2nd Infantry Division (United States)
The 2nd Infantry Division ( German 2nd US Infantry Division ) is a large unit of the United States Army with headquarters in Camp Red Cloud in Uijeongbu, north near the South Korean capital Seoul . It is subordinate to the US Forces Korea and part of the 8th US Army . Major General Edward Cardon is currently in command of the approximately 18,000-strong unit .
The US 2nd Infantry Division bears the military brunt of US alliance commitments to the Republic of Korea .
Common nicknames of the association are Warrior Division ( German : " Warrior Division ") and Indianhead Division (German: "Indian Head Division "). The motto of the Division is alluding to their numbering second to none (dt. "Anyone below in something").
history
Positioning and First World War
The 2nd Infantry Division was of the October 26, 1917 during World War I , the French Bourmont in Champagne placed to the American Expeditionary Force in France to reinforce a timely manner. As such, it is one of the few American divisions that was not set up on home soil and has been in continuous service ever since. At the time of activation, it was composed of an infantry brigade, a brigade of marines and an artillery brigade and various support units. Namely Charles twice commanded commanders of the Marines A. Doyen and John A. Lejeune , the army division of another armed force , which up to now unique in the military history of the United States is. During the winter of 1917/18, French veterans trained the soldiers of the division in tactics and command of the French army , so that in the spring, as part of the American expeditionary corps, they stopped the determined German advances towards Paris . In the battle of Belleau Forest and Château-Thierry in 1918, the association suffered its first noticeable losses. After two victories in the battles at Soissons and Reims , the division received its first association award when France awarded it the Fourragère in the colors of the Croix de guerre ("War Cross"). Towards the end of the war, the Indianhead Division took part in the Battle of St. Mihiel and the Meuse-Argonne Offensive , which American historians believe was decisive, while German military historians consider the importance of this battle to be minor. When the armistice was declared on November 11, 1918, the 2nd US Infantry Division marched into Germany to act as the de facto occupation unit for the duration of the peace negotiations until 1919.
Overall, the losses of the 2nd US Infantry Division in World War I amounted to 4,478 dead and 17,752 wounded.
Between the world wars
After returning to the United States, the association was stationed at Fort Sam Houston in the US state of Texas , where it operated for the next 23 years as an experimental association testing the army's most modern combat concepts, tactics and weapons. In 1940 the division was reorganized for the first time and received a third combat brigade , according to the Army's new triangular division concept , which from then on provided for three operational brigades per division.
Second World War
As part of the preparation for Operation Overlord , the Allied landing in Normandy, the Indianhead Division was transferred to Northern Ireland in October 1943 . The division experienced its first combat mission in World War II after landing on Omaha Beach on June 7, 1944.
After a battle that lasted 39 days on both sides with extreme hardship, the division took the important naval port and the city of Brest on September 18, 1944 . During the Ardennes offensive in the winter of 1944, the 2nd US Infantry Division set up a defensive position near the Belgian town of Sankt Vith , which withstood the German attack and thus prevented the capture of Liège and the reaching of Antwerp . On February 2, 1945, the division took part in the Allied major offensive on Germany and reached the Rhine on March 9, 1945 .
The unit crossed the Rhine on March 21, 1945 and then occupied Hadamar and Limburg . On April 8, 1945 the 2nd Infantry Division reached Göttingen , on April 15, 1945 it occupied Merseburg and on April 18, 1945 it reached Leipzig , which was only defended by a few German units. The advance ended at the Mulde and the unit swiveled about 300 km to the south and reached the territory of the former Czechoslovakia on May 4, 1945 . She has now been removed from the 1st US Army and placed under the 3rd US Army under General George S. Patton . On May 8, 1945, American and Soviet troops met in Pilsen because a further advance of American forces was prohibited by a US-Soviet agreement. The first clashes with violent Red Army soldiers took place in the West Bohemian town of Rokycany . After the unconditional surrender , the 2nd US Infantry Division disarmed 52,000 German soldiers who preferred to be captured by American rather than Soviet prisoners . In addition, numerous displaced persons had to be returned to their home countries. The division returned to the United States in July 1945.
