3rd Infantry Division Kids Again Germany

United states Army infantry division

3rd Division 3rd Infantry Division
Insignia of the 3rd Infantry Division
Founded	1917; 105 years ago  (1917)
Land	Usa
Branch	United States Army
Type	Combined artillery Light infantry
Size	Segmentation (Next 4th Infantry Segmentation)
Office of	XVIII Airborne Corps
Garrison/HQ	Fort Stewart
Nickname(s)	"Rock of the Marne" [one]
Motto(s)	Nous Resterons Là (Nosotros Shall Remain There) [1]
Mascot(s)	Rocky the Bulldog
Engagements	World War I Champagne-Marne Aisne-Marne Saint-Mihiel Meuse-Argonne World War Two Algeria-French Morocco Tunisia Sicily Naples-Foggia Anzio Rome-Arno Southern France Rhineland Ardennes-Alsace Central Europe Korean State of war Vietnam State of war Western farsi Gulf War Battle of Medina Ridge Global War on Terrorism Iraq Afghanistan
Commanders
Current commander	MG Charles D. Costanza[ii]
Notable commanders	MG Tony Cucolo MG Joseph T. Dickman MG John P. Lucas MG Lucian Truscott LTG John Westward. O'Daniel LTG George M. Seignious GEN Robert B. Abrams GEN John M. Murray
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia of the division'south headquarters battalion
Division Flag[three]
Gainsay service identification badge
Shoulder sleeve insignia (subdued)

Military unit of measurement

The 3rd Infantry Division (nicknamed Stone of the Marne)^{[one] [iv]} is a combined artillery division of the United States Army based at Fort Stewart, Georgia. Information technology is a direct subordinate unit of the XVIII Airborne Corps and U.S. Army Forces Command. Its current organization includes a partitioning headquarters and headquarters battalion, two armored brigade combat teams, one National Guard infantry brigade combat team, one job force battalion, i aviation brigade, a division artillery, a sustainment brigade and a combat sustainment support battalion along with a maneuver enhancement brigade. The sectionalization has a distinguished history, having seen active service in World War I, World War II, the Korean State of war, Vietnam War, and the Global State of war on Terror. The Medal of Honour has been awarded to 61 members of the 3rd Infantry Division, making the division the most honored in the Army.^[five]

The division fought in France in Globe War I. In World War II, it landed with Full general Patton's job force in a contested amphibious landing on the coast of Morocco, North Africa, overwhelming Vichy French defenders in Nov 1942. In 1943, the division invaded Sicily in July, and invaded Italian republic at Salerno in September, before fighting in French republic and finally Germany. Medal of Honor recipient Audie Murphy, featured in the Hollywood movie, "To Hell and Dorsum," was a fellow member. The division also served in the Korean War. From 1957 until 1996, the sectionalisation was a major part of the U.s. Ground forces's presence in the NATO alliance in Westward Germany.

History [edit]

World State of war I [edit]

38th Infantry Regiment repelled the German assail near Mézy, France, across the Marne River in July 1918. This defence checked the Germans' set on and fabricated an Centrolineal offensive possible, thus earning 38th Infantry Regiment'due south nickname "Rock of the Marne".

1918 Traffic To Mont-St. Pere by George Matthews Harding AEF unit is the 3rd United states of america Infantry Partition.

The third Division was activated 21 November 1917, 7 months subsequently the American entry into Earth War I, at Camp Greene, North Carolina. Eight months later, information technology saw combat for the first time in France on the Western Front.

Club of battle [edit]

• Headquarters, 3rd Partition
• 5th Infantry Brigade
  • 4th Infantry Regiment
  • 7th Infantry Regiment
  • eighth Machine Gun Battalion
• 6th Infantry Brigade
  • 30th Infantry Regiment
  • 38th Infantry Regiment
  • 9th Machine Gun Battalion
• 3rd Field Artillery Brigade
  • 10th Field Artillery Regiment (75 mm)
  • 18th Field Arms Regiment (155 mm)
  • 76th Field Artillery Regiment (75 mm)
  • 3rd Trench Mortar Battery
• 6th Engineer Regiment
• 5th Field Betoken Battalion
• Headquarters Troop, 3rd Division
• third Railroad train Headquarters and Military Police
  • third Ammunition Train
  • 3rd Supply Railroad train
  • third Engineer Railroad train
  • third Germ-free Train
    • fifth, 7th, 26th, and 27th Ambulance Companies and Field Hospitals

At midnight on 14 July 1918, the sectionalization earned lasting distinction. Engaged in the Aisne-Marne Offensive as a member of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) to Europe, the division was protecting the French capital of Paris with a position on the banks of the Marne River. The 7th Auto Gun Battalion of the third Division rushed to Château-Thierry amid retreating French troops^{[ citation needed ]} and held the Germans back at the Marne River. While surrounding units retreated, the 3rd Division, including the 4th, 30th and 38th Infantry Regiments, remained steadfast throughout the 2nd Battle of the Marne, and Colonel Ulysses M. McAlexander'south dogged defence earned the 38th Infantry Regiment its nickname as the "Rock of the Marne".^[half-dozen] During the massive set on, the 3rd Infantry Partition's commanding officeholder, Major General Joseph T. Dickman, famously cried out "Nous Resterons La" (We Shall Remain Hither). Their Bluish and White insignia as well earned them the nickname The Blue and White Devils." ^[seven] The rest of the partitioning was absorbed under French command until brought dorsum together under the control of Major General Joseph T. Dickman and by 15 July 1918 they took the brunt of what was to exist the last German offensive of the war. Full general John Joseph "Black Jack" Pershing, Commander-in-main of the AEF on the Western Front end, called this stand up "one of the most brilliant pages in the register of military history".^[8] During the war two members of the partitioning were awarded the Medal of Honor.

Casualties during the state of war were 3,177 killed in action with 12,940 wounded.

Commanders

1. MG Joseph T. Dickman (28 November 1917)
2. BG James A. Irons (11 Feb 1918)
3. MG Joseph T. Dickman (xiii February 1918)
4. BG James A. Irons (27 February 1918)
5. BG Charles Crawford (8 March 1918)
6. BG James A. Irons (10 March 1918)
7. BG Charles Crawford (19 March 1918)
8. MG Joseph T. Dickman (12 Apr 1918)
9. BG Fred W. Sladen (18 August 1918)
10. MG Beaumont B. Buck (27 August 1918)
11. BG Preston Dark-brown (18 October 1918)
12. MG Robert Lee Howze (19 November 1918)

Interwar years [edit]

In August 1919 the Third Infantry Division returned from France and was stationed at Military camp Pike, Arkansas. The division remained at Camp Pike until 1922.

Commanders:^[nine]

BG William Mackey Cruikshank (Aug 1919)

BG Ora Elmer Hunt (Aug 1919–Oct 1919)

MG William M. Wright (Oct 1919–Jan 1920)

BG Edward Mann Lewis (Jan 1920–Aug 1921)

MG Charles Henry Muir (Aug 1921–Nov 1922)

BG Ulysses Grand. McAlexander (Nov 1922–Nov 1923)

MG Edwin B. Babbitt (Nov 1923–May 1924)

BG Joseph E. Kuhn (May 1924–Dec 1924

MG William H. Johnston (Dec 1924–October 1925)

MG Robert Alexander (Oct 1925–Aug 1927)

MG Joseph D. Leitch (Sep 1927–Mar 1928)

BG Michael J. Lenihan (Mar 1928–Mar 1929)

BG Joseph Compton Castner (Apr 1929–Nov 1932)

BG Halstead Dorey (1932–1933)

BG Henry Westward. Butner (1933–Feb 1934)

BG Otho B. Rosenbaum (Feb 1934–Aug 1935)

MG Casper H. Conrad Jr. (Aug 1935–Aug 1936)

MG David L. Stone (Sep 1936–Mar 1937)

BG Alfred T. Smith (Jul 1937–Jan 1938)

MG Walter C. Sweeney Sr. (1939–1940)

World State of war Ii [edit]

Society of battle [edit]

