The 1st Division Infantry U.S., named "Big Red One," "Duty First" or "Fighting First", is now the oldest division of the U.S. Army still active. It has indeed been created in May 1917 and currently employs about 20,000 men in four combat brigades, a brigade of several attack helicopters and other support units, and its current commander is Major General Vincent Brooks. It is currently largely quartered in Fort Riley, Kansas, and depends on the III Corps, itself subordinate to FORSCOM. Its current commander is Major-General Vincent K. Brooks.
It is one of the first American units to land in French North Africa, November 8, 1942, then took part in campaigns in Sicily, Normandy, then at the Battle of the Bulge. Built in the 3rd U.S. Army, the division fought in Bavaria and Saarland / Pfalz, and ended the war in Czechoslovakia. Based in Germany from 1945 to 2006, it operates in virtually all military operations outside the United States, except during the Korean conflict.
Sheet of the U.S. 1st Infantry Division.
• Activation date: May 24, 1917 - 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 / HQ: Fort Riley, Kansas. Fort Knox, Kentucky (3rd Brigade).
• Nicknames: Big Red One , Duty First or Fighting First .
• Motto: "No Mission Too Difficult, No Sacrifice Too Great - Duty First!"
("No task is too difficult, no sacrifice is too great - Duty First!").
• Badge distinctive round:
• Music Walking: Big Red One Song .
• Commitments:
- WWI (France, 1917-1918).
- World War II (North Africa, Sicily, Normandy, Ardennes, Germany and Czechoslovakia).
- Vietnam War.
- Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.
- Global war against terrorism.
- Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.
• Current Commander: Major-General Vincent K. Brooks.
• Former Commanders Notable: Major General Charles P. Summerall, Terry de la Mesa Allen and Clarence B. Huebner. Brigadier-General Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt, Jr.
• Combat Brigades:
- 1st Brigade Heavy Combat Devil .
- 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Dagger .
- 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Duke .
- 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Dragon .
- Combat Aviation Brigade Demon .
History (1917-2010).
1 ° World War (1917-1918).
The "1st Expeditionary Division," U.S., which will officially redesignated "1st Infantry Division" in 1942, was created May 24, 1917 and activated on 8 June at Fort Jay, on the Governor's Island, in upstate New York, under the command of Brigadier General William L. Sibert, but its units are dispersed throughout the territory of the United States, including along the Mexican border.
The "Table of Organization and Equipment (TOE or TO & E) original division includes two infantry brigades, with two infantry regiments each, one engineer battalion (Engineer Battalion), a signal battalion (Signal Battalion), a battery of trench mortars, an artillery brigade with three regiments, a squadron of aerial reconnaissance, and any the train crew Divisional usual. The total authorized by the TOE totaled 18,919 officers and enlisted men. Captain George S. Patton, part of the staff of the "Expeditionary Force" for the European front, is organizing the gathering and departure of the division to France and Great Britain, and its reorganization after arrival on site.
Photo below: Captain George Patton in France in 1918.
The first units sailed from American ports of New York and Hoboken (New Jersey) June 14, 1917, and landed at St. Nazaire, France, and Liverpool, England, a week later. After a short period of acclimation in the camps, the "Sammies" stationed in England were shipped to the mainland, where the last units of the 1st Expeditionary Division, from the United States, arriving December 22, 1917.
Once in France, all combat units is collected on the parade ground and drive Gondrecourt, the divisional artillery was consolidated in the Valdahon. On 4 July 1917, American Independence Day, the 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment paraded through the streets of Paris. On the tomb of La Fayette (1), one of the officers of Staff General John J. Pershing pronounce the famous sentence "Lafayette, we are!" ( Lafayette, we are here! ).
Two days later, on July 6, the first American Expeditionary Division was officially redesignated "1st Division.
On 8 August 1917, the 1st Division adopts the "Table of Organization and Equipment Rack" (TOE Square or STOE), with two brigades and four regiments of infantry, a regiment of engineers, a signal battalion, three battalions of machine guns, a brigade of three artillery regiments, and the train crew Divisional. The total strength of this new TOE now stands at 27,120 officers and enlisted men.
On the morning of October 23, 1917, the first American shells fall on German positions in the area of Toul, Meurthe-et-Moselle (Alsace), and forty-eight hours later, the 2nd Battalion of the 16th Infantry Regiment records its first casualties of the conflict.
In April 1918 the Germans launched a major offensive suddenly. It's offensive Luddendorf , also called "Summer Offensive 1918". After returning fifty divisions transferred from the Russian front (Treaty of Brest-Litovsk), the Army Group of Prince Krown pierces the French front from the Aisne, advancing to Chateau-Thierry, 64km north-east of Paris . In response to this deadly threat, the 1st Division was sent in Picardy to help the 1st French Army to restore the situation.
The 1st Division is the first training U.S. Army participating in the battle of the Great War. Before her lies the village of Cantigny, on top of a hill and surrounded by woods. The 28th Infantry Regiment, commanded by Major General Robert Lee Bullard, stormed the town, defended by units of the 18th German Army, and seized it after three quarters of an hour away at a price of 1,067 killed and wounded, capturing hundreds of enemy soldiers. This is the first major American victory of the war. The 28th Regiment, on this occasion is called "Black Lions of Cantigny".
Soissons is liberated by the Americans in July 1918. The losses of the 1st Division, however, are heavy: 700 killed, wounded and missing. One of them, Private (Private) Francis Lupo, of Cincinnati, will moreover be missing (Missing In Action MIA) for 85 years, until her remains were found on the battlefield in 2003. The division then helps the French to clean up the St. Mihiel salient, between 11 and 13 September 1918. The latest fighting in Sammies are delivered in the Meuse-Argonne Forest. The Americans argue seven miles deep and destroy the way, in whole or part, eight German divisions.
Below: Monument Big Red One in Meuse-Argonne (August 16, 2010).
When the armistice was signed November 11, 1918, the 1st Division advanced to Sedan on the Meuse. This is the deepest penetration ally in the German front in recent months of the conflict. She is also the first Allied division to cross the Rhine and occupy Germany.
is the period when the division adopted its famous mascot, the Cairn Terrier in the Highlands of Scotland, called Rags ("flaps"). He remained chairman until 1936. The dog had gained a reputation among the troops U.S., during the Meuse-Argonne campaign, passing through the German lines and delivering messages indicating the location of enemy artillery batteries.
Losses incurred during the Great War by the U.S. 1st Division: 4411 killed (KIA), 17,201 wounded (WIA) and 1056 missing (MIA).
1.1. Order of Battle (1917-1918).
• 1st Infantry Brigade.
- 16th Infantry Regiment.
- 18th Infantry Regiment.
- 2nd Battalion guns. • 2nd Brigade
Infantry.
- 26th Infantry Regiment.
- 28th Infantry Regiment.
- 3rd Battalion guns.
• 1st Brigade Artillery.
- 5th Field Artillery Regiment (155mm).
- 6th Field Artillery Regiment (75mm).
- 7th Field Artillery Regiment (75mm).
- 1st Trench Mortar Battery.
• Divisional Troops.
- Troops HQ
- 1st Battalion guns.
- 1 Combat Engineer Regiment.
- 2nd Battalion of transmissions.
• Train crew.
- 1st Train Headquarters and Military Police.
- 1 Ammunition train.
- 1st train support and supplies.
- 1st Train Engineer.
- 1st Sanitary Train (2nd, 3rd, 12th and 13th Companies ambulances).
1.2. Commanders of divisions (1917-1918).
- Major General William L. Sibert (June-December 1917).
- Major General Robert L. Bullard (December 1917 - July 1918).
- Major General Charles P. Summerall (July-October 1918).
- Brigadier-General Frank Parker (October-November 1918).
2 Between the two world war (1919-1940).
The 1st Division returned to the United States to the United States in September 1919, demobilized its wartime TOE at Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky, before returning to New York and set up his HQ Fort Hamilton (Brooklyn).
October 7, 1920, the division was reorganized following the TOE peacetime, including two infantry brigades of two regiments each, one engineer regiment, an air squadron of observation, a field artillery brigade Two regiments, one regiment and a train medical Divisional HQ. Its total stands at 19,385 men. It is one of three infantry divisions of labor kept in peacetime by the U.S. Army, and the only division of labor assigned to the area of operation of the U.S. 2nd Corps, which already includes the 27th Infantry Division the Army National Guard (ANG) New York, the 44th Infantry Division of the New Jersey ANG, New York and Delaware, the 21th Cavalry Division of the New York ANG, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and New Jersey, and finally the 77th, 78th and 98th Infantry Divisions and the 61st Cavalry Division U.S. Army Reserve (USAR). This organization of the U.S. 2nd Corps will last throughout the period between the wars.
