and, after covering nearly 600km in two weeks, is dispersed in the region of Bad Bertrich, which moved its headquarters. Ivy Division is pursuing a series of training and sport activities or educational. In April 1919, she moved further north, in Rheinland-Pfalz region.
In July 1919 the division returned to France, and the last detachment sailed for the United States the last day of the month. On 21 September 1921, it is deactivated at Camp Lewis in Washington state, according to the Reorganization Act of 1920 the Army.
1.6. Commanders of the division (1917-1919).
- MG George H. Cameron (3 December 1917-16 August 1918).
- BG Benjamin A. Poore (16-27 August 1918).
- MG John L. Hines (August 27 to October 11, 1918).
- MG George H. Cameron (11-22 October 1918).
- BG Benjamin A. Poore (22-31 October 1918).
- G. Mark L. Hersey (October 31, 1918 - August 1, 1919).
2 ° World War (1940-1945).
The 4th Infantry Division was reactivated on 1 June 1940 at Fort Benning, Georgia, under the command of Major-General Walter E. Prosser. It was reorganized according to the Table of Organization and Equipment (TOE or TOE & E) 1 August 1940, as "Motorized Infantry Division." It is assigned with the 2nd Armored Division, the U.S. I Corps, and moved in Dry Prong (now Alexandria Metropolitan Area) Louisiana.
2.1. France.
Commissioned by the MG Raymond O. Barton, Ivy Division arrived in England in early 1944 to take part in Operation Overlord . It is one of nine divisions of D-Day assault and landed on Utah Beach June 6, 1944 (1). Under isolated elements of the 82nd Airborne Division at Sainte-Mere-Eglise, she then took part in the liberation of the Cotentin Peninsula and the capture of Cherbourg, June 25
Photo below: 4th Infantry Division on Utah Beach June 6, 1944.
After hard fought Perriers, 6-12 July, she participated in Operation Cobra and pierced the left flank of the 7th German Army, and then advance to Avranches, to end of this month.
August 25, 1944, the 4th Division involved in the liberation of Paris, alongside the French Division Leclerc (2). Ernest Hemingway, a reporter and photographer embedded in civil 22nd Regiment, commemorates these events on film colors. She then took part in the continuation of the army German retreat across the north-west of France and Belgium to the Siegfried Line and the German border.
2.2. Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany.
The 4th Infantry Division enters and frees Houffalize in Belgium in the Ardennes, before attacking the Siegfried Line and advance in the Schnee Eifel, September 14, 1944. She then made several penetrations in Germany in October and early November.
On 6 November 1944, she participated in the bloody battle of Hurtgen Forest until early December. Proven, it is placed at rest in the Luxembourg Ardennes. At the outbreak of the German offensive, December 16 (3), although still weak, the book of fierce fighting in and Dickweiler Osweiler, and eventually stop the Germans on the "hinge south" of their protruding.
When cons-American offensive, it crosses the Sauer and resumed Fouhren and Vianden. Stopped by German resistance on the Prüm, in February 1945, the division finally crossed the river on the 28th of the month, Olzheim, then Kyll March 7.
After a brief rest, the 4th Infantry Division crossed the Rhine March 29, 1945 at Worms, attacked and secures Würzburg, April 3, establishes a bridgehead beyond the Main, Ochsenfurt. Advancing at a brisk pace to the southeast across Bavaria, Ivy reached Miesbach and Isar 2 May, when lifted and placed in reserve to be part of the Allied occupation forces in post- war.
Losses incurred during the conflict: 4097 killed and 17,371 wounded in combat, 3757morts of their injuries.
2.3. Commanders of the division (1940-1946).
- Lloyd G. R. Fredendall (October 9, 1940 to August 18, 1941).
- Oscar G. W. Griswold (August 18 - October 7, 1941).
- MG Fred C. Wallace (October 7, 1941 to June 30, 1942).
- MG Terry de la Mesa Allen (December 1941).
- MG Raymond O. Barton (July 3, 1942 to December 26, 1944).
- BG Harold W. Blakeley (September 18, 1944 to September 20, 1945).
- MG Harold R. Bull (20-29 September 1944).
- BG James A. Van Fleet (September 29 to October 4, 1944).
- MG Harold W. Blakeley (December 27, 1944 - October 1945).
2.4. Order of Battle (1944-1945).
- 8th Infantry Regiment.
- 12th Infantry Regiment.
- 22nd Regiment Infantry.
- 20th Field Artillery Battalion (155mm).
- 29th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm).
- 42nd Field Artillery Battalion (105mm).
- 44th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm).
- 4th Platoon recognition.
- 4th Engineer Battalion.
- 4th Battalion medical.
- 4th Battalion Quarter Master (QM).
- 4th Signal Company.
- 704th Ordinance Company (SM).
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3 ° July 1945 - May 1956
division Ivy returns to the United States in July 1945 and is quartered at Camp Butner, North Carolina, preparing to be shipped in the Pacific. After the end the conflict, it is deactivated in March 1946. reactivated Then, as a division of education and training, to Fort Ord, Calif., July 2, 1947.
1st October 1950, it is converted into a combat division operational, following training at Fort Benning, Georgia. In May 1951, it was the first of four American divisions sent to Europe to join the new "Organization of the North Atlantic Treaty (NATO) during the early years of the Cold War. Its headquarters is located in Frankfurt.
After spending five years in Germany, Ivy is redeployed to Fort Lewis, Wash., in May 1956. The 6th Tank Battalion of the 2nd Armoured Division, stationed Fort Hood, Texas, having been sent to Korea to serve with the 24th Infantry Division, this new habit of affecting a tank company to each infantry battalion is still practiced today, with 66th and 67th Armored Regiments incorporated in the 4th Infantry Division.
Majors Division (1945-1965).
- MG George Price Hays (November 1945 - March 1946).
- Jens G. A. Doe (July 15, 1947 to February 28, 1949).
- MG Robert T. Frederick (28 February 1949 to 10 October 1950).
- MG Hartan N. Hartness (10 October 1950 - April 5, 1953).
- MG Joseph H. Harper (6 April 1953 to 13 May 1954).
- Clyde G. D. Eddleman (May 13, 1954 to May 24, 1955).
- MG Rinaldo Van Brunt (May 24, 1955 to May 15, 1956).
- Paul G. L. Freeman (September 15, 1956 to January 20, 1957).
- MG William W. Quin (January 20, 1957 - May 1958).
- MG John H. McGee (June-August 1958).
- Louis W. G. Truman (August 1958 - June 1960).
- MG William F. Train (July 1960 - April 1962).
- Frederick G. R. Zierath (April 1962 - August 1963).
- Claire G. E. Hutchinson, Jr. (September 1963 - June 1965).
4 ° Vietnam War (1966-1970).
The 4th Infantry Division leaves Fort Lewis to Pleiku, South Vietnam, September 25, 1966, and will remain in this country for four years. She returned to Fort Carson, Colo., Dec. 8, 1970. Two of its brigades were operating in the Highlands and the central highlands. The 3rd Brigade, the divisional tank battalion being sent into the province of Tay Ninh, northwest of Saigon, to take part in operations Attleboro, September-November 1966, then Junction City, February- May 1967, both in the Zone C Combat. "After nearly a year of commitments, the two infantry battalions of the 3rd Brigade were exchanged with two battalions of the 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division and Task Force Integrated of Oregon Americal Division (4).
During his stay in South-East, Ivy Division conducts combat operations in the Central Highlands region in central South Vietnam along the Cambodian border . She gained experience in combat against the North Vietnamese regular forces (AVN), which attempt to infiltrate through this mountainous region in autumn 1967, mainly around Kontum.
The 3rd Brigade left South Vietnam in April 1970 and was deactivated at Fort Lewis. In May, the rest of the 4th Division conducts border missions and participates with the South Vietnamese army (ARVN), the incursion of the U.S. Army in Cambodia with the aim of destroying the Staff central military and political communist Vietcong guerrillas (COSVN), and its bases of supply.
But although the basics of COSVN be dismantled and that President Richard Nixon announces that this operation is a success, the North Vietnamese infiltration, interrupted for a certain period it is true, will resume thereafter.
Division Ivy regains Fort Carson, Colo., in December 1970, but one of its infantry battalions will remain in South Vietnam, as an autonomous force separate, until January 1972. Losses incurred by the division during the Vietnam conflict: 2531 killed and 15,229 wounded in combat.
4.1. Commanders of the division (1965-2001).
- Arthur G. S. Collins, Jr. (June 1965 - January 1967).
- William G. R. Peers (January 1967 - January 1968).
- Charles G. P. Stone (January 1968 - November 1968).
- BG Donn R. Pepke (November 1968 - November 1969).
- Glenn G. D. Walker (November 1969 - June 1970).
- William G. A. Burke (June 1970 - December 9, 1970).
- MG John C. Bennett (December 10, 1970 to August 24, 1972).
- MG James F. Hamlet (August 25, 1972 to October 14, 1974).
- MG John W. Vessey, Jr. (October 15, 1974 - August 1, 1975).
- G. W. Williams Palmer (August 2, 1975 to October 15, 1976).
- John F. G. Forrest (October 16, 1976 to September 18, 1978).
- Louis C. G. Menetrey (September 19, 1978 to September 11, 1980).
- MG John W. Hudachek (September 12, 1980 to July 30, 1982).
- MG GT Bartlett (April 14, 1984 to June 6, 1986).
- MG James R. Hall, Jr. (June 6, 1986 to June 22, 1988).
- MG Dennis J. Reimer (22 June 1988 to 25 May 1990).
- Neal T. G. Jaco (May 25, 1990 to October 4, 1991).
- MG Guy AJ Boa (October 4, 1991 to October 22, 1993).
- MG Thomas A. Schwartz (October 22, 1993 to November 29, 1995).
- Robert G. S. Coffey (May 1994 - June 1996).
- Paul J. G. Kern (June 1996 - June 1997).
- MG William S. Wallace (June 1997 - June 29, 1999).
- MG Benjamin S. Griffin (June 29, 1999 to October 24, 2001).
4.2. Order of battle in Vietnam (1966-1970).
- 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment.
- 2nd Battalion, 8th Regiment Infantry [Mechanized].
- 3rd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment.
- 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment.
- 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment (assigned to the 25th ID, August 1967 - December 1970).
- 3rd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment.
- 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment (assigned by the 25-ID, August 1967 - December 1970).
- 1st Battalion, 22st Infantry Regiment (separate force, in November 1970 - January 1972).
- 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment (assigned to the 25th ID, August 1967 - December 1970).
- 3rd Battalion, 22st Infantry Regiment (assigned to the 25th ID, August 1967 - December 1970).
- 1st Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment (assigned by the 25-ID, August 1967 - April 1970).
- 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment (assigned by the 25-ID, August 1967 - December 1970).
- 2nd Battalion, 34th Armored Regiment (Assigned to the 25th ID, August 1967 - December 1970).
- 1st Battalion, 69th Armored Regiment (assigned by the 25-ID, August 1967 - April 1970).
- 2nd Battalion, 9th Field Artillery Regiment (105mm) (sold by the 25-ID, August 1967 - April 1970).
- 5th Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment (155mm).
- 6th Battalion, 29th Field Artillery Regiment (105mm).
- 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery Regiment (105mm).
- 2nd Battalion, 77th Field Artillery Regiment (105mm) (assigned to the 25-ID, August 1967 - December 1970).
- 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment [armored] (Divisional Reconnaissance).
- 4th Battalion Aviation [helicopters].
- 4th Engineer Battalion.
- 4th Battalion medical.
- 124th Battalion transmissions.
- 704th Maintenance Battalion.
- 4th Administration Company.
- 4th Military Police Company.
- 374th Company Army Safety.
- Orchestra and Divisional Support Command.
external elements attached recognition:
- Company E, 20th Infantry Regiment (Long Range Patrol, LRP).
- Company E, 58th Infantry Regiment (LRP).
- Company K, 75th Ranger Regiment [Airborne].
(4) Formally, the 23rd Infantry Division home, incorporated in 1942 in New Caledonia ("Americal": American and New Caledonian). This division distinguished itself in the Southwest Pacific against the Japanese, then in Vietnam, before being finally disbanded in November 1971.
5 ° Global war against terrorism (2001-Present).
5.1. Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Last alert January 19, 2003, the 4th Infantry Division is expected to take part in the invasion of Iraq, entering the north since Turkey. But the Turkish government refused him permission to operate from its territory, it remains confined aboard transport ships in the Mediterranean.
Arrival in Kuwait after the outbreak of the Allied offensive, the Division Ivy multiplies exercises NBC warning against the SCUD, in camps and Wolf Udairi. She participates in the latest fighting in April in areas of Tikrit and Mosul in northern Iraq. It is then deployed north of the Sunni Triangle, near Tikrit, with its headquarters located in Baghdad. It covers the area of operations north from Kirkuk to the Iranian border.
During this first stay in Iraq, the 4th Infantry Division involved in the disarmament and disbanding the PMOI (or MEK), the Iranian Moujahiddins Movements of People in the July-August 2003, then with the help of forces Special to the capture of Saddam Hussein, December 13. In summer 2004, she was relieved by the 1st Infantry Division and returned to the United States.
She makes a second tour of duty at the end 2005, noting the 3rd Infantry Division and took command of the "Multi-National Division, Baghdad (MND-B). It has under its responsibility, as from 7 January 2006, four Iraqi provinces: Baghdad, Karbala, Najaf and Babil. During this stay, the 3rd Brigade was incorporated within the Task Force Band of Brothers under the command of the 101st Airborne Division.
Photo below: soldier of the 4th Division equipped with an M240 machine gun (FN Hersal "MAG"), stationed in Iraq, October 28, 2006.
The 4th Infantry Division conducts a third service in Iraq in 2005-2007. During his three deployments, she recorded the following losses: 84 killed in fighting in 2003-2004, 235 in 2005-2006 and 113 in 2007-2009.
July 2009 sees a change of command, the 56th since the formation of the division in 1917, with the Nominated MG David Perkins. With this change, the 4th Division ends at fourteen years of presence at Fort Hood, Texas, and moved to Fort Carson, Colorado, plant it had occupied from 1970 to 1995.
5.2. Operation Enduring Freedom: Afghanistan.
Just moved to Fort Carson, 4th Infantry Division is already preparing to be immediately returned to battle. The 3rd Brigade Combat is again deployed in southern Iraq in March 2010 as "Brigade Support and Consulting." The 1st Brigade was sent to Afghanistan in July 2010, the HQ and the rest of the division following in early 2011.
5.3. Commanders of the division (2003-Present).
- MG Raymond T. Odierno (October 24, 2001 to June 18, 2004).
- MG James D. Thurman (June 18, 2004 to January 19, 2007).
- MG Jeffery Hammond (January 19, 2007 to July 16, 2009).
- MG David G. Perkins (July 16, 2009 - Present).
Current organization of the 4th Infantry Division.
• Headquarters and "Special Troops" divisional Lightning. Fort Carson, Colorado.
• 1st Brigade Combat Heavy (HBCT) Raiders. HQ Fort Carson, Colorado.
- Battalion "Special Troops" Brigadier Phoenix.
- 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment Ghost (M3A3 Bradley ).
- 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment Regulars (M2A3 Bradley ).
- 1st Battalion, 66th Armored Regiment Iron Knights (M1A2 Abrams ).
- 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery Regiment Straight Arrows (M109A6 Paladin ).
- 4th Support Battalion [Logistics] Brigadier Packhorse .
• 2nd Brigade Heavy Combat (HBCT) Warhorse. HQ Fort Carson, Colorado.
- Battalion "Special Troops" Brigadier Lonestar.