• Headquarters, third Infantry Division
• 7th Infantry Regiment
• 15th Infantry Regiment
• 30th Infantry Regiment
• Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3rd Infantry Sectionalization Artillery
  • 9th Field Artillery Battalion (155 mm)
  • 10th Field Arms Battalion (105 mm)
  • 39th Field Artillery Battalion (105 mm)
  • 41st Field Artillery Battalion (105 mm)
• 10th Engineer Combat Battalion
• 3rd Medical Battalion
• third Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized
• Headquarters, Special Troops, 3rd Infantry Division
  • Headquarters Company, third Infantry Sectionalisation
  • 703rd Ordnance Light Maintenance Visitor
  • 3rd Quartermaster Company
  • 3rd Bespeak Company
  • Military Law Platoon
  • Band
• 3rd Counterintelligence Corps Detachment

Gainsay relate [edit]

The third Division is the just segmentation of the U.Due south. Army during World State of war II that fought the Centrality on all European fronts,^[10] and was amid the showtime American gainsay units to engage in offensive ground combat operations. Audie Murphy, the about highly busy American soldier of the war, served with the 3rd Segmentation.^[11] The 3rd Infantry Division also had a German Shepherd-Collie-Huskey mix war dog named Fries. The tertiary Infantry Division saw gainsay in Due north Africa, Sicily, Italy, France, Deutschland and Austria for 531 consecutive days.^[12] During the war the 3rd Infantry Division consisted of the 7th, 15th and 30th Infantry Regiments, together with supporting units.

The tertiary Partition, under the command of Major General Jonathan West. Anderson, after spending many months training in the United States after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, outset saw action during the war every bit a role of the Western Task Strength in Operation Torch, the Centrolineal invasion of Northward Africa, landing at Fedala on 8 November 1942, and captured half of French Kingdom of morocco. The division remained there for the side by side few months and therefore took no part in the Tunisian Campaign, which came to an finish in May 1943 with the surrender of almost 250,000 Centrality soldiers who afterwards became prisoners of war (POWs). While there a battalion of the 30th Infantry Regiment acted equally security guards during the Casablanca Conference in mid-January 1943. In late Feb Major General Anderson left the sectionalisation and was replaced by Major General Lucian K. Truscott, Jr., who instituted a tough training regime and ensured that all ranks in the division could march five miles in i hour, and four miles an hour thereafter. The troops called it "the Truscott Trot". The division began intensive grooming in amphibious landing operations.

On 10 July 1943, the division fabricated another amphibious assault landing on the Italian island of Sicily (codenamed Performance Husky), landing at Licata town on the beach, to westward, called Torre di Gaffi and Mollarella and on the embankment, to east, chosen Falconara. The division, serving under the command of Lieutenant General George S. Patton'south U.S. 7th Army, fought its way into Palermo earlier elements of the 2nd Armored Division could become there, in the procedure marching 90 miles in three days, and raced on to capture Messina on 17 August, thus ending the brief Sicilian campaign, where the division had a brusque rest to absorb replacements. During the campaign the third Division gained a reputation equally one of the best divisions in the 7th Regular army.

Infantrymen of 2d Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment depicted near Bult, France. 11 November 1944.

Men of the U.S. 3rd Infantry Division in Nuremberg, Germany on 20 April 1945

Viii days afterwards the Allied invasion of mainland Italian republic, on xviii September 1943, the third Partitioning came ashore at Salerno, where they came under the control of VI Corps, under Major General Ernest J. Dawley who was replaced two days later by Major Full general John P. Lucas (who had commanded the division from September 1941 to March 1942). The corps was part of Lieutenant General Marker W. Clark's U.S. 5th Army. The tertiary Division was destined to meet some of the fiercest and toughest fighting of the war thus far, serving on the Italian Front. Seeing intensive action along the way, the division collection to and beyond the Volturno River by October 1943, and then to Monte Cassino, where the Boxing of Monte Cassino would after be fought, before, with the rest of the 15th Army Group, existence held up at the Winter Line (also known every bit the Gustav Line). In mid-Nov the division, later spearheading the 5th Regular army'southward advance and suffering heavy casualties during the past few weeks, was relieved by the 36th Infantry Division and pulled out of the line to rest and absorb replacements, coming under the command of Major General Geoffrey Keyes' 2 Corps. The division remained out of action until late Dec.

After a brief rest, the partitioning was part of the amphibious landing at Anzio, codenamed Operation Shingle, on 22 January 1944, still as part of Half dozen Corps, and serving aslope the British 1st Infantry Division and other units. It would remain there for just over four months in a toe-concur against numerous furious German language counterattacks, and enduring trench warfare similar to that suffered on the Western Front during World War I. On 29 February 1944, the third Division fought off an attack by three German divisions, who fell back with heavy losses ii days later on. In a single day of gainsay at Anzio, the 3rd Infantry Division suffered more than 900 casualties, the most of any American segmentation on one day in World War 2.^[12] The segmentation's old commander, Major General Lucas, was replaced as commander of 6 Corps past the third Division'southward commander, Major General Truscott. He was replaced in command of the tertiary Division past Brigadier General John W. "Fe Mike" O'Daniel, previously the assistant sectionalisation commander (ADC) and a distinguished World War I veteran.

In belatedly May, 6 Corps broke out of the Anzio beachhead in Operation Diadem with the tertiary Sectionalization in the primary thrust. Instead of defeating the Germans, Lieutenant General Clark, the Fifth Regular army commander, disobeying orders from Full general Sir Harold Alexander, Commander-in-Master (C-in-C) of the Allied Armies in Italian republic (formerly the 15th Army Group), sent the division on to the Italian majuscule of Rome. This immune the bulk of the High german 10th Army, which would otherwise take been trapped, to escape, thus prolonging the campaign in Italy. The division was and then removed from the front end line and went into preparation for the Operation Dragoon, the Allied invasion of Southern France.

On xv Baronial 1944, D-Twenty-four hour period for Dragoon, the sectionalisation, still under VI Corps control but now under the U.South. Seventh Army, landed at St. Tropez, advanced upwards the Rhone Valley, through the Vosges Mountains, and reached the Rhine at Strasbourg, 26–27 November 1944. After maintaining defensive positions it took part in clearing the Colmar Pocket on 23 January, and on fifteen March struck against Siegfried Line positions due south of Zweibrücken. The partitioning advanced through the defenses and crossed the Rhine, 26 March 1945; then drove on to take Nuremberg in a fierce battle, capturing the city in block-by-block fighting, 17–20 April. The tertiary pushed on to accept Augsburg where it liberated thousands of forced laborers from the Augsburg concentration camp, a strength labor subcamp of Dauchau, and Munich, 27–30 April, and was in the vicinity of Salzburg when the war in Europe ended.^[13] Elements of the 7th Infantry Regiment serving under the 3rd Infantry Sectionalization captured Hitler's retreat near Berchtesgaden.^[xiv]

Casualties [edit]

• Total battle casualties: 25,977^[15]
• Killed in activeness: four,922^[xv]
• Wounded in action: xviii,766^[xv]
• Missing in action: 554^[15]
• Prisoner of war: 1,735^[15]

Commanders

1. MG Charles F. Thompson (July 1940 – August 1941)
2. BG Charles P. Hall (August 1941 – September 1941)
3. MG John P. Lucas (September 1941 – March 1942)
4. MG Jonathan Due west. Anderson (March 1942 – March 1943)
5. MG Lucian K. Truscott Jr. (March 1943 – Feb 1944)
6. MG John W. O'Daniel (Feb 1944 – December 1945)
7. MG William R. Schmidt (July 1945 – Baronial 1946)

Korean State of war [edit]

Commanders:

1. MG Robert H. Soule (August 1950 – October 1951)
2. MG Thomas J. Cantankerous (October 1951 – May 1952)
3. MG Robert L. Dulaney (May 1952 – October 1952)
4. MG George W. Smythe (Oct 1952 – May 1953)
5. MG Eugene W. Ridings (May 1953 – Oct 1953)