On July 20, 1945, the Indianhead Division reached the port of New York and then prepared in Texas for the planned invasion of Japan ( Operation Downfall ) . However, Japan's unconditional surrender came before the planned relocation. After a series of relocations, it was eventually stationed at Fort Lewis , Washington State , from where it performed maneuvers in winter warfare, amphibious operations, and air transport.
The losses of the 2nd US Infantry Division in World War II amount to 3,488 killed and 12,785 wounded.
For its services in World War II, the division received a total of 16 Presidential Unit Citations , honorable unit mentions by the President of the United States . The United States Congress honored six soldiers from the association with the highest military honor in the country, the Medal of Honor .
Korean War
On June 25, 1950, North Korean forces began the Korean War and brought almost all of South Korea under their control, with the exception of the southeastern part of the country around the cities of Busan and Daegu . The 2nd US Infantry Division was subordinated to the Far East Command under General of the Army Douglas MacArthur and reached the Korean theater of war on July 23, 1950 as the first unit of the American armed forces to be transferred from the American mainland to South Korea.
The Indianhead Division relieved the heavily battered 24th US Infantry Division on the Naktong River , which formed the western line of defense of the Pusan basin held by American and South Korean troops . It had its first real combat load when North Korean troops in the style of the Soviet Army undertook a major attack on the American lines with human waves. In the subsequent 16-day battle, the unit was so under pressure that almost all soldiers from the stage , such as supply units, technical and administrative personnel , had to take part in the fighting.
Shortly afterwards, the 2nd US Infantry Division was the first unit to break out of the Pusan pocket and open the way for the 8th US Army to the Chinese border. In August, the KATUSA program was launched, an agreement between the South Korean military and the Army that allows South Korean conscripts to serve in American units as an alternative. This made it possible to significantly compensate for the previous losses of the 2nd US Infantry Division. When the Chinese "Volunteer Army" intervened in the war shortly before reaching the Manchurian border, the division was ordered to secure the rear and right flank of the 8th US Army while it was forced to retreat. The division suffered heavy losses and was decimated to two thirds of its nominal strength. However, she was able to keep the 8th Army's retreat southward in the Kunu-ri area open. During the North Korean winter offensive near Wonju in January 1951 , the division succeeded in significantly weakening the force of the attack through its tough resistance. In February 1951, during the major offensive of the UN troops, the Indianhead Division was able to repel a dangerous counterattack (battles of Chip-yong-ni and Wonju) by the Chinese by means of an operation with two wedges . In April and May 1951, the division succeeded in repelling further attacks by the Chinese , for which US President Harry S. Truman awarded the association another Presidential Unit Citation . This was followed by alternating periods of combat engagement and service in the stage, in which the division participated in the battles Bloody Ridge , Heartbreak Ridge , the outposts and Old Baldy . Finally, on April 9, 1953, it was completely withdrawn from the fighting to freshen up and relocated to the rear of the army. It was then no longer used because the armistice of July 27, 1953 ended the Korean War.
The US 2nd Infantry Division's losses during the Korean War were 7,432 dead and 16,575 wounded. These are the highest losses that a modern US division has suffered since 1900. 17 soldiers of the association received the Medal of Honor .
Between years and reorganization
In the summer of 1954, after it became apparent that the ceasefire on the Korean peninsula was no longer in danger, the Indianhead Division was relocated from South Korea to its home base in Fort Lewis. Two years later she was stationed in Alaska . The Department of Defense announced on November 8, 1957, that the division would be relocated "without personnel" to Washington, DC , which would have meant complete demobilization. A few months later, in the spring of 1958, the US Army Office announced, however, that the unit would be relocated to Fort Benning , Georgia , in order to be reorganized there with parts of the 10th US Mountain Infantry Division returning from Europe . From 1958 to 1965, Fort Benning was the division's home base, where it served as an education and training division. To improve operational readiness, the division was officially designated in March 1962 as a unit of the Strategic Army Corps (STRAC) , the Army's operational intervention reserve. This led to an intensification of the training cycle with additional maneuvers , tactical exercises and combat training as well as a new readiness training.