In September 1939 the 1st Division adopts a new TOE peacetime to prepare for war. The system now includes three infantry regiments, a military police company, one engineer battalion, a transmission company, a regiment of light artillery field to three battalions, one artillery regiment average campaign with two battalions, a medical battalion, and finally a battalion quartermaster (QM). The total authorized amount to 9,057 officers and enlisted men. The 1st Division was reorganized again on 1 November 1940, by adding a reconnaissance platoon, TOE, and collecting two artillery regiments within a single divisional command (DIVARTY). The total now stands at 15,245 officers and enlisted men.
Majors Division (1918-1940).
- Major General Edward F. McGlachlin (November 1918 - September 1919).
- Major General Charles P. Summerall (October 1919 - June 1921).
- Major General David C. Shanks (July-November 1921).
- Major General Charles T. Menoher (November 1921 - January 1922).
- Major General Harry C. Hale (February-December 1922).
- Brigadier General William S. Graves (December 1922 - July 1925).
- Brigadier General Preston Brown (July 1925 - January 1926).
- Brigadier-General Frank Parker (January-May 1926).
- Brigadier General Hugh A. Drum (May 1926 - May 1927).
- Major-General Fox Conner (May-September 1927).
- Brigadier General Hugh A. Drum (September 1927 - January 1930).
- Brigadier General William P. Jackson (January-March 1930).
- Major-General Briant H. Wells (March-September 1930).
- Brigadier General Lucius R. Holbrook (October 1930 - November 1935).
- Brigadier General Charles D. Roberts (November 1935 - February 1936).
- Major General Frank Parker (February-March 1936).
- Major-General Stanley H. Ford (March-October 1936).
- Brigadier General Perry L. Miles (October 1936 - October 1937).
- Colonel William P. Ennis (November-December 1937).
- Brigadier General Laurence Halstead (December 1937 - January 1938).
3 ° World War (1940-1945).
The 1st Division is preparing to participate the Second World War at Fort Benning, Georgia, November 19, 1939, sending its staff at the School of Infantry. It is then sent to Sabine Parish (2) May 11, 1940, to participate in maneuvers in Louisiana.
The division returned to Fort Hamilton (Brooklyn) June 5, 1940, then to Fort Devens, Massachusetts, February 4, 1941. She participates in the Carolina maneuvers in October and November 1941, and moved to Samarkand, North Carolina.
The 1st Division returned to Fort Devens December 6, 1941, then to Camp Blanding, Fla., Feb. 21, 1942, is officially redesignated "1st Infantry Division U.S.", May 15, 1942. She moved back to Fort Benning (Georgia) May 22, 1942, and in the Indian Reservation Gap Mil, 21 June 1942. The
"1/ID" sailed from New York on 1 August 1942 to participate in Operation Torch , and landed in England in the county of Dorset, 7 August 1942. She embarks again, this time to North Africa, November 2, 1942.
She landed in Oran, Algeria, November 8, 1942. Its elements are fighting in combat Maktar, Tebourba, Medjez el Bab, Kasserine Pass, Gafsa, El Guettar, Beja and Mateur. From 21 January to 9 May 1943, she participated in the campaign of Tunis until the total surrender of the Afrika Korps and the Italian Army in Africa.
On 10 July 1943, under the command of Major General Terry de la Mesa Allen, the 1st Infantry Division took part in Operation Husky and landed in Sicily, Gela. The division is built on the 2nd Corps of the 7th U.S. Army General George S. Patton. It hardly advance in the mountains in the center of the island, alongside the 45th Infantry Division. Division known to Troina its fiercest fighting of the campaign in Sicily, and recorded significant losses, some of its units losing more than half of their workforce. On 7 August 1943, the command is provided by Major General Clarence R. Huebner.
After Sicily, the 1st U.S. Infantry Division was sent to England to participate in Operation Overlord , landing on the coast of Normandy and the liberation of France. With the 29th Infantry Division landed on Omaha Beach it June 6, 1944, where she recorded 30% loss of staff hired during the first hour of fighting. During the rest of the day, she grabs and secures Formigny and Caumont.
It fought in Normandy and then participated in Operation Cobra and the final breakthrough to Avranches Americans, July 25, 1944. It attacks and seizes Marigny July 27, 1944, before crossing the north of France and Belgium, in pursuit of retreating German army.
The 1st Infantry Division reached the German border September 10, 1944 in the region of Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen). She participated in the battle for the capture of the city, October 21, 1944, before being transferred to the Hurtgen Forest and to advance toward the Roer, December 7, 1944.
After the outbreak of the German operation Wacht am Rhein , she is reminded of emergency in the Belgian Ardennes, in the region of Eupen-Malmedy, where she will fight without interruption from 17 December 1944 to January 28, 1945, participating the great Allied offensive-cons and the elimination of German salient.
Below: Soldiers from Company I, 3rd Battalion, 16th Regiment of the 1st Infantry Division, perched on a tank Sherman during the crossing of Schopen, Belgium. January 21, 1945.
It
force attack the Siegfried Line and crossing the Roer on February 23 1945, then rose rapidly to the Rhine, crossing the railway bridge at Remagen on the night of 15 to 16 March 1945. The division then took part in the elimination of the German Ruhr Pocket and the entire Army Group H (385,000 men). It captures the city of Paderborn, before crossing the Harz Mountains and crossed the Czechoslovak border, fighting in Kinsperk, Sangerberg Mnichev and until the cessation of hostilities, May 8, 1945. Sixteen of its soldiers were awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor during World War II.
Photo below: the 1st Infantry Division crossed the Weser April 8, 1945.
Losses of U.S. 1st Infantry Division during World War II: 3616 killed in action (KIA), 15,208 wounded (MIA) and 664 died of wounds (DOW).
3.1. Order of Battle (1944-1945).
- Headquarters and Headquarters Company of the 1st Infantry Division.
- headquarters and headquarters company of the divisional artillery.
- HQ of the "Special Troops" from the 1st Infantry Division.
- Military Police Platoon.
- 1st Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron.
- 1st CIC Detachment [military intelligence].
- 1st Combat Engineer Battalion.
- 1st Battalion medical.
- 1st QM Company.
- 1st Signal Company.
- seven hundred and first light maintenance company.
- 16th Infantry Regiment.
- 18th Infantry Regiment.
- 26th Infantry Regiment.
- 5th Field Artillery Battalion (155mm).
- 7th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm).
- 32nd Field Artillery Battalion (105mm).
- 33rd Field Artillery Battalion (105mm).
- 745th Tank Battalion (06-06-1944 - 08-05-1945).
- 634th Tank Destroyer Battalion (01-08-1944 - 02-05-1945).
- 635th Tank Destroyer Battalion (07-06-1944 - 30-09-1944).
- 703rd Tank Destroyer Battalion (18-12-1944 - 31-12-1944).
- 103rd Field Artillery Battalion, AA (16-06-1944 - 07-02-1945).
- 103rd Field Artillery Battalion, AA (24-02-1945 - 08-05-1945).
3.2. Division Commander (1940-1945).
- Major General Walter C. Short (October 1938 - September 1940).
- Major-General Karl Truesdell (October-December 1940).
- Major General Donald Cubbison (January 1941 - May 1942).
- Major General Terry de la Mesa Allen (June 1942 - July 1943).
- Major-General Clarence R. Huebner (July 1943 - December 1944).
- Major-General Clift Andrus (December 1944 - May 1945).
3.3. Decorations and citations.
- French Croix de Guerre with Palms, for the fighting of Kasserine (1943).
- French Croix de Guerre with Palms, in the Normandy Campaign (1944).
- French Croix de Guerre with Forage (1944-1945).
- Forage Belgium (1944-1945).
- Mention in the Agenda of the Belgian Army for the Liberation of Mons (September 1944).
- Mention in Agenda of the Belgian Army for the fighting of Eupen-Malmedy (December 1944-January 1945).
4 ° Cold War (1945-1965).
From 1945 to 1955, the Big Red One is assigned to the U.S. occupation forces in Germany. It operates in the Nuremberg region and serves as a security force for the large international trial of Nazi war criminals.
In 1955 she left Germany to Fort Riley, Kansas. In 1962 and 1963, four "Battle Groups" (12th, 13th, 28th and 26th Regiments) by taking turns rotation in the American sector of West Berlin, in the U.S. Brigade "Berlin" during the crisis caused by the construction of the Wall. Meanwhile, elements of the 3rd Brigade (1/4th CAV C Platoon, 1/16th INF, 26th INF, 3rd and 4/73rd ARMD ARTY) are stationed in the region of Stuttgart.
