ARMY LINEAGE SERIES 

ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, 

AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

Compiled by 

John B. Wilson 

CENTER OF MILITARY HISTORY 

UNITED STATES ARMY 

WASHINGTON, D.C., 1999 
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data 

Wilson, John B., 1934-

Armies, corps, divisions, and separate brigades I compiled by John B. 

Wilson. 

p. em. - (Army lineage series) 

Includes bibliographical references (p. ). 

I. United States. Army- History. I. Center of Military History. II. Title. 

TIL Series. 

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ARMY LINEAGE SERIES 

Jeffrey 1. Clarke, General Editor 

Advisory Committee 

(As of September 1998) 

Joseph T. Glatthaar 

University of Houston 

Raymond A. Callahan 

University of Delaware 

Carlo D'Este 

New Seabury, Mass. 

George C. Herring 

University of Kentucky 

Michael 1. Kurtz 

National Archives 

Brig. Gen. Fletcher M. Lamkin, Jr. 

U.S. Military Academy 

Col. Lynn Moore 

U.S. Army War College 

Lt. Gen. David H. Ohle 

Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel 

Carol A. Reardon 

Pennsylvania State University 

Mark A. Stoler 

University ofVermont 

Maj. Gen. Charles W. Thomas 

U.S. Army Training and Doctrine 

Command 

Gerhard L. Weinberg 

University ofNorth Carolina 

Brig. Gen. John R. Wood 

U.S. Army Command and General 

Staff College 

US. Army Center of Military History 

Brig. Gen. JohnS. Brown, Chief of Military History 

Chief Historian 

Chief, Field Programs and Historical 

Services Division 

Editor in Chief 

Jeffrey 1. Clarke 

John T. Greenwood 

John W. Elsberg 

Foreword 

E::.prit de cmps in a military organization originates in lhe pride its members 

take in serving with their units. Such pride has several sources-leadership, confidence. technica l competence, public recognition, sense of purpose- all of 

wbi_ch are immeasurably cnhrulced by an appreciation of unit history. Soldiers and 

leaders are inspired by the achievements and sacrifices of those who marched in 

the ranks before them. The Army Lineage Series is designed to foster such esprit 

in each United States Army unit. Intended for use at aJl levels of command, in 

service schools, and in trai ning programs throughout the Army, the volumes published in this series have become the standard reference sources in the field of 

organizational history. 

Armies. Corps. Divisions, and Separate Brigades. compiled by John B. 

Wilson. was first published in 1987. 11 detailed the lineages, honors, and heraldic 

items of the units covered. Since 1987 dramatic changes have been made to the 

Army's force structmc, including the reduction of active Regular Army divisions 

from eighteen lo ten and numerous realignments. Five new campaigns have been 

established: three for the war in Southwest Asia. and two am1cd forces expeditionary campaigns for Panama and the Dominican Republic. This revised second 

edition updates the Lineages and honors of the Army's divisions and separate 

brigades to rcOect these and related event~. ln addjtion, it serves as a companion 

to Mr. Wilson's recently published Maneuver and Firepower: The Evolution of 

Divisions and Separate Brigades, a groundbreaking study exploring the development of division and separate brigade organization in the U.S. Army. 

We hope and believe that this latest revision of Armies. CoqJs, Dil'isions, and 

Separate Brigades will increase historical awareness rlu·oughout the Anny concerning the accomplishments of these fine organizations; its greatest contribution 

would be lo enhance the pride of those soldiers serving in them. 

Washington, D.C. 

26 Febntary 1999 

JOHN S. BROWN 

Brigadier Genera l, USA 

Chief of Military History 

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Preface 

The first edition of Armies, Corps, Divisions, and Separate Brigades was 

published in 1987 and contained data about the units as of 31 December 1984. 

As with the original, the purpose of this edition is to bring up to date in compact form the official historical records of armies, corps, divi.sions, and separate combined arms brigades in order to perpetuate and publicize their traditions, honors, and heraldic entitlements. It includes the lineages and honors for 

all armies, corps, divisions, and separate combined arms brigades organized 

under Tables of Organization and Equipment that have been active in the 

Regular Army, Army Reserve, and Army of the United States since the beginning of World War II. Included in this edition is the 12th Infantry Division (formerly the Philippine Division), which did not appear in the earlier one. The lineages are current tluough 1 October 1997. Brigade headquarters and headquarters companies or headquarters, except for aviation and engineer brigades, 

organic to the above-mentioned combat divisions since ROAD (Reorganization 

Objective Army Divisions) in the early 1960s have also been incorporated. 

(Divisional aviation and engineer brigades arc branch specific and therefore 

have been omitted.) The lineages and honors for Army National Guard divisions and separate combined arms brigades that were active on 1 October 1997 

are also included. 

The lineage and honors of a unit is an outline history, and the official certificate attesting to that history, prepared by the Organizational History Branch, 

United States Army Center of Military History, is a highly stylized document. ln 

this volume unit lineages are adapted from the official certificates. The lineage 

begins with the official designation of the unit, followed by its special designation, as approved by the Center. Events in the life of a unit recorded as part of its 

past are restricted to a few specific actions, such as activation, inactivation, redesignation, and disbandment. The data has been compressed to save space, but the 

information is the san1e as that on the certificate, which accounts for the technical language used. A glossary appears at the end of the volume to assist the reader in understanding these terms. Campaigns and decorations for each unit are 

those earned by the unit itself or its predecessor. 

To assist the reader, the volume is arranged by command echelon, but within 

each echelon the designations of the units vary to meet their missions within the 

force structure. For example, armies based in the continental Unjte.d States since 

1957 have the term "United States" as part of their designations to denote their 

mission of preparing units for mobilization and combat. The Third United States 

Army, the one exception, has the unique mission of planning for <md executing 

the deployment of Army forces in response to contingencies threatening vital U.S. 

interests. The designation "United States Army" for corps was adopted in 1957 to 

indicate a supervisory mission of the Army Reserve. Corps without the tenn 

"United States Anny" in their designation are, or were, tactical headquarters. 

Brigades and divisions \:Vithout "infantry," "cavalry," ''armored," and "airbon1e" 

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as part of their designations denote cadre organizations designed to operate training centers upon mobilizati on or to conduct training and exercises. 

Comba t divisions normally have three bri gade headquarters, but some 

Regular Army divisions include a fourth brigade. The additional headquarters, 

except in the 6th Infantry Division, was added to meet the requirements of the 

Vi etnam conflict or the unit rota tion program tested during the mid- 1970s. 

;\I though the designations suggest that the fourth brigades we re elements of 

existing divisions and operated with them, the brigades were actually organized 

a~ separate combined arms units. In the 6th Infantry Division, the fourth brigade 

replaced a traditional clement of the division that was organized as a separate 

combined arms brigade during the war in Vietnam. The I st infantry Division had 

the I st Infantry Division Forward from 1975 to 199 1 in place of a third brigade to 

keep the division designation in the forefront, si nce that division was targeted to 

reinforce NATO. With the collapse of the Warsaw Pact and restructuring of the 

Army, the brigade has returned to its tTaditional designation of 3d Brigade, I st 

In fantry Division. Because of force designs the 1Oth Mountain Div ision has never 

had a traditional 3d Brigade. The 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, was reactivated for a short time to assist in the reduction and re location of forces in 1996. 

In the Army National Guard, the designations of the brigades vary to keep rustorical brigades and divisional designations in the active force. For example, the 32d 

Brigade, 34th Tn fantry Division, perpetuates the history of the 32d Infantry 

Division, and the 55th and 56th Brigades, 28th Infantry Division, are designations associated with the division since 1917. The 9th Infantry Division, which 

was organized to test new operational concepts in the 1980s included a cavalry 

brigade headquariers, which was eventually reorganized as an aviation unit and 

therefore omitted fTom this edition. Although a Berlin Brigade was in the force 

as early as 1961, first as a Table of Distribution and Allowance urut and then as a 

Table of Organization and Equipment unit, only the Table of Organization and 

Equipment history of the brigade is included. 

The Organizational History Branch is responsible for the determination of 

official unit lineage and honors, and the lineages that appear in this volume are 

the result of research done by many members of the branch, past and present. ln 

the original edition the compiler brought all the lineages up to date and accompli shed the research necessary to complete the lineages of the many organizations 

that have been on the inactive rolls or disbanded for many years. He and Mr. 

Edwa rd Bcdessem have brought a ll the lineages up to date. Mr. Stephen E. 

Evere tt compiled the original un it bibliographies with the assistance of Mr. 

Charles E. Dornbusch's comprehensive bibliography entitled Histories, Personal 

Narratives, United States Army (Cormvallville, N.Y.: Hope Farm Press, 1967); 

Mr. James T. Controvich's United States Anny Unit Histories, A Reference and 

Bibliography (Manhattan, Kans.: Military Affairs/Aerospace Historical, 1983); 

and the U.S. Army Military History institute's work compiled by Col. George S. 

Pap pas, e ntitled United Sta tes Army Unit Histories (Washington, D. C.: 

Government Printing Office, 1978). Mr. Controvich has published three supplements to his 1983 work, which have been used in updating this edition. Most of 

the un it histories cited are unofficial works that were prepared outside the 

Department of the Army. They are, nevertheless, valuable sources of additional 

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information about units. To save space, the bibliographies have been culled of 

general works except those published by the Department of the Army and its subordinate commands. 

Descriptions of the shoulder sleeve insignia, distinctive unit insignia, and 

other heraldic items approved for the units are included with the lineages. These 

descriptions, as well as the color illustrations of the heraldic items, were furnished by The Institute of Heraldry. The Organizationa l History Branch is grateful to the late Dr. Opa l Landrum, Miss Nua la Barry, and Mrs. Adele Richey for 

their time and effort spent in assisting in tbe publication of the original edition. 

The branch is particularly appreciative of the assistance of Mr. Thomas Profitt in 

preparing this revised edition. In some instances the text relating to heraldic 

items approved for the units is not as comprehensive as in the original letters of 

approval, amendment, or redesignation sent to units. These minor changes in 

hera ldic material have been made to meet the need for brevity in this volume. At 

the beginning of the color illustrations is a brief account of the evolution of 

these items. 

I would like to thank Mr. John Birmingham and Ms. Beth MacKenzie, who 

prepared the volume for publication, and Mr. Steve Hardyman, who guided it 

through the publication maze. My special thanks go to Ms. Catherine Hccrin, 

who edited the work, saving me from many potential errors. 

Although many people have assisted in preparing this revised edition of 

Armies, Corps, Divisions, and Separate Brigades, I alone am responsible for all 

errors of fact or interpretation. The Center of Military IIi story, which is responsible for the determination and publication of the lineage and honors for units 

under Army Regulation 870- 5, welcomes comments, which may be addressed to 

the U.S. Army Center of Military History, 103 Third Avenue, Fort McNair, D.C. 

203 19- 5058. 

Washington, D.C. 

26 February 1999 

JOHN B. WILSON 

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Contents 

Page 

HERALDIC ITEMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 

LINEAGE AND HONORS DATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 

First United States Army . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 

Second United States Army . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 

Third United States Army . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 

Fourth United States Army . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 

Fifth United States Army . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 

Sixth United States Army . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 

Seventh Anny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 

Eighth Army . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 

Ninth Army . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 

Tenth Army . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 

Fifteenth Army . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 

I Armored Corps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 

1 Corps .... . ... ..... . . . . . .... ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 

II United States Army Corps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 

III Corps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 

IV United States Army Corps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 

V Corps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 

VI United States Army Corps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 

VII Corps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 

Vlll United States Army Corps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 

lX Corps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 

X United States Army Corps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 

XI United States Army Corps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 

XII United States Army Corps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 

XIII United States Army Corps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 

XIV United States Army Corps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 

XV United States Army Corps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 

XVI United States Army Corps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 

XVIII Airborne Corps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 

XIX United States Army Corps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 

XX United States Army Corps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 

XXI United States Army Corps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 

XXU Corps ..... ........ . ... . .. ... ... .................... . .. 101 

XXlll Corps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 

XXIV Corps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 

XXXVI Corps ... . .. . . . ..... ............. . ...... . ... .... ... .. 109 

1st Armored Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 

1st Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 

2d Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 

3d Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 17 
XII 

Page 

1st Cavalry Division ........ . . ... . .. ....... . . ................. 121 

1st Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 

2d Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 

3d Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 

4th Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l 29 

1st Infantry Division ...... . ................ ........ . . . . ....... 133 

1st Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 

2d Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 

3d Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 

2d Armored Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 

I st Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 

2d Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 

3d Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 

4th Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 

2d Cavalry Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 I 

2d Infantry Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 

1st Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 55 

2d Brigade . . . ............ 0 • • • 0 ••••••••••• ••• • • • 0 ••••• 0 • • 157 

3d Brigade . ... .. .. . . . . ... .... . .... 0 • 0 • 0 • ••••• • • 0 •••••• 0 • 158 

3d Armored Division .. 0 • 0 • • ••••••••••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • 0 • • • • • • 163 

1st Brigade ... . .. 0 • 0 •••• 0 • 0 • 0 ••• 0 • 0 ••• ••• 0 0 • • • • • 0 • • • • • • • • 165 

2d Brigade ... . . . 0 ••••• 0 ••• ••••••••• 0 • • • •• • 0 •••••• • • 0 • 0 • • 166 

3d Brigade .... 0 ••••••• 0 ••• • 0 0 •• 0 • 0 • 0 •••••••••• • 0 • 0 • o ••• 0 167 

3d Infantry Division 0 ••••••• 0 • 0 • 0 • 0 • • • • • •••• • ••• 0 ••• 0 • 0 0 ••••• 0 171 

1st Brigade ......... . . . ... .. . 0 •• • ••• 0 ••• ••••• 0 • 0 0 0 • • • • • • • 1 73 

2d Brigade ..... 0 • • • • •••••••• 0 • •••••••• 0 0 ••• • • • 0 •••• 0 0 • • 0 174 

3d Brigade ... . . 0 •••••••• •••••••••• ••••••••••••••••• 0 0 • • • 175 

4th Armored Division 0 • 0 •••••••• 0 ••• 0 • 0 •• •• 0 • 0 • • • • 0 • • • 0 •• •• 0 • • J 79 

lsi Brigade . . . .. 0. 0 • • 0 •••••••• • •• 0 •• • •••••• • • • • • • • •• o o 0 •• 181 

2d Brigade ..... 0 ••• 0 •••• 0 • • • • • •••• 0 • ••• •• • • • 0 ••• • •• 0 0 • • • .182 

3d Brigade ..... 0 ••••••••• • • • •••••• • • • • • • •• •• 0 0 •••••• o • • • 183 

4th Infantry Division ..... 0 • 0 • 0 • 0 • 0 • 0 ••••••••• 0 • 0 0 0 0 0 0 ••••• 0 • 0 • I 87 

1st Brigade .. 0 •••• • • • • 0 ••• 0 • 0 • 0 • ••• 0 •••••• 0 •• 0 o ••• • ••• • 0 • 189 

2d Brigade .. 0 • 0 •••••••• 0 • 0 • 0 •••••••• 0 0 ••• 0 ••• 0 •• 0 • • • • • • • 191 

3d Brigade . . . . 0 ••• 0 ••• • •••••••• ••••• •• • 0 0 ••••••• 0 • 0 • 0 • • • • 192 

4/.h Brigade . . . . 0 • 0 • 0 0 ••• 0 • 0 • 0 ••••• • • • 0 0 ••••• • • • • 0 • 0 • • • • • • 193 

5th Armored Division ... 0 •••••• 0 ••• • •••••••• 0 • • • • • ••• •• 0 •• 0 • • • 195 

5th Infantry Division .. 0 • 0 ••••••••• • • • 0 • 0 0 ••• 0 • 0 •••••• • ••• 0 • • • • 197 

I st Brigade . 0 0 ••••• 0 • • • • ••• • • • • ••• 0 •••• 0 • • • • 0 ••• • • 0 • 0 • • • • L 99 

2d Brigade . 0 •••• 0 ••• 0 • 0 • 0 • • • • 0 • 0 • 0 • • •••••••••••• 0 0 • 0 • • • • 200 

3d Brigade .. . 0 • • 0 ••• 0 • • • 0 •••• 0 •••••• • ••• 0 ••••••••• • 0 • 0 • 0 20 I 

4th Brigade ...... . .... . . . 0 0 • • • 0 •••••••••• 0 • ••••••••••••• 0 202 

6th Armored Division 0 • 0 • • 0 ••• 0 ••• • •••••••••• • • • 0 • 0 • • • 0 0 • 0 • • • • 205 
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6th Infantry Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 

I st Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 

2d Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1 0 

3d Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 1 

4th Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 

7th Armored Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 

7th Infantry Division . .. . ... . . . .... . ... . . . .... . . .... . . . . . . .... . 217 

1st Brigade . . ...... ... . .. ....... . .... . . .... . ... . ........ . 219 

2d Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 

3d Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 

8th Armored Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 

8th Infantry Division . . . . ... ...... . . . . . .. . . . . .... . . . . . . ...... . . 227 

1st Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 

2d Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 

3d Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 

9th Armored Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 

9th Infantry Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235 

1st Brigade ..................... . .. . . ... . . . . .. . .. .. . ... . . 237 

2d Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 

3d Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 

I Oth Armored Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 

1Oth Mountain Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 

1st Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 

2d Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 

11th Airborne Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 

1st Brigade .. . . . . . . .... . . . . . ................. . . . ...... . . . 255 

2d Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256 

3d Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 

11th Armored Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259 

12th Armored Division .... . . . . . .. . .. . .. . . . . .. . ...... ..... . .... 26 1 

12th Infantry Division ... . ....... .............................. 263 

13th Airborne Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265 

13th Armored Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 

14th Armored Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269 

16th Armored Division .... . .. . . .. ..... . ....... . . . . . . . ... . .. . . . 271 

17th Airborne Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273 

19th Armored Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275 

20th Armored Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277 

21st Armored Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279 

22d Armored Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281 

23th Infantry Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283 

24th Infantry Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287 

1st Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289 

2d Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291 

3d Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292 

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25th Infantry Division 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 295 

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4th Brigade 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 303 

28th Infantry Division 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 • 0 0 0 0 0 0 • 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 307 

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55th Brigade 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 • 0 0 0 0 0 0 • 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 o 0 0 0 313 

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29th Infantry Division 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0. 0 0 • 0 0 0 0 319 

1st Brigade 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 21 

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34th Infantry Division 0 0 0 0 0 0 • 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 335 

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67th Brigade 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 349 

/49th Brigade 0 0. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 351 

38th Infantry Division 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 355 

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40th Infantry Division 0 0 0 • 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 • 0 0 0 • 0 0 363 

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42d Infantry Division 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 • 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 371 

3d Brigade 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 373 

50th Brigade 0 0 0 0 • 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 • 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 • 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 374 

86th Brigade 0 0 0 0 • 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 • 0 • 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 o 0 • 0 0 •• o 0 • • • 378 

49th Armored Division 0 0 0 • 0 ••• 0 • • • • 0 • • • 0 • 0 0 • 0 • • • •• 0 • 0 •••• 0 • • • • 383 

2d Brigade 0 0 • 0 0 0 • 0 0 ••• 0 • 0 • 0 • • •••• 0 0 ••••• 0 •••••••••• 0 • • • • 385 

3d Brigade 0 0 • 0 0 0 • 0 •• 0 • 0 • • • • 0 •• 0 0 ••••••••• 0 • • ••• •• • 0 0 0 0 • • 386 

36th Brigade 0 0 0 0 • 0 0 0 • 0 • 0 • 0 0 • • •••••••••• 0 • o • o •• 0 ••• 0 0 0 • 0 • 0 387 

63d Infantry Division .......... . 0 • 0 •••• 0 • 0 •••• 0 • 0 • 0 • 0 • 0 • • 0 • 0 • 0 391 

1st Brigade 0 0 0 0 ••••• 0 • 0 0 0 0 • 0 • 0 • 0 • 0 0 • • • 0 • 0 0 0 0 • 0 • 0 • 0 • • 0 0 0 • 0 392 

2d Brigade ... 0 ••••• 0 • 0 0 0 0 • 0 • 0 • 0 • 0 0 • •• 0 • 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ••• 0 •• 0 • 0 393 

3d Brigade .. 0 0 ••• 0 • • • 0 • • 0 0 0 0 0 • 0 0 0 0 0 0 • 0 •• 0 ••• 0 • 0 ••• 0 0 ••• 0 394 

65th Infantry Division 0 • 0 • 0 • 0 • 0 • 0 • 0 0 • 0 • 0 0 • 0 • • • 0 0 0 0 • 0 0 0 • 0 •• 0 • 0 0 • 397 

66th Infantry Division 0 • 0 • 0 • 0 • 0 0 0 0 0 0 • 0 • • 0 • 0 • 0 • 0 0 0 • 0 0 • 0 ••••• 0 • 0 • 399 

69th 1 nfantry Division 0 • 0 • 0 • 0 • 0 ••• • ••••••• 0 •••••••• 0 •• 0 •••• 0 • 0 0 401 

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70th Division (Training) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403 

lsi Brigade .... ................... .... . .. .............. .. 405 

2d Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406 

3d Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407 

4th Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408 

71st Infantry Division ......................................... 409 

75th Division (Exercise) ................................... .... 411 

1st Brigade .............................................. 413 

2d Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414 

3d Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415 

4th Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416 

5th Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417 

76th Division (Training) .. ........... ...... ........ ............ 419 

1st Brigade .. ............... .... .. . . . ....... ..... . ...... . 42 1 

2d Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422 

3d Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423 

4th Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424 

77th Infantry Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427 

1st Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429 

2d Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430 

3d Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431 

78th Division (Exercise) ......... . . . . .... .......... ............ 435 

1st Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437 

2d Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438 

3d Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439 

4th Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440 

5th Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442 

6th Brigade . . ......................................... ... 443 

?tl1 Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444 

8th Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445 

9th Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 

79th Infantry Division ............... . . .... . . .................. 449 

80th Division (Training) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453 

lsi Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455 

2d Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456 

3d Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457 

4th Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458 

5th Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459 

6th Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460 

7th Brigade . .. .................. ....... .................. 461 

81 st Infantry Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463 

I st Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464 

2d Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465 

3d Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466 

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82d Airborne Division ........... .... . . 0 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 469 

1st Brigade ........... .. . . . . . .... .......... . . . ......... .. 471 

2d Brigade ...... 0 ••••••••••••••• •••••••••••••••••••••• •• 473 

3d Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474 

4th Brigade . ..... . . ...................... ... o • • • •• ••••••• 476 

83d Infantry Division ..... ...... . ............. . . ............ .. 481 

1st Brigade ... . ...... .............. 0 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 483 

2d Brigade ... 0 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 484 

3d Brigade ..... . . ...... ........ .. 0 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 485 

84th Division (Training) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487 

1st Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489 

2d Brigade ...... ............ ............... . o • • • • • • • • • • • 490 

3d Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491 

4th Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492 

5th Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493 

6th Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494 

7th Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495 

85th Division (Exercise) ...... .. . ........ ................... ... 497 

1st Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499 

2d Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500 

3d Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 1 

4th Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502 

5th Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504 

6th Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506 

86th Infantry Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507 

87th Division (Exercise) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509 

I st Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511 

2d Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512 

3d Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513 

4th Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514 

6th Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515 

88th Infantry Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517 

89th Division (Training) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519 

Is! Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521 

2d Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522 

3d Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523 

4th Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524 

90th Infantry Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527 

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1st Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 529 

2d Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530 

3d Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 I 
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9 J st Division (Exercise) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535 

lsi Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537 

2d Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538 

3d Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539 

4th Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540 

5th Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541 

6th Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542 

92d Infantry Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545 

93d Infantry Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547 

94th In fantry Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549 

95th Division (Training) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 551 

lsi Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553 

2d Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554 

3d Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555 

4th Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556 

5th Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 557 

6th Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558 

7th Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559 

96th Infantry Division .... . ........ . . ........... .......... ..... 561 

97th Infantry Division ................. . .... . ............... . .. 563 

98th Division (Training) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565 

1st Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567 

2d Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568 

3d Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569 

4th Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 570 

5th Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571 

6th Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572 

7th Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 573 

99th Infantry Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575 

IOOth Division (Training) ...................................... 577 

lsi Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579 

2d Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580 

3d Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581 

4th Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 582 

5th Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 583 

6th Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 584 

7th Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585 

I 0 I st Airborne Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 587 

lsi Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 590 

2d Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 592 

3d Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 594 

102d In fantry Division ...... ... ............. ...... . ... ........ 599 

lsi Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 l 

2d Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 602 

3d Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603 

l 03d Infantry Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605 

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I 04th Division (Training) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 607 

I sf Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 609 

2d Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 0 

3d Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 I I 

4th Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 612 

5th Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613 

6th Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 14 

7th Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615 

I 06th lnfanh·y Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 617 

I 08th Division (Training) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 619 

1st Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 621 

2d Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622 

3d Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 623 

4th Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 624 

5th Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 625 

6th Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 626 

7th Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 627 

Berlin Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 1 

5th Brigade (Training) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 633 

27th Infantry Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 635 

29th Infantry Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 641 

30th Infantry Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 645 

31st Armored Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 I 

39th Infantry Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 657 

41 st J nfantry Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 659 

45th Infantry Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663 

48th Infantry Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 667 

53d Infantry Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 673 

76th Infantry Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 675 

81 st Infantry Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 679 

92d Infantry Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683 

I 16th Cavalry Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 687 

I 55th Armored Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 689 

I 57th Infantry Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 691 

171 st Infantry Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 693 

172d Infantry Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695 

173d Airborne Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 699 

I 77th Armored Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703 

I 87th Infantry Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705 

191 st Infantry Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 707 

J 93dlnfantry Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709 

I 94th Armored Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 I 

I 96th Infantry Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 713 

I 97th Infantry Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 17 

I 98th Infantry Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 1 

!99th Infantry Brigade ........................ ... ............. 725 

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205th Infantry Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 729 

2 18th Infantry Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 1 

256th Infantry Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 735 

402d Brigade (Trai ning) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739 

GLOSSARY OF LINEAGE TERMS ................. ........ . . . ... 741 

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ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND 

SEPARATE BRIGADES 

Heraldic Items 

Heraldic items for Army organizations reflect history, tradition, ideals, mission, and accomplishments. Shoulder sleeve insignia and distinctive unit insignia 

have been designed so that each is distinctive to the organization for which 

approved. Both serve as identifying devices and contribute to unit cohesiveness. 

While the custom of bearing various symbols on shields, helmets, and flags 

existed in antiquity, heraldry was not introduced until the Middle Ages. The use 

of heraldic devices became more prevalent with the increased use of armor and 

the requirements for insignia to assist in distinguishing friend from foe on the 

battlefield. The designs included mythological beasts, symbols commemorative 

of incidents of valor, and other identifying marks to which specific symbolism 

was ascribed. Gradually a formal system of heraldry evolved, complete with rules 

for design, use, and display. 

The currently authorized embroidered shoulder sleeve insignia had their origin during World War I. They serve the same purpose as the Corps symbols 

(badges) in use during the Civil War and the War with Spain. The Corps badges 

were of simple design; most could be cut from a single piece of cloth, e.g., a 

four-leaf clover, a heart, a star, a winged horsefoot, a caltrop, and a spearhead. 

Such devices were easily remembered and readily identified. Not only were they 

worn by the soldiers on their headgear, but also they were incorporated in the 

organizations' flags. 

The first shoulder sleeve insignia is believed to have been worn by the men 

of the 8 1 st Division during World War I. On their voyage to France they adopted 

as their insignia the figure of a wildcat that was in usc as a distinctive marking 

for the division's equipment. Wear of the insignia was officially approved 

October 19, 1918, by a telegram from the Adjutant General, American 

Expeditionary Forces, to the division's commanding general. Insignia for other 

organizations of the American Expeditionary Forces were later authorized and 

designs were officially approved. Designs varied greatly. Many had their origin in 

designs already in use for organizational and equipment markings; others were 

based on monograms and geometric figures alluding to designations. Symbols 

associalcd with traditions, geographical locations, and missions of the organizations were also in some designs. 

Since World War I, the authorization of shoulder sleeve insignia has expandeel along with organizational and other changes within the Army. Most soldiers 

now wear shoulder sleeve insignia. Many designs are more elaborate than those 

of World War I. The more complex designs came into being because of an 

increase in the number of authorized insignia and the availability of embroidery 

machinery for production of various types of textile insignia. During the Vietnam 

era the policy governing the wear of subdued insignia as well as full-color items 

was established. 

Distinctive insignia of metal and enamel are authorized for those organizations authorized shoulder sleeve insignia. These insignia may be traced to the use 
4 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

of n1etal and enamel badges authorized to be worn instead of the cloth badges 

during the War with Spain. The type of distinctive insignia currently in use was 

first authorized during the 1920s for regiments and some other units. As in the 

case of shoulder sleeve insignia the authorization was expanded as changes in 

organization of the Army took place. The designs are based on symbols reflecting 

the organization's lineage, battle honors, traditions, and mission. Usually they 

incorporate the organization's motto, which is often of an idealistic nature. 

Shoulder sleeve and distinctive insignia worn on the uniform and the distinguishing flags incorporating the shoulder sleeve insignia designs are highly visible items of identification. They arc significant factors in Army esprit de co1ps. 
ARMIES 
Third Unitrd Stuu·.~ Anuy 

Svvcnth tlntty 
Eighth Arm,>' 

Ninth Army 
U·nlh Arm.t' 
CORPS 

f tlmum:d Corps 

I Cnrps 
II United Stutc.!t Ar"•Y Corps 
IV U11ited Stat~\' Army U>rps 

VQ;,ps 
VI Unite(/ Suu~s Army CQrps 

Y/1 Curp:.· 
Y/11 Umt.,-d SWlC$ Army Corp•' 
X United Srate.'f Army GJrp.'J 

X1 United .~Jl!:f Arwl' Corps 

Xlllhuled SltttUA11'1JJ' Corps 
Xlfi i..Jilircd Statrs Army 0Jrp:J 
\'I' (lnitt>tl Stales Amw Corps 

,1!V/ Um).r>J Suue:t Army Corp.•• 
' ) 

XVIII AirhPnw CfJip.t 
XXI Utrltctf Stur£·.-. A; my Corps 
}()(}//Corp< 
XXIJI Cmp.v 

XXXVI c UTfl" 
DIVISIONS 

OLD IRONSIDES 

1st llruwred Divisimt 

lstlnftmJry Dlvi.<lon 
HELL ON WHEELS 
2d O.nvlry OnUWII 
Jd Jnfomry DnukJn 
SPEARHEAD 
.ftl lnflmtry Oi'tlhiim 
41/t tfmton•.tl Diwsi~m 


51/t lnfiwtry Divisiofl 

6/h Armored Dlvl:don ,
6/h 11!/ilntry Di~ isitm 

7th Armored DNi.•don 
7th lnfamry Diw·sirm 
8th fujiuwy Dh,ision 
9th ArmmYJd / )il'iSiQII 

9dtln.fantry Oivision 
lOth Armotwl Oivisi()ll 

I Oth ,\-/muunill Divi.,\'itm 

1 JtiiAmwred J)jvisi(m 
I 2111 Jnj'wJtty /)ivision 
13th Airborne l>ivision 

13th Armored Divisiotl 
J(jtJJ Armored Dil4sirm 
1711rAirlwriu' DMshm 

19th Ar·mored Division 
22d Armorotl Divisitill 

23d lnfimtry Divi.viun 
20111 Armored Divisio11 

2/illt lnfruury l>turi011 

l9tlt lufimtty f)lvisimt 
34/h lrtfanlr)' DiviStOif 
38th Jnfanhy Division 

40th lnji:mfly Division 
42d infantry Division 
49th Armored Division 
63d lf!/Cml'Y Division 

65th Infantry Division 
661ft lnj(uury Dtvl,vltm 

69th !nfonrry l>lurirm 


77th Jn.funlry Dtvisi(Jtl 

78th OIVI':m,m (Ji.wrcisc) 
79th lnfimtry Dil./dt)IJ 
82d Airlx>r11e Division 
83d /nj(mtry Division 

81th J)ivi#on (1'r<titlitlg) 
85Jh Division (Exercise) 

86tlr Tnftmtry Divisian 
88tlt lf!{iJmry /)nd:drJ" 
89Jh Div;sicm (frolniug) 

90th luJimlty Divi.l·iau 

93d IJJjiuury m~IJl(}JJ 

94tlr lnflmll)' Dll'l.\'ion 

97Jh t/t~~ury /Ji~·isirm 

98111 Oivisl<m (lh.umn$:) 
lOOt It Dtvi,vion (Training) 

JOist Airborn(! Olvlsion 
102d lujimuy Dh•lsUm 

/()3d Jnj(muy Division 
/(J6t.h lnjiml,.y OJ'vl:fitm 
1081h Divi3Wn (Tn1lffinf.!) 
SEPARATE BRIGADES 

Sill Brigode (Jklining) 
17th bifanlry Drigtrde 

29th lnfiwlry Brigade 
30th lnfamry tlrlitilf/~ 

3 Jst Armored /)rl~;.udi' 
39th h tfanlr)' Brigade 

41 sr lnj(lntry Brigade 

4/ith lnfmury Brigadi! 
53cf lnftmtry Orlgtult> 
76th lnfizntry Brl,.ot.«k 
8 /st Infantry JJI'igmlt" 

91d lnfmury /Jrigo<le 
/16th UJWUr)' Hrignde 

/55th A,_.,/Bngode 
/571ft lnfomry /Jri~ 

17 hllnfomry llrigade 
I 71d llljanlry Brigmk 

I 7 xl A1Tboroe Brigodr 
177tiJ Armored Brigach~ 

J871h bdimtry BriK(U/e 

/ 94ih Armomd BrigtJdo 
1971/t lt~fmtlry Hrigode 
19.9!/t lnfimhy l)n'lf.lltlu 

205Jh ltrflmlry JJrlgadi! 
2 /l?th h!/imfl"''! l)rlgmle 
40lll Ori!,.•tule (7'wrlning) 

LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 

ARMIES 
!.:' .. ._._. ~····"-
FIRST UNITED STATES ARMY 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: On a background equally divided horizontally white and red, a 

black letter "A." 

Symbolism: Red and white are the colors of distinguishing flags for 

armies, and the black letter "A" signifies "army." 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT JNSIGNIA 

Description: A gold colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a black 

letter "A" bearing three gold five-pointed stars aligned horizontally on the top cross bar and five gold five-pointed stars 

aligned horizontally on the center cross bar, in front of and 

interlaced with a gold flelll·-de-lis (the vertical or middle petal 

charged in base with a red arrowhead) entirely behind and 

extending above the letter "A" and the tops of the two outside 

or flanking petals above the cross bar extending over the verticals (legs) of the letter "A," the lower ends of the outside 

petals curving under and over the lower ends of the verticals 

(legs) of the letter "A" and continuing in and joined together by 

a gold arched scroll inscribed FIRST IN DEED in black letters, the areas within the Letter "A" above the center crossbar 

and between the petals of the tleur-de-lis and the verticals of 

the letter "A" of white a nd the areas below the crossbar 

between the fleUl·-de-lis, the motto scroll, the verticals of the 

letter "A" of red and a gold galloon dike curving slightly 

upward from each side of the lower point of the middle petal 

of the fleur-de-lis and terminating at the outside petals. 

Symbolism: The interlaced tlew·-de-lis alludes to the initial organization of 

Headquarters, First Army, at La Ferte-sous-Jouarre, France, on 

10 August 1918. The three stars at the top of the letter "A" are 

for the Lorraine 1918, St. Mihiel, and Meuse-Argonne campaigns in which the FiJ·st Army participated in World War I. 

The five stars on the center cross bar are for the Normandy, 

Northern France, Rhin eland, Ardennes-Alsace, and Central 

Europe campaigns i.n which the First Army participated in 

World War II, the red arrowhead referring to the assault landing on the Normandy beaches. The motto "First in Deed" is a 

play on the numerical designation, purpose, and achievements 

of the First United States Army. 

9 
10 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

FIRST UNITED STATES ARMY 

LINEAGE 

RA 

(active) 

Organized I 0 August 1918 in the Regular Army in France as Headquarters 

and Ileadquarters Troop, First Army. (Headquarters Troop reorganized and redesignated in September 19 J 8 as Troop A, Headquarters Battalion, First Army; 

redesignated I March I 919 as Headquarters Troop, First Army.) Headquarters 

and Headquarters Troop, First Army, demobilized 20 April 1919 in France. 

Reconstituted 27 June I 944 in the Regula r Army as Headquarters and 

I leadquarters Company, First Army; concurrently consolidated with Headquarters 

and Headquarters Company, First Army (active) (see ANNEX), and consolidated 

unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, First Army. 

Redesignated I January 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, First 

United States Army. (Headquarters Company inactivated 5 June 1970 at Fort 

George G. Meade, Maryland.) 

ANNEX 

Constituted 15 August 1927 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and 

1-leaclquarters Company, Seventh Army. Redesignated 13 October 1927 as 

lleadquartcrs and Headquarters Company, First Army. I Leadquarters activated I 

October 1933 at Governors Island, New York; Headquarters Company activated 

18 November J 940 at Governors Island, New York. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War I 

St. Mihiel 

Meuse-Argonne 

Lorraine I 918 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

World War II 

Normandy (with arrowhead) 

Northern France 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-A lsaee 

Central Europe 

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Washin gton: Government Printing Off ice , I 937. Reprint. Washingto n: 

Government Printing Office, 1988. 

_ __ . The Genesis of the American First Army. Washington: Government 

Printing Office, 1929. 2d ed. Washington: Government Printing Office, 

1938. 

Liggett, Hunter. Commanding an American Army, Recollections a./the World War. 

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1925. 

MacDona ld, Charles B. The Last Offensive. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1973. 

- --· The Siegfhed Line Campaign. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1963. 

--- · " Why Didn ' t They Let First Army Win the War?" Army 9 (April 

1959):48- 52. 

Pershing, John J. My Experiences in the World Wal': New York: Frederick A. 

Stokes Co., 1931. 

Pogue, Forrest C. The Supreme Command. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1954. 

Report o.fthe Commanding General, First Army, American Expeditionwy Forces: 

01ganizations and Operations, First Army, A.E.F. France, 1919. 

Report of' the First Army, American Expeditionary Forces: 01'ganization and 

Operations. Fort Leavenworth: General Service Schools Press, 1923. 
12 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

Report of the First Army, American Expeditionary Forces, Organization and 

Operations, General John J Pershing, Aug. I 0, I 918,· Lieutenant General 

Hunter Liggett, Oct. 16, /91 8, Apr. 20, 1919. Fort Leavenworth, Kans.: 

General Service School Press, I 923. 

"Salute to the Numbered U.S. Armies." Army Information Digest 17 (October 

1962):32- 39. 

Walker, Glenn D. "First U.S. Army: A New Cha llenge." Army 23 (October 

1973):72- 76. 

Ziemke, Earl F. The US. Army in the Occupation of Germany 1944- 1946. Army 

Historical Series. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1975. 
SECOND UNITED STATES ARMY 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SIIOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: On a green background the numeral "2," the middle and upper 

strokes red, the lower portion white. 

Symbolism: Red and white are the colors associated with armies, while the 

numeral identifies the unit's designation. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

Description: A gold colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a 'fleurde-lis divided horizontally red above and white below bearing 

a gold Lorraine cross and, resting upon a gold scroll inscribed 

with the words TOUT PREPARE in black. 

Symbolism: The fleur-de-lis and the Lorraine cross commemorate the 

Second Army's World War I campaign participation in France 

(Lorraine J 918). The red and white horizontal division reflects 

the colors of the organization's shoulder sleeve insignia, a 

reversal of the flag pattern for armies. 

L INEAGE AND H ONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

SECOND UNITED STATES ARMY 

LINEAGE 

RA 

(inactive) 

Organized 20 Septembe r 1918 in tJ1e Regular Army in France as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, Second Army. Demobilized 15 April 1919 

in France. Reconstituted 27 June 1944 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and 

Headquarte rs Company, Second Army; concurrently conso li dated with 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Second Army (active) (see ANNEX), 

and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

Second Army. Redesignated I January 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, Second United States Army. Inactivated I January 1966 at Fort George 

G. Meade, Maryland. Headquarters activated 1 October 1983 at Fort Gillem, 

Georgia. Inactivated 3 July 1995 at fort Gillem, Georgia. 

ANNEX 

Constituted 9 August 1932 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, Second Army. Headquarters activated I October 1933 at 

Chicago, Il linois; Headquarters Company activated 18 November 1940 at 

Chi cago, £11inois. 

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14 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War I 

Lorraine 1918 

D ECORATIONS 

None. 

SECOND UNITED STATES ARMY BIBLIOGRAPHY 

American Battle Monuments Commission. American Armies and Battlefield~ in 

Europe. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1938. Reprint. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1992. 

Oullard, Robert Lee. Personalities and Reminiscen ces <~{ the War. New York: 

Doubleday, Page and Co., 1925. 

Gabel, Christopher R. The U.S. Army GHQ Maneuvers of 194l.Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1991. 

Historical Section, Army War College. Order of Bailie of the United States Land 

Forces in the World War; American Expeditionary Forces; General 

Headquarters, Armies, Army Corps, Services of Supply, and Separate Forces. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1937. Reprint. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1988. 

Millett, Allan Reed. The GeneraL: Robert L. Bullard, An Officership in the United 

States Army, 1881- 1925. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1975. Chapter 

2 1. 

"Salute to the Numbered U.S. Armies." Army !J~fhrmation Digest 17 (October 

1962):32- 39. 

Second Army Maneuvers, Wisconsin Area, August 1940. Baton Rouge: Army and 

Navy Publishing Co., 1940. 

Sloan, Gene H. With Second Army Somewhere in Tennessee. Murfreesboro: 

Middle Tennessee State College, 1956. 

39th Anniversa1y, Second United States Army, 1918- 1957. Arlington: CooperTrent ofVirginia, 1957. 

Wiley, Dell I., and Govan, William P. Hist01y of the Second Army. Washington: 

Historical Section, Army Ground Forces, Study No. 16, 1946. 
THIRD UNITED STATES ARMY 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SI IOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: On a blue disc a white letter "A" within a red circle. 

Symbolism: The disc with two borders alludes to the designation of the 

unit, and the white letter "A" signifies "army." The "A" inside 

an "0" also stands for Army of Occupation, World War I. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

Description: A gold colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a blue 

disc with a red border, the blue area bearing throughout a 

white letter "A" in front of in base a gold stylized tleur-de-lis, 

the center petal extending behind and above the cross bar of 

the letter "A" and behind and below the red border, and the top 

of the two outer petals extending under, downward and over 

the red border and terminating at and conjoined with the feet 

of the letter "/\" and the lower ends extending behind and 

below the red border which bears at top five gold-pointed stars 

and below and at either side of the inscription TERTIA SEMPER PRIMA (The Third Always First) in gold letters. 

Symbolism: The design is based on the shoulder sleeve insignia of the 

Third Un ited States Army. The flcw·-de-lis in base alludes to 

its initial organization of Headquarters, Third Army, at Lignyen-Barrois, France, in November 19 18. The stars refer to the 

campaigns in which the organization participated during 

World War II. The motto reflects the unit's constant readiness. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

THIRD UNITED STATES ARMY 

LINEAGE 

RA 

(active) 

Organized 7- 15 November 1918 in the Regular Army in France as 

llcadquarters and Headquarters Troop, Third Army. Demobilized 2 July 19 19 in 

Germany. Reconstituted 9 August 1932 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and 

lleadquarters Company, Third Army. llcadquarters activated 1 October 1933 at Fort 

Sam llouston, Texas; Headquarters Company activated 23 November 1940 at Fort 

Sam ll ouston, Texas. Red esig nated I January 1957 as ll eadquarters and 

Headquarters Company, Third United States Army. Inactivated l October 1973 at 

Fort McPherson, Georgia. Activated I December 1982 at Fort McPherson, Georgia. 

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16 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War 11 

Normandy 

Northern France 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-Aisace 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

Southwest Asia 

Defense of Saudi Arabia 

L.iberation and Defense of Kuwait 

Cease-Fire 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Third United States Army, 

cited; DA GO 22, 1991, as amended by DA GO 27, 1994) 

THIRD UNITED STATES ARMY BIBLIOGRAPHY 

After Action Report, Third U.S. Army, 1 August 1944- 9 May 1945. 3 vols. 

Regensburg, Germany, 1945. 

Allen, RobertS. Drive to Victory. New York: Berkley Publications, 1947. 

___ . Lucky Forward: The Hist01y of Patton :S· Third US. Army. New York: 

Vanguard Press, 1947. 

Balkoski, Joseph. "Patton's 3rd Army: The Lorraine Campaign, 8 Nov- 1 Dec 

1944." Strategy & Tactics 78 (January- February 1980):4-9. 

Blumenson, Martin. Breakout and Pursuit. United States Army in World War U. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1961. 

Clarke, Jeffrey J., and Smith, Robert Ross. Riviera to the Rhine. United States 

Army in World War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1993. 

Cole, Hugh M. The Ardennes: Battle of the Bulge. United States Army in World 

War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1965. 

___ . The Lorraine Campaign. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1950. 

Crossing of the Rhine River by Third U.S. Army. Germany: 652d Engineer 

Topographic Battalion, 1945. 

The Famous Third Army. Fort McPherson, 1949. 

Forty, George. Patton s Third Army at War. New York: Charles Scribners Sons, 

1978. 

Gabel, Christopher R. The US. Army GHQ Maneuvers of 1941. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1991. 

Harkins, Paul D. When the Third Cracked Europe. Harrisburg: Army Times 

Publishing Co. and Stackpole Books, 1969. 

Historical Section, Army War College. Order of Battle of the United States Land 

Forces in the World War; American Expeditionary Forces; General 

Headquarters, Armies, Army Corps, Services of Supply, and Separate 

Forces.Washington: Government Printing Office, 1937. Reprint. Washington: 

Government Printing OtTice, 1988. 

Histol'y of the Third US. Army, November 14, 1918 to July 2, 1919. Washington: 

Second Section, General Staff, 1919. 

Kock, Oscar W., and Hayes, Robert E. G- 2 Intelligence for Patton. Philadelphia: 

Whitmore (Army Times), J 97 1. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 17 

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Offensive. United States Army in World War 11. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1973. 

___ . The Siegfi'iecl Line Campaign. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1963. 

McHugh, Vernon D. From Hell to Heaven: Memoirs ji"Oin Patton :s· Third Army. 

Ardmore, Pa.: Dorrance and Co., 1980. 

Martin, C. H. Third Army: A BriefSurveyo.fOperations in Europe. n.p., 1945. 

Metheny, E. A. Hist01-y of the Third United States Army, 1918- 1962. Fort 

McPherson: Third United States Army, 1967. 

Mission Accomplished: Third United States Army Occupation of Germany 9 May 

1945- 15 Febru01y 1947. n.p., 1947. 

Patton, GeorgeS., Jr. War as 1 Knew ft. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1947. 

Pogue, Forrest C. The Supreme Command. United States Army in World War .II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1954. 

Province, Charles M. Patton 5· Third Army: A Daily Combat Dia1y. New York: 

I-lippocrene Books, 1992. 

"Salute to the Numbered U.S. Armies." Army Information Digest 17 (October 

1962):32- 39. 

Scales, Robert H. Jr. , dir. Certain Victaty: The US Army in the Gulf War. 

Washington: Office of the Chief of Staff, United States Army, 1993. 

Schubert, Frank N., and Kraus, Theresa L., eds. The Whirlwind War: The United 

States Army in Operations DESERT SlltELD and DESERT STORM. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1995. 

Smith, Francis G. HistOt:Y of the Third Army. Washington: Historical Section, 

Am1y Ground Forces, Study No. 17, 1946. 

A Souvenir Booklet .for the Officers, Enlisted Men, and Civilians Who Made 

Hist01y with the Third U.S. Army in the European Theater of Operations, 

1944- 1945. Germany, 1945. 

Swain, Richard M. "Lucky War": Third Army in Desert Storm. Fort Leavenworth, 

Kans.: U.S. Army Command and General Staff College Press, 1994. 

Third Army Maneuvers, August, 1940: Red River Area, Louisiana. n.p., c. 1940. 

"Third United States Army." Milita1y Review 38 (February 1959):29- 39. 

Third U.S. Army Operations. Germany: 652d Engineer Topographic Battalion, 

1945. 

Wallace, Brenton G. Patton and His Third Army. Harrisburg: Military Service 

Publishing Co., 1946. Reprint. Nashville: Battery Press, 1980. 

Woody, Ron. "Lucky Third Trains for Tomorrow." Army Digest 25 (March 

1970):4-8. 

Ziemke, Earl F. The U.S. Army in the Occupation a./Germany 1944- 1946. Army 

Historical Series. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1975. 

FOURTH UNITED STATES ARMY 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SIIOULDER SLEEVI: INS IGN IA 

Description: On a red square a white four-leaf clover with stem, leaves 

stem to bottom, the square to be worn point up. 

Symbolism: The composition of this design alludes to the numerical designation of the organization, and the colors arc those associated 

with "armies." 

DISTINCTIVE INS IGN IA 

Description: A gold colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a red 

square, one angle up, bearing a white four-leaf clover with 

stem to base in front of and extending over a blue disc, 

between at top and in base arched gold scrolls, that at top 

crossing over the square in ti·ont of the angle, curving clownward and terminating at the upper sides of the square, and that 

in base crossing over the square in front of the angle and terminating at the lower sides of the square, the scroll at top 

inscribed LEADERSIII P and that in base AND INTEGRITY 

all in red letters. 

Symbolism: The design was suggested by the shoulder sleeve insignia of 

the Fourth United States Army, modified by the white fourleaf clover with stem placed in front of and over a blue disc. 

This alludes to the waters of the Pacific and to the bluebonnet, 

the state nower ofTcxas. 

LINEAGE AND H ONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

FOURTH UNITED STATES ARMY 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 9 August 1932 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, Fourth Army. Headquarters activated 15 August 1932 at 

Omaha, Nebraska; Headquarters Company activated 18 November 1940 at the 

Presidio of San Francisco, California. Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

Fourth Army, redesignated I January 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, Fourth United States Army. Inactivated 30 June 1971 at Fort Sam 

Houston, Texas. Headquarters activated I October 1984 at Fort Sheridan, Illinois. 

Inactivated 30 September 199 1 at Fort Sheridan, Illinois. 

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20 ARMIES, CORPS, DiVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRfGADES 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

None. 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

FOURTI I UNITED STATES ARMY 81!3LJOGRAPI IV 

Beardwood, Jack B. 1/istory of the Fourth Army. Washington: Historical Section, 

Army Ground Forces, Study No. 18, 1946. 

Fourth Army Maneuvers, Ft. Lewis- Chehalis Area, State of Washington, August 

1940. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Co., 1940. 

Fourth Army Maneuvers, Minnesota Area, August 1940. Baton Rouge: Army and 

Navy Publishing Co., 1940. 

"Four!h United States Army." Military Review 38 (October 1958): 44-54. 

"Salute to the Numbered U.S. Armies." Army Information Digest 17 (October 

1962):32-39. 

Sholl, William N. "Fourth U.S. Army ... The 'A-Plus Army."' Army Digest 25 

(April 1970):28- 31. 
FIFTH UNITED STATES ARMY 

HERALDIC IT EMS 

SHOULDER SLI\EVE INSIGN IA 

Description: On a red rectangular background with top corners chamfered, a 

silhouette of a mosque in blue charged with a white letter "A" 

above a white number "5." 

Symbolism: Red, white, and blue arc the national colors. The outlined figure 

of the mosque is symbolic of the countty in which the army was 

originally activated. The letter "A" indicates "army." 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

Description: A silver colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a silver Florentine tlew·-dc-lis garnished with red buds and placed 

over the center a blue mosque tower with two sil ver stars in 

the base, two blue stars flanking the dome and a single blue 

star centered below, making a total of five stars positioned in 

the form of a "V" 

Symbolism: The mosque, adapted from the shoulder sleeve insignia, refers 

to the ini tia l activation of Headquarters, Fifth Army, in 

Morocco, North Africa, on 5 January 1943. The Florentine 

style tlew·-de-lis denotes service in Italy and the five stars the 

number of campaigns to Fifth Army's credit. The "V" form 

alludes to the army's numerical designation. 

LI NEAGE AN D HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

FIFTH UNITED STATES ARMY 

RA 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted I December 1942 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, Fifth Army. Activated 5 January 1943 in Morocco. 

£nactivatcd 2 October 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts. Activated II 

June 1946 at Chicago, Illinois. Redesignated I January 1957 as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, Fifth United States Army. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War II 

Naplcs-Foggia 

Anzio 

Rome-Arno 

North Apennines 

Po Valley 

21 
22 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

FIFTH UNITED STATES ARMY BIBLIOGRAPHY 

American Chaplains in the F(/ih Army. Milan: Pizzi and Pizio, 1945. 

Ball, Edmund F Staff Officer with the Fifth Army: Sicil;t, Salerno and Anzio. New 

York: Exposition Press, 1958. 

Blumenson, Martin. Salerno to Cassino. United States Army in World War ll. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1969. 

Clark, Mark W. Calculated Risk. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1950. 

Cummints, Emerson L. "The Role and Mission of a Zl Army." Army lnjbrmation 

Digest 17 (February 1962):40-46. 

D'Orsa, Cha rles S. "The Tri als and Tribu lations of an Army G- 4." Militwy 

Review 25 (July 1945):23- 33. 

Eingate, James L. Mwylanders in Italy. Centreville, Md.: Queen Anne's Pub., 1946. 

Fifth Army, G- 3 Section. The Advance on Rome of the Fifth Army. Italy: 66th 

Engineer Topographic Company, 1944? 

F(fih Army lfistoty. 9 vols. Florence, Italy: L'lmpronta Press, 1945 (vols. l-4); 

Milan, Italy: Pizzi and Pizio, 1945 (vols. 5- 6); Washington: Government 

Printing Office, 1945-47 (vols. 7- 9). 

Fisher, Ernest F., Jr. Cassino to the Alps. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1977. 

Forty, George. Fiji II Army at War. London: Ian Allan, 1980. 

Garland, Albert N., and Smyth, I toward McGaw. Sicily and the Surrender of Italy. 

United States Army in World War II. Washington: Government Printing 

Office, 1965. 

I Iistorical Division, Department of the Army. Anzio Beachhead (22 January- 25 

May 1944). American Forces in Action. Washington: Government Printing 

Office, 1947. 

Karbeling, Emanuel. "The Firth U.S. Army Story." Army Digest 25 (May 

1970):4- 8. 

Martin, Carl. "Headquarters, Fifth U.S. Army ... Saddle Up and Move Out!" 

Army Digest 22 (October 1967):36- 37. 

Military Intelligence Division, War Department. F(/ih Army at the Winter Line 

(1 5 November 1943- 15 January 1 944). American Forces in Action. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1945. 

___ . From the Volturno to the Winter Line (6 October- 15 November 1943). 

American Forces in Action. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1945. 

---· Salerno: American Operations ji-om the Beaches to the Volturno (9 

Seplember- 6 October 1943). Ame rican Forces in Action. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1944. 

19 Days jinm the Apennines to tl1e Alps: The StOIJ' of the Po Valley Campaign. 

Milan, Ttaly: Pizzi and Pizio, 1945. 

Richardson, Endora, and Sherman, Allen. Quartermaster Supply in the Fifth 

Army in World War II. Fort Lee, Ya.: Quartermaster School, 1950. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 23 

Road to Rome. n.p., 1945. 

"Salute to the Numbered U.S. Armies." Arrny Information Digest 17 (October 

1 962):32- 39. 

Starr, Chester G., ed. From Salerno to the Alps, A History of the Fifth Army 

1943- 1945. Washington: Infantry Journal Press, 1948. Reprint. Nashville: 

Battery Press, 1979. 

Truscott, Lucian K., Jr. "North Apennines- Po Valley Campaign." Army and Navy 

Journa/83 (7 December 1 945):45ff. 

Wood, Robert J. "The Fifth Army Lcamed !" Military Review 24 (October 

1944):45- 52. 

SIXTH UNITED STATES ARMY 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SIIOULDER SLEEVE l NSJGNlA 

Description: On a six-pointed white star with a red border, a red Jetter "A," 

all on a green disc. 

· Symbolism: The six-pointed star alludes to the number "six," and the red 

letter "A" signifies "army." Red and white are the colors of 

distinguishing flags for numbered armies. 

DlSTINCTIVE UNIT lNSIGNlA 

Description: A gold colored meta l and enamel device, consisting of a 

gold six-poi.ntcd star having six scarlet rays between the 

points and upon the two upper and the two lower gold points 

each a blue five-pointed star, and centered overall a white 

six-pointe d sta r; attached below, a gold scroll inscribed 

BORN OF WAR in scarlet Letters; (the area between scroll 

and star is pierced). 

Symbolism: The overall shape of the gold rays issuing from the whlte star 

was suggested by the sun device on the Philippine flag and, 

with the red rays suggesting Japan, forms another six-pointed 

star and refers to the Pacific Theater, World War II, for which 

t he Sixth Army was awarded the Meritorious Unit 

Commendation (Army), alluded to by the red rays, the color of 

the Meritorious Unit Commendation (Anny) streamer. The 

four blue sta rs refer to the New Guinea, Bismarck 

Archipelago, Leyte, and Luzon campaigns in which the Sixth 

Army participated. The gold rays of the Philippine sun allude 

to the unit's award of the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation. 

AU elements of the design simulate a shell burst and allude to 

the motto "Born of War." 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

SIXTH UNITED STATES ARMY 

RA 

L INEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 22 January 1943 in th e Army of the United States as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Sixth Army. Activated 25 January 

1943 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. T nactivated 26 January 1946 in Japan. 

Activated I March 1946 at the Prcsidi.o of San Francisco, California. Allotted '16 

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26 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

December 1952 to the Regular Army. Redesignated L January 1957 as 

lleadquarters and Headquarters Company, Sixth United States Army. Inactivated 

23 June 1995 at the Presidio of San Francisco, California. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War 11 

New Guinea 

Bismarck Archipelago 

Lcyte 

Luzon 

0 13CORATIONS 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered PACIFIC 

TII EATER (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Sixth Army, cited; DA 

GO 106, 195 1) 

Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1994 (Headquarters, Sixth 

United States Army, cited; DA GO 1, 1996) 

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Sixth Army, 

cited; DA GO 47, 1950) 

SIXTH UNITED STATES ARMY BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Bryan, Robert 0 . "Guardian of the Golden West." Army Digest 25 (June 1970):4-9. 

Cannon, M. Hamlin. Leyte: The Return to the Philippines. United States Army in 

World War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1954. 

Krueger, Wa lter. From Down Under to Nippon: The Story of Sixth Army. 

Washington: Combat Forces Press, 1953. Reprint. Washington : Zenger 

Publishing Co., 1979. 

___ . "Sixth U.S. Army- Pacific Veteran." Army and Navy Journal 83 (7 

December 1945):7 1 ff. 

Lyon, Harold C. "Where Grass Roots Find Common Ground." Army Information 

Digest 14 (November 1949):54-60. 

Report of the Occupation of Japan, Sixth United States Army, 22 September 

1945- 30 November 1945. Sixth Army, 1945. 

"Salute to the Numbered U.S. Armies." Army ln./ormation Digest 17 (October 

1962):32- 39. 

Schmidt, James N., ed. The Sixth Army in Action, A Photo History, Janu01 y 

1943- June 1945. Kyoto, Japan: Sixth Army, 1945. 

Sixth United States Army Report of the Leyte Operation, 17 October 1944- 25 

December 1944. Sixth Army, 1945. 

Sixth United States Army Report of the Luzon Campaign, 9 January 1945- 30 

June 1945.4 vols. Sixth Army, 1945. 

Smith, Robert Ross. Triumph in the Philippines. United States Army in World 

War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1963. 
SEVENTH ARMY 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: On a blue right angle triangular background, the hypotenuse to 

base, a seven-stepped letter "A," steps in yellow with the center in scarl et. 

Symbolism: Blue, ye llow, and red allude to the three basic arms. The 

pyramidal figure is of a distinctive form with the symbolic 

letter "A" representing the first letter of the word "army," 

while the number of steps on each side are self-explanatory. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT TNSIGNIA 

Description: A gold colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a 

blue isosceles triangle with a vertical styli zed red arrow 

fimbriated gold issuing from base all in front of and extending over the top and sides of a gold crescent, the area within 

the horns red, the blue triangle bearing the gold letter "A" as 

depicted on the shoulder sleeve insignia of Seventh Army, 

the crossbar of the letter "A" joined by a gold vertical bar of 

the same width to the inner rim of the crescent, the red areas 

on each side of the vertical gold bar being slightly narrower 

in width, the base of the crescent bearing six five-pointed 

blue stars and contained within a concentric blue scroll with 

the inscription PYRAMID OF POWER in gold letters, the 

ends of the scroll terminating at and conjoined with the base 

of the triangle at its extremities. 

Symbolism: The design is based on the shoulder sleeve insignia of 

Seventh Army. The crescent alludes to North Africa, where 

unit personnel trained in 1943. The bar connecting it with 

the "A" indicates the subsequent movement of the army to 

combat in Europe; the six stars refer to the six campaigns in 

which the organization participated during World War II; the 

arrow alludes to the assault landi ng in southern France and 

the progressive advance through Europe beginning with the 

Sicily campaign. The elements of the design have been 

arranged to denote this advance and to illustrate the motto 

"Pyramid of Power." 

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28 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

SEVENTH ARMY 

LINEAGE 

RA 

(active) 

Constituted 25 February 1943 in the Army of the United States as 

Ieadquarte s and Headquarters Company, Seventh Army. Activated 10 July I943 

at sea off the coast of Sicily. Inactivated 31 March 1946 in Germany. Activated 11 

June 1946 at Atlanta, Georgia. Inactivated 15 March 1947 at Atlanta, Georgia. 

AUotted 24 November 1950 to the Regular Army and activated in Germany. 

Consolidated 25 September 1965 with Headquarters, Special Troops, Seventh 

Army (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, Seventh Army. 

ANNEX 

Constituted 25 February 1943 in the Army of the United States as 

Headquarters, Special Troops, Seventh Army. Activated 10 July 1943 at sea ofT 

the coast of Sicily. Inactivated 31 March 1946 in Germany. Activated II June 

1946 at Atlanta, Georgia. T nactivated 15 March 194 7 at Atlanta, Georgia. Allotted 

24 November 1950 to the Regular Anny and activated in Germany. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War fl 

Sicily 

Rome-A.rno 

Southem France (with arrowhead) 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-Aisace 

Central Europe 

D ECORATIONS 

None. 

SEVENTH ARMY BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Auld Lang Syne, Headquarters Seventh U.S. Army, 31 March. Heide lberg, 

Germany: Heidelberger Gutcn-Druckerei, I946. 

Binder, L. James. "New Iron for NATO's Backbone." Arn~)l22 (July 1972):6- 15. 

Backshow, Pamela, ed. U.S. Army Europe & 7th Army, Building on Victory. 

Partnerfor Peace. Offenbach: LaserZatz, 1995. 

Blumenson, Martin . . Salerno to Cassino. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1969. 

Clark, Bruce C. "Training a Combat Ready Field Army." Army Information 

Digest 13 (March 1958):2-11. 

___ . "United States Army in Europe." Army Information Digest 16 (June 

196I):48-57. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 29 

Clarke, Jefli-cy J., and Smith, Robert Ross. Riviera to the Rhine. United States 

Army in World War U. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1993. 

Cole, Hugh M. The Lorraine Campaign. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Otl'ice, 1950. 

Fisher, Ernest F. , Jr. Cassino to the Alps. United States Anny in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1977. 

"14th Anniversary of the Seventh United States Army." Seventh Army Sentinel 12 

( 4 July 1957). 

Garland, Albert N. "Sicily: The Making of an Army." Armor 70 (July-August 

. 1961):49-51. 

_ __ , and Smyth, Howard McGaw. Sicily and the Surrender of Italy. United 

States Army in World War U. Washington: Government Printing Office, 

1965. 

Goddard, William B., ed. Report of Operations, The Seventh United States Army 

in France and Germany, 1944- 1945. 3 vols. Heidelberg, Germany: Aloys 

Graf, 1946. 

Jenkins, Reuben E. "The Battle of the German National Redoubt-Planning Phase:' 

Militmy Review 26 (December 1946):3-8. "The Battle of the German National 

Redoubt-Operational Phase." Militmy Review 26 (January 1947): 16- 26. 

___ . "Operation ' Dragoon'-The Breakthrough." Military Review 26 

(September 1946 ): I 0-16. 

Klein, Patrick, and Ropp, Ralph E. "Seventh Army's Other Mission- Good 

Neighbor." Army Information Digest 16 (Aprill961):48- 51. 

Loewenstein, Hubertus, and Von Zuehlsdorff, Volkmar. "U.S. Seventh Army: The 

Sword and Buckler of Freedom." Army 9 (May 1959):27- 32tl 

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last O.!Ji:;nsive. United States Army in World War ll. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1973. 

Middleton, Drew. "The Seventh Army.'' Combat Forces .Journal 3 (August 

1952):12-17. 

Mold, Neil W. ''Seventh Anny Deploys for Defense." Army ll'!fimnation Digest (7 

October 1952):3- 5. 

Patch, A. M., Jr. "The Seventh Army from the Vosges to the Alps." Army and 

Navy Journa/839 (December 1945):47ff. 

"Pentomic Seventh Enters Its 15th Year, 1958." Seventh Army Sentinel 18 [sic 12] 

(10 July 1958). 

Pogue, Forrest C. The Supreme Command. United States Army in World War Jl. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1954. 

Polk, James H. "Our Men in Germany: Tough. Young, Ready." Army 18 

(November J 968):53-56. 

Report of Operations of United States Seventh Army in the Sicilian Campaign, 10 

July- 17 August 1943. Seventh Army, 1943. 

"Salute to the Numbered U.S. Armies." Army information Digest 17 (October 

1962):32- 39. 

"Seventh Army Crosses the Moselle River." Military Review 25 (September 

1 945):48- 55. 

7th Army in Germany Offensive. Wasserburg am 1nn, Genmmy: Buchdruckerei 

Karl Neuburber, c. 1945. 
30 ARMIES, CORPS, DfVfSfONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

Seventh Army, Pyramid of Power. n.p., 1959. 

Seventh Army, Pyramid of Strength. USAREUR Information Bulletin 8 (June 

1953). 

Seventh Army, Pyramid q/ Strength. Darmstadt, Germany: Stars and Stripes, 

1956. 

Seventh Army, Pyramid ofStrength in Europe. n.p., 1954. 

Seventh Army Sentinel, Ju~)' 5, 1963, Special Edition- nventieth Annive1:s·wy of 

Seventh Army. Stuttgart, Germany: Buchdruckerei unci Verlag Karl Scharr, 

1963. 

"Seventh Army Tells the Troops." Army Information Digest 20 (March 

1965):53- 56. 

"7th United States Army." Milita1y Review 39 (December 1959): 18- 29. 

Spore, John B. "U.S. Seventh Army: The Search for Exce ll ence." Army 14 

(September 1963):65- 66ff. 

Turner, John F., and Jackson, Robert. Destination Berchtesgaden: The Sto1y o.lthe 

United States Seventh Army in World War II. New York: Charles Scribners 

Sons, 1975. 

U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army, Continuity, Change, Growth, /994. n.p., 

1994. 

U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army, 1995, Into the 21 sf Centwy. n.p., 1995. 

Watt, Jewell K.; Gunnell, Rex C.; and Hawkins, llirschle H. Histoty of the 

Seventh Army during the Demobilization Period. Third Army, 1945. 

Welcome to the Headquarters, Seventh United States Army. n.p., 1968. 

Ziemke, Earl F. The U.S. Army in the Occupation of Germany 1944-1946. Army 

Historical Series. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1975. 
EIGHTH ARMY 

H ERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: On a red octagon a white cross patee saltirewise with all corners rounded. 

Symbolism: The octagon represents the number of the army and is in the 

colors of distinguishing flags for armies. 

DISTINCTIVE INSIGNIA 

Description: A silver colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a 

plaque arched at top and base divided horizontally into two 

equal parts, the upper white and the lower scarlet, and bearing 

a scarlet octagon, the vertical and horizontal sides of equal 

length but longer than the oblique sides, charged with a white 

cross patee with rounded corners saltirewise (as delineated in 

the shoulder sleeve insignia), all above a silver motto scroll 

lined scarlet and inscribed PACIFIC VlCTORS in scarlet letters. 

Symbolism: The basic design was suggested by the shoulder sleeve 

insignia. The plaque is divided horizontally white and scarlet 

in reference to the colors of distinguishing flags authorized for 

armies. The motto "Pacific Victors" a lludes to the Eighth 

Army's campaigns and operations in the Pacific area, World 

War II, and the Korean War. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

EIGHTH ARMY 

RA 

LIN EAGE (active) 

Constituted 2 June 1944 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters, 

Eighth Army. Activated 10 June 1944 at Memphis, Tennessee. Allotted 20 July 

1951 to the Regular Arn1y. Reorganized and redesignated I December 1967 as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Eighth Army. 

31 
32 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War If Korean War 

New Guinea Lcytc 

DECORATIONS 

UN Defensive 

UN Offensive 

CCF Intervention First UN Counteroffensive 

CCF Spring Offensive 

UN Summer-Fall Offensive 

Second Korean Winter 

Korea, Summer- Fall 1952 

Third Korean Winter 

Korea, Summer 1953 

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (Headquarters, Eighth Army, cited; DA GO 47, 1950) 

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 

1950 (Headquarters, Eighth Army, cited; DA GO 35, 1951) 

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 

1950- 1951 (Headquarters, Eighth Army, cited; DA GO ll, 1953) 

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 

I 952- 1953 (Headquarters, Eighth Army, cited; DA GO 70, 1953) 

ElGHTH ARMY BIBLlOGRAPHY 

Amphibious Eighth. Tokyo: Boonjundo Print Works, c. 1946. 

Appleman, Roy E. South to the Naktong, North to the Yalu, June- November 1950. 

United States Army in the Korean War. Washington: Government Printing 

Office, 1961 . 

Bennett, Donald V. "Eighth Army Stresses People and Performance." Army 23 

(October 1973):54-59. 

Blumenson, Martin. "MacArthur's Divided Command." Army 7 (November 

1956):38-44ff. 

Bonesteel, Charles H. liT. "On Korea's DMZ: Vigil Seals the 'Porous War."' Army 

18 (November 1968):58- 61. 

_ __ . "U.S.- South Korean Partnership Holds a Truculent North at Bay." Army 

19 (October I 969):59- 63. 

Cannon, M. Hamlin. Leyte: The Return to the Philippines. United States Army in 

World War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1954. 

Castles, Jean I. "Our Ground Defense Line in the Far East." Army l11formation 

Digest I 0 (September 1955):2- 11. 

Eichelberger, Robert L. "The Amphibious Eighth." Army and Navy Journal 83 (7 

December 1945):75ff. 

and MacKaye, Milton. Our Jungle Road to Tokyo . New York: Viking 

Press, 1950. 

Eighth Army, G- 3 Section. Up to Now! Eighth US. Army. Japan: Eighth Army 

Printing Plant, 1947. 

---·Eighth United States Army Chronology, 1 July 1966- 31 December 1966. 

Korea, 1967. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 33 

Eighth Army Historical Section. The Amphibious Eighth. Japan: AG Printing 

Plant, 1945. 

---· The First Ten Years: A Short History of the Eighth United States Army, 

1944- 1954. Tokyo, 1954. 

___ . The Amphibious Eighth. Tokyo: Boonjundo Printing Works, 1947. 

Eighth US. Army in Japan, 30 August 1945- 1 May 1946. Tokyo: Boonjundo 

Printing Works, 1946. (Also ... 1 May I 946- 15 August 1946 [supplement]). 

llanway, Bill, et al. Two Years of Progress, July 1955- June 1957. Tokyo: Kyoya 

Works, 1957. 

Hennes, Walter G. Truce Tent and Fighting Front. United States Army in the 

Korean War. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1966. 

Hille, Henry L. "Eighth Army's Role in the Military Government of Japan." 

Military Review 27 (February 1948):9- 18. 

Key Korean War Battles Fought in the Republic of Korea. HQ, Eighth United 

States Army, 1972. 

Korea 1950. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1952. 

Meloy, G. S., Jr. "The Eighth Army Story." Army Information Digest 18 (June 

1963):2- 13. 

Michaelis, John H. "Korea: The Nixon Doctrine at Work." Army 21 (October 

1971 ):64-70. 

Miller, John, jr., eta!. Korea 1951- 1953. Washington: Government Printing 

Office, 1956. 

Military History Section, Eighth United States Army. The First Ten Year.s·. Tokyo: 

t\rmy-AG Admin. Cen., 1954. 

Mossman, Billy C. Ebb and Flow. United States Army in the Korean War. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1990. 

Operational Monograph on Cebu-Bolwl Negros. Oriental Operation, Victor 11. 

Mar- June 1945. n.p., 1945. 

Operational Monograph on the Palawan Operations, Victor 111. Feb- June 1945. 

n.p., 1945. 

Report of th e Commanding General Eighth Army on the Luzon Mop-Up 

Operation. Eighth Army, 1945. 

Report (?lthe Commanding General Eighth Army on the Masugbu and Bataan 

Operations. Mike Six and Mike Seven. Eighth Army, 1945. 

Report of the Commanding General Eighth Army on the Mindanao Operation, 

Victor V. Eighth Army, 1945. 

Rep ort of the Commanding General Eig hth Army on th e Palawan and 

Zamboanga Operations, Victor 111 and JV. Eighth Army, 1945. 

Report of the Commanding General Eighth Army on the Panay-Negros and Cebu 

Operations, Victor 1 and Victor fl. Eighth Army, 1945. 

Report of the Commanding General Eighth Army on the Leyte-Samar Operation, 

26 Decemberl944- 8 May 1945. 67th Engineer Topographic Company, 1945. 

Report <?/'the Commanding General Eighth Army on the Mindoro-Marinduque 

Operation, 1 January- 31 January 1945. 67th Engineer Topographic 

Company, 1945. 

Report of th e Commanding General Eighth Army on the Zamboanga Sulu 

Archipelago Operation. Victor IV n.p., 1945. 
34 ARMIES, CORPS, OJ VISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

"Salute to the Numbered U.S. Armies." Army Information Digest 17 (October 

1962):32- 39. 

Schnabel, James F. Policy and Direction: The First Year. United States Army in 

the Korean War. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1972. 

---·"Ridgway in Korea." Military Review 44 (March 1964):3- 13. 

Smith, Robert Ross. Triumph in the Philippines. United States Army in World 

War ll. Washington: Government Printing OITiec, 1963. 

Stevenson, Charles S. "D+ I 0 Years." Army I 0 (June 1960):63- 65ff. 

Tate, James H. "Spring Campaign in Korea." Army Information Digest 6 

(November 1951 ): 13- 23. 

---· "The Eighth Army's Winter Campaign." Army Information Digest 6 

(August 1951):42- 57. 

Westover, John G. Combat Support in Korea. Washington: Combat Forces Press, 

1955. Reprint. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1990. 

Wickham, John A., Jr. "Jn Eighth U.S. Army, Our Eyes Arc on the North." Army 

30 (October 1980):82- 88. 
NINTH ARMY 

H ERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE INS IGN IA 

Description: On a red nonagon whose points lie on an imaginary circle, a 

white letter "A" within the outline of a rosette figure of four 

petals, all white. 

Symbolism: Red and white are the colors associated with armies. The ninesided figure indicates the numerica l designation of the organization. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

None approved. 

LlNEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

NINTH ARMY 

AUS 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Organi zed 15 April 1944 in the Army of the United States at Fort Sam 

llouston, Texas, as Headquarters and I leadquarters Company, Eighth Army. 

Redesignated 22 May 1944 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Ninth 

Army. Inactivated I 0 October 1945 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War II 

Northern France 

Rhineland 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

NINTH ARMY BIBLIOGRAPHY 

131umenson, Martin. Breakout and Pursuit. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing OfTice, I 961. 

Cole, Hugh M. The Ardennes: Battle (?f the Bulge. United States Army in World 

War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1965. 

Conquer: The St01y of Ninth Army 1944- 1945. Washington: Infantry Journal 

Press, 1947. Reprint. Nashville: Battery Press, 1980. 

35 
36 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

4th Information and Historical Services. Ninth United States Army Operations, 

World War If. n.p., 1945. 

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Offensive. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1973. 

___ . The Siegfried Line Campaign . United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, I 963. 

Pogue, Forrest C. The Supreme Command. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1954. 

Report After Action Against Enemy, I March- 30 Apri/1945. Ninth Army, 1945. 

Simpson, William H. "Ninth Army's Operations in Germany." Army and Navy 

Journal 83 (7 December 1974):49ff. 

"Rehearsal for the Rhine." Military Review 53 (October 1973):3- 21. 
TENTH ARMY 

H ERA.LDIC ITEMS 

SIIOULDER SLEEVE lNSJGNIA 

Description: Two triangles, red with white centers, one reversed above the 

other with apexes overlapping. 

Symbolism: The composition of this design alludes to the numerical designation of the organization. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

None approved. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERSANDHEADQUARTERSCOMPANY 

TENTH ARMY 

AUS 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Organized 20 June 1944 in the Army of the United States at Fort Sam 

Houston, Texas, as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Tenth Army. 

Inactivated 15 October 1945 on Okinawa. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War II 

Ryukyus 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

TENTH ARMY BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Appleman, Roy E., et al. Okinawa: The Last Battle. United States Army in World 

War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1948. 

Harvey, George A. "Okinawa." Militaty Review 26 (August 1946):67- 72. 

Killilac, Walter. "Joint Operation Aspects of the Okinawa Campaign." Militwy 

Review 27 (July 1947):43- 52. 

Lanza, Conrad H. "The Okinawa Campaign." Military Review 25 (November 

1945):44-49. 

Nichols, Charles S., Jr., and Shaw, Henry 1., Jr. Okinawa: Victory in the Pacific. 

Marine Corps Monographs. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1955. 

Nolan, Daniel A., Jr. "He that hath eyes to see .. . "Military Review 31 (August 

1951 ):49- 62. 

37 
38 ARMIES, CORPS, DJVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

Participation in the Okinawa Operations by U S. Army Forces, Apr- Jun 1945; 

Part C, Tenth Army. n.p., 1945. 

Sinclair, Duncan. "The Occupation of Korea- Initial Phases." Military Review 27 

(July 1 947):29- 36. 

Stilwe ll , .Joseph W. "Tenth Army Operations in the Ryukyus." Army and Navy 

Journal 83 (7 December 1945):81ff. 

Tenth Army Action Report Ryukyus, 26 March to 30 June 1945. 3020th Engineer 

Topographic Company, 1945. 

Tenth Army: Surrender of the Ryukyus. 3020th Engineer Topographic Company, 

c. 1945. 

"Tenth Army- 'AII Service."' Militaty Review 25 (July 1945): 17. 
FIFTEENTH ARMY 

H ERALDIC ITEMS 

SIIOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: Within an olive drab border, a pentagon divided per saltire and 

charged with the letter "A;• all countcrcharged red and white. 

Symbolism: Red and white arc the colors of distinguishing flags for 

armies. The division per saltire and the sides of the pentagon 

suggest the numerical designation of the organization, while 

the letter "A" indicates that it is an army. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGN IA 

None approved. 

LI NEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

FIFTEENTH ARMY 

AUS 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Organized 2 I August 1944 in the Army of the United States at Fort Sam 

llouston, Texas, as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Fifteenth Army. 

Inactivated 3 I January 1946 in Germany. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War II 

Rhineland 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

FIFTEENTII ARMY BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Fifteenth Army, Public Relations Section. Fijieentlt US Army in Germany, 16 

April- / 0 July 1945. n.p., 1945. 

Gerow, Leonard T. "Operations of Fifteenth U.S. Army." Army and Navy Journal 

83 (7 December 1945):51 ff. 

HistOJy (~/the Activation of Headquarters of the F{fieenth Army. Washington: 

I Iistorical Section, Army Ground Forces. Study No., 19, 1946. 

llisto1y of the Fifteenth United Stales Army, 21 August 1944 to I I July 1945. 

gi ee r Base Plant 248, 1946. 

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Qlfensive. United States Army in World War 11. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1973. 

39 

CORPS 

I 

I ARMORED CORPS 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGN IA 

Description: On an equilateral triangle with a green border, one point up, 

divided into three sections, the upper section yellow, the dexter section blue, and the sinister section red, a gun bendwise in 

front of a tank track and wheels all black and overall a red 

lightning flash bend sinisterwise. In the apex the Roman 

numeral " I" in black. 

Symbolism: Yellow, blue, and red are the colors of the branches from 

which armored units were formed. The tank tread, gu n, and 

lightning flash arc symbolic of mobility, power, and speed. 

The corps designation is in Roman numerals. 

DISTINCTIV E UNIT INSIGN IA 

None approved. 

L INEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

I ARMORED CORPS 

AUS 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted I 0 July 1940 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters 

and I [eadquartcrs Company, I Armored Corps. Activated 15 July 1940 at Fort 

Knox, Kentucky. I nactivatccl I I September 1942 at Fort Knox, Kentucky. 

Activated 9 January I 943 in Morocco. Inactivated I 0 July 1943 at sea off the 

coast of Sicily. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World W(lr II 

European- African- Middle Eastern Theater, Streamer without inscription 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

I ARMORED CORPS BIBLIOGRAPI IY 

Gabel, Christopher R. Tile US. Army GIIQ Maneuvers of 1941. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1991. 

43 

I CORPS 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: On a black disc a white circle. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

Description: A silver colored metal and black enamel disc upon which is 

centered a white annulet. 

Symbolism: The insignia is a replica of the I Corps shoulder sleeve 

insignia established in 1922. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

I CORPS 

L INEAGE 

RA 

(active) 

Organized 15- 20 January 1918 in the Regular Army in France as 

Headquarters, I Army Corps. Demobilized 25 March 1919 in France. 

Reconstituted 27 June 1944 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, I Corps; concurrently, consolidated with Headquarters, I Corps (active) (see ANNEX), and 

consolidated unit designated as Headquarters, I Corps. Inactivated 28 March 

1950 in Japan. Activated 2 August 1950 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. 

Reorgani zed and redesignated 1 December 1967 as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, I Corps. 

ANNEX 

Constituted 15 August 1927 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, XX 

Corps. Redesignated 13 October 1927 as Headquarters, I Corps. Activated 1 

November 1940 at Columbia, South Carolina. Redesignated 1 January 1941 as 

Headquarters, I Army Corps. Redes.ignated 19 August 1942 as Headquarters, 1 

Corps. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War I 

Champagne-Marne 

Aisnc-Mame 

St. Mihiel 

Meuse-Argonne 

lie de France 1918 

Champagne 1918 

Lorraine 1918 

World War II 

Papua 

New Guinea 

Luzon 

45 
46 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISlONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

Korean War 

UN Defensive 

UN Offensive 

CCF Intervention 

First UN Counteroffensive 

CCF Spring Offensive 

UN Summer-Fall Offensive 

Second Korean Winter 

Korea, Summer-Fall 1952 

Third Korean Winter 

Korea, Summer 1953 

DECORATIONS 

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered PAPUA (Papuan 

Forces, United States Army, Southwest Pacific Area, cited; WD GO 2 1, 1943) 

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (Headquarters, I Corps, cited; DA GO 47, 1950) 

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 

(Headquarters, l Corps, cited; DA GO 74, 1953) 

l CORPS BIBLIOGRJ\PIIY 

American Battle Monuments Commission. American Armies and Battle.fi.elds in 

Europe. Washington: Gove rnme nt Printing Office, 1938. Re print. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1992. 

Appleman, Roy E. South to the Naktong, North to the Yalu, June- November /950. 

United States Army in the Korean War. Washington: Government Printing 

Office, 1961. 

I C01ps History of the Occupation a./Japan, I May I 946 to 3 I May 1946. Kyoto: 

66th Engineer Topographic Company, 1946. 

Gabel, Christopher R. The US. Army GHQ Maneuvers of 1941. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 199 1. 

G- 2, Far East Command. I C01ps, The Communists First Spring O.ffensive, Apr 

/951. Japan: Army AG Administration Center, 1951. 

Hermes, Walter G. Truce Tent and Fighting Front. United States Army in the 

Korean War. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1966. 

Historical Division, War Department. Papuan Campaign: The Buna-Sanananda 

Operation (16 November 1942- 23 January 1943). American Forces in 

Action. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1944. 

Historical Section, Army War College. Order of Battle of the United States Land 

Forces in the World War; American Expeditionary Forces; General 

Headquarters, Armies, Army Corps, Services of Supply, and Separate Forces. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1937. Reprint. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1988. 

Historical Section, 1 Corps. Three Years in Korea: A Brief History of I US Cmps, 

12 September 1950 to 12 September 1953. n.p., 1953. 

l-list01y of the Buna Campaign, December I, 1942- JanuC//y 25, 1943. 1 Corps, 

1943. 

Korea 1950. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1952. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 47 

Miller, John, jr., et al. Korea 1951- 1953. Washington: Government Printing 

Office, 1956. 

Milner, Samuel. Victory in Papua. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1957. 

1000 Days in Korea: A Brief History(~{! CoryJs. n.p., 1953. 

Mossman, Billy C. Ebb and FLow. United States Army in the Korean War. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1990. 

Ross, M. Collier, and Beckwith, Charles E. "Burnishing the 'Shield of Seoul."' 

Army 29 (May 1974):48- 52. 

"A Sa lute to the Army Corps." Army Information Digest 17 (September 

1962):26- 31. 

Schnabel, James F. Policy and Direction: The First Yew~ United States Army in 

the Korean War. Washington: Government Printing OITice, 1972. 

Smith, Robert Ross. Triumph in the Philippines. United States Army in World 

War 11. Washington: Government Printing Oll'ice, 1963. 

Stevenson, Charles S. " D+ I 0 Years." Army I 0 (June 1960):63- 65ff. 

Summwy Histo1y of the Firs! American Army Corps. n.p., 1918. 

Swift, [nnis P. "Operations of I Corps in Northern Luzon." Army and Navy 

Journal 83 (7 December 1945):95ff. 

---· "Reduction of a Strongpoint in Luzon by I Corps." MilitCify Review 25 

(July 1945): 18- 22. 

Tate, James 1-1. "Spring Campaign in Korea." Army !nformalion Digest 6 (August 

1951 ):42- 57. 

II UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: On a blue panel with rounded corners, within a white border, 

the Roman numeral II between on the dexter side a rising 

eagle and on the sinister side a rampant lion facing each other, 

all in white. 

Symbolism: The Roman numeral II indicates the unit's designation, while 

the eagle and lion symbolize its service in World War I. 

DISTfNCTJVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

None approved. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS 

II UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Organized 24 February 1918 in the Regular Anny in France as Headquarters, 

II Army Corps. Demobilized 1 February 1919 in France. Reconstituted 27 June 

1944 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, TT Corps; concurrently consolidated 

with Headquarters, JI Corps (active) (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters, TT Corps. Inactivated 10 October 1945 in Austria. 

Redesignated I 6 December 1957 as Headqua:riers, TJ United States Army Corps. 

Activated 2 January 1958 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. Inactivated 5 June 1970 

at Fort Wadsworth, New York. 

ANNEX 

Constituted 15 August 1927 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, XXI 

Corps. Redesignated 13 October 1927 as Headquarters, ll Corps. Activated I 

August 1940 at Fort Jay, New York Redesignated 1 January 1941 as Headquatiers, 

TJ Army Corps. Redesignated 19 August 1942 as Headquarters, I I Corps. 

CAMPAIGN P ARTlCIPATION CREDIT 

World War I 

Somme Offensive 

World War II 

Algeria- French Morocco 

(with arrowhead) 

Tunisia 

Sicily (with arrowhead) 

Naples-Foggia 

R(lme-Amo 

North Apennines 

Po Valley 

49 
50 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

Jl UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS B IBLIOGRAPliY 

American Battle Monuments Commission. American Armies and Battlefields in 

Europe. Washington: Government Printing Office, 193 8 . Reprint. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1992. 

Blumenson, Martin . "Commander at Kasserine Pass." Army 17 (January 

1967):32-44. 

___ . "The Forgotten Corps Commanders." Army 13 (July 1963):40-45. 

___ . Salerno to Cassino. United States Army in World War II. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1969. 

A Brief HistOJy of II Cmps. Milan, Italy: Editorial Domus, 1945. 

Curtis, Raymond W. " ll U.S. Army Corps- Where Reservists Prepare for M-Day 

Missions." Army Information Digest 15 (July 1960): 24-3 1. 

Fifth Army History. 9 vols. Florence, Italy: L'lmpronta Press, 1945 (vols. 1-4); 

Milan, Italy: Pizzi and Pizio (vols. 5- 6); Washington: Government Printing 

Office, 1945-47 (vols. 7-9). 

Fisher, Ernest F., Jr. Cassino to the Alps. United States Army in World War ll. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1977. 

Forty, George. Fifth Army at War. London: Ian Allan, 1980. 

Gabel, Christopher R. The US. Army GIIQ Maneuvers of 1941. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1991. 

Garland, Albert N., and Smyth, Howard McGaw. Sicily and the Surrender of Italy. 

United States Army in Worl d War II. Washington: Government Printing 

Office, 1965. 

Historical Branch, War Plans Division, U.S. Army General Staff. Operations of 

the 2nd American Corps in the Somme Offensive, August 8 to November I I, 

1918. Washi ngton: Government Printing Office, 1920. 

Historical Division, War Department. To Bizerte with the II C01ps (23 April 

1943- 13 May 1943). American Forces in Action. Washington: Government 

Printing Office, 1946. 

I listorical Section, Army War College. Order of Battle of the United States Land 

Forces in the World War; American Expeditionary Forces; General 

Headquarters, Armies, Army Corps, Services of Supply, and Separate Forces. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1937. Reprint. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1988. 

Howe, George F. Northwest Ajhca: Seizing the Initiative in the West. United 

States Army in World War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 

1957. 

Keyes, Geoffrey. "Corps Staff Functions and Procedures in Combat." Militr.u:y 

Review 24 (November 1944):3- 8. 

MacDonald, Charles B., and Mathews, Sidney T. Three Battles: Arnaville, 

Altuzzo, and Schmidt. United States Army in World War IT. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1952. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 51 

Operation of II C01ps, US Army, Northern Tunisia, 23 April- 9 May, Resulting in 

Capture of Bizerte and Surrounding TerritOfy. li Corps, 1943. 

Records of the World War: Field Orders, 2nd Army Corps. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 192 1. 

Report o.f Operations in the If Army Corps, September 29 to October 20, 1918. 

France: II Corps, 1918. 

Report on Operation Conducted by II Corps, United States Arrny, Tunisia, 15 

March- JOApri/1943. II Corps, 1943. 

Starr, Chester G., ed. From Salerno to the Alps, A History of Fifth Army 

1943- 1945. Washington: Infantry Journal Press, 1948. Reprint. Nashville: 

13attcry Press, 1979. 

III CORPS 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SIIOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: A blue caltrop, in the center a white triangle, all within a green 

border. 

Symbolism: Blue and white arc the colors of corps distinguishing flags, 

and the three points of the caltrop indicate the numerical designation of the corps. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

Description: A gold colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a yellow shield on which is a blue caltrop with one point up; within 

the center of the caltrop a white equilateral triangle with one 

point down. 

Symbolism: Yellow alludes to armor. The caltrop is a representation of the 

shoulder sleeve insignia of III Corps. Blue and white are the 

colors used for corps. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

III CORPS 

RA 

LINEAGE (active) 

Organized 16 May 1918 in the Regular Army in France as Headquarters 

and Headquarters Troop, Ill Army Corps. Demobilized 9 August 1919 at 

Camp Sherman, Ohio. Reconstituted 27 June 1944 in the Regular Army as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, HI Corps; concurrently consolidated with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Ill Corps (active) (see 

ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, III Corps. Inactivated I 0 October 1946 at Camp Polk, Louisiana. 

Activated 15 March 1951 at Camp Roberts, California. Inactivated 5 May 

1959 at Fort Hood, Texas. Activated I September 1961 at Fort Hood, Texas. 

Reorganized and redesignated 24 September 1965 as Headquarters, III Corps; 

Headquarters Company, 111 Corps, concurrently constituted and activated at 

Fort Hood, Texas. 

ANNEX 

Constituted 15 August 1927 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, XXII Corps. Redesignated 13 October 1927 as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, III Corps. Activated J 8 December 

53 
54 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

1940 at the Presidio of Monterey, California. Redesignated 1 January 1941 as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, III Army Corps. Redesignated J 9 

August 1942 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, III Corps. 

CAMPAIGN PART!CIPATTON CREDIT 

World War I 

Aisne-Marne 

Oisc-Aisne 

Meuse-Argonne 

Champagne I 918 

Lorraine 19 I 8 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

World War /I 

Northern Prance 

Rhineland 

Ardenn.es-Alsace 

Central Europe 

Ill CORPS BIBUOGRAPI-IY 

Allen, RobertS. Lucky Forward: The History of Patton:<; Third US Army. New 

York: Vanguard Press, 1947. 

American Battle Monuments Commission. American Armies and Battlefields in 

Europe . Washington: Government Printing Office, 1938. Reprint. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1992. 

Cole, Hugh M. The Ardennes: Battle of the Bulge. United States Army in World 

War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1965. 

___ . The Lorraine Campaign. Un ited States Army in World War fl. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1950. 

First United States Army Report of Operations, 23 February- 8 May 1945. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1946. 

Forty, George. Patton :S· Third Army at War. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 

1978. 

Historical Section, Army War College. Order of Battle of the United States Land 

Forces in the World War,· American Expeditionary Forces; General 

Headquarters, Armies, Army Corps, Services of Supply, and Separate Forces. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1937. Reprint. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1988. 

Le Mon, Warren J. "Tank Maneuver Country." Army Information Digest 2 1 

(January 1966):45- 51. 

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Offensive. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, J 973. 

McNamara, James C., et al. The Phantom Corps. Shreveport: General Printing 

Co., 1945. 

Montgomery, John H., Jr. "The Remagen Bridgehead." Military Review 29 (July 

1949):3- 7. 

"A Salute to the Army Corps." Army information Digest 17 (September 

1962):26- 31. 

Van Fleet, James A. "III Corps Operations." Army and Navy Journal 83 (7 

December 1945):53ff. 

Wallace, Brenton G. Patton and His Third Army. Harrisburg: Military Service 

Publishing Company, 1946. 
IV UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SIIOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: A disc quadrated white and blue. The white in the heraldic 

first and fourth quarters, the blue in the second and third, all 

within a green border. 

Symbolism: The composition of this design alludes to the numerical designation of the unit; blue and white are the colors of corps distinguishing flags. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

None approved. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS 

IV UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Organized 20 June 1918 in the Regular Army in France as Headquarters, IV 

Army Corps. Demobilized!! May 1919 in Germany. Reconstituted 27 June 1944 

in the Regular Army as Headquarters, IV Corps; concurrently consolidated with 

Headquarters, IV Corps (active) (sec ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated 

as I leadquarters, IV Corps. Inactivated 13 October 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New 

Jersey. Redesignated 15 October 1958 as Headquarters, IV United States Army 

Corps. Activated I November 1958 at Birmingham, Alabama. Inactivated I April 

1968 at Birmingham, Alabama. 

ANNEX 

Constituted 29 July 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters, IV 

Corps. Withdrawn 15 September 1927 from the Organized Reserves and allotted 

to the Regular Army. Activated 20 October 1939 at Fort Benning, Georgia. 

Redesignated I January 1941 as Headquarters, IV Army Corps. Redesignated 19 

August 1942 as Headquarters, IV Corps. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War I 

St. Mihiel 

Lorraine 1918 

World War!! 

Romc-Arno 

North Apennines 

Po Valley 

55 
56 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

IV UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS BIBLIOGRAPHY 

American Battle Monuments Commission. American Armies and BattLefields in 

Europe. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1938. Reprint. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1992. 

Crittenberger, Willis D. "Up the Italian Shin Bone." Army and Navy Journal83 (7 

December 1945): 5411. 

Fifth Army Histo1y. Vols. 6- 9. Milan, Italy: Pizzi and Pizio, 1945 (vol. 6); 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1945-47 (vols. 7- 9). 

l'isher, Ernest F., Jr. Cassino to the ALps. United States Army .in World War IT. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1977. 

Forty, George. Fifth Army at War. London: Ian Allan, 1980. 

IV United States Army Corps 45th Anniversary, 20 June 1963. n.p., 1963. 

Gabel, Christopher R. The US. Army GHQ Maneuvers of 1941. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1991. 

Historical Section, Army War College. Order of Battle of the United States Land 

Forces in the World War; American Expeditionary Forces; General 

Headquarters, Armies, Army C01ps, Services of Supply, and Separate Forces. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1937. Reprint. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1988. 

19 Days from the Apennines to the Alps: The St01y of the Po Valley Campaign. 

Milan, Italy: Pizzi and Pizio, 1945. 

North Apennines, 10 Sept. 1944 to 4 Ap1" 1945. n.p., 1945. 

Report of Operations o.f the IV C01ps in the Italian Campaign, 1 December to 31 

December 1944, Major General Willis D. Crittenberge1; Commanding. n.p., 

1945. 

Report of Operations of the IV C01ps in the Italian Campaign, I February to 28 

February 1945, Major General WiLlis D. Crittenbetgef; Commanding. n.p., 

1945. 

Starr, Chester G., ed. From Salerno to the Alps, A Histoty of the Fifth Army, 

1943- 1945. Washi ngton: Infantry Journal Press, 1948. Reprint. Nashville: 

Battery Press, 1979. 

Unit Histofy of Headquarters IV United States Army Corps, for Period I 

November 1959- 31 October 1960. n.p., 1960. 

Wondolowski, PeterS. Hist01y of the IV Cotps, 1941- 1945. n.p., 1948. 
VCORPS 

H ERA LDIC [TEMS 

Sr IOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: A blue pentagon whose points lie on an imaginary circle, 

whose edges are white lines, and whose radial lines are white. 

Symbolism: The pentagon represents the number of the corps, while blue 

and white arc the colors associated with corps flags. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

Description: A silver colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a blue 

pentagon with silver outline and five radial lines one to each 

angle, the lower four separated by three five-pointed silver stars, 

with the vertical one extending beyond the edge of the pentagon 

and forming an arrowhead between two silver clemi-fleurs-delis, issuing obliquely from the upper sides of the pentagon, all 

above a circumscribed silver scroll from the fleUt·s-de-lis bearing the inscription JT WILL BE DONE in blue letters. 

Symbolism: The design is based on the shoulder sleeve insignia of the 

organization. The first demi-fleur-de-lis represents France 

where the unit was organized in 1918 during World War I, and 

the three stars refer to the Lorraine, St. Mihiel, and MeuseArgonne campaigns in which the unit participated during that 

war. The second fleUI·-de-lis represents World War II, and the 

five radial lines denote the Central Europe, Ardennes-Aisace, 

Rhineland, and Northern France campaigns, the one with the 

arrowhead symbolizing the assault landing in Normandy. 

LI NEAGE AND H ONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

VCORPS 

RA 

LINEAGE (active) 

Organized 7-12 July 191 8 in the Regular Army in France as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Troop, V Army Corps. Demobilized 2 May 19 19 at Camp Funston, 

Kansas. Reconstituted 27 June 1944 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, V Corps; concurrently consolidated with Headquarters 

and Headquarters Company, V Corps (active) (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit 

designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, V Corps. Reorganized 

and redesignated 2 August 1965 as Headquarters, V Corps; Headquarters 

Company, V Corps, concurrently constituted and activated in Germany. 

57 
58 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

ANNEX 

Constituted 29 July 192 1 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters and 

1 leadquarters Company, V Corps. Organized 17 February 1922 at Fort Thomas, 

Kentucky. Inactivated 15 November 1924 at Fort Thomas, Kentucky. Withdrawn 

I October 1933 from the Organized Reserves and allotted to the Regular Army. 

Headquarters activated 20 October 1940 at Camp Beauregard, Louisiana. 

Redesignated I January 1941 as Headquarters, V Army Corps. Headquarters 

Company, V Army Corps, activated 2 February 1941 at Camp Beauregard, 

Louisiana. Redesignated 19 August 1942 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, V Corps. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War/ 

St. Mihiel 

Meuse-Argonne 

Lorraine 1918 

D ECORATIONS 

None. 

World War// 

Normandy (with arrowhead) 

Northern rrancc Rhineland 

Ardennes-A lsace Central Europe 

V CORPS BIBLIOGRAPHY 

American Battle Monuments Commission. American Armies and Battlefields in 

Eu rop e. Washington: Gove rnment Printing Office, 1938. Reprint. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1992. 

Blumcnson, Martin. Breakout and Pursuit. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1961. 

Cole, Hugh M. The Ardennes: Bailie of the Bulge. United States Army in World 

War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1965. 

Condon, Edward J., Jr., and Mathews, Raymond A. Historical Report of the V 

COtps- 1949. n.p., 1950. 

V C01ps . .. Germany, c. 1965. 

First United States Army Report (?[Operations, 20 October 1943- 1 August 1944. 

7 vols. Paris, 1944. 

First United States Army Report of Operations, I August 1944 to 22 FebruCIIJ' 

1945. 4 vols. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1946. 

l'lrst United States Army Report of Operations, 23 Februory-8 May 1945. 3 vols. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1946. 

Gabel, Christopher R. The US. Army GHQ Maneuvers o/1941. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1991. 

!Iarrison, Gordon A. Cross-Channel Attack. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1951. 

Hill, John G. V Corps Operations in ETO, 6 Jan 1942- 9 May 1945. Paris: Paul 

Viviers, 1945. 

llistorical Division, War Department. Omaha Beachhead (6 June- 13 June 1944). 

American Forces in Action. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1945. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 59 

Historical Section, Army War College. Order of Battle of the United States Land 

Forces in the World War; American Expeditionary Forces; General 

Headquarters, Armies, Army Corps, Services oj'Supply, and Separate Forces. 

Was hington: Gove rnment Printing Office, 1937. Rep rint. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1988. 

Hist01y V Corps June 6, '44. 668th Engineer Topographic Company, 1945. 

Huebner, C. R. "V Corps From Belgium to Czechoslovakia." Army and Navy 

Journal83 (4 December 1945):55ff. 

Intelligence Operations of the V US. Army COJps in Europe. n.p., 1945. 

Kelso, John G. "Solutions from Experience." Army 22 (July 1972):40-44. 

Kirkpatrick, Charles E. V C011Js 75th Anniversary Celebration, Abrams Complex 

12- 13 July 1993: The Histo1y C?(the Victory Corps. Germany, 1993. 

---· V Corps 75th Anniverswy Celebration, Abrams Complex J 2- 13 Ju~)' 

1993: V Corps Remembers Its Heroes: The Medal of Honor. Germany, 1993. 

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Ojj(msive. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1973. 

---· The Siegfried Line Campaign. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1963. 

___ , and Mathews, Sidney T. Three Battles: Arnaville, Altuzzo, and Schmidt. 

United States Army in World War IL Washington: Government Printing 

Office, 1952. 

Pogue, Forrest C. The Supreme Command. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1954. 

"A Salute to the Army Corps." Army Information Digest 17 (September 

1962):26- 31. 

Welcome to Germany, V Corps Edition, 1990- 1991. Hong Kong: Off Duty 

Enterprises, c. 1990. 

VI UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS 

IIERALDIC ITEMS 

St tOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: On a blue disc a white Arabic numeral "6." 

. Symbolism: The numeral identifies the corps' designation, while blue and 

white arc the colors of distinguishing flags for corps. 

DISTfNCTlVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

None approved. 

LTNRAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS 

VI UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS 

RA 

LINEAG E (inactive) 

Organized 23 .Tuly- 1 Aug ust 19 18 in the Regular Army in France as 

Headquarters, VI Army Corps. Demobilized in May 191 9 at Camp Devens, 

Massachusetts. Reconstituted 27 June 1944 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 

VI Corps; concurrently consolidated with Headquarters, VI Corps (active) (see 

ANNEX), a nd con sol ida ted un it designated as Headquarters, VI Corps. 

Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1946 as Headquarters, United States 

Constab ulary. Inactivated 24 November 1950 in Germany. Redesignated 22 

January 195 1 as Headquarters, VI Corps, and activated at Camp Atterbury, 

Indiana. Inactivated I April 1953 at Camp Atterbury, Indiana. Redesignated 30 

October 1957 as Headquarters, VI United States Army Corps. Activated 22 

November 1957 at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana. inactivated 29 February 

1968 at Battle Creek, Michigan. 

ANNEX 

Constituted 29 July 192 1 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters, VT 

Corps. Organized in March 1922 at Chicago, Illinois. Withdrawn I October 

1933 from the Organized Reserves and allotted to the Regular Army. Activated 

l Aug ust 1940 at Fort Sheridan, Illinois. Redesignated I January 1941 as 

Headquarters, VI Army Corps. Redesignated 19 August 1942 as Headquarters, 

Vl Corps. 

61 
62 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War I World War II 

Lorraine 1918 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

Naples-Foggia (with arrowhead) 

/\nzio (with arrowhead) 

Rome-1\rno 

Southern France (with arrowhead) 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-/\ lsace 

Central Gurope 

VI UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Blumenson, Martin. Salerno to Cassino. Un ited States Army in Worl d War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1969. 

Clarke, Jeffrey J. , and Smith, Robert Ross. Riviera to the Rhine. United States 

Army in World War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1993. 

P{(fh Army HislOIJI. Vols. 1- 6. Florence, Italy: I.;Impronta Press, 1945 (vols. 

1-4); Milan, Italy: Pizzi and Pizio (vols. 5- 6). 

Fisher, Ernest F., Jr. Cassino to the Alps. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1977. 

f-orty, George. Fifth Army at War. London: Ian Allan, 1980. 

Gabel, Christopher R. The US. Army GHQ Maneuvers of 1941. Washington: 

Government Printing OITice, 1991. 

Harmon, Ernest N.; MacKayc, Milton; and MacKayc, William Ross. Combat 

Commander: Autobiography of a Soldier. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: PrenticeHall, 1970. 

Historical Division, Department of the Army. Anzio Beachhead (22 Jamtai)J-25 

May 1944). American Forces in Action. Washington: Government Printing 

Office, 1948. 

___ . Salerno, American Operations .from the Beaches to Volturno (9 

September- 6 October 1943. American Forces in Action. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1945. 

llistorical Record, Headquarters VI C01ps, August 1943- June 1945. 6 vols. VI 

Corps, 1945. 

Historical Section, Army War College. Order o.fBattle of the United States Land 

Forces in the World War; American Expeditionary Forces; General 

Headquarters, Armies, Army Corps, Services of Supply, and Separate Forces. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1937. Reprint. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1988. 

Jenkins, Reuben E. "Operation 'Dragoon'- Pianning and Landing Phase." 

Mili!my Review 26 (August 1946):3- 9. 

___ ."The Battle of the German National Redoubt- Operational Phase." 

Militwy Review 26 (January 1947): 16-26. 

MacDonald, Charles 8. The Last Offensive. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1973. 

Military Intelligence Division, War Department. F{fth Army at the Winter Line 

(15 November 1943- 15 January 1 944). American Forces in Action. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1945. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 63 

___ .From the Volturno to the Winter Line (6 October- 15 November 1943). 

American Forces in Action. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1945. 

"Seventh Army Crosses the Moselle River." Militaty Review 25 (September 

1945): 48- 55. 
~~ ..... 
VII CORPS 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SI IOULD R SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: On an olive drab disc a seven-pointed red star charged with a 

Roman numeral "VII," equally divided blue and white (blue 

uppermost). 

Symbolism: Red, white, and blue are the national colors. The seven-pointed 

star and the Roman numeral VII indicate the corps' numerical 

designation. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

Description: A gold colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a heptagon with one angle up and divided into two areas at its horizontal axis, the upper area wh ite and the lower area ultramarine blue, bearing throughout a gold spearhead issuing from 

base and surmounted above an ultramarine blue fleur-de-lis by 

a seven-pointed scarlet star; the upper point slightly elongated 

and coinciding with the point of the spearhead; the shape of 

the spearhead where it passes under the star being defined by 

gold fimbriation; that part of the star which lies upon the 

spearhead bearing a gold five-pointed star above a gold lion 

passant guardant; all between at top four gold five-pointed 

stars in the white area. 

Description: The scarlet seven-pointed star alludes to the corps' numerical 

designation. The blue fleur-de-lis refers to the organization of 

Headquarters, VII Army Corps, on 19 August 19 I 8 at 

Remiremont, France, and the service of the corps in World 

War l. The lion (from the coat of arms of Normandy), spearhead, and star symboli ze the assault and landing at UTAH 

Beach, which spearheaded the American landing on the 

Normandy beaches. The four other stars refer to subsequent 

campaigns of Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Aisace, 

and Central Europe. The heptagon reiterates the corps' numerical designation, and the colors blue and white are authorized 

for corps flags. 

65 
66 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRJGADES 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

VII CORPS 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Organized I 9 August 1918 in the Regular Army in France as Headquarters 

and Headquarters Troop, VJI Army Corps. Demobilized 9- 11 July 1919 at Camp 

Upton, New York. Reconstituted 27 June 1944 in the Regular Army as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, VII Corps; concurrently consolidated 

with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, VII Corps (active) (see ANNEX), 

and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

VII Corps. Disbanded 1 March 1946 at the Presidio of San Francisco, California. 

Reconstituted 12 July 1950 in the Regu lar Army as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, VII Corps. Activated 22 January 1951 at Fort George G. 

Meade, Maryland. Reorganized and redesignated 2 August 1965 as Headquarters, 

VII Corps; Headquarters Company, Vll Corps, concurrently constituted and activated in Germany. Inactivated 15 April 1992 in Germany. 

ANNEX 

Constituted 29 July 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, VII Corps. Withdrawn 18 October 1927 from the 

Organized Reserves and allotted to the Regular Army. Headquarters activated 25 

November 1940 at Fort McClellan, Alabama. Reorganized and redesignated 1 

January 1942 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, VII Army Corps. 

Headquarters Company, VII Army Corps, activated 10 February 1941 at Fort 

McClellan, Alabama. Redesignated 19 August 1942 as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, VII Corps. 

CAMPAfGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War! 

Streamer with inscription 

World War// 

Normandy (with arrowhead) 

Northern France 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-Aisace 

Central Europe 

Southwest Asia 

Defense of Saudi Arabia 

Liberation and Defense of Kuwait 

Cease-Fire 

D ECORATIONS 

None. 
LlNEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 67 

VII Coru~s BIBLJOGRAPHY 

Blumenson, Martin. Breakout and Pursuit. United States Army in World War ll. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1961. 

Cole, Hugh M. The Ardennes: Battle of the Bulge. United States Army in World 

War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1965. 

___ . The Lorraine Campaign. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1950 . 

. Collins, J. Lawton. Lightning .Joe: An Autobiography. Baton Rouge: Louisiana 

State University Press, 1979. 

_ __ . "Operations of the VII Corps." Army and Navy Journal 83 (7 December 

1945):45ff. 

Conquer: The Stmy of Ninth Army 1944- 1945. Washington: Infantry Journal 

Press, 1947. Reprint. Nashville: Battery Press, 1980. 

Desert Jayhawk: Operation Desert Shield/Storm. Stuttgart: Hugo Mattheas 

GmbH, 1991. 

First United States Army Report of Operations, 20 October J 943- 1 August 1945. 

7 vols. Paris, 1944. 

First United States Army Report of Operations, 1 August 1944 to 22 Februwy 

1945. 4 vols. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1946. 

First United States Army Report of Operations, 23 February-8 May 1945. 3 vols. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1946. 

Gabel, Ch ristopher R. The US. Army GHQ Maneuvers of /941. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1991. 

Harrison, Gordon A. Cross-Channel Attack. United States Army in World War H. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1951. 

Historical Division, Department of the Army. Utah Beach to Cherbourg (6 

June- 27 .June 1944). American Forces in Action. Washington: Government 

Printing Office, 1948. 

Historical Section, Army War College. Order of Battle of the United States Land 

Forces in the World War; American Expeditionary Forces; General 

Headquarters, Armies, Army Corps, Services of Supply, and Separate Forces. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1937. Reprint. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1988. 

Jayhawk. HQ, VJI Corps, Stuttgart, west Germany. Bonn: Dieter Berghoff Print., 

1982. 

Leonard, Robert T. "The Mission of a Corps in Germany." Military Review 34 

(September 1954):55- 58. 

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last O.ffensive. U11ited States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1973. 

---· The Siegfi"ied Line Campaign. United States Army in World War n. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1963. 

---• and Mathews, Sidney T. Three Battles: Arnaville, Altuzzo, and Schmidt. 

United States Army in World War 11. Washington: Government Printing 

Office, 1952. 

Mission Accomplished: The Story of the Campaigns of the VI! Corps United 

States Army in the War Against German);, 1944- 1945. Leipzig, Germany: J. J. 
68 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

Weber, 1945. 

Persons, Howard P., Jr. "St. Lo Breakthrough." Military Review 28 (December 

1948): 13- 23. 

Pogue, Forrest C. The Supreme Command. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1954. 

"A Salute to the Army Corps." Army Information Digest 17 (September 

1962):26- 31. 

Scales, Robert H., Jr., dir. Certain Victory: The US Army in the Gulf War. 

Washin~ton: Office of the Chief of Staff, United States Army, 1993. 

Schubert, Frank N., and Kraus, Theresa L., eds. The Whirlwind War: The United 

States Army in Operations DESERT SHIELD and DESERT STORM. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1995. 

Swain, Richard M. "Lucky War": Third Army in Desert Storm. Fort Leavenworth, 

Kans.: U.S. Army Command and General Staff College Press, 1994. 

Welcome to the VII Corps. 66th Engineer Topographic Company, 1953. 
VIII UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: On a blue octagon a white figure "8" within a white border 

within a blue border. 

Symbolism: The octagon represents the number of the corps, and the colors blue and white are those associated with corps flags. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

None approved. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS 

VIII UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Organized 26- 29 November 1918 in the Regular Army in France as 

Headquarte rs, VIII Army Corps. Demobilized 20 April 1919 in France. 

Reconstituted 29 July 192 1 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters, Vlll 

Corps. Withdrawn I October 1933 from the Organized Reserves and allotted to 

the Regular Army. Activated 14 October ]940 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. 

Redesignated 1 January 1941 as Headquarters, VIII Army Corps. Redesignated 

19 August 1942 as Headquarters, VIII Corps. Inactivated 15 December 1945 at 

Camp Gruber, Oldahoma. Redesignated 30 October 1957 as Headquarters, VIII 

United States Army Corps. Activated 20 November 1957 at Austin, Texas. 

Inactivated l April 1968 at Austin, Texas. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War II 

Normandy 

Northern France Rhineland 

Ardennes-Alsace Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

69 
70 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

VIII UNITED STATES CORPS BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Allen, Robert S. Lucky Forward: The History of Patton s Third US. Army. New 

York: Vanguard Press, 1947. 

Annivet:s-ary Edition, VIII Corps History. n.p., 1945. 

Blumenson, Martin. Breakout and Pursuit. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1961. 

Cole, Hugh M. The Ardennes: Battle of the Bulge. United States Army in World 

War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1965. 

Conquer: The Stmy of Ninth Army, 1944- 1945. Washington: Infantry Journal 

Press, 1947. Reprint. Nashville: Battery Press, 1980. 

First United States Army Report of Operations, 1 August 1944 to 22 February 

1945. 4 vols. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1946. 

Forty, George. Patton :S· Third Army at War. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 

1978. 

Gabel, Christopher R. The US. Army GHQ Maneuvers of 1941. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1991. 

Historical Section, Army War College. Order of Battle of the United States Land 

Forces in the World War; American Expeditionary Forces,· General 

Headquarters, Armies, Army Cmps, Services of Supply, and Separate Forces. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1937. Reprint. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1988. 

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Offensive. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1973. 

___ . The Siegfried Line Campaign . United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1963. 

Pogue, Forrest C. The Supreme Command. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1954. 

Price, Frank J. 1/·oy J-1. Middleton, A Biography. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State 

University Press, 1974. 
IX CORPS 

H ERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: On a blue disc a red circle, circumscribed about the red 

Roman numerical "IX." 

Symbolism: The Roman numeral IX identifies the designation of the unit. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

Description: A gold colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a disc 

divided horizontally, the upper half blue and the lower half 

white, surmounted by a taeguk, overall a scarlet letter "X" 

behind a scarlet letter "I" both fimbriated gold, the outer tips 

of both extending over the taeguk but not touching the periphery of the blue and white disc, each of the four "arms" of the 

letter "X" bearing two five-pointed gold stars and the letter ''I" 

bearing two five-pointed gold stars, one in the center and one 

in base, all above a gold scroll bearing the inscription 

SHIELD OF THE ORIENT in blue letters. 

Symbolism: The "I" superimposed on the "X" simulates the Roman 

numeral IX. The taeguk with the nine gold stars alludes to the 

nine Korean War campaigns; the two parts of the taeguk also 

symboli ze the two Republic of Korea Presidential Unit 

Citations. The one gold star in the base of the letter "I" is for 

service in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, World War II. The letter 

"I" also refers to the word "fnternational" in recognition of the 

international composition of the IX Corps during the Korean 

War. The horizontally divided blue and white background was 

suggested by the colors of the corps distinguishing flag. The 

letter ''0" formed by the design refers to the "Orient" and to 

the motto "Shield of the Orient." 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

IX CORPS 

RA 

LiNEAGE (inactive) 

Organi zed 25- 29 November 1918 in the Regular Army in France as 

Headquarters, IX Army Corps. Demobilized 5 May 1919 in France. 

Reconstituted 29 July 192 I in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters, IX 

71 
72 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

Corps. Withdrawn 1 October 1933 from the Organized Reserves and allotted to 

the Regular Army. Activated 24 October 1940 at Fort Lewis, Washington. 

Redesignated 1 January 1941 as Headquarters, IX Army Corps. Redesignated 19 

August 1942 as Headquarters, IX Corps. Inactivated 28 March 1950 in Japan. 

Activated l 0 August 1950 at Fort Sheridan, Illinois. Reorganized and redesignated 22 December 1965 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, IX Corps. 

Inactivated 15 November 1995 in Japan. 

CAMPAlGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World Wm· I! 

Asiatic-Pacific Theater, Streamer without inscription 

Korean War 

UN Offensive 

CCF Intervention 

First UN Counteroffensive 

CCF Spring Offensive 

UN Summer-Fall Offensive 

Second Korean Winter 

Korea, Summer-Fall 1952 

Third Korean Winter 

Korea, Summer 1953 

DECORATIONS 

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 

1950 (Headquarters, IX Corps, cited; DA GO 8, 1952) 

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 

1952- 1953 (Headquarters, IX Corps, cited; DA GO 89, 1953) 

IX CORPS BlBLIOGRAPHY 

Appleman, Roy E. South to the Naktong, North to the Yalu, June- November 1950. 

United States Army in the Korean War. Washington: Government Printing 

Office, 1961. 

Booth, Donald P. "Okinawa: Keystone of the Pacific." Army Information Digest 

13 (December 1958):32- 41. 

Castles, Jean I. "Our Ground Defense Line in the Far East." Army Information 

Digest 10 (September 1955):2- 11. 

Gugeler, Russell A. Combat Actions in Korea. Washington: Combat Forces Press, 

1954. Reprint. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1970. 

Hermes, Walter G. Truce Tent and Fighting Front. United States Army in the 

Korean War. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1966. 

Historical Section, Army War College. Order of Battle of the United States Land 

Forces in the World War; American Expeditionary Forces; General 

Headquarters, Armies, Army Corps, Services of Supply, and Separate Forces. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1937. Reprint. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1988. 

Ikeda, Moss M. "Retention Through Intervention." Military Review 58 (April 

1978):63- 67. 

Korea 1950. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1952. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 73 

Krueger, Walter. From Down Under to Nippon: The St01y of Sixth Army in World 

War II. Washington: Combat Forces Press, 1953. Reprint. Washington: 

Zenger Publishing Co., 1979. 

Miller, John, jr., ct al. Korea 1951- 1953. Washington: Government Printing 

Office, 1956. 

Mossman, Bi lly C. Ebb and Flow. United! States Army in the Korean War. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1990. 

IX Corps, Histori ca l Section, G- 3. 7'lte COI]JS in Korea, A Brief Informal Hist01y 

of IX C01ps (Group) in Koreajiom 23 September 1950 to 1 September 1954. 

Tokyo: AG Administration Center, 1954. 

IX Corps Unit Hist01y 1940- 1963. n.p., 1964. 

"A Sa lute to the Army Corps." Army Information Digest 17 (September 

1962):26- 31. 

Schnabel, James F. Policy and Direction: The First Year. United States Army in 

the Korean War. Washington: Government Printi ng Office, 1972. 

Tate, James H. "Spring Campaign in Korea." Army Information Digest 6 

(November 1951 ): 13- 23. 

With IX Corps, US. Army in Korea. Public Information OITice, lX Corps, 1951. 

X UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS 

H ERALDIC ITEMS 

SIIOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: On a disc divided horizontally blue and white, a Roman 

numera l "X" counterchanged, to be worn with the blue field 

uppermost, all within a green border. 

Symbolism: The composition of this design alludes to the numerical designation of the unit; blue and white arc the colors of corps distinguishing flags. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGN IA 

None approved. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS 

X UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted I May 1942 in the Army of the United States as lleadquarters, X 

Army Corps. Activated 15 May 1942 at Sherman, Texas. Redesignated 19 August 

1942 as Headquarters, X Corps. Inactivated J.l January 1946 in Japan. Activated 

I. 2 September 1950 in Japan. Allotted 8 December 1950 to the Regular Army. 

Inactivated 27 April 1955 at Fort Riley, Kansas. Redesignated 26 December 1957 

as Headquarters, X United States Army Corps. Activated l January 1958 at Fort 

Lawton, Washington. Inactivated 31 March 1968 at Fort Lawton, Washington. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICJPATION CREDIT 

World Wt1r II 

New Guinea 

Leyte (with arrowhead) 

Southern Philippines 

Korean War 

UN Defensive 

UN Offensive 

CCF Intervention 

First UN Counteroffensive 

CCF Spring Oftimsive 

UN Summer-Fall Offensive 

Second Korean W inter 

Korea, Summer- Fall 1952 

Third Korean Winter 

Korea, Summer 1953 

75 
76 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

DeCORATIONS 

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

1944 TO 4 .JULY J 945 (I Icadquartcrs, X Corps, cited; D/\ GO 47, 1950) 

Republic of Korea Presidentia l Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered INCHON 

TO II UNG-NAM (Headquarters, X Corps, cited; DA GO 8, 1952) 

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 

(Headquarters, X Corps, cited; DA GO 82, 1954) 

X U N ITED STATES ARMY CORPS BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Appleman, Roy E. Escaping the Trap. The U.S. Army X Corps in Northeast 

Korea, 1950. College Station, Tex.: Texas A & M Un iversity Press, 1989. 

___ . South to the Naktong, Nort.h to the Yalu, June- November 1950. United 

States Army in the Korean War. Washington: Government Printing Office, 

1961. 

Big X in Korea. n.p., 1951. 

Big X in Korea. n.p., 1954. 

Blumenson, Martin. "MacArthur's Divided Command." Army 7 (November 

l956):38-44ff. 

Cannon, M. Hamlin. Leyte: The Return to the Philippines. United States Army in 

World War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1954. 

Gugelcr, Russell A. Combat Actions in Korea. Washington: Combat Forces Press, 

1954. Reprint. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1970. 

Hermes, Walter G. Truce Tent and Fighting Front. United States Army in the 

Korean War. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1966. 

History of X Corps on Mindanao, 17 Apri/1945- 30 June 1945. n.p., 1945. 

A Hist01y of the X Corps in the Leyte-Samar Operation. n.p., 1945. 

Korea 1950. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1952. 

Krueger, Walter. From Down Under to Nippon: The St01y of Sixth Army in World 

War II. Washington: Combat Forces Press, 1953. Reprint. Washington: 

Zenger Publishing Co., 1979. 

Miller, John, jr., et al. Korea 1951- 1953. Washington: Government Printing 

Office, 1956. 

Mossman, Billy C. Ebb and Flow. United States Army in the Korean War. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1990. 

Schnabel, James F. Policy and Direction: The First Year. United States Army in 

the Korean War. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1972. 

Sibert, F. C. "X Corps- Lcytc, Samar <md Mindanao." Army and Navy Journal 

83 (7 December 1945):96. 

Smith, Robert Ross. Triumph in the Philippines. United States Army in World 

War If. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1963. 

Standard Operating Procedure, 1 July 1951. Korea: Headquarters, X Corps, 1951. 

Stanton, Shelby L. American :S Tenth Legion. X C01ps in Korea, 1950. Novato, 

Calif.: Presidio Press, 1989. 

Stewart, Richard W. Staff Operations: The X Corps in Korea, December 1950. 

Fort Leavenworth, Kans.: Combat Studies Institute, 1991. 
LINEAGES AND HERALD[C DKfA 77 

Tate, James H. "Spring Campaign in Korea." Army Information Digest 6 

(November 195L):1 3- 23. 

X Corps Occupation of Japan, 7 October 1945- 30 November 1945. Tokyo: 66th 

Topographic Co., 1945. 

X Corps Operations, 16 October- 31 December 1950. Korea: X Corps, G -2 

Section, 1950. 

Westover, John G. Combat Support in Korea. Washington: Combat Forces Press, 

1955. Reprint. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1987. 

XI UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS 

HERALDIC lTEMS 

SltOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNI/\ 

Description: On a blue disc two white squares, one set upon the other, the 

upper at a 45 degree angle and marked with five red dots, the 

lower square marked with six red dots. 

Symbolism: Red, white, and blue are the national colors. The eleven dots 

on the two dice represent the XI United States Army Corps. 

The dice represent the natural gamble taken by all combatants 

in warfare, and with the number eleven, a so-called natural 

winning combination in the game of dice, symbolize a winning unit. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INS IGN I/\ 

None approved. 

L INEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS 

XI UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS 

RA 

LINE/\GE (inactive) 

Constituted 1 October 1933 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters, XI 

Corps. Redesignated 25 April 1942 as Headquarters, XI Army Corps. Ordered 

into active military service 15 June 1942 and organized at Chicago, Illinois. 

Redesignated 19 August 1942 as Headquarters, XI Corps. Inactivated II March 

1946 in Japa n. (Organized Rese rves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the 

Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) 

Redesignated 30 October 1957 as Headquarters, XI United States Army Corps; 

concurrently withdrawn from the Army Reserve and allotted to the Regular Army. 

Activated 22 November 1957 at St. Louis, Missouri. Inactivated 21 January 1968 

at St. Louis, Missouri. 

CAMP/\IGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War II 

New Guinea 

Luzon 

Southern Philippines 

DECOR/\TIONS 

None. 

79 
80 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

XI UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS 8IBLIOGRAP1IY 

XI Corps, Historical Section. Hisloty ofX! Corps, 15 June 1942-15 March 1946. 

n.p., 1946. 

Hall, C. P. "To Yokohama with the XT Corps." Army and Navy Journal 83 (7 

December 1945):97ff. 

Historical Report ofXJ C01ps Participation in the Luzon Campaign. XI Corps, 

1945. 

Krueger, Walter. From Down Under to Nippon: The Sffny of Sixth Army in World 

War ff. Washington: Combat Forces Press, 1953. Reprint. Washington: 

Zenger Publishing Co., 1979. 

Kutcher, Milton M., ed. Paradise Parade: A Review r?f the XI C01ps Campaigns 

.fi-orn Finschafen, New Guinea. April 22, 1944 to Yokohama, Japan, 

September 2, 1945. Tokyo: Shyubido Print Co., 1945. 

Smith, Robert Ross. Triumph in the Philippines. United States Army in Wor1d 

War 11. Washington: Govcmment Printing Office, 1963. 
XII UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER S LEEVE TNSTGNIA 

Description: An old Dutch windmill in orange on a blue shield of the outline of the shield on the seal of the city ofNew Amsterdam. 

Symbolism: The design is symbolic of New York, previously known as 

New Amsterdam. The corps was originally allocated to New 

York state. 

DISTINCTIVE U NIT INSIGNIA 

None approved. 

LINEAGEAND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS 

XII UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS 

LlNEA<TE 

RA 

(inactive) 

Constituted 1 October 1933 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters, Xll 

Corps. Organized 24 January 1934 at New York, New York. Redesignated 1 

January 1941 as Headquarters, XII Army Corps. Redesignated 19 August 1942 as 

Headquarters, Xll Corps. Ordered into active military service 29 August 1942 

and reorganized at Columbia, South Carolina. Inactivated 15 December 1945 in 

Germany. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized 

Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) Redesignated 15 

October 1958 as Headquarters, XII United States Army Corps; concurrently 

\Vithdrawn fi·om the Army Reserve and allotted to the Regular Army. Activated l 

November 1958 at Atlanta, Georgia. Inactivated 1 April 1968 at Atlanta, Georgia. 

CAMPAIGN PARTlCll'ATlON CREDJT 

World W{u· /[ 

Northern France 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-Alsaee 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

81 
82 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

XII UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Allen, Robert S. Lucky Forward: The History o.f Patton:~ Third Army. New York: 

Vanguard Press, 1947. 

Balish, Harry. "The Battle of Nancy- A Double Envelopment." Military Review 

29 (January 1950): 16- 23. 

Balkoski, Joseph. " Patton's 3rd Army: The Lorraine Campaign, 8 Nov.- l Dec. 

'44." Strategy & Tactics 78 (January- February 1980): 4- 9. 

Blumenson, Martin. Breakout and Pursuit. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, J 961. 

Clarke, Jeffrey J., and Smith, Robert Ross. Riviera to the Rhine. United States 

Army in World War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1993. 

Cole, Hugh M. The Ardennes: Battle o.f the Bulge. United States Army in World 

War 11. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1965. 

___ . The Lorraine Campaign. U nited States Army in World War fl. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1950. 

Dyer, George. XII Corps: Spearhead of Patton s· Third Army. Baton Rouge: 

Military Press of Louisiana, 1947. 

Forty, George. Patton~· Third Army at liflar. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 

1978. 

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Qlfensive. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1973. 

Report o.fOperations, 12 August/944- 8 May 1945. XII Corps, 1945. 

XII Corps, Spearhead ojPatton :5 Third Army . New York: Roe & Doe, 1946. 

Wallace, Brenton G. Patton and His Third Army. Harrisburg: Military Service 

Publishing Co., 1946. 
XIII UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SIIOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: On an olive drab elise a green four-leaf clover stem down displaying a red triangle point up. 

Symbolism: The four-leaf clover is for good luck, and as displayed the four 

leaves make an "X." The three states in the corps area, 

Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia, where the unit was initially allotted, arc represented by the triangle. The color red 

alludes to the first English settlers in that area. The three sides 

of the tri angle togethe r with the green "X" make up the 

numerical designation. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

None approved. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS 

XIII UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted I October 1933 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters, XIII 

Corps. Redesignated l January 1941 as Headqua rters, Xlll Army Corps. 

Redesignated 19 August 1942 as Headquarters, XIII Corps. Ordered into active 

military service 7 December 1942 and organized at Providence, Rhode Island. 

Inactivated 25 September 1945 at Camp Cooke, California. (Organized Reserves 

redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 

1952 as the Army Reserve.) Redesignated 16 December 1957 as Headquarters, 

Xlll Uni ted Stales Army Corps; concurrently withdrawn from the Army Reserve 

and allotted to the Regular Army. Activated 2 January 1958 at Fort Devens, 

Massachusetts. Inactivated 5 June 1970 at Fort Devens, Massachusetts. 

C/\MPAIGN P/\RTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War II 

Rhineland 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

83 
84 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRlGADES 

XIII UNITED STATES A RMY CORPS BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Conquer: The Story of Ninth Army 1944- 1945. Washington: Infantry .Journal 

Press, 1947. Reprint. Nashville: Battery Press, 1980. 

Dean, Gardener A.; Anderson, Arthur G.; and Fenlon, Alfred H. One Hundred 

and Eighty Days, XIII Corps. Hanover, Germany: Richard Peterson, 1945. 

Gillem, Alvan C., .Jr. " 180 Days." Army and Navy Journal 83 (7 December 

1945):57ff. 

ty1acDonald, Charles B. The Last Offensive. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing 0 1Iice, 1973. 

_ __. The Siegfried Line Campaign. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1963. 

Simpson, W. H. "Rehea rsal for the Rhine." Milit01y Revie·w 25 (October 

1945):20- 28. 

Stone, Thomas R. " 1630 Comes Early on the Roer." Milit01y Review 53 (October 

1973):3 2 1. 
XIV UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE 1NS1GNJA 

Description: Upon a gray shielc~ a blue saltire cross and surcharged thereon 

a four-pointed caltrop in red. 

Symbolism: The shield is gray, and the blue saltire is from the Confederate 

battle flag indicating the unit's origin in the deep South. The 

cross forming the Roman numeral "X," and the nmnber of 

points on the caltrop indicate the numerical designation of the 

corps. 