- 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers (M3A3 Bradley ).
- 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment First In Normandy (M2A3 Bradley ).
- 1st Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment Death Dealers (M1A2 Abrams ).
- 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment Rolling Thunder (M109A6 Paladin ).
- the 204th Support Battalion [Logistics] Brigadier Rough Riders .
• 3rd Brigade Heavy Combat (HBCT) Iron . HQ Fort Carson, Colorado.
- Battalion "Special Troops" Brigadier Phoenix.
- 4th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment Black Jack (M3A3 Bradley ).
- 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment Fighting Eagles (M2A3 Bradley ).
- 1st Battalion, 68th Armored Regiment Silver Lions (M1A2 Abrams ).
- 3rd Battalion, 29th Field Artillery Regiment Piecesetters (M109A6 Paladin ).
- 64th Support Battalion [Logistics] Brigadier Mountaineers.
• 4th Infantry Brigade Combat (IBCT) Mountain Warriors. HQ Fort Carson, Colorado.
- Battalion "Special Troops" Brigadier Gryphons .
- 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment Red Warriors.
- 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment Lethal Warriors .
- 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment Destroyers.
- 2nd Battalion, 77th Field Artillery Regiment Steel Warriors (M777 Howitzer ).
- the 704th Support Battalion [Logistics] Brigadier Blacksmith.
• Brigade Support [Logistics]. HQ Fort Carson, Colorado.
- 43rd Battalion "Special Troops" brigade.
- 68th Support Battalion [Logistics] Combat (CSSB).
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U.S. Army - 3rd Infantry Division Marne
The 3rd Infantry Division is a division of the U.S. Army XVIII Airborne Corps assigned to the Corps Rapid Deployment American contingent on the USFORSCOM. This is one of the most famous formations and decorated military history of the United States. She is currently quartered at Fort Stewart, Ga., has a workforce of about 20,000 men and is commanded by Maj. Gen. Anthony "Tony" Cucolo.
Designated as the spearhead of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003, the "Marne Division" is the first unit to make its entry into Baghdad. She is also the first division to be performed four rounds of operation. His organization four combat brigades, a combat aviation brigade and various other support units.
Sheet of the 3rd Infantry Division.
• Activation Date: November 21, 1917 - Present.
• Country: United States of America.
• Branch: United States Army.
• Type: Mechanized Infantry Division.
• Employees: approximately 20,000 men.
• Subordinate to: XVIII Airborne Corps, FORSCOM.
• Garrison Fort Stewart and Hunter AAF (Aviation Brigade) Georgia.
• Nickname: Marne Division.
• Motto: "Rock of the Marne."
• Badge distinctive round:
• Commitments:
- First World War (1917-1918): Marne, Chateau-Thierry.
- WWII: Normandy, Battle of the Bulge, Germany.
- Korean War: Chosin Reservoir.
- Global war against terrorism: Operation Iraqi Freedom .
• Current Commander: Maj. Gen. Anthony "Tony" Cucolo.
• Former Commanders Notable: Joseph T. Dickman, John P. Lucas, Lucian K. Truscott, John W. O'Daniel.
• Combat Brigades:
- 1st Brigade Combat Raider.
- 2nd Brigade Combat Spartan .
- 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Sledgehammer .
- 4th Brigade Combat Infantry Vanguard (IBCT).
- Combat Aviation Brigade.
History (1917-2011).
The 3rd Infantry Division is one of the most decorated in the history of the United States. It pays very dearly for this distinction, however, with more than 50,000 of its soldiers out of action during its history. Fifty-one of its members were awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, the highest U.S. military decoration.
1 ° World War (1917-1918).
She is on 21 November 1917 at Camp Greene, North Carolina, to be part of the expeditionary forces sent to France. It stands for the first time in combat during the night of July 14, 1918. Engaged in supporting force during the German offensive of the Aisne-Marne, or "Second Battle of the Marne, Paris, and it protects is placed on the banks of the Marne.
Covering the retreat of the French Army under the command of Major-General Joseph Dickman T, the 3rd Division is positioned in the area of Chateau-Thierry. Its 30th and 38th Infantry Regiments German rout, and she earns the nickname Rock of the Marne .
She then took part in the offensive against General Franco-American (18 July to 6 August 1918). On this occasion, General John J. "Black Jack" Pershing, the commander of American forces in France, will say later that the actions of this division are among the most brilliant and heroic Military History of the United States. During the Great War, two of its members are awarded the Medal of Honor.
During the Great War, the Marne Division posted 3177 killed in action and 12,940 wounded.
Majors Division (1917-1918).
- MG Joseph T. Dickman (November 28, 1917).
- BG JA Irons (11 February 1918).
- MG Joseph T. Dickman (February 13, 1918).
- BG JA Irons (27 February 1918).
- BG Charles Crawford (March 8, 1918).
- BG JA Irons (10 March 1918).
- BG Charles Crawford (March 19, 1918).
- MG Joseph T. Dickman (April 12, 1918).
- BG FW Sladen (18 August 1918).
- MG Beaumond B. Buck (August 27, 1918).
- BG Preston Brown (October 18, 1918).
- MG Robert L. Howze (November 19, 1918).
2 ° World War (1942-1945).
infanteire The 3rd Division is one of the few American divisions engaged against the Axis powers on all the major theaters of operation in the Euro-Mediterranean during the Second World War.
The Marne Division delivers its first combat in North Africa in the Western Task Strength. She participates November 8, 1942 in Operation Torch and landed at Fedala. She then takes half of French Morocco.
Eight months later, July 10, 1943, the 3rd Division participated in Operation Husky in Sicily and landed. She fought hard and advance to Palermo. Then finally take Messina, Aug. 16. It concludes that the conquest of the island.
During the invasion of Italy, the U.S. division participated in Operation Avalanche . She arrived September 18, 1943 in Salerno, and incorporated into the 5th U.S. Army, a book of bloody fighting to cross the Volturno and to Cassino advance.
After a brief rest, the Marne Division is designated to participate in Operation Shingle , the Allied landings at Anzio-Nettuno, January 22, 1944. It fought hard in the pocket for the next four months. February 29, it repels an attack by three German divisions.
In May 1944, the Gustav Line and the German front at Cassino in disintegrating, she participated in the breakthrough and the general Allied advance toward Rome. The division trains extensively to then take part in Operation Anvil-Dragon .
On 15 August 1944, she landed in the Bay of Saint-Tropez, southern France, and progresses along the Rhone to the north and the Vosges. She reached the left bank of the Rhine near Strasbourg, November 27. After standing in a defensive position, she participated in the final cleaning of the German pocket of Colmar, in January-February 1945.
The 3rd Infantry Division crossed the Rhine in force March 26, 1945. It captured Nuremberg after bloody street fighting on April 20. She then takes Augsburg and Munich, 27 and 30 April. It reached the outskirts of Salzburg, the Austrian border, when the conflict ends. Losses incurred
during this conflict: 4922 killed and 18,766 wounded in battle, 636 died from their injuries.
Photo below: GIS Division of the Marne the streets of Nuremberg, 20 April 1945.
Majors Division (1940-1946).
- MG Charles F. Thompson (July 1940 - August 1941).
- BG Charles P. Hall (August 1941 - September 1941).
- MG John P. Lucas (September 1941 - March 1942).
- MG Jonathan W. Anderson (March 1942 - March 1943).
- MG Lucian K. Truscott, Jr. (March 1943 - February 1944).
- MG John W. O'Daniel (February 1944 - December 1945).
- William G. R. Schmidt (July 1945 - August 1946).
Trivia.
The 2nd Lt. Audie Murphy (June 20, 1924 to May 28, 1971), the most decorated soldier and the most famous American military history, belonged to the 1st Battalion 15th Regiment of this division. Among the decorations awarded include the Medal of Honor (Medal of Honor), the Distinguishid Service Cross (Cross of Merit), the Legion of Merit , two Silver Star (Silver Star) two Bronze Star (Bronze Star), three Purple Heart (medal awarded to injured), French Legion d'Honneur, the French Croix de Guerre with Palm, and Belgian Croix de Guerre with Palm. And numerous other citations and awards the presidency.
3 ° Korean War (1950-1953).
During the Korean conflict, the 3rd Division is designated Fire Brigade ("Fire Brigade"), because of its readiness to respond to a crisis. In 1950, the Division HQ installed at Fort Benning, Georgia, with its 15th Infantry Regiment. The 7th Regiment was quartered at Fort Devens.
The division was sent to Japan in 1950 as "Reserve Command Far East," and it is first expected that it would be used after the war ended, as troops of occupation . In September, the 3rd Division was yet engaged in the Korean conflict. She receives staffing the 65th Infantry Regiment, the latter incorporating in its ranks many South Korean soldiers. This 65th Regiment is a unit a little special for the U.S. Army as consisting exclusively foreign volunteers un-American. The Borequeeners (1) landed at Wonson, then headed north towards Hungman and Majon-dong.
Photo below: Borequeeners Hispanic Hill 167, Korea, 1952.
At Majon-dong, they established a defensive line and book their baptism of fire. The 1st and 2nd Battalions, 7th Infantry Regiment are placed on their left flank, and the 15th Regiment between 7th and 65th. The 3rd Battalion, 7th Regiment was formed as a Dog Task Force, commanded by Assistant Divisional Commander, Brigadier-General Armistead D. Mead, and given assistance sent to 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment at Chinghung-ni.
In December 1950, after the offensive and the Chinese Army entered the conflict, the TF-Dog 7th Regiment protects the retirement of the 1st Marine Division from Chosin Reservoir to Hungman.
General Douglas MacArthur, the commander of United Nations forces in Korea, ordered the immediate dispatch of reinforcements to contain the Chinese offensive. Hungman around the port, the 10th U.S. Corps establishes defensive perimeter with the 3rd Infantry Division and the 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Corps and with the South Korean. In February 1951, the Chinese offensive eventually loses steam. In July, it was finally stopped.
The front stabilized, the 8th U.S. Army moved into defensive, and engage in peace talks between on the one hand, the United States and South Korea, and also China and North Korea. The 3rd Infantry Division will conduct support missions and patrols until the conflict ended in August 1953.
Photo below: GIs of the 3rd Division on patrol at night, April 17, 1951, on the banks of the Imjin River.
During that conflict, the Marne Division behaved are worth, especially during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir, of Chorwon-Kumwha and "Jackson Heights (Jackson Heights ). She sees herself ten Battle Stars awarded (or Commitment Stars ) and eleven Medal of Honor (Medal of Honor), seven assigned to the 7th Infantry Regiment: Jerry K. Crump (6-7 September 1951), John Essebagger, Jr. (April 25, 1951), Charles L. Gilliland (April 25, 1951), Clair Goodblood (24-25 April 1951), Noah O. Knight (23-24 November 1951), Darwin K. Kyle (February 16, 1951), Leroy A. Mendonca (July 4, 1951), and Hiroshi H. Miyamura (24-25 April 1951). From 1950 to 1953, she lost 2160 killed and 7939 wounded in combat.
Majors Division (1950-1953).
- MG Robert H. Soule (August 1950 - October 1951).
- MG Thomas J. Cross (October 1951 - May 1952).
- MG Robert L. Dulaney (May 1952 - October 1952).
- MG George W. Smythe (October 1952 - May 1953).
- Eugene W. G. Ridings (May 1953 - October 1953).
(1) The 65th Infantry Regiment The Borinqueeners , named after a small island of Puerto Rico meaning "The Land of the Brave Lord." Currently composed entirely of Puerto Ricans, the regiment during its history absorbed various contingents of Mexican nationality, Cuban or other Latin American countries.
4 ° 1953-2000.
From April 1958 to April 1996, Marne Division is stationed in West Germany in the area of operation of the U.S. VII Corps, near the Czech border. It is scattered in several cities, including Würzburg (Division HQ and troop support), Schweinfurt (1st Brigade), Kitzingen (2nd Brigade) and Aaschaffenburg (3rd Brigade).
In August 1961, just days after the building of the Berlin Wall, a reinforced company of the 7th Infantry Regiment was ordered to put on war footing and to perform in battle the stretch of motorway Aschaffenburg-West Berlin. This mission helps to affirm the ability of the U.S. Army to deploy safely and advance particular through East Germany to reach Berlin.
In November 1990, the 3rd Infantry Division participates in its first war operation since 1953. After the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq, 6000 men and women are deployed with the Marne the 1st Armoured Division as part of operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. 1,000 other soldiers from the division were sent to southeastern Turkey and northern Iraq, to assist and provide humanitarian assistance to Kurdish refuge.
At the end of spring 1991, it sends a contingent of officers and noncommissioned officers of the rank, with a military police company, to form the Task Force Victory . Stationed in Kuwait, the TF-Victory provides management and support divisional level in the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, who shared the same barracks. This contingent returns within the division, in the operations area of U.S. V Corps in Germany in early September 1991.
Under the plan to reduce active divisions of the U.S. Army after the end of the Cold War, the 24th Division was deactivated 15 February 1996 and uses the colors of the 3rd Division. This new Marne Division relocates to Fort Stewart, Fort Benning and Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia. She repeatedly demonstrated its capacity for rapid deployment while maintaining the presence of a battalion, then a Task Force of the size of a brigade in Kuwait. It also sends contingents of troops in Egypt, Bosnia and Kosovo, mission peace, and acts within the United Nations resolutions.
In 1996-1997, Detachment "Tactical Operation Center (RTOC) from the 3rd Infantry Division, which technically is part of the Georgia National Guard was mobilized to participate in Operation Joint Endeavor , a multinational force to IFOR / SFOR NATO in the Balkans. During this period, the posting serves RTOC-3ID in Tuzla, Bosnia, and Camps Dallas Angela Camp, under the authority of the 1st Infantry Division, then in Slavonski Brod, Croatia, under the command of the 1st Armoured Division.
Majors Division (1953-2000).
- MG Charles DW Canham (November 1953 - November 1954).
- G. Haydon L. Boatner (December 1954 - October 1955).
- MG George E. Lynch (October 1955 - February 1957).
- BG Frederick R. Zierath (March 1957).
- Roy G. E. Lindquist (March 1957 - August 1958).
- MG John S. Upham, Jr. (August 1958 - April 1960).
- MG Albert Watson II (April 1960 - April 1961).
- MG William W. Dick, Jr. (April 1961 - April 1962).
- BG Morris O. Edwards (April-June 1962).
- Frank T. G. Mildren (June 1962 - March 1964).
- MG Albert O. Connor (March 1964 - February 1966).
- BG Jack S. Blocker (February-April 1966).
- MG Robert H. Schellman (April 1966 - August 1967).
- BG Lawrence V. Greene (August-October 1967).
- George G. P. Seneff, Jr. (October 1967 - March 1969).
- MG George M. Seignious II (March 1969 - February 1970).
- MG Robert C. Taber (February 1970 - April 1971).
- MG Marshall B. Garth (April 1971 - September 1972).
- Sam S. G. Walker (September 1972 - June 1974).
- G. Edward C. Meyer (June 1974 - August 1975).
- Pat W. G. Criz (August 1975 - October 1977).
- G. R. Dean Tice (October 1977 - October 1979).
- MG Robert L. "Sam" Wetzel (October 1979-1981).
- G. Fred K. Mahaffey (1981-1983).
- Howard G. G. Crowell, Jr. (1983-1985).
- MG George R. Stotser (1985-1987).
- BG HS Krawciw Nicholas (1987-1989).
- G. Wilson A. Shoffner (1989-1991).
- BG Richard F. Keller (1991-1993).
- Leonard G. D. Holder (1993-1995).
- MG Montgomery C. Meigs (July 1995 - February 1996).
- MG Joseph De Francisco (June-August 1996).