During the Korean War, the division was known as the "Fire Brigade" for its rapid response to crisis. third Infantry Division had been headquartered at Fort Benning along with its 15th Infantry Regiment. The 7th Infantry Regiment was located at Fort Devens. tertiary Infantry Division initially arrived in Nihon where, as the Far East Command Reserve,^[sixteen] it planned post conflict occupation missions in northern Korea.^[17] In Japan their force was increased by augmentation by S Korean soldiers. The division was assigned to X Corps and landed at Wonsan on the east coast of Korea on v November and received the 65th Infantry Regiment as their third maneuver element before moving north to Hungnam and Majon-dong. At Majon-dong they established a defensive position with the 65th Infantry. 1st and 2nd Battalions of the seventh Infantry were on the left flank. The 15th Infantry was between the 7th and 65th Regiments. 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry was set as the nucleus for Task Force Dog which was commanded past Brigadier General Armistead D. Mead, assistant tertiary Segmentation commander and sent north to conduct a relief in place with 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment at Chinhung-ni; the south end of the 1st Marine Division and back up the withdrawal of 1st Marine Division and Regimental Gainsay Squad 31 from the fighting at the Chosin Reservoir. 3rd Infantry Division'south Chore Force Dog was the rearguard keeping the pressure off of the Marine column. The division along with the seventh Infantry Division established a collapsing perimeter around the port of Hungnam until the last of X Corps was evacuated. The division was the last unit to leave Hungnam and was shipped to Pusan where it completed unloading on 30 December and moved northward to Kyongju and on 31 Dec it was placed in Eighth Army reserve for reorganization and reequipping following which it was to move into the Pyongtaek-Ansong area. The division was and so transferred to US I Corps.

In January 1953 the division was transferred from I Corps. The division served in Korea until 1953 when information technology was withdrawn. Notably, the segmentation fought at the Chorwon-Kumwha area, Jackson Heights and Arrowhead outposts and blocked a push in the Kumsong Area in July 1953.

3rd Infantry Division received ten Battle Stars. Eleven more members of the unit received Medals of Accolade during the Korean State of war. Eight were from the 7th Infantry Regiment: Jerry 1000. Crump (6 and 7 September 1951), John Essebagger, Jr. (25 April 1951), Charles L. Gilliland (25 Apr 1951), Clair Goodblood (24 and 25 April 1951), Noah O. Knight (23 and 24 November 1951), Darwin K. Kyle (16 February 1951), Leroy A. Mendonca (4 July 1951), and Hiroshi H. Miyamura, whose award was classified Meridian Secret until his repatriation (24 and 25 April 1951). Iii more recipients were with the 15th Infantry Regiment: Emory L. Bennett (24 June 1951), Ola L. Mize (x and 11 June 1953) and Charles F. Pendleton (16 and 17 July 1953).

During the Korean War, the sectionalization had 2,160 killed in action and seven,939 wounded.

After the armistice, the segmentation remained in Korea until 1954, when it was reduced to near zero strength, the colors were transferred to Fort Benning, Georgia and, in Dec 1954, the 47th Infantry Partition was reflagged as the Third.

Standard organization chart for a Road partitioning

On 1 July 1957, the sectionalisation was reorganized equally a Pentomic Segmentation. The division'due south 3 infantry regiments (the 7th, 15th and 30th) were inactivated, with their elements reorganized into five infantry battle groups (the 1-7 IN, 1-15 IN, ane-thirty IN, 2-38 IN and the 2-four IN). In Apr 1958, the division deployed to Germany every bit office of an Operation Gyroscope rotation (soldiers and families, no equipment), switching places with the 10th Infantry Division (which was reflagged as the 2nd Infantry Sectionalization upon its arrival at Fort Benning). In 1963, the division was reorganized equally a Reorganization Objective Army Division (ROAD). Three Brigade Headquarters were activated and Infantry units were reorganized into battalions.

Cold War to the Millennium (1953 through 2000) [edit]

3rd Infantry Sectionalization structure 1989 (click to enlarge)

The segmentation was stationed with the V Corps (1958–63, 1992-1996) and VII Corps (1963–92) in Westward Germany from virtually the Czech border westward throughout various towns including Wūrzburg (Div. Hq. & Back up Command), Schweinfurt (1st Brigade), Kitzingen (2nd Brigade), and Aschaffenburg (3rd Brigade). In Baronial 1961, a few days after the Berlin Wall was erected, a reinforced company from the 7th Infantry Regiment (a unit of the 3rd Infantry Division) in full battle gear, was ordered to travel along the Autobahn (a major highway) from Aschaffenburg in Bavaria to West Berlin. This was to assert the right of US forces to travel unhindered from Due west Germany beyond the western function of East Federal republic of germany to West Berlin. Afterward the Berlin Wall was built, it was not known if the E German forces would attempt to impede or restrict the movement of US troops when crossing Eastward Germany while trying to reach West Berlin. The unit arrived in West Berlin without incident confirming the right of free passage.^{[ commendation needed ]}

In November 1990, following Republic of iraq's invasion of Kuwait, more than than 6,000 3rd Infantry Division men and women deployed with the 1st Armored Sectionalization on Performance Desert Tempest as part of the Allied Coalition. They participated in the Battle of Medina Ridge which was the 2d largest tank boxing of the conflict.^[18] The 3rd Brigade was credited with the devastation of 82 tanks, 31 Armored Personnel Carriers, 11 artillery pieces, 48 trucks, 3 AAA guns and captured 72 EPW'due south with the loss of 2 Bradley Cavalry vehicles, 30 WIA's and one KIA. Afterward nearly 1,000 soldiers deployed to southeastern Turkey and northern Iraq to provide comfort to Kurdish refugees. In late Spring of 1991, the partitioning supplied senior ranking officers and non-commissioned officers, along with a war machine police force company to Task Force Victory (Forward). Stationed in State of kuwait the Task Force was to provide partition level back up to the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment (which shared the aforementioned duty station). Those elements of V Corps attached to the task force (including those of partitioning) returned to their home units in early September 1991.^{[ citation needed ]}

Every bit part of the Ground forces's reduction to a 10-division strength, the 24th Infantry Division was inactivated on 15 February 1996, and reflagged to become the tertiary Infantry Division.

In 1996 the division was redeployed to Fort Stewart, Fort Benning, and Hunter Ground forces Airfield, Georgia. The partitioning repeatedly demonstrated its deployability since then by maintaining a battalion, and later a brigade task force presence in State of kuwait. It has also moved sizable forces to Arab republic of egypt, Bosnia and Kosovo in partnership training and peacekeeping missions.

In 1996–97, the 3rd Infantry Division Detachment, Rear Tactical Operations Center (RTOC), which is a unit manned by the Georgia Army National Guard was mobilized and served in Operation Joint Endeavor. During this time, the 3rd ID RTOC served under the 1st Infantry Division and later the 1st Armored Division. Respectively serving in Bosnia, at Camps Dallas and Angela, nearly Tuzla under the 1ID, and so in Republic of croatia at Slavonski Brod, under the 1AD, serving the Banana Segmentation Commander for Back up, then BG George Casey.

