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The 9th Infantry Division (Korean: 제9보병사단, Hanja: 第九步兵師團), also known as White Horse Division (Korean: 백마부대; hanja:白馬師團) after the victory of Battle of White Horse Hill, is an infantry division of the Republic of Korea Army. The unit is composed of the 28th, 29th, 30th infantry brigades, and an artillery ...
1st Brigade, 7th Infantry Division (United States) 2nd Infantry Division (United States) 3rd Infantry Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division; 2nd Infantry Division/ROK-US Combined Division Sustainment Brigade; 7th Cavalry Regiment; 7th Infantry Division (United States) 9th Infantry Regiment (United States) 15th Field Artillery Regiment (United States)
Eighth Army (United States) 2nd Infantry Division (United States) 3rd Infantry Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division; 3rd Infantry Division (United States) 7th Infantry Division (United States) 24th Infantry Division (United States) 25th Infantry Division (United States) 40th Infantry Division (United States) 45th Infantry Division (United States)
In 1965, the division was redesignated as the 1st Cavalry Division and essentially the flags traded places with similar units in Korea. The 1st and 2nd Battalions, 9th Infantry were reflagged in Korea under the 2nd infantry Division. The 2nd Battalion remained in Korea until inactivated at Fort Lewis in June 1971.
The ROK 9th Infantry Division committed three regiments - the 28th, 29th, and 30th and suffered a total of 3,422 casualties (505 dead, 2,562 injured and 391 missing), plus over 400 more casualties in the 1st Battalion of the 30th Regiment.
In 1965 at Fort Benning, Georgia, the 2nd Infantry Division's stateside units, the 11th Air Assault Division's personnel and equipment, and the colors and unit designations of the 1st Cavalry Division, returned from South Korea, were used to form a new formation, the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile). The personnel of the existing 1st Cavalry ...
The 9th Infantry Division (nicknamed "Old Reliables") is an inactive infantry division of the United States Army. It was formed as the 9th Division during World War I , but never deployed overseas. In later years it was an important unit of the U.S. Army during World War II and the Vietnam War .
The three main units deployed to Vietnam were the ROKMC's 2nd Marine Brigade (Blue Dragon Brigade) (Korean: 청룡부대; Hanja: 靑龍部隊; Cheongryeong Budae.), ROKA Capital Division (Firce Tiger Division, 맹호부대) and the 9th Infantry Division (White Horse Division, 백마부대). Various South Korean special forces units were also ...