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	U.S. 5th Armored Division - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 5th Armored Division was activated on October 10, 1941, and reached the United Kingdom in February 1944.
		Turning north, the Division forged the steel ring around the Germans in Normandy by advancing to the edge of the city of Argentan on 12 August—8 days before the Argentan-Falaise Gap was closed.
		The reconnaissance squadron of the Division sent a patrol across the German border on the afternoon of 11 September to be the first of the Allies to cross the enemy frontier.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/US_5th_Armored_Division (488 words)

	U.S. 2nd Infantry Division - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Division crossed the Rhine 21 March and advanced to Hadamar and Limburg an der Lahn, relieving elements of the 9th Armored Division, 28 March.
		Advancing rapidly in the wake of the 9th Armored, the 2d Infantry Division crossed the Weser at Veckerhagen, 6–7 April, captured Göttingen 8 April, established a bridgehead across the Saale, 14 April, seizing Merseburg on the 15th.
		The 2d Infantry Division was chosen to spearhead the United Nations Command response to this incident and on 21 August, Task Force Brady, a group of ROK soldiers, American infantry, and engineers, swept into the area and cut down the infamous "Panmunjeom Tree".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/US_2nd_Infantry_Division (3512 words)

	President of the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the U.S. Constitution, the President is also the chief executive of the federal government and Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces.
		The president must be a natural-born citizen of the United States (or a citizen of the United States at the time the U.S. Constitution was adopted), be at least 35 years old, and have been a resident of the United States for 14 years.
		Every U.S. President from William Henry Harrison to John F. Kennedy who was elected or re-elected in a year evenly divisible by 20 died in office, many by assassination.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/President_of_the_United_States (5317 words)

	25th Infantry Division Association: The Division
		The Hawaiian Division's support units composed primarily of the 3rd Engineer Regiment, the 11th Quartermaster Regiment and the 11th Medical Regiment were reorganized and redesignated as separate battalions and assigned to the two new divisions.
		During the period from the summer of 1966 to the spring of 1967 the 25th Division was the largest division in Vietnam with four brigades under its command, the division's 1st and 2nd Brigades as well as the 3rd Brigade, 4th Division and the 196th Light Infantry Brigade.
		The division headquarters served as the Multinational Force staff furnishing support and direction to the United Nations force composed of members of 27 countries with the 2nd and 3rd Brigades and other division elements furnishing security in several parts of the country.
	www.25thida.com /division.html (5817 words)

	20th Armored Division Training
		Upon activation on 15 March 1943, the Division was assigned its mission as an oversea replacement division.
		The 20th Tank Battalion went to Fort Bragg to work with the 100th Infantry Division and observe glider operations for tank-crew delivery (the latter disastrous at best and never used to later cross the Rhine as was rumored at the time!).
		To command the 20th and lead the division in combat was the assignment given to Major General Orlando Ward.
	www.20tharmoreddivision.com /page4.html (436 words)

	55th Armored Infantry Battalion (AIB)
		The 55th armored Infantry Battalion was created from part of the 55th Armored Infantry Regiment.
		On September 28th the division sailed for England with 5000 aboard the U.S.S. “Hermitage” and 4800 aboard the HMS “Samaria” The troopships docked at Southampton and Liverpool.
		On April 1st the battalion was part of CCR as the division attacked toward Fulda with combat commands abreast.
	www.11tharmoreddivision.com /history/55th_AIB.html (2724 words)

	The 42nd Infantry Division
		The nickname of the 42nd Infantry Division, the "Rainbow" division, reflects the composition of the division during World War I. The division was drawn from the National Guards of 26 states and the...
		In 1943, the "Rainbow" division was reactivated for duty and deployed to Europe in December 1944, when it landed in the French port of Marseille.
		The nickname of the 42nd Infantry Division, the "Rainbow" division, reflects the composition of the division during World War I. The division was drawn from the National Guards of 26 states and the District of Columbia.
	www.ushmm.org /wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10006164 (805 words)