Korea and the Cold War
As the political situation in Korea worsened, the division was relocated to South Korea in July 1965 in order to prevent North Korean attempts at infiltration and provoked border skirmishes. North Korea speculated that the Vietnam War would bind the United States so tightly that it seemed impossible to them to protect the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). On November 2, 1966, parts of the 1st Battalion of the 23rd Infantry Brigade of the Indianhead Division were exposed to a North Korean attack in which six American soldiers were killed. In 1967 the situation at the DMZ worsened and another 16 US soldiers fell. North Korea did not end the majority of its systematic border violations until 1970, as these were politically and militarily unsuccessful. In March 1971 the South Korean armed forces took official responsibility for the entire demarcation line except for the last miles to the border itself, which remained under the United States Forces Korea (USFK) and thus the United States. This relieved the division and was able to devote itself again to training and joint training with the South Korean military.
In 1976, North Korean border guards killed two American soldiers in a scuffle who, as part of a routine operation, pruned a tree on the demarcation line. This led to the so-called Operation Paul Bunyan : In a concerted action (Task Force Brady) combat units and pioneers of the 2nd US Infantry Division, together with South Korean forces , advanced into the border area where the incident had occurred, which is now known as Panmunjom - Felling tree known negative symbol. This operation was intended to demonstrate the willingness of the US to stand up for the independence of South Korea at any time and to meet its alliance obligations. Until the end of the Cold War , the Indianhead Division was still stationed in South Korea to guard the 24th parallel as the spearhead of the UN troops.
In 1994 and 1999, the division was awarded the fourth and fifth Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for its service at the so-called " Freedom's Frontier " .
On June 13, 2002, a tank from the 2nd Infantry Division ran over two South Korean schoolgirls on a narrow street near Yangju. After this accident, thousands of South Koreans demonstrated against the presence of American troops in South Korea. This incident placed a significant strain on US-South Korean relations because many South Koreans found the driver's negligent homicide conviction inadequate.
Operation Iraqi Freedom and reorganization
In the spring of 2004, the division was informed that it was intended to intervene in the Iraq war (Operation Iraqi Freedom) : This initially affected the 503rd and 506th Airborne Regiments, the 1st Battalion of the 17th Field Artillery Brigade, the 1st Battalion. Battalion of the 9th Mechanized Infantry Regiment, the 44th Engineer Battalion, the 2nd Advanced Support Battalion, the 1st Army Intelligence Company and the 2nd Company of the 122nd Telecommunications Battalion as well as parts of the 1st Battalion of the 72nd Panzer Regiment. These units were placed under the responsible US Central Command (CENTCOM) and moved to Iraq in August 2004 , where they immediately began intensive exercises and training in order to adapt to the special aspects of this theater of war (desert warfare, asymmetrical warfare and urban warfare ). The unit was assigned the sparsely populated area south and west of Fallujah , a city in the Iraqi province of al-Anbar , and it was initially only to function as a strategic reserve of the Multi-National Force Iraq (coalition forces). This changed, however, when the association was assigned a new task of maintaining control of the unsafe eastern part of Ar-Ramadi . This meant a move from the accommodation that had just been set up in a crisis area. In the meantime, the group has been reinforced by the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team , a wheeled armored brigade, also from Fort Lewis . It was spread over various field bases, while the headquarters of the 2nd Infantry Division was located in Camp Junction City west of Ar-Ramadi. With the exception of the 2nd advanced support battalion, which was stationed in the logistically important Camp Al-Taqaddum , all support troops were also housed in Ar-Ramadi. The 503rd Paratrooper Regiment took up quarters in the so-called Combat Outpost (battle outpost) outside the city while the 506th Infantry Regiment occupied Habbiniya.