DISTINCTIVE INSIGNIA 

None approved. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS 

XTV UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 1 October 1933 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters, XIV 

Corps. Redesignated 1 January 1941 as Headquarters, XIV Army Corps. 

Redesignated 19 August 1942 as Headquarters, XIV Corps. Ordered into active 

military service 19 Decembe r 1942 and organized at Brownwood. Texas. 

Inactivated 31 December 1945 at fort Lawton, Washington. (Organized Reserves 

redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 

1952 as the Army Reserve.) Redesignated 30 October I 957 as Headquarters, XTV 

United States Army Corps; concurrently withdrawn from the Army Reserve and 

allotted to the Regular Army. Activated 22 November 1957 at Minneapolis, 

Minnesota. Inactivated 1 April l968 at Minneapolis, Minnesota. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICI PATION CREDIT 

World fVa r 17 

Guadalcanal 

Northern Solomons 

Bismarck Archipelago 

Luzon 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

85 
86 ARMIES, CORPS, DfVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

XIV UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS BtuUOGRAPHY 

After Action Report, XIV C m ]JS, M I Operation. XJY Corps, 1945. 

Blumenson, Ma rlin. "The Forgotte n Corps Comma nders." Army 13 (J uly 

1963):40-45. 

XIV US. Army Corps. n.p., 1960. 

Griswold, Oscar W. "Luzon Operations of the XJV Corps." Army and Navy 

Journa/ 83 (7 December l945):9Rtr 

.---·Report on Lessons Leam ed in the "Bougainvi!le Operation." n.p .. 1945. 

Headquarters, XIV United States Army Corps HisfOIJ' jiJr the Period 1 .Jan 58 -3 1 

Dec 62. Minneapolis: The Corps, 1965. 

Japanese De.fimse of Cities as Exemplified by the Battle for Manila, a Report by 

XIV C01ps. Manila: Sixth Army, 1945. 

Krueger, Walter. Frorn Down Under to Nippon: The Stmy of Sixth Army in World 

War II. Washington: Combat forces Press, 1953. Reprint. Washington: 

Zenger Publishing Co., 1978. 

Miller, John, jr. CARTWTIF:EL: The Reduction of Rabaul. United States Army in 

World War ll. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1959. 

___ . Guadalcanal: The First Qffi:msive. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1949. 

Smith, Robert Ross. Triumph in the Philippines. United States Army in World 

War H. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1963. 
XV UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS 

H ERALDIC ITEMS 

SIIOULDER SLEEVE fNSIGNIA 

Description: On an oli ve drab disc with a blue border, a white chevron 

reversed superimposed by a blue saltirc all humette. 

Symbolism: The saltirc and chevron allude to the unit's designation; blue 

and white arc the colors associated with corps. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGN IA 

None approved. 

LiNEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS 

XV UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted I October 1933 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters, XV 

Corps. Redesignated I January 1941 as Headquarters, XV Army Corps. 

Redesignated J 9 August 1942 as Headquarters, XV Corps. Ordered into active 

military service 15 February 1943 and organized at Camp Beauregard, Louisiana. 

Inactivated 31 March 1946 in Germany. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 

March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps.) Withdrawn 21 February 1951 from 

the Organized Reserve Corps and allotted to the Regular Army. Activated I 

March 1951 at Camp Polk, Louisiana. Inactivated I April 1953 at Camp Polk, 

Louisiana. Redesignated 26 December 1957 as Headquarters, XV United States 

Army Corps. Activated I January 1958 at the Presidio of San Francisco, 

Ca li fornia. Inactivated 3 1 March 1968 at the Presidio of San Francisco, 

California. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War If 

Normandy 

Northern France 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-Aisace 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

87 
88 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIG/\ DES 

XV UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS BlULIOGRAPHY 

Allen, Robert S. Lucf..y Fotward: The History of Patton's Third US. Army. New 

York: Vanguard Press, 1947. 

Blumenson, Martin. Breakout and Pursuit. United States Army in World War 11 . 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1961. 

Clarke, Jeffrey J. , and Smith, Robert Ross. Riviera to the Rhine. United States 

Army in World Wcu II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1993. 

Cole, Hugh M. The Lorraine Campaign. United States Army in World War IT. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1950. 

Forty, George. Pal/on~· Third Army at War. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 

1978. 

Ha islip. Wade H. "The XV Corps in World War IT." Army and Navy Journa183 (7 

December 1945):58ff. 

Jenkins, Reuben E. "The JJattle of the German National Redoubt Operational 

Phase." Militmy Review 26 (January 1947): 16- 26. 

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Offensive. United States Army in Worl d War ll. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1973. 

"Operations of XV Corps in Forming the Argentan-Falaise Pocket.'' Military 

Review 25 (June 1945): 17 25. 

Operations of the XV Corps in the European Theater of Operations, 3 1 Ju y 1944 

to 11 May 1945. XV Corps, 1945. 

Report Ajter Combat, XV Corps. XV Corps, 1945. 

Report of Operations, the Seventh United States Army in France and Germany, 

1944- 1945. 3 vols. Heidelberg, Germany: Aloys Graf. 1946. 

Turner, John F., and Jackson, Robett. Destination Berchtesgaden: The Story of the 

United States Seventh Army in World War 11. New York: Charles Scribner's 

Sons, 1975. 

Wallace, Brenton G. Patton and His Third Army. Harrisburg: Military Service 

Publishing Co., 1946. 
XVI UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS 

HERALDTC ITEMS 

SIIOULDER SLEEVE INSiGNIA 

Description: On an olive drab shield a white compass rose with a blue center, all within a blue border. 

Symbolism: 13luc and white arc l11c corps colors, while the compass rose is 

indicative of the readiness of the personnel of the corps to 

serve their country in any part of the world. 

DISTTNCTI VE U NJT INSIGNIA 

None approved. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS 

XVl UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS 

RA 

L rNEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted I October 1933 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters, XVI 

Corps. Redesignated 1 January 1941 as Headquarters, XVI Army Corps. 

Redesignated 19 August 1942 as Headquarters, XVI Corps. Ordered into active 

mi litary service 10 December I 943 and organi7.ed at Fort R iley, Ka nsas. 

Inactivated 7 December 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. (Organized Reserves 

redesignated 25 May 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps.) Withdrawn I 0 May 

1951 from the Organized Reserve Corps, allotted to the Regular Army, and activated in Japan. Inactivated 20 November 1954 in Japan. Redesignated 30 October 

1957 as Headquarters, XVT United States Army Corps. Activated 22 November 

1957 at Omaha, Nebraska. Inactivated 30 April 1968 at Omaha, Nebraska . 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War I! 

Rhineland 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

89 
90 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

XVI U NITED STATES A RMY CORPS BIBUOGRAPIIY 

Anderson, John B. "XVI Corps Operations in Europe." Army and Navy Journal 

83 (7 December J 945):62ff. 

Conquer: The Story of Ninth Army 1944- 1945. Washington: Infantry Journal 

Press, 1947. Reprint. Nashville: Battery Press, 1980. 

Histo1y o.f the XVI Col'ps ji-om Its Activation to the End of the l#tr in Europe. 

Washington: Infantry Journa l Press, 1947. 

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Offensive. Un ited States Army in World War 11. 

Washington: Government Printi ng Office, 1973. 

Reports of Headquarters XVI Cmps for the period I May 1951 to 30 April 1953. 

n.p., 1953. 

Simpson, W. H . "Rehearsal for the Rhine." Military Review 25 (October 

1945):20- 28. 

Stone, Thomas R. "1630 Comes Early on the Rocr." Militwy Review 53 (October 

1973):3- 2 1. 

We Cross The Rhine. n.p., 1945. 
XVIII AIRBORNE CORPS 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SIIOULDER SLEEVE INS IGNI/\ 

Description: Issuing from the sinister side of a white square, flat side up, a 

blue dragon 's head all within a blue border. (The dragon 's 

tongue points to dexter base corner.) 

Symbolism: The dragon's head represents cunning, endurance, and ferocity 

against enemies and is symbolic of the strategy and powerful 

attack of the corps. 

T/\8 

Description: Immediately above and touching the shoulder sleeve insignia, 

a blue arc tab inscribed AIRBORNE in white letters. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNI/\ 

Description: A silver colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a 

blue square angle up bearing the silver head and neck of a 

dragon issuing from base and lower right side between two 

elevated white wings counterwisc, the tips touching above 

the square and issuing in base from a styli zed silver scroll 

lined blue and inscribed SKY DRAGONS in blue letters, the 

internal areas between the square and wings and the square 

and scroll scarlet with upper area bearing three silver fivepointed stars, one and two. 

Symbolism: The design was suggested by the shoulder sleeve insignia of the 

corps. The dragon and wings symbolize mobility, endurance, 

surprise, and ferocity of attack by airborne units. The reel areas 

allude to fields and skies of war, the three stars referring to the 

Rhineland, 1\rdennes-Alsace, and Central Europe campaigns, 

World War II, in which the corps participated. Blue and white 

are the colors of corps distinguishing flags. 

91 
92 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

LINEAGE AND H ONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

XVIII AIRBORNE CORPS 

L INEAGE 

RA 

(active) 

Constituted 14 January 1942 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and 

I Teadquarters Company, II Armored Corps. Activated 17 January 1942 at Camp 

Polk, Louisiana. Reorganized and redesignated 9 October 1943 as Headquarters 

and Headquarters Company, XVIII Corps. Redesignated 25 August 1944 as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, XVIIJ Airborne Corps. Inactivated 15 

October 1945 at Camp Campbell, Kentucky. Activated 21 May 195 1 at Fort 

Bragg, North Carolina. Reorgani zed and redesignated, 24 September 1965 as 

Headquarters, XVIII Airborne Corps; Headquarters Company, XVlJl/\irborne 

Corps, concurrently constituted and activated at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War// 

R11ineland 

Ardennes-A lsacc Central Europe 

Southwest Asia 

Defense of Saudi Arabia 

Liberation and Defense of Kuwait 

D ECORATIONS 

None. 

Armed Forces Expeditions 

Dominican Republic 

Grenada 

Panama 

XVIII AIRBORNE CORPS BIBLIOGRAPHY 

"An Airborne Corps Operation." Milita1y Review 25 (November 1945): 14-16. 

Cole, Hugh M. The Ardennes: Battle of the Bulge. United States Army in World 

War II. Washi ngton: Government Printing Office, 1965. 

Conquer: The Story of Ninth Army 1944- 1945. Washington: Infan try Journal 

Press, 1947. Repri nt. Nashville: Battery Press, 1980. 

Donnelly, Thomas; Roth, Margaret; and Baker, Caleb. Operation Just Cause: The 

Storming of Panama. New York: Macmillan, 199 1. 

Flanagan, Edward M., Jr. Battle for Panama: Inside Operation Just Cause. New 

York: Brasscy's, 1993. 

The His!OJ:)' of the XVIII Airborne COtps, 1942- 1962: The Fighting COJ[JS. Fort 

Bragg, 1962. 

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Offensive. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1973. 

"Mission Accomplished": A Summmy of Militmy Operations of the XVIII C01ps 

(Airborne) in the European Theater of Operations, 1944- 45. Schwerin, 

Germany, 1945. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 93 

Palme r, Bruce, Jr. "XVIli Airborne Corps- All the Way." Army Digest 22 

(January 1967): 12- 18. 

"A Sa lute to the Army Corps." Army Informa tion Digest 17 (September 

1962): 26-3 L. 

Scales, Robe rt H., Jr., dir. Certain Victory: The US Army in the Gu(f War. 

Washington: Office of the Chief of Staff, United States Army, 1993. 

Schubert, Frank N., and Kraus, Theresa L., eds. The Whirlwind War: The United 

States Army in Operations DESERT SHIELD and DESERT STORM. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1995. 

SwnmOJyofOperations, 18 December 1944- 13 February 1945. n.p., 1945. 

Swain, Richard M. "Lucky War": Third Army in Desert Storm. Fort Leavenworth, 

Kans.: U.S. Army Command and General Staff College Press, 1994. 

Yates, Lawrence A. Power Pack: U.S. Intervention in the Dominican Republic, 

1965- 1966. Leavenworth Papers. Fort Leavenworth, Kans.: Combat Studies 

Institute, J 988. 

XIX UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS 

H ERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGN IA 

Description: On a medium blue disc with a sil ver gray border, a tomahawk proper (black handle, a sil ver gray blade and bindings, 

and red tassel). 

Symbolism: In April 1944, ove r the signature of General Dwight D. 

Eisenhower, it was stated that a design of "American significance" was desired by the commander of the XIX Corps. The 

tomahawk is one of the most American of symbols. 

The Indian tomahawk was combined with a peace pipe and was 

thus ceremonially representative of war or peace. In the peace 

ceremony the blade was buried and the peace pipe smoked, 

while in war it was used as a weapon rather than as a pipe. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

None approved. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS 

XIX UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 7 July 1942 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters, III 

Armored Corps. Activated 20 August 1942 at Camp Polk, Louisiana. 

Reorgani zed a nd redesignated 10 October 1943 as Headquarte rs and 

Headquarters Company, XIX Corps. Disbanded 5 September 1945 in France. 

Reconstituted 12 July 1950 in the Army of the United States. Redesignated 8 

October 1959 as Headquarters, XIX United States Army Corps, and allotted to 

the Regu lar Army. Activated I November 1959 at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas. 

Inactivated I April 1968 at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War II 

Normandy 

Northern France 

Rhineland 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

95 
96 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

XIX UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Blumenson, Martin. Breakout and Pursuit. United States Army in World War II . 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 196 1. 

___ . "The Forgotten Corps Commanders." Army 13 (July 1963):40-45. 

Breaching the Siegfried Line, XJX Cmps United States Army, 2 October 1944. 

n.p., 1945. 

Conquer: The StOty of Ninth Army 1944- 1945. Washington: Infantry Journal 

Press, 1947. Reprint. Nash vi lie: Battery Press, 1980. 

Corlett, Charles H., ed. by Farrington, William. Cowboy Pete. The Autobiography 

of Major General Charles H. Corlett. Santa Fe: Sleeping Fox Enterprises, 

1974. 

fi'il:s·t United States Army Report of Operations, 20 October 1943- 1 August 1944. 

7 vols. Paris, 1944. 

First United States Army Report of Operations, 1 August 1944 to 22 Februcuy 

1945. 4 vols. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1946. 

Historical Division, War Department. St-Lo (7 July- 19 July 1944). American 

Forces in Action. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1947. 

llobbs, L. S. "Breaching the Siegfried Line." Military Review 26 (June 

1946):9-14. 

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Offensive. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1973. 

___ . The Siegfried Line Campaign. United States Army in World War fl. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1963. 

McLain, Ray. "The Drive to the Roer." Army and Navy Journal 83 (7 December 

1945):63ff. 

Pamp, Frederic E., Jr. Normandy to the Elbe, XIX Corps. 62d Engineer 

Topographic Company, 1945. 

Simpson, W. H. "Rehearsal for the Rhine." Milila1y Review 25 (October 

1945):20-28. 

Stone, Thomas R. "1630 Comes Early on the Roer." Militwy Review 53 (October 

1973):3- 21. 
XX UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: On a blue shield with a red border within a yellow orle four 

yellow crampons interlaced saltirewise. 

Symbolism: Blue, red, and yellow are the colors associated with the main 

arms of the corps, infantry, artillery, and cavalry, while the 

crampons represent the gripping and tenacious hold the corps 

displays in its missions. The figures convey the impression of 

the number of the corps. 

DISTINCTiVE UNlT INSIGNIA 

None approved. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS 

XX UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 27 August 1942 in the Army of the United States as 

Headquarters, lV Armored Corps. Activated 5 September 1942 at Camp Young, 

California. Reorganized and redesignated 10 October 1943 as Headquarters, XX 

Corps. Inactivated 1 March 1946 in Germany. Redesignated 5 August 1957 as 

Headquarters, XX United States Army Corps, and allotted to the Regular Army. 

Activated 20 September 1957 at Fort Hayes, Ohio. Inactivated 5 June 1970 at 

Fort Hayes, Ohio. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War II 

Normandy 

Northern France 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-Aisace 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

97 
98 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

XX UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS 8113LIOGRAPJ-IY 

Allen, Robert S. Lucky Forward: The HistOJy of Patton :S· Third US. Army. New 

York: Vanguard Press, 1947. 

13a lkoski, Joseph. "Patton's 3rd Army: The Lorraine Campaign, 8 Nov.- 1 Dec. 

1944." Strategy & Tactics 78 (January- February 1980): 4- 9. 

Blumenson, Martin. Breakout and Pursuit. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1961. 

Cole, llugh M. The Lorraine Campaign. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1950. 

Doeble, Lucille E., eel. XX United States Army Corps History. Fort Hayes, Ohio: 

rnformation Office, XX United States Army Corps, 1964. 

forty, George. Patton :s· Third Army at War. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 

1978. 

The Ghost Corps Through Hell and High water: A Short 1/istory of the XX Co11Js 

US. Army. n.p., 1945. 

Grow, Robert W. "Mobility Unused." Militcuy Review 32 (February 1953): 18- 24. 

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Offensive. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1973. 

_ __ , and Mathews, Sidney T. Three Battles: Arnaville, Altuzzo, and Schmidt. 

United States Army in World War II. Washington: Government Printing 

Office, 1952. 

Operational Reports XX C01ps, United States Army. 6 vols. n.p., 1945. 

Prefer, Nathan. Patton :s· Ghost Corps: Cracking the Siegfried Line. San Rafael, 

Calif.: Presidio Press, 1998. 

Saga of the XX "Ghost" Co11Js; Through Hell and High water. n.p., 1945. 

The XX C01ps: Its Hist01y and Service in World War II. Osaka, Japan: Mainichi 

Publishing Co., 1951. 

Walker, Walton H. "The XX Corps' Final Campaigns." Army and Navy Journal 

83 (7 December 1945):64fT. 

Wallace, Brenton G. Patton and I lis Third Army. New York: Charles Scribner's 

Sons, 1978. 

Zwicker, Ralph W. "The United States Army Reserve." Militcoy Review 39 (June 

1959):3- 13. 
XXI UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS 

HERALDIC ]TEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGN IA 

Description: On a blue four-leaf clover two crossed arrows in white, points 

up, superimposed thereon a red acorn fimbriated white all on 

a square Army green background. 

Symbolism: The crossed arrows are representative of the fighting power of 

the organization, the acorn is indicative of strength, and the 

four-leaf clover represents good fortune. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

None approved. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS 

XXI UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 2 December 1943 in the Army of the United States as 

Headquarters, XXI Corps. Activated 6 December 1943 at Camp Polk, Louisiana. 

Inactivated 30 September 1945 in Germany. Redesignated 5 August 1957 as 

Headquarters, XXI United States Army Corps, and allotted to the Regular Army. 

Activated 20 September 1957 at Indiantown Gap Mi litary Reservation, 

Pennsylvania. Inactivated 5 June 1970 at Indiantown Gap Military Reservation, 

Pennsylvania. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War II 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-A isacc 

Central Europe 

DECO RATIONS 

None. 

99 
IOO ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

XXI UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Jenkins, Reuben E. "The Battle of the German National Redoubt- Operational 

Phase." Military Review 26 (January 1947): 16- 26. 

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Offensive. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1973. 

Milburn, F. W. "Combat History of XXI Corps." Army and Navy Journal 83 (7 

December 1945):65ff. 

Report of Operations, the Seventh United States Army in France and Germany, 

1944- 1945.3 vols. Heidelberg, Germany: Aloys Graf~ 1946. 

Turner, John F., and Jackson, Robert. Destination Berchtesgaden: The StotJ' of the 

Seventh United States Army in World War II. New York: Charles Scribner's 

Sons, 1975. 

XXI US. Army Corps, Its Activation and .Report of Operations World War II. n.p., 

n.d. 

Wilson, Wilbur. Intelligence Operations of XXI Corps in the Reduction of the 

Colmar Pocket, 25 January-9 February 1945. Fort Riley: Ground GeneJal 

School, 1949. 
XXII CORPS 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: On an arrowhead-shaped white background a blue pheon. 

Symbolism: Blue and white are the colors of corps distinguishing t1ags, 

and the pheon is representative of power and strength. 

DISTINCTIVE UNJT INSIGNIA 

None approved. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

XXII CORPS 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 9 January 1944 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters 

and Headquarters Company, XXII Corps. Activated 15 January 1944 at Fort 

Campbell, Kentucky. Inactivated 20 January 1946 in Germany. Allotted 12 July 

1950 to the Regular Army. Redesignated 5 January 1966 as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, II Field Force. Activated 10 January 1966 at Fort Hood, 

Texas. Redesignated 15 March 1966 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, II Field Force Vietnam. Inactivated 3 May 1971 at Fort Hood, Texas. 

Redesignated 2 September 1982 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

XXII Corps. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War If 

Rhineland 

Central Europe 

Vietnam 

Counteroffensive 

Counteroffensive, Phase II 

Counteroffensive, Phase Ill 

Tet Counteroffensive 

Counteroffensive, Phase lV 

Counteroffensive, Phase V 

Counteroffensive, Phase VI 

Tet 69/Counteroffensive 

Summer- Fall 1969 

Winter- Spring 1970 

Counteroffensive, Phase VII 

101 
102 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

DECORATIONS 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VrBTNAM 

I 966- 1967 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, II Field Force Vietnam, 

cited; DA GO 30, .1968) 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

I 967- 1969 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, II Field Force Vietnam, 

cited; DA GO 42, 197 I) 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1969 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 11 Field Force Vietnam, cited; 

DA GO 42, 1971) 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1969- 1971 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, II Field Force Vietnam, 

cited; DA GO 16, 1972) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1970 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, II Field Force 

Vietnam, cited; DA GO 51, 1971) 

Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer 

embroidered VIETNAM 1969- 1970 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, II 

Field Force Vietnam, cited; DA GO 51, 1971) 

XXII CORPS BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Eckhardt, GeorgeS. Command and Control, 1950- 1969. Vietnam Studies. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1974. 

Fifteenth Army, Public Relations Section. Fifteenth U.S. Army in Germany, 16 

April- / 0 July 1945. 652d Engineer Topographic Battalion, 1945. 

Fulton, Wil li am B. Riverine Operations, 1966- 1969. Vietnam Stud ies. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1973. 

Harmon, Ernest N.; MacKaye, Milton; and MacKaye, William Ross. Combat 

Commander: Autobiography o.f a Soldier. Englewood Cliffs, N. Y.: PrenticeHall, 1970. 

Hist01y o} the Fijteenth United States Army, 21 August 1944 to 11 July 1945. 

Engineer Base Plant 248, 1946. 

HistOJy of li Field Force Vietnam Military Region 3. Vietnam: Information 

Office, Il Field Force Vietnam, 1970. 

Ott, David Ewing. Field Artiilety, 1954- 1973. Vietnam Studies. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1975. 

Ploger, Robert R. U.S. Army Engineers 1965- 1970. Vietnam Studies. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1974. 

Rogers, Bernard William. Cedar Falls- Junction City: Turning Point. Vietnam 

Studies. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1974. 

Starry, Donn A. Mounted Combat in Vietnam. Vietnam Studies. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1978. 
XXIII CORPS 

H ERALDIC ITEMS 

SI-IOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: On an oval equally divided horizontally blue and white, blue 

uppermost, with a blue border, three crossed arrows heads up 

counterchanged white on blue and blue on white. 

Symbolism: Blue and white are corps colors. The arrows represent the 

strength of the organization, and the two divisions of the oval 

and the three arrows indicate the numerical designation of the 

organization. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT I NSIGNIA 

None approved. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

XXIII CORPS 

LINEAGE (disbanded) 

Constituted 9 January 1944 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters 

and Headquarters Company, XXIII Corps. Activated 15 January 1944 at Camp 

Bowie, Texas. Inactivated I 0 February 1946 in Germany. Disbanded 12 July 1950. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War if 

European- African- Middle Eastern Theater, Streamer without inscription 

D ECORATIONS 

None. 

XXIII CORPS BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Fifteenth Army, Public Relations Section. Fffleenth US. Army in Germany, 16 

April- ] 0 July 1945. 652d Engineer Topographic Battalion, 1945. 

HisLoPy of the Fifteenth United States Army, 21 August 1944 to 11 July 1945. 

Engineer Base Plant 248, 1946. 

Ziemke, Earl F. The US Army in the Occupation of Germany 1944- 1946. Army 

Historical Series. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1975. 

103 

XXIV CORPS 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

St·:IOULDER SLEEVE INS IGNIA 

Description: On a blue shield, a white heart, blue heart, and white heart 

superimposed one upon the other. 

Symbolism: Blue and white are the colors associated with corps distinguishing flags. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

Description: A gold colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a gold 

elise within an annulet divided horizontally the upper half white 

the lower half blue bearing a blue heart. The "auricles" and the 

tip touching the inner periphery of the annulet surmounted 

saltirewise by an unsheathed crusader's sword point up, blade 

white and hilt gold, and a red stylized arrow, point up, within 

the blue heart, above a concentric gold scroll lined red bearing 

the inscription HONED TN COMBAT in red letters. 

Symbolism: The design is based on the shoulder sleeve insignia of the 

corps. The disc, symbolic of the sun, alludes to the Pacific 

islands and areas with which the corps is associated. The 

annulet refers to the white beaches and the blue water of the 

Pacific- Hawa ii and to the Philippine and Ryukyus Islands, 

where the corps participated during World War li. It also 

simulates the letter "0" for Oahu where the corps was initially activated. The arrow refers to the assault landing at 

Leyte, and the blue, white, and red of the insignia refer to the 

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation awarded the corps. The 

crusader's sword is for service in Vietnam where the corps 

was reactivated. In allusion to the motto, "Honed in 

Combat," the arrow may be likened to the "whetstone of 

combat" on which the sword has been and is being honed. 

The heart is blue, a color symbolic of loyalty and freedom; it 

attests to the "true blue" attributes of the corps. The horizontal division of the annulet into white and blue alludes to the 

pattern of corps distinguishing flags. 

105 
106 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

XXIV CORPS 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 30 March 1944 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters 

and Headquarters Company, XXIV Corps. Activated 8 April 1944 at Fort Shafter, 

Hawaii. Inactivated 25 January 1949 in Korea. Allotted 12 July 1950 to the 

Regular Army. Consolidated 15 August 1968 with Headquarters, Provisional 

Corps, Vietnam (organized I 0 March 1968 in Vietnam), and con sol ida ted unit 

designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, XXIV Corps. 

Inactivated 30 June 1972 at Oakland, California. 

CAMPAIGN PARTJCJPATION CREDIT 

World War// 

Leytc (with arrowhead) 

Ryukyus 

DECORATIONS 

Vietnam 

Tet Counteroffensive 

Counteroffensive, Phase IV 

Counteroffensive, Phase V 

Counteroffensive, Phase VI 

Summer- Fall 1969 

Winter- Spring 1970 

Sanctuary Counteroffensive 

Counteroffensive, Phase VII 

Consolidation I 

Consolidation II 

Cease-Fire 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1968 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, XXIV Corps, cited; DA GO 75, 

1969) 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1968- 1970 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, XXIV Corps, cited; DA 

G042,1971) 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Anny), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1970- 1971 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, XXIV Corps, cited; DA 

GO 20, 1973) 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Anny), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

197 I- L 972 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, XXIV Corps, cited; DA 

GO 20, 1973) 

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, XXIV Corps, 

cited; DA GO 47, 1950) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Ga llantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1971 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, XXIV Corps, cited; 

DA GO 6, 1974) 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 107 

XXIV CORPS BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Appleman, Roy E., et al. Okinawa: The Last Battle. United States Army in World 

War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1948. 

Cannon, M. Hamlin. Leyte: The Return to the Philippines. United States Army in 

World War If. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1954. 

"The Fall ofOrmoc on Leyte." Military Review 25 (August 1945):51- 56. 

Harvey, George A. "Okinawa." Military Review 26 (August 1946):67- 72. 

Hedge, John R. "Operations of the XXIV Corps 1944-45." Army and Navy 

Journal83 (7 December l945):99ff. 

Killilae, Walter. "Joint Operation Aspects of the Okinawa Campaign." Militwy 

Review 27 (July 1947):43- 52. 

Korea. Troop Information & Education Section, XXIV Corps, 194 7. 

Krueger, Walter. Prom Down Under to Nippon: The Stmy (~f Sixth Army in World 

War JJ. Washington: Combat Forces Press, 1953. Reprint. Washington: 

Zenger Publishing Co., 1979. 

Lanza, Conrad H. "The Okinawa Campaign." MiLitcuy Review 25 (November 

1945):44-49. 

McCaffrey, William J. "A Fighting Army Heads for Home." Army 21 (October 

l 971): I 06- 13. 

Nichols, Charles S., Jr., and Shaw, Henry I., Jr. Okinawa: Victory in the Pac~fic. 

Marine Corps Monographs. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1955. 

Nolan, Daniel A., .Jr. "He that hath eyes to see ... "Militmy Review 31 (August 

1951 ):49- 62. 

Sinclair, Duncan. "The Occupation of Korea- Initial Phases." Military Review 27 

(July 1947):29- 36. 

---· "The Occupation of Korea- Operations and Accomplishments." 

Military Review 27 (August 1947):53- 60. 

31st Military History Detachment. 1969: The Year of Quiet Valot; Historical 

Summary XXIV Corps. n.p., 1970. 

___ . XXIV Corps Histmy. n.p., 1970. 

Waldron, Miles D., and Beavers, Richard W. The Critical Yew; 1968: The XXIV 

Corps Team. n.p., 1969. 

XXXVI CORPS 

H ERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: On a blue trefoil a geometric figure composed of six rays, 

three short ones forming a triangle and three long ones, alternating, each divided on its radial axis white and reel. 

Symbolism: The three parts of the trefoil and the six points of the geometric figure represent the numerical designation of the 

organization. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

None approved. 

L INEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

XXXVI CORPS 

LINEAGE (disbanded) 

Constituted! July 1944 in the Army ofthe United States as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, XXXVI Corps. Activated 10 July 1944 at Fort Riley, 

Kansas. Inactivated 25 September 1945 at Camp Callan, California. Disbanded 

12 July 1950. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

None. 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

XXXVI CORPS BIBLIOGRAPHY 

No published histories. 

L09 

DIVISIONS 

1st ARMORED DIVISION 

(Old Ironsides) 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER S LF.F.VE TNSTGNTA 

· Description: All equilateral triangle, one point up, above a horizontal tab 

attached in base, the triangle divided into three sections, the 

upper section yellow, the dexter section blue. and the sinister 

section red, overall a gun bendwise in front of a tank track and 

wheels all black surmounted by a red lightning flash bend sinisterwise. In the apex the Arabic numeral "1" in black all within a green border. The attached tab of yellow background 

edged with a green border with the inscription OLD IRONSIDES in black letters. 

Symholism: Yellow, blue, and red are the colors of the branches from 

which armored units were formed. The tank tread, gun, and 

lightning flash are symbolic of mobility, power. and speed. 

The division's designation is in Arabic numerals. 

DISTINCTIVE U NIT INSIGNIA 

The distinctive unit insignia is a replica in metal and enamel 

of the shoulder sleeve insignia of the division. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

1st ARMORED DIVISION 

(Old Ironsides) 

LINEAGE 

RA 

(active) 

Constituted 16 January 1932 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Troop, 7th Cavalry Brigade (Mechanized). Headquarters activated 

1 March 1932 at Fort Knox, Kentucky; Headquarters Troop activated in 

December 1934 at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Reorganized and redesignated 15 July 

1940 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company. 1st Armored Division, 

I naetivated 25 April 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. Activated 7 March 1951 

at Fort Hood, Texas. 

113 
114 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

CA:viPAJGN PARTlCIPATIO CKF.OTT 

World War If 

Tunisia 

Naplc ~-Foggia 

Rome-Arno 

Anzio 

North /\pennines 

Po Valley 

Soutl11rest Asia 

Defense of Saudi Arabia 

Liberation and Defense of Kuwait 

Cease-Fire 

D ECORATIONS 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTI-1-

WI::ST AS!/\ (Headqua1·tcrs and Headquarters Company, 1st Armored Division, 

c ited; DA GO 1, 1996) 
LINEAGES AND l JERALDIC DATA 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

1st BRIGADE, 1st ARMORED DIVISION 

(Forerunners) 

11 5 

LiNEAGE 

RA 

(active) 

Organized I January 1942 in the Regular Army at Fort Knox, Kentucky, as 

lleadquarters and lleadquartcrs Detachment, Combat Command A, I st Armored 

Division. Reorganized and redesignated 20 July 1944 as Headquarters and 

lleadquarters Company, Combat Command A, I st Armored Division. Converted 

and redesignated I May 1946 as lleadquarters and I feadquarters Troop, 3d 

Constabulary Regiment, and rei ieved from assignment to the I st Armored 

Division. Inactivated 20 September 1947 in Germany. Converted and redesignated 27 February 195 1 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Combat 

Command A, I st Armored Division. Activated 7 March 1951 at Fort flood, Texas. 

Reorganized and redesignated 3 February 1962 as Headquarters and 

I leadquarters Company, J st Brigade, I st Armored Division. 

CAMPAIGN PART ICIPATION CREDIT 

World War II 

Tunisia 

Naplcs-Foggia 

Anzio 

Rome-Arno 

North Apennines 

Po Valley 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
116 ARM rES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

2d BRIGADE, 1st ARMORED DIVISION 

(Iron Brigade) 

RA 

LINEAGE (active) 

Organized 1 January 1942 in the Regular Army at Fort Knox, Kentucky, as 

lleadquarters and Headquarters Detachment, Combat Command B, lst Armored 

Division. Reorganized and redesignated 20 July 1944 as Headquarters and 

lleadquarters Company, Combat Command B, I st Armored Division. Inactivated 

9 April 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. Activated 7 March 1951 at Fort Hood, 

Texas. Inactivated 23 December 1957 at Fort Polk, Louisiana. Redesignated 3 

February 1962 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, I st 

Armored Division, and activated at Fort Hood, Texas. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War II 

Algeria- French Morocco (with arrowhead) 

Tunisia 

Naples-Foggia 

Anzio 

Romc-Arno 

North Apennines 

Po Valley 

Southwest Asia 

Defense of Saudi Arabia 

Liber:1tion and Defense of' Kuwait 

Cease-Fire 

DECORATIONS 

Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ (Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 1st Armored Division, cited; DA GO 12, 

1994) 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

3d BRIGADE, 1st ARMORED DIVISION 

(Bulldogs) 

11 7 

LINEAGE 

RA 

(active) 

Constituted 27 June 1944 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, Reserve 

Command, 1st Armored Division. Activated 20 July 1944 in Italy. Inactivated 25 

April 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. Redesignated 27 February 1951 as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Reserve Command, I st Armored 

Division. Activated 7 March 195 1 at Fort Hood, Texas. Reorganized and redesignated 26 June 1954 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Combat 

Cor11mand C, 1st Armored Division. Inactivated 23 December J 957 at Fort Polk, 

Louisiana. Redesignated 3 February 1962 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 3d Brigade, 1st Armored Division, and activated at Fort Hood, Texas. 

Inactivated 15 April 1995 at Fort Lewis, Washington. Activated 16 February 1996 

at Fort Riley, Kansas. 

CAMI)AIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War II 

Rome-Arno 

North Apennines Po Valley 

Sou/lnvesl Asia 

Defense of Saudi Arabia 

Liberation and Defense of Kuwait 

Cease-Fire 

DECORATIONS 

Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ-KUWAIT (Headquarters 

and Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, I st Armored Division, cited; DA GO 12, 

1994) 

1ST ARMORED DIVISION BIBLlOGRAPIIY 

Aykroyd, Elizabeth. 1940, Fifly Years of Freedom, 1990. 1st Armored Division. 

1st Armored Division Public Affairs Office, 1990. 

Blumenson, Martin. Salerno to Cassino. United States Army in World War ll. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1969. 

Cairns, Bogardus S. "Employment of Armor in the Invasion of Oran." Militaq 

Review 28 (September 1948):46- 56. 

---· "The Breakout at Anzio: A Lesson in Tank-Infantry Cooperation." 

Militcuy Review 28 (January 1949):23-32. 

Carhart, Tom. Iron Soldiers: How America :s I sl Armored Division Crushed Iraq :s· 

Elite Republican Guard. New York: Pocket Books, 1994. 

Clarke, Bruce C. "The I st Armored Division." Armor 60 (March- Ap ril 

195 1 ):20- 22. 
118 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

Cu lp, Dennis K. "Crossing the Main River." Military Review 60 (February 

1980):33-42. 

1st Armored Division. Dallas: Taylor Publishing Co., 1952. 

1st Armored Division, August 1975- Janucn y 1978, A Combat Division in Europe, 

Report a/Stewardship. n.p., 1978. 

1st Armored Division, Fort Hood, Texas. Baton Rou ge: Army and Navy 

Publishing Co., 1963. 

The First Armored Division, 1941 to 1946, 1951 to? San Antonio, 1951. 

Fisher, Ernest F., Jr. Cassino to the Alps. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1977. 

Flaherty, Roger P. "The I st of the Many." Saturclc~y Evening Post 218 (6 April 

1946):22- 23ff. 

Gabel, Christopher R. The US. Army GHQ Maneuvers o.f 1941. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, J 991. 

Gardiner, Harry E. " We Fought at Kasserine." Armored Cavalry Journal 57 

(March- Apri l 1948):8- 17. 

Gottscha l I, Richard K. "Tanks in Static Defense- ! st Armored Division at 

Anzio." The Cavalry Journal 53 (Sept mb October 1944): 16- 19. 

___ ."The 'Buffalo' Plan, 1st Armored Division on the Road to Rome." The 

Cavaby Journal 53 (November- December 1944):20- 23. 

Harmon, E. N. " We Break Out at Anzio." Saturday Evening Post 221 (25 

September J 948):38- 39fT. 

and MacKaye, Milton. "Our Bitter Days at Anzio." Saturday Evening 

Post 22 J ( t 8 September I 948): I 5- l 7ff. 

and MacKaye, William Ross. Combat Commander: Autobiography ofa 

Soldiel': Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1970. 

Heiberg, H.H.D. "Armored Reconnaissance." The Cavc~lryJournal51 (May- June 

1942):66- 70. 

Historical and Pictorial vi v.~ First Armored Division of the United States 

Army, Fort Knox, Kentucky, 1941. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing 

Co., 1941. 

Historical Division, Department of the Army. Anzio Beachhead (22 January- 25 

May 1944). American Forces in Action. Washington: Government Printing 

Office, 1948. 

Historical Division, War Department. To Bizerte with the II Corps (23 April 

1943- 13 May 1943). American Forces in Action. Washington: Government 

Printing Office, 1946. 

Howe, George F. Northwest Africa: Seizing the Initiative in the West. United 

States Army in World War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 

1957. 

---· The Battle History of the 1st Armored Division: "Old Ironsides." 

Washington: Combat Forces Press, 1954. Reprint. Nashville: Battery Press, 

1979. 

Jacobs, Bruce. Soldiers: The Fighting Divisions of the Regular Arn~y. New York: 

W. W. Norton and Co., 1958. 

Kahn, E. J., Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 11 9 

Lehner, Charles. "Bosnia Report: Task Force Eagle's Armor and Cavalry 

Operations in Bosnia." Armor 105 (May- June 1996):9- 10. 

Le Mon, Warren J. "Tank Maneuver Country." Army Information Digest 21 

(January 1966):45- 51. 

Military Intelligence Division, War Department. Fifth Army at the Winter Line 

(15 November 1943- 15 January 1944). American Forces in Action. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1945. 

Mueller, Gustav A. Highlights and Experiences of a GJ with the lsi Armored 

Division 1941- 1944. n.p., 1944? 

19 Days Ji'om the Apennines to the Alps. The St01y of the Po Valley Campaign. 

Milan, Italy: Pizzi, 1945. 

Old ironsides: The is/Armored Division. Fort Polk, 1956. 

Old Ironsides: First Armored Division, 1969. Dallas: Taylor Publishing Co., 

1969. 

Oliver, Lunsford E. "ln the Mud and Blood ofTunisia." Collier:v Ill (J7 April 

1943): ll- 12ff. 

Rame, David. Road to Tunis. New York: Macmillan Co., 1944. 

Road to Rome. n.p., 1945. 

Robinett, Paul McDona ld. Armor Command: The Personal Story of a 

Commander of the 13th Armored Regiment of CC B, 1st Armored Division, 

and qj'the Armored School During World War II. Washington: McGregor and 

Werner, 1958. 

Scales, Roberl H. Jr., dir. Certain Victory: The US Army in the Gulf War. 

Washington: Office of the Chief of Staff, United States Army, 1993. 

Schubert, Frank N., and Kraus, Theresa L., eels. The Whirlwind War: The United 

States Army in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1995. 

The Stmy (~/the First Armored Division. G.l. Stories ... Paris, 1945. 

Swain, Richard M. "Lucky War": ThirclArmy in Desert Storm. Fort Leavenworth: 

U.S. Army Command and Genera I Staff College Press, 1994. 

25th Anniverscuy, 1st Armored Division, Ft. Hood, Texas. Baton Rouge: Army 

and Navy Publishing Co., 1965. 

1st CAVALRY DIVISION 

(The First Team) 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

St iOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

· Description: On a yellow triangular Norman shield with rotmded corners, a 

black diagonal stripe extending over the shield from upper lefi 

to lower right and in the upper right a black horse's head cut 

off diagonally at the neck all within a green border. 

Symbolism: Yellow, the traditional cavalry color, and the horse's head refer 

to the division's original cavalry structure. Black, symbolic of 

iron, alludes to the transition to tanks and armor. The black 

diagonal stripe represents a S\NOrd baldric and is a mark of 

military honor; it also implies movement "up the field" and 

thus symbolizes aggressive elan and attack. The one diagonal, 

as well as the one horse's head, may also be taken as alluding 

to the division's numericaJ designation. 

DISTINCTIVE UNiT lNSlGNTA 

Description: A gold colored metaJ and enamel device, consisting of a gold 

Norman shield witJ1 a black horse's head coupcd in sinister 

chief and a black bend charged with tvvo gold five-pointed 

stars. 

Symbolism: The device is a miniature reproduction of the 1st Cavalry 

Division's shoulder sleeve insignia with the addition of two 

five-pointed stars. 

LI NEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERSANDHEADQUARTERSCOMPANY 

1st CAVALRY DIVISION 

(The First Team) 

LINI1/\GE 

RA 

(active) 

Constituted 20 August 192 1 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 1st 

Cavalry Division. Activated 13 September 1921 at Fort Bliss. Texas. Reorganized 

and redesignated 4 December 1943 as Headquarters, I st Cavalry Division, 

Special. Reorganized and redesignated 25 March 1949 as Headquarters, 1st 

Cava lry Division (Infantry). Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1960 as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, I st Cavalry Division. 

121 
122 ARtvfTES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

CAMPAIGN PARTlCll'ATION CREDIT 

World War {[ 

New Guinea 

13ismarck Archipelago 

Leyte (with arrowhead) 

Luzon 

Korean War 

UN Defensive UN Offensive 

CCF Intervention 

First UN Counteroffensive CCF Spring Oflcnsivc 

UN Summer-Fall Offensive 

Second Korean \\linter 

DECORATIONS 

Vietnam 

Defense 

Counteroffensive 

Counteroffensive, Phase II 

Counteroffensive, Phase [([ 

Tet Counteroffensive 

Counleroffensi ve, l'hase 1 V 

Counterotlcnsivc, Phase V 

Counteroffensive, Phase VI 

Tet 69iCounteroftensive Summer Fall 1969 

Winter- Spring 1970 

Sanctuary Counteroffensive 

Counteroffensive, Phase VH 

Southwest Asia 

Defen~e of Saudi Arabia 

Liberation and Defense of Kuwait 

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered PLEIKU PROVINCE 

(Headquarters and Headquat1ers Company, 1st Cavalry Division, cited; DA GO 

40, 1967) 

Valorous Unit /\ward Streamer embroidered FTSH HOOK (Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 1st Cavalry Division, cited; DA GO 43, 1972) 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, I st Cavalry Division, 

cited; DA GO 27, 1994) 

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

1944 TO 4 .IU LY 1945 (Headquarters, 1st Cavalry Division, cited; DA GO 4 7, 

1950) 

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered WAEGvVAN-TAEGU (Headquarters, 1st Cavalry Division, cited; DA GO 35, 1951) 

Chryssoun Aristion Andrias (Bravery Gold Medal of Greece), Streamer 

embroidered KOREA (Headquarters, 1st Cavalry Division, cited; DA GO 2, 1956) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VTETNAM 1965- 1969 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, I st Cavalry 

Division, cited; DA GO 59, 1969) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VTETNAJ\il 1969- 1970 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Cavalry 

Division, cited; DA GO 42, 1972) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1970-1971 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, l st Cavalry 

Division, cited; DA GO 42, 1972) 

Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer 

embroidered VIETNAM 1969-1970 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

1st Cavalry Division, cited; DA GO 42, 1972) 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 123 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

1st BRIGADE, 1st CAVALRY DIVISION 

(Iron Horse) 

LINEAGE 

RA 

(active) 

Constituted 29 August 1917 in the Regu lar Army as Headquarters, I st 

Cavalry Brigade. Organized in February 1918 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, as an 

element of the 15th Cavalry Division. Relieved 12 May 1918 from assignment to 

the 15th Cavalry Division. Demobi lized 14 July 1919 at Brownsvil le, Texas. 

Reconstituted 20 August 1921 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Troop, 1st Cavalry Brigade, and assigned to the 1st Cavalry 

Division (later redesignated as the 1st Cavalry Division, Special). Organized 1 

September 1921 at Camp Harry J. Jones, Arizona. Inactivated 25 March 1949 in 

Japan and relieved from assignment to the 1st Cavalry Division, Special. 

Converted and redesignated 20 May 1949 as Headquarters, 1st Constabulary 

Brigade, and activated in Germany. Inactivated 15 August 195 1 in Germany. 

Disbanded 5 December 1951. 

Reconstituted 15 July 1963 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division. Activated 1 September 

1963 in Korea. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War II 

New Guinea 

13ismarck Archipelago (with arrowhead) 

Lcyte (with arrowhead) 

Luzon 

Vielnam 

Defense 

Counteroffensive Counteroffensive, Phase n 

Counteroffensive, Phase III 

Tct Counteroffensive 

Counteroffensive, Phase JV 

Counteroffensive, Phase V 

Counteroffensive, Phase VI 

Tet 69/Counteroffensive 

Summer- Fall 1969 

Winter- Spring 1970 

Sanctuary Counteroffensive 

Counteroffensive, Phase VII 

Southwest Asia 

Defense of Saudi Arabia 

Liberation and Defense of Kuwait 

DECORATIONS 

Presidential Un it Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered LUZON 

(Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 1st Cavalry Brigade, cited; DA GO 33, 

1948) 
124 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered PLEIKU PROVINCE 

(Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, 

cited; DA GO 40, l 967) 

Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered FJSH HOOK (Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, I st Brigade, I st Cavalry Division, c ited; DA GO 43, 

1970) 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry 

Division, cited; DA GO 27, 1994) 

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

J 944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (Headquarters and Headquarte rs Troop, I st Cavalry 

Brigade, cited: DA GO 47, 1950) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1965- 1969 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade, 1st 

Cavalry Division, cited; DA GO 59, 1969) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1969- 1970 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Jst Brigade, 1st 

Cavalry Division, cited; DA GO 42, 1972) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Pa lm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1970- 197 1 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade, lst 

Cavalry Division, cited; DA GO 42, 1972) 

Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer 

embroidered VIETNAM J 969- 1970 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

1st Brigade, lst Cavalry Division, cited; DA GO 42, 1972) 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 125 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

2d BRIGADE, 1st CAVALRY DIVISION 

LINEAGE 

RA 

(active) 

Constituted 29 August L 917 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 2d 

Cavalry Brigade. Organized 27 December 1917 at Fort Bliss, Texas, as an element of the I 5th Cavalry Division. Relieved 12 May I 9 I 8 from assignment to the 

I 5th Cavalry Division. Demobi lized 9 Ju ly I 919 at Fort Bliss, Texas. 

Reconstituted 20 August 192 I in the Regular Army as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Troop, 2d Cavalry Brigade, and assigned to the l st Cavalry 

Division (later redesignated as the I st Cavalry Division, Special). Organized 14 

September 1921 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Inactivated 25 March 1949 in Japan and 

relieved from assignment to the 1st Cavalry Division, Special. 

Converted and redesignated 20 May 1949 as Headquarters, 2d Constabulary 

Brigade, and activated in Germany. Inactivated 15 December 1951 in Germany. 

Converted and redesignated 15 July 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 2d Brigade, Lst Cavalry Division. Activated I September 1963 in Korea. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War II 

New Guinea 

Bismarck Archipelago (with arrowhead) Leyte (with arrowhead) Luzon 

Vietnam 

Defense 

Counteroffensive 

Counteroffensive, Phase II 

Counteroffensive, Phase Jll 

Tct Counteroffensive 

Counteroffensive, Phase LV 

Counteroff-ensive, Phase V 

Counteroffensive, Phase VI 

Tet 69/Counteroffensive 

Summer- Fall 1969 

Winter-Spring I 970 

Sanctuary Counteroffensive 

Counteroffensive, Phase VII 

Southwest Asia 

Defense of Saudi Arabia 

Liberation and Defense of Kuwait 

DECORATIONS 

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered PLELKU PROVINCE 

(Headquarters and Headquarters Company. 2d Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, 

cited; DA GO 40, 1967) 

Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered FISH I-lOOK (Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, cited; DA GO 43, 

1972) 
126 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

Valorous Un it Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ (Headquarters and 

Jl cadquarters Company, 2d Brigade, l st Cavalry Division, cited; DA GO 27, 

1994) 

Phi lippine Presidenti al Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 2d Cavalry 

Brigade, cited; DA GO 47, 1950) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1965- 1969 (lleadquarlers and Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, I st 

Cavalry Division, cited; DA GO 59, 1969) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1969- 1970 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, lst 

Cavalry Division, cited; DA GO 42, 1972) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1970- 1971 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, l st 

Cavalry Division, cited; DA GO 42, 1972) · 

Republic ofVietnam Civil Action Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1969- 1970 (Hcaclquarlcrs and Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 1st 

Cavalry Division, cited; DA GO 42, 1972) 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 127 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

3d BRIGADE, 1st CAVALRY DIVISION 

(Grey Wolf) 

RA 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 29 August 19 17 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 3d 

Cavalry Brigade. Organized in December 1917 at Camp Harry J. Jones, Arizona, 

as an element of the 15th Cavalry Division. Relieved 12 May 1918 from assignment to the 15th Cavalry Division. Demobilized 15 July 1919 at Camp Harry J. 

Jones, Arizona. Reconstituted 20 August 1921 in the Regular Army as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3d Cavalry Brigade, and assigned to the 

2d Cavalry Division. Headquarters activated 15 October I 940 at Fort Riley, 

Kansas; Headquarters Troop activated 21 February 1941 at Fort Riley, Kansas. 

Relieved 15 July 1942 from assignment to the 2d Cavalry Division; concurrently converted and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

9th Armored Division Trains. Inactivated 13 October 1945 at Camp Patrick 

Henry, Virginia. 

Relieved .15 July I 963 fi"om assignment to the 9th Armored Division; concurrently converted and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

3d Brigade, I st Cavalry Division. Activated 1 September 1963 in Korea. 

Inactivated 15 September 1980 at Fort Hood, Texas. Activated 21 May 1991 at 

Fort Hood, Texas. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War If 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-Aisace Central Europe 

Vietnam 

Defense 

Counteroffensive Counteroffensive, Phase I I 

Counteroffensive, Phase Ill 

Tet Counteroffensive 

Counteroffensive, Phase IV 

Counteroffensive, Phase V 

Counteroffensive, Phase VI 

Tet 69/Counteroffcnsivc 

Summer- Fall 1969 

Winter- Spring 1970 

Sanctuary Counteroffensive 

Counteroffensive, Phase VII 

Consolidation I 

Consolidation II 

Cease-Fire 

DECORATIONS 

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered PLEIKU PROVINCE 

(Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, I st Cavalry Division, 

cited; DA GO 40, 1967) 
128 ARMIES, CORPS, DlVlSlONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered QUANO TIN PROVINCE 

(Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, lst Cavalry Division, 

cited; DA GO 39, 1970) 

Valorous Unit Awan.~ Streamer embroidered FISH I-lOOK (Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, cited; DA GO 43, 

1972) 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPE 

1944 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 9th Armored Division Trains, 

.cited; GO 82, 9th Armored Division, 1945) 

Meritorious Unit Commendati.on (Anny), Streamer embroidered EUROPE 

1945 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 9th Armored Division Trains, 

cited; GO 143, 9th Armored Division, 1945) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Strean1er embroidered 

VIETNAJvJ 1965- 1969 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, I st 

Cavalry Division, cited; DA GO 59, 1969) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1969-1970 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 1st 

Cavalry Division, cited; DA GO 42, 1972) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1970-1971 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, lst 

Cavalry Division, cited; DA GO 42, 1972) 

Republic of Viel11mn Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1971- 1972 (3d Brigade, lst Cavalry Division, cited; DA GO 54, 1974) 

Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer 

embroidered VIETNAM 1969- 1970 (Headquarters and Headquariers Company, 3d 

Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, cited; DA GO 42, 1972) 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 129 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

4th BRIGADE, 1st CAVALRY DIVISION 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 15 May 1971 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 4th Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, and activated at Fort 

Hood, Texas. Inactivated 30 June 1972 at fort Hood, Texas. 

CAMJ>AlGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

None. 

DECORATiONS 

None. 

1ST CAVALRY DIVISION BillLlOGRAPHY 

"Airmobile Division." Army Reserve 11 (June 1965): l 0- 12. 

"Airmobile Division." Military Review 45 (August 1965):97. 

Appleman, Roy E. South to the Naktong, North to the Yalu. United States Anny in 

the Korean War. Washington: Government Printing Otfice, 1961. 

Armstrong, Frank, cd. The 1st Cavalry Division and Their 8th Engineers in 

Korea: America 5· Silent Generation at War. Bull Run, 1996. 

"Anny Drops 'TRICAP' Concept: lst Cav Div to Be Reorganized." National 

Guardsman (28 July 1974):21. 

Brand, William F.; Brady, Morris J.; and Johnson, E. K. "Airmobile FirepowerHallmark of the 1st Cavalry Division." United States Army Aviation Digest 13 

(March 1967):18- 23. 

"But It's Always Been the Cav?" Army Reserve 20 (November- December 

1974):68. 

Bzdek, Beverly M. "TRICAP-Division Support Command Test." Army 

Logistician 4 (September- October 1972):30-32. 

Cannon, M. Hamlin. Leyte: The Return to the Philippines. United States Army in 

Worl.d War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1954. 

Coleman, J. D., ed. 1st Air Cavalry Division, Memoirs of the First Team, Vietnam, 

August 1963-December 1969. Tokyo: Dai Nippon Printing Co., 1970. 

___ . Pleiku. 11ze Dawn ()/Helicopter Warfare in Vietnam. New York: St. 

Martin's Press, 1988. 

Corddry, Charles W. "TRJCAP-A New Concept." National Guardsman 25 

(April1971):2- 10. 

Daugherty, William F. "Flying Columns.'' Armor 76 (March- April 

1967):18- 23. 

1st Cavalry Division, Information Section. 1st Cavalry Division. "The First 

Team." Korea 1959. Tokyo: Tosho Insatsu, 1959. 

_ __ . "The First Team" 1st Cavalry Division, Korea. Seoul: Moon Wha 

PrintingCo., 1961. 
130 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

1st Cavalry Division, TI&E section. Welcome to the First Team and Hokkaido. 

Japan, 1954. 

"1st Cav Div (Airmobile)." United States Army Aviation Digest ll (August 

1965): inside back cover. 

"1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) Created." Army Information Digest 20 (August 

1965):32- 37. 

"1st Cavalry Division in the Admiralty Islands." The Cavalry Journal 53 

(November- December 1944):3- 7; 54 (January- February 1945):46- 50; 

(March- April 1945):45- 5 1. 

"I st Cavalry Division in the Leyte Campaign." The CavaLry Journal 54 

(November- December 1945):2- 5. 

The Fh·st Team .. . The }/.rst Cavalry Division in Korea. 18 July 1950- 18 Janumy 

1952. Atlanta: Albert Love Enterprises, 1952. 

Fulton, William B. "TRICAP- The Cballenge of the Seventies." Armor 81 

(May- June 1972):21- 23. 

Gabel, Christopher R. The U.S. Army GHQ Maneuvers of 1941. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1991. 

Galvin, John R. Air Assault: The DeveLopment ojAirmobile Warfare. New York: 

Hawthorne Books, 1969. 

Gugeler, Russell A. Combat Actions in Korea. Washington: Combat Forces Press, 

1954. Rev. ed. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1970. 

Harris, Michael M. "First Team Moves South." Army 19 (May 1969):43-48. 

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Washington: Government Printing Office, 1974. 

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LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 131 

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132 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

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Publishing Co., 1984. 
1st INFANTRY DIVISION 

(The Big Red One) 

H ERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: On an olive drab shield a red Arabic numeral" 1." 

Symbolism: The numeral identifies the division's designation. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

Description: An oval-shaped gold colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a gold colored metal background encircled by an 

elliptical band divided horizontally red to the top and blue to 

base, inscribed on the blue the motto VICTORY in gold letters; centered on the device is the figure from the lst Division 

Monument, modelled in gold with wings and upraised arms 

extending over the red portion of the band. 

Symbolism: The colors red and blue are from the distinguishing flags of 

infantry divisions. The figure portion is that of the 1st Infantry 

Division Monument located in Washington, D.C. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

1st INFANTRY DIVISION 

(The Big Red One) 

RA 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 24 May 1917 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 1st 

Expeditionary Division. Organized 8 June 1917 at New York, New York. 

Redesignated 6 July 1917 as Headquarters, 1st Division. Reorganized and redesignated 1 August 1942 as Headquarters, 1st Infantry Division. Reorganized and 

redesignated 20 April 1960 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st 

Infantry Division. 

133 
134 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War I 

Montdidier-Noyon 

Aisnc-Marne 

St. Mihiel 

Meuse-Argonne 

Lorraine 1917 

Lorraine 191 8 

Pieardy 191 8 

World Wm· I I 

Algeria- French Morocco (with arrowhead) 

Tunisia 

Sicily (with arrowhead) 

Normandy (with arrowhead) 

Northern France 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-A lsace 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

Vietnam 

Defense 

Counteroffensive 

Counteroffensive, Phase II 

Counteroffensive, Phase Ill 

Tet Counteroffensive 

Counteroffensive, Phase IV 

Counteroffensive, Phase V 

Counteroffensive, Phase VI 

Tet 69/Counteroffensive 

Summer- Fall 1969 

Winter- Spring 1970 

Southwest Asia 

Defense of Saudi Arabia 

Liberation and Defense of Kuwait 

Cease-Fire 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1968 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, I st Infantry Division, cited; DA 

GO 7, 1970) 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Infantry Division, 

cited; DA GO 12, 1994) 

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered 

KASSBRIN E (Headquarters, 1st Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered 

NORMANDY (Headquarters, 1st Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

French Croix de Guerre, World War II, Fourragere (Headquarters, I st 

Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

Belgian Fourragere 1940 (Headquarters, 1st Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 

43, 1950) 

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Mons 

(Headquarters, 1st Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at EupenMalmedy (Headquarters, 1st Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1965- 1968 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, lst Infantry 

Division, cited; DA GO 21 , 1969) 

Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer 

embroidered VIETNAM 1965- 1970 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

I st Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 53, l 970) 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

1st BRIGADE, lst INFANTRY DIVISION 

(Devil Brigade) 

135 

RA 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 24 May 1917 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, I st Infantry 

Brigade, and assigned to the 1st Expeditionary Division (later redesignated as the 

I st Division). Organized 8 June 1917 at New York, New York. Reorganized and 

redesignated I April 192 1 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st 

Infantry Brigade. Redesigna ted 23 March 1925 as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade. Redesignated 24 August J 936 as 

llcadquarters and Headquarters Company, lst Infantry Brigade. Disbanded I I 

October 1939 at Camp Wadsworth, New York. Reconstituted I July 1943 in the 

Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, I st Airborne Infantry 

J3rigadc. Activated 6 July 1943 at Camp Meade, South Dakota. Disbanded 27 

January 1944 at Camp Mackall, North Carolina. Reconstituted 8 July 1958 in the 

Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, I st Infantry Brigade. 

Activated 25 July 1958 at Fort Benning, Georgia. Inactivated 24 September 1962 

at Fort Benning, Georgia. 

Redesignated 23 October 1963 as Headquarters and lleadquarters Company, 

I st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division. Activated 2 January J 964 at Fort Riley, Kansas. 

CAMPA IGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War/ 

Montdidier-Noyon 

Aisne-Marne 

St. Mihiel 

Meuse-Argonne 

Lorraine 1917 

Lorraine 1918 

Picardy 1918 

DECORATIONS 

Vielnam 

Defense 

Counterof'fensive 

Counteroffensive, Phase II 

Counteroffensive, Phase Ill 

Tet Counteroffensive 

Counteroffensive, Phase IV 

Counteroffensive, Phase V 

CounterofTensive, Phase VI 

Tet 69/Counteroffensive 

Summer- Fall 1969 

Winter- Spring 1970 

Soulhwesl Asia 

Defense of Saudi Arabia 

Liberation and Defense of Kuwait 

Cease-Fire 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM I965- 1968 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade, 1st 

Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 21, 1969) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1969- 1970 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade, 1st 

lnfantry Division, cited; DA GO 2, 197 1) 

Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer 

embroidered VIETNAM 1965- 1970 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

l st Brigade, I st Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 53, 1970) 
136 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

2d BRIGADE, 1st INFANTRY DIVISION 

RA 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 24 May 1917 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 2d Infantry 

Brigade, and assigned to the 1st Expeditionary Division (later redesignated as the 

I st Division). Organized 8 June 1917 at New York, New York. Reorganized and 

redesignated I April 1921 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d 

Infantry Brigade. Redesignated 23 March 1925 as Headquarte rs and 

H eadquarters Company, 2d Brigade. Redesignated 24 August 1936 as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Infantry Brigade. Re li eved 11 

October 1939 from assignment to the I st Division. Inactivated 1 June 1940 at 

Fort Onta rio, New York. Redesignated 30 June 1943 as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 2d Airborne Infantry Brigade, and activated at Camp 

Mackall, North Carolina. Disbanded 15 January 1945 in Europe. Reconstituted 

12 February 1958 in the Regul ar Army as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 2d Infantry Brigade. Activated 15 February 1958 at Fort Devens, 

Massachusetts. Inactivated 19 February 1962 at Fort Devens, Massachusetts. 

Redesignated 23 October 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

2d Brigade, lst Infantry Division. Activated 2 January 1964 at Fort Riley, Kansas. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War f 

Montdidier-Noyon 

Aisne-Marne 

St. Mihiel 

Meusc-Argonne 

Lorraine 1917 

Lorraine 1918 

Picardy 1918 

World War If 

Normandy 

DECORATIONS 

Vietnam 

Defense 

Counteroffensive 

Counteroffensive, Phase II 

Counteroffensive, Phase Ill 

Tet Counteroffensive 

Counteroffensive, Phase lV 

Counteroffensive, Phase V 

Counteroffensive, Phase VI 

Tet 69/Counteroffensive 

Summer- Fall 1969 

Winter- Spring 1970 

Soulhwesl Asia 

Defense of Saudi Arabia 

Liberation and Defense of Kuwait 

Cease-Fire 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VI ETNAM 

1969 (Headquarters a nd Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, I st Infantry 

Division, cited; DA GO 2, 1971) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gall antry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1965- 1968 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 1st 

Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 21, 1969) 

Republic of Vi etnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer 

embroidered VIETNAM 1965- 1970 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d 

Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 53, 1979) 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

3d BRIGADE, I st INFANTRY DIVISION 

137 

RA 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 24 May 1917 in the Regular Army as Headquarters Troop, I st 

Expeditionary Division. Organized 8 June 1917 at New York, New York. 

Reorganized and redesignated 6 July 1917 as Headquarters Troop, l st Division. 

Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 1921 as Headquarters and Military 

Police Company (less Military Police Platoon), lst Division. Reorganized and 

redesignated I August I 942 as Headquarters Company, I st Infantry Division. 

Disbanded 20 Apri11960 at Fort Riley, Kansas. 

Reconstituted 23 October 1963 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, I st Infantry Division. Activated 2 January 

1964 at Fort Riley, Kansas. Redesignated 21 July I 975 as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, I st Infantry Division Fotward. Inactivated 15 August 199 I 

in Germany. Redesignated 16 February 1996 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 3d Brigade, 1st In fantry Division, and activated in Germany. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War/ 

Montdidier-Noyon 

Aisne-Marne 

St. Mihiel 

Meuse-Argonne 

Lorraine 1918 

Picardy 1918 

World War II 

Algeria- French Morocco (with arrowhead) 

Tunisia 

Sicily (with arrowhead) 

Normandy (with arrowhead) 

Northern France 

Rhineland 

1\rdennes-Aisace 

Central Europe 

DI3CORATIONS 

Vietnam 

Defense 

Counteroflcnsive 

Counteroffensive, Phase II 

Counteroffensive, Phase III 

Tel Counteroffensive 

Counteroffensive, Phase IV 

Counteroffensive, Phase V 

Counteroffensive, Phase VI 

Tel 69/Counteroffensivc 

Summer Fall 1969 

Winter- Spring 1970 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1966- 1967 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 1st Infantry 

Division, cited; DA GO 17, 1968) 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1967- 1968 (Headquarters and lleadquarters Company, 3d Brigade, I st Infantry 

Division, cited; DA GO 25, 1972) 

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War ll, Streamer embroidered 

KASSERINE (Headquarters Company, lst Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 43, 

1950) 

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered 

NORMANDY (Headquarters Company, 1st Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 43, 

1950) 
138 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

French Croix de Guerre, World War Il, Fourragere (llcadquarters Company, 

I st Division, cited; DA GO 43, 1 950) 

Belgian Fourragere 1940 (Headquarters Company, I st Infantry Division, 

cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Mons 

(Headquarters Company, 1st Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

Cited in the Order or the Day of the Belgian Army for action at EupenMalrnedy (Headquarters Company, lst Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 43, 

1950) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallanh·y with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VJGTN/\M 1965- 1968 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 1st 

Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 21, 1969) 

Republic of Vietnam Civi l Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer 

embroidered VIETNAM 1965- I 970 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d 

Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 53, 1970) 

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37th Anniversary, 1917- 1954, 1st ln.fantJy Division. Darmstadt, Germany: Stars 

and Stripes, 1954. 

Thomas, Lowell. This Side of Hell . .. New York: P. F. Collier and Son, 1932. 

Tolson, John J. Airmobility, 1961- 1971. Vietnam Studies. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1973. 

Victo1y Parades of the 1st JJ~fantJy Division, the Army Pictorial, WD, /919. 

Chicago: Reagan-Peterson-Steere Co., 1919. 

Vietnam, The First Yew: A Pictorial History of the 2nd Brigade, 1st lJ~fant y 

Division. Tokyo: Dai Nippon Printing Co., 1966. 

Wilson, Jimmie E., ed. lst JnfantJy Division of Vietnam, July 1965- April 1967. 

Tokyo: Dai Nippon Printing Co., 1967. 

2d ARMORED DIVISION 

(Hell On Wheels) 

H ERALDIC ITEMS 

SI IOULDER SLEEVE INSIGN IA 

Description: An equilateral triangle, one point up, above a horizontal tab 

attached in base, the triangle divided into three sections, the 

upper section yellow, the dexter section blue, and the sinister 

section red, overall a gun bendwise in front of a tank track and 

wheels all black surmounted by a red lightnin_g flash bend sinisterwise. In the apex the Arabic numeral "2" in black all within a green border. The attached tab of yellow background 

edged with a green border with the inscription II ELL ON 

WHEELS in black letters. 

Symbolism: Yellow, blue, and red are the colors of the branches from 

which armored units were formed. The tank tread, gun, and 

lightning flash arc symbolic of mobility, power, and speed. 

The division's designation is in Arabic numerals. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

The distinctive unit insignia is a replica in metal and enamel 

of the shoulder sleeve insignia of the division. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

2d ARMORED DIVISION 

(Hell On Wheels) 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 15 July 1940 in the Regular Army as lleadquarters, 2d Armored 

Division, and activated at Fort Benning, Georgia. Reorganized and redesignated 

24 June 1960 as lleadquarters and lleadquarters Company, 2d Armored Division. 

Inactivated 15 .January 1996 at Fort lloocl, Texas. 

143 
144 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War If 

Algeria- French Morocco (with arrowhead) 

Sicily (with arrowhead) 

Normandy 

Northern France 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-Aisace 

Central Europe 

D ECORATIONS 

Belgian Fourragere 1940 (Headquarters, 2d Armored Division, cited; DA GO 

43, 1950) 

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in Belgium 

(Headquarters, 2d Armored Division, cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes 

(Headquarters, 2d Armored Division, cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 
LINEAGES AND II ERALDIC DATA 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

1st BRIGADE, 2d ARMORED DIVISION 

(Tiger Brigade) 

145 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Organized 8 January 1942 in the Regular Army at Fort Benning, Georgia, as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, Combat Command A, 2d Armored 

Division. Reorganized and redesignated 25 March 1946 as Headquarters and 

lleadquarters Company, Combat Command A, 2d Armored Division. 

Reorganized and redesignated I July 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 1st Brigade, 2d Armored Division. Inactivated 20 May 1991 at Fort 

Hood, Texas. Activated 16 December 1992 at Fort Polk, Louisiana. Inactivated 15 

January 1996 at Fort Hood, Texas. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War II 

Sicily (with arrowhead) Normandy 

Northern France 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-Aisace 

Centml Europe 

Southwest Asia 

Defense of Saudi Ambia 

l-ibemtion and Defense of Kuwait 

DECORATIONS 

Navy Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered SAUDI ARAIJIA- KUWAIT 

(I st Brigade, 2d Armored Division, cited; DA GO 34, 1992) 

Belgian Fourragere 1940 (Combat Command 1\, 2d Armored Division, cited; 

DA GO 43, 1950) 

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in Belgium 

(Combat Command A, 2d Armored Division, cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes 

(Combat Command /\, 2cl Armored Division, cited; OJ\ GO 43, 1950) 
146 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

2d BRIGADE, 2d ARMORED DIVISION 

(The St. Lo Brigade) 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Organized 8 January 1942 in the Regular Army at Fort Benning, Georgia, as 

I rcadquarters and Headquarters Detachment, Combat Command B, 2d Armored 

Division. Reorgani zed and redesignated 25 March 1946 as Headquarters and 

Headq uarters Company, Combat Co mmand B, 2d Armored Di vision. 

Reorganized and redesignated I July 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 2d Brigade, 2d Armored Division. Jnactivatcd 15 September 1990 at 

Fort Hood, Texas. Activated 16 December 1992 at Port Polk, Louisiana. 

Inactivated 15 January 1996 at Fort Hood, Texas. 

CAMPAI GN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War II 

Algeria- French Morocco (with arrowhead) Sicily (with arrowhead) Normandy 

Northern France 

Rhineland 

Ardcnncs-Aisace 

Central Europe 

DECORATI ONS 

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streame r embroidered NORMANDY 

(llcadquarters and Headquarters Detachment, Combat Command B, 2d Armored 

Division, cited; DA GO 28, 1948) 

Belgian Fourragere 1940 (Combat Command B, 2d Armored Division, cited; 

0/\ GO 43, 1950) 

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in Belgium 

(Combat Command B, 2d Armored Division, cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes 

(Combat Command B, 2d Armored Division, cited; D/\ GO 43, 1950) 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

3d BRIGADE, 2d ARMORED DIVISION 

(Blackheart) 

147 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 15 May 1917 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 41st I nl~mtry. 

Organized 20 June 1917 at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. Assigned 8 July J 9 18 to the 

lOth Division. Relieved 18 February 1919 from assignment to the lOth Division. 

Inactivated 22 September 1921 at Camp Meade, Maryland. Assigned 15 July 

1940 to the 2d Armored Division and activated at Port Benning, Georgia. 

Reorganized and redesignated 8 January 1942 as Headquarters, 41st Armored 

lnl~1 ntry. 

Reorganized and redesignated 25 March 1946 as Headquarters, Reserve 

Command, 2d Armored Division. Reorganized and redesignated 24 January 1949 

as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Combat Command C, 2d Armored 

Division. Expanded I July 1957 to form Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, Combat Command C, 2d Armored Division, and Headquarters, 4 1st 

Infantry (Headquarters, 41st Infantry- hereafter separate lineage). Headquarters 

and Headquarters Company, Combat Command C, 2d Armored Division, reorganized and redesignated I July 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

3d Brigade, 2cl Armored Division. J nactivated 15 September 1992 in Germany. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War II 

Sicily (with arrowhead) 

Normandy 

Nort·hern France 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-Aisace 

Central Europe 

Southwest Asia 

Defense of Saudi Arabia 

Liberation and Defense of Kuwait 

Cease-Fire 

DECORATIONS 

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered CIIERIJOURG 

(Headquarters, 41st Armored Infantry, cited; WD GO I 08, 1945) 

Belgian Fourragere 1940 ( 4 J st Armored lnfantry cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in Belgium 

(4 1st Armored Infantry cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes 

(4 1st Armored In fantry cited; DA GO 43, I 950) 
148 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

4th BRIGADE, 2d ARMORED DIVISION 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted J 6 February 1942 in the Army of the United States as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 3d Tank Group. Activated I March 

1942 at Fort Lewis, Washington. Reorganized and redesignated 4 January 1944 

as ll cadquartcrs and Headquarters Company, 3d Armored Group. Inactivated 30 

September 1945 in Germany. Activated I 0 September 1947 at Fort Knox, 

Kentucky. Allotted 18 August 1954 to the Regular Army. Redesignated 8 

November 1954 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Armor Group. 

Inactivated 15 March 1955 at Fort Knox, Kentucky. 

Redesignated I February 1975 as Headquarters and J lcadquarters Company, 

4th 13rigade, 2d Armored Division, and activated at Fort llood, Texas. Inactivated 

16 September 1979 at Fort llood, Texas. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War II 

Normandy (with arrowhead) 

Northern France 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-Aisacc 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

20 ARMORED DI VISION BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Andrews, Michael A. "Back on the Northern Plain." Army 3 1 (January 1981 ): 16-22. 

Blumenson, Martin. Breakout and Pursuit. United States Army in World War 11. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1961. 

Burba, Edwin H. "Operation: Big Lift." Armor 72 (January- February 1964):4- 8. 

Cole, Hugh M. The Ardennes: Bat!le 4 the Bulge. United States Army in World 

War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1965. 

Draper, Theodore. "Battle in the Bulge." b?fcmllJ'.Journal56 (May 1945):8- 17. 

Dutehak, Eugene, eel. 2d Armored Division, Ft. Hood, Texas, 1961- 1962. Topeka: 

Josten Military Publications, 1962. 

Eustis, Morton. War Leflm:s· of Morton Eustis to His Mothe1; Februwy 6, 1941 to 

August 10, 1944. New York: Spiral Press, 1945. 

Exton, H. M. "The 2d Armored Division in Operation 'Cobra."' Military Review 

27 (August 1947): 11 - 19. 

Gabel, Christopher R. The U.S. Army GHQ Maneuvers of 1941. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1991. 

Garland, Albert N., and Smyth, I lowarcl McGaw. Sicily and the Surrender r?/ltaly. 

United States Army in World War U. Washington: Government Printing 

Office, 1965. 
LINEAGES AND IIERALDIC DATA 149 

!Iarmon, E. N., and MacKaye, Milton. "We Gambled in the Battle of the Bulge." 

Saturday Evening Post 221 (2 October 1948):34-351T. 

and MacKayc, William Ross. Combat Commander: Autobiography of a 

Soldier. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1970. 

I rarrison, Gordon A. Cross-Channel Alfack. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing 01Tice, 1951. 

/Jell on Wheels, 1940- 1955. Darmstadt, Germany: Stars and Stripes, 1955. 

"Hell on Wheels," WCtr Against the Axis, 1942- 1943- 1944- 1945, Second Armored 

Division. Brussels: J. E. Goosens, 1945. 

Historical Division, War Department. Omaha Beachhead (6 June- 13 June 

1944). American Forces in Action. Washington: Government Printing 

Office, 1945. 

I louston, Donald E. Hell on Wheels: The 2d Armored Division. San Rafael, 

Calif.: Presidio Press, 1977. 

Howe, George F. Northwest Aji·ica: Seizing the Initiative in the West. United 

States Army in World War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 

1957. 

Jacobs, Bruce. Soldiers: The Fighting Divisions of the Regular Army. New York: 

W. W. Norton and Co., 1958. 

Kahn, E. J. , Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980. 

Katcher, Phi li p. U.S. 2d Armored Division, 1940- 1945. London: Osprey 

Publishers, Ltd., 1979. 

Lambright, Odis J. "2d Armored Division." United States Army Aviation Digest 

26 (August 1980):7. 

Le Mon, Warren J. "Tank Maneuver Country." Army ~~~formation Digest 21 

(January 1966):45- 51. 

Macatee, William F. Big Lfft, 1963. Copperas Cove, Tex.: 2d Armored Div ision 

Association, 1964. 

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Offensive. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1973. 

---· The Siegfried Line Campaign. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1963. 

McCrea, J. Hollis, Jr. "Hell on Wheels Defeats the Heli borne Threat." Armor 8 1 

(September- October 1972):23- 25. 

Muller, F. M. "2d Armored Division Combat Loading, Morocco, Part One." 

Armored CavalryJourna/56 (July August 1947):2- 7. 

---· "2d Armored Division Combat Loading, Sicily, Part Two." Armored 

Cavaby .Joumal 56 (September- October 1947):9- 13. 

---· "2d Armored Division Combat Loading, Normandy, Conclusion." 

Armored Cavali:v.Journal 56 (November- December 1947):25- 26. 

A Pictorial History o.f the Second United Stales Armored Division, Camp flood, 

Texas, 1949. Atlanta: Albert Love Enterprises, 1949. 

"Rapid Response Ready Reinforcement." Army Information Digest 19 (January 

1964): 10- 19. 

Scales, Robert H., Jr., dir. Certain Victo1y: The US Army in the Gu(f War. 

Washington: Office of the Chief of Staff, United States Army, 1993. 
150 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

Schubert, Frank N., and Kraus, Theresa L., eds. The Whirlwind War: The United 

States Army in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1995. 

2d Armored Division, Germany. Atlanta: Albert Love Enterprises, 1952. 

2d Armored Division, "Hell on Wheels." Ft. Hood, Tex., 1965. Baton Rouge: 

Army and Navy Publishing Co., 1965. 

Second Armored Division 1/istory. Paducah, Ky.: Turner Publishing Co., 1991. 

"2d Armored Division ll onors 23 Un its for Exce llence." Armor 82 

(January- February 1973):58. 

Swain, Richard M. "Lucky War": Third Army in Desert Storm. Fort Leavenworth: 

U.S. Army Command and General Staff College Press, 1994. 

Trahan, E. A. "Armored in the Bulge: 2d Armored Division in the Ardennes 

Counter Offensive." Armored Cavalry Journal 57 (January- February 

1948):2- 11; (March- April 1948):39-43. 

___ ed. A HistoJy ofthe Second United States Armored Division, 1940-1946. 

Atlanta: Albert Love Enterprises, 1946. 

12tfl Anniverscuy (2nd Armored Division) . ... Darmstadt, Germany: Stars and 

Stripes, 1952. 

Welcome to the 2d Armored Division Hell on Wheels. Darmstadt, Germany: Stars 

and Stripes, 1954. 
2d CAVALRY DIVISION 

H ERALDIC ITEMS 

SIIOULDER Sumvn lNSIGNrA 

Description: On a yellow Norman shield with a green border, a blue 

chevron below two eight-pointed blue stars. 

Symbolism: The shield is yellow, the cavalry color. The stars arc taken 

from the coat of arms of the 2d Cavalry, which was formerly a 

unit of the division. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

None approved. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS TROOP 

2d CAVALRY DIVISION 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 20 August 1921 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and 

llcadquarters Troop, 2d Cavalry Division. Activated I April 1941 at Fort Riley, 

Kansas. Inactivated 15 July 1942 at f-o rt Riley, Kansas. Activated 25 February 

1943 at Fort Clark, Texas. Inactivated I 0 May 1944 in North Africa. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICfi>ATION CREDIT 

World War II 

European- African Middle Eastern Theater, Streamer without inscription 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

2D CAVALRY DIVISION BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Gabel, Christopher R. The US. Army GHQ Maneuvers of 1941. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1991. 

Greenfield, Kent Roberts; Palmer, Robert R.; and Wiley, Bell I. The Organization 

of Ground Combat Troops. Un ited States Army in World War Jl. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1947. 

llinds, James W. Second Cavaby Division. n.p., 1987. 

llistorica/ and Pictorial Review Second Cava/Jy Division, United States Army, 

Camp Funston, Kansas, 1941. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Co., 

1941. 

151 
152 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

Lee, Ulysses G. The Employment o.f"Negro Troops. United States Army in World 

War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1966. 

Todd, W. N. "Second Cavalry Division Comes to Life." The Caval!y Journal 50 

(July- August 1941 ):9- 12. 
2d INFANTRY DIVISION 

(Indianhead) 

H ERALDIC I TEMS 

SI IOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: Upon a five-pointed white star whose points lie in the circumference of an imaginary circle, an Indian's head with war bonnet in profile, face red, bonnet blue, with outline of feathers in 

blue. The star is superimposed upon a black shield. 

Symbolism: The color markings (red, white, and blue) used to identify the 

division and other equipment in France during World War J 

were chosen by the commander of the division as the colors 

for this insignia. The sta r a nd Indi an head signify the 

American origin of the division. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

Description: A silver colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a 

black field with an Indian tomahawk in silver, thereon, with 

point to dexter and blade charged with a blue fleUt·-de-lis; 

attached to the handle by blue bands, three blue feathers displayed fanwise to sinister and contained by a silver scroll 

bearing the motto SECOND TO NONE in black letters. 

Symbolism: Blue and white (si lver) are associated with infantry. The tomahawk alludes to the American origin of the unit as does the 

Indian head of the shoulder sleeve insignia. The fleur-de-lis 

symbolizes f-rance, where the unit saw its first combat experience during World War l. The feathers denote conflicts in 

which the unit participated. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

2d INFANTRY DIVISION 

(Indianhead) 

Ll AGE 

RA 

(active) 

Constituted 21 September 19 I 7 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 2cl 

Division. Organized 26 October 1917 in France. Redesignated I August 1942 as 

lleadquarters, 2d Infantry Division. Reorganized and redesignated 2 May 1960 as 

llcadquartcrs and Headquarters Company, 2d Infantry Division. 

153 
154 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

CAMPAIGN PARTICJPATION CREDIT 

World War I 

/\isnc 

A isne-Mame 

St. Mihicl 

Meuse-Argonne 

lie de France 1918 

Lorraine 1918 

World War II 

Normandy 

Northern France 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-Aisace 

Central Europe 

Koretm War 

UN Defensive 

UN Offensive 

CCF Intervention 

First UN Counteroffensive 

CCF Spring Offensive 

UN Summer-fall OITcnsivc 

Second Korean Winter 

Korea, Summer- Fall 1952 

Third Korean Winter 

Korea, Summer 1953 

DECORATIONS 

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered 1-IONGCIION (2d 

Infantry Division cited; DA GO 72, 1951) 

French Croix de Gucrrc with Palm, World War l, Streamer embroidered 

AlSNE-MARNE (Headquarters, 2d Division, cited; WD GO II, 1924) 

French Croix de Guerrc with Palm, World War I, Streamer embroidered 

MEUSE-ARGONNE (Headquarters, 2d Division, cited; WD GO II, 1924) 

French Croix de Gucrrc, World War I, Fourragcrc (Headquarters, 2d 

Division, cited; WD GO II, 1924) 

Belgian Fourragerc 1940 (l lcadquarters, 2d Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 

43, 1950) 

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes 

(I lcaclquartcrs, 2d Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Elsenborn 

Crest (Headquarters, 2d Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered NAKTONG RIVER LINE (Headquarters, 2d Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 35, 1951) 

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 

(llcadquarters, 2d Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 10, 1954) 
LTNEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 155 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

1st BRIGADE, 2d INFANTRY DIVISION 

LINEAGE 

RA 

(active) 

Constituted 21 September 1917 in the Regular Army as Headquarters Troop, 

2d Division. Organized 8 October 1917 at Fort Ethan J\ lien, Vermo nt. 

Reorganized and redesignated 18 February 1921 as Headquat1ers and Military 

Police Company (less Military Police Platoon), 2d Division. Reorganized and 

redesignated 22 July 1942 as Headquarters Company, 2d Division. Redesignated 

1 August 1942 as Headquarters Company, 2d Infantry Division. Disbanded 2 

May 1960 at Fot1 Benning, Georgia. 

Reconstituted 25 January 1963 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, l st Brigade, 2d Infantry Division. Activated 16 April 

1963 at Fort Benning, Georgia. 

C ANIPAIG t PARTIC'IPATIOl\ CREDIT 

World War I 

Aisne 

Aisnc-Mame 

St. 'v1ihiel 

:vteuse-Argonnc 

lie de France 1918 

Lorraine 191 8 

World War II 

:-.lormandy 

rthem France 

Rhineland 

;\ rden nes-A lsace 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

Korean War 

UN Dctcnsive 

Ul\ Offensive 

CCF lntervemion 

First Ul\ CountcmfTensivc 

CCF Spring Offensive 

UN Summer-fall OITensive ~econd Korean Winter 

Korea, Summer- Fall I 952 

Third Korean Winter 

Korea. Summer 1953 

Presidential Unit Citation (Anny), Streamer embroidered I IONGCHON (2d 

infantry Division cited; DA GO 72, 1951 ) 

French Croix de Gucrre with Palm. World War I , Streamer embroidered 

A.lSNE-MARi'-l"E (Headquarters Troop, 2d Division, cited; WD GO 11, 1924) 

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War 1, Streamer embroidered 

MEUSE-ARGONNE (Headquat1ers Troop, 2d Division, cited; WO GO ll, 1924) 

French Croix de Guerre, World War 1, Fourragere (Headquarters Troop, 2d 

Division, cited; DA GO 11, 1924) 

Belgian Fourragere 1940 (Headquarters Company, 2<.1 Infantry Division, 

cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army tor action in the Ardennes 

(Headquarters Company, 2d Tnfantry Division, cited; DA GO 43. 1950) 

Cited in the Order of the Day of tJ1e Belgian 1\rmy for action at Elsenborn 

Crest (Headquarters Company, 2d Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Strean1er embroidered NAKTONG RIVER LINE (Headquarters Company, 2d Tnfantry Division, cited: DA GO 

35, 1951) 
156 ARMIES, CORPS, DTVTSTONS. AND SEPARATE BRTGADES 

Republic of Korea Presidentia l Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 

(Headquarters Company, 2d T nfantry Division, cited; DA GO I 0, l954) 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 157 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

2d BRIGADE, 2d INFANTRY DLYISION 

RJ\ 

liNEAGE (active) 

Organized in October 1920 in the Regular Army at Camp Travis, Texas, as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Infantry Brigade, an element of 

the 2d Division. Redesignated 23 March 1925 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 4th Brigade. Redesignated 24 August 1936 as Headquarters a nd 

Headqua rters Company, 4th In fantry Brigade. Disbanded 16 October 1939 at Fort 

Francis E. Warren, Wyoming. 

Reconstituted 25 January 1963 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 2d Tnfantry Division. Activated 15 February 

1963 at Fort Denning, Georgia. 

CAMPA£GN PARTICIJ>ATJON CREDIT 

None. 

D ECORATIONS 

None. 
158 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

3d BRIGADE, 2d INFANTRY DiVISION 

(Arrowhead Brigade) 

LlNEACE 

RA 

(active) 

Organized 11 August 1917 in the Regular Army at Syracuse, New York, as 

Headquarters, lst Provisional Brigade. Redesignated 22 September 191 7 as 

Headquarters, 3d Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 2d Division. Reorganized 

and redesignated in March 1921 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d 

In fa nt ry Brigade. Rede signated 23 March 1925 as Headqua rters a nd 

ll eadquarte rs Company, 3d Brigade. Redesignated 24 August 1936 as 

ll eadquarters and Headqua rters Company, 3d T nfantry Brigade. Disbanded 9 

October 1939 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. 

Reconstituted 25 January 1963 in the Regular Anny as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 2d Infantry Division. Activated l february 

1963 at Fort Benning, Georgia. Inactivated 16 September 1992 in Korea. 

Activated 16 April 1995 at f-ort Lewis, Washington. 

C AM PAIGN PARTICIPATION C RI::OIT 

World War I 

Aisnc 

Aisne-Mame 

St. Mihiel 

Mcusc-i\.rgonne 

lie de France 19 18 

Lorraine 191 8 

Dr.COR/\TlONS 

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I, Streamer embroidered 

CllATEAL-THlERRY (3d lnfantty Brigade cited: WD GO II , 1924) 

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I, Streamer embroidered 

AISNE-MARNE (Headquarters, 3d Infantry Brigade, cilcd; WD GO 11 , 1924) 

Fre nch Croix de Guerrc with Palm, World War 1, Streamer embroidered 

MEUSE-A RGONNE (Headquarters, 3d Infantry Brigade, ciled; WD GO 11 , 1924) 

French Croix de Gucrre, World War I, Fourragerc (Headquarters, 3d Infan try 

Brigade, cited; WD GO 11 , 1924) 

2D INFANT RY DIVISlON BIDUOGRAPHY 

American Battle Monuments Commission. American Armie~ and Battlejlelds in 

E 11rope . Wa shingto n: Governme nt Pri nting O ffice, 193R. Repri nt. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1992. 

___ . 2d Division, SummWJ' of Operations in the World War. Washington: 

Government Printing Otfice, 1944. 

Andriot, R. Belleau J#JOd and the American Army, 2nd and 26th Divisions ~June 

and July 191 8). Washington: Belleau Wood Memori al Assn., 1925. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 159 

Appleman, Roy E. South to the Naktong, North to the Yalu. United States Army in 

the Korean War. Washington: Government Printing Office, 196 I. 

Barnett, Wi ll iam W., et al. The Second United States J'?fcmt1 y Division in Korea, I 

Jan 53- 31 Dec 53. Tokyo: Toppan Printing Co., 1954. 

Blumcnson, Martin. Breakout and Pursuit. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1961. 

Bruce, A. D. Principles and Method<; of Pursuit by Direct Pressure as Illustrated 

by the Second Division (US) in the Third Phase of the Meuse-Argonne 

Offensive. Fort Leavenworth: Command and General Staff School, 1933. 

Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce. Fort Francis E. Warren, Wyoming, 1930. 

Cheyenne, Wyo.: Labor Journal Publishing Co., 1930. 

Chiles, John H. "A Community Relations Program of the 2d Infantry DivisionSecond to None." Army lnfbrmation Digest 2 1 (Apri l 1966): 18- 20. 

Clyma, Carleton B., eel. Connecticut Men of the Second Division, August 1945. 

Hartford, 1945. 

Cochrane, Rexmoncl C. Gas Wcufitre at Belleau Wood, June 1918. U.S. Army 

Chemical Corps Historical Studies, Gas Warfare in World War 1, no. I. 

Washington: U.S. Army Chemical Corps Historical Ofl"ice, 1957. 

Cole, II ugh M. The Ardennes: Baffle of the Bulge. United States Army in World 

War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1965. 

Combat l-list01y of the Second Jnfantty Division in World War 11. Baton Rouge: 

Army and Navy Publishing Co., 1946. Reprint. Nashville: Battery Press, 1979. 

Commendations of Second Division, American Expedition(//y Forces, France, 

191 7- 1919, Germany. Cologne, Germany: Second Division Association, 

1919. 

Davenport, Robert J. "Barrier Along the Korean DMZ." li?(antiJ' 57 (May- June 

1967):40-42. 

Diehl, William J. , Jr. "2nd Infantry Division." lnjant1y 68 (November- December 

1978): I 4-18. 

From D+l to 105; The St01y of the Second JnfantJy Division. G.l. Stories ... 

Paris, I 944. 

Gabel, Christopher R. The U.S. Army GHQ Maneuvers c~/194 1. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1991. 

Gugc1cr, Russell A. Combat Actions in Korea. Washington: Combat Forces Press, 

1954. Rev. eel. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1970. 

Harbord, James G. Leaves From a War Dia1y. New York: Dodd, Mead, & Co., 

1925. 

I !arrington, Floyd. "Treasure l louse." Soldie1:5 32 (February 1972):34-36. 

Harrison, Gordon A. Cross-Channel A flack. United States Army in World War I I. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1951. 

I lcrmcs, Walter G. Truce Tent and Fighting Front. United States Army in the 

Korean War. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1966. 

llistorica l Branch, War Plans Division. Blanc Mont (MeuseArgonne- Champagne). Washington: Government Printing Office, 1922. 

II istori ca l Division, War Department. Omaha Beachhead (6 Jun e- 13 June 

1944). American Forces in Action. Wash ington: Government Printing 

Office, 1945. 
160 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

___ . St-Lo (7 July-19 July 1944). American Forces in Action. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1947. 

llistorical Section, Army War College. Order o.f Battle of the United States Land 

Forces in the World War; American Expeditionary Forces; Divisions. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1931. Reprint. Washington: 

Government Printing OtTicc, 1988. 

Jackson, Melvin S. Second to None. Los Angeles: Sam Babcock, Sixth Marines, 

1933. 

Jacobs, Bruce. "Second to None, The Story of the 2nd Infantry Division." SAGA: 

True Adventures for Men 9 (February 1955):24-29ff. 

___ . Soldiers: The Fighting Divisions o.f the Regular Army. New York: W. W. 

Norton and Co., 1958. 

Kahn, E. J., Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980. 

Korea 1950. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1952. 

MacDonald, Charles B. Company Commander. Washington: Infantry Journal 

Press, 194 7. 

___ . The Last Offensive. United States Army in World War II. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1973. 

---· "The Man Who Did Not Capture Leipzig." 1n.fantJy Journal 60 (June 

1947):47-51 . 

___ . The Siegfried Line Campaign . United States Army in World War JJ. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1963. 

May, Joseph R., et al. The Second United States Infantry Division in Korea, 

1951- 1952. Vol. 2. Tokyo: Toppan Printing Co., 1953. 

Miller, John, jr., et al. Korea 1951- 1953. Washington: Government Printing 

Office, 1956. 

Mossman, Billy C. Ebb and Flow. United States Army in the Korean War. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1990. 

Munroe, Clark C. The Second United States 1nfantJ)' Division in Korea, 

1950- 1951. Vol. I. Tokyo: Toppan Printing Co., 1952. 

Otto, Ernest. The Bailie at Blanc Mont (October 2 to October 10, 1918). 

Annapolis: U.S. Naval Institute Press, 1930. 

Polewski, David, ed. Second to None, The Soldiers o.f the 2nd li?fcmtJy Division, 

Korea. Korea: Printing and Publications Center, 1981. 

Rast, James F. "Highland Fox: The 2nd Division's Off-Post Counterinsurgency 

Exercise." ln.fantty 55 (May-June 1965):45- 49. 

Schnabel, James F. Policy and Direction: The First Year. United States Army in 

the Korean War. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1972. 

The Second Division American ExpeditionaJy Forces, 1917- 1919 . .. Neuwiedon-the-Rhine, Germany, I 919. 

The Second Division Syllabi o.f Histories of Regiments and Separate 

Organizations .fi'om Dates o.f Organization to June I, 1919. Coblenz, 

Germany: Coblenzer Volkszcitung, 19 19. 

Second Infantry Division. Paducah, Ky.: Turner Publishing Co., 1989. 

2d Infantry Division, Information Office. 2d lnfantJ y Division: Korea. Camp 

Casey, Korea, 1972. 
LJNEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 161 

2d Infantry Division, Public Affairs Office. Second to None in Three Wars. Korea, 

1980. 

"The 2d's Fiftieth." Army Digest 22 (October 1967):57. 

"Second to None." A Short History of the Second lnfantl'y Division, 1918- 1951. 

Japan, 1952. 

"Second to None." The Second United States Infantry Division in Korea, 

1951- 1952. Tokyo: Toppan Printing Co., 1953. 

Shetter, M. D., ed. Warrior: Second Jnjimtry Division, Korea, Fall 1970. Seoul, 

Korea, 1970. 

Spaulding, Oliver Lyman, and Wright, John Womack. The Second Division, 

American Expeditioncuy P'orces, in France, 1917- 1919. New York: Hillman 

Press, 1937. 

Westover, John G. Combat Support in Korea. Washington: Combat Forces Press, 

1955. Reprint. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1990. 

Wood, Edward W., and Allsbrook, Raleigh. D+106 to V- E, The Stol'y o.f the 

Second Division. San Antonio: D. A. Clegg Co., 1945. 

3d ARMORED DIVISION 

(Spearhead) 

H ERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: An equilateral triangle, one point up, above a horizontal tab 

attached in base, the triangle divided into three sections, the 

upper section yellow, the dexter section blue, and the sinister 

section red, overall a gun bendwise in front of a tank track and 

wheels all black surmounted by a red lightning flash bend sinisterwise. In the apex the Arabic numeral "3" in black all within a green border. The attached tab of yellow background 

edged with a green border with the inscription SPEARHEAD 

in black letters. 

Symbolism: Yellow, blue, and red are the colors of the branches from 

which armored units were formed. The tank tread, gun, and 

lightning flash are symbolic of mobility, power, and speed. 

The division's designation is in Arabic numerals. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

The distinctive unit insignia is a replica in metal and enamel 

of the shoulder sleeve insignia of the division. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

3d ARMORED DIVISION 

(Spearhead) 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 13 January .1941 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 3d 

Armored Division. Activated 15 April 1941 at Camp Beauregard, Louisiana. 

Inactivated I 0 November 1945 in Germany. Activated 15 July 1947 at Fort Knox, 

Kentucky. Reorganized and redesignated I June 1960 as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 3d Armored Division. Inactivated 15 August 1992 in 

Germany. 

163 
164 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRlGADES 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CRGOIT 

World War II 

Normandy 

Northern France 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-Aisace 

Central Europe 

Southwest Asia 

Defense of Saudi Arabia 

Liberation and Defense of Kuwait 

Cease-Fire 

DECORATIONS 

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Strea mer em broidered MONS 

(Headquarters, Forward Echelon, 3d Armored Division, cited; WD GO 32, 1945) 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SO UTI IWEST ASIA (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Armored Division, 

cited; DA GO 14, 1997) 

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered 

MONS (Headquarters, 3d Armored Division, cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

Belgian Fourragere 1940 (Headquarters, 3d Armored Division, cited; DA GO 

43, 1950) 

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in Belgium 

(llcadquarters, 3d Armored Division, cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes 

(Headquarters, 3d Armored Division, cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

1st BRIGADE, 3d ARMORED DIVISION 

165 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Organized 1 January 1942 in the Regular Army at Camp Polk, Louisiana, as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment. Combat Command A, 3d Armored 

Division. Inactivated I 0 November 1945 in Germany. Redesignated 7 July 1947 

as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Combat Command A, 3d Armored 

Division. Activated 15 July 1947 at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, I st 

Brigade, 3d Armored Division. Inactivated 15 August 1991 in Germany. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War JJ 

Normandy 

Northern France 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-Aisace 

Central Europe 

Southwest Asia 

Defense of Saudi Arabia 

Liberation and Defense of Kuwait 

Cease-Fire 

DECORATIONS 

Presidential Unit C itation (Army), Streamer embroidered MONS 

(Headquarters, Forward Echelon, 3d Armored Division, cited; WD GO 32, 1945) 

Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ (Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade, 3d Armored Division, cited: DA GO DA 

GO 14, 1997) 

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered 

MONS (Headquarters, 3d Armored Division, cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

Belgian Fourragere 1940 (Combat Command A, 3d Armored Division, cited; 

DA GO 43, J 950) 

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in Belgium 

(Combat Command A, 3d Armored Division, cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes 

(Combat Command A, 3d Armored Division, cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 
166 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

2d BRIGADE, 3d ARMORED DIVISION 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Organized I January 1942 in the Regular Army at Camp Polk, Louisiana, as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, Combat Command B, 3d Armored 

Division. [nactivated J 0 November 1945 in Germany. Redesignated 7 July 1947 

as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Combat Command B, 3d Armored 

Division. Activated 15 July 1947 at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Reorganized and redesignated I October 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 

3d Armored Division. Inactivated 15 August 1992 in Germany. 

CAMPA IGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War II 

Normandy 

Northern France 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-Aisace 

Central Europe 

Southwest Asia 

Defense of Saudi Arabia 

Liberation and Defense of Kuwait 

Cease-Fire 

DECORATIONS 

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered MONS 

(Headquarters, Forward Echelon, 3d Armored Division, cited; WD GO 32, 1945) 

Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ (Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 3d Armored Division, cited; DA GO 14, 

1997) 

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered 

MONS (Headquarters, 3d Armored Division, cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

Belgian Fourragere 1940 (Combat Command B, 3d Armored Division, cited; 

DA GO 43, 1950) 

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in Belgium 

(Combat Command B, 3d Armored Division, cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes 

(Combat Command B, 3d Armored Division, cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Spa and 

Liege Area (Combat Command B, 3d Armored Division, cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

3d BRIGADE, 3d ARMORED DIVISION 

167 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted I July 19 16 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 36th Infantry. 

Organized 27 July 19 17 at Brownsville, Texas. Assigned 5 July 1918 to the 12th 

Division. Relieved 3 1 January 1919 from the 12th Division. Inactivated 13 

October 1921 at Fort Jay, New York. Assigned 24 March 1923 to the 9th Division. 

Relieved 1 August 1940 from assignment to the 9th Division. Activated 15 April 

1941 at Camp Beauregard, Louisiana, as Headquarters, 36th Infantry (Armored), 

and assigned to the 3d Armored Division. Reorganized and redesignated I 

January 1942 as Headquarters, 36th Armored Infantry. Inactivated I 0 November 

1945 in Germany. 

Redesignated 7 July 1947 as Headquarters, Reserve Command, 3d Armored 

Division. Activated 15 July 1947 at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Reorganized and redesigna ted 30 July 1948 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Reserve 

Command, 3d Armored Division. Redesignated 23 August 1954 as Headquarters 

and Headquarters Company, Comba t Command C, 3d Armored Division. 

Expanded 1 October 1957 to form Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

Combat Command C, 3d Armored Division, and Headquarters, 36th Infantry 

(Headquarters, 36th Infantry- hereafter separate lineage). Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, Combat Command C, 3d Armored Division, reorganized 

and redesignated 1 October 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d 

Brigade, 3d Armored Division. Inactivated 15 August 1992 .in Germany. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War 11 

Normandy 

Northern France Rhineland 

Ardennes-Aisace 

Central Europe 

Southwest Asia 

Defense of Saudi Arabia 

Liberation and Defense of Kuwait 

Cease-Fire 

DECORATIONS 

Valorous Uni t Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ-KUWAIT (Headquarters 

and Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 3d Armored Division, cited; DA GO 14, 

1997) 

Belgian Fourragere 1940 (36th Armored Infantry cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in Belgium 

(36th Armored Infantry cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes 

(36th Armored Infantry cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 
168 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

3D ARMORED DIVISION BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Allen, Walter. "An Argument Stopper." Armor 69 (September- October 1960):40-45. 

Barnes, Verdi B. "Training: The 3d Armored Division Overseas Packet." Armor 

66 (September- October 1957):48- 53. 

Blumenson, Martin. Breakout and Pursuit. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Oflice, 1961 . 

Buchanan, S. J., and Meskaskas, E. Spearhead, 1941- 1966, Silver Anniversary 

Edition, Germany. Marceline, Mo.: Walsworth Publishing Co., 1966. 

Caine, Bruce T. "Infantry Training in an Armored Division." infantry 63 

(March- April 1973):28- 31. 

Call Me Spearhead, Saga of the Third Armored "Spearhead" Division. 

G.T.Stories ... Paris, 1944. 

Cole, Hugh M. Ardennes: Battle of the Bulge. United States Army in World War 

II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1965. 

Division Hq., Third Armored Division, Forward Echelon and Division 

Headquarters Company, April 15, 1941- May 8, 1945. Frankfurt am 

Main- Schwanheim, Germany: Franz Jos. Henrich, 1945. 

Dugan, Haynes W. A General Dies in Combat as World War II Winds Down, 

Maurice Rose and the 3rdArmored (Spearhead) Division. n.p., 1988. 

and Peterson, Dan. Spearhead of the West: Third Armored Division. 

Paducah, Ky.: Turner Publishing Co., 1991. 

"From Normandy to Germany with the 3d Armored Division." The Cavalry 

Journal 54 (March- April 1945):28- 34. 

Henderson, John M., Jr. "Operation 100% Superior." Armor 63 

(September- October 1954):20- 23. 

Henry, Thomas R. "Masters of Slash and Surprise." Saturday Evening Post 219 

(I 9 October 1946):30- 3lff. 

Historical and Pictorial Review, Third Armored Division of the United States 

Army, Camp Polk, Louisiana, J 942. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy 

Publishing Co., 1942. 

Historical Division, War Department. St-Lo (7 July- 19 July 1944). American 

Forces in Action. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1947. 

A History of the 3d Armored Division, April 1941- July 1958. Darmstadt, 

Germany: Stars and Stripes, 1958. 

Jacobs, Bruce. Soldiers: The Fighting Divisions of the Regular Army. New York: 

W. W. Norton and Co., 1958. 

Kahn, E. J., Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry 

Journal Press, J 945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980. 

Kerwin, Walter T., Jr. "Testing for Combat Readiness." Army Information Digest 

21 (May 1966):36- 38. 

Kimmel, Irving, ed. 3rd Armored Division, "Spearhead," Fort Knox, Kentucky. 

Dallas: Miller Publishing Co., 1956. 

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Offensive. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1973. 

---· The Siegfried Line Campaign. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1963. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 169 

Porter, Robert W. , Jr. "Tra ining Problems of Armor in Germany." Armor 68 

(January- February 1959):51. 

Presenting the 3d Armored Division, Fort Knox, Kentucky, 1949. Baton Rouge: 

Army and Navy Publishing Co., J 949. 

Riggsby, Raymond M. "Armored Infantry Battalion Training Tests in the 3d 

Armored Division." Armor 65 (July- August 1956):38-40. 

Rock, William R. 3d Armored Division, (Sp earhead), A History of the 3d 

Armored Division. Darmstadt, Germany: Stars and Stripes, 1957. 

Scales, Robert H., Jr., dir. Certain Vict01y: The US Army in the Gu(f War. 

Washington: Office of the Chief of Staff, United States Army, 1993. 

Schubert, Frank N., and Kraus, Theresa L, eels. The Whirlwind War: The United 

States Army in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1995. 

Seiverling, Richard F. Short Stories ofWorld War 11. Palmyra, N.Y.: Cornell Press, 

1947. 

Spearhead in the West, 1941- 45, Third Armored Division. Frankfurt am Main, 

Germany: F. Guhl & Co., 1945. Reprint. Nashville: Battery Press, 1980. 

Spearheading with the Third Armored Division in the Bulge, Duren-Cologne, the 

Ruhr Pocket, East to the Elbe. Halle, Germany: Hallische Nachrichten, 1945. 

Stadler, Gerald P. "Mortar Training in the 3rd Armored Division." Infantry 64 

(January- February 1974):1 1- 12. 

Stark, John, eel. Third Armored Division, "Spearhead," Germany 1963. 

Marceline, Mo.: Walsworth Publishing Co., 1963. · 

Swain, Richard M. "Lucky War ": Third Army in Desert Storm. Fort Leavenworth: 

U.S. Army Command and General Staff College Press, 1994. 

3d Armored Division, Public Information Office. "Delay and Defense Course." 

Armor 65 (January- February 1959):51 . 

Third Armored Division, Basic Training. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy 

Publishing Co., 1950. 

Third Armored Division, Basic Training, Spring 1950. Baton Rouge: Army and 

Navy Publishing Co., 1950. 

Third Armored Division, Fort Knox, Kentucky, 1948. Baton Rouge: Army and 

Navy Publishing Co., 1948. 

3rd Armored Division, Spearhead, April 1941- November 1956. Darmstadt, 

Germany: Stars and Stripes, 1957. 

3rd Armored Division, "Spearheade1-;" Fort Knox, Kentucky. Dallas: Taylor 

Publishing Co., 1954. 

Training with the Famous Third Armored Division. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy 

Publishing Co., 1950. 

Wallace, Josiah A., Jr. "Stiffening the Backbone." Army 22 (June 1972): 28- 31. 

- - - · "3rd Armored Looks to Air: Eyes ... Up!" Army 23 (January J 973): 19- 24. 

Wohlner, James L. "Third Armored Division Tank Battalion Tests." Armor 65 

(May- June 1956):48-49. 

3d INFANTRY DIVISION 

(Marne Division) 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: Upon a blue square, three white stripes from hera ldic sinister 

chief to dexter base, the blue background between the white 

stripes; all within a green border. 

Symbolism: The three white stripes are symbolic of six campaigns (formerly referred to as three major operations) in which the division participated in World War l. The blue field symbolizes 

the loyalty of those who placed their lives on the a ltar of selfsacrifice in defense of the American ideals of liberty and 

democracy. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT {NSLGNIA 

Description: A silver colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a silver rock issui ng from the inner arc of a blue annulet inscribed 

with the words NOUS RESTERONS LA (We Will Stay There) 

in si lver letters; on the rock and surmounting the upper part of 

the annulet, a silver wyvern winged blue bearing thereon three 

silver diagonal bands. 

Symbolism: The rock, inscription, and wyvern refer to the two designations by wh ich men of the 3d Infantry Division are popularly 

known, i.e., "Marne Men" and "Blue and White Devils." The 

rock represents the division's firm stand against the German 

offensive at the Marne River in World War I. It was there that 

the commanding officer, Major General Joseph Dickman, stated "Nous Resterons La." The wyvern, an heraldic form of the 

devil, bears the division's blue and white stripes on its wing in 

commemoration of the division's action at Anzio, Italy, in 

World War II where they were called "Blue and White Devils" 

by the enemy. 

171 
172 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

3d INFANTRY DIVISION 

(Marne Division) 

RA 

.L INEAGE (active) 

Constituted 12 November 1917 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 3d 

Division. Organized 21 November 1917 at Camp Greene, North Carolina. 

Redesignated 1 August 1942 as Headquarters, 3d Int~mtry Division. Reorganized 

and redesignated 1 April 1960 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d 

Infantry Division. 

CANll'AIGN PA..RTICIPATTON CRF.DTT 

World War.! 

Aisne 

Charnpagne-·Marne 

Aisne-Marne 

St. Mil1iel 

Meuse-Argonne Champagne 19 I g 

World War II 

Algeria- French Morocco (with arrowhead) 

Tunisia 

Sicily (with arrowhead) 

Naples-Foggia 

Anzio (with arrowhead) 

Rome-.Arno 

Southern France (with aJTowhead) 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-Alsace 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

Korean War 

CCF Intervention 

First UN Counteroffensive 

CCF Spring Offensive 

UN Summer-fall Offensive 

Second Korean Winter 

Korc.a. Summer- Fall I 952 

Third Korean Winter 

Korea. Summer 1953 

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered COLMAR (3d 

Infantry Division cited; DA GO 44, 1945) 

French Croix de Guerre witl1 Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered 

COLMAR (Headquarters, 3d Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

French Croix de Gucrrc, World War II, Fourragere (Headquarters, 3d Infantry 

Division, cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered UI.IONGBU CORRIDOR (Headquarters, 3d Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 20, 1953) 

Republic of Korea Presidential Unil Citation, Streamer embroidered IRON 

TRIANGLE (Headquarters, 3d Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 29, 1954) 

Chryssoun Aristion Andrias (Bravery Gold Medal of Greece), Streamer 

embroidered KOREA (Headquarters, 3d Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 2, 1956) 
LTNEAGES AND tlERALDTC DATA 173 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

1st BRJGADE, 3d INFANTRY DIVISION 

RA 

LlNI:iAGE (active) 

Constituted 12 November 19 17 in the Regular Army as Headquarters Troop, 3d 

Division. Organized 28 November 1917 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Reorganized and 

redesignated 12 May i 921 as Headquarters and Military Police Company (less 

Military Police Platoon), 3d Division. Reorganized and redesignated 6 July 1942 as 

Headquarters Company, 3d Division. Redesignated I August 1942 as Headquarters 

Company, 3d Infantry Division. Disbanded 1 April 1960 i11 Germany. 

Reconstituted 18 April 1963 in the Reg ul ar Army as Headquarters and 

llcadqua11ers Company, I st llrigadc, 3d T nfantry Division. Activated 3 June 1963 

in Germany. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION Ciumrr 

World War I 

Aisne 

Champagne-Marne 

Aisne-Marne 

St. Mihicl 

Meuse-Argonne 

Champagne 1918 

World War II 

Algeria- French Morocco (with arrowhead) 

Tunisia 

Sicily (with arrowhead) 

Naples-Foggia 

Anzio (with arrowhead) 

Rome-Arno 

Southern France (with arrowhead) 

Rhineland 

Ardenues-Alsacc 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

Korean I..Var 

CCI-' Intervention 

First UN Counteroffensive 

CCF Spring Offensive 

t;N Summer-rail OITeusive 

Second Korean Winter 

Korea. Summer foall 1952 

Third Korean Winter 

Korea. Summer 1953 

Presidential Un it Cita ti on (Army), Streamer embroidered COLMAR (3d 

h1fantry D ivision cited; WD GO 44, 1945) 

french Croix de Guerre wit:h PaJm, World War II, Streamer embroidered COLMAR (Headquruters Company, 3d Tnfantry Divjsion, cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

French Croix de Gucrre, World War II, Fourragere (Headquarters Company, 

3d Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 43, l 950) 

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered UlJONGBU CORRiDOR (Headquarters Company, 3d Infantry D ivision, cited; DA GO 20, 

1953) 

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered !RON TRlAN(iLE (Headquarters Company, 3d infantry Division, cited; DA GO 29, 1954) 

Chryssoun Aristio n Andrias (llravery Gold Meda l of Greece), Streamer 

embroidered KOREA (Headquarters Company, 3d infantry Division, cited; DA 

GO 2, 1956) 
174 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

2d BRIGADE, 3d INFANTRY DIVISION 

RA 

LtNEAGE (active) 

Constituted 12 November 1917 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 5th 

Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 3d Division. Organized in November 1917 

at Camp Greene, North Carolina. Reorganized and redesignated in March 1921 

as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 5th Infantry Brigade. Redesignated 

23 March 1925 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 5th Brigade. 

Redesignated 24 August 1936 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 5th 

Infantry Brigade. Disbanded 16 October 1939 at Vancouver Barracks, 

Washington. 

Reconstituted 18 April I 963 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 3d Infantry Division. Activated 17 June 

1963 in Germany. Inactivated I 5 January 1994 in Germany. Activated 16 

February 1996 at Fort Stewart, Georgia. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War I 

Aisne 

Champagne-Marne 

Aisne-Marne 

St. Mihiel 

Meuse-Argonne 

Champagne I 9 I 8 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

3d BRIGADE, 3d INFANTRY DIVISION 

175 

RA 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 12 November 19 I 7 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 6th 

Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 3d Division. Organized I December 1917 at 

Camp Greene, North Carolina. Reorganized and redesignated in March 1921 as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 6th lnfantry Brigade. Redesignated 23 

March 1925 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 6th Bri gade. 

Redesignated 24 August 1936 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 6th 

[nfantry Brigade. Disbanded 12 October 1939 at Fort Douglas, Utah. 

Reconstituted 18 April 1963 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 3d Infantry Division. Activated 20 June 

1963 in Germany. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World Warl 

Aisnc 

Champagne-Marne 

Aisne-Marne 

St. Mihiel 

Meuse-Argonne 

Champagne 1918 

Southwesl Asia 

Defense of Saudi Arabia Liberation and Defense of Kuwait 

Cease-Fire 

DECORATIONS 

Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ-KUWAIT (Headquarters 

and Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 3d Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 27, 

1994) 

3D INFANTRY DlYISlON BIBLIOGRAPHY 

American Battle Monuments Commission. American. Armies and Battlefields in 

Europe. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1938. Reprint. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1992. 

_ __ . 3d Division Summary of Operations in the World War. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1944. 

Appleman, Roy E. South to the Nakton.g, North to the Yalu. United States Army in 

the Korean War. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1961. 

Blue and White Devils: The Story o.f the 3rd Infantry Division. G.I. Stories ... 

Paris, 1945. 

Blumenson, Martin. Salerno to Cassino. United States Army in World War rr. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1969. 
176 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

Cairns, Bogardus S. "The Breakout at Anzio: A Lesson in Tank-Infantry 

Cooperation." Military Review 28 (January 1949):23-32. 

Clarke, Jeffrey J., and Smith, Robert Ross. Riviera to the Rhine. United States 

Army in World War TI. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1993. 

Crawford, Charles. Six Months with the 6th Brigade. Kansas City: E. B. Barnett, 

1928. 

Dickman, Joseph T. The Great Crusade: A Narrative ()/the World 1'Wu·. New York: 

D. Appleton and Co., 1927. 

Dolcater, Max W. , cd. 3d lnf(mtry Division in Korea. Tokyo: Toppan Printing Co., 

1953. 

"A Fiftieth for the Marne Division." Army Digest 22 (November 1967):22. 

Fisher, Ernest F., Jr. Cassino to the Alps. United States Army in World War ll. 

Washington: Goverruncnt Printing Office, 1977. 

Garland, Albert N., and Smyth, Howard McGaw. Sicily and the Surrender of"Ita(v. 

United States Army in World War II. Washington: Government Printing 

Office, 1965. 

Gaul, Jefti·ey. Histm:v of the Third Infantry Division: Rock oj"the Marne. Paducah, 

Ky.: Turner Publishing, I 988. 

Golden, Joe E. "Third U.S. Infantry Division in Italy." lvfilitary Review 24 (June 

1944):5- 1 0. 

Hemenway, Frederick Vinton, eel. and comp. History o/ the Third Division, 

United States Army in the World lt<1r. for the Period Decemher 1, 1917 to 

Janum~y 1. 1919. Cologne, Germany: M. DuMont Schauberg, 1919. 

Hermes, Walter G. Truce Tent and Fighting Front. United States Army in lhc 

Korean War. Washington: Govermnent Printing OJfice, 1966. 

Historical Division, Department of the Army. Anzio Beachhead (22 .Januwy- 25 

May 1944). American Forces in Action. Washington: Government Printing 

Office, 1948. 

Historical Section, Army War College. Order(?[ Battle of the United States Land 

Forces in the World War: American Expeditionwy Forces: Divisions. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 193 1. Reprint. Washington: 

Government Printing Otl'ice, J 988. 

Holmes, Howard W. "I 00 Miles lo Nijmcgen." Army Digest 22 (January 

1967):29- 30. 

Howe, George F. Northwest A_/l'ica: Seizing the Initiative in the %st. United States 

Army in World War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1957. 

Jacobs, Bruce. Soldiers: The Fighting Divisions of" the Regular Army. New York: 

W. W. Norton and Co., 1958. 

Kahn, E. J., Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighling Divisions. Washington: Infantry 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980. 

Kittler, Glenn D. "From Chateau-Thierry to Anzio to Wonson; The Fighting 

Third." SAGA: TrueAdventures.for Men 8 (September 1954):10- 13ti 

Lamb, David S. Till We i\1feet Again. Cleveland: Stevens Publishing Co., 1944. 

Le Mon, Warren. "The Marne Division." Army Information Digest 20 (October 

1965):37-43. 

MacDona](~ Charles B. The Last qf.fensive. United States Army in World War U. 

Washington: Govenunent Printing Office, 1973. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 177 

Military lntclligence Division, War Department. From the Yolturno to the Winter 

Line (6 October-IS November 1 943). American Fo rces in Action. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1945. 

___ . Salerno: American Operations .fi"om the Beache:> to the Yolturno (9 

September- 6 October 1943). Washington: Government Printing Office. 

1944. 

Mohr, G. William. Third fi!/Cmll:v Division. WWIJ, The VictOJy Path Thru France 

and Germany. Kokomo, Tnd.: 0 & M. 1985. 

Murphy, Audic. To Hell and Back. New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1949. 

"Pass in Review." Army Information Digest 20 (October 1965):32- 36. 

Pass in Review. The Pictorial Historv c~f the Third Division, United States Army, 

Operations, Training, Maneuvers, Camp Ord. Cal({omia, I 940. Baton 

Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Co .. 1940. 

Personnel Service Division, Adj utant General Section. 3d h1funlt)' Division. 

Administrative Service llranch, Adjutant General Section, 1971. 

Rescigno, Richard J., and Wiltamuth, Richard L. "Alert! That's the Watchword 

of the Marne Division Today." Army Digest 25 (August 1970):3H-43. 

Road to Rome. n.p., 1945. 

Rosson, William B. "Operational H igh lights of the 3d Tnfantry Division.'' 

Military Review 25 (December 1945):42-45. 

___ . "3 d Infantry Div ision C rosses the Meurthe." Mililary Review 26 

(February 1947):24-35. 

Scott. Hugh A. The Blue and W!Jite Devils. A Personal Memoir and HistOJy of 

the 3rd b~funtrJ' Division in World War II. Nashville, Tenn.: Battery Press, 

1984. 

Stitt, Edgar A. 100 Days, I 00 !lours: "Phantom .. Brigade in the Gull' War. Hong 

Kong: Concord Publications, 1991. 

Small, Collie. 'The Third: Tops in llonors." Saturday Evening Post 218 (II 

August l945):28- 29ff. 

Taggart. Donald G., ed. 1 list01y of the Third Infanf1y Division in World War 11. 

Washington: Infantry Journal Press, 1947. Reprint. Nashville, Tenn.: Battery 

Press, 1987. 

Taylor, Horace G.; Milam, Michae l M.; and Ericksen, Scott R. "3d Infantry 

Division." lt!f'antJy 6S (January February 1978): 18 22. 

The l11ircl Division at Chateau Thieny. U.S. Anny Chemical Corps Historical 

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Chemical Corps Historical Otfice, 1959. 

Third Division Citations. Andernach on the Rhine, Germany: Carl Rcinartz, 1919. 

"3d Infantry Division Gyroscoping: Enlistments Open." Recruiting Journal 10 

(May 1957):8-9. 

3d li!fcmtry Division in Korea. Society of the Third infantry Div ision, 1987. 

3d Infantry Division, Information Office. 3d !nfanfly Division. 1917- Forty Year 

Oclyssey- 1958. Wuerzburg, Germany: Konrad Triltsch, 1958. 

''Valor: 3d Division in Sicily." il!fimtty Journal 54 (March 1944): 16-18; (June 

1944): 44. 

Westover. John G. Combat Support in Korea. Washington: Combat Forces Press. 

1955. Reprint. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1990. 

4th ARMORED DIVISION 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

S IIOULDER S LEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: On an equilateral triangle with g reen border, one point up, 

divided into th ree sections, the upper section yeUow, the dexter section blue, and the sinister section red. a gun bendwise in 

front of a tank track and wheels all black and overall a red 

lightning a~h bend sinistcrwisc. In the apex the Arabi c 

numera l "4" in black letters. 

5~wnholi m: Yell ow, blue, and red arc the colo rs o f the branches frorn 

which armored un its were f(lrmed. The tank tread, gun, and 

lightning Jlash are sy1n bolic of mobility, power, and speed. 

The division's designation is in Arabic numerals. 

DIST I CTIYE UN IT NS G~IA 

Description: A silver colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a vertical silver ga untlet grasping a lightning flash horizontally in 

fro nt of a triangle with one point up and divided vertically 

blue and red. 

Symbolism: The triangle and the colors blue, yellow, and red refer to the 

;mnorcd division shoulder sleeve insigni a. The gauntlet and 

lighting tlash all ude to the spearhead ing d rive of the 4th 

Armored Division across France into Germany in World War 

II. The four segments of the wristguard of the gauntlet represent the numerical designation of the division. 

LlNEAOE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

4th ARMORED DIVISION 

RA 

L INEAGE (inactive) 

Const ituted 13 Janua ry 1941 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 4th 

Armored Division. Activated 15 April 1941 at Pi11e Camp, New York. Converted 

and re desig nated l May 1946 as Headquarte rs, lst Constabul ary Brigade . 

Inactivated 20 May 1949 in Germany; concurrently converted and redesignated 

as Headquarters, 4th Armored Division. Activated 15 June 1954 at Fort Hood 

Texas. Reorga niz ed a nd re de sig na ted 1 June 1960 as He adquarte rs a nd 

Headq uarters Company, 4th Armored Divisio n. I nactivatcd 10 May 1971 in 

Germany. 

179 
180 ARMIES, CORPS, DJVTSTONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

C AMPAIGN PARTICIPATION C REDIT 

World War II 

Normandy 

Nottl1crn France 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-Alsace 

Central Europe 

D ECORATIONS 

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered t\RDRNNES (4th 

Armored Division cited; WD GO 54, 1945) 

French Croix de Guerre with Pahn, World War 11, Streamer embroidered 

NO RMAN DY (Headquarters, 4th Armored Division, cited; DA GO 43, 1.950) 

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War 11, Streamer embroidered 

MOSELLE IUVER (Headquarters, 4th Armored Division. cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

French Croix de Guerre, World War II, Fourragere (Headquarters, 4th 

Armored Division, cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 181 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

1st BRIGADE, 4th ARMORED DIVISION 

RA 

LiNEAGE (inactive) 

Organized 8 January 1942 in the Regular Army at Pine Camp, New York, as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, Combat Command A, 4th Annored 

Division. Reorganized and redesignated I 0 September 1943 as Headquarters and 

He<:idq uarters Company, Combat Command A 4th Armored Division. Converted 

a nd redesignated I May 1946 as Headquarters and Headqua rters Troop, 2d 

Constabulary Brigade , and relieved from assignment. to the 4th Armored 

Division. Inactivated 20 May 1949 in Germany; concurrently converted and 

redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Comp<my, Combat Command A, 

4th Armored Division. Activated 15 June 1954 at Fort. Hood, Texas. Reorganized 

and redesignated 20 August 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

1st Brigade, 4th Armored Division. Inactivated I 0 May 1971 in Germany. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICil'ATlON C REOlT 

l·ilorld War II 

Normandy 

1\'orthem France 

Rhineland 

Ardcnnes-Alsacc Central E1!1'opc 

D ECORJ\TTOl\'S 

Presidential Unit Citati on (Army), Streamer embroidered ARDEN NES (4th 

Armored Division cited; WD GO 54, 1945) 

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World Wa r ll, Streamer embroidered 

NORMANDY (Combat Command A, 4th Armored Division, c ited; DA GO 43, 

1950) 

.French Croi x de Guerrc with Palm, World War 11, Streamer embroidered 

MOSELLE RIVER (Combat Command A . 4th Armored Division, cited; DA GO 43, 

1950) 

French Croix de Guerrc, World War 11, Fourragcrc (Combat Command A, 4th 

Annored Division, cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 
182 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, ANO SF.PARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

2d BRIGADE, 4th ARMORED DIVISION 

RA 

L!NEAOE (inactive) 

Organized 8 January 1942 in the Regular Army at Pine Camp, Ne\>v York, as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, Combat Command B, 4th Armored 

Division. Reorganized and redesignated 10 September 1943 as Headquarters and 

lleadquarters Company, Combat Command B. 4th Armored Division. Convetted 

and redesignated 1 May 1946 as Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3d 

Constabulary Brigade, and relieved from assignment to the 4th Armored 

Division. Inactivated 20 September 1947 in Germany. Converted and redesignated 25 February 1953 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Combat 

Command B, 4th Armored Division. Activated 15 June 1954 at Fort Hoo<.~ Texas. 

Reorganized and redesignated 30 August 1963 as lleadquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 2d Brigade, 4th Armored Division. Inactivated 10 May 1971 in 

Germany. 

CAMI'AJGN PARTICIPATION CRcDJT 

World War fl 

1'\onnandv 

Northern france 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-A I sace Central Europe 

DL:.CORATIONS 

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered ARDENNES (4th 

Armored Division cited; WD GO 54, 1945) 

french Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II , Streamer embroidered 

NORM/\ DY (Combat Command B, 4th Armored Division, cited; DA GO 43, 

1950) 

French Croix de Guerrc with Palm, World War U, Streamer embroidered 

MOSI:LLE RIVER (Combat Command B, 4th Armored Division, cited; DA GO 43, 

1950) 

French Croix de Guerre, World War JT, Fourragere (Combat Command B, 4th 

Armored Division, cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

3d BRIGADE, 4th ARMORED DIVISION 

183 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 3 I August 1943 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, Reserve 

Command, 4th Armored Division. Activated 10 September 1943 at Camp Bowie, 

Texas. Inactivated 22 April 1946 at Camp KHmer, New Jersey. Redesignated 25 

February 1953 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Reserve Command, 

4th Armored Division. Redesignated 28 May J 954 as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, Combat Command C, 4th Armored Divis.ion. Activated 

15 June 1954 at Fort Hood, Texas. Reorganized and redesignated I July 1963 as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 4th Armored Division. 

Inactivated 1 May 1971 in Germany. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War II 

Normandy 

Norl'hern France 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-Aisace 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

Presidentia l Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered ARDENNES (4th 

Armored Division cited; WD GO 54, 1945) 

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered 

NORMANDY (Reserve Command, 4th Armored Division, cited; DA GO 43, 

1950) 

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War IJ, Streamer embroidered 

MOSELLE RIV ER (Reserve Command, 4th Armored Division, cited; DA GO 43, 

1950) 

French Croix de Guerre, World War II, Fourragere (Reserve Command, 4th 

Armored Division, cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

4TH ARMORED DIVISION BJBUOGRAPI-IY 

Ad ler, George. "Composite DSU in the 4th Armored Division." Armor 69 

(March- April 1960): 16- 22. 

Albright, John. " Introducing 'P' Wood- 4th Armored Division." Armor 81 

(January- February 1972):24-29. 

Ba ldwin, Hanson W. '"P' Wood of the 4th Armored." Army 18 (January 

1 968):45- 54. 

---·Tiger Jack. Fort Collins, Colo.: Old Army Press, 1979. 

Salish, Harry. "The Battle of Nancy- A Double Envelopment." Militwy Review 

29 (January 1950):16- 23. 

Bell, Raymond E., Jr. "Guard Tanks." Armor 84 (January- Februa ry 

1975):32- 36. 
184 ARMIES, CORPS, DIV ISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

"Blitz Through France- 4th Armored Division Spearheads Third Anny." The 

Cava by Journal 53 (November- December 1944 ):30-3 1. 

Blumenson, Martin. Breakout and Pursuit. United States Army in World War Tl. 

Washington: Government Ptinling Office, 1961. 

Clarke, JcffTcy J., and Smith, Robert Ross. Riviera to the Rhine. United States 

Army in World War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1993. 

Cole, Hugh M. The Ardennes: Battle of the Bulge. United States Army in World 

War TI. Washington: Government Printing O!Ticc, 1965 . 

. The Lorraine Campaign . United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Offic.e, 1950 . 

. "The Tank Battles in Lorraine." Military Review 29 (November 

1949):3-I6. 

The Fourth Armored Division. Fort flood Texas. Dallas: Taylor Publishing Co., 

1955. 

4th Armored Division, Combat Conunand A. The Nancy Bridgehead. Fort Knox, 

1946. 

4th Armored: From the Beach to BaJ.·togne. G.T. Stories . .. Paris, 1945. 

4th Armored Division, Public Relations Section. What They Said About the 

Fourth Armored Division. Landshut. Germany, 1945. 

Frankel, Nat, and Smith, Larry. Patton s Best: An Informal Hist01:v of the 4th 

Armored Division. New York: Hawthorn Books. 1978. Reprint. New York: 

Jove Books, I 984. 

Gabel, Christopher R. The 4th Armored Division in the Encirclement c~f Nancy. 

Fort Leavenworth: U.S. Army Command and General Statl'College, 1986. 

Harding, Thomas C. "The Shortest Way Home." Armor 73 (January- february 

1964):46-47. 

Harrison, Gordon A. Attack on Singling by Elemenls of 4th Armored Division. 

n.p., 1945. 

Historical Division, War Department. Small Unit Actions. American forces in 

Action. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1946. 

1/istorical and Pictorial RevieH·: Fourth Armored Division, United States Army, 

Camp Pine, New York. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publis hing Co., 1942. 