	The 45th Infantry Division
		In 1940, the "Thunderbird" division was reactivated and deployed in late June 1943 to North Africa.
		On April 29, 1945, three U.S. Army divisions converged on the camp: the 42nd Infantry, the 45th Infantry, and the 20th Armored.
		Our officials advised us that many of the others who had survived the trip had died since in the camp, and many more, although still alive, were starved beyond redemption.
	www.ushmm.org /wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10006163 (975 words)

	Which Division really liberated Dachau?
		Two Divisions of the US Seventh Army were involved in the liberation of the Dachau main camp on April 29, 1945, and with each passing year, the argument grows more heated over which division really liberated the camp, the 42nd Infantry Division or the 45th Infantry Division.
		The US Army credits the 6th Armored Division with the liberation of Buchenwald on April 11, 1945; the 183rd Combat Engineers Battalion delivered some supplies five days later, too late to meet the requirement to be considered liberators of a camp.
		The 522nd Field Artillery Battalion is acknowledged, by the US Army, as the liberators of one of the Dachau sub-camps and also as the liberators of some of the marchers from the main camp on May 2, 1945.
	www.scrapbookpages.com /DachauScrapbook/DachauLiberation/LiberationDay3.html (3009 words)

	4th Infantry Division (Mechanized) Fires Brigade
		Under the division's new modular design, the fires brigade was independently deployable and capable of absorbing temporary units into its permanent structure and to collaborate with joint armed forces fires support in accordance with the needs of the mission.
		The purpose of the fires brigade was to combine core artillery and division artillery into a modular brigade that could bring to a future fight a composition of field artillery elements to support the required mission.
		With the realignment and downsizing of the Army force, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4TH Infantry Division Artillery (Mechanized), was reassigned to Fort Hood, Texas, on 15 December 1995, where it replaced the deactivating 2D Armored Division Artillery.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/army/4id-divarty.htm (1126 words)

	8th Armored Division - Personal Stories
		We got to the Hotel and were met by U.S. Army Personnel who checked us into our rooms and gave us details as to what would happen to us in the next few days.
		He told us that he was an old Horse Cavalry Soldier and was not too happy with having to teach raw recruits and draftees at that being raw recruits not volunteers but draftees.
		The U.S. Army was still relying on the Horse Cavalry although Hitler's Tank and Armored Corps was forcing the U. to look favorably on more tanks and armor.
	www.8th-armored.org /books/jozsa/jozsa-book.htm (2322 words)

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	51st Mechanized Division
		During the Gulf War, some authorities indicate that the 17th Armored Division and the 51st Mechanized Division were subordinate to a II Armored Corps.
		On 13 April, the regime's forces, comprised of the infantry and mechanized infantry units of the 51st Division (The Command of the Sariyet Al-Jebel Forces), attacked the resistance headquarters in the Ali bin Al-Hussein region, from Al-Medeyna-Nahr Salih axis.
		The resistance forces also attacked the headquarters of the 20th Armored Brigade in the Al-Athel region 10 Km north of the Talha district, inflicting heavy casualties and destroying equipment.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/iraq/51mech.htm (339 words)

	10th Armored Division
		HISTORY: The 10th Armored Division ("Tiger Division") was activated 15 July 1942 at Ft. Benning, Ga. and assigned to the Armored Force.
		Leaving Teuertheville 25 Oct., the Division moved to Mars-la-Tour, where it entered combat (1 Nov.) in support of the XX Corps, containing enemy troops in the area.
		The Division was making preparations for the Third Army drive to the Rhine when it was ordered north to stop the German winter offensive, 17 December.
	www.419th.com /10th/10th.html (391 words)