Commanders [edit]

• MG Charles D. W. Canham (November 1953 – November 1954)
• MG Haydon L. Boatner (Dec 1954 – Oct 1955)
• MG George E. Lynch (Oct 1955 – February 1957)
• BG Frederick R. Zierath (March 1957 – March 1957)
• MG Roy East. Lindquist (March 1957 – Baronial 1958)
• MG John S. Upham Jr. (Baronial 1958 – April 1960)
• MG Albert Watson II (April 1960 – Apr 1961)
• MG William Westward. Dick Jr. (April 1961 – April 1962)
• BG Morris O. Edwards (April 1962 – June 1962)
• MG Frank T. Mildren (June 1962 – March 1964)
• MG Albert O. Connor (March 1964 – February 1966)
• BG Jack S. Blocker (February 1966 – April 1966)
• MG Robert H. Schellman (April 1966 – August 1967)
• BG Lawrence V. Greene (Baronial 1967 – October 1967)
• MG George P. Seneff Jr. (October 1967 – March 1969)
• MG George M. Seignious Two (March 1969 – February 1970)
• MG Robert C. Taber (February 1970 – April 1971)
• MG Marshall B. Garth (Apr 1971 – September 1972)
• MG Sam S. Walker (September 1972 – June 1974)
• MG Edward C. Meyer (June 1974 – Baronial 1975)
• MG Pat W. Crizer (August 1975 – Oct 1977)
• MG R. Dean Tice (Oct 1977 – October 1979)
• MG Robert L (Sam) Wetzel (October 1979–1981)
• MG Fred M. Mahaffey (1981–1983)
• MG Howard K. Crowell, Jr. (1983–1985)
• MG George R. Stotser (1985–1987)
• MG Nicholas S. H. Krawciw (1987–1989)
• MG Wilson A. Shoffner (1989–1991)
• BG Richard F. Keller (1991–1993)
• MG Leonard D. Holder Jr. (1993–1995)
• MG Montgomery Meigs (July 1995 – Feb 1996)
• MG Joseph E. DeFrancisco (June 1996 – August 1996)
• MG John Westward. Hendrix (August 1996 – October 1997)
• MG James C. Riley (October 1997 – Dec 1999)
• MG Walter L. Precipitous (December 1999 – December 2001)

Global War on Terrorism [edit]

Commanders

• MG Buford Blount (Dec 2001 - September 2003)
• MG William G. Webster (September 2003 - June 2006)
• MG Rick Lynch (June 2006 - July 2008)
• MG Tony Cucolo (July 2008 - April 2011)
• MG Robert B. Abrams (April 2011 - August 2013)
• MG John M. Murray (August 2013 - Baronial 2015)
• MG James E. Rainey (Baronial 2015 - May 2017) ^[nineteen]
• MG Leopoldo A. Quintas (May 2017 - June 2019)^[twenty]
• MG Antonio Aguto (June 2019-June 2021)
• MG Charles Costanza (June 2021 – present)

OIF I (Baghdad Spearhead) [edit]

Early on in 2003 the entire division deployed in weeks to Kuwait. It was called on subsequently to spearhead Coalition forces in Operation Iraqi Freedom, fighting its way to Baghdad in early on April, leading to the end of the Saddam Hussein government. The Starting time Brigade captured the Baghdad International Airport and cleared and secured the aerodrome, which also resulted in the division'south first Medal of Honor since the Korean State of war, awarded to SFC Paul Ray Smith. Second Brigade, 3rd Infantry sectionalisation made the much-publicized "Thunder Run" into downtown Baghdad. The Second Brigade was redeployed to Fallujah, Iraq during the summer of 2003. The division returned to the United States in September 2003.^{[ citation needed ]}

Social club of Boxing during 2003 invasion:

1st Brigade

second Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment (Mech)

3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment (Mech)

3rd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment

1st Battalion, 41st Field Artillery Regiment (155SP)

2nd Brigade

tertiary Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment (Mech)

1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment

4th Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment (Tuskers)

1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery Regiment (155SP)

3rd Brigade

203rd FSB tertiary Brigade Combat Team (Mech)

1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment (Mech)

1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment (Mech)

2d Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment

1st Battalion, tenth Field Artillery Regiment (155SP)

1st Battalion, 39th Field Artillery Regiment, third ID DIVARTY, MLRS - Inactivated May, 2006^[21]

3rd Squadron, seventh Cavalry Regiment

Beginning in 2004, the 3rd began re-organizing. The partitioning shifted from three maneuver brigades to four "units of action", which are essentially smaller brigade formations, with ane infantry, one armor, ane cavalry, and i artillery battalion in each. The former Engineer Brigade became the 4th Brigade at Fort Stewart. Each of these units of activity engaged in several mock battles at the National Training Center and Joint Readiness Training Eye, and preparation for a second deployment to Iraq.^{[ citation needed ]}

OIF III [edit]

An M2A2 Bradley coiffure, from the third Infantry Sectionalization, drive back to Forward Operating Base Warhorse afterwards a mission near Baqubah, Republic of iraq, May 2005

In January 2005, the Third Infantry Division became the start Army division to serve a 2d tour in Iraq.^{[ citation needed ]} The division headquarters took control of the Multi-National Division Baghdad, MND-B, headquartered at Military camp Liberty and with responsibility for the greater Baghdad area. Commencement and 3rd Brigades of the Third Infantry Division were placed under control of the 42nd Infantry Sectionalization, and later under the 101st Airborne Division, in MND-North. In preparation of this deployment a Fourth Brigade was organized and became the first cohesive brigade combat team sent into a combat zone by the US Army, cohesive in that information technology fulfilled the tabular array of organization requirement of such a unit of measurement. The California Army National Guard's 1st Battalion 184th Infantry Regiment served as one of the brigade's two infantry battalions, as well every bit the detachment from the Hawaii Army National Guard's 29th Brigade Combat Team, the 2/299th Infantry, too the 48th Brigade Combat Team from the Georgia Army National Guard, 2/130 Infantry Battalion of the Illinois National Guard, and Charlie Visitor, 1st Battalion, 295th Infantry Battalion from the Puerto Rico Ground forces National Guard served in this Functioning.^{[ citation needed ]}

2/69 Armor was assigned to Camp War Equus caballus in Republic of iraq. Past Mid 2005 Primary elements of two/69 Armor 3rd Brigade 3rd Infantry Division was re-deployed to Ramadi Iraq, replacing elements of the 2d ID. They ran articulation missions with 2nd Mar Div. and elements of the Pennsylvania National Guard and the two/130th Infantry of the Illinois National Baby-sit who was redeployed as to Al Taquattum as the infantry battalion.

OIF V [edit]

The division redeployed to Fort Stewart and Fort Benning in January 2006. On 17 November 2006, the Ground forces announced that the Third Infantry Division is scheduled to render to Iraq in 2007 and thus become the get-go Army division to serve three tours in Iraq. The partitioning headquarters became the leadership organization of MND-C (Multi-National Sectionalisation Central), a new command established south of Baghdad equally office of the Iraq War troop surge of 2007.^{[ citation needed ]}

In support of operations in Baghdad, the unit of measurement 3rd Squadron, 7th Cavalry was detached from 3ID and assigned by General Petraeus to 3rd BCT, 82nd Airborne who was under the command of the 1st Cavalry Division. In 2008, 82nd Airborne and 1st CAV redeployed home, and 3–seven CAV was handed over to 3rd BCT, 4th Infantry Division under the command of the 25th Infantry Segmentation. They would remain under this control until three–vii CAV's redeployment back to Fort Stewart, existence reattached to the tertiary Infantry Division.^{[ citation needed ]} Similarly, 1st Battalion, 64th Armor was detached from 3ID and attached to 2nd BCT, 1st Infantry Division under 1st Cavalry Division, and subsequently under 2nd BCT, 101st Infantry Division nether command of 4th Infantry Division.^[22]

third Infantry Division Soldiers in an M1A1 Abrams conduct a counter improvised explosive device (IED) mission in Baghdad, Iraq, December 22, 2007.

Reassignment of 1st Brigade [edit]

In the fall of 2008, the 3rd Infantry Division's 1st Brigade was assigned to serve as the on-call federal response force under the control of NORTHCOM, the combatant command assigned responsibility for the continental U.s.. The brigade remained at its home station of Fort Stewart, Georgia, and "is preparation to deploy domestically in response to terrorist attacks or other national emergencies."^[23] The brigade will be trained in responding to WMD attacks, crowd control, and dealing with civil unrest.^[24]

The force was renamed "Chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or high-yield explosive Consequence Management Response Force". Its acronym, CCMRF, is pronounced "see-smurf",^[25] and the unit is now nether the daily command of United States Northern Control's Ground forces North, whose mission is to "protect the United States homeland and back up local, state, and federal authorities."^[24] The unit is a multi-branch force with servicemembers from the four branches of the United States Department of Defense force.

