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	U.S. 8th Infantry Division - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The U.S. 8th Infantry Division was a military formation of the United States Army during the 20th Century.
		The 8th Division did not have battle experience in World War I; it returned to the United States and was inactivated in January 1919.
		The Crozon Peninsula was cleared, 19 September, and the Division drove across France to Luxembourg, moved to the Hurtgen Forest, 20 November, cleared Hurtgen on the 28th and Brandenburg, 3 December, and pushed on to the Roer.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/U.S._8th_Infantry_Division (1025 words)

	U.S. 4th Infantry Division - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 4th Infantry Division was organized at Camp Greene, North Carolina on December 10, 1917 under the command of Maj. Gen.
		The division was organized as part of the United States buildup following the Declaration of War on April 6, 1917 and the entry of the United State into the war on the side of the British and French.
		The III Corps sector had the 33rd Division on the right, the 80th Division had the center, and the 4th was assigned the left, with the 79th Division of V Corps on their left.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/US_4th_Infantry_Division (3067 words)

	U.S. 3d Infantry Division - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 3d Infantry Division (Mechanized) —nicknamed the Rock of the Marne— is a United States Army infantry division based at Fort Stewart, Georgia.
		Engaged in the Aisne-Marne Offensive as a member of the American Expeditionary Force to Europe, the Division was protecting Paris with a position on the banks of the Marne River, surrounding units retreated, the 3rd Infantry Division remained rock solid and earned its reputation as the "Rock of the Marne".
		As part of the Army's reduction to a ten-division force, the 24th Infantry Division was inactivated on 15 February 1996, and reflagged to become the 3rd Infantry Division.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/US_3rd_Infantry_Division (2103 words)

	US 4th Infantry Division (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		It took part in the Normandy Invasion with the 8th Infantry Regiment of 4th Division was one of the first units to hit the beaches at Normandy D-day 6 June 1944.
		On 1 October 1950 it was redesignated combat division training at Fort Benning GA. In May 1951 it deployed Germany as the first of four US committed to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization during the early years of the Cold War.
		The 4th Infantry Division was scheduled to part in the Iraq War in the spring of 2003 by spearheading an advance from Turkey into northern Iraq.
	www.freeglossary.com /US_4th_Infantry_Division (910 words)

	U.S. 8th infantry division patch and badge
		The U.S. 8th infantry division was activated early in 1918 at the tail end of WW1, however no engagements were fought by the U.S. 8th infantry division during the great war.
		The division's troops left their Irish training base for the Utah beach landing grounds (which were by now firmly held by the allied forces) in Normandy early in July 1944.
		The division was one of the many sluging it out with the retreating but battle hardened German army through the highly defensable French countryside and network of towns.
	www.argoss.co.uk /8th_infantry_division.html (240 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - US Army Unit Nomenclature
		For instance, the 4th Infantry Division (Mechanized) is very different from the 25th Infantry Division(Light).
		For instance, the 1st Bn (Air Assault), 503rd Infantry Regiment is part of the 2nd Infantry Division in Korea and 2nd Bn (Airborne), 503 Infantry Regiment is part of the 173rd Infantry Brigade (Airborne) in Italy.
		The difference between a mechanized infantry division and armor division is the designation of one of the battalions as armor or infantry.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/ww2/A1007650 (2315 words)

	Association for Asia Research- The US-Korea relations: 1910-1945
		In 1944, the US military was faced with the possibility of fighting the Japanese in Korea and began to recruit Koreans in China.
		The US military implied that the United States had no military plan for Korea, and thus indicated that Korea was under the Soviet zone of operation.
		Rusk believed that the line separating the US and the Soviet zones of occupation in Korea should follow the provincial boundary, but the only map of Korea they had was a small wall map, and so the officers cut Korea into two equal parts along the 38th Parallel.
	www.asianresearch.org /articles/1624.html (4002 words)

	Official USFK Web Site
		However, it was not until 1978, as a bilateral agreement related to the planned U.S. ground combat force withdrawal of that time (subsequently canceled in 1981), that the senior headquarters in Korea was organized, as a combined staff.
		The CFC is commanded by a four-star U.S. general, with a four-star ROK Army general as deputy commander.
		U.S. participation in the exercise included augmentation forces of all services tactically deployed to the ROK from other Pacific bases and the continental United States.
	www.usfk.mil (645 words)