	A Brief History of the Thunderbolt Division
		In early December, the Division was deployed to continental Europe, landing in Normandy, and moving south to a marshaling area at Rennes.
		By December 23rd, the division had joined General George S. Patton’s US Third Army, and was deployed defensively along a 30 mile reach of the Meuse River, extending from Sedan to Givet.
		Contact was made with the 2nd Armored Division of the First Army on January 16th, ending the Nazi ill fated attempt to reach Antwerp, to divide the allied forces, and to retake Luxembourg and Belgium.
	www.11tharmoreddivision.com /history/i_a_brief_history.html (1347 words)

	The 42nd Rainbow Divison of the US Seventh Army, liberators of Dachau, April 29, 1945
		Joyce Kilmer, a famous American poet, was a soldier in the Rainbow Division; he was killed in action in France in World War I. The Rainbow Division fought in some of the bloodiest battles of World War I including the battles at Verdun and Argonne, as well as the famous Battle of the Champagne.
		The second photograph shows a plaque which was hung on the opposite wall of the Jourhaus on April 28, 1996 in honor of the 20th Armored Division of the US Seventh Army which provided tank support.
		The 20th accepted an invitation to be honored at Dachau when the 45th Thunderbird Division, which participated in the Dachau liberation, declined the honor.
	www.scrapbookpages.com /DachauScrapbook/DachauLiberation/Rainbow.html (583 words)

	Kansas and Kansans Ch. 67 Pt. 6
		March 25, at 6:30 A. M., the advance began - the Twentieth Kansas in the center of the brigade line - the entire division gradually swinging to the left until stopped by the Tuliajan River, where the enemy was strongly entrenched on the north bank.
		After a spirited shelling of the enemy's works by the armored train from a position one-half mile away, Company K, under command of Captain Boltwood, advanced rapidly to the river and drove the enemy from their position.
		Immediately after organization the various companies proceeded by rail to Topeka and went into quarters at Camp Leedy, where the men of each company were re-examined and mustered into the service of the United States, on the several dates from May 11 to 17, inclusive, for a period of two years, unless sooner discharged.
	skyways.lib.ks.us /genweb/archives/1918ks/v2/ch67p6.html (5249 words)

	U.S. Army Divisions of World War II: 20th Armored Division, Casualties, Generals, Battles & Campaigns
		Activation date is the date the division was activated or inducted into federal service (national guard units).
		Other Wars are the wars in which the division was mobilized.
		The dates after the campaign name are the dates of the campaign not of the division.
	www.historyshots.com /usarmy/Division.cfm?did=220 (182 words)

	US Insignia - Armored Forces Patches
		The wearer's current unit was sewn to the left sleeve, while any previous unit might be placed on the right sleeve.
		In the early to mid-war period, independent tank battalions used the plain "Armored Force" patch, then started to use the numbered ones by around 1944.
		Armored division personnel mostly wore their appropriate divisional patch.
	www.atthefront.com /us_insig_patcharmor.htm (87 words)

	Armored Forces Links
		This site is all armored, all divisions, Tank Battalions, Tank Destroyer Battalions, and U.S. Cavalry, All eras included, also a Armored Registry Service for all armored veterans and a bulletin board.
		Panzermuseum Munster: Panzermuseum.com showcases the armored vehicles and weapons of the Panzermuseum Munster, and also has extensive information on documents for WWII German units and weapons from the U.S. National Archives.
		Armor was the last support arm to be developed by the Singapore Army.
	www.2ndarmoredhellonwheels.com /links.html (1190 words)

	Spanish American War - Patchogue (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		This Merrimac was a U.S. collier, used by Hobson to block the entrance to Santiago harbor.
		That is, the U.S. naval and army commanders confer with the leader of the Cuban "insurgents".
		to Division St. for which a Sept. 21st hearing was set; and another hearing "for opening a street between Ocean Ave." and points unknown, was postponed, due to an error in the application.
	pml.suffolk.lib.ny.us /spampadv.htm (17143 words)