Reorganization of fourth Brigade [edit]

In March 2009, 4th Brigade reorganized from a mechanized or heavy brigade to a light infantry brigade. As part of this reorganization, 4th Battalion, 64th Armor was reflagged every bit 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment.^[26]

OIF Seven [edit]

This section needs to be updated. Delight help update this article to reverberate recent events or newly bachelor information. (Dec 2011)

The third Infantry Division assumed command of the Multi-National Division-North, now United States Division-North, in October 2009. This milestone marked the sectionalisation's fourth bout in back up of Operation Iraqi Freedom (I, III, V, and VII). The division has elements operating in every surface area of Iraq as the mission changes from Operation Iraqi Freedom to Functioning New Dawn on one September 2010. With the advent of Operation New Dawn, the focus will shift from combat operations to stability and advise and help operations throughout all Iraq's provinces.

In the course of Operation Iraqi Freedom upwardly until 24 September 2010, 436 members of the division were killed in activeness^[27]

Performance Indelible Freedom [edit]

An Infantryman with Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, carries an M240L machine gun while on a foot patrol in Wardak province, Afghanistan, 2013

The Gainsay Aviation Brigade, tertiary Infantry Division deployed to Afghanistan for a 13-month tour. The brigade was the first unit from 3ID to deploy to Afghanistan. During that tour 3rd CAB soldiers flew almost 26,000 missions, including 800 air assaults, and were responsible for near two,500 enemy casualties.

3rd CAB is slated to deploy to Transitional islamic state of afghanistan again in January 2013. The 2500 soldiers will deploy with 3rd Special Troops Battalion for a 9-month tour. The Marne Air will exist operating out of Kandahar Airfield in the RC-South area-of-operations, relieving the 25th CAB.

Both the 3rd CAB and 3rd STB volition fall under their parent sectionalization when the 3ID Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion deploys in August and takes over command of RC-South from 82nd Airborne Sectionalization HQ.^[28]

The 2d Heavy BCT'due south two combined-artillery battalions likewise deployed individually to Transitional islamic state of afghanistan. 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment deployed in March 2012. They are attached to the 3rd Stryker Brigade, 2d Infantry Sectionalisation (The states) from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA, to aid train Afghanistan National Security Forces to accept over in their country's security operations.^[29] 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment deployed a month earlier. They are tasked with providing security to units conducting contingency operations. Both battalions volition serve nine-month tour.^[30]

In December 2012, the 3rd Sustainment Brigade deployed for its fifth deployment over the last decade and first to Afghanistan, for nine months in support of Operation Enduring Freedom 12–13, let by COL Ron Novack and CSM Daniels. Deployed to Kandahar with 276 soldiers the brigade provided sustainment and retrograde support to the tertiary and 4th Infantry Divisions, 1st and 2nd Marine Expeditionary Forces, and International Security Assistance Forces operating in Regional Commands South, Southwest, and National Support Element-West. The brigade assisted in the closure and transfer of over 61 Forrad Operating Bases while simultaneously providing sustainment to the force. Additionally, the 3rd Sustainment Brigade provided direct back up to the 1st and 2nd Brigade Combat Teams and the Combat Aviation Brigade of the 3rd Infantry Sectionalization.

In February 2013, the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Squad, 3rd Infantry Segmentation (later reflagged equally the second Infantry Brigade Combat Squad, 3rd Infantry Division), deployed to Logar Province and Wardak Province, Transitional islamic state of afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. sixth Squadron, eighth Cavalry Regiment was tasked with securing Logar Province, and disrupting the almost daily rocket attacks on Forward Functioning Base Shank.^[31] 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment was tasked with securing Wardak Province's highly volatile Highway 1. The soldiers of 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Squad, 3rd Infantry Division returned dwelling house in late Nov 2013 afterwards serving a nine-month tour.

Operation Freedom's Sentinel [edit]

In Apr 2017, War machine.com reported that about 200 soldiers from the 3rd Infantry Division Headquarters will deploy to Afghanistan to replace the 1st Cavalry Partitioning Headquarters at Bagram Airfield taking over command of the U.S. Forces-Afghanistan's National Back up Element, as part of Functioning Liberty'south Sentinel.^[32]

Starting in Dec 2018 troops of the Georgia Army National Guard'south 48th IBCT of the 3rd Infantry Sectionalisation were deployed in support of NATO operations in Afghanistan. These missions included train, advise, help missions for the Afghanistan military also as attached infantry units from third Battalion, 121st Infantry Regiment to Army Special Forces ODAs and other Special Operations forces.

Functioning Atlantic Resolve [edit]

In February 2015, ArmyTimes reported that More than than iii,000 soldiers from the 1st Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, third ID's Artillery and other units of the 3rd Infantry Division began an accumulative of 12 months deployment to Europe in March 2015 in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve. Soldiers from third ID deployed to various European countries including Frg, Republic of estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Republic of bulgaria with the 1st Brigade acting as the European Rotational Force and NATO Response Force, which works and trains with NATO allies to remain prepared for contingency operations inside the European Command'due south area of responsibleness.^[33]

Current structure [edit]

Structure of 3rd Infantry Partition 2021

Soldiers from the 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team of the 3rd Infantry training at Fort Irwin

3rd Infantry Division consists of a division headquarters battalion, two armored brigade combat teams, an associated brigade combat team, a task force unit of measurement with the 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, a division artillery, a sustainment brigade, and a combat aviation brigade along with a maneuver enhancement brigade. All BCTs are headquartered at Fort Stewart except for the 48th IBCT which is headquartered in Macon, Georgia and Task Force 1-28th Infantry, which is located at Fort Benning. All field arms battalions remain connected to their brigade gainsay teams.

• 3rd Infantry Sectionalisation
  • Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion^[34]
  • 1st Brigade Combat Squad (BCT), tertiary Infantry Division "Raider" – regionally allocated to Europe^[35]
  • 2nd Brigade Gainsay Team "Spartans"^[37]
  • 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Georgia Army National Guard), tertiary Infantry Division (associated unit) "Macon Volunteers"^[40]
    • HHC, 48th IBCT (Macon, Georgia)
    • 1st Squadron, 108th Cavalry Regiment (Calhoun, Georgia) "Roughriders"
    • 1st Battalion, 121st Infantry Regiment (Winder, Georgia) "Slayers"
    • 2nd Battalion, 121st Infantry Regiment (Forsyth, Georgia) "Warriors"
    • tertiary Battalion, 121st Infantry Regiment (Cumming, Georgia) "Pathfinders"
    • 1st Battalion, 118th FAR (Savannah, Georgia) "Hickory's Howitzer'southward"
    • 148th BSB (Macon, Georgia) "Wishmasters"
    • 177th BEB (Statesboro, Georgia)
    • Task Strength 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment (Fort Benning, Georgia)^[41]
  • third Infantry Partitioning Artillery (DIVARTY) "Marne Thunder"^{[42] [43]} has preparation and readiness oversight of field artillery battalions, which remain organic to their brigade combat teams.
    • Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, DIVARTY
  • Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB) "Falcon"^[44]
  • third Infantry Sectionalization Sustainment Brigade
  • 648th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade ^[45]

The 2nd Brigade Combat Team inactivated on 15 Jan 2015 as function of the Army'southward modular brigade reorganization. Special Troops Battalion; 3rd Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment; 1st Battalion, 9th Field Arms Regiment; and 26th Brigade Support Battalion were inactivated concurrently, with some of their companies joining other brigades' battalions. The maneuver battalions of 2nd Brigade Combat Team moved to other brigades in the division: 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment moved to 1st Brigade Combat Team and 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment moved to 4th Brigade Combat Team. With the inactivation of 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Brigade Combat Team was reflagged equally the 2nd Brigade Gainsay Team. After the reorganization, the division had 3 BCTs, each with three maneuver battalions.

The 42nd Fires Brigade was activated at Fort Stewart on 17 Oct 2013 and later reflagged as tertiary Infantry Division Artillery. Division Artillery has preparation oversight of the division'south artillery battalions, although the battalions remain organic to their respective BCTs.