- MG John W. Hendrix (August 1996 - October 1997).
- MG James C. Riley (October 1997 - December 1999).
- MG Walter L. Sharp (December 1999 - December 2001).
5 ° Global war against terrorism (2001-Present).
5.1. Operation Iraqi Freedom.
In March 2003, deployment capabilities and combat the 3rd Infantry Division were put to work again, this time in view of the entire world press. It is indeed the spearhead of the Allied Expeditionary Force at the outbreak of the operation Iraqi Freedom, fighting alongside other American divisions, in particular the two brigades of helicopters of the 101st Airborne Division to Baghdad, arriving in early April.
Marne Division is also the first U.S. Army unit to enter the enemy capital. The 1st Brigade cleans and secures the Saddam International Airport, where the division is seen awarded the first Medal of Honor since the Korean War, while the 2nd Brigade hurtling full speed in Baghdad, along the wide avenue that cuts the city in two, towards the Palace, apartments Deprived of Saddam Hussein, which earned him the nickname Thunder Run ("Rolling Thunder"). The 2nd Brigade was then redeployed to Falludja summer 2003. The division then left Iraq and returned to the United States in August.
In early 2004, the 3rd Infantry Division began a major reorganization. Its three maneuver brigades are converted into four smaller groups, designated "Units of Action". Each is composed of four battalions of infantry, armored, cavalry and artillery. Former Brigade becomes the 4th Engineer Brigade at Fort Stewart. Units of Action undergo intensive training and simulated battle hard pushed to the National Training Center (NTC) in the Mojave Desert in California, and "Accelerated Training Center Interarmes (JRTC) at Fort Polk, Louisiana , in preparation for his second deployment to Iraq.
In January 2005, the 3rd Infantry Division is the first division of the U.S. Army to conduct a second stay in this country. divisional HQ is located at Camp Liberty, and takes control of the "Multi-National Division, Baghdad (MND-B), which is responsible for the entire region around the capital. The 1st and 3rd Brigades are under the authority of the 42nd Infantry Division (New York ARNG) and the 101st Airborne Division, in the "Multi-National Division, North (MND-North), in Tikrit.
In preparation for his second deployment Officer, 4th Brigade was reorganized under the new "Table of Organization and Equipment Modified" (MTOE), a new system more modular brigade and was redesignated "Brigade Combat". The 1st Battalion, 184th Infantry Regiment (ARNG California) as one of the infantry battalion classic component. Detachments of the 29th Brigade Combat (Hawaii ARNG) form the second, the 2nd Battalion, 299th Infantry Regiment.
The 3rd Infantry Division was redeployed to Fort Stewart and Fort Benning in January 2006. On 17 November, the Defense Department announced that it will make a third tour in Iraq in 2007. On this occasion, it assumes control of the "Multi-National Division Center (MND-C), installed a new command south of Baghdad, to fight against the insurgents and Al Qaeda.
To support operations in the capital, the 3rd Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment is detached from the 3rd Division and assigned to the 3rd Brigade of the 82nd Airborne Division, which is itself subordinate to the 1st Cavalry Division. In 2008, when All American and First Cav returns in the U.S., the 3-7 CAV passes under the authority of the 3rd Brigade of the 4th Infantry Division, which is under the control of 25th Infantry Division. The squadron will remain subject to command until his return to Fort Stewart.
The 3rd Infantry Division took command of the "Multi-National Division, North (MND-North) in October 2009, and became the first division of the U.S. Army to begin a fourth deployment in Iraq. She remained there until September 2010, with the success of Operation New Dawn and transfer of command of combat operations to the new Iraqi army.
From March 20, 2003 to September 24, 2010, the losses of the 3rd Infantry Division amounted to 436 killed.
Photo below: Two soldiers (Capt. David J. Smith and 2nd-Lt. Mike Barth) belonging to the 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat, 3rd Infantry Division, conduct a patrol during an exercise at the NTC at Fort Irwin, Calif., Feb. 21, 2007. The configuration of the Mojave desert and its climate is quite similar to those in the Middle East.
5.2. Reallocation and reorganization of the 1st and 4th Brigades.
In autumn 2008, the 1st Brigade of the 3rd Division was designated to serve on a new force, which must take place to any request for assistance from U.S. federal authorities, under the command of USNORTHCOM, the unified combatant command (COCOM) which has responsibility under the North American continent. She still quartered at Fort Stewart, and began a drive to respond to attacks from weapons of mass destruction, attacks, operations of policing in rural Hurbain, or to reinforce police in case of rioting or looting.
In March 2009, the 4th Brigade Combat, which is a heavy mechanized training, is transformed into a light infantry brigade. As part of this reorganization, the 4th Battalion 64th Armored Regiment abandons its Abrams tanks and is redesignated 3rd Battalion 15th Infantry Regiment.
5.3. Commanders of the division (2001-Present).
- MG Buford "Buff" Blount.
- G. William Grant Webster.
- MG Rick Lynch.
- MG Tony Cucolo (July 14, 2008).
Current organization of the 3rd Infantry Division.
• Headquarters and "Special Troops" divisional.
• 1st Brigade Combat Raider. HQ Fort Stewart, Georgia.
- 1st Battalion "Special Troops" Brigadier Desert Cat .
- 5th Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment (RSTA) (2) Warpaint (M3A3 Bradley ).
- 3rd Battalion, 69th Armored Regiment Speed & Power (M1A1 Abrams ).
- 2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment Cottonbalers (M2A3 Bradley ).
- 1st Battalion, 41st Field Artillery Regiment Glory Guns (M109A6 Paladin ).
- 3rd Battalion Support [Logistics] Brigadier Ready to Roll .
• 2nd Brigade Combat Spartan . HQ Fort Stewart, Georgia.
- 2nd Battalion "Special Troops" Brigadier Titan.
- 3rd Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment Saber (M3A3 Bradley ).
- 1st Battalion, 64th Armored Regiment Desert Rogue (M1A1 Abrams ).
- 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment Battleboar (M2A3 Bradley ).
- 1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery Regiment Battleking (M109A6 Paladin ).
- 26th Support Battalion [Logistics] Brigadier Challenger.
Below: firing station of a tank M1A1 Abrams the 3rd Infantry Division. Baghdad, Iraq, Dec. 22, 2007.
• 3rd Brigade Heavy Combat (HBCT) Sledgehammer. HQ Fort Stewart, Georgia.
- 3rd Battalion "Special Troops" Brigadier Buffalo.
- 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment Blackhawk (M3A3 Bradley ).
- 2nd Battalion, 69th Armored Regiment Panther (M1A1 Abrams ).
- 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment Dragon (M2A3 Bradley ).
- 1st Battalion, 10th Field Artillery Regiment Rock (M109A6 Paladin ).
- 203rd Support Battalion [Logistics] Brigadier Eagle.
• 4th Infantry Brigade Combat (IBCT) Vanguard. HQ Fort Stewart, Georgia.
- 4th Battalion "Special Troops" Brigadier Sentinel.
- 6th Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment Mustang (M3A3 Bradley ).
- 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment China (M2A3 Bradley ).
- 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment Baler (M2A3 Bradley ).
- 1st Battalion, 76th Field Artillery Regiment Patriot (M109A6 Paladin ).
- 703rd Support Battalion [Logistics] Brigadier Maintain .
• Brigade Combat Aviation Falcon . HQ Hunter AAF, Georgia.
- Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC) (3) Heels .
- 1st Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment [attack] Viper (AH-64D Apache Longbow ).
- 2nd Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment [General Support] Knighthawk (UH-60A / L Black Hawk, CH-47D Chinook ).
- 3rd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment [RSTA] (2) Lighthorse (OH-58D Kiowa ).
- 4th Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment [Assault] Brawler (UH-60L Black Hawk ).
- 603rd Support Battalion Aviation [Logistique] Work Horse .
(2) RSTA: Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition.
(3) HHC: Headquarter and Headquarter Company.
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Designated as the spearhead of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003, the "Marne Division" is the first unit to make its entry into Baghdad. She is also the first division to be performed four rounds of operation. His organization four combat brigades, a combat aviation brigade and various other support units.
Sheet of the 3rd Infantry Division.
• Activation Date: November 21, 1917 - Present.
• Country: United States of America.
• Branch: United States Army.
• Type: Mechanized Infantry Division.
• Employees: approximately 20,000 men.
• Subordinate to: XVIII Airborne Corps, FORSCOM.
• Garrison Fort Stewart and Hunter AAF (Aviation Brigade) Georgia.
• Nickname: Marne Division.
• Motto: "Rock of the Marne."
• Badge distinctive round:
• Commitments:
- First World War (1917-1918): Marne, Chateau-Thierry.
- WWII: Normandy, Battle of the Bulge, Germany.
- Korean War: Chosin Reservoir.
- Global war against terrorism: Operation Iraqi Freedom .
• Current Commander: Maj. Gen. Anthony "Tony" Cucolo.
• Former Commanders Notable: Joseph T. Dickman, John P. Lucas, Lucian K. Truscott, John W. O'Daniel.
• Combat Brigades:
- 1st Brigade Combat Raider.
- 2nd Brigade Combat Spartan .
- 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Sledgehammer .
- 4th Brigade Combat Infantry Vanguard (IBCT).
- Combat Aviation Brigade.
History (1917-2011).
The 3rd Infantry Division is one of the most decorated in the history of the United States. It pays very dearly for this distinction, however, with more than 50,000 of its soldiers out of action during its history. Fifty-one of its members were awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, the highest U.S. military decoration.
1 ° World War (1917-1918).
She is on 21 November 1917 at Camp Greene, North Carolina, to be part of the expeditionary forces sent to France. It stands for the first time in combat during the night of July 14, 1918. Engaged in supporting force during the German offensive of the Aisne-Marne, or "Second Battle of the Marne, Paris, and it protects is placed on the banks of the Marne.
Covering the retreat of the French Army under the command of Major-General Joseph Dickman T, the 3rd Division is positioned in the area of Chateau-Thierry. Its 30th and 38th Infantry Regiments German rout, and she earns the nickname Rock of the Marne .
She then took part in the offensive against General Franco-American (18 July to 6 August 1918). On this occasion, General John J. "Black Jack" Pershing, the commander of American forces in France, will say later that the actions of this division are among the most brilliant and heroic Military History of the United States. During the Great War, two of its members are awarded the Medal of Honor.
During the Great War, the Marne Division posted 3177 killed in action and 12,940 wounded.
Majors Division (1917-1918).
- MG Joseph T. Dickman (November 28, 1917).
- BG JA Irons (11 February 1918).
- MG Joseph T. Dickman (February 13, 1918).
- BG JA Irons (27 February 1918).
- BG Charles Crawford (March 8, 1918).
- BG JA Irons (10 March 1918).
- BG Charles Crawford (March 19, 1918).
- MG Joseph T. Dickman (April 12, 1918).
- BG FW Sladen (18 August 1918).
- MG Beaumond B. Buck (August 27, 1918).
- BG Preston Brown (October 18, 1918).
- MG Robert L. Howze (November 19, 1918).
2 ° World War (1942-1945).
infanteire The 3rd Division is one of the few American divisions engaged against the Axis powers on all the major theaters of operation in the Euro-Mediterranean during the Second World War.
The Marne Division delivers its first combat in North Africa in the Western Task Strength. She participates November 8, 1942 in Operation Torch and landed at Fedala. She then takes half of French Morocco.
Eight months later, July 10, 1943, the 3rd Division participated in Operation Husky in Sicily and landed. She fought hard and advance to Palermo. Then finally take Messina, Aug. 16. It concludes that the conquest of the island.
During the invasion of Italy, the U.S. division participated in Operation Avalanche . She arrived September 18, 1943 in Salerno, and incorporated into the 5th U.S. Army, a book of bloody fighting to cross the Volturno and to Cassino advance.
After a brief rest, the Marne Division is designated to participate in Operation Shingle , the Allied landings at Anzio-Nettuno, January 22, 1944. It fought hard in the pocket for the next four months. February 29, it repels an attack by three German divisions.
In May 1944, the Gustav Line and the German front at Cassino in disintegrating, she participated in the breakthrough and the general Allied advance toward Rome. The division trains extensively to then take part in Operation Anvil-Dragon .
On 15 August 1944, she landed in the Bay of Saint-Tropez, southern France, and progresses along the Rhone to the north and the Vosges. She reached the left bank of the Rhine near Strasbourg, November 27. After standing in a defensive position, she participated in the final cleaning of the German pocket of Colmar, in January-February 1945.
The 3rd Infantry Division crossed the Rhine in force March 26, 1945. It captured Nuremberg after bloody street fighting on April 20. She then takes Augsburg and Munich, 27 and 30 April. It reached the outskirts of Salzburg, the Austrian border, when the conflict ends. Losses incurred
during this conflict: 4922 killed and 18,766 wounded in battle, 636 died from their injuries.
Photo below: GIS Division of the Marne the streets of Nuremberg, 20 April 1945.
Majors Division (1940-1946).
- MG Charles F. Thompson (July 1940 - August 1941).
- BG Charles P. Hall (August 1941 - September 1941).
- MG John P. Lucas (September 1941 - March 1942).
- MG Jonathan W. Anderson (March 1942 - March 1943).
- MG Lucian K. Truscott, Jr. (March 1943 - February 1944).
- MG John W. O'Daniel (February 1944 - December 1945).
- William G. R. Schmidt (July 1945 - August 1946).
Trivia.
The 2nd Lt. Audie Murphy (June 20, 1924 to May 28, 1971), the most decorated soldier and the most famous American military history, belonged to the 1st Battalion 15th Regiment of this division. Among the decorations awarded include the Medal of Honor (Medal of Honor), the Distinguishid Service Cross (Cross of Merit), the Legion of Merit , two Silver Star (Silver Star) two Bronze Star (Bronze Star), three Purple Heart (medal awarded to injured), French Legion d'Honneur, the French Croix de Guerre with Palm, and Belgian Croix de Guerre with Palm. And numerous other citations and awards the presidency.
3 ° Korean War (1950-1953).
During the Korean conflict, the 3rd Division is designated Fire Brigade ("Fire Brigade"), because of its readiness to respond to a crisis. In 1950, the Division HQ installed at Fort Benning, Georgia, with its 15th Infantry Regiment. The 7th Regiment was quartered at Fort Devens.
The division was sent to Japan in 1950 as "Reserve Command Far East," and it is first expected that it would be used after the war ended, as troops of occupation . In September, the 3rd Division was yet engaged in the Korean conflict. She receives staffing the 65th Infantry Regiment, the latter incorporating in its ranks many South Korean soldiers. This 65th Regiment is a unit a little special for the U.S. Army as consisting exclusively foreign volunteers un-American. The Borequeeners (1) landed at Wonson, then headed north towards Hungman and Majon-dong.
Photo below: Borequeeners Hispanic Hill 167, Korea, 1952.
At Majon-dong, they established a defensive line and book their baptism of fire. The 1st and 2nd Battalions, 7th Infantry Regiment are placed on their left flank, and the 15th Regiment between 7th and 65th. The 3rd Battalion, 7th Regiment was formed as a Dog Task Force, commanded by Assistant Divisional Commander, Brigadier-General Armistead D. Mead, and given assistance sent to 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment at Chinghung-ni.
In December 1950, after the offensive and the Chinese Army entered the conflict, the TF-Dog 7th Regiment protects the retirement of the 1st Marine Division from Chosin Reservoir to Hungman.
General Douglas MacArthur, the commander of United Nations forces in Korea, ordered the immediate dispatch of reinforcements to contain the Chinese offensive. Hungman around the port, the 10th U.S. Corps establishes defensive perimeter with the 3rd Infantry Division and the 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Corps and with the South Korean. In February 1951, the Chinese offensive eventually loses steam. In July, it was finally stopped.