Majors Division (1945-1965).
- Major General Frank W. Milburn (June 1946 - May 1949).
- Brigadier General Ralph J. Canine (May-September 1949).
- Major-General John E. Dahlquist (September 1949 - July 1951).
- Major-General Thomas S. Timberman (July 1951 - December 1952).
- Major General Charles T. Lanham (January 1953 - June 1954).
- Major-General Guy S. Meloy, Jr. (June 1954 - December 1955).
- Major-General S. Willis Matthews (January 1956 - April 1957).
- Major-General David H. Buchanan (April 1957 - October 1958).
- Brigadier General Forrest Caraway (October-December 1958).
- Major-General H. Harvey Fischer (December 1958 - January 1960).
- Brigadier General John A. Seitz (January-February 1960).
- Major General Theodore W. Parker (February 1960 - May 1961).
- Brigadier General John A. Berry, Jr. (May-June 1961).
- Brigadier General William B. Kunzig (July-August 1961).
- Major General John F. Ruggles (August 1961 - January 1963).
- Major-General Arthur W. Oberbeck (January 1963 - January 1964).
5 ° Vietnam War (1965-1970).
The 1st Infantry Division combat in Vietnam from 1965 to 1970. Arrival in South Vietnam in July 1965, it conducts combat operations for two weeks. At the end of the year, she participated in three major operations: Hump, I Bushmaster Bushmaster II and , under the command of Major General (MG) Jonathan O. Seaman.
In early 1966 the division took part in operations Marauder, Crimp II and Rolling Stone. In March 1966, MG William E. DePuy took command. In June and July 1966, she participated in the battles of Ap Tau O Srok Dong Minh Thanh. In November 1966 the division took part in Operation Attleboro . 1967 sees
Big Red One engaged in operations Cedar Falls, Junction City , Manhattan and Shenandoah II. In March 1967, the command is assumed by the MG John H. Hay. 17 October 1967, she recorded heavy losses (58 killed) during the Battle of Ong Thanh.
In early 1968, the U.S. 1st Infantry Division is involved in the Tet Offensive, securing the base of giant Tan Son Nhut, near Saigon. In March 1968, Keith G. Ware took command. The same month, Big Red One participate in Operation Quyet Thang ("Resolved to Win"). In April 1968 she took part in the largest operation undertaken by the Americans during the conflict: Operation Toan Thang ("Certain Victory"). On 13 September 1968, the Division Commander, Ware, was killed in action when his helicopter was shot down by enemy fire. His deputy, G. Orwin C. Talbott, replaced him.
During the first half of 1969, the division conducts major operations Search and Destroy ("Search and Destroy"), in cooperation with other units in the U.S. and South Vietnamese, and participates in the Battle of An Loc . During the second half of the year, she took part in operations Dong Tien ("Moving Forward Together"), the operations to help the army South Vietnamese to assume a more active role in the fighting. In August 1969, the Albert G. E. Milloy took command of the division, where it participates in the fighting along the National Route 13 (RN13), to be called "Thunder Road" at the end of the year.
In January 1970, the 1st Infantry Division U.S. left South Vietnam and returned to Fort Riley, Kansas. Eleven of its soldiers were awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for their actions during the Vietnam War. Losses during the conflict (1965-1970): 6146 killed in action (KIA), 16,019 wounded (WIA), 20 prisoners of war (POW).
5.1. Commanders of the division (1964-1969).
- Major-General Jonathan O. Seaman (February 1964 - March 1966).
- Major General William E. DePuy (March-December 1966).
- Major-General John H. Hay, Jr. (January 1967 - February 1968).
- Major-General Keith L. Ware (February-September 1968).
- Major General Orwin C. Talbott (September 1968 - August 1969).
- Major General Albert E. Milloy (August 1969 - February 1970).
- Brigadier-General John Q. Henion (March-April 1970).
- Major-General Robert R. Linvill (April 1970 - January 1971).
- Major General Edward M. Flanagan, Jr. (January 1971 - December 1972).
- Major-General GJ Duquemin (January 1973 - Aaoût 1974).
5.2. Decorations and citations (1965-1970).
- Recommendation Letter of Merit from the U.S. Army in Vietnam 1968.
- Recommendation Letter of Merit from the U.S. Army for South-East Asia
- Gallenterie Cross of South Vietnam, with fins, 1965-1968.
- Medal of Honor Civil Action in South Vietnam, First Class, 1965-1970.
6 ° Gulf War and Global War against Terrorism (1990-Present).
6.1. First Gulf War.
The U.S. 1st Infantry Division, commanded by Maj. Gen. Thomas G. Rhame, participated in Operation Desert Storm ("Desert Storm"). At the outbreak of the allied ground offensive, February 24, 1991, incorporated in U.S. 18th Airborne Corps, she opened a breach in enemy defenses along the Iraqi-Saudi destroying the Iraqi 26th Infantry Division and capturing 2600 prisoners of war. In a hundred hours, they sink to 260km in enemy territory, committed eleven divisions of Iraq, destroyed 550 tanks and 480 armored infantry vehicles, capturing a total of 11,400 enemy prisoners.
28 February 1991 Big Red One took position along the "Highway of Death" (Highway of Death ) to prevent any retreat of Iraqi forces stationed in Kuwait. The 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment (1 / 4 CAV) is responsible for cleaning the city and the Safwan Airfield. This is where the Iraqi forces signed their surrender agreement. The following month, she returned to the United States.
6.2. Deployment in the Balkans.
In 1996, the 1st Infantry Division was relocated to Würzburg, Germany. Then the 2nd Brigade Dagger is deployed to Bosnia as part of the Force Protection of NATO, from October 1996 to April 1997 (IFOR2/SFOR1). Date is being relieved by the 3rd Brigade and the Aviation Brigade of this division.
units of the 1st Brigade Devil are deployed in Bosnia as part of Operation Joint Forge (SFOR6), August 1999 to April 2000. Elements of the division from the 2nd, 3rd Aviation Brigade are also used in Kosovo between June 1999 and June 2000 (KFOR1A and KFOR1B) and between May 2002 and July 2003 (KFOR4A).
Photo below: 2nd Brigade Dagger in Kosovo (1999).
6.3. Operation Iraqi Freedom.
The Devil 1st Brigade, stationed at Fort Riley, is deployed in the city of Ramadi, Iraq, in September 2003 to provide support to the 82nd Airborne Division. For twelve
months, the 1st Brigade Devil conducting offensive operations against insurgents, and gets an array of impressive hunting: 541 enemy combatants killed, 101 wounded and 2,081 prisoners captured, including 18 heads or high-placed individuals of guerrilla and 20 foreign fighters or al-Qaida member. She puts her hand over hundreds of individual weapons, 175 rocket-propelled anti-tank rockets and 1781-type RPG, 41 heavy machine guns, 3134 mortars and mortar shells and 17 missiles Sat The "Devils" are also conducting operations in civilian reconstruction "(schools, hospitals, drinking water wells, roads, ...) in the province of Al Anbar.
In February 2004, the rest of the Big Red One which is deployed in Iraq, taking over from the 4th Infantry Division, mainly in the provinces of Salah ad-Din and Diyala, with its headquarters located in the Forward Operating Base (FOB), or forward operating base, Danger, near Tikrit. Besides the 1st Infantry Division, TF-Danger includes a brigade of the 25th Infantry Division, the 30th Armoured Brigade Old Hickory National Guard of North Carolina and the 264th Engineer Group of the National Guard Wisconsin.
In September 2004, the 1st Brigade is replaced by elements of the 2nd Infantry Division, and redeployed to Fort Riley, United States. In February 2005, the rest of the Big Red One is raised in turn by the 42nd Infantry Division National Guard of New York and returned to his barracks in Germany.
In July 2006, most units of the division begin their return to Fort Riley, Kansas, to be built in the FORSCOM and the geographical area Contigous United States (CONUS). The 2nd Brigade Dagger remain in Schweinfurt, Germany, until March 28, 2008.
The 2nd Brigade was deployed to Iraq in August 2006 to November 2007. The 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment was the first to arrive in Iraq, Adhamiya district of Baghdad. Its mission is to end the Shia-Sunni sectarian violence that rocked the capital. The 1st Battalion, 77th Armored Regiment was deployed to Ramadi. And the 1st Battalion 18th Infantry Regiment in Forward Operating Base (FOB) Falcon in Rasheed district, south-west of Baghdad. The headquarters and headquarters company (HHC) Brigade, the 9th Engineer Battalion, 1st Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment, the 299th Brigade Support Battalion and the 57th Signal Company occupy Camp Liberty , a large base where more than 30,000 military and civilian Department of Defense (DoD), east of Baghdad International Airport.
elements of the 1st Brigade Combat Devil , including the 1st Battalion 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion, 34th Armored Regiment, 1st Battalion, 5th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Engineer Battalion and D platoon of the 4th Cavalry Regiment, are deployed in other areas of operations in Iraq at the end of 2006.
