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World War II Order of Battle: An Encyclopedic Reference to U.S. Army Ground Forces from Battalion through Division, 1939–1946 (Revised Edition). Mechanicsburg: Stackpole. Stewart, Richard W. (ed.) (2005). American Military History, Volume II: The United States Army in a Global Era, 1917–2003. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office.
95th Infantry Division "Ironman Division" (Also "Victory Division", and "Iron Men of Metz Division") 96th Infantry Division "Deadeye Division" 97th Infantry Division "Trident Division" 98th Infantry Division "Iroquois" 99th Infantry Division "Checkerboard Division" 100th Infantry Division "Century" 101st Division (Later Airborne Division with ...
Until the brigade combat team program was developed, the division was the smallest self-sufficient level of organization in the U.S. Army. Current divisions are "tactical units of employment", and may command a flexible number of modular units, but generally will include three brigade combat teams and a combat aviation brigade, supported by a ...
This is a list of current formations of the United States Army, which is constantly changing as the Army changes its structure over time. Due to the nature of those changes, specifically the restructuring of brigades into autonomous modular brigades, debate has arisen as to whether brigades are units or formations; for the purposes of this list, brigades are currently excluded.
The Army entered World War I with very large divisions, often numbering more than 30,000 men (the 4th Division contained 32,000, for example) and consisting of two infantry brigades of two regiments each, with a total of sixteen infantry battalions per division. Each division also had three artillery regiments and an engineer regiment.
The U.S. Army's conventional combat capability currently consists of 11 active divisions and 1 deployable division headquarters (7th Infantry Division) as well as several independent maneuver units. From 2013 through 2017, the Army sustained organizational and end-strength reductions after several years of growth. In June 2013, the Army ...
30th Division ("Old Hickory Division") (Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee) 28 August 1917 5 July 1918 Maj. Gen. John F. Morrison Maj. Gen. Clarence P. Townsley Maj. Gen. George W. Read Maj. Gen. Edward M. Lewis: Somme Offensive Ypres-Lys: 31st Division ("Dixie Division") (Alabama, Florida, Georgia) 25 August 1917 No Combat ...
The number of divisions fielded by the United States Army in relation to the population and industrial capacity of the country and in comparison to the number of divisions fielded by various other Allied and Axis countries, has been called "the 90-Division Gamble". [1] Due to the US Army's method of employment combined with events of the war ...