All units of the Indianhead Division were assigned to the 1st Marine Division for the duration of the operation in order to operate in the Ramadi area . Then the division was detached again and subordinated to the 2nd US Marine Division for the second half of its deployment in Iraq .
In securing the first democratic elections in Iraq after almost forty years of dictatorship in January 2005, the 2nd Brigade Combat Team made its contribution to this major political event with the utmost personal commitment and without incident for the civilian population and the military. Only a small demonstration by 700 Iraqis in the eastern part of the city developed spontaneously, but was contained in good time by appropriate measures and took place without violence. When the 2nd Brigade Combat Team was withdrawn from Iraq, it left behind a number of newly built field bases and fortified outposts, without leaving the plans and coordinates behind, in order to prevent this information from betraying the insurgents and themselves can seize these locations. However, the expanded bases of Camp Trotter and Camp Corregidor remained in US use in order to facilitate the accommodation situation in the area of the Camp Outpost for the troops on site.
In July 2005, the 2nd US Infantry Division was replaced by units of the National Guard and the 3rd US Infantry Division and relocated not to Korea, but initially to Fort Carson in the US state of Colorado for recovery .
After the Iraq deployment, the division underwent its last reorganization. This was carried out in accordance with the army reform postulated in 1997 , and transferred the division into its current modular structure, with the result that each brigade now combines its own combat support means ( reconnaissance , artillery , pioneers , tank destroyers ) from other branches of the army and thus into is independent of the division in this regard.
Afghanistan
Between February 17, 2009 and July 2010, 4,000 soldiers served in the division in Afghanistan . 35 soldiers were killed in action.
assignment
The 2nd US Infantry Division, together with the 35th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, forms the only combat troops of the 8th US Army , a major unit of the United States to provide military potential in Korea on the ground. With around 18,000 men, it represents around 90% of the 8th US Army (20,000 men) and around 60% of the US troops in Korea (around 29,000 men). This makes it the core group of American forces on the Korean peninsula.
The Cold War is still going on in Korea, because the demarcation line, whose political meaning corresponds to that of the former inner-German border , not only separates one people, but also two rival political blocs. The North Korean nuclear weapons program has exacerbated the situation not only on the Korean peninsula, but also in all of East Asia.
The presence and permanent readiness of the 2nd US Infantry Division is intended to protect the territorial integrity of South Korea against the background of the continuous tensions from the Cold War and is intended to externally document the alliance obligation of the United States to stand up for it at all times. It works closely with the South Korean armed forces stationed on the demarcation line.
With the opportunity for young South Koreans to do their military service as part of the KATUSA program with the 2nd US Infantry Division, this unit contributes to the consolidation of the alliance and to bilateral international understanding.
organization
The 2nd US Infantry Division is the only division in the Army that has a permanent artillery brigade under its control. This is due to their advanced stationing in South Korea. Corresponding associations are only assigned to the other divisions temporarily for certain assignments.
It is also the only US division in which conscripts from another nation serve. However, this regulation is limited to the Korean Peninsula, which means that these conscripts may not be deployed anywhere else.
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The 2nd US Infantry Division consists of the following units:
Combat Brigades
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1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Arrowhead Brigade , based in Fort Lewis , Washington
- Headquarters Company , headquarters company
- 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment (Stryker) , 2nd Battalion of the 3rd Infantry Regiment
- 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment (Stryker) , 5th Battalion of the 20th Infantry Regiment
- 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment (Stryker) , 1st Battalion of the 23rd Infantry Regiment
- 1st Squadron 14th Cavalry Regiment (RSTA) , 1st Squadron of the 14th Cavalry Regiment
- 1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment , 1st Battalion of the 37th Field Artillery Regiment
- 23rd Brigade Engineer Battalion , 23rd Brigade Engineer Battalion
- 296th Brigade Support Battalion , 296th Brigade Special Forces Battalion
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2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team , Strikeforce , based in Fort Lewis , Washington .