In February 2007, 4th Brigade Combat Dragon is deployed south of Baghdad. The 2nd Battalion 16th Infantry Regiment is installed in the FOB Rustimayah , east of the capital, under the authority of the 2nd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division. This battalion faces the Mahdi Militia. Under the command of Multinational Division-Baghdad, the rest of the 4th Brigade Dragon operates from FOB Falcon for fifteen months before returning to Fort Riley, Kansas, in April 2008.
Photo below: soldier of the 4th Brigade Dragon in the Baghdad area in March 2007.
In late 2007, the Brigade Combat Aviation Demon is deployed in Iraq as part of Multinational Division North, and is quartered into the FOB Speicher . 1st Squadron 6th Cavalry Regiment in the FOB Warrior .
In October 2008, the 2nd Brigade Combat Dagger is again deployed to Iraq, northwest of Baghdad. During this deployment, soldiers from 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment were stationed in FOB Justice. The 1st Battalion, 63rd Armored Regiment was sent to Mah-Muh-Diyah. And the 1st Battalion, 7th Regiment artillery in the FOB Prosperity . The only notable events during this deployment are the Iraqi elections, the "Status of Force Agreement (SOFA) and the rocket attacks of Bloody Wednesday against the buildings of the ministries of Finance and Foreign Affairs, which are 101 killed and 560 wounded.
6.4. Operation Enduring Freedom: Afghanistan.
In June and July 2008, the 3rd Brigade Duke is sent to eastern Afghanistan, under the command of Joint Task Force CJTF-101, and is the 173rd Airborne Brigade in the provinces of Kunar, Nuristan, Nangarhar and Laghman. One of its infantry battalions, the 2-2 INF, is shipped to southern province of Kandahar. The 3rd Brigade Duke returns to Fort Hood, Texas, in July 2008 after a tour of Operations (Tour of Duty) a year under his belt with more than 1,000 enemy fighters killed, 26,000 artillery shells drawn, and 400 Purple Heart medals awarded to the injured, which represent the highest casualty rate (Kill Ratio) friend or foe of the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps since 2001, in Iraq or Afghanistan.
6.5. Division commanders (1974-Present).
- Major General Marvin D. Fuller (August 1974 - May 1976).
- Major-General P. Calvert Benedict (May 1976 - May 1978).
- Major-General Phillip Kaplan (May 1978 - July 1980).
- Major General Edward A. Partain (July 1980 - December 1982).
- Major General Neal Creighton (Dec. 1982 - June 1984).
- Major General Ronald L. Watts (June 1984 - April 1986).
- Major-General Leonard P. Wishart III (April 1986 - July 1988).
- Major-General Gordon R. Sullivan (July 1988 - July 1989).
- Major General Thomas Rhame (July 1989 - August 1991).
- Major-General William W. Hartzog (August 1991 - July 1993).
- Major General Josue Robles Jr. (July 1993 - June 1994).
- Major-General W. Randolph House (June 1994 - February 1996).
- Major-General Montgomery Meigs (March 1996 - July 1997).
- Major-General David L. Grange (August 1997 - August 1999).
- Major-General John P. Abizaid (August 1999 - September 2000).
- Major-General Bantz J. Craddock (September 2000 - August 2002).
- Major-General John RS Batiste (August 2002 - June 2005).
- Major General Kenneth W. Hunzeker (June 2005 - August 2006).
- Major General Carter F. Ham (August 2006 - August 2007).
- Major-General Robert E. Durbin (July 2007 - July 2008).
- Brigadier General Perry L. Wiggins (July 2008 - March 2009).
- Major-General Main Danger (March 2009 - April 2009).
- Major-General Vincent K. Brooks (April 2009 - Present).
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distinctive insignia handle of the 1st Infantry Division.
"Big Red One" is translated literally in French "Big Red One." The origin of the sleeve insignia of the 1st U.S. Infantry Division was in the First World War. Two theories exist on the making of this badge.
The first theory says that the supply trucks of the 1st Infantry Division were manufactured in England, and that drivers are accustomed to paint a big "1" on the doors of their vehicles, they not be confused with those of other allies. Then, later, soldiers from the engineering division of the copy symbol painting a "1" red handle at the top of their uniforms.
The second theory says that Major General decided to adopt a distinctive badge on the upper sleeves of uniform. He cuts a number "1" on underwear red flannel. And when he shows the result of his subordinates, now a lieutenant exclaims: "You want to show your underwear!" Crumpled, General Lieutenant defies likely to find better. The latter then cut a piece of gray fabric on the uniform of a German prisoner, then glue the "1" red top general.
Current Organization of the 1st Infantry Division.
Since its repositioning in the U.S. (July 2006 - April 2008), the 1st Infantry Division U.S. depends on the FORSCOM Command / CONUS. Three of his mechanized brigages are quartered at Fort Riley, Kansas, and the fourth at Fort Hood, Texas.
Like the 1st Armoured Division, each of these four heavy brigade combat was organized under the new "Amended table of organization and equipment (MTOE) and has a battalion of" special troops "(Logistics & maintenance, administrative, communications), a battalion of engineer troops, a squadron of cavalry armor, a tank battalion and a battalion of field artillery. His combat aviation brigade is composed of its side observation helicopters, attack and transport: OH-58 Kiowa , AH-64D Apache , CH-47D Chinook , UH-60L / M Black Hawk and HH-60L / M Pave Hawk .
• 1st Heavy Brigade Combat Devil (HBCT). Fort Riley, Kansas.
- 1st Special Troops Battalion of the brigade.
- one hundred and first Brigade Support Battalion.
- D Troop (Platoon D) 4th Cavalry Regiment.
- 4th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment [Recce] (M3 Bradley ).
- 2nd Battalion, 34th Armored Regiment (M1A2 Abrams ).
- 1st Battalion, 16th Mechanized Infantry Regiment (M2 Bradley ).
- 1st Battalion, 5th Field Artillery Regiment (M109 Paladin ).
• 2nd Brigade Combat Heavy Dagger (HBCT). Fort Riley, Kansas.
- 2nd Battalion Special Troops Brigade Griffins.
- 299th Brigade Support Battalion Lifeline .
- 70th Engineer Battalion.
- 5th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment [Recce] (M3 Bradley ).
- 1st Battalion, 63rd Armored Regiment, Dragons (M1A2 Abrams ).
- 1st Battalion, 18th Mechanized Infantry Regiment Vanguards (M2 Bradley ).
- 1st Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment First Lightning (M109A6 Paladin ).
• 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Duke (IBCT). Fort Knox, Kentucky.
- 3rd Battalion of Special Troops brigade.
- two hundred and first Brigade Support Battalion.
- 6th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment [Recce] (M3 Bradley ).
- 2nd Battalion, 2nd Mechanized Infantry Regiment (M2 Bradley ).
- 1st Battalion, 26th Mechanized Infantry Regiment (M2 Bradley ).
- 1st Battalion, 6th Field Artillery Regiment (M109A6 Paladin ).
• 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Dragon (IBCT). Fort Riley, Kansas.
- 4th Special Troops Battalion of the brigade.
- Seven hundred and first Brigade Support Battalion.
- 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment [Recce] (M3 Bradley ).
- 2nd Battalion, 16th Mechanized Infantry Regiment (M2 Bradley ).
- 1st Battalion, 28th Mechanized Infantry Regiment (M2 Bradley ).
- 2nd Battalion, 32nd Field Artillery Regiment (M109A6 Paladin ).
• Brigade Combat Aviation Demon . Fort Riley, Kansas.
- 1st Battalion, 1st Regiment d'Aviation (24 AH-64D Apache ).
- 2nd Battalion [General Support] (8 UH-60A Black Hawk , 10 CH-47D Chinook and 10 HH-60L / M Night Hawk ).
- 3rd Battalion [Assault] 1st Aviation Regiment (30 HH-60L / M Night Hawk ).
- 4th Battalion, five hundred and first Aviation Regiment (24 AH-64D Apache ).
- 1st Squadron [Comment] 6th Cavalry Regiment (24 OH-58 Kiowa ).
- six hundred and first Aviation Support Battalion.
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2 ° 1st Infantry Division (globalsecurity.org).
