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The 49th Armored Division —nicknamed the "Lone Star"— was an armored division of the Texas Army National Guard during the Cold War. Active from 1947, the division formed part of the Texas Army National Guard together with the 36th Infantry Division. It was called up for active duty between 1961 and 1962 during the Berlin Crisis. In 1968 ...
39th Armored Division World War II "phantom" unit. ... 49th Armored Division "Lone Star" Feb 1946 – 1968 ... Division insignia of the United States Army.
The 49th Armored Division was ordered to active federal service in October 1961 at Dallas, for the 1961 Berlin Crisis, and reverted to state control in August 1962. [2] The 36th and 49th were inactivated in 1968 and reorganized into three separate brigades, the 36th Infantry Brigade, 71st Infantry Brigade and 72d Infantry Brigade (Mechanized ...
36th Brigade, 50th Armored Division - I'll Lead You (quotation attributed to John Bell Hood) [2] 37th Armor Regiment - Courage Conquers [2] 40th Armor Regiment - By Force and Valor [2] 40th Armored Brigade - Armipotent (Mighty in Arms) [2] 49th Armored Division - Lone Star [2] 50th Armor - In Via (On the Way) [2] 53rd Armor - Strength in Steel [2]
The headquarters of Combat Command A was reorganized in 1963 and the new unit was designated Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Brigade, 49th Armored Division. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] In 1968 the 2nd Brigade's headquarters was re-designated as Headquarters, 49th Armor Group when the 49th Armored Division was broken up.
By 1979, all three battalions of the 141st were assigned to the 1st Brigade, 49th Armored Division. In 1984, the 1/141 and 2/141 continued to be assigned to the 49th Armored, and 3d/141st was assigned to Texas National Guard Troop Command. In 1995, 2/141 was demobilized and the 3/141 was assigned to the 36th Brigade of the 49th Armored Division.