As part of budget driven downsizing, the Army announced that it would inactivate the third Brigade Combat Team by the end of 2015 and supplant information technology with a Battalion Task Force centered around the 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry. The tertiary Brigade Combat Team inactivated on 15 December 2015.

Lineage and honors [edit]

Division [edit]

• Constituted 12 Nov 1917 in the Regular Ground forces as Headquarters, 3d Division
• Organized 21 November 1917 at Military camp Greene, North Carolina
• Redesignated 1 Baronial 1942 as Headquarters, 3d Infantry Segmentation
• Reorganized and redesignated i Apr 1960 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Infantry Division
• Reorganized and redesignated 16 May 2004 as Headquarters and Tactical Command Posts, 3d Infantry Sectionalization
• Reorganized and redesignated 16 November 2010 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 3d Infantry Sectionalisation^[46]

Entrada participation credit [edit]

Decorations [edit]

Ribbon	Laurels	Year	Notes
	Presidential Unit Citation (Ground forces)	1945	Streamer embroidered COLMAR
	Presidential Unit Citation (Army)	2003	Streamer embroidered Republic of iraq 2003
	Meritorious Unit Commendation	2007–2008	Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2007-2008
	Meritorious Unit Commendation	2009–2010	Streamer embroidered Republic of iraq 2009-2010
	Meritorious Unit Commendation	2012–2013	Streamer embroidered Afghanistan 2012-2013
	French Croix de guerre with Palm	1945	Streamer embroidered COLMAR
	French Fourragère in the colors of the Croix de guerre	1945	Fourragère
	Presidential Unit Citation (Korea)	1951	Streamer embroidered UIJONGBU CORRIDOR
	Presidential Unit Citation (Korea)	1953	Streamer embroidered IRON TRIANGLE
	Chryssoun Aristion Andrias (Bravery Aureate Medal of Greece)	1950–1953	Streamer embroidered KOREA

Division Arms [edit]

• Constituted 12 November 1917 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, third Field Artillery Brigade, and assigned to the 3rd Division
• Organized 26 Nov 1917 at Military camp Stanley, Texas
• Disbanded 16 October 1939 at Fort Lewis, Washington
• Reconstituted ane October 1940 in the Ground forces as Headquarters and Headquarters Bombardment, tertiary Division Artillery, and activated at Fort Lewis, Washington
• Redesignated 1 July 1957 every bit Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, third Infantry Segmentation Artillery^[47]

Campaign participation credit [edit]

Decorations [edit]

^[47]

Ribbon	Award	Twelvemonth	Notes
	Presidential Unit Citation (Army)	1945	Streamer embroidered COLMAR
	Meritorious Unit Commendation	2007–2008	Streamer embroidered Iraq 2007-2008
	French Croix de guerre with Palm	1945	Streamer embroidered COLMAR
	French Fourragère in the colors of the Croix de guerre	1945	Fourragère
	Presidential Unit of measurement Citation (Korea)	1951	Streamer embroidered UIJONGBU CORRIDOR
	Presidential Unit Commendation (Korea)	1953	Streamer embroidered IRON TRIANGLE
	Chryssoun Aristion Andrias (Bravery Gold Medal of Hellenic republic)	1950–1953	Streamer embroidered KOREA

Gainsay Aviation Brigade [edit]

Constituted 16 March 1985 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Visitor, Aviation Brigade, third Infantry Division, and activated in Frg.^[48]

Deployed to Transitional islamic state of afghanistan in Nov 2009 and returned dwelling in November 2010.

Division Band [edit]

• Constituted 20 August 1943 in the Regular Army as the Ring, third Infantry Partition
• Redesignated 1 Dec 1943 as the 3d Infantry Division Band and activated in North Africa
• Consolidated 20 March 1963 with Headquarters and Headquarters Disengagement, third Infantry Partitioning Trains, and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters, Headquarters and Band, tertiary Infantry Sectionalisation Support Command.
• Reorganized and redesignated fifteen March 1968 equally Headquarters, Headquarters Company and Band, 3rd Infantry Division Support Command.
• Band chemical element withdrawn 21 May 1972 from Headquarters, Headquarters Company and Band, third Infantry Partitioning Support Control, and absorbed by the 3d Adjutant General Company
• Ring chemical element withdrawn 1 Oct 1984 from the 3d Aide Full general Visitor and redesignated every bit the 3rd Infantry Partitioning Band.^[49]

Campaign participation credit [edit]

World War I

• Aisne
• Champagne-Marne
• Aisne-Marne
• Saint-Mihiel
• Meuse-Argonne
• Champagne 1918

Earth War II – EAME

• Algeria-French Morocco (with arrowhead)
• Tunisia
• Sicily (with arrowhead)
• Naples-Foggia
• Anzio (with arrowhead)
• Rome-Arno
• Southern France (with arrowhead)
• Rhineland
• Ardennes-Alsace
• Central Europe

Korean War

• Chinese Communist Forces Intervention
• Offset United Nations Counteroffensive
• Chinese Communist Forces Spring Offensive
• United Nations Summer-Fall Offensive
• Second Korean Wintertime
• Korea, Summertime-Fall 1952
• Tertiary Korean Winter
• Korea, Summer 1953

War on Terror

• Liberation of Iraq
• Transition of Iraq
• Iraqi Governance
• National Resolution
• Iraqi Surge
• Iraqi Sovereignty
• New Dawn

Decorations [edit]

Ribbon	Honor	Yr	Notes
	Presidential Unit Citation (Army)	1945	Streamer embroidered COLMAR
	Presidential Unit of measurement Citation (Regular army)	2003	Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003
	Meritorious Unit of measurement Citation	1951–1952	Streamer embroidered KOREA 1951–1952
	French Croix de guerre with Palm	1945	Streamer embroidered COLMAR
	French Fourragère in the colors of the Croix de guerre	1945	Fourragère
	Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation	1951	Streamer embroidered UIJONGBU CORRIDOR
	Republic of korea Presidential Unit Citation	1953	Streamer embroidered Atomic number 26 TRIANGLE
	Chryssoun Aristion Andrias (Bravery Gold Medal of Greece)	1950–1953	Streamer embroidered KOREA

Notable members [edit]

^[l]