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It is one of the first American units to land in French North Africa, November 8, 1942, then took part in campaigns in Sicily, Normandy, then at the Battle of the Bulge. Built in the 3rd U.S. Army, the division fought in Bavaria and Saarland / Pfalz, and ended the war in Czechoslovakia. Based in Germany from 1945 to 2006, it operates in virtually all military operations outside the United States, except during the Korean conflict.
Sheet of the U.S. 1st Infantry Division.
• Activation date: May 24, 1917 - 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 / HQ: Fort Riley, Kansas. Fort Knox, Kentucky (3rd Brigade).
• Nicknames: Big Red One , Duty First or Fighting First .
• Motto: "No Mission Too Difficult, No Sacrifice Too Great - Duty First!"
("No task is too difficult, no sacrifice is too great - Duty First!").
• Badge distinctive round:
• Music Walking: Big Red One Song .
• Commitments:
- WWI (France, 1917-1918).
- World War II (North Africa, Sicily, Normandy, Ardennes, Germany and Czechoslovakia).
- Vietnam War.
- Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.
- Global war against terrorism.
- Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.
• Current Commander: Major-General Vincent K. Brooks.
• Former Commanders Notable: Major General Charles P. Summerall, Terry de la Mesa Allen and Clarence B. Huebner. Brigadier-General Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt, Jr.
• Combat Brigades:
- 1st Brigade Heavy Combat Devil .
- 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Dagger .
- 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Duke .
- 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Dragon .
- Combat Aviation Brigade Demon .
History (1917-2010).
1 ° World War (1917-1918).
The "1st Expeditionary Division," U.S., which will officially redesignated "1st Infantry Division" in 1942, was created May 24, 1917 and activated on 8 June at Fort Jay, on the Governor's Island, in upstate New York, under the command of Brigadier General William L. Sibert, but its units are dispersed throughout the territory of the United States, including along the Mexican border.
The "Table of Organization and Equipment (TOE or TO & E) original division includes two infantry brigades, with two infantry regiments each, one engineer battalion (Engineer Battalion), a signal battalion (Signal Battalion), a battery of trench mortars, an artillery brigade with three regiments, a squadron of aerial reconnaissance, and any the train crew Divisional usual. The total authorized by the TOE totaled 18,919 officers and enlisted men. Captain George S. Patton, part of the staff of the "Expeditionary Force" for the European front, is organizing the gathering and departure of the division to France and Great Britain, and its reorganization after arrival on site.
Photo below: Captain George Patton in France in 1918.
The first units sailed from American ports of New York and Hoboken (New Jersey) June 14, 1917, and landed at St. Nazaire, France, and Liverpool, England, a week later. After a short period of acclimation in the camps, the "Sammies" stationed in England were shipped to the mainland, where the last units of the 1st Expeditionary Division, from the United States, arriving December 22, 1917.
Once in France, all combat units is collected on the parade ground and drive Gondrecourt, the divisional artillery was consolidated in the Valdahon. On 4 July 1917, American Independence Day, the 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment paraded through the streets of Paris. On the tomb of La Fayette (1), one of the officers of Staff General John J. Pershing pronounce the famous sentence "Lafayette, we are!" ( Lafayette, we are here! ).
Two days later, on July 6, the first American Expeditionary Division was officially redesignated "1st Division.
On 8 August 1917, the 1st Division adopts the "Table of Organization and Equipment Rack" (TOE Square or STOE), with two brigades and four regiments of infantry, a regiment of engineers, a signal battalion, three battalions of machine guns, a brigade of three artillery regiments, and the train crew Divisional. The total strength of this new TOE now stands at 27,120 officers and enlisted men.
On the morning of October 23, 1917, the first American shells fall on German positions in the area of Toul, Meurthe-et-Moselle (Alsace), and forty-eight hours later, the 2nd Battalion of the 16th Infantry Regiment records its first casualties of the conflict.
In April 1918 the Germans launched a major offensive suddenly. It's offensive Luddendorf , also called "Summer Offensive 1918". After returning fifty divisions transferred from the Russian front (Treaty of Brest-Litovsk), the Army Group of Prince Krown pierces the French front from the Aisne, advancing to Chateau-Thierry, 64km north-east of Paris . In response to this deadly threat, the 1st Division was sent in Picardy to help the 1st French Army to restore the situation.
The 1st Division is the first training U.S. Army participating in the battle of the Great War. Before her lies the village of Cantigny, on top of a hill and surrounded by woods. The 28th Infantry Regiment, commanded by Major General Robert Lee Bullard, stormed the town, defended by units of the 18th German Army, and seized it after three quarters of an hour away at a price of 1,067 killed and wounded, capturing hundreds of enemy soldiers. This is the first major American victory of the war. The 28th Regiment, on this occasion is called "Black Lions of Cantigny".
Soissons is liberated by the Americans in July 1918. The losses of the 1st Division, however, are heavy: 700 killed, wounded and missing. One of them, Private (Private) Francis Lupo, of Cincinnati, will moreover be missing (Missing In Action MIA) for 85 years, until her remains were found on the battlefield in 2003. The division then helps the French to clean up the St. Mihiel salient, between 11 and 13 September 1918. The latest fighting in Sammies are delivered in the Meuse-Argonne Forest. The Americans argue seven miles deep and destroy the way, in whole or part, eight German divisions.
Below: Monument Big Red One in Meuse-Argonne (August 16, 2010).
When the armistice was signed November 11, 1918, the 1st Division advanced to Sedan on the Meuse. This is the deepest penetration ally in the German front in recent months of the conflict. She is also the first Allied division to cross the Rhine and occupy Germany.
is the period when the division adopted its famous mascot, the Cairn Terrier in the Highlands of Scotland, called Rags ("flaps"). He remained chairman until 1936. The dog had gained a reputation among the troops U.S., during the Meuse-Argonne campaign, passing through the German lines and delivering messages indicating the location of enemy artillery batteries.
Losses incurred during the Great War by the U.S. 1st Division: 4411 killed (KIA), 17,201 wounded (WIA) and 1056 missing (MIA).
1.1. Order of Battle (1917-1918).
• 1st Infantry Brigade.
- 16th Infantry Regiment.
- 18th Infantry Regiment.
- 2nd Battalion guns. • 2nd Brigade
Infantry.
- 26th Infantry Regiment.
- 28th Infantry Regiment.
- 3rd Battalion guns.
• 1st Brigade Artillery.
- 5th Field Artillery Regiment (155mm).
- 6th Field Artillery Regiment (75mm).
- 7th Field Artillery Regiment (75mm).
- 1st Trench Mortar Battery.
• Divisional Troops.
- Troops HQ
- 1st Battalion guns.
- 1 Combat Engineer Regiment.
- 2nd Battalion of transmissions.
• Train crew.
- 1st Train Headquarters and Military Police.
- 1 Ammunition train.
- 1st train support and supplies.
- 1st Train Engineer.
- 1st Sanitary Train (2nd, 3rd, 12th and 13th Companies ambulances).
1.2. Commanders of divisions (1917-1918).
- Major General William L. Sibert (June-December 1917).
- Major General Robert L. Bullard (December 1917 - July 1918).
- Major General Charles P. Summerall (July-October 1918).
- Brigadier-General Frank Parker (October-November 1918).
2 Between the two world war (1919-1940).
The 1st Division returned to the United States to the United States in September 1919, demobilized its wartime TOE at Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky, before returning to New York and set up his HQ Fort Hamilton (Brooklyn).
October 7, 1920, the division was reorganized following the TOE peacetime, including two infantry brigades of two regiments each, one engineer regiment, an air squadron of observation, a field artillery brigade Two regiments, one regiment and a train medical Divisional HQ. Its total stands at 19,385 men. It is one of three infantry divisions of labor kept in peacetime by the U.S. Army, and the only division of labor assigned to the area of operation of the U.S. 2nd Corps, which already includes the 27th Infantry Division the Army National Guard (ANG) New York, the 44th Infantry Division of the New Jersey ANG, New York and Delaware, the 21th Cavalry Division of the New York ANG, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and New Jersey, and finally the 77th, 78th and 98th Infantry Divisions and the 61st Cavalry Division U.S. Army Reserve (USAR). This organization of the U.S. 2nd Corps will last throughout the period between the wars.
In September 1939 the 1st Division adopts a new TOE peacetime to prepare for war. The system now includes three infantry regiments, a military police company, one engineer battalion, a transmission company, a regiment of light artillery field to three battalions, one artillery regiment average campaign with two battalions, a medical battalion, and finally a battalion quartermaster (QM). The total authorized amount to 9,057 officers and enlisted men. The 1st Division was reorganized again on 1 November 1940, by adding a reconnaissance platoon, TOE, and collecting two artillery regiments within a single divisional command (DIVARTY). The total now stands at 15,245 officers and enlisted men.