Jacobs, Bruce. Breakthrough! The SlOt)' of the 4th Armored Division. Kearny, 

N.J.: 4th Armored Division Association, 1956. 

___ . Soldiers: The Fighting Divisions qj" the Regular Army. New York: 'vV. W. 

Norton Co., 195g_ 

Kahn , E. J., Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980. 

Koyen, Kenneth A. The Fourth Armored Division From the Beach to Bavaria: A 

S1o1~V of the Fourth Armored Division in Combal. Munich, Germany: Herder 

Druck, 1946. 

Lang, W. "Colonel Abc of the 4th Armored Division, Spearhead of Patton 's 

Advances." Life 18 (23 Apri l 1945):47- 50ff. 

Leach, James H. Ge11 esis 10 Greatness, 1944- 1945: Creating Patton's BestFourth Armored Division. n.p., 1982. 

The Legacy of the 4th Armored Division. Paducah, Ky.: Tw11er Publishing Co., 

1990. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 185 

MacDonald, Charles B. The La.~t q [fensive. United States Army in World War 11. 

Washington: Government Printing OITice, 1973. 

Oden, Delk M . 4th Armored Division, Relief' of' the JOist Airhorne Division. 

Bastogne. Fort Leavenworth, 1947. 

_ __ . "The 4th Armored Division in the Relief of Bastogne." Militw y Review 

27 (January 1948):39-44. 

Pictorial Review of the Personnel, the Activities and the Accomp lishments of the 

4th Armored Division. Dallas: Taylor Publishing Co., 1958. 

Rogers, Charles. "A Division Ts Reborn." Armor 63 (July- August 1954): 2<'r3 l. 

Shapiro. Milton J. Tank Commande1: George S. Patton :\· 4th Armored Division. 

New York: McKay, 1979. 

Sma ll , C. "Rat Chase to the Rhine; 4th Armored Division." Saturda.v Evening 

Post2 l 7 (28 April l945):18 19+. 

Whiting, Charles. 48 Hours to Hammelburg: The True, Long Suppressed Stmy of 

One o/Patton s Boldest and Bloodiest Missions. New York: Ballantine Books, 

1970. 

4th INFANTRY DIVISION 

(Ivy Division) 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: On a light khaki square, four green ivy leaves arranged per 

cross issuing from a small open circle (one leaf in each angle 

of the square) all within a light khaki border. 

Symbolism: The four leaves allude to the numerical designation of the 

division, while the word "lvy" as pronounced suggests the 

characters used in the formation of the Roman numeral "IV" 

ivy leaves are symbolic of fidelity and tenacity. 

DISTINCTIVE INSIGNIA 

Description: A gold colored metal and enamel device, consisting of an ivy 

leaf of green enamel fimbriated gold above a scroll with the 

inscription STEADFAST AND LOYAL. 

Sym.bolism: The ivy leaf is taken from the 4th Infantry Division shoulder 

sleeve insignia. The motto is associated with the division. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

4th INFANTRY DIVISION 

(Ivy Division) 

UNEAGE 

RA 

(active) 

Constituted 19 November 1917 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 4th 

Division. Organized I 0 December 19 J 7 at Camp Greene, North Carolina. 

Inactivated 21 September 1921 at Camp Lewis, Washington. Activated 1 June 

1940 at Fort Benning, Georgia. Reorganized and redesignated I August 1942 as 

Headquarters, 4th Motorized Division. Reorganized and redesignated 4 August 

1943 as Headquarters, 4th Infantry Division. Inactivated 12 March 1946 at Camp 

Butner, North Carolina. Activated 15 July 1947 at Fort Ord, California. 

Reorganized and redesignated 13 June 1960 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 4th Infantry Division. 

187 
188 ARMIES, CORPS, DlVlSIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War! 

Aisne-Marne 

St. Mihiel 

Meuse-Argonne 

Champagne 1918 

Lorraine 1918 

World War II 

Normandy (with arrowhead) 

Northern France 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-Aisace 

Central Europe 

Vietnam 

Counteroffensive, Phase Jl 

Counteroffensive, Phase Ill 

Tet Counteroffensive 

Counteroffensive, Phase lV 

Counteroffensive, Phase V 

Counteroffensive, Phase VI 

Tet 69/Counteroffensivc 

StnnmcF--Fal l 1969 

Winter- Spring 1970 

Sanctuary Counteroffensive 

Counteroffensive, Phase VI I 

DECORATIONS 

Belgian Fourragere 1940 (Headquarters, 4th Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 

43, 1950) 

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in Belgium 

(Headquarters, 4th Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes 

(Headquarters, 4th Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1966- 1969 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Infantry 

Division, cited; DA GO 3, 1970) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1969- 1970 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Infantry 

Division, cited; DA GO 52, 1971) 

Republic of Vietnam Civi l Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer 

embroidered VIETNAM 1966- J 969 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

4th Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 53, 1970) 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 189 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

1st BRIGADE, 4th INFANTRY DIVISION 

RA 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 19 November 1917 in the Regular Army as Headquarters Troop, 

4th Division. Organized 16 December I 917 at Fort Ethan All en, Vermont. 

Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1921 as Headquarters and Military Police 

Company (less Military Police Platoon), 4th Division. Inactivated 21 September 

1921 at Camp Lewis, Washington. Activated I June 1940 at Fort Benning, 

Georgia. Reorganized and redesignated 6 July 1942 as Headquarters Company, 

4th Division. Reorganized and redesignated 1 August 1942 as Headquarters 

Company, 4th Motorized Division. Reorganized and redesignated 4 August 1943 

as Headquarters Company, 4th Infantry Division. Inactivated 12 March 1946 at 

Camp Butner, North Carolina. Activated 15 July 1947 at Fort Ord, California. 

Disbanded 13 June 1960 at Fort Lewis, Washington. 

Reconstituted 21 August 1963 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade, 4th lnfantry Division. Activated I October 

1963 at Fort Lewis, Washington. Inactivated 15 October 1995 at Fort Carson, 

Colorado. Activated L 6 January 1996 at Fort Hood, Texas. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War I 

Aisne-Marne 

St. Mihiel 

Meuse-Argonne Champagne 1918 

Lorraine 1918 

World War 11 

Normandy (with arrowhead) Northern France 

Rhineland 

Ardcnnes-Aisacc 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

Vietnam 

Counteroffensive, Phase II 

Counteroffensive, Phase Ill 

Tet Counteroffensive 

Counteroffensive, Phase IV 

Counteroffensive, Phase V 

Counteroffensive, Phase VI 

Tet 69/Counteroffensive 

Summer- Fall 1969 

Winter-Spring 1970 

Sanctuary Counteroffensive 

Counteroffensive, Phase VII 

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered PLEIKU PROVINCE 

(Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, 

cited; DA GO 69, 1969) 

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered DAK TO DISTRICT 

(Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, 

cited; DA GO 38, 197 1) 

Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1996- 1997 (Headquarters 

and Headquarters Company, lst Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, cited; TAPCPDO-PA Jetter, 3 October 1997, subject: Army Superior Unit Award [ASUA]) 

Belgian Fourragere 1940 (Headquarters Company, 4th Infantry Division, 

cited; DA GO 43, J 950) 
190 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in Belgium 

(Headquarters Company, 4th Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes 

(Headquarters Company, 4th Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1966- 1969 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, I st Brigade, 

4th Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 3, 1970, as amended by DA GO 38, 1970) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Pa lm, Streamer embroidered 

VI ETNAM 1969- 1970 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade, 

4th Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 52, 1971) 

Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer 

embroidered VIETNAM 1966- 1969 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 53, 1970) 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 191 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

2d BRIGADE, 4th INFANTRY DIVISION 

RA 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 19 November 1917 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 7th 

Infantry Brigade, an element of the 4th Division. Organized in December 1917 at 

Camp Greene, North Carolina. Reorganized and redesignated in March 1921 as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 7th Infantry Brigade. Inactivated 21 

September 1921 at Camp Lewis, Washington. Redesignated 23 March 1925 as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 7t11 Brigade. Relieved 15 August 1927 

fi·om assignment to the 4th Division and assigned to the 7th Division. Relieved l 

Octo ber 1933 from assignment to the 7th Division and assigned to the 4th 

Division. Redesignated 24 August 1936 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 7th Infantry Brigade. Disbanded 16 October 1939. 

Reconstituted 2 J August 1963 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 4th Infantry Division. Activated I October 

1963 at Fort Lewis, Washington. Inactivated 15 December 1989 at Fort Carson, 

Colorado. Activated 16 January 1.996 at Fort Hood, Texas. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICI PATION CREDIT 

World War/ 

Aisne-Marne 

St. Mihiel 

Meuse-Argonne 

Champagne 1918 

Lorraine 1918 

Vietnam 

Counteroffensive, Phase ll 

Counteroffensive, Phase Ill 

Tet Counteroffensive 

Counteroffensive, Phase IV 

Counteroffensive, Phase V 

Counteroffensive, Phase VI 

Tet 69/Counteroffensive 

Summer- Pall 1969 

Winter- Spring 1970 

Sanctuary Counteroffensive 

Counteroffensive, Phase VII 

DECORATIONS 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1966- 1969 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 4th 

lnfantry Division, cited; DA GO 3, 1970) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Ga llantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1969- 1970 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 4th 

Jnfantry Division, cited; DA GO 52, 1971) 

Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer 

embroidered VIETNAM 1966- 1969 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d 

Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 53, 1970) 
192 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

3d BRIGADE, 4th INFANTRY DIVISION 

RA 

LI NEAGE (active) 

Constituted 19 November 1917 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 8th 

Infantry Brigade, an element of the 4th Division. Organized in December 1917 at 

Camp Greene, North Carolina. Reorganized and redesignated in March 1921 as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 8th Infantry Brigade. Redesignated 23 

March 1925 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 8th Brigade. 

Redesignated 24 August 1936 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 8th 

Infantry Brigade. Disbanded 1 July 1940 at Fort McPherson, Georgia. 

Reconstituted 21 August 1963 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 4th Infantry Division. Activated 1 October 

1963 at Fort Lewis, Washington. Inactivated 10 April 1970 at Fort Lewis, 

Washington. Activated 15 December 1970 at Fort Carson, Colorado. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War I 

Aisne-Marne 

St. Mihiel 

Meuse-Argonne 

Champagne I 9 I 8 

Lorraine 1918 

DECORATIONS 

Vietnam 

Counteroffensive, Phase II 

Counteroffensive, Phase Ill 

Tet Counteroffensive Counteroffensive, Phase IV 

CounteroiTensive, Phase V 

Counteroffensive, Phase VJ 

Tet 69/Counteroftensive 

Summer- Fall l969 

Winter- Spring I 970 

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUI-TRE, VIETNAM (3d Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 59, 1968) 

Va lorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered QUANG NGAI PROVINCE 

(Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, 

cited; DA GO 43, 1973) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1966- 1967 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 4th 

Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 48, 1971) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1967- 1969 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 4th 

Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 3, 1970, as amended by DA GO 38, 1970) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1969- 1970 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 4th 

Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 52, 1971 ) 

Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer 

embroidered VIETNAM 1967- 1969 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d 

Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 53, J 970) 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 193 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

4th BRJGADE, 4th INFANTRY DIVISION 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted I December 1975 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, and activated at Fort 

Carson, Colorado. Inactivated 15 September 1984 in Germany. Activated 16 

January J 996 at Fort Carson, Colorado. Inactivated 15 March 1996 at Fort 

Carson, Colorado. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

None. 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

4TH INFANTRY D IVISION BIBLIOGRAPHY 

American Battle Monuments Commission. American Armies and Battlefields in 

Europe . Washington: Government Printing Office, 1938. Reprin t. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1992. 

_ __ . Fourth Division, Summary of Operations in the World War. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1944. 

Bach, Christian A., and Hall, Henry N. The Fourth Division, lts Services and 

Achievements in the World War. Garden City, N.Y.: Country Life Press, 

1920. 

Blumenson, Martin. Breakout and Pursuit. United States Army in World War ll. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1961. 

Clyma, Carleton B., ed. Connecticut Men. of the 4th-IVY-Division, July 1945. 

Hartford, 1945. 

Cole, Hugh M. The Ardennes: Battle of· the Bulge. United States Army in World 

War II. Washington: Government Printing O·l:fice, 1965. 

Day, Brad, Jr. "The Battle of Raffoville Trail." Infantry 54 (January- February 

1964):54- 57. 

Devlin, Dick. "4th Infantry Division." ii1/Ctnli'J' 68 (July- August 1978): 18-23. 

The Famous Fourth, 4th lnj(:mt1y Division. Darmstadt, Germany: Stars and 

Stripes, 1954. 

"Famous Fourth" IT~fCmtry Division, A BriefHistmy. n.p., 1953. 

Famous Fourth: The St01y of the Fourth l~fcmtTy Division. G.T. Stories . . . Paris, 

1945. 

Fourth lr!fCtntry Division. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Co., 1962. 

4th ~mt1y Division, Ft. Lewis, Washington. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy 

Publishing Co., 1965. 

4th 1nftmtTy Division, 191 7- 1953. Darmstadt, Germany: Stars and Stripes, 1953. 

4th lnfantTy "Ivy" Division. Steadfast and Loyal. Paducah, Ky.: Turner Publishing 

Co., 1987. 
194 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

4th Infantry Division, Occupation of Germany, 1952. Atlanta: Albert Love 

Enterprises, 1952. 

4th Jnfantry Division, Public Information Office. The Fighting Fourth in Vietnam, 

The Third Call to Arms. n.p., 1967. 

4th Infantry Division, Public Information Section. Command Report to the 

Troops, 4th Infantry Division, 1951. Darmstadt, Germany: Stars and Stripes, 

1952. 

Hale, Gerald W., ed. Faces of the Famous Fighting Fourth. Vietnam, 1970. 

Hardy, Lee F. "The Fighting Fourth." Army Digest 22 (August 1967):50- 53. 

Harrison, Gordon A. Cross-Channel Attack. United States Army in World War li. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1951. 

Hay, John H., Jr. Tactical and Materiel Innovations. Vietnam Studies. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1974. 

Historical Division, Depa rtme nt of the Army. Utah Beach to Cherbourg (6 

June- 27 June 1944). American Forces in Action. Washington: Government 

Printing Office, 1948. 

Historical Section, Army War College. Order ofBattle of the United States Land 

Forces in the World War; American Expeditionary Forces; Divisions. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 193 I. Reprint. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1988. 

History of the 4th Infantry Division and Bri~f Histories of Its Components. Fort 

Lewis, 1958. 

Hist01y of the 7th infantry Brigade During the World War 1918. Cologne, 

Germany: M. DuMont Schauberg, 1919. 

Hymoff: Edward. The Fourth 11?/'ct.ntl)' Division, Vietnam. New York: M. W. Lads 

Publishing Co., 1968. 

Jacobs, Bruce. Soldiers: The Fighting Divisions of the Regular Army. New York: 

W. W. Norton and Co., 1958. 

Kahn, E. J., Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980. 

Lacy, WarrenS. "Reforger 77." Soldiers 32 (November 1977):20- 23. 

Linberger, C. W. The Fourth Division in the World Ww: A Book of Illustrations 

from Photographs. Los Angeles: Times-Mirror Printing Co., 1919. 

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Offensive. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Off ice, I 973. 

___ . The Siegfried Line Campaign . United States Army in World War H. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1963. 

A Pictorial Record of the 4th Infantry Division. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy 

Publishing Co., 1946. 

Starry, Donn A. Mounted Combat in Vi etnam. Vietnam Studies. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1979. 

Three Wars, A Pictorial History of the Fourth f1~(antry Division. Tokyo: Dai 

Nippon Publishing Co., 1970. 

Truman, Louis W. "Ready to Fight." Army information Digest 15 (October 

1960):44- 53. 
5th ARMORED DIVISION 

(Victory) 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

De:icription: On an eqtdlateral triangle, one point up, with a green border, 

divided into three sections, the upper section yellow, the dexter section blue, and the sinister section red, a gun bendwise in 

front of a tank track and wheels all black and overall a reel 

lightning flash bend sinisterwise. In the apex the Arabic 

numeral "5" in black letters. 

Symbolism: Yellow, blue, and reel are the colors of the branches from 

which armored units were formed . The tank tread, gun, and 

lightning flash are symbolic of mobility, power, and speed. 

The division's designation is in Arabic numerals. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

Description: A silver colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a 

green breastplate edged in white with two white spearheads in 

saltire; around the waist a white scroll with the motto ARMIS 

ET FlOE (Anns and Fidelity) in green letters. 

Symbolism: The green breastplate and crossed white spears allude to the 

role of the organization within the Army. The motto expresses 

the intent to conquer all opposition. 

L INEAGE AND H ONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

5th ARMORED DIVISION 

(Victory) 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 28 August 1941 in the Army of the Un ited States as Headquarters 

and Headquarters Company, 5th Armored Division. Activated I October I 94 I at 

Fort Knox, Kentucky. Inactivated II October 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. 

Allotted 25 June 1948 to the Regul ar Army. Activated 6 July I 948 at Camp 

Chaffee, Arkansas. Inactivated 1 February 1950 at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas. 

Activated I September 1950 at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas. Inactivated 15 March 

J 956 at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas. 

195 
196 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War /! 

Normandy 

Northern France 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-Aisace 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

Luxembourg Croix de Guerre, Streamer embroidered LUXEMBOURG 

(Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 5th Armored Division, cited; DA GO 

44, 1951) 

5TH ARMORED DJVISION B IBLlOGRAPIIY 

Advance of the 5th Armored "Victory Division," Seine River to the Rhine. 

Germany: 669th Engineer Topographical Company, 1945. 

Blumenson, Martin. Breakout and Pursuit. United States Army in World War 11. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 196 1. 

Britton, Ray D., ed. Camp Chaffee, Arkansas, Home of the Fifth Armored 

Division. Dallas: Taylor Publishing Co., 1952. 

---· Camp Chaffee, Arkansas, Home of the Fifth Armored Division. Dallas: 

Taylor Publishing Co., 1953. 

___ . Fifth Armored "Vict01y Division," Camp Chaffee, Arkansas, Basic 

Training, March 1956. Dallas: Miller Publishing Co., 1956. 

5th Armored Division, Camp Cha:ffee, Arkansas, 1951. Baton Rouge: Army and 

Navy Publishing Co., 195 1. 

5th Armored Division, The VictOJy Division in Training. Baton Rouge: Army and 

Navy Publishing Co., 1949. 

Fifth Armored "Victory" Division, Camp Chaffee, Arkansas, Basic Training, 

October 1955. Dallas: Miller Publishing Co., 1955. 

Kahn, E. J., Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Pub! ishing Co., 1980. 

MacDona ld, Charles B. The Last Offensive. Uni ted States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1973. 

___ . The Siegfi·ied Line Campaign. United States Army in World War ll. 

Washington: Governmenl Printing Office, 1963. 

Paths of Arm01; Normandy, Northern France, Ardennes, Alsace, RhineLand, and 

Central Europe. Atlanta: Albert Love Enterprises, 1950. 

The Road to Germany. The Story of the 5th Armored Division. G.I. Stories ... 

Paris, 1944. 

The Victo1y Division in Europe, Story of the Fifth Armored Division. Gotha, 

Germany: Engelhard-Reyhersche 1-Iofbuchdruckerei, 1945. 

Welch, Don, ed. Camp Chaffee Arkansas, Home of the 5th Armored Division. 

Dallas: Taylor Publishing Co., 1954. 
5th INFANTRY DIVISION 

(Red Diamond) 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE I NSIGNIA 

Description: 

Symbolism: 

A red diamond (a rhombus). 

The red diamond originated as a color marking of the division 

transport and equipment during World War I. Red was selected 

as a compliment to the commanding general of the division in 

France whose branch of service was artillery. The "ace of diamonds" was selected from the trade name "Diamond dye- it 

never runs." The reel diamond represents a well-known problem in bridge building; it is made up of two adjacent isosceles 

triangles which made for the greatest strength. The division's 

nickname is "Red Diamond." 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT lNSJGNIA 

Description: A silver colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a red 

diamond-shaped spearhead pointed upwards and bisecting a 

blue wave, encircling the base of the spearhead a silver scroll 

inscribed with the words WE WILL in black. 

Symbolism: The design symbolizes the piercing of the German Army's 

Meuse River defenses by the men of the 5th Division in World 

War I. The operation was described by General John J. 

Pershing as "one of the most brilliant military feats in the history of the American Army in France." 

197 
198 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

5th INFANTRY DIVISION 

(Red Diamond) 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 17 November 19 17 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 5th 

Division. Organized II December 1917 at Camp Logan, Texas. Inactivated 4 

October 1921 at Camp Jackson, South Carolina. Activated 16 October 1939 at 

Fort McClellan, Alabama. Reorganized and redesignated I August 1942, as 

I leadquarters, 5th Infantry Division. Inactivated 20 Septen1ber 1946 at Camp 

Campbell, Kentucky. Activated 15 July 1947 at Fort .Jackson, South Carol ina. 

Inactivated 30 April 1950 at Fort .Jackson, South Carolina. Activated 6 April 1951 

at Indiantown Gap Military Reservation, Pennsylvania. Inactivated I September 

1953 at Indiantown Gap Military Reservation, Pennsylvania. Activated 25 May 

1954 in Germany. Inactivated I June 1957 at Fort Ord, California. Redesignated 

19 February 1962 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 5th Infantry 

Division, and activated at Fort Carson, Colorado. Inactivated 15 December 1970 

at Fort Carson, Colorado. Activated 21 September 1975 at Fort Polk, Louisiana. 

Inactivated 15 December 1992 at Fort Polk, Louisiana. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CRGDIT 

World War I 

St. Mihiel 

Mcusc-Argonne 

Alsaee 1918 

Lorraine 1918 

World War If 

Normandy 

Northern France 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-A lsace 

Central Europe 

DGCORATIONS 

None. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

1st BRIGADE, 5th INFANTRY DIVISION 

199 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 17 November 19 17 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 9th 

Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 5th Division. Organized I December 1917 

at Camp Greene, North Carolina. Reorganized and redesignated 12 January 1921 

as lleadquarters and Headquarters Company, 9th Infantry Brigade. Inactivated 2 

September 1921 at Camp Jackson, South Cat·olina. Redesignated 23 March 1925 

as I leadquarters and Headquarters Company, 9th Brigade. Reli eved 15 August 

1927 from assignment to the 5th Division and assigned to the 8th Division. 

Rei ieved I October 1933 from assignment to the 8th Division and assigned to the 

5th Division. Redesignated 24 August J 936 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 9th Infantry Brigade. Disbanded I July 1940. 

Reconstituted 19 February 1962 in the Regular Army as lleadquarters and 

Headquarters Company, J st Brigade, 5th Infantry Division, and activated at Fort 

Ca rson, Colorado. Inactivated 25 August 1971 at Fort Ca rson, Colorado. 

Activated 21 October 1974 at Fort Polk, Louisiana. Inactivated 15 December 

1992 at Fort Polk, Louisiana. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CRGDIT 

World War I 

St. Mihiel 

Meuse-Argonne Alsace I 9 I 8 

Lorraine 1918 

Vietnam 

Counteroffensive, Phase V 

Counteroffensive, Phase VI 

Tet 69/Counteroffensive 

Summer- Fall 1969 

Winter-Spring 1970 

Sanctuary Counteroffensive 

Counteroffensive, Phase VII 

Consolidation I 

DECORATIONS 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1968 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, I st Brigade, 5th 

Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 43, 1970) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1971 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, I st Brigade, 5th 

Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 42, 1972) 
200 ARMI ES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

2d BRIGADE, 5th INFANTRY DIVISION 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 17 November 1917 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, I Oth 

Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 5th Division. Organized l January 1918 at 

Chickamauga Park, Georgia. Reorganized and redesignated 12 January 1921 as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, I Oth Infantry Brigade. Redesignated 

23 March 1925 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, I Oth Brigade. 

Redesignated 24 August 1936 as Headquarters and I leadquarters Company, I Oth 

Infantry Brigade. Disbanded 9 October I 939 at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana. 

Reconstituted 19 February 1962 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and 

lleadquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 5th Infantry Division, and activated at Fort 

Devens, Massachusetts. Inactivated 15 December 1970 at Fort Carson, Colorado. 

Activated 21 June I 977 at Fort Polk, Louisiana. I nactivatcd 15 December 1992 at 

Fort Polk, Louisiana. 

CAMI>AIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War I 

St. Mihiel 

Meuse-Argonne 

Alsace 1918 

Lorraine 19 18 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 201 

HEADQUARTERSANDHEADQUARTERSCONWANY 

3d BRIGADE, 5th INFANTRY DIVISION 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 17 November 1917 in the Regular Army as Headquarters Troop, 

5th Division. Organized 22 November 1917 at Fort Riley, Kansas. Reorganized 

and redesignated 14 February 1921 as Headquarters and Military Police 

Company (less Military Police Platoon). 5th Division. Inactivated I September 

1921 at Camp Jackson, South Carolina. Activated 2 October 1939 at Fort 

Sheridan, Illinois. Reorganized and redesignated 1 August 1942 as Headquarters 

Company, 5th Infantry Division. Inactivated 20 September 1946 at Fort 

Campbell, Kentucky. Activated 15 July 1947 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. 

Inactivated 30 April 1950 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Activated 6 April195 J 

at Indiantown Gap Military Reservation, Pennsylvania. Inactivated I September 

1953 at Indiantown Gap Military Reservation, Pennsylvania. Activated 25 May 

1954 in Germany. Inactivated I June 1957 at Fort Ord, California. 

Redesignated 19 February 1962 as Headquarters and l Icadquarters Company, 

3d Brigade, 5th Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Carson, Colorado. 

Inactivated 15 December 1970 at Fort Carson, Colorado. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War/ 

St. Mihiel 

Mouse-Argonne 

Alsacc 1918 

Lorraine 1918 

World War II 

Normandy 

Northern France 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-Aisace 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
202 A1Uv1IES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

4th BRIGADE, 5th INFANTRY DIVISION 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 15 November 1969 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 4th Brigade, 5th lnf<mlry Division, and activated at Fort 

Carson, Colorado. Inactivated 15 December 1970 at Fort Carson, Colorado. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPArJON CREDIT 

None. 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

5TH INFANTRY DIVISION Bll3LIOGRAPIIY 

American Battle Monuments Commission. American Armies and Battle/ields in 

Europe. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1938. Reprint. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1992. 

___ . 5th Division Summwy of Operations in the FVorld War. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1944. 

Barta, Edward .1. Red Diamond's First Fifty, A 1-listmy c~f the 5th Infantry 

Division, 1917-1967. Fort Carson: Infonnation Office, 1967. 

Basic Training in the 5th 1 nfan l!y Division, Fort Jackson, S.C. Philadclph ia: 

Dorville Corp., 1949. 

Blumenson, Martin. Breakout and Pursuit. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Govemmcnt Printing Office, 1961 . 

Byrne, Richard J. "Our Mission Ts to Train." Army 7 (May 1957):74- 75. 

Clyma, Carleton B., ed. Connecticut Men of the 5th-Red De:vil:>-Division, August 

1945. Hartford, 1945. 

Cole, Hugh M. The Lorraine Campaign. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1950. 

___ . TheArdennes: Battle ofthe Bulge. United States Army in Worl.d War ri. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1965. 

Dtmn, Edward C. "Red Diamond Goes ROAD." Anny Information Digest I g 

(May 1963): 12-20. 

The 5th Division Captures Frapelle. August 1918. U.S. Army Chemical Corps 

Historical Studies, Gas Warfare in World War I, Study no. I. Washington: 

U.S. Army Chemical Corps Historical Office, 195X. 

"Fifth Division Organized Just Twenty Years Ago." The Red Diamond 

(November-December 1937). 

F~fth Division. USA. Maj. Gen. H. E. Ely Commanding, Citations. Luxembourg: 

A. Kummer, c. 1919. 

The Fifih Division in the E.T.O. Iceland, England. Cz echoslovakia, Austria, 1945. 

Atlanta: Albert Love Enterprises, 1945. Reprint. Nashvil le: Battery Press, 

1981. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 203 

5th Infantry Division, Fort Ord, California. San Angelo, Tex.: Newsfoto 

Publishing Co., 1956. 

5th [nfantry Division, Public Relation Officer, G- 2 Section. The 5th Division in 

France. Metz, France: La Lorraine Press, 1944. 

Gabel, Cluistopher R. The U.S. Army GHQ Maneuvers ()/ 1941. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1991. 

Hay, Jolm J., Jr. Tactical and Materiel Innovations. Vietnam Studies. Washin&rton: 

Government Printing Office, 1974. 

HisJorical and Pictorial Review, 5th T'!fantrv Divi:sion, United States Army, RJrt 

Custe1: Michigan, 1941. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Co., 1941 . 

Historical Section, Army War College. Order olBa.ttle of the United States Land 

Forces in Jt0rld rfar; American Expeditionary Force.s; Divisions. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1931. Reprint. Washington: Government 

Printing Otlice, 1988. 

Histm:v of the F(fi:h 1nfantly Division: "We Will." n.p., 194 1. 

in Cadence: Basic Training in the 5th Infantry Division, Fort Jackson, S.C. 

Philadelphia: Dorville Corp., 1949. 

Jacobs, Bruce. Soldiers: The Fighting Divisions of the Regular Army. New York: 

W. W. Norton and Co., 195~L 

Kahn, £. J., Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980. 

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Offensive. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1973. 

and Mathews, Sidney T. Three Battles: Arnaville, Altuzzo, and Schmidt. 

United States Army in World War II. Washington: Government Printing 

Otl'ice, 1952. 

Records ofthe World War: Field Orders, 1918, 5th Division. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1921. 

Report of the Part Taken by the Fifih lnf£mtry Division in the St. Mihiel 

Operation, September II th to September 15th (inclusivej, 1918, Under the 

Command of Major General John E. Mahon, U.S. !I. Luxembourg: A. 

Kummer, 1918. 

Rinehart, M. "Reel Devils Got What They Wanted." Saturday Evening Post 2 18 

(27 April 1946):20-21 Jl~ 

Stevenson, Kenyon. The Ojficial Hist01y of the Fifth Division, USA, During the 

Period <4Its Organization and Its Operations in the European War; 

191 7- 1919. New York: Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford Co., 1919. 

39rh Annual Anniversary, 5th 11!/imlly Division, Red Diamond. Fort Ord, 1956. 

n.p., 1956. 

"Two New Regular Army Divisions Activated." Army lnj(mna.tion Digest 17 

(February 1962):27. 

Wascom, Charles L. "5th Infantry Division." lnj'antry 69 (May- June 1979): 

14- 19. 

Wrentmore, Ernest L. In ,)'pile ()/Hell; II Factual Story o/ World rVar I as 

Experienced by the Youngest Soldier to !lave Seen Comhat Du~v wirh the 

A.E.F. New York: Greenwich Book Publishers, 1958. 
.. 

I 
6th ARMORED DIVISION 

(The Super Sixth) 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: On an equilateral triangle with a green border, one point up, 

divided into three sections, the upper section yellow, the dexter section blue, and the sinister section red, a gun bendwise in 

front of a tank track and wheels all black and overaJI a red 

lightning flash bend sinisterwise. In the apex the Arabic 

numeral "6" in black. 

Symbolism: Yellow, blue, and red are the colors of the branches from 

which armored units are formed. The tank tread, gun, and 

lightni ng flash are symbolic of mobility, power, and speed. 

The division's designation is in Arabic numerals. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

None approved. 

LrNEAGE AND H ONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

6th ARMORED DIVISION 

(The Super Sixth) 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 15 February 1942 in the Army of the United States as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 6th Armored Division, and activated at 

Fort Knox, Kentucky. Inactivated 18 September 1945 at Camp Shanks, New York. 

Allotted 5 September 1950 to the Regular Army and activated at Fort Leonard 

Wood, Missouri. Inactivated 16 March 1956 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War II 

Normandy 

Northern France Rhineland 

Ardennes-Aisace Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

205 
206 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

6TH ARMORED DIVISION BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Blumenson, Martin. Breakout and Pursuit. United States Army in World War Jl. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1961. 

Brest to Bastogne: The Sto1y of the 6th Armored Division. G. I. Stories ... Paris, 

1945. 

Brubaker, E. L., et al. "The Deliberate River Crossing: The 6th Armored at the 

Our River." Armor 59 (July- August 1950):34-39. 

Clarke, Jeffrey J., and Smith, Robert Ross. Riviera to the Rhine. United States 

Army in World War Il. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1993. 

Co.le, Hugh M. The Ardennes: Battle of the Bulge. United States Army in World 

War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, .I 965. 

___ . The Lorraine Campaign. United States Army in World War H. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1950. 

Combat Histo1y (~j' the Sixth Armored Division in the European Theater of 

Operations 18 July 1944- 8 May 1945. Yadkinville, N. C.: Ripple Publishing 

Co., 1945. 

Grow, R. W. "An Epic of Brittany." Military Review 26 (February 1947):3- 9. 

Reprint. Armored Cava!Jy Journal 56 (March- April 1947):62- 65. 

Hofmann, George F. "Armor History and Operations in 1944." Armor I 03 

(September-October 1994): 6- l I. 

___ . The Super Sixth, History of the 6th Armored in World War J! and Its PostWar Association. Louisville, Ky.: 6th Armored Association, 1975. 

Kahn, E. J., Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry 

Journa l Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980. 

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last OJF~nsive. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1973. 

A Pictorial History of the Super 6th, 6th Armored Division, 15 FebruatJ' 1942- 15 

Februwy 1944. Los Angeles: Times-Mirror, 1944. 

6th Armored Division, G- 3 Section. Combat Record of the Sixth Armored 

Division in the European Theatre (d' Operations 18 July 1944- 8 May 1945. 

Aschaffenburg, Germany: Steinbeck-Druck, 1945. 

"Super Sixth" Meets Russians, Combat Command "B :~" 68th Tank Battalion 

Contacts the Russian 273rd lnfanterie Regiment ... 2 Ju~y 1945, Buttstadt, 

Germany. n.p., 1945. 

23rd Annual Reunion of the Sixth Armored Division Association, July 22- 25, 

1970. n.p., 1970. 
6th INFANTRY DIVISION 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SIIOULDER SLEEVE [NSIGNI/\ 

Description: A red six-pointed star (doubled triangles) whose points lie on 

an imaginary circle. 

Symbolism: The six-pointed star alludes to the designation of the division. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

Description: A gold colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a blue 

six-pointed star, one point up, bearing a gold fleur-de-lis in 

fi·ont of two scarlet stylized arrows saltirewisc, the upper third 

of the star and the two arrowheads resting on the disc of a gold 

demi-sun with six rays, all above a gold arched scroll bearing 

the inscription ON THE LINE in blue letters, the lower edge 

and the ends of the scroll folded back and up and terminating 

at the horizontal rays on the sun. 

Symbolism: The star suggested by the division's shoulder sleeve insignia is 

depicted in blue, the infantry color. The fl ew·-de-lis alludes to 

World War l and refers to the Alsace and Meuse-Argonne 

campaigns in which the division participated. The two arrows 

allude to World War ri and the assault landings in New Guinea 

and Luzon. The sun, a symbol of the Philippines, refers to the 

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation awarded the unit. The six 

points of the star and the six rays of the sun allude to the division's numerical designation. The motto "On the Line" connotes the division's willingness and readiness to place its 

resources and reputation "On the Line" whenever and wherever called upon; it also alludes to the division's record in the 

Pacific Theater during World War II. 

207 
208 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

6th INFANTRY DIVISION 

RA 

Lt Nt::AGF. (inactive) 

Constituted 16 November 1917 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 6th 

Division. Organized 26 November 19 L 7 at Cam p McCle ll an, Alabama. 

Inactivated 30 September 192 1 at Camp Grant, Illinois. Activated 10 October 

1939 at Fort Lewis, Washington. Redesignated 9 Apri I I 942 as Headquarters, 6th 

Mo torized Division. Reorga nized and rede sig nated 21 May 1943 as 

Headquarters, 6th Infantry Division. Inactivated I 0 January 1949 in Korea. 

Activated 4 October 1950 al Fort Ord, California. Inactivated 3 April 1956 at fort 

Ord, California. Redesigna ted 24 November 1967 as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 6th Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Campbell, 

Kentucky. Inactivated 25 July 1968 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Activated 23 

March 1986 at Fo rt Richa rdson, Al a ska. Inactivated 1 July 1994 at Fort 

Wainwright, Alaska. 

Ct\MPAICIN PARTlCJPt\TlON C REDIT 

World War I 

Meuse-Argonnc 

Alsacc ll)IR 

World War II 

New Guinea (with arrowhead) 

Luzon (with arrowhead) 

D ECORATIONS 

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBEl{ 

I 944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (6th Infantry Division cited; DA GO 47, 1950) 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DAfA 209 

HEADQUARTERSANDHEADQUARTERSCO~ANY 

1st BRIGADE, 6th INFANTRY DIVISION 

RA 

LlNF.AGE (active) 

Constituted 16 November 1917 in the Regular Anny as Headquarters, lltb 

Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 6th Division. Organized 4 December 1917 

at Camp Forrest, Georgia. Reorganized and redesignated 6 May 1921 as 

He'adquarters and Headquarters Company, lith rnfantry Brigade. Inactivated 7 

September 1921 at Camp Grant, Illinois. Redesignated 23 March 1925 as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, II th Brigade. Relieved I August 1927 

from assignment to the 6th Division and assigned to the 9th Division. Relieved I 

October 1933 from assignment to the 9th Division and assigned to the 6th 

Division. Redesignated 24 August 1936 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 11th Infantry Brigade. Relieved 16 October 1939 from assignment to 

the 6th Division. Disbanded 1 July 1940. 

Reconstituted 15 April 1966 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 11th Infantry Brigade. Activated 1 July 1966 in Hawaii. 

Inactivated 30 November 1971 at Fort Lewis, Washington. 

Redesignated 16 Apri I 1985 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st 

Brigade, 6th Infantry Division, and activated at Foti Richardson, Alaska. 

CA.tvlPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War! 

Meuse-/\nwnne 

Alsace 19l& 

Vielnam 

Counteroflensive, Phase III 

Tet Counteroffensive Counteroffensive.l)hase IV 

Counteroffensive; Phase V 

Counteroffensive, Phase VI 

Tet 69iCounteroffensive 

Summer- Fall 1969 

Wintcr·-Spring 1970 

Sancluarv Counteroffensive Counteroffensive, Phase VII 

Consolidation T 

DECORAI'IONS 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

v JETNA.tvl 1968-1969 (Headquarters and Heaclq uarters Company, ll th Infantry 

Brigade, cited; DA GO 2, 1971) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of GaJlantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VJETNAM 1969, 1970 (lith Infantry Brigade cited; DA GO 42, 1972) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VlETNAM 1971 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 11th Infantry 

Brigade, cited; DA GO 6, 1974) 
210 ARMIES, CORPS, DlYlSIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

2d BRIGADE, 6th INFANTRY DIVISION 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 16 November 191 7 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 12th 

Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 6th Division. Organized 29 November 1917 

at Camp Forrest, Georgia. Reorganized and redesignated 6 May 1921 as 

Headquarters and llcadquartcrs Company, 12th Infantry Brigade. Redesignated 

23 March 1925 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 12th Brigade. 

Redesignated 24 August 1936 as lleadquarters and Headquarters Company, 12th 

lnfantry Brigade. Disbanded 2 October 1939 at Fort Sheridan, Illinois. 

Reconstituted 24 November 1967 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 6th Infantry Division, and activated at Fort 

Campbell, Kentucky. Inactivated 25 July 1968 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. 

Activated I October 1986 at Fort Richardson, Alaska. Inactivated 15 July 1994 at 

Fort Wainwright, Alaska. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPAT ION CREDIT 

World War I 

Meuse-Argonne 

Alsace 1918 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 211 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

3d BRlGADE, 6th INFANTRY DIVISION 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 16 November 1917 in the Regular Anny as Headquarters Troop, 

6th Division. Organized 26 November 1917 at Camp McClellan, Alabama. 

Reorganized and redesignated 16 February 1921 as Headquarters and Military 

Po'lice Company (less Military Police Platoon), 6th Division. Inactivated 30 

September 1921 at Camp Grant, Illinois. Activated 10 October 1939 at Fort 

Lewis, Washington. Redesignated 9 April 1942 as Headquarters and Military 

Police Company (less Military Police Platoon), 6th Motorized Division. 

Reorganized and redesignated 6 July 1942 as Headquarters Company, 6th 

Motorized Division. Reorganized and redesignated 21 May 1943 as Headquarters 

Company, 6th infantry Division. Inactivated 10 January 1949 in Korea. Activated 

4 October 1950 at Fort Ore!, Califomia. Inactivated 3 April 1956 at Fort Ord, 

California. 

Redesignated 24 November 1967 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 3d Brigade, 6th Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Campbell, 

Kentucky. Inactivated 25 July 1968 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. 

CAMPAIGN PARTJCIPATLON CREDIT 

World War l 

Mcusc-ArgomJc 

Alsace 1918 

1'1-'or/d J!Var II 

New Guinea (wit.h arrowhead) 

Luwn (with arrowhead) 

DECORAllONS 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered i\STI\TICPACLFIC THEATER (Headquarters Company, 6th Jntlmtry Division, cited; GO 22, 

6th Infantry Division, 1945) 

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (6th Infantry Division cited; DA GO 47, 1950) 
212 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPJ\Ri\TE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERSANDHEADQUARTERSCOMWANY 

4th BRIGADE, 6th INFANTRY DIVISION 

RA 

LI NEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 24 November 1967 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 4th Brigade, 6th Infantry Division, and activated at fort 

~ampbeJJ , Kentucky. Inactivated 26 July 1968 in Hawaii. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICI PATION CRI:!DJT 

None. 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

6TH INFANTRY DIVISION Bll3L10GRAPHY 

"DOD Halts S1xth Infantry Division Activation." Armed Forces Journal l 05 (l3 

July 1968):23. 

Gabel, Christopher R. The US. Army CHQ Maneuvers 41941. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1991. 

Historical Section, Army War College. Order (~l Battle of United States Land 

Forces in the World War: American Expeditionary Forces: Divisions. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, l93l. Reprint. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1988. 

Jacobs, Bruce. Soldiers: The Fighting Divisions (~{the Re!_,rtdar Army. New York: 

W. W. Norton and Co., 1958. 

Kahn, E. J., Jr., and Mclemore, H . Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980. 

112 Days Continuous Comhat. P.S.P. Press, 1945. 

Pictorial Review, Sixth lnjant1y Division, "The Sightseeing Sixth." United States 

Army. 1\tlanta: Army and Navy Publishing Co., 1941? 

St. John, Jennifer. The Sixth infantry Division. Paducah, Ky.: Turner Publishing 

Co., 1988. 

A Short Histmy of the Sixth Division. n.p., 1919. 

6th Division, G-2 Section. The Story of the Sixth. Fort Snelling. Minn.: 1941. 

6th Infantry Division, Fort Ord. California. Dallas: Taylor Pub I ish ing Co., 1951. 

6th Infantry Division, Fort Ord, California, Home of the Nation s Finest Troops. 

Atlanta: Albert Love Enterprises, 195-? 

6th Infantry Division, Pub I ic Relations Section. The 6th Infantry Division in 

World Warll, 1939- 1945. Washington: Infantry Journal Press, 1947. Reprint. 

Nashville: Battery Press, ·1983. 

Smith, Robert Ross. The Approach to the Philippines. United States Army in 

World War H. Washington: Govcnunent Printing Office, 1953. 

___ . Triurnph in the Philippines. United States Army in World War IT. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1963. 
7th ARMORED DIVISION 

(Lucky Seventh) 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

·Description: On an equilateral triangle with a green border, one point up, 

divided into three sections, the upper section yellow, the dexter section blue, and the sinister section red, a gun bendwise in 

front of a tank track and wheels all black and overall a red 

lightning flash bend sinisterwise. In the apex the Arabic 

numeral "7" in black letters. 

Symbolism: Yellow, blue, and red are the colors of the branches from 

which armored units were formed. The tank tread, gun, and 

lightning tlash are symbolic of mobility, power, and speed. 

The division's designation is in Arabic numerals. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

None approved. 

LI NEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

7th ARMORED DIVISION 

(Lucky Seventh) 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted I March 1942 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters 

and Headquarters Company, 7th Armored Division; Headquarters concurrently 

activated at Camp Polk, Louisiana. Headquarters Company activated 2 March 

1942 at Camp Polk, Louisiana. Headquarters and Headquariers Company, 7th 

Armored Division, inactivated 9 October 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia. 

Allotted 10 November 1950 to the Regular Army. Activated 24 November 1950 at 

Camp Roberts, California. Inactivated 15 November 1953 at Camp Roberts, 

California. 

CAMPAIGN PARTiCIPATiON CREDiT 

World War li 

Northem France 

Rhineland 

Ardem1es-Alsace 

Central Europe 

213 
214 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

DECORATIONS 

Belgian Fourragcre 1940 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 7th 

1\rmored Division, cited; DA GO 43. 1950) 

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes 

(Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 7th Armored Division, cited; DA GO 

43, 1950) 

Cited in the Order of the Day of the 13elgian Army for action at St. Vith 

(Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 7th Armored Division, cited; DA GO 

43, 1950) 

7Tll ARMORED DtVlSION BIBLIOGRAPHY 

After Action Report. 1 October 1944-31 May 1945. Germany: 7th /\rmored 

Division. 1945. 

Blumcnson, Martin. Breakout and Pursuit. United States Army in World War 11. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1961. 

The Box Score (7th Armored Division). Halle, Germany: Gebauer-Schwetchke 

Buchdruckerei, 1945. 

Chapin, Neil, ed. 1/istorv oj' the Seventh Armored Division and the Seventh 

Armored DivisionA~sociation. Dallas: Taylor Publishing Co., 1982. 

Clarke, Bruce C. ''The Battle for St. Vith: Armor in the Defense and Delay." 

Armor &3 (November-December 1974):39-40. 

Cole, Hugh M. The Ardennes: Battle of the Bulge. United States Army in World 

War II. Washington: Government Printing Office. 1965. 

___ .The Lorraine Campaign. United States Army in World War IT. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1950. 

Cunningham, Thomas J., Jr. , and El lis, William D. Clarke of St. Vith. The 

Sergeants· General. Cleveland: Di llon/Liederbcck, 1974. 

From the Beaches to the Baltic. The Story of the 7th Armored Division. 

Heidelberg, Germany: Heidelberger Gutenberg-Druckerei, 1945. 

Kahn, E. J., Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighting Di 11isions. Washington: Infantry 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co .. 1980. 

Lucky 7th. Camp Roherts, Calffornia. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing 

Co., 1952. 

MacDonald, Charles B. The LasT q{{ensive. United States Anny in World War 11. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1973. 

___ . The Siegj'ried Line Campaign. United States Army in World War TT. 

Washington: Government Printi ng Office, I 963. 

and Mathews, Sidney T Three Battles: Arnavil/e, Alwzzo. and Sdunidt. 

United States Army in World War II. Washington: Government Printing 

Office, 1952. 

Raymond, Allen D. "The Battle of St. Vith." Armor 73 (November- December 

1964):5 11. 

Roll Out the Barrel. Paris: J. Boudier, 1944. 

7th Armored Division, G- 3 Section. Operational Statistics in Continental 

Europe, 7th Armored Di11ision. New York, 1949. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 2 15 

The Seventh Armored Di vision in the Battle of St. /lith. Baltimore: E. John 

Schmitz and Sons, J 948. 

Seventh Armored Division Final Report. France: Printing and Stationery Services, 

2 1st Army Group, 1945. 

U.S. Army Armor School. The Battle ofSt. Vith, Belgium, 17- 23 December 1944. 

Fort Knox, 1965. 

___ .The Defense ofSt. Vith., Belgium. Fort Knox, 1949. 

---· Northag Terrain Study; St. Vith, Belgium, 17- 23 December 1944. A 

1/istorical Example of Armor in the Defense. Fort Knox, 1976? 

___ .The Return to St. Vith. Fort Knox, 1948. 

Whiting, Charles. Decision at St. Vith. New York: Ballantine Books, 1969. 

7th INFANTRY DIVISION 

(Bayonet) 

H ERALDTC ITEMS 

SHOULDER S LEEVE lNSJGNlA 

· Description: O n a red disc, a black "hourglass" of two pyramids point to 

point, all within a g reen border. 

Symbolism: The outline of the hourglass alludes to the n umerical designation of the division showing two "7's," one inverted, one 

upright. 

DISTINCTIVE U NJT INSIGNIA 

Description: A silver colored metal and enamel device, consisting of an 

hourglass the upper section red, the lower black, the sections 

triangular in shape and separated diagonally by a silver bayonet point up, the pommel in lower right. 

Symbolism: The designation is adapted from the hourglass symbol of the 

division's shoulder sleeve insignia. The bayonet, a reference to 

the nickname "Bayonet Division," became synonymous with 

the division through its participation in the Korean War and 

symbolizes the fighting spirit of the men of the 7th Infantry 

Division. 

LINEAGE AND H ONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

7th INFANTRY DIVISION 

(Bayonet) 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 6 December 19 I 7 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 7th 

Division. Organized I January 1918 at Camp Wheeler, Georgia. Inactivated 22 

September 192 1 at Camp Meade, Maryland. Activated 1 July 1940 at Camp On.\ 

California. Redesignated 9 April 1942 as Headquarters, 7th Motorized Divi.sion. 

Reorganized and redesignated 1 January 1943 as Headquarters, 7th Infantry 

Division. Reorga nized and redesignated 1 July 1960 as Headq uarte rs and 

Headquarters Company, 7th Infantry Division. Inactivated 2 April 1971 at Fort 

Lewis, Was hington. Activated 2 1 October 1974 at Fort Ord, California. 

Inactivated 15 September 1994 at Fort Ord, Californi a. 

2 17 
218 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War I 

Lorraine 1918 

World War II 

Aleutian Islands 

Eastern Mandates 

Leyre 

Ryukyus 

Korean War 

UN Defensive 

UN Offensive 

CCF Intervention 

First UN Counteroffensive 

CCF Spring Offensive 

UN Summer-Fall Offensive 

Second Korean Winter 

Korea, Summer- Fall 1952 

Third Korean Winter 

Korea, Summer I 953 

Armed Forces Expeditions Panama 

DECORATIONS 

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (Headquarters, 7th Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 47, 

1950) 

Rep ubi ic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered INCHON 

(Headquarters, 7th Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 35, 1951) 

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 

1950- 1953 (Headquarters, 7th Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 22, 1956) 

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 

1945- 1948; 1953- 1971 (7th Infantry Division cited; DA GO 50, 1971) 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 219 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

1st BRIGADE, 7th INFANTRY DIVISION 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 6 December 1917 in the Regular Army as Headquarters Troop, 

7th Division. Organized in March 1918 at Camp Forrest, Georgia. Reorganized 

and redesignated 16 February 1921 as Headquarters and Military Po I ice 

Company (less Military Police Platoon), 7th Division. inactivated 22 September 

192 I at Camp Meade, Maryland. Activated l July 1940 at Camp Ord, California. 

Redesignated 9 April J 942 as Headquarters and Military Police Company (less 

Military Police Platoon), 7th Motorized Division. Reorganized and redesignated 

I August 1942 as Headquarters Company, 7th Motorized Division. Reorganized 

and redesignated 1 January 1943 as Headquarters Company, 7th Infantry 

Division. Disbanded I July 1960 in Korea. 

Reconstituted 7 June 1963 in the Regul ar Army as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, lst Brigade, 7th Infantry Division. Activated 1 July 1963 

in Korea. Inactivated 2 April 1971 at Fort Lewis, Washington. Activated 21 

October 1974 at Fort Ord, California. Inactivated 15 August 1995 at Fort Lewis, 

Washington. 

CAMPAlGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War I 

Lorraine 1918 

World War II 

Aleutian Islands (with arrowhead) 

Eastern Mandates 

Leyte 

Ryukyus 

DECORATIONS 

Korean War 

UN Defensive 

UN Offensive 

CCF Intervention 

First UN Counteroffensive 

CCF Spring Offensive 

UN Summer-Fall Offensive 

Second Korean Winter 

Korea, Summer- Fall 1952 

Third Korean Winter 

Korea, Summer 1953 

Armed Forces Expeditions 

Panama 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 

(Headquarters Company, 7th Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 106, 1951 ) 

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (Headquarters Company, 7th Infantry Division, cited; DA 

GO 47, 1950) 

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered INCHON 

(Headquarters Company, 7th Infantry Divjsion, cited; DA GO 35, 1951) 

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 

1950- 1953 (Headquarters Company, 7th Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 22, 

1956) 

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Strearner embroidered KOREA 

1945- 1948, 1953- 1960, 1963- 1971 (7th Infantry Division cited; DA GO 50, 1971) 
220 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

2d BRIGADE, 7th INFANTRY DIVISION 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 6 December 1917 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 13th 

infantry Brigade, and assigned to Lhe 7th Division. Organized 18 December 1917 

at Chickamauga Park, Georgia. Reorganized and redesignated in July 1921 as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 13th Inf<mlry Brigade. Inactivated 21 

September 1921 at Camp Meade, Maryland. Redesignated 23 March 1925 as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 13th Brigade. Redesignated 24 August 

1936 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 13th Infantry Brigade. 

Disbanded 1 July 1940. 

Reconstituted 7 June 1963 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 7th 1 nt~mtry Division. Activated 1 July 1963 

in Korea. Inactivated 2 April 1971 at F011 Lewis, Washington. Activated 21 .July 

1975 at Fort Ord, California. Inactivated 15 September 1993 at Fort Ord, 

California. 

CAMPAlGN PARTiCIPATION CREDiT 

World War I 

Lorraine 1918 

Armed Forces Expeditions 

Panama 

DECORATIONS 

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer e1nbroidered KOREA 

1963- 1971 (7th Infantry Division cited; DA GO 50, 1971) 
LiNEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 221 

HEADQUARTERSANDHEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

3d BRIGADE, 7th INFANTRY DIVISION 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 6 December 191 7 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 14th 

infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 7th Division. Organized 20 December 1917 

at Camp Bliss, Texas. R eorganized and redesig nated in April 192 1 as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 14th Infantry Brigade. Redesignated 

23 March 1925 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 14th Brigade. 

Relieved 15 August 1927 from assignment to the 7th Division and assigned to the 

6th Division. Relieved 1 October 1933 ti·om assignment to the 6th Division and 

assigned to the 7th Division. Redesignated 24 August 1936 as 1 feadquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 14th Infantry Brigade. Inactivated l June 1940 at Fort 

Snelling. Minnesota. Disbanded 11 November 1944. 

Reconstituted 7 June 1963 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 3d 13rigadc, 7th Infantry Division. Activated 1 July 1963 

in Korea. Ina ctivated 2 April 1971 at Fort Lewis, Washingto n. Activated 18 

October 1984 at Fort Ord, California. Inactivated 15 September 1993 at Fort Ord, 

California. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATlON CREDIT 

World War I 

Lorraine 191 S 

Armed Forces Expeditions 

Panama 

D ECORATIONS 

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 

1963-1971 (7th Infantry Division cited; DA GO 50, 1971) 

7TH INFANTRY 0JVISTON B TBUOGRAPIIY 

American Battle Monuments Commission. 7th Division. Summwy of Operations 

in tlze World War. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1944. 

Appleman, Roy E. South to the Naktong. North to the Yalu. United States Army in 

the Korean War. Washington: Government Printing Office, 196 1. 

et al. 0/dnawa: The Last Battle. United States Anny in World War lL 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1948. 

Bayonet., A HistOty of the Seventh bz{ant1y Division. Tokyo: Toppan Printing Co., 

1951. 

Cannon, M. Hamlin. Leyte: Return to the Philippines. United States Army in 

World War ll. Washington: Government Printing O!Tice, 1954. 

Caraway, P. W. "Armor in the Far East: Korea-7th Infantry Division." Armor 65 

(September- ! October 1956):22- 23. 
222 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

Coleman, J. E., ed. The Seventh infantry Division 1975 Orientation Issue. Fort 

Ord: Information Office, 1975. 

Crowl, Philip A., and Love, Edmund G. Seizure of the Gilberts and Marshalls. 

United States Army in World War II. Washington: Government Printing 

Office, 1955. 

Donnelly, Thomas; Roth, Margaret; and Baker, Caleb. Operation Just Cause: The 

Storming of Panama. New York: Macmillan, 1991. 

Fa lls, Bruce F., et al. The Seventh Di1'ision in Korea. Tokyo: FEC Printing Plant, 

1948. 

Fell, Edgar Tremlett, comp. Histmy o.lthe Seventh Division, United States Army, 

191 7- 1919. Philadelphia: George H. Buchanan Co., 1927. 

Flanagan, Edward M., Jr. Battle .for Panama: Inside Operation Just Cause. New 

York: Brassey's, 1993. 

Glasgow, Matt. "Bullets, Beaches and Bayonets, A Look at Fort Ord." Soldiers 34 

(June 1979):45- 48. 

HQ & HQ Company, 7th 1nfanl!J' Division, Camp Casey, Korea, 1970. Seoul, 

Korea: Hanjin Sight Seeing Publishing, 1970. 

Hermes, Waller G. Truce Tent and Fighting Front. United States Army in the 

Korean War. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1966. 

Historical Section, Army War College. Order of Battle of the United States Land 

Forces in the World War: American Expeditionary Forces; Divisions. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1931. Reprint. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1988. 

Hist01y of the 7th Jnfantty Division 1917- 1967. Society of the Bayonet Division, 

1968. 

Holt, Paul E. "Drawdown." Army 20 (August 1970):22- 25. 

Honoring the Departure of the 7th Infantly Division. Seoul, Korea, 197 J. 

Jacobs, Bruce. Soldiers: The Fighting Divisions of the Regular Army. New York: 

W. W. Norton and Co., 1958. 

Kahn, E. J., Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980. 

Korea 1950. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1952. 

Love, Edmund G. 71w Hourglass: A Histor:y o.lthe 7th Infantry Division in World 

War 11. Washington: Infantry Journal Press, 1950. 

Marshall, S. L. A. "Action at the Pigpen." Infantry Journal 55 (September 

1944):39-47. 

___ . "Chance Island." !nfanliJ' Journal 55 (September 1944):28- 35. 

___ . "Fight to a Finish." l!~(antry Journal 56 (January 1945):43- 52. 

___ .Island Victory. Washington: Infantry Journal Press, 1945. 

___ . "Men Against Darkness." InfantJy Journal 55 (December 1944): 43- 51. 

---·"One Day on Kwajalein." b~fantry Journal 55 (August 1944): 14-25. 

___ . "Ordeal by Fire." Infantry Journal 55 (October 1944):36-44. 

Mi ll er, John, jr., et al. Korea 1951- 1953. Washington: Government Printing 

Office, 1956. 

Mossman, Billy C. Ebb and Flow. United States Army in the Korean War. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1990. 

Read, Francis W. 0.1. Parson. New York: Moorehouse-Gorham Co., 1945. 
LlNEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 223 

Schnabel, James F. Policy and Direction: The first Year. United States Army in 

the Korean War. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1972. 

7th lnfantry Division, Public Information Office. The Bayonet: The Hist01y of the 

7th Infcmtry Division in Korea. Tokyo: Dai Nippon Printing Co., 1953. 

7th I1~{antry Division- Flintlock Operation, Field Orders and Report of 

Operation. Fort Leavenworth: Command and General Staff College, 1944. 

7th Infantry Division in Korea. Atlanta: Albert Love Enterprises, 1954. 

7th Infantry Division Operation Report Ryukyus Campaign. Provisional Engineer 

Topographic Map Detachment, XXIV Corps, 1945. 

7th Infantry Division, World War I, World War II, Korea, and the Panamanian 

Invasion, 1917- 1992. Paducah, Ky.: Turner Publishing, 1991. 

Stokcsbury, James. "Battle of Attu." American History Illustrated 14 (April 

1979):30- 38. 

"Valor: 7th Division Unit Citations." h1fcmtry Journal 54 (April 1944): 36- 37. 

War Department. The Capture of Attu, as Told by the Men Who Fought There. 

Washington: Infantry Journal Press, 1944. 

Waring, Paul C. History of the 7th Infantry (Bayonet) Division. Tokyo: Dai 

Nippon Printing Co., 1967. 

Westover, John G. Combat Support in Korea. Washington: Combat Forces Press, 

J 955. Reprint. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1990. 

Worden, William L. "The 7th Made It the Hm·d Way." Saturday Evening Post 218 

(22 September 1945):22- 23ff. 

8th ARMORED DIVISION 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: On an equilateral triangle with a green border, one point up, 

divided into three sections, the upper section yellow, the dexter section blue, and the sinister section red, a gun bendwise in 

front of a tank track and wheels all black and overa ll a red 

lightning flash bend sinisterwise. In the apex the Arabic 

numeral "8" in black Letters. 

Symbolism: Yellow, blue, and red are the colors of the branches from 

which armored units were formed. The tank tread, gun, and 

lightning flash are symbolic of mobility, power, and speed. 

The division's designation is in Arabic numerals. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

None approved. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

8th ARMORED DIVISION 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted l April 1942 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters 

and Headquarters Company, 8th Armored D]vision, and activated at Fort Knox, 

Kentucky. Inactivated 13 November 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia. 

Allotted 25 February I 953 to the Regular Army. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War II 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-Aisace 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

225 
226 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

8TH ARMORED DIVIS ION BIBLIOGRAPHY 

CC B, 8th Armored Division, October 1944- August 1945. Our Day m; Listen My 

Children and You ShaLL Hear. Gottingen, Germany, 1945. 

Kahn, E. J. , Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980. 

Leach, Charles R. in Tornado · Wake, A History of the 8th Armored Division. 

Chicago: Argus Press, 1956. 

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Offensive. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1973. 

The Thundering Herd, 8th Armored Division, 1944. Atlanta: Albert Love 

Enterprises, 1944. 

Tornado! 8: The Story of the 8th Armored Division. G.I. Stories ... Paris, 1945. 
8th INFANTRY DIVISION 

(Pathfinder) 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE 1NSIGNIA 

Description: On a blue shie ld a yellow arrow poi nt up surmounted by a 

wh ite Arabic figure "8." 

Symbolism: The nickname of the division, "Pathfinder," is represented by 

the arrow, while the figure "8" identifies the division's designation. 

D ISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

Description: A metal and enamel device, consisting of a continuous blue 

scroll forming the figure "8" interlaced with a gold vertical 

arrow, the shaft passing under the intersection, the areas within the scroll of reel and t he scroll bearin g th e inscription 

THESE ARE MY CREDENTIALS starting to the left: of the 

arrowhead and terminating to the right of the feathers, the 

word PATHFINDER starting to the left of the fea thers and terminating at the intersection and five stars to the right of the 

arrowhead, all letters and stars in gold. 

Symbolism: The design was suggested by the shoulder sleeve insignia of 

the division. The color blue refers to infantry and with the reel 

alludes to the backgroundl of infantry division flags. "These 

Are My Credentials" is the division's motto and "Pathfinder" 

its nickname. The five stars represent service in World War 1 

and participation credit for four World War Il campaigns. 

227 
228 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

8th INFANTRY DIVISION 

(Pathfinder) 

RA 

LJNEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 17 December 1917 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 8th 

Division. Organized 5 January 1918 at Camp Fremont, California. Demobilized 5 

September 1919 at Camp Lee, Virginia. Reconstituted 24 March 1 923 in the 

Regular Army as Headquarters, 8th Division. Activated I July 1940 at Camp 

Jackso n, South Carolina. Redesignated 9 Apri l 1942 as Headquarters, 8th 

Motorized Division. Reorganized and redesignated 15 May 1943 as 

Headquarters, 8th Infantry Division. Inactivated 20 November 1945 at Fort 

Leonard Wood, Missouri. Activated J 7 August 1950 at Fort Jackson, South 

Carolina. Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1960 as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 8th Infantry Division. Inactivated 17 January 1992 in 

Germany. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War 1 

Streamer without inscription 

World War !1 

Normandy 

Northern France 

Rhineland 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

Luxembourg Croix de Guerre, Streamer embroidered LUXEMBOURG (8th 

Infantry Division cited; DA GO 59, 1969) 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 229 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

1st BRIGADE, 8th INFANTRY DIVISION 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 17 December 1917 in the Regular Army as Headquarters Troop, 

8th Division . Organized 5 January 1918 at Camp Fremont, California. 

Demobilized 5 September 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey. Reconstituted 24 

March 1923 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Military Police Company 

(less Military Police Platoon), 8th Division. Activated 1 July 1940 at Camp 

Jackson, South Carolina. Redesignated 9 April 1942 as Headquarters a nd 

Military Police Company (less Military Police Platoon), 8th Motorized Division. 

Reorganized and redesignated 6 July 1942 as Headquarters Company, 8th 

Motorized Division. Reorganized and redesignated 15 May 1943 as Headquarters 

Company, 8th Infantry Division. Inactivated 20 November 1945 at Fort Leonard 

Wood, Missouri. Activated 17 August 1950 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. 

Disbanded 1 May 1960 in Germany. 

Reconstituted 27 March 1963 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade, 8th Infantry D ivision. Activated 1 April 

1963 in Germany. Inactivated 17 January 1992 in Germany. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War! 

Streamer without inscription 

World War II 

Normandy 

Northern Fnmce 

Rhineland 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

Luxembourg Croix de Guerre, Streamer embroidered LUXEMBOURG (8th 

Infantry Division cited; DA GO 59, 1969) 
230 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

2d BRIGADE, 8th INFANTRY DIVISION 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 17 December 1917 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 15th 

Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 8th Division. Organized 5 January 1918 at 

Camp Fremont, California. Demobilized 24 February 1919 at Camp Lee, 

Virginia. Reconstituted 24 March 1923 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 15th 1 nfantry Brigade, and assigned to the 8th Division. 

Redesignated 23 March 1925 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 15th 

Bri gade. Redesignated 24 August I 936 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 15th Infantry Brigade. Disbanded 1 July 1940. 

Reconstituted 27 March 1963 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 8th Infantry Division. Activated I April 

1963 in Germany. Inactivated 16 January 1992 in Germany. 

CAMPAI.GN PARTICIPAT ION CREDIT 

None. 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
LfNEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 231 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

3d BRIGADE, 8th INFANTRY DIVISION 

RA 

L INEAGE (inactive) 

Organized 8 December 1917 in the Regular Army at Camp Fremont, 

Ca lifornia, as Headquarters, 16th Infantry Brigade. Assigned 17 December 1917 

to the 8th Division. Demobilized 25 November 1919 in France. Reconstituted 15 

July 1922 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

16th Infantry Brigade. Activated l October 1922 at Fort Howard, Maryland. 

Assigned 30 June 1923 to the 8th Division. Redesignated 23 March 1925 as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 16th Brigade. Relieved 15 August 

1927 from assignment to the 8th Division and assigned to the 4th Division. 

Relieved 1 October 1933 from assignment to the 4th Division and assigned to 

the 8th Division. Redesignated 24 August 1936 as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, I 6th Infantry Brigade. Disbanded 1 July 1940 at Fort 

George G. Meade, Maryland. 

Reconstituted 27 March 1963 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 8th Infantry Division. Activated 1 April 

1963 in Germany. Inactivated 21 January 1991 in Germany. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION C REDIT 

World War I 

Streamer without inscription 

D ECORATIONS 

None. 

8TH INFANTRY DIVISION BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Blumenson, Martin. Breakout and Pursuit. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1961. 

Clyma, Carleton B., eel. Connecticut Men of the 8th Pathfinder Division, July 

1945. Hartford, 1945. 

The Dixie- Golden Arrow Yearbook, Fort Carson, Colorado, 1954. Marceline, 

Mo.: Walsworth Publishing Co., 1954. 

Eighth !nfantJ-y Division. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Co., 1946. 

8th b?(antry Division, 50th Anniverscuy. Germany, 1968. 

Eighth Infantry Division, Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Baton Rouge: Army and 

Navy Publishing Co., 1952- 1953. 

8th Infantry Division SOP, 26 June 1944. Wiltz, Luxembourg: 8th Infantry 

Division, 1944. 

8th b1fantry Division Unit Day, 1957. Goppingen, Germany, 1957. 

Griesbach, Marc F. Combat HistOJy of the Eighth h1(antry Division in World War 

ll. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Co., 1945. Reprint. Baton 

Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Co., 1954. 
232 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

Gabel, Christopher R. The US. Army GHQ Maneuvers of 1941. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1991. 

Historical and Pictorial Review, 8th Motorized Division, United States Army, 

Fort Jackson, South Carolina, 1942. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy 

Publishing Co., 1942. 

Historical Section, Army War College. Order of Battle of the United States Land 

Forces in the World War; American Expeditionary Forces; Divisions. 

Washingto n: Government Printing Offjce, 1931. Reprint. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1988. 

Jackson, Miles H., ed. 8th Infanlfy Golden Arrow Division, Fort Carson, 

Colorado, October 1955. Dallas: Mill er Publishing Co., 1955. 

Jacobs, Bruce. Soldiers: The Fighting Divisions of the Regular Army. New York: 

W. W. Norton and Co., 1958. 

Kahn, E. J. , Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980. 

Larson, John. "Wake Up- It's War!" Soldiers 27 (May 1972):60- 61. 

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Qflensive. United States Army in World War H. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1973. 

---· The Siegfried Line Campaign. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1963. 

Rosenberg, B. J., ed. The Patl?flndet; 8th Infantry Division (Mech). n.p., 1985. 

Stroh, D. A. "Operation on the Crozon Peninsula." Military Review 25 (January 

1946):3- 8. 

"These Are My Credentials!" The Story of the 8th lnfan.LtJ' Division. G.f. 

Stories ... Paris, 1944. 

Weaver, W. G. Yankee Doodle Went to Town. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Edwards Brothers 

Inc., 1959. 

Wiese, Carl, ed. 8th lt?f'cmtly Division, Gyroscope 1956. Dallas: Miller Publishing 

Co., 1956. 
9th ARMORED DIVISION 

(Remagen) 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SIIOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: On an equilateral triangle with a green border, one point up, 

divided into three sections, the upper section yellow, the dexter section blue, and the sinister section red, a gun bendwisc in 

front of a lank track and wheels all black and overall a red 

lightning flash bend sinisterwise. In the apex the Arabic 

numeral "9" in black letters. 

Symbolism: Yellow, blue, and red are the colors of the branches from 

which armored units were formed. The tank tread, gun, and 

lightning nash arc symbolic of mobility, power, and speed. 

The division's designation is in Arabic numerals. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

None approved. 

LI NEAG E AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

9th ARMORED DIVISION 

(Remagen) 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 5 May 1942 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters 

and I lcadquarters Company, 9th Armored Division. Activated 15 July 1942 at 

Fort Riley, Kansas. Inactivated 13 October 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia. 

Allotted 25 February 1953 to the Regular Army. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War II 

Rhineland 

/\rdcnncs-1\lsace 

Central Europe 

COR/\T ONS 

None. 

233 
234 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

9TH ARMORED DJYLSION BIBLIOGRAPHY 

The Bridge. Bayreuth, Germany: Carl Giessel, 1945. 

Cole, Hugh M. The Ardennes: Battle of the Bulge. United States Army in World 

War l l. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1965. 

Hechler, Kenneth W. The Bridge at Remagen. New York: Ballantine Books, 1957. 

Revised edition. Missoula, Mont.: Pictorial Publishing Co., 1993. 

Kahn, E. J., Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980. 

Lewis, Raymond. 9th Armored Division "CC B." Eight Days at St. Vith. Writers 

Guild of America, 1974. 

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Offensive. United States Army in World War Il. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1963. 

Montgomery, John H., Jr. "The Remagen Bridgehead." Militcuy Review 29 (July 

1949):3- 7. 

The 9th: The Story ofthe 9th Armored Division. G. I. Stories ... Paris, 1945. 

Reiche lt, Walter E. Phantom Nine. The 9th Armored (Remagen) Division, 

1942- 1945. Austin, Tex.: Presidia! Press, 1987. 
9th INFANTRY DIVISION 

(Old Reliables) 

HERALDIC lTEMS 

SIIOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: An olive drab disc, charged with a double quatrefoil of red and 

blue horizontally divided, with a white center. 

Symbolism: The double quatrefoil, a heraldic mark of cadency for the 

ninth son, is red and blue, the colors of an infantry division's 

distinguish ing flag; the white center is in the color of the 

numera ls on the division's World War I I Jlag. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

Description: A gold colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a disc 

charged with a blue fleur-de-lis and radiating nine gold rays, 

all but the one at top center contained by a red crescent. 

Symbolism: The red crescent is for the Tunisian campaign; the nine rays of 

the sun denote the unit's numerical designation and also refer 

to the campaign in Sicily; the gold disc in center is for Central 

Europe, and the fleur-de-lis thereon represents service in 

Northern fra nce. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

9th INFANTRY DIVISION 

(Old Reliables) 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 8 July 1918 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 9th Division. 

Organized 18 July 1918 at Camp Sheridan, Alabama. Demobilized 15 February 

1919 at Camp Sheridan, Alabama. Reconstituted 24 March 1923 in the Regular 

Army as Headquarters, 9th Division. Activated I August 1940 at Fort Bragg, 

North Carolina. Reorganized and redesignated I August 1942 as l lcadquarters, 9th 

Infantry Division. Inactivated 15 January 1947 in Germany. Activated 15 July 

1947 at Fo rt Dix, New Jersey. Inactivated 31 January 1962 at Fort Carson, 

Colorado. Redesignated I Februa ry 1966 as Headqua rters and Headquarters 

Company, 9th Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Riley, Kansas. Inactivated 

25 September 1969 at Schofield OarTacks, !-lawai i. Activated 2 1 April 1972 at Fort 

Lewis, Washington. fnactivatcd 15 December 199 1 at Fort Lewis, Washington. 

235 
236 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War If 

Algeria- French Morocco (with arrowhead) 

Tunisia 

Sicily 

Normandy 

Northern France 

RJ1ineland 

Ardennes-Aisace 

Central Europe 

Vietnam 

Counteroffensive, Phase Jl 

Counteroffensive, Phase Ill 

Tel Counteroffensive 

Counteroffensive, Phase lV 

Counteroffensive, Phase V 

Counteroffensive, Phase VI 

Tet 69/Counteroffensive 

Summer- Fall 1969 

DECORATIONS 

Belgian Fourragere 1940 (Headquarters, 9th Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 

43, 1950) 

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at the Meuse 

River (Headquarters, 9th Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes 

(Headquarters, 9th Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross o'( Gallm1try with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1966- 1968 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 9th Infantry 

Division, cited; DA GO 31, 1969) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1969 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 9th Infantry Division, 

cited; DA GO 59, 1969) 

Republi c of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Meda l, First Class, Streamer 

embroidered VIETNAM 1966- 1969 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

9th Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 59, 1969) 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 237 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

1st BRIGADE, 9th INFANTRY DIVISION 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 8 July 1918 in the Regular Army as Headquarters Troop, 9th 

Division. Organized 18 July 1918 at Camp Sheridan, Alabama. Demobilized 15 

February 1919 at Camp Sheridan, Alabama. Reconstituted 24 March 1923 in the 

Regular Army as Headquarters and Military Police Company (less Military 

Police Platoon), 9th Division. Activated J August 1940 at Fort Bragg, North 

Carolina. Reorganized and redesignated 1 August 1942 as Headquarters 

Company, 9th Infantry Division. Inactivated 15 January 1947 in Germany. 

Activated 15 July 1947 at Fort Dix, New Jersey. Inactivated 31 January 1962 at 

Fort Carson, Colorado. 

Redesignated 1 February 1966 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

I st Brigade, 9th Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Riley, Kansas. Inactivated 

25 September 1969 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. Activated 21 April 1972 at Fort 

Lewis, Washington. Inactivated 28 September 1990 at Fort Lewis, Washington. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War II 

Tunisia 

Sicily 

Normandy 

Northern France Rhineland 

Arclcnncs-Aisace 

Central Europe 

Vietnam 

Counteroffensive, Phase II 

Counteroffensive, Phase Ill 

Tet Counteroffensive Counteroffensive, Phase IV 

Counteroffensive, Phase V 

Counteroffensive, Phase VI 

Summer- Fall 1969 

DECORATIONS 

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered DI.NH TUONG 

PROVINCE (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade, 9th Infantry 

Division, cited; DA GO 60, 1969) 

Belgian Fourragere 1940 (Headquarters Company, 9th Infantry Division, 

cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at the Meuse 

River (Headquarters Company, 9th Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes 

(Headquarters Company, 9th Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1967- 1968 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade, 

9th Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 31, 1969) 
238 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISlONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1968 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, I st Brigade, 9th 

Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 31, 1969) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM I 969 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, I st Brigade, 9th 

Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 59, 1969) 

Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer 

embroidered VIETNAM 1967- 1969 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

1st Brigade, 9th Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 59, 1969) 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 239 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

2d BRIGADE, 9th INFANTRY DIVISION 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Organized 6 December 1917 in the Regular Army at Camp Zachary Taylor, 

Kentucky, as Headquarters, 15th Infantry Brigade. Redesignated 26 December 

1917 as Headquarters, 17th In fantry Brigade. Assigned 8 July 1918 to the 9th 

Division. Demobilized 5 February 1919 at Camp Sheridan, Alabama. 

Reconstituted 24 March 1923 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and 

lleRdquarters Company, 17th In fantry Brigade, and assigned to the 9th Division. 

Redesignated 23 March 1925 as llcadquarters and Headquarters Company, 17th 

Brigade. Redesignated 24 August 1936 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 17th Infantry Brigade. Disbanded I July 1940. 

Reconstituted l February 1966 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 9th Infantry Division, and activated at Fort 

Riley, Kansas. Inactivated 1 August 1969 at Fort Riley, Kansas. Activated 21 

October 1972 at Fort Lewis, Washington. Inactivated 15 September 1988 at Fort 

Lewis, Washington. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

Vietnam 

Counteroffensive, Phase II 

Counteroffensive, Phase Ill 

Tet Counteroffensive 

Counteroffensive, Phase IV 

Counteroffensive, Phase V 

Counteroffensive, Phase VI 

Tet 69/Counteroffensive 

Summer- Fall 1969 

DECORATIONS 

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered MEKONG DELTA 

(Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 9th Infantry Division, 

cited; DA GO 45, 1969) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1967- 1968 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 9th 

Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 31, 1969) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIF.TNAM 1969 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 9th 

Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 59, 1969) 

Republi c of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer 

embroidered VIETNAM 1967- 1969 (Headquarters and llcadquarters Company, 2d 

Brigade, 9th Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 59, 1969) 
240 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERSANDHEADQUARTERSCOMPANY 

3d BRIGADE, 9th INFANTRY DIVISION 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 8 July 1918 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 18th Infantry 

Brigade, and assigned to the 9th Division. Organized 17 July 1918 at Camp 

eridan, Alabama. Demobilized 5 February 191 9 at Camp Sheridan, Alabama. 

Reconstituted 30 June 1922 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 18th Infantry Brigade, and activated at Camp Devens, Massachusetts. 

Assigned 24 March 1923 to the 9th Division. Redesignated 23 March 1925 as 

lleadquarters and Headquarters Company, 18th Brigade. Relieved 15 August 1927 

fi·om assignment to the 9th Division and assigned to the 6th Division. Relieved 1 

October 1933 from assignment to the 6th Division and assigned to the 9th Division. 

Redesignated 24 August 1936 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 18th 

Tnfanh·y Btigadc. Disbanded I July 1940 in the Canal Zone. 

Reconstituted 1 February 1966 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 9th Infantry Division, and activated at Fort 

Riley, Kansas. Inactivated 13 October 1970 at Fort l ewis, Washington. Activated 

2 1 January 1973 at Fort Lewis, Washington. Inactivated 15 f ebruary 1991 at Fort 

Lewis, Washington. 

Ci\MPAIGN PARTICll'ATION CREDIT 

Vietnam 

Counteroffensive, Phase ll 

Counteroffensive. Phase II I 

Tet Counteroffensive 

Counteroffensive, Phase JV 

Cowl!eroffeusive. Phase V 

Counteroffensive, Phase VI 

Tel 69/Counteroffensivc 

Summer- Fall 1969 

Winter- Spring 1970 

Sanctuary Counteroffensive 

Counteroffensive. Phase Vll 

DECORAHONS 

Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered nEN TRE CITY (Headquarters 

and llcadquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 9th Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 42, 

1969) 

Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered SAIGON (Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 9th Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 43, 

1970) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM I 966- 1968 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 9th 

In fantry Division, cited; D/\ GO 3 1, 1969) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross or Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

v 1 ETNA M 1969 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 9th 

fnfantry Division, cited; DA GO 59, 1969) 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 241 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1969- 1970 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 9th 

lnfantry Division, cited; DA GO 55, 1971) 

Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer 

embroidered VIETNAM 1966- 1969 (Headquarters and Headquar1ers Company, 3d 

Brigade, 9th Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 59, 1969) 

Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer 

embroidered v lETNAM 1969-1970 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d 

Brigade, 9th Infantry Division, cited: DA GO 55, 1971) 

9TH INFANTRY DIVISION BIBLIOGRAPHY 

"Army to Add New Division." Journal ()/the Armed Forces I 03 (30 October 

1965):Jtr 

Beach, Jim. "Eight Stars for the Ninth." SAGA: True Adventures for Alen 23 

(October l961 ):52-57ff. 

Blumenson, Martin. Breakout and Pursuit. United States Army in World War H. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1961. 

Bowman, Stephen L., ed. Motorized Experience of the 9th lnf'anffy Division. Fort 

Lewis, Wash., 1989. 

Carden, Peter B., ed. Third Brigade, Vietnam, Ninth Infantry Division, Vietnam 

1970. Vietnam, 1970. 

Chamberlain, E. W. Rebirth of' the Ninth. Camp Springs, Md., 1967. 

Dierking, Barbara A.; Love, Donald R.; and Swartz, Isabelle J., comp. History of 

the 9th !J~fcmtty Division: The Old Reliable:-;. Fort Lewis, Wash., 1979. 

Eckhardt, GeorgeS. Report a/Stewardship. Vietnam, 1967. 

Endsley, Mark C. "9th Infantly Division Activated." Army ll!formation Digest 21 

(March 1966):6- 11 . 

Port Riley, Kansas. The Stoty o.f'the 9th ''Old Reliahles" li~f'antry Dil'ision, 1966. 

American Yearbook Co., 1966. 

Fulton, William B. Riverine Operations 1966-1969. Vietnam Studies. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1973. 

Gabel, Christopher R. The US. Army GHQ Maneuvers of 1941. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1991. 

Garland, Albert N., and Smyth, Hm-vard McGaw. ,Sicily and the Surrender ofltafy. 

United Stales Army in World War 11. Washington: Government Printing 

Office, 1965. 

Goldfarb, Stephen. 9th InJi:mtry Division Vietnam: Combat Art Vietnam 1969. 

Vietnam, 1969. 

Harrison, Gordon A. Cross-Channel Attack. United States Army in World War Tl. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1951 . 

Hay, John H., Jr. Tactical and Materiel Innovation. Vietnam Studies. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1974. 

Heiser, Joseph M., Jr. Logistic Support. Vietnam Studies. Washington: 

Govcnm1ent Printing Office, 1974. 

Henry, T. R. "The Avenging Ghosts of the 9th." Saturday Evening Post 219 (6 

July 1946):24-25ff. 
242 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

Hitler's Nemesis, The 9th lnjCmiJ y Division. G. I. Stories ... Paris, 1944. 

Historical and Pictorial Review, Ninth Division, United States Army, Fort Bragg, 

North Carolina, 1941. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Co., 194 1. 

Historical Division, Department of the Army. Utah Beach to Cherbourg (6 

June- 27 June 1944) . American Forces in Action. Washington: Government 

Printing Office, 1948. 

Historical Division, War Department. To Bizerte With the 11 Corps (23 April 

1943- 13 May 1943). American Forces in Action. Washington: Government 

Printing Oflice, 1946. 

Howe, George F. Northwest Africa: Seizing the Initiative in the West. United 

States Army in World War £1. Washington: Government Printing Office, 

1957. 

Information Office, 9th Infantry Division. 3rd Brigade, 9th Infantry Division, Go 

Devils, Vietnam, 1970. 

Jacobs, Bruce. Soldiers: The Fighting Divisions of the Regular Army. New York: 

W. W. Norton and Co., 1958. 

Kahn, E. J. , Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980. 

Kohutka, Geo rge A. "Schmidt 1944." Armor 74 (September- October 

1965): 17- 22. 

Kutscheid, Timothy, ed. Combat Art Vietnam, 1968. Tokyo: Dai Nippon Printing 

Co., 1968. 

Larson, William B. "Hill 223." 1nfantJy Journal 55 (September 1944):23- 27. 

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Offensive. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1973. 

___ . The Siegfried Line Campaign. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1963. 

Mittelman, Joseph B. Eight Stars to Vict01y; A Histo1y <?{the Veteran Ninth 

lnfantly Division. Columbus: F. 1. Beer Printing Co., 1948. 

---· The Final Thrust. The Ninth l nfanliy Division in Germany, September 

1944 to May 1945, A Histmy . Munich, Germany: F. Bruckmann K. G., 1945. 

---· "!fold Fast!" Historical Bits of Pathos, Lore, Heroism, and Satire about 

the Veteran Ninth infantry Division. Munich, Germany: F. Bruck mann K. G., 

1945. 

Ninth Division, Fort Dix, New Jersey. Philadelphia: Clark Printing I louse, 195 J. 

Ninth Division, Fort Dix, New J ers ey (Pictorial Review) Nin eteen Fifty. 

Philadelphia: Clark Printing House, 1950. 

"The 9th In fantry Division." !nfantJy 70 (January- February 1980): 19- 22. 

9th lnfant1y Division, Vietnam 1968. Tokyo: Dai Nippon Printing Co., 1968. 

Reysen, Frank, cd. Combat Art and Photography, 1966- 1967. Tokyo: Institute of 

Foreign Exchange and Trade Research, 1967. 

_ __ .Delta Division, 1969. Vietnam, 1969. 

_ __ . 9th lnjant1y Division, 1918- 1968. Vietnam, 1968. 

Stamper, Edward R. "Fighti ng the Aggressors." Army 24 (Novem ber 

1974):26- 27. 

Street, James. Delta Divisio11, Vietnam 1969. Vietnam: 9th Infantry Division, 

1969. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 243 

To lson, John J. Airmobiliry 1961- 1971. Vietnam S tudies. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1973. 

"Valor: 9th Infantry Division." ln.fcmlly Journal 54 (April 1944):37- 39. 

Wallace, Josiah A, Jr. "The Dig Eye of the Old Reliable." Field Artilleryman 43 

(April 1969):29- 35. 

We ise, Carl, ed. 9th lnfantly Division, Fort Carson, Colorado. Dallas: Miller 

Publishing Co., 1956. 

Wood, William H. "Fit to Fight." Soldiers 32 (May 1977):6 I 0. 

1Oth ARMORED DIVISION. 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SIIOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: On an equilateral triangle with a green border, one point up, 

divided into three sections, the upper section yellow, the dexter section blue, and the sinister section red, a gun bendwise in 

front of a tank track and wheels all black and overall a red 

lightning flash bend sinisterwise. In the apex the Arabic 

numeral "I 0" in black letters. 

Symbolism: Yellow, blue, and red are the colors of the branches from 

which armored units were formed. The tank tread, gun, and 

lightning flash arc symbolic of mobility, power, and speed. 

The division's designation is in Arabic numerals. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

None approved. 

L INEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

lOth ARMORED DIVISION 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 5 May 1942 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters 

and Headquarters Company, I Oth Armored Division. Activated 15 July 1942 at 

Fort Benning, Georgia. Inactivated 13 October 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, 

Virginia. Allotted 25 February 1953 to the Regular Army. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War II 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-A lsaee 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

245 
246 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

10TH ARMORED DIVISION BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Cantey, J., et al. The lOth U.S. Armored Division in the Saar-Moselle Triangle. 

Fort Knox: Armored School, 1949. 

Clarke, Jeffrey J., and Smith, Robert Ross. Riviera to the Rhine. United States 

Army in World War ll. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1993. 

Cole, Hugh M. The Ardennes: Battle of the Bulge. United States Army in World 

War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1965. 

___ . The Lorraine Campaign . Un ited States Army in World War U. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1950. 

Fighting Tigers Make Battle History. Battle Route ofthe Tenth Armored Division. 

Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, 1945. 

Himes, Cecil, et al. lOth Armored Division in the Crailsheim Operation. Fort 

Knox: Armored School, 1950. 

Kahn, E. 1., Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., J 980. 

MacDona ld, Charles B. The Last Offensive. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1973. 

Nichols, Lester M. Impact: The Battle St01y of the Tenth Armored Division. New 

York: Bradbury, Sayles, O'Neill Co., 1954. 

1Oth Armored Division, Public Relations Office. "TerrffY and Destroy" 10 ... Tiger 

Tracks. Atlanta: Albert Love Enterprises, 1944. 

Tenth Armored "Tiger" Division. Paducah, Ky.: Turner Publishing Co., 1988. 

Terrify and Destroy: The Stoty of the 1 OthArmored Division. G. 1. Stories ... Paris, 

1945. 
lOth MOUNTAIN DIVISION 

HERALDJC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE i NSIGNIA 

Description: On a blue powder keg- like background, two bayonets in saltire 

tlu·oughout scarlet fimbriated white within a white border. 

Symbolism: The blue background and the bayonets are symbol ic of 

infantry, while the position of the bayonets in saltire simulates 

the numerical designation of the organization. 

DlSTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

Description: A gold colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a whjte 

mountain formed of five peaks about a blue wavy bar and 

crossed in front overall two red swords points up; behind the 

mountain peaks a glory of gold rays radiant from the center 

and enclosed by a gold scroll inscribed CLIMB TO GLORY in 

blue letters. 

Symbolism: The white mountain symbol and the blue wave represent the 

division's World War II combat history in the North Apennines 

and Po Valley campaigns in Italy. The crossed swords are symbolic of wartime service and further suggest the Roman 

numeral X, the unit's numerical designation. Scarlet is symbolic of courage and mortal danger, but denotes steadfastness 

and loyalty. The gold is for excellence and the white is symbolic of mountain tops and of high aspirations. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

1Oth MOUNTAIN DIVISION 

RA 

LIN EAG E (active) 

Constituted I 0 July 1943 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters, 

I Oth Light Division. Activated 15 Ju ly 1943 at Camp Hale, Colorado. 

Redesignated 6 November 1944 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

lOth Mountain Division. Inactivated 30 November 1945 at Camp Carson, 

Colorado. Redesignated 18 June I 948 as Headquarters, lOth Infantry Division. 

Allotted 25 June 1948 to the Regular Army. Activated I July 1948 at Fort Riley, 

Kansas. Inactivated I 4 June 1958 at Fort Benning, Georgia. Redesignated 22 

January 1985 as Headquarters, lOth Mountain Division. Activated 12 February 

1985 at Fort Drum, New York. 

247 
248 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

CAMPAIGN PA RTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War If 

North Apennines 

Po Valley 

DI.~CORAT ONS 

None. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 249 

HEADQUARTERSANDHEADQUARTERSCONWANY 

1st BRIGADE, lOth MOUNTAIN DIVISION 

RA 

LIN EAGE (active) 

Organized 17 September 1942 in the Army of the United States as 

f leadquarters Company, Mountain Training Center. Reorganized and redesignated 15 July 1943 as Headquarters Company, I Oth Light Division. Redesignated 6 

November 1944 as Headquarters Company, 1Oth Mountain Division. Inactivated 

30 November 1945 at Camp Carson, Colorado. Redesignated 18 June 1948 as 

Headquarters Company, I Oth Infantry Division. Allotted 25 June 1948 to the 

Regular Army. Activated I July 1948 at Fort Riley, Kansas. Inactivated 14 June 

1958 at Fort Benning, Georgia. 

Redesignated I April 1986 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st 

Brigade, I Oth Mountain Division, and activated at Fort Drum, New York. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War II 

North Apennines Po Valley 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
250 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

2d BRIGADE, 1Oth MOUNTAIN DIVISION 

L iNEAGE 

RA 

(active) 

Constituted 2 October 1985 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and 

lleadquarters Company, 2d Brigade, I Oth Mountain Division, and activated at 

Port Benning, Georgia. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

None. 

D ECORATIONS 

None. 

10TH INFANTRY DIVISION BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Barrett, George. " I Oth Mountain Division." Yank [American edition] 3 (6 April 

1945):8- 9. 

Burton, Hal. The Ski Troops. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1971. 

Casewit, Curtis W. Mountain Troopers! The Story of the Tenth Mountain Division. 

New York: Crowell, 1972. 

___ . The Saga of the Mountain Soldiers. The Story of the lOth Mountain 

Division. New York: Julian Messner, 1981. 

Clyma, Ca rleton B. , ed. Connecticut Men of th e lOth Mountain Division, 

September 1945. Hartford, 1945. 

Coquoz, Rene L. The Invisible Men on Skis, The St01y (~/the Construction of 

Camp Hale and the Occupation by the lOth Mountain Division, 1942- 1945. 

n.p.: Johnson Publishing Co., 1970. 

Dawson, Bien (as told to Ethel Severson Van Degrift). "Warriors on Skis: Our 

Mountain Troops in Italy." Ski !/lustra ted 10 (January 1946):8- JI:ff. 

Dole, Minot (Minnie). Adventures in Skiing. New York: Franklin Watts, 1965. 

Fisher, Ernest F., Jr. Cassino to the Alps. United States /\rmy in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1977. 

Govan, Thomas P. Histo1y c~( the lOth Light Division (A lpine). Washington: 

Historical Section, Army Ground Forces, Study no. 28, 1946. 

---· Training for Mountain and Winter Wcujare. Washington: Historical 

Section, Army Ground forces, Study no. 23, L 946. 

llagen, Harold K. "War Reunion in Italy." SAGA: True Adventures for Men 27 

(February 1964):58- 63ff. 

Harper, Frank. Night Climb: The St01y of the Skiing Tenth. New York: Longmans, 

Green and Co., 1946. 

Hartley, William B., and Morton, M. R., eds. Tenth il?f'cmtJy Division. Atlanta: 

Albert Love Enterprises, 1944. 

Jacobs, Bruce. Soldiers: The Fighting Divisions of the Regular Army. New York: 

W. W. Norton and Co., 1958. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 251 

Jay, John C. Mountain Training Center. Washington: Historical Section, Army 

Ground Forces, Study no. 24, 1946. 

___ ; O'Rear, John; and O'Rear, Frankie. Ski Down the Years. New York: 

Award House, 1966. 

Kahn, E. J., Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980. 

Katz, Samuel M. Americas Mountain Soldiers: 1Oth Mountain Division (Light 

h~fantry) . Hong Kong: Concord Publications Co., 1995. 

Keller, Julius. From Riva Ridge to Riva. New York: Vantage Press, 1974. 

Lockwood, Theodore, ed. Mountaineers. Denver: Artcraft Press, 1945. 

Pote, Winston. Mountain Troops. I Oth Mountain Division, Camp flale, Colorado. 

Camden, Maine, l 982. 

Story of the 1Oth Ir!fantty Division. Dall as: Taylor Publishing Co., 1957. 

Templeton, Kenneth Stewart, comp. 1Oth Mountain Division, Americas Ski 

Troops. Chicago, 1945. 

lOth ~fantty Division, Fort Riley, Kansas. Marceline, Mo.: Walsworth Publishing 

Co., 1954. 

1Oth infantry Division, Pictorial HistOJy. Atlanta: Albert Love Enterprises, 1944. 

Thruelsen, Richard. "The lOth Caught [tAll at Once." Saturday Evening Post 218 

(8 December 1945):26- 27ff. 

Whitelock, Flint. Soldiers on Skis: A Pictorial Memoir of the lOth Mountain 

Division. Boulder, Colo: Paladin Press, 1992. 

11th AIRBORNE DIVISION 

(Angels) 

H ERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: On a blue shield a red disc charged with a white Arabic number "1 1" and edged in white between two white wings elevated and displayed. 

Symbolism: The red, white, and blue of this insignia refer to the national 

colors. 

TAB 

Description: Immediately above and touching the shoulder sleeve insignia a 

blue arc tab inscribed AIRBORNE in white letters. 

DISTINCTJVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

None approved. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

lith AIRBORNE DIVISION 

(Angels) 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 12 November 1942 in the Army of the United States as 

Headquarters, llth Airborne Division. Activated 25 February 1943 at Camp 

Mackall, North Carolina. Allotted 15 November 1948 to the Regular Army. 

Inactivated 1 July 1958 in Ge rmany. Redesignated 1 February 1963 as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 11th Air Assault Division. Activated 7 

February 1963 at Fort Benning, Georgia. Inactivated 1 July 1965 at Fort Benning, 

Georgia. Redesignated 24 January 1972 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 11th Airborne Division. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War/! 

New Guinea 

Leyte 

Luzon (with arrowhead) 

253 
254 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

DECORAflONS 

Presidential Unit Cita tion (Army), Streamer embroidered MANILA 

(Headquarters, lith Airborne Division, cited: WD GO 68, 1945) 

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

I944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (J ltb Airborne Division cited; DA GO 47, 1950) 
LINEAGES AND HERALDlC DATA 255 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

1st BRIGADE, llth AIRBORNE DIVISION 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constitu ted 12 November 1942 in the Army of th e United States as 

Headquarters Company, l lth Airborne Division. Activated 25 february 1943 at 

Camp Mackall, Nor1J1 Carolina. Allotted 15 November 1948 to the Regu lar Army. 

Reorganized and redesignated I March 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, Command and Control Ballalion, 11th Airborne Division. Inactivated 

I July 1958 in Germany. 

Redesignated I February 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

I st Brigade, 11 th A ir Assault D ivision. Activated 7 February 1963 at Fort 

Be nning, G eorg ia. Inactivated I July 1965 at Fort Benning , Georg ia. 

Redesignated 24 January 1972 as Headqmu1ers and Headquarters Company, 1st 

Brigade, 11th Airborne Division. 

CAMPJ\TG1 PARTICIPATIO;-J CREDIT 

World War II 

New Guinea 

Leytc 

Luzon (with arrowhead) 

D ECOR.ATJONS 

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered MAI'\ ILA 

(Headquarters Company, I I th Airborne Division, cited; WD GO 68, 1945) 

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

1944 TO 4 .JU LY 1945 ( I I th Airborne Division cited; DA GO 47, 1950) 
256 ARMiES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

2d BRIGADE, 11th AIRBORNE DIVISION 

LrNEAGE 

RA 

(inactive) 

Constituted 2 August 1963 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, I I th Air Assault Division. Activated 18 July 

1963 at Fort Benning, Georgia. Inactivated l July 1965 at Fort Benning, Georgia. 

Redesignated 24 January 1972 as Headquarters and Headqumters Company, 2d 

Brigade, 11th Airborne Division. 

CAMPAIGN PARTlCIPATION CREDIT 

None. 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 257 

EADQUARTERSANOHEADQUARTERS CO~ANY 

3d BRIGADE, II th AIRBORNE DIVISION 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 22 April 1964 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 11th Air Assault Division. Activated 1 May 

1994 at Fort Benning, Georgia. Inactivated I July 1965 at Fort Benning, Georgia. 

Redesignated 24 January 1972 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d 

Brigade. 1 I th Airborne Division. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

None. 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

II TH AIRllORN£ 0IVTSTON BIBLIOGRJ\PllY 

"Airmobile Assault Concept Undergoes Test at Benning." Army b~formation 

Digest 18 (March 1963):46 . 

.. Th e Angels in Action," 1 I th Airborne lt~j'antry Division, f:(Jrt Campbell, 

Kentucky. Baton Rouge: Anny and Navy Publishing Co., 1955. 

Burger, Knox. "Reception at Atsugi." Yank 4 (5 October 1945):4. 

Cannon, M. Hamlin. Leyte: The Return to the Philippines. United States Army in 

World War Il. Washington: Govenuncnt Printing Office, 1954. 

Chaze, Elliott. The Stainless Steel Kimono. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1945. 

I lth Airborne Division. Atlanta: Albert Love Enterprises, 1944. 

I I th Airborne Division. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Co., 1950. 

1/tlt Airborne Division, Fori Camphe/1, Kentuc/...y. Dallas: Taylor Publishing Co., 

1952. 

Flanagan, Edward M., Jr. The Angels: A liistory of the I I th Airborne Division, 

1943- 1946. Washington: Infantry .Journal Press, 1948. Rev. ed. Novato, 

Ca lif.: Presidio Press, 1989. 

___ . The Los BaFios Raid. The 1 lth Airborne Division Jumps at Dawn . 

Novato, Calif: Presidio Press, 1986. 

___ . "Play the Gimmicks." lnj(wtry School Quarterly 41 (July 1952):28- 31. 

Foss, Peter J. '"Angels' at Los Banos." lnfan!IJ' 55 (May-June 1965):52 55. 

Galvin, John R. Air Assault: The Development of Airmobile Warfitre. New York: 

Hawthorne Books. 1969. 

Howze, Hamilton H. "Tactical Employment of the Air Assault Division." Army 14 

(September 1963):35 53. 

---· "The Howze Board." Army 24 (.February 1974):8- 14; 24 (March 

1974):18- 24; and 24 (April 1974):18- 24 . 

.J acobs. Bruce. Soldiers: The Fighting Divisions £?(the Regular Army. Ne\V York: 

W. W. Norton and Co., 1958. 
258 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

Kahn, E. J., Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980. 

"New Ideas for Air Mobi lity." Army Information Digest 18 (November 

1963):27- 28. 

Pictorial Review<?{ the lith Airborne Division.fi'Oin Port Carnpbe!lto Germany. 

Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Co., 1956. 

Rich, Charles W. G. "Air Assault Needs Material Improvement." Army 14 

(October 1963): 16fT. 

Seay, Joseph B. "The II th Airborne Division in the Leyte Mountain Operation." 

Militcuy Review 29 (October 1949): 17- 24. 

Smith, Robert Ross. Triumph in the Philippines. United States Army in World 

War 11. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1963. 

Tench, C. T. "Advance Party: Mission Surrender." Infantry Journal 59 (August 

1946):30- 36. 

Tolson, John J. Airmobilily: 1961- 197 1. Vietnam Studies. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1973. 
r , 

\ 

I 

11 th ARMORED DIVISION 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SIIOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: On an equilateral triangle with a green border, one point up, 

divided into three sections, the upper section yellow, the dexter section blue, and the sinister section red, a gun bendwise in 

front of a tank track and wheels all black and overall a red 

lightning flash bend sinisterwisc. In the apex the Arabic 

numeral" I I" in black letters. 

Symbolism: Yellow, bl uc, and red are the colors of the branches from 

which armored units were formed. The tank tread, gun, and 

lightning flash are symbolic of mobility, power, and speed. 

The division's designation is in Arabic numerals. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGN IA 

Description: A silver colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a 

manticorc's head caboshed, armed and eyed in green above a 

green scroll with the motto J' A VANCE (1 Advance) in silver 

letters. 

Symbolism: The functions of the dEvision arc allegorica lly represented by 

the manticore's head. A ferocious appearing human head on 

the body of a tiger, this animal heraldica lly signifies great 

fierceness and valor when enraged to combat. The horns form 

the numerical designation of the division. The motto 

"J'avancc" (I Advance) expresses the continuous advance of 

the organization under all obstacles. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

ll th ARMORED DIVISION 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 23 June 1942 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters 

and llcadquarters Company, I I th Armored Division. Activated 15 August 1942 at 

Camp Polk, Louisiana. Disbanded 31 August I 945 in Germany. Reconstituted 25 

February 1953 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and llcaclquarters Company, 

II th Armored Division. 

259 
260 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War II 

Rhineland 

Ardermcs-Aisace 

Central Europe 

D ECORATIONS 

None. 

11TH ARMORED DlVlSION BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Cole, Hugh M. The Ardennes: Battle of the Bulge. United States Army in World 

War 11. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1965. 

Craig, Berry. Ardennes, Rhineland.. Central Europe, 1 I th Armored Division, 

Thunderbolt. Paducah, Ky.: Turner Publishing Co., 1988. 

Harris, William T., ed. Eleventh Armored Division 0./Jker:'i Register. Salzburg, 

Austria: R. Kiesel, 1945. 

Journal ofthe lllh Armored Division Operations, 1 Apr- 8 May 1945. n. p., 1945. 

Kahn, £. J., Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980. 

Keough, Emmet L., and Race, Robert W Louisiana to Linz. Eleventh Armored 

Division Third Anniverswy, August I 5, I 945. Germany, 1945. 

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last O.ffensive. United States Anny in World War Tl. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1973. 

Race, Robert W. Thunderbolt in the ETO, A Pictorial Ajter Action Report, World 

War !J. n.p., 1969. 

Stewart, Hal D. Thunderbolt. Washington: II th Annored Division Association, 

194R. Reprint. Nashville: Battery Press, 1981. 

The Story of the Eleventh Armored Division, Thunderbolt. G. 1. Stories . . . Paris, 

1945. 

Tarr, Curtis W. Private Soldier. New York: Carleton Press, 1976. 
12th ARMORED DIVISION 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE lNSIGNT/\ 

Description: On an equilateral triangle v-litb a green border, one point up, 

divided into three sections, the upper section yellow, the dexter section blue, and the sinister section red, a gun bendwise in 

front of a tank track and wheels all black and overall a red 

lightning flash bend sinisterwisc. In the apex the Arabic 

numeral " 12'' in black letters. 

Symboli:>m: Yellow, blue, and red arc the colors of the branches from 

which armored units were formed. The tank tread, gtm, and 

lightning flash arc symbolic of mobility, power, and speed. 

The division's designation is in Arabic numerals. 

DISTI NCTI VE UNTT lNSICiNIA 

None approved. 

LTNEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

12th ARMORED DIVISION 

RA 

LI NEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 7 July 1942 in the Anny of the United States as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 12th Armored Division. Activated 15 September 1942 at 

Camp Campbell, Kentucky. Inactivated 3 December 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New 

Jersey. Allotted 25 February 1953 to the Regular Army. 

CAMPAIGN PARTlCll'ArJON CREDIT 

Wvrftl War II 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-Alsace 

Central Europe 

D ECOR/\TIOI\S 

None. 

12TH ARMORED DIVISION BlllLlOGRAPI·I Y 

Clarke, Jeffrey J., and Smith, Robert Ross. Riviera to the Rhine. United States 

Army in World War ll. Washington: Government Printing OITice, 1993. 

261 
262 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

Cole, Hugh M. The Lorraine Campaign. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1950. 

Combat Highlights of the United States Tweljih Armored Division in the 

European Theater of Operations: 1944- 30 May 1945. n.p., 1954. 

Hellcats, 12th Armored Division. Atlanta: Albert Love Enterprises, 1943. 

A HistOJy o,j'the United States Twelfth Armored Division, 15 September 1942- 17 

December 1945. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Co., 1945. 

Reprint. Nashville: Battery Press, 1978. 

Kahn, E. J. , Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980. 

OdysseyofCornbat Command "A," 12thArmored Division. n.p., 1945. 

Speed Is the Password: The Story of the 12th Armored Division. G. I. Stories ... 

Paris, 1945. 

12th Armored Division Association. The Hellcats. Paducah, Ky.: Turner 

Publishing Co., 1987. 
12th INFANTRY DIVISION 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: On a scarl et spade-shaped shield, a yellow carabao's head 

caboshed. 

Symbolism: The carabao is suggestive of the Philippines, and the colors 

red and gold represent the Spanish heritage of the islands. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

None approved. 

LI NEAGE 

L IN EAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS 

12th INFANTRY DIVISION 

(disbanded) 

Constituted 29 April 1921 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, Philippine 

Division. Organized 8 June 1921 in the Philippine Islands, with Regular Army 

and Philippine Scout personnel. Surrendered 9 April 1942 to the Japanese 14th 

Army. Redesignated 6 April 1946 as the 12th Infantry Division. Inactivated 30 

Aprill947 in the Philippine Islands. Disbanded 23 March 1953. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War If 

Philippine Islands 

DECORATIONS 

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered LUZON 1941- 1942 

(North Luzon Force, United States Army Forces in the Far East, cited; DA GO 

14, 1942) 

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BATAAN (Army 

Troops, United States Army Forces in the Far East, cited; WD GO 32, 1942) 

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered DEFENSE OF THE 

PHILIPPINES (Military and naval forces of the United States and Philippine 

Governments cited; WD GO 22, 1942, as amended by DA GO 46, L 948) 

263 
264 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

12TH INFANTRY DIVISION BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Drake, Charles C. "Philippine Maneuvers." Infantry 28 (June 1926): 625- 31. 

Morton, Louis. The Fall of the Philippines. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1953. 
13th AIRBORNE DIVISION 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: On an ultramarine blue shield, a winged unicorn issuant from 

base in golden orange, all within a green border. 

Symbolism: The unicorn is associated by tradition with qualities of virtue, 

courage, and strength. The horn of the unicorn signifies 

extreme courage. The unicorn has been winged to represent its 

travel in the air as "airborne." The blue background is the 

color of the infantry which is the basic arm of the division and 

also indicates the sky. 

TAI3 

Description: Immediately above the shoulder sleeve insignia a black arc tab 

inscribed AIRBORNE in yellow letters. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGN IA 

None approved. 

LfNEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

13th AIRBORNE DIVISION 

AUS 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 26 December 1942 in the Army of the United States as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 13th Airborne Division. Activated 13 

August 1943 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Inactivated 25 February 1946 at Fort 

Bragg, North Carolina. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War II 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

265 
266 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

13TH A IRBORNE 0IV[SION BIBLIOGRJ\PIIY 

Blylhe, Wi lli am J., ed. llistory and Pictorial Record of the 13th Airborne 

Division . Atlanta: Albert Love Enterprises, 1946. Reprint. Paducah, Ky.: 

Turner Publishing Co., 1989. 

Clyma, Carleton B., ed. Connecticut Men, 13th Airborne Division, September 

1945. Hartford, 1945. 

Kahn, E. J., Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980. 

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Offensive. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Governmenl Printing Office, 1973. 

1'l1irteenth Airborne Division. Atlanta: Albert Love Enterprises, c. I 944. 
13th ARMORED DIVISION 

H ERALDIC ITEMS 

SII OULDER SLEEVE 1NSIGNIA 

Description: On an equilateral triangle with a green border, one point up, 

divided into three sections, the upper section yellow, the dexter section blue, and the sinister section red, a gun bendwise in 

front of a tank track and wheels all black and overall a red 

lightning flash bend sinisterwise. In the apex the Arabic 

numera l " 13" in black letters. 

Symbolism: Yellow, blue, and red are the colors of the branches from 

which armored units were formed. The tank tread, gun, and 

lightning flash arc symbolic of mobility, power, and speed. 

The division's designation is in Arabic numerals. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INS IG NIA 

None approved. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

13th ARMORED DIVISION 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 9 June 1942 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters 

and Headquarters Company, 13th Armored Division. Activated 15 October 1942 

at Camp Beale, California. Inactivated 15 November 1945 at Camp Cooke, 

Ca lifornia. Allotted 20 August 1947 to the Organized Reserves. Activated 21 

J\ugust 1947 at Los Angeles, Ca lifornia. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 

March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the 

Army Reserve.) Inactivated I March 1952 at Los Angeles, California. Withdrawn 

25 Pebruary 1953 from the Army Reserve and allotted to the Regular Army. 

CAMI>AIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War II 

Rhineland 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

267 
268 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

13TH ARMORED DIVISION B IBUOGRAPHY 

Clyma, Carleton B., ed. Connecticut Men, 13th and 20th Armored Divisions, 

August 1945.llartford, 1945. 

Kahn, E. L Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Jnt wtry 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980. 

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last O.ffensive. Ututed States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1973 . 

. Summer Training. An Informal Pictorial S t01y of the 13th Armored Division :\· 

Field Training in the Summer of I 950. Los Angeles, 1950. 

The Thirteenth Armored Division. A 1/istOJy of the Black Cats .fi'om Texas to 

France, Germany, and Austria and Back 10 California, 1945. Baton Rouge: 

Army and Navy Publishing Co., 1946. 
14th ARMORED DIVISION 

H ERALDlC ITEMS 

SI-:IOU I.DF.R SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: On an equilateral triangle with a green border, one point up, 

divided into three sections, the upper section yellow, the dexter section blue, and the sinister section red, a gun bcndwise in 

ti·ont of a tank track and wheels all black and overall a red 

lightning Da sh bend sinisterwise. ln the apex the Arabic 

numeral " 14" in black letters. 

s:vmbolism: Yellow, blue, and red are the colors of the branches from 

which armored units were formed. The tank tread, gun, and 

lightning flash are symbolic of mobility, power, and speed. 

The division's designation is in Arabic numerals. 

DISTINCTIVE UNITT SIGNIA 

None approved. 

L INEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

14th ARMORED DIVISION 

RA 

LINeAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 9 June 1942 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters 

and Headquarters Company, 14th Armored Division. Activated 15 November 

1942 at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas. Inactivated 16 September 1945 at Camp 

Patrick Henry, Virginia. Allotted 25 february 1953 to the Regul ar Army. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDrT 

World War II 

RJ1incland 

1\ rdcnnes-A Is ace 

Central Europe 

DeCORATIONs 

None. 

269 
270 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

14TH ARMORED DIVISION BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Brothers, Benjamin M., et al. 14th Armored Division at Hatten-Rittershojfen. Fort 

Knox, Ky., 1950. 

Carter, Joseph. The Histmy of the 14th Armored Division. Atlanta: Albert Love 

Enterprises, 1946. 

Clarke, Jeffrey J., and Smith, Robert Ross. Riviera to the Rhine. Un ited States 

Army in World War H. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1993. 

Combat Command "A," HistotJ' ETO, 1 October 1944 to VE Day. n.p., 1945. 

The Fourteenth Armored Division. Atlanta: Albert Love Enterprises, 1944. 

Kahn, E. J., Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980. 

Lambert, J. C. "Armored Rescue." Armored Cavalry Journal 58 

(January- February 1949):36-45. 

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Offensive. United States Army in World War JJ. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1973. 

Now It Can Be Told! 14th Armored Division. 7th Army in German Qffensive. 

Wasserburg, Germany: Buchdruckerei Karl Neuburger, 1945. 
16th ARMORED DIVISION 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE lNSIGNIA 

Description: On an equilateral triangle with a green border, one point up, 

divided into three sections, the upper section yellow, the dexter section blue, and the sinister section red, a gun bendwise in 

front of a tank track and wheels all black and overall a red 

lightning fla sh bend sinisterwise. In the apex the Arabic 

numeral "16" in black letters. 

Symbolism: Yellow, blue, and red are the colors of the branches from 

wh ich armored units were formed. The tank tread, gun, and 

lightning flash are symbolic of mobility, power, and speed. 

The division's designation is in Arabic numerals. 

DISTINCTTVE UNIT 1NSIGNIA 

None approved. 

L INEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

16th ARMORED DIVISION 

LINEAGE (disbanded) 

Constituted 14 Ja nuary 1943 in the Army of the Un ited States as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 16th Armored Division. Activated 15 

July 1943 at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas. Inactivated 15 October 1945 at Camp 

Kilmer, New Jersey. Disbanded 23 March 1953. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War II 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

16TH ARMORED DIVISION BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Kahn, E. J. , Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980. 

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Offensive. United States Army in World War IT. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1973. 

Pictorial History, 16th Armored Division. Atlanta: Albert Love Enterprises, 1944? 

Weaver, Dale J., eel. 16th Armored Division History, Patton s Third Army, WWII. 

n.p., 1987. 

271 

17th AIRBORNE DIVISION 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE JNSTGNIA 

Description: On a black disc within a green border, a talon of an American 

eagle in yellow issuant. 

Symbolism: The talon represents the seizing and holding ability of the 

division. Black is symbolic of darkness during which airborne 

operati ons often take place. 

TAH 

Description: Immediately above the shoulder sleeve insignia a black arc tab 

inscribed AIRBORNE in yello'vv letters. 

DISTINCTIVE U NlT INSIGI\IA 

None approved. 

LTNRAGE AND H ONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

17th AIRBORNE DIVISION 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 16 December 1942 in the Army of the United States as 

Hcadqt1arters and Headquarters Company, 17th Airborne Division. Activate-d 15 

Aprill943 at Camp Macka ll, North Carolina. inactivated 14 September 1945 at 

Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts. Allotted 25 J une 1948 to the Regular 

Army. Activated 6 July 1948 at Camp Pickett, Virginia. Inactivated I 0 .June 1949 

at Camp Pickett, Virginia. 

CAMJ'AlGN PARTICIPATION C lttJ>IT 

World War fl 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-Alsace 

Central Europe (wilh arrowhead) 

DECORATIOJ\S 

None. 

273 
274 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

] 7TH AIRBORNE DIVISION BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Basic Training with the 17th Airborn e Division, Camp Pickett, Va., 1949. 

Philadelphia: Dorville Corp., 1949. 

Capa, Robert. "This Invasion Was Different." Time 45 (2 April 1945):28. 

Cole, Hugh M. The Ardennes: Battle of the Bulge. United States Army in World 

War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1965. 

"Downs: Some Paratroops Walked to Death on Flack." Newsweek 25 (2 April 

1945):29. 

Gabel, Kurt. The Making of a Paratrooper: Airborne Training and Combat in 

World War II. Lawrence, Kans.: University Press of Kansas, 1990. 

Hagerman, Bart, and Hatch, Gardner. 17th Airborne Division History. Paducah, 

Ky.: Turner Publishing Co., 1987. 

Joyce, Vince. 17th Airborne Division. Atlanta: Albert Love Enterprises, J 944. 

Kahn E. J., Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980. 

Langston, Frank, and Buckridge, Justi n P., eels. The Talon Crosses the Rhine. 

Paris: Desfosses-Neogravure, 1945. 

"The Last Round." Life 18 (9 April 1945):27- 37. 

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Offensive. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1973. 

"Man from the Sky." Newsweek 25 (2 April 1945):32. 

Miller, William E., and Youngblood, Nat H., eels. The Talon with the 17th in 

Ardennes. Paris: Desfosses-Neogravure, 1945. 

Pay, Don Raymond. Thunder from Heaven, The Sto1~y of the 17th Airborne 

Division, 1943- 1945. Birmingham, Mich.: Boots, The Airborne Quarterly, 

1947. Reprint. Nashville: Battery Press, 1980. 

Schorr, David P. , Jr. "Airborne Assault Crossing of the Rhine." Militwy Review 

28 (June 1948):48- 55. 

Toland, John. "Devils from Heaven: Saga of the 17th Airborne Division." SAGA: 

TrueAdventuresfor Men 23 (December 1961):26- 27ff. 
19th ARMORED DIVISION 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: On an equilateral triangle with a green border, one point up, 

divided into three sections, the upper section yellow, the dexter section blue, and the sinister section red, a gun bendwise in 

front of a tank track and wheels all black and overall a red 

lightning flash bend sinisterwise. In the apex the Arabic 

numeral "19" in black letters. 

Symbolism: Yellow, blue, and red are the colors of the branches from 

which armored units were formed . The tank tread, gun, and 

lightning flash are symbolic of mobility, power, and speed. 

The division's designation is in Arabic numerals. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

None approved. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

19th ARMORED DIVISION 

LINEAG E (disbanded) 

Consti tuted 18 January 1943 in the Army of the United States as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 19th Armored Division. Allotted I 

July 1946 to the Organized Reserves. Headquarters activated 15 January 1947 at 

Los Angeles, California; Headquarters Company activated I July 1947 at Los 

Angeles, California. Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 19th Armored 

Division, inactivated 20 August 1947 at Los Angeles, California; concurrently 

withdrawn from the Organized Reserves. Disbanded 21 March 1952. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

None. 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

19TH ARMORED DIVISION BIBLIOGRAPHY 

No published histories. 

275 

20th ARMORED DIVISION 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE lNSIGNlA 

Description: On an equilateral triangle with a green border, one point up, 

divided into three sections, the upper section yellow, the dexter section blue, and the sinister section red, a gun bendwise in 

front of a tank track and wheels all black and overall a red 

lightni ng flash bend sinisterwise. ln the apex the Arabic 

numeral "20" in black letters. 

Symbolism: Yellow, blue, and red are the colors of the branches from 

which armored units were formed. The tank tread, gun, and 

lightning flash are symbolic of mobility, power and speed. The 

division's designation is in Arabic numerals. 

DISTI NCTIVE UNIT I NSIGNIA 

None approved. 

LiNEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

20th ARMORED DIVISION 

LINEA<rE (disbanded) 

Constituted 24 November 1942 in the Army of the United States as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 20th Armored Division. Activated 15 

March 1943 at Camp Campbell, Kentucky. Inactivated 2 April 1946 at Camp 

Hood, Texas. Disbanded 23 March 1953. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War II 

Central Europe 

D ECORATIONS 

None. 

20TH ARMORED DIVISION BtBUOURAPHY 

Annor in the ETO. Atlanta: Albert Love Enterprises, 1946. 

Clyma, Carleton B., ed. Connecticut Men, 13th and 20th Armored Divisions, 

August 1945. Hartford, 1945. 

Kahn, E. J. , Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980. 

MacDonalt~ Charles B. The Last O.ffensive. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1973. 

277 

21st ARMORED DIVISION 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: On an equilateral triangle with a green border, one point up, 

divided into three sections, the upper section yellow, the dexter section blue, and the sinister section red, a gun bendwise in 

front of a tank track and wheels all black and overall a red 

lightning flash bend sinisterwise. In the apex the Arabic 

numeral "21" in black letters. 

Symbolism: Yellow, blue, and red are the colors of the branches from 

which armored units were formed. The tank tread, gun, and 

lightning flash are symbolic of mobility, power, and speed. 

The division's designation is in Arabic numerals. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

None approved. 

L JNEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

21st ARMORED DIVISION 

LINEAGE (disbanded) 

Constituted 18 January 1943 in the Army of the United States as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2 I st Armored Division. Allotted 29 

October 1946 to the Organized Reserves. Activated 12 November 1946 at Detroit, 

Michigan. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized 

Reserve Corps.) Disbanded 1 March 1952 at Detroit, Michigan. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

None. 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

2 1ST ARMORED DIVISION BIBLIOGRAPHY 

No published histories. 

279 

22d ARMORED DIVISION 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE lNSJGNIA 

Description: On an equilateral triangle with a green border, one point up, 

divided into three sections, the upper section yellow, the dexter section blue, and the sinister section red, a gun bendwise in 

front of a tank track and wheels all black and overall a red 

lightning flash bend sinisterwise. In the apex the Arabic 

numeral "22" in black letters. 

Symbolism: Yellow, blue, and red are the colors of the branches from 

which armored units were formed. The tank tread, gun, and 

lightning flash are symbolic of mobility, power, and speed. 

The division's designation is in Arabic numerals. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT fNSIGNIA 

None approved. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

22d ARMORED DIVISION 

Ll N EAGE (disbanded) 

Constituted 1 8 January 1943 in the Army of the United States as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 22d Armored Division. Allotted 1 

January 1947 to the Organized Reserves. Headquarters activated 24 June 1947 at 

Houston, Texas; Headquarters Company activated 18 December 1947 at Houston, 

Texas. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized 

Reserve Corps.) Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 22d Armored 

Division, disbanded 1 March 1952 at Houston, Texas. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

None. 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

220 ARMORED DtYISION BIBLIOGRAPHY 

No published histories. 

281 

23d INFANTRY DIVISION 

(America!) 

HERALDJC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE lNSfGNIA 

Description: On a blue Norman shield, four white stars of varying sizes all 

slightly tipped to the dexter, arranged to represent the 

Southern Cross. 

Symbolism: The four white stars on the blue field are symbolic of the 

Southern Cross under which the organization has served. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

Description: A gold colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a blue 

sa ltire bearing four white stars one near each end, and centered vertically thereover a gold sword with hilt in base upon a 

red field edged with gold and behind the sword point at top a 

red arrowhead point up upon the center of a gold radiant sun, 

and centered horizontally with shank passing behind the 

sa ltire a gold anchor with crown at left and ring at right with 

cable passing through and behind the arms of the saltire; all 

above a gold scroll inscribed AMERICAL in blue. 

Symbolism: The saltire alludes to New Caledonia in the Southwest Pacific 

where the division was first activated on 27 May 1942, and 

with its blue color (for infantry) and four white stars forms a 

"Southern Cross" and refers to the division's shoulder sleeve 

insignia and the area in which the division initially served. The 

four stars (the brightest in the Southern Cross constellation) 

also allude to the four campaigns of World War 1J in which the 

division participated. The anchor refers to the Presidential 

Unit Citation (Navy) awarded the division for Guadalcanal, 

and the red arrowhead and Philippine sun for the assault landing in the Southern Philippines and the award of the 

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation. The unsheathed sword 

with point to top refers to service in Vietnam. The division is 

one of the few within the U.S. Army to bear initially a name 

instead of a number, and former designation "America!" was 

adopted as a nickname, the association being both inspirational and historically significant. 

283 
284 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

23d INFANTRY DIVISION 

( Alnerical) 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 24 May L 942 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters, 

America! Division. Activated 27 May 1942 in New Caledonia. Inactivated 12 

December 1945 at Fort Lawton, Washington. Redesignated I December 1954 as 

Headquarters, 23d Infantry Division, and allotted to the Regular Army. Activated 

2 December 1954 in the Canal Zone. Inactivated I 0 April 1956 in the Canal 

Zone. Redesignated 25 September 1967 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 23d Infantry Division, and activated in Vietnam. Inactivated 29 

November 1971 at Fort Lewis, Washington. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War 1/ 

Guadalcanal 

Northern Solomons 

Leyte 

Southern Philippines (with arrowhead) 

Vietnam 

Counteroffensive, Phase Ill 

Tet Counteroffensive Counteroffensive, Phase IV 

Counteroffensive, Phase V 

Counteroffensive, Phase VJ 

Tct 69/Counteroffensive 

Summer- Fall 1969 

Winter-spring 1970 

Sanctuary Counteroffensive 

Counteroffensive, Phase VU 

Consolidation I 

DECORATIONS 

Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered GUADALCANAL 

(Headquarters, America! Division, cited; DA GO 73, 1948) 

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (Headquarters, America! Division, cited; DA GO 47, 1950) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1969, 1970 (23d Infantry Division cited; DA GO 42, 1972) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1971 (23d Infantry Division cited; DA GO 6, 1974) 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 285 

23D INFANTRY OIV!SION 81BLIOGRAPIIY 

"America! Division Awaits Rebirth Under Fire Below Vietnam's DMZ." Army 17 

(October 1967): 18. 

"America!- The Guard's Forgotten Heroes!" National Guardsman 17 (September 

1963):back cover. 

Cronin, Francis D. Under the Southern Cross; The Saga of the America/ Division. 

Washington: Combat Forces Press, 1951. Reprint. Boston: America! Division 

Veterans Assn., 1978. 

Hay, John H., Jr. Tactical and Materiel Innovations. Vietnam Studies. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1974. 

In Memmy of a Son, Lincoln W. Stoddard, 1908- 1952. Worcester, Mass.: Davis 

Press, c. 1952. 

Kahn, E. J., Jr., and McLemore, U. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980. 

Miller, John, jr. CARTWHEEL: The Reduction of Rabau/. United States Army in 

World War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1959. 

___ . Guada/cana/: The First Offensive. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1949. 

"New America! Division to Be Activated.'' Army Digest 22 (Novembe r 

1967):inside front cover. 

Shots Fired in Anger. Plantersville, S.C.: Small Arms Technical Publishing Co., 

1947. 

Smith, Robert Ross. Triumph in the Philippines. United States Army in World 

War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1963. 

Walker, Joseph H., ed. The America/ Division. Vietnam, 1970. 

24th INFANTRY DIVISION 

(Victory Division) 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: A green taro leaf stem up piped with yellow upon a red circular background piped with black. 

Symbolism: The taro leaf is a well-known symbol of Hawaii. 

DISTINCTIVE UNJT INSIGNIA 

Description: A gold colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a green 

taro leaf within a scarlet annulet bearing the word VICTORY 

above thirteen stars, all gold. 

Symbolism: The taro leaf is from the shoulder sleeve insignia of the division. The scarlet annulet is from the badge formerly approved 

for the Hawaiian Division Headquarters and Special Troops. 

The thirteen stars stand for the division's participation in th irteen campaigns in World War II and Korea. It is inscribed with 

the division's motto "Victory." 

LlNEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

24th INFANTRY DIVISION . 

(Victory Division) 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted I February 192 1 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, Hawaiian 

Division. Activated l March 192 1 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. Reorganized 

and redesignated l October 1941 as Headquarters, 24th (nfantry Division. 

Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1960 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 24th Infantry Division. Inactivated 15 April 1970 at Fort Riley, 

Kansas. Activated 2 I September 197 5 at Fort Stewart, Georgia. Inactivated I 5 

February 1996 at Fort Stewart, Georgia. 

287 
288 ARMlES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

CAI'VfPAJGN PARTTCTPATrON CREDIT 

World War/! 

Central (>acific 

New Guinea (with arrowhead) 

Leyte (with arrowhead) 

Luzon 

Southern Philippines (with arrowhead) 

Korean War 

UN Defensive 

UNOflensive 

CCF Intervention 

First UN Counteroffensive 

Ccf· Spring Offensive 

UN Summer-Fall Offensive 

Second Korean Winter 

Korea, Sununer 1953 

Southwest Asia 

Defense of Saudi Arabia 

Liberation and Defense. of Kuwait 

DECORATIONS 

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered DEFENSE OF 

KOREA (24th Infantry Division cited; DA GO 45, 1950) 

Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1994 (Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 24th infantry Division, cited; DA GO 14, 1997) 

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (Headquarters, 24th Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 47, 

1950) 

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered PYONGTAEK (Headquarters, 24th Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 35, 1951) 

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 

(24th Infantry Division cited; DA GO 24, 1954) 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 289 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

1st BRIGADE, 24th INFANTRY DIVISION 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as Headquarters, !69th 

Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 85th Division. Organized 25 August 1917 at 

Camp Custer, Michigan. Demobilized 17 April 1919 at Camp Custer, Michigan. 

Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters and 

Headquarte rs Company, !69th Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 85th 

Division. Organized in November 192 1 at Grand Rapids, Michigan. Redesignated 

23 March 1925 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, !69th Brigade. 

Redesignated 24 August 1936 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

I 69th Infantry Brigade. 

Converted and redesignated 3 1 March 1942 as the 85th Reconna issance 

Troo p (le ss 3d Platoon), 85th Division (Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 170th Infantry Brigade, concurrently converted and redesignated as 

the 3d Platoon, 85th Reconna issance Troop, 85th Division). Troop ordered into 

active military service 15 May 1942 and reorganized at Camp Shelby, 

Mississippi, as the 85th Cavalry Rccom1aissance Troop, an element of the 85th 

Division (later redesignated as the 85th Infantry Division). Reorganized and 

redesignated I September 1943 as the 85th Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized. 

Disbanded 25 August 1945 a t Hampton Roads, Virg inia. Reconstituted 6 

November 1946 in the Organi:tcd Reserves as the 85th Mechanized Cavalry 

Reconnaissance Troop, an clement of the 85th Infantry Division. Activated 19 

May 1947 at Appleton, Wisconsin. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 

1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army 

Reser ve.) Reorgan ized a nd redesignated 25 Novembe r 1949 as the 85th 

Reconnaissance Company. Location changed 1 March 1952 to Champaign, 

111 inois; on I March 1953 to Onargo, lllinois; and on 13 October 1954 to 

Beardstown, Illinois. Disbanded I .June 1959 at Beardstown, Illinois. 

Reconstituted (less 3d Platoon) 2 L January 1963 in the Regul ar Army as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade, 24th Infantry Division 

(3d Pl a toon. 85th Reconnaissance Company- he reafte r separate lineage). 

Activated I February 1963 in Germany. Inactivated 15 April 1970 at forl Riley, 

Kansas. Activated 2 1 October 1974 at Fort Stewart, Georgia. Inactivated 15 

February 1996 at fort Stewart, Georgia. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War! 

Streumer without inscription 

World War 11 

Romc-Arno 

North Apennines 

Po Valley 

Sowhwesi Asia 

De tense of Saudi Arabia 

Liberation and Defense of Kuwait 
290 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

D ECORATIONS 

Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1994 (Headquarters and 

llcadquarters Company, I st Brigade, 24th Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 14, 

1997) 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 291 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

2d BRIGADE, 24TH INFANTRY DIVISION 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as Headquarters, !70th 

Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 85th Division. Organized25 August 1917 at 

Camp Custer, Michigan. Demobilized 24 Apri I J 919 at Camp Custer, Michigan. 

Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, I 70th Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 85th Division. 

Organized in November 1.921 at Detroit, Michigan. Redesignated 23 March 1925 

as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, !70th Brigade. Redesignated 24 

August 1936 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, I 70th Infantry Brigade. 