- Headquarters Company , headquarters company
- 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment (Stryker) , 2nd Battalion of the 1st Infantry Regiment
- 1st Battalion 17th Infantry Regiment (Stryker) , 1st Battalion of the 17th Infantry Regiment
- 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment (Stryker) , 4th Battalion of the 23rd Infantry Regiment
- 8th Squadron 1st Cavalry Regiment (RSTA, Reconnaissance, Surveillance, and Target Acquisition) , 8th Squadron of the 1st Cavalry Regiment
- 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment , 2nd Battalion of the 17th Field Artillery Regiment
- 14th Brigade Engineer Battalion , 14th Brigade Engineer Battalion
- 2nd Brigade Support Battalion , 2nd Brigade Special Forces Battalion
Support brigades
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2nd Combat Aviation Brigade , stationed at Camp Hovey, Dongduchon, South Korea.
- Aviation Brigade Headquarters , brigade headquarters unit
- 2nd Battalion, 2nd Aviation Regiment (Assault) "Wild Cards" (equipped with UH-60 Black Hawk multipurpose helicopters ), 2nd Battalion of the 2nd Army Aviation Regiment
- 3rd Battalion, 2nd Aviation Regiment (GSAB, General Support Aviation Battalion) , 3rd Battalion of the 2nd Army Aviation Regiment (support)
- 4th Battalion, 2nd Aviation Regiment (R / A) (AH-64D Apache ), 4th Battalion of the 2nd Army Aviation Regiment
- 602nd Aviation Support Battalion , 604th Army Aviation Support Battalion
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210th Field Artillery Brigade , 2nd Artillery Brigade , stationed at Camp Casey Dongduchon, South Korea.
- 6th Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment (equipped with the multiple rocket launcher - artillery system M270 A1 MLRS ),
- 1st Battalion, 38th Field Artillery Regiment (M270 A1 MLRS), 1st Battalion of the 38th Field Artillery Regiment
- 702nd Brigade Support Battalion , 702nd Support Brigade
- 579th Signal Company , 579th Telecommunications Company
- F Battery 333rd Field Artillery Regiment , F. Battery of the 333rd Field Artillery Regiment (target acquisition battery)
- Headquarters & Headquarters Company , Headquarters and Headquarters Company
- 501st Special Troops Battalion , 501st Special Troops Battalion
- 194th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion , 194th Combat Support Battalion
Staff unit
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Headquarters, 2nd ID , (Headquarters of the 2nd Infantry Division), based in Camp Red Cloud , South Korea.
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2nd Special Troops Battalion , 2nd Special Troops Battalion
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guide
| No. | Surname | Beginning of the appointment | End of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 92. | Major General Edward Cardon | September 2011 | - |
| 91. | Major General Michael S. Tucker | October 2009 | September 2011 |
| 90. | Major General John W. Morgan III. | November 2007 | October 2009 |
| 89. | Major General James A. Coggins | May 2006 | November 2007 |
| 88 | Major General George A. Higgins | September 2004 | May 2006 |
| 87. | Major General John R. Wood | July 2002 | September 2004 |
| 86. | Major General Russel L. Honoré | September 2000 | July 2002 |
| 85. | Major General Robert F. Dees | September 1998 | September 2000 |
| 84. | Major General Michael B. Sherfield | May 1997 | September 1998 |
| 83. | Major General Tommy Franks | March 1995 | May 1997 |
| 82. | Major General John N. Abrams | May 1993 | March 1995 |
| 81. | Major General James T. Scott | June 1991 | May 1993 |
| 80. | Major General Caryl G. Marsh | November 1989 | June 1991 |
| 79. | Major General Jack D. Woodall | June 1986 | November 1989 |
| 78. | Major General Jack B. Farris | December 1985 | June 1986 |
| 77. | Major General Gary E. Luck | August 1985 | December 1985 |
| 76. | Major General Henry Doctor | July 1983 | August 1985 |