Majors Division (1918-1940).
- Major General Edward F. McGlachlin (November 1918 - September 1919).
- Major General Charles P. Summerall (October 1919 - June 1921).
- Major General David C. Shanks (July-November 1921).
- Major General Charles T. Menoher (November 1921 - January 1922).
- Major General Harry C. Hale (February-December 1922).
- Brigadier General William S. Graves (December 1922 - July 1925).
- Brigadier General Preston Brown (July 1925 - January 1926).
- Brigadier-General Frank Parker (January-May 1926).
- Brigadier General Hugh A. Drum (May 1926 - May 1927).
- Major-General Fox Conner (May-September 1927).
- Brigadier General Hugh A. Drum (September 1927 - January 1930).
- Brigadier General William P. Jackson (January-March 1930).
- Major-General Briant H. Wells (March-September 1930).
- Brigadier General Lucius R. Holbrook (October 1930 - November 1935).
- Brigadier General Charles D. Roberts (November 1935 - February 1936).
- Major General Frank Parker (February-March 1936).
- Major-General Stanley H. Ford (March-October 1936).
- Brigadier General Perry L. Miles (October 1936 - October 1937).
- Colonel William P. Ennis (November-December 1937).
- Brigadier General Laurence Halstead (December 1937 - January 1938).
3 ° World War (1940-1945).
The 1st Division is preparing to participate the Second World War at Fort Benning, Georgia, November 19, 1939, sending its staff at the School of Infantry. It is then sent to Sabine Parish (2) May 11, 1940, to participate in maneuvers in Louisiana.
The division returned to Fort Hamilton (Brooklyn) June 5, 1940, then to Fort Devens, Massachusetts, February 4, 1941. She participates in the Carolina maneuvers in October and November 1941, and moved to Samarkand, North Carolina.
The 1st Division returned to Fort Devens December 6, 1941, then to Camp Blanding, Fla., Feb. 21, 1942, is officially redesignated "1st Infantry Division U.S.", May 15, 1942. She moved back to Fort Benning (Georgia) May 22, 1942, and in the Indian Reservation Gap Mil, 21 June 1942. The
"1/ID" sailed from New York on 1 August 1942 to participate in Operation Torch , and landed in England in the county of Dorset, 7 August 1942. She embarks again, this time to North Africa, November 2, 1942.
She landed in Oran, Algeria, November 8, 1942. Its elements are fighting in combat Maktar, Tebourba, Medjez el Bab, Kasserine Pass, Gafsa, El Guettar, Beja and Mateur. From 21 January to 9 May 1943, she participated in the campaign of Tunis until the total surrender of the Afrika Korps and the Italian Army in Africa.
On 10 July 1943, under the command of Major General Terry de la Mesa Allen, the 1st Infantry Division took part in Operation Husky and landed in Sicily, Gela. The division is built on the 2nd Corps of the 7th U.S. Army General George S. Patton. It hardly advance in the mountains in the center of the island, alongside the 45th Infantry Division. Division known to Troina its fiercest fighting of the campaign in Sicily, and recorded significant losses, some of its units losing more than half of their workforce. On 7 August 1943, the command is provided by Major General Clarence R. Huebner.
After Sicily, the 1st U.S. Infantry Division was sent to England to participate in Operation Overlord , landing on the coast of Normandy and the liberation of France. With the 29th Infantry Division landed on Omaha Beach it June 6, 1944, where she recorded 30% loss of staff hired during the first hour of fighting. During the rest of the day, she grabs and secures Formigny and Caumont.
It fought in Normandy and then participated in Operation Cobra and the final breakthrough to Avranches Americans, July 25, 1944. It attacks and seizes Marigny July 27, 1944, before crossing the north of France and Belgium, in pursuit of retreating German army.
The 1st Infantry Division reached the German border September 10, 1944 in the region of Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen). She participated in the battle for the capture of the city, October 21, 1944, before being transferred to the Hurtgen Forest and to advance toward the Roer, December 7, 1944.
After the outbreak of the German operation Wacht am Rhein , she is reminded of emergency in the Belgian Ardennes, in the region of Eupen-Malmedy, where she will fight without interruption from 17 December 1944 to January 28, 1945, participating the great Allied offensive-cons and the elimination of German salient.
Below: Soldiers from Company I, 3rd Battalion, 16th Regiment of the 1st Infantry Division, perched on a tank Sherman during the crossing of Schopen, Belgium. January 21, 1945.
It force attack the Siegfried Line and crossing the Roer on February 23 1945, then rose rapidly to the Rhine, crossing the railway bridge at Remagen on the night of 15 to 16 March 1945. The division then took part in the elimination of the German Ruhr Pocket and the entire Army Group H (385,000 men). It captures the city of Paderborn, before crossing the Harz Mountains and crossed the Czechoslovak border, fighting in Kinsperk, Sangerberg Mnichev and until the cessation of hostilities, May 8, 1945. Sixteen of its soldiers were awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor during World War II.
Photo below: the 1st Infantry Division crossed the Weser April 8, 1945.
Losses of U.S. 1st Infantry Division during World War II: 3616 killed in action (KIA), 15,208 wounded (MIA) and 664 died of wounds (DOW).
3.1. Order of Battle (1944-1945).
- Headquarters and Headquarters Company of the 1st Infantry Division.
- headquarters and headquarters company of the divisional artillery.
- HQ of the "Special Troops" from the 1st Infantry Division.
- Military Police Platoon.
- 1st Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron.
- 1st CIC Detachment [military intelligence].
- 1st Combat Engineer Battalion.
- 1st Battalion medical.
- 1st QM Company.
- 1st Signal Company.
- seven hundred and first light maintenance company.
- 16th Infantry Regiment.
- 18th Infantry Regiment.
- 26th Infantry Regiment.
- 5th Field Artillery Battalion (155mm).
- 7th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm).
- 32nd Field Artillery Battalion (105mm).
- 33rd Field Artillery Battalion (105mm).
- 745th Tank Battalion (06-06-1944 - 08-05-1945).
- 634th Tank Destroyer Battalion (01-08-1944 - 02-05-1945).
- 635th Tank Destroyer Battalion (07-06-1944 - 30-09-1944).
- 703rd Tank Destroyer Battalion (18-12-1944 - 31-12-1944).
- 103rd Field Artillery Battalion, AA (16-06-1944 - 07-02-1945).
- 103rd Field Artillery Battalion, AA (24-02-1945 - 08-05-1945).
3.2. Division Commander (1940-1945).
- Major General Walter C. Short (October 1938 - September 1940).
- Major-General Karl Truesdell (October-December 1940).
- Major General Donald Cubbison (January 1941 - May 1942).
- Major General Terry de la Mesa Allen (June 1942 - July 1943).
- Major-General Clarence R. Huebner (July 1943 - December 1944).
- Major-General Clift Andrus (December 1944 - May 1945).
3.3. Decorations and citations.
- French Croix de Guerre with Palms, for the fighting of Kasserine (1943).
- French Croix de Guerre with Palms, in the Normandy Campaign (1944).
- French Croix de Guerre with Forage (1944-1945).
- Forage Belgium (1944-1945).
- Mention in the Agenda of the Belgian Army for the Liberation of Mons (September 1944).
- Mention in Agenda of the Belgian Army for the fighting of Eupen-Malmedy (December 1944-January 1945).
4 ° Cold War (1945-1965).
From 1945 to 1955, the Big Red One is assigned to the U.S. occupation forces in Germany. It operates in the Nuremberg region and serves as a security force for the large international trial of Nazi war criminals.
In 1955 she left Germany to Fort Riley, Kansas. In 1962 and 1963, four "Battle Groups" (12th, 13th, 28th and 26th Regiments) by taking turns rotation in the American sector of West Berlin, in the U.S. Brigade "Berlin" during the crisis caused by the construction of the Wall. Meanwhile, elements of the 3rd Brigade (1/4th CAV C Platoon, 1/16th INF, 26th INF, 3rd and 4/73rd ARMD ARTY) are stationed in the region of Stuttgart.
Majors Division (1945-1965).
- Major General Frank W. Milburn (June 1946 - May 1949).
- Brigadier General Ralph J. Canine (May-September 1949).
- Major-General John E. Dahlquist (September 1949 - July 1951).
- Major-General Thomas S. Timberman (July 1951 - December 1952).
- Major General Charles T. Lanham (January 1953 - June 1954).
- Major-General Guy S. Meloy, Jr. (June 1954 - December 1955).
- Major-General S. Willis Matthews (January 1956 - April 1957).