Converted and redesignated 3 1 March 1942 as the 3d Platoon, 85th 

Reconnaissance Troop, 85th Division (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

!69th Infantry Brigade, concurrently converted and redesignated as the 85th 

Reconnaissance Troop [less 3d Platoon], 85th Division). Troop ordered into 

active military se rvice 15 May 1942 and reorga ni zed at Ca mp Shelby, 

Mississippi, as the 85th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, an element of the 85th 

Division (later redesignated as the 85th Infantry Division). Reorganized and 

redesignated 1 September 1943 as the 85th Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized . . 

Disbanded 25 August 1945 at Hampton Roads, Virginia. Reconstituted 6 

November 1946 in the Organized Reserves as the 85th Mechanized Cavalry 

Reconnaissance Troop, an element of the 85th Infantry Division. Activated 19 

May 1947 at Appleton, Wisconsin. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 

1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army 

Reserve.) Reorganized and redesignated 25 November 1949 as the 85th 

Reconnaissance Company. Location changed 1 March 1952 to Champaign, 

Illinois; on I March 1953 to Onargo, Illinois; and on 13 October 1954 to 

Beardstown, Illinois. Disbanded 1 June 1959 at Beardstown, Illinois. 

3d Platoon, 85th Reconnaissance Company, reconstituted 21 January 1963 in 

the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 24th 

Infantry Division (remainder of company- hereafter separate lineage). Activated 

1 February 1963 in Germany. Inactivated 15 April 1970 at Fort Riley, Kansas. 

Activated 21 June 1977 at Fort Stewart, Georgia. lnactivated 15 February 1996 at 

Fort Stewart, Georgia. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War/ 

Streamer without inscription 

World War // 

Rome-Arno 

North Apennines 

Po Valley 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

Southwest Asia 

Defense of Saudi Arabia 

Liberation and Defense of Kuwait 
292 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

3d BRIGADE, 24th INFANTRY DIVISION 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 24 June 192 1 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 190th Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 95th 

Division. Organized in November 1921 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. 

Redesignated 23 March 1925 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1 90th 

Brigade. Redesignated 24 August 1936 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 190th Infantry Brigade. 

Converted and redesignated 13 February 1942 as the 3d Platoon, 95th 

Reconnaissance Troop, 95th Divisi.on (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

!89th Infantry Brigade, concurrently converted and redesignated as the 95th 

Reconnaissance Troop [less 3d Platoon], 95th Division). Troop ordered into 

active military service 15 July 1942 and reorganized at Camp Swift, Texas, as the 

95th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, an element of the 95th Division (later redesignated as the 95th Infantry Division). Reorganized and redesignated 1 August 

1943 as the 95th Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized. Inactivated 8 October 1945 

at Camp She lby, Mississippi. Redesignated 26 December 1947 as the 95th 

. Mechanized Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop. Activated 9 January 1948 at 

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as 

the Orga11ized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) 

Location changed 17 December 1948 to Stillwater, Oklahoma. Reorganized and 

redesignated 30 June 1949 as the 95t11 Reconnaissance Company. Inactivated 15 

September 1951 at Stillwater, Oklahoma. Activated 1 March 1952 at Jonesboro, 

Arkansas. Location changed 1 June 1955 to Wewoka, Oklahoma. Disbanded l 

April 1959 at Wewoka, Oklahoma. 

3d Platoon, 95th Reconnaissance Company, reconstituted 21 January 1963 in 

the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 24th 

Infantry Division (remainder of company- hereafter separate lineage). Activated 

1 February 1963 in Germany. Inactivated 15 April 1970 in Germany. Activated 16 

August 1991 at fort Benning, Georgia. Inactivated 15 February 1996 at Fort 

Benning, Georgia. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War II 

Northern France 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-Aisace 

Cenlral Europe 

DECORATIONS 

Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1994 (Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 24th Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 14, 

1997) 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 293 

24TH INFANTRY DIVlSlON BIBLIOGRAPUY 

Appleman, Roy E. South to the Naktong, North to the Yalu. United States Army in 

the Korean War. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1961. 

An Autobiography of a Division, A Histaty of the 24th 111/'antty Division of the 

United States Army. n.p., 1945. 

Barringer, William W. , ed. 24th Infantry Division, VictOIJ'! n.p., 1965. 

Barth, George B. Tropic Lightning and Taro Leaf in Korea. n.p., 1952. 

---·Tropic Lightning and Taro Leaf in Korea, July 1950- May 1951. Athens, 

Greece, 1955. 

Belote, James H., and William M. Corregidor: The Saga of a Fortress. New York: 

Harper and Row, 1967. 

Cannon, M. Hamlin. Leyte: The Return to the Philippines. United States Army in 

World War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1954. 

Cochran, L. R. "Armor in the Far East: 24th Infantry Division Korea." Armor 65 

(September- October 1956):24- 25. 

F(fieenth Anniversary, 24th lnfantty Division. n.p., 1956. 

Galvin, John R. "'Round Out' Is Alive, Working in Georgia." Army 32 

(November 1982):36-42. 

Gugeler, Russell A. Combat Actions in Korea. Washington: Combat Forces Press, 

1954. Reprint. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1970. 

Haas, W. J. , ed. The 24th lnjanll y "Victory" Division in NATO, 1962. Information 

Office, 24th Infantry Division, 1962. 

Hall, Margot C. The Victory Book: A Desert Storm Chronicle. n.p., 199 1. 

Harvey, Lynn C. 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized), 1963, ROAD 

ReO/'ganization Day. Germany, 1963. 

Hawkins, William R. "Lessons from the 24th Infantry (Division) History." Army 

46 (March 1966): 44-47. 

Heard, Troy R., ed. The Victory Division 1941- 1964: Organization Day, I 

October 1964. n.p., 1964. 

Hermes, Walter G. Truce Tent and Fighting Front. United States Army in the 

Korean War. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1965. 

Hughes, Robin. "The Intrinsic Value of Army Guard 's Combat Brigades." 

National Ouard 48 (January 1994): 66- 69. 

Jacobs, Bruce. Soldiers: The Fighting Divisions of the Regular Army. New York: 

W. W. Norton and Co., J 958. 

Information Office, 24th Infantry Division. Vict01y Division, 1941- 1963. 

01ganizational Day, 1 October 1963. n.p., 1963. 

Kahn, E. J. , Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980. 

Kamiya, Jason K. A Hist01y of the 24th Mechanized lnfanfly Division Combat 

Team During Operation Desert Storm. "The Attack to Free Kuwait" January 

through March 1991. Forl Stewart, Ga., 1991 . 

Kleinman, Forrest K. "Truth ofTaejon." Army 10 (June 1960):28- 37. 

Koons, William B. The 24th IJ1fantry Division: A Brief History. Kyoto, Japan: 

Benrido Co., 1947. 

Korea 1950. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1952. 
294 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

Leyte: Historical Report o.lthe 24th Infantry Division Landing Tearn, 20 October 

1944- 25 December 1944, Philippine Liberation Campaign. 67th Engineer 

Topographical Co., 1945. 

Loudermilk, Jack. "The 24th Infa ntry Division." lnfantJy 69 (Ju ly- August 

1979):12- 14. 

Miller, John,jr., et al. Korea 1951- 53. Washington: Government Printing Office, 

1956. 

Mossman, Billy C. Ebb and Flow: November 1950- Ju/y 1951. United States 

Army in the Korean War. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1990. 

Occupation Hist01y of the 24th lnfantJ)' Division in Japan. n.p., 1947. 

Robertson, William G. Counteralfack on the Naktong. Leavenworth Papers. Fort 

Leavenworth, Kans.: U.S. Command and General Stan' College, 1985. 

Sca les, Robert H., Jr. , dir. Certain Vict01y: The US Army in the Gulf War. 

Washington: Office of the Chief of Staff, United States Army, 1993. 

Schubert, Frank N., and Kraus, Theresa L., eels. The Whirlwind l#tr: The United 

States Army in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1995. 

Schnabel, James F. Policy and Direction: The First Year. United States Army in 

the Korean War. Washington: Government Printing OlTice, 1972. 

Smith, Robert Ross. The Approach to the Philippines. United States Army in 

World War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1963. 

---· Triumph in the Philippines. United States Army in World War Il. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1953. 

Stadtmauer, Saul A., ed. 24th Forward: The Pictorial lfistoty of the Victory 

Division in Korea. Tokyo: Koyosha Printing Co., 1953? 

Swain , Ri chard M. "Lucky War": Third Army in Desert Storm. Fort Leavenworth, 

Kans.: U.S. Army Command and General StaffCollcgc Press, 1994. 

Swindell, Archie C. 24th b~lan(ly Division: Follow Me. Special Taro Leaf 

Historical Edition, Reactivation Day, 1960. Germany, 1960. 

Sylvester, Edward, ed. VictOIJ'! Organizational Da)!, 1967. n.p., 1967. 

24th Infantry Division, In formation Section. 24th !J~lantry Division, 16th 

Anniversary. Tokyo: Tosho Printing Co., 1957. 

24th hifantJy Division, A Brief HistOJy The StOJy o.l24th Division s Actions in 

the Korean Conflict. Tokyo: Japan News, 1954. 

The 24th lnfantly Division, Mindanao Campaign, 1945. n.p., l 945. 

24th Mechanized i nfantry Combat Team: f-listorical Reference Book. Fort 

Stewart, Ga., 1991. 

24th Mechanized Jnfan/Jy Combat Team: Operation Desert Storm: Allack Plan 

OPLAN 91- 3. Fort Stewart, Ga., 1992. 

Vall in, Jan. Children ofYesterday. New York: Reader's Press, 1946. 

The VictOJy Book: A Desert Storm Chronicle. Fort Stewart, Ga., 1991. 

The VictOJy Division Taro Leaf, 1959 Reactivation Day. Augsburg, Germany: 

Hieronymous Muehlbcrger, 1959. 

Westover, John G. Combat Support in Korea. Washington: Combat Forces Press, 

1955. Reprint. Washington: Government Printing On-icc, 1990. 
25th INFANTRY DIVISION 

(Tropic Lightning) 

H ERALDIC ITEMS 

SIIOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: On a red taro leaf, with stem up, surrounded by a yellow border, a yellow lightning flash per pale. 

Symbolism: The taro lear is indicative of the origin of the 25th Infantry 

Division in the Hawaiian Islands, while the lightning flash is 

representative of the manner in which the division performs its 

assignments. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT I NSIGNIA 

Description: A gold colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a black 

volcano emitting a gold cloud and centered on the volcano a 

vertical lightning flash divided red above and gold below all 

enclosed by a pair of green palm branches with stem crossed 

in base and leaves terminating at either side of the cloud 

above. 

Symbolism: The lightn ing flash, adapted from the shoulder sleeve insignia 

of the division, and the enclosing palm branches allude to its 

nickname "Tropic Lightnjng." The erupting volcano is an allusion to the state of Hawaii. 

LI NEAGE AND H ONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

25th INFANTRY DIVISION 

(Tropic Lightning) 

LINEAGE 

RA 

(active) 

Constituted 26 August 1941 in the Army of the United States as 

I Jeadquarters, 25th Infantry Division. Activated I October 1941 at Schofield 

Barracks, Hawaii. Allotted 27 June 1949 to the Regular Army. Reorganized and 

redesignated I April 1960 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 25th 

Infantry Division. 

295 
296 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War II 

Central Pacific 

Guadalcanal 

Northern Solomons 

Luzon 

Korean War 

UN Defense 

UN Offensive 

CCF Intervention 

First UN Counteroffensive 

CCF Spring Offensive 

UN Summer-Fall Offensive 

Second Korean Winter 

Korea, Summer- Fall 1952 

Third Korean Winter 

Korea, Summer 1953 

Vietnam 

Counteroffensive 

Counteroffensive, Phase II 

Counteroffensive, Phase Ill 

Tet Counteroffensive 

Counteroffensive, Phase IV 

Counteroffensive, Phase V 

Counteroffensive, Phase VI 

Tct 69/Counteroffensive 

Summer- Fall 1969 

Winter-Spring 1970 

Sanctuary Counteroffensive 

Counteroffensive, Phase VII 

DECORATIONS 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1969 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 25th Infantry Division, cited; 

DA GO 42, 1970) 

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (25th Infantry Division cited; DA GO 47, 1950) 

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered MASANCIII NJU (Headquarters, 25th Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 35, 195 1) 

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered MUNSAN-NI (Headquarters, 25th In fantry DivisEon, cited; DA GO 19, 1955) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Ga llantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VI ETNAM 1966- 1968 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 25th lnfantry 

Division, cited; DA GO 48, 1971) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1968- 1970 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 25th £nfantry 

Division, cited; DA GO 5, 1973) 

Republic of Vietnam Civi l Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer 

embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1970 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

25th Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 51, 197 1) 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 297 

HEADQUARTERSANDHEADQUARTERSCOMPANY 

1st BRIGADE, 25th INFANTRY DIVISION 

RA 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as Headquarters, 167th 

Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 84th Division. Organized 25 August 1917 at 

Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky. Demobilized in February 1919 at Camp 

Zachary Taylor, Kentucky. Reconstituted 24 June J 921 in the Organized Reserves 

as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, l67th Infantry Brigade, and 

assigned to the 84th Division. Organized in November 1921 in southern Indiana. 

Redesignated 23 March 1925 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, l67th 

Brigade. Redesignated 24 August 1936 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 167th Infantry Brigade. 

Converted and redesignated 23 February 1942 as the 84th Reconnaissance 

Troop (less 3d Platoon), 84th Division (Headquarters a nd Headquarters 

Company, 168th Infantry Brigade, concurrently converted and redesignated as 

the 3d Platoon, 84th Reconnaissance Troop, 84th Division). Troop ordered into 

active military service J 5 October 1942 and reorganized at Camp Howze, Texas, 

as the 84th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, an element of the 84th Infantry 

Division. Reorganized and redesignated 12 August 1943 as the 84th 

Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized. Inactivated 24 January 1946 at Camp 

Kilmer, New Jersey. Redesignated 19 Decernber 1.946 as the 84th Mechanized 

Cavalry Reconnaissance Platoon, an element of the 84th Airborne Division. 

Activated 11 June 1947 at Madison, Wisconsin. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as 

the Army Reserve.) Reorganized and redesignated 6 Apri l 1948 as the 

Reconnaissance Platoon, 84th Airborne Division. Reorganized and redesignated 

29 March 1951 as the 84th Airborne Reconnaissance Company, an element of the 

84th Airborne Division. Reorganized and redesignated l March J 952 as the 84th 

Reconnaissance Company, an element of the 84th lnfantry Division; location 

concurrently changed to App leton, Wisconsin. Location changed 18 May 1953 to 

Wausau, Wisconsin. Disbanded 18 May 1959 at Wausau, Wisconsin; concurrently 

reconstituted (less 3d Platoon) in the Regular Army as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, !67th Infantry Brigade (3d Pl atoon, 84th 

Reconnaissance Company- hereafter separate lineage). 

Redesignated 21 June 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, I st 

Brigade, 25th Infantry Divis.ion. Activated 26 August 1963 at Schofield Barracks, 

1-Iawaii. 

,, 
298 ARMIES, CORPS, DIV!SfONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War! 

Streamer w ithout inscription 

World War ll 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-/\ lsacc 

Central Europe 

Vietnam 

Counteroffensive 

Counteroffensive, Phase II 

Counteroffensive, Phase III 

Tel Counteroffensive 

Counteroffensive, Phase IV 

Counteroffensive, Phase V 

Counteroffensive, Phase VI 

Tet 69/Counteroffensive 

Summer- Fall 1969 

Winter-Spring 1970 

Sanctuary Counteroffensive 

Counteroffensive, Phase V II 

DECORATIONS 

Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered TAY NINI-1 PROVIN CE 

(Headquarters and Headquarters Company, I st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, 

cited; DA GO 42, 1969) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gal lantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1966- 1968 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, I st Brigade, 

25th Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 48, 1971 ) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VI ETN/\M 1968- 1970 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, I st Brigade, 

25th Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 5, 1973) 

Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer 

embroidered VI ETNAM 1966- 1970 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 51, 1971) 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 299 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

2d BRIGADE, 25th INFANTRY DIVISION 

LrNEAGE 

RA 

(active) 

Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as Headquarters, 168th 

Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 84th Division. Organized 25 August 1917 at 

Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky. Demobilized in February 1919 at Camp 

Zachary Taylor, Kentucky. Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves 

as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, !68th T nfantry Brigade, and 

assigned to the 84th Division. Organized in November 1921 in northern Indiana. 

Redesignated 23 March 1925 as Headquatiers and Headquarters Company, !68th 

Brigade. Redesignated 24 August 1936 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, I 68th Infantry Brigade. 

Converted and redesignated 23 February 1942 as the 3d Platoon, 84th 

Reconnaissance Troop, 84th Division (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

167th Infantry Bdgade, concurrently converted and redesignated as the 84th 

Reconnaissance Troop [less 3d Platoon], 84th Division). Troop ordered into 

active military service 15 October 1942 and reorganized at Cmnp Ilowze, Texas. 

as the 84th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, an clement of the 84th Infantry 

Division. Reorganized and redesignated 12 August I 943 as the 84th 

Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized. Inactivated 24 January 1946 at Camp 

Ki I mer, New Jersey. Redesignated 19 December 1946 as the 84th Mechanized 

Cavalry Reconnaissance Platoon, ru1 element of the 84th Airborne Division. 

Activated 11 June 1947 at Madison, Wisconsi11. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as 

t he Army Reserve.) Reorganized and redesignated 6 April 1948 as the 

Reconnaissance Platoon, 84th Airborne Division. Reorganized and redesignated 

29 March 1951 as the 84th Airborne Reconnaissance Company. Reorganized and 

redesignated 1 March 1952 as the 84th Reconnaissm1ce Company, an clement of 

the 84tb Infantry Division; location concurrently changed to Appleton, 

Wisconsin. Location changed 18 May 1953 to Wausau, Wisconsin. Disbanded 18 

May 1959 at Wausau, Wisconsin; 3d Platoon, 84th Reconnaissance Company, 

con curren tly reconstituted in the Regular Army as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 168th Infantry Brigade (remainder of company- hereafter separate lineage). 

Redesignated 21 June 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d 

Brigade, 25th Infantry Division. Activated 26 August 1963 at Schofield Barracks, 

Hawaii. 
300 ARMIES, CORPS, DiVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREOlT 

World War/ 

Streamer without inscription 

World War II 

Rhineland 

Ardetmes-Alsace 

Central Europe 

Vietnam 

Counteroffensive 

Coumeroffcnsivc, Phase II 

Counteroffensive. Phase III 

Tel Counteroffensive 

Counteroffensive. Phase IV 

Counteroffensive. Phase V 

Counterommsivc; Phase VI 

Tet 69iCountcroffensive 

Summer- Fall I 969 

Winter-Spring 1970 

Sanctuary Counteroffensive 

Cmmteroflcnsivc, Phase VII 

DECORATIONS 

Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered cu CHI IJISTRlCT (Headquarters 

and Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 25th infantry Division, cited; DA GO 

20, 1967) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry witJJ Pa lm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1966-1968 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 

25th l nJ~mtry Division. cited; DA GO 48, 1971) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1968-1 970 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade. 

25tll lnfantry Division, cited; DA GO 5, 1973) 

Republ ic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, f-irst Class, Streamer 

embroidered VTETNAM 1966-1970 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d 

Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 51 , 197 1) 
LI NEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 301 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

3d BRIGADE, 25th INFANTRY DLVlSION 

RA 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 24 June 192 1 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company. I 95th In fa ntry Brigade, and assigned to the 98th 

Division. Organized in November 1921 at Albany, New York. Redesignated 23 

March 1925 as Headquarters and He adquarters Company, I 95th Brigade. 

Redesignated 24 August 1936 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

I 95th lnf<mlry Brigade. 

Converted and redesi,gnated 20 February 1942 as the 98th Reconnaissance 

Troop (less 3d Platoon), 98th Division (Headquart e rs and Headquarters 

Company, I 96th Int~ try .13rigade, concurrently converted and redesignated as 

the 3d Platoon, 98th Reconnaissance Troop, 9Xth Division). Troop ordered into 

active military service 15 September 1942 and reorganized at Camp 

Brcckinridge, Kentucky, as the 98th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, an element 

of t.he 98th Infantry Division. Reorganized and redesignated 13 August 1943 as 

I he 98th Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized. Inactivated J 6 February 1946 in 

Ja pan. Redesignated 26 February 1947 as the 98th Mechanized Cavalry 

Reconnaissance Troop. Activated 12 March 194 7 at Utica, New York. Location 

changed 4 February 1948 to Syracuse, New York. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 

as the Army Reserve .) Location changed 13 August 1948 to Rochester, New 

York. Reorganized and redesignated 21 February 1949 as the 98th 

Reconnaissance Company. Disbanded 1 May 1959 at Rochester, New York; concurrently, reconstituted (less 3<.1 Platoon) in the Regular Army as Headquarters 

and Headqua rte rs Company, 195th Infantry Brigade (3d Platoon, 98th 

Reconnaissance Company-hereafter separate lineage). 

Redesignated 21 June 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d 

Brigade, 25th Infantry Division. Activated 12 August 1963 at Schofield Barracks, 

Hawaii. inactivated 24 July 1972 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. Activated 16 

November 1985 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. 

CAMPAI(iN PARTlCJPATTON C REDIT 

World War [[ 

t\siatic-Pacilic Theater, Streamer without inscription 

Vietnam 

Counteroffensive 

Counteroffensive, Phase 11 

Counteroffensive. Phase Il l 

Tel Co ntc offen~ive 

Counteroffensive. Phase IV 

Counteroffensive. Phase V 

Counteroffensive, Phase VI 

Tel 69/Counteroffensivc 

Summer Fall 1969 

Winter- Spring I 970 

Sanctuary Counteroffensive 

Counteroflensive, Phase VII 
302 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

D ECORATIONS 

Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered QUANG NGAI PROVINCE 

(Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 25th Tnfantry Division, 

cited; DA GO 43, 1972) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1965-1966; 1967-1968 (Headquarters and Headqumters Company, 3d 

Brigade, 25th lnt1mtry Division, cited; DA GO 48, 1971) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VI ETNAM 1966-1967 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 

25th Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 3, 1970, as amended by DA GO 38, 1970, 

and DA GO 48, 1971) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1968- 1970 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 

25th Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 5, 1973) 

Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Hono r Meda l, First Class, Streamer 

embroidered VIETNAM 1967- 1970 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d 

Brigade, 25th T nfantry Division, cited; DA GO 5 1, 1971) 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 303 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

4th BRIGADE, 25th INFANTRY DIVISION 

RA 

LINEAG E (inactive) 

Constituted 6 December 1969 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 4th Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, and activated at 

Schofie ld Barracks, Hawaii. Inactivated 15 December 1970 at Schofield 

Barracks, Hawaii. 

CAMPAI GN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

None. 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

25TH INFANTRY DIVISION B IBLIOGRAPHY 

Albright, John; Cash, .John A.; and Sandstrum, Allan W. Seven Firefights in 

Vietnam. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1970. 

Appleman, Roy E. South to the Naktong, North to the Yalu. United States Army in 

the Korean War. Washington: Government Printing Office, I 96 J. 

Barth, George B. 1i-opic Lightning and Taro Leafin Korea, .Juf:y 1950- May 1951. 

Athens, Greece, 1955. 

Baun, Richard A., ed. Combat Art of the 25th infantry Division, Vol. 3, 

.Januc11 y - June 1968. Tokyo: Dai Nippon Printing Co., 1968. 

___ . Tropic Lightning Combat Art, Vol. 4, July- December 1968. Tokyo: Dai 

Nippon Printing Co., 1968. 

Bergerud, Eric M. Red Thunde1; Tropic Lightning: The World War of a Combat 

Division in Vietnam. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 1993. 

Burns, John C., ed. 1969: Vietnam. The US. 25th Ji~fantry Division, October 

1968- December 1969. Tropic Lightning Association, J 970. 

and Berger, William F., eds. Tropic Lightning, A 1-JistoJy of the 25th 

Injdntry Division. Tokyo: Dai Nippon Printing Co., 1970. 

Campbell, Raymond P. "Armor in the Pacific: 25th Infantry Division- Hawaii." 

Armor 65 (September- October): 26- 27. 

Clark, Michael H. Tropic Lightning, Vietnam: 1 October 1967 to 1 October 1968. 

Doraville, Ga.: Albert Love Enterprises, 1968. 

Coli ins, Joseph L., comp. Operations of the 25th Infantry Division on 

Guadalcanal, 17 December 1942- 5 February 1943. n.p., 1943? 

---· War in Peacetilne: The History and Lessons of Korea. Boston: Houghton 

Mifflin Co., 1969. 

David, Allan A., ed. Battleground Korea, The Stmy of the 25th !JifantJ:Y Division. 

Tokyo: Kyoya Co., 195 I. 

Easte rbrook, Ernest F. "Realism in Counterinsurgency Training." Army 

''?formation Digest 17 (October 1962): 12- 21. 
304 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

Fitzpatrick, Richard, et al. Twenty-fifth Division ... Tropic Lightning. Paducah, 

Ky.: Turner Publishing Co., 1988. 

Former Commanders, 25th Infantry Division, "Tropic Lightning," 1941- 1980. 

Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, 1980. 

Hay, John H., Jr. Tactical and Materiel Innovations. Vietnam Studies. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1974. 

Hermes, Walter G. Truce Tent and Fighting Front. United States Army in the 

Korean War. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1966. 

History of the 25th Infcmtry Division and Miscellaneous Documents. n.p., 1970. 

Jacobs, Bruce. Soldiers: The Fighting Divisions of the Regular Army. New York: 

W. W. Norton and Co., 1958. 

___ . "Tropic Lightning. The Story ofthe 25th Infantry Division." SAGA: True 

Adventures.for Men. 9 (October 1954):24- 29ff. 

Kahn, E. J. , Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980. 

Karolevitz, Robert F., ed. The 25th Division and World War II. Baton Rouge: 

Army and Navy Publishing Co., 1946. 

Keating, Michael D., ed. Tropic Lightning Combat Art, Vol. 5, Jan.uwy- June 

1969. Tokyo: Tosho Printing Co., 1969. 

Korea 1950. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1952. 

Miller, John, jr. CARTWHEEL: The Reduction ofRabaul. United States Army in 

World War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1959. 

___ . Guadalcanal: The First Offensive. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1949. 

Morton, Lou is. Strategy and Command: The First 71-vo Years. United States Army 

in World War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, J 962. 

Mossman, Billy C. Ebb and Flow: November 1950- July 1951. United States 

Army in the Korean War. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1990. 

Operations of' the 25th Infantry Division in the Central Solomons, New 

Georgia- Arundel- Vella Lavella, 16 August 1943- 12 October 1943. n.p., 

1943? 

Operations of the 25th fnjcmtry Division, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 17 January 

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Puchalski, R. Vincent, ed. "The 25th :s- 25th ... in Combat." Tropic Lightning, 1 

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Enterprises, 1954. 

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1966- 1 October 1967. Doraville, Ga.: Albert Love Enterprises, 1967. 

Rutherford, William de Jarnette. 165 Days: A Sto1y of the 25th Division on 

Luzon. Manila, 1945. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 305 

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the Korean War. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1972. 

Seely, William H. III, ed. Combat Art of the 25th Jnfanlly "Tropic Lightning" 

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Small, B. 1. "25th Infantry Division." !nfantry 68 (September- October 

1978): 18- 22. 

Smith, Robert Ross. Triumph in the Philippines. United States Army in World 

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Tropic Lightning, A History of the 25th lnfantt:y Division. Vietnam, 1969? 

Tropic Lightning 25th lnfantl'y Division. Vietnam, 1970. 

Twenty-nfth Infantry Division . .. Tropic Lightning. Paducah, Ky.: Turner 

Publishing Co., 1995. 

25th Infantry Division (Tropic Lightning), 1941- 1955. Honolulu, Hawaii, 1955. 

25th lnfantl'y Division History of the Occupation of Japan, May 1948. n.p., I 948. 

Walthall, Melvin C. "Lightning Forward," A Histmy of the 25th lrif'cmtry Division 

(Tropic Lightning). Chester, Va., 1973 . 

---· "Tropic Lightning, "A History of the 25th Infantry Division (Tropic 

Lightning), 1941- 1978. n.p.: 25th Infantry Division Assn., 1978. 

Westover, John G. Combat Support in Korea. Washington: Combat Forces Press, 

1955. Reprint. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1990. 

Wolf, Duquesne A. The Infantry Brigade in Combat. First Brigade, 25th lrif'cmtry 

Division (Tropic Lightning) in the Third Viet Cong/North Vietnamese Army 

Offensive, Augustl968. Manhattan, Kans.: Sun·flower University Press, 1984. 

Zavyalov, V. "Tropical Lightn ing Impotent." Soviet Military Review 11 

(November 1968):50- 53. 

28th INFANTRY DIVISION 

(Keystone) 

H ERALDlC ITEMS 

SHOU LDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: 

Symbolism: 

A reel keystone. 

The keystone, symbol of the state of Pennsylvania, alludes to 

the nickname of the division. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGN IA 

Description: A gold colored metal and! enamel device, consisting of a disk 

on which the crest of the Pennsylvania National Guard is 

superimposed: On a wreath, argent and gules, a lion rampant 

guardant, proper, holding in dexter paw a naked scimitar 

argent hilted or and in sinister an escutcheon argent on a fess 

sable three plates. 

Symbolism: The device was designed by Benjamin Franklin, who aroused 

the people of Philade lphia when, during the war of the 

Spanish Secession, the Spaniards threatened that city. The 

shield on the device is that of William Penn, while the colors 

of the wreath, red and white, denote the predominantly 

English origin of the early settlements. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

28th INFANTRY DIVISION 

(Keystone) 

ARNG 

LIN EAGE (Pennsylvania) 

Organized 12- 20 March 1879 at Philadlelphia as Headquarters, Division of 

the National Guard of Pennsylvania. Mustered into federal service 29 June 1916 

at Mount Gretna as Headquarters, 7th Division; mustered out 23 February 1917 

at Philadelphia. Drafted into federal service 5 August 1917. Redesignated I 

September 19 17 as Headquarters, 28th Division. Demobilized 17 May 19 19 at 

Camp Dix, New Jersey. Reorganized and federally recognized 22 December 1921 

in the Pennsylvania National Guard at Philadelphia. (Headquarters Detachment, 

28th Division, organized and federally recognized 21 December 1921 at 

Philadelphia.) Location of Headquarters changed 12 March 1933 to Harrisburg. 

Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 28th Division, inducted into federal 

service 17 February 1941 at Harrisburg and Philadelphia. Reorganized and redes307 
308 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

ignated 17 February 1942 as Headquarters, 28th lnfantry Division. Inactivated 13 

December 1945 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Reorganized and federally recognized 20 November 1946 at Harrisburg (Headquarters Company, 28th Infantry 

Division, concurrently reorganized and federally recognized at Harrisburg from 

the 28th Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized [see t\NNEX 1 ]). Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 28th Infantry Division, ordered into active federal service 5 September 1950 at Harrisburg. (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

28th Infantry Division (NGUS), organized and federally recognized 22 June 1953 

at Harrisburg.) Released from active federal service 15 June 1954 and reverted to 

state control; federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 28th Infantry Division (NGUS). (Headquarters 

Company, 28th Infantry Division, consolidated 1 July 1959 with the Medical 

Detachment, Division Headquarters, 28th Infantry Division [see ANN EX 2], and 

the 28th Military Police Company [see ANNEX 3], and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters Company, 28th Infantry Division.) 

ANN EX 1 

Organized 15 April 1861 in the Pennsylvania Militia at Harrisburg as the 

Harrisburg Rifles. Redesignated 1 June 1861 as the First City Zouaves. Mustered 

into federal service 27 May 1862; mustered out 28 May 1862. Mustered into federal service 26 July 1862 at Harrisburg as Company A, 127th Pennsylvania 

Volunteer Infantry Regiment; mustered out 8 May 1863 at Harrisburg. Mustered 

into active state service 29 June 1863 at Harrisburg as the 2d Company, 

Pennsylvania Volunteer Emergency Militia; mustered out 6 July 1863. 

Reorganized 8 March 1869 in the Pennsylvania Militia at Harrisburg as the First 

City Zouaves. (Pennsylvania Militia redesignated 7 April 1870 as the 

Pennsylvania National Guard.) Redesignated 16 December 1870 as Company A, 

First City Zouaves Battal ion. Redesignated 17 November 1871 as the City Grays. 

Redesignated 30 June 1874 as Company D, 8th Infantry Regiment. Mustered into 

federal service 12 May 1898 at Mount Gretna as Company D, 8th Pe1u1sylvania 

Volunteer Infantry; mustered out 7 May 1899 at Augusta, Georgia. Reorganized 

21 April 1899 at Harrisburg as Company D, 8th Infantry Regiment. Mustered into 

federal service 9 July 1916 at Mount Gretna; mustered out 27 February 1917 at 

Harrisburg. Mustered into federal service 19 July 1917 at Harrisburg; drafted into 

federal service 5 August 1917. Consolidated II October 1917 with Company D, 

16th Infantry Regiment (organized in 1871), and consolidated unit reorganized 

and redesignated as Company D, 112th Infantry, an element of the 28th Division. 

Demobilized 6 May 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey. Former Company D, 8th 

Infantry Regiment, reorganized and federally recognized 27 July 1920 in the 

Pennsylvania National Guard at Harrisburg as Company D, 8th Infantry. 

Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1921 as Headquarters Company, 55th 

Infantry Brigade, an element of the 28th Division. Inducted into federal service 

17 February J 94 J at Harrisburg. Converted and redesignated 17 February 1942 as 

the 28th Mechanized Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, an element of the 28th 

Infantry Division. Reorganized and redesignated 17 August 1943 as the 28th 

Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized. Inactivated 27 October t945 at Camp 

Shelby, Mississippi. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 309 

ANNEX 2 

Organized and federally recognized I 0 February 1922 in the Pennsylvania 

Nationa l Guard at Harrisburg as the Medical Department Detachment, 28th 

Division Quartermaster Train. Reorganized and redesignated 17 April 1936 as the 

Medical Department Detachment, I 03d Quartermaster Regiment, an element of 

the 28th Division. Inducted into federal service 17 February 1941 at Harrisburg. 

(I 03d Quartermaster Regiment reorganized and redesignated 17 February 1942 

as the I 03d Quartermaster Battalion, an element of the 28th Infantry Division; 

reorganized and redesignated 12 November 1942 as the 28th Quartermaster 

Company, an element of the 28th Infantry Division; inactivated 3 December 1945 

at Camp Shelby, Mississippi.) 

Former Medical Department Detachment, I 03d Quartermaster Regiment, 

reorga ni zed and federal ly recognized 20 November 1946 at Harrisburg as 

Headquarters, Special Troops, 28th Infantry Division. Converted and redesignated I February 1949 as the Medical Detachment, 28th Infantry Division. Ordered 

in to active federal se rvice 5 September 1950 at Harrisburg. (Med ical 

Detachment, 28th fnfantry Division [NGUS], organized and federally recognized 

12 October 1953 at Harrisburg.) Released from active federal service 15 June 

1954 and reverted to state control; federal recognition concurrently withdrawn 

from the Medical Detachment, 28th Infantry Division (NGUS). 

ANNEX 3 

Organized in July 191 7 in the Pennsylvania National Guard at Harrisburg as 

llcadquarters Detachment, Pennsylvania Supply Train. Drartecl into federal service 

5 August 1917. Reorganized and redesignated I I October 1917 as Headquarters 

Company, I 03d Supply Train, an clement of the 28th Division. Demobilized 20 

May 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey. Reorganized 15 December 192 1 in the 

Pennsylvania National Guard at Harrisburg as Headquarters Detachment, 28th 

Division Quartermaster Train; federa lly recognized 22 Decembe r 1921. 

Reorganized and redesignated 17 April 1936 as Headquarters Company, 1 03d 

Quartermaster Regiment, an element of the 28th Division. Inducted into federal 

service 17 February 1941 at Harrisburg. ( 1 03d Quartermaster Regiment reorganized and redesignated 17 February 1942 as the I 03d Quartermaster Battalion, an 

clement of the 28th Infantry Division; reorganized and redesignated 12 November 

1942 as the 28th Quartermaster Company, an element of the 28th Infantry 

Division; inactivated 3 December 1945 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi.) 

Former Headquarters Company, 103d Quartermaster Regiment, converted 

and redesignated 24 May 1946 as the 28th Military Police Company, an element 

of the 28th Infantry Division. Reorganized and federally recognized 20 

November 1946 at Harrisburg. Ordered into active federal service 5 September 

1950 at Harrisburg. (28th Military Police Company [NGUS] organized and federally recognized 23 June 1953 at I larrisburg.) Released from active federal service 

15 June 1954 and reverted to state control; federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from the 28th Military Police Company (NGUS). 

Home Station: Harrisburg 
310 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War I 

Champagne-Marne 

Aisne-Marnc 

Oise-Aisne 

Meuse-Argonne 

Champagne J 9 18 

Lorraine 1918 

World War 11 

Normandy 

Northern France 

Rhineland 

A rdcnncs-Aisace 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

Luxembourg Croix de Gue rre, Streamer embroidered LUXEMBOURG 

(Headquarters, 28th Infantry Division; 28th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop; and 

28th Quartermaster Company cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

Headquarters Company additionally e nti tled to Meritorious Unit 

Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER (28th 

Quartermaster Company cited; GO L 1, 28th Infantry Division, 1945) 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 311 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

2d BRIGADE, 28th INFANTRY DIVISION 

ARNG 

LINEAGE (Pennsylvania) 

Organized 1 July 1872 at Washington as the Washington Guards. 

Reorganized and redesignated 28 November 1873 in the Pennsylvania National 

Guard as Company H, 1Oth Infantry Regiment. Mustered into federal service 12 

May 1898 at Mount Gretna as Company H, 1Oth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry; 

mustered out 22 August 1899 at San Francisco, California. Reorganized in 1900 

at Washington as Company H, 1Oth Infantry Regiment. Mustered into federal service 2 July 1916 at Mount Gretna; mustered out 25 October- ! November 1916 at 

Washington. Drafted into federal service 5 August 1917. Consolidated 11 

October 1917 with Company H, 3d Infantry Regiment (organized in 1868), and 

consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as Company H, llOth Infantry, an 

element of the 28th Division. Demobilized 24 May 1919 at Camp Dix, New 

Jersey. Former Company H, 1Oth Infantry Regiment, reorganized 28 June 1920 in 

the Pennsylvania National Guard at Washington as Company H, 1Oth Infantry; 

federa lly recognized 12 July 1920. Redesignated I April 1921 as Company H, 

11 Oth Infantry, an element of the 28th Division (later redesignated as the 28th 

Infantry Division). Inducted into federal service 17 February 1941 at Washington. 

Inactivated 25 October 1945 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Reorganized and federally recognized 3 September 1946 at Washington. Ordered into active federa l 

service 5 September 1950 at Washington. (Company H, 110th Infantry [NGUS], 

organized and federally recognized 22 June 1953 at Washington.) Released from 

active federa l service 15 June 1954 and reverted to state control; federa l recognition concurrently withdrawn from Company H, !lOth Infantry (NGUS). 

Reorganized and redesignated 1 June 1959 as part of Company C, 1st Battle 

Group, 11 Oth Infantry. 

Consolidated I April 1963 with Headquarters Company, 1st Battle Group, 

!lOth Infantry (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated 

as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 28th Infantry Division. 

Converted and redesignated 17 February 1968 as the 689th Military Police 

Company and relieved from assignment to the 28th Infantry Division. Converted 

and redesignated 1 September 1969 as the 408th General Supply Company. 

Converted and redesignated I April 1975 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 2d Brigade, 28th Infantry Division. 

ANNEX 

Organized and federally recognized 8 June 1921 in the Pennsylvania National 

Guard at Washington as Headquarters Company, I st Battalion, II Oth Infantry, an 

element of the 28th Division (later redesignated as the 28th Infantry Division). 

Tnducted into federa l service 17 February 1941 at Washington. Inactivated 25 

October 1945 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Reorganized and federally recognized 

12 December 1946 at Washington as Headquarters Company, I lOth Infantry. 

Orde red into active federal service 5 September 1950 at Washington. 

(Headquarters Company, II Oth Infantry [NGUS], organized and federally recog-
312 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

nized 16 July 1953 at Washington.) Released from active federal service 15 June 

1954 and reverted to state control; federal recognition concurrently withdrawn 

from Headquarters Company, 11 Oth Infantry (NGUS). Reorganized and redesignated I June 1959 as Headquarters Company, I st Battle Group, 11 Oth Infantry. 

Home Station: Washington 

CAJvJJ>ALGN PARTTCIPATION CREUlT 

War with Spain 

Manila 

Philippine Insurrection 

Manila 

Malolos 

World War I 

Champagnc-Mame 

A isnc-Mame 

Oise-Aisne Meuse-Argonne 

hampag•~e 1918 

Lorraine 1918 

World War II 

Normandy 

Northern ·France 

Rhineland 

Ardem1es-AI sacc 

Central Europe 

D ECORATIONS 

Luxembourg Croix de Guerre, Streamer embroidered LUXEMBOURG (lJOth 

lnf;mtry cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 313 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

55th BRIGADE, 28th INFANTRY DlVlSION 

ARNG 

LrNEAGE (Pennsylvania) 

Organized 29 July 1898 in the Pennsylvania Nationa l Guard at Scranton as 

Company K, 11th Infantry Regiment. Redesignated 8 August I X99 as Company 

K, 13th Infantry. Mustered into federal ser vice 26 September 1916 at Mount 

Gretna; drafted into federal service 5 August 1917. Consolidated 11 October 

1917 with Company K, 1st Infantry Regiment (organized in 1876), and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as Company K, I 09th Infantry, an element of the 28th Division. Demobilized 20 May 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey. 

Former Company K, 13th Infantry Regiment, reorganized 6 July 1920 in the 

Pennsylvania National Guard at Scranton as Company K, l3tJl Infantry; federally 

recognized 20 July 1920. Redesignated 1 April 1921 as Company B, 1 09th 

Infantry, an clement of the 28th Division (later redesignated as the 28th Infantry 

Division). Inducted into federal service 17 February 1941 at Scranton. Inactivated 

22 October 1945 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Reorganized and federally re.cognizcd 17 December 1946 at Scranton. Ordered into active federal service 5 

September 1950 at Scranton. (Company B, 109th Infantry [NGUS], organized 

and federally recognized 13 July 1953 at Scranton.) Released from active federal 

service 15 June 1954 and reverted to state control; federal recognition concurren tly withdrawn from Company B, 109th Infantry (NGUS). Reorganized and 

redesignated I June 1959 as Company B, I st Battle Group, l 09th Infantry. 

Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1963 as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 28th Infantry Division. Redesignated 17 

February 1968 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 55th Brigade, 28th 

In fantry Djvision. 

Home Station: Scranton 

CI\MPI\IGN PARTICLJ>ATION CREDIT 

World War 1 

Champagne-Marne 

A ism:-Marne 

Oise-Aisne 

Meusc-1\rgonne 

ChampaJ:,'lle 1918 

Lorraine 1918 

World War ll 

Normandy 

1\orthern France Rhineland 

1\rdcnm:s-A I sace Cemral Europe 
314 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

D ECORATIONS 

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, Streamer embroidered COLMAR ( I 09th 

Infantry cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

Luxembourg Croix de Guerre, Streamer embroidered LUXEMBOURG (109th 

Infantry cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 315 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

56th BRIGADE, 28th INFANTRY DIVISION 

ARNG 

LINEAGE (Pennsylvania) 

Organized 1 May 1800 at Philadelphia as the Weccacoe Fire Company of the 

Philadelphia City Volunteer Fire Department. Reorganized as Company B, 72d 

Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment (Fire Zouave Regiment), and mustered 

into federal service I 0 August 1861 at Philadelphia; mustered out 24 August 

1864 at Philadelphia. Reorganized 17 September 1867 in the Pennsylvania 

Militia at Philadelphia as Company A, Weccacoe Legion. Redesignated 6 March 

J 868 as Company A, Keystone Guards. Disbanded 30 September 1868 at 

Philadelphia (Weccacoe Fire Company remained in service). (Pennsylvania 

Militia redesignated 7 April 1870 as the Pennsylvania National Guard.) Weccacoe 

Legion reorganized 29 April 1870 in the Pennsylvania National Guard at 

Philadelphia as a company. Expanded 22 Octobcr- 26 November 1878 as a battalion; former Company A, Keystone Guards, reorganized 30 October 1878 as 

Company A, Weccacoe Legion. Redesignated 31 .July 1879 as Company E, 3d 

Int~mt y Regiment. Redesignated 31 October 1880 as Company A, 3d Infantry 

Regiment. Mustered into fede ral service II May 1898 at Mount Gretna as 

Company A, 3d Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry; mustered out 22 October 1898 

at Philadelphia. Reorganized I February 1899 at Philadelphia as Company A, 3d 

Infantry Regiment. Mustered into federal service 1 July 1916 at Philadelphia; 

mustered out 18 October 1916. Mustered into federal service 28 March 1917 at 

Philadelphia; drafted into federal service 5 August 19 L 7. Consolidated 11 

October 1917 with Company A, lOth Infantry Regiment (organized in 1869), and 

consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as Company A, 11 Oth Infantry, an 

element of the 28th Division. Demobilized 24 May 1919 at Camp Dix, New 

Jersey. Former Company A, 3d JJ1fantry Regiment, reorganized 2 August 1920 in 

the Pennsylvania National Guard at Philadelphia as Company A, 3d Infantry; federally recognized 7 August 1920. Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1921 as 

the Howitzer Company, 111 th Infantry, an element of the 28th Division. 

Consolidated I October 1939 with Headquarters Company, Ill th Infantry (see 

ANNEX 1 ), and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters Company, 111 th 

Infantry. Inducted into federal service 17 February 1941 at Philadelphia. (lllth 

Infantry relieved 17 February 1942 from assignment to the 28th Division.) 

Inactivated 22 November 1945 at Camp Anza, California. Reorganized and federally recognized 27 February J 947 at Philadelphia. Consolidated 1 June 1959 with 

the Medical Company, Ill th Infantry (see ANNEX 2), and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters Company, lst Battle Group, 111th 

Infantry, an element of the 28th Infantry Division. 

Reorganized and redesignated 1 Apri I 1963 as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade, 28th Infantry Division. Redesignated 17 

February 1968 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 56th Brigade, 42d 

Infantry Division. Redesignated 1 April 197 5 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 56th Brigade, 28th lnfantry Division. 
316 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVIS tONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

ANNEX l 

Organized 31 December 1914 in the Pennsylvania National Guard at 

Philadelphia as the provisional Headquarters Company, 6th Infantry Regiment. 

Mustered into fede ral service 7 July 1916 at Philadelphia. Reorganized 7 

September 1.91.6 as Headquarters Company, 6th Infantry Regiment. Mustered out 

of federal service 28 February 1917. Drafted into federal service 5 August 1917. 

Consolidated 11 October 19 I 7 with Headquarters Company, 18th Infantry 

Regiment (organized in 1914), and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters Company, 111 th Infantry, an element of the 28th Division. 

Demobilized 13 May 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey. Former Headquarters 

Company, 6th Infantry Regiment, reorganized 1 November 1919 in the 

Pennsylvania National Guard at Philadelphia as Headquarters Company, 6th 

Infantry. Redesignated I April 1921 as Headquarters Company, 111 th Infantry, an 

element of the 28th Division; federally recognized 5 August 1921. 

ANNEX 2 

Organized 1 May 1903 in the Pennsylvania National Guard at Philadelphia as 

the Hospital Corps, 6th Infantry Regiment. Redesignated 20 December 1915 as 

the Sanitary Detachment, 6th Infantry Regiment. Mustered into federal service 7 

July 1916 at Philadelphia; mustered out 28 February 1917. Drafted into federal 

service 5 August 1917. Consolidated 11 October 1917 with the Sanitary 

Detachment, 18th Infantry Regiment (organized in 1903), and consolidated unit 

reorganized and redesignated as the Sanitary Detachment, 111 th Infantry, an element of the 28th Division. Demobilized 13 May 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey. 

Former Sanitary Detachment, 6th Infantry Regiment, reorganized 7 August 1920 

in the Pennsylvania National Guard at Philadelphia as the Sanitary Detachment, 

6th Infantry. Redesignated 1 April 1921 as the Medical Department Detachment, 

111 th Infantry, an element of the 28th Division; federally recognized 29 July 

1921. Redesignated l May 1940 as the Medical Detachment, 11 1 th Infantry. 

Inducted into federal service I 7 February 1941 at Philadelphia. (lllth Infantry 

relieved J 7 February 1942 from assignment to the 28th Division.) Inactivated 22 

November 1945 Camp Anza, California. Reorganized and federally recognized 

29 March 1948 at Philadelphia. Reorganized and redesignated 1 December 1948 

as the Medical Company, 111 th Infantry. 

Home Station: Philadelphia 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDlT 

Civil War 

Peninsula 

Antietam 

Fredericksburg 

Chancellorsville Gettysburg 

Wilderness 

Spotsylvania 

Cold Harbor 

Petersburg 

Virginia 1863 

World War/ 

Champagne-Marne 

Aisne-Marne 

Oise-Aisne 

Meuse-Argonne 

Champagne 1918 

Lorraine 1918 

World War II 

Central Pacific 

Eastern Mandates 

Western Pacitic 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

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29th INFANTRY DIVISION 

(Blue and Gray) 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: Upon a disc with a green border, a taeguk, the curves being 

circles of half the radius of the disc, with the heraldic dexter 

half being blue and the sin ister half gray. 

Symbolism: In 1918, when shoulder sleeve insignia were first authorized, 

the division was composed of two National Guard units from 

the North and from the South. Therefore, the North is represented by the blue and the South by gray. 

DJSTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

Description: A gold colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a fleurde-lis with one red petal between two green petals separated 

by two gold barbs and connected by a red crossbar and centered overall a gold bayonet point up; on a curving blue scroll 

terminating under the green petals of either side of the fleurde-lis, the words TWENTY-NINE LET'S GO, in gold letters. 

Symbolism: The unit's participation in campaigns of both World War I and 

World War II, in France and Central Europe, is represented by 

the fleur-de-lis, with the bayonet at center denoting the 

infantry combat function; the colors red and green and the 

barbs of the fleur-de-lis denote the award of the French Croix 

de Guerre with Palm, World War II, for participation in the 

amphibious landing on the beaches of Normandy. The color 

blue is traditional to the infantry branch, and gold is symbolic 

of honor and achievement. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

29th INFANTRY DIVISION 

(Blue and Gray) 

ARNG 

LINEAGE (Maryland, Massachusetts, and Virginia) 

Constituted 18 July 19 17 in the National Guard as Headquarters, 29th 

Division (to be organized with troops from Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, 

Virginia, and the District of Columbia). Organized 25 August 1917 at Camp 

McClellan, Alabama. Demobilized 30 May 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey. 

319 
320 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVfSIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

Reorganized and federally recognized 31 July J 923 at Washington, District of 

Columbia. Inducted into federal service 3 February 1941 at Washington, District 

of Columbia. Reorganized and redesignated I2 March J 942 as Headquarters, 

29th Infantry Division. J nactivated 17 January I 946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. 

Reorganized and federally recognized in part 23 October 1946 at Norfolk, 

Virginia (location changed 22 March 1963 to Staunton, Virginia), and in part 14 

January 1947 at Baltimore, Maryland. 

Mary land part reorgan ized and redesignated 21 January 1968 as 

Headquarters, 3d Brigade, 28th Infantry Division; Virginia part disbanded 1 

February I 968 at Staunton. Headquarters, 3d Brigade, 28th Infantry Division, 

reorganized and redesignated I December 1971 as Headquarters, 58th Brigade, 

28th Infantry Division. Reorganized and redesignated I Apri I I 975 as 

Headquarters, 58th Infantry Brigade, and relieved from assignment to the 28th 

Infantry Division. Location changed 1 October 1981 to Pikesville, Maryland. 

Consolidated 30 September 1985 with Virginia part of Headquarters, 29th 

Infantry Division (concurrently reconstituted in the Virginia Army National 

Guard), and consolidated unit reorganized at Fort Belvior, Virginia, as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 29th Infantry Division. 

Home Station: Fort Belvoir, Virginia (less Detachment at Baltimore, Maryland) 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War! 

Meuse-Argonne Alsace 19 18 

World War // 

Normandy (with arrowhead) 

Northern France 

Rhineland 

Central Europe 

DECORATLONS 

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered 

BEACHES OF NORMANDY (Headquarters, 29th Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 

43, 1950) 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 321 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

1st BRIGADE, 29th INFANTRY DIVISION 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

ARNG 

LINEAGE (Virginia) 

Organized 17 March 1858 in the Virginia Militia at Staunton as the West 

Augusta Guard, a volunteer company in the 32d Regiment. Assigned J 3 April 

1861 to the 5th Regiment, Virginia Volunteers. Mustered into Confederate States 

service I July 1861 as Company L, 5th Virginia Infantry. Surrendered 9 April 

1865 at Appomattox Court House, Virginia. Reorganized 19 February 1874 in the 

Virginia Volunteers at Staunton as the West Augusta Guard. Redesignated 2 May 

1881 as Company B, 2d Regiment of Infantry. Disbanded 17 October 1885 at 

Staunton. Reorganized 27 April 1892 in the Virginia Volunteers at Staunton as 

Company K, 2d Regiment of Infantry. Mustered into federal service 13 May 1898 

at Richmond as Company K, 2d Virginia Volunteer Infantry; mustered out 14 

December 1898 at Staunton. Reorganized 12 September 1899 at Staunton as the 

West Augusta Guard. Redesignated I October 1900 as Company K, 70th Infantry. 

Redesignated 1 September 1908 as Company K, 1st Infantry. (Virginia Volunteers 

redesignated 3 June 1916 as the Virginia National Guard.) Mustered into federal 

service 30 June 1916 at Richmond; mustered out 16 January 1917 at Richmond. 

Mustered into federal service I August 1917; drafted into federal service 5 August 

1917. Consoliclatecl4 October 1917 with Company I, lst Infantry (see ANNEX 1), 

and Headquarters Company, 1 st lnfantry (organized 6 April 1917 at Staunton), and 

consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as part of Company A, I 16th 

In fan try, an element of the 29th Division. Demobilized 30 May 1919 at Camp Lee, 

Virginia. Consolidated 30 November 1920 with the Valley Riflemen (organized 23 

August 1918 in the Virginia Volunteers at Staunton; disbanded I I March 1920 at 

Staunton) and the former Machine Gun Company, 2d Infantry (see ANNEX 2), and 

consolidated unit reorganized and federally recognized in the Virginia National 

Guard at Staunton as the I st Company, 2d Provisional Regiment. Redesignated I 

April 1921 as Company A, 2d Provisional Regiment. Redesignated 12 October 

192 1 as Company L, 2d Infantry. Redesignated 9 March 1922 as Company L, 

I 16th Infantry, an element of the 29th Division (later redesignated as the 29th 

lnfantry Division). Inducted into federal service 3 February 1941 at Staunton. 

Inactivated 6 January 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. Reorganized and federally recognized 5 March 1947 at Staunton. Reorganized and redesignated 1 June 

1959 as Company B, 2d Battle Group, I 16th Infantry. Reorganized and redesignated 22 March 1963 as Company B, 2d Battalion, I 16th Infantry. 

Reorganized and redesignated I February 1968 as part of the 28th 

Administration Company, an clement of the 28th Infantry Division. Reorganized 

and redesignated I December 1971 as Detachment 3, 28th Adjutant General 

Company, an element of the 28th Infantry Division. 

Relieved 1 Apri l 1975 from assignment to the 28th Infantry Division; concurrently consolidated with Headquarters and Headqua rters Company, 116th 

Brigade, 28th Infantry Division (sec ANNEX 3), and consolida ted unit reorga-
322 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVlSIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

nized and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, I 16th 

Infantry Brigade. Reorganized and redesignated I May 1986 as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, I st Brigade, 29th Infantry Division. 

ANNEX I 

Organized 2 July 190 I in the Virginia Volunteers at Staunton as the Staunton 

Rifles. Redesignated 19 May 1905 as Company A, 72d Infantry. Redesignated I 

September 1908 as Company A, 2d Infantry. Redesignated 2 April 19 I 3 as 

Company 1, 1st Infantry. (Virginia Volunteers redesignated 3 June 1916 as the 

Virginia National Guard.) Mustered into federal service 30 June 1916 at 

Richmond; mustered out 16 January 1917 at Richmond. Mustered into federal 

service 3 August 191 7 at Staunton; drafted into federal service 5 August 1917. 

ANNEX 2 

Organized 28 June 19 16 in the Virginia National Guard at Staunton as the 

Machine Gun Company, 2d Infantry. Mustered into federal service 30 June 1916 

at Richmond; mustered out 28 February 1917 at Richmond. Mustered into federa l 

service 2 Apri I 1917 at Staunton; drafted in to fede ral servi ce 5 August 191 7. 

Reorganized and redesignated 4 October 1917 as part of the Machine Gun 

Company, !16th Jnt~llltry, an element of the 29th Divis.ion. Demobilized 30 May 

1919 at Camp Lee, Virginia. 

ANNEX 3 

Organized and federally recognized I 0 September 1956 in the Virginia Army 

National Guard at Staunton as Headquarters Company, I 16th Infantry, an element of the 29th Infantry Division. Consolidated I June 1959 with the Tank 

Company, ! 16th Infantry (organized and federally recognized 1 October I 952 at 

Lexington) and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as Company D, 

2d Battle Group, 1 I 6th Infantry. Reorganized and redesignated 22 March 1963 as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 29th Infantry Division. 

Reorganized and redesignated l February I 968 as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, I 16th Brigade, 28th Infantry Division. 

Ho.me Station: Staunton 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

Civil War (Confederate service) 

First Manassas 

Peninsula 

Valley 

Second Manassas 

Sharpsburg 

Fredericksburg 

Chancellorsvi lie 

Gettysburg 

Wilderness 

Spotsylvania 

Shenandoah 

Petersburg 

Appomattox 

Virginia I 861 

V irginia I 862 

Virginia I 863 

Virginia 1864 

Maryland 1864 

World War I 

Meuse-Argonne 

Alsace 1918 

World War II 

Normandy (with arrowhead) 

Northern France 

Rhineland 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

323 

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered NORMANDY (I 16th 

Infantry cited; WD GO 73, 1944) 

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered 

OEACIIES OF NORMANDY (I 16th Infantry cited; DA 00 43, 1950) 
324 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVlSIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

3d BRIGADE, 29th INFANTRY DIVISION 

LJNEAGE 

ARNG 

(Maryland) 

Organized 22 November 1909 in the Maryland National Guard at Baltimore as 

Company A, Hospital Corps. Reorganized and redesignated 19 February 1913 as 

Field Hospital No. 1. Mustered into federal service 29 June 1916; mustered out 6 

January J 917. Mustered into federal service 25 July J 917; drafted into federal service 5 August 1917. Reorganized and redesignated 10 October 1917 as Field 

Hospital Company No. 113, an element of the 29th Division. Demobilized 4 June 

1919 at Camp Meade, Maryland. Reorganized and federally recognized 12 April 

1921 in the Maryland National Guard at Baltimore as Hospital Company No. 1. 

Redesignated I 0 January 1922 as the !13th Hospital Company, an element of the 

29th Division. Reorganized and redesignated I January 1937 as Company I, 104th 

Medical Regiment, an element of the 29th Division (later redesignated as the 29th 

Infantry Division). Redesignated I December 1939 as Company 1-I, I 04th Medical 

Regiment. Inducted into federal service 3 February 1941 at Baltimore. Reorganized 

and redesignated 12 March 1942 as the Clearing Company, 1 04th Medical 

Battalion. Inactivated 17 January 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. Reorganized 

and federally recognized 30 March 1948 at Baltimore. Reorganized and redesignated l March 1959 as Company B, 104th Medical Battalion. Redesignated I March 

1963 as Company C, I 04th Medical Battalion; location concurrently changed to 

Pikesville. Location changed 22 August 1964 to Baltimore. 

Converted and redesignated 21 January 1968 as part of Company A, 228th 

Supply and Transport Battalion, an element of the 28th Infantry Division. 

Ordered into active federal service 7 April 1968 at Baltimore; released from 

active fede ral service 12 April 1968 and reverted to state control. Reorganized 

and redesignated J December 1971 as Detachment 2, Company A, 228th Supply 

and Transport Battalion. 

Relieved 1 April 1975 from assignment to the 28th Infantry Division; concurrently consolidated with Headquarters Company, 58th Brigade, 28th Infantry 

Division (see ANN EX 1); Detachment 2, Company B, 228th Supply and Transport 

Battalion (see ANNEX 2); Detachment 2, 28th Military Police Company (see 

ANNEX 3); Detachment 2, 28th Finance Company (organized and federally recognized 17 November 1959 at Baltimore); and Detachment 2, 28th Adjutant 

General Company (organized and federally recognized 1 December 1971 at 

Baltimore), and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters 

Company, 58th Infantry Brigade. Location changed 1 October 1981 to Pikesville. 

Reorganized and redesignated L July 1985 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 3d Brigade, 29th Infantry Division. 

ANNEX 1 

Organized and federally recognized 30 September 1921 in the Maryland 

National Guard at Baltimore as the I 13th Collecting Company, an element of the 

29th Division. Location changed 30 April 1931 to Towson. Reorganized and 

redesignated I January 1937 as Company C, 104th Medical Regiment, an ele-
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 325 

mcnt of the 29th Division (later redesignated as the 29th lnfantry Division). 

Redesignated I December 1939 as Company A, I 04th Medical Regiment. 

I nductccl into federal service 3 February 1941 at Towson. Reorganized and redesignated 12 March 1942 as Company A, 104th Medical Battalion. Inactivated 17 

January 1946 at Camp Ki I mer, New Jersey. 

Expanded to form Headquarters Company, I 15th Infantry (reorganized and 

federa lly recognized I 0 December 1946 at Towson), and Company A, I 04th 

Medica l Battalion (reorganized and federally recognized 8 May 1947 at 

Baltimore), elements of the 29th Infantry Division (Company A, l 04th Medical 

Battalion- hereafter separate lineage). 

Headquarters Company, !15th Infantry, reorganized and redesignated I 

March 1959 as Headquarters Company, 1st Battle Group, I 15th Infantry. 

Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1963 as Headquarters Company, 3d 

Brigade, 29th Infantry Division. Reorganized and redesignated 21 January 1968 

as Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 28th Infantry Division. Ordered into 

active federal service 7 April 1968 at Towson; released from active federal service 12 April 1968 and reverted to state control. Reorganized and redesignated I 

December 1971 as Headquarters Company, 58th Brigade, 28th Infantry Division. 

/\NNEX 2 

Organized and federally recognized 11 December 1946 in the Maryland 

National Guard at Baltimore as the 726th Transportation Company. Ordered into 

active federal service 19 August 1950 at Baltimore. (726th Transportation 

Company [NGUS] organized and federally recognized 15 February 1954 at 

Baltimore.) Released from active federal service 21 February 1955 and reverted to 

state contro l; fe dera l recogni tion concurrently withdrawn from 726th 

Transportation Company (NGUS). Reorganized and redesignated I March 1959 as 

Company C, 229th Transportation Battalion, an element of the 29th Infantry 

Division. Consolidated I March 1963 with Company A, 229th Transportation 

Battalion (organized and federally recognized II December 1946 at Baltimore), 

and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as Company B, 229th Supply 

and Transport Battalion, an element of the 29th Infantry Division. Reorganized and 

redesignated 21 January 1968 as a platoon of Company B, 228th Supply and 

Transport Battalion, an clement of the 28th Infantry Division. Ordered into active 

federal service 7 Apri I L968 at Baltimore; released from active federal service 12 

April 1968 and reverted to state control. Reorganized and redesignated 1 December 

197 1 as Detachment 2, Company 13, 228th Supply and Transport Battalion. 

ANNEX 3 

Organized and federally recognized 26 March 1930 in the Maryland National 

Guard at Pikesville as Headquarters Battery and Combat Train, 2d Battalion, 

I I Oth Field Artillery, an element of the 29th Division. Reorganized and redesignated I July 1940 as Headquarters Battery, 2d Battalion, I I Oth Field Artillery. 

I nductccl into federal service 3 February 194 I at Pikesvi lie. Reorganized and 

redesignated 12 March 1942 as Headquarters Battery, 224th Field Artillery 

Oattalion, an element of the 29th Infantry Division. Inactivated 16 January I 946 

at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. Reorganized and federally recognized 25 November 
326 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

1946 at Pikesville. Reorganized and redesignated I March 1959 as Headquarters 

Battery, 2d Howitzer Battalion, I lOth Artillery, an element of the 29th Infantry 

Division. Consolidated l March 1963 with Battery B, 2d Missile Battalion, 70th 

Arti llery (organized and federally recognized 15 October 1956 at Catonsville) 

and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as Battery D, I st Battalion, 

I I Oth Artillery. 

Converted and redesignated 21 January 1968 as the 2d Platoon, 28th Military 

Police Company, an element of the 28th Infantry Division. Ordered into active 

federal service 7 April 1968 at Pikesv ille~ released from active federal service I 2 

A pri I 1968 and reverted to state control. Reorganized and redesignated I 

December 1971 as Detachment 2, 28th Military Police Company; location concurrently changed to Baltimore. 

Home Station: Pikesville 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War I 

Meuse-Argonne 

Alsaee 1918 

World War II 

Normandy (with arrowhead) 

Northern France 

Rhineland 

Central Europe 

Korean War 

CCF Intervention 

First UN CounterofTensive 

CCF Spring Offensive 

UN Summer-Fall OfTcnsive 

Second Korean Winter 

Korea, Summer- Fall 1952 

Third Korean Winter 

Korea, Summer 1953 

DECORATIONS 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN 

Til EATER (I 04th Medical Battalion cited; GO 123, 29th Infantry Division, 1945) 

French Croix de Guerrc with Palm, World War 11, Streamer embroidered 

13EACII ES OF NORMANDY (I 04th Medical Battalion and 224th Field Artillery 

Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 

1950- 1952 (726th Transportation Company cited; DA GO 41, 1955) 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 327 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

26th BRIGADE, 29th INFANTRY DIVISION 

(Yankee) 

ARNG 

LINEAGE (Massachusetts) 

Constituted 18 July 19 17 in the National Guard as Headquarters, 26th 

Division (to be organized with troops from Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, 

New llarnpshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont). Organized 22 August 1917 at 

Boston, Massachusetts; 1-Icadquarlcrs Detachment, 26th Division, organized in 

September 191 7 at Boston, Massachusetts. Headquarters and Headquarters 

Detachment, 26th Division , demobil ized 3 May 1919 at Camp Devens, 

Massachusetts. Headquarters, 26th Division, reorganized and federally recognized 

21 March 1923 in the Massachusetts National Guard at Boston; Headquarters 

Detachment, 26th Division, reorganized and federally recognized 24 March 1923 

in the Massachusetts National Guard at Boston. Headquarters and Headquarters 

Detachment, 26th Division, inducted into federal service 16 January I 94 1 at 

Boston. Reorganized and redesignated 12 February 1942 as llcadquarters, 26th 

Infantry Division (Headquarters and Military Police Company [less Military 

Police Platoon], 26th Infantry Division, concurrently reorganized and redesignated 

from Headquarters Company, 26th Division [see ANNEX 1]; reorganized and 

redesignated 1 April 1942 as Headquarters Company, 26th In fantry Division). 

I Icadquarlcrs and Headquarters Company, 26th Infantry Division, inactivated 29 

December 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts. Headquarters, 26th 

In fan try Division, reorganized and federally recognized 13 November 1946 at 

Boston. (Headquarters Company, 26th Infantry Division, reorganized and federally recognized II April I 947 at Boston; consolidated I May 1959 with the 26th 

Military Police Company [sec ANNEX 2], and the Medical Detachment, Division 

I Icadquarters, 26th Infantry Division [see ANNEX 3], and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters Company, 26th Infantry Division.) Location changed I 

Apri I 1988 to Camp Edwards, Massachusetts (Headquarters Company, 26th 

Infantry Division, concurrently consolidated with Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 1st Brigade, 26th In fantry [see ANNEXES 4 and 5], and consolidated 

unit designated as I-leaclquarters C01npany, 26th Infantry Division). 

Reorganized and redesignated I September 1993 as llcadquarters, 26th 

Infantry Brigade, and location changed to Springfield (Headquarters Company, 

26th In fantry Division, concurrently consolidated with Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 26th Infantry Division [see ANNEXES 6 and 

7], and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated at Springfield as 

lleadquarters Company, 26th Infantry Brigade). Reorganized and redesignated I 

October 1995 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 26th Brigade, 29th 

In fantry Division. 

ANNEX I 

Co nstituted 18 July 19 17 in the National Guard as the JOist Train 

Headquarters and Military Pol icc, 26th Division. Organized 23 August 1917 at 
328 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

Camp Bartlett, Massachusetts. Reorgan ized and redesignated (less Military 

Police) in March 191 8 as the I 0 I st Train Headquarters (Military Police-hereafter 

separate lineage). Demobilized 30 Apri I 1919 at Camp Devens, Massachusetts. 

Reorganized and federally recognized 2 May 1924 in the Massachusetts 

National Guard at Boston as Headquarters Company, 26th Division. Inducted into 

federal service 16 January 1941 at Boston. 

ANNEX 2 

Organized 24 August 19 17 in the National Guard at Camp Bartlett, 

Massachusetts, as Company No. 3, Supply Train, 26th Division. Redesignated 24 

September 1917 as the 3d Company, J 0 I st Supply Train, an element of the 26th 

Division. Redesignated in March 1918 as Company C, I 0 1st Supply Train. 

Demobilized 29 April 1919 at Camp Devens, Massachusetts. Reorganized 3 1 

March 1920 in the Massachusetts Nationa l Guard at Boston as Company C, I 0 1st 

Supply Train, an element of the 26th Division. Redesignated 1 September 1920 

as the 4th Company, I st Supply Train. Federally recognized 25 March 192 J at 

Boston. Redesignated 30 September 192 1 as Wagon Company No. 101, 26th 

Division Train, Quartermaster Corps. Redesignated 23 March 1925 as the 101 st 

Wagon Company, 26th Division Quartermaster Train. 

Converted and redesignated I April 1932 as the 26th Military Police 

Compa ny, an e lement of the 26th Division. Inducted into federal service 16 

January 194 1 at Boston. Reorganized and redesignated J 2 February 1942 as the 

Military Pol.ice Platoon, Headquarters and Military Police Company, 26th 

Infantry Division. Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1942 as the Military 

Police Platoon, 26th Infantry Division. Inactivated 31 December 1945 at Camp 

Patrick Henry, Virginia. Redesignated 8 July 1946 as the 26th Military Police 

Company. Reorganized and federa lly recognized 9 Apri l 1947 at Boston. 

ANNEX 3 

Organized and federally recognized 20 May 1932 in the Massachusetts 

National Guard at Allston as the Medkal Department Detachment, Special 

Troops, 26th Division. Location changed 1 April 1940 to Charlestown. Inducted 

in to federal service J 6 January 1941 at Charlestown. Disbanded 12 February 

1942 at Camp Edwards, Massachusetts. Reconstituted, reorganized, and federally 

recognized 1 February 1949 in the Massachusetts Army National Guard at 

Boston as the Medica l Detachment, Division Headq uarters, 26th Infantry 

Division. 

ANNEX 4 

Organized in 19 15 in the Massachusetts Nationa l Guard at Boston as 

Headquarters Company, 9th Infantry. Mustered into federal service 25 June J 916; 

mustered out 23 November 19 16. Drafted into federa l service 5 August 1917. 

Reorganized and redesignated 22 August 19 17 as Headquarters Company, 101st 

[nfantry, an element of the 26th Division. Demobilized 28 April 19 19 at Camp 

Devens, Massachusetts. Reorganized 15 March l 920 in the Massachusetts National 

Guard at Boston as Headquarters Company, 10 1st Infantry. Redesignated 20 

November 1920 as Headquarters Company, 9th Infantry. Federally recognized 20 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 329 

January 1921 at Boston. Redesignated 30 September 1921 as Headquarters 

Company, L 0 J st Infantry, an element of the 26th Division (later redesignated as the 

26th Infantry Division). Inducted into federal service 16 January 1941 at Boston. 

Inactivated 29 December 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts. 

Reorganized and federally recognized 29 November 1946 at Boston. Location 

changed 18 March 1957 to Dorchester. Consolidated I May 1959 with the Medical 

Company, I 0 lst lnfantry (see ANNEX 5), and consolidated unit reorganized and 

redesignated as Headquarters Company, I st Battle Group, I 0 I st Infantry. 

Reorganized and redesignated l March 1963 as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade, 26th Infantry Division. Location changed J 

February 1967 to Waltham; on 1 Apri11975 to Lexington. 

ANNEX 5 

Organized and federally recognized 30 June 1921 in the Massachusetts 

National Guard at Boston as the Medical Department Detachment, 9th Infantry. 

Redesignated 30 September 1921 as the Medical Department Detachment, I 0 I st 

Infantry, an element of the 26th Division (later redesignated as the 26th Infantry 

Division). Redesignated 1 May 1940 as the Medical Detachment, JOist Infantry. 

Inducted into federal service 16 January 194 1 at Boston. Inactivated 29 

November 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts. Reorganized and federally recognized 23 March 1948 at Boston. Reorganized and redesignated 1 

November 1948 as the Medical Company, 10 I st Infantry. 

ANNEX 6 

Organized in 1915 in the Massachusetts National Guard at Springfield as 

Headquarters Company, 2d Infantry. Mustered into federal service 18 June 1916; 

mustered out 3 I October 1916. Drafted in to federal service 5 August 1917. 

Reorganized and redesignated 22 August 1917 as Headquarters Company, l04th 

Infantry, an element of the 26th Division. Demobilized 29 April 1919 at Camp 

Devens, Massachusetts. Reorganized 31 March 1920 in the Massachusetts 

National Guard at Springfield as Headquarters Company, l 04th Infantry. 

Redesignated 1 September 1920 as Head!quarters Company, 2d Infantry. 

Federally recognized 23 November 1920 at Springfield. Redesignated 30 

September 1921 as Headquarters Company, I 04th Infantry, an element of the 

26th Division (later redesignated as the 26th Infa ntry Division). Inducted into 

federal service 16 January 1941 at Springfield. Inactivated 29 December 1945 at 

Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts. Reorganized and federally recognized 29 

November I946 at Springfield. Consolidated 1 May 1959 with the Medical 

Company, 104th Infantry (see ANNEX 7), and consolidated unit reorganized and 

redesignated as Headquarters Company, I st Battle Group, 1 04th lnfantry. 

Reorganized and redesignated I March 1963 as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 26th Infantry Division. Location changed I 

October 1974 to Holyoke; on I July 1976 to Westover. 

ANNEX 7 

Organized and federally recognized 27 April 1921 in the Massachusetts 

National Guard at Springfield as the Medical Department Detachment, 2d 
330 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

Infantry. Redesig nated 30 September 192 1 as the Medical Department 

Detachment, 104th Infantry, an element of the 26th Division (later redesignated 

as the 26th Infantry Division). Inducted into federal service 16 January 1941 at 

Sprin gfield . inactivated 29 December 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, 

Massachusetts. Reo rgan ized and federa lly recognized 13 June 1947 at 

Springfield. Reorganized and redesignated I November 1948 as the Medical 

Company, l 04th Infantry. 

Home Station: Springfield 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War I 

Champagne-Marne 

Aisne-Marne 

St. Millie! 

Meuse-Argonne 

l ie de France 1918 

Lorraine 1918 

World War If 

Norlhern france 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-A lsace 

Cenlral Europe 

DECORATIONS 

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes 

(Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 26th Infantry Division; Military 

Police Platoon, 26th Infantry Division; I 0 I st Jnt mtry; and I 04th Infantry cited; 

DA GO 43, 1950.) 

Headquarters Company (Springfield) additionally entitled to French Croix de 

Guerre with Gilt Star, World War I, Streamer embroidered LORRAINE (104th 

Infan try cited; WD GO 11 , 1924); French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War 

Tl, Streamer embroidered LORRA INE (I 04th Infantry cited; DA GO 43, 1950); 

and French Croix de Guerre, World War II, Fourragere (I 04th Infantry cited; DA 

GO 43, 1950) 

29TH I NFANTRY D IV ISION B IBUOGRAPHY 

(includes the former 26TH INFANTRY DlVISION) 

Albertine, Connell. The Yankee Doughboy. Boston: Brandon Press, 1968. 

American Battle Monuments Commission. American Armies and Battlefields in 

Europe. Washington: Gove rnment Printing Office, 1938. Reprint. 

Washington: Government Printing Offi.ce, 1992. 

___ . 29th Division, Summcuy of Operations in the World War. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1944. 

___ . 26th Division, Summary c?l Operations in the World War. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1944. 

Balkoski, Joseph . "Twenty-Nine, Let's Go." National Guard 48 (June 1994): 

34- 36. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 331 

"'The Blue and Gray' Division: A Condensed History of the 29th Infantry 

Division." National Guardsman 2 (July 1948): 18- 19. 

Benwell, Harry A. History ofthe Yankee Division. Boston: Cornhill Co., 1919. 

Blumenson, Martin. Breakout and Pursuit. United States Army in World War IJ. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1961. 

Colby, Elbridge. "The March of the 26th." Infantry Journal 47 

(September- October 1940):462- 74. 

Cole, Hugh M. The Ardennes: BattLe of the Bulge. United States Army in World 

War ll. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1965. 

___ . The Lorraine Campaign. United States Army in World War II. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1950. 

Cutchins, John A., and Stewart, George S., Jr. History of the Twenty-Ninth 

Division "BLue and Gray" 1917- 1919. Philadelphia: MacCalla and Co., 

1921. 

Davis, Arthur Kyle, ed. Virginia MiLitary Organizations in the WorLd War. 

Richmond: Virginia War History Commission, 1927. 

du Boisouvray, A. "Avec la 26e d. i. americaine." Revue de deux mondes 17 

( 1933):334- 65. 

Ewing, Joseph H. 29 Let~· Go! A Hist01y of the 29th Infantry Division in World 

War fl. Washington: Infantry Journal Press, 1948. Reprint. Nashville: Battery 

Press, 1979. 

"The Fina l Day of Glory for the 26th Infantry Division." National Guard 47 

(October 1993): 34- 36. 

First Reunion of the Yankee Division: Boston, Massachusetts, July 2- 3- 4, 1921. 

Boston, 1921. 

Ford, Bert. The Fighting Yankees Overseas. Boston: N. E. McPhail, 1919. 

Frank, Stanley. "First Stop, Omaha Beach." Saturday Evening Post 218 ( 16 

March 1946):26- 27ff. 

Gabel, Christopher R. The US. Army GI-IQ Maneuvers of 1941. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1991. 

George, Albert E., and Cooper, Edwin E. PictoriaL lfistOI'J' of the Twenty-Sixth 

Division, United States Army. Boston: Ball Publishing Co., 1920. 

Guttman, Jon S. "The 29th 'Blue & Gray' Infantry Division: Fighting Through 

the Hedgerows to Saint Lo." National Guard 44 (September 1990): 48- 51. 

Harrison, G01·don A. Cross-Channel Attack. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1951. 

The Heroic 26th YD; Its Deeds and Valor Over There. Boston: Ball Publishing 

Co., 1919. 

Historical and Pictorial Review, National Guard of the Commonwealth of 

Virginia, 1940. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Co., 1940. 

Historical and Pictorial Reviev.1, National Guard of the State of Maryland. Baton 

Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Co., 1940. 

Histo rical Division, War Department. Omaha Beachhead (6 June- 13 June 

1944). American Forces in Action. Washington: Government Printing 

Office, 1945. 

---· St-Lo (7 July- 19 July 1944). American Forces in Action. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1947. 
332 ARMJES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

Historical Section, Army War College. Order of Battle of the United States Land 

Forces in the World War; American Expeditioncuy Forces; Divisions. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1931. Reprint. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1988. 

The HistOIJ' of the 26th Yankee Division, 1917- 1919, 1941- 1945. Salem, Mass.: 

Deschamps Bros., 1955. 

Homecoming Celebration Commemorating the Day when Virginia Sons of the 

29th and 80th Divisions Returned ji-om the World War. Richmond: National 

State and City Bank, 1919. 

ThelmmortaLYankeeDivision, 1917- 1919. Boston, 1919. 

Kahn, E. J., Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980. 

Kelly, T. Howard. What Outfit Buddy? New York: Harper & Bros., J 920. 

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last O.fj(~nsive. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1973. 

___ . The Siegfhed Line Campaign. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1963. 

Murray, Don. "The Damnedest Yankees of Them All: Saga of the 26th Infantry 

Division." SAGA: True Adventures for Men 22 (July 1961 ):36- 4lff. 

Nelson, John. A Brief History of the Fighting Yankee Division, AEF, on the Battle 

Front, February 5, 1918- November 11, 1918. Worcester, Mass., 1919. 

(Reprinted from the Worcester Evening Gazette). 

Pauley, John L., et al., comps. and eds. HistoJy of the 26th 1nfantty Division in 

WorLd War II. Wels, Austria: Buch unci Kunstdruckerei "Welsermuehl," 

1945. 

Robertson, James I., Jr. Stonewall Brigade. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State 

University Press, 1963. 

"Riot Reaction Force: The Guard in the April Disorders, Baltimore." NationaL 

Guardsman 22 (May 1968):7- 8. 

Sibley, Frank P. With the Yankee Division in France. Boston: Little, Brown and 

Co., 1919. 

Smith, Herbert E. "A.E.F. Divisiona l Insignia- The Twenty-Ninth Division." 

Recruiting News 16 (1 February 1934):3ff. 

Source Book, Operations of the 29th Division East o.f the Meuse Rivet; October 

8th to 30th.l918. Fort Monroe: Coast Artillery School, 1922. 

Taylor, Emerson G. New England in France, 1917- 1919; A History ofthe TwentySLr,th Division, USA. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1920. 

29 Let 's Go! 1917- 1965. n.p., 1965. 

29 Let~· Go! The Story of the 29th Infanti:J' Division. G.I. Stories ... Paris, 

1945. 

The 29th Division in the Cotes de Meuse, October 1918. U.S. Army Chemical 

Corps Historical Studies. Gas Warfare in World War I, Study no. 15. 

Washington: US. Army Chemical Corps Historical Office, 1959: 

"29th Infantry Division: The Blue & Gray Is Back.." National Guard 40 (January 

1986):16- 19. 

The 29th lnfantJy Division and Fort Gemge G. Meade. Hyattsville, Mel.: Post 

Publishing Co., 1941. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 333 

The 26th Division in the A isne-Marne Campaign, .Ju6' 1918. U.S. Army Chemical 

Corps Historical Studies. Gas Warfare in World War 1, Study no. 4. 

Washington: U.S. Army Chemical Corps Historical Office, 1957. 

The 26th Division East of the Meuse, September !918. U.S. Army Chemical 

Corps Historical Studies. Gas Warfare in World War I, Study no. 20. 

Washington: U.S. Army Chemical Corps Historical Office, 1960. 

26th 111/antty Division Massachusetts National Guard Yearbook, 1950. New York: 

Yearbooks Publishing Co., 1951. 

Tydings, Millard E. The Machine Gunners of the Blue and Grey Division 

(Twenty-Ninth). Aberdeen, Mel.: Hartford Printing and Publishing Co., 1920. 

War Records Division, Maryland Historical Society. Maryland in World Hitr IT. 

Volume I: Military Participation. Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 

1950. 

Washburn, Slater. One of the Yankee Division. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 

1919. 

Welcome Home . .. The 26th Division. Boston: Everett Press, 1919. 

"The 'Yankee' Division. A Condensed History of the 26th Infantry Division." 

National Guardsman 2 (Aprill948):22- 23. 

34th INFANTRY DIVISION 

(Red Bull) 

H ERALDIC 1TEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: 

Symbolism: 

On a black olla with a black border, a red bull skull. 

The patch shape simulates an olla (Mexican water flask) symbolizing the 34th Division's origin, formation, and intensive 

training site at Camp Cody, New Mexico, in October 1.917. 

The bull skull also symbolizes the surrounding dry, desert-like 

area. Black denotes durability, firmness, and stability, and red 

is for courage and action. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT I NSIGNIA 

Description: A gold colored metal and enamel device, consisting of two 

gold fasces crossed diagonally and superimposed by a black 

olla bearing a gold fleur-de-lis debruised by a red bovine 

skull; and attached at the top a blue scroll inscribed ATTACK 

ATTACK and attached at the bottom a blue scroll inscribed 

ATTACK, all in gold letters. 

Symbolism: Blue reflects the infantry. The black olla (a Mexican water 

flask), suggestive of training in New Mexico during World 

War I, is adopted from the original 34th Division shoulder 

sleeve insignia and conveys the unit's heritage. The stylized 

red bovine skull is also taken from that insignia and is symbolic of vitality, courage, and strength. The two fasces imply 

authority and commemorate the unit's campaign service in 

Italy during World War 11. The gold fleur-de-lis alludes to 

excellence and the division's French Croix de Guerre for service in World War II. The motto, "Attack, Attack, Attack," was 

adopted by the division in 1943 and characterized the nature 

of the division's combat operations for the remainder of World 

War II. 

335 
336 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVlSlONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

LINEAGE AND H ONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND 1-IEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

34TH INFANTRY DIVISION 

(Red Bull) 

ARNG 

LINEAGE (Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin) 

Constituted 18 July 1917 in the Nationa l Guard as Headquarters, 34th 

Division (to be organized wit h troops from Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North 

Dakota, and South Dakota). Organized 25 August 1917 at Camp Cody, New 

Mexico. Demobilized 18 February 1919 at Camp Grant, Illinois. Reorganized 

and federally recognized 14 July 1924 at Council Bluffs, Iowa; Headquarters 

Detachment, 34th Division, organized and federally recognized 12 May 1927 at 

Counci I Bluffs, Iowa. ll eadquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 34th 

Division, inducted into federal service I 0 February 1941 at Council Bluffs, Iowa. 

Reorganized and redesignated I February 1942 as lleadquarters, 34th Infantry 

Division. Inactivated 3 November 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia. 

Reorganized and federally recognized in part 19 November 1946 at Des Moines, 

Iowa, and in part 21 November 1946 at Omaha, Nebraska (Nebraska part- hereafter separate lineage). 

llcadquarters (Iowa part), 34th In fantry Division, reorganized and redesignated I March 1963 as Headquarters, 34th Command llcadquartcrs, Divisional. 

Reorganized and redesignated I January 1968 as Headquarters, 34th Brigade, 

47th Infantry Division, and locati on changed to Boone. Reorganized and redesignated I 0 January 1991 in the Minnesota Army National Guard as Headquarters, 

34th Division, and location changed to St. Paul; Headquarters Company concurrently organized and federally recognized at St. Paul. Location changed I April 

1994 to Rosemont. 

I lome Station: Rosemont (less detachment at Boone, Iowa) 

CAM PAIGN PARTICIPATION C REDIT 

World War I 

Streamer without inscription 

World War II 

Tunisia 

Naplcs-Foggia 

Anzio 

Romc-Amo 

North Apennines 

Po Valley 

DECORATIONS 

French Croix de Gucrrc with Palm, World War II , Streamer embroidered 

131 LVEDE E (Headquarters, 34th Infantry Division, cited; D!\ GO 43, 1950) 
LJNEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 337 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

1st BRIGADE, 34th INFANTRY DIVISION 

ARNG 

LINEAGE (Minnesota) 

Organized in the Minnesota Enrolled Militia at Stillwater as the Sti.llwater 

Guards a nd mustered into federal service 29 April 1861 at Fort Snelling, 

Minnesota, as Company B, lst Regiment, Minnesota Volunteers. (I st Regiment, 

Minnesota Vo lunteers, reorganized and redesignated in Apri I 1864 as the 1st 

Batta lion, Minnesota Volunteer Infantry; expanded, reorganized, and redesignated 

23 February 1865 as the 1st Regiment, Mi nnesota Volunteer Infantry; mustered 

out of federal service 14 July 1865 at Jeffersonville, indiana.) Reorganized in 

1883 in the Minnesota National Guard at Stillwater as Company K, lst Infantry 

Regiment. Redesignated 4 May 1898 as Company K, 13th Minnesota Volunteer 

Infantry. Mustered into federal service 7 May 1898 at Camp Ramsey, Minnesota; 

mustered out 3 October 1899 at San Francisco, California. Reorganized in 1900 

in th e Minnesota National Guard at Stillwate r as Company K, lst Infantry. 

Redesignated by 19 14 as Company K, 3d Infantry. Mustered into federal service 

30 June 19 16 at Fort Snelling, Minnesota; mustered out 19 December 1916 at 

Fort Snelling, Minnesota. Drafted into federal service 5 August 191 7 . 

Consolidated l October 1917 with Company F, 3d Infantry, and consolidated unit 

converted and redesignated as Battery F, !25th Field Artillery, an element of the 

34th Division. Demobilized 22 January 1919 at Camp Dodge, Iowa. 

Former Company K, 3d Infantry, expanded, reorganized, and federally recognized 27 May 192 1 in the Minnesota National Guard at Stillwate r as 

Headquarters Company, lst Battalion, and the Howitzer Company, 1st Infantry. 

Reorganized and redesignated 2 1 November 192 1 as Headquarters Company, I st 

Battalion, and the Howitzer Company, l35th Infantry, elements of the 34th 

Division (later redesignated as the 34th Infantry Division). Headquarters 

Company, I st Battalion, 135th Infantry, reorganized and redesignated 2 May 

1925 as Company A, !35th Infantry; Howitzer Company reorganized and redesignated 3 1 August 1939 as Company D, !35th [nfantry. Companies A and D, 

!35th Infantry, inducted into federal service 10 February 1941 at Stillwater. 

Inactivated 3 November 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia. (135th Infantry 

relieved 19 June 1946 from assignment to the 34th Infantry Division and 

assigned to the 47th Infantry Division.) Reorganized and federally recognized 12 

November 1946 at Sti !I water as Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, and 

Antitank Company, !35th Infantry. Antitank Company redesignated 1 November 

1948 as the Heavy Mortar Company, J 35th Infantry. Headquarters Company, J st 

Battalion, and Heavy Mortar Company, L3 5th Infantry, ordered into active federa l 

service 16 January 1951 at Stillwater. (Headquarters Company, lst Battalion, 

135th Infantry [NGUS], and Heavy Mortar Company, 135th Infantry [NGUS], 

organized and federally recognized 16 January 1953 at Stillwater.) Released from 

active federa l service 2 December 1954 and reverted to state control; federal 

recognition concurrently withdrawn from Headquarters Company, lst Battalion, 

!35th Infantry (NGUS), and Heavy Mortar Company, L35th Infantry (NGUS). 

Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, and the Heavy Mortar Company, 135th 
338 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

Infantry, consolidated 22 February 1959 and consolidated unit reorganized and 

redesignated as Headquarters Company, I st Battle Group, !35th Infantry, an element of the 47th Infantry Division. Reorganized and redesignated l April 1963 as 

Headquarters Company, I st Battalion, !35th Infantry. 

Reorganized and redesignated I Februa ry 1968 as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, I st Brigade, 47th Infantry Division. Reorganized and 

redesignated l 0 February 1991 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, I st 

Brigade, 34th Infantry Division. 

Home Station: Stillwater 

CAMPAl GN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

Civil War 

Bull Run 

Peninsula 

Valley 

Antietam 

Fredericksburg 

Gettysburg 

Petersburg 

Virginia 186I 

Virginia I862 

Virginia I863 

Virginia I 864 

Virginia I865 

War with SiJain 

Manila 

Philippine Insurrection 

Luzon 

San Isidro 

World War I 

Streamer without inscription 

World War II 

Tunisia 

Naples-Foggia 

t\nzio 

Rome-Arno 

North Apennines 

Po Valley 

D ECORATIONS 

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered 

BELVEDERE (l35th 1nfantry cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 339 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

2d BRIGADE, 34th INFANTRY DIVISION 

L INEAGE 

ARNG 

(Iowa) 

Organized and federally recognized 19 June 1924 in the Iowa National Guard 

at Boone as Headquarters Battery and Combat Train, 2d Battalion, !85th Field 

Artillery, an element of the 34th Division. Reorganized and redesignated I July 

1940 as Headquarters Battery, 2d Battalion, 185th Field Artillery. Reorganized 

and redesignated 27 December J 940 as Battery F, I 85th Field Artillery. Inducted 

into federal service 10 February 1941 at Boone. Reorganized and redesignated 1 

February 1942 as Battery C, I 85th Field Artillery, an element of the 34th Infantry 

Division. Inactivated 3 November 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia. 

Reorganized and federally recognized 3 January 1947 at Boone as Headquarters 

Battery, l85th Field Artillery Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 

1959 as Headquarters Battery, 4th Rocket Howitzer Battalion, !85th Artillery, an 

element of the 34th Infantry Division. Reorganized and redesignated I March 

1963 as Headquarters Battery, 4th Howitzer Battalion, !85th Artillery. 

Consolidated I January 1968 with Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 

34th Artillery Group (see ANNEX), andl the Service Battery, 4th Howitzer 

Battalion, 1 85th Artillery (organized and federally recognized 20 March 1963 at 

Boone), and consolidated unit converted and redesignated as Headquarters 

Company, 34th Brigade, 47th Infantry Division. Reorganized and redesignated J 0 

February 1991 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 34th 

Infantry Division. 

ANNEX 

Organized and federally recognized 13 September 1929 in the Iowa Nationa l 

Guard at Boone as the Service Battery, I 85th Field Artillery, an element of the 

34th Division. Reorganized and redesignated 17 December 1940 as Service 

Battery, 2d Battalion, 185th Field Artillery. Inducted into federal service .I 0 

February 1941 at Boone. Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1942 as the 

Service Battery, 185th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 34th Infantry 

Division. Inactivated 3 November 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia. 

Reorganized and redesignated 3 January 1947 at Boone as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Battery, 34th Division Artillery. Reorganized and redesignated I 

May 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 34th Infantry Division 

Artillery. Reorganized and redesignated I March 1963 as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Battery, 34th Artillery Group, and relieved fi·om assignment to the 

34th lnfantry Division. 

Home Station: Boone 
340 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

CAMPAlGN PARTICI PATION CREDIT 

World War 11 

Tunisia ~aples-Foggia 

An7io 

Rome-Amo 

North Apennines 

Po Valley 

DECORATIONS 

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered 

BELVEDERE (I 85th Field Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 341 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

32d BRIGADE, 34th INFANTRY DIVTSION 

(Red Arrow) 

ARNG 

LINEAGE (Wisconsin) 

Constituted 18 July 1917 in the National Guard as Headquarters, 32d 

Div,ision (to be organized with troops from Michigan and Wisconsin). Organized 

26 August 1917 at Camp MacArthur, Texas. Demobilized 23 May 1919 al Camp 

Custer, Michigan. Reorganized and federally recognized 24 July 1924 at Lansing, 

Michigan. Inducted into federal service 15 October 1940 at Lansing, Michigan. 

Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1942 as Headquarters, 32d Infantry 

Division. J nactivated 28 february 1946 in Japan. Reorganized and federally recognized 8 November 1946 in the Wisconsin National Guard at Milwaukee. 

Ordered into active federa l service 15 October 1961 at Milwaukee; released from 

active federal service I 0 August 1962 and reverted to stale control. 

Reorganized and redesignated 30 December 1967 as Headquarters, 32d 

Infantry Brigade. Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1995 as Headquariers and 

Headquarters Company, 32d Infantry Brigade; location concurrently changed to 

Madison. Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1997 as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 32d Brigade, 34th Infantry Division. 

Home Station: Madison (less a detachment at Milwaukee) 

CAJV(PATGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War I 

Aisne-Marne Oise-t\isne 

tvleuse-Argonne Alsace 1918 

World War ll 

Papua 

New Guinea 

Leyte Luzon 

DECORKBONS 

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered PAPUA (Papuan 

Forces, US Army, Southwest Pacific Area, cited; WD GO 21 , 1943) 

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Strean1er embroidered 17 OCTOHER 

1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (32d Infantry Division cited; WD GO 47, 1950) 
342 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

34TH INFANTRY DIVISION BIBLIOGRAPHY 

(includes the former 32D INFANTRY DIVISION) 

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___ . 32d Division, Swnmcu:y of Operations in the World War. Washington: 

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Infantry Division and Attached 1 OOth Inf Bn. and 442d lnl R. C. T in World 

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Berens, Robert J. "34th Infantry Division During World War ll." National Guard 

43 (September 1988):24- 28. 

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Division Veteran Association, 1957. 

Blumenson, Martin Salerno to Cassino. United States Army in World War 11. 

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Cannon, M. Hamlin. Leyte: The Return to the Philippines. United States Army in 

World War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1954. 

Carlisle, John M. Red Arrow Men, Stories About the 32nd Division on the Villa 

Verda. Detroit: Arnold Powers, 1945. 

Fisher, Ernest F., Jr. Cassino to the Alps. United States Army in World War TI. 

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and Other Selected Articles." Des Moines, 1944. 

Garlock, G. W. Tales of the Thirty-Second. West Salem, Wis.: Badger Publishing 

Co., 1927. 

Haan, William G. "The Division as a Fighting Machine ... " Wisconsin Magazine 

o.fHistOly4 (1920):3- 16. 

Hanton, Carl. The 32nd Division in the World War 1917- 1919. Milwaukee: 

Wisconsin Printing Co., 1920. 

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Washington: Government Printing Office, 1931. Reprint. Washington: 

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---·The Thirty-Second Division 1917- 1919. Washington, 1922. 

Historical Division, Department of the Army. Anzio Beachhead (22 Janumy- 25 

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Office, 1948. 

Historical Division, War Department. To Bizerte with the If Coi]JS, 23 April- 13 

May 1943. American Forces in Action. Washington: Government Printing 

Office, 1943. 

History o.fthe Buna Campaign. n.p., 1943. 

Hougen, John H. The Story of the 34th Infantry Division. San Angelo: Newsfoto 

Publishing Co., 1949. Reprint. Nashville: Battery Press, 1979. 

Howe, George F. Northwest Africa: Seizing the Initiative in the West. United States 

Army in World War II. Washington: Govenunent Printing Office, 1957. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 343 

In Commemoration of the Foreign Service and Home Coming Celebration of the 

32nd Division. Milwaukee: Broadway Press, c. 1919. 

Kahn, E. J. , Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighting Divisions. Washington: l nfantry 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980. 

Komer, R. W. "Assault Along the Ridges." lnfimtry Journal (July 1945): 16- 20. 

Lehman, Milton. "Champion Hardluck Division." Saturday Evening Post (13 

October 1945). 

- - - ·"The Fight for a Hill." Infcmtry Journal (May 1944): ll- 15. 

McBride, Lauren E. "Crossing the Volturno." Infant1y Journal (September I 944): 

14-17. 

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(15 November 1943- 15 January 1944). American Forces in Action. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1945. 

___ .From the Volturno to the Winter Line (6 October- 15 November 1943). 

American Forces in Action. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1944. 

___ . Papuan Campaign: The Buna-Sananada Operation, 16 November 

1942- 23 January 1943. American Forces in Action. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1945. 

___ . Salerno: American Operations ji·om the Beaches to Volturno, 9 

September- 6 October 1943. American Forces in Action. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1944. 

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World War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1959. 

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Washington: Government Printing Office, I 957. 

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Murdock, Charles P. "The Red Arrow Pierced Every Line." Saturday Evening 

Post 218 ( 10 November 1945):20- 21 ff. 

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9 (1925):3- 16. 

"The Red Arrow Division, A Condensed History of the 32d Infantry Division." 

National Guardsman 2 (October 1948): I 0-11 . 

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Smith, Edward J. Always a Commande1; The Reminiscences of Major General 

William H. Gill. Colorado Springs: Dempubco Printers, 1974. 

Smith, Herbert A. "Training on Target." Army Information Digest 17 (July 

1962):18- 25. 

Smith, Herbert E. "A.E.F. Divisional Insignia- The 32nd Division." Recruiting 

News 16 (1 May 1934):3ff. 

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World War U. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1953. 

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Washington: Government Printing Office, 1963. 

The Story of the 34th Infantry Division, Louisiana to Pisa. n.p., 1945. 

The Story of the 34th Infantry Division, Pisa to FinaL Victory. Milan: 

Archetipografia de Milano, 1945. 
344 ARM IES, CORPS, DIVJSIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

I 3,000 Hours, Combat Hisloty of the 32ncl Infantry Division, World War 1!. 

Manila: 2773rd Engineers, 1945. 

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The 32nd Division Advance to Fisnes, August 1918. U.S. Army Chemical Corps 

Historical Studies. Gas Warfare in World War I, Study no. 12. Washington: 

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The Thirty-second Division, American Expeditionary Forces, 1917- 1919. 

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32nd Infantry Division. Fort Lewis, Washington, 1961- !962, STRAC. Baton 

Rouge: Army Navy Publishing Co., c. 1962. 

32nd lnjCmltJ' Division, Wisconsin. Army National Guard, Pictorial Review, 1960. 

Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Co., 1960. 

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"25th Anniversary- Guard Units lnd ucted for World War II." The Badger 

Guardsman 9 (September, October, November 1965):6-7. 

Wilson, Richard. "The Gallant Fight of the 34th Division in the North Afi'ican. 

Campaign." Des Moines: Register and Tribune, 1943. 

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(November- December 197 0): 3 . 

With the 34th lnfantty Division in !taly, A Por{folio of 30 Etchings ... New York, 

1947. 

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days." Wisconsin National Guard Review 22 (July 1945). 

Zweife l, David A. '"Red Arrow' Deploys to Germany." NationaL Guard 40 (May 

1986): 16- l9ff. 
35th INFANTRY DIVISION 

(Santa Fe) 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SIIOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: 

Symbolism: 

On a blue disc with a green border, a white Santa Fe cross. 

The Santa Fe cross was a symbol used to mark the old Santa 

Fe trail, an area where the unit trained, and was officially designated as an identifying device for the unit. The organization 

is referred to as the Santa Fe Division. 

DISTINCTIV E UNIT INSIGNIA 

Description: A gold colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a blue 

nonagon bearing across center a representation of a prairie 

schooner pulled by four oxen, all in gold. The insignia arc 

worn in pairs. 

Symbolism: The nonagon in blue indicates that the 35th Division was originally organized as an infantry division composed of nine regiments. The prairie schooner drawn by the oxen symbolizes the 

fact that all of the great trails to Oregon, California, and New 

Mexico either started from or passed through the states to 

which the 35th was once allotted. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

35th INFANTRY DIVISION 

(Santa Fe) 

ARNG 

LINEAGE (Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, and Nebraska) 

Constituted 18 July 19 17 in the National Guard as Headquarters, 35th 

Division (to be organized with troops from Kansas and Missouri). Organized 25 

August 1917 at Camp Doniphan, Oklahoma. Demobilized 26 May 1919 at Camp 

Funston, Kansas. Reorganized and federally recognized 13 September 1935 at 

Kansas City, Missouri. (Headquarters Detachment, 35th Division, organized and 

federally recognized I July 1926 at Warrensburg, Missouri.) Headquarters and 

Ilcadquarters Detachment, 35th Division, inducted into federal service 23 

December 1940 at Warrensburg, Missouri. Reorganized and redesignated I 

March 1942 as Headquarters, 35th Infantry Division. 1 nactivated 7 December 

1945 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky. Reorganized and federally recognized in 

part 5 October 1946 at Topeka, Kansas; in part 3 April 1947 at Sedalia, Missouri; 

345 
346 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

and in part 6 May 1947 at Warrensburg, Missouri (Missouri part- hereafter separate lineage). 

I leadquarters, 35th Infantry Division (Kansas part), reorganized and redesignated I April 1963 as Headquarters, 69th Infantry Brigade. Ordered into active 

federal service J 3 May 1968 at Topeka; released from active federal service 13 

December 1969 and reverted to state control. 

Reorganized and redesignated 25 August 1984 as Headquarters, 35th Infantry 

Division, and location changed to Fort Leavenworth; J leadquarters Company 

concurrently organized and federal ly recognized at Fort Leavenworth. 

J lome Station: Fort Leavenworth (less detachments at Lincoln, Nebraska, and 

Frankfort, Kentucky) 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION C REDIT 

World War I 

Meuse-Argonne 

Alsacc 19 18 

Lorraine 1918 

World War II 

Normandy 

Northern France 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-Aisace 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 347 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

66th BRIGADE, 35th INFANTRY DIVISION 

LINEAGE 

ARNG 

(Illinois) 

Organized 24 April 1832 in the Illinois Militia at Decatur as Captain Isaac C. 

Pugh's Company. Mustered into federal service 6 May 1832 at Fort Armstrong, 

Illinois, as an element of the 5th Regiment, Whiteside's Brigade; mustered out 27 

May 1832 at the mouth of the Fox River. Mustered into federal service 4 July 

1846 at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, as Company C (Captain Isaac C. Pugh 

commanding), 4th Regiment, lllinois Volunteer Militia; mustered out 29 May 

1847 at New Orleans, Louisiana. Reorganized 18 April 186 1 at Decatur as 

Company A (Captain Isaac C. Pugh commanding), 8th Illinois Volunteer Infantry 

Regiment. Mustered into federal service 18 April 1861 at Springfield; mustered 

out 25 July 1861 at Cairo; concurrently reorganized and mustered into federal 

service at Cairo; mustered out 4 May 1866 at Baton Rouge, Louisiana. 

Disbanded 13 May 1866 at Springfield. 

Expanded and reorganized in 1877 in the Illinois National Guard at Decatur 

as Company K, 5th Infantry Regiment (organized 5 February 1877 as the Decatur 

Grenadiers), and Company I, 5th Infantry (organized 7 August 1877 as the 

Decatur Guards; redesignated in March 1880 as Company H, 5th Infantry 

Regiment). Companies H and K, 5th Infantry Regiment, consolidated in 1882 

and consolidated unit designated as Company H, 5th Infantry Regiment. 

Mustered into federal service 7 May 1898 at Springfield as Company H, 5th 

Illinois Volunteer Infantry; mustered out 16 October 1898 at Springfield and 

resumed state status as Company H, 5th Infantry Regiment. Redesignated 23 

June 1913 as Company L, 5th Infantry Regiment. Mustered into federal service 

26 March 19 I 7 at Decatur; drafted into federal service 5 August 1917. 

Reorganized and redesignated 16 October 1917 as Company A, 124th Machine 

Gun Battalion, an element of the 33d Division. Demobilized 31 May 1919 at 

Camp Grant, Illinois. Reorganized 2 I March I 92I in the Illinois National Guard 

at Decatur as Company H, 5th Infantry; federally recognized 6 May 1921. 

Redesignated 22 June 192 1 as Company A, 4th Infantry. Redesignated 13 

December 1921 as Company A, 130th Infantry, an element of the 33d Division 

(later redesignated as the 33d Infantry Division). Reorganized and redesignated I 

January 1924 as the Service Company (less Band Section), I 30th Infantry. 

Reorganized and redesignated I May 1940 as the Service Company, I 30th 

Infantry. Inducted into federal service 5 March 1941 at Decatur. Inactivated 5 

February 1946 in Japan. Reorganized and federally recognized 25 March 1947 at 

Decatur as an element of the 44th Infantry Division. Ordered into active federal 

service 15 February 1952 at Decatur; released from active federal service I 0 

October 1954 and reverted to state control (I 30th Infantry concurrently relieved 

from assignment to the 44th Infantry Division). Consolidated I December 1954 

with the Service Company, 132d Infantry (organized and federally recognized 16 

March l954 at Decatur), and consolidated unit designated as the Service 

Company, l30th Infantry, an clement of the 33d Infantry Division. Reorganized 

and redesignated 1 March 1959 as Headquarters Company, 2d Battle Group, 
348 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

I 30th Infantry, an element of the 33d Infantry Division. Reorganized and redesignated I April 1963 as Headquarters Company, 2d Battalion, L30th l nfantry. 

Reorgani zed and redesignated I February 1968 as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 66th Brigade, 47th Infantry Division. Redesignated I 0 

February 199 1 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 66th Brigade, 34th 

Infantry Divisio n. Redesignated I October 1997 as Headquarters and 

I Tcadquarters Company, 66th Brigade, 35th Infantry Division. 

Home Station: Decatur 

CAMI)AIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

Indian Wars 

Black llawk 

Mexican War 

Vera Cruz 

Cerro Gordo 

Civil War 

Henry and Donelson 

Shiloh 

Vicksbmg 

Missouri 1861 

Kentucky 1862 

Mississippi 1862 

Mississippi 1863 

Mississippi 1864 

Tennessee 1862 

Alabama 1865 

World War / 

Somme Offensive 

Meuse-Argonne 

Lorraine 1918 

Picardy 1918 

World War// 

New Guinea 

Luzon 

DECORATIONS 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered PACIFIC 

Tli EATER 1944- 1945 (Service Company, !30th In fantry, cited; GO 129, 33d 

Infantry Division, 1945) 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered PACIFIC 

TliEATER 1945 (Service Company, I 30th Infantry, cited; GO 306, 33d Infantry 

Division, 1945) 

Philippine Presidential Unit Cita tion, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (33d Infantry Division cited; DA GO 47, 1950) 
UNEAGES AND HERALDTC DATA 349 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

67th BRIGADE, 35th INFANTRY DIVISION 

(Nebraska Brigade) 

LINEAGE 

ARNG 

(Nebraska) 

Organized and federally recognized 6 July 1921 in the Nebraska National 

Guard at Lincoln as Headquarters Company, 3d Battalion, 1st Infantry. 

Redesignated 25 October 1921 as Headquarters Company, 3d Battalion, 134th 

In fan try, an element of the 35th Division (later redesignated as the 35th Infantry 

Division). Redesignated I May 1940 as Headquarters Detachment, 3d Battalion, 

!34th Infantry. Inducted into federal service 23 December 1940 at Lincoln. 

Redesignated 1 August 1942 as Headquarters Company, 3d Battalion, !34th 

Infantry. Inactivated 21 November 1945 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky. (I 34th 

Infantry relieved 19 June 1946 from assignment to the 35th Infantry Division.) 

Consolidated 20 June 1946 with the 242d Field Artillery Battalion (see 

ANNEX) and consolidated unit converted and redesignated as the !95th Tank 

Battalion. Organized and federally recognized 12 June 1948 with Headquarters at 

Lincoln. Reorganized and redesignated I Febr uary 1949 as the !95th Heavy Tank 

Battalion and assigned to the 34th In fantry Division. Redesignated I September 

1950 as the !95th Tank Battalion. Headquarters and Service Company and 

Medical Detachment, I 95th Tank Battalion, consolidated, converted, and redesignated I May J 959 as Headquarters Company, 2d Battle Group, I 34th Infantry, an 

element of the 34th Infantry Division (remainder of battalion- hereafter separate 

lineages). 

Headquarters Company, 2d Battle Group, 134th Infantry, consolidated I 

April 1963 with Headquarters Company (part), 234th Signal Battalion (organized 

and federally recognized I May 1959 at Lincoln); consolidated unit concurrently 

reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 67th 

Separate Infantry Brigade, and relieved from assignment to the 34th Infantry 

Division. Reorganized and redesignated I March 1964 as Headquarters and 

ll cadquartcrs Company, 67th Infantry Brigade. Reorganized and redesignated I 

October 1985 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 67th Brigade, 35th 

Infantry Division. 

AN NUX 

Constituted 7 July 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 242d Field 

Artillery Battalion. Activated 20 August 1942 at Camp White, Oregon. 

Inactivated 30 November 1945 at Camp Shanks, New York. 

I lome Station: Lincoln 
350 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War 11 

Normandy 

Northern France 

Rhineland 

Arclennes-Alsace 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

PresidentiaJ Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BASTOGNE (!34th 

Infantry cited; WD GO 62, 1947) 

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War 11, Streamer embroidered ST. 

LO (I 34th Infantry cited; OA GO 43, 1950) 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 35 1 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

149th BRIGADE, 35th INFANTRY DIVISION 

(Louisville Legion) 

LINEAGE 

ARNG 

(Kentucky) 

Constituted 21 January 1839 in the Kentucky Militia as the Louisville Legion 

and organized at Louisville. M ustcred into federal service 17 May 1846 as the I st 

Kentucky Volunteer Infantry; mustered out 17 May 1847 at New Orleans, 

Louisiana. Reorganized 30 June 1851 in the Kentucky Volunteer Militia at 

Louisville as the Louisville Legion. Reorganized 7 May 1860 in the Kentucky 

State Guard as the I st Infantry Regiment (Louisville Legion) to consist of the 

Louisville Battalion and the Marion Rifle Batta lion. l st Infantry Regiment reorganized in July 1861 at Camp .Joe Holt, Indiana, with men or,. Union sympathy, as 

the 3d Kentucky Volunteer Infantry (Louisville Legion). Mustered into federal 

service 9 September 1861 as the 5th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry (Louisville 

Legion); mustered out I 4 September 1864 at Louisville. 

Reorganized 15 October 1878 in the Kentucky State Guard at Louisville as 

the I st Battalion (Louisville Legion). Expanded, reorganized, and redesignated in 

1883 as the 1st Regiment of Infantry (Louisville Legion). Mustered into federal 

service 1- 10 June 1898 at Lexington as the Jst Kentucky Volunteer Infantry; 

mustered out 24 February 1899 at Louisville. Reorganized 3 I July 1899 at 

Louisville as the I st Regiment of Infantry (Louisville Legion). Mustered out of 

state service 27 November 1900 at Louisville. Reorganized 27 May 1904 in the 

Kentucky State Guard at Louisville as the 1st Regiment of Infantry (Louisville 

Legion). (Kentucky State Guard redesignated 19 March 1912 as the Kentucky 

National Guard.) Mustered into federal service 25 June 1916 at Fort Thomas, 

Kentucky. (Company A mustered out in February 1917 at Fort Thomas, 

Kentucky; mustered into federal service 8 May 1917 at Camp Stanley, Kentucky.) 

Drafted into federal service 5 August 19 I 7. 

Converted and redesignated 9 October 19 L 7 as the !38th Field Artillery, an element of the 38th Division. Demobilized 8 January J 919 at Camp Zachary Taylor, 

Kentucky. Reorganized 192 I - 1922 in the Kentucky National Guard at Louisville as 

the !38th Field Artillery, an clement of the 38th Division; Headquarters federally 

recognized 30 June 1922 at Louisville. fnducted into federa l service 17 January 

1941 at Louisville. Relieved I March 1942 from assignment to the 38th Division; 

Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, I 38th Field Artillery, concurrently disbanded (remainder of regiment- hereafter separate lineages).Headquarters Battery, 

I 38th Field Artillery, reconstituted 25 August 1945 in the Kentucky National 

Guard. Redesignated 13 May 1946 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 

!38th Field Artillery Group. Consolidated 22 April 1947 with Headquarters and 

Headquarters Battery, 38th Division Artillery (see ANNEX I), and consolidated 

unit reorganized and fede rally recognized at Louisville as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Battery, I 38th Field Artillery Group. Reorganized and redesignated 

I October I 959 as Headquarters and Headqua rters Battery, XXIII Corps 

Arti llery. Consolidated I March 1968 with Headquarters Company, !49th Armor 
352 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

Group (see ANNHX 2), and the I 13th Ordnance Company (see ANNEX 3) and 

consolidated unit designated as Ilcadquarters and r fcadquarters Battery, XXIII 

Corps Artillery. 

Converted and redesignated I November 1980 as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, !49th Armored Brigade. Reorganized and redesignated I 

November 1985 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, !49th Brigade, 

35th Infantry Division. 

ANNEX I 

Organized and federally recognized 14 February 1923 in the Kentucky 

National Guard at Louisvi lie as I Ieadquarters and Headquarters Battery, 63d 

Field Artillery Brigade, an element of the 38th Division (later redesignated as the 

38th Infantry Division). Inducted into federal service I 7 January 1941 at 

Louisville. Reorganized and redesignated I March 1942 as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Battery, 38th Division Artillery. Inactivated 9 November 1945 at 

Camp Anza, California. 

ANNEX 2 

Organized and federally recognized 27 March 1925 in the Kentucky National 

Guard at Anchorage as Headquarters Company, lst 13aUalion, 149th In fantry, an 

clement of the 38th Division (later redesignated as the 38th Infantry Division). 

Reorganized and redesignated I June I 926 as I lcadquarters Company, !49th 

Infantry. Location changed 9 April 1931 to St. Matthews. Inducted into federal 

service 17 January 1941 at St. Matthews. Inactivated 9 November 1945 at Camp 

Anza, California. (I 49th Infantry relieved 13 May 1946 from assignment to the 

38th Infantry Division.) Reorganized and federally recognized 25 September 

1946 at St. Matthews. Converted and redesigna ted I September 1955 as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, !49th Armor Group. 

ANNEX 3 

Organized and federally recognized 28 January I 948 in the Kentucky 

National Guard at St. Matthews as the Medical Company, !49th Infantry. 

Converted and redesignated I September 1955 as Headquarters and Service 

Company, 240th Tank Battalion. Consolidated I October 1959 with the Medical 

Detachment, 240th Tank Batta lion (organized and federally recognized 13 

September 1955 at St. Matthews), and consolidated unit converted and redesignated as the I 13th Ordnance Company. 

Home Station: Louisville 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

Mexican War 

Monterey 

Civil Wt1r 

Shiloh 

Murfrecsborough 

Ch icka ma uga Atlanta 

Mississippi 1862 

Tennessee 1863 

War with Spain 

Puerto Rico 

World War! 

Streamer without inscription 

World War If 

New Guinea 

Leyte 

Luzon 

DECORATIONS 

353 

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

l944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (38th Infantry Division and !49th Infantry cited; DA GO 

47, 1950) 

35TH INFANTRY DIVISION BIBLIOGRAPHY 

American Battle Monuments Commission. American Armies and Battl~fields in 

Europe . Washington: Government Printing Office, l938. Reprint. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1992. 

___ . 35th Division, Summary of Operations in the World War. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1944. 

Attack! The Story of the 35th InjanlJJl Division. G.J. Stories ... Paris, 1945. 

Blumenson, Martin. Breakout and Pursuit. United States Army in World War H. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1961. 

Carter, Robert L. Pictorial Histmy ofthe 35th Division. n.p., 1933. 

Church, William W. "You'd Swear They Were Regulars." Army Digest 23 (August 

1968):39- 41 0 

Clyma, Carleton B., ed. Connecticut Men, 35th- Sante Fe- Division, October 

1945. Hartford, 1945. 

Cole, Hugh M. The Ardennes: Baule of the Bulge. United States Army in World 

War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1965. 

___ . , The Lorraine Campaign. United States Army in World War II. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1950. 

Gabe l, Christopher R. The U.S. Army GHQ Maneuvers of 1941. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1991. 

"Guard Brigade Integrated into Active Army Division." National Guardsman 14 

(August 1969):27. 
354 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

"Guardsmen Serve as Battle 'Anvil."' National Guardsman 8 (August 1969):27. 

Historical Division, War Department. St-Lo (7 July- 19 July 1944). American 

Forces in Action. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1946. 

Historical Section, Army War College. Order o.f'Ballle of the United States Land 

Forces in the World War; Expeditionary Forces; Divisions. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 193 L. Reprint. Washington: Government 

Printing Office, 1988. 

II istorical Section, Army War College. The Thirty-Fifth Division, 1917- 1918. 

Washington, 1922. 

!lis tory of the 69th Injant1y Brigade (Separate), 1963- 1970. n.p., 1971. 

lloyt, Charles B. Heroes of the Argonne, an Authentic 1 fistOIJ' of the Thirty-Fi.fih 

Division. Kansas City: Franklin Hudson Publishing Co., 19 J 9. 

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Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980. 

Kenamore, Clair. From Vaquois Hill to Exermonf: A HiSLOIJI of the Thirty-Fi.fih 

Division of the United States Army. St. Louis: Guard Publishing Co., 19 19. 

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Qffensive. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1973. 

McClure, N. F. "The 35th Division in the Vosges Mountains." Sierra Club 

Bulletin II ( 1920- 1923): 174- 80. 

"New Brigade Replaces 69th." National Guardsman 2 (february 1970): 29- 30. 

Presenting the 35th h!f'cmtl)' Division in World War II, 1941- 1945. Atlanta: Albert 

Love Enterprises, 1946. 

Rizzi, Joseph N. Joe:" War: Memoirs of a Dough hoy. I Iuntington: Der Angriff 

Pub I ieations, 1983. 

"Service to the Nation (Part4): Reorganizations Extensive." National Guardsman 

4 (Apri l 1970): 23. 

"The States Pass in Review: Kansas, 35th Infantry Division (Mech)." National 

Guard 45 (January 1991 ): 130. 

"They llave Proved the System." National Guardsman 2 (February 1969): 9- 12. 

35th Division, Camp Robertson, Arkansas, 1941. Little Rock: Arkansas Printing 

and Lithograph Co., 1941. 
38th INFANTRY DIVISION 

(Cyclone) 

H ERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: On a spade shaped shield, the heraldic dexter half blue, the 

sinister half red, a monogram of the letters "C" and "Y" in 

white, all within a green border. 

Symbolism: The monogram C Y alludes to the nickname of the division, 

the "Cyclone Division." 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

Description: A gold colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a blue 

three-leaf clover with gold stem and issuing out of a white 

stylized cloud at its center three gold lightning flashes pointing counterclockwise the central flash tipped with an arrowhead; below the clover leaf, a red scroll inscribed in center 

with the word CYCLONE in gold letters. 

Symbolism: The clover leaf is reminiscent of the original badge for 

non- color bearing units of the 38th Infantry Division. The 

lighting flashes represent the unit's participation in three campaigns in the Pacific Theater of World War II (New Guinea, 

Leyte, and Luzon), and the assault landing on Luzon is indicated by the arrowhead tip in the center flash. Further, the 

cloud and lightning flashes allude to the cyclone, a circular 

counterclockwise rotating storm from which the division takes 

its name. The colors blue , white, and red refer to the 

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation awarded to the unit for 

service in World War Il. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

38th INFANTRY DIVISION 

(Cyclone) 

ARNG 

LINEAGE (Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio) 

Constituted 18 July 1917 in the Nationa l Guard as Headquarters, 38th 

Division (to be organi zed with troops from Indiana, Kentucky, and West 

Virginia). Organized 25 August 1917 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Demobilized 

8 March 1919 at Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky. Reorganized and federally rec355 
356 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

ognized 16 March 1923 in the Indiana National Guard at Indianapolis; 

Headquarters Detachment, 38th Division, organized and federally recognized 7 

July 1926 at Indianapolis. Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 38th 

Division, inducted into federal service 17 January 1941 at Indianapolis. 

Reorganized and redesignated 1 March I 942 as Headquarters, 38th Infantry 

Division. Inactivated 9 November 1945 at Camp Anza, California. Reorganized 

and federally recognized 5 March 1947 atlndianapoiis. (Headquarters Company 

[less Military Police Detachment], 38th Infantry Division, organized 1 February 

, 1959 at Indianapolis; reorganized and r edesigna ted I March 1963 as 

Headquarters Company, 38th Infantry Division.) 

Home Station: Indianapolis (less detachments at Wyoming, Michigan, and 

Columbus, Ohio) 

CAMI'AIGN PARTICIPATlON CREDJT 

World J,Var f 

Streamer without inscription 

World War// 

New Guinea 

Lcytc 

Luzon (with aJTowhead) 

DECORATIONS 

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

I 944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (38th lnbntry Division cited; DA GO 47, 1950) 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 357 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

2d BRIGADE, 38th INFANTRY DIVISION 

LlNEt\GE 

ARNG 

(lndiana) 

Organized and federal ly recognized 7 February 1921 in the Indi<ma National 

Guard at Kokomo as Battery D, 1st Field Artillery. Redesignated 30 June 192 1 as 

Battery A, I HI st Field Artillery. Redesignated 27 February 1922 as Battery A, 

I 50th Field Artillery. (150th Field Artillery assigned 16 March 1923 to the 38th 

Division.) Inducted into federal serv ice 17 Janua ry 194 1 at Kokomo . 

Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1942 as Battery A, 150th field Artillery 

Battalion, an clement of the 38th Infantry Division. Inactivated I November 1945 

at Los Ange les, Ca lifornia. Consolidated 24 Jun e 1946 with Headquarters 

Company, II 29th Engineer Combat Group (see ANN EX), and consolidated unit 

expanded to form Headquarters Battery, Service Battery. and Battery A, !50th 

Field Artillery Battalion. 

Headquarters Battery, 150th Field Artillery Batta lion, reorganized and federally recognized 2 May 1947 at Kokomo. Consolidated I February 1959 with the 

Service Battery, !50th Field Artillery Battalion (reorganized and federally recognized 4 September 1947 at Kokomo), and consolidated unit reorgan ized and 

redesignated as llefldquarters m1d Service Battery, 1st Howitzer Battalion, I 50th 

Arti ll ery. Reorgan ized and redesignated 1 March 1963 as Headquarters and 

Service Battery, lst Battalion, !50th Artillery. 

Battery A, I 50th Field Artillery Battalion, reorgflnized and federally recognized 2 May 194 7 at Kokomo. Reorganized and redesignated I February 1959 as 

Battery B. 1st Howitzer Battalion, I 50th Artillery. Reorganized and redesignated 

I March 1963 as Battery B, 1st Battalion, !50th Artillery. Redesignated 1 

November 1965 as Battery C, 2d Battalion. 139th Artillery, an element of tJ1c 

3Hth Infantry Division. 

Headquarters and Service Bat1ery, 1st Barta! ion, I 50th Artillery, and Battery 

C, 2d Battalion, I 39th Artillery, consolidated I December 1967 and consolidated 

unit designated as Headquarters and Service Battery, 1st Battalion, !50th 

Artillery. Reorgani zed and redesignated 1 February 1972 as Headquarters 

Battery, 1st Battalion, 150th Field Artillery. 

Converted and redesignated l March 1977 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 2d Brigade, 38th lnfantTy Division. 

A:--IN EX 

Organized and federally recogni7.ed 19 April 1934 in the Indiana National 

Guard at Kokomo as Headquarters Battery, 150th Field Artillery, m1 clement of 

the 38th Division. Tnducted into federal service 17 January 1941 at Kokomo. 

Conve rted and redesignated I March 1942 as Headquarters and Se rvice 

Company, 131 st Engineers, and relieved from assignment to the 38th Division. 

Reorganized a nd redesignated I August 1942 as Headquarters and Service 

Company, 13 I st Engjncer Combat Regiment. Reorganized and redesignated 15 

March 1944 as Headquarters Company, 1129th Engineer Combat Group. 

Inactivated 28 February 1946 in .Iapan. 
358 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVJSJONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

Home Station: Kokomo 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War II 

Normandy 

Northern France 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-Aisacc 

Central Europe 

New Guinea 

Lcytc 

Luzon 

DECORATIONS 

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCT013ER 

1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 ( l50th Field Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 47, 1950) 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 359 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

37th BRIGADE, 38th INFANTRY DIVISION 

ARNG 

LI NEAGE (Ohio) 

Constituted 18 July 191 7 in the National Guard as ll cadquarters, 37th 

Division (to be organized with troops from Ohio). Organized 26 August 191 7 at 

Camp Sheridan, Alabama. Demobilized 23 June 1919 at Camp Sherman, Ohio. 

Reorganized and federally recognized 31 May 1923 in the Ohio National Guard 

at Columbus; Headquarters Detachment organized and federally recognized 7 

February 1935 at Columbus. lleadquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 37th 

Division, inducted into federa l se rvice 15 October 1940 at Columbus. 

Reorganized and redesignated I February 1942 as Headquarters, 37th Infantry 

Division. Inactivated 18 December 1945 at Camp Anza, California. Reorganized 

and federally recognized II November 1946 at Columbus. Ordered into active 

federal service 15 January 1952 at Columbus. (Headquarters, 37th Infantry 

Division [NGUS], organized and federa lly recognized 15 January 1954 at 

Columbus.) Released from active federal service 15 June 1954 and reverted to 

state control; federal recognition concurrently withdrawn fi·om Headquarters, 

37th Infantry Division (NGUS). 

Reorga ni zed and redesignated 15 February 1968 as ll eadquarters, 73d 

Brigade, 38th Infantry Division. Reorganized and redesignated I March 1977 as 

ll eadquarters, 73cl Infantry Brigade, and relieved from assignment to the 38th 

In fa ntry Division. Redesignated 6 September 1992 as llcadquarters, 37th 

In fan try Bri gade. Reorga ni zed and redesignated I September 1993 as 

ll eadquarlers and Headquarters Company, 37th Brigade, 28th In fantry Division; 

location concurrently changed to North Canton. Redesignated I September 1994 

as ll eadquarters and Headquarters Company, 37th Brigade, 38th Infantry 

Division. 

I lome Station: North Canton 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIP.A:fi ON RI T 

World War/ 

Ypres-Lys 

Meuse-Argonne 

Lorraine 1918 

World War II 

Northern Solomons 

Luzon (with arrowhe.1d) 

DECORATIONS 

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

1944TO 4 JULY 1945 (37th Infantry Division cited; DA GO 47, 1950) 
360 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

46th BRIGADE, 38th INFANTRY DIV[SION 

ARNG 

LINEAGE (Michigan) 

Organized 23 June 1916 in the Michigan National Guard at Grand Rapids as 

the Supply Company, 32d Infantry. Mustered into federal service I July 1916 at 

Camp Grayling, Michigan; mustered out I 5 February 1917 at Fort Wayne, 

Michigan. Mustered into federal service 23 July 1917; draflcd into federal service 

5 August 1917. Redesignated 22 September 1917 as the Supply Company, I 26th 

Infantry, an element of the 32d Division. Demobilized 24 May I919 at Camp 

Custer, Michigan. Reorga nized and federally recognized 28 November 1921 in 

the Michigan National Guard at Grand Rapids as the Service Company, 126th 

Infantry, an element of the 32d Division (later redesignated as the 32d Infantry 

Division). Inducted into federal service 15 October 1940 at Grand Rapids. 

Inactivated 28 February 1946 in Japan. (!26th Infantry relieved 31 May I946 

from assignment to the 32cl Infantry Division and assigned to the 46th Infantry 

Division.) Reorganized and federally recognized 9 December 1946 at Grand 

Rapids. Consolidated 15 March 1959 with Medical Company, I 26th Infantry (sec 

ANN EX), and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters 

Company, I st Battle Group, I 26th Infantry. 

Reorganized and redesignated 15 March I 963 as lleadquarters and 

11eadquarters Company, 2d Origade, 46th Infantry Division. Location changed I 5 

January 1965 to Wyoming. Ordered into active federal service 24 July 1967 al 

Wyoming; re leased from active federal service 2 August 1967 and reverted to 

state control. Redesignated I Pcbruary 1968 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 46th Brigade, 38th Infantry Div]sion. 

ANNEX 

Organized and federally recognized I7 May I92I in the Michigan National 

Guard at Grand Rapids as the Medical Department Detachment, I 26th Infantry, 

an clement of the 32d Division (later redesignated as the 32d In fantry Division). 

Redesignated I May J 940 as Medical Detachment, I 26th Infantry. Inducted into 

federal service I 5 October 1940 at Grand Rapids. Inactivated 28 February 1946 

in Japan. (!26th Infantry reli eved 31 May 1946 from assignment to the 32d 

Infantry Division and assigned to the 46tih Infantry Division.) Reorganized and 

federally recognized 4 March 1947 at Grand Rapids. Reorganized and redesignated I November 1948 as the Medical Company, I 26th Infantry. 

I lome Station: Wyoming 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World Warl 

Aisne-Mame Oise-Aisne 

Meuse-Argonne 

Alsace 1918 

World War lf 

Papua 

New Guinea (with arrowhead) 

Leytc 

Luzon 

DECORATIONS 

361 

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered PAPUA (Papuan 

Forces, United States Army Southwest Pacific Area, cited; WD GO 21, 1943) 

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I, Streamer embroidered 

OISE-AISNE (126th Infantry cited; WD GO l L, 1924) 

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (!26th Infantry cited; DA GO 47, 1950) 

38TH INFANTRY D IVISION BIBLIOGRAPHY 

(includes the former 37TH INFANTRY DIVISION) 

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Historical Section, Army War College. Order o.f Battle o.f the United States Land 

Forces in the World War; American Expeditionary Forces; Divisions. 
362 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1931. Reprint. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1988. 

Hodge, Peyton, et al., eds. 38th Infantry Division, ''Avengers of Bataan." Atlanta: 

Albert Love Enterprises, 1947. 

fndiana Army National Guard 38th Infantry Division, 1967. Newfoto Publishing 

Co., 1967. 