	US MILITARY LEADERSHIP - Official Recommendations
		Cavalry was eliminated, and eight infantry regiments and one rifle regiment arose from the ruins of the forty-six and four in existence.
		Forty-two of the infantry divisions and four of the airborne divisions served in the ETO and MTO, the remainder served in the PTO.
		By early 1942 the division was organized substantially the way it would be used in battle, with, in addition to its three infantry regiments, four artillery battalions (three twelve-tube 105mm light battalions and one twelve-tube 155mm howitzer medium battalion), a cavalry reconnaissance troop, and division service troops.
	www.hitechcj.com /afrl/army_history.html (4622 words)

	The 4th US Infantry Division (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The 4th US Infantry Division "The Ivy Division"
		The Division was formed in December of 1917 and Major General George H. Cameron assumed command.
		The Fourth, specifically the 8th Infantry Regiment, was the first Allied unit to assault German forces on the Normandy beaches.
	www.geocities.com /Pentagon/Quarters/1695/Text/4th.html (435 words)

	Brothers-In-Arms: 83rd Division, 331st Infantry
		The amount of ground covered by the 83rd Division from Normandy in June 1944 to Central Germany in April 1945 is difficult to comprehend--over 1,400 miles.
		Of the 68 divisions deployed by the U.S. Army in the European Theater, the 83rd was ninth in the number of combat deaths.
		On 7 December, the 83rd Division relieved the 4th Infantry Division and attacked to clear the west bank of the Roer on 10 December.
	www.ncweb.com /~davecurry/brothers (4528 words)

	USAAF Chronology: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In Germany, fighters fly armed reconnaissance and support the US 1st, 8th, and 104th Infantry Divisions at Luchem, Bergstein, and E of Inde River; and the XII and XX Corps in drive toward the Saar River and around Saarlautern.
		In Germany, fighters fly armed reconnaissance, hit rail targets and bridges, and support the US 2d and 99th Infantry Divisions in the Monschau Forest, the 8th Infantry Division in the Bergstein area, the 78th Infantry Division in the Simmerath-Resternich area, and the XII and XX Corps around Habkirchen and Saarlautern.
		Infantry Division at Kesternich, and the 8th Infantry and 5th Armored Divisions N of Kesternich; fighters support the XX and XII Corps in the Dillingen-Saarlautern area and at Habkirchen and heights along the Blies River.
	hometown.aol.com /jlowry3402/dec44.html (5106 words)

	The 1st US Infantry Division
		When the US entered W.W.II, the 1st Division was on active duty assigned to the Regular Army with Headquarters at Fort Devens, Massachusetts.
		The Division landed at Oran, Algeria, in North Africa on November 8th, 1942, and took part in battles at Maktar, Medjez el Bad, Kasserine Pass, Gafsa, El Guettar, Beja, and Mateur fighting until Tunisia was secured in May of 1943.
		The Division was the first to land on the beaches during the invasion of Sicily and fought several battles over the rugged mountains of the island until the campaign ended and Messina was captured on August 1 7th.
	users.skynet.be /advocaat.depickere/Text/1st.html (528 words)

	8th NY Infantry Regiment during the Civil War - NY Military Museum and Veterans Research Center
		April 22, 1863, the three years' men were formed in one company — Independent Company, 8th Infantry —and attached to the headquarters of the nth Corps as Provost Guard; they remained on this duty until April 5, 1864, when they were transferred to the 68th Infantry.
		The 8th (the 1st German Rifles) was recruited in New York city, there mustered into the U. service on April 23, 1861, for two years, and left for Washington on May 27.
		At Middletown, the 8th was assigned to the 1st brigade, 1st division, 1st corps, Army of Virginia, under Gen. Pope, and with that army took part in the battles of Sulphur springs and the second Bull Run.
	www.dmna.state.ny.us /historic/reghist/civil/infantry/8thInf/8thInfMain.htm (922 words)