The front stabilized, the 8th U.S. Army moved into defensive, and engage in peace talks between on the one hand, the United States and South Korea, and also China and North Korea. The 3rd Infantry Division will conduct support missions and patrols until the conflict ended in August 1953.
Photo below: GIs of the 3rd Division on patrol at night, April 17, 1951, on the banks of the Imjin River.
During that conflict, the Marne Division behaved are worth, especially during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir, of Chorwon-Kumwha and "Jackson Heights (Jackson Heights ). She sees herself ten Battle Stars awarded (or Commitment Stars ) and eleven Medal of Honor (Medal of Honor), seven assigned to the 7th Infantry Regiment: Jerry K. Crump (6-7 September 1951), John Essebagger, Jr. (April 25, 1951), Charles L. Gilliland (April 25, 1951), Clair Goodblood (24-25 April 1951), Noah O. Knight (23-24 November 1951), Darwin K. Kyle (February 16, 1951), Leroy A. Mendonca (July 4, 1951), and Hiroshi H. Miyamura (24-25 April 1951). From 1950 to 1953, she lost 2160 killed and 7939 wounded in combat.
Majors Division (1950-1953).
- MG Robert H. Soule (August 1950 - October 1951).
- MG Thomas J. Cross (October 1951 - May 1952).
- MG Robert L. Dulaney (May 1952 - October 1952).
- MG George W. Smythe (October 1952 - May 1953).
- Eugene W. G. Ridings (May 1953 - October 1953).
(1) The 65th Infantry Regiment The Borinqueeners , named after a small island of Puerto Rico meaning "The Land of the Brave Lord." Currently composed entirely of Puerto Ricans, the regiment during its history absorbed various contingents of Mexican nationality, Cuban or other Latin American countries.
4 ° 1953-2000.
From April 1958 to April 1996, Marne Division is stationed in West Germany in the area of operation of the U.S. VII Corps, near the Czech border. It is scattered in several cities, including Würzburg (Division HQ and troop support), Schweinfurt (1st Brigade), Kitzingen (2nd Brigade) and Aaschaffenburg (3rd Brigade).
In August 1961, just days after the building of the Berlin Wall, a reinforced company of the 7th Infantry Regiment was ordered to put on war footing and to perform in battle the stretch of motorway Aschaffenburg-West Berlin. This mission helps to affirm the ability of the U.S. Army to deploy safely and advance particular through East Germany to reach Berlin.
In November 1990, the 3rd Infantry Division participates in its first war operation since 1953. After the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq, 6000 men and women are deployed with the Marne the 1st Armoured Division as part of operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. 1,000 other soldiers from the division were sent to southeastern Turkey and northern Iraq, to assist and provide humanitarian assistance to Kurdish refuge.
At the end of spring 1991, it sends a contingent of officers and noncommissioned officers of the rank, with a military police company, to form the Task Force Victory . Stationed in Kuwait, the TF-Victory provides management and support divisional level in the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, who shared the same barracks. This contingent returns within the division, in the operations area of U.S. V Corps in Germany in early September 1991.
Under the plan to reduce active divisions of the U.S. Army after the end of the Cold War, the 24th Division was deactivated 15 February 1996 and uses the colors of the 3rd Division. This new Marne Division relocates to Fort Stewart, Fort Benning and Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia. She repeatedly demonstrated its capacity for rapid deployment while maintaining the presence of a battalion, then a Task Force of the size of a brigade in Kuwait. It also sends contingents of troops in Egypt, Bosnia and Kosovo, mission peace, and acts within the United Nations resolutions.
In 1996-1997, Detachment "Tactical Operation Center (RTOC) from the 3rd Infantry Division, which technically is part of the Georgia National Guard was mobilized to participate in Operation Joint Endeavor , a multinational force to IFOR / SFOR NATO in the Balkans. During this period, the posting serves RTOC-3ID in Tuzla, Bosnia, and Camps Dallas Angela Camp, under the authority of the 1st Infantry Division, then in Slavonski Brod, Croatia, under the command of the 1st Armoured Division.
Majors Division (1953-2000).
- MG Charles DW Canham (November 1953 - November 1954).
- G. Haydon L. Boatner (December 1954 - October 1955).
- MG George E. Lynch (October 1955 - February 1957).
- BG Frederick R. Zierath (March 1957).
- Roy G. E. Lindquist (March 1957 - August 1958).
- MG John S. Upham, Jr. (August 1958 - April 1960).
- MG Albert Watson II (April 1960 - April 1961).
- MG William W. Dick, Jr. (April 1961 - April 1962).
- BG Morris O. Edwards (April-June 1962).
- Frank T. G. Mildren (June 1962 - March 1964).
- MG Albert O. Connor (March 1964 - February 1966).
- BG Jack S. Blocker (February-April 1966).
- MG Robert H. Schellman (April 1966 - August 1967).
- BG Lawrence V. Greene (August-October 1967).
- George G. P. Seneff, Jr. (October 1967 - March 1969).
- MG George M. Seignious II (March 1969 - February 1970).
- MG Robert C. Taber (February 1970 - April 1971).
- MG Marshall B. Garth (April 1971 - September 1972).
- Sam S. G. Walker (September 1972 - June 1974).
- G. Edward C. Meyer (June 1974 - August 1975).
- Pat W. G. Criz (August 1975 - October 1977).
- G. R. Dean Tice (October 1977 - October 1979).
- MG Robert L. "Sam" Wetzel (October 1979-1981).
- G. Fred K. Mahaffey (1981-1983).
- Howard G. G. Crowell, Jr. (1983-1985).
- MG George R. Stotser (1985-1987).
- BG HS Krawciw Nicholas (1987-1989).
- G. Wilson A. Shoffner (1989-1991).
- BG Richard F. Keller (1991-1993).
- Leonard G. D. Holder (1993-1995).
- MG Montgomery C. Meigs (July 1995 - February 1996).
- MG Joseph De Francisco (June-August 1996).
- MG John W. Hendrix (August 1996 - October 1997).
- MG James C. Riley (October 1997 - December 1999).
- MG Walter L. Sharp (December 1999 - December 2001).
5 ° Global war against terrorism (2001-Present).
5.1. Operation Iraqi Freedom.
In March 2003, deployment capabilities and combat the 3rd Infantry Division were put to work again, this time in view of the entire world press. It is indeed the spearhead of the Allied Expeditionary Force at the outbreak of the operation Iraqi Freedom, fighting alongside other American divisions, in particular the two brigades of helicopters of the 101st Airborne Division to Baghdad, arriving in early April.
Marne Division is also the first U.S. Army unit to enter the enemy capital. The 1st Brigade cleans and secures the Saddam International Airport, where the division is seen awarded the first Medal of Honor since the Korean War, while the 2nd Brigade hurtling full speed in Baghdad, along the wide avenue that cuts the city in two, towards the Palace, apartments Deprived of Saddam Hussein, which earned him the nickname Thunder Run ("Rolling Thunder"). The 2nd Brigade was then redeployed to Falludja summer 2003. The division then left Iraq and returned to the United States in August.
In early 2004, the 3rd Infantry Division began a major reorganization. Its three maneuver brigades are converted into four smaller groups, designated "Units of Action". Each is composed of four battalions of infantry, armored, cavalry and artillery. Former Brigade becomes the 4th Engineer Brigade at Fort Stewart. Units of Action undergo intensive training and simulated battle hard pushed to the National Training Center (NTC) in the Mojave Desert in California, and "Accelerated Training Center Interarmes (JRTC) at Fort Polk, Louisiana , in preparation for his second deployment to Iraq.
In January 2005, the 3rd Infantry Division is the first division of the U.S. Army to conduct a second stay in this country. divisional HQ is located at Camp Liberty, and takes control of the "Multi-National Division, Baghdad (MND-B), which is responsible for the entire region around the capital. The 1st and 3rd Brigades are under the authority of the 42nd Infantry Division (New York ARNG) and the 101st Airborne Division, in the "Multi-National Division, North (MND-North), in Tikrit.
In preparation for his second deployment Officer, 4th Brigade was reorganized under the new "Table of Organization and Equipment Modified" (MTOE), a new system more modular brigade and was redesignated "Brigade Combat". The 1st Battalion, 184th Infantry Regiment (ARNG California) as one of the infantry battalion classic component. Detachments of the 29th Brigade Combat (Hawaii ARNG) form the second, the 2nd Battalion, 299th Infantry Regiment.
The 3rd Infantry Division was redeployed to Fort Stewart and Fort Benning in January 2006. On 17 November, the Defense Department announced that it will make a third tour in Iraq in 2007. On this occasion, it assumes control of the "Multi-National Division Center (MND-C), installed a new command south of Baghdad, to fight against the insurgents and Al Qaeda.
To support operations in the capital, the 3rd Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment is detached from the 3rd Division and assigned to the 3rd Brigade of the 82nd Airborne Division, which is itself subordinate to the 1st Cavalry Division. In 2008, when All American and First Cav returns in the U.S., the 3-7 CAV passes under the authority of the 3rd Brigade of the 4th Infantry Division, which is under the control of 25th Infantry Division. The squadron will remain subject to command until his return to Fort Stewart.
The 3rd Infantry Division took command of the "Multi-National Division, North (MND-North) in October 2009, and became the first division of the U.S. Army to begin a fourth deployment in Iraq. She remained there until September 2010, with the success of Operation New Dawn and transfer of command of combat operations to the new Iraqi army.
From March 20, 2003 to September 24, 2010, the losses of the 3rd Infantry Division amounted to 436 killed.
Photo below: Two soldiers (Capt. David J. Smith and 2nd-Lt. Mike Barth) belonging to the 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat, 3rd Infantry Division, conduct a patrol during an exercise at the NTC at Fort Irwin, Calif., Feb. 21, 2007. The configuration of the Mojave desert and its climate is quite similar to those in the Middle East.
5.2. Reallocation and reorganization of the 1st and 4th Brigades.
In autumn 2008, the 1st Brigade of the 3rd Division was designated to serve on a new force, which must take place to any request for assistance from U.S. federal authorities, under the command of USNORTHCOM, the unified combatant command (COCOM) which has responsibility under the North American continent. She still quartered at Fort Stewart, and began a drive to respond to attacks from weapons of mass destruction, attacks, operations of policing in rural Hurbain, or to reinforce police in case of rioting or looting.
In March 2009, the 4th Brigade Combat, which is a heavy mechanized training, is transformed into a light infantry brigade. As part of this reorganization, the 4th Battalion 64th Armored Regiment abandons its Abrams tanks and is redesignated 3rd Battalion 15th Infantry Regiment.
5.3. Commanders of the division (2001-Present).
- MG Buford "Buff" Blount.
- G. William Grant Webster.
- MG Rick Lynch.
- MG Tony Cucolo (July 14, 2008).
Current organization of the 3rd Infantry Division.
• Headquarters and "Special Troops" divisional.
• 1st Brigade Combat Raider. HQ Fort Stewart, Georgia.
- 1st Battalion "Special Troops" Brigadier Desert Cat .
- 5th Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment (RSTA) (2) Warpaint (M3A3 Bradley ).
- 3rd Battalion, 69th Armored Regiment Speed & Power (M1A1 Abrams ).
- 2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment Cottonbalers (M2A3 Bradley ).
- 1st Battalion, 41st Field Artillery Regiment Glory Guns (M109A6 Paladin ).
- 3rd Battalion Support [Logistics] Brigadier Ready to Roll .
• 2nd Brigade Combat Spartan . HQ Fort Stewart, Georgia.
- 2nd Battalion "Special Troops" Brigadier Titan.
- 3rd Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment Saber (M3A3 Bradley ).
- 1st Battalion, 64th Armored Regiment Desert Rogue (M1A1 Abrams ).
- 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment Battleboar (M2A3 Bradley ).
- 1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery Regiment Battleking (M109A6 Paladin ).
- 26th Support Battalion [Logistics] Brigadier Challenger.
Below: firing station of a tank M1A1 Abrams the 3rd Infantry Division. Baghdad, Iraq, Dec. 22, 2007.
• 3rd Brigade Heavy Combat (HBCT) Sledgehammer. HQ Fort Stewart, Georgia.
- 3rd Battalion "Special Troops" Brigadier Buffalo.
- 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment Blackhawk (M3A3 Bradley ).
- 2nd Battalion, 69th Armored Regiment Panther (M1A1 Abrams ).
- 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment Dragon (M2A3 Bradley ).
- 1st Battalion, 10th Field Artillery Regiment Rock (M109A6 Paladin ).
- 203rd Support Battalion [Logistics] Brigadier Eagle.
• 4th Infantry Brigade Combat (IBCT) Vanguard. HQ Fort Stewart, Georgia.
- 4th Battalion "Special Troops" Brigadier Sentinel.
- 6th Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment Mustang (M3A3 Bradley ).
- 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment China (M2A3 Bradley ).
- 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment Baler (M2A3 Bradley ).
- 1st Battalion, 76th Field Artillery Regiment Patriot (M109A6 Paladin ).
- 703rd Support Battalion [Logistics] Brigadier Maintain .
• Brigade Combat Aviation Falcon . HQ Hunter AAF, Georgia.
- Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC) (3) Heels .
- 1st Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment [attack] Viper (AH-64D Apache Longbow ).
- 2nd Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment [General Support] Knighthawk (UH-60A / L Black Hawk, CH-47D Chinook ).
- 3rd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment [RSTA] (2) Lighthorse (OH-58D Kiowa ).
- 4th Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment [Assault] Brawler (UH-60L Black Hawk ).
- 603rd Support Battalion Aviation [Logistique] Work Horse .
(2) RSTA: Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition.
(3) HHC: Headquarter and Headquarter Company.
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U.S. Army - 2nd Infantry Division Indian Head
The 2nd Infantry Division was created in October 1917 and took part in both world wars. Its primary mission now is the defense of South Korea in case of invasion of its northern neighbor. It has about 17,000 men and is commanded by Major-General Michael S. Tucker.
Unlike other divisions of the U.S. Army, it is partially composed of Korean soldiers, called Katus (Korean To Increase U.S. Army). This program was initiated in 1950 with the approval of the President Syngman Rhee. During the Korean conflict, 27000 Katus fought in the American armed forces. In May 2006, 1,100 of them serving in the Indian Head. "
Sheet of the 2nd Infantry Division.
• Activation date: October 26, 1917 - Present.
• Country: United States of America.
• Branch: United States Army.
• Type: Mechanized Infantry Division.
• Employees: approximately 17,000 men.
• Subordinate to: 8th U.S. Army, U.S. Forces Korea (USFK).
• Garrison Fort Lewis, Washington. Camp Casey, Camp Humphreys, Camp Stanley, South Korea.
• Nickname: or Indian Head Division Warrior.
• Motto: "Second To None" ("Sans Pareil!")
distinctive insignia • Sleeve:
• Commitments:
- First World War (1917-1918): Belleau Wood Chateau-Thierry, Meuse / Argonne.
- WWII: Normandy, Battle of the Bulge, Germany.
- Korean War: Pusan Perimeter, Bloody Ridge and Heartbreak Ridge.
- Global War against terrorism: Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.
• Current Commander: Major-General Michael S. Tucker.
• Former notable commanders: John A. Lejeune (USMC), John CH Lee, Walter M. Robertson, Edward M. Almond, Tommy Franks and Russel Honore.
• Combat Brigades:
- 1st Brigade Combat Heavy Iron (HBCT).
- 2nd Brigade Combat [ Stryker ] Strike, Destroy (SBCT).