Kahn, E. J. , Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980. 

Leslie, Sara beth. Morningside Joins the 37th. New York: Exposition Press, 1947. 

May, E. L. Souvenir HistOIJ' of Camp Sheridan, Montgomery, Ala., Dedicated to 

the Thirty-seventh Division. Montgomery, I 918. 

Moorhead, Robert G. "38th Infantry Division Is a Three-State Enterprise." Army 

23 (October I 973):99- l 02. 

Palmer, Don, and Koons, Jack. Billets and Bullets of 37 Division. Cincinnati: 

Bacharach Press, 1919. 

Pictorial Hist01y, Thirty-Eighth Division, Army of the United States, 1941. 

Atlanta: Army and Navy Publishing Co., 1941. 

Pictorial History, Thirty-Seventh Division, United States Army, 1940- 1941. 

Atlanta: Army-Navy Publishers, 1941 . 

"Prep School ... 73 Bde. Teaches New Recruits the Basics." The Buckeye Guard 

4 (June 1979):17. 

Report on the M- 7 Operation, 38th Inftmlly Division, ''Avenger of Bataan," 19 

JanuClly 1945 to 30 June 1945. n.p.: 670th Engineer Topographica l Company, 

1945. 

Reports of General MacArthur. Vol. 1. Washington: Government Printing Office, 

1966. 

Smith, Herbert E. "A.E.F. Divisional Insignia- The 38th Division." Recruiting 

News 16 (1 November 1934):3. 

___ . "A.E.F. Divisional Insignia- The 37th Division." Recruiting News 16 ( 1 

October l934):31f. 

Smith, Robert Ross. Triumph in the Philippines. United States Army in World 

War TI. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1963. 

37th Division Commemorative Booklet. Toledo: Toledo Blade, 1946. 

Thirty-seventh's Bit in the World War of 1914- 1918. n.p., 1918. 

37th l!~fcmuy Division Pictorial Hist01y, Camp Polk, Louisiana. Columbus: F. J. 

Heer Printing Co., 1952. 

Watt, Bill. "The Mission Is Training for Readiness: A Division Undivided." 

National Guardsman 27 (October 1973):2- 5. 

West, William B. The i'zght.for the A1gonne; Personal Experiences ofa "Y" Man. 

New York: Abingdon Press, c. 1919. 
40th INFANTRY DIVISION 

(Sunshine Division) 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: On a blue square a sun in splendor in yellow, 12 rays within a 

circle, the square to be worn point up. 

Symbolism: The design alludes to California where the division had its origin, whi I.e the blue field alludes to the sky and the Pacific 

Ocean. 

DISTINCTIV E UNIT INSIGNIA 

Description: A gold colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a blue 

triangular area surmounted by a gold semi-sunburst with six 

fuLl points, at the top a gold demi-tleur-de-lis between a background of Philippine sun rays, in base a blue Torii gate behind 

a vertical red arrowhead (point up, and extending slightly in 

front of the sunburst), all above a circular gold scroll inscribed 

DUTY HONOR COURAGE in red letters. 

Symbolism: The semi-sunburst represents the division's allocation to the 

state of California. The demi-fleur-cle-lis symbolizes service 

in World War I. The outer rim of sun rays refers to award of 

the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation. The reel arrowhead 

alludes to the firepower of the unit and represents the assault 

landing at Luzon in World War II. The Torii gate, a symbol of 

the Far East, refers to the Republic of Korea Presidential Unit 

Citation awarded to the division. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

40th INFANTRY DIVISION 

(Sunshine Division) 

ARNG 

LINEAGE (California) 

Constituted 18 July 1917 in the Nationa l Guard as Headquarters, 40th 

Division (to be organized with troops from Arizona, California, Colorado, 

Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah). Organized 25 August 1917 at Camp Kearny, 

California. Demobilized 20 April 1919 at Camp Kearny, California. Reorganized 

and federally recognized 18 June 1926 in the California Nationa l Guard at 

Berkeley. Location changed 1 October 193 7 to Los Angeles. (Headquarters 

363 
364 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

Detachment, 40th Division, organized and federal ly recognized 18 October 193 7 

at Los Ange les.) Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 40th Division, 

inducted into federal service 3 March 1941 at Los Angeles. Reorganized and 

redesignated 18 February 1942 as Headquarters, 40th Infantry Division. 

Inactivated 7 April 1946 at Camp Stoneman, California. Reorganized and federally recognized 14 October 1946 at Los Angeles. Ordered into active federal service I September 1950 at Los Angeles. (Headquarters, 40th Infantry Division 

[NGUS], organized and federally recognized 2 September 1952 at Los Angeles.) 

Released from active federal service 30 June 1954 and reverted to state control; 

federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from Headquarters, 40th Infantry 

Division (NGUS). Reorganized and redesignated l July 1954 as Headquarters, 

40th Armored Division. Reorganized and redesignated 29 January 1968 as 

Headquarters, 40th Armored Brigade. Reorganized and redesignated 13 January 

1974 as Headquarters, 40th Infantry Division, and location changed to Long 

Beach (Headqumters Company, 40th Infantry Division, concurrently organized at 

Long Beach.) Location changed 1 February 1981 to Los Alamitos. 

Home Station: Los Alamitos 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War 1 

Streamer without inscription 

World War If 

Bismarck Archipelago 

Luzon (with arrowhead) 

Southern Philippines 

Korean War 

Second Korean Winter 

Korea, Summer- Fall 1952 

Third Korean Winter 

Korea, Summer 1953 

DECORATIONS 

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (40th Jnt~mtry Division cited; DA GO 47, 1950) 

Rep11blic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 

1952- 1954 (Headquarters, 40th Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 50, 1954) 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 365 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

1st BRIGADE, 40th INFANTRY DIVISION 

ARNG 

LINEAGE (California) 

Organized 29 January 1968 in the California Army National Guard at Los 

Angeles as Headquarters Company, 40th Armored Brigade. Reorganized and 

redesignated 13 January 1974 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, lst 

Brigade, 40th Infantry Division. Location changed 1 February 1976 to Fort 

MacArthur. Ordered into active federal service l May 1992 at Fort MacArthur; 

released from active federal service 9 May 1992 and reverted to state control. 

Location changed 30 .Ju ly 1993 to Los Alamitos; changed 1 October 1997 to 

Long Beach. 

Home Station: Long Beach 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

None. 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
366 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

2d BRIGADE, 40th INFANTRY DIVISION 

ARNG 

LINEAGE (California) 

Organized 12 October 188 1 in the California National Guard at San Diego as 

the San Diego Guard. Redesignated 22 July 1885 as Company B, 7th Infantry 

Battalion. Redesignated 5 May 1888 as Company B, 7th Infantry Regiment. 

Redesignated 8 February 1890 as Company B, 9th Infantry Regiment; San Diego 

Rifles (organized 7 September 1889) concurrently redesignated as Company A, 

9th Infantry Regiment. Companies A and B, 9th Infantry Regiment, consolidated, 

reorganized, and redesignated 7 December I 895 as Company B, 7th Infantry 

Regiment. Mustered into federal service 9 May 1898 at the Presidio of San 

Francisco as Company B, 7th California Volunteer Infantry; mustered out 2 

December 1898 at Los Angeles. 

Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 29 June 1909 in the California 

National Guard at San Diego as the 5th Company, l st Coast De fense 

Command, Coast Artillery Corps. Drafted into federal service 5 August I 917. 

Reorganized and redesignated 31 August 1917 as the 5th Company, Coast 

Defenses of San Diego. Reorganized ami redesignated l5 January 1918 as 

Company B, 2d Antiaircraft Battalion. Demobilized 15 January 1919 at Camp 

Dix, New Jersey. Former 5th Company and 8th Company (see ANNEX 1 ), 1st 

Coast Defense Command, Coast Artillery Corps, expanded, reorganized, and 

federally recognized I 0 February- 20 April 1921 in the California National 

Guard at San Diego as the 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th Companies, I st Coast Defense 

Command, Coast Artillery Corps. Expanded and reorganized 9 January 1922 as 

the San Diego Fort Command, I st Coast Defense Command, Coast Artillery 

Corps, with the 463d, 464th, 465th, a nd 466th Companies assigned. 

Reorganized and redesignated 6 October 1923 as the 2d Battalion, 250th Coast 

Artillery. Consolidated I November 1924 with Batteries [ and K, 250th Coast 

Artillery (see ANNEXES 2 and 3), to form the 251 st Coast Artillery, with 

Headquarters at San Diego. Jnducted into federal service 16 September 1940 at 

home stations. 

Regiment broken up 1 March 1944 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as fo llows: Headquarters Battery as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Battery, 25lst Antiaircraft Artillery Group; I st Battalion as the 746th Antiaircraft 

Artillery Gun Battalion; and Band as the 288th Army Band (Regimental 

Headquarters and 2d Battalion- hereafter separate lineages). 

Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 25lst Antiaircraft Artillery Group, 

inactivated 29 December 1945 at Camp Stoneman, California. Reorganized and 

federa lly recognized 24 February 1947 at San Diego as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Battery, !14th Antiaircraft Artillery Brigade. 

746th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion inactivated 15 January 1946 at 

Camp Stoneman, California. Headquarters and Headquarters Battery reorganized 

and federally recognized 24 February 1947 at San Diego as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Battery, 25 1st Antiaircraft Artillery Group (remainder of battalion- hereafter separate lineages). 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 367 

288th Army Band reorganized and redesignated June 1944 as the 288th 

Army Ground Forces Band. Inactivated 25 January 1946 in the Philippine 

Islands. Reorganized and federally recognized 14 November 1947 at San Diego 

as the 93d Army Band. Ordered into active federal service 15 October 1950 at 

San Diego. (93d Army Band [NGUS] organized and federally recognized 26 

January 1953 at San Diego.) Released from active federal service 24 February 

1955 and reverted to state control; federal recognition concurrently withdrawn 

from the 93d Army Band (NGUS). 

Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1 14th Antiaircraft Artillery Brigade; 

Headquarters an d Headquarters Battery, 25 1 st Antiaircraft Group; 93d Army 

Band; and the 183d Antiaircraft Artillery Detachment (organized and federally 

recognized 12 April 1956 at San Diego) consolidated 1 October 1959 and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as Headquarte rs and Headquarters 

Battery, I 14th Artillery Brigade. 

Converted and redesigna ted 1 March 1963 as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 40th Armored Division. Reorganized and 

redesignated 29 January 1968 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

I II th Armor Group, and relieved from assignment to the 40th Armored 

Division. Reorganized and redesignated I November 197 1 as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Detachment, Ill th Area Headquarters. Reorganized and redesignated 13 January 1974 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 

40th Infantry Division; location concurrently changed to Los Alamitos. Location 

changed I January 198 1 to San Diego. Ordered into active federal service 1 May 

1992 at San Diego; released i-i·om active federa l service 9 May 1992 and reverted to state control. 

ANN EX I 

Organized I L May 1910 in the California National Guard at San Diego as the 

8th Company, lst Coast Defense Command, Coast Artillery Corps. Drafted into 

federa l service 5 August 19 17. Reorganized and redesignated 31 August 1917 as 

the 6th Company, Coast Defenses of San Diego. Reorganized and redesignated 1 

January 19 18 as Battery B, 65th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps). Demobilized 

28 February 1919 at Camp Lewis, Washington. 

ANNEX 2 

Organized 6 October 1916 in the Ca lifornia National Guard at Long Beach as 

the 23d Company, 2d Coast Defense Command, Coast Artillery Corps. Drafted 

into federal service 5 August 191 7. Reorganized and redesignated 4 September 

19 17 as the I I th Company, Los Angeles Coast Defense Corps. Reorganized and 

redesignated I February 191 8 at the 14th Company, Coast Defense of Los 

Angeles. Redesignated 25 June 19 18 as the II th Company, Coast Defenses of 

Los Angeles. Redesignated 20 October 19 18 as Battery A, 19th Artillery (Coast 

Artillery Corps). Demobilized 24 December 19 18 at Fort MacArthur, Ca lifornia. 

Reorganized and federally recognized 14 December 1921 in the Ca lifornia 

National Guard at Lo ng Beach as the 9th Company, Coast Artill ery Corps. 

Redesignated 9 January 1922 as the 467th Company, Coast Artillery Corps. 

Redesignated 6 October 1923 as Battery r, 250th Coast ArtiUery. 
368 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

ANNEX 3 

Organized 24 September 1916 in the California National Guard at San Pedro 

as the 16th Company, 2cl Coast Defense Command, Coast Artillery Corps. 

Drafted into federal service 5 August 1917. Redesignated 4 September 1917 as 

the 5th Company, Los Angeles Coast Defense Corps. Reorganized and redesignated 20 January 1918 as Battery D, 2d Antiaircraft Battalion. Demobilized 19 

January 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey. Reorganized and federally recognized 6 

April 1922 in the California National Guard at San Pedro as the 468tb Company, 

Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 6 October 1923 as Battery K, 250th Coast 

Artillery. 

Home Station: San Diego 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War I 

St. Mihiel 

Meuse-Argonnc 

World War II 

Central Pacitic 

Northern Solomons 

Bismarck Archipelago 

Leyte 

Luzon 

Southern Philippines 

DECORATIONS 

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

1944 TO 4 .JULY 1945 (Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 25lst Antiaircraft 

Artillery Group; 746th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion; and 288th Army 

Ground Forces Band cited; DA GO 47, 1950) 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 369 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

3d BRIGADE, 40th INFANTRY DIVISION 

ARNG 

LIN EAGE (California) 

Constituted 5 August 1946 in the California Army National Guard as 

Headquarters, 52d Infantry Division. Organized and federally recognized 14 

October 1946 at San Francisco (later changed to Alameda). Redesignated 31 

October 1947 as Headquarters, 49th Infantry Division. Personnel transferred 29 

January 1968 to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Northern Emergency 

Operation Headquarters; transferred I April 1972 to Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 79th Support Center. Converted and redesignated 13 

January 1974 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 40th 

Infantry Division; location concurrently changed to San Jose. Ordered into active 

federal service 1 May 1992 at San Jose; released from active federal service 9 

May 1992 and reverted to state control. 

Home Station: San Jose 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

None. 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

40TH INFANTRY DIVISION BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Assault Operations by the 40th Infantry Division Against Japanese Cave 

Positions in. the Foothills of the Zambales Mount.ains West of Fort 

Stotsenburg, Luzon., P.l. 67th Engineer Topographical Company, 1945. 

Beveridge, Reid K. "Division Level Training: Training a Division as a Division." 

National Guard 40 (November 1986):36-39. 

Breckinridge, Henry, et al. History of the Fortieth (Sunshine) Division. Los 

Angeles: C. S. Hutson and Co., 1920. 

Bullitt, John M. 40th Infantry Division, History of Evacuation and 

Repatriation Through the Port of Pusan, Korea: 28 Sept 45- 15 Nov 45. 

n.p., 1945. 

Complete Roster Fortieth Division, Camp Kearny, Cal~fornia, November 15, 

1917. Camp Kearny: J. Milledge and W. B. Tyler, c. 1917. 

Evacuation, 40th Infantry Division. 545th Engineer Topographical Company, 

1945. 

40th Division Overseas. n.p., c. 1945. 

40th Infantry Division, The Years of World War![, 7 December 1941- 7 April 

1946. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Co., 1947. 

Fortieth in Review. Tokyo: Dai Nippon Printing Co., 1952. 

Hermes, Walter G. Truce Tent and Fighting Front. United States Army in the 

Korean War. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1966. 
370 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HistoricaL and Pictorial Review, 40th Infantry Division, Army of the United 

States, Camp San Luis Obispo, Cal(fornia, 1941. Baton Rouge: Army and 

Navy Publishing Co., 1941. 

Historical Section, Army War College. Order of Battle (~f the United States Land 

Forces in the World War; American Expeditionary Forces; Divisions. 

Wa shi ngton: Governme nt Printing Office, 1931. Re print. Government 

Printing Office, 1988. 

History of the 40th h~lantry Division in the Philippines. 657th Engineer 

Topographical Battalion, 1945. 

Kahn, E. J. , Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980. 

Maher, Charles. '"At Home' in Japan with the 'Sunshine' Division." National 

Guardsman 5 (December 1951 ):24- 25. 

"M- Day .. . The Reality- The 40th Sunshine Division." National Guardsman 5 

(February 1951):2. 

Miller, John, jr. CARTWHEEL: The Reduction of Rabaul. United States Army in 

World War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1959. 

Richards, Ga ry D. "Bridging the Readiness Gap." Soldiers 29 (November 

1974):32- 33. 

Schnabel, James F. Policy and Direction: The First Year. United States Army in 

the Korean War. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1972. 

Smith, Herbert E. "A.E.F. Divisional Insignia- The 40th Division." Recruiting 

News 17 (I January 1935):3ff. 

Smith, Robert Ross. Triumph in the Philippines. United States Army in World 

War U. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1963. 

"The States Pass in Review: California, 40th Infantry Division (Mech)." National 

Guard 45 (January 1991 ): 138. 

"The 'Sunshine Division.' A Condensed History of the 40th Division." National 

Guardsman 3 (.June 1949):22- 23. 
42d INFANTRY DIVISION 

(Rainbow) 

HERALDIC lTEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: The 4th quadrant of a rainbow of three bands red, yellow, and 

blue, all within a green border. 

Symbolism: The 42d Infantry Division is known as the " Rainbow 

Division" because personnel from 26 states originally formed 

the division. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

Description: A gold colored metal and enamel device, consisting of an arc 

of three concentric red, gold, and blue bands, the ends curving 

downwards and terminabng behind a vertica l white fleur-delis on either side above in base a yellow demi-sun with gold 

rays on a light blue background, all above a reel scroll, the 

ends curving behind the lower area of the fleur-de-lis, 

inscribed RAINBOW in gold letters. 

Symbolism: Blue is the color used for infantry, the rainbow alludes to the 

shoulder sleeve insignia of the division, and spanning across 

two fleurs-de-lis symbolizes its combat service in France during both World War I and World War !J. The sun, adapted fi·om 

the seal of the state of New York, refers to the locati.on and 

home area of the 42d Infantry Division. 

L INEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

42d INFANTRY DIVISION 

(Rainbow) 

ARNG 

LINEAGE (New Jersey, New York, and Vermont) 

Constituted 14 August 1917 in the National Guard as Headquarters, 42cl 

Division. Organized 5 September 1917 at Camp Mills, New York. Demobilized 9 

May 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey. Recons6tuted 5 February 1943 in the Army of 

the United States as Headquarters, 42d Infantry Division. Activated 14 July 1943 at 

Camp Gruber, Oklahoma. Inactivated 29 June 1946 in Austria. Reorganized and 

federally recognized 31 March 1947 in the New York National Guard at New York. 

Ordered into active federal service 24 March 1970 at New York; released from 

active federal service 30 March 1970 and reverted to state control. Reorganized and 

37 1 
372 ARMIES, CORPS, OJ VIS IONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

redesignated December 1989 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 42cl 

Infantry Division, and location concurrently changed to Troy. 

Home Station: Troy (less detachments at Fort Dix, New Jersey, and Montpelier, 

Vermont) 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War I 

Champagne-Marne 

Aisne-Marne 

SL M ihiel 

Meuse-Argonne 

Champagne 19 18 

Lorraine 1918 

World War II 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-Aisace 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
LlNEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 373 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

3d BRIGADE, 42d INFANTRY DIVISION 

ARNG 

LiNEAGE (New York) 

Organized and federally recognized II August 1986 in the New York Army 

National Guard at Buffalo as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d 

Brigade, 42cl Infantry Division. 

Home Station: Buffalo 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATlON CREDIT 

None. 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
374 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVJSIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

50th BRIGADE, 42d INFANTRY DIVISION 

(Jersey Blues) 

ARNG 

LINEAGE (New Jersey) 

Constituted 19 October 1920 in the National Guard as Headquarters, 44th 

Division (to be organized with troops ti·om Delaware, New Jersey, and New 

York). Organized and federally recognized 26 March 1924 at Trenton, New 

Jersey. Location changed 21 February 1925 to Newark, New Jersey; on 5 October 

1936 to Trenton, New Jersey. (Headquarters Detachment, 44th Division, organized 23 May 1927- 23 March 1939 at Trenton, New Jersey.) Headquarters and 

Headquarters Detachment, 44th Division, inducted into federal service 16 

September 1940 at Trenton, New Jersey. Reorganized and redesignated 16 

February 1942 as Headquarters, 44th Infantry Division. Inactivated 30 November 

1945 at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas. 

Redesignated 5 July 1946 as Headquarters, 50th Armored Division, and allotted to the New Jersey National Guard. Reorganized and federally recognized 14 

October 1946 at Newark (Headquarters Company, 50th Armored Division, concu rrently organized at Newark). Location of Headquarters changed 16 September 

1955 to East Orange; location of Headquarters Company changed l October 

1958 to East Orange. (Headquarters Company, 50th Armored Division, consolidated I April 1959 with the Medical Detachment, 50th Armored Division [see 

ANN EX 1 ], and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters Company, 50th 

Armored Division; consolidated I February 1968 with Battery A, 2d Battalion, 

I J 2th Artillery [see ANN EX 2], and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters 

Company, 50th Armored Division.) Location of Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 50th Armored Division, changed 7 June 1980 to Somerset; on I 

August 1990 to Fort Dix. 

Reorganized and redesignated I September 1993 as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 50th Brigade, 42d Infantry Division (Headquarters 

Company concurrently consolidated with Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 1st Brigade, 50th Armored Division [see ANNEX 3], and consolidated 

unit designated as Headquarters Company, 50th Brigade, 42d Infantry Division). 

ANNEX 1 

Organized and federally recognized 16 September 1919 in the New Jersey 

National Guard at Newark as the Medical Department Detachment, 6th Infantry. 

Redesignated 17 June 1921 as the Medical Department Detachment, L 13th 

Infantry, an e lement of the 44th Division. Redesignated 1 May 1940 as the 

Medical Detachment, !13th Infantry. Inducted into federal service 16 September 

1940 at Newark. (I 13th Infantry relieved 16 February 1942 from assignment to 

the 44th Division.) fnactivated 25 September 1945 at Camp Rucker, Alabama. 

Reorganized and federa lly recognized 14 October 1946 at Newark as the Medical 

Detachment, 50th Armored Division. Location changed I October 1958 to East 

Orange. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 375 

ANNEX 2 

Organized 27 April 1895 in the New Jersey National Guard at Orange as 

Gatling Gun Company A. Redesignated 20 April 1900 as Battery A, Field 

/\rti II cry; location concurrently changed to East Orange. Mustered into federal 

service 21 June 1916 at Sea Girt; mustered 01.1t 2 1 October 19 16. Redesignated 3 

April 1917 as Battery A, 1st Battali on, Field Artillery. Redesignated 17 July 1917 

as Battery A, I st Field Artillery. Mustered into federal service 3 1 July 1917 at 

Sea Girt. Drafted into federal service 5 August 1917. Reorganized and redesignated 15 September 1917 as Battery A, II Oth Field Artillery, an clement of the 

29th Division. Redesignated 27 September 191 7 as Battery A, L 12th Field 

Artillery, an element of the 29th Division. Demobilized 31 May 1919 at Camp 

Dix, New Jersey. Reorganized and federally recognized 29 November 1920 in the 

New Jersey National Guard at East Orange as Battery A, 1st Field Artillery, an 

element of the 44th Division. Redesignated 20 April 1922 as Battery A, !12th 

Field Artillery, an element of the 44th Division. Redesignated I December 1939 

as Battery A, !65th Field Artillery, an element of the 44th Division. Inducted into 

federal service 16 September 1940 at East Orange. Reorganized and redesignated 

16 February 1942 as Battery A, I 99th Field Artillery Battalion, and relieved from 

assignment to the 44th Division. Inactivated 23 October 1945 at Camp Shanks, 

New York. Redesignated 5 July 1946 as Battery A, 199th Armored Field Artillery 

Battalion, an element of the 50th Armored Division. Reorganized and federally 

recognized 25 February 1947 at East Orange. Reorganized and redesignated 1 

March 1959 as Battery A, 2d Howitzer Battalion, 112th Artillery, an element of 

the 50th Armored Division. Redesignated 3 I January 1963 as Battery A, 2d 

Battalion, !12th Artillery. 

ANNEX 3 

Organized in 1867 in the New Jersey Rifle Corps at New Brunswick as 

Company K, 3d Regiment. Reorganized and redesignated 14 April 1869 in the 

New Jersey National Guard as Company D, 3d Regiment Infantry. Mustered into 

federal service 11 - 13 May 1898 at Sea Girt as Company D, 3d New Jersey 

Volunteer Infantry; mustered out II February 1899 at Athens, Georgia. 

Reorganized 2 May 1899 in the New Jersey National Guard at New Brunswick as 

Company H, 2d Regiment In fa ntry. Drafted into federal service 5 August 1917. 

Rcorgan izcd and redesignated I I October 1917 as Company II, 11 3 th Infantry, 

an clement of the 29th Division. Demobilized 28 May 19 19 at Camp Dix, New 

Jersey. Reorganized in 1920 in the New Jersey National Guard at New Brunswick 

as Company G, 3d Infantry. Redesignated 17 June 1921 as Company A, I 14th 

Infantry, an element of the 44th Division (later redesignated as the 44th Infantry 

Division). Federally recognized 22 July 1922. Redesignated 2 July 1924 as 

Company E, !14th Infantry. Inducted into federal service 16 September 1940 at 

New Brunswick. Inactivated 16 November 1945 at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas. 

(!14th Infantry reli eved 9 July 1946 from assignment to the 44th Infantry 

Division.) Reorganized and federally recognized 9 June 1948 at New Brunswick. 

Converted and redesignated 8 May 1954 as Headquarters and Service 

Company, 252cl Tank Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated I March 1959 as 

Il caclquartcrs Company, I st Medium Tank Battalion , 53cl Armor. Location 
376 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

changed 1 May 1961 to Woodbridge. Reorganized and redesignated 15 April 

1964 as Headquarters Troop, 3d Reconnaissance Squadron, 1 04th Armored 

Cavalry. 

Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1968 as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, I st Brigade, 50th Armored Division. Location changed I 

November 1990 to Somerset. Consolidated 1 September 1991 with Headquarters 

and Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 50th Armored Division (see ANN EX 4), 

and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

1st Brigade, 50th Armored Division. 

ANN EX 4 

Organized and federally recognized 9 March 1926 in the New Jersey 

National Guard at Camden as Headquarters Company, 57th Infantry Brigade, an 

element of the 44th Division. Inducted into federal service 16 September 1940 at 

Camden. Converted and redesignated 16 September 1942 as the 44th Cavalry 

Reconnaissance Troop, an element of the 44th Infantry Division. Reorganized 

and redesignated 13 August 1943 as the 44th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, 

Mechanized. Inactivated 17 October 1945 at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas. 

Consolidated with Headquarters Battery, 44th Division Artillery (see ANNEX 

5), and consolidated unit reorganized and federally recognized 1 August 1946 at 

Camden as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Combat Command A, 50th 

Armored Division. Location changed 1 May 1966 to Cherry Hill. Converted and 

redesignated 1 February 1968 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, !12th 

Artillery Group, and relieved from assignment to the 50th Armored Division. 

Redesignated 1 May 1972 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 112th Field 

Artillery Group. Converted and redesignated I July 1975 as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 50th Armored Division. 

ANNEX 5 

Organized and federally recognized 19 July 1929 in the New Jersey National 

Guard at Camden as Headquarters Battery, 69th Field Artillery Brigade, an element of the 44th Division. Inducted into federal service 16 September 1940 at 

Camden. Reorganized and redesignated 20 February 1942 as Headquarters 

Battery, 44th Division Artillery. Inactivated 21 November 1945 at Camp Chaffee, 

Arkansas. 

Home Station: Fort Dix 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War II 

Northern france 

Rhineland 

Ardenncs-Aisacc 

Central Europe 

Headquarters Company (Fort Dix) additionally entitled to: 

World War I 

M eusc-Argonne 

A lsace 19 18 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 377 

DECORATIONS 

Headquarters Company (Fort Dix) entitled to: 

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered SCIIALBACH (2d 

Battalion, I 14th Infantry, cited; WD GO 27, 1945) 
378 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

86th BRIGADE, 42d INFANTRY DIVISION 

(The Vermont Brigade) 

ARNG 

LINEAGE (Vermont) 

Organized 17 June 1878 in the Vermont Volunteer Militia at Montpelier as 

Company H, 1st Infantry Regiment. (Vermont Volunteer Militia redesignated in 

1894 as the Vermont National Guard.) Mustered into federal service 16 May 

1898 at Burlington as Company H, lst Vermont Volunteer Infantry; mustered out 

26 October- 7 November 1898 at Montpelier and resumed state status as 

Company H, 1st Infantry. Mustered into federal service 22 June 1916 at Fort 

Ethan Allen, Vermont; mustered out 9- 1 I October 1916 at Fort Ethan Allen, 

Vermont. Mustered into federa l service 10 April 1917 at Fort Ethan Allen, 

Vermont; drafted into federal service 5 August 1917. Expanded 9 February 1918 

to form Company H, 57th Pioneer In fan try, and Company F, 10 I st Ammunition 

Train, an element of the 26th Division. Company H, 57th Pioneer Infantry, demobilized 4 March 19 19 at Camp Devens, Massachusetts; Company F, IOist 

Ammunition Train, demobilized 3 May 19 L 9 at Camp Devens, Massachusetts. 

Company 1-1 , 57th Pioneer Infantry, and Company F, 101 st Ammunition 

Train, consolidated 20 June 1919 and consolidated unit redesignated as the 

Service Company (less Band), I st Infantry. Reorganized and federally recognized 

30 June 1921 in the Vermont National Guard at Montpelier. Redesignated 1 

October 1921 as the Service Company (less Band), 172d Infantry, an clement of 

the 43d Division (later redesignated as the 43d Infantry Division). Redesignated 

I May 1940 as the Service Company, 172d [nfantry. Inducted into federa l service 

24 February 1941 at Montpe lier. Inactivated I November 1945 at Camp 

Stoneman, California. Reorganized and federally recognized 29 January 1947 at 

Montpelier. Ordered into active federal service 5 September 1950 at Montpelier. 

(Headquarters Company, 172d Infantry [NGUS], organized and federa lly recogni zed 29 January 1953 at Montpelier.) Released from active federal service 15 

June 1954 and reverted to state control; federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from Headquarters Company, I 72d Infantry (NGUS). Reorganized and 

redesignated 1 March 1959 as Headquarters Company, I st Battle Group, I 72d 

Infantry. Reorganized and redesignated I April 1963 as Headquarters Company, 

I st Battalion, 172d Infantry, an element of the 86th Infantry Brigade. Converted 

and redesignated I February 1964 as Headquarters Company, I 86th Support 

Datta! ion, an element of the 86th Armored Brigade. 

Consolidated I February 1968 with Company A, I 86th Support Battalion 

(organized and federally recognized 3 f-ebruary 1964 at Montpelier), and consolidated unit converted and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 86th Brigade, 50th Armored Division. Location changed I April J 970 

to Berlin. Redesignated I June 1988 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 86th Brigade, 26th Infantry Division. Redesignated I September 1993 

as IJ eadquartcrs and Headquarters Company, 86th Brigade, 42d Infantry 

Division. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 

Home Station: Berlin 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War I 

Champagne-Marne 

Aisne-Marne 

St. Mihiel 

Mcusc-Argonne 

lie de rranee 1918 

Lorraine 1918 

World War II 

New Guinea 

Northern Solomons (with arrowhead) 

Luzon (with arrowhead) 

DECORATIONS 

379 

Phi lippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOUER 

1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (43d Infantry Division cited; OA GO 47, 1950) 

42D I NFANTRY D IVISION B IBLIOGRAPHY 

(includes the former 50TH ARMORED DIVISION) 

Alexander, Frederick B. The Operations "T"-Force (T(//get Force), 42d lnfantty 

Division from Wurzbt11g, Germany 31 March- 15 May 1945. Fort Riley: 

Ground General School, 1949. 

American Battle Monuments Commission. American Armies and Battlefields in 

Europe. Washin gton: Government Printing Office, 1938. Reprinl. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1992. 

---· 42d Division, Summaty of Operations i11 the World War. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1944. 

Brown, J. Douglas. "In Action with the Rainbow Division, I. 918- 19." Milita'J' 

Review 58 (January 1978):35-46. 

Brown, Warren J. Child Ya11k Over the Rainbow, 1918. Largo, Fla.: Aero-Medical 

Consultants, c. I 975. 

Clarke, Jeffrey J., and Smith, Robert Ross. Riviera to the R!tine. United States 

Army in World War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1993. 

Clyma, Carleton B., ed. Connecticut Men of the 44th Division, August 1945. 

Hartford, 1945. 

Cole, Hugh M. The Lorraine Campaign. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1950. 

Cook, James J. The Rainbow Division in the Great Wat~ 1917- 1919. Westport, 

Conn.: Praeger, 1994. 

Daly, Hugh C., ed. 42nd "Rainbow " infantry Division, A Combat Hist01y of 

World War fl. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Co., 1946. 

"The 50th Armored Division. A Condensed History of New Jersey's Division." 

National Guardsman 4 (June 1950):24-25. 

50th Armored Division, New Jersey National Guard, 1954. Red Bank, N.J.: 

Derrin Publications, 1954. 
380 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

50th Armored Division, 1946- 1956, New Jersey National Guard. New York: 

Publication Associates, 1956. 

"The 44th Division. A Condensed His tory from Its Birth in 1923." National 

Guardsman 3 (October 1949):22- 23. 

44th Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Washington, 1953. n.p., 1953. 

44th /nfantJy Division, 1950. Baton Rouge, La.: Army and Navy Publishing Co., 

1950. 

The 42d Division. Tu lsa, Okla.: Brandenburoy & Johnson Printing Co., 1943. 

The 42nd Division Before Landres-et-St. Geo1ges, October 1918. U.S. Army 

Chemical Corps Historical Studies. Gas Warfare in World War 1, Study no. 

17. Washington: U.S. Army Chemical Corps Historical Office, 1960. 

42nd Rainbow !nfanliy Division. Paducah, Ky.: Turner Publishing Co., 1987. 

Gabel, Christopher R. The US. Army GHQ Maneuvers of 1941. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1991. 

George, Herbert. The Challenge of War. New York: Vantage Press, 1966. 

Historical and Pictorial Review, 42nd lnfanfl y Division, Army of the United 

States. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Co., 1944. 

Historical Division, War Department. Small Unit Actions. American Forces in 

Action. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1948. 

Historical Section, Army War College. Order of Bailie of the United States Land 

Forces in the World War; American Expeditionary Forces; Divisions. 

Washington: Government Printi ng Office, .1931. Reprint. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1988. 

Hoffman, William R. The Famous 42nd "Rainbow" Division Who Helped Close the 

Lid of Hell. Plattsmouth, Neb.: Hoffman and Steinhauer Publishing Co., 1919. 

Johnson, Harold S., ed. Roster of the Rainbow Division (Forty-Second), Mcyor 

General Wm. A. Mann, Commanding. New York: Gettingtcr, 1917. 

Joyce, Raymond F., Jr. "Stretch Like a Rainbow." Army Digest 25 (October 

1970):22- 25. 

Kahn, E. J. , Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980. 

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Offensive. United States Army in World War 11. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1973. 

"Mission Accomplished." Combat History, 44th lnfantJy Division, 1944- /945. 

Atlanta: Albert Love Enterprises, 1946. 

"The Mission Is Training for Readiness: A Reunited 'Rainbow' Division." 

National Guardsman 28 (January 1974):2-4. 

"The 'Rainbow' Division. J\ Condensed History of the 42d Infantry Division." 

National Guardsman 3 (August 1949):£8- 19. 

Reilly, Hemy J. Americans All, The Rainbow at War. Columbus, Ohio: E J. Heer 

Printing Co., 1936. 

Salyer, Kermit W., ed. O.fficia/1948 Yearbook, 42nd lrifantJ)' (Rainbow) Division, 

New York National Guard. New York: Yearbooks Publishing Co., 1949. 

Sherwood, Elmer W. Dicuy of a Rainbow Veteran, Written at the Front. Terre 

Jlaute: Moore-Langen Co., 1929. 

Smith, Herbert E. "A.E.F. Divisional Insignia- The 42nd Division." Recruiting 

News 17 (I March 1935):3ff. 
LINEAGES AND IIERALDIC DATA 38 1 

Stewart, Lawrence D. Rainbow Bright. Philadelphia: Dorrance, 1923. 

Streeter, Edward. Dear Mable, Love Letters of a Rookie. New York: Frederick A. 

Stokes Co., 1918. 

Swelland, Maurice J. , and Swetland, Lilli. These Men, "For Conspicuous Brave1y 

Above and Beyond the Call of Duty." Harrisburg: Military Service Publishing 

Co., 1940. 

Tompkins, Raymond S. The St01y <?{ the Rainbow Division. New York: Boni and 

Liveright, 19 19. 

Turner, John F., and Jackson, Robert. Destination Berchtesgaden: The St01y of the 

United States Seventh Army in World War II. New York: Charles Scribners 

Sons, 1975. 

Wolf~ Walter B. A Brief St01y of the Rainbow Division. New York: Rand, McNally 

and Co., 1919. 

49th ARMORED DIVISION 

(Lone Star) 

H ERALDIC ITEMS 

SIIOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: An equilateral triangle, one point up, above a horizontal tab 

attached in base, the triangle divided into three sections, the 

upper section yellow, the dexter section blue, and the sinister 

section red, overall a gun bendwisc in front of a tank track and 

wheels all black surmounted by a red lightning flash bend sinisterwise. In the apex the Arabic numeral "49" in black all 

within a green border. The attached tab of yellow background 

edged with a green border with the inscription "LONE STAR" 

in black letters, the two words separated by a yellow star outlined black. 

Symbolism: Yellow, blue, and red are the colors of the branches from 

which armored units were formed. The tank tread, gun, and 

lightning flash arc symbolic of mobility, power, and speed. 

The division's designation is in Arabic numerals. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

Description: A gold colored metal and enamel device, consisting of an 

equilateral triangle one point up, divided into three sections, 

the upper section yellow, the dexter section blue, and the sinister section red, a gun bendwise in front of a tank track and 

wheels, all black and overall a red lightning flash bend sinisterwise, in the apex the Arabic numerals 49 in black; all above 

a gold scroll inscribed LONE STAR in black letters. 

Symbolism: The design is a miniaturized replica in metal and enamel of 

the shoulder sleeve insignia of the 49th Armored Division. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

49th ARMORED DIVISION 

(Lone Star) 

LINEAGE 

ARNG 

(Texas) 

Organized 4 June 191 7 in the Texas National Guard at Houston as 

ll cadquarters, 1st 13rigade. Drafted into federal se rvice 5 August 1917. 

Redesignated 15 October 1917 as ll eadquartcrs, 72cl In fan try Brigade, an ele383 
384 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISJONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

ment of the 36th Division. Dcmobi lized 20 June 19 19 at Camp Bowie, Texas. 

Reorganized and federally recognized 8 November 1922 in the Texas National 

Guard at Marshall as Headquarters, 72d Infantry Brigade, an element of the 36th 

Division. Location changed 26 July 193 7 to San Antonio; on 22 May 1939 to 

Dallas. Inducted into federa l service 25 November 1940 at Dallas. Disbanded I 0 

February 1942 at Camp Bowie, Texas. 

Reconstituted 25 August 1945 in the Texas National Guard. Redesignated 2 

July I 946 as 1-Ieadquarters, 49th Armored Division. Organized and federally recognized 27 February 1947 at Austin. Location changed 4 August 1949 to Fort 

Worth; on 31 August 1950 to Dallas. Ordered into active federal service 15 

October 1961 at Dallas; released from active federal service 9 August 1962 and 

reverted to state control. Reorganized and redesignated 15 January 1968 as 

Headquarters, 72d Infantry Brigade. Reorganized and redesignated I November 

1973 as Headquarters, 49th Armored Division (Headquarters Compa ny, 49th 

Armored Division, concurrently converted and redesignated from I Jcadquarters 

and Headquarters Detachment, I 36th Military Police Battalion [organized and 

federally recognized I November 1965 at Austin]). 

Home Station: Austin 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War I 

Meuse-Argonne 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 385 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

2d BRIGADE, 49th ARMORED DIVISION 

ARNG 

LINE/\013 (Texas) 

Organized and federal ly recognized 23 August 1919 in the Texas National 

Guard at Houston as Headquarters, I st Cavalry Brigade. Redesignated 20 July 

1921 as Headquarters, 56th Cavalry Brigade, an clement or the 23d Cavalry 

Division. (Headquarters Troop, 56th Cavalry Brigade, reorganized and redesignated I January 1935 from Headquarters Troop, I 24th Cavalry [organized and 

federa lly recognized 20 March 1929 at Austin]). Location of Headquarters, 56th 

Cavalry Brigade, changed I March 1935 to San Antonio. Relieved in 1939 from 

assignment to the 23d Cavalry Division. Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 

56th Cavalry Brigade, inducted into federal service 18 November 1940 at Austin 

and San Antonio. Reorganized and redesignated 12 May I 944 as the 56th Cavalry 

Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized. Inactivated 9 November 1945 at Camp 

Bowie, Texas. 

Redesignated 2 July 1946 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

Combat Command A, 49th Armored Division. Reorganized and federally recognized 25 October 1946 at Fort Worth. Ordered into active federal service 15 

October 1961 at Fort Worth; released from active federal service 9 August 1962 

and reverted to state control. Reorgani zed and redesignated 1 March 1963 as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 49th Armored Division. 

Reorga ni zed and rede·signated 15 January 1968 as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 49th Armor Group, and relieved from assignment to the 

49th Armored Division. Reorganized and redesignated l September 1971 as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 49th Armored Brigade. Reorganized 

and redesignated I November 1973 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

2d Brigade, 49th Armored Division. 

Home Station: Fort Worth 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION C REDIT 

None. 

D ECORATIONS 

None. 
386 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

3d BRIGADE, 49th ARMORED DIVISION 

ARNG 

LINEAGE (Texas) 

Organized and federally recognized 26 January 1950 in the Texas National 

Guard at Dallas as the Medical Detachment, 49th Armored Division. Converted 

and redesignated 16 March 1959 as Headquarters Company, 49th Armored 

Division. Ordered into active federal service 15 October 1961 at Dallas; released 

from active federa l service 9 August 1962 and reverted to state control. 

Reorganized and redesignated 15 January 1968 as Headquarters Company, 72d 

Infantry Brigade, and relieved from assignment to the 49th Armored Division. 

Consolidated I October 1971 with the Aircraft Maintenance Platoon, Company 

D, 372d Support Bat tal ion (organized and federal ly recognized 15 January 1968 

at Grand Prairie), and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters Company, 

72d Infantry Brigade. Reorganized and redesignated I November 1973 as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 49th Armored Division. 

Consolidated J September 1992 with Headquarters Company, 4th Battalion, 

!12th Armor (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 49th Armored Division. 

ANNEX 

Organized and federally recognized I 0 August 1962 in the Texas Army 

Nationa l Guard at Denton as Headquarters Battery, 4th M issi lc Battalion, l32d 

Artillery. Location changed 15 October 1963 to Duncanville. Reorganized and 

redesignated J January 1966 as llcadquarters Battery, 4th Battalion, 132d 

Artillery. Converted and redesignated I April 1969 as Headquarters Company, 

532d Transportation Battalion; location concurrently changed to Denton. 

Location changed I October 1969 to Dallas. Converted and reorganized I 

November 1973 as llcadquarters Company, 4th Battalion, I 12th Armor, an clement of the 49th Armored Division. 

Home Station: Dallas 

CAMPAI<.jN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

None. 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDiC DATA 387 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

36th BRIGADE, 49th ARMORED DIVISION 

(Arrowhead) 

LINEAGE 

ARNG 

(Texas) 

Constituted 18 July 1917 in the National Guard as Headquarters, 36th 

Division (to be organized with troops from Texas and Oklahoma). Organized 23 

August 1917 at Camp Bowie, Texas. Dcmobi I ized 18 June 1919 at Camp Bowie, 

Texas. Reorganized and federally recognized 2 May 1923 in the Texas National 

Guard at San Antonio as Headquarters, 36th Division. Inducted into federal service 25 November 1940 at San Antonio. Reorganized and redesignated I 

rcbruary 1942 as Headquarters, 36th Infantry Division. Inactivated 15 December 

1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia. Reorganized and federally recognized I 0 

December 1946 at Austin. 

Reorganized and redesignated 15 January 1968 as Headquarters, 71st Airborne 

Brigade; location concurrently changed to Houston. Redesignated 1 November 

1973 as Headquarters, 36th Airborne Brigade. Disbanded 1 April 1980 at Houston. 

Reconstituted I June 1988 in the Texas Army National Guard as Headquarters, 36th 

l3rigade, 50th Armored Division; concurrently consolidated with Headquarters 

Company, 386th Engineer Battalion (sec ANNEX I), and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 36th Brigade, 

50th Armored Division. Redesignated I September 1992 as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 36th Brigade, 49th Armored Division. 

ANNEX I 

Organized and federally recognized 15 March 1929 in the Texas National 

Guard from new and existing units as the 2d Squadron, I 24th Cavalry, an element 

of the 56th Cavalry Brigade, with llcadqll.lartcrs at Houston. (Location of 

Headquarters changed 30 December 1934 to Mineral Wells.) Reorganized and 

redesignated 25 September 1944 as the 2d Squadron, 124th Cavalry Regiment, 

Special, and relieved from assignment to the 56th Cavalry Brigade. Inactivated I 

July 1945 in China. 

Consolidated 2 July 1946 with I 0 I st Ma laria Control Detachment (sec 

/\NNEX 2); consolidated unit redesignated as the !47th Tank Battalion and 

assigned to the 49th Armored Division. Reorganized and federally recognized 2 

December 1946 with Headquarters at Houston. Reorganized and redesignated I 

March 1949 as the I 47th Medium Tank Battalion. Redesignated I October 1952 

as the I 57th Medium Tank Battalion. Redesignated I December 1952 as the 

I 57th Tank Battalion. 

Battalion broken up 16 March 1959 and its clements reorganized and redesignated as follows: Headquarters, Headquarters and Service Company, Company 

A, and Medical Detachment as the Combat Support Company, I st Battle Group, 

143d Infantry, an element of the 36th Infantry Division; Company B consolidated 

with the Medical Company, 143d Infantry (see ANNEX 3) to form Company B, 

1st Battle Group, 143d Infantry, an clement of the 36th Infantry Division 
388 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

(Company C and D consolidated to form the Company E, 1st Battle Group, 143d 

Infantry- herearter separate lineage). 

Combat Support Company, I st Battle Group, 143d r nfantry, converted and 

redesignated I March 1963 as Headquarters Company, 7th Battalion, I 12th 

Armor, an element of the 49th Armored Division; Company B, I st Battalion, 

143d Infantry, concurrently converted and redesignated as Company B, 7th 

Battalion, I 12th Armor, an element of the 49th Armored Division. 

Headquarters Company and Company B, 7th Battalion, I 12th Armor, consolidated 15 January 1968 and consolidated unit converted and redesignated as 

Headquarters Company, 71 st Airborne Brigade. Redesignated l November 1973 

as Headquarters Company, 36th Airborne Brigade. Converted and redesignated I 

April 1980 as Headquarters Company, 386th Engineer Battalion. 

ANNEX 2 

Constituted4 December 1943 in the Army of the United States as the IOlst 

Malaria Control Unit. Activated I 0 December 1943 at Camp Ellis, Illinois. 

Reorganized and redesignated 30 August 1944 as the I 0 I st Medical Composite 

Unit. Reorganized and redesignated I May 1945 as the JOist Malaria Control 

Detachment. Inactivated 14 October 1945 in the Philippine Islands. 

ANNEX 3 

Organized and federally recognized 5 May 1922 in the Texas National Guard 

at West as the Medical Detachment, 143d Infantry, an element of the 36th 

Division (later redesignated as the 36th Infantry Division). Inducted into active 

federal service 25 November 1940 at West. Inactivated 22 December 1945 at 

Camp Patrick I Ienry, Virginia. Reorganized and federally recognized 20 May 

1947 at Houston. Reorganized and redesignated I November 1948 as the Medical 

Company, 143d Infantry. 

Home Station: Houston 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War I 

Meusc-Argonnc 

World War II 

Naplcs-Foggia (with arrowhead) 

Anzio 

Rome-/uno 

Southern France (with arrowhead) 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-Aisace 

Central Europe 

Headquarters Company additionally entitled to: 

World War// 

Jndia-Burma 

Central Burma 

New Guinea 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 389 

01:.\CORATIONS 

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered 

VOSGES (Headquarters, 36th Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

49TII ARMORED DIVISION BIBLIOGRAPHY 

(includes the former 36TH INFANTRY DIVISION) 

American Battle Monuments Commission. American Armies and Balflejlelds in 

Europe. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1938. Reprint. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1992. 

_ __ . 36th Division, Summ01y of Operations in the World War. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1944. 

"An After-action Report on: The 49th Armored on Active Duty." Army 

Information Digest 17 (July 1962): 15- 17. 

Blumenson, Martin. Salerno to Cassino. United States Army in World War 11. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1969. 

Camp Bowie- Fort Worth, 1917- '19. An Illustrated HisiOty of the 36th Division in 

the First World War. Fort Worth: BB Maxfield Foundation, 1975. 

Campaigns ofthe 36th InfanLIJ' Division in World War II. n.p., 1945. 

Chastaine, Ben Hur. StorJ' of the 36th: The Experiences of the 36th Division in 

the World War. Oklahoma City: Parlow Publishi ng Co., 1920. 

Clarke, Jeffrey J., and Smith, Robert Ross. Riviera to the Rhine. United States 

Army in World War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1993. 

Cooke, Bill. "Iron Dragoon." National Guardsman 16 (July 1962):7- 9. 

Davidson, Barbara. 36th Division /lero: Our Jcunes L. MinOt; Youngest LTC of 

WW/1. 36th Division Association, c. 1978. 

Dickinson, Olin S. Through the War with the "Panthers." n.p., 1919. 

Fisher, Ernest F., Jr. Cassino to the Alps. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1977. 

49th Armored Division, Fort Polk, Louisiana. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy 

Publishing Co., 1962. 

49th Armored Division Mobilization, 1961- 1962. n.p., 1962. 

"49th Armored Division Texas ARNG Reactivated." Armor 83 (May- June 

1974):60. 

Gabel, Christopher R. The US. Army GHQ Maneuvers of 1941. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1991. 

Gall, Jeffrey. Fighting 36th h!faniiJ' Division. Paducah, Ky.: Turner Publishing 

Co., 1988. 

"Git Up and Git!" National Guardsman 16 (February 1962):4-5. 

II istorical Division, Department of the Army. Anzio Beachhead (22 January- 25 

May 1944). American Forces in Action. Washington: Government Printing 

Office, 1948. 

I listorical Section, Army War College. Order ofBallle of the United States Land 

Forces in the World War: American Expeditionary Forces; Divisions. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1931. Reprint. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1988. 
390 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRfGADES 

Huff, Richard A., ed. Pictorial HistOI')' ofthe 36th "Texas" InfantJy Division. San 

Angelo, Tex.: Newsfoto Publishing Co., 1946. Reprint. Nashville: Battery 

Press, 1979. 

Hughes, Eddie. "Sky Cavalry for the Guard." National Guardsman 18 (January 

1964): 17. 

Lockhart, Vincent M. T- Patch to Victoty. The 36th lnfanlJy Division .from 

Landing in Southern France to the Em/ of World War If. Canyon, Tex.: Staked 

Plains Press, 198 1. 

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Ojji:msive. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1973. 

McDougal, Leila. Uphill and Down. A Hist01 y o.f the Texas National Guard. 

Waco: Texan Press, c. 1966. 

McGlasson, W. D. "Tankers Get the Job Done in Louisiana Mud." National 

Guardsman 16 (March 1962):2- 7. 

Military lntclligence Division, War Department. Fijth Army at the Winter Line 

(15 November I 943- 15 January I 944). American Forces in Action. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1945. 

_ __ . Salerno: American Operations from the Beaches to Volturno (9 

September- 6 October I 943). American Forces in Action. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1944. 

Nichols, De lmer. "Tank Gunnery Tra ining in the 49th Armored Division." Armor 

86 (July- August 1977):50- 52. 

Parker, Reuben. " Infiltration as a Form of Maneuver." Militcuy Review 34 

(December 1949):38-44. 

The Rapido River Crossing: Hearings Before the Commif!ee on Milita1y Affairs, 

House o.f Representatives, Seventy-Ninth Congress, Second Session . ... 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1946. 

Smith, Lee C. A Sw(fi River and Deadly. The 36th "Texas" Infantry Division at 

the Rapido River. Austin: Eiken Press, 1989. 

The StoiJ' ofthe 36th lnfantJy Division. G.l. Stories ... Paris, 1945. 

The Thirty-Sixth Division in the Great War ... Published in France by the 

Arrowhead, Divisional Newspape1; A.E.F. Paris: Leon Dauer, 1919. 

T- Patchers, First Reunion DirectOIJl <~{the 36th Division. Dallas: Dallas Morning 

News, 1946. 

Wagner, Robert L. The Texas Army: A Histoty of the 36th Division in the Italian 

Campaign. Austin: Robert L. Wagner, 1972. 

Walker, Freel L. From Texas to Rome, A Genera/ :<; Journal. Dallas: Taylor 

Publishing Co., 1969. 

White, Lonnie J. Panthers to Arrowheads: The 36th (Texas-Oklahoma) Division 

in World War I. Austin: Presidia! Press, 1984. 
63d INFANTRY DIVISION 

(Blood and Fire) 

H ERALDIC ITEMS 

SIIOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: On a pear-shaped olive drab background, a scarlet flame of 

five rays superimposed by a gold sword in pale charged with a 

scarlet drop. 

Symbolism: The design was inspired by a statement or President Franklin 

D. Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill at the 

1943 Casablanca Conference that the "enemy would bleed and 

burn in expiation of their crimes against humanity." 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

None approved. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

63d INFANTRY DIVISION 

(Blood and Fire) 

AR 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 18 January 1943 in the Army of the United States as 

lleaclquarlcrs, 63d Infantry Division. Activated 15 June 1943 at Camp Blanding, 

Florida. Inactivated 27 September 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts. 

Allotted 22 February 1952 to the Organized Reserve Corps. Activated l March 

1952 al Los Angeles, California. (Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 

1952 as the Army Reserve.) Reorganized and redesignated 31 March 1959 as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 63d Infantry Division. Location 

changed 27 March 1960 to 13e ll, California. Inactivated 3 1 December 1965 at 

Bell, California. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War II 

Rhineland 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

391 
392 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

1st BRIGADE, 63d INFANTRY DIVISION 

AR 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 18 January 1943 in the Army of the United States as 

Headquarters Company, 63d Infantry Division. Activated 15 June 1943 at Camp 

Blanding, Florida. Inactivated 27 September 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, 

Massachusetts. Allotted 22 February 1952 to the Organized Reserve Corps. 

Activated I March 1952 at Los Angeles, California. (Organized Reserve Corps 

redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) Inactivated 31 March 1959 at 

Los Angeles, California. Redesignated 27 March 1963 as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, I st Brigade, 63d Infantry Division. Activated 1 April 

1963 at Bell, California. Inactivated 31 December 1965 at Bell, California. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War!/ 

Rhineland 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 393 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

2d BRIGADE, 63d INFANTRY DIVISION 

AR 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as Headquarters, 18 1 st 

Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 91 st Division. Organized 4 September 1917 

at Camp Lewis, Washington. Demobilized in Apri l 1919 at Camp Kearny, 

California. Reconstituted 24 June 192 E in the Organized Reserves as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, l8lst Infantry Brigade, and assigned 

to the 91st Division. Organized in November 1921 at San Francisco, California. 

Redesignated 23 March 1925 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 18lst 

Brigade. Redesignated 24 August 1936 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 181 st Infantry Brigade. 

Converted and redesignated 6 April 1942 as the 91st Reconnaissance Troop 

(less 3d Platoon), 91st Division (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 182d 

Infantry Brigade, concurrently converted and redesignated as the 3d Platoon, 91st 

Reconnaissance Troop, 9 1st Division). Troop ordered into active military service 

15 August 1942 and reorganized at Camp White, Oregon, as the 9 1 st Cavalry 

Reconnaissance Troop, an element of the 9lst Infantry Division. Reorganized and 

redesignated 15 August 1943 as the 9lst Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized. 

Inactivated 19 November 1945 at Camp Rucker, Alabama. Activated 25 January 

1947 at San Francisco, Californ ia, as the 91st Mechanized Cavalry 

Recon naissance Troop. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the 

Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) 

Reorganized and redesignated 16 March 1949 as the 9lst Reconnaissa nce 

Company. Inactivated 17 May 1954 at San Francisco, California. Activated 17 

April 1956 at Sonora, California. Disbanded l May 1959 at Sonora, California. 

Reconstituted (less 3d Platoon) 27 March 1963 in the Army Reserve as 

Headqtmrters and Headquarters Company, 2d. Brigade, 63d Infantry Division (3d 

Platoon, 9lst Reconnaissance Company- hereafter separate lineage). Activated 1 

April 1963 at Pasadena, California. Inactivated 31 December 1965 at Pasadena, 

California. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War I 

Ypres-Lys 

Meuse-Argonne Lorraine I 918 

World War 11 

Rome-Arno 

North Apennines Po Valley 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
394 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRlGADES 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

3d BRIGADE, 63d INFANTRY DIVISION 

AR 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 5 August I 9 J 7 in the National Army as Headquarters, 182d 

Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 9 1 st Division. Organized 4 September 19 I 7 

at Camp Lewis, Washington. Demobil ized in April 191 9 at Camp Lewis, 

Washington. Reconstituted 24 June 192 1 in the Organized Reserves as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, I 82d Infantry Brigade, and assigned 

to the 9 I st Division. Organized in November 192 1 at Los Angeles, Californ ia. 

Redesignated 23 March 1925 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, l82d 

Brigade. Redesignated 24 August 1936 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 182d [nfantry Brigade. 

Co nve rted and redesignated 6 April I 942 as the 3d Platoon , 9 I st 

Reconnaissance Troop, 91 st Division (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

I 8 I st Infantry Brigade, concurrently converted and redesignated as the 91 st 

Reconnaissance Troop [less 3d Platoon], 91 st Division). Troop ordered into active 

military service 15 August 1942 and reorganized at Camp White, Oregon, as the 

9 J st Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, an element of the 9 I st Infantry Division. 

Reorganized and redesignated J 5 August J 943 as the 91 st Reconnaissance Troop, 

Mechanized. Inactivated 19 November 1945 at Camp Rucker, Alabama. Activated 

25 January 1947 at San Francisco, California, as the 91 st Mechanized Cavalry 

Reconnaissance Troop. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the 

Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 Jul y 1952 as the Army Reserve.) 

Reorga ni zed and redesignated 16 March 1949 as the 9 I st Reconnaissance 

Company. Inactivated 17 May 1954 at San Francisco, California. Activated 17 

April 1956 at Sonora, California. Disbanded I May 1959 at Sonora, California. 

3d Platoon, 91 st Reconnaissance Company, reconstituted 27 March 1963 in 

the Army Reserve as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 63d 

Infantry Division (remainder of the company- hereafter separate lineage). 

Activated 1 April 1963 at Los Angeles, California. Inactivated 3 I December 1965 

at Los Angeles, California. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War I 

Ypres-Lys 

Meuse-Argonne Lorraine 1918 

World War II 

Rome-Arno 

Norlh Apennines 

Po Valley 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 395 

630 INFANTRY DIVISION BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Anderson, Chester H. "Piecemeal Employment of the 63d Infantry Division." 

Military Review 28 (August 1948):29- 35. 

Blood and Fire, Victmy in Europe, 63d InfantJy Division. Esslingen, Germany: J. 

F. Schreiber, 1945. 

Clarke, Jeffrey J., and Smith, Robert Ross. Riviera to the Rhine. United States 

Army in World War ll. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1993. 

Kahn, E. J., Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980. 

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Qffensive. United States Army in World War fi. 

Washington: Government Printing Offi.ce, 1973. 

Historical Background 63d Jnfanlly Division. Maywood, Calif., 1963. 

"A Salute to Distinguished Service." Army Reserve 12 (January 1966): 10- 11. 

"The 63d Infantry Division." Army Reserve 11 (March J 965):9-1 0. 

65th INFANTRY DIVISION 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: On a blue shield, a white halbert head with spear-point 

upward. 

Symbolism: The halbert is a military axe combined with a spear point and 

represents an implement of warfare to be used for cutting the 

enemies' resistance. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGN IA 

None approved. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

65th INFANTRY DIVISION 

LINEAGE (disbanded) 

Constituted 12 March 1943 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters 

and Headquarters Company, 65th lnfantJ·y Division. Activated 16 August 1943 at 

Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Disbanded 31 August 1945 in Germany. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICTP/\TTON CREDIT 

World Warl/ 

Rhineland 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

65TH INFANTRY DIVISION BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Jordy, Bill. Right to Be Proud, History of the 65th lnfantJ:v Division~· lvlarch 

Across Germany. Linz,Austria: J. Wimmer, 1945. 

Kahn, E. J., Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980. 

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Offensive. United States Army in World War 11. 

Washington: Govemment Printing Office, 1973. 

Monsson, C. Douglas. "Surrender on the Danube." Army 20 (January 

1970):54-56. 

65th Infantry Division, Camp Shelby, Mississippi, 1944. n.p., 1944. 

65th ''!lant1y Division Pictorial History, European Theater of Operations, 2 

March 1945- 9 May 1945. n.p., 1945. 

397 

66th INFANTRY DIVISION 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE lNSJGNTA 

Description: On a golden orange disc with a red border, charged with the 

head of a black panther three-quarter view, with red mouth, 

tongue, and nose tip, three black whiskers, white teeth, and 

white eyes and red pupils. 

Symbolism: The panther represents the aggressiveness of the division 

towards its enemies. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGN IA 

None approved. 

L INEAGE AND HONORS 

ADQUARTERS AND HE DQUARTERSCO~ANY 

66th INFANTRY DIVISION 

AUS 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 16 December 1942 in the Army of the United States as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 66th Infantry Division. Activated 15 

April 1943 at Camp Blanding, Florida. Inactivated 8 November 1945 at Camp 

Kilmer, New Jersey. 

CA:vJPAICiN PARTIOPATlON CREDIT 

World War II 

Northern France 

D ECORATIOJ\S 

None. 

66TH INFANTRY DIVISION BJBLIO<iRAPII Y 

Andrade, Allan. S.S Leopoldville Disaster: December 24. 1944. Tern, 1997. 

The Black Panthet; 66th Division. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Co., 

1944. 

40,000 Black Panthers <~(the 66th Division. Marseille, France, I 945. 

Ka hn , E. J., Jr., and McLemo re, H. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980. 

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Offensive. United States Army in World War ll. 

Washington: Goverm11cnt Printi ng 01Tice, 1973. 

399 
400 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

Muccia, Boris, and Regan, Dan, eels. The Black Panther. Atlanta: Albert Love 

Enterprises, 1944. 

66. G.l. Stories . . . Paris, 1945. 

Wessman, Si:nto L. 66, A Story of World War fl. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy 

Publishing Co., 1946. Reprint. Nashville: Battery Press, 1977. 
69th INFANTRY DIVISION 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SIIOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: A red and blue rectangular figure, all corners slightly rounded, 

the partition lines of which are in the form of a squared ogee 

of white all within a white border. 

Symbolism: Red, white, and blue are the national colors. The design suggests stylized figures representing the designation of the organization. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGN IA 

None approved. 

LINEAGE AND H ONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

69th INFANTRY DNISJON 

LINEAGE 

RA 

(inactive) 

Constituted 14 Janua ry 194 3 in the Army of the United States as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 69th Infantry Division. Activated 15 

May 1943 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Inactivated 18 September 1945 at Camp 

Kilmer, New Jersey. AJlotted 23 April 1954 to the Regular Army. Activated I 

May 1954 at fort Dix, New Jersey. Inactivated 16 March 1956 at Fort Dix, New 

Jersey. 

CAMPAlGN PARTTCTPATION CREDIT 

World War If 

Rhineland 

Central Europe 

D ECORATIONS 

None. 

6 9TH INFANTRY DIVISION BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Histmy of the 69th Infanlly Division . n.p., c. 1945. 

Janke, Richard W. The Fighting 69th Infantry Division. Paducah, Ky.; Turner 

Publishing Co., 1991. 

Kahn, E. J., Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighting Divisions. Wash ington: Infantry 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Pub I ishi ng Co., 1980. · 

401 
402 A1Uv1IES, CORPS, DJVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

Loftus, Robert P., ed. The Men of the 69th infantry Division Pass in Review. 

Atlanta: Albert Love Enterprises, 1944. 

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Offensive. United States Army in World War 11. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1973. 

Pictorial Histmy of the 69th b~fanlly Division, 15 May I<J43 to 15 May 1945. 

Munich: F. Bruckmann, 1945. 
70th DIVISION (TRAINING) 

(Trailblazers) 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

$110ULDER SLEEVE TNSICINIA 

Description: On a scarlet pole axe head, worn with blade up, charged in 

base with a representation of Mount Hood and a green fir tree 

proper below a white axe with handle couped. 

Symbolisrn: The division is known as "The Tra ilbl a1.er Division," represented by Lhe axe head which was used in the early days to 

blaze Lhe trail through the wilderness, symbolized by the 

mountain and tree, and alludes to the aim of the organization 

to overcome all obstacles in the path to its military objective. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT lNSIG'\11/\ 

Description: A silver colored metal and enamel device, consisting of two 

black fleurs-de-lis issuant at either side of a scarlet battle axe 

head itself charged with a silver fleur-de-lis, the cutting edge 

of the axe head in base and of silver inscribed TRAILBLAZERS in black letters. 

s:vmbolism: The axe head on the division's shoulder sleeve insignia is represented in the form of a battle axe in honor of the unit's first 

combat participation in World War II. The three fleurs-de-lis 

denote service in the Rhineland, Ardennes-Aisace, and Central 

Europe campaigns of that war. TI1e word "Trailblazers" is the 

division's nickname. 

LJNF.AGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

70th DIVTSTON (TRAINING) 

(Trailblazers) 

1\R 

L1NI2AG E (inactive) 

Constituted 18 Januar y 1943 in the A rmy of th e U nited States as 

Headquarters, 70th Tnt try Division. Activated 15 June 1943 at Camp Adair, 

Oregon . . Inactivated II October 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. Allotted 13 

february 1952 to the Organ i7.ed Reserve Corps. Activated 1 March 1952 at 

Detro it, Michigan. (Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the 

Army Reserve.) Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1959 as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 70th Division (Training). Location changed 7 April 1966 

403 
404 ARMiES, CORPS, DNISTONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

to Livonia, Michigan. Inactivated 15 November 1996 at Livonia, Michigan. 

C /\MPAIGN PARTICIPATION C ReD IT 

World War ll 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-Aisac.c 

Central F.urope 

D ECORATIONS 

None. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 405 

HEADQUARTERS 

1st BRIGADE, 70th DIVISION (TRAINING) 

AR 

LrNEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 18 January 1943 in the Army of the United States as 

Headquarters Company, 70th Tnfantry Division. Activated 15 June 1943 at Camp 

Adair, Oregon. Inactivated 10 October 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. 

Allotted 13 February 1952 to the Organized Reserve Corps. Activated 1 March 

1952 at Detroit, Michigan. (Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 

as the Army Reserve.) Disbanded 1 May 1959 at Detroit, Michigan. 

Reconstituted 24 November 1967 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters, 1st 

Brigade, 70th Division (Training). Activated 31 January 1968 at Fraser, 

Michigan. Location changed 30 December 1980 to Livonia, Michigan. Location 

changed 25 July 1990 to lnkster, Michigan. Ordered into active military service 

25 January 1991 at Inkster, Michigan; released from active mmtary service 26 

March 1991 and reverted to reserve status. Inactivated l3 January 1995 at 

Inkster, Michigan. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War II 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-Alsace 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
406 ARMIES, COlli'S. DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS 

2d BRIGADE, 70th DIVISION (TRAlNTNG) 

AR 

Ll EAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 1 X January 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 883d 

Field Artillery Battalion and assigned to the 70th infantry Division. Activated 15 

.June 1943 at Camp Adair. Oregon. Inactivated 11 October 1945 at Camp Kilmer, 

New Jersey. Allotted 13 February 1952 to the Organized Reserve Corps. 

Activated l March 1952 at Detroit, Michigan. (Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) Disbanded I May 1959 at Detroit, 

Michigan. 

Headquarters, 883d Fie ld Artillery Battalion, reconstituted 24 November 

1967 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters, 2d Brigade, 70th Division (Training ). 

Activated 31 January 1968 at F!iJlt, Michigan. Inactivated 16 November 1996 at 

Flint, Michigan. 

CAMPAIGN PARTlCIPATIOI' CREDIT 

World War If 

Rhineland 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 407 

HEADQUARTERS 

3d BRIGADE, 70th DIVISION (TRAINING) 

AR 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 18 January 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 270th 

Engineer Combat Battalion and assigned to the 70th Infantry Division. Activated 

15 June 1943 at Camp Adair, Oregon. [nactivated 15 October 1945 at Camp 

Patrick Henry, Virginia. Allotted 13 February 1952 to the Organized Reserve 

Corps. Activated I March 1952 with Headquarters at Detroit, Michigan. 

(Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) 

Reorganized and redesignated 1 January 1953 as the 270th Engineer Battalion. 

Disbanded (less Companies A and B) I May 1959 at Detroit, Michigan 

(Companies A and B- hereafter separate lineages). 

Headquarters, 270th Engineer Battalion, reconstituted 24 November 1967 in 

the Army Reserve as Headquarters, 3d Brigade, 70th Division (Training). 

Activated 31 January 1968 at Fort Wayne, Indiana. Ordered into active military 

service 22 January 1991 at Fort Wayne, Indiana; released from active military 

service 26 March 1991 and reverted to reserve status. lnactivated 15 November 

1996 at Fort Wayne, Indiana. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War II 

Rhineland 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
408 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS DETACHMENT 

4th BRIGADE, 70th DIVISION (TRAINING) 

AR 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 18 January 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 770th 

Ordnance Light Maintenance Company and assigned to the 70th Infantry 

Division. Activated 18 March 1943 at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. 

Inactivated 9 October 1945 at Camp Shanks, New York. Redesignated 13 

February 1952 as the 770th Ordnance Maintenance Company and allotted to the 

Organized Reserve Corps. Activated 1 March 1952 at Detroit, Michigan. 

(Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) 

Reorganized and redesignated J 6 March 1953 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Detachment, 770th Ordnance Battalion (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated). Battalion disbanded I May 1959 at Detroit, Michigan. 

Headquarters, 770th Ordnance Battalion, reconstituted 24 November 1967 in 

the Army Reserve as Headquarters, 4th Brigade, 70th Division (Training). 

Activated 31 January 1968 at Indianapolis, Indiana. Location changed 6 

September 1969 to Camp Atterbury, Indiana. Inactivated 13 January 1995 at 

Camp Atterbury, Indiana. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War 11 

Rhineland 

Central Europe 

D ECORATIONS 

None. 

70TH DIVISION BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Arnold, Edmund C. The Trailblazers. The Stoty of the 70th Infantry Division. 

Richmond, Va., 1989. 

Clarke, Jeffrey J., and Smith, Robert Ross. Riviera to the Rhine. United States 

Army in World War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1993. 

"Distinctive Insignia Awarded 70th Div." Army Reserve 15 (April 1969): 14. 

Histoty of the 70th Infantty Division, the "Trailblazers." Paducah, Ky.: Dave 

Turner & Associates, 1984. 

Kahn, E. J., Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980. 

"70th Division (Training)." Army Reserve 12 (May 1966):4- 5. 

70th Division (Training) Summer Camp, 1963, Fort Leonard Wood. Baton Rouge: 

Army and Navy Publishing Co., 1963. 

"Trailblazers" Season's Greeting .fi·om the Men of the 70th Division, 1944. St. 

Louis: Hart Printing Co., 1944. 

Trailblazers. The 70th Division in Action. Nancy, France: lmprimerie de l:Est 

Republican, c. 1945. 

Trailblazers: The Story of the 70th In.fcmtty Division. G.I. Stories . . . Paris, 1945 
71st INFANTRY DIVISION 

H ERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGN IA 

Description: On a white disc, a horizontal blue bar angled at 60 degrees, 

another blue bar same width and parallel to the angled arm, 

within a red border. 

Symbolism: Red, white, and blue are the national colors, and the stylized 

numerals identify the unit's designation. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

None approved. 

LINEAGE AND H ONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

71 st INFANTRY DIVISION 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 10 July 1943 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters 

and Headquarters Company, 7lst Light Division. Activated 15 July 1943 at Camp 

Carson, Colorado. Redesignated 26 May J 944 as r Icadquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 71 st Infantry Division. Inactivated II March 1946 at Camp Kilmer, 

New .Jersey. Allotted 7 October 1954 to the Regular Army. Activated 10 October 

1954 at Fort Richardson, Alaska. Inactivated 15 September 1956 at Fort Lewis, 

Washington. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War II 

Rhineland 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

71 ST INFANTRY DIVISION B.ll3LIOGRAPHY 

Clarke, Jeffrey J., and Smith, Robert Ross. Riviera to the Rhine. United States 

Army in World War 11. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1993. 

Clinger, Fred; Johnston, Arthur; and Masel, Vincent. The Histo1y of the 7/st 

Infantry Division. Augsburg, Germany: E. Kiesscr, 1946. 

Kahn, E. J., Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980. 

409 
410 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

McMahon, Gerald. Farthest East. II History of the 7lst IJ?f£mtJy Division ji-om the 

Rocky Mountains to the Centra/Alps. La Roy, N.Y.: Yaderman Books, 1986. 

7/st ll!/tmfiJ' Division. Atlanta: Albert Love Enterprises, 1944. 

7/st ll?f<m iiJ' Division, World War//, Europe. n.p., 1945. 

The Seventy -first Came to Gunskirchen Lager. Augsburg, Germany: E. Kiesser, 

1945. 
75th DIVISION (EXERCISE) 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SIIOULDER SLEEVE i NSIGNIA 

Description: A shield divided bendwise blue and red bearing a white bend, 

overall the numeral "75" the seven blue and the five red both 

fimbriated white and all within a green border. 

Symbolism: Red, white, and blue are the national colors, while the numerals indicate the designation of the division. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

Description: A si lvcr colored metal and enamel device, consisting of an 

elliptical background of alternating scarlet and yellow rays 

issuing from three blue (ultramarine) isosceles triangles combined at base (mountain peaks) each charged with a silver 

fleur-de-lis, all above a scarlet bridge of one arch surmounted 

by a silver bayonet, enclosing four wavy horizontal bars alternating blue and silver and rounded at base, and all beneath a 

blue scroll inscribed MAKE READY in silver letters. 

Symbolism: The three flew·s-de-lis symbolize the 75th Infantry Division's 

World War II campaigns, Rhineland, Ardennes-Aisace, and 

Central Europe. The mountain peaks and the wavy bars allude 

to the unit's determined fighting between the Rhine River and 

the Vosges Mountains. The bayonet symbolizes combat readiness and aggressiveness, while the bridge over the wavy bars 

alludes to the division's pursuance of the enemy over both land 

and waterways. The rayed background symbolizes both fire 

power and victory. The colors blue, reel, and yellow allude to 

the combat arms of the Army, infantry, artillery, and armor. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

75th DIVISION (Exercise) 

AR 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 24 December 1942 in the Army of the United States as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 75th Infantry D.ivision. Activated 15 

April 1943 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Inactivated 14 November 1945 at 

Camp Patrick llenry, Virginia. Allotted 21 February 1952 to the Organized 

Reserve Corps. Activated I March 1952 at Houston, Texas. (Organized Reserve 

Corps redesignated 9 .Ju ly 1952 as the Army Reserve.) Inactivated 15 February 

4 11 
412 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

1957 at Houston, Texas. Redesignated 1 October 1993 as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 75th Division (Exercise), and activated at Houston, 

Texas. 

CAMPAICIN PARTTCTPt\TlON CREDIT 

World War ll 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-Aisace 

Central Europe 

Dt:CORATIOI\S 

Headquarters Company entitled to Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), 

Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER (Headqua rters Company, 75th 

Tnfrultry Division, cited; GO 82, 75th Infantry Division, 1945) 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 413 

HEADQUARTERS 

1st BRIGADE, 75th DIVISION (EXERCISE) 

AR 

LIN EAGE (active) 

Constituted October 1993 in the Army Reserve as Headqua rters, 1st 

Brigade, 75th Division (Exercise), and activated at Ho uston, Texas. 

CAMPA IGN PARTlCIPATlON CREDIT 

None. 

D ECORATIONS 

None. 
414 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS 

2d BRIGADE, 75th DIVISION (EXERCISE) 

AR 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted October 1993 in the Army Reserve as l leadquarlers, 2cl 

Brigade, 75th Division (Exercise), and activated at I Iouston, Texas. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

None. 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 415 

HEADQUARTERS 

3d BRIGADE, 75th DIVISION (EXERCISE) 

AR 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted l October 1993 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters, 3d 

Brigade, 75th Division (Exercise), and activated at Fort Worth, Texas. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CR~DIT 

None. 

D ECORATIONS 

None. 
416 ARMIES, CORPS, DTVTSTONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS 

4th BRIGADE, 75th DIVISION (EXERCISE) 

AR 

LINEAGE · (active) 

Constituted l October 1993 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters, 4th 

Brigade, 75th Division (Exercise), and activated at OkJahoma City, Oklahoma . 

. CAMPATGN PARTICIPATIOI\ CREDIT 

None. 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 

HEADQUARTERS 

5th BRIGADE, 75th DIVISION (EXERCISE) 

L INEAGE 

417 

AR 

(active) 

Constituted October 1993 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters, 5th 

Brigade, 75th Division (Exercise), and activated at Kansas City, Kansas. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICU'ATJON CREDIT 

None. 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

75TH INFANTRY 0TVISION BIBLTOCIRAPHY 

Clarke, Jeffrey J., and Smith, Robert Ross. Riviera to the Rhine. United States 

Army in World War IT. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1993. 

Cole, Hugh M. The Ardennes: Battle of the Bulge. United States Army in World 

War Tl. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1965. 

Kalm, E. J., Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 19SO. 

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last O.ffimsive. United States Army in World War 11. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1973. 

Pictorial Histmy of the 75th Infantly Division. Atlanta: Albert Love Enterprises, 

1944 . 

Pictorial Hist01y of the 75th Infcum:v Division, 1944- 1945. Baton Rouge: Army 

and Navy Publishing Co., 1946. 

The 75th. G. T. Stories ... Paris, 1945. 

The 75th b!fanuy Division in Combat. n.p., 1945. 

76th DIVISION (TRAINING) 

HERALDIC lTEMS 

SIIOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: A shield with a green border blazoned: per fcss enhanced 

azure and gules a barrulet enhanced vert, in chief a label 

points dovetailed argent. 

Symbolism: Red, white, and blue arc the national colors, while the label, a 

symbol of cadency, denotes that the division was one of the 

first National Army divisions. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

Description: A gold colored meta l and enamel "eared" shield, consisting of 

a red base with a blue chief charged with a white label with 

three dovetailed points. 

Symbolism: Red, white, and blue are the national colors. The label, a symbol of cadency, is used to recognize the 76th Division as one 

of the first divisions to be constituted in the National Army on 

5 August 1917. 

LI NEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

76th DIVISION (TRAINING) 

AR 

LINF.AGE (inactive) 

Constituted 5 August 191 7 in the National Army as Headquarters, 76th 

Division. Organized 25 August 1917 at Camp Devens, Massachusetts. 

Demobi I ized 14 January 1919 at Camp Devens, Massachusetts. Reconstituted 24 

.June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters, 76th Division. Organized 

in December 1921 at Hartford, Connecticut. Redesignated 12 February 1942 as 

Division Headquarters, 76th Division. Ordered into active military service 15 

.June 1942 and reorganized at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. Redesignated I 

August 1942 as Headquarters, 76th Infantry Division. Disbanded 31 August 1945 

in Germany. Reconstituted 7 October 1946 in the Organi zed Reserves as 

llcadquartcrs, 76th Infantry Division. Activated I November 1946 at Hartford, 

Connecticut. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized 

Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) Location 

changed 25 July 1954 to West llartford, Connecticut. 

Reorganized and redesignated I May 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 76th Division (Training). Inactivated 15 November 1996 at West 

Hart ford, Connecticut. 

419 
420 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War I 

Streamer without inscription 

World War II 

Rhineland 

1\ rdennes-A lsace 

Central Europe 

D ECORATIONS 

None. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 421 

HEADQUARTERS 

1st BRIGADE, 76th DIVISION (TRAINING) 

AR 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as Headquarters Troop, 76th 

Division. Organized in August 1917 at Camp Devens, Massachusetts. 

Demobilized in May 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey. Reconstituted24 June 1921 

in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters Company, 76th Division. Organized 

in December 1922 at Hartford, Connecticut. Reorganized and redesignated 12 

February 1942 as Headquarters and Military Police Company (less Military 

Police Platoon), 76th Division. Ordered into active military service 15 June 1942 

and reorganized at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. Redesignated 1 August 

1942 as Headquarters Company, 76th Infantry Division. Disbanded 31 August 

1945 in Germany. Reconstituted 7 October 1946 in the Organized Reserves as 

Headquarters Company, 76th Infantry Division. Activated 1 November 1946 at 

Hartford, Connecticut. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the 

Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) 

Location changed 25 July 1954 to West Hartford, Connecticut. Disbanded 30 

April 1959 at West Hartford, Connecticut. 

Reconstituted 24 November 1967 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters, 1st 

Brigade, 76th Division (Training). Activated 31 January 1968 at Portsmouth, 

New Hampshire. Location changed 15 September 1993 to Saco, Maine. 

Inactivated 15 September 1995 at Saco, Maine. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War f 

Streamer without inscription 

World War ff 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-Aisace 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
422 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS 

2d BRIGADE, 76th DIVISION (TRAINING) 

AR 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 30 I st Ammunition 

Train and assigned to the 76th Division. Organized in September 1917 at Camp 

Devens, Massachusetts. Demobi I ized 20 January 1919 at Camp Devens, 

Massachusetts. Reconstituted 23 October 1936 in the Organized Reserves; concurrently consolidated with the 301stAmmunition Train (organized 20 December 

1922 in the Organized Reserves with Headquarters at Hartford, Connecticut) and 

consolidated unit designated as the 301 st Ammunition Tra in, an element of the 

76th Division. 

Converted and redesignated 12 February 1942 as the 901st Field Artillery 

Battalion, and remained assigned to the 76th Division (later redesignated as the 

76th Infantry Division). Ordered into active military service I 5 June 1942 and 

reorganized at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. Disbanded 31 August 1945 in 

Germany. Reconstituted 7 October 1946 in the Organized Reserves as the 901st 

Field Artillery Battalion and assigned to the 76th Infantry Division. Activated 15 

May 1947 at Hartford, Connecticut. (Location of Headquarters changed 3 June 

1947 to Stamford, Connecticut; on 20 August 1947 to Portland, Maine.) 

(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve 

Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) (Location of 

Headquarters changed 1 September 1950 to Fort Williams, Maine; on I April 

1955 to Lewiston, Maine; on 13 November 1958 to Auburn, Maine.) Disbanded 

30 April 1959 at Auburn, Maine. 

Headquarters, 90 I st Field Artillery Battalion, reconstituted 24 November 

1967 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters, 2d Brigade, 76th Division (Training). 

Activated 31 January 1968 at Warwick, Rhode Island. Location changed L 0 July 

1973 to East Windsor, Connecticut; on 15 September 1993 to Lodi, New Jersey. 

Inactivated 15 November 1996 at Lodi, New Jersey. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War! 

Streamer without inscription 

World War 11 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-Alsacc 

Cenlral Europe 

DECORATIONS 

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered ECI-ITERNACH 

(90 1st Field Artillery Battalion cited; WD GO 19, 1947) 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 423 

HEADQUARTERS 

3d BRIGADE, 76th DIVISION (TRALNING) 

AR 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 30 I st Engineers and 

assigned to the 76th Division. Organized 29 August 1917 at Camp Devens, 

Massachusetts. Demobilized 20 June 1919 at Camp Devens, Massachusetts. 

Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 30 I st Engineers and 

assigned to the 76th Division (later redesignated as the 76th Infantry Division). 

Organized in November 1925 with lleadquarters at New llaven, Connecticut. 

Redesignated (less 2d Battalion) 12 February 1942 as the 30 I st Engineer Battalion 

(2d Battalion- hereafter separate lineage). Ordered into active military service 15 

June 1942 and reorganized at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. Redesignated I 

August 1942 as the 30 I st Engineer Combat Battalion. Disbanded 31 August 1945 

in Germany. Reconstituted 7 October 1946 in the Organized Reserves as the 30 I st 

Engineer Combat Battalion and assigned to the 76th Infantry Division. Activated 

15 May 1947 at Hartford, Connecticut. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 

March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the 

Army Reserve.) Reorganized and redesignated 31 December 1952 as the 30 I st 

Engineer Battalion. (Location of Headquarters changed 15 July 1954 to West 

Hartford, Connecticut; on 1 June 1957 to Newington, Connecticut.) Disbanded 

(less Companies A and B) 30 April 1959 at Newington, Connecticut (Companies 

A and 13- hereafter separate lineages). 

Headquarters, 30 I st Engineer Battalion, reconstituted 24 November 1967 in 

the Army Reserve as Headquarters, 3d Brigade, 76th Division (Training). 

Activated 3 I January 1968 at East Hartford, Connecticut. Location changed 21 

June 1971 to East Windsor, Connecticut. Inactivated I 0 July 1973 at East 

Windsor, Connecticut. Activated 16 September 1993 at Red Bank, New Jersey. 

Inactivated 15 September 1995 at Red Bank, New Jersey. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War I 

St. M ihiel 

Lorraine 1918 

World War II 

Rhineland 

Ardcnncs-Aisace 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
424 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS 

4th BRIGADE, 76th DIVISION (TRAINING) 

AR 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 30 I st Supply Train 

and assigned to the 76th Division. Organized 29 August 1917 at Camp Devens, 

Massachusetts. Demobili zed 30 June- 18 July 1919 at Camp Devens, 

Massachusetts, and Camp Upton, New York. Reconstituted 24 August 1928 in 

the Organized Reserves; concurrently consolidated with the 76th Division 

Quartermaster Train (organized in December 1922 in the Organized Reserves 

as the 76th Division Train, Quartermaster Corps, with Headquarte rs at 

Hartford, Connecticut; redesignated 23 March 1925 as the 76th Division 

Quartermaster Train) and consolidated unit designated as the 76th Division 

Quartermaster Train. 

Redesignated 1 July I 936 as the 40 I st Quartermaster Regiment and remained 

assigned to the 76th Division (later redesignated the 76th Infantry Division). 

Redesignated 12 February 1942 as the 40 lst Quartermaster Battalion. Ordered 

into active military service 15 June 1942 and reorganized at Fort George G. 

Meade, Maryland. Ordnance Maintenance Platoon, Headquarters Company, 

401st Quartermaster Battalion, reorganized and redesignated 14 September 1942 

as the 776th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company, an element of the 76th 

Infantry Division (remainder of battalion- hereafter separate lineage). Disbanded 

3 I August 1945 in Germany. Reconstituted 7 October 1946 in the Organi zed 

Reserves as the 776th Ordnance Maintenance Company and assigned to the 76th 

Infantry Division. Activated 15 May 194 7 at Hartford, Connecticut. (Organized 

Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) Reorganized and redesignated 12 May 

1953 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 776th Ordnance Battalion 

(organic elements concurrently constituted and activated). (Location of 

Headquarters changed 15 July 1954 to West Hartford, Connecticut; on I April 

1958 to East Hartford, Connecticut.) Battalion disbanded 30 April 1959 at East 

llartford, Connecticut. 

Headquarters, 776th Ordnance Battalion, reconstituted 24 November 1967 in 

the Army Reserve as Headquarters, 4th Brigade, 76th Division (Training). 

Activated 31 January 1968 at Providence, Rhode Island. Inactivated 15 October 

1996 at Providence, Rhode Island. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War I 

Streamer without inscription 

World War If 

Rhineland 

Ardcnnes-Aisace 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 425 

76TH DIVISION BlBLIOGRAPIIY 

Craig, Berry, et at. Onaway: 76th lnfantly Division. Paducah, Ky.: Turner 

Publishing Co., 1992. 

II istorical Section, Army War College. Order o.f Battle of the United States Land 

Forces in the World War; American Expeditionary Forces; Divisions. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1931. Reprint. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1988. 

Hutnik, Joseph J., and Kobrick, Leonard, eds. We Ripened Fast. The Unofficial 

llist01y of the Seventy-Sixth lnfantly Division. Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany: 

Otton Lembeck, 1946. 

Kahn, E. J., Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980. 

"'Liberty Bell' Division, 76th Division (Training)." Army Reserve I 1 (June 

1965):5. 

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Of/ensive. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1973. 

76th Division Public Affairs Office. 76th Division "Onaway" Through the Years. 

West 1-lartforcl, Conn., c. 1990. 

Smith, Herbert E. "A.E.F. Divisional Insignia- The 76th Division." Recruiting 

News 17 (1 April 1935):3. 

77th INFANTRY DIVISION 

(Statue of Liberty) 

H ERALDlC ITEMS 

SIIOULDER SLEEVE INSIUNlA 

Description: On a blue truncated pyramid, the Statue of Liberty, without 

masonry base, in New York Harbor, in yellow. 

Symbolism: The design alludes to New York City where the division was 

raised. 

D ISTINCTIVE U I\JT INSTGNI/\ 

Description: A gold colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a representation of the Dutch windmill of New Amsterdam. The 

two sets of seven panels of each vane are \·Vhite. Reel white, 

and blue are the colors of the three sides of the tower. 

Symbolism: The Dutch windmill represents the origjnal allocation of the 

77th Division to New York City, fo rmerly New Amsterdam. 

The vanes of the w indmi ll were on the se al of New 

Amsterdam and arc now on the arms ofNcwYork City. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

77th INFANTRY DIVISION 

(Statue of Liberty) 

AR 

LI NEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 5 August 19 17 in the National Army as Headquarters, 77th 

Division. Organized 18 August 19 17 at Camp Upton, Nevv York. Demobilized 9 

May 19 19 at Camp Upton, New York. Reconstituted 24 JutJe 1921 in the 

Organized Reserves as Headquarters, 77th Division. Organized in November 

1921 at New York, New York. Redesignated 20 February 1942 as Division 

Headquarters, 77th Division. Ordered into active military service 25 March 1942 

and reorganized at fort Jackson, South Carolina. Redesignated 1 August I 942 as 

Headquarters, 77th Infantry Division. Inactivated 15 March 1946 in Japan. 

Activated 1 November 1946 at New York, New York. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March I 948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 

1952 as the Army Reserve.) Reo rgan ized and redesigna ted I May 1959 as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 77th Infantry Division. inactivated 30 

December 1965 at New York, New York. · 

427 

.. 
428 ARMfES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

CAMPJ\TGN PARTlClPATION CREDIT 

World War I 

Oise-Aisne 

Meuse-Argonne 

Champagne 1918 

Lorraine 1918 

World War II 

Western Pacific 

Lcyte (with arrowhead) 

Ryukyus 

0 ECORATTONS 

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (lleadqum·t.ers, 77th [nfantry Division, cited; DA GO 47, 

1950) 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 429 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

1st BRIGADE, 77th INFANTRY DIVISTON 

AR 

LlNE.i\GE (inactive) 

Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as Headquarters Troop, 77th 

Division. Organized in September 1917 at Camp Upton, New York. Demobilized 

in May 1919 at Camp Upton, New York. Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the 

Organized Reserves as Headquarters Company, 77th Division. Organi zed in 

November 1921 at New York, New York. Reorgani zed and redesignated 20 

February 1942 as Headquarters and Military Police Company (less Milit ary 

Police Platoon), 77th Division. Ordered into active military service 25 March 

1942 and reorganized at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Redesignated I August 

1942 as Headqua11ers Company, 77th In fantry Division. Inactivated 15 March 

1946 in Japan. Activated 1 November 1946 at New York, New York. (Organized 

Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) Inactivated I May 1959 at New York, 

New York. 

Redesignated 25 March 1963 as lleadqua~iers and Headquarters Company, 

I st Brigade, 77th Infantry Division. Activated 26 March 1963 at New York, New 

York. Inactivated 30 December 1965 at New York, New York. 

CAMPAIGN PAIUIClPATION CREDJT 

World War 1 

Oise-Aisnc 

Meuse-Argonne 

Champagne 1918 

Lorrai.nc llJ 1 R 

World War II 

Western Pacific 

Leyte (with arrowhead) 

Ryukyus 

DECORATIONS 

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OC'TODER 

1944 TO 4 JU LY 1945 (Headquarters Company, 77th Tn t~mtry Division, cited; DA 

GO 47, 1950) 
430 ARMIES, CORPS, DlVlSIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

2d BRIGADE, 77th INFANTRY DIVISION 

AR 

LJNEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as Headquarters, 153d 

Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 77th Division. Organized 27 August 1917 at 

Camp Upton, New York. Demobilized 9 May 1919 at Camp Upton, New York. 

Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 153d Infantry Brigade, ami assigned to the 77th 

Division. Organized in February 1922 at New York, New York. Redesignated 23 

March 1925 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 153d Brigade. 

Redesignated 24 August 1936 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 153d 

Infantry Brigade. 

Converted and redesignated 20 February 1942 as the 77th Reconnaissance 

Company (less 3d Platoon), 77th Division (Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, I 54th Int~mtry Brigade, concurrently converted and redesignated as 

the 3d Platoon, 77th Reconnaissance Company, 77th Division). Troop ordered 

into active military service 25 March 1942 and reorganized at Fort Jackson, 

South Carolina, as the 77th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, an element of the 

77th Division (later redesignated as 77th Infantry Division). Reorganized and 

redesignated I September 1943 as the 77th Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized. 

Reorganized <Uld redesignated 15 October 1945 as the 77th Mechanized Cavalry 

Reconnaissance Troop. Inactivated 15 March 1946 in Japan. Activated 19 

February L 947 at New York, New York. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 

March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the 

Army Reserve.) Reorganized and redesignated 22 February 1949 as the 77th 

Reconnaissance Company. Inactivated L May 1959 at New York, New York. 

Converted and redesignated (less 3d Platoon) 25 March 1963 as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 77th Infantry Division (3d 

Platoon, 77th Reconnaissance Company-hereafter separate lineage). Activated 

26 March 1963 at Bronx, New York. Inactivated 30 December 1965 at Bronx, 

New York. 

CAMPAIGN PARTTCTPATION CREDIT 

World War I 

Oise-Aisne Meuse-Argonne 

Champagne 1918 

Lorraine 19 I 8 

IYorld War II 

Western Paciflc 

Ley1c (with aJTowhead) 

Ryukyus 

DECORATIONS 

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOIJER 1944 

TO 4 JULY 1945 (77th Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized, cited; DA GO 47, 1950) 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 43 1 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

3d BRIGADE, 77th INFANTRY DIVISION 

AR 

LJNEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as Headquarters, !54th 

Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 77th Division. Organized 27 August 1917 at 

Camp Upton, New York. Demobilized 9 May 1917 at Camp Upton, New York. 

Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, !54th Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 77th 

Division. Organized in February 1922 at New York, New York. Redesignated 23 

March 1925 as Headqua rters and Headquarters Company, !54th Bri gade. 

Redesignated 24 August 1936 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

I 54th Infantry Brigade. 

Converted and redesignated 20 February 1942 as the 3d Platoon, 77th 

Reconnaissance Troop, 77th Division (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

153d I t~111try Bri gade, concurrently converted and redesignated as the 77th 

Reconnaissance Troop [less 3d Platoon], 77th Division). Troop ordered into 

active military service 25 March 1942 and reorganized at Fort .Jackson, South 

Caroli na, as the 77th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, an element of the 77th 

Division (later redesignated as the 77th Infantry Division). Reorganized and 

redesignated 1 September 1943 as the 77th Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized. 

Reorganized and redesignated I 5 October 1945 as the 77th Mechanized Cavalry 

Reconnaissance Troop. Inactivated 15 Ma rch 1946 in Japan. Activated I 9 

February 1947 at New York, New York. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 

March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the 

Army Reserve.) Reorganized and redesignated 22 February 1949 as the 77th 

Reconnaissance Company. Inactivated I May 1959 at New York, New York. 

3d Platoon, 77th Reconnaissance Company, converted and redesignated 25 

March 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 77th 

Infantry Division (remainder of company- hereafter separate lineage). Activated 

26 March 1963 at Hempstead, New York Inactivated 30 December 1965 at 

Hempstead, New York. 

CAMPAJGN PARTICJPI\TJON CREDJT 

World War I 

Oise-Aisne 

Meuse-Argonne 

Champagne 1918 

Lorraine 19 J 8 

World War II 

Western Pacific 

Leyte (with arrowhead) 

Ryukyus 

DECORATJONS 

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 

TO 4 JULY 1945 (77th Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized, cited; DA GO 47, 1950) 
432 ARMIES, CORPS, DTVTSTONS, AND SEPARATE BRlGADES 

77TH INFANTRY D IVTSTON BIBLiOGRAPHY 

Adler, Julius 0., ed. J-listmy of the Seventy-Seventh Division, August 25th 

191 7- Novemher 11th 1918. New York: Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford Co., 

1919. 

A lexander, Robe rt. Memories o.f the World War, 1917- 191 8 . New York: 

MacMillan, Co., 1931. 

American Battle Monuments Commission. American Armies and Battlefields in 

E urope. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1938. Reprint. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1992. 

_ _ _ . 77th Division, Summmy of Operations in the World War. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1944. 

Appleman, Roy E., et al. 0/dncnva: The Last Battle. United States Army in World 

War TI. Washington: Government Printing Otfice, 1948. 

Bjork, Delbert L. "Waterborne Envelopments-The 77th T nfantry Division at 

Ormoc." Militwy Review 30 (March 1951 ):49-62. 

Bruce, A. D. "Admi nistration, Supply and Evacuation of the 77th Tnfantry 

Division on Guam." Military Review 24 (December 1944):3-12. 

Cannon, M. Hamlin. Le,vte: The Return to the Philippines. United States Army in 

World War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1960. 

Crosby, P. L. Between Shots With the 77th Division in France. n.p., 1919'! 

Crowl, Philip A. Campaign in the Marianas. United States Army in World War ll. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1960. 

·'The f all of Ormoc on Lcyte." MiliiOIJI Review 25 (August 1945):51 56. 

Historical Division, War Department. Guam: Operations of the 77th Division (2 1 

JufF-10 August 1944). American Forces in Action. Washington: Government 

Printing OJTiec, 1946. 

Historical Section, L\rmy War College. Order (~lBatt/e a./the United State:> Land 

Forces in the World War: American Exp editionary Forces; Divisions. 

Washington: Government Printing Offi ce, 1931. Reprint. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1988. 

Kahn, E. J. , Jr., and McLemore, 11. righting Divisions. Washington: The Infantry 

Journal Press, 1945. Repri1JI. Washi ngton: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980. 

McKeogh, Arthur. The Victorious 77th Division (New York :'\ Own) in the Argonne 

Fight.NewYork: Johnii. Eggers Co., 1919. 

Milhan, Charles G. "Atta Boy!" The Story o/ New Yorks 77th Division. U.S.A. 

New York: Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 1919. 

Myers. Max, cd. Ow:'l to Hold lt High: The Histmy of the 77th lf!fimlly Division 

in World War If by Men Who Were There. Washi ngton: Infantry Journal Press, 

1947. 

___ . " Lookil. Those Old Buzzards Go." Saturday Evening Post 2 19 ( 11 

January 1947):20ff. 

0.1/'icia/ Prograrn c?/ Homecoming Week in Welcome to the 77th Division. New 

York: Charles Francis Press, 19 19. 

Okinawa, Operation Report, Iceberg Phase I, 77th lnjcmlly Division. n.p., 1945 . 

. . . Review and Parade of the 77th Division, May 6, 1919. New York: M.B. 

Brown Printing Co., 1919. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 433 

"t\ Salute to Distinguished Service." Army Reserve 12 (January 1966): 10-11. 

Smith, Herbert E. "A.E.F. Divisional Insignia- The 77th Division." Recruiting 

News 17 (1 May 1935):3. 

Smith, Robert Ross. Triumph in the Philippines. United Stales Army in World 

War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1963. 

"Statue of Liberty Division in War and Peace: The 77th Infantry Division." Army 

Reservist 10 (January 1964): 14-16. 

78th DIVISION (EXERCISE) 

(Lightning) 

H ERALDIC ITEMS 

SIIOU LDER SLEEVE I NSIGNIA 

Description: On a red semi-disc a white bolt of I ightning from sinister chief 

to dexter base, all within a green border. 

s:vmbolism: The lightning flash on the red background alludes to the combat record of the division likened to a "bolt of li ghtning . .. " 

and to its designation as the "Lightning Division." 

DISTINCTIVE U NIT INSIUNlA 

Description: A gold colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a white 

alerion on a scarlet disc centered upon a blue equilateral triangle with notched sides all in front of two wh ite lightning flashes in a V form contained at top and bottom by a continuous 

scarlet scroll inscribed below AUDACJTER (Boldly) in gold 

letters. 

Symbolism: The white alerion on scarlet is from the arms of Lorraine 

province in France where the organizati on served in three 

campaigns during World War l. In World War li the unit participated in the Ardenncs-Aisace, Rhine land, and Central 

Europe campaigns, indicated by the three points, in the color 

blue for infantry and for the area of the Rhine River. The white 

flashes and the red of the scroll allude LO the division's shoulder sleeve insignia. 

LTNRAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

78th DIVISION (EXERCISE) 

(Lightning) 

AR 

Li! EAGE (active) 

Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as Headquarters, 78th 

Division. Organized 23 August 19 17 at Camp Dix. New Jersey. Demobilized 9 

Jul y 19 19 at Camp Dix . New J e rsey. Reconst ituted 24 June 1921 i.n the 

Organized Reserves as Headquarters, 78th Division. Organi zed in November 

192 1 a t Newark, New Je rsey. Redesig nated 20 Februa ry 1942 as Division 

Headquarters, 78th Division. Ordered into active military service 15 August 1942 

435 
436 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRJGADES 

and reorganized at Camp Butner, North Carolina, as Headquarters, ?Sth Infantry 

Division. Inactivated 22 May 1946 in Germany. Activated I November I946 at 

Newark, New Jersey. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the 

Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July I952 as the Army Reserve.) 

Location changed 9 November l955 to Kearny, New Jersey; on 6 December 1958 

to Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. 

Reorganized and redesignated I May 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 78th Division (Training). Reorganized and redesignated I October 

J 993 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 78th Division (Exercise). 

CAMPAIGN PARTlCTPATTON CREDIT 

World War l 

St. Mihiel 

Meuse-Argonne 

Lorraine 1918 

World War !I 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-Aisace 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 437 

HEADQUARTERS 

1st BRIGADE, 78th DIVISION (EXERCISE) 

AR 

LI NEAGE (active) 

Constituted 5 August I 9 I 7 in the National Army as Headquarters Troop, 78th 

Division. Organized in Septen1ber 1917 at Camp Dix, New Jersey. Demobilized 9 

J une 1919 at Camp D ix, New Jersey. Reconstituted 24 Ju ne 1921 in the 

Organized Reserves as Headquarters Company, 78th Division. Organized in 

February 1922 at Newark, New Jersey. Reorganize d and redesignated 20 

February 1942 as Headquarters and Military Police Company (less Military 

Police Platoon), 78th Division. Ordered into active military service 15 August 

I 942 and reorganized at Camp Butne r, North Caroli na, as Headquarters 

Company, 78th Infantry Division. Inactivated 22 May 1946 in Germany. 

Activated I November 1946 at Newark, New Jersey. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps: redesignated on 9 July 

1952 as the Army Reserve.) Location changed 9 November 1955 to Kearny, New 

Jersey; on 6 December 1958 to Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. Disbanded 1 May 

1959 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. 

Reconstituted 24 November 1967 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters, 1st 

Brigade, 78th Division (Training). 

Activated 31 January 1968 at Fort Hancock, New Jersey. Location changed 

II November 1983 to Red Bank, New Jersey; on l February 1993 to Edison, 

New Jersey. Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1993 as Headqum1ers, lst 

Brigade, 78th Division (Exercise). 

CAMI'AlGN PARTICIPATION C REDIT 

World War I 

St. Mihicl 

Meuse-Argonne 

Lorraine 1918 

World War If 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-Aisace 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
438 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS 

2d BRIGADE, 78th DIVISION (EXERCISE) 

LiNEAGE 

AR 

(active) 

Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Anny as the 303d Atmnunition 

Train and assigned to the 78th Division. Organized in December 1917 at Camp 

Dix , New Jersey. DemobiliLed 23 May 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey. 

Reconstituted 23 October 1936 in the Organized Reserves; concurrently consolidated with the 303d Ammunition Train (organized in November 1921 in the 

Organized Reserves with Headquarters at Jersey City, New Jersey) and consolidated unit designated as the 303d Ammunition Train, an element of the 78th 

Division. 

Converted and redesignated 20 February 1942 as the 903d Field Artillery 

Battalion and remained assigned to the 78th Division (later redesignated as the 

78th Infantry Division). Ordered into active military service 15 August 1942 and 

reorganized at Camp Butner, North Carolina. Inactivated 22- 25 April 1946 at 

Camp Kilmer. New Jersey. Activated 21 February 1947 at Elizabeth, New Jersey. 

(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve 

Corp s; redesignated 9 J uly 1952 as the Army Reserve.) (Location of 

Headquarters changed 18 October 1950 to New Bnmswick, New .Jersey; on 23 

April 1957 to Nixon, New Jersey.) Disbanded 1 May 1959 at Nixon, New Jersey. 

Headquarters. 903d Fi eld Artillery Battalion, reconstituted 24 November 

.1967 in t.hc Army Reserve as Headquarters, 2d Brigade, 78th Division (Training). 

Activated 31 January 1968 at Lodj, New Jersey. Ordered into active military service 25 January 1991 at Lodi, New Jersey; released from active military service 

31 March 199 J and reverted to reserve status. Location changed J February 1993 

to Fort Dix, New Jersey. Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1993 as 

Headquarters, 2d Brigade, 78th Division (Exercise). 

CAMPAICi~ PARTJCJPATJON C REDIT 

World War l 

St. Mihicl 

Mcuse-Argorme 

Lorraine 1918 

World War II 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-Aisace 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 439 

HEADQUARTERS 

3d BRIGADE, 78th DIVISION (EXERCISE) 

AR 

LINEAGE (active) 

Cons.tituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 303d Engineers and 

assigned to the 78th Division. Organized in September 1917 at Camp Dix, New 

Jersey. Demobilized 12 June 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey. Reconstituted 24 

June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 303d Engineers and assigned to the 

78th Division (later redesignated as the 78th Infantry Division). Organized in 

November 1921 with Headquarters at Paterson, New Jersey. Location changed 5 

April 1937 to the Newark area. Redesignated (less 2d Battalion) 20 February 

1942 as the 303d Engineer Battalion (2d Battalion- hereafter separate lineage). 

Ordered into active military service 15 August 1942 and reorganized at Camp 

Butner, North Carolina, as the 303d Engineer Combat Battalion. Inactivated 13 

June 1946 in Germany. Activated 21 February 1947 at Newark, New Jersey. 

(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve 

Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) Reorganized and redesignated 15 December 1952 as the 303d Engineer Battalion. (Location of 

Headquarters changed l June 1954 to East Orange, New Jersey; on 9 January 

1959 to Newark, New Jersey.) Disbanded (less Companies A and B) 1 May 1959 

at Newark, New Jersey (Companies A and B- hereafter separate lineages). 

Headquarters, 303d Engineer Battalion, reconstituted 24 November 1967 in 

the Army Reserve as Headquarters, 3d Brigade, 78th Division (Training). 

Activated 3 1 January 1968 at Kearny, New Jersey. Inactivated 30 July 1973 at 

Kearny, New Jersey. Redesignated 1 October I 993 as Headquarters, 3d Brigade, 

78th Division (Exercise), and activated at Fort Devens, Massachusetts. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War I 

St. Mihiel 

Meuse-Argonne 

Lorraine 1918 

World War If 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-Aisace 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
440 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS 

4th BRIGADE, 78th DIVISION (EXERCISE) 

AR 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 303d Supply Train 

and assigned to the 78th Division. Organized December 19 I 7-May 1918 at 

Camp Dix, New Jersey. Demobilized 5 June 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey. 

Reconstituted 3 July 1936 in the Organized Reserves; concurrently consolidated 

with the 78th Division Quartermaster Tratin (organized in November 1921 in the 

Organized Reserves as the 78th Division Train, Quartermaster Corps, with 

Headquarters at Newark, New Jersey; redesignated 23 March 1925 as the 78th 

Division Quartermaster Train) and consolidated unit designated as the 78th 

Division Quartermaster Train. 

Redesignated 1 July 1936 as the 403d Quartermaster Regiment and remained 

assigned to the 78th Division (later redesignated as the 78th Infantry Division). 

Redesignated 20 February 1942 as the 403d Quartermaster Battalion. Ordered 

into active military service 15 August 1 942 and reorganized at Camp Butner, 

North Carolina. Ordnance Maintenance Platoon, Headquarters Company, 403d 

Quartermaster Battalion, reorganized and redesignated 14 September 1942 as the 

778th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company, an element of the 78th Infantry 

Division (remainder of battalion- hereafter separate lineage). Inactivated 22 May 

1946 in Germany. Redesignated 6 February 1947 as the 778th Ordnance 

Maintenance Company. Activated 21 February 1947 at Newark, New Jersey. 

(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve 

Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) Reorganized and redesignated 11 March 1953 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 778th 

Ordnance Battalion (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated). 

(Location of Headquarters changed 9 November 1955 to Kearny, New Jersey; on 

1 November 1957 to Nixon, New Jersey.) Battalion disbanded 1 May 1959 at 

Nixon, New Jersey. 

Headquarters, 778th Ordnance Battalion, reconstituted 24 November 1967 in 

the Army Reserve as Headquarters, 4th Brigade, 78th Division (Training). 

Activated 31 January 1968 at Nixon, New Jersey. Location changed 1 March 

1975 to Edison, New Jersey; on 15 December 1992 to Richmond, Virginia. 

Reorganized and redesignated 1 October I 993 as Headquarters, 4th Brigade, 78th 

Division (Exercise). 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War/ 

St. Mihicl 

Meuse-Argonne 

Lorraine 1918 

World War II 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-Aisace 

Central Europe 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 44 1 

DECORATIONS 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN 

Tl I EATER 1944 (778th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company cited; GO 19, 78th 

Infantry Division, 1944) 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN 

THEATER 1944-1945 (778th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company cited; GO 

403, 78th Infantry Division, 1945) 
442 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS 

5th BRIGADE, 78th DIVISION (EXERCISE) 

AR 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 5 August 19 L 7 in the National Army as the 303d Supply Train 

and assigned to the 78th Division. Organized December 19 17- May 1918 at 

Camp Dix, New Jersey. Demobilized 5 June 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey. 

Reconstituted 3 July 1926 in the Organized Reserves; concurrently consolidated 

with the 78th Division Quartermaster Train (organized in November 1921 in the 

Organized Reserves as the 78th Division Train, Quartermaster Corps, with 

Headquarters at Newark, New Jersey; redesignated 23 March 1925 as the 78th 

Division Quartermaster Train) and consolidated unit designa ted as the 78th 

Division Quartermaster Train. 

Redesignated I July 1936 as the 403d Quartermaster Regiment and remained 

assigned to the 78th Division (later redesignated as the 78th Infantry Division). 

Redesignated 20 February 1942 as the 403d Quartermaster Battalion. Ordered 

into active military service 15 August 1942 and reorganized at Camp Butner, 

North Carolina. Reorga nized and redesmgnated (less Ordnance Maintenance 

Platoon, Headquarters Company) 27 September 1942 as the 78th Quartermaster 

Company, an element of the 78th Infantry Division (Ordnance Maintenance 

Platoon, Headquarters Company- hereafter separate lineage). Inactivated 22 

May 1946 in Germany. Activated 2 1 February 1947 at Newark, New Jersey. 

(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve 

Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) Inactivated 18 March 

1954 at Newark, New Jersey. Disbanded I May 1959. 

Reconstituted 24 November 1967 in the Army Reserve as the 78th 

Committee Group and assigned to the 78th Division (Training). Activated 3 1 

January 1968 at Edison, New Jersey. Reorganized and redesignated 1 August 

1971 as I leadquarters, 78th Committee Group. Reorganized and redesignated 16 

October 1978 as Headquarters, 78th Training Command. Inactivated 17 October 

1984 at Edison, New Jersey. 

Redesignated I October 1993 as Headquarters, 5th Brigade, 78th Division 

(Exercise), and activated at Baltimore, Maryland. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World IVar I 

St. Mihicl 

Mcusc-Argonne 

Lorraine 19 18 

World War II 

Rhineland 

Ardcnncs-Aisacc 

Ccnlral Europe 

DECORATIONS 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EU ROPEAN 

THEATER (78th Quartermaster Company cited; GO I 0, 78th Division, 1945) 
UNEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 443 

HEADQUARTERS 

6th BRIGADE, 78th DIVISION (EXERCISE) 

AR 

LiNEAGE (active) 

Constituted I October 1993 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters, 6th 

Brigade, 78th Division (Exercise), and activated at Oakdale, Pennsylvania. 

Location changed I October 1994 to Uniontown, Pennsylvania. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

None. 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
444 ARMlES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRJGADES 

HEADQUARTERS 

7th BRIGADE, 78th DIVISION (EXERCISE) 

AR 

L INEAGE (active) 

Constituted l October 1993 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters, 7th 

Brigade, 78th Division (Exercise), and activated at North Syracuse, New York. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

None. 

D ECORATIONS 

None. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 445 

HEADQUARTERS 

8th BRTGADE, 78th DIVISION (EXERCISE) 

AR 

LI NEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted I October 1993 in the Army Reserve a s Headquarters, 8th 

Brigade , 78th Division (Exercise), and activat ed at Fort Dix, New Jersey. 

In~ctiva d 13 January 1995 at Fort Dix. New Jersey. 

CAMPAiGN PARTIClPATTON C REDIT 

None. 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
446 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVlSIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

I-IEADQUARTERS 

9th BRIGADE, 78th DIVISION (EXERCISE) 

LINEAGE 

AR 

(inactive) 

Constituted I October 1993 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters, 9th 

Bri gade, 78th Division (Exercise), and activated at Fort Dix, New Jersey. 

lnactivated 13 January 1995 at Fort Dix, New Jersey. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

None. 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

78TH DIVISION BlBLIOGRAPIIY 

American Battle Monuments Commission. American Armies and Balllefields in 

Europe. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1938. Reprint. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, I 992. 

_ __ . 78th Division, Summmy of Operations in the World War. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1944. 

Clark, Coleman T. Soldier Lellers and Their Stories in Extractsji'Om Their Let!ers 

and Diaries. New York: L. Middleditch, 1919. 

Fecci, JoMaric. "The End of An Era: The 78th Division Sends the Last Infantry 

Unit Through the Lanes at Fort Dix." Army Reserve Magazine 40 (Fall/Winter 

1994):8- 9. 

llistorical Section, Army War Coll ege. Order of Baffle of the United States Land 

Forces in th e World War; ll111erican Expeditionary Forces; Divisions. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1931. Reprint. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1988. 

The Hist01y Making 78th. BuiTalo: Adel E. Sahlin Typographic Service, 1945. 

Hoyt, Philip D. WarStoryo.fthe 78th Division. Buffalo, c. 1919. 

Kahn, E. J., Jr., and McLemore, I I. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980. 

"Lightning, '78th' Division in France." Special Edition, Camp Dix Pictorial 

Review. Camp Dix: Cochrane, 1918. 

Lightning: The Hist01y ofthe 78th lnfantJy Division. Washington: Infantry Journal 

Press, 1947. Reprint. Durham, N.C.: 78th Division Veterans Assn., 1973. 

'"Lightning' 78th Division (Tng)." Army Reserve 12 (March 1966): I 0- 11 . 

Lightning: The Story o.fthe 78th ll?{antJ)' Division. G.l. Stories ... Paris, 1945. 

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Qffensive. United States Army in World War ll. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1973. 

---· The Siegfried Line Campaign. United States Army in World War Jl. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1963. 

Meehan, Thomas F., ed. Hist01y o.f the Seventy-Eighth Division in the World WCII; 

1917- 18- 19. New York: Dodd, Mead, and Co., 1921. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 447 

Parker, Edwin P. Memoirs of Edwin P. Parke1; Major General US. Army, 78th 

Jnfanlly Division Commander. Durham, N.C.: A. Printing Co., 1976. 

Pictorial History of the 78th in Fi··ance. Moorestown, N.J.: I.L. Cochrane, 1920. 

Plonski, Edward. Rhine Journey: The 78th lrifcmtry Division. n.p., n.d. 

The 78th Division at Kriemhilde Stellung, October 1918. U.S. Army Chemical 

Corps Historical Studies, Gas Warfare in World War [, Study no. 2. 

Washington: U.S. Army Chemical Corps Historical Office, 1957. 

78th Division, Fiftieth Anniversary 1917- 1967, Fort Dix, N.J. 78th Division 

Veterans Association, 1967. 

"78th Division Observes 50 Years of Service." Army Reserve 13 (March 

1967):28. 

78th 1njcmtry Division. Paducah, Ky.: Turner Publishing Co., 1987. 

Smith, Herbert E. "A. E. F. Divisional Insigni a- The 78th Division." Recruiting 

News 17(1 June J935):3tf 

79th INFANTRY DIVISION 

(Cross of Lorraine) 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE TNSI(iNLA 

· Description: A blue triangular shield, a Lorra ine cross with an orle, cross 

and orle silver gray. 

Svmholism: The cross symbolizes triumph and alludes to service in France 

during World War l. The organization is known as the 

"Lorraine Division." 

DISTrNCTIVJ:: UNIT lNSIGNlA 

Description: A gold colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a disc 

divided per pairle red, white, and blue on which is a falcon on 

a gold mount. 

Symbolism: Red, white, and blue are the national colors. They are also the 

colors of the national fl ag of France where the division 

relieved a portion of the French I 57th Division and accepted 

the Avocourt Sector (Lorraine) during World War l. The falcon 

on the mount commemorates the capture of Montfaucon 27 

September 1918. · 

LiNEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

79th INFANTRY DNISTON 

(Cross of Lorraine) 

AR 

LINEA<iE (inactive) 

Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as Headquarters, 79th 

Division. Organized 25 August 1917 at Camp Meade, Maryland. Demobilized 2 

June 19 19 at Camp Dix, New Jersey. Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in th e 

Organized Reserves as Headquarters, 79th Division. Organized in November 

1921 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Redesignated 12 February 1942 as Division 

Headquarters, 79th Division. Ordered into active m i I itary service on 15 June 

1942 and reorg<mized at Camp Pickett, Virginia. Redesignated I August 1942 as 

Headquarters, 79th Infantry Division. Inactivated 11 December 1945 at Camp 

Kilmer, New Jersey. Activated 14 November 1946 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 

(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve 

Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as d1e Army Reserve.) Reorganized and redesig449 
450 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

natcd 6 April 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 79th In fantry 

Division. 

Consolidated 28 February 1963 with Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 79th Operational Headquarters (activated 7 Ja nuary 1963 at 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters 

and lleadquarters Company, 79th Operational Headquarters. Redesignated I June 

1963 as Headquarters and llcadquarters Company, 79th Command Headquarters. 

Inactivated 30 December 1965 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Redesignated 23 

June 1982 as Headquarters and llcadquarters Company, 79th Infantry Division. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War I 

Meuse-Argonne 

Lorraine 19 18 

World War II 

Normandy 

Northern France 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-Aisace 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

French Croix de Guerrc with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered 

NORMANDY TO PARIS (Headquarters, 79th Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 43, 

1950) 

rrench Croix de Gucrrc with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered 

PAR ROY FOREST (Headquarters, 79th Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

French Croix de Gucrrc, World War II, Fourragcrc (Headquarters, 79th 

Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

79Til INFANTRY D IVISION BIBLIOGRAPHY 

American Battle Monuments Commission. American Armies and Ba!tlefields in 

Europe . Washington: Gove rnme nt Printing Office, 193 8 . Reprint. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1992. 

---· 79th Division Summary of Operations in the World War. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1944. 

Barber, J. Frank, comp. and eel. Hist01y of the Seventy-Ninth Division, A.E. F., 

During the World l#o; 1917- 1919. Lancaster, Pa.: Steinman and Steinman, 

1922. fo 

Blumenson, Martin. Breakout and Pursuit. United States Army in'World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1961. 

Clarke, Jeffrey J., and Sn1ith, Robert Ross. Riviera to the Rhine. United States 

Army in World War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1993. 

Cole, Hugh M. The Lorraine Campaign. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Off ice, 1950. 

Combat History of the 79th lnjcmtry Division East oft he Rhine, April 20, 1945. 

n.p., 1945. 
\ 

LTNEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 451 

The Cross of Lorraine, A Combat History of the 79th lnfanfty Division, June 

1942- December 1945. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Co., 1946. 

The Cross of Lorraine Division, The Story of the 79th . G.I. Stories ... Paris, 

1944. 

Hanson, William L. World War 1: I Uits .There. Gerald, Miss.: Patrice Press, 1982. 

Harrison, Gordon A. Cross-Channel Attack. United States Army in World War U. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, I 95 I. 

Historical Division, Department of the Army. Utah Beach to Cherbourg (6 

June- 27 June 1944). American Forces in Action. Washington: Government 

Printing Office, 1948. 

Historical Section, Army War College. Order of Battle of the United States Land 

Forces in the World War; American Expeditionary Forces; Divisions. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 193 I. Reprint. Government 

Printing Office, 1988. 

Hubbard, Leverett M., Jr. Overseas, Experiences of a G.!. Abroad. New Haven: 

Yale University Press, 1947. 

Kahn, E. J., Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infan try 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980. 

MacDonald, Charles B . .The Last Offensive. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1973. 

Malcolm, Gilbert, eta!. 79th Division Headquarters, A Record. n.p., 1920. 

McCardell, Lee. "They Wrote Their Story in Blood." Saturday Evening Post 219 

(21 December 1 946):26- 27ff. 

"Over Here " Preparing for "Over .There" at Camp Meade, Maryland. Baltimore: 

Horn-Shafer Press, c. 1917. 

Rhine Crossing by the 79th lnfantty Division. n.p., 1945 . 

.The 79th Division at Montfaucon, October I 9 18. U.S. Army Chemical Corps 

Historical Studies. Gas Warfare in World War I, Study no. 18. Washington: 

U.S. Army Chemical Corps Historical Office, 1960. 

Smith, Herbert E. "A.E.F. Divisional Insignia- The 79th Division." Recruiting 

News 17 (1 July 1935):3. 

80th DIVISION (TRAINING) 

(Blue Ridge) 

.HERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLJ::J::VJ::: INSIGNIA 

·Description: On a green shield with a white border, across the center three 

stylized blue mountains rising from a narrow white bar. 

Symbolism: The three blue stylized mountains, one for each state, allude to 

the "Blue Ridge" states, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West 

Virgi nia, from which personnel of the division originally 

came. 

DISTINCTiVE UNTT INSIGNiA 

Description: I\ gold colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a gold 

wavy scroll and issuing upwards from it between two sprigs of 

red oak leaves with gold acorns a blue fleur-de-lis charged on 

either side with a gold five-pointed star and at center with a 

vertical sword pointed up, the blade white and hilt gold, the 

scroll inscribed with the motto ONLY MOVES FORWARD in 

blue letters. 

Symbolism: Blue and white allude to the infantry. The division's World 

War 1 service in France is represented by the stars placed on 

the fleur-de-lis at either side of the upright sword. 

Participation by the divis:ion in four campaigns of World War 

11 is symbolized by the t1eur-de-lis for Northern France and by 

the sword for Central Europe, while the sprigs of oak relate to 

the Ardcnnes-Aisace campaign and the wavy scroll simulating 

a river refers to the Rhineland. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

80th DIVISION (TRAINING) 

(Blue Ridge) 

AR 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as Headquarters, 80th 

Division. Organized 27 August 1917 at Camp Lee, Virginia. Demobilized 5 June 

1919 at Camp Lee, Virginia. Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized 

Reserves as Headquarters, 80th Division. Organized in December 1921 at 

453 
454 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

Richmond, Virginia. Redesignated J 2 February 1942 as Division Headquarters, 

80th Division. Ordered into active military service 15 July 1942 and reorganized 

at Camp Forrest, Tennessee. Redesignated J August 1942 as Headquarters, 80th 

Infantry Division. Inactivated 4 January 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. 

Redesignated 15 July J 946 as Headquarters, 80th Airborne Division. Activated 

23 December 1946 at Richmond, Virginia. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 

March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 Ju ly 1952 as the 

Army Reserve.) Reorganized and redesignated I 0 May 1952 as Headquarters, 

80th Infantry Division. 

Reorganized and redesignated 6 March 1959 as Headquarte rs and 

Headquarters Company, 80th Division (Training). 

CAMPAIGN PART ICIPATION CREDIT 

World War/ 

Somme Offensive 

Meuse-A rgonne 

World War/! 

Northern France 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-Aisace 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
LJNEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 455 

HEADQUARTERS 

1st BRIGADE, 80th DIVISION (TRAINING) 

AR 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 5 August 191 7 in the National Army as Headquarters Troop, 80th 

Division. Organized in September 191 7 at Camp Lee, Virginia. Demobilized in 

June 1919 at Camp Lee, Virginia. Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized 

Reserves as Headquarters Company, 80th Division. Organized in December 1921 

at Richmond, Virginia. Reorganized and redesignated 12 February 1942 as 

Headquarters and Military Police Company (less Military Police Platoon), 80th 

Division. Ordered into active military service 15 July 1942 and reorganized at 

Camp Forrest, Tennessee. Redesignated I August 1942 as Headquarters 

Company, 80th Infantry Division. Inactivated 4 January 1946 at Camp Kilmer, 

New Jersey. Redesignated 15 July 1946 as Headquarters Company, 80th Airborne 

Division. Activated 12 March 1947 at Richmond, Virginia. (Organized Reserves 

redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 

1952 as the Army Reserve.) Reorganized and redesignated J 0 May 1952 as 

Headquarters Company, 80th Infantry Division. Disbanded 6 March 1959 at 

Richmond, Virginia. 

Reconstituted 24 November 1967 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters, lst 

Brigade, 80th Division (Training). Activated 30 January 1968 at Alexandria, 

Virginia. Inact ivated 13 January 1995 at Alexandria, Virginia. Activated 16 

November 1996 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War I 

Somme Ol"fensive 

Meuse-Argonne 

World War If 

Northern France 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-A lsace 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
456 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS 

2d BRIGADE, 80th DIVISION (TRAINING) 

AR 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 305th Ammunition 

Train and assigned to the 80th Division. Organized in September 1917 at Camp 

Lee, Virginia. Demobilized 9 June 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey. Reconstituted 

28 October 1936 in the Organized Reserves; concurrently consolidated with the 

305th Ammunition Train (o rga ni zed in December 1921 in the Organized 

Reserves with Headquarters at Washington, D.C.) and consolidated unit designated as the 305th Ammunition Train, an element of the 80th Division. 

Converted and redesignated 12 February 1942 as the 905th Field Artillery 

Battalion and remained assigned to the 80th Division (later redesignated as the 

80th Infantry Division). Ordered into active military service 15 July 1942 and 

reorganized at Camp Forrest, Tennessee. Inactivated 6 January 1946 at Camp 

Kilmer, New Je rsey. Redesignated 15 July 1946 as the 905th Glider Field 

Artillery Battalion, an element of the 80th Airborne Division (later redesignated 

as the 80th Infantry Division). Activated 2 1 May 1947 with Headquarters at 

Bristol, Virginia. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March J 948 as the 

Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) 

Reorganized and redesignated 18 October 1950 as the 905th Field Artillery 

Battalion. Disbanded 23 March 1959 at Bristol, Virginia. 

Headquarters, 905th Field Artillery Battalion, reconstituted 24 November 

J 967 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters, 2d Brigade, 80th Division (Training). 

Activated 30 January J 968 at Salem, Virginia. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICI PATION CREDIT 

World War I 

Meuse-Argonne 

World War If 

Northern France 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-A Is ace 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
LfNEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 457 

HEADQUARTERS 

3d BRIGADE, 80th DIVISION (TRAINING) 

AR 

LINEAGG (active) 

Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 305th Engineers and 

assigned to the 80th Division. Organized in September 1917 at Camp Lee, 

Virginia. Demobilized 12 June 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey. Reconstituted 24 

June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 305th Engineers and assigned to the 

80th Division (later redesignated as the 80th Infantry Division). Organized in 

December 192 1 with Headquarters at Richmond, Virginia. Redesignated (less 2d 

Battalion) 12 February 1942 as the 305th JEngineer Battalion (2d Battalionhereafter separate lineage). Ordered into active military service 15 July 1942 and 

reorganized at Camp Forrest, Tennessee. Redesignated I August 1942 as the 

305th Engineer Combat Battalion. inactivated 5 January 1946 at Camp Dix, New 

Jersey. Redesignated 15 July 1946 as the 305th Airborne Engineer Battalion, an 

clement of the 80th Airborne Division (later redesignated as the 80th fnfantry 

Division). Activated I 2 March I 947 at Richmond, Virginia. (Organized Reserves 

redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 

1952 as the Army Reserve.) Reorganized and redesignated 10 May 1952 as the 

305th Engineer Combat Battalion. Redesignated 17 July 1953 as the 305th 

Engineer Battalion. Inactivated 4 June 1954 at Richmond, Virginia. Activated 19 

1\pril 1956 with Headquarters at Abingdon, Virginia. Disbanded (Jess Companies 

A and B) I I May 1959 at Abingdon, Virginia (Companies A and B- hereafter 

separate lineages). 

Headquarters, 305th Engineer Batta lion, reconstituted 24 November 1967 in 

the Army Reserve as Headquarters, 3d Brigade, 80th Division (Training). 

Activated 30 January 1968 at Richmond, Virginia. Inactivated 31 August 1973 at 

Richmond, Virginia. Activated 16 September 1988 at Charleston, West Virginia. 

Location changed 25 September 1990 to Big Chimney, West Virginia. Inactivated 

13 January 1995 at Big Chimney, West Virginia. Activated 16 November 1996 at 

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CRED IT 

World War I 

Somme o rrensive 

Meuse-Argonne 

Picardy 1918 

World War II 

Northern France 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-Aisace 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
458 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS 

4th BRIGADE, 80th DIVISION (TRAINING) 

AR 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 5 August 19 17 in the National Army as the 305th Supply Train 

and assigned to the 80th Division. Organized 29 January 1918 at Camp Lee, 

Virginia. Demobilized 6 June 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey. 

Reconstituted 21 September 1936 in the Organized Reserves; concurrently 

consolidated with 405th Quartermaster Regiment (organized in December 1921 in 

the Organized Reserves with Headquarters at Richmond, Virginia, as the 80th 

Division Train, Quartermaster Corps; redesignated 23 March 1925 as the 80th 

Division Quartermaster Train; redesignated I July 1936 as the 405th Quartermaster 

Regiment) and consolidated unit designated as the 405th Quartermaster Regiment, 

an element of the 80th Division (later redesignated as the 80th Infantry Division). 

Redesignated 12 February 1942 as the 405th Quartermaster Battalion. Ordered into 

active military service 15 July 1942 and reorganized at Camp Forrest, Tennessee. 

Ordnance Maintenance Platoon, Headquarters Company, 405th Quartermaster 

Battalion, reorganized and redesignated 16 November 1942 as the 780th Ordnance 

Light Maintenance Company, an clement of the 80th Infantry Division (remainder 

of battalion-hereafter separate lineage). Inactivated 5 January 1946 at Camp 

Kilmer, New Jersey. Redesignated 15 July 1946 as the 780th Airborne Ordnance 

Maintenance Company, an clement of the 80th Airborne Division. Activated 12 

March 1947 at Richmond, Virginia. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 

J 948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army 

Reserve.) Reorganized and redesignated 10 May 1952 as the 780th Ordnance 

Maintenance Company, an clement of the 80th Infantry Division. Reorganized and 

redesignated 15 November 1952 as Headquarters and llcadquarters Detachment, 

780th Ordnance Battalion (organic clements concurrently constituted and activated). Battalion disbanded 23 March 1959 at Richmond, Virginia. 