	About Us-Dick Cheney, D-Day, Normandy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		U.S. Secretary of Defense Cheney discussing the Battle of the Coral Sea commemorations in Australia, 1992
		We were the first company in history to design and to operate tours to commemorate the US.
		Working closely with the U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation we operated four tours to commemorate the U.S. Navy's role in the Normandy landings and in OPERATION ANVIL/DRAGOON- the invasion of the French Riviera.
	www.ww2tours.com /aboutus.htm (577 words)

	8th Armored Division - After Action Reports
		At 1730 the Bn moved and was billeted in civilian houses in Sibbe.
		We are to relieve a unit of the British 7th Armored Div.
		They were to be prepared to relieve us on notice after 1700.
	www.8th-armored.org /aar/49h_feb.htm (1651 words)

	SFTT DefenseWatch - September 25, 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Some reduction in spending after a conflict is appropriate but U.S. politicians have repeatedly cut service budgets to virtual empty husks, while maintaining of course, those programs that the military may or may not need, but contribute to the politician’s annual serving of pork.
		Ronald Reagan’s defense buildup is the only period of major defense spending increases in the 20th century not related to a shooting war.
		Julian Burns, acting Deputy Commanding General of U.S. Army Forces Command, who upon receipt of a formal appeal by Nelson and Albritton of Meehan’s administrative separation decision, ordered an investigation under Army Regulation 15-6 into the incident to include a determination whether or not there was proper cause for relief of the two soldiers.
	www.sftt.us /dw09252002.html (8103 words)

	The Texas State Senate - Jeff Wentworth: SD 25 - News Release (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Governor Rick Perry activated elements of the Texas Army National Guard 49th Armored Division to help with security at commercial airports across the state.
		As a former U.S. Army officer, I know personally the sacrifice involved with active military duty.
		I am proud of my fellow Texans who currently are defending our nation at home and abroad and of the 1.6 million veterans who now call Texas home, including the more than 240,000 veterans living in counties that are entirely or partially in Senate District 25.
	www.senate.state.tx.us /75r/senate/members/dist25/pr01/p110201a.htm (528 words)

	CNN.com Specials
		Soldiers of the 2nd Infantry Division's Company B, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), conduct a patrol in Samarra, Iraq, in December 2003.
		Duties: The brigade is reinforcing the 1st Infantry Division in northern Iraq as part of the Multinational Brigade-North that will relieve the 101st Airborne Division.
		The brigade is the first Stryker Brigade, fielding the Army's new Stryker armored wheeled vehicle.
	www.cnn.com /SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/coalition/deployment/army/2nd.infantry.division.html (216 words)

	CNN.com - Special Reports
		At least 20,113 U.S. troops have been wounded in action, according to the Pentagon.
		View casualties in the war in Afghanistan and examine U.S. war casualties dating back to the Revolutionary War.
		Allen died on June 8, 2005, in Tikrit, Iraq, of injuries sustained in an alleged fratricide attack in Tikrit, Iraq, on June 7, 2005.
	www.cnn.com /SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/index.html (7582 words)

	HyperWar: US Army Divisions in WWII (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Armies, Corps, Divisions, and Armored or Infantry Brigades
		This updated edition provides lineage and honors of armies, corps, divisions, and separate brigades active since the beginning of World War II, with their heraldic items.
		A systematic account of the evolution within the Army of divisions and separate brigades, highlighting rationales behind that evolution and factors that played a part in bringing those changes to reality.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USA/USA-Div.html (521 words)

	World War II Links on the Internet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		1944 - NavisMagazine article on photo sequence of the US Navy attack on the Japanese fleet and battleship Musashi (Yamato's sistership) in the Sibuyan Sea on October 24, 1944, one of the chapters of the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
		US Army in Northern Ireland, 1941-1945 from CMH
		Liberation Museum and Timberwolf Album from Bart and Teun Oostvogels in Achtmaal, The Netherlands, in the Schelde estuary near Antwerp that was liberated in November 1944 by the 104th Infantry Division, the Timberwolves, under the command of General Terry Allen.
	history.acusd.edu /gen/ww2_links.html (5104 words)

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