- 3rd Brigade Combat [ Stryker ] Arrowhead (SBCT).
- 4th Brigade Combat [ Stryker ] Dragoon Raiders (SBCT).
- Combat Aviation Brigade (ABCT).
History (1917-2011).
1 ° World War (1917-1918).
The 2nd Infantry Division was created Sept. 21, 1917 and activated on 26 October to Bourmont, Haute-Marne. It is then composed of the 3rd Infantry Brigade, which includes the 9th and 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade of Marines with 5th and 6th Regiments, a battalion of field artillery and other support units.
Until the cessation of hostilities, this division will be commanded by two officers of the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC), Brigadier General Charles A. Dean then Major-General John A. Lejeune. That's the only time in history the U.S. military that General USMC command a U.S. Army division in combat.
She trains during the winter of 1917-1918 in the French army. Although still considered unprepared by the French General Staff, American Expeditionary Force (AEF) is put to the summer 1918, is desperately trying to stop the German advance towards Paris.
The 2nd Infantry Division delivers its first combat during the bloody battle of Belleau Wood (1 to June 26, 1918) and helps to stop the German advance in the area of Chateau-Thierry. On July 28, 1918, Major-General John A. Lejeune assumed command of the division and will remain in that position until August 1919, when it is demobilized. She won two more victories at Soissons and paid dearly on the hill of Mont Blanc, the north-east of Reims, hunting and the Germans in this region.
The 2nd Division Infantry Indian Head ("Indian Head") is involved in the final Allied offensive Meuse-Argonne, until the armistice on November 11, 1918. It is then sent to Germany as occupation forces until April 1919. The division returned to the United States in July 1919.
Photos below: Forage French on the left shoulder of uniform. General Graves B. Erskine, in June 1918 a platoon commander of the 6th Marine Regiment.
1.1. Major operations during the Great War.
1. Aisne.
2. Belleau Wood (4th Brigade Marines only).
3. Saint-Mihiel.
4. Meuse-Argonne offensive.
5. Aisne-Marne.
Losses incurred (1917-1918): 1964 killed U.S. Army (4478 to include the USMC Brigade) and 9782 injured (17 752).
1.2. Commanders of the 2nd Infantry Division (1917-1918).
- BG Charles A. Dean [USMC] (October 26, 1917).
- MG Omar Bundy [U.S. Army] (November 8, 1917).
- MG James G. Harbord [U.S. Army] (July 15, 1918).
- MG John A. Lejeune [USMC] (July 28, 1918).
2 Between the two World War (1919-1940).
In July 1919, after seven months in Germany in the area of Koblenz, the 2nd U.S. Infantry Division returns to the United States and paraded triumphantly through the streets of New York. The 4th Brigade of Marines was disbanded but it remains one of the three divisions of infantry force maintained by the U.S. Army during the period between the wars. She moved to Fort Sam Houston, Texas, and stayed there for twenty-three years, serving as an experimental unit to test new tactics and new concept of use of the army.
In 1940, the Indian Head is reorganized following the new concept "triangle", consisting of three regiments of infantry divisions. His soldiers are developing and are pioneers in the design techniques and anti-tank air mobility, which will serve as models for the U.S. Army on the battlefield during the next two decades.
She takes part in the maneuvers of Christine, Texas from January 3 to 27, 1940. She moved temporarily to Horton, still in Texas, to participate in maneuvers from April 26 to May 28, followed by those of Cravens, Louisiana, from 16 to 23 August 1940.
The division then returned to Fort Sam Houston, where she continued her training and perfects its new combat tactics, until she moved to Brownwood, Texas, to participate in the maneuvers of the 8th U.S. Corps of 1 to June 14, 1941. The division was then sent to Mansfield, La., to take part in the maneuvers from August 11 to October 2, 1941.
Photo below: memorial of the 2nd Infantry Division opened in 1936, the President's Park Washington DC.
2.1. Commanders of divisions (1919-1941).
- COL Harry A. Eaton (December 1919 - March 1920).
- MG James G. Harbord (March 1920 - July 1921).
- MG John L. Hines (July 1921 - March 1922).
- BG Edward M. Lewis (March 1922 - May 1923).
- BG Dennis E. Nolan (May-September 1923).
- MG Ernest Hinds (September 1923 - May 1925).
- Paul B. G. Malone (May 1925 - September 1926).
- MG William D. Connor (September 1926 - January 1928).
- BG Thomas G. Donaldson (January-May 1928).
- BG Albert J. Bonley (May 1928 - December 1933).
- MG Halstead Dorey (December 1933 - October 1934).
- BG Charles Howland (October 1934 - April 1935).
- MG Frank C. Bolles (April-October 1935).
- BG Alexander T. Overshine (October 1935 - April 1936).
- MG Charles E. Kilbourne (April - June 1936).
- G. Herbert J. Brees (June-October 1936).
- MG James K. Parsons (October 1936 - May 1938).
- Frank W. G. Rowell (May 1938 - March 1939).
- MG William K. Krueger (March 1939 - October 1940).
- MG James L. Collins (October 1940 - March 1941).
- BG Edmund L. Daley (March-April 1941).
- BG John Greely (April-November 194).
3 ° World War (1941-1945).
The 2nd Infantry Division was transferred to the operating area of the U.S. 8th Corps, Louisiana, until 22 September 1942, when she returned to Fort Sam Houston. She moved to Camp McCoy in Sparta, Wisconsin, November 27, 1942. After four months of intensive training at the Winter War.
In September 1943, the Indian Head finally receives its operational orders of battle and moved to Camp Shanks, New York, to prepare for his departure on the European front.
On 8 October 1943, she sailed from New York and cross the North Atlantic. She arrived in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Oct. 17. The division deploys and trains in England for Operation Overlord , the Allied landings in Normandy.
L' Indian Head traverse la Manche et débarque sur Omaha Beach à Jour J+1, le 7 juin 1944, près de Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer. Traversant en force l'Aure, elle libère Trévières le 10 juin 1944, donne l'assaut et s'empare de la Colline 192, une des positions charnières de la défense allemande de Saint-Lo, le lendemain 11 juin. Elle reste ensuite en défensive sur ses positions jusqu'au 26 juillet 1944. Exploitant la percée décisive de l'opération Cobra , elle traverse la Vire et s'empare de Tinchebray, le 15 août 1944.
La division gagne ensuite la Bretagne et se joint à l'offensive de la nouvelle 3ème Armée US du général George Patton to Brest. The German fortress, defended very well, surrendered 18 September 1944, after 39 days of siege.
After a short period of rest and reorganization, from September 19 to 26, she took the helm of Belgium and moved to defensive in the area of St. Vith, 29 September 1944.
It crosses the border with Germany October 3, 1944, and was ordered to attack the dams of the Roer December 11, 1944. After the outbreak of the German offensive in the Ardennes, it is recalled emergency in the sector December 17, 1944, and with the 99th Infantry Division, digs securely on the Elsenborn Ridge, where the two American divisions will defeat all attempts of the 6th SS Panzer Army to break through to Liège and the Meuse.
In January 1945, the 2nd Infantry Division attack and cons again lost ground in December 1944. In February 1945, she participated in the American offensive against the Siegfried Line and the Allied advance towards the Rhine. It captures the town of Gemund March 4, then reached the Rhine on March 9. She advances to the south to seize Breisig and cross the river at Remagen. It helps to expand the bridgehead at Remagen from March 12 to 20.
The 2nd Infantry Division crossed the Rhine March 21, 1945 and assault and to Hadamar Limburg-an-der-Lahn, noting elements of the 9th Armored Division March 28. Then she crosses the Weser Veckerhagan, 6 and 7 April 8 April Göttingen capture, establishes a bridgehead across the Saale April 14, then seizes Merseburg April 15, 1945.
April 18, 1945, she took and crossed the Mulde Leipzig. Under the agreements established at the Yalta Conference, it exceeded the limits of the American occupation zone, and therefore must make a U-turn and back across the Mulde.
On defense on its western side, she is raised and reaches 200km to settle, between 1 and 3 May 1945, along the border between Germany and Czechoslovakia, near Schonsee Waldmünchen and where it is the 97th and 99th Infantry Divisions. It penetrates into Czechoslovakia May 4, 1945, and advance towards Pilsen, it attacks, and invests May 7, until the announcement of the cessation of hostilities, May 8, 1945. The next day, May 9, she makes contact with the Red Army.
On 3 June 1945, the division embarked at Le Havre to regain the United States. She arrives in New York harbor July 20 and is housed at Camp Swift in Bastrop, Texas, July 22. She is ready to be transferred the Pacific and to take part in the invasion of Japan when the surrender occurred on 2 September.
She moved to Camp Stoneman in Pittsburg, California, March 28, 1946, but the current transfer is interrupted, and the division was ordered to move to Fort Lewis, near Tacoma in Washington State , where she arrived 15 April 1946. It causes them to conduct operations in the Arctic, new airlift and amphibious landing maneuvers.
3.1. Major operations (1944-1945).
- Normandy.
- Northern France.
- Race to the Rhine (Rhineland).
- Ardennes-Alsace Campaign.
- Central Europe (Germany-Czechoslovakia).
Losses incurred (1944-1945): 3031 killed (KIA), 12,785 wounded (WIA) and 457 died of wounds (DOW).
3.2. Decorations and citations (1944-1945).
- Presidential Citation (Distinguished Unit Citation): 16.
- Congressional Medal of Honor (Medal of Honor): 6.
- Cross of Merit (Distinguished Service Cross): 34.
- Merit Medal (Distinguished Service Medal): 1.
- Etoile d'Argent (Silver STAR): 741.
- Legion of Merit (Legion of Merit): 25.
- Medal Soldier (Soldier Medal): 14.
- Etoile de Bronze (Bronze Star): 5530.
- Air Medal (Air Medal): 89.
3.3. Commanders of the division (1942-1951).
- MG John CH Lee (November 1941 - May 1942).
- MG Walter M. Robertson (May 1942 - June 1945).
- BG William K. Harrison (June-September 1945).
- MG Edward M. Almond (September 1945 - June 1946).
- Paul W. G. Kendall (June 1946 - May 1948).
- Harry G. J. Collins (July 1948 - January 1951).
4 ° Korean War (1951-1953).
When hostilities began between the two Koreas during the summer of 1950, the 24th Infantry Division, stationed in Japan, is the first American unit to intervene in the conflict. The 2nd Infantry Division was quickly put on alert and soon to follow. It is transferred to the U.S. Command Far East (Far East Command) and landed in the port of Pusan July 23, 1950.
August 24, 1950, it is the 24th Division along the Naktong River, on a broad front of 65km. In the night of 31 August to 1 September 1950, at 21:30, three North Korean divisions storm positions, to cut the Taegu-Pusan road on his back. During the battle that follows, which lasts for sixteen days, the North Koreans break through the front ahead of U.S. and 8km. But finally pushes 2id Communist troops and inflicting heavy losses.
Shortly later, the 2nd Infantry Division is the first unit of the U.S. 8th Army, commanded by the Lieutenant-General Walton Walker, to launch the general offensive against-American and out of the Pusan perimeter. It is the spearhead of the 8th U.S. military and progressing north toward the Chinese border and the Yalu River.
September 15, 1950, U.S. troops of General Douglas MacArthur, who commanded the Allied forces sets of UN in the Korean peninsula, making a landing at Inchon, behind enemy lines. The North Korean forces, caught between the two attacks, have suddenly surged back and retreat in disorder to the 38th Parallel, which marks the border between the two Koreas.
The 2nd Infantry Division crossed the 38th Parallel 30 September 1950. On 9 October, the UN troops were North Korea invades and chased the North Korean army in full stampede to the Chinese border, and even have some place, and is crossed into Chinese territory. This is the case of the Indian Head , which has established a bridgehead on the opposite bank of the Yalu River, deep in a couple of kilometers.
But on the night of 25 to 26 November 1950, the People's Republic of China officially entered the Korean conflict: a half-million troops attacked U.S. positions advanced by surprise, and it's now the turn of allied troops from going back in disorder, to the south. During this hasty retreat during the Battle of the Chong-Chon River, the Indian Head protects the exposed right flank of the 8th U.S. Army.
Map below: machine-gun post in the 2nd Division in North Korea (November 20, 1950).
fighting a rearguard of the 8th U.S. Army around Kunu-ri cost the Division almost one third of its workforce. Losses are particularly high in the 23rd Infantry Regiment, which incorporates the French and Dutch Battalions and the 2nd Combat Engineer Regiment, which lost all its equipment.
28 December 1950, the American troops crossed the 38th Parallel. On January 4, 1951, Seoul, the South Korean capital, fell again, this time by the Chinese. But their winter offensive s'ésouffle, and soon, the 2nd Infantry Division stopped the enemy advance during the bloody battles of Chipyong-ni and Wonju (13-15 February 1951). During these actions, the Battalion Commander of French Raoul Magrin-Vernerey, incorporated in the 23rd Regiment, is particularly distinguished.
early March 1951, began the general offensive-cons ally. March 15, Seoul resumed, and the 38th Parallel crosses 21 March 1951. MacArthur, a supporter of a war with Communist China, was dismissed by President Harry Truman.
At the initiative of the Soviet Union, opened peace talks between the share of South Korea and the United States, and also North Korea and Communist China. Lieutenant General Mathhew B. Ridgeway, who now commands the 8th U.S. Army, was ordered not to launch an offensive, and soon the front stabilizes. Begins a war of positions until the cessation of hostilities.
In April and May 1951, the 2nd Infantry Division, along with other Allied units and army of South Korean (ROK), broke the Chinese spring offensive. For his actions during this period, she vera awarded a Presidential Citation (Presidential Unit Citation). Follow periods of combat alternating with periods of rest. The 2id participate in bloody battles of Bloody Ridge (Bloody Ridge), from August 18 to September 5, 1951, then from Heartbreak Ridge (Hill of Broken Hearts), from September 13 to October 15, 1951.
Peace talks, which stumbled on the issue of prisoners of war, resumed in spring 1953. In March, the Chinese finally accept the terms of the cease-fire. Nonetheless, exchanges of fire and skirmishes will continue on the front line until July 1953.
On 20 August 1954, four years after arriving in Korea, 2nd Infantry Division returned to the United States and resumed his quarters at Fort Lewis in Washington state.
Photo below: a M4A3E8 Sherman, of B Company, 72nd Tank Battalion of the 2nd Infantry Division, taking positions on North Korea May 11, 1952.
Losses incurred during the conflict (1950-1953): 7094 killed in action (KIA), 16,575 wounded (WIA) and 338 died of wounds (DOW).
4.1. Honours and Awards (1950-1953).
Medal of Honor (Medal of Honor): 18.
- 9th Infantry Regiment: Loren R. Kaufman (4 and 5 September 1950), Edward C. Krzyzowski (31 August, 1, 2 and 3 September 1950), Joseph R. Ouellette (31 August, 1, 2 and 3 September 1950), David M. Smith (1 September 1950), Luther H. Story (1 September 1950) and Travis E. Watkins (August 31, 1, 2 and 3 September 1950).
- 23th Infantry Regiment: Junior D. Edwards (January 2, 1951), Hubert L. Lee (1 February 1951), Herbert K. Pililaau (September 17, 1951) John A. Pittman (November 26, 1950) and William S. Sitman (February 14, 1951).
- 38th Infantry Regiment: Tony K. Burris (8 and 9 October 1950), Frederick F. Henry (1 September 1950), Charles R. Long (February 12, 1951), Ronald E. Rosser (January 12, 1952).
- 15th Field Artillery Battalion: Lee R. Hartell (August 27, 1951).
- 2nd Reconnaissance Company: Charles W. Turner (September 1, 1950).