	HomeTeamsONLINE.com
		On the 13th of June, the Brigade was reviewed by Major General Cadwalader, commander of the Division, and was ordered to Williamsport, Maryland.
		At this stage of the campaign, and the army well across the river, General Scott became apprehensive that a plan had been formed for the attack and capture of Washington, before the meeting of Congress.
		He accordingly ordered all of the Regulars, infantry, cavalry, and artillery, and Burnside's regiment and battery of volunteers, from Patterson's column, to Washington, leaving his army destitute of the two latter arms of the service.
	www.hometeamsonline.com /reenactorteam/default.asp?username=8thMaryland (2761 words)

	Homepage of 8th Tennessee Volunteer Infantry, US
		The 8th Tennessee Volunteer Infantry U.S., Co. "E" is a group of dedicated men and women who portray the Federal infantryman in the western theater during the period of the American Civil War.
		Our Unit is primarily from the east Tennessee area, and we belong to the Military Division of the Mississippi (MDM) in which we are brigaded with the 125th OVI from Atlanta, GA and the 9th Kentucky from Nashville, TN.
		The 8th Tennessee is a family friendly unit that participates in a wide range of annual events mostly in eastern Tennessee, northern Georgia, and southwestern Virginia.
	www.8thtnus.com (215 words)

	US Army \| 2nd Infantry Division : The Assistant Division Commander (Manuever)
		Commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the Infantry, his first tour of duty was with the 3d Infantry Division in Schweinfurt, Germany where he served as an Infantry Platoon Leader, Scout Platoon Leader, Company Executive Officer, and Commander of B Company, 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry.
		After graduating from the Infantry Officer Advanced Course in 1982, BG Johnson was assigned as a Small Group Tactics Instructor for the Officers' Advanced Course at the US Army Infantry School at Ft. Benning, Georgia.
		Following the 24th's re-designation as the 3d Infantry Division, he served as the Division Inspector General and as the Division Operations Officer, deploying to Kuwait in support of OPERATIONS DESERT THUNDER and DESERT FOX.
	www-2id.korea.army.mil /about/leaders/maneuver (403 words)

	8th Field Artillery Battalion (105MM) - 25th Infantry Division - US Army - Korean War Project
		Later he was stationed in San Francisco assigned to the SV BTRY, 8th F.A. BN, which I believe to be a part of the 25th Infantry Division.
		His unit was the 25th division, in 8th field artery bn.
		Harold Robert Carson US 55 279 195 8th Field Artillery Attached to 25th Infantry Rank: Cpl. Also known as "Kit Carson" and "Bob" Originally from Minnesota He was on board the USS Mitchell to Korea on and around 19 Feb, 1953.
	www.koreanwar.org /html/units/8fab.htm?set=25 (1925 words)

	260 Signal Squadron (SAM) - 8th Signal Battalion Bad Kreuznach
		The Scrolls were exchanged at a dinner night in the Officer's Club, 8th (US) Infantry Division at Bad Kreuznach on the 21st December 1974, at which the Officer's of the Squadron were guests of 8th Signal Battalion.
		The 8th (US) Signal Battalion invited the Squadron to participate in their 'Exercise Swinger' by providing HF Comms using our D11's working a link from Main HQ to Alternate (our Step Up).
		Old acquaintances were renewed as teams of 8th Signal Battalion moved into Napier Barracks, Dortmund on 1 September for a week of sports competitions to further the affiliation between the two Signal Units which began two years ago.
	www.260sigsqnsam.abelgratis.co.uk /8thsigbn2.htm (1700 words)

	Lawrence Bennet
		The division served in Europe and later in the Phillipines on the Island of Luzon.
		The Division front was from Worringen in the North to Bonn on the South and included the city of KOLN (Cologne) on the Rhine.
		Following the end of the war in Europe the Division was returned to the US to prepare fo the invasion of Japan.
	www.normandy1944.info /veterans/larry_bennett.html (777 words)

	Army 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		HELMICH, JOSEPH GEORGE, a former US Army Warrant Officer, was arrested on 15 July 1981 at his residence in Jacksonville, Florida, for the sale of US cryptography to the Soviet Union from 1963 to 1966.
		RICHARDSON, DANIEL WALTER, a US Army sergeant stationed at the Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, was arrested on 7 January 1988 and charged with attempting to spy for the Soviet Union.
		SLATTEN, CHARLES DALE, a US Army PFC in the 8th Signal Battalion of the 8th Infantry Division, was stationed at Bad Kreuznach, West Germany, in 1984.
	www.dss.mil /training/espionage/Army2.htm (3092 words)

	videofact (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Sergeant Clyde Lee Conrad worked in a US army document centre in West Germany.
		Conrad was granted a Top Secret security clearance in 1978 when assigned to the US 8th Infantry Division headquarters in Bad Kreuznach, Germany.
		Conrad, in charge of a vault where all the 8th Infantry Division's secret documents were kept, took suitcases stuffed with classified papers out of the base.
	www.videofact.com /english/conrad.html (187 words)