- Major-General David H. Buchanan (April 1957 - October 1958).
- Brigadier General Forrest Caraway (October-December 1958).
- Major-General H. Harvey Fischer (December 1958 - January 1960).
- Brigadier General John A. Seitz (January-February 1960).
- Major General Theodore W. Parker (February 1960 - May 1961).
- Brigadier General John A. Berry, Jr. (May-June 1961).
- Brigadier General William B. Kunzig (July-August 1961).
- Major General John F. Ruggles (August 1961 - January 1963).
- Major-General Arthur W. Oberbeck (January 1963 - January 1964).
5 ° Vietnam War (1965-1970).
The 1st Infantry Division combat in Vietnam from 1965 to 1970. Arrival in South Vietnam in July 1965, it conducts combat operations for two weeks. At the end of the year, she participated in three major operations: Hump, I Bushmaster Bushmaster II and , under the command of Major General (MG) Jonathan O. Seaman.
In early 1966 the division took part in operations Marauder, Crimp II and Rolling Stone. In March 1966, MG William E. DePuy took command. In June and July 1966, she participated in the battles of Ap Tau O Srok Dong Minh Thanh. In November 1966 the division took part in Operation Attleboro . 1967 sees
Big Red One engaged in operations Cedar Falls, Junction City , Manhattan and Shenandoah II. In March 1967, the command is assumed by the MG John H. Hay. 17 October 1967, she recorded heavy losses (58 killed) during the Battle of Ong Thanh.
In early 1968, the U.S. 1st Infantry Division is involved in the Tet Offensive, securing the base of giant Tan Son Nhut, near Saigon. In March 1968, Keith G. Ware took command. The same month, Big Red One participate in Operation Quyet Thang ("Resolved to Win"). In April 1968 she took part in the largest operation undertaken by the Americans during the conflict: Operation Toan Thang ("Certain Victory"). On 13 September 1968, the Division Commander, Ware, was killed in action when his helicopter was shot down by enemy fire. His deputy, G. Orwin C. Talbott, replaced him.
During the first half of 1969, the division conducts major operations Search and Destroy ("Search and Destroy"), in cooperation with other units in the U.S. and South Vietnamese, and participates in the Battle of An Loc . During the second half of the year, she took part in operations Dong Tien ("Moving Forward Together"), the operations to help the army South Vietnamese to assume a more active role in the fighting. In August 1969, the Albert G. E. Milloy took command of the division, where it participates in the fighting along the National Route 13 (RN13), to be called "Thunder Road" at the end of the year.
In January 1970, the 1st Infantry Division U.S. left South Vietnam and returned to Fort Riley, Kansas. Eleven of its soldiers were awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for their actions during the Vietnam War. Losses during the conflict (1965-1970): 6146 killed in action (KIA), 16,019 wounded (WIA), 20 prisoners of war (POW).
5.1. Commanders of the division (1964-1969).
- Major-General Jonathan O. Seaman (February 1964 - March 1966).
- Major General William E. DePuy (March-December 1966).
- Major-General John H. Hay, Jr. (January 1967 - February 1968).
- Major-General Keith L. Ware (February-September 1968).
- Major General Orwin C. Talbott (September 1968 - August 1969).
- Major General Albert E. Milloy (August 1969 - February 1970).
- Brigadier-General John Q. Henion (March-April 1970).
- Major-General Robert R. Linvill (April 1970 - January 1971).
- Major General Edward M. Flanagan, Jr. (January 1971 - December 1972).
- Major-General GJ Duquemin (January 1973 - Aaoût 1974).
5.2. Decorations and citations (1965-1970).
- Recommendation Letter of Merit from the U.S. Army in Vietnam 1968.
- Recommendation Letter of Merit from the U.S. Army for South-East Asia
- Gallenterie Cross of South Vietnam, with fins, 1965-1968.
- Medal of Honor Civil Action in South Vietnam, First Class, 1965-1970.
6 ° Gulf War and Global War against Terrorism (1990-Present).
6.1. First Gulf War.
The U.S. 1st Infantry Division, commanded by Maj. Gen. Thomas G. Rhame, participated in Operation Desert Storm ("Desert Storm"). At the outbreak of the allied ground offensive, February 24, 1991, incorporated in U.S. 18th Airborne Corps, she opened a breach in enemy defenses along the Iraqi-Saudi destroying the Iraqi 26th Infantry Division and capturing 2600 prisoners of war. In a hundred hours, they sink to 260km in enemy territory, committed eleven divisions of Iraq, destroyed 550 tanks and 480 armored infantry vehicles, capturing a total of 11,400 enemy prisoners.
28 February 1991 Big Red One took position along the "Highway of Death" (Highway of Death ) to prevent any retreat of Iraqi forces stationed in Kuwait. The 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment (1 / 4 CAV) is responsible for cleaning the city and the Safwan Airfield. This is where the Iraqi forces signed their surrender agreement. The following month, she returned to the United States.
6.2. Deployment in the Balkans.
In 1996, the 1st Infantry Division was relocated to Würzburg, Germany. Then the 2nd Brigade Dagger is deployed to Bosnia as part of the Force Protection of NATO, from October 1996 to April 1997 (IFOR2/SFOR1). Date is being relieved by the 3rd Brigade and the Aviation Brigade of this division.
units of the 1st Brigade Devil are deployed in Bosnia as part of Operation Joint Forge (SFOR6), August 1999 to April 2000. Elements of the division from the 2nd, 3rd Aviation Brigade are also used in Kosovo between June 1999 and June 2000 (KFOR1A and KFOR1B) and between May 2002 and July 2003 (KFOR4A).
Photo below: 2nd Brigade Dagger in Kosovo (1999).
6.3. Operation Iraqi Freedom.
The Devil 1st Brigade, stationed at Fort Riley, is deployed in the city of Ramadi, Iraq, in September 2003 to provide support to the 82nd Airborne Division. For twelve
months, the 1st Brigade Devil conducting offensive operations against insurgents, and gets an array of impressive hunting: 541 enemy combatants killed, 101 wounded and 2,081 prisoners captured, including 18 heads or high-placed individuals of guerrilla and 20 foreign fighters or al-Qaida member. She puts her hand over hundreds of individual weapons, 175 rocket-propelled anti-tank rockets and 1781-type RPG, 41 heavy machine guns, 3134 mortars and mortar shells and 17 missiles Sat The "Devils" are also conducting operations in civilian reconstruction "(schools, hospitals, drinking water wells, roads, ...) in the province of Al Anbar.
In February 2004, the rest of the Big Red One which is deployed in Iraq, taking over from the 4th Infantry Division, mainly in the provinces of Salah ad-Din and Diyala, with its headquarters located in the Forward Operating Base (FOB), or forward operating base, Danger, near Tikrit. Besides the 1st Infantry Division, TF-Danger includes a brigade of the 25th Infantry Division, the 30th Armoured Brigade Old Hickory National Guard of North Carolina and the 264th Engineer Group of the National Guard Wisconsin.
In September 2004, the 1st Brigade is replaced by elements of the 2nd Infantry Division, and redeployed to Fort Riley, United States. In February 2005, the rest of the Big Red One is raised in turn by the 42nd Infantry Division National Guard of New York and returned to his barracks in Germany.
In July 2006, most units of the division begin their return to Fort Riley, Kansas, to be built in the FORSCOM and the geographical area Contigous United States (CONUS). The 2nd Brigade Dagger remain in Schweinfurt, Germany, until March 28, 2008.
The 2nd Brigade was deployed to Iraq in August 2006 to November 2007. The 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment was the first to arrive in Iraq, Adhamiya district of Baghdad. Its mission is to end the Shia-Sunni sectarian violence that rocked the capital. The 1st Battalion, 77th Armored Regiment was deployed to Ramadi. And the 1st Battalion 18th Infantry Regiment in Forward Operating Base (FOB) Falcon in Rasheed district, south-west of Baghdad. The headquarters and headquarters company (HHC) Brigade, the 9th Engineer Battalion, 1st Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment, the 299th Brigade Support Battalion and the 57th Signal Company occupy Camp Liberty , a large base where more than 30,000 military and civilian Department of Defense (DoD), east of Baghdad International Airport.
elements of the 1st Brigade Combat Devil , including the 1st Battalion 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion, 34th Armored Regiment, 1st Battalion, 5th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Engineer Battalion and D platoon of the 4th Cavalry Regiment, are deployed in other areas of operations in Iraq at the end of 2006.