- Company A, 72nd Tank Battalion: MSG Ernest R. Kuma (1 September 1950).
4.2. Commanders of the division (1951-1953).
- G. Clark L. Ruffner (January 1951 - August 1951).
- BG Thomas F. DeShazo (August - September 1951).
- MG Robert N. Young (September 1951 - May 1952).
- MG James C. Fry (May 1952 - May 1953).
5 ° Reorganization in the U.S. and back in South Korea (1954-2001).
In summer 1954, the 2nd Infantry Division returned to Fort Lewis, Wash., where she remained for two years before being transferred to Alaska in August 1956.
On 8 November 1957, the division must be cleared soon. However, a few months later, au printemps 1958, le Département de l'Armée (Department of the Army) informe qu'elle sera réorganisée à Fort Benning en Géorgie, avec du personnel et de l'équipement de la 10ème Division d'infanterie de retour d'Allemagne. L' Indian Head restera casernée à Fort Benning de 1958 à 1965, date à laquelle elle est assignée dans la tâche de division d'instruction et de formation. Pour accroître son niveau de préparation et son efficacité au combat, en mars 1962, elle est désignée en tant qu'unité du Stretegic Army Corps (STRAC). La division subit dès lors une série d'entraînements intensifs à ces nouvelles tactiques.
In view of the formation of the new 1st Cavalry Division [Airmobile] at Fort Benning in 1965, the 2nd Infantry Division is assigned the personnel and equipment of the 1st Cavalry Division existing stationed in South Korea .
The Indian Head then returns in the Korean Peninsula in July 1965, eleven years after leaving. The North Korean forces were then involved in a growing number of incursions in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) along the 38th Parallel, and border incidents. Its mission is to stop it.
November 2, 1966, several U.S. soldiers 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment were killed in an ambush by North Koreans. In 1967, North Korean incursions are growing again, and 16 GIs killed during this year. In 1968, the North Koreans continued their provocations and 1969, four U.S. soldiers of 3rd Battalion, 23rd Regiment are still being killed.
August 18, 1976, during a mission pruning and clearing of trees in the DMZ, two officers of the Joint Security Force (JSA) US-South Korean soldiers were killed by North Koreans. Three days later, in response, the U.S. launched Operation Paul Bunyan . This episode is known as the "Axe Murder Incident".
Majors Division (1954-2001).
- MG William L. Barriga (May 1953 - March 1954).
- MG John FR Seitz (March-August 1954).
- MG Robert L. Howze, Jr. (August-September 1954).
- Thomas G. S. Timberman (September 1954 - August 1955).
- Paul G. L. Freeman, Jr. (August 1955 - August 1956).
- MG James F. Collins (August 1956 - February 1957).
- BG John F. Ruggles (February-February 1957).
- G. Gilman O. Mudgett (February 1957 - June 1958).
- BG O. Miller Perry (June-July 1958).
- MG Robert H. Wienecke (July 1958 - February 1960).
- BG O. Miller Perry (February 1960).
- BG William L. Hardick (February-March 1960).
- Frederick W. G. Gibb (March 1960 - June 1961).
- BG William L. Hardick (June-July 1961).
- BG Charles H. White (July - August 1961).
- BG Royal Reynolds (August 1961).
- MG Charles H. Chase (August 1961 - September 1962).
- Charles G. Billengslea (September 1962 - September 1964).
- MG John H. Chiles (September 1964 - July 1965).
- MG Hugh M. Exton (July-August 1965).
- BG Robert R. Williams (August 1965).
- MG John H. Chiles (August 1965 - July 1966).
- MG George B. Pickett, Jr. (July 1966 - May 1967).
- MG Frank C. Izenour (May 1967 - June 1968).
- Leland G. G. Cagwin (June 1968 - September 1969).
- Salve G. H. Matheson (September 1969 - October 1970).
- MG GH Woodward (October 1970 - October 1971).
- MG Jeffery C. Smith (October 1971 - May 1973).
- Henry G. E. Emerson (May 1973 - May 1975).
- MG JR Thurman (May 1975 - June 1976).
- MG Morris J. Brady (June 1976 - January 1978).
- MG David E. Barn (January 1978 - June 1979).
- MG Robert C. Kingston (June 1979 - June 1981).
- MG James H. Johnson (June 1981 - November 1982).
- BG Lee D. Brown (November-December 1982).
- BG Harison H. Williams (December 1982).
- MG James H. Johnson (December 1982 - July 1983).
- Doctor Henry G. (July 1983 - August 1985).
- Gary G. E. Luck (August 1985 - December 1986).
- Jack B. G. Farris (December 1986 - June 1988).
- MG Jack D. Woodall (June 1988 - November 1989).
- Caryl G. G. Marsh (November 1989 - June 1991).
- MG James T. Scott (June 1991 - May 1993).
- MG John N. Abrams (May 1993 - March 1995).
- Tommy G. R. Franks (March 1995 - May 1997).
- Michael G. B. Sherfield (May 1997 - September 1998).
- Robert G. F. Dees (September 1998 - September 2000).
6 ° Global war against terrorism (2001-Present).
6.1. Operation Iraqi Freedom: Afghanistan.
In late spring 2004, most soldiers of the 2nd Brigade Combat (BCT) are told they will soon be deployed in Iraq. The units affected by this deployment, the first of the Indian Head outside Korea for four decades, includes: the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment [Air Assault], the 1st Battalion of the 506th Infantry Regiment [Air Assault], the 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment (M109A6 Paladin ), 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry [Mechanized] (M2 Bradley ), the 44th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Forward Support Battalion, A Company of the 102nd Military Intelligence Battalion (MI), B Company, 122nd Signal Battalion, elements of the 2nd Battalion, 72nd Armored Regiment (M1A2 Abrams ), and a team from the 509th Battalion personnel department. The 2nd Brigade
began intensive training to adapt to this new theater operations to which it is accustomed. It is finally deployed to Iraq in August 2004, in Fallujah, then it is moved into the region of Ar Ramadi, where she wipes her first fatalities.
It is scattered in multiple databases. To the west of Ramadi at Camp Junction City, 2BCT HQ, 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, the 44th Engineer Battalion, the 122nd Battalion Signals, and Company C [medical] 2nd Battalion Forward Support. To the east of the city in a smaller camp for post advanced combat, the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment. Farther east, near Habbiniya, the 1st Battalion of the 506th Infantry Regiment. And finally, adjacent to the latter, the logistics base in Al Taqaddum, where parking the rest of the 2nd Battalion Forward Support.
During the first six months in Ramadi, the 2nd Brigade under the command of the 1st Marine Division. And during the second half of its deployment, it is placed under the authority of the 2nd Marine Division. Ironically, the opposite situation to that of the Great War, when 5th and 6th Regiments Marines found themselves incorporated within the 2nd U.S. Infantry Division.
It supports the efforts to secure the city during the Iraqi national elections in January 2005. Its mission is to protect polling stations and to end the violence that bloody the city. In July 2005, she was relieved by the 3rd Infantry Division and units of the National Guard (ARNG). It does not, however, returned to South Korea, but is quartered at Fort Carson, Colorado.
In 2007, the 3rd Brigade Combat is turn deployed in Baghdad, and fighting insurgents on several occasions in the Al-Doura on the outskirts of the capital. Sergeant Christopher B. Waiters, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, was awarded Oct. 23, 2008 Cross of Merit (Distinguished Service Cross) for his actions April 5, 2007, when he held the rank of Specialist (1) . Shortly after, the tower specialist Erik Oropeza received a second DSC for his actions May 22, 2007. These are the 17th and 18th DSC awarded to soldiers of this division since 1975.
Photos below: Fighting between soldiers of the 3rd Brigade and the insurgents in the Al-Doura in Baghdad, March 7, 2007.
Sgt Karl King and Private 1st Class (PFC) David Valenzuela, C Company, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment. Al-Doura district, Baghdad, March 7, 2007.
Patrol recognition 3BCT-2id in Baghdad in 2007.
The 4th Brigade Combat [ Stryker] (SBCT) is deployed in Iraq at the end of 2009. On August 4, 2009, the 3rd Brigade Combat Stryker (SBCT) begins his third deployment to the Middle East.
6.2. Operation Enduring Freedom.
February 17, 2009, President Barack Obama orders the troops to Afghanistan: 4,000 troops of the former 5th Brigade Combat (now redesignated the 2nd Brigade [ Stryker ]), and 8000 Marines. They are intended to be deployed in the south-east near the Pakistani border.
6.3. Commanders of the division (2000-2010).
- MG Russel L. Honored (September 2000 - July 2002).
- MG John R. Wood (July 2002 - September 2004).
- MG George A. Higgins (September 2004 - May 2006).
- James G. A. Coggin (May 2006 - November 2007).
- MG John W. Morgan III (November 2007 - October 2009).
- Michael G. S. Tucker (October 2009 - Present).
7 ° Restructuring of the 2nd Brigade.
Since its relocation to Fort Carson in Colorado, in July 2005, the 2nd Brigade Combat undergoing profound changes. The 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment was disbanded and its colors transferred to the 173rd Airborne Brigade in Italy, where he now serves alongside his battalion "brother", the 2-503 Infantry [Airborne] its personnel and equipment being transferred to the 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment (1-9 INF).
Similarly, the colors of the 1-506 Infantry Battalion join those of his brother in the 101st Airborne Division [Air Assault]. Its personnel and equipment transferred to the 2-12 Infantry. As the old 1-9 Infantry, he is now the new 3-61 Cavalry.
In October 2006, this 2BCT, still quartered at Fort Carson, becomes the new 4th Brigade of the 4th Infantry Division (4ID-4BCT), comprising the following units:
- Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC) (2)
- 2nd Brigade Support Battalion.
- 2nd Battalion "Special Troops" (engineering, communications, medical, PM).
- 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment.
- 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment.
- 3rd Squadron [RSTA] (3) of the 61st Cavalry Regiment.
- 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment. The 5th Brigade
combat Stryker (SBCT), Fort Lewis, Wash., was redesignated the 2nd Stryker Brigade .
(1) "Specialist". Abbreviation: SPC. One of four grades "Junior" from the U.S. Army. Technically, a rank of Corporal équivallent to that (even balance), but without the status of NCO.
(2) HHC: Headquarter and Headquarter Company.
Badge distinctive round of the 2nd Infantry Division Indian Head .
Traditionally, the black color background and head of India are the two dominant races of the home division in 1917. In 1918, a driver would have painted this design on the doors of his vehicle. And the Chief of Staff of the Division, Lt. Col. Preston Brown, having noticed, would have adopted as Shoulder badge.
Originally the background color changed depending on the units and services, green for stewardship, black for the HQ, purple for sections of machine guns etc.. Only after the Great War that took the badge colors and forms became final and official badge: a five-pointed star on a black background, the spikes are in a circumference of an imaginary circle of a diameter of 3 ½ inches. In profile, the head of an Indian warrior with headdress, face red, blue bonnet, blue ends of the feathers. The star is superimposed on a shield of a size such that the tips the star to be 1/8th of an inch of the perimeter. The colors (red, white and blue) for identification division and its equipment in France during the conflict, were selected by the command of the division as colors for the badge. The star and Indian head indicate the origin of the American division.
Photo below: soldiers of the Indian Head are a badge of division "human".
Current organization of the 2nd Infantry Division.
• 1st Heavy Brigade Combat Iron (HBCT). Camp Casey Dongducheon-Seoul, South Korea.
- 1st Battalion "Special Troops" Brig.
- 302nd Brigade Support Battalion.
- 2nd Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment (M1A1 Abrams and M2A2 Bradley ).
- 1st Battalion, 72nd Armored Regiment (M1A1 Abrams and M2A2 Bradley ).
- 4th Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment (M1A1 Abrams and M3A2 Bradley ).
- 1st Battalion, 15th Field Artillery Regiment (M109A6 Paladin ).
• 2nd Brigade Combat Strike, Destroy [ Stryker] (SBCT). Fort Lewis, Washington.
- Company headquarters brigade.
- 402nd Brigade Support Battalion.
- 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment [ Stryker ].
- 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment [ Stryker ].
- 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment [ Stryker ].
- 8th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment [RSTA] (3).
- 3rd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment.
- 1st Battalion "Special Troops" Brigade, including the following units:
- Company Alpha, 52nd Infantry Regiment [anti-tank].
- 562nd Engineer Company.
- 21th Signal Company.
- 572nd Military Intelligence Company.
• 3rd Brigade Combat Arrowhead [Stryker] (SBCT). Fort Lewis, Washington.
- Company headquarters brigade.
- 296th Brigade Support Battalion.
- 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment (Stryker ).
- 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment (Stryker ).
- 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment (Stryker ).
- 1st Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment [RSTA] (3).
- 1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment.
- Charlie Company, 52nd Infantry Regiment [anti-tank].
- 18th Engineer Company.
- 334th Signal Company.
- 209th Military Intelligence Company (Military Intelligence).
• 4th Brigade Combat Dragoon Riders [ Stryker] (SBCT). Fort Lewis, Washington.
- Company headquarters brigade.
- 702nd Brigade Support Battalion.
- 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment [ Stryker ].
- 2nd Battalion, 23rd Régiment d'infanterie [ Stryker ].
- 1er Bataillon du 38ème Régiment d'infanterie [ Stryker ].
- 2ème Escadron du 1er Régiment de cavalerie [RSTA] (3).
- 2ème Bataillon du 12ème Régiment d'artillerie de campagne.
- Compagnie Fox, 52ème Régiment d'infanterie [Lutte antichars].
- 38ème Compagnie du génie.
- 472ème Compagnie de transmissions.
- 45ème Compagnie de renseignement militaire.
• Brigade de combat Aviation. QG Camp Humphreys, Pyeongtaek, Corée du Sud.
- QG et compagnie QG de brigade.
- 1er Bataillon du 2ème Aviation Regiment [Recognition, Attack] (AH-64D Apache ).
- 2nd Battalion, 2nd Aviation Regiment [Assault] (UH-60 Black Hawk ).
- 3rd Battalion, 2nd Aviation Regiment [General Support Aviation Battalion (GSAB)].
- 4th Battalion, 2nd Aviation Regiment [Recognition, Attack] (AH-64D Apache ).
- 602nd Aviation Support Battalion.
• 210th Artillery Brigade (FBCT). Camp Casey, Dongducheon-Seoul, South Korea.
- Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion (HHB), 210th Artillery Brigade.
- 6th Battalion of the Regiment 37èle Artillery (MLRS).
- 1st Battalion, 38th Field Artillery Regiment (MLRS).
- 70th Support Battalion [Logistics] Brigade.
- Battery F of the 333rd Field Artillery Regiment [Acquisition of Goals].
- 579th Signal Company.
(3) RSTA: Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition.
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2 ° 2nd Infantry Division (globalsecurity.org).
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Unlike other divisions of the U.S. Army, it is partially composed of Korean soldiers, called Katus (Korean To Increase U.S. Army). This program was initiated in 1950 with the approval of the President Syngman Rhee. During the Korean conflict, 27000 Katus fought in the American armed forces. In May 2006, 1,100 of them serving in the Indian Head. "
Sheet of the 2nd Infantry Division.
• Activation date: October 26, 1917 - Present.
• Country: United States of America.
• Branch: United States Army.
• Type: Mechanized Infantry Division.
• Employees: approximately 17,000 men.
• Subordinate to: 8th U.S. Army, U.S. Forces Korea (USFK).
• Garrison Fort Lewis, Washington. Camp Casey, Camp Humphreys, Camp Stanley, South Korea.
• Nickname: or Indian Head Division Warrior.