Headquarters, 780th Ordnance Battalion, reconstituted 24 November 1967 in 

th e J\rmy Reserve as Headquarters, 4th Brigade, 80th Division (Training). 

Activated 30 January 1968 at Norfolk, Virginia. Location changed I September 

J 977 to Fort Story, Virginia; on I G November 1996 to Charleston, West Virginia. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War I 

Meuse-Argonne 

World War II 

Northern France 

Rhineland 

A rdcnnes-A lsacc 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Anny), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN 

TII EATER (780th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company cited; GO 27, 80th 

lnfantry Division, 1945) 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 459 

HEADQUARTERS 

5th BRIGADE, 80th DIVISION (TRAINING) 

AR 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 16 November 1996 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters, 5th 

Brigade, 80th Division (Training), and activated at Wilmington, Delaware. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

None. 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
460 ARMIES, CORPS, DJVlSIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS 

6th BRIGADE, 80th DIVISION (TRAINING) 

AR 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 16 November 1996 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters, 6th 

Brigade, 80th Division (Training), and activated at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

None. 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 461 

HEADQUARTERS 

7th BRIGADE, 80th DIVISION (TRAINING) 

AR 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 305th Supply Train 

and assigned to the 80th Division. Organized 29 January 1918 at Camp Lee, 

Virginia. Demobilized 6 June 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey. 

Reconstituted 21 September 1936 in the Organized Reserves; concurrently 

consolidated with 405th Quartermaster Regiment (organized in December 1921 

in the Organized Reserves with Headquarters at Richmond, Virginia, as the 80th 

Division Train, Quartermaster Corps; redesignated 23 March 1925 as the 80th 

Division Qua rtermaste r Train ; redesigna ted 1 .July 1936 as the 405th 

Quartermaster Regiment) and consolidated unit designated as the 405th 

Quartermaster Regiment, an element of the 80th Division (later redesignated as 

the 80th infantry Division). Redesignated 12 February 1942 as the 405th 

Quartermaster Battalion. Ordered into active military service 15 July 1942 and 

reorganized at Camp Forrest, Tennessee. Reorganized and redesignated (less 

Ordnance Maintenance Platoon, Headquarters Company) 16 November 1942 as 

the 80th Quartermaster Company, an element of the 80th Infantry Division 

(Ordnance Maintenance Platoon, Headquarters Company- hereafter separate lineage). Inactivated 5 January 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. Redesignated 15 

July 1946 as the 780th Airborne Quartermaster Company, an element of the 80th 

Airborne Division. Activated 12 March 1947 at Richmond, Virginia. (Organized 

Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) Reorganized and redesignated 10 May 

1952 as the 780th Quartermaster Company, an element of the 80th Infantry 

Division. Disbanded 23 March 1959 at Richmond, Virginia. 

Reconstituted 24 November 1967 in the Army Rese rve as the 80th 

Committee Group and assigned to the 80th Division (Training). Activated 30 

January 1968 at Richmond, Virginia. Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1971 

as Headquarters, 80th Committee Group. Location changed I August 1973 to 

Salem, Virginia. Reorganized and redesignated I October 1978 as Headquarters, 

80th Training Command. Inactivated J 7 October 1984 at Salem, VLrginia. 

Redesignated 16 November 1996 as Headquarters, 7th Brigade, 80th 

Division (Training), and activated at Salem, Virginia. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CRED IT 

World Warf 

Meuse-Argonne 

DECORATIONS 

World War 11 

Northern France 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-Aisacc 

Central Europe 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN 

THEATER (80th Quartermaster Company cited; GO 27, 80th Infantry Division, 

1945). 
462 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

80TI I DI VISION BIBLIOGRAPHY 

American Battle Monuments Commission. American Armies and Battlefields in 

Europe. Wa shington: Gove rnment Printing Office, 1938 . Reprint. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1992. 

___ . 80th Division, Summary of Operations in the World War. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1944. 

13alish, Harry. "The Battle of Nancy- A Double Envelopment." Milita1y Review 

29 (January 1950): 16- 23. 

The Bayonet Remembrance Book of Camp Lee, Virginia. Camp Lee: Thompson 

lll ustragraph Co., 19 18. 

Blumcnson, Martin. Breakout and Pursuit. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1961. 

13urhans, Robert D., comp. Histo1y and Heraldry of the 80th Division; Richmond, 

Virginia; October 1960. Fort Lee, 1960. 

Cole, llugh M. The Ardennes: Bailie of the Bulge. United States Army in World 

War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1965. 

---·The Lorraine Campaign. United States Army in World War II. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1950. 

80th "Blue Ridge" lnfanlly Division. Paducah, Ky.: Turner Publishing Co., 1991. 

Eightieth Division Yearbook. Pittsburgh: Eightieth Division Veterans Association, 

1920. 

The 80th Honors Its Men Who Never Returned Home. Latrobe, Pa.: 80th Division 

Veterans Association, 1972. 

80th Infantry Division G- 3 Section. The Blue Ridge Path Through France, 

Luxembourg, Germany, and Austria. n.p., 1945. 

The 80th Only Moves Forward. Atlanta: Albert Love Enterprises, 1944. 

"The 80th Only Moves Forward! 80th Division (Training)." Army Reservist I 0 

(May 1964):10-11. 

Forward 80th. G.I. Stories ... Paris, 1945. 

II istorical Section, Army War College. Order of Ballle of the United States Land 

Forces in the World War; American Expeditionary Forces; Divisions. 

Wa shington: Government Printing Office, 193 1. Reprint. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1988. 

Kahn, E. J. , Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., L980. 

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Offensive. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1973. 

Peifer, William H. "The Rese rve He ritage." Quartermaster Review 36 

(January- February 1957): 14- 17ff. 

Smith, Herbert E. "A. E. F. Divisional Insignia- The 80th Division." Recruiting 

News 17 (I August 1935):3. 

Young, Rush S. Over the Top with the 80th, by a Buck Private. Washington, 1933. 
I 

I 

81st INFANTRY DIVISION 

(Wildcat) 

HERALDIC [TEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: On an olive drab disc within a black circle, a black wildcat 

passant. 

Symbolism: The wildcat is common to the Carolinas from which many of 

the personnel of the division came during World War T. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

None approved. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

8lst INFANTRY DIVISION 

(Wildcat) 

AR 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as Headquarters, 81 st 

Division. Organized 25 August 1917 at Camp Jackson, South Carol ina. 

Demobilized 11 June 1919 at Hoboken, New Jersey. Reconstituted 24 June 1921 

in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters, 81 st Division. Organized 23 

September 1921 at Knoxville, Tennessee. Redesignated I 3 February 1942 as 

Division Headquarters, 81 st Division. Ordered into active military service 15 

June 1942 and reorganized at Camp Rucker, Alabama. Redesignated I August 

1942 as Headquarters, 8 1 st Infantry Division. Inactivated 20 January 1946 in 

Japan. Activated I 0 November 1947 at Atlanta, Georgia. (Organized Reserves 

redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 

I 952 as the Army Reserve.) Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1959 as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 81 st Infantry Division. Inactivated 31 

December 1965 at Atlanta, Georgia. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War! 

Meuse-Argonne 

Lorraine 1918 

DECORATIONS 

World War!! 

Western Pacific 

Leyte 

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 

TO 4 JULY 1945 (Headquarters, 81st Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 47, 1950) 

463 
464 ARMIES, CORPS, DTVTSTONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

1st BRIGADE, 8lst INFANTRY DIVISION 

LINEAGE 

AR 

(inactive) 

Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as Headquarters Troop, 81 st 

Division. Organized in September 1917 at Camp Jackson, South Carolina. 

pemobilized 11 June 1919 at Hoboken, New Jersey. Reconstituted 24 June 1921 

in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters Company, 8lst Division. Reorganized 

and redesignated 13 February 1942 as Headquarters and Military Police 

Company (less Military Police Platoon), 81st Division. Ordered into active military service 15 June 1942 and reorganized at Camp Rucker, Alabama. 

Redesignated 1 August 1942 as Headquarters Company, 81st infantry Division. 

Inactivated 20 January 1946 in Japan. Activated 12 January 1948 at Atlanta, 

Georgia. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized 

Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) Disbanded 1 

May 1959 at Atlanta, Georgia. 

Reconstituted 26 March 1963 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade, 81 st Infantry Division. Activated I April 

1963 at Atlanta, Georgia. Inactivated 31 December 1965 at Atlanta, Georgia. 

CAMPAIGN PARTlCIPATTON CREDTT 

World War! 

Meuse-Argonne 

LoJTaine 1918 

World I.Var II 

Western Pacific 

Leyte 

D ECORATTONS 

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (Headquarters Company, HI st Infantry Division, cited; DA 

GO 47, 1950) 

j 
LINEAGESANDHERALDIC DATA 465 

HEADQUARTERSANDHEADQUARTERSCO~ANY 

2d BRIGADE, 8lst INFANTRY DIVISION 

AR 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as Headquarters, 161 st 

Infantry Brigade, and assi!:,'llCd to tbc 81 st Division. Organized 29 August 1917 at 

Camp Jackson, South Carolina. Demobilized 23 June 1919 at Camp Jackson, 

South Carolina. Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 161st Infantry Brigade, and assigned 

to the 8lst Division. Organized in October 1921 at Greensboro, North Carolina. 

Redesignated 23 March 1925 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 161st 

Brigade. Redesignated 24 August 1936 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 16lst Infantry Brigade. 

Converted and redesignated 13 February 1942 as the 8 1 st Rec01maissance 

Troop (less 3d Platoon), Rlst Division (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

162d Tnfantry Brigade, concurrently converted and redesignated as the 3d 

Platoon, 81st Reconnaissance Troop, 8 1st Division). Troop ordered into active 

military service 15 June 1942 and reorganized at Camp Rucker, Alabama, as the 

81 st Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop. an element of the 8lst Division (later redesignated as the 81 st Infantry Division). Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 

1943 as the 8lst Reeom1aissanee Troop, Mechanized. Reorganized and redesignated 15 October 1945 as the 8lst Mechanized Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop. 

Inactivated 20 January L946 in Japan. Activated 12 January 1948 at Atlanta, 

Georgia. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized 

Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 .July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) Reorganized and 

redesignated 18 May 1949 as the 81 st Reconnaissance Company. Inactivated 30 

April 1954 at Atlanta, Georgia. 

Converted and redesigna ted (less 3d Platoon) 26 March 1963 as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 81 st Infantry Division (3d 

Platoon, 81 st Reconnaissance Company-hereafter separate I i neage ). Activated 1 

April 1963 at Athens, Georgia. Inactivated 31 December 1965 at Athens, 

Georgia. 

CAMPAIGN PAl:UICJPATTON CREDIT 

World War I 

Mcusc-Argonnc 

Lorraine 1918 

World War II 

Western Pacitic (with arrowhead) 

Lcytc 

DcCORATlONS 

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (81 st Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized, cited; DA GO 

47, 1950) 
466 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

3d BRIGADE, 8lst INFANTRY DIVISION 

AR 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as Headquarters, 162d 

Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 81 st Division. Organized 29 August 1917 at 

Camp Jackson, South Ca rolina. Demobilized 17 June 1919 at Camp Devens, 

Massachusetts. Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, l62d Infantry Brigade, and assigned 

to the 81 st Division . Organized in October 192 J at Nashville, Tennessee. 

Redesignated 23 March 1925 as 1--Ieadqlllarters and Headquarters Company, 162d 

Brigade. Redesignated 24 August 1936 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 162d Infantry Brigade. 

Converted and redesignated 13 February 1942 as the 3d Platoon, 81 st 

Reconnaissance Troop, 81 st Division (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

161 st Infantry Brigade, concurrently converted and redesignated as the 81 st 

Reconnaissance Troop [less 3d Platoon], 8 J st Division). Troop ordered into active 

military service 15 June 1942 and reorganized at Camp Rucker, Alabama, as the 

8lst Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, an element of the 81 st Division (later redesignated as the 81 st Infantry Division). Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 

1943 as the 81st Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized. Reorganized and redesignated 15 October 1945 as the 81 st Mechanized Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop. 

Inactivated 20 January 1946 in Japan. Activated 12 January 1948 at Atlanta, 

Georgia . (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized 

Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July I 952 as the Army Reserve.) Reorganized and 

redesignated 18 May 1949 as the 81 st Reconnaissance Company. Inactivated 30 

April 1954 at Atlanta, Georgia. 

3d Platoon, 8lst Reconnaissance Company, converted and redesignated 26 

March 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 8 I st 

Infantry Division (remainder of company- hereafter separate lineage). Activated 

I April 1963 at Nashville, Tennessee. Inactivated 31 December I 965 at Nashville, 

Tennessee. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War/ 

Meuse-Argonne 

Lorraine 1918 

World War ll 

Western Pacific (with arrowhead) 

Leyte 

DECORATIONS 

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

1944 TO 4 JULY I 945 (8lst Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized, cited; DA GO 

47, 1950) 
LTNEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 467 

81 ST INFANTRY DIVISION BIBLIOGRAPHY 

American Battle Monwnents Commission. American Armies and Battlefields in 

Europe. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1938. Reprint. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1992. 

___ . 8Ist Division, Summwy of Operations in the f.f0rld ffar. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1944. 

Eighty first Division, "The Wild Cat." Sru1 Francisco: Shannon & Firth, 1944. 

"81 st USAR Division Held 'Wildcat Day' at Ft. Jackson Swnmer Camp." Army 

Reservist 1 (September 1955 ): 11. 

81st Wildcat Division Historical Committee. The 8/st lnfantJy Wildcat Division 

in World Hizr fl. Washington: Infantry Jouma] Press, 1948. 

Hickcox, Percy M. Mine Eyes Have Seen. Boston: Mosher Press, 1950. 

Highlights in the Histmy of the 8/st In.fanfly Division "The Wildcats." n.p., 1945. 

Historical Section, Army War College. Order of Battle of the United States Land 

Forces in the World War; American Expeditionary Forces; Divisions. 

Washington: Government Printing 0 ffice, 1931. Reprint. Washington: 

Govemment Printing Office, 1988. 

Jordan, Joye E. The Wildcat Division. Raleigh: State Department of Archives and 

History, 1945. 

KaJm, E. J., Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980. 

Military Roste1~ Camp Jackson, Columbia, S.C. Atlanta: Southern Trade 

Publishing Co., 1917. 

Operation Report, 81 st !J~jantry Division Operation on ,Peleliu Island, 23 

Septemher-27 Novemher 1944. n.p., 1944. 

Operation Report. lUst Infantry Division Palau Islands to New Caledonia to 

Leyte, PI. to.lapan 5./an. 1945 to 10./an. 1946. n.p., 1946. 

"A Salute to Distinguished Service." Army Reserve 12 (January 1966): I 0-11 . 

Shannon, Pat, et al. Eigh~y-First lnfanrry Division, " The Wildcats." San 

Francisco: Shannon and Firih, 1944. 

Smith, George A., ed. The Wildcat. Paris: lmprimerie des Arts et Manufactures, 

1919. 

Smith, Herbert £. "A. E. F. Divisional Insignia- The 81 st Division." Recruiting 

News 17 (I September 1935):3. 

Smith, Robert Ross. The Approach to the Philippines. United States Army in 

World War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1953. 

'"The Wildcats': 8lst Infantry Division." Army Reservist 10 (March 1964):2. 

Wright, Donald C. ''A first for the 8lst." Soldiers 29 (August 1974):23. 

82d AIRBORNE DIVISION 

(All A111erican) 

IIERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: 

Symbolism: 

TAn 

Upon a red square, a blue disc with the letters "AA" in white. 

The double "A" refers to the ni ckname "All American 

Division" adopted by the organization in France during World 

War 1. 

Description: Immediately above and touching the shoulder sleeve insignia a 

blue arc tab inscribed AIRBORNE in white letters. 

DISTI NCTiVE UNIT }NSIGNIA 

Description: A silver colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a pair 

of blue stylized wings, tips down , surmounted by a white 

fleur-de-lis supported by a blue scroll inscribed TN AIR ON 

LAND in silver letters. 

Symbolism: The flcur-de-lis is representative of the battle honors earned in 

france during World War I. The wings are symbolic of the 

division's mission. The motto is expressive of the personnel of 

the organization. 

LINEAGE AND H ONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

82d AIRBORNE DIVISION 

(All American) 

RA 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 5 A ugust 1917 in the National Army as Headquarters, H2d 

Division. Organized 25 August 19 17 at Camp Gordon, Georgia. Demobilize-d 27 

May 19 19 at Camp Mills, New York. Reconstituted 24 J une 1921 in the 

Organized Reserves as Headquarters, 82d Division. Organized 23 September 

1921 at Columbia, South Carolina. Redesignated 13 February 1942 as Division 

Headquarters, 82d Division. Ordered into active military service 25 March 1942 

and reorganized at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana. Reorganized and redesignated 15 

August 1942 as Headquarters, 82d A irborne Division. (Organized Reserves 

redesignated 25 March 194H as the Organized Reserve Corps.) Withdrawn 15 

469 
470 ARMIES, CORPS, DlVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

November 1948 from the Organized Reserve Corps and allotted to the Regular 

Army. Reorganized and redesignated 25 May 1964 as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 82d Airborne Division. 

CMvlP/\IGN PARTICIPATION CREDiT 

.World War I 

St. Mihiel 

Meuse-Argonne 

Lorrai11e 19 I 8 

World War II 

Sicilv 

Napl~s-Foggia 

Nonnandy (with arrowhead) 

Rhineland (with arrowhead) 

Ardem1es-Alsace 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

Armed Forces Expediiions Dominican Republic 

Grenada 

Panama 

Southwest Asia 

Defense of Saudi Arabia 

Liberation and Defense of Kuwait 

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered STE. MERE EGLISE 

(Headquarters, 82d Airborne Division, cited; WD GO 69, 1944) 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA (Headquarters and Headqumiers Company, 82d Airborne Division, 

cited; DA GO 27, 1994) 

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered STE. 

MERE EGUSE (Headquarters, 82d Airborne Division, ciled; DA GO 43, 1950) 

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War 11, Streamer embroidered 

COTENTIN (Headquarters, 82d Airborne Division, cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

French Croix de Guerre, World War II, Fourragere (Headquarters, 82d 

Airborne Division, cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

Belgian Fourragere 1940 (Headquarters, 82d Airborne Division, cited; DA 

GO 43, 1950) 

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes 

(Headquarters, 82d Airborne Division, cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in Belgium and 

Germany (Headquarters, 82d Airborne Division, cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

Military Order of William (Degree of the Knight of the Fourth Class), 

Streamer embroidered NIJMEGEN 1944 (Headquarters, 82d Airborne Division, 

cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

Netherhmds Orange Lanyard (Headquarters, 82d Airborne Division, cited; 

DA GO 43, 1950) 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 471 

1 IEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

1st BRIGADE, 82d AIRBORNE DIVISION 

RA 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as llcadquartcrs Troop, 82d 

Division. Organized 25 August 1917 at Camp Gordon, Georgia. Demobilized 27 

May 1919 at Camp Mills, New York. Reconstituted 24 June 192I in the 

Organized Reserves as 1-lcaclquartcrs Company, 82d Division. Organized in 

January 1922 at Columbia, South Carolina. Redesignated 13 February 1942 as 

Headquarters and Military Police Company (less Military Police Platoon), 82d 

Division. Ordered into active military service 25 March 1942 and reorganized at 

Camp Claiborne, Louisiana. Reorga nized and redesignated 15 August 1942 as 

ll cadquartcrs Company, 82d Airborne Di vision. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps.) Wit hdrawn 15 November 

1948 rrom the Organized Reserves and allotted to the Regular Army. Reorganized 

and redesignated I September 1957 as Headquarters and llcadquarters Company, 

Command and Control Battalion, 82d Airborne Division. 

Reorganized and redesignated 25 May I 964 as I leadquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade, 82d Airborne Division. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War I 

Sl. M ihiel 

Meuse-Argonne 

Lorraine 19 18 

World War II 

Sicily 

Naples-Foggia 

Normandy (with arrowhead) 

Rhineland (with arrowhead) 

Ardennes-Aisacc 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

Armed Forces L:.:rpeditions 

Dominicm1 Republic 

Panama (with arrowhead) 

Southwest Asia 

Defense of Saudi Arabia 

Liberation and Defense of Kuwait 

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered STE. MERE EGLISH 

(lleadquarters Company, 82d Airborne Divisjon, cited; WO GO 69, 1944) 

Meri tori ous Uni t Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTIIWEST AS IA (Headquarters and ll cadquarters Company, I st Brigade, 82d Airborne 

Division, cited; Permanent Orders 29-4, U.S. Total Army Personnel Command, 

29 January I 998) 

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War 11, Streamer embroidered STE. 

MERE EGLISE (Headquarters Company, 82d Airborne Division, cited; DA GO 43, 

1950) 

French Croix de Guerrc with Pa lm, World War Il, Streamer embroidered 

COTENTJN (Headquarters Company, 82d Airborne Division, cited; DA GO 43, 

1950) 

French Croix de Guerre, World War 11 , Fourragere (Headquarters Company, 

82d Airborne Division, cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 
472 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

I3clgian Fourragere 1940 (Headquarters Company, 82d Airborne Division, 

cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes 

(Headquarters Company, 82d Airborne Division, cited; DA. GO 43, 1950) 

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in Belgium and 

Germany (Headquarters Company, 82d Airborne Division, cited; DA GO 43, 

1950) 

Military Order of William (Degree of the Knight of the Fourth Class), 

Streamer embroidered NJJMEGEN 1944 (Headquarters Company, 82d Airborne 

Division, cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

Netherlands Orange Lanyard (Headquarters Company, 82d Airborne 

Division, cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 473 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

2d BRIGADE, 82d AIRBORNE DIVISION 

RA 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as Headquarters, I 55th 

Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 78th Division. Organized 25 August 1917 at 

Camp Dix, New Jersey. Demobilized 3 June 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey. 

Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, !55th Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 78th 

Division. Organized in November 1921 at Elizabeth, New Jersey. Redesignated 

23 March 1925 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, !55th Brigade. 

Redesignated 24 August I 936 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

!55th Infantry 13rigade. 

Converted and redesignated 20 February 1942 as the 78th Reconnaissance 

Troop (less 3d Platoon), 78th Division (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

I 56th Infantry Brigade, concurrently converted and redesignated as the 3d Platoon, 

78th Reconnaissance Troop, 78th Division). Troop ordered into active military service 15 August 1942 and reorganized at Camp Butner, North Carolina, as the 78th 

Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, an clement of the 78th Infantry Division. 

Reorganized and redesignated 9 August 1943 as the 78th Reconnaissance Troop, 

Mechanized. Reorganized and redesignated 7 August 1945 as the 78th Mechanized 

Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop. Inactivated 22 May 1946 in Germany. Activated 21 

February 1947 at Plainfield, New Jersey. Location changed 20 June 194 7 to 

Newark, New Jersey. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the 

Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) 

Reorganized and redesignated 21 February 1949 as the 78th Reconnaissance 

Company. Location changed 5 June J 95 L to Irvington, New Jersey. Inactivated 29 

Aprill953 at Irvington, New Jersey. Disbanded I May 1959. 

Reconstituted (less 3d Platoon) 22 October 1963 in the Regular Army as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, !55th Infantry Brigade (3d Platoon, 

78th Reconnaissance Company- hereafter separate lineage). Redesignated 6 

March 1964 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 82d 

Airborne Division. Activated 25 May 1964 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICI PATION CREDIT 

World War/ 

St.Mihicl 

Meuse-Argonne 

Lorraine 1918 

World War II 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-Aisacc 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

Armed Forces Expeditions 

Dominican Republic 

Grenada 

Southwest Asia 

Defense of Saudi Arabia 

Liberation and Defense of Kuwait 
474 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

3d BRIGADE, 82d AIRBORNE DIVISION 

(The Golden Brigade) 

LINEAGE 

RA 

(active) 

Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as Headquarters, I 56th 

Tnfantry Brigade, and assigned to the 78th Division. Organized 25 August 1917 at 

Camp Dix, New Jersey. Demobilized 3 June 19 19 at Camp Dix, New Jersey: 

Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 156th Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 78th 

Division. Organized in November 1921 at Newark, New Jersey. Redesignated 23 

March 1925 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, I 56th Brigade. 

Redesignated 24 August 1936 as lleadquarters and Headquarters Company, 

!56th Infantry Brigade. 

Converted and redesignated 20 February 1942 as the 3d Platoon, 78th 

Reconnaissance Troop, 78th Division (Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, !55th Infantry Brigade, concurrently converted and redesignated as 

the 78th Reconnaissance Troop [less 3d Platoon], 78th Division). Troop ordered 

into active military service 15 August 1942 and reorganized at Camp Butner, 

North Carolina, as the 78th Cavalry Rec-onnaissance Troop, an element of the 

78th Infantry Division. Reorganized and redesignated 9 August 1943 as the 78th 

Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized. Reorganized and redesignated 7 August 

1945 as the 78th Mechanized Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop. Inactivated 22 

May 1946 in Germany. Activated 21 February 1947 at Plainfield, New Jersey. 

Location changed 20 June 1947 to Newark, New Jersey. (Organized Reserves 

redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 

July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) Reorganized and redesignated 21 February 

1949 as the 78th Reconnaissance Company. Location changed 5 Ju ne 195 1 to 

Irvington, New Jersey. Inactivated 29 April 1953 at Irvington, New Jersey. 

Disbanded I May 1959. 

3d Platoon, 78th Reconnaissance Company, reconstituted 22 October 1963 in 

the Regular Army as llcadquartcrs and Headquarters Company, !56th Tnfantry 

Brigade (remainder of company- hereafter separate lineage). Redesignated 6 

March 1964 as Headquarters and llcadquartcrs Company, 3d Brigade, 82d 

Airborne Division. Activated 25 May 1964 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. 
LINEAGES AND II ERALDJC DATA 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War/ 

St. Mihiel 

Meuse-Argonne 

Lorraine 1918 

World War II 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-A lsace Central Europe 

Vietnam 

Tel Counteroffensive 

Counteroffensive, Phase IV 

Counteroffensive, Phase V 

Counteroffensive, Phase VI 

Tet 69/Counterol'fensive 

Summer- Fall 1969 

Winter- Spring 1970 

DECORATIONS 

Armed Forces /Sxpeditions 

Dominican Republic Grenada 

Southwest Asia 

Defense of Saudi Arabia 

Liberation and Defense of Kuwait 

Cease-Fire 

475 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 82d Airborne 

Division, cited; TAPC-PDA lette r, 22 Aug 1994, sub: Meritorious Unit 

Commendation) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1968- 1969 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 

82d Airborne Division, cited; DA GO 43, L 970) 

Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal , f'irst Class, Streamer 

embroidered VI ~TNA M 1968 (Headquarters and Headqua rters Company, 3d 

13rigade, 82d Airborne Division, cited; DA GO 48, 197 1) 
476 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVlSIONS, /\NO SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

4th BRIGADE, 82d AIRBORNE DIVISION 

LINEAGE 

RA 

(inactive) 

Constituted 3 July 1968 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 4th Brigade, 82d Airborne Division. Activated 12 July 

1968 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Inactivated 15 December 1969 at Fort Bragg, 

North Carolina. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

None. 

D ECORATIONS 

None. 

82D AIRBORNE DIVISION 8113LIOGRAPH Y 

All American: The St01y of the 82nd Airborne Division. G.l. Stori es ... Paris, 

1945. 

American Battle Monuments Commission. American Armies and Battlefields in 

Europe . Washington: Government Printing Office, 1938 . Rep ri nt. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1992. 

_ __ . 82d Division, Summmy Of Operations in the World War. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1944. 

Assistant Chief of Air Staff, Intelligence. Army Air Forces. Airborne Assault on 

Holland; An interim Report. Wings at War Series, No. 4. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1945. 

Augsberger, Larry E. Vietnam 1!, 3d Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, January 

1969 to December 1969. n.p., 1970? 

Barry, Robert F. Power Pack: The 82d Airborne Division [in the Dominican 

Republic]. Portsmouth, Va.: Messenger Printing Co., 1965. 

Barten, II. M ... . en de we ian den hloesemclen; operatie "market garden" I 7 

September 1944. Grave, Netherlands: H. M. Barten, 1976. 

Blumenson, Martin. Breakout and Pursuit. United States Army in World War If. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 196 I. 

___ . Salerno to Cassino. United States Army in World War II. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1969. 

Burdette, Thomas W. , cd. The Jump Log. HislOIJ' of the 82d Airborne Division, 

America :S· "Guard ojHonor." Norfolk: C and M Offset Printing Co., 1961. 

Caraccilo, Dominic J. The Ready Brigade of the 82nd Airborne in Desert Storm. 

Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland Co., 1993. 

Carter, Ross S. Those Devils in Baggy Pants. New York: Appleton-CenturyCrofts, 1951. 

Clingham, James H. " DOM REP was another example of- 'Ail American' 

Teamwork." Army Digest 22 (January 1967): 19- 23. 
LJNEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 477 

Colby, Carrel B. Air Drop: Men, Weapons & Cargo by Parachute. New York: 

Coward-McCann, 1953. 

Combat: D- Day in Grenada (82d Airborne Division). Alexandria, Va.: Photo 

Press International, 1984. 

Covington, Henry L. A Fighting Heart; An Unofficial St01y of the 82nd Airborne 

Division. Fayetteville, N.C.: Ted Davis, 1949. 

Dawson, W. Forrest., comp. and ed. Saga of the All American. Atlanta: Albert 

Love Enterprises, 1946. Reprint. Nashville: Battery Press, 1978. 

de Groot, Norbert A. Ale Sterren van de Hamel. De oorlog in he! Rijk van 

Nijmegen 1944. Bussum, Netherlands: Van Holkema and Warendorf, 1977. 

Department of the Army. Historical Study: Airborne Operations: A German 

Appraisal. Department of the Army Pamphlet no. 20- 232. October 1951. 

"The 82d Airborne Division." lnfanliy 69 (March- April J 979): 15- 2 L. 

82d Airborne Division, Action in Central Europe, April- May 1945, Based on 

Official A.fier-Action Reports. n.p., 1945. 

82d Airborne Division, Action in Normandy, France; In Four Sections. n.p., 1945. 

82d Airborne Division Operation Market Historical Data. n.p., 1945. 

82d Airborne Division in Sicily and Italy . .. n.p., 1945. 

Elton, Robert M. "New Tactics, Training in the 82nd. The Airborne Division in 

the '70s." Army 22 (Septen1ber 1972): 16-20. 

Exercise Snow Storm, January- March, 1953, Camp Drum, New York. Fort Jay, 

N.Y., 1952? 

Garland, Albert N., and Smyth, Howard McGaw. Sicily and the Surrender of Italy. 

United States Army in World War II. Washington: Government Printing 

Office, 1965. 

Gavin, James M. "Airborne Army's First Test." 1nfantly Journal 62 (January 

1948):22- 30; and 62 (February 1948):39-46. 

___ . "Airborne Plans and Operations in the Mediterranean Theater." h~fimliJ' 

Journal 59 (August 1946):22- 29. 

___ . "Back Door to Normandy." lnfanl! y Journal 59 (November 1946): 8- 19. 

___ . On to Berlin, Battles of an American Commaudet; 1943- 1946. New 

York: Viking Press, 1978. 

---·"Paratroops Over Sicily." ln.fantty Journal 57 (November 1945): 25- 33. 

Ge ll ho rn , Ma rtha. "Roug h and Tumb le ." Collier:5 114 (2 December 

1944): 12ff. 

___ . "82nd Airborne, Master of the Hot Spots." Saturday Evening Post 218 

(23 February 1946):22- 23ff. 

Glasgow, Matt. "Four Days in May." Soldiers 33 (November 1978): 18- 22. 

!Iarrison, Gordon A. "Airborne Assault in Normandy." Milita1y Review 29 (July 

1949):8- 22. 

---· Cross-Channel Attack. United States Army in World War II. Washi ngton: 

Government Printing Office, 195 1. 

II istorica1 Division, Department of the Army. Utah Beach to Cherbourg (6 

June-27 June 1944). American Forces in Action. Washington: Government 

Printing Office, 1948. 

II istorical Section, Army War College. Order of Battle of the United States Land 

Forces in the World War; American Expeditionary Forces; Divisions. 
478 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1931. Reprint. Washingtoo: 

Government Printing Office, 1988. 

Howze, Hamilton H. "STRAC Flexes Its Muscles." Army Information Digest 14 

(July 1959): 14-23. 

Huston, James A. "The Air Invasion of Holland." Military Review 32 (August 

1952):37- 57; and 32 (September 1952): I 3- 27. 

Jacobs, Bruce. Soldiers: The Fighting Divisions of the Regular Army. New York: 

W. W. Norton and Co., 1958. 

Kahn, E. J. , Jr., and McLemore, II. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980. 

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Offensive. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1973. 

___ . The Siegfhed Line Campaign. United States Army in World War IT. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1963. 

Mason, Charles W., et al., eds. l'l1e Stoty of the 82nd Airborne Division in the 

Year 1948, Fort Bragg, North CaroLina. Philadelphia: Dorville Corp., 1949. 

Mrazk, Steven. 71Je 82d Airborne Division: America:~· Guard of Honor. Dallas: 

Taylor Publishing Co., 1987. 

Official History of the 82nd Division, A.E.F., "All American" Division. 

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1.919. 

Palmer, Bruce, Jr. "XVIII Airborne Corps- All the Way." Army Digest 22 

(January 1967): 12- 18. 

Pogue, Forrest C. The Supreme Command. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1954. 

Porter, William R., and Fairfu11, Thomas M. History of the 3d Brigade, 82d 

Airborne Division, February 1968 to March 1969. Tokyo: Image Public 

Relations, 1969. 

Rocke, L. L. Account of 82d Division Operations in Meuse-Argonne O,ff'ensive. 

Washington, 1968. 

Savard, John. "Ready & Waiting." Soldiers 31 (November 1976):6- 10. 

Scales, Robert II., Jr., dir. Certain VicLOIJ'." The US Army in the Gulf War. 

Washington: Office of the Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 1993. 

Schubert, Frank N., and Kraus, Theresa L., eds. The Whirlwind War: The United 

States Army in Operations Db'SI!:NT SHIELD and DeSERT STORM. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1995. 

Smith, Herbert E. "A.E.F. Divisional Insignia- The 82nd Division." Recruiting 

News 17 (October 1935):3. 

Smyth, Howard McGaw. "The Armistice of Cassible." Military Review 28 

(September 1948): 13- 24. 

The StOJy of the 82d Airborne Division in the Baffle o.f the Belgian Bulge, in the 

Siegfi'ied Line, and on the Roer River. n.p., 1945. 

Swain, Richard M. "Lucky 1*11'": Third Army in Desert Storm. Fort Leavenworth, 

Kans.: U.S. /\rmy Command and General Staff College Press, 1994. 

Thompson, Leroy. The All Americans. The 82d Airborne. David & Charles 

Publishing, 1988. 

Verior, Mike. 82nd Airborne Division in Color Photographs. London: Windrow 

& Greene, 199 I . 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 479 

Waddell, L. S. The Airborne St01y. Hagerstown, Mel.: f-airchild Engine and 

Airborne Corp., c. 1955. 

Warren, John C. Airborne Missions in the Mediterranean, /942- 1945. USAF 

IIislorical Study, no. 74. Resea rch Studies Institute, U.S. Air Force, 1955. 

___ .Airborne Operations in ltJ.Iorld War!!, European Theater. USAF Historical 

Study, no. 97. Research Studies Institute, U.S. Air Force, 1956. 

Wildman, John B. 1982, Year o.f the 82d (All-American 1982). Charlotte, N.C.: 

Delmar Co., 1982. 

Yates, Lawrence A. Power Pack: US. Inter vention in the Dominican Republic, 

1965- 1966. Leavenworth Papers. Fort Leavenworth: Combat Studies 

Institute, 1988. 

83d INFANTRY DIVISION 

(Thunderbo It) 

H ERALDIC ITEMS 

SIIOULDER SLEEVE I NSIGNIA 

Description: On a black inverted pyramid the cipher 0 H l 0 in yellow, the 

monogram consisting of two circles, with one horizontal and 

three vertical lines. 

Symbolism: The cipher spelling out OHIO refers to this division as being 

originally known as the "Ohio Division." 

D ISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

Description: A sil ver colored metal and ename l device, consisting of a blue 

moline cross fimbriated silver charged with a silver mullet. 

Suspended from the horizontal arms a silver flowing scroll 

with motto FULGE (Shine Forth) in blue letters. 

Symbolism: The crusaders' cross indicating leadership symbolizes the 

functions of the organization. The numerical designation is 

represented by the moline form of the cross, the heraldic symbol of the eig hth son, the silver mull et being representative of 

the third son. 

LIN EAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

83d INFANTRY DIVISION 

(Thunderbolt) 

AR 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 5 August 19 17 in the Nationa l Army as Headq ua rters, 83d 

Di vision. Organized 25 August 1917 at Camp Sherman, Ohio. Demobilized 8 

October 1919 at Camp Sherman, Ohio. Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the 

Organized Reserves as Headquarters, 83d Division. Organized 27 September 

1921 at Columbus, Ohio. Redesignated 23 February 1942 as Division 

Headquarters, 83d Division. Ordered into active military service 15 August 1942 

and reorganized at Camp Atterbury, Indi ana, as Headquarters, 83d Infantry 

Division. Inactivated 27 March 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. Activated l 

October 1946 at Cleveland, Ohio. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 

1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army 

Reserve.) Reorgani zed and redesignated 15 April 1959 as Headquarters a nd 

48 1 
482 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

ll cadquarters Company, 83d Infantry Division. Inactivated 31 December 1965 at 

Cleveland, Ohio. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CRI\ DIT 

World War ! 

Streamer without inscription 

World War II 

Normandy 

Northern France 

Rhineland 

Ardenncs-Alsace 

Central Europe 

D ECORATIONS 

None. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 483 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

1st BRIGADE, 83d INFANTRY DIVISION 

AR 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 5 August 191 7 in the National Army as Headquarters Troop, 83d 

Division. Organized in September 1917 at Camp Sherman, Ohio. Demobilized I 5 

February 1919 at Camp Sherman, Ohio. Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the 

Organized Reserves as Headquarters Company, 83d Division. Organized in 

November 1921 at Columbus, Ohio. Reorganized and redesignated 23 February 

1942 as Headquarters and Military Poli ce Company (less Mil itary Police 

Pl atoon), 83d Division. Ordered into active military service 15 August 1942 and 

reorganized at Camp Atterbury, Indiana, as Headquarters Company, 83d Infantry 

Division. Inactivated 27 March 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. Activated I 

October 1946 at Cleveland, Ohio. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 

1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 .Ju ly 1952 as the Army 

Reserve.) Inactivated 20 March 1959 at Cleveland, Ohio. 

Redesignated 27 March 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

I st Brigade, 83d Infantry Division. Activated 15 April 1963 at Akron, Ohio. 

Inactivated 31 December 1965 at Akron, Ohio. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War / 

Streamer without inscription 

World War II 

Normandy 

Northern France 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-A lsace 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
484 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

2d BRIGADE, 83d INFANTRY DIVISION 

AR 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as Headquarters, !65th 

Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 83d Division. Organized 25 August 1917 at 

Camp Sherman, Ohio. Demobilized 12 February 1919 at Camp Sherman, Ohio. 

Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters and 

llcadquarters Company, I 65th Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 83d 

Division. Organized in November 192I at Columbus, Ohio. Redesignated 23 

March 1925 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, I65th Brigade. 

Location changed 22 March 1934 to Dayton, Ohio. Redesignated 24 August 1936 

as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, !65th Infantry Brigade. 

Converted and redesignated 23 February 1942 as the 83d Reconnaissance 

Troop (less 3d Platoon), 83d Division (Headquarters and llcadquarters Company, 

I 66th Infantry Brigade, concurrently converted and redesignated as the 3d 

Platoon, 83d Reconnaissance Troop, 83d Division). Troop ordered into active 

military service 15 August 1942 and reorganized at Camp Atterbury, Indiana, as 

the 83d Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, an element of the 83d Infantry Division. 

Reorganized and redesignated 12 August 1943 as the 83d Reconnaissance Troop, 

Mechanized. Inactivated 23 March 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. 

Redesignated 28 October 1946 as the 83d Mechanized Cavalry Reconnaissance 

Troop. Activated 14 November 1946 at Cleveland, Ohio. (Organized Reserves 

redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 

1952 as the Army Reserve.) Reorganized and redesignated 15 August 1949 as the 

83d Reconnaissance Company. Location changed 21 April 1954 to Athens, Ohio; 

on 7 April 1956 to Toledo, Ohio. Inactivated 20 March 1959 at Toledo, Ohio. 

Converted and redesignated (less 3d Platoon) 27 March 1963 as 

llcadquartcrs and Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 83d Infantry Division (3d 

Platoon, 83d Reconnaissance Company- hereafter separate lineage). Activated 

15 Apri l 1963 at Columbus, Ohio. Inactivated 31 December 1965 at Columbus, 

Ohio. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION C REDIT 

World War I 

Streamer without inscription 

World War II 

Normandy 

Northern France 

Rhineland 

A rdenncs-A lsacc 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDrC DATA 485 

HEADQUARTERSANDHEADQUARTERSCOMPANY 

3d BRIGADE, 83d INFANTRY DIVISION 

AR 

LlN GAG ~ (inactive) 

Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as Headquarters, 166th 

Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 83d Division. Organized 26 August 1917 at 

Camp Sherman, Ohio. Demobilized II February 1919 at Camp Shennan, Ohio. 

Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 166th Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 83d 

Division. Organized in November 1921 at Toledo, Ohio. Redesignated 23 March 

1925 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, I 66th Brigade. Redesignated 

24 August 1936 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, l66th Infantry 

Brigade. 

Converted and redesigna ted 23 February 1942 as the 3d Platoon, 83cl 

Reconnaissance Troop, 83d Division (Headquarters and llcadquartcrs Company, 

I 65th Infantry Brigade, concurrently converted and redesignated as the 83d 

Reconnaissance Troop [less 3d Platoon], 83d Division). Troop ordered into active 

military service 15 August 1942 and reorganized at Camp Atterbury, Indiana, as 

the 83d Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, an element of the 83d Infantry Division. 

Reorganized and redesignated 12 August 1943 as the 83d Reconnaissance Troop, 

Mechanized. Inactiva ted 23 March 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. 

Redesignated 28 October 1946 as the 83d Mechanized Cavalry Reconnaissance 

Troop. Activated 14 November 1946 at Cleveland, Ohio. (Organized Reserves 

redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 

1952 as the Army Reserve.) Reorganized and redesignated 15 August 1949 as the 

83d Reconnaissance Company. Location changed 21 April 1954 to Athens, Ohio; 

on 7 April 1956 to Toledo, Ohio. Inactivated 20 March 1959 at Toledo, Ohio. 

3d Platoon, 83d Reconnaissance Company, converted and redesignated 27 

March 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 83d 

Infantry Division (remainder of company- hereafter separate lineage). Activated 

15 April 1963 at Cincinnati, Ohio. Inactivated 31 December 1965 at Cincinnati, 

Ohio. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War / 

Streamer without inscription 

World War// 

Nonnandy 

Northern France 

Rhineland 

Ardcnnes-Aisace 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
486 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

83D I NFANTRY DIVIS ION BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Blumcnson, Martin. Breakout and Pursu;t. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1961. 

Carlsen, Raymond C. "'The Thunderbolt Division,' 83<1 Infantry Division." Army 

Reservist I 0 (March 1964):8- 9. 

Cole, Hugh M. The Ardennes: Baffle of the Bulge. United States Army in World 

War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1965. 

___ . The Lorraine Campaign. United States Army in World War II. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1950. 

"The 83d at the Bulge." Army Reserve (Winter 1980):30- 3 1. 

83d li?fant'J' Division Hist01y 191 7- 1962. 1962 ANACDUTRA Camp A. P. Hill, 

Vilginia. Camp A. P. Hill, Va., 1962. 

Hayhow, Ernie. The Thunderbolt Across Europe: A HistOIJ' <~l the 83d h1fcmt1 y 

Division 1942- 1945. Munich: F. Bruckmann KG, 1946. 

Historical Section, Army War Coll ege. Order of Battle of the United Stales Land 

Forces in the World War; American Expeditionary Forces; Divisions. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1931. Reprint. Washington: 

Government Printing OfTice, 1988. 

Kahn, E. J., Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980. 

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Offensive. United States Army in World War 11. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1973. 

___ . The Siegfried Line Campaign . United States Army in World War 11. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1963. 

Neff, John C. "Race to the Elbc." !nfantry Journal6 1 (August 1947):36-40. 

"A Salute to Distinguished Service." Army Reserve 12 (January 1966): 10- 11. 

Smith, llerbert E. "A.E.F. Divisional TnsJgnia- The 83rd Division." Recruiting 

News 17 (I November 1935):3. 

The Thunderbolt Across Europe. n.p., 1945. 

Thunderbolt Division: StOIJ' o.fthe Eighty-Third lnfantly Division. n.p., 1945. 
84th DIVISION (TRAINING) 

(Railsplitters) 

HERALDIC fTEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE I NSIGNIA 

Description: On a red disc with a green border, an axe stuck in a half split 

rail, axe and rail white. 

Symbolisrn: This division, once known as the "Lincoln Division," was 

organized with personnel from Indiana, Kentucky, and Illinois, 

states with which President Abraham Lincoln was associated 

and where he split rails for fences in his youth. 

D ISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

Description: A silver colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a blue 

octagon bearing a silver square, one point up, charged with a 

blue axe all above a silver scroll inscribed STRIKE HARD in 

blue letters. 

Symbolism: In the blue and white of the infantry, the combination of the 

octagon and the square ind icates the numerical designation of 

the division; the axe symbolizes the spirit of the pioneers as 

exemplified by the railsplitters. 

L INEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

84th DIVISION (TRAINING) 

(Railsplitters) 

AR 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as Headquarters, 84th 

Division. Organized 25 August 19 17 at Camp Zachary Taylo r, Kentucky. 

Demobilized 26 July 1919 at Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky. Reconstituted 24 

June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters, 84th Division. Organized 

28 September 1921 at fndianapolis, Indiana. Redesignated 23 February 1942 as 

Division Headquarters, 84th Division. Ordered into active military service 15 

October 1942 and reorganized at Camp Howze, Texas, as Headquarters, 84th 

Infantry Division. Inactivated 21 January 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. 

Redesignated 19 December 1946 as Headquarters, 84th Airborne Division. 

Activated 24 September 1947 at Madison, Wisconsin. Location changed 17 

November 1947 to Milwaukee, Wisconsin; on 15 March 1948 to Madison, 

487 
488 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

Wisconsin. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized 

Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) Reorganized and 

redesignated I March 1952 as Headquarters, 84th Infantry Division. Location 

changed 20 August 1957 to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 

Reorgani zed and redesignated 18 May 1959 as Headquarte rs and 

Headquarters Company, 84th Division (Training). 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION C REDIT 

World War l 

Streamer without inscription 

World War II 

Rhineland 

Ardenncs-Alsace 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 489 

HEADQUARTERS 

1st BRIGADE, 84th DIVISION (TRAINING) 

AR 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as Headquarters Troop, 84th 

Division. Organized in September 1917 at Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky. 

Demobilized in November 1918 in France. Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the 

Organized Reserves as lleadquarlers Company, 84th Division. Organized in July 

1922 at Indianapolis, Indiana. Reorganized and redesignated 23 February J 942 as 

lleadquarters and Military Police Company (less Military Police Platoon), 84th 

Division. Ordered into active military servjce J 5 October 1942 and reorganized at 

Camp Howze, Texas, as Headquarters Company, 84th Infantry Division. 

In activated 21 January 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. Redesignated 19 

December J 946 as Headquarters Company, 84th Airborne Division. Activated 19 

May 1947 at Madison, Wisconsin. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 

1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army 

Reserve.) Reorganized and redesignated I March 1952 as Headquarters 

Company, 84th Infantry Division. Location changed 20 August 1957 to 

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Disbanded I 5 May 1959 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 

Reconstituted 24 November 1967 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters, I st 

Brigade, 84th Division (Training). Activated 31 January 1968 at Milwaukee, 

Wisconsin. Location changed 16 September 1993 to Fort Sheridan, lllinois; on 3 

April J 995 to Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and on 16 November J 996 to Livonia, 

Michigan. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICI PATION CREDIT 

World War/ 

Streamer without inscription 

World War II 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-Aisace 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN 

TIIEATER (Headquarters Company, 84th Infantry Division, cited; GO 39, 84th 

In ran try Division, J 945) 
490 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS 

2d BRIGADE, 84th DIVISION (TRAINING) 

AR 

LI NEAGE (active) 

Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Anny as the 309th Ammunition 

Train and assigned to the 84th Division. Organized in September 1917 at Camp 

Zachary Taylor. Kentucky. Demobil izcd 17 February 1919 at Camp Sherman, 

Ohio. Reconstituted 28 October 1936 in the Organi zed Reserves; concurrently 

consolidated with the 309th Ammunition Train (organized in November 192 1 in 

the Organized Reserves with Headquarters at Fort Wayne, Indiana) and consolidated unit desig nated as the 309th Ammunition Tra in, an element of the 84th 

Division. 

Converted and redesignated 23 February 1942 as the 909th Field Artillery 

Battalion, m1 element of the 84th Division (later redesignated as the 84th lnt mtry 

Division). Ordered into active military service 15 October 1942 and reorganized 

at Camp Howze, Texas. Inactivated 23 January 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New 

Jersey. Redesignated 19 December 1946 as the 909rh Parachute Field Artillery 

Battalion, an clement of the 84th Air borne Division. Activated 15 September 

1947 with Headquarters at Sheboygan, Wisconsin. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 194X as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 

as the Army Reserve.) Reorganized m1d redesignated 29 March 195 1 as the 909th 

Airborne Field Artillery Battal ion. Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1952 

as the 909th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 84th Infantry Division. 

Disbanded I R May 1959 at Sheboygan, Wisconsin. 

Headquarters, 909th Field Artillery Battalion, reconstituted 24 November 

1967 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters, 2d Brigade, 84th Division (Train ing). 

Activated 31 January 1968 at Beaver Dam, Wiscon::;in. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War 1 

Streamer without inscription 

World War Il 

Rhincl;md 

Ardennes-A lsacc 

Central Europe 

DECORATrONS 

None. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 

HEADQUARTERS 

3d BRIGADE, 84th DIVISION (TRAINING) 

LJNEAGE 

491 

AR 

(active) 

Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 309th Engineers and 

assigned to the 84th Division. Organized 27 August 1917 at Camp Zachary 

Taylor, Kentucky. Demobilized in July 1919 at Camp Sherman, Ohio. 

Reconstituted 13 August 1936 in the Organized Reserves; concurrently consoHdated with the 309th Engineers (organized in November 1921 in the Organized 

Reserves with Headquarters at Indianapolis, Indiana; location of Headquarters 

changed 22 October 1931 to Terre Haute, Indiana; and on 22 March 1934 to 

Indianapolis, Indiana) and consolidated unit designated as the 309th Engineers, 

an element of the 84th Division (later redesignated as the 84th Infantry Division). 

Redesignated (Jess 2d Battalion) 23 February 1942 as the 309th Engi neer 

Battalion (2d Battalion- hereafter separate lineage). Ordered into active military 

service 15 October 1942 and reorganized at Camp Howze, Texas. Reorganized 

and redesignated 12 August 1943 as the 309th Engineer Combat Battalion. 

Inactivated 24 January 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. Redesignated 19 

December 1946 as the 309th Airborne Engineer Battal ion, an element of the 84th 

Airborne Division. Activated 26 February 1947 with Headquar1ers at Milwaukee, 

Wisconsin. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized 

Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) Reorganized and 

redesignated 1 March I952 as the 309th Engineer Combat Battalion, an clement 

of the 84th 1nfmmy Division. Reorganized and redesignated 1 January 1953 as 

the 309th Engineer Battalion. Disbanded (less Companies A and B) 18 May 1959 

at Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Companies A and B-hereafter separate lineages). 

Headquarters, 309th Engineer Battalion, reconstituted 24 November 1967 in 

the Army Reserve as Headquarters, 3d Brigade, 84th Division (Training). 

Activated 31 January 1968 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Location changed 15 

September 1993 to Fort McCoy, Wisconsin; on 30 September 1993 to St. Louis, 

Missouri. Inactivated 15 September 1995 at St. Louis, Missouri. Activated 16 

November 1996 at St. Paul, Minnesota. 

CAMPAJGN PARTICIPATION CREOJT 

World War f 

Streamer without inscription 

World War II 

Rhineland 

Ardenncs-Aisacc 

Central Europe 

D ECORATIONS 

None. 
492 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS 

4th BRIGADE, 84th DIVISION (TRAINING) 

AR 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 309th Supply Train 

and assigned to the 84th Division. Organized 7 September 1917 at Camp Zachary 

Taylor, Kentucky. Demobilized June- July 1919 at Camp Sherman, Ohio. 

Reconstituted 21 September 1936 in the Organized Reserves; concurrently 

consolidated with the 409th Quartermaster Regiment (organized in November 

I 921 in the Organized Reserves as the 84th Division Train, Quartennaster Corps, 

with Headquarters at Indianapolis, Indiana; redesignated 23 March 1925 as the 

84th Division Quartermaster Train; redesignated I July 1936 as the 409th 

Quartermaster Regiment) and consolidated unit designated as the 409th 

Quartermaster Regiment, an element of the 84th Division (later redesignated as 

the 84th Infantry Division). Redesignated 23 February 1942 as the 409th 

Quartermaster Battalion. Ordnance Maintenance Platoon, Headquarters Company, 

409th Quartermaster Battalion, redesignated 18 September 1942 as the 784th 

Ordnance Light Maintenance Company, an element of the 84th fnfantry Division 

(remainder of battalion- hereafter separate lineage). Ordered into active military 

service 15 October 1942 and reorganijzed at Camp Howze, Texas. Inactivated 22 

January 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. Redesignated 19 December 1946 as 

the 784th Airborne Ordnance Maintenance Company, an element of the 84th 

Airborne Division. Activated 7 April .1947 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Organized 

Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 

1952 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 784th Ordnance Battalion, 

an element of the 84th Infantry Division (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated). Battalion disbanded J 8 May 1959 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 

Headquarters, 784th Ordnance Battalion, reconstituted 24 November 1967 in 

the Army Reserve as Headquarters, 4th Brigade, 84th Division (Training). 

Activated 31 January 1968 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Inactivated 15 September 

1995 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Activated 16 November 1996 at Indianapolis, 

Indiana. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War I 

Streamer without inscription 

World War If 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-Aisace 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN 

THEATER (784th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company cited; GO 211, 84th 

Infantry Division, 1945) 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 493 

HEADQUARTERS 

5th BRIGADE, 84th DIVISION (TRAINING) 

AR 

L iNEAGE (active) 

Constituted 16 November 1996 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters, 5th 

Brigade, 84th Division, and activated at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

None. 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
494 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS 

6th BRIGADE, 84th DIVISION (TRAINING) 

LINEAGE 

AR 

(active) 

Constituted 16 November 1996 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters, 6th 

Brigade, 84th Division, and activated at Waukegan, lllinois. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

None. 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
LINEAGES Al'\JD HERALDIC DATA 495 

HEADQUARTERS 

7th BRIGADE, 84th DIVISION (TRAINING) 

AR 

LINeAGE (active) 

Constituted 5 August 19 17 in the National Army as the 309th Supply Train 

and assigned to the 84th Division. Organized 7 September 1917 at Camp Zachary 

Taylor. Kentucky. Demobilized June-July 1919 at Camp Sherman, Ohio. 

Reconstituted 21 September 1936 in the Organized Reserves; c-Oncurrently 

consolidated with the 409th Quartermaster Regiment (organized in November 

192 1 in the Organized Reserves as the 84th Division Train, Quartermaster Corps, 

with Headquarters at Indianapolis, Indiana; redesignated 23 March 1925 as the 

84th Division Quartermaster Trai n; redesignated 1 July 1936 as the 409th 

Quarte rmaster Regiment) and co nso1idated unit desig nated as the 409th 

Quartermaster Regiment, an element of the 84th Division (later redesignated as 

th e H4th Infantry Division). Redesignated 23 Februa ry 1942 as the 409th 

Quartermaster Battalion. Redesignated (less Ordnance Maintenance Platoon, 

Headquarters Company) 27 September 1942 as the 84th Quartermaster Company, 

an clement of the 84th Infantry Division (Ordnance Maintenance Platoon, 

Headquarters Company-hereafter separate li neage). 84th Quartermaster 

Company ordered into active military service 15 October 1942 and reorganized at 

Camp Howze, Texas. Inactivated 24 January 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. 

Redesignated 19 December 1946 as the 84th Airborne Quartermaster Company, 

an c lement of the 84th Airborne Division. Activated 19 May 1947 at Green Bay, 

Wisconsin. Location changed 17 March 1948 to Appl e ton, Wisconsin. 

(Organized Reserves redesig nated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve 

Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) Reorganized and redesignated I March 1952 as the 84th Qua11ermaster Company, an element of the 84th 

infantry Division. Location changed 16 December 1957 to Menasha, Wisconsin. 

Disbanded 18 May 1959 at Menasha, Wisconsin. 

Reconstituted 24 Novembe r 1967 in the Army Rese rve as the 84th 

Committee Group and assigned to the 84th Division (Training). Activated 31 

Ja nu ary 1968 at Milwa ukee, Wisconsin. Reorganized and redesignated l 

September 1971 as Headquarters, 84th Committee Group. Reorganized and 

redesignated 15 October 1978 as Headquarters, 84th Training Command. 

Inactivated 16 October 1984 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 

Redesignated I 6 November 1996 as Headquart e rs, 7th Brigade, 84th 

Division (Training), and activated at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICTP/\T!ON C REDIT 

World War/ 

Streamer without inscription 

DECORATIONS 

World War !I 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-Aisacc 

Central Europe 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN 

THt:::ATI:::tZ (84th Qua11ermast:er Company cited; GO 11, 84tJl Infantry Division, 

1945) 
496 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVTSTONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

84TH 0TVTSTON BIBLIOGRAPILY 

Cole, Hugh M. The Ardennes: Battle of the Bulge. United States Army in World 

War TJ. Washi ngton: Government Printing Office, 1965. 

Draper, Theodore. "Battle in the J3ulge." Infantry Journal 56 (May 1945):8- 17. 

---· The 84th Infantry Division in the Battle of the Ardennes. December 

1944 January 1945. Liege, Belgium: Societe d' Impression el d' Edition 

Societe Cooperative, 1945. 

__ . The 84th Jnfantfy Division in the Battle of Germany. November 1944-May 

1945. New York: Viking Press, 1946. Reprint. Nashville, Tenn.: Battery Press, 

1985. 

Edwards, Donald A. A Private :s- Diary. 1994. 

"84lh Division HQ Gets Insignia." Anny Reserve 14 (February 1968):32. 

84th lnfantt)l Division Railsplitter. Paducah, Ky.: Turner Publishing Co., 1988. 

Historical Section, Army War College. Order ofBattle of the United States Land 

forces in the World War; American Expeditionary Forces; Divisions. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 193 1. Reprint. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1988. 

The Histmy of the 84th Division: The Railsplilten;, 1832- 1965. n.p., 1965. 

"A History of Heroism; 84th Division (Tng)." Army Res erve 11 (December 

1965):8-9. 

Kahn, E. J., Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980. 

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Offensive. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1973. 

_ __ . The Siegfi-ied Line Campaign. United States Army in World War II. 

Washinbrton: Government Printing Office, 1963. 

Railsplitters: The Stmy of the 84th infantry Division. G.I. Stories ... Paris, 1945. 

Roster ofO.fficers and Enlisted Men, 84th Infantry Division, European Theater of 

Operations, World War II. New York: Viking Press, 1946. 

Sebocnficld, Ca1y, and Gutowsky, Arthur, eds. "The Railsplitters," Wisconsin~· 

84th Infantry Division, 1956- 1957. Milwaukee, 1957? 

Smith, Herbert E. "A.E.F. Divisional Insignia-The 84th Division." Recruiting 

News 17 (December 1935):3. 
85th DIVISION (EXERCISE) 

(Custer) 

TIRRALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE NSJG~JA 

Description: On an olive drab disc with an olive drab border, the letters "C 

D" in scarlet. 

Symbolism: The letters "C D" symbolize "Custer Division," a nickname 

derived from the formation of the division at Camp Custer, 

Michigan, and are an incentive to emulate the qualities of 

courage and self-sacrifice exemplified by the life of Maj. Gen. 

George A. Custer. 

DISTINCTIVE UN[T TNSTONIA 

Description: A gold color metal and enamel device, consisting of a blue 

disc enclosed by a gold wreath of laurel, overall two crossed 

gold sabres, points up, and centered thereon a scarlet cravat 

bearing in gold the device of the Michigan Cavalry Brigade, 

and below, suspended from the sabre hilts, a blue scroll of 

three folds with the name "CUSTER" in gold letters on the 

fold between four gold stars, two on either side. 

5:yrnbolism: Maj. Gen. George A. Custer is represented by the colors scarlet and blue used on his personal fl ag and by the scarlet cravat 

bearing the device of the Michigan Cavalry Brigade, which 

often fonned part of his uniform. Ilis distinguished service in 

the cavalry is recalled by the crossed sabres, and the laurel 

wreath re fers to his many victories and achievements in the 

service of his country. The blue scroll with two stars on either 

side refers to the rank of major general, which Custer attained 

during the Civil War, becoming the Army 's youngest general. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

85th DIVISION (EXERCISE) 

(Custer) 

AR 

LIN EAGE (active) 

Constitu ted 5 August 19 17 in the National Army as Headquarters, 85th 

Division. Organized 25 August 1917 at Camp Custer, Michigan. Demobilized 18 

April 1919 at Camp Custer, Michigan. Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the 

497 
49~ ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

Organized Reserves as Headquarters, 85th Division. Organized 10 September 

1921 at Detroit, Michigan. Redesignated 31 March 1942 as Division 

Headquarters, 85th Division. Ordered into active military service 15 May 1942 

and reorganized at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Redesignated I August 1942 as 

Headquarters, 85th Infantry Division. Disbanded 25 August 1945 at Camp 

Patrick Henry, Virginia. Reconstituted 6 November 1946 in the Organized 

Reserves as Headquarters, ~5th Infantry Division. Activated 19 February 194 7 at 

L itchfield, lllinois. Loca tion changed .1 0 July 1947 to Springfield, lllinois. 

(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve 

Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) Location changed 1 

March 1949 to Chicago, Illinois. 

Reorganized and redesignated I June J 959 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 85th Division (Trai:qing). Location changed 15 May 1984 to Arlington 

Heights, lllinois. Reorganized and redesignated I October 1993 as Headquarters, 

85th Division (Exercise). 

CAtvlPAION PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War I 

Streamer without inscription 

World War ll 

Romc-Amo 

North Apennines 

J>o Valley 

D ECORATIONS 

None. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 499 

HEADQUARTERS 

1st BRIGADE, 85th DIVISION (EXERCISE) 

AR 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 5 August 191 7 in the National Army as Headquarters Troop, 85th 

Division. Organized in September 1917 at Camp Custer, Michigan. Demobilized 

in Apri I 1919 at Camp Custer, Michigan. Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the 

Organized Reserves as Headquarters Company, 85th Division. Organized 18 

October 1922 at Detroit, Michigan. Redesignated 31 March 1942 as 

Headquarters and Military Police Company (less Military Police Platoon), 85th 

Division. Ordered into active military servke 15 May 1942 and reorganized at 

Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Redesignated I August 1942 as Headquarters 

Company, 85th Infantry Division. Disbanded 25 August 1945 at Camp Patrick 

Henry, Virginia. Reconstituted 6 November 1946 in the Organized Reserves as 

Headquarters Company, 85th Infantry Division. Activated 19 f'ebruary 1947 at 

Chicago, Illinois. Location changed I 0 July 1947 to Springfield, Illinois. 

(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve 

Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) Location changed 15 

January 1953 to Chicago, lllinois. Disbanded I June 1959 at Chicago, Illinois. 

Reconstituted 24 November 1967 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters, I st 

Brigade, 85th Division (Training). Activated 31 January 1968 at Waukegan, 

Illinois. Location changed 15 December 1992 to l'ort Sheridan, Illinois. 

Reorga nized and redesignated I October I. 993 as Headquarters, I st Brigade, 85th 

Division (Exercise). 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War I 

Streamer without inscription 

World War II 

Rome-A rno 

North Apennines 

Po Val ley 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
500 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS 

2d BRIGADE, 85th DIVISION (EXERCISE) 

AR 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 310th Ammunition 

Train and assigned to the 85th Division. Organized in September 19 L 7 at Camp 

Custer, Michigan. Demobilized 29 April 1919 at Camp Custer, Michigan. 

Reconstituted 28 October 1936 in the Organized Reserves; concurrently consolidated with the 31 Oth Ammunition Train (organized in January 1922 with 

Headquarters at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan [location of Headquarters changed 1 

February 1924 to Amasa, Michigan; on 31 July 1925 to Manistee, Michigan]), 

and consolidated unit designated as the 31 Oth Ammunition Train, an element of 

the 85th Division. (Location of Headquarters changed 7 April I 937 to Detroit, 

Michigan.) 

Converted and redesignated 31 March 1942 as the 910th Field Artillery 

Battalion and remained assigned to the 85th Division (later redesignated as the 

85th Infantry Division). Ordered into active military service 15 May 1942 and 

reorganized at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Disbanded 25 August 1945 at Camp 

Patrick Henry, Virginia. Reconstituted 6 November 1946 in the Organized 

Reserves as the 9 J Oth Field Artillery Battalion and assigned to the 85th Infantry 

Division. Activated 15 June I 947 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Organized Reserves 

redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 

1952 as the Army Reserve.) Relieved I March 1952 from assignment to the 85th 

Infantry Division and assigned to the 84th Infantry Division. Disbanded 15 May 

1959 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 

Headquarters, 91 Oth Field Artillery Battalion, reconstituted 24 November 

1967 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters, 2d Brigade, 85th Division (Training). 

Activated 31 January 1968 at St. Louis, Missouri. Location changed 1 February 

1993 to Fort McCoy, Wisconsin. Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1993 

as Headquarters, 2d Brigade, 85th Division (Exercise). 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War I 

Streamer without inscription 

World War II 

Rome-Arno 

North Apennines Po Valley 

DECORATIONS 

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered 

CENTRAL ITALY (91 Oth Field Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 501 

HEADQUARTERS 

3d BRIGADE, 85th DIVISION (EXERCISE) 

AR 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 31 Oth Engineers and 

assigned to the 85th Division. Organized 25 August 1917 at Camp Custer, 

Michigan. Regiment (less lst Battalion) demobilized 5 July 1919 at Camp Custer, 

Michigan. (1st Battalion demobilized 24 July 1919 at Camp Sherman, Ohio.) 

Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 31 Oth Engineers 

and assigned to the 85th Division (later redesignated as the 85th Infantry 

Division). Organized in November 1921 with Headquarters at Detroit, Michigan. 

Redesignated (less 2d Battalion) 31 March 1942 as the 31 Oth Engineer Battalion 

(2d Battalion- hereafter separate lineage). Ordered into active military service 

15 May 1942 and reorganized at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Redesignated I 

August 1942 as the 31 Oth Engineer Combat Battalion. Disbanded 25 August 

1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia. Reconstituted 6 November 1946 in the 

Organized Reserves as the 3 I Oth Engineer Combat Battalion and assigned to the 

85th Infantry Division. Activated 3 January 1947 with Headquarters at Chicago, 

Illinois. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized 

Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) Reorganized and 

redesignated 1 January 1953 as the 31 Oth Engineer Battalion. (Location of 

Headquarters changed 1 September 1955 to Rock Island, Illinois.) Disbanded 

(less Companies A and B) 1 June 1959 at Rock Island, Illinois (Companies A and 

B- hereafter separate lineages). 

Headquarters, 310th Engineer Battalion, reconstituted 24 November 1967 in 

the Army Reserve as Headquarters, 3d Brigade, 85th Division (Training). 

Activated 31 January 1968 at Des Pla ines, Illinois. Location changed l 

September 1972 to Arlington Heights, Illinois; on I February 1992 to Selfridge 

Air National Guard Base, Michigan. Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 

1993 as Headquarters, 3d Brigade, 85th Division (Exercise). 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War l 

St. Mihiel 

Meuse-Argonne 

Lorraine 1918 

Russia 1918 

Russia 1919 

World Warlf 

Rome-Arno 

Nor!h Apennines 

Po Valley 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
502 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVTSIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS 

4th BRIGADE, 85th DIVISION (EXERCISE) 

AR 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 3 1 Oth Supply Train 

and assigned to the 85th Division. Organized in September 1917 at Camp Custer, 

Michigan. Demobilized (less Companies A and B) 29 April 1919 at Camp Custer, 

Michigan (Company A demobilized 23 August 19 J 9 at Camp Grant, illinois; 

Company B demobilized 25 June 19 J 9 at Camp Custer, Michigan). 

Reconstituted 21 September 1936 in the Organized Reserves; concurrently 

consolidated with the 410th Quartermaster Regiment (organized in November 

1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 85th Division Train, Quartermaster Corps, 

with Headquarters at Kalamazoo, Michigan [location of Headquarters changed I 

February 1924 to Jackson, Michigan]; redesignated 23 March 1925 as the 85th 

Division Quartermaster Train [location of Headquarters changed 31 July 1925 to 

Flint, Michigan]; redesignated 1 July 1936 as the 410th Quartermaster Regiment) 

and consolidated unit designated as the 41 Oth Quartermaster Regiment, an element of the 85th Division (later redesiganted as the 85th Infantry Division). 

(Location of Headquarters changed 7 April 1937 to Detroit, Michigan.) 

Redesignated 31 March 1942 as the 41 Oth Quartermaster Battalion. Ordered into 

active military service 15 May J 942 and reorgan ized at Camp Shelby, 

Mississippi. Ordnance Maintenance Platoon, Headquarters Company, 4 J Oth 

Quartermaster Battalion, reorganized and redesignated 14 September 1942 as the 

785th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company, an element of the 85th Infantry 

Division (remainder of battalion- hereafter separate lineage). Disbanded 25 

August 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia. Reconstituted 6 November J 946 in 

the Organized Reserves as the 785th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company and 

assigned to the 85th Infantry Division. Redesignated 16 April 1947 as the 785th 

Ordnance Maintenance Company. Activated 7 May 1947 at Glen Ellyn, Illinois. 

Location changed 15 March 1948 to Chicago, Illinois. (Organized Reserves 

redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 

J 952 as the Army Reserve.) Reorganized and redesignated 16 February 1953 as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 785th Ordnance Battalion (organic 

elements concurrently constituted and activated). Battalion disbanded I June 

1959 at Chicago, Illinois. 

Headquarters, 785th Ordnance Battalion, reconstituted 24 November 1967 in 

the Army Reserve as Headquarters, 4tlh Brigade, 85th Division (Training). 

Activated 31 January 1968 at Chicago, lllinois. Inactivated I June 1973 at 

Chicago, Il linois. Redesignated I October 1993 as Headquarters, 4th Brigade, 

85th Division (Exercise), and activated at Fort Sheridan, Illinois. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 

CAMPAI<rN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World J:Var I 

Streamer without inscription 

JYorld 1-f'ar II 

Romc-Arno 

North Apennines 

Po Valley 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

503 
504 

LTNEJ\GE 

ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS 

5th BRIGADE, 85th DIY1SION (EXERCISE) 

AR 

(active) 

Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Anny as the 3l0th Supply Train 

and assigned to the 85th Division. Organized in September 1917 at Camp Custer, 

Michigan. Demobilized (less Companies A and B) 29 April 1919 at Camp Custer, 

Michigan (Company A demobilized 23 August 19 19 at Camp Grant, Illinois; 

Company B demobilized 25 June 1919 at Camp Custer, Michigan). 

Reconstituted 21 September 1936 in the Organized Reserves; concurrently 

consolidated with the 410th Quartermaster Regiment (organized in November 

1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 85th Division Train, Quartermaster Corps, 

with Headquarters at Kalamazoo, Michigan [location of Headquarters changed 1 

February 1924 to Jackson, Michigan]; redesignated 23 March 1925 as the 85th 

Division Quartennaster Train [location of Headquarters changed 31 July 1925 to 

Flint, Michigan]; redesignated I July 1936 as the 41 Oth Quartermaster Regiment) 

and consolidated unit designated as the 410th Quartermaster Regiment, an e lement of the 85th Division (later redesignated as the 85th Infantry Division). 

(Location of Headquarters changed 7 April 1937 to Detroit, Michigan.) 

Redesignated 3 I March 1942 as the 4 1 Oth Quartermaster Battalion. Ordered into 

active military service 15 May 1942 and reo rga ni zed at Camp Shelby, 

Mississippi. Reorganized and ~s nated (Jess Ordnance Maintenance Platoon, 

Headquarters Company) 27 September 1942 as the gsth Quartermaster Company, 

an e lement of the 85th Infantry Division (Ordnance Maintenance Platoon, 

Headquarters Company-hereafter separate lineage). Disbru1ded 25 August 1945 

at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia. Reconstituted 6 November 1946 in the 

Organized Reserves as the 85th Quartermaster Company and assigned to the 85th 

Infantry Division. Activated 3 March 1947 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Organized 

Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July I 952 as the Army Reserve.) Location changed to Danville, Illinois. 

Disbanded 1 .Tune 1959 at Danville, lllinois. 

Reconstituted 24 Novembe r 1967 in the Army Reserve as the 85th 

Committee Group and assigned to the 85th Division (Training). Activated 31 

January 1968 at Chicago, Illinois. Location changed 25 April I 970 to Aurora, 

Illinois. Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1971 as Headquarters, 85th 

Committee Group. Reorga nized and redesignated 15 October 1978 as 

Headquarters, 85th Training Command. inactivated 16 October 1984 at Aurora, 

Illinois. 

Redesignated I October 1993 as Headquarters, 5th 13rigadc, 85th Division 

(Exercise), and activated at Port Snelling, Minnesota. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CRP.DIT 

World War! 

Streamer without inscription 

World War II 

Romc-Amo 

North Apennines 

Po Valley 

D ECORATIONS 

None. 

505 
506 ARMIES, CORPS, DlVlSIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS 

6th BRIGADE, 85th DIVISION (EXERCISE) 

AR 

LI NRAG E (active) 

Constitu ted I October 1993 in the Army Reserve as Headquarte rs, 6th 

Brigade, 85th Division (Exercise), and activated at Fort Benjamin Harrison, 

Indiana. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION C Rr-.OIT 

Norte. 

D J::CORATIONS 

None. 

85TH DIVISION BTBLlOGRAPHY 

Clyma, Carleton B., ed. Connecticut Men of the 85th- Custer-Division, August 

1945. Hartford, 1945. 

"The Custer Division in the World War." lt!fanliJ' Journa/29 (July 1926):22-24. 

"The 85th Division, 1921 1926." ~fani1:\' Journal29 (July 1926):25 29. 

Finito! The Po Valley Campaign, 1945. Milan, Italy: Rizzoli, 1945. 

Fisher, Ernest F., Jr. Cassino to the Alps. United States Army in World War TI. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1977. 

Historical Section, Army War College. Order of Battle <?f"the United States Land 

Forces in th e World War; American Expeditionary Forces; Divisions. 

Washi ngton: Government Printing Office, 193 1. Reprint. Washin gton: 

Government Printing Office, 1988. 

Kahn, E. J., Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publ ishing Co., 1980. 

MacDona ld, Charles B., and Mathews, Sidney T. Three Battles: Arnaville, 

Altuzzo, and Schmidt. United States Army in World War IT. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1952. 

Minturno to the Appennines [sic] 85th hifanlry Division. n.p., 1945. 

19 Days from the Apennines to the Alps. The Story of the Po Valley Campaign. 

Milan, Italy: Pizzi and Pizio, 1945. 

Road to Rome. n.p., 1945. 

Schultz, Paul L. The 85th lnj(mtry Division in World War 11. Washington: Infantry 

Journal Press, 1949. Reprint. Nashville: Battery Press, 1979. 

Smith, Herbert E. "American Ex peditionary Forces Divisional lnsignia- The 

85th Division." Recruiting News 18 (January 1936 ):4. 

Timmer, Raymond H., and Pomerantz, Sherwin. "85th Division (Training); The 

'Custer Division."' Anny Reserve 12 (June 1966):4- 5. 

Venable, R. V. "Active Duty Training, 85th Division Statf" Infantry Journal 24 

(July 1926):67- 70. 
\ 

86th INFANTRY DIVISION 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: Upon a red triangle shield, a black hawk displayed. On a reel 

shield on the hawk's breast, the letters "B H" bendwise in 

black. 

Symbolism: The black hawk with jnitials "B I-I'' superimposed on the red 

shield is symbolic of the nickname of the division "Black 

Hawk Division." 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

None approved. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

86th INFANTRY DIVISION 

AR 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Troop, 86th Division. Organized 25 August 1917 at Camp Grant, 

lllinois. Demobilized in January 1919 at Camp Grant, Illinois. Reconstituted 24 

June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 86th Division. Organized 10 September 1921 at Chicago, Illinois. 

Redesignated 3 .I March 1942 as Division Headquarters and Headquarters and 

Military Police Company (less Military Police Platoon), 86th Division. Ordered 

into active military service 15 December 1942 and reorganized at Camp Howze, 

Texas, as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 86th Infantry Division. 

Inactivated 30 December 1946 in the Philippine Islands. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICfPATION CREDIT 

World War I 

Streamer without inscription 

World War II 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

Headquarters Company entitled to Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), 

Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER (Headquarters Company, 86th 

Infantry Division, cited; GO 83, 86th Infantry Division, 1945) 

507 
508 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

86Tll INfANTRY DIVISION B IBLlOGRAPHY 

Briggs, Richard A. Black Hawks Over the Danuhe, the Hist01y of the EighzvSixth Infantry Division in World War 11. Louisville: Western Recorder, 1945. 

Clyma, Carleton B., ed. Connecticut Black Hawk<; on Redeployment Furloughs, 

June-July 1945. Hartford, 1945. 

E ighty-Sixth Infantry Division: The Black Hawk. Atlanta: Albert Love 

Enterprises, 1944. 

86th lnfantJy Division, Camp San Luis Obispo, 1945. Baton Rouge: Army and 

· Navy Publishing Co., 1945. 

The Fighting Record of the Blackhawk<> in World~*"' 11. n.p., 1945. 

Historical Section, Anny War College. Order of Battle of the United States Land 

Forces in the World War: American Expeditionary Forces; Divisions. 

Was hington: Governme nt Pri nting Offi ce, 1931. Rep ri nt. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1988. 

Kahn, E. J., Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Pub I ishjng Co., 1980. 

Little, John G., Jr. The Ojficial Hi:story r~f the Eighty-Sixth Divi:sion . Chicago: 

States Publications Society, 1921. 

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last O.ffensive. United States /\rmy in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1973. 

Smith, Herbert E. "American Expeditionary Forces Divisional insignia- The 

86th Division. Recruiting New:s 18 (February 1936):3. 
87th DIVISION (EXERCISE) 

(Golden Acorn) 

H ERALDIC LTEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVe )NSlGNIA 

· DeKription: On a green disc, a yello\v acorn stem u p. 

::,)mbolism: The acorn is a symbol of the strength of the division. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

Description: A gold colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a gold 

acorn at the top and three green oak leaves in base witJ1in the 

upper and lower angles of a saltire fo rmed by two blue spears 

with points up and each simulating a tleur-de-lis and the statTs 

grasped by two gol d demi-lions rampant facing center, all 

above and issuing from a blue curved scroll inscribed READY 

TO SERVE in gold letters. 

Symbolism: The gold acorn alludes to the 87th In fantry Division's nickname "Golden Acorn Division" and the division's shoulder 

sleeve insignia. The color blue signifies the historic in fa ntry 

service. The two lions, each bearing a spear terminating in a 

fieur-de-lis, commemorate that un it's participation in the 

European Theater of Operations, World War 1 and World War 

11. The three oak leaves refer to the three World War 11 campaigns in which the division participated. 

LINEAGE AN D H ONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

87th INFANTRY DIVISION 

(Golden Acorn) 

AR 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 5 A ugust 191 7 in the National Army as Headquarters an d 

Headquarters Troop, 87th Division. Organized 25 August 1917 at Camp Pike, 

Arkansas. D em ob il.ized 14 Februa ry 1919 at Camp Dix, New J ersey. 

Reconstituted 24 June 192 1 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 87th Division. Organized 23 September 1921 at New 

Orleans, Louisiana. Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 1942 as Division 

lleadquariers and Headquarters and Military Police Company (Jess Military 

Police Platoon), 87th Division. Ordered into active military service 15 December 

509 
510 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

1942 and reorganized at Camp McCain, Mississippi, as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 87th Infantry Division. Inactivated 2I September 1945 at 

Fort Benning, Georgia. Headquarters activated 6 November 1946 at Birmingham, 

Alabama. Headquarters Company activated 12 May I 947 at Birmingham, 

Alabama. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March I948 as the Organized 

Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) Headquarters 

and Headquarters Company, 87th Infantry Division, inactivated I5 February 1957 

at Birmingham, Alabama. 

Redesignated 1 October 1993 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

87th Division (Exercise), and activated at Birmingham, Alabama. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War I 

Streamer without inscription 

World War II 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-Aisace 

Central Europe 

D ECORATIONS 

None. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 5 11 

HEADQUARTERS 

1st BRIGADE, 87th DIVISION (EXERCISE) 

AR 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted I October 1993 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters, I st 

Brigade, 87th Division (Exercise), and activated at Birmingham, Alabama. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

None. 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
512 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS 

2d BRIGADE, 87th DIVISION (EXERCISE) 

AR 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 1 October 1993 in the Army Reserve as Headq uarters, 2d 

Brigade, 87th Division (Exercise), and activated at Louisville, Kentucky. 

CAMPAION PARTTCJP!\TION CREDIT 

None. 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 513 

HEADQUARTERS 

3d BRIGADE, 87th DIVISION (EXERCISE) 

AR 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted I October 1993 in the Army Rese rve as Headquarters, 3d 

13r.igade, 87th Division (Exercise), and activated at Jackson, Mississippi. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICU'ATION CREDIT 

None. 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
514 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS 

4th BRIGADE, 87th DIVISION (EXERCISE) 

AR 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted I October J 993 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters, 4th 

Brigade, 87th Division (Exercise), and activated at Fort Gillem, Georgia. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

None. 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 515 

HEADQUARTERS 

6th BRIGADE, 87th DIVISION (EXERCISE) 

AR 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 1 October 1993 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters, 6th 

Brigade, 87th Division (Exercise), and activated at Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

None. 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

87TH INFANTRY DIVISION BJBUOGRAPHY 

Clyma, Carleton B., eel. Connecti.cut Men of the 87th Acorn Division, August 

1945. Hartford, 1945. 

Cole, Hugh M. The Ardennes: Battle of the Bulge. United States Army in World 

War TT. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1965. 

---·The Lorraine Campaign. United States Army in World War II. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1950. 

A Historical and Pictorial Record of the 87th Infantry Division in World War 11, 

1942- 1945. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Co., 1946. 

Historical Section, Army War College. Order of Battle of the United States Land 

Forces in the World War; American Expeditionary Forces; Divisions. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1931. Reprint. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1988. 

Kahn, E. J., Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980. 

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Offensive. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1973. 

Smith, Herbert E. "American Expeditionary Forces Divisional Insignia- The 

87th Division." Recruiting News 18 (April 1936):3. 

Stalwart and Strong: The Story of the 87th infantry Division. G.I. Stories ... 

Paris, 1945. 

88th INFANTRY DIVISION 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGN IA 

Description: 

Symbolism: 

A blue quatrefoil (two figure eights crossing at right angles). 

The four leaf clover, formed by the two figures "8," represents 

the Dakotas, Minnesota, Iowa, and Illinois from which personnel of the division originally came. Blue is symbolic of 

infantry. 

DISTINCTIVE UNJT INSIGNIA 

None approved. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERSANDHEADQUARTERSCOMPANY 

88th INFANTRY DIVISION 

AR 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 5 August 191 7 in the National Army as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Troop, 88th Division. Organized 25 August 1917 at Camp Dodge, 

fowa. Demobilized I 0 June 1919 at Camp Dodge, Iowa. Reconstituted 24 June 

1921 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

88th Division. Organ ized in September 1921 at Minneapolis, Minnesota. 

Reorganized and redesignated 22 February 1942 as Division Headquarters and 

Headquarters and Military Police Company (less Military Police Platoon), 88th 

Division. Ordered into active military service 15 July 1942 and reorganized at 

Camp Gruber, Oklahoma, as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 88th 

Division. Redesignated 1 August 1942 as the Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 88th Infantry Division. Inactivated 24 October 1947 in Italy. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War I 

Alsace 19 18 

World War 11 

Romc-Arno 

Norlh Apennines 

Po Valley 

DECORATIONS 

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered 

CENTRAL fTALY (Headquarters and Headquarters, Company, 88th Infantry 

Division, cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

517 
518 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

88TH INFANTRY DIVISION BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Brown, John S. Draftee Division. The 88th Infantry Division in World War fl. 

Lexington, Ky.: University Press of Kentucky, 1986. 

Delaney, John P. The Blue Devils in Italy, A Hist01y of the 88th !njant1y Division 

in World War !1. Washington: Infantry Journal Press, 1947. Reprint. New 

York: 88th Infantry Division Assn., 1968. 

The 88th Division in the World War of 1914- J 918. New York: Wynkoop 

Hallenbeck Crawford Co., 1919. 

88th !nfanfly Division "Blue Devils." Paducah, Ky.: Turner Publishing Co., 1992. 

Feder, Sid. "The Blue Devils Stumped the Experts." Saturday Evening Post 219 

(7 September 1946):24-25fT. 

Fisher, Ernest F., Jr. Cassino to the Alps. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1977. 

Historical Division, War Department. Small Unit Actions. American Forces in 

Action. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1946. 

Historical Section, Army War College. Order of Battle of the United States Land 

Forces in the World War; American ExpeditionC/fy Forces; Divisions. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1931. Reprint. Washi ngton: 

Government Printing Office, 1988. 

Kahn, E. J., Jr., and McLemore, II. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980. 

Larson, Edga r J. Dwight, comp. Memoirs of France and the Eighty-eighth 

Division ... in the Great World War.from 1917to 1919. Minneapolis-St. Paul: 

Webb, 1920. 

Sloan, John E. "Training and Combat Lessons- Experience of a New Division in 

Italy." MilitOIJ' Review 24 (November 1944):25- 28. 

Smith, Herbert E. "American Expeditionary Forces Divisional Insigni a- The 

88th Division." Recruiting News 18 (June 1936):3. 

With the 88th Division, Italy. n.p., 1945. 
. \ 

89th DIVISION (TRAINING) 

(The Rolling W) 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE [NSIGNJA 

Description: On a blue disc within and joining a white annulet, a stylized 

letter "W," all within a red border. 

Symbolisrn: Red, white, and blue are the national colors. The stylized "W," 

which when reversed becomes an "M," refers to this division, 

known in the past as the "Middle West Division," since many 

of its personnel came from the midwestern states. 

DISTINCTLVE UNJT TNSJGNIA 

Description: A gold colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a red 

octagon (two vertical sides longer than the other six sides 

which are all equal) ch.arged with a gold torch between two 

gold fleurs-de-lis, in base two white chevronels in front of the 

torch base with the internal area blue. 

Symbolism: The gold torch symbolizes division's peacetime role as a training unit. The two flelll·s-de-lis allude to the division's service 

in France during World War I and World War 11. The 

chevronels represent support and also simulate the letter "M" 

for Midwest, the geographical source of the division's original 

personnel. The chevronels over the blue background also 

allude to the crossing of the Rhine River by the division in 

World Warn. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

89th DIVISION (TRAINING) 

(The Rolling W) 

AR 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as Headquarters, 89th 

Division. Organized 13 August 1917 at Camp Funston, Kansas. Demobilized 12 

June 1919 at Camp Funston, Kansas. Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the 

Organized Reserves as Headquarters, 89th Division. Organized in November 

1921 at Omaha, Nebraska. Redesignated 22 February 1942 as Division 

Headquarters, 89th Division. Ordered into active military service 15 July 1942 

519 
520 AR.tvllES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

and reorganized at Camp Carson, Colorado. Redesignated 1 August l942 as 

Headquarters, 89th Int1mtry Division. Reorganized and redesignated 1 August 

1943 as Headquarters, 89th Light Division. Reorganized and redesignated 15 

June 1944 as Headquarters, 89th Int~lntry Division. Inactivated 17 December 

1945 at Camp Shanks, New York. Activated 24 January 1947 at Wichita, Kansas. 

(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve 

Corps; redesignated 9 July I 952 as the Army Reserve.) 

Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1959 as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 89th Division (Training). Inactivated 1 March 197 5 at 

Wichita, Kansas. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War I 

St. Mihiel 

Meuse-Argonne Lorraine l9lX 

World War ll 

Rhineland 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC IJATA 521 

HEADQUARTERS 

1st BRlGADE, 89th DIVISION (TRAINING) 

AR 

LINE/\GE (inactive) 

Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as Headquarters Troop, 89th 

Division. Organized in September 1917 at Camp Funston, Kansas. Demobilized 

in June 1919 at Camp Zachary Taylor. Kentucky. Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters Company, 89th Division. Organized in 

October 1922 at Omaha, Nebraska. Reorganized and redesignated 22 Febmary 

1942 as Headquarters and Military Police Company (less Military Police 

Platoon), 89th Division. Ordered into active military service 15 .July 1942 and 

reorgani zed at Camp Carson, Colorado. Redesignated I Aug ust 1942 as 

lleadquarters Company, 89th Infantry Division. Reorganized and redesignated I 

August 1943 as Headquarters Company, 89th Light Division. Reorganized and 

redesignated 15 June 1944 as Headquarters Company, 89th Infantry Division. 

Inactivated 17 December 1945 at Camp Shanks. New York. Activated 10 .January 

194 7 at Wichita, Kansas. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as 

the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) 

Disbanded 30 September 1959 at Wichita, Kansas. 

Reconstituted 24 November 1967 in the An11y Reserve as Headqua11ers, lsi 

Brigade, 89th Division (Training). Activated 31 January 1968 at Wichita, Kansas. 

Inactivated 1 March 1975 at Wichita, Kansas. 

C/\MPAIGN PARTJCLPATION CREDIT 

World War I 

St. Mihicl 

Mcusc-1\rgonnc 

Lorraine 1918 

World War !I 

Rhineland 

Central Europe 

D ECORATIONS 

None. 
522 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS 

2d BRIGADE, 89th DIVISION (TRAINING) 

AR 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 314th Ammunition 

Train and assigned to the 89th Division. Organized in October 1917 at Camp 

Ftmston, Kansas. Demobilized 4 June 1919 at Camp Dodge, Iowa. Reconstituted 

29 October 1936 in the Organized Reserves; concurrently consolidated with the 

314th Ammunition Train (organized in March 1922 in the Organized Reserves 

with Headquarters at Topeka, Kansas [location of Headquarters changed 9 

February 1924 to Atchison, Kansas; on 3 April 1928 to O'Neill, Nebraska]), and 

consolidated unit designated as the 314th Ammunition Train, an element of the 

89th Division. 

Converted and redesignated 22 February 1942 as the 9 l 4th Field Artillery 

Battalion and assigned to the 89th Division. Ordered into active military service 

15 July 1942 and reorganized at Camp Carson, Colorado. (89th Division redesignated I August 1942 as the 89th Infantry Division; redesignated I August 1943 

as 89th Light Division; redesignated 15 June 1944 as the 89th Infantry Division.) 

Inactivated 19 December 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. Activated 24 

September 1947 with Headquarters at Omaha, Nebraska. (Organized Reserves 

redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 

J 952 as the Army Reserve.) Inactivated 1 February 1954 at Omaha, Nebraska, 

and relieved from assignment to the 89th Infantry Division. 

Headquarters, 914th Field Artillery Battalion, redesignated 24 November 

1967 as Headquarters, 2d Brigade, 89th Division (Training). Activated 31 

January 1968 at Denver, Colorado. Inactivated 1 March 1975 at Denver, 

Colorado. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War I 

Lorraine 1918 

World War II 

Rhineland 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
\ 

LINEAGES AND HERALDJC DATA 523 

HEADQUARTERS 

3d BRIGADE, 89th DIVISION (TRAINING) 

AR 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 314th Engineers and 

assigned to the 89th Division. Organized in September 19 I 7 at Camp Funston, 

Kansas. Demobi lized 4 June 1919 at Camp Funston, Kansas. Reconstituted 24 

June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 314th Engineers and assigned to the 

89th Division (later redesignated as the 89th Infantry Division). Organized I 0 

October 1921 with Headquarters at Lawrence, Kansas. (Location of Headquarters 

changed 3 Ap ril 1928 to Grand Island, Nebraska.) Redesignated (less 2d 

Battalion) 22 February 1942 as the 314th Engineer Battalion (2d Battalionhereafter separate lineage). Ordered into active military service 15 July 1942 and 

reorganized at Camp Carson, Colorado. Redesignated 1 August J 942 as the 314th 

Engineer Combat Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated I August 1943 as the 

3 I 4th Engineer Light Combat Battalion, an element of the 89th Light Division. 

Reorganized and redesignated 15 Ju ne 1944 as the 314th Engineer Combat 

Battalion, an element of the 89th £nfantry Division. Inactivated 19 December 

1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. Activated 29 August 1947 with Headquarters 

at Hutchinson, Kansas (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the 

Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) 

Reorganized and redesignated I January 1953 as the 314th Engineer Battalion. 

Disbanded (less Companies A and B) 30 September I 959 at Hutchinson, Kansas 

(Companies A and B- hereafler separate lineages). 

Headquarters, 3 14th Engineer Battalion, reconstituted 24 November 1967 in 

the Army Reserve as Headquarte rs, 3d Brigade, 89th Division (Training). 

Activated 31 January 1968 at Lincoln, Nebraska. Inactivated 1 January 1975 at 

Lincoln, Nebraska. 

CAMPAIGN P/\RTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War/ 

St. Mihicl 

Mcusc-1\rgonnc 

Lorraine 1918 

World War II 

Rhineland 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
524 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS. AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS 

4th BRIGADE, 89th DIVISION (TRATNTNG) 

AR 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 5 August 191 7 in the National Army as the 314th Supply Train 

and assigned to the 89th Division. Organized in September 191 7 at Camp 

funston, Kansas. Demobilized 12 June 1919 at Camp Dodge, lowa. 

· Reconstituted 22 September 1936 in the Organi;r.ed Reserves; concurrently 

consolidated with the 4 14th Quartermaster Regiment (organized in January 1922 

in the Organized Reserves as the 89th Division Train, Quartermaster Corps, with 

Headquarters at Mitchell, South Dakota; redesignated 23 March 1925 as the 89th 

Division Quartermaster Train; redesignated I July 1936 as th e 4 14th 

Quartermaster Regiment) and consolidated un it designated as the 414th 

Quartermaster Regiment, an clement of the 89th Division (later redesignated as 

the 89th Infantry Division). Redesignated 22 February 1942 as the 4 14th 

Quartermaster Battalion. Ordered into active military service 15 July 1942 and 

reorganized at Camp Carson, Colorado. Ordnance Medium Maintenance Platoon, 

Headquarters Company, 41 4th Quartermaster Battalion, reorganized and redesignated 14 September 1942 as the ?89th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company, an 

element of the 89th lnfantTy Division (remainder of ballalion- hereal\.er separate 

lineage). Relieved I August 1943 from assignment to the 89th TnfantTy Division. 

lnactivated 15 January 1946 on Saipan. Consolidated 12 December 1946 with the 

714th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company (sec A ~r:.x) and consolidated unit 

redesignated as the 789th Ordnance Maintenance Company, an clement of the 

89th Infantr y Divisio n. Activated 10 January 1947 at Wich ita , Kansas. 

(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve 

Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the 1\rmy Reserve.) Reorganized and redesignated 16 March 1953 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 789th 

Ordnance Batta lion (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated). 

Battalion disbanded 30 September 1959 at Wichita, Kansas. 

Headquarters, 789th Ordnance Battalion, reconstituted 24 November 1967 in 

the Army Reserve as Headquarte rs, 4th Brigade, 89th Division (Training). 

Activated 31 January 1968 at Kansas City, Kansas. Inactivated 1 March 1975 at 

Kansas City, Kansas. 

ANNEX 

Constituted 2 1 July 1943 in the Organized Reserves as the 789lh Ordnance 

Light Maintenance Platoon, an element of the 89th Light Division. Activated I 

August 1943 at Camp Carson, Colorado. Reorganized and redesignated 15 June 

1944 as the 7l4th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company, an element of the 89th 

Infantry Division. Inactivated 16 December 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New .Jersey. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 

CAMPAIGN PARTICTPJ\T!ON CREDIT 

World War I 

St. Mihicl 

M cuse-Argonne 

LOJTaine I<) 18 

World War II 

Rhineland 

Central Europe 

D EC'OR/\TIOl'\S 

525 

Meritorious Unit Commendati on (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN 

T HI::::ATER (7 14th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company cited; letter, 89th 

Infantry Djvision, undated) 

89TH DIVISION BlULIOGRAPHY 

American Battle Monuments Conunission. American Armies and Battlefields in 

Hurope. Washington: Government Pri nting Office, 1938. Reprint. 

Washington: Government Pr1nting Office, 1992. 

- --· 89th Division, Summwy of Operations in the World War. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1944. 

The 89th Division in the Bois de Bantheville, October 1918. U.S. Army Chemical 

Corps Historical Studies. Gas Warfare In the Worl d War, Study no. 18. 

Washington: U.S. Army Chemical Corps Historica l Office, 1960. 

The 89th Division Comes into the Line. August 1918. U.S. Army Chemical Corps 

Historical Studies. Gas tre in the World War, Study no. 6. Washington: 

U.S. Anny Chemica l Corps Historical Office, 1958. 

89th Infantry Division Historical Board (Maynard L. Diamond, ed.-in-chiet). The 

89th Infantry Division, 1942- 1945. Washington: Infantry Journal Press, 

1947. Reprin t. Nashville: Battery Press. 1980. 

English, George H., Jr. History ofthe 89th Division, USA ..... 191 7, . .. 1919. 

Denver: Smith-Brooks Printing Co., 1920. 

Historical Section, Army War College. Order ofBattle ld'the United States Land 

Forces; American Expeditiontuy Forces; Divisions. Washington: Government 

Printing Office, 1931. Reprint. Wash ington: Govenuneot Printing Office, 

1988. 

___ .The Eighty-Ninth Division. 1917- 1918. Washington, 1924. 

Historical Sketch of German Area Occupied hy 89th Division. Trier, Germany, 

1920? 

Kahn, E. J., Jr., and Mclemore, H. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980. 

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Offensive. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1973. 

Masseck, C. J. Official Bri~f llistOfJ' 89th Division, U. S. A., 1917- 1918 1919. 

n.p., 1919. 

Report on the St. Mihiel Offensive. 89th Division, September 12- 13, 1918. Fort 

Leavenworth: Army Service Schools Press, 1919. 
526 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

"The Rolling 'W'- 89th Division (Training)." Army Reservist I 0 (July- August 

1964):8. 

Smith, ll crbert E. "American Expeditionary Forces Divisional Lnsigni a- The 

89th Division." Recruiting News L 8 (August 1936):5ff. 

The St01y of the 89th lnfanlly Division, Rolling Ahead! G.l. Stories .. . Paris, 

1945. 
90th INFANTRY DIVISION. 

(Tough 'Ombres) 

H ERALDIC ITEMS 

SIIOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: On a green square, the monogram "0 T" in red; the "0 " with 

long axis horizontal superimposed on the base of the "T". 

Symbolism: The "0 T" monogram refers to Oklahoma and Texas, home 

states of many of the original personnel of the division. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

None approved. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

90th INFANTRY DIVISION 

(Tough 'Ombres) 

AR 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as lleadquarters, 90th 

Division. Organized 25 August 1917 at Camp Travis, Texas. Demobilized 17 June 

1919 at Camp Bowie, Texas. Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Orga nized 

Reserves as Headquarters, 90th Division. Organized in October 1921 at San 

Antonio, Texas. Redesignated 20 February 1942 as Division lleadquarters, 90th 

Division. Ordered into active mi li tary service 25 March 1942 and reorganized at 

Camp Barkeley, Texas. Redesignated I August 1942 as llcadquarters, 90th 

Infantry Division. Reorgani zed and redesignated 15 September 1942 as 

lleadquarters, 90th Motorized Division. Reorganized and redesignated I May 

1943 as Headquarters, 90th Infantry Division. Inactivated 27 December 1945 at 

Camp Shanks, New York. Activated 4 August 1947 at Dallas, Texas. (Organized 

Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) Location changed 15 July 1951 to 

Austin, Texas. Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1959 as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 90th Infantry Division. Inactivated 31 December 1965 at 

Austin, Texas. 

527 
528 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War! 

St. Mihiel 

Mcuse-Argonne 

Lorraine 1918 

World War!! 

Normandy (with arrowhead) 

Northern France 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-Aisace 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War TJ, Streamer embroidered 

MOSELLE-SARRE RIVERS (Headquarters, 90th Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 

43, 1950) 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 529 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

l st BRIGADE, 90th INFANTRY DIVISION 

AR 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as llcadquarters, !79th 

Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 90th Division. Organized 25 August 1917 at 

Camp Travis, Texas. Demobilized 18 June 1919 at Camp Pike, Arkansas. 

Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, !79th Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 90th 

Division. Organized in November 192 1 at Fort Worth, Texas. Redesignated 23 

March 1925 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, l79th Brigade. 

Redesignated 24 August 1936 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

I 79th 1 nfantry Brigade. 

Converted and redesignated 20 February 1942 as the 90th Reconnaissance 

Troop (less 3d Platoon), 90th Division (Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, I 80th fnfantry Brigade, concurrently converted and redesignated as 

the 3d Platoon, 90th Reconnaissance Troop, 90th Division). Troop ordered into 

active military service 25 March 1942 and reorganized at Camp Barkeley, Texas, 

as the 90th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, an element of the 90th Division (later 

redesignated as the 90th Infantry Division). 

Expanded, reorganized, and redesignated 15 September 1942 as the 90th 

Reconnaissance Squadron, an element of the 90th Motorized Division. Relieved 

7 May 1943 from assignment to the 90th Motorized Division. Reorganized and 

redesignated 22 December 1943 as the 36th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, 

Mechanized. Inactivated 26 October 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia. 

Redesignated 23 December 1946 as the 3 18th Mechanized Cavalry 

Reconnaissance Squadron. Activated 20 January 1947 at Hollywood, California. 

(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve 

Corps.) Reorganized and redesignated 5 March 1949 as the I st Battalion, 31 Oth 

Armored Cavalry. Inactivated 30 November 1950 at Hollywood, California. 

Redesignated I 0 March 1952 as the 36th Reconnaissance Battalion; concurrently 

withdrawn from the Organized Reserve Corps and allotted to the Regular Army. 

Redesignated 21 April J 953 as the 590th Tank Battalion. 

Headquarters, 590th Tank Battalion, converted ancl redesignated 15 March 

1963 as Headquarters and lleaclquarters Company, I st Brigade, 90th Infantry 

Division; concurrently withdrawn from the Regular Army, allotted to the Army 

Reserve, and activated at San Antonio, Texas (remainder of battalion-hereafter 

separate lineages). Jnactivated 31 December 1965 at San Antonio, Texas. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War 1 

St. Mihiel 

Meuse-Argonne 

Lorraine I 918 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

World War II 

Rhineland 

Central Europe 
530 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

2d BRIGADE, 90th INFANTRY DIVISION 

AR 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as Headquarters, I 80th 

Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 90th Division. Organized 25 August 1917 at 

Camp Travis, Texas. Demobil izcd 17 June 1919 at Camp Bowie, Texas. 

Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, I 80th Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 90th Division. 

Organized in November 1921 at Houston, Texas. Redesignated 23 March 1925 as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, I 80th Brigade. Redesignated 24 August 

1936 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, J 80th Infantry Brigade. 

Converted and redesignated 20 February 1942 as the 3d Platoon, 90th 

Reconnaissance Troop, 90th Division (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

I 79th Infantry Brigade, concurrently converted and redesignated as the 90th 

Reconnaissance Troop [less 3d Platoon], 90th Division). Troop ordered into 

active military service 25 March 1942 and reorganized at Camp Barkclcy, Texas, 

as the 90th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, an element of the 90th Division (later 

redesignated as the 90th Infantry Division). 

Expanded, reorga nized, and redesignated 15 September 1942 as the 90th 

Reconnaissance Squadron, an clement of the 90th Motorized Division. Relieved 

7 May 1943 from assignment to the 90th Motorized Division. Reorganized and 

redesignated 22 December 1943 as the 36th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, 

Mechanized. Inactivated 26 October 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia. 

Redesignated 23 December 1946 as the 3 18th Mechanized Cava lry 

Reconnaissance Squadron. Activated 20 January 1947 at Hollywood, California. 

(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve 

Corps.) Reorganized and redesignated 5 March 1949 as the 1st Battalion, 310th 

Armored Cavalry. Inactivated 30 November 1950 at Hollywood, California. 

Redesignated 10 March 1952 as the 36th Reconnaissance Battalion; concurrently 

withdrawn from the Organized Reserve Corps and allotted to the Regular Army. 

Redesignated 21 April 1953 as the 590th Tank Battalion. 

Headquarters and Service Company, 590th Tank Battalion, converted and 

redesignated 15 March 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d 

Brigade, 90th Infantry Division; concurrently withdrawn from the Regular Army, 

allotted to the Army Reserve, and activated at San Antonio, Texas (remainder of 

battalion- hereafter separate lineages). Inactivated 31 December 1965 at San 

Antonio, Texas. 

CAMPAIG N PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War I 

St. Mihiel 

Meuse-Argonne 

Lorraine 1918 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

World War II 

Rhineland 

Central Europe 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 531 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

3d BRIGADE, 90th INFANTRY DIVISION 

AR 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 5 August J 917 in the National Army as the 3 !5th Ammunition 

Train and assigned to the 90th Division. Organized in September 1917 at Camp 

Travis, Texas. Demobilized 14 June 1919 at Camp Devens, Massachusetts. 

Reconstituted 23 October 1936 in the Organized Reserves; concurrently consolidated with the 3 I 5th Ammunition Train (organized in November 1921 in the 

Organized Reserves at Dallas, Texas) and consolidated unit designated as the 

3 J 5th Ammunition Train, an element of the 90th Division. 

Converted and redesignated 20 February 1942 as the 915th Field Artillery 

Battalion and remained assigned to the 90th Division (later redesignated as the 

90th Infantry Division). Ordered into active military service 25 March 1942 and 

reorganized at Camp Barkeley, Texas. 1nactivated 27 December 1945 at Camp 

Shanks, New York. Activated 24 June 1947 at Houston, Texas. (Organized 

Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) Location changed 18 June 1948 to 

Dallas, Texas. Inactivated I April 1959 at Dallas, Texas. 

Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 915th Field Artillery Battalion, converted and redesignated 15 March 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 3d Brigade, 90th Infantry Division, and activated at Dallas, Texas. 

Inactivated 31 December 1965 at Dallas, Texas. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War 1 

Streamer without inscription 

World Warll 

Normandy (with arrowhead) 

Northern France 

Rhineland 

A rdcnnes-A I sace 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered 

MOSELLE-SARRE RIVERS (915th Field Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 

1950) 

Headq uarters Company additionally entitled to Meritorious Un it 

Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER 

(Headquarters Battery, 915th Field Artillery Battalion, cited; GO 643, 90th 

Infantry Division, 1945) 
532 ARM IES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

90TII l NFANTRY D IYISfON BIBLIOGRAPI IY 

Abrams, Joe 1. A Hist01y o.l the 90th Division in World War II, 6 June 1944 to Y 

May 1945. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Co., 1946. 

American Battle Monuments Commission. American Armies and Battlefields in 

Europe. Wash ington: Government Printing Office, 1938. Reprint. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1992. 

---· 90th Division, Summmy of Operations in the World War. Washington: 

Government Printing OITice, 1944. 

Battle Route of the 90th 1nfantJy Division in the ETO. n.p., 1945. 

Blumenson, Martin. Breakout and Pursuit. United States Army in World War 11. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1961. 

Colby, John. War From the Ground Up: the 90th 1nfantJy Division in World War 

lf. Austin: Nortex Press, 199 1. 

Cole, Hugh M. The Lorraine Campaign. United States Army in World War 11. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1950. 

---· "The Moselle River Crossing of the 90th Division." Militmy Review 30 

(May 1950):3- 19. 

!Iarrison, Gordon A. Cross-Channel Attack. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1951. 

llistorical Division, Department of the Army. Utah Beach to Cherbourg (6 

June- 27 June 1944). American Forces in Action. Washington: Government 

Printing Office, 1948. 

Historical Section, Army War College. Order of Battle o.f United States Land 

Forces in the World War; American Expeditionary Forces; Divisions. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 193 1. Reprint. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1998. 

Kahn, E. J. , Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Pub I ishing Co., 1980. 

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Offensive. United Stales Army in World War 11. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1973. 

and Mathews, Sidney T. Three Battles: Arnavil/e, A ltuzzo, and Schmidt. 

un:ted States Army in World War H. Washington: Government Printing 

Office, 1952. 

McConahey, William M. Battalion Swgeon . Rochester, Minn., 1966. 

Operations 90th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, August 18, 

1918- November 11, 1918. Fort Leavenworth, Kans.: General Service 

Schools, 191 8. 

Operations 90th Division, American ExpeditionC/Iy Forces, November 11, 1918 to 

May 6, 1919. Fort Leavenworth: General Service Schools, 1919. 

"A Salute to Distinguished Service." Army Reserve 12 (January 1966): I 0-11. 

Smith, llerbert E. "American Expeditionary Forces Divisional Insignia- The 

90th Division." Recruiting News 18 (October 1936):5. 

"'Tough 'Ombres' The 90th Infantry Division." Army Reservist 10 (December 

1964): I 0. 

Tough 'Ombres! The St01y of the 90th lnfcmtJ y Division. G.l. Stories ... Paris, 

1944. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 533 

The Use of Gas at Saint Mihie/ (90th Division in September 1918). U.S. Army 

Chemical Corps Histori cal Studies. Gas Warfare in the World War, Study no. 

5. Washington: U.S. Army Chemical Corps Historical Office, 1957. 

Weaver, William G. Yankee Doodle Went to Town. Ann Arbor: Edwards Bros., 

1959. 

Wythe, George. A HistOIJ' of the 90th Division. New York: De Vi nne Press, 1920. 

\ 

91st DIVISION (EXERCISE) 

(Wild West Division) 

H ERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: On a shield, divided horizontally blue and red, a green fir tree 

fimbriated white all within a yellow border. 

Symbolism: The green fir tree is symbolic of readiness and boldness, the 

color green signifying fidelity and steadfastness of purpose. 

The horizontal division of the shield, a symbol of protection, 

and yellow border were suggested by the flag bases authorized 

for divisions, blue referring infantry, red to artillery, and yellow to armor. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

Description: A gold colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a green 

fir tree charged in chief with a gold five-pointed star and in 

base a reel fleur-cle-Iis, all in front of a blue wavy band, below 

a gold scroll bearing the inscription POWDER RIVER in 

black letters. 

Symbolism: The green fir tree has been a traditional symbol used by the 

unit since 1919. The scarlet fleur-de-lis refers to courageous 

combat service in Europe during World Wars I and II. The 

gold star stands for the high achievements of the 91 st Division 

tra ining program, while the wavy blue band symbolizes the 

meandering Powder River, which stimulated the famous battle 

cry of the 91 st Division, "Powder River, Let 'er Buck." 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

9lst DIVISION (EXERCISE) 

(Wild West Division) 

AR 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as Headquarters, 91 st 

Division. Organized 26 August 1917 at Camp Lewis, Washington. Demobilized 

13 May 19 19 at the Presidio of San Francisco, California. Reconstituted 24 June 

I 92 1 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters, 91st Division. Organized 7 

October 192 1 at San Franc isco, Ca lifornia. Redesignated 6 April 1942 as 

535 
536 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISJONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

Division Headquarters, 9lst Division. Ordered into active military service 15 

August 1942 and reorgan ized at Camp White, Oregon, as Headquarters, 9lst 

Infantry Division. Tnactivated 1 December I 945 at Camp Rucker, Alabama. 

Activated 31 December 1946 at San Francisco, California. (Organized Reserves 

redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 

1952 as the Army Reserve.) 

Reorganized and redesignated I May I 959 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 91 st Division (Training). Location changed 1 October 1975 to 

Sausalito, California. Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1993 as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 91 st Division (Exercise). 

C A.MPAIGN P;\RTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War I 

Ypres-Lys 

Meuse-Argonne 

Lorraine 1918 

World War fJ 

Rome-Arno 

North Apennines 

Po Valley 

DECORKflOI\S 

None. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 537 

HEADQUARTERS 

1st BRIGADE, 91st DLVISION (EXERCISE) 

AR 

LfNEAGE (active) 

Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as Headquarters Troop, 91 st 

Division. Organized in October 1917 at Camp Lewis, Washington. Demobilized 

in May 1919 at the Presidio of San Francisco, California. Reconstituted 24 June 

1921 in the Organized Rese rves as Headquarters Company, 91 st Division. 

Organi zed in November 192 1 at San Francisco, California. Reorganized and 

redesignated 6 April 1942 as Headquarters and Military Police Company (less 

Military Police Platoon), 91 st Division. Ordered into active mil itary service 15 

August 1942 and reorganized at Camp White, Oregon, as Headquarters 

Company, 9lst Infantry Division. Inactivated I Decernber 1945 at Camp Rucker, 

Alabama. Activated 25 March 1947 at San Francisco, California. (Organized 

Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) Disbanded I May 1959 at San 

Francisco, California. 

Reconstituted 24 November 1967 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters, 1st 

Brigade, 9 lst Division (Training). Activated 20 January 1968 at Sacramento, 

California. Location changed 1 February 1993 to Dublin, California. Reorganized 

and redesignated 1 October 1993 as Headquarters, lst Brigade. 9lst Division 

(Exercise). 

CAMPAIGN PARTICU'ATTON C REDIT 

World War ! 

Yprc~-Lys 

Meuse-Argonne 

Lorra ine l 91 8 

World War II 

Rome-Arno 

North Apennines 

Po Valley 

DECORATlOJ'\S 

None. 
538 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS 

2d BRIGADE, 9lst DIVISION (EXERCISE) 

AR 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 316th Ammunition 

Train and assigned to the 9lst Division. Organized in September 1917 at Camp 

Lewis, Washington. Demobilized J 5 May 1919 at the Presidio of San Francisco, 

California. Reconstituted 23 October 1936 in the Organized Reserves; concurrently consolidated with the 3 J 6th Ammunition Train (organized in November 

1921 in the Organized Reserves with Headquarters at San Francisco, California) 

and consolidated unit designated as the 316th Ammunition Train, an element of 

the 9 Lst Division. 

Converted and redesignated 6 April 1942 as the 916th Field Artillery 

Battalion and remained assigned to the 9lst Division (later redesignated as the 

9 J st Infantry Division). Ordered into active military service 15 August 1942 and 

reorganized at Camp White, Oregon. Inactivated 27 November 1945 at Camp 

Rucker, Alabama. Activated 15 June 1947 at Seattle, Washington. (Location of 

Headquarters changed 2 March 1948 to San Jose, California.) (Organized 

Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July J 952 as the Army Reserve.) (Location of Headquarters changed I 

April 1948 to Oakland, Ca lifornia; on 1 October 1957 to San Leandro, 

California.) Disbanded I May 1959 at San Leandro, California. 

Headquarters, 916th Field Artillery Battalion, reconstituted 24 November 

1967 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters, 2d Brigade, 91 st Division (Training). 

Activated 20 January I 968 at Hamilton Air Force Base, California. Location 

changed 15 December 1992 to Norco, California. Reorganized and redesignated 

I October 1993 as Headquarters, 2d Brigade, 9 1 st Division (Exercise). 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War I 

Streamer without inscription 

World War II 

Rome-Arno 

North Apennines 

Po Valley 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 539 

HEADQUARTERS 

3d BRIGADE, 9lst DIVISION (EXERCISE) 

AR 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 316th Engineers and 

assigned to the 91 st Division. Organized August- October 1917 at Camp Lewis, 

Washington. Demobilized 5 May 1919 a t the Presidio of San Francisco, 

California. 

Reconstituted 24 Jun e 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 3 16th 

Engi neers and assigned to the 91 st Division (later redesignated as the 91 st 

Infantry Division). Organized in November 1921 with Headquarters at Los 

Angeles, California. Redesignated (less 2d Battalion) 6 Apri I 1942 as the 316th 

Engineer Battalion (2d Battalion- hereafter separate lineage). Ordered into 

active military service 15 August 1942 and reorganized at Camp White, Oregon, 

as the 316th Engineer Combat Battalion. Inactivated 17 November 1945 at Camp 

Rucker, Alabama. Activated 15 Ju ly 1947 at Spokane, Washington. (Location of 

Headquarters changed 22 January 1948 to San Francisco, California.) (Organized 

Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) Reorganized and redesignated 15 

November 1952 as the 316th Engineer Battalion. Disbanded (less Companies A 

and B) 1 May 1959 at San Francisco, Californi a (Companies A and B- hereafter 

separate lineages). 

Headquarters, 316th Engineer Battalion, reconstituted 24 November 1967 in 

the Army Reserve as Headquarte rs, 3d Brigade, 9lst Division (Tra ining). 

Activated 20 January 1968 at San Jose, California. Inactivated 15 May 1973 at 

San Jose, California. Activated 16 October 1984 at Marina, California. Location 

changed 15 December 1992 to Dublin, California. Reorganized and redesignated 

I October 1993 as Headquarters, 3d Brigade, 91 st Division (Exercise). 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War! 

Ypres-Lys 

Meuse-Argonne 

Lorraine 191 8 

World War fl 

Romc-Arno 

North Apennines 

Po Valley 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
540 ARMIES, CORPS, DJVJSJONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS 

4th BRIGADE, 9lst DIVISION (EXERCISE) 

AR 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 5 August 191 7 in the National Army as the 3 16th Supply Train 

and assigned to the 91 st Division. Organized August- September 1917 at Camp 

Lewis, Washington. Demobilized 13 May 1919 at the Presidio of San Francisco, 

California. 

Reconstituted 21 September J 936 in the Organized Reserves; concurrently 

consolidated with the 4 I 6th Quartermaster Regiment (organized in November 

192 1 in the Organized Reserves as the 9lst Division Train, Quartermaster Corps, 

with llcadquarters at Los Angeles, Ca lifornia; redesignated 23 March 1925 as the 

91st Division Quartermaster Train; redesignated 1 July 1936 as the 416th 

Quartermaster Regiment) and consolidated unit designated as the 416th 

Quartermaster Regiment, an element of the 91st Division (later redesignated as 

the 9 1 st Infan try Division). Redesig nated 6 April 1942 as the 416th 

Quartermaster Battalion. Ordered into active military service I 5 August 1942 and 

reorganized at Camp White, Oregon. Ordnance Maintenance Platoon, 

Headquarters Company, 416th Quartermaster Battalion, reorganized and redesignated I 4 September 1942 as the 79 1 st Ordnance Light Maintenance Company, an 

clement of the 91 st Infantry Division (remainder of battalion- hereafter separate 

lineage). Inactivated 16 November 1945 at Camp Rucker, Alabama. Redesignated 

6 May 1947 as the 791 st Ordnance Maintenance Company. Activated 12 June 

1947 at Los Angeles, Californ ia. Location changed 22 January 1948 to San 

Francisco, California. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the 

Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) 

Reorganized and redesignated I 0 November 1952 as Headquarters and 

llcadquarters Detachment, 79 1 st Ordnance Battalion (organic elements concurrently constituted and acti va ted). Battalion disbanded I May 1959 at San 

Francisco, California. 

lleadquarters, 791 st Ordnance Battalion, reconstituted 24 November 1967 in 

the Army Reserve as Headquarters, 4th Brigade, 91 st Division (Training). 

Activated 20 January 1968 at Fort Cronkhite, California. Location changed 16 

October 1978 to the Presidio of San Francisco, California; on 15 December 1992 

to Tumwater, California. Reorganized and redesignated I October 1993 as 

lleadquarters, 4th Brigade, 9 1 st Division (Exercise). Location changed 31 August 

1996 to Fort Lewis, Washington. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War! 

Yprcs-Lys 

Meuse-Argonne 

Lorraine 19 18 

DGCORATIONS 

None. 

World War II 

Rornc-Arno 

North Apennines 

Po Valley 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 541 

HEADQUARTERS 

5th BRIGADE, 9 lst DIVISION (EXERCISE) 

AR 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 3 16th Supply Train 

and assigned to the 91 st Division. Organized August- September 1917 at Camp 

Lewis, Washington. Demobilized 13 May 1919 at the Presidio of San Francisco, 

California. 

Reconstituted 21 September 1936 in the Organized Reserves; concurrently 

consolidated with the 416th Quartermaster Regiment (organized in November 

1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 91 st Division Train, Quartermaster Corps, 

with Headquarters at Los Angeles, California; redesignated 23 March 1925 as the 

9 lst Division Quartermaster Train; redesignated I July 1936 as the 416th 

Quartermaster Regiment) and consolidated unit designated as the 416th 

Quartermaster Regiment, an clement of the 9 I st Division (later redesignated as 

the 9lst Infantry Division). Redesignated 6 April 1942 as the 416th 

Quartermaster Battalion. Ordered into active military service 15 August 1942 and 

reorgani zed at Camp White, Oregon. 416th Quartermaster Battalion (less 

Ordnance Maintenance Platoon, lleaclquarters Company) reorganized and redesignated 27 September 1942 as the 91 st Quartermaster Company, an element of 

the 9 1 st Infantry Division (Ordnance Maintenance .Platoon, Headquarters 

Company- hereafter separate I incage). 9lst Quartermaster Company inactivated 

I 5 November 1945 at Camp Rucker, Alabama. Activated 12 June 1947 at Los 

Angeles, California. Location changed 22 January 1948 to San Francisco, 

Ca lifornia. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized 

Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) Disbanded I 

May 1959 at San Francisco, California. 

Reconstituted 24 November 1967 in the Army Reserve as the 91 st Committee 

Group and assigned to the 91 st Division (Training). Activated 20 January 1968 at 

Concord, California. Reorga ni zed and redesignated 16 October 1971 as 

Headquarters, 9 J st Committee Group. Reorganized and redesignated 16 October 

1978 as Headquarters, 91 st Training Command. Location changed 18 July 1980 

to Pleasanton, California. Inactivated 16 October 1984 at Pleasanton, California. 

Redesignated I October 1993 as Headquarters, 5th Brigade, 91st Division 

(Exercise), and activated at Salt Lake City, Utah. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War I 

Ypres-Lys 

Meuse-Argonne 

Lorraine 1918 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

World War II 

Rome-Arno 

North Apennines 

Po Valley 
542 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS 

6th BRIGADE, 9lst DIVISION (EXERCISE) 

AR 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 1 October I 993 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters, 6th 

Brigade, 91 st Division (Exercise), and activated at Denver, Colorado. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

None. 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

91 ST DI VISION 81BLlOGRJ\PIIY 

American Battle Monuments Commission. American Armies and Battlefields in 

Europe. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1938. Reprint. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1992. 

___ . 9Jst Division, Summary o.f Operations in the World War. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1944. 

Camp Lewis. Seattle: Clark Co., 1917. 

Clyma, Carleton B., eel. Connecticut Men, 9lst- Powder River- Division, 

September 1945. Hartford, 1945. 

f'isher, Ernest F., Jr. Cassino to the Alps. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1977. 

llenderson, Alice Palmer. The Ninety-First, the First at Camp Lewis. Tacoma, 

Wash.: John C. Barr, 1918. 

Historical Section, Army War College. Order o.f Bailie o.f the United States Land 

Forces in the World War; American Expeditionary Forces; Divisions. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 193 1. Reprint. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1988. 

Hist01y o.f the 91 st Jnfcmtry Division, United States Army. n.p., 1942. 

Kahn, E. J. , Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980. 

MacDona ld, Charles B., and Mathews, Sidney T. Three Battles: Arnaville, 

Altuzzo, and Schmidt. United States Army in World War rT. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1952. 

9lst Division Association, 50th Anniversary, Fort Lewis, Washington, 15 

September 1967. Tacoma, Wash.: 91st Division Association, 1967. 

Pages o.f Glmy and !-listOIJ', The 9 1st Division in A1gonne Flanders. Paris: "City 

ofPa ris," 1919. 

Robbins, Robert A. The 9 /st JJ~f'cm try Division in World War II. Washington: 

(nfantryJournal Press, 1947. 

Smith, Herbert E. "American Expeditionary Forces Divisional Insignia- The 

91 st Division." Recruiting News 18 (December 1936):5ff. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 543 

The Story of the Powder Rivet; Let 'Er Buck, 9Jst lnj(m.li'Y Division, August 

1917- January 1945. n.p., 1945. 

The Story of the 91 st Division. San Francisco: H.S. Crocker Co., 1919. 

92d INFAN.TRY DIVISION 

H ERALDIC ITEMS 

SIIOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: On an ol ivc drab disc with black border, a black buffalo 

statant. 

Symbolism: The buffalo refers to the nickname of the division. It was 

inherited from the 367th Infantry, one of the first units of the 

division organized. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

Description: A silver colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a blue 

four-pointed star bearing a silver 11cUI·-dc-lis enclosed by four 

silver conjoined "A"s on a silver four-pointed star all encircled 

in base by a blue scroll doubled silver and inscribed FIRME 

ET FIDEL! (Steadfastly and Faithfully) in silver letters. 

Symbolism: The design is based upon the four "A"s of Alabama enclosing 

the silver flew·-de-lis symbolic of the division's honors earned 

in France in World War I, all upon a blue background representing in fantry. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

92d INFANTRY DIVISION 

AUS 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 24 October 19 17 in the National Army as .Headquarters and 

Headquarters Troop, 92d Division. Organized 29 October 19 17 at Camp Funston, 

Kansas. Demobilized 7 March 1919 at Camp Upton, New York. Reconstituted 5 

May 1942 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 92d Infantry Division. Activated 15 October 1942 at Fort McClellan, 

Alabama. Inactivated 28 November 1945 at Fort McClellan, Alabama. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World Wm· I 

Meuse-Argonne 

Lorraine 1918 

DECORATIONS 

World War II 

North /\pennines Po Valley 

Italian Croce al Merito di Guerra, Streamer embroidered ITALY (Headquarters 

and Headquarters Company, 92d Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

545 
546 ARMIES, CORPS, DlVlSIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

92D INFANTRY DIVISION BIULIOGRAPHY 

American Battle Monuments Commission. American Armies and Battlefields in 

Europe. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1938. Reprint. 

Washington: Government Printing Otfice, 1992. 

_ _ _ . 92nd Division, SummatJJ of Opera/ions in the World Hizr. Washington: 

Government Printing Oifice, 1944. 

Arnold, Thon1as St. John. Buff'alo Soldiers: The 92d !nfant,:v Division and 

Reinforcements in World War II. Manhattan, Kans.: Sunflower University 

Press, 1989. 

Fisher, Ernest F., Jr. Cassino to !he Alps. United States Army in World War Il. 

Washington: Govemment Printing Office, 1977. 

Goodman, Paul. A Fragment u.fVictory in italy During T#.)f·/d War Jl 1942- 1945. 

Carlisle Barracks, Pa.: Army War College, 1952. 

Hargrove, Hondon B. Btifji:do Soldiers in Italy: Black Americans in World Mu· fT. 

Jefferson, S.C.: Mcfarland & Co., 1985. 

Historical Section, Army War College. Order oj'Buttle of the United States Land 

Forces in the World War; American Expeditionary Forces; Divisions. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1931. Reprint. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1988. 

___ . The Nine~v Second Division, I 917 1918. Washington: Government 

Printing Office, 1923. 

Hunter, Jehu C., and Major, Clark. The Bujjizlo Division in I·Yurld War 11. n.p., 

1985. 

Kahn, E. J., Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry 

.Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980. 

Lee, Ulysses G. The Employment of Negro Troops. United States Army in World 

War TT. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1966. 

The 92nd Division in the 1'vlorbache Sectm; October 1918. U.S. Army Chemical 

Corps Historical Studies. Gas Warfare in the World War, Study no. 16. 

Washington: U.S. Army Chemical Corps Historical Otlice, 1959. 

92d infantry Division, Historical Committee. October 1942-.!une 1945. With the 

92d h~fantty Division. n.p., 1945. 

Welliver, W. "Report on the Negro Soldier." Hwper:\· J'vlagazine 192 (April 

1946):333-39. 

Williams, Charles H. Negro Soldiers in World War 1: The /Iuman Side. New 

York: AMS Press, 1970. (Formerly titled: Sidelights on Negro Soldiers. 

Boston: B. J. Brimmer Co., 1923.) 
93d INFANTRY DIVISION 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SIIOULDI\R S LEEVE TNSIGNI/\ 

Description: Upon a black disc, a French helmet in uniform blue. 

. Symbolism: The helmet symbolizes the service of the regiments of the provisional 93d Division with French divisions during World WarT. 

DlSTINCTIVE UNIT lNSlGNIA 

None approved. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

93d INFANTRY DlVISfON 

LI NEAGE 

AUS 

(inactive) 

Constituted 23 Februa ry 1942 in the Army of the United States as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 93d Infantry Division. Activated 15 

May 1942 at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. inactivated 3 February 1946 at Camp 

Stoneman, California. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CRF.DIT 

World W(u· II 

New Guinea 

Northern Solomons 

D ECORATIONS 

None. 

93D INFANTRY DlVISlON BlBLTOCiRAPHY 

Kahn, E. J. , Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry 

Journal Press, 1945. Rep1int. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980. 

Lee, Ulysses G. The Employment of Negro Troops. United States Army in World 

War IT. Washington: Government Printing 01Jicc, 1966. 

Smith, Robert Ross. Triumph in the Philippines. United States Army in World 

War IT. Washington: Govcrmnent Printing Office, 1963. 

547 

94th INFANTRY DIVISION 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SIIOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: Upon a light gray disc with a black border, the silhouette of 

the bust of a Puritan with a flintlock blunderbuss on a shoulder in black with a white (gray) collar. 

Symbolism: The Puritan is representative of the history and tradition of 

Massachusetts, the area in which the division was originally 

located. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

None approved. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

94th INFANTRY DIVISION 

AR 

LI NEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters, 94th 

Division. Organized in November 192 1 at Boston, Massachusetts. Redesignated 12 

February 1942 as Division llcadquarters, 94th Division. Ordered into active military service 15 September 1942 and reorganized at Fori Custer, Michigan, as 

Headquarters, 94th Infantry Division. Inactivated 7 February 1946 at Camp Kilmer, 

New Jersey. Activated I November 1946 at Boston, Massachusetts. (Organized 

Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Anny Reserve.) Reorganized and redesignated I May 1959 as 

llcadquartcrs and Headquarters Company, 94th Infantry Division. 

Reorganized and redesignated I March 1963 as Headquarters Company, 94th 

Operationa l Headquarters. Redesignated 1 June 1963 as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 94th Command Headquarters. Inactivated 22 December 

1965 at Boston, Massachusetts. Redesignated 23 June 1982 as Headquarters and 

ll cadquarters Company, 94th Infantry Division. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World W(lr II 

Northern France 

Rhi11cland 

A rdcnnes-A Is ace 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

549 
550 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

94TH I NFANTRY DIVISION BIOLIOGRAPHY 

Blumenson, Martin. Breakout and Pursuit. United States Army in World War H. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1961. 

Byrnes, Laurence G., ed. Hist01y of the 94th ln.fantl'y Division in World War II. 

Washington: In fantry Journal Press, 1948. · 

Kahn, E. J. , Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980. 

Kelton, John R. 94th Infantry Division Association Commemorative Hist01y 

1950- 1989. Dallas: Taylor Publishing Co., 1989. 

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Offensive. United States Army in World War H. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1973. 

On the Way: The StOJy o.fthe 94th ll?fantly Division. G.l. Stories ... Paris, 1945. 

A Photo Review of the 94th h?fcmliy Division. Camp McCain, Miss., 1944. 

Prefer, Nathan N. Patton ~· Ghost Corp!!>: Cracking the Siegjl-ied Line. Novato, 

Calif.: Presidio Press, 1998. 