	8th Infantry Division
		The 8th Infantry Division is one of the few Regular Army divisions that has served our country.
		If so, the "Clubhouse" was in the Division HQ's Area in BK, where members received their training and packed their parachutes.
		On the wall of the clubhouse I remember there being a large photo of one of the members passing the spires of a church (Notre Dame Cathedral?) on his way to his "target" during a demo.
	www.militaria.com /8th/8thid.html (566 words)

	WWII Forums: Lesser known facts...a history
		As commander of the 2nd Armoured Division, he landed in Normandy and was the first to enter Paris where he received the surrender of von Choltitz (25 August 1944), then went on to liberate Strasbourg (23 November 1944).He died in a plane crash near Colomb Béchar on 28 November 1947.
		There were many "retreads" in the US army at the time of their advance across France in 1944-45.
		The CO of an infantry regiment was examining a map of his area when he noticed some familiar names.
	www.ww2forums.com /cgi-bin/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=000424 (4664 words)

	Army Air Forces in World War II
		The 1st Fighter Squadron (Commando), 2d Air Commando Group, arrives at Kalaikunda, India from the US with P-51s (first mission is 14 Feb 45).
		HQ 8th Fighter Group and the 35th, 36th and 80th Fighter Squadrons move from Morotai Island to San Jose, Mindoro Island, Philippine Islands with P-38s.
		US and RAAF B-24s, B-25s, and fighter-bombers bomb Lolobata and Hate Tabako Airfields on Halmahera Island and the Goeroea area.
	www.usaaf.net /chron/44/dec44.htm (11337 words)

	45th Infantry Division Informatio - US Army - Korean War Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		I know he served in the Korean war in the 45th Infantry Division and he told me he was a Pow for a time.
		Darreld Walton, of Blackfoot, Idaho, was a member of the Thunderbird Division and served in Korea in 1951-1952.
		The book is titled "Heroes Among Us, Reflections from Pearl Harbor to the streets of Baghdad." The book is a historical and patriotic look at the lives of American Veterans from WWII through the current war in Iraq.
	www.koreanwar.org /html/units/45idunk.htm (1643 words)

	World War II Links
		Paper Dolls A women's WWII reenactment group that portrays women from all walks of life, from hometown sweethearts to French Resistance, from American Red Cross and Army Nurse to German Signals Helferin, from WASPs to Russian Snipers.
		Fox Co., 2/26th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division (PNWHG): Pacific Northwest US unit.
		30th US Infantry Division, 120th Infantry Regiment: Iowa unit.
	www.51ecb.org /linklist.html (708 words)

	28th Field Artillery 8th Infantry Division (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In Mid December 1956 the Division participated in Operation War Hawk a NATO field exercise.
		Grafenwher and Vilsek were, and probably still are, famous for their mud in winter and spring and dust in the summer.
		In the late summer of 1957 the 8th Division adopted the pentomic structure and the 28th FA was modified replacing the three 155 batteries with two 155 batteries, one 8in battery and one battery of Honest John Rockets.
	hometown.aol.com /jcullo3250/myhomepage/index.html (673 words)

	1988 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		RATKAI, STEPHEN JOSEPH was arrested by Canadian authorities on 11 June 1988 and charged with attempting to obtain US classified military documents related to the operation of a US Navy installation at Argentia, Newfoundland.
		Ratkai was seized as a result of a double agent operation begun two years earlier by the US Naval Investigative Service and Canadian intelligence: On 2 December 1986 Donna Geiger walked on board a Soviet scientific research vessel, the Akademik Boris Petrov, which was temporarily docked in the harbor of St. John's, Newfoundland.
		She was stationed at the US Naval facility in Argentia.
	www.dss.mil /training/espionage/1988.htm (2864 words)

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