• Motto: "Second To None" ("Sans Pareil!")
distinctive insignia • Sleeve:
• Commitments:
- First World War (1917-1918): Belleau Wood Chateau-Thierry, Meuse / Argonne.
- WWII: Normandy, Battle of the Bulge, Germany.
- Korean War: Pusan Perimeter, Bloody Ridge and Heartbreak Ridge.
- Global War against terrorism: Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.
• Current Commander: Major-General Michael S. Tucker.
• Former notable commanders: John A. Lejeune (USMC), John CH Lee, Walter M. Robertson, Edward M. Almond, Tommy Franks and Russel Honore.
• Combat Brigades:
- 1st Brigade Combat Heavy Iron (HBCT).
- 2nd Brigade Combat [ Stryker ] Strike, Destroy (SBCT).
- 3rd Brigade Combat [ Stryker ] Arrowhead (SBCT).
- 4th Brigade Combat [ Stryker ] Dragoon Raiders (SBCT).
- Combat Aviation Brigade (ABCT).
History (1917-2011).
1 ° World War (1917-1918).
The 2nd Infantry Division was created Sept. 21, 1917 and activated on 26 October to Bourmont, Haute-Marne. It is then composed of the 3rd Infantry Brigade, which includes the 9th and 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade of Marines with 5th and 6th Regiments, a battalion of field artillery and other support units.
Until the cessation of hostilities, this division will be commanded by two officers of the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC), Brigadier General Charles A. Dean then Major-General John A. Lejeune. That's the only time in history the U.S. military that General USMC command a U.S. Army division in combat.
She trains during the winter of 1917-1918 in the French army. Although still considered unprepared by the French General Staff, American Expeditionary Force (AEF) is put to the summer 1918, is desperately trying to stop the German advance towards Paris.
The 2nd Infantry Division delivers its first combat during the bloody battle of Belleau Wood (1 to June 26, 1918) and helps to stop the German advance in the area of Chateau-Thierry. On July 28, 1918, Major-General John A. Lejeune assumed command of the division and will remain in that position until August 1919, when it is demobilized. She won two more victories at Soissons and paid dearly on the hill of Mont Blanc, the north-east of Reims, hunting and the Germans in this region.
The 2nd Division Infantry Indian Head ("Indian Head") is involved in the final Allied offensive Meuse-Argonne, until the armistice on November 11, 1918. It is then sent to Germany as occupation forces until April 1919. The division returned to the United States in July 1919.
Photos below: Forage French on the left shoulder of uniform. General Graves B. Erskine, in June 1918 a platoon commander of the 6th Marine Regiment.
1.1. Major operations during the Great War.
1. Aisne.
2. Belleau Wood (4th Brigade Marines only).
3. Saint-Mihiel.
4. Meuse-Argonne offensive.
5. Aisne-Marne.
Losses incurred (1917-1918): 1964 killed U.S. Army (4478 to include the USMC Brigade) and 9782 injured (17 752).
1.2. Commanders of the 2nd Infantry Division (1917-1918).
- BG Charles A. Dean [USMC] (October 26, 1917).
- MG Omar Bundy [U.S. Army] (November 8, 1917).
- MG James G. Harbord [U.S. Army] (July 15, 1918).
- MG John A. Lejeune [USMC] (July 28, 1918).
2 Between the two World War (1919-1940).
In July 1919, after seven months in Germany in the area of Koblenz, the 2nd U.S. Infantry Division returns to the United States and paraded triumphantly through the streets of New York. The 4th Brigade of Marines was disbanded but it remains one of the three divisions of infantry force maintained by the U.S. Army during the period between the wars. She moved to Fort Sam Houston, Texas, and stayed there for twenty-three years, serving as an experimental unit to test new tactics and new concept of use of the army.
In 1940, the Indian Head is reorganized following the new concept "triangle", consisting of three regiments of infantry divisions. His soldiers are developing and are pioneers in the design techniques and anti-tank air mobility, which will serve as models for the U.S. Army on the battlefield during the next two decades.
She takes part in the maneuvers of Christine, Texas from January 3 to 27, 1940. She moved temporarily to Horton, still in Texas, to participate in maneuvers from April 26 to May 28, followed by those of Cravens, Louisiana, from 16 to 23 August 1940.
The division then returned to Fort Sam Houston, where she continued her training and perfects its new combat tactics, until she moved to Brownwood, Texas, to participate in the maneuvers of the 8th U.S. Corps of 1 to June 14, 1941. The division was then sent to Mansfield, La., to take part in the maneuvers from August 11 to October 2, 1941.
Photo below: memorial of the 2nd Infantry Division opened in 1936, the President's Park Washington DC.
2.1. Commanders of divisions (1919-1941).
- COL Harry A. Eaton (December 1919 - March 1920).
- MG James G. Harbord (March 1920 - July 1921).
- MG John L. Hines (July 1921 - March 1922).
- BG Edward M. Lewis (March 1922 - May 1923).
- BG Dennis E. Nolan (May-September 1923).
- MG Ernest Hinds (September 1923 - May 1925).
- Paul B. G. Malone (May 1925 - September 1926).
- MG William D. Connor (September 1926 - January 1928).
- BG Thomas G. Donaldson (January-May 1928).
- BG Albert J. Bonley (May 1928 - December 1933).
- MG Halstead Dorey (December 1933 - October 1934).
- BG Charles Howland (October 1934 - April 1935).
- MG Frank C. Bolles (April-October 1935).
- BG Alexander T. Overshine (October 1935 - April 1936).
- MG Charles E. Kilbourne (April - June 1936).
- G. Herbert J. Brees (June-October 1936).
- MG James K. Parsons (October 1936 - May 1938).
- Frank W. G. Rowell (May 1938 - March 1939).
- MG William K. Krueger (March 1939 - October 1940).
- MG James L. Collins (October 1940 - March 1941).
- BG Edmund L. Daley (March-April 1941).
- BG John Greely (April-November 194).
3 ° World War (1941-1945).
The 2nd Infantry Division was transferred to the operating area of the U.S. 8th Corps, Louisiana, until 22 September 1942, when she returned to Fort Sam Houston. She moved to Camp McCoy in Sparta, Wisconsin, November 27, 1942. After four months of intensive training at the Winter War.
In September 1943, the Indian Head finally receives its operational orders of battle and moved to Camp Shanks, New York, to prepare for his departure on the European front.
On 8 October 1943, she sailed from New York and cross the North Atlantic. She arrived in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Oct. 17. The division deploys and trains in England for Operation Overlord , the Allied landings in Normandy.
L' Indian Head traverse la Manche et débarque sur Omaha Beach à Jour J+1, le 7 juin 1944, près de Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer. Traversant en force l'Aure, elle libère Trévières le 10 juin 1944, donne l'assaut et s'empare de la Colline 192, une des positions charnières de la défense allemande de Saint-Lo, le lendemain 11 juin. Elle reste ensuite en défensive sur ses positions jusqu'au 26 juillet 1944. Exploitant la percée décisive de l'opération Cobra , elle traverse la Vire et s'empare de Tinchebray, le 15 août 1944.
La division gagne ensuite la Bretagne et se joint à l'offensive de la nouvelle 3ème Armée US du général George Patton to Brest. The German fortress, defended very well, surrendered 18 September 1944, after 39 days of siege.
After a short period of rest and reorganization, from September 19 to 26, she took the helm of Belgium and moved to defensive in the area of St. Vith, 29 September 1944.
It crosses the border with Germany October 3, 1944, and was ordered to attack the dams of the Roer December 11, 1944. After the outbreak of the German offensive in the Ardennes, it is recalled emergency in the sector December 17, 1944, and with the 99th Infantry Division, digs securely on the Elsenborn Ridge, where the two American divisions will defeat all attempts of the 6th SS Panzer Army to break through to Liège and the Meuse.
In January 1945, the 2nd Infantry Division attack and cons again lost ground in December 1944. In February 1945, she participated in the American offensive against the Siegfried Line and the Allied advance towards the Rhine. It captures the town of Gemund March 4, then reached the Rhine on March 9. She advances to the south to seize Breisig and cross the river at Remagen. It helps to expand the bridgehead at Remagen from March 12 to 20.
The 2nd Infantry Division crossed the Rhine March 21, 1945 and assault and to Hadamar Limburg-an-der-Lahn, noting elements of the 9th Armored Division March 28. Then she crosses the Weser Veckerhagan, 6 and 7 April 8 April Göttingen capture, establishes a bridgehead across the Saale April 14, then seizes Merseburg April 15, 1945.
April 18, 1945, she took and crossed the Mulde Leipzig. Under the agreements established at the Yalta Conference, it exceeded the limits of the American occupation zone, and therefore must make a U-turn and back across the Mulde.
On defense on its western side, she is raised and reaches 200km to settle, between 1 and 3 May 1945, along the border between Germany and Czechoslovakia, near Schonsee Waldmünchen and where it is the 97th and 99th Infantry Divisions. It penetrates into Czechoslovakia May 4, 1945, and advance towards Pilsen, it attacks, and invests May 7, until the announcement of the cessation of hostilities, May 8, 1945. The next day, May 9, she makes contact with the Red Army.
On 3 June 1945, the division embarked at Le Havre to regain the United States. She arrives in New York harbor July 20 and is housed at Camp Swift in Bastrop, Texas, July 22. She is ready to be transferred the Pacific and to take part in the invasion of Japan when the surrender occurred on 2 September.
She moved to Camp Stoneman in Pittsburg, California, March 28, 1946, but the current transfer is interrupted, and the division was ordered to move to Fort Lewis, near Tacoma in Washington State , where she arrived 15 April 1946. It causes them to conduct operations in the Arctic, new airlift and amphibious landing maneuvers.
3.1. Major operations (1944-1945).
- Normandy.
- Northern France.
- Race to the Rhine (Rhineland).
- Ardennes-Alsace Campaign.
- Central Europe (Germany-Czechoslovakia).
Losses incurred (1944-1945): 3031 killed (KIA), 12,785 wounded (WIA) and 457 died of wounds (DOW).
3.2. Decorations and citations (1944-1945).
- Presidential Citation (Distinguished Unit Citation): 16.
- Congressional Medal of Honor (Medal of Honor): 6.
- Cross of Merit (Distinguished Service Cross): 34.
- Merit Medal (Distinguished Service Medal): 1.
- Etoile d'Argent (Silver STAR): 741.
- Legion of Merit (Legion of Merit): 25.
- Medal Soldier (Soldier Medal): 14.
- Etoile de Bronze (Bronze Star): 5530.
- Air Medal (Air Medal): 89.
3.3. Commanders of the division (1942-1951).
- MG John CH Lee (November 1941 - May 1942).
- MG Walter M. Robertson (May 1942 - June 1945).
- BG William K. Harrison (June-September 1945).
- MG Edward M. Almond (September 1945 - June 1946).
- Paul W. G. Kendall (June 1946 - May 1948).
- Harry G. J. Collins (July 1948 - January 1951).
4 ° Korean War (1951-1953).
When hostilities began between the two Koreas during the summer of 1950, the 24th Infantry Division, stationed in Japan, is the first American unit to intervene in the conflict. The 2nd Infantry Division was quickly put on alert and soon to follow. It is transferred to the U.S. Command Far East (Far East Command) and landed in the port of Pusan July 23, 1950.
August 24, 1950, it is the 24th Division along the Naktong River, on a broad front of 65km. In the night of 31 August to 1 September 1950, at 21:30, three North Korean divisions storm positions, to cut the Taegu-Pusan road on his back. During the battle that follows, which lasts for sixteen days, the North Koreans break through the front ahead of U.S. and 8km. But finally pushes 2id Communist troops and inflicting heavy losses.
Shortly later, the 2nd Infantry Division is the first unit of the U.S. 8th Army, commanded by the Lieutenant-General Walton Walker, to launch the general offensive against-American and out of the Pusan perimeter. It is the spearhead of the 8th U.S. military and progressing north toward the Chinese border and the Yalu River.
September 15, 1950, U.S. troops of General Douglas MacArthur, who commanded the Allied forces sets of UN in the Korean peninsula, making a landing at Inchon, behind enemy lines. The North Korean forces, caught between the two attacks, have suddenly surged back and retreat in disorder to the 38th Parallel, which marks the border between the two Koreas.
The 2nd Infantry Division crossed the 38th Parallel 30 September 1950. On 9 October, the UN troops were North Korea invades and chased the North Korean army in full stampede to the Chinese border, and even have some place, and is crossed into Chinese territory. This is the case of the Indian Head , which has established a bridgehead on the opposite bank of the Yalu River, deep in a couple of kilometers.
But on the night of 25 to 26 November 1950, the People's Republic of China officially entered the Korean conflict: a half-million troops attacked U.S. positions advanced by surprise, and it's now the turn of allied troops from going back in disorder, to the south. During this hasty retreat during the Battle of the Chong-Chon River, the Indian Head protects the exposed right flank of the 8th U.S. Army.
Map below: machine-gun post in the 2nd Division in North Korea (November 20, 1950).
fighting a rearguard of the 8th U.S. Army around Kunu-ri cost the Division almost one third of its workforce. Losses are particularly high in the 23rd Infantry Regiment, which incorporates the French and Dutch Battalions and the 2nd Combat Engineer Regiment, which lost all its equipment.
28 December 1950, the American troops crossed the 38th Parallel. On January 4, 1951, Seoul, the South Korean capital, fell again, this time by the Chinese. But their winter offensive s'ésouffle, and soon, the 2nd Infantry Division stopped the enemy advance during the bloody battles of Chipyong-ni and Wonju (13-15 February 1951). During these actions, the Battalion Commander of French Raoul Magrin-Vernerey, incorporated in the 23rd Regiment, is particularly distinguished.
early March 1951, began the general offensive-cons ally. March 15, Seoul resumed, and the 38th Parallel crosses 21 March 1951. MacArthur, a supporter of a war with Communist China, was dismissed by President Harry Truman.
At the initiative of the Soviet Union, opened peace talks between the share of South Korea and the United States, and also North Korea and Communist China. Lieutenant General Mathhew B. Ridgeway, who now commands the 8th U.S. Army, was ordered not to launch an offensive, and soon the front stabilizes. Begins a war of positions until the cessation of hostilities.
In April and May 1951, the 2nd Infantry Division, along with other Allied units and army of South Korean (ROK), broke the Chinese spring offensive. For his actions during this period, she vera awarded a Presidential Citation (Presidential Unit Citation). Follow periods of combat alternating with periods of rest. The 2id participate in bloody battles of Bloody Ridge (Bloody Ridge), from August 18 to September 5, 1951, then from Heartbreak Ridge (Hill of Broken Hearts), from September 13 to October 15, 1951.
Peace talks, which stumbled on the issue of prisoners of war, resumed in spring 1953. In March, the Chinese finally accept the terms of the cease-fire. Nonetheless, exchanges of fire and skirmishes will continue on the front line until July 1953.
On 20 August 1954, four years after arriving in Korea, 2nd Infantry Division returned to the United States and resumed his quarters at Fort Lewis in Washington state.
Photo below: a M4A3E8 Sherman, of B Company, 72nd Tank Battalion of the 2nd Infantry Division, taking positions on North Korea May 11, 1952.
Losses incurred during the conflict (1950-1953): 7094 killed in action (KIA), 16,575 wounded (WIA) and 338 died of wounds (DOW).
4.1. Honours and Awards (1950-1953).
Medal of Honor (Medal of Honor): 18.
- 9th Infantry Regiment: Loren R. Kaufman (4 and 5 September 1950), Edward C. Krzyzowski (31 August, 1, 2 and 3 September 1950), Joseph R. Ouellette (31 August, 1, 2 and 3 September 1950), David M. Smith (1 September 1950), Luther H. Story (1 September 1950) and Travis E. Watkins (August 31, 1, 2 and 3 September 1950).