Three Hard Years with the 94th Jn.fantty Division. Yimperk, Czechoslovakia: J. 

Steinbrenner, 1945. 

Warshofsky, Fred. "Saga of the 94th Infantry Division." SAGA: True Adventures 

for Men 23 (February I962):52- 55ff. 
95th DIVISION (TRAINING) 

(Iron Men of Metz) 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SI IOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: On a blue oval, a white Roman "V" interlaced with a red 

numeral "9" fimbriated argent, the lower arm of the figme "9" 

extending over the base of tbe "V," the dexter arm of the "V" 

extending under the upper curve of the "9," and the sinister 

arm of the "V" extending over the upper curve of the "9 ." 

Symbolism: The colors red, white, and blue arc the national colors; the 

number "9" interlaced with the Roman numeral "V" refers to 

the numerical designation of the division. 

OISTINC'TIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

Description: A gold colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a red 

broad arrow, point down, with black shank, terminating at top 

to form the em battlements of a medieval tower all surmounted 

by a blue wavy band. Above all a gold scroll with black letters 

bearing the motto IRON MEN OF METZ. 

Symbolism: The device commemorates the crossing of the Moselle River 

and the breakthrough at Metz symbolized by the blue wavy 

band and the black fortress. The blue wavy band further 

alludes to the Presidential Unit Citation (Army) that elements 

of the division received for this action in World War 11. The 

arrow alludes to the letter "V" for victory, and the nickname 

given the organization. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

95th DIVISION (TRAINING) 

(Iron Men of Metz) 

AR 

LI NEAGE (active) 

Constituted 4 September 19 18 in the National Army as Headquarters, 95th 

Division. Organized in September 1918 at Camp Sherman, Ohio. Demobilized 22 

December l9J8 at Camp Sherman, Ohio. Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the 

Organized Reserves as Headquarters, 95th Division. Organized in November 

1921 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Redesignated 13 February 1942 as Division 

Headquarters, 95th Division. Ordered into active military service 15 July 1942 

551 
552 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

and reorganized at Camp Swift, Texas. Redesignated I August 1942 as 

ll cadquarters, 95th In fantry Division. Inactivated 15 October 1945 at Camp 

She lby, Mississippi. Activated 13 May 1947 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. 

(Orga ni zed Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve 

Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) 

Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1959 as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 95th Division (Training). Location changed I March 

1975 to Midwest City, Oklahoma; in June 1989 to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War II 

Northern France 

Rhineland 

Ardcnncs-Aisace 

Ccnlral Europe 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 

HEADQUARTERS 

1st BRIGADE, 95th DIVISION (TRAINING) 

LINEAGE 

553 

AR 

(active) 

Constituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters 

Company, 95th Division. Organized in June 1922 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. 

Redesignated 13 February 1942 as Headquarters and Military Police Company 

(less Military Police Platoon), 95th Division. Ordered into active military service 

15 July 1942 and reorganized at Camp Swift, Texas. Redesignated 1 August 1942 

as Headquarters Company, 95th Infantry Division. Inactivated 15 October 1945 

at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Activated 22 October 1947 at Oklahoma City, 

Oklahoma. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized 

Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) Disbanded I 

April 1959 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. 

Reconstituted 24 November 1967 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters, 1st 

Brigade, 95th Division (Training). Activated 30 December 1967 at Tulsa, 

Oklahoma. Inactivated 13 January 1995 at Tulsa, Oklahoma. Activated 16 

October 1996 at Lawton, Oklahoma. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War 1/ 

Northern rrance 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-Aisace 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
554 ARMIES, CORPS, DIYIS[ONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS 

2d BRIGADE, 95th DIVISION (TRAINING) 

AR 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 4 September 1918 in the National Army as the 320th 

Ammunition Train and assigned to the 95th Division. Organized 24 October 1918 

at Camp Knox, Kentucky. Demobilized 21 December 1918 at Camp Knox, 

Kentucky. Reconstituted 23 October 1936 in the Organized Reserves; concurrently consolidated with the 320th Ammunition Train (organized in February 1923 in 

the Organized Reserves with Headquarters at Lawton, Oklahoma [location of 

Headquarters changed 22 August 1927 to Norman, Oklahoma; on 29 April 1931 

to Ardmore, Oklahoma; on 12 July 1933 to Norman, Oklahoma]), and consolidated unit designated as the 320th Ammunition Tra in, an element of the 95th 

Division. (Location of Headquarters changed 15 June 1939 to Oklahoma City, 

Oklahoma.) 

Converted and redesignated 13 February 1942 as the 920th Field Artillery 

Battalion and remained assigned to the 95th Division (later redesignated as the 

95th Infantry Division). Ordered into active military service 15 July 1942 and 

reorganized at Camp Swift, Texas. Inactivated 15 October L 945 at Camp Shelby, 

Mississippi. Activated 16 June 1947 with Headquarters at Oklahoma City, 

Oklahoma. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized 

Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) (Location of 

Headquarters changed 15 August 1950 to Woodward, Oklahoma.) Disbanded 1 

April 1959 at Woodward, Oklahoma. 

Headquarters, 920th Field Artillery Battalion, reconstituted 24 November 

1967 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters, 2d Brigade, 95th Division (Training). 

Activated 30 December 1967 at Lawton, Oklahoma. Location changed I 

December 1984 to Norman, Oklahoma; on I October 1997 to Oklahoma City, 

Oklahoma. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War II 

Northern France 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-Alsace 

Central Europe 

D ECORATIONS 

None. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 555 

HEADQUARTERS 

3d BRIGADE, 95th DIVISION (TRAINING) 

1\R 

LIN EAGe (active) 

Constituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 320th Engineers 

and assig ned to the 95th Div ision (later redesignated as the 95th Infantry 

Div ision). Organized in December 1921 with Headquarters at Oklahoma City, 

Oklahoma. (Location of Headquarters changed 22 August 1927 to Guthrie, 

Oklahoma; on 20 July 1932 to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; on 31 March 193R to 

Enid, Oklahoma; on 31 March 1940 to Tulsa, OkJahoma.) Redesignated (less 2d 

Batta lion) 13 February 1942 as the 320th Engineer Battalion (2d Battalionhereafter ::;eparate lineage). (Location of Headquarters changed 8 April 1942 to 

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.) Ordered into active military service 15 July 1942 

and reorganized at Camp Swift, Texas. Redesignated 1 August 1942 as the 320tJl 

Eng ineer Combat Battalion. Inactivated X October 1945 at Camp Shelby, 

Mississi ppi . Activated 19 February 1947 with Headqua rte rs at Ponca City, 

Oklahoma. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized 

Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) Reorganized and 

redesignated 6 April 1953 as the 320th Engineer Battalion. Disbanded (less 

Companies A and B) I April 1959 at Ponca City, Oklahoma (Companies A and 

8 - hereafter separate lineages). 

Headquarters, 320th Engineer Battalion, reconstituted 24 November 1967 in 

the Army Reserve as Headquarte rs, 3d Brigade, 95th Division (Traini ng). 

Activated 30 December 196 7 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Location changed I 

September 1975 to Stillwater, Oklahoma. Inactivated 13 Ja nuary 1995 at 

Stillwater, Oklahoma. Activated 16 November 1996 at Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. 

CAMPAIUN PARTTCTPATION CRJ::orr 

World War 1l 

Northern France 

Rhineland 

Ardenncs-/\lsace 

Central Europe 

D ECORATIO NS 

None. 
556 ARMIES, CORPS, DfVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS 

4th BRIGADE, 95TH DIVISION (TRAINING) 

AR 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 4 September 1918 in the National Army as the 320th Supply 

Train and assigned to the 95th Division. Organized in September 1918 at Camp 

Sherman, Ohio. Demobilized 20 December 1918 at Camp Sherman, Ohio. 

Reconstituted 24 September 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 95th Division 

Train, Quartermaster Corps. Organized in December 1921 with Headquarters at 

Lawton, Oklahoma. Redesignated 23 March 1925 as the 95th Division 

Quartennaster Train. 

Redesignated l July 1936 as the 420th Quartermaster Regiment and 

remained assigned to the 95th Division (later redesignated as the 95th Infantry 

Division). Redesignated 13 February 1942 as the 420th Quartermaster Battalion. 

Ordered into active military service 15 July 1942 and reorganized at Camp Swift, 

Texas. Ordnance Maintenance Platoon, Headquarters Company, 420th 

Quartermaster Battalion, reorganized and redesignated 31 October 1942 as the 

795th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company, an element of the 95th Infantry 

Division (remainder of battalion-hereafter separate lineage). Inactivated 15 

October 1945 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Redesignated 18 March 194 7 as the 

795th Ordnance Maintenance Company. Activated 3 April 1947 at Oklal1oma 

City, Oklahoma. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the 

Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July I 952 as the Army Reserve.) 

Reorganized and redesignated 15 November 1952 as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Detachment, 795th Ordnance Battalion (organic clements concurrently constituted and activated). Battalion disbanded l April 1959 at Oklahoma 

City, Oklahoma. 

Headquarters, 795th Ordnance Battalion, reconstituted 24 November 1967 in 

the Army Reserve as Headquarters, 4th Brigade, 95th Division (Training). 

Activated 30 December 1967 at Shreveport, Louisiana. Location changed 1 

September 1975 to Bossier City, Louisiana; on 16 January 1995 to Lafayette, 

Indiana; and on 16 November 1996 to Dallas, Texas. 

CAMPAIGN PART!Cll'ATION CREDIT 

World War I! 

Northern Fnmcc 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-Alsace 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATI\ 557 

HEADQUARTERS 

5th BRIGADE, 95TH DIVISION (TRAINING) 

LINEAGE AR 

(active) 

Constituted 16 November 1996 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters, 5th 

Brigade, 95th Division (Training), and activated at San Antonio, Texas. 

CAMI'A!GN PARTICIPATION CIU::lJIT 

None. 

D eCORATIONS 

None. 

LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 559 

HEADQUARTERS 

7th BRIGADE, 95TH DIVISION (TRAINING) 

AR 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 4 September 1918 in the National Army as the 320th Supply 

Train and assigned to the 95th Division. Organized in September 1918 at Camp 

Shennan, Ohio. Demobilized 20 December 1918 at Camp Sherman, Ohio. 

Reconstituted 24 September 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 95th Division 

Train, Quartermaster Corps. Organized in December 1921 with Headquarters at 

Lawton, Oklahoma. Redesignated 23 March I 925 as the 95tb Division 

Quartermaster Train. 

Redesignated 1 July 1936 as the 420th Quartermaster Regiment and 

remained assigned to the 95th Division (later redesignated as the 95th Infantry 

Division). Redesignated 13 February 1942 as the 420th Quartermaster Battalion. 

Ordered into active military service 15 July 1. 942 and reorganized at Camp Swift, 

Texas. 420th Quartermaster Battal ion (less Ordnance Maintenance Platoon, 

Headquarters Company), reorganized and redesignated 31 October 1942 as the 

95th Quartermaster Company, an element of the 95th Infantry Division 

(Ordnance Maintenance Platoon, Headquarters Company- hereafter separate lineage). Inactivated 15 October 1945 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Activated 28 

Apri I 194 7 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 

March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the 

Army Reserve.) Disbanded I April 1959 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. 

Reconstituted 24 November 1967 in the Army Reserve as the 95th 

Committee Group and assigned to the 95tlh Division (Training). Activated 30 

December 1968 at Little Rock, Arkansas. Reorganized and redesignated 1 

September 197 J as Headquarters, 95th Committee Group. Reorganized and 

redesignated 15 October 1978 as Headquarters, 95th Training Command. 

Inactivated 16 October 1984 at Little Rock, Arkansas. 

Redesignated 16 November 1996 as Headquarters, 7th Brigade, 95th 

Division (Training), and activated at North Little Rock, Arkansas. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War ll 

Northern France 

RJ1ineland 

Ardcnncs-Aisacc 

Central Europe 

D ECORATIONS 

None. 
560 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

95TH DIVISION BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Bravest of the Brave: The Story of the 95th Infantry Division. G.l. Stories .. . 

Paris, 1944. 

Clyma, Carleton B. Connecticut Men of the 95th VictOty Division, July 1945. 

Hartford, 1945. 

Cole, Hugh M. The Lorraine Campaign. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1950. 

"From Metz to the Saar." Military Review 25 (November 1945):4- 8. 

Fuermann, George M., and Cranz, Edward. Ninety-fifth Infantry Division History, 

1918- 1946. Atlanta: Albert Love Enterprises, 1947. 

Kahn, E. J., Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980. 

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Offensive. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1973. 

Prelude, The Ninety-fifth Infantry Division Prepares for Combat. Atlanta: Albert 

Love Enterprises, 1944. 

Victory. Atlanta: Albert Love Enterprises, 1945. 

'"Victory Division' 95th Division (Training)." Army Reserve 11 

(September- October 1965):26. 
96th INFANTRY DIVISION 

H ERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: On an olive drab six-sided polygon, a white square with one 

corner up overlapped by a blue square with one corner up. 

Symbolism: The division was allocated after World War I to the states of 

Oregon and Washington, the only portion of the continental 

United States never under European dominion. The squares 

have, accordingly, been made white and blue, two of the 

national colors. 

DlSTlNCTlVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

None approved. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

96th INFANTRY DIVISION 

AR 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 5 September 1918 in the National Army as Headquarters, 96th 

Division. Organized 20 October 1918 at Camp Wadsworth, South Carolina. 

Demobilized 7 January 1919 at Camp Wadsworth, South Carolina. Reconstituted 

24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters, 96th Division. 

Organized 7 October 1921 at Portland, Oregon. Redesignated 6 April 1942 as 

Division Headquarters, 96th Division. Ordered into active military service 15 

August 1942 and reorganized at Camp Adair, Oregon, as Headquarters, 96th 

Infantry Division. Inactivated 3 February 1946 at Camp Anza, California. 

Activated 31 December 1946 at Helena, Montana. Location changed 6 May 1946 

to Fort Missoula, Montana; on 3 March 1948 to Helena, Montana. (Organized 

Reserves redesignated 25 March I 948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) Reorganized and redesignated 20 May 

1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 96th Infantry Division. 

Location changed 7 September 1962 to Salt Lake City, Utah. Reorganized and 

redesignated 15 February 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 96th 

Operational Headquarters. Redesignated 22 May 1963 as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 96th Command Headquarters. Inactivated 31 December 

1965 at Salt Lake City, Utah. Redesignated 23 June 1982 as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 96th Infantry Division. 

561 
562 ARMIES, CORPS, DlVlSIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

CAMPAIGN PARTfCIPATION CREDIT 

World War II 

Leyte (with arrowhead) 

Ryukyus 

DECORATIONS 

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (Headquarters, 96th Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 47, 

1950) 

96TH INFANTRY DIYISfON BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Appleman, Roy E., et al. Okinawa: The Last Battle. United States Army in World 

War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1948. 

Cannon, M. Hamlin. Leyte: The Return to the Philippines. United States Army in 

World War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1954. 

Davidson, Orlando R. "Alley Fighters of the 96th." Saturday Evening Post 219 (8 

March 1947):38- 39ff. 

___ ; Willems, J. Carl; and Kahl, Joseph A. The Deadeyes: The Story of the 

96th b?fantly Division. Washington: Infantry Journal Press, 1947. Reprint. 

Nashville: Battery Press, 1981. 

The Deadeyes: 96th Infantry Division. Paducah, Ky.: Turner Publishing Co., 

1991. 

Kahn, E. J., Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980. 

96th Jn.fantrJ' Division, 1942- 1944. San Francisco: Shannon & Firth, 1944. 

96th lnfanliy Division, Ryukyus Campaign, Action Report. n.p., 1945. 
97th INFANTRY DIVISION 

'HERALDIC ITEMS 

SIIOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: On a blue shield, triangular in shape with a white border, a 

white trident vertical. 

Symbolism: Blue and white arc representative of infantry; they also symbolize the blue lakes and white mountains of the area (Maine, 

Vermont, and New Hampshire) where the division was organized after World War I. The prongs of the trident further 

allude to the three states. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT [NSIGNIA 

None approved. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

97th INFANTRY DIVISION 

AR 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 5 September 1918 in the National Army as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Troop, 97th Division. Organized 26 September 1918 at Camp 

Cody, New Mexico. Demobili zed 22 December 19 I 8 at Camp Cody, New 

Mexico. Reconstituted 24 June 192 1 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters 

and Headquarters Company, 97th Division. Organized in December 1921 at 

Manchester, New Hampshire. Reorganized al'ld redesignated 12 February 1942 as 

Division Ieadquarters and Headquarters and Military Police Company (less 

Military Police Platoon), 97th Division. Ordered into active military service 25 

February 1943 and reorganized at Camp Swift, Texas, as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 97th Infantry Division. Inactivated 3 l March 1946 in 

Japan. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized 

Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War II 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

563 
564 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

97TH INFANTRY DIVISION BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Clyma, Carleton B. Connecticut Men of the 97th- Trident- Division on 

Redeployment Furloughs, June- July 1945. Hartford, 1945. 

Kahn, E. J., Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980. 

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Offensive. United States Army in World War ll. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1973. 

Story of the 97th fl1{antty Division. G.I. Stories ... Paris, 1945. 

The Trident: The 97th Infantry Division. Atlanta: Albert Love Enterprises, 1944. 
98th DIVISION (TRAINING) 

(Iroquois) 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: Upon a blue shield of the shape of the shield on the great seal 

of the state of New York, within an orange border, an Indian 

head in profile with five feathers in top knot in orange. 

Symbolism: The colors orange and blue and the head of an Iroquois chief 

with five feathers, representing the five Indian nations, symbolize New York state where the division was organized after 

World War I. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT lNSIGNJA 

Description: A silver colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a silver nonagon bearing an octagon per fess scarlet and blue, on 

the scarlet scroll and on the blue a gold Indian head. 

Symbolism: Red for artillery and blue for infantry designate the cooperation of the infantry-artillery team of the division. The blank 

scroll implies "hereupon our deeds will be inscribed." The 

gold Indian head on the bl.ue field designates the colors of the 

House of Nassau and originates from the division's insignia. 

The numerical. designation is indicated by the nonagon and the 

octagon. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

98th DIVISION (TRAINING) 

(Iroquois) 

AR 

LINEAG E (active) 

Constituted 23 July I 918 in the National Army as Headquarters, 98th 

Division. Organized in October 1918 at Camp McClellan, Alabama. Demobilized 

in November 1918 at Camp McClellan, Alabama. Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in 

the Organized Reserves as Headquarters, 98th Division. Organized 18 August 

1921 at Syracuse, New York. Redesignated 20 February 1942 as Division 

Headquarters, 98th Division. Ordered into active military service 15 September 

1942 and reorganized at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky, as Headquarters, 98th 

Infantry Division. Inactivated 16 February 1946 in Japan. Activated 19 December 

565 
566 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

1946 at Syracuse, New York. Location changed 3 September 1947 to Rochester, 

New York. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized 

Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) Location 

changed 26 August 1949 to Syracuse, New York; on 6 October 1950 to Rochester, 

New York. 

Reorganized and redesignated l May 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 98th Division (Training). Location changed 1 May 1977 to Webster, 

New York; on I 0 November 1980 to Rochester, New York. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDJT 

World War/! 

Asiatic-Pacific Theater, Streamer without inscription 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
LINEAGES AND I IERALDIC DATA 

HEADQUARTERS 

1st BRIGADE, 98TH DIVISION (TRAINING) 

LINEAGE 

567 

AR 

(active) 

Constituted 24 Ju ne 1921 in the Organi zed Reserves as Headquarters 

Company, 98th Division. Organized in February 1922 at Syracuse, New York. 

Reorganized and redesignated 20 February 1942 as Headquarters and Military 

Police Company (less Military Police Platoon), 98th Division. Ordered into active 

military service 15 September 1942 and reorganized at Camp Breckinridge, 

Kentucky, as Headquarters Company, 98th Infantry Division. Inactivated 16 

February 1946 in Japan. Activated 19 December 1946 at Syracuse, New York. 

Location changed 3 September 1947 to Rochester, New York. (Organized 

Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) Disbanded I May 1959 at Rochester, 

New York. 

Reconstituted 24 November 1967 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters, I st 

Brigade, 98th Division (Training). Activated 31 January 1968 at Schenectady, 

New York. Inactivated 13 January J 995 at Schenectady, New York. Activated 16 

October 1996 at Providence, Rhode Island. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War II 

Asiatic-Paci lie Theater, Streamer without inscription 

D ECORAT10NS 

None. 
568 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS 

2d BRIGADE, 98th DIVISION (TRAINING) 

AR 

LiNEAGE (active) 

Constituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 323d Ammunition 

Train and assigned to the 98th Division. Organized in February 1922 with 

lleadquarters at Schenectady, New York. 

Converted and redesignated 20 February 1942 as the 923d FieJd Artillery 

Battalion and remained assigned to the 98th Division (later redesignated as the 

98th Infantry Division). Ordered into active military service 15 September 1942 

and reorganized at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky. Inactivated 16 February 1946 

in Japan. Activated 12 March 1947 with Headquarters at Rochester, New York. 

(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve 

Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) Disbanded I May 1959 at 

Rochester, New York. 

Headquarters, 923d Field Artillery Battalion, reconstituted 24 November 

1967 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters, 2d Brigade, 98th Division (Training). 

Activated 31 January 1968 at Buffalo, New York. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War II 

Asiatic-Pacific Theater, Streamer w ithout inscription 

01 \CORATIONS 

None. 
LLNEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 569 

HEADQUARTERS 

3d BRIGADE, 98th DIVISION (TRAINING) 

AR 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 323d Engineers 

and assigned to the 98th Division (later redesignated as the 98th Infantry 

Division). Organized in November 192 1 with Headquarters at Rochester, New 

York. Redesignated (less 2d Battalion) 20 February 1942 as the 323d Engineer 

Battalion (2d Battalion- hereafter separate lineage). 

Ordered into active military service 15 September 1942 and reorganized at 

Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky, as the 323d Engineer Combat Battalion. 

lnactivated 16 l'ebruary 1946 in Japan. Activated 12 March 1947 with 

Headquarters at Rochester, New York. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 

March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the 

Army Reserve.) Reorganized and redesignated I September 1953 as the 323d 

Engineer Battalion. Disbanded (less Companies A and B) 1 May 1959 at 

Rochester, New York (Companies A and B- hereafter separate lineages). 

Headquarters, 323d Engineer Battalion, reconstituted 24 November 1967 in 

the Army Reserve as Headquarters, 3d Brigade, 98th Division (Training). 

Activated 31 January 1968 at Ithaca, New York. Location changed 15 January 

1993 to Mattydale, New York; on 16 June 1997 to Bronx, New York. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATiON CREDIT 

World War II 

Asiatic-Paci fie Theater, Streamer without inscription 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
570 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS 

4th BRIGADE, 98th DIVISION (TRAINING) 

AR 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 98th Division 

Train, Quartermaster Corps. Organized February 1922 with Headquarters at 

Syracuse, New York. Redesignated 23 March 1925 as the 98th Division 

Quartermaster Train. 

Redesignated I July 1936 as the 423d Quartermaster Regiment and remained 

assigned to the 98th Division (later redesignated as the 98th Infantry Division). 

Redesignated 20 February 1942 as the 423d Quartermaster Battalion. Ordnance 

Maintenance Platoon, Headquarters Company, 423d Quartermaster Battalion, 

redesignated 14 September 1942 as the 798th Ordnance Light Maintenance 

Company, an element of the 98th Infantry Division (remainder of battalionhereafter separate lineage). Ordered into active military service I 5 September 

1942 and reorganized at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky. Inactivated 16 February 

1946 in Japan. Redesignated 26 Febr uary 1947 as the 798th Ordnance 

Maintenance Company. Activated 12 March 1947 at Syracuse, New York. 

(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve 

Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) Reorganized and redesignated I January 1953 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 798th 

Ordnance Battalion (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated). 

Battalion disbanded I May 1959 at Syracuse, New York. 

Headquarters, 798th Ordnance Battalion, reconstituted 24 November 1967 in 

the Army Reserve as Headquarters, 4th Brigade, 98th Division (Training). 

Activated 31 January 1968 at Swornvillc, New York. Location changed I October 

1970 to Buffalo, New York. Inactivated 13 January 1995 at Buffalo, New York. 

Activated 16 November 1996 at West Hartford, Connecticut. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War II 

Ryukyus 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDiC DATA 571 

HEADQUARTERS 

5th BRIGADE, 98th DIVISION (TRAINING) 

AR 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 16 November 1996 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters, 5th 

Brigade, 98th Division (Training), and activated at Fort Hamilton, New York. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

None. 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
572 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS 

6th BRIGADE, 98th DIVISION (TRAINING) 

AR 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 16 November 1996 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters, 6th 

Brigade, 98th Division (Training), and activated at Mattydale, New York. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

None. 

DECORATJONS 

None. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 573 

HEADQUARTERS 

7th BRIGADE, 98th DIVISION (TRAINING) 

AR 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 98th Division 

Train, Quartermaster Corps. Organized February 1922 with Headquarters at 

Syracuse, New York. Redesignated 23 March 1925 as the 98th Division 

Quartermaster Train. 

Redesignated 1 July 1936 as the 423d Quartermaster Regiment and remained 

assigned to the 98th Division (later redesignated as the 98th Infantry Division). 

Redesignated 20 February 1942 as the 423cl Quartermaster Battalion. Ordered 

into active mi litary service 15 September 1942 and reorganized at Camp 

Breekinridge, Kentucky. 423d Quartermaster Battalion (less Ordnance 

Maintenance Platoon, Headquarters Company) redesignated 27 September 1942 

as the 98th Quartermaster Company, an element of the 98th Infantry Division 

(Ordnance Maintenance Platoon, Headquarters Company- hereafter separate lincage). Inactivated 16 February 1946 in Japan. Activated 12 March 1947 at 

Syracuse, New York. (Organized Reserve redesignated 25 March L 948 as the 

Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) 

Disbanded I May 1959 at Syracuse, New York. 

Reconstituted 25 November 1967 in the Army Reserve as the 98th 

Committee Group and assigned to the 98th Division (Training). Activated 31 

January 1968 at Rochester, New York. Reorganized and redesignated J June 1971 

as Headquarters, 98th Committee Group. Reorganized and redesignated 16 

October 1978 as Headquarters, 98th Training Command. Inactivated 16 October 

1984 at Rochester, New York. 

Redesignated 16 November 1996 as Headquarters, 7th Brigade, 98th 

Division (Training), and activated at Rochester, New York. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICJPATION CREDIT 

World War II 

Asiatic-Pacific Theater, Streamer without inscription 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

98TII DI VISION BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Feasel, Laurence W. Fifty Years of Service, A Hist01y of the 98th Division. n.p., 

1971. 

---·"The 98th: From the Twenties to Today." Army Reserve 26 (Fall 

1980):30- 31. 

---· Professionals on Review: An Historic Profile c~l the 98th 'Iroquois' 

Division. n.p., 1982. 

"Iroquois Division, 98th Division (Tng)." Army Reserve 12 (February 

1966):6- 7. 
574 ARMIES, CORPS, DIV[SJONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

Iroquois, The 98th lnfantly Division in Training, 1942- 43, Camp Breckinridge, 

Kentucky. n.p., 1943? 

K.ahn , E. J., Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighting Divisions. Washington: In fantry 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980. 

Occupation of Japan, 98th lnfanfl-y Division. n.p., 1945. 
99th INFANTRY DIVISION 

H ERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: A shield sable a fcss chcquy argent and azure. 

Symbolism: Black is symbolic of the iron district of Pennsylvania; the 

band of white and blue squares is from the arms of William 

Pitt for whom Pittsburgh was named. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT [NSIGNIA 

None approved. 

LI NEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

99th INFANTRY DIVISION 

AR 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 23 June 1918 in the National Army as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Troop, 99th Division. Organized in October 1918 at Camp Wheeler, 

Georgia. Demobi I ized in November 1918 at Camp Wheeler, Georgia. 

Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 99th Division. Organized in October 1921 at Pittsburgh, 

Pennsylvania. Reorganized and redesignated 12 February 1942 as Division 

Headquarters and Headquarters and Military Police Company (less Military 

Police Platoon), 99th Division. Ordered into active military service 15 November 

1942 and reorganized at Camp Van Dorn, Mississippi, as Headquarters and 

lleaclquarters Company, 99th Infantry Division. Inactivated 27 September 1945 at 

Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March I 948 

as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World W(lr II 

Rhineland 

Ardenncs-Aisacc 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

Belgian Fourragere 1940 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 99th 

In fantry Division, cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at the Siegfried 

Line (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 99th Infantry Division, cited; 

DA GO 43, 1950) 

575 
576 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Elsenborn 

Crest (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 99th Infantry Division, cited; 

DA GO 43, 1950) 

Headquarters Company additionally entitled to Meritorious Unit 

Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN Til EATER 

(Headquarters Company, 99th Infantry Division, cited; GO 52, 99th Infantry 

Division, 1945) 

99TH INFANTRY DIVISION BIBLIOGRAPHY 

"Battle Babies"; The St01y of the 99th lrifantry Division. G.I. Stories ... Paris, 

1945. 

Cavanagh, William C. "Dauntless," A History of the 99th lnfanlly Division. 

Dallas: Taylor Publishing Co., 1994. 

Checkerboard, 99th Infantry Division. Atlanta: Albert Love Enterprises, 1944. 

Cole, Hugh M. The Ardennes: Battle of the Bulge. United States Army in World 

War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1965. 

Kahn, E. J., Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980. 

Lauer, Walter E. Battle Babies, The Story of the 99th Infantry Division in World 

War JJ. Baton Rouge: Military Press of Louisiana, 1951. Reprints. Indiana, 

Pa.: A.G. Halldin, 1967, and Nashville: Battery Press, 1985. 

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Offensive. United States Army in World War IT. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1973. 

---· The Siegfried Line Campaign. United States Army in World War 11. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1963. 
lOOth DIVISION (TRAINING) 

(Century) 

H ERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: Upon a blue shield the number "I 00" divided horizontally, the 

upper half white, and lower half yellow. 

Symbolism: The blue shield represents infantry; the numerals indicate the 

designation of the division. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSJGNfA 

Description: A gold colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a green 

century plant with two white blossoms behind the upper portion of a gold fleur-de-lis, with a white powder horn outlined 

and detailed in gold suspended from its crossbar, the latter on 

a blue background, all above a gold scroll bearing the inscription MEN OF THE CENTURY in black Letters. 

Symbolism: The numerical identification of the unit is symbolized by a 

blossomed century plant. The fleur-de-lis refers to the 

Presidential Unit Citation awarded to some elements of the 

division for combat service in France and Germany in World 

War II. Green represents the growth and vigor of the I OOth 

Division training program. The blue background alludes to the 

blue grass of Kentucky, while the powder horn, used with the 

long Kentucky rif1e, further refers to the state. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERSANDHEADQUARTERSCOMPANY 

1 OOth DIVISION (TRAINING) 

(Century) 

AR 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 23 Ju ly 1918 in the National Army as Headquarters, 1 OOth 

Division. Organized in October 1918 at Camp Bowie, Texas. Demobilized 30 

November 1918 at Camp Bowie, Texas. Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the 

Organized Reserves as Headquarters, I OOth Division. Organized 27 September 

1921 at Charleston, West Virginia. Location changed 29 February 1924 to 

Huntington, West Virginia; on 6 August 1937 to Charleston, West Virginia. 

Redesignated 23 February 1942 as Division Headquarters, I OOth Division. 

577 
578 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

Ordered into active military service 15 November 1942 and reorganized at Fort 

Jackson, South Carolina, as Headquarters, 1 OOth ln fan try Division. Inactivated I 0 

January 1946 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia. Redesignated 15 October 1946 as 

Headquarters, 1 OOth Airborne Division. Activated 23 October 1946 at Louisville, 

Kentucky. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized 

Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) Reorganized and 

redesignated 12 May 1952 as Headquarters, I OOth Infantry Division. 

Reorganized and redesignated 17 April 1959 as Headquarters and 

I Jeadquarters Company, I OOth Division (Training). Ordered into active military 

service 25 September 1961 at Louisville, Kentucky; released 15 August 1962 

from active military service and reverted to reserve status. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CR DIT 

World War II 

Rhineland 

Arden ncs-A lsace 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 

HEADQUARTERS 

1st BRIGADE, I OOth DIVISION (TRAINING) 

LINE/\GE 

579 

AR 

(active) 

Constituted 24 June 192 1 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters 

Company, I OOth Division. Organized in August 1922 at Charleston, West 

Virginia. Location changed 29 February 1924 to Huntington, West Virginia. 

Reorganized and redesignated 23 February 1942 as Headquarters and Military 

Police Company (less Military Police Platoon), IOOth Division. Ordered into 

active military service 15 November 1942 and reorganized at Fort Jackson, South 

Ca rol ina, as Headquarters Company, I OOth Infantry Division. Inactivated I 0 

January 1946 at Camp Patrick I lenry, Virginia. Redesignated 15 October 1946 as 

Headquarters Company, I OOth Airborne Division. Activated 25 November 1946 

at Louisville, Kentucky. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the 

Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) 

Reorganized and redesignated 12 May 1952 as Headquarters Company, I OOth 

Infantry Division. Disbanded 17 April 1959 at Louisville, Kentucky. 

Reconstituted 24 November 1967 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters, I st 

Brigade, LOOth Division (Training). Activated 26 January 1968 at Lexington, 

Kentucky. Ordered into active military service 22 January 199 1 at Lexington, 

Kentucky; released 21 March 1991 from active military service and reverted to 

reserve status. Inactivated 13 .January L 995 at Lexington, Kentucky. Activated I 6 

October 1996 at Lexington, Kentucky. 

C/\M PI\ ION P/\RTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War II 

Rhineland 

/\rdcnncs-Aisacc 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
580 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS 

2d BRIGADE, 1 OOth DIVISION (TRAINING) 

AR 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 325th 

Ammunition Train and assigned to the 1 OOth Division. Organized in December 

J 921 with Headquarters at Charleston, West Virginia. (Location of Headquarters 

changed 13 October 1922 to Shepherdstown, West Virginia; on 29 February 1924 

to Charleston, West Virginia; on 4 September 1929 to Huntington, West Virginia; 

on 9 July 1931 to Parkersburg, West Virginia.) 

Converted and redesignated 23 February 1942 as the 925th Field Artillery 

Battalion and remained assigned to the lOOth Division (later redesignated as the 

lOOth Infantry Division). Ordered into active military service 15 November 1942 

and reorganized at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Inactivated 11 January 1946 at 

Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia. Redesignated 15 October 1946 as the 925th Glider 

Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 1 OOth Airborne Division. Activated 20 

December 1946 with Headquarters at Lexington, Kentucky. (Organized Reserves 

redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 

1952 as the Army Reserve). Reorganized and redesignated 31 August 1950 as the 

925th Airborne Field Artillery Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated J 2 May 

1952 as the 925th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the lOOth Infantry 

Division. Disbanded 17 April 1959 at Lexington, Kentucky. 

Headquarters, 925th Field Artillery Battalion, reconstituted 24 November 

1967 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters, 2d Brigade, lOOth Division 

(Training). Activated 26 January 1968 at Owensboro, Kentucky. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPKriON CREDIT 

World War!! 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-Alsace 

Centra l Europe 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 581 

HEADQUARTERS 

3d BRIGADE, lOOth DIVISION (TRAINING) 

AR 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 24 June 192 l in the Organized Reserves as the 325th Engineers 

and assigned to the 1 OOth Division (later redesignated as the 1 OOth Infantry 

Division). Organized in December 1921 with Headquarters at Huntington, West 

Virginia. (Location of Headquarters changed 27 October 1931 to Charleston, 

West Virginia.) Redesignated (less 2d Battalion) 23 February 1942 as the 325th 

Engineer Battalion (2d Battalion- hereafter separate lineage). Ordered into 

active military service 15 November 1942 and reorganized at Fort Jackson, South 

Carolina, as the 325th Engineer Combat Battalion. Inactivated 14 January 1946 at 

Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. Redesignated 15 October 1946 as the 325th Airborne 

Engineer Battalion, an element of the 1 OOth Airborne Division. Activated 20 

December 1946 with Headquarters at Williamson, West Virginia. (Location of 

Headquarters changed 5 December 1947 to Huntington, West Virginia.) 

(Organized Reserves redesignated 23 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve 

Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) (Location of 

Headquarters changed 12 May 1949 to Charleston, West Virginia; on 28 April 

1950 to Wheeling, West Virginia.) Reorganized and redesignatedl2 May 1952 as 

the 325th Engineer Combat Battalion, an element of the 1 OOth Infantry Division. 

Reorganized and redesignated 17 July 1953 as the 325th Engineer Battalion. 

(Location of Headquarters changed 23 April 1954 to Fairmont, West Virginia.) 

Disbanded (less Companies A and B) 17 April 1959 at Fairmont, West Virginia 

(Companies A and B- hereafter separate lineages). 

Headquarters, 325th Engineer Battalion, reconstituted 24 November 1967 in 

the Army Reserve as Headquarters, 3d Brigade, 1 OOth Division (Training). 

Activated 26 January 1968 at Lexington, Kentucky. Inactivated 16 October 1996 

at Lexington, Kentucky. Activated 16 November 1996 at Huntsville, Alabama. 

CAMPAIGN PARTJCIPATJON CREDIT 

World War 11 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-Alsace 

Cen!ral Europe 

DECORATtONS 

None. 
582 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS 

4th BRIGADE, I OOth DIVISION (TRAINING) 

AR 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the I OOth Division 

Train, Quartermaster Corps. Organized in December 1921 with Headquarters at 

Huntington, West Virginia. Redesignated 23 March 1925 as the I OOth Division 

Quartermaster Train. (Location of Headquarters changed 9 September 1929 to 

Wheeling, West Virginia; on 27 October 1931 to Huntington, West Virginia.) 

Redesignated 1 July 1936 as the 425th Quartermaster Regiment and 

remained assigned to the I OOth Division (later redesignated as the 1 OOth Infantry 

Division). Redesignated 23 February 1942 as the 425th Quartermaster Battalion. 

Ordnance Maintenance Pl atoon, Headquarters Company, 425th Quartermaster 

Battalion, redesignated 27 September 1942 as the 800th Ordnance Light 

Maintenance Company, an clement of the 1 OOth Infantry Division (remainder of 

battalion- hereafter separate lineage). Ordered into active military service 8 

October 1942 and reorganized at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Inactivated II 

January 1946 at Camp Patrick llenry, Virginia. Redesignated 15 October 1946 as 

the 800th Airborne Ordnance Maintenance Company, an clement of the 1 OOth 

Airborne Division. Activated 12 December 1946 at Buckhannon, West Virginia. 

Location changed 30 October 1947 to Elkins, West Virginia. (Organized Reserves 

redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 

1952 as the Army Reserve.) Location changed 12 May 1949 to Morgantown, 

West Virginia. Reorganized and redesignated 12 May 1952 as the 800th Ordnance 

Maintenance Company, an clement of the tOOth Infantry Division. Reorganized 

and redesignated 15 November 1952 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Detachment, 800th Ordnance Battalion (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated). (Location of Headquarters changed 12 December 1956 to 

Louisville, Kentucky.) Battalion disbanded 17 April 1959 at Louisville, Kentucky. 

llcadquarters, 800th Ordnance Battalion, reconstituted 24 November 1967 in 

the Army Reserve as Headquarters, 4th Brigade, I OOth Division (Tra ining). 

Activated 26 January 1968 at Louisville, Kentucky. Inactivated I August 1973 at 

Louisville, Kentucky. Activated 16 November 1996 at Montgomery, Alabama. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CRIJDIT 

World War!! 

Rhineland 

Ardcnncs-Aisace 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN 

Til GATER (800th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company cited; GO 75, I OOth 

Infantry Division, I. 945) 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 583 

HEADQUARTERS 

5th BRIGADE, lOOth DIVISION (TRAINING) 

AR 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 16 November 1996 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters, 5th 

Brigade, I OOth Division (Training), and activated at Memphis, Tennessee. 

Location changed I March 1997 to Millington, Tennessee. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

None. 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
584 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS 

6th BRIGADE, 1 OOth DIVISION (TRAINING) 

AR 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 16 November 1996 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters, 6th 

Brigade, 1 OOth Division (Training), and activated at Louisville, Kentucky. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

None. 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 585 

HEADQUARTERS 

7th BRIGADE, 1 OOth DIVISION (TRAINING) 

AR 

LINEt\GE (active) 

Constituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the lOOth Division 

Train, Quartermaster Corps. Organized in December 1921 with Headquarters al 

Huntington, West Virginia. Redesignated 23 March 1925 as the I OOth Division 

Quartermaster Train. (Location of Headquarters changed 9 September 1929 to 

Wheeling, West Virginia; on 27 October 1931 to Huntington, West Virginia.) 

Redesignated l July 1936 as the 425th Quartermaster Regiment and 

remained assigned to the I OOth Division (later redesignated as the 1 OOth Infantry 

Division). Redesignated 23 February 1942 as the 425th Quartermaster Battalion. 

Redesignated (less Ordnance Maintenance Platoon, Headquarters Company) 27 

September 1942 as the 1 OOth Quartermaster Company, an clement of the I OOth 

In fantry Division (Ordnance Maintenance Platoon, Headquarters Companyhereafter separate lineage). Ordered into active military service 8 October 1942 

and reorganized at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Inactivated I I January 1946 at 

Camp Patrick Henry, Virgini a. Redesignated 15 October 1946 as the 800th 

Airborne Quartermaster Company, an element of the I OOth Airborne Division. 

Activated 2 December 1946 at Louisville, Kentucky. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 

1952 as the Army Reserve.) Reorganized and redesignated 12 May 1952 as the 

I OOth Quartermaster Company, an element of the I OOth Infantry Division. 

Disbanded 17 April 1959 at Louisville, Kentucky. 

Reconstituted 24 November 1967 in the Army Reserve as the I OOth 

Committee Group and assigned to the lOOth Division (Training). Activated 26 

January 1968 at Louisville, Kentucky. Reorganized and redesignated 5 July 1971 

as Headquarters, 1 OOth Committee Group. Reorganized and redesignated 14 

October 1978 as Headquarters, I OOth Trai ning Command. Inactivated I 6 October 

1984 at Louisville, Kentucky. 

Redesignated 16 November 1996 as Headquarters, 7th Brigade, I OOth 

Division (Training), and activated at Fort Knox, Kentucky. 

Ct\MPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War If 

Rhineland 

t\rdcnncs-Alsace 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

1 00TH DIVISION BIBLIOGRAPI IY 

Bass, Michael A., The Story of the Cent-u1y. New York: Century Association, 

1946. Reprint. Nashville: Battery Press, 1979. 
5H6 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

"Battle of Bitche." Mililwy Review 26 (October 1946 ):36-40. 

Clarke, Jeffrey J., and Smith, Roberi Ross. Riviera to the Rhine. United States 

Army in World War U. Washington: Government Printing 01Tice, 1993. 

Kahn, E. J. , Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry 

.Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980. 

Kurylehek, William. "USAR Units Mobilized Mission: To Expand the Army." 

Army Reservist 7 (December 1961):3-5. 

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Offi:msive. United States Army in World War H. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1973. 

100th Division, Information Office. "The lOOth Division (Tng.)." Army Reservist 

10 (June 1964):6-7. 

Rash, Dillman A. "Transition to Active Duty." Army htformation Digesl 17 (July 

1962): 10- 14. 

Ross, John M., ed. Centw:v 100 Divi:·;ion. Pictorial Review. 1944. Atlanta: Albert 

Love Enterprises, I944. 

Story of the Century; Fort Chajj'ee, Arkansas: Berlin Crisis, 25 September 

1961-15 August 1962. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Co., 1962. 

The Story of the Centwy: The Story ()/'the I OOth lr!ftmtJy Division. G.l. Stories ... 

Paris, 1945. 
lOlstAIRBORNE DIVISION 

(Screaming Eagles) 

HERALDlC ITEMS 

SIIOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

· Description: 

Symbolism: 

TAB 

On a shield sable, the head of a bald eagle erased proper. 

The design is based on one of the Civil War traditions of the 

state of Wisconsin, this state being the territory of the original 

101 st Division after World War l. The black shield recalls the 

old "Iron Brigade," one of whose regiments possessed "Old 

Abe," the famous war eagle. 

Description: Immediately above and touching the shoulder sleeve insignia, 

a black arc tab inscribed AIRBORNE in yellow letters. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

Description: A gold colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a medium blue disc; on and over the disc a black demi-eagle with 

white head, wing details, eye and beak gold, in downward 

flight issuing from a white cloud in sinister base, all above a 

gold scroll bearing the motto RENDEZVOUS WITH DESTINY in black letters . 

• S)m·lfwlism: TI1e design was suggested by the division's shoulder sleeve 

insignia, the black eagle alluding to "Old Abe," an eagle carried into combat during the Civil War by one of the regiments 

of the old "Iron Brigade" from the state of Wisconsin, the territory of the original I 0 I st Division after World War I, the 

color black being symbolic of iron. The eagle issuing in downward flight from the cloud refers to the airborne classification 

of the division. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

101 st AIRBORNE DIVISION 

(Screaming Eagles) 

RA 

LINEA<iE (active) 

Constituted 23 July 1918 in the National Army as Headquarters, lOlst 

Division. Organized 2 November 1918 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Demobilized 

587 
588 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

11 December 1918 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in 

the Organized Reserves as Headquarters, 101 st Division. Organized I 0 

September 1921 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Redesignated 31 March 1942 as 

Division Headquarters, 10 lst Division. 

Disbanded 15 August 1942; concurrently reconstituted in the Army of the 

United States as Headquarters, I 01 st Airborne Division, and activated at Camp 

Claiborne, Louisiana. Inactivated 30 November 1945 in France. Allotted 25 June 

1948 to the Regular Army. Activated 6 July 1948 at Camp Breckinridge, 

Kentucky. Inactivated 27 May 1949 at Camp Breckimidge, Kentucky. Activated 

25 August 1950 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky. Inactivated I December 1953 

at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky. Activated 15 May 1954 at Fort Jackson, South 

Carolina. Reorganized and redesignated 3 February 1964 as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, J 01 st Airborne Division. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War/! 

Normandy (with arrowhead) 

Rhineland (with arrowhead) 

Ardennes-Aisace 

Central Europe 

Vietnam 

Counteroffensive, Phase Ill 

Tet Counteroffensive 

Counteroffensive, Phase IV 

Counteroffensive, Phase V 

Counteroffensive, Phase VI 

Tet 69/Counteroffensive 

Summer- Fall 1969 

Winter- Spring 1970 

Sanctuary Counteroffensive 

Counteroftensive, Phase Vll 

Consolidation I 

Consolidation II 

DECORATIONS 

Southwest Asia 

Defense of Saudi Arabia 

Liberation and Defense of Kuwait 

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered NORMANDY 

(Headquarters, lOlstAirborne Division, cited; WD GO 4, 1945) 

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BASTOGNE (l01st 

Airborne Division cited; WD GO 17, 1945) 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASlA (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, I 01 st Airborne Division, 

cited; DA GO 27, 1994) 

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War TI, Streamer embroidered 

NORMANDY (Headquarters, lOlst Airborne Division, cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

Belgian Croix de Guerre 1940 with Palm, Streamer embroidered BASTOGNE; 

cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Bastogne 

(Headquarters, 101 st Airborne Division, cited; DA GO 27, 1959) 

Belgian Fourragere 1940 (Headquarters, 101 st Airborne Division, cited; DA 

GO 43, 1950) 

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in France and 

Belgium (Headquarters, 10 l st Airborne Division, cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 589 

Netherlands Orange Lanyard (Headquarters, 101 st Airborne Division, cited; 

DA GO 43, 1950) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Pa lm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1968- 1969 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, !Olst Airborne 

Division, cited; DA GO 43, 1970) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1971 ( IOlstAirborneDivision cited; DA GO 6, 1974) 

Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer 

embroidered VIETNAM 1968- 1970 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

lOistAirborne Division, cited; DA GO 48, 1971) 
590 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVTSIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

1st BRIGADE, lOlstAIRBORNE DIVISION 

LINEAGE 

RA 

(active) 

Constituted 24 June 192 1 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters 

Company, 10 I st Di ;;ision. Organi zed in November 1921 at Milwaukee, 

Wisconsin. Reorganized and redesignated 3 1 March 1942 as Headquarters and 

Military Po.lice Company (less Military Police Platoon), 10 lst Division. 

Disbanded 15 August 1942; concurrently reconstituted in the Army of the 

United States as Headquarters Company, lO I st Airborne Division, and activated 

at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana. Inactivated 30 November l 945 in France. Allotted 

25 June 1948 to the Regular Army. Activated 6 July 1948 at Camp Breckinridge, 

Kentucky. Inactivated 27 May 1949 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky. Activated 

25 August 1950 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky. Inactivated 1 December 1953 

at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky. Activated 15 May l 954 at Fort Jackson, South 

Carolina. Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1956 as Headquarters and Service 

Company, I 0 I st Airborne Division. Reorganized and redesignated 25 April 1957 

as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Command and Control Battalion, 

101 stAirborne Division. 

Reorganized and redesignated 3 February 1964 as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade, I 0 I st Airborne Division. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War 1/ 

Normandy (with arrowhead) 

Rhineland (with arrowhead) 

1\ rdennes-A lsaee 

Central Europe 

Vietnam 

Defense 

Counteroffensive 

Counteroffensive, Phase II 

Counteroffensive, Phase Ill 

Tet Counteroffensive 

Counteroffensive, Phase lV 

Counteroffensive, Phase V 

Counteroffensive, Phase V I 

Tet 69/Counteroffensive 

Summer- Fall 1969 

Winter- Spring 1970 

Sanc!uary Counteroffensive 

Counteroffensive, Phase VII 

Consolidation I 

Consolidation II 

DECORATJONS 

Southwest Asia 

Defense of Saudi Arabia 

Liberation and Defense of Kuwait 

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered NORMANDY 

(Headquarters Company, 10 lst Airborne Division, cited; WD GO 4, 1945) 

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BASTOGNE (I 0 I st 

Airborne Division cited; WD GO 17, 1945) 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 591 

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered OAK TO. VIETNA:VI 

1966 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, lsi Brigade. 101st Airborne 

Division, cited; DA GO 59, 1968) 

Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered TUY HOA (Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, I st Brigade, I 0 I st Airborne Division, cited; DA GO 1, 

1969) 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAivl 

1965- 1966 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade, I 0 I st 

Airborne Division, cited; DA GO 17 1968) 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade, I 0 I st 

Airborne Division, cited; DA GO l, 1996) 

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War TT, Streamer embroidered 

NORMANDY (Headquarters Company, JOist Airborne Division, cited; DA GO 43, 

1950) 

Belgian Croix de Guerre 1940 with Palm, Streamer embroidered HASTOGNE; 

cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Bastogne 

(Headquarters Company, 101 st Airborne Division, cited; DA GO 27, 1959) 

Belgian Founagere 1940 (Headquarters Company, I 0 I st Airborne Division, 

cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in France and 

Belgium (Headquarters Company, 101 st Airborne Division, cited; DA GO 43, 

1950) 

Netherlands Orange Lanyard (Headquarters Company, l 0 I st Airborne 

Division, cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm. Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1966- '1967 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade, 

101 st Airborne Division, cited; DA GO 21 , 1969) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1968-1969 (Headquarters and Headquarters Con1pany, 1st Brigade, 

I 0 I st Airborne Division, cited; DA GO 43, 1970) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1971 (1 01 st Airborne Division cited; DA GO 6, 197 4) 

Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer 

embroidered VIETNAM 1968- 1970 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

lst Brigade, I 01 st Airborne Division, cited; DA GO 48, 1971) 
592 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

2d BRIGADE, 1 01 st AIRBORNE DIVISION 

RA 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as Headquarters, I 59th 

Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 80th Division. Organized 27 August 1917 at 

Camp Lee, Virginia. Demobilized 1 June 1919 at Camp Lee, Virginia. 

Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, l59th Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 80th 

Division. Organized in September 1922 at Richmond, Virginia. Redesignated 23 

March 1925 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 159th Brigade. 

Redesignated 24 August 1936 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

159th Infantry Brigade. 

Converted and redesignated 12 February 1942 as the 80th Reconnaissance 

Troop (Less 3d Platoon), 80th Division (Headquarters and Ileadquarters 

Company, I 60th Infantry Brigade, concurrently converted and redesignated as 

the 3d Platoon, 80th Reconnaissance Troop, 80th Division). Troop ordered into 

aelive military service 15 July 1942 and reorganized at Camp Forrest, Termessee, 

as the 80th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, an element of the 80th Division (later 

redesignated as the 80th Infantry Division). Reorganized and redesignated 12 

August 1943 as the HOth Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized. Inactivated 6 

January 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. Redesignated 15 July 1946 as the 

Reconnaissance Platoon, 80th Airborne Division. Activated 21 May 1947 at 

Richmond, Virginia, as the 80th Airborne Reconnaissance Platoon, an element of 

the 80th Airborne Division. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as 

the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) 

Reorganized and redesignated 20 April 1948 as the Reconnaissance Platoon, 80th 

Airborne Division. Reorganized and redesignated 18 September I 950 as the 80th 

Airborne Reconnaissance Company. Reorganized and redesignated 10 May 1952 

as the 80th Reconnaissance Company, an element of the 80th Infantry Division. 

Disbanded 29 March 1959 at Richmond, Virginia. 

Reconstituted (Jess 3d Platoon) 22 October 1963 in the Regular Army as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 159th Infantry Brigade (3d Platoon, 

80tl1 Reconnaissance Company- hereafter separate lineage). Redesignated 21 

January 1964 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, I 0 I st 

Airborne Division. Activated 3 February 1964 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 

CAMPAIGN PARTTCTPATTON CREDIT 

World War l 

Somme Offensive 

1\11 euse-Argonne 

Picardy 1918 

World War !I 

Northern France 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-Aisace 

Central Europe 

Vietnam 

Counteroflcnsivc, Phase IU 

Tet Counteroffensive Counteroffensive, Phase IV 

Counterotlensive. Phase V 

Counteroffensive, Phase VI 

Tet 69/Counteroffensive 

Summer- Falll969 

Winter- Spring 1970 

Sanctuary Counteroffensive 

Counteroffensive, Phase VII 

Consolidation I 

Consolidation II 

DECORATIONS 

Southwest Asia 

Defense of Saudi Arabia 

Liberation and Defense of Kuwait 

593 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

ViETNAM 1968 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 101 st 

Airborne Division, cited; DA GO 21 , 1969) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1968-1969 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 

101stAirbome Division, cited; DA GO 43, 1970) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

ViETNAM 1971 (lOlstAirborne Division cited; DA GO 6, 1974) 

Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer 

embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1970 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d 

Brigade, 101 st Airborne Division, cited; DA GO 48, 1971) 
594 ARMIES. CORPS, DlVlSlONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS AND .HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

3d BRIGADE, 101 stAIRBORNE DIVISION 

LI NEAGE 

R.A 

(active) 

Constituted 5 August 19 17 in the Nationa l Army as Headquarters. 160th 

Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 80th Division. Organized 27 August 1917 at 

Ca mp Lee, Virgi nia. Dem ob ilized 7 June 19 19 at Camp Lee. Virg in ia. 

Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organ ized Reserves as Headquarters and 

llcadquarters Company, I 60th Infan try Brigade, and assigned to the 80th 

Division. Organized in September 1922 at Baltimore, Maryland. Redesignated 23 

Ma rc h L 925 as Headqua rt ers and Headquarte rs Compa ny, I 60 th 13rigade. 

Redesignated 24 August 1936 as Headquarte rs and Headquarters Company, 

I 60th Infantry Brigade. 

Conve rted and redesigna ted 12 February 1942 as the 3d Platoon, ROth 

Reconnaissance Troop, 80th Division (Headquarters and I leadquarters Company, 

I 59th Infan try Brigade, concurrently converted and redesignated as the ROth 

Reconnaissance Troop [less 3d Pl atoon], 80th Division). Troop ordered into 

active military service 15 July 1942 and reorganized at Camp Forrest, Tennessee. 

as the 80th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, an element of the 80th Division (later 

redesignated as the 80th Infantry Di vision). Reorganii!Cd and redesignated 12 

August 1943 as the 80th Reconna issance Troop, Mechan ized. Inactivated 6 

January 1946 at Camp Kilmer, Nc'vv Jersey. Redesignated 15 July 1946 as the 

Reconnaissance Platoon, 80th Airborne Division. Activated 2 1 May 194 7 at 

Richmond, Virginia, as the 80th Airborne Reconnaissance Platoon, an clement of 

the 80th Airborne Division. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as 

the Organized Reserve Corps: redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) 

Reorganized and redesignated 20 April 1948 as the Reconnaissance Platoon, 80th 

A irbome Division. Reorganized and redesignated 18 September 1950 as the 80th 

Airborne Reconnaissance Company. Reorganized and redesignated 10 May 1952 

as the 80th Recotmaissance Company, an element of the 80th Infantry Division. 

Disbanded 29 March 1959 at Ri chmond, Virginia. 

3d Platoon, l:Wth Rccorma issance Company, reconstit uted 22 October 1963 in 

the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquatiers Company, 160th Infantry 

Brigade (remainder of company hereafter separate lineage). Redesignated 2 1 

January 1964 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company. 3d Brigade, 101 st 

Airborne Division. Activated 3 February 1964 at fort Campbell. Kentucky. 
LlNEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War I 

Somme Offensive 

Meuse-Argonne 

Picardy 1918 

World War II 

Northern France 

Rhineland 

A rdennes-Aisace 

Centra l Europe 

Vietnam 

Counteroffensive, Phase Ill 

Tel Counteroffensive 

Counteroffensive, Phase IV 

Counteroffensive, Phase V 

Counteroffensive, Phase VI 

Tct 69/Counteroffensivc 

Summer- Fall 1969 

Winter- Spring 1970 

Sanctuary Counteroffensive 

Counteroffensive, Phase V I I 

Consolidation I 

Consolidation II 

DECORATIONS 

Southwest Asia 

Defense of Saudi Arnbia 

Liberation and Defense of Kuwait 

595 

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered DONG AP BIA 

MOUNTAIN (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, l 0 I st 

Airborne Division, cited; DA GO 16, 1972) 

Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered THUA TI-ll EN PROVINCE 

(Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 10 1st Airborne Division, 

cited; DA GO 2, 1971) 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1968 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, I 0 I st Airborne 

Division, cited; DA GO 22, 1976) 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTIIWEST ASIA (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 10 I st 

Airborne Division, cited; DA GO 1, 1996) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1968- 1969 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 

lOlst Airborne Division, cited; DA GO 43, 1970) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Ga llantry with Paln1, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1971 (101stAirborne Division cited; DA GO 6, 1974) 

Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Ho nor Meda l, First Class, Streamer 

embroidered VIETNAM 1968- 1970 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d 

Brigade, I 01 st Airborne Division, cited; DA GO 48, l971) 
596 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

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1977):42-45. 
102d INFANTRY DIVISION 

(Ozark) 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: On a blue disc, a circle enclosing the letter "Z" over an arc of 

a circle approximately 210 degrees, inner circle concentric 

with outer circle, "Z" and arc of circle of yellow. 

Symbolism: The letters "0" and "Z" above the arc represent the Ozark 

mountain area where the division was first organized. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

Description: A silver colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a blue 

annulet surmounted by a silver Doric column and in saltire 

two silver bows, all above a blue scroll inscribed TO VICTORY in silver letters. 

Symbolism: Blue is for infantry. The bows or "arcs" allude to skill in 

marksmanship and to the origin of the organization's nickname, the "Ozark Division." The word "Ozark" is a contraction 

of the French designation "terre aux arcs" given to the area 

now known as the Ozarks by early explorers in recognition of 

the extraordinary skill of the Indians of the region in marksmanship. The column stands for the support given to the division. The elements of the design also represent the division's 

numerical designation " 102"; the column simulates a '' J ," the 

annulet an "0," and tbe two bows refer to the number "2." 

LINEAG E AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

1 02d INFANTRY DIVISION 

(Ozark) 

AR 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters, I 02cl 

Division. Organized in November 1921 at St. Louis, Missouri. Redesignated 22 

February 1942 as Division Headquarters, I 02d Division. Ordered into active military service 15 September 1942 and reorganized at Camp Maxey, Texas, as 

Headquarters, I 02d 1 nfantry Division. Inactivated 12 March 1946 at Camp 

Kilmer, New Jersey. Activated 19 May 1947 at St. Louis, Missouri. (Organized 

599 
600 ARMIES, CORPS, DlYISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 JuJy 1952 as the Army Reserve.) Reorganized and redesignated I June 

1959 as Headquarte rs and Headquarters Company, I 02d Infantry Division. 

lnactivated 31 December I965 at Sl. Louis, Missouri. 

CAMPAIGN PARTlClPATION C REDIT 

World War !1 

Rhineland 

Ccntrdl Europe 

D ECORATIONS 

None. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATI\ 601 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

1st BRIGADE, 102d INFANTRY DTVISION 

AR 

LiNEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 24 June 192 1 in the Organized Rese rves as Headquarters 

Company, i02d Division. Organized in November 192 1 at St. Louis, Missouri. 

Re.organized and redesignated 22 February J 942 as Headquarters and Military 

Police Company (less Military Police Platoon), I 02d Division. Ordered into 

active military service i5 September 1942 and reorganized at Camp Maxcy, 

Texas, as Headquarters Company, I 02d infantry Division. inactivated 12 March 

1946 at Camp l(j]mer, New Jersey. Activated 19 May 1947 at St. Louis, Missouri. 

(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 194S as the Organized Reserve 

Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) Inactivated 31 May 1959 

at St. Louis, Missouri. 

Redesignated 26 March 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

lst Brigade, I 02d I nfantry Division. Activated I /\pril J 963 at St. Louis, 

Missouri. Inactivated 31 December 1965 at St. Louis, Missouri. 

CAMPAIGN PARTTOPATION CREDIT 

World War II 

Rhineland 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
602 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVJSlONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

2d BRIGADE, 102d INFANTRY DIVISION 

AR 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 24 June 192 1 in the Organi zed Reserves as ll eadquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 203d Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the l 02d 

Division. Organized in November 1921 at Little Rock, Arkansas. Location 

changed 19 September 1922 to FOI-t Smith, Arkansas. Redesignated 23 March 

1925 as I lcadquarters and ll cadquarters Company, 203d Brigade. Location 

changed 3 April 1928 to Little Rock, Arkansas. Redesignated 24 August 1936 as 

Headquarters and Headq uarters Company, 203d Infantry Brigade. Location 

changed 2 November 1939 to Kansas City, Missouri. 

Converted and redesignated 22 February 1942 as the I 02d Reconnaissance 

Troop (less 3d Platoon), I 02d Division (ll cadquarters and ll cadquarters 

Company, 204th Infantry Brigade, concurrently converted and redesignated as 

the 3d Platoon, 102d Reconnaissance Troop, 102d Division). Troop ordered into 

active mi I itary service 15 September 1942 and reorganized at Camp Maxey, 

Texas, as the I 02d Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, an element of the I 02d 

Infantry Division. Rcorgani:tcd and redesignated 16 August 1943 as the I 02d 

Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized. Inactivated 12 March 1946 at Camp Kilmer, 

New Jersey. Redesignated 7 ApriJ 1947 as the I 02d Mechanized Cavalry 

Reconnaissance Troop. Activated 25 April 1947 at Kansas City, Missouri. 

(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve 

Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) Reorganized and redesignated 25 November 1949 as the 102d Reconnaissance Company. Inactivated 31 

May 1959 at Kansas City, Missouri. 

Co nve rted and redesignat ed (less 3d Platoon) 26 Marc h 1963 as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, l02d Infantry Division 

(3d Platoon, I 02d Reconnaissance Company- hereafter separate lineage). 

Activated I April 1963 at Quincy, Illinois. Inactivated 31 December 1965 at 

Quincy, Illinois. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War II 

Rhineland 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
LINEAGES AND IIERALDIC DATA 603 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

3d BRIGADE, 102d INFANTRY DIVISION 

LINEAGE 

AR 

(inactive) 

Constituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 204th In fantry Brigade, and assigned to the I 02d 

Division. Organized in November 192 1 at St. Joseph, Missouri. Redesignated 23 

March 1925 as I lcadquarters and Headquarters Company, 204th Brigade. 

Redesignated 24 August 1936 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

204th Infantry Bri gade. Location changed 2 November 1939 to St. Louis, 

Missouri. 

Converted and redesignated 22 Februa ry 1942 as th e 3d Pl atoon, I 02d 

Reconnaissance Troop, I 02d Division (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

203d Infantry Brigade, concurrently converted and redesignated as the I 02d 

Reconnaissance Troop [less 3d Platoon], I 02d Division). Troop ordered into 

active military service 15 September 1942 and reorganized at Camp Maxey, 

Texas, as the I 02d Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, an element of the I 02d 

In fan try Division. Reorganized and redesignated 16 August I 943 as the l 02d 

Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized. Inactivated 12 March 1946 at Camp Kilmer, 

New Jersey. Redesignated 7 Apri I 1947 as the I 02d Mechani zed Cava lry 

Reconnaissance Troop. Activated 25 April 1947 at Kansas City, Missouri. 

(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve 

Corps; redesignated 9 July I 952 as the Army Reserve.) Reorganized and redesignated 25 November 1949 as the I 02d Reconnaissance Company. Inactivated 31 

May 1959 Kansas City, Missouri. 

3d Platoon, I 02d Reconnaissance Company, converted and redesignated 26 

March I 963 as Headquarters and llcadquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 1 02d 

In fantry Division (remainder of company- hereafter separate lineage). Activated I 

April 1963 at Urbana, Illinois. Inactivated 31 December 1965 at Urbana, Illinois. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War II 

Rhineland 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

102D INFANTRY DIVIS ION BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Kah n, E. J. , Jr., and McLemore, II. Fighting Di visions. Washington: !nl mtry 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980. 

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Offensive. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, I 973. 

-~-· The Siegfi·ied Line Campaign . United States Army in World War 11. 

Washington: Government Pri nting Office, 1963. 
604 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

Mick, Allan .H. With the 102d Infantry Division Through Germany. Vimperk, 

Czechoslovakia: J. Steinbrenner, 1945. 

_ __ . With the 102d Infantry Division Through Germany. Washington: 

Infantry Journal Press, 1947. Reprint. Nashville: Battery Press, 1980. 

''The 102d Infantry Division." Army Reserve I I (July- August 1965):4- 5. 

"The 1 02d in the Fabulous Fifties: All Aboard for McCoy." Army Reserve 27 

(Winter I 981 ):30- 31. 

Pictorial Hist01y, 102d Infantry Division. Atlanta: Albert Love Enterprises, 1944. 

"A Salute to Distinguished Service." Army Reserve 12 (January 1966): 10- 11. 
103d INFANTRY DIVISION 

(Cactus Division) 

H ERA LDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: On a yellow disc, a blue horizontal base, overall a green giant 

cactus, al l within an Army green border. 

Symbolism: The cactus represents the home area of the unit in the 

Southwest when it was first organized and is symbolic of the 

unit's nickname. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

None approved. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

1 03d INFANTRY DIVISION 

AR 

L INEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as lleadquarters, J 03d 

Division. Organized 9 September 1921 at Denver, Colorado. Redesignated II 

February 1942 as Division Headquarters, I 03d Division. Ordered into active military service I 5 November 1942 and reorganized at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana, 

as Headquarters, I 03d Infantry Division. Inactivated 20 September 1945 at Camp 

Kilmer, New Jersey. Activated 7 May 1947 at Des Moines, Iowa. (Organized 

Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) Reorganized and redesignated 18 May 

1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, I 03d fnfantry Division. 

Reorganized and redesignated I February 1963 as the I 03d Operational 

Headquarters. Reorganized and redesignated 30 June 1963 as I 03d Command 

Headquarters, Divisional. Reorganized and redesignated 25 October 1963 as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1 03d Command Headquarters. 

Converted and redesignated 31 December 1965 as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, I 03d Support Brigade. Reorganized and redesignated 30 

September 1977 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, I 03d Support 

Command. Inactivated 15 September 1993 at Des Moines, Iowa. Redesignated 16 

September 1993 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, I 03d Infantry 

Division. 

605 
606 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVfSIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION C REDIT 

World Wor II 

Rhineland 

1\rdcnnes-Alsacc 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

I 030 INrANTRY DIVISION BIBLIOGRAPIIY 

Cactus Caravan. Atlanta: Albert Love Enterprises, 1944. 

Clarke, Jeffrey J., and Smith, Robert Ross. Riviem to the Rhine. United States 

J\rmy in World War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1993. 

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Offensive. United States J\rmy in World War 11. 

Washington: Government Printing Office. 1973. 

Mueller, Ralph, and Turk, Jerry. Report After Action, the Story of the 103d 

lnflmtiJ' Division. lnnsbruck: Wagner'sche Universitats-Buchdruckerei, 1945. 

Reprint. Nashville: Battery Press, 1977. 

I 03rd lnfantJy Division, Paducah, Ky.: Turner Publishing Co., 1991. 
104th DIVISION (TRAINING) 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SIIOULOER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: On a ba lsam green disc, the head of a timberwolf in gray all 

within a dark green border. 

Symbolism: The timbcrwolf represents the heartiness and vigor of life in 

the western states, tenacity in pursuit of mission accomplishment, and unity of purpose associated with familial behavior. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT lNSIGNI/\ 

Description: A silver colored meta l and enamel device, consisting of a silver annulet charged with the motto WE SUCCEED, and on 

and over the annulet a blue martlet holding in its beak a silver 

descrcscent. 

Symbolism: The design is based upon the numerica l designation of the 

division, the descrescent held in the martlet's beak symbol izing the Roman numeral "C" representing I 00, and the martlct 

being the heraldic representation of the fourth son. 

LINEAGE /\ND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

104th DIVISION (TRAINING) 

LINEAGE 

AR 

(active) 

Constituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters, I 04th 

Division. Organized 7 October 192 1 at Salt Lake City, Utah. Redesignated 6 

April 1942 as Division llcaclquartcrs, 1 04th Division. Ordered into active mi litary service 15 September 1942 and reorganized at Camp Ada ir, Oregon, as 

Headquarters, I 04th Infantry Division. Inactivated 20 December 1945 at Camp 

San Luis Obispo, California. Activated I December 1946 at Portland, Oregon. 

(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve 

Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) 

Reorganized and redesignated I 0 June 1959 as Headq uarters and 

l leaclquartcrs Company, I 04th Division (Training). Location changed I 

November 1961 to Vancouver Barracks, Washington. 

607 
608 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION C REDIT 

World War fJ 

Northern France 

Rhineland 

Central Europe 

D ECORATIONS 

None. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 

HEADQUARTERS 

1st BRIGADE, 104th DIVISION (TRAINING) 

L INEAGE 

609 

AR 

(active) 

Constituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Headqua rters 

Company, I 04th Division. Organized in January 1922 at Salt Lake City, Utah. 

Reorganized and redesignated 6 April 1942 as Headquarters and Military Police 

Company (less Military Police Platoon), 104th Division. Ordered into active military service 15 September 1942 and reorganized at Camp Adair, Oregon, as 

Headquarters Company, I 04th Infantry Division. Inactivated 18 December 1945 

at Carnp San Luis Obispo, California. Activated 14 November 1947 at Portland, 

Oregon. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized 

Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 .July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) Inactivated I 0 

June 1959 at Portland, Oregon. Disbanded 11 June 1959. 

Reconstituted 24 November 1967 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters, I st 

Brigade, 1 04th Division (Training). Activated I 0 January 1968 at Vancouver 

Barracks, Washington. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War II 

Northern France 

Rhineland 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
610 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS 

2d BRIGADE, 1 04th DIVISION (TRAINING) 

AR 

LIN EAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 24 June 1921 in the Organi zed Rese rves as the 329th 

Ammunition Train and assigned to the I 04th Division. Organized in May 1923 at 

Casper, Wyoming. 

Converted and redesignated 6 April 1942 as the 929th Field Artill ery 

Battalion and remained assigned to the l04th Division (later redesignated as the 

J 04th Infantry Division). Ordered into active military service 15 September 1942 

and reorganized at Camp Adair, Oregon. Inactivated 6 November 1945 at Camp 

San Luis Obispo, California. Activated 12 June 1947 with Headquarters at 

Vancouver, Washington. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the 

Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) 

(Location of Headquarters changed 23 November 1948 to Walla Walla, 

Washington; on 15 January 1949 to Salem, Oregon.) Inactivated 10 June 1959 at 

Salem, Oregon. Disbanded l J June 1959. 

Headquarters, 929th Field Artillery Battalion, reconstituted 24 November 

1967 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters, 2d Brigade, I 04th Division 

(Training). Activated I 0 January 1968 at Pasco, Washington. Inactivated 15 

September 1995 at Pasco, Washington. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDlT 

World War/! 

Northern France 

Rhineland 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 611 

HEADQUARTERS 

3d BRIGADE, 1 04th DIVISION (TRAINING) 

AR 

LING/\GE (active) 

Constituted 24 June 192 1 in the Organized Reserves as the 329th Engineers 

and assigned to the 1 04th Division (later redesignated as the I 04th Infantry 

Division). Organized I December 1921 with Headquarters at Salt Lake City, 

Utah. Redesignated (less 2d Battalion) 6 April 1942 as the 329th Engineer 

Battalion (2d Battalion- hereafter separate lineage). Ordered into active military 

service 15 September 1942 and reorganized at Camp Adair, Oregon, as the 329th 

Engineer Combat Battalion. Inactivated 10 December 1945 at Camp San Luis 

Obispo, California. Activated 15 June 1947 with Headquarters at Tacoma, 

Washington. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized 

Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) (Location of 

Headquarters changed 1 March 1950 to Seattle, Washington.) Reorganized and 

redesignated 15 November 1952 as the 329th Engineer Oattalion. Inactivated 

(less Companies A and B) 18 September 1959 at Seattle, Washington (Companies 

A and B- hereafter separate lineages). 

Headquarters, 329th Engineer Battalion, converted and redesignated 24 

November 1967 as Headquarters, 3d Brigade, 1 04th Division (Training). 

Activated 10 January 1968 at Fort Lawton, Washington. Location changed I 

August 1989 to Bothell, Washington; on 15 September 1993 to Fort Lewis, 

Washington. Inactivated 15 September I 995 at Fort Lewis, Washington. Activated 

16 November 1996 at Vancouver Barracks, Washington. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICJP/\TION CREDIT 

World War II 

Northern France 

Rhineland 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
6I2 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS 

4th BRIGADE, l04th DlYISION (TRAINING) 

AR 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 104th Division 

Train, Quartermaster Corps. Organized in September 1922 with Headquarters at 

Salt Lake City, Utah. Redesignated 23 March 1925 as the 1 04th Division 

'Quartermaster Train. 

Redesignated I July 1936 as the 429th Quartermaster Regiment and 

remained assigned to the 1 04th Division (later redesignated as the l 04th Infantry 

Division). Redesignated 6 April 1942 as the 429th Quartermaster Battalion. 

Ordnance Maintenance Platoon, Headquarters Company, 429th Quartermaster 

Battalion, redesignated 14 September 1942 as the 804th Ordnance Light 

Maintenance Company, an element of the 104th Infantry Division (remainder of 

battalion- hereafter separate lineage). Ordered into active military service 15 

September 1942 and reorganized at Camp Adair, Oregon. Inactivated 18 

December 1945 at Camp San Luis Obispo, Califomia. Redesignated 12 May 

1947 as the 804th Ordnance Maintenance Company. Activated 15 June 1947 at 

Vancouver, Washington. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the 

Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) 

Location changed 1 March I952 to Portlam.~ Oregon. Reorganized and redesignated I 0 November 1952 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 804th 

Ordnance Battalion (organic clements concurrently constituted and activated). 

Battalion inactivated 10 June 1959 at Portland, Oregon. Disbanded 11 June 1959. 

Headquarters, 804th Ordnance Battalion, reconstituted 24 November 1967 in 

the Army Reserve as Headquarters, 4th Brigade, I 04th Division (Training). 

Activated '10 January 1968 at Fort Lawton, Washington. Location changed 16 

November 19H2 to Fort Lewis, Washington; on 15 September 1993 to 

Sacramento, California; on 16 November 1996 to Dublin, California. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDiT 

World IVar II 

Northem France 

Rhineland 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 613 

HEADQUARTERS 

5th BRIGADE, 104th DIVISION (TRAINING) 

AR 

L INeAGE (active) 

Constituted 16 June 1997 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters, 5th Brigade, 

1 04th Division (Training), and activated at Salt Lake City, Utah. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION C REDIT 

None. 

DECORATIONS 

None . 
614 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS 

6th BRIGADE, 1 04th DIVISION (TRAINING) 

AR 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 16 November 1996 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters, 6th 

Brigade, 1 04th Division (Training), and activated at Aurora, Colorado. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

None. 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
LINEAGES AND .HERALDIC DATA 615 

HEADQUARTERS 

7th BRIGADE, 104th DIVISION (TRAINING) 

AR 

LiNEAGE (active) 

Constituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the J 04th Division 

Train, Quartermaster Corps. Organized in September J 922 with Headquarters at 

Salt Lake City, Utah. Redesignated 23 March 1925 as the 1 04th Division 

Quartermaster Train. 

Redesignated 1 July 1936 as the 429th Quartermaster Regiment and 

remained assigned to the I 04th Division (later redesignated as the l04th fnfantry 

Division). Redesignated 6 Apri I 1942 as the 429th Quartermaster Battalion. 

Ordered into active military service 15 September 1942 and reorganized at Camp 

Adair, Oregon. Reorganized and redesignated (less Ordnance Maintenance 

Platoon, Headquarters Company) 27 September 1942 as the 1 04th Quartermaster 

Company, an element of the J 04th Infantry Division (Ordnance Maintenance 

Platoon , Headquarters Company- here after separate I ineage). 1 04th 

Quartermaster Company inactivated 18 December 1945 at Camp San Lu is 

Obispo, California. Activated 16 June 1947 at Vancouver, Washington. 

(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March J 948 as the Organized Reserve 

Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) Location changed 16 

March 1949 to Pasco, Washington. Inactivated 10 June 1959 at Pasco, 

Washington. Disbanded 11 June 1959. 

Reconstituted 24 November 1967 in the Army Reserve as the l04th 

Committee Group and assigned to the l04th Division (Training). Activated 10 

January 1968 at Vancouver, Washington. Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 

1971 as Headquarters, I 04th Committee Group. Reorganized and redesignated 

16 October 1978 as Headquarters, l 04th Training Command. Inactivated 16 

October 1984 at Vancouver, Washington. 

Redesignated 16 November 1996 as Headquarters, 7th Brigade, l 04th 

Division (Training), and activated at Fort Lewis, Washington. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World W(lr/1 

Northern France 

Rhineland 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
616 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

104TH DIVISION BfBUOGRAPHY 

Allen, Terry. Combat Leadership, 104th (Timberwo!f) Division, 1944. Fort Bliss: 

U.S. Army Air Defense School, 1969. 

___ .Directive for Offensive Combat, 104th (Timberwo(f) Division. n.p., 1944. 

___ . World War II Data, Operations of the 104th (Timberwolj) Division in 

Europe. n.p., 1945. 

Clyma, Carleton B., ed. Connecticut Men of the 104th Division, July 1945. 

Hartford, 1945. 

Downs, Kenneth T. "Nothing Stopped the Timberwolves." Saturday Evening Post 

219 ( 17 August 1946):20ff. 

Hoegh, Leo A., and Doyle, Howard J. Timberwo!fTracks: The HistOI'y (~l the 

104th Infantry Division, 1942- 1945. Washington: Infantry Journal Press, 

1946. 

Kahn, E. J., Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980. 

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Offensive. United States Army in World War U. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1973. 

___ . The Siegjhed Line Campaign. United States Army in World War 11. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1963. 

Night Attacks, 1 04th (Timberwolj) Division, 1944. Fort Bliss: U.S. Army Air 

Defense School, 1969. 

"Night Operations." MiLitClly Review 25 (January 1946):55- 63. 

Nothing in Hell Did Stop the Timber-wolves! Greetings fi"om Major General Terry 

Allen's 104th Infantry Division. n.p., 1945. 

l04th Division (Training), 1973- 1977. Washington: Government Printing Office, 

1978. 

" l 04th Infantry Division (Tng)." Army Reserve I I (May 1965): 11. 

"The 1 04th Timberwo1ves at the Front Lines of World War II." Army Reserve 26 

(Summer 1980):28- 31. 

Public Affairs Office, 1 04th Division (Training). 1 04th Division (Training), 

Annual Training 1979, 5 May to 19 May. n.p., 1979. 

___ . The 104th Division (Training), 1978- 1982. "Training Soldiers . .. 

Building Leaders." Vancouver Barracks, Wash., c. 1982. 

Timberwo(/1969. Vancouver Barracks: l 04th Infantry Division Association, 

1964. 

Timberwolves. G.I. Stories ... Paris, 1945. 

Trail of the Timberwolves, 1 04th Infantry Division, Camp San Luis Obispo, 

Calijornia. n.p., 1945. 
106th INFANTRY DIVISION 

1-IERALDfC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description.: On a blue disc within a white edge, a gold lion's face aJI within a red border. 

Symbolism: The blue is for infantry, while the red represents artillery support. The lion's face represents sh·ength and power. 

D ISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

None approved. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

1 06th INFANTRY DIVISION 

AVS andAR 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 5 May 1942 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters 

and Headquarters Company, 106th Infantry Division. Activated 15 March 1943 at 

Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Inactivated 2 October 1945 at Camp Shanks, New 

York. Headquarters Company allotted 25 March 1948 to the Organized Reserve 

Corps and activated 1 May 1948 at San Juan, Puerto Rico; inactivated 12 October 

1950 at San Juan, Puerto Rico. 

CAMPAIGN PARTLCIPATJON CREDIT 

World War II 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-A isace 

Central Europe 

D ECORATIONS 

None. 

I 06TI-l INFANTRY DIVISION BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Cole, Hugh M. The Ardennes: Battle of the Bulge. United States Army in World 

War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1965. 

Dupuy, R. Ernest. St. Vith, Lion. in the Way; The 1 06th Infantry Division in World 

War fl. Washington: Infantry Journal Press, 1949. 

Frank, Stanley B. "The Glorious Collapse of the 106th." Saturday Evening Post 

2 19 (9 November 1946):32- 33ff. 

6 17 
618 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

Kahn, E. J., Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighting Divisions. Washington: The Infantry 

Journal, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980. 

Kline, John. The Cub of the Golden Lion Passes in Review. St. Paul, Minn.: West 

Publishing Co., 1992. 

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Offensive. United States Army in World War TT. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1973. 

The I 06th. G .1. Stories ... Paris, l945. 

Perl off, Harvey, S., ed. I 06th ll?fantJy Division. Atlanta: Albert Love Enterprises, 

1944. 

Whiting, Charles. Death of a Division. New York: Stein and Day, 1980. 

___ .Decision at St. Vith. New York: Ballantine Books, 1969. 
108th DIVISION (TRAINING) 

(Golden Griffon) 

H ERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: On a red seven-sided polygon one side up, a yellow griffon 

passant. 

Symbolism: The griffon is symbolic of striking power from the air and 

strength on the ground. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

Description: A gold colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a gold 

torch with red flame centered in front of two crossed go ld 

muskets behind which are two white targets with black bull'seye side by side each flanked on the outer side by a gold caltrap; issuant fi·om behind the targets at upper center two gold 

cannon muzzles pointing up and out and all superimposed 

upon a base of golden rays and supported by a semi-circular 

scroll bearing the motto PRINCIPS EXERCENDO (Foremost 

in Training) in red letters. 

Syntbolism: The colors scarlet and gold are suggested by the division's 

shoulder sleeve insignia . The flaming torch represents the 

imparting of knowledge and the targets symbolize the practical application of it. The weapons and rays signify the unit's 

military readiness. 

L INEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

108th DIVISION (TRAINING) 

(Golden Griffon) 

LINEAGE 

AR 

(active) 

Constituted 15 July 1946 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters, I 08th 

Airborne Division. Activated 20 September 1946 at Atlanta, Georgia. (Organized 

Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 

1952 as Headquarters, I 08th Infantry Division; location concurrently changed to 

Charlotte, North Carolina. Reorga nized and redesignated 30 April 1959 as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, I 08th Division (Training). 

619 
620 ARMTES, CORPS, DTVISlONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

CAMPAIGN P/\RTICII'ATION CREDiT 

None. 

D ECORATIONS 

None. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 621 

HEADQUARTERS 

1st BRIGADE, 108th DIVISION (TRAINING) 

AR 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 15 July 1946 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters 

Company, 1 08th Airborne Division. Activated 28 October 1946 at Atlanta, 

Gyorgia. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized 

Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) Reorganized and 

redesignated 1 March 1952 as Headquarters Company, 108th infantry Division; 

location concurrently changed to Charlotte, North Carolina. Disbanded I May 

1959 at Charlotte, North Carolina. 

Reconstituted 24 November 1967 in tl1c Army Reserve as Headquarters, 1st 

Brigade, 1 08th Division (Trai lling). Activated 31 January 1968 at Clemson, South 

Carolina. Location changed 15 February 1995 to Spartanburg, South Carolina. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

None. 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
622 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVlSIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS 

2d BRIGADE, 1 08th DIVISION (TRAINING) 

AR 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 15 July 1946 in the Organized Reserves as the 506th Parachute 

Field Artillery Battalion and assigned to the I 08th Airborne Division. Activated I 

October I 946 with Headquarters at Charlotte, North Carolina. (Organized 

Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) Redesignated 28 February 1951 as the 

506th Airborne Field Artillery Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated I March 

1952 as the 506th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the I 08th Infantry 

Division. (Location of Headquarters changed 10 August 1952 to Durham, North 

Carolina.) Disbanded 1 May 1959 at Durham, North Carolina. 

Headquarters, 506th Field Artillery Battalion, reconstituted 24 November 

1967 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters, 2d Brigade, I 08th Division 

(Training). Activated 31 January 1968 at Hickory, North Carolina. Inactivated 13 

January 1995 at Hickory, North Carolina. Activated 16 October 1996 at Garner, 

North Carolina. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIP~TION CREDIT 

None. 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 623 

HEADQUARTERS 

3d BRIGADE, 1 08th DIVISION (TRAINING) 

AR 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 24 Apri l 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 2d 

Battalion, 48th Engineers. Activated 25 July 1942 at Camp Gruber, Oklahoma. 

Redesignated l August 1942 as the 2d Battalion, 48th Engineer Combat 

Regiment. Reorganized and redesignated 15 March 1943 as the 235th Engineer 

Combat Battalion. Inactivated31 May 1946 in the Philippine islands. Allotted 23 

February 1952 to the Organized Reserve Corps. Activated 1 June 1952 at 

Raleigh, North Carolina, as an element of the l08th Infantry Division. 

(Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) 

Inactivated 30 June 1953 at Raleigh, North Carolina. Redesignated 22 March 

1955 as the 235th Engi neer Battalion and activated with Headquarters at 

Asheboro, North Carolina. Disbanded (less Companies A and B) 30 April 1959 at 

Asheboro, North Carolina (Companies A and B- hereafter separate lineages). 

Headquarters, 235th Engineer Battalion, reconstituted 24 November 1967 in 

the Army Reserve as Headquarters, 3d Brigade, 108th Division (Training). 

Activated 3 J January 1968 at Charlotte, North Carolina. Location changed 16 

April 1980 to Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Inactivated 12 January 1995 at 

Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Activated 16 November 1996 at Fort Jackson, 

South Carolina. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War If 

Napics-Foggia 

Rome-Arno 

North Apennines 

Po Valley 

DECORATIONS 

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered MOUNT PORCHIA 

(235th Engineer Combat Battalion cited; WD GO 53, 1944) 
624 ARMIES, CORPS, DlVISlONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS 

4th BRIGADE, 108th DIVISION (TRAINING) 

AR 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 15 July 1946 in the Organized Reserves as the 808th Airbome 

Ordnance Maintenance Company and assigned to the 1 08th Airborne Division. 

Activated 15 October 1946 at Atlanta, Georgia. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as 

the Army Reserve.) Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1952 as the 808th 

Ordnance Maintenance Company, an element of the 1 08th Infantry Division. 

Location changed 1 April 1952 to Charlotte, North Carolina. Reorganized and 

redesignated l December 1952 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 

808th Ordnance Battalion (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated). Battalion disbanded 1 May 1959 at Charlotte, North Carolina. 

Headquarters, 808th Ordnance Battalion, reconstituted 24 November 1967 in 

the Army Reserve as Headquarters, 4th Brigade, l08th Division (Training). 

Activated 31 January 1968 at Raleigh, North Carolina. Location changed 16 

September 1978 to Garner, North Carolina. inactivated 16 October 1996 at 

Garner, North Carolina. Activated 16 November 1996 at Decatur, Georgia. 

CAtvLPAlGN PARTIClPATlON CREDIT 

None. 

DECORJ\TlONS 

None. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 625 

HEADQUARTERS 

5th BRIGADE, 1 08th DIVISION (TRAINING) 

AR 

LlNEACfE (active) 

Constituted 16 November 1996 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters, 5th 

Brigade, 108th Division (Training}, and activate{} at Jacksonville, florida. 

C/\MPAIGN PARTICll)ATION CREDIT 

None. 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
626 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

HEADQUARTERS 

6th BRIGADE, 1 08th DIVISION (TRAINING) 

AR 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 16 November 1996 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters, 6th 

Brigade, 1 08th Division (Training), and activated at Charlotte, North Carolina. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

None. 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
LfNEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 627 

HEADQUARTERS 

7th BRIGADE, 1 08th DIVISION (TRAINING) 

AR 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 15 July 1946 in the Organized Reserves as the I 08th Airborne 

Quartermaster Company and assigned to the 108th Airborne Division. Activated 

15 October 1946 at Atlanta, Georgia. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 

March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the 

Army Reserve.) Location changed I April 1952 to Hi ckory, North Carolina. 

Disbanded I May 1959 at Hickory, North Carolina. 

Reconstituted 24 November l967 in the Army Reserve as the 108th 

Committee Group and assigned to the I 08th Division (Training). Activated 31 

January J 968 at Columbia, South Carolina. Location changed 9 September 1970 

to Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Reorganized and redesignated I December 1971 

as Headquarters, 108th Committee Group. Reorganized and redesignated 16 

October 1978 as Headquarters, l 08th Training Command. Inactivated 15 October 

1984 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. 

Redesignated 16 November 1996 as Headquarters, 7th Brigade, I 08th 

Division (Training), and activated at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

None. 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

l08Tl-l DIVISION BIBUOGRAPHY 

Kearney, Henry. "Long, Hot Summer: Reservists 'Take the War' to Fort Jackson." 

Army Reserve 27 (Fa ll 1981 ):20- 22. 

McConaghy, John M. " I 08th Division Trains ROTC Cadets." Army Reserve 27 

(Winter 198 1):1 9. 

"The 108th Division (Training)." An·ny Reserve 10 (April 1964):6- 7. 

The 108th Division (Training). Charlotte, N.C., 1967. 

SEPARATE BRIGADES 

BERLIN BRIGADE 

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

None. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

None. 

H ERALDIC ITEMS 

L INEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

BERLIN BRIGADE 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 16 January 1983 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, Berlin Brigade, and activated in Germany. Inactivated 15 

August 1994 in Germany. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

None. 

DECORATIONS 

Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1993- 1994 (Headquarters 

and Headquarters Company, Berlin Brigade, cited; DA GO 27, 1994) 

B ERLIN BRIGADE BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Grathwol, Robert P., and Moorhus, Donita M. Am.erican Forces in Berlin, 

1945- 1995: Cold War Outpost. Washi.ngton: Government Printing Office, 

1995. 

63 1 

5th BRIGADE (TRAINING) 

H ERALDIC ITEMS 

SIIOULDHR SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: Centered on a white elongated hexagon, a blue torch throughout with scarlet flame at top and the handle surmounted by 

two scarlet V-shaped chevrons. 

Symbolism: The flaming torch is symbolic of education and enlightenment. The V-shaped chevron s uggests the number of the 

brigade and the repetition of the V-shape illustrates the basic 

tenet that al1 learning is accomplished by repetition. The colors are adapted from the 89th U.S. Army Reserve Commm1d 

(ARCOM) insignia. 

D ISTINCTIVE UNIT TNSIGNIA 

Description: A gold colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a blue 

fleur-de-lis bearing a gold spearhead point down and centered 

thereon a red tower with five battlements reasoned gold. 

Symbolism: The gold color of the spearhead indic·.ates the historic armor 

association of the unit; the V-shape alludes to the spearhead 

tactics employed by annored forces during World War II and 

also to the numerical designation of the unit. The fleur-de-lis 

is associated with France and its color, blue, is suggested by 

the state flags of Kansas and Nebraska. The castle tower, symboli c of the enemy's European stronghold, refers to the action 

at the Maginot Line. and its five battlements represent the 

unit's campaign credits in World War IT. 

LiNEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

5th BRIGADE (TRAINING) 

AR 

LJNEA<i E (inactive) 

Constituted 25 August 1942 in the Army ofthe United States as Headquarters 

and Headquarters Compm1y, 5th Tank Destroyer Group. Activated I September 

1942 at Camp Hood, Texas. Inactivated 4 December 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New 

Jersey. Redesignated 8 February 1951 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 5th Armored Cavalry Group , and allotted to the Regular Army. 

Activated 2 March 1951 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Reorganized and redesignated 13 September 1954 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 5th 

Annor Group. Inactivated 16 March 1956 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. 

633 
634 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

Converted and redesignated 1 January 1975 as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 5th Brigade (Training); concurrently withdrawn from the 

Regular Army, allotted to the Army Reserve, and activated at Lincoln, Nebraska. 

Inactivated 15 September 1994 at Lincoln, Nebraska. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War!! 

Normandy 

Nor!ltern France 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-Aisace 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

5TH BRlGADE BtBUOGRAPHY 

flist01y of the 5th Tank Destroyer Group ji-om V- E Day, 9 May 1945 to V- J Day 2 

September 1945. n.p., 1945. 

Kulocz, Emil E. Itinerary of the 5th Tank Destroyer Group in the European 

Theater of Operations Commencing in England 7th May I 944 to 9th May 

1945. 665th Engineer Topographic Company, 1945. 

Wolfe, Albert W. 5th Tank Destroyer Group History, 1 September 1942 to V- E 

Day. 666th Engi neer Topographic Company, 1945. 
27th INFANTRY BRIGADE 

(Empire) 

H ERALDIC ITEMS 

SIIOULDER SLEEVE I NSIGNIA 

Description: On a black disc with a black border, the constellation Orion of 

seven stars superimposed by a stylized conjoined "NY" within 

a circle, all red. 

Symbolism: The letters "NY" in the form of a monogram represent the 

state of New York. The seven stars suggest the constellation of 

Orion. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT I NSIGNIA 

Description: A gold colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a gold 

stylized mountain superimposed by a blue arrowhead and two 

diagonally crossed black bayonets, points up; attached below a 

red scroll inscribed EMPIRE in gold. 

Symbolism: Blue is the color traditionally associated with the infantry; it 

suggests steadfastness and devotion to duty. The bayonets, 

crossed to indicate strength and teamwork, highlight the 

infantry mission. The stylized mountain highlights the unit's 

home state and its role in the National Guard, as does the 

brigade's motto. The arrowhead symbolizes the unit's 

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation and war service; the 

motto scroll is red simulating the unit's Meritorious Unit 

Commendation. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

27th INFANTRY BRIGADE 

(Empire) 

LINEAGE 

ARNG 

(New York) 

Constituted 9 February 1898 in the New York National Guard as 

ll caclquarters, New York Division, and organized at Albany. Disbanded 4 April 

1898 at Albany. Reconstituted 23 June 1908 in the New York National Guard as 

I leadquarters, New York Division, and organized at Albany. Redesignated 28 

June 1916 as Headquarters, 6th Division, and mustered into federal service at 

New York; mustered out 23 December 1916 at New York. Mustered into federal 

635 
636 /\RMIES, CORPS, DTVISlONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

service 16 July 19 17 at Camp Whitman, New York; drafted into federal service 5 

August 1917. Redesignated 1 October 19 17 as Headquarters, 27th Division. 

Demobilized 1 April 1919 at Camp Upton, New York. Reorganized and federally 

recognized 23 December 1921 in the New York National Guard at New York; 

Headquarters Detachment, 27th Division, concurrently organized and federally 

recogn ized at New York. Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 27th 

Division, inducted into federal service 15 October 1940 at New Yo rk. 

Reorganized and redesignated I September 1942 as Headquarters, 27th Infantry 

Division. Inactivated 31 Decembe r 1945 at Fort Lawton, Wash ington. 

Reorganized and federally recognized 21 April 1947 at Albany. Location changed 

5 February 1952 to Buffalo. Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1955 as 

Headquarters, 27th Armored Division. Location changed 15 April 1963 to 

Syracuse (Headquarters Company, 27th Armored Division. concurrently converted and redesignated from Headquarters Battery and Service Battery, lsi Howitzer 

Battal ion, 104th Artillery [sec ANNEX!]). 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 27th Armored Division. reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1968 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 27th Brigade, 50th Armored Division (Headquarters Company, 27th 

Brigade, 50th Armored Division, concurrently consolidated \Vith Headquarters 

and Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 27th Armored Division [sec ANNEX 2], 

and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters Company, 27th Brigade, 50th 

Armored Divisi.on). Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1975 as Headquarters 

and Headquarters Company, 27th Brigade, 42d Tnt~mtry Division. Reorganized 

and redesignated l April 1986 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 27th 

Infantry Brigade, and relieved from assignment to the 42d infantry Division. 

ANNEX 1 

Organized and federally recognized 1 October 1938 in the New York National 

Guard at Syracuse as Headquarters Battery and Combat Train, ·1st Battalion, 

I 04th field Artillery, an element of the 27th Division. Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1940 as Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, l04th Field Artillery. 

Inducted into fede ral service 15 October 1940 at Syracuse. Reorganized and 

redesignated 1 September 1942 as Headquarters Battery, 249th Field Artillery 

Battalion, an element of the 27th Infantry Division. Inactivated 31 December 

1945 at Fort Lawton, Washington. Expanded, reorganized, and federally recognized 28 October and 11 November 1947 at Syracuse as the Service Battery and 

Headquarters Battery, respectively, 249th FieldArtillery Battalion. 

Service Battery, 249th Field Artillery Battalion, reorganized and redesignated 

I February 1955 as the Service Battery, 249th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, 

an element of the 27th Armored Division. Reorganized and redesignated 16 

March 1959 as the Service Battery, 1st Howitzer Battalion, 1 04th Artillery, an 

element of the 27th Armored Division. 

Headquarters Battery, 249th Field Artillery Battalion, reorganized and 

redesignated 1 February 1955 as Headquarters Battery, 249th Armored field 

Artillery Battalion, an clement of the 27th Armored Division. Consolidated 16 

March 1959 with the Medical Detachment, 249th Armored Field Arti ll ery 

Battalion (see ANNEX 3), and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 637 

Headquarters Battery, lst Howitzer BaUa1ion, 1 04th Artillery, an e lement of the 

27th Armored Division. 

ANNEX 2 

Organized 9 December 1917 in the New York Guard at Syracuse as 

Headquarters Company, 3d Infantry. Reorganized and federally recognized 24 

April 1920 in th e New York National G uard at Syracuse as Headquarters 

Company, l08th Infantry, an element of the 27th Division. Inducted into federal 

service 15 October 1940 at Syracuse. (108th Infantry relieved 1 September 1942 

from assignment to the 27th Division and assigned to the 40th Infantry Division.) 

Inactivated 7 April 1946 at Camp Stoneman, Califomia. (108th Infantry relieved 

17 May 1947 from assignment to the 40th Infantry Division <md assigned to the 

27th Infantry Division.) Reorg<mizcd and thierally recognized 23 July 1947 at 

Syracuse. 

Reorga nized a nd redesignated I February 1955 as Headqu arters and 

Headquarters Company, Combat Command B, 27th Armored Division. 

Reorganized and redesignated 15 April 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 2d Brigade, 27th Armored Division. 

ANNEX 3 

Organized and federally recognized 24 September 1940 in the Ne'vv York 

National Guard at Syracuse as Company D, 134th Medica l Regiment. Inducted 

into federal service 27 January 1941 at Syracuse. Rcorgan ized and redesignated 

23 May 1942 as Company G, I 34th Medical Regiment. Reorgdnized and redesignated 15 September I 943 as th e 466th Medical Collecting Compa ny. 

Reorganized a nd redesignated 23 January 1944 as the 466th Ambulance 

Company, Motor. Reorganized and redesignated 14 April 1945 as the 466th 

Motor Ambulance Company. Inactivated 30 June 1946 in Germany. 

Reorganized and federally recognized 2H October 1947 at Syracuse as the 

Medical Detachment, 249tb f ie ld Artillery Battalion, an element of the 27th 

Lnfantry Division. Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1955 as the Medical 

Detachment, 249th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, an clement of the 27th 

Armored Division. 

llome Station: Syracuse (less detachments at Schenectady and Rochester and 

Ansonia, Connecticut) 
638 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISlONS, AND SEPARATE BRJGADES 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World Warl 

Yprcs-Lys 

Somme Offensive 

World War II 

Central Pacitlc Western Pacific 

Ryukyus 

.Headquarters Company (Syracuse) additionally entitled to: 

World War 11- EAME 

Normandy 

Northern France 

Rhineland 

A rdenncs-A lsacc Central Europe 

World War /l- AP 

Bismarck Archipelago 

Lcytc 

Luzon 

Southern Philippines (with arrowhead) 

DECORATIONS 

Headquarters Company (Syracuse) entitled to: 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EU ROPEAN 

TllllATER (466th Ambulance Company, Motor, cited; GO 238, Theater Service 

Forces, European Theater, 1945); Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer 

embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 ( 108th fnfantry cited; DA GO 

47, 1950) 

27TII INFANTRY BRIGADE B IBLIOGRAPHY 

American Battle Monuments Commission. American Armies and Balflefields in 

Europe . Washington : Governme nt Printing Office, 1938 . Re print. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1992. 

___ . 27th Division, Summwy of Operations in the World War. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1944. 

Burdick, Henry H., cd. New York Division National Guard War Record by the 

Officers and Men oft he Division. New York: Burdick and King, 191 7. 

Clarke, William F. Over There with 0 'Ryan :s- Roughnecks, Reminiscences of a 

Private 1st Class Who Served in the 27th U.S. Division with the British 

Forces in Belgium and France. Seattle: Superior Publishing Co., 1968. 

Crowl, Philip A. Campaign in the Marianas. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1960. 

and Love, Edmund G. Seizure of the Gilberts and Marshalls. United 

States Army in World WC'tr II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1955. 

Gailey, Harry A. How/in ' Mad Smith vs. the Army: Col!/lict in Command, Saipan 

1944. Novato, Ca li f.: Presidio Press, 1986. 
LJNEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 639 

George, Herbert. 111e Challenge <~/'War. New York: Vantage Press, 1966. 

llallahan, Hugh, ct al. ... The New York Division (27th USA.) Presents "You 

Know Me, AI!" A Farce with Music. New York: McConnel Printing Co., 1918. 

II istorical Division, War Department. Small Unit Actions. American Forces in 

Action. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1948. 

___ . The Capture of Makin (20 November- 24 November 1943). American 

Forces in Action. Washington: Government Pri nting Office, 1946. 

llistorical Section, Army War College. Order of Bailie of the United States Land 

Forces in the World War; American Expeditionary Forces; Divisions. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 193 I. Reprint. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1988. 

Hist01y of the 27th Division, New York's Own. New York: Bennett and Churchill, 

1919? 

Hoffman, Carl W. Sc1ipan: The Beginning of the End. Marine Corps Monographs. 

Washington: Government Printing Office,- 1950. 

Kahn, E. J., Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980. 

Love, Edmund G. "The 27th's Battle for Saipan." !nfantly Journal 59 (September 

1946):8- 17. 

_ __ . The 27th Infantry Division in World War ll. Washington: Infantry Journal 

Press, 1949. Reprint. Nashville: Battery Press, 198 1. 

Marshall, S. L. A. "The Fight on Saki Night." Infantry Journal 54 (April 

1944):8- 15. 

Official Commendations of the 27th American Division, Belgium and France, 

1918. Paris: lmprimerie Lahurc, 1918. 

O' Ryan, John Francis. The St01y of the 27th Division. 2 vols. New York: 

Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford Co., 1921. 

Pictorial J-list01y 7\.venty-Seventh Division, United States Army, 1940- 1941. 

Atlanta: Army and Navy Publishing Co., 1941. 

Review and Parade of the 27th Division, March 25, 1919. New York: M. B. 

Brown Printing and Binding Co., 1919. 

Rosenberg, James N. Pastel Expressions: Retum o.f the 27th Division, March 25, 

1919. NewYork: Mitchell Kennerly, 1919. 

Salyer, Kermit W., cd. Official 1948 Yearbook o.f the 27th Infantry Division, New 

York National Guard. New York: Yearbooks Publishing Co., 1948. 

Souvenir of Camp Wadsworth, Spartanburg, S. C. Baltimore: Horn-Sharer Press, 

c. 1917. 

Starlight, Alexander, comp. The Pictorial Record of the 27th Division. New York: 

Harper and Brothers, 1919. 

The St01y of the "27th," New York :<; Guard Division 1/wt Broke the German Line . .. 

n.p., 1918? 

Streeter, Edward. Dear Mable, Love Lellers o,{ a Rookie. New York: Frederick A. 

Stokes Co., 1918? 

--- · That :s- Me All Ove1; Mable. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co., 1919. 

Swetland, Maurice J. , and Swetland, Lilli. These Men, "For Conspicuous 8ra ve1y 

Above and Beyond the Call of Duty." Harrisburg: Military Service Publishing 

Co., 1940. 
640 ARMlES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BlUGADES 

27th Armored Division, New York National Guard. San Angelo, Tex.: Newsfoto 

Publishing Co., c. 1958. 

The 27th Division: The Story 4 1ts Sacr(flces and Achievements. New York: John 

H. Eggers Co., 1919. 
29th INFANTRY BRIGADE 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SI IOULDER SLEEVE [NSJGNIA 

Description: On a white shield with arched top and bottom, a blue barbed 

cross, in base two wavy bars, red and blue, conjoined but separated from the cross and bordered by a white fimbriation all 

within a blue border. 

Symbolism: The colors blue and white are associated with infantry. The 

blue cross is suggested by Hawaii's nickname "Crossroads of 

the Pacific," and the barbed ends represent the protective mission of the brigade. The red and blue conjoined bars in conjunction with the white appear on the Hawaiian flag and also 

on the Hawaiian coat of arms. The bars are wavy to a11ude to 

the geographical location of Hawaii as being overseas from 

the continental United States. 

DTSTTNCTIVE UNIT lNSIGNlA 

Description: A gold colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a blue 

cross with barbed ends supporting between the am1s two gold 

dolphins in saJtire with heads up and facing out contained in 

base by an arched red scroll inscribed with the motto KA 

OJHANA MAMUA in gold letters. 

Symbolism: The blue cross is suggested by Hawaii's nickname "Crossroads 

of the Pacific,'' and the barbed ends represent the protective 

mission of the brigade. The dolphins allude to the crest of the 

Hawai i Army National Guard. The motto is translated as 

"Mission First." 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

29th INFANTRY BRIGADE 

ARNG 

LINEAGE (Hawaii) 

Organized and federa11y recognized 17 November 1947 in tJ1c Hawaii Army 

National Guard at Wahiawa as Company E, 29Hth Infantry. Converted and redesignated 3 December 1956 as Battery C, 297th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. 

Reorganized and redesignated 15 January 1959 as Battery C, 297th Missile 

Battalion; location concurrently changed to Waialua. Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1959 as Battery C, 2d Missile Battalion, 29Rth Artillery. 

641 
642 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

Reorganized and redesignated 15 November 1965 as Battery A, 1st Battalion, 

298th Artillery. 

Converted and redesignated I April 1970 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 297th Supply and Service Battalion; location concurrently changed to 

Ewa. Location changed J September 1974 to Wahiawa. Reorganized and redesignated I April 1984 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 297th Supply 

and Service Battalion. Location changed I February 1994 to Honolulu. 

Consolidated I October 1995 with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

29th Infantry Bri gade (see ANNEX), and conso lidated unit designated as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 29th Infantry Brigade. 

ANNEX 

Constituted 15 September 1953 in the Hawaii Army National Guard as the 

120th Signal Support Company. Organized and federally recognized 4 January 

1954 at Honol ulu. Converted and redesignated 15 January 1959 as Headquarters 

and Headquarters Company, 29th Infantry Brigade. Ordered into active federal 

service 13 May 1968 at Honolulu; released 12 December 1969 from active federal service and reverted to state control. 

Home Station: Honolulu 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

None. 

D ECORATIONS 

None. 

29TH INFANTRY BRIGADE BIBLIOGRAPHY 

"Career Officers Hold Top Slots in 29th Bde." National Guardsman 23 (July 

1969):22- 23. 

"Commands 29th BDE." National Guardsman 22 (June 1968):3. 

Fellows, Ronald. "Hawaiians Get Demolition Vehicle." National Guardsman 22 

(August 1968):25- 26. 

and Smith, Ed. "Civilians-Turned-Soldiers." National Guardsman 22 

(October 1 968):27. 

"Guard Brigade ' Married' to Re&rttlar Army Division." National Guardsman 27 

(April 1973):10- 12. 

"Hawaii Brigade Aids ' Republic of Kona."' National Guardsman 23 (August 

1969):27- 28. 

"Hawaiians Get New Commande r." National Guardsman 23 (Februa ry 

1969):32. 

Ha ze ls, David R., and Hirata, Gregg. "Roundout in Hawa ii." National 

Guardsman 35 (March 1981):30- 31. 

"SRF." National Guardsman 19 (Novemlber 1965):8- 10+. 

"29th BDE Gets New CG; First CG Return s." National Guardsman 23 

(November 1969):30+. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 643 

"20 Years After: A Study of the 29th Infantry Brigade's Last Mobilization." 

National Guard 42 (May 1988):26- 32. 

"The Viet Nam Callup Army National Guard." National Guardsman 22 (May 

1968): 19. 

Wa lker, Luther L. "They Did a Fine Job of Soldiering." National Guardsman 23 

(April 1969):22- 26. 

"Welcome Home: Hawaii Brigade Ends Active Duty Tour." National Guardsman 

24 (February 1970):28- 29. 

30th INFANTRY BRIGADE 

(Old Hickory) 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER S LEEVE lNSIGNlA 

Description: The letters "0 " and "I-I" in blue, upon a red background, the 

"0 " forming the elliptical outline of the device, the Jetter "H" 

within the "0," and the letters "XXX'' on the bar of the "H." 

The insignia worn with long axis vertical. 

Symbolism: The letters "0'' and "H'' are the initials of "Old Hickory," and 

the ' 'XXX" is the Roman numeral of the organization. 

DISTINCTIVE UNiT lNSIGNTA 

Description: A gold colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a representation of a hornets' nest in blue charged at top with five 

gold fleurs-dc-lis and in base with a gold five-pointed star, all 

inclosed by a continuous scarlet scroll inscri bed OLD HICKORY at top and BRIGADE below and crossing at center overall from lower right to upper left a gold branch of laurel 

beneath a gold sword with point at upper right and hilt at 

lower left, the blade divided in half lengthwise with green 

above and red below, both ends of sword and laurel branch 

protruding outside the scroll. 

Symbolism: The hornets' nest, adapted from th e c rest of the N orth 

Carolina Army National Guard, is a reference to the unit's participation in five campa igns in Europe during World War II, 

wh il e the sword with blade in the colors of the Belgian 

Fourragere refers to that award received for service in 

Belgium and the Ardennes. The laure l branch and the star 

denote awards of the French Croix de Guerrc with palm and 

with star for service in France during World War IJ; the scarlet 

scroll alludes to the Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) 

earned by Headquarters Company of the brigade for service in 

England and France. 

645 
646 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

30th INFANTRY BRIGADE 

(Old Hickory) 

ARNG 

LINEAGE (North Carolina) 

Constituted 18 Ju ly 1917 in the National Guard as Headquarters, 30th 

Division (to be organized with troops from North Carolina, South Carolina, and 

Tennessee). Organized 28 August- 12 September 1917 at Camp Sevier, South 

Ca rolina. Demobilized 7 May 1919 at Camp Jackson , South Caroli na. 

Reorganized and federa lly recognized 24 August 1926 at Atlanta, Georgia. 

Location changed 20 September 1932 to Macon, Georgia. Inducted into federal 

service 16 September 1940 at Macon, Georgia. Reorganized and redesignated 16 

February 1942 as Headquarters, 30th Infantry Division. Inactivated 25 November 

1945 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Reorganized and federal ly recognized in 

part 21 February 1947 at Nashville, Tennessee, and in part II September 1947 at 

Raleigh, North Carolina. 

North Carolina part of Headquarters, 30th Infantry Division, reorganized and 

redesignated 27 October 1954 as Headquarters, 30th Infantry Division 

(Tennessee part- hereafter separate lineage). 

Reorganized and redesignated 1 December 1973 as Headquarters, 30th 

Infantry Brigade, and location changed to Clinton (Headquarters Company, 30th 

Infantry Brigade, concurrently reorganized and redesignated from Headquarters 

and Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade, 30th Infantry Division [see ANNEX]). 

ANN EX 

Constituted 24 August 1942 in the North Carol ina National Guard as 

Headquarters Company, 3d Battalion, I 19th Infantry, an e lement of the 30th 

Infantry Division. Activated 7 September 1942 while in federa l service at Fort 

Jackson, South Carolina. Inactivated 24 November 1945 at Fort Jackson, South 

Carolina. Reorgan ized and federally recognized 31 May 1948 at Clinton. 

Reorgani zed and redesignated I April 1959 as Company E, Lst Battle Group, 

I 19th Infantry. 

Reorganized and redesignated I 0 March 1963 as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 30th Infantry Division. Redesignated I 

January l968 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, I st Brigade, 30th 

Infantry Division. 

Home Station: Clinton (less detachments at Mount Olive and Rocky Mount) 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 

CAMPA IGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War I 

Somme Offensive 

Yprcs-Lys 

Flanders 1918 

World War II 

Normandy 

Northern France 

Rhineland 

Ardenncs-Alsace 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

647 

French Croix de Gucrrc with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered 

FRANCE (30th Infantry Division cited; DA GO 14, 1959) 

Belgian Fourragere 1940 (Headquarters, 30th In fantry Division, and I J 9th 

Infantry cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in Belgium 

(Headquarters, 30th Infantry Division, and 1 L9th Infantry cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes 

(lleadquarters, 30th Infantry Division, and L 19th Infantry cited; DA GO 43, 

1950) 

Headquarters Company (Clinton) additionally entitled to Meritorious Unit 

Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered UN ITED KINGDOM AND FRANCE 

(Headquarters Company, 3d Battalion, 1 J 9th Infantry, cited; GO 184, 30th 

Infantry Division, 1945) and French Croix de Guerre with Silver Gilt Star, World 

War II, Streamer embroidered STOUMONT AND IIABI EMONT (I 19th Infantry 

cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

30TH INFANTRY BRIGADE BtBLIOGRAPliY 

"After months of preparation, Old Hickory gets on the ROAD as reorganization of 

the famed 30th gets underway!" The Tar Heel Guardsman 7 (January- February 

1963):9- 11. 

American Battle Monuments Commission. American Armies and Battlefield\· in 

Europ e. Washington: Gove rnment Printing Office, 1938. Reprint. 

Washington: Government Printing O'!fice, 1992. 

___ . 30th Division, Summcuy of Operations in the World War. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1944. 

Blumenson, Martin. Breakout and Pursuit. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1961. 

---· "The Mortain Counterattack: Future Portent?" Army 8 (July 1958):30-38. 

Cole, Hugh M. The Ardennes: Bailie of the Bulge. United States Army in World 

War ll. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1965. 

Clyma, Carleton B., ed. Connecticut Men of the 30th- Old HickOJy- Division, 

September 1945. Hartford, 1945. 

Eubank, George B. A History of the 30th i nfantry Division, 1917- 1963. 

Darmstadt, Germany: Stars and Stripes, 1963. 
648 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

Featherston, Alwyn. Saving the Breakout: The 30th Division :S· Heroic Stand at 

Mortain, August 7- 12, 1944. Novato, Calif.: Presidio Press, 1993. 

"For the 30th Division, 50 History-Making Years." The Tar Heel Guardsman I I 

(September 1967):8- 13. 

I Iarrison, Gordon A. Cross-Channel Attack. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1951. 

Heatherly, Charles. "The Mission Is Training for Readiness: A Vital Test for the 

Guard." National Guardsman 27 (November 1973):2-4. 

lJewitt, Robert L. Work Horse of the Western Front: The St01y of the 30th infantry 

Division. Washington: Infantry Journal Press, 1946. Reprint. Nashville: 

Battery Press, I 980. 

Historical Division, War Department. St-Lo (7 July- 29 July 1944). American 

Forces in Action. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1947. 

Historical and Pictorial Review, 30th Infantry Division: Army of the United 

States, Fort Jackson, South Carolina, 1941. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy 

Publishing Co., 1941. 

Historical Section, Army War College. Order of Battle of the United States Land 

Forces in the World War; American Expeditionary Forces; Divisions. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 193 1. Reprint. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1988. 

IJobbs, L. S. "Breaching the Siegfried Line." Militmy Review 26 (June 1946):9- 14. 

Kahn, E. J., Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980. 

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Qlfensive. United States Army in World War ll. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, J 973. 

---· The Siegfi··ied Line Campaign. United States Army in World War ll. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1963. 

Murphy, Elmer A. The Thirtieth Division in the World War. Lepanto, Ark.: Old 

Hickory Publishing Co., 1936. 

"The Old Hickory Division: A Condensed History of the 30th Infantry Division." 

National Guardsman 2 (August 1948): 18- 19. 

"Old Hickory Division Is Abolished." The Tar Heel Guardsman 17 (November 

.1973):5- 6. 

"Once Again The 30th Serves in Three States." The Tar Heel Guardsman J 2 

(February 1968):7- 8. 

Parker, Joe. "30th Infantry Brigade Prepares for AT 74." The Tar Heel 

Guardsman 18 (March 1974): 14. 

---· "30th Infantry I3rigaclc Takes Part in Exercise Solid Shield During 

Annual Training." The Tar Heel Guardsman 20 (August 1976): 12- 13. 

'"Reunification' of 30th Mcch into Single-State Div Projected." National 

Guardsman 27 (November 1973): 16-17. 

Russell, Henry D. The Purge of the Thirtieth Division. Macon: Lyon, Marshall, 

and Brooks, c. 1955. 

"Shift of 30th Mech Div Planned; 49th Armel Div Reborn." National Guardsman 

27 (December 1973):36. 

Sm ith, Herbert E. "A.E.F. Divisiona l Insignia- The 30th Division." Recruiting 

News 16 (I March 1934):3ff. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 649 

Todd, Keith. Old Hickory: 30th Infantry Division. Paducah, Ky. : Turner 

Publishing Co., 1990. 

31st ARMORED BRIGADE 

(Dixie) 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNJA 

Description: Within a red circle on a white disc, the red letters "D D" back 

to back in the form of an octagon. 

Symbolism: The two "Ds" stand for the "Dixie Division" from which the 

brigade descended. 

OTSTJNCTIVE UN IT lNSJGNIA 

Description: A gold colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a gold 

disc surmounted by a white decagon divided horizontally with 

a gold wavy bar bearing a black arrow with a scarlet arrowhead 

between a gold flem·-de-lis and a gold Philippine sunburst, 

overall a scarlet saltire, at the top a semi-circular gold scroll 

folded back at each side and inscribed DIXIE and a scroll of 

the like in base inscribed BRIGADE all in black letters. 

Symbolism: The scarlet cross of St. Andrew on the white field was suggested by the state flag of Alabama. The sides of the decagon 

aiJude to participation of Headquarters Company in ten campaigns of Confederate service in the Civil War. The fleur-de-lis 

symbolizes the unit's participation in World War I. The sunburst represents the organization's Philippine Presidential Unit 

Citation for World War II service in the southern Philippines, 

while the arrowhead alludes to the unit's assault landing at New 

Guinea. The black arrow represents the area's Indian heritage 

and the city of Tuscaloosa situated on the banks of the Black 

Warrior River where Headquarters Company was originally 

organized in early 1861 as the Warrior Guards. The disc symbolizes the unit's speed and mobility. Yellow is the armor color. 

651 
652 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

LfNEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

31st ARMORED BRIGADE 

(Dixie) 

LINEAGE 

ARNG 

(Alabama) 

Constituted 18 July 1917 in the National Guard as Headquarters, 31st 

Division (to be organized with troops from Alabama, Florida, and Georgia). 

Organized 25 August 1917 at Camp Wheeler, Georgia. Demobilized 14 January 

1919 at Camp Gordon, Georgia. Reorganized and federally recognized 15 

October 1924 at Saint Augustine, Florida. Location changed 4 March 1933 to 

Bartow, Florida, and on 10 November 1940 to Birmingham, Alabama. Inducted 

into federal service 25 November 1940 at Birmingham, Alabama. Reorganized 

and redesignated 27 February 1942 as Headquarters, 31st Infantry Division. 

Inactivated 21 December 1945 at Camp Stoneman, California. Reorganized and 

federally recognized in part I November 1946 at Birmingham, Alabama, and in 

part 2 December 1946 at Greenville, Mississippi (Mississippi part- hereafter 

separate lineage). Ordered into active federal service 16 January 1951 at 

Birmingham. (Headquarters, 31st Infantry Division [Alabama part] [NGUS], 

organized and federally recognized 26 June 1953 at Birmingham.) Released 15 

June 1954 from active federal service and reverted to state control; federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from Headquarters, 31st Infantry Division 

(Alabama part) (NGUS). Location changed 10 December 1956 to Mobile, and on 

2 May 1959 to Birmingham. Ordered into active federal service 11 June 1963 at 

Birmingham; released 23 June 1963 from active federal service and reverted to 

state control. Ordered into active federal service I 0 September 1963 at 

Birmingham; released 12 September 1963 and reverted to state control. Ordered 

into active federal service 20 March 1965 at Birmingham; released 29 March 

1965 from active federal service and reverted to state control. 

Converted and redesignated J 5 Janua ry 1968 as Headquarters, 31st Brigade, 

30th Armored Division, and location changed to Tuscaloosa (Headquarters 

Company, 31st Brigade, 30th Armored Division, concurrently converted and 

redesignated from Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 31st Infantry Division 

[see ANNEX]). Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 31st Brigade, 30th 

Armored Division, reorganized and redesignated I November 1973 as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 31st Armored Brigade, and relieved 

from assignment to the 30th Armored Division. Location changed 1 February 

1979 to Northport. 

ANNEX 

Organized in early 1861 at Tuscaloosa as the Warrior Guards (Captain 

Rodes's Company of Alabama Volunteers) and mustered into Confederate service 

5 May 1861 at Montgomery as Company G, 5th Alabama Infantry. Surrendered 9 

April 1865 at Appomattox, Virginia. Reorganized in the winter of 1875 in the 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 653 

Alabama Volunteer Militia at Tuscaloosa as Company F (Warrior Guards), 2d 

Regiment of Infantry. (Alabama Volunteer Militia redesignated 9 February 1877 

as the Alabama State Troops; redesignated 18 February 1897 as the Alabama 

National Guard.) Mustered into federal service 16 May-14 June 1898 at 

Montgomery as Company F, 2d Alabama Volunteer Infantry; mustered out 31 

October I 898 at Montgomery and resumed state status as Company F, 2d 

Infantry Regiment. Mustered into federal service 1 July 1916; drafted into federal 

service 5 August 1917. Personnel absorbed 15 August- ! October 1917 by 

Company F, 167th Infantry, an element of the 42d Division, and Company B, 

l06th Ammunition Train, an element of the 31st Division. Company F, !67th 

Infantry, and Company B, 106th Ammunition Train, demobilized 19 May 1919 at 

Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Former Company F, 2d Infantry Regiment, reorganized and federally recognized 20 February 1920 in the Alabama National Guard 

at Tuscaloosa as Company E, 4th Infantry. Redesignated 16 December 1921 as 

Company E, I 67th Infantry, an element of the 39th Division. Redesignated 1 

January 1922 as Company B, !67th Infantry. Reorganized and redesignated 5 

May 1922 as Headquarters Company, 77th Infantry Brigade, an element of the 

39th Division. Redesignated 1 July 1923 as Headquarters Company, 61st Infantry 

Brigade, an element of the 31st Division. Redesignated 12 May 1924 as 

Headquarters Company, 62d Infantry Brigade, an element of the 31st Division. 

Reorganized and redesignated 30 June 1929 as Company D, !67th Infantry, an 

element of the 31st Division (later redesignated as the 31st Infantry Division). 

Inducted into federal service 25 November 1940 at Tuscaloosa. Inactivated 29 

December 1945 at Camp Stoneman, California. Reorganized and federally recognized 16 December 194 7 at Tuscaloosa. Ordered into active federal service 16 

January 1951 at Tuscaloosa. (Company D, 200th Infantry [NGUS], organized and 

federally recognized 31 March 1953 at Tuscaloosa.) Company D, !67th Infantry, 

released 15 June 1954 from active federal service and reverted to state control; 

concurrently reorganized and redesignated as Company D, 200th Infantry, an element of the 31st Infantry Division, and federal recognition withdrawn from 

Company D, 200th Infantry (NGUS). Consolidated 2 May 1959 with Battery C, 

216th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion (organized and federally recognized 29 

March 1951 at Tuscaloosa), and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated 

as Company D, lst Battle Group, 200th Infantry. 

Reorganized and redesignated 15 April 1963 as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 31st Infantry Division. Ordered into active 

federal service I 1 June 1963 at Tuscaloosa; released 12 September 1963 from 

active federal service and reverted to state control. Ordered into active federal 

service 20 March 1965 at Tuscaloosa; released 28 March 1965 from active federal service and reverted to state control. 

Home Station: Northport (less detachment at Livingston) 
654 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War I 

Streamer without inscription 

World War II 

New Guinea (with arrowhead) 

Southern Philippines 

Western Pacific 

Headquarters Company (Warrior Guards) additionally entitled to: 

Civil War (Confederate service) 

First Manassas 

Peninsula 

Fredericksbmg 

Chancellorsvillc 

Gettysburg 

Appomattox 

Maryland 1862 

Virginia 1863 

Virginia 1864 

North Carolina 1864 

DECORATIONS 

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (Headquarters, 31st Infantry Division, and !67th Infantry 

cited; DA GO 47, 1950) 

31ST ARMORED BRlGADE BlBLIOGRAPHY 

Amerine, William H. Alabama :S· Own in France. New York: Eaton and Gettinger, 

1919. 

"At '71 . .. the Year of 'First."' The Alabama Guardsman 7 (November 1971):9. 

Brewer, Willis. Alabama: Her History, Resources, War Record and Public Men, 

.from 1540 to 1872. Montgomery: Alabama Civil War Centennial 

Commission, 1962. 

"Civil Disturbance Duty: Tuscaloosa, Alabama." The National Guardsman 17 

(August l963):9- 13ff. 

"The Dixie Division: A Condensed History of the 31st Infantry Division." The 

National Guardsman 2 (September 1948): I 0- 11. 

Historical and Pictorial Review of the 31st Division, Army of the United States, 

Camp Blanding, Florida, 1941. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing 

Co., 1941. 

Historical Annual, National Guard of the State of Alabama 1938. Baton Rouge: 

Army and Navy Publishing Co., 1938. 

Historical Section, Army War College. Order of Battle of the United States Land 

Forces in the World War; American Expeditionary Forces; Divisions. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 193 1. Reprint. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1988. 

History of the 3/s/ lrifantry Division in Training and Combat, 1940- 1945. Baton 

Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Co., 1946. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 655 

"Infantry Receives Latest Training." Alabama Guardsman I (September- October 

1947):3. 

Kahn, E. J. , Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry 

.Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980. 

" ... the magnificent manner ... " The National Guardsman 19 (May 

1965): I 0-11 ff. 

McDavid, C. C., comp. The Dixie Division. Photographic Record of Five Year 

Service of the 3lstlnfantly Division World l#trll. Columbia, Miss., n.d. 

Person, John C. The 31stlnfantly (Dixie) Division in World War If. Mobile, Ala., 

1953. 

Smith, Herbert E. "A.E.F. Divisional Insignia- The 31st Division." Recruiting 

News 16 (I April 1934):3. 

Smith, Robert Ross. The Approach to the Philippines. United States AJmy in 

World War 11. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1953. 

___ . Triumph in the Philippines. United States Army in World War I I. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, J 963. 

"3 1st Bde Completes Field Training." The Alabama Guardsman 6 (July 1970):3. 

"3 1st Brigade Conducts CPX." The Alabama Guardsman I 0 (November 1975):5. 

31st Division in Exercise Long /lorn. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing 

Co., 1952. 

31st lnjant1y Division, Camp Allerbwy, Indiana. Marceline, Mo.: Walsworth 

Bros., 1953. 

31st fl?f'c111tly Division, 1956 Summer Encampment, Fort McClellan, Alabama. 

n.p., 1956. 

39th INFANTRY BRIGADE 

(The Arkansas Brigade) 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER S LEEVE TNSIGN IA 

Description: On a red shield arched at the top and base, a blue lozenge surmounted diagonally from upper left to lower right by a white 

Bowie knife, hilt down, all within a blue border. 

Symbolism: The Bowi e kn ife a lludes to Arkansas, ''The Bowie State," 

home area of the brigade. The Bowie knife, a weapon used for 

close fi ghting and implying hand-to-hand combat, is also 

indicative of the aggressive spirit of i11fantry. The lozenge or 

diamond refers to the unique aspect of the state as having the 

only diamond fie ld in North Ame1ica. 

OrSTINC..Il VE UNIT TNSIGN!A 

Description: A silver colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a red 

diamond standing on its short axis and charged on its horizontal axis witJ1 a wavy blue bar bearing a sil ver arrow with point 

to the lefl, above the diamond on the center lobe of a three 

lobed green background three silver five-pointed stars and 

below the diamond on a silver scroll double folded at each end 

the word COURAGE in black. 

Symbolism: The stars stand for France, Spain, and the United States, the 

countries to which the Arkansas Territory belonged. The diamond shape was suggested by the state flag, while the wavy 

bar symbolizes the Arkansas River with the arrow referring to 

the Indian name "Arkansa." The green background alludes to 

the wooded hills of the Ouachita and the Ozark national forest. 

The arrow in. tl ight is used as a symbol of the brigade defending the state. 

657 
658 ARMIES, CORPS, DJVISJONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

39th INFANTRY BRIGADE 

(The Arkansas Brigade) 

ARNG 

LJNEAGE (Arkansas) 

Constituted 18 July 1917 in the National Guard as Headquarters, 39th Division 

(to be organized with troops from Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi). Organized 

25 August 1917 at Camp Beauregard, Louisiana. Demobilized 23 January 1919 at 

Camp Beauregard, Louisiana. Reconstituted 27 May I 946 in the National Guard as 

Headquarters, 39th Infantry Division. Reorganized and federally recognized in part 

30 September 1946 at New Orleans, Louisiana, and in part 26 August 1947 at Little 

Rock, Arkansas (Louisiana part- hereafter separate lineage). Ordered into active 

federal service 24 September 1957 at Little Rock; released 24 October 1957 from 

active federal service and reverted to state control. 

Reorganized and redesignated I December 1967 as Headquarte rs, 39th 

Infantry Brigade (Headquarters Company, 39th Infantry Brigade, concurrently 

converted and redesignated from Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 39th 

Infantry Division Artillery [Arkansas part] [organized and federally recognized 

22 October 1946 at Little Rock]). 

Home Station: Little Rock (less detachments at Beebe and West Memphis) 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War I 

Streamer without inscription 

D ECORATIONS 

None. 

39TH INFANTRY 8RJGADE BIBLIOGRAPHY 

"The 'Delta' Division: A Condensed History of the 39th Infantry Division." The 

National Guardsman 10 (October 1969):33. 

Historical Section, Army War College. Order of Battle of the United States Land 

Forces in the World War; American Expeditionary Forces; Divisions. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1931. Reprint. Washington: 

Government Print Office, 1988. 

"Posting the Guard; Arkansas Guardsmen in Forrest City Duty." The National 

Guardsman 10 (October 1969):33. 

Smith, Herbert E. "A.E.F. Divisional Insignia- The 39th Division." Recruiting 

News 16 (December 1934):3. 