| 75. | Major General James H. Johnson | December 1982 | July 1983 |
| 74. | Brigadier General Harison H. Williams | December 1982 | December 1982 |
| 73. | Brigadier General Lee D. Brown | November 1982 | December 1982 |
| 72. | Major General James H. Johnson | June 1981 | November 1982 |
| 71. | Major General Robert Kingston | June 1979 | June 1981 |
| 70. | Major General David E. Grange | January 1978 | June 1979 |
| 69. | Major General Morris J. Brady | June 1976 | January 1978 |
| 68. | Major General JR Thurman | May 1975 | June 1976 |
| 67. | Major General Henry E. Emerson | May 1973 | May 1975 |
| 66. | Major General Jeffery C. Smith | October 1971 | May 1973 |
| 65. | Major General GH Woodward | September 1968 | October 1971 |
| 64. | Major General Salve H. Matheson | September 1968 | September 1968 |
| 63. | Major General Leland G. Cagwin | June 1968 | September 1968 |
| 62. | Major General Frank C. Izenour | May 1967 | June 1968 |
| 61. | Major General George B. Pickett Jr. | July 1966 | May 1967 |
| 60. | Major General John H. Chiles | August 1965 | July 1966 |
| 59. | Brigadier General Robert R. Williams | August 1965 | August 1965 |
| 58. | Major General Hugh M. Exton | July 1965 | August 1965 |
| 57. | Major General John H. Chiles | September 1964 | July 1965 |
| 56. | Major General Charles Billengslea | September 1962 | September 1964 |
| 55. | Major General Charles H. Chase | August 1961 | September 1962 |
| 54. | Brigadier General Royal Reynolds | August 1961 | August 1961 |
| 53. | Brigadier General Charles H. White | July 1961 | August 1961 |
| 52. | Brigadier General William L. Hardick | June 1961 | July 1961 |
| 51. | Major General Frederick W. Gibb | March 1960 | June 1961 |
| 50. | Brigadier General William L. Hardick | February 1960 | March 1960 |
| 49. | Brigadier General Miller O. Perry | February 1958 | February 1960 |
| 48. | Major General Robert H. Wienecke | July 1958 | February 1960 |
| 47. | Brigadier General Miller O. Perry | June 1958 | July 1958 |
| 46. | Major General Gilman O. Mudgett | February 1957 | June 1958 |
| 45. | Brigadier General John F. Ruggles | February 1957 | February 1957 |
| 44. | Major General James F. Collins | August 1956 | February 1957 |
| 43. | Major General Paul L. Freeman, Jr. | August 1955 | August 1956 |
| 42. | Major General Thomas S. Timberman | September 1954 | August 1955 |
| 41. | Major General Robert L. Howze Jr. | August 1954 | September 1954 |
| 40. | Major General John FR Seitz | March 1954 | August 1954 |
| 39. | Major General William L. Barriger | May 1953 | March 1954 |
| 38. | Major General James C. Fry | May 1952 | May 1953 |
| 37. | Major General Robert Nicholas Young | September 1951 | May 1952 |
| 36. | Brigadier General Thomas F. Deshazo | August 1951 | September 1951 |
| 35. | Major General Clark L. Ruffner | January 1951 | August 1951 |
| 34. | Major General Robert B. McClure | December 1950 | January 1951 |
| 33. | Major General Lawrence B. Keizer | April 1950 | December 1950 |
| 32. | Major General Harry J. Collins | July 1948 | April 1950 |
| 31. | Major General Paul Wilkins Kendall | May 1946 | July 1948 |
| 30th | Major General Edward Almond | September 1945 | May 1946 |
| 29 | Brigadier General William K. Harrison | June 1945 | September 1945 |
| 28. | Major General Walter M. Robertson | May 1942 | June 1945 |
| 27. | Major General CW Lee | November 1941 | May 1942 |
| 26th | Brigadier General John Greely | April 1941 | November 1941 |
| 25th | Brigadier General Edmund L. Daley | March 1941 | April 1941 |
| 24. | Major General James Lawton Collins | October 1940 | March 1941 |
| 23. | Major General William K. Krueger | March 1939 | October 1940 |
| 22nd | Major General Frank W. Rowell | May 1938 | March 1939 |
| 21st | Major General James K. Parsons | October 1936 | May 1938 |
| 20th | Major General Herbert J. Brees | June 1936 | October 1936 |