- 23th Infantry Regiment: Junior D. Edwards (January 2, 1951), Hubert L. Lee (1 February 1951), Herbert K. Pililaau (September 17, 1951) John A. Pittman (November 26, 1950) and William S. Sitman (February 14, 1951).
- 38th Infantry Regiment: Tony K. Burris (8 and 9 October 1950), Frederick F. Henry (1 September 1950), Charles R. Long (February 12, 1951), Ronald E. Rosser (January 12, 1952).
- 15th Field Artillery Battalion: Lee R. Hartell (August 27, 1951).
- 2nd Reconnaissance Company: Charles W. Turner (September 1, 1950).
- Company A, 72nd Tank Battalion: MSG Ernest R. Kuma (1 September 1950).
4.2. Commanders of the division (1951-1953).
- G. Clark L. Ruffner (January 1951 - August 1951).
- BG Thomas F. DeShazo (August - September 1951).
- MG Robert N. Young (September 1951 - May 1952).
- MG James C. Fry (May 1952 - May 1953).
5 ° Reorganization in the U.S. and back in South Korea (1954-2001).
In summer 1954, the 2nd Infantry Division returned to Fort Lewis, Wash., where she remained for two years before being transferred to Alaska in August 1956.
On 8 November 1957, the division must be cleared soon. However, a few months later, au printemps 1958, le Département de l'Armée (Department of the Army) informe qu'elle sera réorganisée à Fort Benning en Géorgie, avec du personnel et de l'équipement de la 10ème Division d'infanterie de retour d'Allemagne. L' Indian Head restera casernée à Fort Benning de 1958 à 1965, date à laquelle elle est assignée dans la tâche de division d'instruction et de formation. Pour accroître son niveau de préparation et son efficacité au combat, en mars 1962, elle est désignée en tant qu'unité du Stretegic Army Corps (STRAC). La division subit dès lors une série d'entraînements intensifs à ces nouvelles tactiques.
In view of the formation of the new 1st Cavalry Division [Airmobile] at Fort Benning in 1965, the 2nd Infantry Division is assigned the personnel and equipment of the 1st Cavalry Division existing stationed in South Korea .
The Indian Head then returns in the Korean Peninsula in July 1965, eleven years after leaving. The North Korean forces were then involved in a growing number of incursions in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) along the 38th Parallel, and border incidents. Its mission is to stop it.
November 2, 1966, several U.S. soldiers 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment were killed in an ambush by North Koreans. In 1967, North Korean incursions are growing again, and 16 GIs killed during this year. In 1968, the North Koreans continued their provocations and 1969, four U.S. soldiers of 3rd Battalion, 23rd Regiment are still being killed.
August 18, 1976, during a mission pruning and clearing of trees in the DMZ, two officers of the Joint Security Force (JSA) US-South Korean soldiers were killed by North Koreans. Three days later, in response, the U.S. launched Operation Paul Bunyan . This episode is known as the "Axe Murder Incident".
Majors Division (1954-2001).
- MG William L. Barriga (May 1953 - March 1954).
- MG John FR Seitz (March-August 1954).
- MG Robert L. Howze, Jr. (August-September 1954).
- Thomas G. S. Timberman (September 1954 - August 1955).
- Paul G. L. Freeman, Jr. (August 1955 - August 1956).
- MG James F. Collins (August 1956 - February 1957).
- BG John F. Ruggles (February-February 1957).
- G. Gilman O. Mudgett (February 1957 - June 1958).
- BG O. Miller Perry (June-July 1958).
- MG Robert H. Wienecke (July 1958 - February 1960).
- BG O. Miller Perry (February 1960).
- BG William L. Hardick (February-March 1960).
- Frederick W. G. Gibb (March 1960 - June 1961).
- BG William L. Hardick (June-July 1961).
- BG Charles H. White (July - August 1961).
- BG Royal Reynolds (August 1961).
- MG Charles H. Chase (August 1961 - September 1962).
- Charles G. Billengslea (September 1962 - September 1964).
- MG John H. Chiles (September 1964 - July 1965).
- MG Hugh M. Exton (July-August 1965).
- BG Robert R. Williams (August 1965).
- MG John H. Chiles (August 1965 - July 1966).
- MG George B. Pickett, Jr. (July 1966 - May 1967).
- MG Frank C. Izenour (May 1967 - June 1968).
- Leland G. G. Cagwin (June 1968 - September 1969).
- Salve G. H. Matheson (September 1969 - October 1970).
- MG GH Woodward (October 1970 - October 1971).
- MG Jeffery C. Smith (October 1971 - May 1973).
- Henry G. E. Emerson (May 1973 - May 1975).
- MG JR Thurman (May 1975 - June 1976).
- MG Morris J. Brady (June 1976 - January 1978).
- MG David E. Barn (January 1978 - June 1979).
- MG Robert C. Kingston (June 1979 - June 1981).
- MG James H. Johnson (June 1981 - November 1982).
- BG Lee D. Brown (November-December 1982).
- BG Harison H. Williams (December 1982).
- MG James H. Johnson (December 1982 - July 1983).
- Doctor Henry G. (July 1983 - August 1985).
- Gary G. E. Luck (August 1985 - December 1986).
- Jack B. G. Farris (December 1986 - June 1988).
- MG Jack D. Woodall (June 1988 - November 1989).
- Caryl G. G. Marsh (November 1989 - June 1991).
- MG James T. Scott (June 1991 - May 1993).
- MG John N. Abrams (May 1993 - March 1995).
- Tommy G. R. Franks (March 1995 - May 1997).
- Michael G. B. Sherfield (May 1997 - September 1998).
- Robert G. F. Dees (September 1998 - September 2000).
6 ° Global war against terrorism (2001-Present).
6.1. Operation Iraqi Freedom: Afghanistan.
In late spring 2004, most soldiers of the 2nd Brigade Combat (BCT) are told they will soon be deployed in Iraq. The units affected by this deployment, the first of the Indian Head outside Korea for four decades, includes: the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment [Air Assault], the 1st Battalion of the 506th Infantry Regiment [Air Assault], the 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment (M109A6 Paladin ), 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry [Mechanized] (M2 Bradley ), the 44th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Forward Support Battalion, A Company of the 102nd Military Intelligence Battalion (MI), B Company, 122nd Signal Battalion, elements of the 2nd Battalion, 72nd Armored Regiment (M1A2 Abrams ), and a team from the 509th Battalion personnel department. The 2nd Brigade
began intensive training to adapt to this new theater operations to which it is accustomed. It is finally deployed to Iraq in August 2004, in Fallujah, then it is moved into the region of Ar Ramadi, where she wipes her first fatalities.
It is scattered in multiple databases. To the west of Ramadi at Camp Junction City, 2BCT HQ, 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, the 44th Engineer Battalion, the 122nd Battalion Signals, and Company C [medical] 2nd Battalion Forward Support. To the east of the city in a smaller camp for post advanced combat, the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment. Farther east, near Habbiniya, the 1st Battalion of the 506th Infantry Regiment. And finally, adjacent to the latter, the logistics base in Al Taqaddum, where parking the rest of the 2nd Battalion Forward Support.
During the first six months in Ramadi, the 2nd Brigade under the command of the 1st Marine Division. And during the second half of its deployment, it is placed under the authority of the 2nd Marine Division. Ironically, the opposite situation to that of the Great War, when 5th and 6th Regiments Marines found themselves incorporated within the 2nd U.S. Infantry Division.
It supports the efforts to secure the city during the Iraqi national elections in January 2005. Its mission is to protect polling stations and to end the violence that bloody the city. In July 2005, she was relieved by the 3rd Infantry Division and units of the National Guard (ARNG). It does not, however, returned to South Korea, but is quartered at Fort Carson, Colorado.
In 2007, the 3rd Brigade Combat is turn deployed in Baghdad, and fighting insurgents on several occasions in the Al-Doura on the outskirts of the capital. Sergeant Christopher B. Waiters, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, was awarded Oct. 23, 2008 Cross of Merit (Distinguished Service Cross) for his actions April 5, 2007, when he held the rank of Specialist (1) . Shortly after, the tower specialist Erik Oropeza received a second DSC for his actions May 22, 2007. These are the 17th and 18th DSC awarded to soldiers of this division since 1975.
Photos below: Fighting between soldiers of the 3rd Brigade and the insurgents in the Al-Doura in Baghdad, March 7, 2007.
Sgt Karl King and Private 1st Class (PFC) David Valenzuela, C Company, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment. Al-Doura district, Baghdad, March 7, 2007.
Patrol recognition 3BCT-2id in Baghdad in 2007.
The 4th Brigade Combat [ Stryker] (SBCT) is deployed in Iraq at the end of 2009. On August 4, 2009, the 3rd Brigade Combat Stryker (SBCT) begins his third deployment to the Middle East.
6.2. Operation Enduring Freedom.
February 17, 2009, President Barack Obama orders the troops to Afghanistan: 4,000 troops of the former 5th Brigade Combat (now redesignated the 2nd Brigade [ Stryker ]), and 8000 Marines. They are intended to be deployed in the south-east near the Pakistani border.
6.3. Commanders of the division (2000-2010).
- MG Russel L. Honored (September 2000 - July 2002).
- MG John R. Wood (July 2002 - September 2004).
- MG George A. Higgins (September 2004 - May 2006).
- James G. A. Coggin (May 2006 - November 2007).
- MG John W. Morgan III (November 2007 - October 2009).
- Michael G. S. Tucker (October 2009 - Present).
7 ° Restructuring of the 2nd Brigade.
Since its relocation to Fort Carson in Colorado, in July 2005, the 2nd Brigade Combat undergoing profound changes. The 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment was disbanded and its colors transferred to the 173rd Airborne Brigade in Italy, where he now serves alongside his battalion "brother", the 2-503 Infantry [Airborne] its personnel and equipment being transferred to the 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment (1-9 INF).
Similarly, the colors of the 1-506 Infantry Battalion join those of his brother in the 101st Airborne Division [Air Assault]. Its personnel and equipment transferred to the 2-12 Infantry. As the old 1-9 Infantry, he is now the new 3-61 Cavalry.
In October 2006, this 2BCT, still quartered at Fort Carson, becomes the new 4th Brigade of the 4th Infantry Division (4ID-4BCT), comprising the following units:
- Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC) (2)
- 2nd Brigade Support Battalion.
- 2nd Battalion "Special Troops" (engineering, communications, medical, PM).
- 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment.
- 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment.
- 3rd Squadron [RSTA] (3) of the 61st Cavalry Regiment.
- 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment. The 5th Brigade
combat Stryker (SBCT), Fort Lewis, Wash., was redesignated the 2nd Stryker Brigade .
(1) "Specialist". Abbreviation: SPC. One of four grades "Junior" from the U.S. Army. Technically, a rank of Corporal équivallent to that (even balance), but without the status of NCO.
(2) HHC: Headquarter and Headquarter Company.
Badge distinctive round of the 2nd Infantry Division Indian Head .
Traditionally, the black color background and head of India are the two dominant races of the home division in 1917. In 1918, a driver would have painted this design on the doors of his vehicle. And the Chief of Staff of the Division, Lt. Col. Preston Brown, having noticed, would have adopted as Shoulder badge.
Originally the background color changed depending on the units and services, green for stewardship, black for the HQ, purple for sections of machine guns etc.. Only after the Great War that took the badge colors and forms became final and official badge: a five-pointed star on a black background, the spikes are in a circumference of an imaginary circle of a diameter of 3 ½ inches. In profile, the head of an Indian warrior with headdress, face red, blue bonnet, blue ends of the feathers. The star is superimposed on a shield of a size such that the tips the star to be 1/8th of an inch of the perimeter. The colors (red, white and blue) for identification division and its equipment in France during the conflict, were selected by the command of the division as colors for the badge. The star and Indian head indicate the origin of the American division.
Photo below: soldiers of the Indian Head are a badge of division "human".
Current organization of the 2nd Infantry Division.
• 1st Heavy Brigade Combat Iron (HBCT). Camp Casey Dongducheon-Seoul, South Korea.
- 1st Battalion "Special Troops" Brig.
- 302nd Brigade Support Battalion.
- 2nd Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment (M1A1 Abrams and M2A2 Bradley ).
- 1st Battalion, 72nd Armored Regiment (M1A1 Abrams and M2A2 Bradley ).
- 4th Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment (M1A1 Abrams and M3A2 Bradley ).
- 1st Battalion, 15th Field Artillery Regiment (M109A6 Paladin ).
• 2nd Brigade Combat Strike, Destroy [ Stryker] (SBCT). Fort Lewis, Washington.
- Company headquarters brigade.
- 402nd Brigade Support Battalion.
- 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment [ Stryker ].
- 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment [ Stryker ].
- 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment [ Stryker ].
- 8th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment [RSTA] (3).
- 3rd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment.
- 1st Battalion "Special Troops" Brigade, including the following units:
- Company Alpha, 52nd Infantry Regiment [anti-tank].
- 562nd Engineer Company.
- 21th Signal Company.
- 572nd Military Intelligence Company.
• 3rd Brigade Combat Arrowhead [Stryker] (SBCT). Fort Lewis, Washington.
- Company headquarters brigade.
- 296th Brigade Support Battalion.
- 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment (Stryker ).
- 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment (Stryker ).
- 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment (Stryker ).
- 1st Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment [RSTA] (3).
- 1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment.
- Charlie Company, 52nd Infantry Regiment [anti-tank].
- 18th Engineer Company.
- 334th Signal Company.
- 209th Military Intelligence Company (Military Intelligence).
• 4th Brigade Combat Dragoon Riders [ Stryker] (SBCT). Fort Lewis, Washington.
- Company headquarters brigade.
- 702nd Brigade Support Battalion.
- 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment [ Stryker ].
- 2nd Battalion, 23rd Régiment d'infanterie [ Stryker ].
- 1er Bataillon du 38ème Régiment d'infanterie [ Stryker ].
- 2ème Escadron du 1er Régiment de cavalerie [RSTA] (3).
- 2ème Bataillon du 12ème Régiment d'artillerie de campagne.
- Compagnie Fox, 52ème Régiment d'infanterie [Lutte antichars].
- 38ème Compagnie du génie.
- 472ème Compagnie de transmissions.
- 45ème Compagnie de renseignement militaire.
• Brigade de combat Aviation. QG Camp Humphreys, Pyeongtaek, Corée du Sud.
- QG et compagnie QG de brigade.
- 1er Bataillon du 2ème Aviation Regiment [Recognition, Attack] (AH-64D Apache ).
- 2nd Battalion, 2nd Aviation Regiment [Assault] (UH-60 Black Hawk ).
- 3rd Battalion, 2nd Aviation Regiment [General Support Aviation Battalion (GSAB)].
- 4th Battalion, 2nd Aviation Regiment [Recognition, Attack] (AH-64D Apache ).
- 602nd Aviation Support Battalion.
• 210th Artillery Brigade (FBCT). Camp Casey, Dongducheon-Seoul, South Korea.
- Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion (HHB), 210th Artillery Brigade.
- 6th Battalion of the Regiment 37èle Artillery (MLRS).
- 1st Battalion, 38th Field Artillery Regiment (MLRS).
- 70th Support Battalion [Logistics] Brigade.
- Battery F of the 333rd Field Artillery Regiment [Acquisition of Goals].
- 579th Signal Company.
(3) RSTA: Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition.
Sources available: 1
2nd Infantry Division (United States) (en.wikipedia.org).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_Infantry_Division_ (United_States)
2 ° 2nd Infantry Division (globalsecurity.org).
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/2id.htm
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