Lloyd Austin	General	3d Division	Republic of iraq	General officeholder
David Grand. Perkins	General	3d Segmentation	Iraq	Full general officer
Robert B. Abrams	General	3d Division	Iraq	Son of General Creighton Abrams
Lucian Adams	Staff Sergeant	30th Infantry	World War II	Medal of Honor
Sylvester Antolak	Sergeant	15th Infantry	WW 2	Medal of Honor
James Arness	Private	seventh Infantry	WW II	Role player
John 50. Barkley	Private Kickoff Class	4th Infantry	World War I	Medal of Honor
Stanley Bender	Staff Sergeant	7th Infantry	WW II	Medal of Honor
Emory 50. Bennett	Private First Class	15th Infantry	Korea	Medal of Honor
Maurice L. Britt	Captain	3d Sectionalization	WW Two	Medal of Honor
Edward H. Brooks	Lieutenant General	76th Field Artillery	WW I	Distinguished Service Cross
Preston Brown	Brigadier General	3d Segmentation	WW I	Distinguished Service Medal
Frank Burke	Major	15th Infantry	WW Two	Medal of Award
Agustín Ramos Calero	Sergeant First Class	65th Infantry	WW 2	Most decorated Hispanic soldier of WW II
Herbert F. Christian	Individual	15th Infantry	WW II	Medal of Honor
Garlin Murl Conner	Starting time Lieutenant	7th Infantry	WW Ii	Distinguished Service Cross
James P. Connor	Sergeant	7th Infantry	WW Two	Medal of Honour
Robert Craig	2d Lieutenant	15th Infantry	WW Two	Medal of Honor
Jerry K. Crump	Main Sergeant	seventh Infantry	Korea	Medal of Honor
Michael J. Daly	Helm	15th Infantry	WW II	Medal of Honor
Rudolph B. Davila	First Lieutenant	7th Infantry	WW II	Medal of Honour
Joseph T. Dickman	Major General	3d Division	WW I	First commander of the 3d Division
Russell E. Dunham	Technical Sergeant	30th Infantry	WW Ii	Medal of Accolade
John Westward. Dutko	Beginning Sergeant	30th Infantry	WW II	Medal of Honor
Dwight D. Eisenhower	Full general of the Army	15th Infantry	WW I	President of the United States
John Essebagger, Jr.	Corporal	7th Infantry	Korea	Medal of Honor
Eric Chiliad. Gibson	Technician Fifth Grade	3d Partition	WW 2	Medal of Honor
Charles 50. Gilliland	Corporal	seventh Infantry	Korea	Medal of Honor
Clair Goodblood	Corporal	7th Infantry	Korea	Medal of Award
John R. Guthrie	General	3d Division	Korea	General officer
Charles P. Hall	Lieutenant General	3d Partitioning	WW Ii	Primary commander during the Battle of Bataan
Lloyd C. Hawks	Sergeant Get-go Class	30th Infantry	WW II	Medal of Honor
George Price Hays	Lieutenant Full general	tenth Field Artillery	WW I	Medal of Laurels
Robert Lee Howze	Major Full general	3d Sectionalisation	WW I	Medal of Honor (while in 6th U.S. Cavalry)
Elden H. Johnson	Private	15th Infantry	WW II	Medal of Honor
Harold Keith Johnson	General	seventh Infantry	Korea	Army Chief of Staff
Victor L. Kandle	First Lieutenant	15th Infantry	WW Two	Medal of Honor
Gus Kefurt	Staff Sergeant	15th Infantry	WW II	Medal of Honor
Patrick L. Kessler	Private First Class	30th Infantry	WW II	Medal of Accolade
Richard D. Kisling	Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force	3d Division	WW 2	Third Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force
Alton W. Knappenberger	Private First Course	3d Division	WW Ii	Medal of Accolade
Noah O. Knight	Private First Class	7th Infantry	Korea	Medal of Honor
Darwin Thou. Kyle	Second Lieutenant	7th Infantry	Korea	Medal of Honor
Floyd Yard. Lindstrom	Individual First Grade	7th Infantry	WW Two	Medal of Laurels
John P. Lucas	Major Full general	3d Division	WW II	Distinguished Service Medal
Robert D. Maxwell	Technician Fifth Grade	7th Infantry	WW Two	Medal of Accolade
Leroy A. Mendonca	Sergeant	seventh Infantry	WW II	Medal of Laurels
Joseph F. Merrell	Private	15th Infantry	WW II	Medal of Honor
Harold O. Messerschmidt	Sergeant	30th Infantry	WW II	Medal of Award
James H. Mills	Corporal	15th Infantry	WW II	Medal of Honor
Hiroshi H. Miyamura	Staff Sergeant, Honorary Sergeant Major	7th Infantry	Korea	Medal of Accolade
Ola L. Mize	Colonel	15th Infantry	Korea	Medal of Honor
Audie L. Murphy	Major	15th Infantry	WW Two	Medal of Honor, actor
Charles P. Murray, Jr.	Colonel	30th Infantry	WW II	Medal of Honor
John W. O'Daniel	Lieutenant General	3d Sectionalisation	WW II	Distinguished Service Cross
Arlo Fifty. Olson	Helm	15th Infantry	WW 2	Medal of Award
Truman O. Olson	Sergeant	7th Infantry	WW II	Medal of Honor
Forrest E. Peden	Technician 5th Grade	tenth Field Arms	WW 2	Medal of Honor
Charles F. Pendleton	Corporal	15th Infantry	Korea	Medal of Laurels
Wilburn K. Ross	Primary Sergeant	350th Infantry	WW Ii	Medal of Laurels
Henry Schauer	Technical Sergeant	3d Division	WW Two	Medal of Honor
William R. Schmidt	Major General	3d Partitioning	WW II	3d ID commander
George J. Schultz	Individual First Class	30th Infantry	WWII	Distinguished Service Cantankerous
Donald M. Schwab	First Lieutenant	3rd Sectionalisation	WWII	Medal of Honor
Paul Ray Smith	Sergeant First Course	11th Engineer	Iraq	Medal of Honor
John C. Squires	Sergeant	30th Infantry	WW II	Medal of Honor
John J. Tominac	Colonel	15th Infantry	WW II	Medal of Accolade
Lucian Truscott	General	3d Division	WW 2	General officer
Jose F. Valdez	Private First Class	7th Infantry	WW Two	Medal of Honor
Keith L. Ware	Major General	15th Infantry	WW 2	Medal of Honour
David C. Waybur	Outset Lieutenant	3d Division	WW II	Medal of Honor
Frederick C. Weyand	General	7th Infantry	Korea	Army Principal of Staff
Eli Whiteley	Helm	15th Infantry	WW II	Medal of Honor
John A. Wickham, Jr.	General	1st Brigade	Korea	Army Chief of Staff
Stanley Brach	Staff Sergeant	15th Infantry	WW 2	Silver Star
Alwyn Cashe	Sergeant Beginning Form	15th Infantry	Republic of iraq	Medal of Honor

Partition Song [edit]

Dogface Soldier Domestic dog Face Soldier Vocal - Nigh

Run into also [edit]

• Baker Boys: Within the Surge – 2010 documentary about a company in 3rd ID.
• Dogface – term referring to soldiers of the 3rd ID.
• Heavy Metal: a Tank Company'southward Boxing to Baghdad – 2005 book co-written past sometime 3rd ID company commander.
• Over There – 2005 fictional tv series about a 3rd ID unit.
• To Hell and Back – 1955 film based on Audie Spud'south 1949 autobiographical novel.
• 256th Infantry Brigade – U.s.a. Army unit fastened to 3rd ID in OIF III.
• 92nd Engineer Battalion

References [edit]