| 19th | Major General Charles E. Kilbourne | April 1936 | June 1936 |
| 18th | Brigadier General Alexander T. Overshine | October 1935 | April 1936 |
| 17th | Major General Frank C. Bolles | April 1935 | October 1935 |
| 16. | Major General Charles Howland | October 1934 | April 1935 |
| 15th | Major General Halstead Dorey | December 1933 | October 1934 |
| 14th | Major General Albert J. Bonley | May 1928 | December 1933 |
| 13. | Major General Thomas G. Donaldson | January 1928 | May 1928 |
| 12. | Major General William Durward Connor | September 1926 | January 1928 |
| 11. | Major General Paul B. Malone | May 1925 | September 1926 |
| 10. | Major General Ernest Hinds | September 1923 | May 1925 |
| 9. | Brigadier General Dennis E. Nolan | May 1923 | September 1923 |
| 8th. | Brigadier General Edward M. Lewis | March 1922 | May 1923 |
| 7th | Major General John L. Hines | July 1921 | March 1922 |
| 6th | Major General James Harbord | March 1920 | July 1921 |
| 5. | Colonel Harry A. Eaton | December 1919 | March 1920 |
| 4th | Major General John A. Lejeune | August 1918 | December 1919 |
| 3. | Major General James Harbord | July 1918 | August 1918 |
| 2. | Major General Omar Bundy | November 1917 | July 1918 |
| 1. | Brigadier General Charles A. Doyen | October 1917 | November 1917 |
Maintenance of tradition
The division has a memorial in Washington, DC to commemorate all of its soldiers and operations through 1994.
Additional information
literature
- Second Infantry Division. Turner Publishing Company, Paducah KY 1989, ISBN 0-938021-79-6 (English).
- George B. Clark: The Second Infantry Division in World War I. A history of the American Expeditionary Force regulars, 1917-1919. McFarland, Jefferson NC et al. a. 2007, ISBN 978-0-7864-2960-8 .
- Tim Kilvert-Jones: Omaha Beach. V Corps' Battle for the Beachhead. Pen and Sword, Barnsley 2002, ISBN 0-85052-671-X ( Battleground Europe ), (English).
Web links
- Official website of the 2nd Infantry Division (English)
- 2nd Infantry Division at globalsecurity.org (English)
- Tradition and awards of the 2nd Infantry Division (English)
- Photo gallery of the 2nd Division Memorial in Washington, DC (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2nd Infantry Division "Warriors" Second to None / Warrior Division - GlobalSecurity.org (English): "[...] The 2ID is the major US ground combat unit in Korea. [...]", accessed on February 24, 2008
- ↑ a b "2 ID" website: History ( Memento from November 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), viewed on November 12, 2012 (English)
- ↑ a b c 2nd Infantry Division Statistics World War I ( Memento from June 10, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- ↑ 2nd Infantry Division "Warriors" Second to None / Warrior Division - GlobalSecurity.org (English), accessed on February 4, 2010
- ↑ MDR - Leipzig Films: Leipzig at the End of the War ( Memento from November 9, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Bryan J. Dickerson: The Liberation of Western Czechoslovakia 1945 (March 6, 2006), accessed November 12, 2012 (English)
- ↑ a b page no longer available , search in web archives: 2ID Medal of Honor Recipients (English)
- ↑ ... These valiant new 2nd Infantry Division troops, known since simply as KATUSA, helped turn the tide of the war for American forces ... see globalsecurity.org , accessed on February 24, 2008 (English)
- ↑ … Contributing to the division's combat readiness and its ability to team with its Korean allies are the division's Korean Augmentation to the United States Army, or KATUSA soldiers. More than 2,000 KATUSA soldiers are fully integrated into the division's force structure ... see globalsecurity.org , accessed on February 24, 2008 (English)
- ↑ ... In the summer of 1954 the 2nd Division was transferred from Korea to Fort Lewis, Washington, where it remained for only two years, until being transferred to Alaska in August of 1956. Sadly, on November 8, 1957, it was announced that the gallant 2nd Infantry Division was to be transferred to Washington DC, without personnel. In short, the Division was to be deactivated ... see globalsecurity.org , accessed on February 24, 2008
