page_title: 2nd Infantry Division (United States)
section_title: Major operations
hierarchical_section_title: 2nd Infantry Division (United States) / History / World War I / Major operations
caption_attribution_description: English: Then Brigadier General John A. Lejeune became the first Marine officer to hold an U.S. Army divisional command when he assumed command of the 2d Division, U.S. Army in France on 28 July 1918. He remained in that capacity unit the unit was demobilized in August 1919. He is pictured here next to Major General Omar Bundy, United States Army, former commanding general of the same unit. (Official Marine Corps Photo # 22408)
context_page_description: The 2nd Infantry Division is a formation of the United States Army. Its current primary mission is the pre-emptive defense of South Korea in the event of an invasion from North Korea. There are approximately 17,000 soldiers in the 2nd Infantry Division, with 10,000 of them stationed in South Korea, accounting for about 35% of the United States Forces Korea personnel.
  The 2nd Infantry Division is unique in that it is the only U.S. Army division that is made up partially of South Korean soldiers, called KATUSAs. This program began in 1950 by agreement with the first South Korean president, Syngman Rhee. Some 27,000 KATUSAs served with the U.S. forces at the end of the Korean War. As of May 2006, approximately 1,100 KATUSA soldiers serve with the 2ID. There were also more than 4,748 Dutch soldiers assigned to the division between 1950 and 1954.
  Denoted the 2nd Infantry Division-ROK/U.S. Combined Division, the division is augmented by rotational BCTs from the rest of the U.S. Army's divisions.
context_section_description: Third Battle of the Aisne
  Belleau Wood
  Château-Thierry campaign
  St. Mihiel
  Meuse-Argonne Offensive
  Aisne-Marne offensive
  Source for World War I data and information: United States Army Center of Military History, The Army Almanac: A Book of Facts Concerning the Army of the United States, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950, pp. 510–592.
caption: Omar Bundy & John A. Lejeune
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