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U.S. ARMY - "THIS WE'LL DEFEND."
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The Army of the United States (AUS) was first established in February 1941, in response to the looming threat of World War II. The Army of the United States saw a major expansion following the December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. The Army of the United States was considered a successor to the National Army, which had been founded to fight in World War I and had been disbanded in 1920.
The first officers of the Army of the United States were appointed from the ranks of the Regular Army. The standard practice for such officers was to hold a “permanent rank” within the Regular Army while holding a “temporary rank” for service in the Army of the United States. A typical situation would be a colonel in the Army of the United States holding the permanent rank of captain in the Regular Army. Another term for the Army of the United States rank was “Theater Rank,” held by officers who were deployed to the European Theater or serving in the Pacific.
Army Units
Infantry Division: 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 24th, 25th, 26th, 2th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 34th, 35th, 36th, 37th, 38th, 40th, 44th, 45th, 65th, 69th, 77th, 78th, 79th, 81st, 84th, 85th, 86th, 89th, 92nd, 95th, 96th, 97th, 106th.
Armored Divisions: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th, 9th, 10th, 11th.
Air Borne Division: 11th, 13th, 82nd, 101st.
1st Cavalry Division
Americal Division
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29th Infantry Div.A2941 - Men of the 29th Inf. Proudly display trophies
captured from North Korean forces on the battle line in
Korea, 8/24/50. Photo courtesy of NARA.The U.S. 29th Infantry Division is a United Statesinfantrydivision that has existed since World War I as part of the Army National Guard.
Nicknamed "Blue and Gray", the division's motto is "29, Let's Go!" The shoulder patch is a half-blue, half-gray Chinesetaijitu; this patch was approved 14 December1917 and was designed by Maj. James A. Ulio, later the Adjutant General of the United States Army during World War II. The uniting of the blue and grey symbolizes the fact that the division was composed of units from states that had fought on both sides of the American Civil War.
The 29th Infantry Division had spent 242 days in combat during campaigns in Normandy, Northern France, the Rhineland and Central Europe, earning four Distinguished Unit Citations in the process. Two soldiers of the division were awarded the Medal of Honor. Also awarded were 44 DSCs, one DSM, 854 Silver Stars, 17 Legion of Merit, 24 Soldier's Medal and 6,308 Bronze Stars.
It was a victory with an enormous human cost. The 29th had taken 20,111 dead and wounded in battle, and 8,665 noncombat casualties. Although no statistics were kept at company level, the skewing of risk toward the front-line infantrymen means the rifle companies must have suffered casualties in the vicinity of 300 percent including noncombat.
The 29th Division returned to the United States on 4 January 1946 and was demobilized two weeks later.
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78th Infantry Div.A3753 - Men of the 86th Chemical Bn., attached to the 1st U.S. Army, pass the ammo as they keep firing against the enemy,
Paustenback, Germany, 12/13/44. Photo courtesy of NARA.In World War II, the 78th Division was reactivated at Camp Butner, North Carolina on August 15, 1942. It was designated as a Replacement Pool Division on October 1, 1942, and remained in this assignment until March 1, 1943, when the 78th Division was restored to field duty, and to its training regimen. After two yeras as a Training Division, the 78th crossed toFrance on November 22, 1944.
After landing in France, the division moved to Tongeren, Belgium on November 27, 1944, and to Rotgen, Germany on December 7, 1944, to prepare for combat. The 311th Infantry Regiment was attached to the 8th Armored Division in the Hurtgen Forest, 10 December. The 309th and 310th Infantry Regiments relieved elements of the 1st Division in the line in the vicinity of Entenpfuhl, 1-12 December. On the 13th these regiments smashed into Simmerath, Witzerath, and Bickerath and were fighting for Kesternich when Gerd von Rundstedt launched his counteroffensive in the Monschau area, on 18 December.
The 78th held the area it had taken from the Siegfried Line against the violent German attacks throughout the winter. The Division attacked, 30 January1945, and took Kesternich, 2 February, the town of Schmidt on the 8th, and captured intact the vital Schwammanauel Dam the next day. In the advance, the Roer River was crossed, 28 February, and the Division joined the offensive of the First and Ninth Armies toward the Rhine. That river was crossed over the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen, ** A History of the 311th Timberwolf Infantry Regiment: First Across the Rhine. n.p., 1945. 23 p. #603-311.1945/2. 8 March, by the 310th Regiment, the first troops to cross in the wake of the 9th Armored Division. That unit, attached to the 9th Armored and acting as a motorized unit had driven across Germany capturing Euskirchen, Rheinbach, and Bad Neuenahr. The 78th expanded the bridgehead, taking Honnef and cutting part of the Autobahn, 16 March. From 2 April to 8 May, the Division was active in the reduction of the Ruhr Pocket and at VE-day was stationed near Marburg. The Division remained on occupation duty in Germany until it was deactivated on May 22, 1946.
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D23183 -General George Patton, N Africa. Photo courtesy of NARA.
For more info on Gen Patton check out the GENERAL GEORGE PATTON MUSEUM by the Patton Museum Foundation.
A101 Utah Beach - American troops debarking from LST's under fire from German artillery during early stage of the invasion on Utah Beach, at Les Dunes De Madeleine France, 6 June 1944. Photo courtesy of NARA.
A243 Hurtgen Forest - Men of the 18th F.A reload rockets in Hurtgen German, 11/30/44. Photo courtesy of NARA.
A279 Remagen - First Army's First Engineer Heavy Pontoon Bn., to reach the Rhine, the 86th loads the first heavy tank on a ferry prior to crossing to the enemy shore. This battalion reached the Rhine the day following the capture of the Ludendorf bridge. Immediately ferries were constructed and operated, under artillery fire, to ferry needed troops and supplies to the far shore. 3/12/45.Photo courtesy of NARA.
A816 Battle of Cassino - An American M-4 tank is bogged down in a marshland, Cassino, 2/8/44.
A402 Battle of the Bulge, Bastone, Belgium - American infantrymen of the 87th Div., enter the town of St. Hubert, Belgium, right after the Germans fled the town, 1945. Photo courtesy of NARA.
The Tuskegee Airmen
(pronounced /(tus-kee' gee)/) is the popular name of a group of African American pilots who fought in World War II. Formally, they were the 332nd Fighter Group of the U.S. Army Air Corps.
The Tuskegee Airmen were the first African American military aviators in the United States armed forces. During World War II, African Americans in many U.S. states still were subject to Jim Crow laws. The American military was racially segregated, as was much of the federal government. The Tuskegee Airmen were subject to racial discrimination, both within and outside the army. Despite these adversities, they flew with distinction. They were particularly successful in their missions as bomber escorts in Europe.
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