The 39th !1~/antry Division. New Orleans: Military Department, State of 

Louisiana, Office of the Adjutant General, c. 1950. 

39th. Infantry Division. Baton Rouge: A1my and Navy Publishing Co., 1950. 
41st INFANTRY BRIGADE 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNiA 

Description: On a red semi-disc, a blue base line and the setting sun in yellow. The demi-sun of 12 rays, all within a green border. 

Symbolism: The 4 I st Division, the "Sunset Division;' was the predecessor 

of this brigade. The division was organized from National 

Guard units from several western states, and the design 

alludes to the sun setting over the Pacific Ocean. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT fNSJGNIA 

Description: A gold colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a disc 

of irregular outline on which the crest for the Oregon National 

Guard is superimposed : On a wreath a demi-disc gules 

charged with the setting sun or with sixteen light rays behind a 

beaver sejant. 

Symbolism: The setting sun alludes to the Northwest, the station of the 

41st Division from which the brigade descended. The beaver 

superimposed upon the face of the setting sun alludes to the 

state of Oregon. 

LlNEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

41st INFANTRY BRIGADE 

ARNG 

LINEAGE (Oregon) 

Constituted 1 8 July 1917 in the National Guard as Headquarters, 41st 

Division (to be organized with troops from the western United States and the 

District of Columbia). Organized 18 September 1917 at Camp Greene, North 

Carolina. Demobilized 22 February 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey. Reorganized 

and federally recognized 3 January 1930 at Portland, Oregon. Inducted into federal service 16 September 1940 at Portland, Oregon. Reorganized and redesignated 

17 February 1942 as Headquarters, 41st Infantry Division. Inactivated 3 I 

December 1945 in Japan. Reorganized and fede rally recognized in part 26 

February 1947 at Portland, Oregon, and in part 8 March 1948 at Seattle, 

Washington (Washington part- hereafter separate lineage). (Headquarters 

Company, 41st Infantry Division [Oregon part], organized 15 May 1959 at 

Portland, Oregon.) Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 41st Infantry 

Division (Oregon part), reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1968 as 

659 
660 ARMIES, CORPS, DMSIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 41st Infantry Brigade (Headquarters 

Company, 41st Infantry Brigade, eonctlrrently consolidated with Headquarters 

and Headquarters Company, 41st Tn f~mtry Brigade [sec ANNEX 1], and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters Company, 41st infantry Brigade). 

ANNEX 1 

Organized and federally recognized 30 June 191 9 in the Oregon National 

Guard at Portland as Headquarters Company, 3d Infantry. Redesignated 5 May 

1920 as Headquarters Company, 5th Infantry. Redesignated 7 October 1921 as 

Headquarters Company, I 62d Infantry, an element of the 41st Division (later 

redesignated as the 41st Infantry Division). Inducted into federal service 16 

September 1940 at Portl and . Inactivated 31 December 1945 in Japan . 

Reorganized and federally recognized 6 December 1946 at Portland. 

Consolidated 15 May 1959 with the Medical Company, 162d Infantry (see 

ANNEX 2), and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters 

Company, 1st Battle Group, 162d Infantry. 

Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1963 as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade, 41st Infantry Division. Reorganized and 

redesignated 15 November 1965 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

41 st Infan try Brigade, and relieved from assignment to the 41st Infantry 

Division. 

ANN EX 2 

Organized and federally recognized 3 December 1920 in the Oregon National 

Guard at Portland as the Sanita ry Detachment, 5th Infantry. Redesignated 7 

October 192 1 as the Medical Department Detachment, ! 62d Infantry, an element 

of the 4 1st Division (later redesignated as the 41 st Infantry Division). 

Redesignated 1 May 1940 as the Medical Detachment, 162d T nfantry. Inducted 

into federal service 16 September 1940 at Portland. T nactivated 31 December 

1945 in Japan. Reorganized and federally recognized 8 July 1947 at Portland. 

Reorganized and redesignated I November 1948 as the Medical Company, 162d 

Infantry. 

Home Station: Portland (less detachment at Clackamas) 

Ct\MP/\lGN PARTIClPATlON CREDIT 

World War I 

Streamer without inscription 

World War// 

New Guinea 

Luzon Southern Philippines (with arrowhead) 

DECORATIONS 

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (Headquarters, 41st Infantry Division, and 162d Infantry 

c ited; DA GO 47, 1950) 
LiNEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 661 

41ST INFANTRY BRIGADE BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Andrew, George S. "The 41st Didn't Take Prisoners." Saturday Evening Post 2 19 

(27 July 1946):22-23ff. 

"A Busy Summer for the 41st." The Oregon Guardsman (Fall 1971 ):3. 

Courchene, Richard M. Hell, Love, and Fun. WolfPoint, Mont., 1969. 

41st !J~fant7y Division, Fighting Jung/eers. Paducah, Ky.: Turner Publishing Co., 

1992. 

Historical Annual, National Guard of the State o.f Oregon, 1939. Baton Rouge: 

Army and Navy Publishing Co., 1939. 

Kahn, E. J. , Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publ ishing Co., 1980. 

Lawless, Roger E. "The Biak Operation." JV!ilitary Review 33 (May 1953):53- 62; 

and (June 1953):48-62. 

McCartney, William F. The Jungleers: A History (~lthe 41st l~fitntry Division. 

Washington: Infantry Journal Press, 1948. 

Smith, Herbert E. "A.E.F. Divisional Insignia- The 41 st Division." Recruiting 

News 17 (I February 1935):3ff. 

Smith, Robert Ross. The Approach to the Philippines. United States Army in 

World War II. Washington: Government Printing O!Tice, 1953 . 

. Triumph in the Philippines. United States Army in World War ll. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1963. 

"The 'Sunset' Divisi.on: A Condensed History of the 4 1st Infantry Division." The 

National Guardsman 3 (July 1949):20-2 1. 

Westerfield, Harris. 41st Division: Fighting Jungleers. Paducah, Ky.: Turner 

Publishing Co., 1992. 

___ , et al. The Jungleers: A Histmy of the 41st h?fcuwv Division. Chelsea, 

Mich.: Lithocrafters, 1980. 

45th INFANTRY BRIGADE 

(Thunderbird) 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: On a red square, a yellow "Thunderbird" displayed and wings 

inverted, the square to be worn point up. 

Symbolism: The predecessor of the brigade (the 45th Division) was composed of Army National Guard troops from Colorado, 

Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Arizona. As the territory was 

originally explored and settled by the Spanish, the insignia is 

gold and red, the Spanish colors. The "Thunderbird" is an 

Indian symbol meaning sacred bearer of happiness unlimited. 

The four sides of the insignia represent the four states comprising the former division. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

Description: A gold colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a blue 

square with one point up on which is superimposed the crest 

for the Oklahoma Army National Guard, an Indian's head with 

war bonnet all of gold color. Attached below the square a twosegmented gold colored scroll inscribed SEMPER (Always) 

on the dexter segment and ANTICUS (Forward) on the sinister 

segment in blue letters. 

Symbolism: The Indian appears on the seal of the state of Oklahoma. The 

colors gold and blue are representative of the Territory of 

Oklahoma, a portion of the Louisiana Purchase. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERSAN HEADQUARTERSC ~ANY 

45th INFANTRY BRIGADE 

(Thunderbird) 

ARNG 

LINEAGE (Oklahoma) 

Constituted 19 October 1920 in the National Guard as Headquarters, 45th 

Division (to be organized with troops from Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and 

Oklahoma). Organized and federally recognized 3 August 1923 at Oklahoma 

City, Oklahoma; Headquarters Detachment organized and federally recognized 1 

July 1924 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Headquarters and Headquarters 

663 
664 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

Detachment, 45th Division, inducted into federal service 16 September 1940 at 

Oklahoma City. Reorgani zed and redesignated 23 February 1942 as 

Headquarters, 45th Infantry Division. Inactivated 7 December 1945 at Camp 

13owic, Texas. Reorganized and federally recognized 5 September 1946 in the 

Oklahoma National Guard at Oklahoma City. Ordered into active federal service 

1 September 1950 at Oklahoma City. (Headquarters, 45th Infantry Division 

[NGUS], organized and federally recognized 15 September J 952 at Oklahoma 

City.) Released 30 April 1954 from active federal service and reverted to state 

control; federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from Headquarters, 45th 

Infantry Division (NGUS). 

Reorganized and redesi gnated I February 1968 as Headquarters, 45th 

Infantry Brigade, and location changed to Edmond (Headquarters Company, 45th 

In fantry Brigade, concurrently reorganized and redesignated from Headquarters 

Company, 1st Battalion, 179th Infantry [see ANNEX]). Location changed 1 

October 1996 to Oklahoma City. 

ANNEX 

Organized and federally recognized 31 August 1918 in the Oklahoma 

National Guard at Edmond as Headquarters Company, 2d infantry. Redesignated 

I 4 October 1921 as Headquarters Company, I 79th Infantry, an element of the 

45th Division (later redesignated as the 45th Infantry Division). Inducted into 

federal service 16 September 1940 at Edmond. Inactivated 21 September 1945 at 

Camp Bowie, Texas. Reorganized and federally recognized I 0 September 1946 at 

Edmond. Ordered into active federal service 1 September 1950 at Edmond. 

(Headquarters Company, 179th Infantry [NGUS], organized and federally recognized 15 September 1952 at Edmond.) Released 30 April 1954 from active federal service and reverted to state control; federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from Headquarters Company, 179th Infantry (NGUS). Reorganized and 

redesignated 1 May 1959 as Headquarters Company, I st 13attle Group, 179th 

Infantry. Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1963 as Headquarters Company, 

I st Battalion, 179tb T nfantry. 

Home Station: Oklahoma City 

CAMPAIGN PARTlCU'ATION CRTIDIT 

World War II 

Sicily (with arrowhead) 

Naples-Foggia (with arrowhead) 

Anzio 

Rome-Arno 

Southern France (with arrowhead) 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-Alsace 

Central Europe 

Korean War 

Second Korean Winter 

Korea, Summer- Fall 1952 

Third Korean Winter 

Korea, Summer 1953 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 665 

DECORATIONS 

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War IJ, Streamer embroidered 

ACQUAFONDATA (Headquarters, 45th Infantry Division, and I 79th Infantry cited; 

DA GO 43, 1950) 

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 

(Headquarters, 45th Infantry Division, and I 79th Infantry cited; DA GO 30, 

1954). 

45TH INFANTRY BRIGADE BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Bishop, Leo V, et al., eds. The Fighting Forty-Fijih: The Combat Record of an 

lnfantJy Division. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Co., 1946. 

Reprint. Nashville: Battery Press, 1978. 

Bl.umenson, Martin. Salerno to Cassino. United States Army in World War TI. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1969. 

Brown, Bernard F. Thunderbird: A 1/istory of the 45th !nfantJy Division. 

Oklahoma City, 1954. 

Clarke, Jeffrey J., and Smith, Robert Ross. Riviera to the Rhine. United States 

Army in World War TT. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1993. 

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Texas,l942. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Co., 1942. 

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666 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

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Washington: Government Printing Office, 1945. 

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Co., 1953. 

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Kenda ll Publication, 1994. 
48th INFANTRY BRIGADE 

H CRALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLI:.£EVfl INSIGNIA 

Description: On a light blue shield, rounded in base, two right oblique bars 

throughout; the upper blue and the lower scarlet, both edged 

white and sunnounted overall by a left oblique yellow lightning bolt all within a white border. 

Symbolism: Light blue is fo r infantry, representing the basic arm of the 

brigade. Scarlet, white, and blue are the colors in the state fl ag 

of Georgia; the armor yellow and artillery scarlet arc representative of total strength through the added support of armor and 

a rtillery. The lightning bolt characterizes the mobility and 

effectiveness of the combined forces. 

O ISTINCITVE UNIT lNSIGNii\ 

None approved. 

L INEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS ANDHEADQUARTERSCONWANY 

48th INFANTRY BRIGADE 

ARNG 

LINEAGE (Georgia) 

Organized 23 April 1825 in the Georgia Volunteer Mililia at Macon as the 

Macon Volunteers. Mustered into fede ral service 18 February 1836 at Picolata, 

Florida, as Captain Isaac G. Seymour's Company, I st Ba ttalio n. Georgia 

Volunteers; mustered out 15 May 1836 in Florida. (Macon Guards organized in 

1846 to include clements of the Macon Volunteers and Floyd Rifles; mustered 

into federal service ll June 1846 at Columbus as an element of the I st Georgia 

Volunteer Infantry; mustered out 31 May 1847 at New Orleans, Louisiana.) 

(Independent Volunteer Battalion of Macon established 20 December 1860 to 

include all volunteer militia companies in that city.) Mustered into Confederate 

service 21 April 1861 at Macon. Macon Volunteers reorganized and redesignated 

22 April 1861 as Company D, 2d Battalion, Georgia lnf<mtry. Surrendered 9 April 

1865 at Appomattox, Virginia. 

Reorganized II April 1872 in the Georgia Volunteers at Macon as the Macon 

Volunteers. Reorganized and redesignated 15 June 1874 as Company B, 2d 

Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated 23 January 1891 as Company B (Macon 

Volunteers), 2d Infantry Regiment. Mustered into federal ser vice 1 1- 14 May 

1898 at Griffin as Company F, Lst Georgia Volunteer Infantry; mustered out 18 

667 
668 ARMTES, CORPS. DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

November 1898 at Macon and reswncd state status as Company B, 2d Regiment 

Infantry. (Georgia Volunteers redesignated 21 December 1899 as the Georgia 

State Troops; redesignated 1 October 1905 as the Georgia National Guard.) 

Mustered into federal service 2 July 1916 at Macon; drafted into federal service 5 

August 1917. Reorganized and redesignated 20 August 19 17 as Company B, 

! 51st Machine Gtm Battalion, an element of the 42d Division. Demobilized in 

May 1919 at Camp Gordon, Georgia. Reorganized and federally recognized 29 

November 1920 in the Georgia National Guard at Macon as Company H, 1st 

Infantry. Redesignated 8 March 1921 as Company B, 1st Infantry. Redesignated 1 

July 1922 as Company B, 122d infantry. 

Reorganized and redesignated 28 November 1922 as Ucadqua1ters Company, 

59th Infantry Brigade, an element of the 30th Division. Tnductcd into federal service 16 September 1940 at Macon. Converted and redesignated 16 February 1942 

as the 30th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, an element of the 30th Infantry 

Division. Redesignated II August 1943 as the 30th Reconnaissance Troop, 

Mechan ized. Inactivated 17 November 1945 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. 

Reorganized and fede rally recognized 12 December 1946 at Macon as 

Headquarters Company, 12 1 st Infantry, an element of the 48th Tnfantty Division. 

Converted an d redesignated I November 1955 as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, Combat Command B, 48th Armored Div ision. 

Reorganized and redesignated 16 April 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, I st Brigade, 48th Armored Division. Converted and redesignated 1 

January 1968 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 30th 

Infantry Division. Consolidated 1 December 1.973 with the 182d Military Police 

Company (see ANNEX 1) and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 48th Infantry Brigade. Ordered into 

active federal service 30 November 1990 at Macon; released I 0 April 1991 from 

active federal service and reverted to state control. 

A NNEX I 

Organized 13 September 1841 in the Georgia Volunteer Militia at Macon as 

the Floyd Rifles. (Macon Guards organized in 1846 to include clements of the 

Floyd Rifles and Macon Volunteers; mustered into federal service 11 June 1846 

at Columbus as an element of the 1st Georgia Volunteer Infantry; mustered out 

31 May 184 7 at New Orleans, Louisiana.) (Independent Volunteer Battalion of 

Macon established 20 December 1860 to include all volunteer militia companies 

in that city.) Mustered into Confederate service 20 April 1861 at Macon. Floyd 

Rifles reorganized and redesignated 22 April 1861 as Company C, 2d Battalion, 

Georgia Infantry. Surrendered 9 April 1865 at Appomattox, Virginia. 

Reorganized 12 April 1872 in the Georgia Volunteers at Macon as the Floyd 

Rifles. Reorganized 15 June 1874 as an element of the 2d Battalion. Reorganized 

and redesignated 23 January 1891 as Company C, 2d Infa ntry Regiment. 

Mustered into federal service 11- 14 May 1898 at Griffin as an element of the 1st 

Georgia Volunteer Infantry; mustered out 18 November 1898 and resumed state 

status as Company C, 2d Regiment Infantry. (Georgia Volunteers redesignated 21 

December 1899 as the Georgia State Troops; redesignated I October 1905 as the 

Georgia National Guard.) Mustered into federal service 2 July 1916 at Macon; 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 669 

drafted into federal service 5 August 1917. Reorganized and redesignated 20 

August 1917 as Company C, !51st Machine Gun Battalion, an element of the 42d 

Division. Demobilized in May 1919 at Camp Gordon, Georgia. Reorganized and 

federally recognized 18 October 1920 in the Georgia National Guard at Macon as 

Company G, 1st Infa ntry. Redesignated 8 March 1921 as Company C, I st 

Infa ntry. Redesignated 27 April 1922 as Comp any D, 122d Infantry. 

Redesignated 9 June 1924 as Company C, I21 st 1 nfantry, an element of the 30th 

Djvision. Inducted into federal service 16 September 1940 at Macon. ( 12lst 

Infantry relieved 22 November 1941 from assignment to the 30th Division and 

assigned to the 8th Division [later redesignated as lhe 8th Infantry Division].) 

Inactivated 20 October I945 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. ( 12lst InfantTy 

relieved 5 July I946 from assignment to the 8th Infantry Division and assigned to 

the 48th Infantry Division.) Reorganized and federally recognized 18 November 

1946 at Macon. 

Converted and redesignated 1 November 1955 as Company C, 162d Tank 

Battalion, an clement of the 48th Armored Division. Reorganized and redesignated I July 1959 as Company C, 3d Medium Tank 13attalion, 108th Armor, an clement of the 48th Armored Division. Consolidated 16 April 1963 with 

Headquarters Company, 3d Medium Tank Battalion, 1 08th Armor (sec ANNEX 2), 

<md consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters Company, 3d 

Battalion, 1 08th Armor. Converted and redesignated 1 January 1968 as the 182d 

Military Police Company and relieved from assignment to the 48th Armored 

Division. 

ANNEX 2 

Org~mized and federally recognized 17 June 1921 in the Georgia National 

Gua rd at Macon as Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 12lst Infantry. 

Redesignated 27 April 1922 as Headquarters Company, 1st Ba ttalion, 122d 

Infantry. Redesignated 9 June 1924 as Headquarters Company, I st Battalion, 

12 1 st Infantry, an element of the 30th Division. Inducted into federal service 16 

September 1940 at Macon. ( 12 lst Infantry relieved 22 November 1941 from 

assignment to the 30th Division and assigned to the 8th Infantry Division .) 

Inactivated 20 October 1945 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. (I 21st Infantry 

relieved 5 July 1946 from assignment to the 8th Infantry Division and assigned to 

the 48th Infantry Division.) Reorganized and federally recognized 14 April 1947 

at Macon. 

Consolidated l November 1955 with the Service Company, 122d Infantry 

(sec A N NEX 3 ), and consolidated unit reorga nized and red esignated as 

Headquarters and Service Company, l62d Tank Battalion, an element of the 48th 

Armored Division. Consolidated l July 1959 with the Medical Detachment, 162d 

Tank Battalion (see ANNEX 4), and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters Company, 3d Medium Tank Battalion, 1 08th Armor, an element of the 48th Armored Division. 

ANNEX 3 

Organized 2 July 1889 in the Georgia Volunteers at Macon as the Macon 

Hussars. Redesignated 25 January 1890 as Troop C, I st Battalion, Cavalry. 
670 ARMTES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

Redesignated 23 July 1891 as Troop K, 1st Cavalry. Converted and redesignated 

2 February 1893 as Company F, 2d h1fantry Regiment. Mustered into federal service 11 - 14 May 1898 at Griffin as an clement of the 1st Georgia Voluntee r 

Infantry; mustered out 18 November 1898 at Macon and resumed state status as 

Company F, 2d Regiment Infan try. (Georgia Volunteers redesignated 21 

December 1899 as the Georgia State Troops; redesignated I October 1905 as the 

Georgia National Guard.) Mustered into federal service 2 July 1916 at Macon; 

drafted into federal service 5 August 1917. Reorganized and redesignated 20 

·August 1917 as Company F, 151 st Machine Gun Battalion, an element of the 42d 

Division. Redesignated 27 September 1917 as Company A, 15 I st Machine Gun 

Battalion. Demobilized in May 1919 at Camp Gordon, Georgia. Reorganized and 

federally recognized 2 August 1920 in the Georgia National Guard at Macon as 

Company E, 1st Infantry. Redesignated 8 March 192 1 as the Service Company, 

I st Int mtry. Redesignated 27 April 1922 as the Service Company, l22d Infantry. 

Redesignated 9 June 1924 as the Service Company, 12 I st In fantry, an element of 

the 30th Infantry Division. Inducted into federal service 16 September 1940 at 

Macon. (121 st Infantry rei ieved 22 November 1941 from assignment to the 30th 

Division and assigned to the 8th Division [Later redesignated as the 8th Infantry 

Division].) Inactivated 20 October 1945 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. (121 st 

infantry relieved 5 July 1946 from assignment to the Hth Infantry Division and 

assigned to the 48th Infantry Division.) Reorganized and federally recognized 14 

April 1947 at Macon. 

ANNEX 4 

Organized and federally recognized 15 March 192 1 in the Georgia National 

Guard a t Macon as th e Medica l Department Detachment, I st Infantry. 

Redesignated 27 April 1922 as the Medical Department Detachment, 122d 

In fantry. Redesignated 9 June 1924 as the Medical Department Detachment, 

121 st T nfantry, an element of the 30th Division. Redesignated J May 1940 as the 

Medical Detachment, l2Jst Jn t~mtry. Inducted into federal service 16 September 

1940 at Macon. (12lst1nfantry relieved 22 November 1941 from assignment to 

the 30th Division and assigned to the 8th Division [later redesignated as the 8th 

Infantry Division].) Inactivated 20 October 1945 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. 

( 12 1 st Infantry relieved 5 July '1946 from assignment to the 8th Infantry Division 

and assigned to the 48th lnt ul ry Division.) Reorganized and federally recognized 2H June 1948 at .Macon. Reorganized and redesignated I November 1948 

as the Medical Company, 12 lst In fa ntry. Converted and redesignated 1 

November 1955 as the Medical Detachment, 162d Tank 13attalion, an element of 

the 48th Armored Division. 

Home Station: Macon (Less detachment at Hawkinsville) 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 

CAMPAIGN PARTICJI>ATION CREDIT 

Indian Wars 

Seminoles 

Civil War (Confederate service) 

Peninsula 

Fredericksburg 

Chancellorsville 

Gettysburg 

Appomattox 

DECORATIONS 

World War I 

Cha1npagne-Marne 

Aisne-Marne 

St. Mihiel 

Meuse-Argonne 

Lorraine 1918 

Champagne 1918 

World War II 

Normandy 

Northern France 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-Aisace 

Central Europe 

671 

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered IIURTGEN FOREST 

(12 1st Infantry cited; WD GO 21, 1947) 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN 

TIIEATER (Service Company, I 21st Infantry, cited; GO 26, 8th Infantry Division, 

1945) 

French Croix de Guerrc with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered 

FRANCE (30th Infantry Division cited; DA GO 14, 1959) 

Luxembourg Croix de Guerre, Streamer embroidered LUXEMBOURG (8th 

In fantry Division cited; DA GO 59, 1969) 

Belgian Fourragcre 1940 (30th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized, 

cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in Belgium 

(30th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized, cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes 

(30th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized, cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

48TH 1Nf7ANTRY BRIGADE BIBLIOGRAPHY 

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Revolution of 1861. Macon: Burke, Boykin, 1864. 
672 ARMIES, CORPS, DlVlSlONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

"48th Armored Division and I 60th Armored Group Approved by NGB." The 

Georgia Guardsman 5 (August- September 1955):3,14. 

48th Brigade Mojave Patriot. n.p., 1991. 

"48th Infantry Brigade: Ready, Willing, & Able for Combat." National Guard 45 

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"The 48th Infantry Division: A Condensed History of the Georgia-Florida 

Organization." National Guardsman 4 (February 1950):18- 19. Reprint. The 

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"Guardsmen of 12lst Jnt~mtry Aid Victims at Scene of Warner Robins Tornado." 

The Georgia Guard\·man 3 (May- June 1953):6-7. 

Hewitt, Robert L. Workhorse of the Western Front. Washington: Infantry Journal 

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Historical and Pictorial Review 30th ln/antry Division, Army of the United 

States. Fort Jackson, South Carolina 1941. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy 

Publishing Co., 1941. 

Hughes, Robin. "The intrinsic Value of Army Guard's Combat Brigades." 

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MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Offensive. United States Army in World War Il. 

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_ __ . The Siegfi·ied Line Campaign. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Govemment Printing Office, 1963. 

"Macon Riflemen Get More Medals." The Geo rgia Guardsman 6 

(November-December 1956): 1. 

"162nd TK Bn Gears Up." The Ge01gia Guardsman 6 (May-June 1956):6. 

Pictorial Review, National Guard of the State of Georgia, I 939. Baton Rouge: 

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Reilly, Henry J. Americans All: The Rainbow at War. Columbus, Ohio: F. J. Heer 

Printing Co., 1936. 

Stroh, D. A. "Operation on the Crozon Peninsula." Military Review 25 (J~muary 

1946):3- 8. 

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Paris, I 944. 

"3rd Tank Battalion's Macon Armory Dedicated to William A. McKenna, Jr." The 

Geort,ria Guard'>man 10 (November-December 1960):4. 

"30th Infantry Div. Split up: Third Brigade Is Now 48th." The Georgia 

Guardsman 6 (November-December 1973):6. 

Tomkins, Raymond S. The Story of the Rainbow Division. New York: Boni and 

Liveright, 1919. 
53d INFANTRY BRIGADE 

H ERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: On a vertical rectangle arched convexly, divided vertically 

blue and red within a yellow border, a yellow ray issuing from 

lower border and termi nating in the upper corners, overall a 

black morion with yellow delineation. 

Symbolism: Rectangular shapes are often used for brigade insignia. Yellow 

is for armor; blue and red refer to the brigade's infantry and 

artillery components. The morion is a head covering adapted 

from the Moors by the Spaniards and refers to Spanish discoverers of Florida. 

DLSTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNJA 

Description: A gold colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a green 

oval band horizontally placed surmounted by a gold alligator, 

the lower part bearing the inscription GATOR BRIGADE in 

gold letters. 

Symbolism: The alligator refers to Florida, the brigade's home area. Gold 

stands for yellow, the armor branch color, wh ile green, the 

color formerly used by armor units, alludes to the verdure of 

Florida. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

53d INFANTRY BRIGADE 

LINEAGE 

ARNG 

(Florida) 

Organi:t:ed and federa lly recognized 5 December 1921 in the Florida National 

Guard at Tampa as Battery B, !16th Field Artillery, an element of the 31st 

Division. Inducted into federal service 25 November 1940 at Tampa. Reorganized 

and redesignated 27 february 1942 as Battery 13, 116th Field Artillery Battalion, 

an element of the 31st Infantry Division. Inactivated 20 December 1945 at Camp 

Stoneman. California. (.I 16th Field Arti llery J3atta lion relieved 13 June 1946 

from assignment to the 3 1st Infantry Division; assigned 5 July 1946 to the 51st 

Infantry Division.) Reorganized and federally recognized 15 April 1947 at 

Tampa. Reorganized and redesignated 15 April 1959 as Battery B, lst Howitzer 

Datta! ion, I 16th Artillery. 

Consolidated 15 February 1963 with Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 51st Infantry Division (Florida part) (organized and federally recog673 
674 ARMIES, CORPS, DTVTSTONS,AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

n izcd II September 1946 at Tampa), and the 5 1st Administration Company 

(Florida part) (organized and federa lly recognized 7 November 1946 at Tampa) 

a nd consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as Headquarte rs and 

Headquarters Company, 53d Separate lnfantry Brigade. Converted and redesignated I March 1964 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 53cl Armored 

13rigade. Consolidated 20 .January 1968 with Headquarters and Ileadquarters 

Battery, 163d Artillery Group (see ANN17.X), and consolidated unit reorganized 

and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 53d Infantry 

.J3rigade. 

1\NNI-:X 

Organized an d federal ly recogn ized 3 Apri l 1947 in the F lorida Army 

National Guard at Tampa as the Medica l Detachment, !16th Fie ld Artillery 

Battalion, an element of the 51st Infantry Division. Reorganized and redesignated 

15 April 1959 as Headquarters Battery, lsi Howitzer Battalion, J 16th Artillery. 

Reorganized and redesignated 15 Febr ua ry 1963 as Headqua rte rs a nd 

Headquarters Battery, 163d /\rlillcry Group, and relieved from assignment to the 

51st T nfantry Division. 

Home Station: Tampa 

(/\MPALG PARTICIPATION (REIJIT 

World War 11 

New Guinea (with an·owht:ad) 

Southcm Philippines 

DECORATIONS 

Philipp ine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (I 16th Field Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 47, 1950) 

530 INFANTRY BRIGADE 8IBLIOGRAPi fY 

Dulin, Carol. "Riot: A City in Pain.'' National Guard 34 (Ju ly 1980):8-ll. 

llistorical and Pictorial Review ql the 31st Division, Army <~/the United States, 

Camp Blanding, Florida 1941. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing 

Co., 1941. 

Hist01y of the 31st Infantry Division in Training and Combat /940- 1945. Baton 

Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Co., 1946. 
76th INFANTRY BRIGADE 

H ERALDIC ITEMS 

SllOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: On a blue rectangle arced at the top and bottom with a white 

border, a white arrowhead throughout bearing a black bayonet. 

Symbolism: Blue and white are the colors traditionally associated with 

infantry units. The arrowhead and bayonet underscore the 

unit's primary mission. Black and white denote the brigade's 

24-hour readiness and capabilities. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT !NSJGNIA 

Description: A silver colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a red 

arrowhead bearing a silver fleur-de-lis superimposed by two 

diagonally crossed silver bayonets, all upon a blue scroll 

inscribed at the top POINT THE WAY in silver. 

Symbolism: Blue and white/silver are the colors traditionally associated 

with infantry units. The arrowhead, highlighting the unit's 

motto, is red, al luding to the brigade's war service and 

Meritorious Unit Commendations. The fleur-dc-lis symbolizes 

its assault landing in France during World War ll. The bayonets, which reflect the unit's mission, symbolize military preparedness and are crossed to denote strength and cooperation. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

76th INFANTRY BRIGADE 

ARNG 

LINEAGE (Indiana) 

Constituted 5 August 1917 as the I 13th Supply Train and assigned to the 

38th Division. Organized 22 October 1917 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, with 

Na tional Guard personnel from India na, Kentucky, and West Virginia. 

Demobilized 5- 6 July 1919 at Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky. Reconstituted 

in the Indi ana and Kentucky National Guard and reorganized 1921 - 1926 by 

clements as the 38th Division Quartermaster Train. Redesignated 1 July 1937 

as the I 13th Qua rtermaster Regiment and remained assigned to the 38th 

Division. Inducted into federal service 17 January 194 1 at home stations. 

Regiment broken up I March 1942 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows: 

675 
676 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

Headquarters, 1st Battalion (Indiana), Company E (Indiana), and 

Headquarters, 2d and 3d Battalions (Kentucky), disbanded; reconstituted 5 

August 1945 in the National Guard. 

Company A (Indiana) as the I 38th Quartermaster Company and relieved 

from assignment to the 38th Division; redesignated I April 1942 as the I 38th 

Quartermaster Truck Company; inactivated 31 October 1945 in Germany. 

Company B (Indiana) as the 183d Quartermaster Company and relieved from 

assignment to the 38th Division; redesignated 4 April 1942 as the 183d 

Quartermaster Depot Supply Company; inactivated 31 October 1945 in Germany. 

Service Company (Indiana) as the 122d Quartermaster Company and 

relieved from assignment to the 38th Division; redesignated I April 1942 as the 

122d Quartermaster Car Company; inactivated 29 April 1945 in Europe. 

Headquarters, I st Battalion, !13th Quartermaster Regiment; 122d 

Quartermaster Car Company; !38th Quartermaster Truck Company; and 183d 

Quartermaster Depot Company consolidated, reorganized, and federally recognized 30 June 1946 in the Indiana National Guard at Indianapolis as the 38th 

Quartermaster Company, an clement of the 38th Infantry Division. 

Converted and redesignated I March 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, I st Brigade, 38th Infantry Division. Redesignated I November 1965 as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 76th Brigade, 38th Infantry Division. 

Location changed 1 June 1966 to Columbus; on I April 1969 to Edinburg. 

Con sol ida ted 1 March 1977 with 1213th Engineer Company (see ANNEX) and 

consolidated unit designated at Bedford as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 76th Brigade, 38th Infantry Division. Reorganized and redesignated I 

September 1994 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 76th Infantry 

Brigade, and relieved from assignment to the 38th Infantry Division; location 

concurrently changed to Indi anapolis. 

ANNEX 

Constituted 3 December 1941 in the Regular Army as Headquarters 

Company, 638th Tank Destroyer Battalion. Activated 15 December 1942 at Camp 

Shelby, Mississippi, with National Guard personnel from Indiana. Inactivated 7 

November 1945 at Fort 13cnning, Georgia. Redesignated 24 June 1946 as 

Headquarters Company, !84th Tank Battalion; concurrently withdrawn from the 

Regular Army and allotted to the Indiana National Guard. Organized and federally recognized 8 December 1948 at Bedford. Reorganized and redesignated I 

February 1949 as Headquarters and Service Company, 13 8th Heavy Tank 

Battalion, an element of the 38th Infantry Division. Reorganized and redesignated I September 1950 as Headquarters and Service Company, 138th Tank 

Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated I February 1959 as Headquarters 

Company, 1st Medium Tank Battalion, !38th Armor, an element of the 38th 

Infantry Division. Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1963 as Headquarters 

Company, lst Battalion, I 38th Armor. Converted and redesignated I December 

1967 as the 1213th Engineer Company and relieved from assignment to the 38th 

lnf~111try Division. 

Home Station: Indianapolis 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War/ 

Streamer without inscription 

World War// 

Tunisia 

Sicily 

Naplcs-Foggia 

Romc-1\rno 

Southern France (with arrowhead) 

Northern France 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-A lsace 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

677 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered FRANCE, 

1944-1945 (138th Quartermaster Truck Company cited; GO 364, Seventh Army, 

1945) 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Sh·eamer embroidered ITALY 1945 

( 183d Quartermaster Depot Company cited; undated citation in World War II 

Meritorious Unit Commendation fi les, Organizational History Branch) 

76TH [NFANTRY B RIGADE BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Pictorial 1-listoty, Thirty-eighth Division, Army of the United States, 194 I. 

Atlanta: Army and Navy Publishing Co., 1941. 

81st INFANTRY BRIGADE 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE lNSIGNIA 

Description: On a white square w ith rounded corners, the Pacific 

Northwest Indian (Haida, Kwakiutl, Nootka) symbol of a 

raven in black, red, and white all with a red border. 

Symbolism: The raven represents that the elements of this brigade derive 

their history and background as Washington state units. The 

fami ly crest of George Washington, a raven on a gold coronet, 

traditionally has been used to form the crest of Washington 

state unit insignia. The raven design is a combination of three 

Northwest Indian tribal designs of the raven; the head portion 

from the Haida Indians; the lower portion from the Kwakiutl 

Indians; and the beak, eyes, and mouth from the Nootka 

Indians. The use of rectangles and squares is based on the 

extensive use of such shapes in Indian designs and carvings. 

Corners were usually rounded to tie the rectangle into the total 

design. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

Description: A gold colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a gold 

sun with ten alternating straight pointed and pediment rays 

and surmounted in base by an arrowhead point up, with eight 

alternating blue and white wavy bands, the lower points coinciding with the lower three rays of the sun and all in front of 

and above a continuous doubled scroll, the upper reverse portion red and the obverse lower portion blue, bearing the 

inscription WASHINGTON RJFLES in gold letters. 

Symbolism: Blue is the color used for infantry. The dual nature of the 

pointed and pediment pointed rays, the former taken from the 

demi-sun of the shoulder sleeve insignia of the 41st Division, 

and the latter from the Philippine sun, symbolizes the organization's service in France in World War I, in the Philippines, 

and in the Pacific area in World War II. The arrowhead with 

the white and blue wavy band, simulating water, commemorates the assault landing at Luzon. Blue, white, and red refer to 

the award of the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation. 

679 
680 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

81st INFANTRY BRIGADE 

ARNG 

LINEAGE (Washington) 

Constituted 18 July 1917 in the National Guard as Headquarters, 41st 

Division (to be organized with troops from the western United States and the 

District of Columbia). Organized 1'8 September 1917 at Camp Greene, North 

Carolina. Demobilized 22 February 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey. Reorganized 

and federally recognized 3 January 1930 at Portland, Oregon. Inducted into federal service 16 September 1940 at Portland, Oregon. Reorganized and redesignated 

17 February 1942 as Headquarters, 41st Infantry Division. Inactivated 31 

December 1945 in Japan. Reorganized and federally recognized in part 26 

February 1947 at Portland, Oregon, and in part 8 March 1948 at Seattle, 

Washington (Oregon part-hereafter separate lineage). (Headquatiers Company, 

41st Division [Washington part], organized and federally recognized 14 

November 1947 at Seattle; consolidated 15 April 1959 with the 41st Military 

Police Company [organi zed and federally recognized 19 February 1948 at 

Seattle] and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters Company, 41st 

Infantry Division [Washington part]; consolidated 1 March 1963 with 

Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 41st T nfantry Division Artillery 

[Washington part] [see AN N EX 1], and consolidated unit designated as 

Headquarters Company, 41st Infantry Division [Washington part].) 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 41st Infantry Division 

(Washington part), reorganized and redesignated l January 1968 as Headquarters 

and Headquarters Company, 81 st Infantry Brigade (Headquarters Company, 81 st 

Infantry Brigade, concurrently consolidated with Headquarters Company, 41st 

Supply and Transport Battalion [see ANNEX 2]; Company A, 241 st Signal 

Battalion [sec ANNEX 3]; and Headquarters and Company A, 116th Medical 

Battalion [see ANNEX 4], and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters 

Company, 8lst Infantry Brigade). 

ANNEX I 

Organized in October 1917 in the N atioual Guard at Can1p Greene, North 

Carolina, as Headquarters, 66th Field Artillery Brigade, an cJemcnt of the 41st 

Division. Demobilized 28 June 1919 at Camp Lewis, Washington. Reconstituted 

18 May 1927 in the Washington National Guard as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Battery, 66th Field Artillery Brigade, an clement of the 41st 

Division (later redesignated as the 41st Infantry Division). Headquarters organized and federally recognized 29 March 1929 at Seattle; Headquarters Battery 

organized and federally recognized 22 April 1936 at Seattle. Headquarters and 

Headquarters Battery, 66th Field Artillery Brigade, inducted into federal service 

16 September 1940 at Seattle. Reorganized and redesignated 17 February 1942 as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 41st Division Artillery. Inactivated 31 

December 1945 in Japan. Reorganized and federally recognized in pmi 9 March 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 6~1 

1948 at Seattle and in part I2 March 1948 at Portland, Oregon (Oregon parthereafter separate Lineage). Reorganized and redesignated 15 April 1959 as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 41 st Infantry Div ision Artillery 

(Washington part) and location changed to Tacoma. Location changed 1 June 

1961 to Seattle. 

ANNEX 2 

Organ i?-ed and federally recogn ized 13 Octobe r 1947 in the Washington 

Ai·my National Guard at Seattle as Headquarters Battery, 205th Antiaircraft 

Artillery Group. Consolidated 15 April 1959 with the 110th Antiaircraft Artillery 

Detachment (organized and federa lly recognized 3 October 1950 at Seattle as 

Battery A, 565th Field Artillery Battalion; reorganized and redesignated 1 May 

1951 as the llOth Antiaircraft Artillery Detachment) and consolidated unit converted and redesignated as the 41st Quartermaster Company, an clement of the 

41st Infantry Division. ReorganiLed and redesignated I March 1963 as 

Headquarters Company, 41st Supply and Transport Battalion, an clement of the 

41st Infantry Division. 

ANNEX 3 

Activated 15 June 1942 in the Washington Nationa l Guard while in federal service at Camp Haan, California, as Battery I, 205th Coast Artillery. Reorganized and 

redesignated I 0 September 1943 as Battery A, 240th Antiaircraft Artillery 

Searchlight Battalion. Inactivated 5 September 1945 at Fort Bliss, Texas. 

Reorganized and federally recognized 28 June 1948 at Kirkland as Battery A, 240th 

Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Location changed 5 April 1955 to Houghton. 

Reorganized and redesignated 2 Januar y 1958 as Battery A, 240th Missil e 

Battalion. Location changed 14 Apri l 1958 to Kent. Reorganized and redesignated 

15 April 1959 as Battery A, 3d Missile Battalion, 205th Artillery; location concurrently changed to O'Brien. Location changed 15 April 1960 to Midway. Converted 

and redesignated 1 March 1963 as Company A, 24lst Signal Battalion. 

Al\NEX 4 

Organized in September 1917 in the National Guard at Camp Greene, North 

Carolina, as the !16th Sanitary Train, 41st Division. Demobilized in May 1919 at 

Camp Dodge, Iowa. Reconstituted 7 December I 920 in the National Guard of 

Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington as the I 16th Medical Regiment and 

assigned to the 41st Division (later redesignated as the 41st Infantry Division); 

Headquarters organized and federally recognized 10 June 1937 at Seattle, 

Washington. inducted into fede ral service 16 September 1940 at home stations. 

Reorganized and redesignated 17 February 1942 as the !16th Medical Battalion. 

Inactivated 3 1 December 1945 in the Philippine Islands. Reorganized and federaUy recognized 15 September 1948 in the Washington Army National Guard with 

Headquarters at Seattle. llcadquarters and Company A, 116th Medical Battalion, 

consolidated I January 1968 with Headquarters an d Headquarters Company 

(Washington part), 41 st Infantry Division, and consolidated unit designated as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 81st Infantry Brigade (remainder of 

battalion- hereafter separate lineage). 
682 ARMIES, CORPS, DfVlSIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

Home Station: Seattle 

CAMPAlGN PARTICTPATJON CREDfT 

World War f 

Streamer without inscription 

World War /I 

New Guinea 

LtJZOil 

Southern Philippines (with arrowhead) 

Headquarters Company (Seattle) additional ly entitled to: 

World War/ 

Champagne-Marne 

Aisne-Marue 

Oise-Aisnc 

St. Mihiel 

Mcw;c-1\rgonne 

Lorraine 1918 

Champa~::ne 1918 

World War fl- AP 

Papua 

DECORATIONS 

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBEI{ 

1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (Headqua11ers, 41st Infantry Division; Headquarters and 

Headquarters Battery, 41st Division Artillery; and I 16th Medical Daltalion cited; 

DA GO 47, 1950) 

8 1ST INFANTRY BRIGADE BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Andrew, George S. "The 4 1st Didn't. Take Prisoners." ,)'aturduy Evening Post 219 

(27 July J946):22- 23 ff. 

Courchenc, Richard M. Hell, Love. and Fun. Wolf Point, Mont., 1969. 

Kahn, E. J. , Jr., and McLemore, Il. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry 

Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980. 

Lawless, Roger E. "The Biak Operation." Milita1y Review 33 (May 1953):35- 62; 

(June L 953 ):48- 62. 

McCartney, William F. The Jungleers: A History of the 41st f11j'antry Division. 

Washington: Infantry Journal Press, 1948. 

Smith, Herbert E. "A.E.F. Divisional Insignia-The 41st Division." Recruiti11g 

News 17 (1 February 1935):3ff. 

Smith, Robert Ross. The Approach to the Philippines. United States Army in 

World War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1 Y53. 

_ _ _ . Triumph in the Philippines. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Govcnunent Printing Office, 1963. 

"The 'Sunset' Division: A Condensed History of the 41st Infantry Division." 17?e 

National Guardsman 3 (July 1949):20- 21. 

Westerfield, Harris, et al. 111e .Jungleers: A Histm:v o,j'the 4/si 1J1fimtry Division. 

Chelsea, Mich.: Lithocrafters, 1980. 
92d INFANTRY BRIGADE 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: On a blue vertical rectangle arched convexly top and bottom 

within a white border, a yellow furison bearing a red cross 

throughout between a white disc at top and a white wavy base. 

Symbolism: The colors blue and white are associated with infantry. The 

blue area and white wavy base (waves) refer to the Caribbean; 

the white disc to the island of Puerto Rico, also simulating a 

pearl, Puerto Rico being known as the "Pearl of the Antilles." 

The furison, a steel device for striking against flint to create 

fire, an ancient heraldic symbol, simulates a battle sight on a 

rifle. The blue area within the furison refers to San Juan 

Harbor, while the yellow (gold) furison refers to the surrounding land area. The cross alludes to San Juan and appears on 

the banner in the crest of the Puerto Rican National Guard. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

Description: A metal and enamel device, consisting of a reel sentry tower 

with doorway of blue, the top of the tower against a yellow 

demi-disc and surmounted by two silver machetes saltirewise, 

the tips of the blades coinciding with the rim of the disc and 

crossed below the blue doorway and the grips on line with the 

base of the tower and behind a blue scroll with the inscription 

in silver letters A LO QUE VINIMOS, the silver underside of 

the scroll turned upward and inward to the sides of the tower 

with the front (blue side) continuing upward and terminating 

at edge of blades. 

Sym.bolism: The sentry tower was suggested by El Morro at San Juan, and 

the disc alludes to the tropical sun and to red and yellow, colors of the Spanish, who discovered and first settled in Puerto 

Rico. The machetes, an effective offensive weapon, also refer 

to the cutting of sugar cane, a source of wealth in the island. 

Crossed in front of the sentry tower, they allude to constant 

vigilance and readiness. Blue, reel, and yellow are the colors of 

the three combat arms and the motto "A Lo Que Vinimos," 

roughly translated "On Our Way," reflects the intensity of 

power and the spirit of the brigade. 

683 
684 ARMiES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BR1GAD£S 

LINEAGE AND H ONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

92d INFANTRY BRJGADE 

LINEAGE 

ARNG 

(Puerto Rico) 

Organized and federally recognized 24 January I922 in the Puerto Rico 

National Guard at San Juan as Headquarters Company. 3d Battalion, 1st Infantry. 

Redesignated 23 January 1923 as Headquarters Company. 3d Battalion, 295th 

Tnfantry. Redesignated I June 1936 as Headquarters Company, 2d J3attalion, 

295th Infantry. Reorganized and redesignated I May 1940 as Headquarters 

Detaclm1ent, 2d Batta lion, 295th Infantry. (295 th Infantry assigned 25 August 

1940 to the 92d Tnfantry Brigade.) inducted into federal service 15 October 1940 

at Camp Tortuguero, Puerto Rico. (295th Infantry relieved 24 July 1942 from 

assignment to the 92d Infantry Brigade.) Inactivated 20 February 1946 in the 

Canal Zone. Reorganized and federa lly recognized 29 September 1946 at San 

Juan as Headquarters Company, 2d Battalion, 295th Infantry. 

Consolidated 15 February 1959 with the 1st Battalion (Jess Company C), 

295th Infantry (see ANNEX I); Headquarters Company, 3d Battalion, 295th 

Tnfantry (see ANNEX 2); and the Medical Company, 296th Infantry (organized 

and federally recognized 20 October 1946 at San Juan). and consolidated tmit 

reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 92d 

Infantry Brigade. 

ANNEX l 

Organized and federally recognized 8 April 1923 in the Puerto Rico National 

Guard at Rio Piedras as Company L, 295tb Infantry. Redesignated 1 June 1936 as 

Company G, 295th Infantry. (295th Infantry assigned 25 August 1940 to the 92d 

Infantry Brigade.) Inducted into federal service 15 October 1940 at Camp 

Tortuguero, Puerto Rico. (295th Infantry relieved 24 July 1942 from assi!:,l'Jlment 

to the 92d infantry Brigade.) Inactivated 20 February 1946 in the Canal Zone. 

Expanded, reorganized, and federally recognized 29 September 1946 as the 1st 

Battalion (less Company C), 295tJ1lnfantry, with Headquarters at Rio Piedras. 

ANN EX 2 

Organized and fede rally recognized 25 August 1940 in the Puerto Rico 

National Guard at San Juan as Headquarters Detachment, 3d Battalion, 295th 

Infantry, an element of the 92d Infantry Brigade. (295th Infantry relieved 24 July 

1942 from assignment to the 92d Infantry Brigade.) Inactivated 20 February 1946 

in the Canal Zone. Reorganized and federally recognized 29 September 1946 at 

Ri o Piedras as Headquarters Company, 3d Battallon, 295th Infantry. 

Home Station: San Juan 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC Di\TA 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATlON CREDIT 

World War II 

American Theater, Strl'<!mer without inscription 

DECORATTONS 

None. 

920 INFANTRY BRIGADE BTRLIOCiRAPllY 

685 

Con n, Stetson; Engelman, Rose C.; and Fairchild, l3yron. Guarding the United 

States and its Outposts. United States Army in World War 11. Washing1on: 

Government Printing Office. 1964. 

Cordero, Juan Cesar. "Puerto Rico National Guard." Army lnfimnation Digest 19 

(November 1964 ):52- 60. 

Darragh, Shc:llln M. "The Pue rto Rican Military Forces." An Cosantoir 37 

(September 1977):267- 73. Repri nl. Milita~:y Review 58 (August 1978): 

46-53. 

" Puerto Rico Guardsmen Fight Fires, Guard Power Pl ants." The National 

Guardsman 8 (August- September 1973 ):34-36. 

"Today's Army National Guard Responds Willingly to a Call for Mutual 

Support." The National Guardsman 2 (February l 972):2- 3tf. 

Walthall, Melvin C. We Can't All Be Heroes: A His!OIJ' of the Separate Ti1janfl:v 

Regiments in World War 11. llicksville, N.Y.: Exposition Press, 1975. 

Wi nship, Blanton. "The Puerto Rico National Guard." Quartermaster Review 14 

(March-April 1935):17- 19. 

116th CAVALRY BRIGADE 

H ERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE fNSIGNIA 

Description: On a scarlet disc with a yellow border, a yellow sun emitting 

twelve rays surmounted by a blue horizontal wavy band bearing a yellow gliding snake. 

Symbolism: The wavy band and the snake are taken from the coat of arms 

of the old 116th Armored Cavalry. The wavy band and snake 

represent the Snake River, the unit's home area. The su n 

alludes to the state of Idaho, noted for the beauty of its sunrises, and whose name is taken from Shoshoni Indian words 

meaning "the sun comes down the mountain" or "it is morning." The predominant color, yellow, is representative of 

armored cavalry units. 

DISTINCTIVE UNLT JNSIGNIA 

Description: A gold colored metal a nd enamel device, consisting of a bundle of five gold arrows, points up, encompassed on either side 

of a tripartite bl.ack scroll passing across the center of the 

arrows and inscribed MOVE STRIKE DESTROY in gold letters; overall in base a red coiled rattlesnake. 

Symbolisnt: Yellow is the color traditionally associated with cavalry. The 

coiled rattlesnake epitomizes the unit's motto- capabilities 

and military preparedness. The snake also alludes to the unit's 

assoc iation witb the old 1 16th Armored Cavalry. The five 

arrows symbolize the unit's five campaigns during World War 

II as field artillery; scarlet and yellow are the colors associated 

with field artillery. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

I 16th CAVALRY BRIGADE 

ARNG 

LINEAGE (Idaho) 

Organized and federally recognized 21 September J 920 in the Idaho National. 

Guard at Boise as Troop E, 1st Cavalry. Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 

1921 as Headquarters Troop, 1st Cava lry. Redesignated 12 October 1921 as 

Headquarters Troop, I 16th Cavalry. Reorganized and redesignated 15 March 

1929 as Troop E, I 16th Cavalry. 

687 
688 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

Converted and redesignated 16 September 1940 as Battery E, 183d Field 

Artillery. Inducted into federal service at Boise. Reorganized and redesignated 8 

February 1943 as Battery B, 951st Field Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 13 

October 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts. 

Reorganized and federally recogni zed 17 May 1947 at Boise as Troop A, 

I 16th Mechanized Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron. Reorganized and redesignated 12 September 1949 as Company A, ! 16th Armored Cavalry. Redesignated 

I July 1959 as Troop A, I I 6th Armored Cavalry. Consolidated I January 1968 

with the Aviation Platoon, Headquarters Company, I 45th Engineer Group (organized and federal1y recognized 15 December 1964 at Boise), and consolidated 

unit reorganized and redesignated as the Aviation Platoon, Headquarters Troop, 

1 16th Armored Cavalry. Redesignated 1 December 1971 as Detachment 1, 

Headquarters Troop, 116th Armored Cavalry. Reorganized and redesignated 1 

September 1989 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 116th Cavalry 

Brigade. 

Home Station: Boise 

CAMPAiGN PA . .RTlCIPATION CREDJT 

World War li 

Nonmlndy 

Northern france 

Rhi.ncland 

Ardennes-Aisace 

Central Europe 

D ECORATIONS 

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action near the Meuse 

River (95 lst Field Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

I 16TH C AVALRY BRIGADE BTRLTOGRAPHY 

Battle Route of the 183d FA. Group in the European Theater ()/Operations. n.p.: 

673d Engineer Battalion, 1945. 

Blumenson, Martin. Breakout and Pursuit. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington: Govemment Printing 0 1Tice, 1961. 

Chamerlin, Ernest M. Battle History, 951st Field Artillery Battalion. Gicssen, 

Germany: Wilhelm Schmitz, 1945. 

Historical Division, Department of the Army. Utah Beach to Che rbourg. 

American Forces in Action. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1947. 
155th ARMORED BRIGADE 

I lF.RALDIC ITEMS 

SllOULDER SLEEVE TNSICNIA 

Description: On a yellow shield, arched at top and bottom, on a bend wavy 

green, a white lightning bolt aU within a green border. 

Symbolism: The wavy bend refers to the Mississippi River. The lightn ing 

bolt symbolizes the striking power and shock action of the 

brigade. Yellow and green are associated with armored units. 

DISTJNCTIVE UNIT lNSIGNJI\ 

Description: A gold colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a white 

saltire, the areas between the arms starting at the top alternating green and black; issuing from base and surmounting overall a gold trident, the tines consisting of three thunderbolts, the 

arms of the saltire extending over the edge of a continuous 

gold scroll inscribed at the top DIXIE and in base THUNDER 

all in black letters. 

Symbolism: The saltire, a symbol of strong support, was suggested by the 

canton of the state nag ofMississippi. The trident, a symbol of 

striking power, appears in the crest of the Mississippi Army 

National Guard. The three tines of the trident simulating thunderbolts a llude to the motto "Dixie Thunder." Black is symbolic of iron and strength. Yellow (gold) and green are used 

for armored units. 

LINEA< IE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

155th ARMORED BRIGADE 

LlNF.I\GE 

ARNG 

(Mississippi) 

Constituted 16 March 1951 in the Mississippi Army National Guard as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 108th Armored Cavalry Group. 

Organized and federally recognized 12 April 1951 at Tupelo. Reorganized and 

redesignated 1 November 1953 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

108th Armor Group. Reorganized and redesignated I November 1955 as 

Headquarters Company, 1 08th Armored Cavalry. Reorganized and redesignated 1 

May 1959 as Headquarters Troop, 108th Armored Cavalry. Ordered into active 

federa l service 30 September 1962 at Tupelo; released 23 October 1962 from 

active federal service and reverted to state control. 

689 
690 ARMJES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRJGADES 

Reorganized and redesignated 15 February 1968 as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, lst Brigade, 30th Armored Division. Reorganized and 

redesignated 1 November 1973 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

155th Armored Brigade, and relieved from assignment to the 30th Armored 

Division. Ordered into active federal service 7 December 1990 at Tupelo; 

released J 4 May 1991 from active federal service and reverted to state controL 

Home Station: Tupelo (less detachment at New Albany) 

CAMPAIGN PARTJC!PATlON CREDIT 

None. 

D ECORATIONS 

None. 

155TH ARMORED BRIGADE BIBLIOGRAPHY 

No published histories. 
I 57th INFANTRY BRIGADE 

J-IERALDlC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: A blue vertical rectangle arched convexly top and bottom, 

having a white border, on a blue background a stylized white 

garb bound yeHow and red, emerging from the top of the garb 

three white spearheads voided blue. 

Symbolism: The colors blue and white allude to infantry. The bundle of 

wheat, or ga rb, is adapted from th e seal of the state of 

Pennsylvania. It suggests peaceful pursuits, while the projecting spears denote preparedness for defense. The yellow and 

red ties represent the armor and artillery battalions organic to 

the unit. 

DISTINCTIVE UN!T INSIGNIA 

Description: A gold colored metal and enamel device, consisting of an 

upright oak leaf in blue edged in gold, its stem curving down 

and up to the left side with a gold scroll curved across the 

stem bearing the motto VIGILANCE AND VALOR in blue 

letters; and on the lower part of the leaf a mount with a falcon 

perched upon it all in gold. 

Symbolism: The falcon on the mount refers to the capture of Montfaucon 

by the 79th Division during World War I. The watchful fa lcon 

and oak leaf silhouette further illustrate the unit's motto, 

"Vigilance and Valor." 

L INEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

157th INFANTRY BRIGADE 

AR 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as Headquarters, 157th 

Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 79th Division. Organized 25 August 1917 at 

Camp Meade, Maryland. Demobilized 7 June 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey. 

Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, !57th Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 79th 

Division. Organized in November 1921 at Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. 

Redesignated 23 March 1925 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, !57th 

Brigade. Redesignated 24 August 1936 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 157th Infantry Brigade. 

691 
692 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVlSlONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

Converted and redesignated 12 February I 942 as the 79th Reconnaissance 

Troop (less 3d Platoon), 79th Division (Headquarters and Headqumters Company, 

158th Infantry Brigade, concurrently converted and redesignated as the 3d Platoon, 

79th Reconnaissance Troop, 79th Division). Troop ordered into active military service 15 June l 942 and reorganized at Camp Pickett, Virginia, as the 79th Cavalry 

Reconnaissance Troop, an element of the 79th Division (later redesignated as the 

79th Infantry Division). Reorganized and redesignated 2 August 1943 as the 79th 

Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized. Inactivated 11 December 1945 at Camp 

Kilmer, Ne'rv Jersey. Activated 28 January 1947 at Philadelphia, Petmsylvania, as 

the 79th Mechanized Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as 

the Army Reserve.) Reorganized and redesignated 15 July 1949 as the 79th 

Reconnaissance Company. Inactivated 20 April 1959 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 

Converted and redesignated (less 3d Platoon) 5 November 1962 as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 157th infantry Brigade, and relieved 

from assignment to the 79th Infantry Division (3d Platoon, 79th Reconnaissance 

Company-hereafter separate lineage). Brigade activated 7 January 1963 at 

Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. Location changed 31 January J96S to Horsham, 

Pennsylvania. Inactivated 1 September 1995 at Horsham, Pennsylvania. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War I 

Meuse-Argonne 

Lorraine 1918 

DECORATIONS 

World War II 

Normandy 

Northern france Rhineland 

Ardennes-A lsace 

Central Europe 

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War IT, Streamer embroidered PARROY FOREST (79th Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanize<~ cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War JT, Streamer embroidered 

NORMANDY TO PARIS (79th Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanjzed, cited; DA GO 

43, 1950) 

French Croix de Guerre, World War U, Fourragerc (79th Reconnaissance 

Troop, Mechanized, cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

157TH INFANTRY BRIGADE BiBLIOGRAPHY 

American Battle Monuments Commission. 79th Division, Summary of 

Operations in the World War. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1944. 

"Army Reserve- All the Way! 157th Infantry Brigade." Army Reserve 12 

(July- August 1966):4- 5. 

Barber, J. Frank, comp. and ed. History q/ the Seventy-Ninth Division. A.E.F, 

During the World War, 1917-1919. Lancaster, Pa.: Steinman and Steinman, 

1922. 

Peers, William R. "Army Reserve and National Guard Meet the Test at Home and 

Abroad." Army 19 (October 1969):71- 74. 
17lst INFANTRY BRIGADE 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE TNSIGNI/\ 

Description: On an upright blue rectangle with rounded ends and within a 

white narrow border and a wider red border, a representation 

of northern .lights in yellow above two white-capped mountains and overall from top to bottom a blue bayonet, point up, 

edged white. 

Symbolism: Combat arms colors are represented, with the bayonet alluding 

to the infantry and symbolizing attack. The northern lights are 

symboHc of the area in which the unit was organized, and the 

mountains refer to the terrain over which the units maneuver 

to gain and hold ground. 

DlSTrNC'Tl VE UNIT lNSIGN IA 

Description: A gold colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a black 

double-headed eagle between segments of an arched gold 

indented band with a narrm.v red indented band in its center, 

on a blue background and in base two blue mountains with 

white snow caps. 

Symbolism: The northern lights and snow-capped mountains suggested by 

the organization's shoulder sleeve insignia allude to Alaska, 

the unit's former home. The double-headed eagle symbolizes 

the historical event at Sitka in 1867 when the flag bearing the 

double-headed eagle was lowered by Company F, 9th Infantry, 

on Alaska becoming American territory. The gold color further alludes to the natural wealth of Alaska. 

LlNRAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

171st INFANTRY BRIGADE 

RA 

LJNEAOE (inactive) 

Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as Headquarters, 17lst 

Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 86th Division. Organi7.ed 3 September 1917 

at Camp Grant, Illinois. Demobilized in January 1919 at Camp Grant, lllinois. 

Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 171 st Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 86th 

Division. Organized in July 1922 at Chicago, Til inois. Redesignated 23 March 

693 
694 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

1925 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 171 st Brigade. Redesignated 

24 August 1936 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 171st Infantry 

Brigade. 

Converted and redesignated 31 March 1942 as the 86th Reconnaissance 

Troop (less 3d Platoon), 86th Division (Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 172d Infantry Brigade, concurrently converted and redesignated as the 

3d Platoon, 86th Reconnaissance Troop, 86th Division). Troop ordered into active 

military service 15 December I 942 and reorganized at Camp Howze, Texas, as 

the 86th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, an element of the 86th infantry 

Division. Reorganized and redesignated 5 August 1943 as the 86th 

Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized. Reorganized and redesignated 1 0 October 

1945 as the 86th Mechanized Reconnaissance Troop. Inactivated 30 December 

1946 in the Philippine Islands. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 

as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) 

Converted and redesignated (less 3d Platoon) 20 May 1963 as Headquarters 

and Headquarters Company, 17 I st Infantry Brigade, and relieved fi·om assignment to the 86th Infantry Division; concurrently withdrawn from the Army 

Reserve and allotted to the Regular Army (3d Platoon, 86th Reconnaissance 

Troop- hereafter separate lineage). Brigade activated I July 1963 in Alaska. 

Inactivated 13 November 1972 in Alaska. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War! 

Streamer without inscription 

World War// 

Central Europe 

D ECORATIONS 

None. 

171 ST INFANTRY BRIGADE BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Bechdolt, Robert L., Jr. "Alaska's Husky Brigade: Guarding the Northern 

Frontier." Irifantry 61 (November- December 1971):6- 9. 

Little, John G., .Jr. The Official History of the 86th Division. Chicago: States 

Publications Society, 1921. 
172d INFANTRY BRIGADE 

(Snow Hawks) 

H ERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: On an upright blue rectangle with rounded ends and within a 

narrow white border and a wider red border, a representation 

of the Great Dipper and North Star in yellow above two whitecapped mountains and overall from top to bottom a blue bayonet, point up, edged white. 

Symbolism: Combat arms colors are represented, with the bayonet alluding 

to the infantry and symbolizing attack. The Great Dipper and 

North Star allude to Alaska, and the mountains refer to the terrain over which the units maneuver to gain and hold ground. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

Description: A silver colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a 

white triangular shape, the base of which is broken by four 

smaller blue triangles. Placed vertically in the center of the 

main triangle is a go ld totem pole. Running parallel to the 

right side of the triangle and passing behind the totem pole is 

a blue and silver bayonet; to left of the totem pole is an eightpointed red star (a mullet); below the triangle is a silver motto 

scroll bearing the inscription CAVEAT (Let Him Beware) in 

black letters. 

Symbolism: The white triangle represents a snow-capped mountain, alluding to the Alaskan terrain in which the unit was trained to 

operate. The totem pole, consisting of an eagle sitting upon a 

bear, refers to the purchase of Alaska from Russia. The bayonet symbolizes infantry, as does the blue at the base of the 

mountain. The red mullet alludes to the Great Dipper, and the 

North Star represents Alaska, the state in which the brigade 

served. The red mullet symbolizes artillery. 

695 
696 ARMiES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

LiNEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

172d INFANTRY BRIGADE 

(Snow Hawks) 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 5 August 191 7 in the National Army as Headquarters, 172d 

Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 86th Division. Organized 25 August 1917 at 

Camp Grant, Illinois. Demobil ized in January 1919 at Camp Grant, Illinois. 

Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 172d In fantry Brigade, and assigned to the 86th 

Division. Organized in January 1922 at Springfield, lllinois. Redesignated 23 

March 1925 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 172d Brigade. 

Redesignated 24 August 1936 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 172d 

Infantry Brigade. 

Converted and redesig nated 31 March 1942 as th e 3d Platoon, 86th 

Reconnaissance Troop, 86th Division (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

17 lst Infantry Brigade, concurrently converted and redesignated as the 86th 

Reconnaissance Troop [less 3d Platoon], 86th Division). Troop ordered into 

active military service 15 December 1942 and reorgan ized at Camp Howze, 

Texas, as the 86th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, an element of the 86th Infantry 

Division. Reorganized and redesignated 5 August 1943 as the 86th 

Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized. Reorganized and redesignated 10 October 

J 945 as the 86th Mechanized Reconnaissance Troop. Inactivated 30 December 

1946 in the Philippine Islands. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 194R 

as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignate-d 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) 

3d Platoon, 86th Reconnaissance Troop, converted and redesignated 20 May 

1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 172d Infantry Brigade, and 

relieved from assigmnent to the 86th Infantry Division; concurrently withdrawn 

ti·om the Army Reserve and allotted to the Regular Army (remainder of troophereatler separate lineage). Brigade activated 1 July 1963 1n Alaska. Inactivated 

15 April 1986 in Alaska. 

CAMPAIGN PARTIClPATION CREDrT 

World War! 

Streamer without inscription 

World War II 

Central Europe 

D t:CORATTONS 

None. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 697 

l72D INFANTRY B RIGADE B ll3UOGRAPHY 

Bende r, John A. "Dynamic Training Arctic Style: A Report from Alaska.'' 

ll!lantry 62 (November- December 1972):36- 37. 

Boatner, James G. "Rugged Training on the 'Last Frontier.' Supersoldiers of the 

North." Army 26 (November 1 976):27- 30. 

Dacus, David M. "The Last Frontier." lnfanuy 64 (July- August 1974 ):48- 52. 

Ki ernan, David R. "Winter Trai ning in Alaska." Infan try 70 

(November- December 1980): 10-12. 

L"ittle, John G., Jr. The Official Histmy 4 the 86th Division. Chicago: States 

Publications Society, 1921. 

Meiners, Theodore J. "They Climb the Crags." Army Digest 22 (April 

1967):36- 38. 

Paternostro, Anthony. "The Alaska Brigade: Arctic Intelligence and Some 

Strategic Considerations." MilitmT Intelligence 6 (October- December 

1980):47- 50. 

Simone, Michael R. "Where 'Teary Eyes Freeze Shut."' Army 31 (February 

1981 ):32- 33. 

173d AIRBORNE BRIGADE 

(Sky Soldiers) 

H ERALDIC ITEMS 

SIIOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: On a blue vertical rectangle arched convexly at top and bottom, within a white border a vertical white wing in flight, the 

ulna extended and hooked around a red bayonet. 

Symbolism: The bayonet is used to refer to the brigade and borne by the 

wing alludes to the brigade's airborne status. Red, white, and 

blue are the national colors. 

TAI3 

Description: Immediately above and touching the shoulder sleeve insignia, 

a blue arc tab inscribed AIRBORNE in white letters. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

Description: A silver colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a 

semicircle divided into three sections each with concave base, 

the outer two sections silver and the center section red; a vertical silver unsheathed sword point to base, the hilt resting on 

the red section of the semicircle, the lower edge of the guard 

coinciding with the concave base and the ends conjojnecl with 

the silver sections, the blade between two lightning flashes 

points to base, the points converging toward the point of the 

blade; the flashes parallel to and enclosed by two narrow 

inclined silver lines starting at the diameter periphery of the 

semicircle and meeting beneath the point of the sword; the 

inclosed area of blue above a scroll, the ends simulating wings 

and terminating at the base of the semicircle, bearing the 

inscription SKY SOLDIERS in blue letters. 

Symbolism: The simulated parachute and stylized wings refer to the airborne mission of the brigade. The sword with the hilt against 

the red section of the parachute canopy alludes to the combat 

assault jump made by the brigade in February 1967 in Vietnam, 

indicated by the "V" formed by the lightning flashes on the Vshaped blue area. The lightning fl ashes are also symbolic of the 

brigade's striking power and rapid movement. The numerical 

designation of the brigade is shown by various combinations of 

the design elements: the sword indicating one; the two wings, 

two lightning flashes, and three sections of the parachute 

canopy seven; and the canopy sections alone three. 

699 
700 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS. AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

L INEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

173d AIRBORNE BRIGADE 

(Sky Soldiers) 

RA 

L tNEA<;E (inactive) 

Constituted 5 A ugust 1917 in the National Army as Headquarters, 173d 

.Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 87th Division. Organized 25 August 1917 at 

Camp Pike, Arkansas. Demobilized in January 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey. 

Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 173d Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 87th 

Division. Organized in December 192 1 at Mobile, Alabama. Redesignated 23 

March 1925 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, I 73d Brigade. 

Redesignated 24 August 1936 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company. 173d 

Infantry Brigade. 

Converted and redesignated 13 February 1942 as the 87th Reconnaissance 

Troop (less 3d Platoon), 87th Division (Head qua rters and Headquarters 

Company, 174th Infantry Brigade, concurrently conver1ed and redesignated as 

tl1c 3d Platoon, 87th Reconnaissance Troop, 87th Division). Troop ordered into 

active military service 15 December 1942 and reorganized at Camp McCai n, 

Mississippi, as the 87th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, an clement of the 87th 

infantry Division. Reorgani zed and redesignated 2 August 1943 as the 87th 

Reconna issance Troop, Mechan ized . Inactivated 21 September 1945 at Fort 

Benning, Georgia. Redesignated 28 April 1947 as the g7th Mechanized Cavalry 

Reconnaissance Troop. Activated 12 May 1947 at Birmingham, Alabama. 

(Organized Reser ves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve 

Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) Reorganized and redesignated 18 May 1949 as the 87th Recon naissance Company. Inactivated I 

December 195 1 at Birmingham, Alabama. 

Converted and redesignated (l ess 3d Platoon) 26 Ma rch 1963 as 

Headq1.1artcrs and Headquarters Company, 173d Airbome Brigade, and relieved 

from assignment to the 87th Infantry Division; concurrently withdrawn fi·om the 

Army Reserve, allotted to the Regular Army, and activated on Okinawa (3d 

Platoon, 87th Reconnaissance Company- hereafter separate lineage). Brigade 

inactivated 14 January 1972 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATI\ 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDTT 

World War I 

Stre-amer without inscription 

World War ll 

Rhineland 

i\ rdennes-Alsacc 

Cent:ral Europe 

Vietnam 

· Defense 

Counteroffensive. Phase I 

Counteroffensive, Phase li 

Counteroffensive, Phase fii 

Tet Counrerotfcnsiw 

Counterotlcnsive, Phase IV 

Counteroffensive, Phase V 

Counteroffensive, Phase VI 

Tel 69/Countcrotlcnsive Summer- Fall 1969 

Winter Spring 1970 

Sanctuary Counteroffensive 

Counteroffensive, Phase Vll 

Consolidation I 

Dr.coRATIONS 

701 

Presidentia l Un it C itation (i\rmy), Streamer emb roidered OAK TO 

(Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 173d Airborne Brigade, cited; DA 

GO 42, 1969, as amended by DA GO 5, 1979) 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1965- 1967 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, l73d Airborne Brigade, 

cited; DA GO 48, 1968) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1965- 1970 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, l73d 1\ irborne 

Brigade, cited; DA GO 51, 1971 ) 

Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer 

embroidered VIETNAM 1969-1971 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

173d Airborne Brigade, cited; DA GO 5, 1973) 

1730 AIRBORNE BRIGADE BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Channon, James B., comp. The First Three Years, A Pictorial Hist01y of the 173d 

Airborne Brigade (Separate). Tokyo: Dai Nippon Printing Co., c. 196X. 

Clifton, Berry F. , Jr. The Illustrated llistwy ol the Vietnam Wi:u: Sky Soldiers. 

New York: Bantam Books, 19X7. 

Gardo, Thomas E., and Acevedo, Adrian D., eds. Vietnam- The Fourth Yeat; March 

'68-Feb '69.A Pictorial Historyofthe 173dAirborneBrigade. Viet11an1, 1969. 

Hay, John H ., Jr. Tactical and Materiel Innovations. Vietnam Studies. 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1974. 

Hester, Roger E., ed. Vietnam: Th e Third Year; I 73d Airborne Brigade, A 

Pictorial Hist01y. Tokyo: Dai Nippon Printing Co., 1969. 
702 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRlGADES 

Hutchens, James M. Beyond Combat. Chicago: Moody Press, 1968. 

Lcppclman, John. Blood on the Risers: An Airborne Soldier's Thirty-Five Months 

in Vietnam. New York: Ivy Books, 1991. 

McCaffrey, Williams J. "Wrapping ft Up in South Vietnam." Army 22 (October 

1972):57- 64. 

McKay, Jeffrey S., eel. Vietnam, The Second Yea1; 173d Airborne Brigade 

(Separate), A Pictorial H ist01 y . Tokyo, c. J 967. 

Mildren, Frank T. "From Mekong to DMZ: A Fighting Year for the U.S. Army's 

Best." Army 18 (November 1968):82- 95. 

___ . "Our Troops in Vietnam: In Charge-All the Way." Army 19 (October 

1969):96- 110. 

Murphy, Edward F. The 1 73d Airborne Brigade in South Vietnam's Central 

Highlands, June- November 1967: Dale To. Novato, Calif.: Presidio Press, 

1993. 

Okendo, Lawrence D. Sky Soldiers; 173d Airborne Infantry Brigade Separate, 

Bailie ofDak-To, Vietnam. n.p., 1988. 

Rogers, Bernard W. Cedar Fa/Is- Junction City: A Turning Point. Vietnam 

Studies. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1974. 

Sca lf, William, ed. The Fifth Yew; 173d Airborne Brigade. Vietnam, 1970. 

Stang, Arthur C. HI. "Stand and Fight." lnfanLIJ' 56 (March- April 1966):32- 39. 

Tolson, John J. Airmobility 1961- 1971. Vietnam Studies. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1973. 

"U.S. Combat in Vietnam, The FirstYear." Army 16 (October 1966):1 11- 24. 

Wi ll iamson, Ellis W. "Combat Notes: Ben Cat Iron Triang le." Infantry 56 

(March- April 1966):40-43. 

___ . "Cover the Pacific." A rrny !riformation Digest 19 (March 1964):26- 3 1. 
177th ARMORED BRIGADE 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: On a blue vertical rectangle arched at top and bottom with a 

yellow border, a yellow wedge with apex at top center and 

centered thereon a scarlet spearhead. 

Symbolism: Yellow is the color traditionally associated with armor. Blue 

and scarlet are the branch colors for infantry and artillery, 

respectively, the other major combat forces in the brigade. The 

spearhead and wedge shape allude to the spearhead tactics 

employed in armor warfare. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

Description: A gold colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a red 

spearhead silhouette surmounted by a gold fleur-de-lis and 

arced below in front of the spearhead base a blue scroll 

inscribed SPEARHEAD TO VfCTORY in gold. 

Symbolism: Yellow (gold) is the armor branch color, and blue and red represent infantry and artillery. The spearhead symbolizes the 

tactics employed in armor warfare. The fleur-de-lis represents 

the brigade 's campaigns in World War I: St. Mihiel, MeuseArgonne, and Lorraine. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

177th ARMORED BRIGADE 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as Headquarters, !77th 

Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 89th Division. Organized 27 August 1917 at 

Camp Funston, Kansas. Demobilized 1 June 1919 at Camp Funston, Kansas. 

Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, I 77th Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 89th 

Division. Organized 20 March 1922 at La Harpe, Kansas. Redesignated 23 

March 1925 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, !77th Brigade. 

Redesignated 24 March 1936 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, !77th 

Infantry Brigade. 

Converted and redesignated 22 February 1942 as the 89th Reconnaissance 

Troop, 89th Division (less 3d Platoon) (Headquarters and Headquarters 

703 
704 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

Company, I 78th Infantry Brigade, concurrently converted and redesignated as 

the 3d Platoon, 89th Reconnaissance Troop, 89th Division). Ordered into active 

military service 15 July 1942 and reorganized at Camp Carson, Colorado, as the 

89th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, an element of the 89th Division (later redesignated as the 89th Light Division). 

Reorganized and redesignated 15 September 1943 as Troop A, 4th 

Reconnaissance Squadron, and relieved from assignment to the 89th Light 

Division. Reorganized and redesignated 8 December 1943 as Troop A, 34th 

Reconnaissance Squadron, Mechanized. Reorganized and redesignated 4 January 

1944 as Troop A, 34th Cava lry Reconnaissance Squ ad ron, Mechani zed. 

Inactivated 3 March 1945 at Fort Riley, Kansas. Disbanded 23 April 1953. 

Reconstituted 16 October 1991 in the Regular Army (less 3d Platoon, Troop 

A) as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, !77th Armored Brigade, and 

activated at Fort Irwin, Californ ia (3d Platoon, Troop A, 34th Cavalry 

Reconnaissance Squadron, Mechanized- hereafter separate lineage). Brigade 

inactivated 15 October 1994 at Fort Trwin, California. 

CAMPAIGN PARTTCIP.A.TTON CREDIT 

World War I 

St. Mih.iel 

Meuse-Argonne 

Lorraine J9 1S 

D ECORATIONS 

None. 

177TH ARM ORED BRIGADE BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Ame ri can Battle Monuments Commission. 89th Division, Summary of 

Operations in the World War. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1944. 

English, George H., Jr. Histo1y of the 89th Division, US. A ..... 1917, . .. 1919. 

Denver: Smith-Brooks Printing Co., 1920. 
187th INFANTRY BRIGADE 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE lNSIGNTA 

Description.: A blue vertica l rectangle arched convexly top and bottom, per 

pale argent and azure, an Indian arrowhead above an early 

American powder horn with loop sli ng all countcrchanged and 

within a white border. 

Symholism: Blue and white arc the colors used for in fantry. The arrowhead 

symbolizes the assault power of the brigade. The powder horn 

refers to the colonial spirit of readiness and is symbolic of the 

Army Reserve. 

OlSTINCTIVE UNIT TNSlCiNIA 

Description: A si lver colored metal and enamel device, consisting of two 

all silver powder horns saltirewisc with interlaced slings and 

supported by the curled ends of a silver scroll passing under 

the spout of the horns and forming a wide V; the area between 

the horns and the scroll green, and the scroll inscribed with 

the moUo TilE READY BRIGADE in black letters. 

s:ymbolism: Powder horns arc used to symbolize ritlemen and thus allude 

to the infan11·y. The green area simulates the ''village green" 

where the early American militia assembled, trained, and 

drilled. 

LTNRACIE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

187th INFANTRY BRIGADE 

AR 

LLNRAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 187th Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 94th 

Division. Organized in November 1921 at I3oston, Massachusetts. Redesignated 

23 March 1925 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, !87th Brigade. 

Redesignated 24 August 1936 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

187th Infantry Brigade. 

Converted and redesignated 12 February 1942 as the 94th Reconnaissance 

Troop (Jess 3d Platoon), 94th Division (Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, I 88th Infantry Brigade, concurrently converted and redesignated as 

the 3d Platoon, 94th Reconnaissance Troop, 94th Division). Troop ordered into 

705 
706 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

active military service 15 September 1942 and reorganized at Camp Custer, 

Michigan, as the 94th Cava lry Reconnaissance Troop, an clement of the 94th 

Infantry Division. Reorgani?.cd and redesignated .14 August I 943 as the 94th 

Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized. Inactivated 7 Februa ry 1946 at Camp 

Kilmer, New Jersey. Redesignated 6 February 1947 as the 94th Mechanized 

Caval ry Reconnaissance Troop. Activated 13 February 1947 at Boston, 

Massachusetts. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the 

Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) 

Reorganized and redesignated 21 February 1949 as the 94th Reconnaissance 

Company. Location changed 20 March 1953 to Cohasset, Massachusetts. 

Inactivated I May 1959 at Cohasset, Massachusetts, and relieved from assignment to the 94th Infantry Division. 

Converted and redesignated (less 3d Platoon) 5 November 1962 as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 187th Infantry Bri gade (3d Platoon, 

94th Reconnaissance Company- hereafter separate li neage). Activated 7 January 

1963 at Boston, Massachusetts. Location changed 25 October 1971 to Wollaston, 

Massachusetts; on 13 July 1976 to Fort Devens, Massachusetts. Inactivated 14 

April 1994 at Fort Devens, Massachusetts. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPAT ION C REDIT 

World War Jl 

Northern France 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-Aisace 

Central Europe 

0GCORATIONS 

None. 

187TII INFANTRY B R£GADE B IBLIOGRAPHY 

Byrnes, Laurence G., ed. History of the 94th ln.fantl y Division in World War 11. 

Washington: Infantry Journal Press, 1948. 

" Meanwhile at the !87th." Army Reserve 24 (May- June 1978): 19. 

" I 87th lnf Bde Undertakes Test." Army Reserve 19 (July- August 1973):7. 

Peers, William R. "Army Reserve and National Guard Meet the Test at Home and 

Abroad." Army 19 (October 1969):7 1- 74. 

"The Ready Brigade." Soldiers 33 (January 1978):39. 

"Taking a Candid Look." Army Reserve 22 (November- December 1976): 18- 19. 
191st INFANTRY BRIGADE 

IIERALDIC ITEMS 

SIIOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: A blue vert ical rectangle arched convexly top and bottom, 

having within a white border and a blue outer edge a white 

hand grenade surmounted by a red vertical bayonet. 

Symbolism: Blue and white arc the colors used for infantry. The grenade 

and bayonet, basic combat weapons, allude to the mission of 

the brigade to destroy the enemy by offensive action and to 

repel assault. Red, the most dominant color of the spectrum, is 

symbolic of the unit's striking capabilities. 

DISTI NCTIVE UNIT lNSlGNIA 

Description: A gold colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a gold 

crane in its vigil ance encircled by a gold ribbon bearing the 

motto VTGILANTE SALIS (Safety by Watching) in black 

letters. 

Symbolism: An old fable explains that cranes maintain a set watch all the 

night long and have their sentinels. These stand upon one foot 

and hold a li ttle stone within the other, which by falling from 

it, if they should chance to sleep, might awaken them and 

reprove them for their negligence. While these watch the others sleep, couching their heads under their wi ngs. 

LI NEAGE AND H ONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

191st INFANTRY BRIGADE 

AR 

LrNEA<iE (inactive) 

Constituted 24 June 1921 in the Organ ized Reserves as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 19 1 st Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 96th 

Division. Organized in December 1921 at Por1land, Oregon. Redesignated 23 

March 1925 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 191 st Brigade. 

Redesignated 24 August 1936 as Headquarters and Headq uarters Company, 19lst 

In fantry Brigade. 

Converted and redesignated 6 April 1942 as the 96th Reconnaissance Troop 

(less 3d Platoon), 96th Division (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 192d 

Infantry Brigade, concurrently converted and redesignated as the 3d Platoon, 

96th Reconnaissance Troop, 96th Division). Troop ordered into active mWtary 

707 
708 ARMlES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

service 15 August 1942 <llld reorganized at Camp Adair, Oregon, as the 96th 

Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, an clement of the 96th Infantry Division. 

Reorganized and redesignated 16 August 1943 as the 96th Reconnaissance Troop, 

Mechanized. Reorganized and redesignated 20 November 1945 as the 96th 

Mechanized Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop. Inactivated 3 February 1946 at 

Camp Anza, California. Activated 20 January 194 7 at Spokane, Washington. 

(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as Lhe Organized Reserve 

Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) Reorganized and rcdcsig-

·nated 12 April 1949 as the 96th Reconnaissance Company. Location changed 15 

October 1951 to Salt Lake City, Utah. Inactivated 1 June 1959 at Salt Lake City, 

Utah. 

Converted and redesignated (Jess 3d Platoon) 5 November 1962 as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 191 st Tnf~mtry Brigade, and relieved 

from assignment to the 96th Infantry Division (3d Platoon, 96th Reconnaissance 

Company-hereafter separate lineage). Brigade activated I February 1963 at 

Helena, Montana. Inactivated 29 Febmary 1968 at Helena, Montana. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War II 

Leyte (with arrowhead) 

Ryukyus 

DECORATIONS 

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (96th Mechanized Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop cited; 

DA GO 47, 1950) 

191 ST INFANTRY BRIGADE BIBLIOORAPHY 

Davidson, Orlando R.; Williams, J. Carl; and Kahl, Joseph A. The Deadeyes, The 

Story ofthe 96th fl~{anlfy Division. Washington: Infantry Joumal Press, 1947. 

96th Jnfantl)' Division, 1942- 1944. San Francisco: Shannon & Firth, 1944. 

"191st Scp lnfBde (Mech) Rolls Along." Army Reserve 13 (March 1967):14- 15. 
193d INFANTRY BRIGADE 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SIIOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: A blue vertical rectangle arched convexly top and bottom, a 

white border enclosing at center a white pale throughout on 

which is a scarlet bayonet point up. 

~)mho/ism: Blue and white are the colors associated with infantry. The 

bayonet, a basic infantry weapon, alludes to the mission of the 

brigade to destroy the enemy and to close combat. The color 

red, the most po\verful color of the palette, alludes to the striking power of the brigade. 

DISTINCTIVE UNTT INSIGNIA 

Description: A silver colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a silver bayonet with point up superimposed across a light blue 

diagonal stripe (upper left to lower right) turned vertically at 

either end all on a dark blue field enclosed by two arched silver palm branches their ends forming an apex above the bayonet point and their stems connected at bottom center by a 

curved silver scroll inscribed with the words NO GROUND 

TO GIVE in dark blue letters. 

Symbolism: White (or silver) and blue symbolize infantry. The diagonal 

stripe is a map symbol representing the Canal Zone, where the 

brigade has served, and the dark blue is symbolic of the 

oceans on either side. The upright bayonet denotes the basic 

ground combat mission of the infantry and the palm branches 

are for service in Central Europe during World War II. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

193d INFANTRY BRIGADE 

RA 

LTNEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 193d Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 97th 

Division. Organized in June 1922 at Augusta, Maine. Redesignated 23 March 

1925 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 193d Brigade. Redesignated 

24 August 1936 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 193d Infantry 

Brigade. 

709 
710 ARMIES, CORPS, DfVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

Converted and redesignated 12 February 1942 as the 97th Reconnaissance 

Troop (less 3d Pla toon), 97th Div ision (Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, I 94th Infantry Brigade, concurrently redesignated as the 3d Platoon, 

97th Reconnaissance Troop, 97th D-ivision). Troop ordered into active military 

service 25 February 1943 and reorganized at Camp Swift, Texas, as the 97th 

Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, an element of the 97th Infa ntry Division. 

Reorganized and redesignated I August 1943 as the 97th Reconnaissance Troop, 

Meehan ized. Reorganized and redesignated I 5 October 1945 as the 97th 

Meehani7.ed Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop. inactivated 31 March 1946 in Japan. 

(Organ ized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve 

Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) 

Converted and redesignated (less 3d Platoon) 15 July 1962 as Headquarters 

and Headquarters Company, 193d Infantry Brigade, and reli eved from assignment to the 97th Infantry Division; concurrently withdrawn from the Army 

Reserve and aJJotted to the Regular Army (3d Platoon, 97th Reconnaissance 

Troop-hereafter separate lineage). Brigade activated 8 August 1962 in the Canal 

Zone. Inactivated 14 October 1994 in Panama. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War 11 

Central Europe 

Armed Forces Expedilions 

Panama 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

193D INFANTRY BRIGADE BlBUOGRAPllY 

Donnelly, Thomas; Roth, Margaret; and 13aker, Caleb. Operation Just Cause: The 

Storming of Panama. New York: Lexington Books, 1991. 

Gomez, ManueL "The 193d is there .. . ··Soldiers 32 (September 1977): 14-18. 

Swett, Trevor W.. Jr. "You've Got to Give a Damn." Army 23 (May 1973):41 -48. 
I 94th ARMORED BRIGADE 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE [NSIGN IA 

Description: On a shield, per chevron reversed and abased yellow and per 

pale blue and red, a black mace and a black battle-axe saltirewise all within a yellow border. 

Symbolism: Ye llow, blue, and red are used for combat arms elements of an 

armored organization. The crossed mace and battle-axe allude 

to assault tactics and the shield to defense. The crossed 

weapons also simulate the letter "X" as a reference to the military symbol for brigades. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSlGNIA 

Description: A gold colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a black 

mace with handle to base between three flashes of blue, gold, 

and red from left to right; overall in base an arched golden 

scroll inscribed THUNDERBOLTS OF BATTLE in black letters. 

Symbolism: Yellow, blue, and red represent the combat arms elements of 

an armored organization. The mace alludes to the smashing 

power of armor and the unit's participation in the Central 

Emope campaign of World War II. The flashes refer to the 

motto "Thunderbolts ofBattle." 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

194thARMORED BRIGADE 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, I 94th Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 97th 

Division. Organized in June 1922 at Concord, New Hampshire. Redesignated 23 

March 1925 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, !94th Brigade. 

Redesignated 24 August 1936 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

I 94th Infantry Brigade. 

Converted and redesignated 12 February 1942 as the 3d Platoon, 97th 

Reconnaissance Troop, 97th Division (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

193d Infantry Brigade, concurrently converted and redesignated as the 97th 

Reconnaissance Troop (less 3d Platoon], 97th Division). Troop ordered into 

711 
712 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

active military service 25 February 1943 and reorganized at Camp Swift, Texas, 

as the 97th Cava lry Reconnaissance Troop, an e lement of the 97th Infantry 

Division. Reorgan ized and redesig nated I A ug ust 1943 as th e 97th 

Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized. Reorganized and redesignated 15 October 

1945 as the 97th Mechan ized Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop. Inactivated 31 

March 1946 in Japan. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the 

Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) 

3d Platoon, 97th Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized, converted and redesignated 15 July 1962 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, !94th Infantry 

Brigade, and relieved from assignment to the 97th Infantry Division; concurrently withdrawn from the Army Reserve and allotted to the Regular Army (remainder of the troop- hereafter separate lineage). Converted and redesignated 1 

October 1962 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, !94th Armored 

Brigade. Activated 21 December 1962 at Fort Ord, California. Inactivated 29 June 

1995 at Fort Knox, Kentucky. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War II 

Central Europe 

D ECORATIONS 

None. 

I 94TH ARMORED BRIGADE BIBLIOGRAPHY 

" !94th Armored Brigade Reactivated, 16th Armor Group Colors Cased." Armor 

77 (July- August 1968):53. 

• 
196th INFANTRY BRIGADE 

(Charger) 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: On an oblong blue shield arched at both ends, a yellow double-headed match crossed and looped at the bottom and 

enflamed at both ends. 

Symbolism: Blue is associated with infantry. Yellow and red allude to cavalry and artillery. The double-headed match, used during the 

days of the matchlock musket, was lighted at both ends to 

ensure readiness. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

Description: A silver colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a blue 

powder horn with a red string looped about a yellow vertical 

arrow, the arrowhead on the center fold of a silver scroll 

arched from the ends of the powder horn simulating a bow, 

between the motto AHEAD OF THE REST in black letters. 

Symbolism: The powder horn, an American symbol for readiness of a rifleman, is used to denote the organization's preparedness. The 

arrow and the bow-like scroll refer to the bow and arrow on 

the seal of the state of Massachusetts alluding to where the 

brigade once served. The colors are for the basic combat arms 

of an airstrike brigade: blue for infantry; red for artillery; and 

yellow for armor. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

196th INFANTRY BRIGADE 

(Charger) 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, !96th Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 98th 

Division. Organized in November 1921 at Buffalo, New York. Redesignated 23 

March 1925 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 196th Brigade. 

Redesignated 24 August 1936 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

l96th Infantry Brigade. 

713 
714 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

Converted and redesignated 20 February 1942 as the 3d Platoon, 98th 

Reconnaissance Troop, 98th Division (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

I 95th Infantry Brigade, concurrently converted and redesignated as the 98th 

Reconnaissance Troop [less 3d Platoon], 98th Division). Troop ordered into 

active military service 15 September 1942 and reorganized at Camp 

Breckinridge, Kentucky, as the 98th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, an element 

of the 98th Infantry Division. Reorganized and redesignated 13 August 1943 as 

the 98th Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized. Inactivated 16 February 1946 in 

Japan. Redesignated 26 February 1947 as the 98th Mechanized Cavalry 

Reconnaissance Troop. Activated 12 March 1947 at Utica, New York. Location 

changed 4 February 1948 to Syracuse, New York. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 

as the Army Reserve.) Location changed 13 August 1948 to Rochester, New 

York. Reorga ni zed and redesignated 21 February 1949 as the 98th 

Reconnaissance Company. 

Disbanded I May 1959 at Rochester, New York; 3d Platoon, 98th 

Reconnaissance Company, concurrently reconstituted in the Regular Army as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, !96th Infantry Brigade (remainder of 

company- hereafter separate lineage). Brigade activated l 0 September 1965 at 

Fort Devens, Massachusetts. Inactivated 30 June 1972 at Oakland, California. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War If 

Asiatic-Pacific Theater, Streamer without inscription 

Vietnam 

Counteroffensive, Phase II 

Counteroffensive, Phase III 

Tet Counteroffensive 

Counteroffensive, Phase IV 

Counteroffensive, Phase V 

Counteroffensive, Phase VI 

Tet 69/Countcroffcnsive 

Summer- Fall 1969 

Winter- Spring 1970 

Sanctuary Counteroffensive 

Counteroffensive, Phase VII 

Consolidation I 

Consolidation 11 

Cease-fire 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 7 15 

DECORATIONS 

Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered QUANG T!N PROVINCE 

(Headquarters and Headquarters Company, !96th Infantry Brigade, cited; DA 

GO 43, 1972) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1969 (!96th Infantry Brigade cited; DA GO 6, 1974) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1969, 1970 (!96th Infantry Brigade cited; DA GO 42, 1972) 

Republic .of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM, APR-JUN 1971 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, !96th 

Infantry Brigade, cited; DJ\ GO 6, 1974) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM, JUN- OCT 197 1 (I 96th Infantry Brigade cited; DA GO 6, 1974) 

!96TH INFANTRY BRIGADE BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Clifton, Berry F., Jr. The Illustrated History of the Vietnam War: The Chargers. 

New York: Bantam Books, 1988. 

McCaffrey, William J. "Wrapping It Up in South Vietnam." Army 22 (October 

1972):57-64. 

Rogers, Bernard W. Cedar Falls- Junction City: A Turning Point. Vietnam 

Studies. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1974. 

Vietnam, the Second Yem: A Pictorial Review of the J96th Light Infantry Brigade 

(Separate), 1967. Tokyo: Dai Nippon Printing Co., c. 1967. 

I 97th INFANTRY BRIGADE 

(Follow Me) 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLt:t:VE INSIGNI A 

De:icription: On a vertical rectangle arched convexly top and bottom. within 

a blue border fimbriated by a white inner edge, a blue field with 

a white serrated vertical band, charged with a red cartridge. 

Symbolism: Blue and white are the colors used for infantry. The serrated 

section is symbolic of close combat and cow1tcr-attack abilities. The cartridge alludes to the unit's capabilities of destroying the enemy and repel1 ing his assault with firepower. Red, 

the most powerful color of the spectrum, represents the striking power of the unit. 

DlSTTNCTIVE UN!T lNSTGNIA 

Description: A gold colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a blue 

oval bearing a gold caltrop above a blue scroll with the motto 

FOREVER FORWARD in gold letlers. 

Svmbolism: Blue is used for infantry and gold symbolizes leadersllip and 

achievement. The caltrop is an ancient offensi ve weapon 

employed to deny the use of certain pertinent terrain to hostile 

fo rces and alludes to the attack, seizure, and staying power of 

the brigade. 

LTNEACiE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

I 97th INFANTRY BRIGADE 

(Follow Me) 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 197th Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 99th 

Division. Organiled in November 1921 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Redesignated 

23 March 1925 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, l97th Brigade. 

Redesignated 24 August 1936 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

I 97th Infantry Brigade. 

Converted and redesignated 12 Februarf 1942 as the 99th Reconnaissance 

Company (less 3d Platoon), 99th Division (Headquarters and Headquarters 

717 
718 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

Company, )98th Infantry Brigade, concurrently converted and redesignated as 

the 3d Platoon, 99th Reconnaissance Troop, 99th Division). Troop ordered into 

active military service 15 November 1942 and reorganized at Camp Van Dorn, 

Mississippi, as the 99th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, an element of the 99th 

Infantry Division. Reorganized and redesignated 2 August 1943 as the 99th 

Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized. Inactivated 29 September 1945 at Camp 

Myles Standish, Massachusetts. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 

J 948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army 

Reserve.) 

Converted and redesignated (less 3d Platoon) I August 1962 as Headquarters 

and Headquarters Company, l97th Infantry Brigade, and relieved from assignment to the 99th Infantry Division; concurrently withdrawn from the Army 

Reserve and allotted to the Regular Army (3d Platoon, 99th Reconnaissance 

Troop, Mechanized- hereafter separate lineage). Brigade activated 24 September 

1962 at Fort Benning, Georgia. Inactivated 16 August 1991 at Fort Benning, 

Georgia. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION C REDIT 

World War fl 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-Aisace 

Central Europe 

Southwest Asia 

Defense of Saudi Arabia 

Liberation and Defense of Kuwait 

D ECORATIONS 

Belgian Fourragere 1940 (99th Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized, cited; 

DA GO 43, 1950) 

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at the Siegfried 

Line (99th Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized, cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Elsenborn 

Crest (99th Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized, cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes 

(99th Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized, cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

197TH INFANTRY BRIGADE BlBLIOGRAPHY 

Angelle, Alex. "Adventure Training at the I 97th Infantry Brigade." lnjCmtry 62 

(November- December 1972): 3 8- 3 9. 

Cole, Hugh M. The Ardennes: Battle of the Bulge. United States Army in World 

War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1965. 

"FORSCOM Units." lnfantty 69 (March- Apri l 1979):3. 

Latharn , Willard. The Modern Volunteer Army Program: The Benning 

Experiment, 1970- 1972. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1974. 

Lauer, Walter E. Battle Babies: The StOIJ' of the 99th h~[Cmt1y Division in World 

War !1. Baton Rouge: Military Press of Louisiana, 1951. 
LJNEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 719 

/97th i1~{antry Brigade, Fort Benning, Ga., 1963. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy 

Publishing Co., 1963. 

Scales, Robert H. , Jr., dir. Certain Victory: The US Army in the Gulf War. 

Washington: Office of the Chief of Staff, United States Army, 1993. 

Schubert, Frank N., and Kraus, Theresa L., eds. The Whirlwind Witr: The United 

States Army in Operations DESERT SHIELD and DESERT STORM. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1995. 

Strcver, John E., Jr. "When We Lose, We Win." Infantry 60 (March- April 

1970):34-37. 

198th INFANTRY BRIGADE 

H F.RALDIC ITEMS 

SIIOULDER SLEEVE TNSIGNIA 

Description: On a blue shield arche.d at top and base, a stylized tongue of 

flame (shaped like an "S" reversed) yellow and scarlet with a 

portion of a rifle barrel with fixed bayonet all in white issuing 

diagonally from lower right to upper left and crossing over the 

flame all within a white border. 

Symbolism: Blue and white are the colors associated with int~mtry. The 

tongue of Dame alludes to the unit's firepower, and the bayonet, a basic infantry weapon, is symbolic of carrying the fight 

to the enemy. The flame and bayonet together refer to the 

unit's spi1it and readiness to engage tbe enemy in a firefight or 

hand-to-hand combat with the bayonet. 

OISTINC.."TIVE UNIT TNSIGNIA 

Description: A silver colored metal and cnan1cl device, consisting of a blue 

dragon 's head facing front \Vith red eyes and nostrils, the last 

emitting red and orange flames upward along each side; entering the animal's mouth in base the blade of a silver sword with 

point emerging above between the ears. On either side, 

cnt\vining the 11ames and curving across the hill of the sword a 

silver scroll bearing the motto BRAVE AND BOLD in blue 

letters. 

Symbolism: The great strength and terrible weapons of the mythical dragon are synonymous with enemies the brigade may face and the 

sword impaling his head denotes the fighting spirit displayed 

in the ce of great odds and the victorious results. The unit's 

motto "Brave and Bold" describes the basic qualities of the 

men of the brigade. 

LiNEAGE AND HONORS 

EADQUARTERSANDHEADQU RTERSCO~ANY 

!98th INFANTRY BRIGADE 

RA 

LINeAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 24 .June I 921 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, I 98th Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 99th 

Division. Organized in November 1921 at Erie, Pennsylvania. Redesignated 23 

721 
722 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

March 1925 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, I 98th Brigade. 

Redesignated 24 August 1936 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

!98th Infantry Brigade. 

Converted and redesignated 12 February 1942 as the 3d Platoon, 99th 

Reconnaissance Troop, 99th Division (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

!97th Infantry Brigade, concurrently converted and redesignated as the 99th 

Reconnaissance Troop [less 3d Platoon], 99th Division). Troop ordered into 

active military service 15 November 1942 and reorganized at Camp Van Dorn, 

Mississippi, as the 99th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, an clement of the 99th 

Infantry Division. Reorganized and redesignated 2 August 1943 as the 99th 

Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized. Inactivated 29 September 1945 at Camp 

Myles Standish, Massachusetts. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 

1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army 

Reserve.) 

3d Platoon, 99th Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized, converted and redesignated l August 1962 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, I 98th Infantry 

Brigade, and relieved from assignment to the 99th Infantry Division; concurrently withdrawn from the Army Reserve and allotted to the Regular Army (remainder of troop- hereafter separate lineage). Brigade activated I 0 May 1967 at Port 

Hood, Texas. Inactivated 30 November 1971 at fort Lewis, Washington. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War II 

Rhineland 

Ardcnnes-Aisacc 

Central Europe 

Vietnam 

Counteroffensive, Phase II 

Counteroffensive, Phase Ill 

Tct Counteroffensive 

Counteroffensive, Phase IV 

Counteroffensive, Phase V 

Counteroffensive, Phase VI 

Tct 69/Counteroffensive 

Summer-Fall 1969 

Winter- Spring 1970 

Sanctuary Counteroffensive 

Counteroffensive, Phase VII 

Consolidation I 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 723 

DECORATIONS 

Belgian Fourragere 1940 (99th Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized, cited; 

DA GO 43, 1950) 

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at the Siegfried 

Line (99th Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized, cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Elsenborn 

Crest (99th Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized, cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes 

(99th Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized, cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1969, 1970 (I 98th Infantry Brigade cited; DA GO 42, 1972) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM, APR- JUN 1971 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, !98th 

Infantry Brigade, cited; DA GO 6, 1974) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM, JUN- OCT 1971 (I 98th Infantry Brigade cited; DA GO 6, 1974) 

198TH INFANTRY BRIGADE BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Cole, Hugh M. The Ardennes: Battle of the Bulge. United States Army in World 

War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1965. 

Lauer, Walter E. Battle Babies: The Story of the 99th Infantry Division in World 

War II. Baton Rouge: Military Press of Louisiana, 1951. 

"New Hood Brigade." Journal o.ftheArmedForces 104 (20 May 1967):3ff. 

I 99th INFANTRY BRIGADE 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: On a shield, oblong in shape and arched at both ends, edged 

with a blue border fimbriated by a white inner edge on a blue 

background, the upper length of a white spear, the area below 

the spearhead enveloped with a stylized yellow flame having 

an inner core of red. 

Symbolism: Blue and white are used for infantry. The spear, an early 

infantry weapon, in the flames symboLizes the evolution and. 

firepower of modern infantry. 

DlSTINC'TTVE UNTT )NSIGNIA 

Description: A silver colored metal <Uld enamel device, consisting of a vertical silver bayonet, the blade encircled by a silver mural 

crown lined witJ1 red all \Vithin a stylized continuous scroll iJ1 

blue, the scroll passing under the point of the bayonet, over the 

bayonet handle, and partially behind the crown and bayonet 

guard, and bearing at top the two words LIGHT S W lFT and at 

base the word ACCURATE all in silver letters. 

Symbolisrn: The light blue refers to in ~mtry and the red to artillery elements of the organization. The bayonet, a bask weapon of 

infantry elan, refers to Fort Benning (the home of U.S. Army 

Infantry School) where the organizatjon trained, \-vh ile the 

mural c rown alludes to the infantry, known as "Queen of 

Battle." The mural crown is aJso symbolic of aggressive and 

successful attack on a fortified position or beleaguered city 

and in ancient times was given as a sign of courage and triumph to the unit which first stonned and scaled a city's walls. 

The three words of the motto allude to the organization's 

mobility and accuracy of fire and operation in the accomplishment of its mission. 

725 
726 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

I 99th INFANTRY BRIGADE 

RA 

L INEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, I 99th Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 1 OOth 

Division. Organ ized in December 1921 a t Huntington, West Virginia. 

Redesignated 23 March 1925 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 199th 

Brigade. Location changed 27 October 193 1 to Parkersburg, West Virginia. 

Redesignated 24 August 1936 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

199th Infantry Brigade. 

Converted and redesignated 23 February 1942 as the 1 OOth Reconnaissance 

Troop (less 3d Pl atoon), 1 OOth Division (Headqua rters and Headquarters 

Company, 200th Infantry Brigade, concurrently converted and redesignated as 

the 3d Platoon, I OOth Reconna issance Troop, lOOth Division). Troop ordered into 

active military service 15 November 1942 and reorganized at Fort Jackson, South 

Carolina, as the lOOth Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, an element of the tOOth 

Infantry Division. Reorganized and redesignated 2 August 1943 as the 1 OOth 

Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized. Reorganized and redesignated 7 September 

1945 as the I OOth Mechanized Reconnaissance Troop. Inactivated I I January 

1946 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia. Redesignated 15 October 1946 as the 

Reconnaissance Platoon, 1 OOth Airborne Division. Activated 2 December 1946 at 

Louisvi lie, Kentucky. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the 

Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) 

Reorganized and redesignated 31 August 1950 as Antitank Platoon, 100th 

Airborne Division. Reorganized and redesignated 12 May 1952 as the 1 OOth 

Reconnaissance Company, an element of the 100th Infantry Division. Inactivated 

22 April 1953 at Louisvill e, Kentucky. Activated 9 January 1955 at Neon, 

Kentucky. Disbanded 17 April 1959 at Neon, Kentucky. 

Reconstituted (less 3d Platoon) 23 March 1966 in the Regular Army as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Compa ny, I 99th Infantry Brigade (3d Platoon, 

tOOth Reconnaissance Company- hereafter separate lineage). Brigade activated 

1 June 1966 at Fort Benning, Georgia. Inactivated 15 October 1970 at Fort 

Benning, Georgia. Activated 16 February 1991 at Fort Lewis, Washington. 

Inactivated 16 July 1992 at Fort Lewis, Washington. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 

CAMPAIGN PARTJCJPATJON CREDIT 

World War II 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-Aisace 

Central Europe 

Vietnam 

Counteroffensive, Phase II 

Counteroffensive, Phase Ill 

Tet Counteroffensive 

Counteroffensive, Phase IV 

Counteroffensive, Phase V 

Counteroffensive, Phase VI 

Tet 69/Counterolfensive 

Summer- Fall 1969 

Winter- Spring 1970 

Sanctuary Counteroffensive 

Counteroffensive, Phase VI I 

DECORATIONS 

727 

Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered SA IGON-LONG BINI-I 

(Headquarters and Headquarters Company, !99th Infantry Brigade, cited; DA 

GO 48, 1968) 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1968- 1969 (Headquarters and l1eadquarters Company, !99th Infantry Brigade, 

cited; DA GO 39, 1970) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1968 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, !99th Infa ntry 

Brigade, cited; DA GO 43, 1970) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1968- 1970 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, !99th Infantry 

Brigade, cited; DA GO 51, 197 1) 

Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer 

embroidered VIETNAM J 966- 1970 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

I 99th Infantry Brigade, cited; DA GO 51, I 97 I) 

I 99TH INrANTRY BRIGADE B IBUOGRAPHY 

Bowers, James R., ed. 199th !J~fcmt1yBrigade (Sep) (Lt) in Vietnam, 1970. 

Drewry, Frey, comp. 100 Cav. Rcn. Tr. n.p., 1945. 

Jones, Robert E., ed. Redcatcher Yearbook. Vietnam, 1969. 

Mildrcn, Frank T. "From Mekong to DMZ: A Fighting Year for the U.S. Army's 

Best." Army 18 (November 1968):82- 95. 

Ross, John M., ed. Century 100 Division, Pictorial Review, 1944. Atlanta: Albert 

Love Enterprises, 1944. 

205th INFANTRY BRIGADE 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

S IIOVLDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: On a vertical rectangle arched convexly top and bottom, the 

upper 1/3 blue and the lower 2/3 red, a five-pointed star above 

an upright bayonet, both white, all within a yellow border. 

Symbolism: Blue, white, red, and yellow arc used for the infantry, artillery, 

and armor components of the brigade. The infantry bayonet 

refers to the fighting spirit of the brigade. The star represents 

Minnesota, the "Star of the North," where the headquarters of 

the brigade has served. 

D ISTINCTIVE UNlT INSIGNIA 

Description: A silver colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a fivepoi nted white star on a light blue disc encircled by a yellow 

ring on a field of red all beneath two silver bayonets chevronwise, the points inward and conjoined; in base a light blue 

scroll bearing the inscription STAR OF THE NORTH in silver 

letters. 

Symbolism: Blue, red, and yellow refer to the infantry, artillery, and armor 

units in the brigade. The bayonets are basic assault weapons 

of the infantry, the yellow ring in simulating a Link of chain 

mail alludes to armor, and the triangular shaped red field to 

the "on target" accuracy of artillery; the blue disc and circle 

also simulate a target and symbolize the outstanding marksmanship record of the brigade. The large five-pointed star 

re fers to the motto of the state o f Minnesota which is 

"L' Etoile du Nord" meaning "Star of the North." The bayonets, circ ula r ring, and five-pointed star also indicate the 

brigade's numerical designation. 

LINEAGE AN D H ONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

205th INFANTRY BRIGADE 

AR 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Consti tuted 24 June 192 1 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 205th Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the l 03d 

Division. Organized in November 1921 at Warren, Arizona. Redesignated 23 

729 
730 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

March 1925 as Headquarters and Headqua rte rs Company, 205th Brigade. 

Redesignated 24 August 1936 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

205th Infantry Brigade. 

Converted and redesignated II February 1942 as the I 03d Reconnaissance 

Troop (less 3d Platoon), I 03d Division (Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 206th Infantry Brigade, concurrently converted and redesignated as 

the 3d Platoon, 1 03d Reconnaissance Troop, 1 03d Division). Troop ordered into 

active military service 15 November 1942 and reorganized at Camp Claiborne, 

Louisiana, as the I 03d Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, an e lement of the I 03d 

Infantry Division. Reorganized and redesignated 8 August 1943 as the 1 03d 

Reconna issa nce Troop, Mechanized. Inactivated 22 September 1945 at Camp 

Patrick Henry, Virginia. Redesignated 15 April 1947 as the I 03d Mechanized 

Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop. Activated 28 April 1947 at Council Bluffs, Iowa. 

(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as th e Organized Reserve 

Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) Reorganized and redesignated 25 November 1949 as the I 03d Reconnaissance Company. I nactivatcd 18 

May 1959 at Council Bluffs, Iowa. 

Conv e rted and redesignated (less 3d Platoon) l February 1963 as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 205th Infantry Brigade, relieved from 

assignment to the I 03d In fantry Division, and activated at Fort Snelling, 

Minnesota (3d Platoon, 1 03d Reconnaissance Company- hereafter separate lincage). Brigade inactivated 15 September 1994 at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War// 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-Aisaee 

Central Europe 

D ECORATIONS 

None. 

205TH INFANTRY BRIGADE BIBLIOGRAPHY 

'"Jack Pine' Tests 205th Inf Bde." Army Reserve 13 (November 1967): 14. 

McKee, John R. "205th Infantry Brigade: The Star of the North." Army 23 

(October 1973): I 03- 06. 

Mueller, Ralph, and Turk, Jerry. Report A.fier Action, The Story of the J03d 

ln.fantry Division. lnns bruck , Austria : Wagne r'sche UniversitatsBuchdruckerei, 1945. Reprint. Nashville: Battery Press, 1977. 

Peers, William R. "Army Reserve and National Guard Meet the Test at Home and 

Abroad." Army 19 (October 1969):7 1- 74. 

'"Star of the North' 205th Infantry Brigade (Sep)." Army Reserve 12 (April 

1966):6- 7. 
218th INFANTRY BRIGADE 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER Su.mvE INSIGN IA 

Description: On a shield arched at top and bottom, and divided horizontally 

blue and gray, a pair of white bayonets in sal tire below a white 

crescent, all within a light blue border. 

Symbolism: Blue and white are the colors used for infantry, and the bayonets a llude to mission and combat readiness. The crescent, 

taken from the state flag of South Carolina, and the colors 

blue and gray refer in part to the history of the state and the 

militia, who in 1775 on James Island, "showed up in blue uniforms with a silver crescent on their caps." The crescent is 

also used to represent the unit's allotment to the South 

Carolina Army National Guard. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

Description: A silver colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a blue 

oval bearing a silver palmetto tree issuing from a silver mound 

and charged with a blue crescent, surmounted at base by a 

horizontal silver bayonet, blade to left, all inclosed by a continuous silver scro ll inscri bed around the top a nd sides, 

STEADFAST OF PURPOSE in blue letters. 

Symbolism: The ova l shape was taken from the South Carolina state seal 

referring to the successful defense of the palmetto log fort on 

Sullivan's Island in 1776. The palmetto bears a blue crescent; 

a wh ite palmetto tree and crescent are fo und on the blue fi eld 

of the South Carolina state flag. The bayonet symbolizes the 

organization's combat mission. Blue is used for infantry units. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

218th INFANTRY BRIGADE 

ARNG 

LINEAGE (South Carolina) 

Organized around 1903 in the South Carolina State Troops at New Brookland 

(now West Columbia) as Company M (Brookland Guards), 2d Infantry. (South 

Carolina State Troops redesignated in 1905 as the South Carolina National 

Guard.) Redesignated 1 April 1915 as Company H, 2d Infantry. Mustered into 

federal service 7 April 1916 at Camp Moore, South Carolina; mustered out 20 

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732 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

March 191 7 at Camp Moore, South Carolina. Converted and redesignated I 2 

September 191 7 as Company G, 105th Ammunition Train, an clement of the 30th 

Division. Demobilized 3 April 1919 at Camp Jackson, South Ca rolina. 

Reorganized and federally recognized 5 May 1921 in the South Carolina National 

Guard at New Brookland as Company H, I st Infantry. Redesignated 19 

December 1921 as Company H, I 18th Infantry, an element of the 30th Division 

(later redesignated as the 30th Infantry Division). Inducted into federal service 16 

September 1940 at New Brookland. (I 18th Infantry relieved 24 August 1942 

from assignment to the 30th Infantry Division.) Inactivated 15 January 1946 at 

Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. 

Reorganized and federally recognized 4 April 1947 at West Columbia as the 

51st Military Police Company, an clement of the 51st In fantry Division. 

Converted and redesignated I Apri I 1959 as the 5 I st Administration Company 

(South Carolina part) and remained assigned to the 5 1st Infantry Division. 

Consolidated I April 1963 with the Military Police Detachment, Headquarters 

Company, 51st Infantry Division (organized and federally recognized I April 

1959 at West Columbia); consolidated unit concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 132d Military Police Company and relieved from assignment to the 

51st Infantry Division. 

Converted and redesignated l January 1968 as part of the 740th Repair Parts 

Company. Reorganized and redesignated 1 December 1971 as Detachment I, 

Company C, 730th Maintenance Battalion, an element of the 30th Infantry 

Division. Reorganized and redesignated I January 1974 as Company A, l63d 

Support Battalion, an element of the 218th Infantry Brigade. Redesignated I 

October 1986 as Company D, .163d Support Battalion. Converted and redesignated I September 1988 as the 263d Personnel Service Company and rei icved from 

assignment to 218th Infantry Brigade. 

Consolidated I September 1993 with Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 2L8th Infantry Brigade (see ANNEX 1), and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2 18th Infantry Brigade, with station at Newberry. 

ANNEX I 

Constituted I I December 1951 in the South Carolina Army National Guard 

as the 131 st Antiaircraft Artillery Operations Detachment. Organized and federally recognized 4 January 1952 at Newberry. Reorganized and redesignated I 

August 1952 as Headquarters and llcadquarters Battery, 228th Antiaircraft 

Arti llery Group. Converted and redesignated I April 1959 as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Detachment, 228th Signal Group. Converted and redesignated I 

Apri I 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 163d Artillery Group. 

Converted and redesignated I January 1968 as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 30th Infantry Division. Relieved I January 

1974 from assignment to the 30th Infantry Division; concurrently consolidated 

with Detachment I, 30th Military Police Company (ANNEX 2); Detachment I, 

I 30th Finance Company (organized and federally recognized I December 197I at 

Newberry); Detachment 3, 30th Adjutant General Company (ANNEX 3); and 

Detachment I, Company A, 230th Supply and Transport Battalion (ANNEX 4); 
LINEAGES AND IIERALDIC DATA 733 

and conso lidated unit reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 218th Infantry Brigade. Con sol ida ted I October 1986 

with Detachment 1, 163d Support Battalion (sec ANNEX 5) and the 2 l8th Signal 

Detachment (organized I July 1980 at Newberry) and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 218th Infantry Brigade. 

ANNEX 2 

Constituted 23 March 1959 in the South Carolina Army National Guard as 

Battery A, 1st Automatic Weapons Battalion, 263d Artillery. Organized and federally recognized 1 April 1959 at Newberry. Converted and redesignated l 

January 1958 as the 2d Platoon, 30th Military Police Company, an clement of the 

30th Infantry Division. Reorganized and redesignated I December I 971 as 

Detachment I, 30th Military Police Company. 

ANNEX 3 

Constituted 14 December 1967 in the South Carolina Army National Guard 

as the Personnel Administration Detachment, 30th Administration Company, an 

element of the 30th Infantry Division. Organized and fede rally recognized 1 

January 1968 at Newberry. Reorganized and redesignated l December 1971 as 

Detachment 3, 30th Adjutant General Company, an element of the 30th Infantry 

Division. 

ANNEX 4 

Constituted 15 March J 963 in the South Ca rolina Army National Guard as 

the 384th Signal Detachment. Organized and federally recognized 1 April 1963 at 

Columbia. Location changed I April to Newberry. Converted and redesignated I 

January 1968 as the 2d Forward Support Section, Company A, 230th Supply and 

Transport Battalion, an element of the 30th Infantry Division. Reorganized and 

redesignated I December 1971 as Detachment I, Company A, 230th Supply and 

Transport Battalion. 

ANNEX 5 

Organized and federally recognized 20 September 1939 in the South Carolina 

National Guard at Newberry as Battery 1, 263d Coast Artillery. Redesignated 15 

April 1940 as Battery H, 263d Coast Artillery. Reorganized and redesignated I 0 

December 1940 as Battery C, I 07th Separate Battalion, Coast Artillery. Inducted 

into federal service I 0 February 194 1 al Newberry. Inactivated 5 December 1944 

in Ita ly. Reorga ni zed and federally recogni zed 3 March 194 7 at Newberry. 

Reorganized and redesignated I April 1959 as Battery C, I st Automatic Weapons 

Battalion, 263d Artillery. 

Converted and redesignated 1 January 1968 as part of Company B, 230th 

Supply and Transport Battalion, an c lement of the 30th Infantry Division. 

Reorganized and redesignated I January 1974 as Detachment I, Company A, 

163d Support Battalion, an element of the 30th Infantry Division. 

Home Station: Newberry (less detachment at Whitmire) 
734 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War/ 

St. Mihiel 

Meuse-Argonne 

Lorraine 191 8 

World War II 

Tunisia 

Sicily (with arrowhead) 

Romc-Arno 

Southern France (with arrowhead) 

No11hern France Hhincland 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

218TH INFANTRY BRfGADE BIBLIOGRAPHY 

"Newberry Unit's Equipment in Maneuver." Palmetto Guardsman (September 

1964): I. 
I 

256th INFANTRY BRIGADE 

(Louisiana Brigade) 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SIIOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: On a gray rectangular shield with arched top and bottom within a gray border, a blue sa ltire surmounted by a tlew·-de-lis, 

the center frond red and the outer fronds and crossbar gold. 

Symbolism: The saltirc is a symbol used on military maps to represent a 

brigade. The sal tire, which also appears on the coat of arms of 

Nova Scotia and on the Confederate flag, alludes to the 

brigade's home area, whose early inhabitants were ti·om Nova 

Scotia, and to the Confederacy of which Louisiana was a part. 

The flew·-dc-lis, referring to the location of the brigade's headquarters at Lafayette, stands for the French background and 

traditions of that part of the state. The center frond is red in 

reference to LaFayette's original name, Ycrmilionvillc, and to 

nearby Bayou Vermilion. Blue, red, and yellow (gold) allude 

to the combat arms colors. 

DISTINCTIVE UN IT INSIGNIA 

Description: 

Symbolism: 

A silver colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a silver live oak surmounted by a flew·-de-lis, the center frond red 

and the outer fronds and crossbar gold; all above a blue scroll 

inscribed HONOR OUR HERITAGE in silver. 

The live oak, indigenous to Louisiana, stands for strength and 

refers to the location of the brigade's headquarte rs at 

Lafayette. In addition, the century-old oaks in that area allude 

to the unit's heritage and its motto "Honor Our Heritage." The 

fleur-de-lis is taken from the brigade's shoulde r sleeve 

insignia. Blue and white (silver) arc traditionally associated 

with infantry. 

735 
736 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

LTNEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

256th INFANTRY BRIGADE 

(Louisiana Brigade) 

ARNG 

l rNEAGE (Louisiana) 

Organized and federally recognized 13 February 1922 in the Louisiana 

National Guard at Lafayette as Company M, 1 56th Infantry, an element of the 

39th Division. (156Lh Infantry rel ievcd 1 July 1923 from assignment to the 39th 

Division and assigned to the 3 1st Division [later redesignated as the 31st Infantry 

Division]). Redesi gnated 13 January 1940 as Company II, 156th Infantry. 

T nducted into federal service 25 November 1940 at Lafayette. (156th Infantry 

relieved 14 July 1942 from assignment to the 31st Infantry Division.) Inactivated 

13 March 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. Reorganized and federally recognized I R December 1946 at Lafayette as the Service Company, I 56th Infantry, an 

clement of the 39th Infantry Division. 

Converted and redesignated I July 1959 as the 3628th Ordnance Company 

and relieved from assignment to the 39th Infantry Division. Ordered into active 

federal service 15 October 196 1 at Lafayette; released 6 August 1962 from active 

federal service and reverted to state control. 

Consolidated 1 December 1967 with Headquarters Company, lst Brigade, 

39th In fantry Division (organized and federally recognized I May 1961 ), m1d 

Company D, 1 25th Medical 1:3attalion (organized and federa lly recognized 6 

February 1948), and co nsol idated unit reorganized and redesignated as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 256th lnfantry Brigade. Ordered into 

active federal ser vice 30 November 1990 at Lafayette; released 10 May 1991 

ti·om active federal service and reverted to state control. 

Home Station: Lafayette (less detachments at Alexandria, Colfax, and Pineville) 

CAMPAIGN PARTTCTPATION CREDIT 

World War II 

Northern France 

Central Europe 

D ECORATIONS 

None. 

256TH lNri\NTRY BRIGADE BJBLlOGRAPHY 

Casso, Evans J. Louisiana Legacy: A History of the State Na1ional Guard. Gretna, 

La.: Pelican Publishing Co., 1976. 

Denton, Frank. "Desert Guard 1: The Louisiana Brigade Is First to Command 

NTC Unit Rotation." National Guard 42 (February 1988):24-28. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 737 

Dulin, Carol. "Storms Devastate Three States and Guard Cl.ears Aftermath." 

National Guard 34 (July 1980): 12 13. 

Historical Annual, National Guard of the State o}Louisiana, 1938. Baton Rouge: 

Army and Navy Publishing Co., 1938. 

39th infantry Division, 1950. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Co., 

1950. 

Walthall, Melvin C. We Can 't All Be Hero(?.'}·: A HistOTJ' of the Separate Infantry 

Regiments in World War 11. H1cksville, N.Y.: Exposition Press, 1975. 

402d BRIGADE (TRAINING) 

H ERALDIC IT EMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

Description: On a blue pointed arch curved at bottom with a yellow border, 

a yellow torch with red and yellow flames centered upon two 

crossed swords with white blades pointed up and yellow hilts, 

and centered overall a round shield in red edged with white. 

Symbolism: The torch is symbolic of instruction and learning and the 

crossed swords and shield represent their practical application. 

The red center alludes to the field artillery, the mortal danger 

of armed combat, and the simulation of combat conditions 

during training. 

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA 

Description: A gold colored metal and enamel device, consisting of four 

gold phcons points down between five red rays, issuing from a 

blue demi-torch charged with a gold flew·-de-lis all on a disc 

divided horizontally, blue above and gold below; attached 

below a semicircular blue motto scroll bearing in gold letters 

the inscription TRAIN TO EXCELLENCE. 

Symbolisn1: The torch is symbolic of knowledge and alludes to the training 

mission of the brigade. The light of the torch is a shell burst 

and with the four pheons aimed at a foca l point suggests 

artillery and marksmanship. The arrowheads also refer to the 

Native American heritage of the state of Oklahoma, where the 

unit has served. Red and gold arc the colors associated with 

field artillery; blue is from the nag of Oklahoma. The gold 

fleUt·-dc-Iis stands for the unit's World War II campaign participation in France and Central Europe. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS BATTERY 

402d BRIGADE (TRAINING) 

AR 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Consti tu ted 25 Januar y 1943 in the Army of the United States as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 402d Field Artillery Group. Activated 15 

March 1943 at Camp 13utner, North Carol ina. Inactivated 26 October 1945 at 

Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. Allotted 16 October 1946 to the Organized Reserves. 

739 
740 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

Activated 3 December 1946 at Tulsa, Oklahoma. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as 

the Army Reserve.) Inactivated 22 November 1950 at Tulsa, Oklahoma. 

Redesignated 16 March 1985 as Headquarters and Headqua rters Battery, 

402cl Brigade (Training), and activated at Lawton, Oklahoma. Inactivated 16 

October .1996 at Lawton, Oklahoma. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION C REDIT 

World War II 

Northern Fmncc 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-A lsacc 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

402D BRIGADE BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Cole, Hugh M. The Ardennes: Bailie of the Bulge. United States Army in World 

War li. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1965. 
Glossary of Lineage Terms 

ACTIVATE. To bring into being or establish a unit that has been constituted. This 

term is not used when referring to Army Na tiona l Guard units. (See 

ORGANIZE.) 

ALLOT. To assign a unit to one of the components of the United States Army. The 

present components arc the Regular Army, the Army National Guard, and the 

Army Reserve, formerly known as the Organized Reserves and the Organized 

Reserve Corps. During World War 1 units were allotted to the National Army 

and during World War 11 to the Army of the United States. Army National 

Guard units are usually allotted to a particular state or group of states. Except 

for Army National Guard units, units may be withdrawn from one component 

and allotted to another. Such changes in allotment, however, do not change the 

history, lineage, and honors of the units. 

ASSIGN. To make a unit part of a larger organization and place it under that ot-ganization's command and control until it is relieved from the assignment. As a rule, 

only divisional and separate brigade assignments are shown in unit lineages. 

CONSOLIDATE. To merge or combine two or more units into one new unit. The 

new unit may retain the designation of one of the original units or it may have 

a new designation, but it inherits the history, lineage, and honors of all the 

units affected by the merger. ln the Army National Guard, personnel of the 

units are generally combined in the new unit. In the Regular Army and Army 

Reserve, units are usually consolidated when they arc inactive or when only 

one of the units is active; therefore, personnel and equipment are seldom 

involved. 

CONSTITUTE. To place the designation of a new unit on the official rolls of the 

Army. 

CONVERT. To transfer a unit from one branch of the Army to another, for example, from infantry to armor. Such a move always requires a redesignation, with 

the unit adopting the name of its new branch; however, there is no break in the 

historical continuity of the unit. If the unEt is active, it must also be reorganized 

under a new table of organization and equipment (TOE). 

DEM0131LIZE. To remove the designation of a unit from the official rolls of the 

Army. If the unit is active, it must also be inactivated. This term is used in unit 

lineages only when referring to the period during and immediately after World 

War L 

DESIGNATION. The official title of a unit, consisting usually of a number and a 

name. 

DISI3AND. To remove the designation of a unit from the official rolls of the Army. 

If the unit is active, it n1ust also be inactivated. In the Army National Guard, 

this term is generally used when referring to the period before World War I. 

ELEMENT. A unit that is assigned to or is IJart of a larger organization. (See also 

ORGANIC ELEMENT.) 

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742 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES 

FEDERAL RL:COGN ITION. Acceptance of an Army National Guard unit by the federal government after the unit has been inspected by a federal representative 

and found to be properly housed, equipped, and organized according to Army 

requirements. Federal recognition may be withdrawn when the unit no longer 

meets these requirements or when the need for it no longer exists. 

FEDERAL SERVICE: Active duly of an Army National Guard unit while under the 

control of the United States government, rather than under the control of its 

home state. Units enter fede ral service by order of the president of the United 

States, as authorized by Congress. Units called into federal service could not 

be sent into a foreign country without specific congressional authorization; for 

most wars prior to World War I, units were "mustered into federal service" and 

during World War 1 they were "drafted into federa l service." The phrase 

" inducted into federal servi ce" was used during World War II. Since World 

War II, the phrase "ordered into active fede ral service" has been used. A unit 

remains in federal service unti I released by the federal government, at which 

time it reverts to the control of its home state. 

INACTIVATE. To place a unit that is not currently needed in an inoperative status 

without assigned personnel or equipment. When referring to the Army 

National Guard, this term is used only during and immediately after World War 

II for units in federal servi ce. Such Llnits were retained on the rolls of the 

Army, and many were reorganized in their home states. 

NGUS. Abbreviation for National Guard of the United States. As used in this volume, an NGUS unit was a temporary organization within a state which took the 

place of a unit in federal service during the Korean War. It usually had the same 

designation and was organized in the same general area as the replaced unit. 

ORDER INTO ACTIVE MILITARY SERVICE. To place an Army Reserve unit on fulltime active duty usually during a war or a major crisis, such as the Berlin crisis 

of 1961- 62. After completing its active duty, the unit may be inactivated or it 

may be released from active military service, reverting to reserve status. This 

phrase docs not apply to Army Reserve units on annual active duty training. 

ORGA1 IC ELEMENT. A unit that is an integral part of a larger organization, for 

example, a lettered company of a battalfon or regiment. 

ORGANIZE. 'l'o assign personnel and equipment to a unit and make it operative, 

that is, capable of performing its mission. For Army National Guard units, this 

term is used instead of activate. 

RECONSTITUTE. To restore to the official rolls of the Army a unit that has been 

disbanded or demobilized. The reconstituted unit may have a new designation, 

but it retains its former history, lineage, and honors. 

REDESIGNATE. To change a unit's official name or number or both. 

Redesignation is a change of title only; the unit's history, lineage, and honors 

remain the same. 

REORGANIZE. To change the structure of a unit in accordance with a new table of 

organization and equipment (TOE), or to change from one type of unit to 

another within the same branch of the Army, for example, from horse cavalry 

to mechanized cavalry. (For reorganizations involving a new branch, see 

CONVERT.) When referring to the Army National Guard, the term also means 

to organize an inactive un it again. 

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