In February 2007, 4th Brigade Combat Dragon is deployed south of Baghdad. The 2nd Battalion 16th Infantry Regiment is installed in the FOB Rustimayah , east of the capital, under the authority of the 2nd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division. This battalion faces the Mahdi Militia. Under the command of Multinational Division-Baghdad, the rest of the 4th Brigade Dragon operates from FOB Falcon for fifteen months before returning to Fort Riley, Kansas, in April 2008.
Photo below: soldier of the 4th Brigade Dragon in the Baghdad area in March 2007.
In late 2007, the Brigade Combat Aviation Demon is deployed in Iraq as part of Multinational Division North, and is quartered into the FOB Speicher . 1st Squadron 6th Cavalry Regiment in the FOB Warrior .
In October 2008, the 2nd Brigade Combat Dagger is again deployed to Iraq, northwest of Baghdad. During this deployment, soldiers from 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment were stationed in FOB Justice. The 1st Battalion, 63rd Armored Regiment was sent to Mah-Muh-Diyah. And the 1st Battalion, 7th Regiment artillery in the FOB Prosperity . The only notable events during this deployment are the Iraqi elections, the "Status of Force Agreement (SOFA) and the rocket attacks of Bloody Wednesday against the buildings of the ministries of Finance and Foreign Affairs, which are 101 killed and 560 wounded.
6.4. Operation Enduring Freedom: Afghanistan.
In June and July 2008, the 3rd Brigade Duke is sent to eastern Afghanistan, under the command of Joint Task Force CJTF-101, and is the 173rd Airborne Brigade in the provinces of Kunar, Nuristan, Nangarhar and Laghman. One of its infantry battalions, the 2-2 INF, is shipped to southern province of Kandahar. The 3rd Brigade Duke returns to Fort Hood, Texas, in July 2008 after a tour of Operations (Tour of Duty) a year under his belt with more than 1,000 enemy fighters killed, 26,000 artillery shells drawn, and 400 Purple Heart medals awarded to the injured, which represent the highest casualty rate (Kill Ratio) friend or foe of the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps since 2001, in Iraq or Afghanistan.
6.5. Division commanders (1974-Present).
- Major General Marvin D. Fuller (August 1974 - May 1976).
- Major-General P. Calvert Benedict (May 1976 - May 1978).
- Major-General Phillip Kaplan (May 1978 - July 1980).
- Major General Edward A. Partain (July 1980 - December 1982).
- Major General Neal Creighton (Dec. 1982 - June 1984).
- Major General Ronald L. Watts (June 1984 - April 1986).
- Major-General Leonard P. Wishart III (April 1986 - July 1988).
- Major-General Gordon R. Sullivan (July 1988 - July 1989).
- Major General Thomas Rhame (July 1989 - August 1991).
- Major-General William W. Hartzog (August 1991 - July 1993).
- Major General Josue Robles Jr. (July 1993 - June 1994).
- Major-General W. Randolph House (June 1994 - February 1996).
- Major-General Montgomery Meigs (March 1996 - July 1997).
- Major-General David L. Grange (August 1997 - August 1999).
- Major-General John P. Abizaid (August 1999 - September 2000).
- Major-General Bantz J. Craddock (September 2000 - August 2002).
- Major-General John RS Batiste (August 2002 - June 2005).
- Major General Kenneth W. Hunzeker (June 2005 - August 2006).
- Major General Carter F. Ham (August 2006 - August 2007).
- Major-General Robert E. Durbin (July 2007 - July 2008).
- Brigadier General Perry L. Wiggins (July 2008 - March 2009).
- Major-General Main Danger (March 2009 - April 2009).
- Major-General Vincent K. Brooks (April 2009 - Present).
(1) Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, said "Marquis de La Fayette." Died May 20, 1834, he was buried in Picpus the cemetery in Paris, in the District XII. Lafayette is regarded by Americans as a national hero since the Revolutionary War, and was elevated to the rank of Major General U.S. Army. It is also officially made an honorary citizen of the United States by Congress in 2002.
(2) Parish, in French "parish." Unlike other states of the United States, Louisiana is not administratively organized into counties (Counties), but in Parishes (Parishes). It is a system inherited from Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches in Europe.
distinctive insignia handle of the 1st Infantry Division.
"Big Red One" is translated literally in French "Big Red One." The origin of the sleeve insignia of the 1st U.S. Infantry Division was in the First World War. Two theories exist on the making of this badge.
The first theory says that the supply trucks of the 1st Infantry Division were manufactured in England, and that drivers are accustomed to paint a big "1" on the doors of their vehicles, they not be confused with those of other allies. Then, later, soldiers from the engineering division of the copy symbol painting a "1" red handle at the top of their uniforms.
The second theory says that Major General decided to adopt a distinctive badge on the upper sleeves of uniform. He cuts a number "1" on underwear red flannel. And when he shows the result of his subordinates, now a lieutenant exclaims: "You want to show your underwear!" Crumpled, General Lieutenant defies likely to find better. The latter then cut a piece of gray fabric on the uniform of a German prisoner, then glue the "1" red top general.
Current Organization of the 1st Infantry Division.
Since its repositioning in the U.S. (July 2006 - April 2008), the 1st Infantry Division U.S. depends on the FORSCOM Command / CONUS. Three of his mechanized brigages are quartered at Fort Riley, Kansas, and the fourth at Fort Hood, Texas.
Like the 1st Armoured Division, each of these four heavy brigade combat was organized under the new "Amended table of organization and equipment (MTOE) and has a battalion of" special troops "(Logistics & maintenance, administrative, communications), a battalion of engineer troops, a squadron of cavalry armor, a tank battalion and a battalion of field artillery. His combat aviation brigade is composed of its side observation helicopters, attack and transport: OH-58 Kiowa , AH-64D Apache , CH-47D Chinook , UH-60L / M Black Hawk and HH-60L / M Pave Hawk .
• 1st Heavy Brigade Combat Devil (HBCT). Fort Riley, Kansas.
- 1st Special Troops Battalion of the brigade.
- one hundred and first Brigade Support Battalion.
- D Troop (Platoon D) 4th Cavalry Regiment.
- 4th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment [Recce] (M3 Bradley ).
- 2nd Battalion, 34th Armored Regiment (M1A2 Abrams ).
- 1st Battalion, 16th Mechanized Infantry Regiment (M2 Bradley ).
- 1st Battalion, 5th Field Artillery Regiment (M109 Paladin ).
• 2nd Brigade Combat Heavy Dagger (HBCT). Fort Riley, Kansas.
- 2nd Battalion Special Troops Brigade Griffins.
- 299th Brigade Support Battalion Lifeline .
- 70th Engineer Battalion.
- 5th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment [Recce] (M3 Bradley ).
- 1st Battalion, 63rd Armored Regiment, Dragons (M1A2 Abrams ).
- 1st Battalion, 18th Mechanized Infantry Regiment Vanguards (M2 Bradley ).
- 1st Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment First Lightning (M109A6 Paladin ).
• 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Duke (IBCT). Fort Knox, Kentucky.
- 3rd Battalion of Special Troops brigade.
- two hundred and first Brigade Support Battalion.
- 6th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment [Recce] (M3 Bradley ).
- 2nd Battalion, 2nd Mechanized Infantry Regiment (M2 Bradley ).
- 1st Battalion, 26th Mechanized Infantry Regiment (M2 Bradley ).
- 1st Battalion, 6th Field Artillery Regiment (M109A6 Paladin ).
• 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Dragon (IBCT). Fort Riley, Kansas.
- 4th Special Troops Battalion of the brigade.
- Seven hundred and first Brigade Support Battalion.
- 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment [Recce] (M3 Bradley ).
- 2nd Battalion, 16th Mechanized Infantry Regiment (M2 Bradley ).
- 1st Battalion, 28th Mechanized Infantry Regiment (M2 Bradley ).
- 2nd Battalion, 32nd Field Artillery Regiment (M109A6 Paladin ).
• Brigade Combat Aviation Demon . Fort Riley, Kansas.
- 1st Battalion, 1st Regiment d'Aviation (24 AH-64D Apache ).
- 2nd Battalion [General Support] (8 UH-60A Black Hawk , 10 CH-47D Chinook and 10 HH-60L / M Night Hawk ).
- 3rd Battalion [Assault] 1st Aviation Regiment (30 HH-60L / M Night Hawk ).
- 4th Battalion, five hundred and first Aviation Regiment (24 AH-64D Apache ).
- 1st Squadron [Comment] 6th Cavalry Regiment (24 OH-58 Kiowa ).
- six hundred and first Aviation Support Battalion.
Sources available: 1
1st Infantry Division (United States) (en.wikipedia.org).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Infantry_Division_ (United_States)
2 ° 1st Infantry Division (globalsecurity.org).
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/1id.htm
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