- ↑ … In 1968 North Korea continued to probe across the DMZ but by 1970 the North had decided that their efforts against the 21D weren't worth the cost and most organized attacks stopped that year. By March of 1971 ROK forces had assumed the responsibility for the defense of all but a mile's yards of the DMZ, allowing the 2nd Infantry Division to maintain combat readiness in case of any eventuality ... see globalsecurity.org , accessed on February 24, 2008 ( English)
- ↑ … On August 18, 1976, during a routine tree trimming operation within the DMZ, North Korean border guards bludgeoned two American officers to death in a melee in the Joint Security Area, what resulted is known as Operation PAUL BUNYAN. The 2nd Infantry Division was chosen to spearhead the United Nations Command response to this incident and on August 21, Task Force Brady, a group of ROK soldiers, American Infantry, and engineers, swept into the area and cut down the now infamous "Panmunjom Tree "... see globalsecurity.org , accessed on February 24, 2008 (English)
- ↑ ... In 1994, and again in 1999, the 2nd Infantry Division received their 4th and 5th Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citations ... see globalsecurity.org , accessed on February 24, 2008 (English)
- ^ Brian Deutsch: 2002 Tank Incident and Aftermath. In: The Korea Times, June 19, 2008, accessed November 13, 2012
- ↑ Operation Iraqi Freedom at mnf-iraq.com , accessed on February 11, 2008 (English)
- ↑ Craig Whitlock: Army monitored Stryker brigade, hit hard in Afghanistan, for signs of stress . In: The Washington Post, September 18, 2010, accessed November 13, 2012
- ↑ Korea, Republic of: total: 29,086 Army: 19,755 Navy: 274 Marine Corps: 242 Air Force: 8,815 see globalsecurity.org ( accessed May 12, 2008; PDF; 18 kB)
- ↑ Job definition at korea.army.mil ( Memento from June 10, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- ↑ ... The 15,000 Warriors of the 2nd Inf. Div. were spread across 17 different installations throughout the northwestern quadrant of South Korea ... see globalsecurity.org , accessed on February 24, 2008
- ↑ 2nd Infantry Division at: globalsecurity.org, accessed on November 13, 2012 (English)
- ↑ Eighth United States Army (EUSA) on: globalsecurity.org, accessed on November 13, 2012 (English)
- ↑ Military symbols at mapsymbs.com and at army.ca ( Memento of April 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), viewed on May 17, 2008 (English)
- ↑ see "2 ID" website: Our Organization ( Memento from November 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on November 12, 2012 (English)
- ↑ 3rd Stryker Brigade ( Memento of January 17, 2006 in the Internet Archive ), at: lewis.army.mil, accessed on November 13, 2012 (English)
- ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: List of commanders (English)
- ^ Second Division Memorial in Washington, DC on Sites of Memory.de, accessed on May 19, 2008 (English).
Divisions 1st Armored Division | 1st Cavalry Division | 1st Infantry Division | 2nd Infantry Division | 3rd Infantry Division | 4th Infantry Division
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10th Mountain Division |
25th Infantry Division | 82nd Airborne Division | 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)
Other associations 2nd Cavalry Regiment | 3rd Cavalry Regiment | 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment | 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team
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Special Operations Forces 1st Special Forces Command (Airborne) | 75th Ranger Regiment (Airborne) | 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment Delta (Airborne)
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