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Earth State of war II Divisional Gainsay Chronicles". history.army.mil . Retrieved 8 October 2021.
2. ^ Tomko, Angel (21 June 2021). "3rd Infantry Division welcomes new commander". U.S. Army.
3. ^ "3RD INFANTRY Partition (UEx)". tmg110.tripod.com.
4. ^ "Special Unit of measurement Designations". United States Regular army Center of Military History. 21 Apr 2010. Archived from the original on 9 June 2010. Retrieved 23 June 2010.
5. ^ "3rd Infantry Sectionalization Medal of Honor Recipients". U.s. Regular army. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
6. ^ Dalessandro, Robert J. (25 June 2014). "Lineages and Honors Information". U.Due south. Army Middle of Military History. Archived from the original on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
7. ^ "Blue and White Devils". U.s. Regular army.
8. ^ Hemenway, Frederic Vinton (1919). History of the Tertiary Division, United states of america Army, in the World War. M. Dumont Schauberg. p. 155.
9. ^ "Commanding Generals of the Third Infantry Division, United States Army". Units, Battle Credits and Commanding Generals of the 3rd Infantry Division. Warfoto.com. 15 February 2019. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
10. ^ "third Infantry Division". US Regular army Centre of Military History. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
11. ^ "Alone Sentry: Blue and White Devils: The Story of the third Infantry Segmentation -- WWII G.I. Stories Booklet". lonesentry.com.
12. ^ ^{a b} "Special Unit of measurement Designations". United States Ground forces. Archived from the original on 20 July 2013.
13. ^ Stanton, Shelby, Globe War 2 Order of Battle: An Encyclopedic Reference to U.S. Ground forces Regular army from Battalion through Division, 1939-1946 (Revised Edition, 2006), p. 80
14. ^ "World War II: Race to Seize Berchtesgaden". Historynet.com. 12 June 2006. Retrieved fourteen August 2012.
15. ^ ^{a b c d e} Army Boxing Casualties and Nonbattle Deaths (Statistical and Accounting Branch, Function of the Adjutant Full general), 1 June 1953
16. ^ Rottman, Gordon L., Korean War lodge of battle, Greenwood Publishing Grouping, Incorporated, December 2002 ISBN 978-0-275-97835-eight
17. ^ Cowart, Glenn C. (1992). Miracle in Korea: The Evacuation of X Corps from the Hungnam Beachhead. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press. ISBN 0-87249-829-8.
18. ^ "These were the vi near massive tank battles in The states history". 24 March 2016.
19. ^ http://world wide web.stewart.ground forces.mil/CommandGroup/thirdID/cg.asp Archived 17 July 2009 at the Wayback Car
20. ^ Whitten, Jeff (8 May 2017). "Fort Stewart has new commander". Littoral Courier. Archived from the original on 20 May 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
21. ^ "Partitioning Artillery History". stewart.regular army.mil. Archived from the original on 21 August 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
22. ^ Rayburn, Joel D.; Sobchak, Frank Yard. (Jan 2019). "THE U.S. ARMY IN THE IRAQ WAR: Book 2 SURGE AND WITHDRAWAL 2007-2011" (PDF). U.S. Army War College Press. p. 206. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 Oct 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
23. ^ Balko, Radley. Constitutional Refuseniks, Reason (May 2011)
24. ^ ^{a b} Cavallaro, Gina (30 September 2008). "Brigade homeland tours start 1 Oct". Army Times . Retrieved 14 August 2012.
25. ^ Republic Now! Staff (2 October 2008). "Invasion of the Bounding main-Smurfs". Commonwealth At present! the War and Peace Written report. Archived from the original on 14 Oct 2008. Retrieved 15 October 2008.
26. ^ "3d Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment". History.army.mil. Retrieved fourteen August 2012.
27. ^ "Fort Stewart Warriors Walk". Stewart.regular army.mil. Archived from the original on 25 Baronial 2012. Retrieved fourteen Baronial 2012.
28. ^ Dickstein, Corey (8 June 2012). "3rd ID's Combat Aviation Brigade, others to deploy to Afghanistan this twelvemonth". savannahnow.com. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
29. ^ Dickstein, Corey (22 March 2012). "3rd ID Battalion Heads to Afghanistan". Savannah Morning News . Retrieved 13 June 2013.
30. ^ Dickstein, Corey (4 January 2012). "third Infantry Division soldiers tapped for Afghanistan deployment". Savannah Morning time News.
31. ^ "Vanguard'southward Mustang Squadron fights until end of mission | Commodity | The United States Army". Army.mil. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
32. ^ "Ground forces to Deploy Most 6,000 Soldiers to Europe, Afghanistan". Military.coom. 27 April 2017.
33. ^ "3rd ID soldiers to deploy to Europe". armytimes. 17 February 2015.
34. ^ "Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 3d Infantry Division | Lineage and Honors | U.S. Ground forces Center of Military History".
35. ^ Regionally allocated forcefulness accessdate=2016-05-14
36. ^ "Headquarters, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3d Infantry Division".
37. ^ "Spartan Brigade to go Army's newest armored brigade".
38. ^ "Headquarters, 2d Brigade Combat Team, 3d Infantry Sectionalisation | Lineage and Honors | U.South. Army Center of Military History (CMH)".
39. ^ ^{a b} Coleman, Dash. "3rd Infantry Division's 2nd Brigade goes back to armored condition". Savannah Forenoon News.
40. ^ Army to pair National Baby-sit, Reserve units with active-duty units, Stars and Stripes, past Corey Dickstein, dated 22 March 2016, last accessed 27 November 2016
41. ^ Georgia National Baby-sit's 48th Infantry Brigade Gainsay Squad selected for Ground forces airplane pilot program, Ground forces.mil, past Desiree Bamba, dated 24 March 2016, last accessed 27 November 2016
42. ^ "3rd Infantry Division Artillery". Facebook.com. Retrieved xiii October 2015.
43. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 16 Jan 2015. {{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
44. ^ "Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC) Aviation Brigade 3rd Infantry Division". History.army.mil. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
45. ^ "2015 Georgia Section of Defence force Annual Report".
46. ^ (CMH), U.S. Army Center of Armed services History. "Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 3d Infantry Division - Lineage and Honors - U.S. Ground forces Center of Military History (CMH)". history.army.mil.
47. ^ ^{a b} "Headquarters and Headquarters Battery 3d Infantry Division Artillery". history.army.mil.
48. ^ "Headquarters and Headquarters Company Aviation Brigade 3d Infantry Sectionalisation". history.army.mil.
49. ^ "3rd ID Ring Lineage and Honors". history.army.mil.
50. ^ "Recipients Page". stewart.regular army.mil. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 20 June 2011.

Bibliography [edit]

• American Battle Monuments Commission. American Armies and Battlefields in Europe. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1938. Reprint. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1992.
• American Battle Monuments Commission. 3d Division Summary of Operations in the World War. Washington: Regime Printing Office, 1944.
• Appleman, Roy Eastward. South to the Naktong, North to the Yalu, June–November 1950. United States Army in the Korean War. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1961, 1986.
• "Blueish and White Devils: The Story of the 3rd Infantry Segmentation". 1945. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
• Blumenson, Martin. Salerno to Cassino. The states Army in World War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1969, 1988.
• Cairns, Bogardus Due south. "The Breakout at Anzio: A Lesson in Tank-Infantry Cooperation." Armed services Review 28 (Jan 1949):23–32.
• Clarke, Jeffrey J., and Smith, Robert Ross. Riviera to the Rhine. United States Army in Globe War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1993.
• Crawford, Charles. Six Months with the 6th Brigade. Kansas Urban center: E. B. Barnett, 1928.
• Dickman, Joseph T. The Great Crusade: A Narrative of the World State of war. New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1927.
• Dolcater, Max W., ed. third Infantry Division in Korea. Tokyo: Toppan Printing Co., 1953.
• "A Fiftieth for the Marne Division." Army Assimilate 22 (November 1967):22.
• Fisher, Ernest F., Jr. Cassino to the Alps. Usa Regular army in World War II. Washington: Authorities Press Role, 1977, 1989.
• Garland, Albert N., and Smyth, Howard McGaw. Sicily and the Surrender of Italy. U.s. Army in World State of war II. Washington: Government Printing Role, 1965. 1991.
• Gaul, Jeffrey. History of the Tertiary Infantry Partitioning: Rock of the Marne. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing, 1988.
• Aureate, Joe E. "Third U.S. Infantry Sectionalisation in Italy." Military Review 24 (June 1944):5–10.
• Hemenway, Frederick Vinton, ed. and comp. History of the 3rd Segmentation, Us Army in the World War, For the period 1 December 1917 to one Jan 1919. Cologne, Germany: M. DuMont Schauberg, 1919.
• Hermes, Walter One thousand. Truce Tent and Fighting Front. United states Regular army in the Korean War. Washington: Government Printing Function, 1966, 1988.
• Historical Partition, Section of the Ground forces. Anzio Beachhead (22 January-25 May 1944). American Forces in Activeness. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1948, 1990.
• Historical Section, Army State of war College. Order of Battle of the United States Land Forces in the World War: American Expeditionary Forces: Divisions. Washington: Authorities Press Office, 1931. Reprint. Washington: Regime Printing Office, 1988.
• History of the Third Division, United States Ground forces in the World War for the Menses one December 1917 to 1 January 1919. Cologne, Germany: M. DuSchaubery, 1919.
• Holmes, Howard W. "100 Miles to Nijmegen." Army Digest 22 (January 1967):29–30.
• Howe, George F. Northwest Africa: Seizing the Initiative in the West. U.s. Army in World War 2. Washington: Government Press Role, 1957, 1991.
• Jacobs, Bruce. Soldiers: The Fighting Divisions of the Regular Ground forces. New York: W. W. Norton and Co., 1958.
• Kahn, E. J., Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980.
• Kittler, Glenn D. "From Chateau-Thierry to Anzio to Wonson; The Fighting Third." SAGA: True Adventures for Men 8 (September 1954):10-13ff.
• Lacey, Jim. The Third Infantry Division'southward Twenty-One Solar day Assault on Baghdad. U.s.a. Naval Institute Press: 2007.
• Lamb, David S. Till We Encounter Again. Cleveland: Stevens Publishing Co., 1944.
• Le Monday, Warren. "The Marne Division." Army Information Digest 20 (October 1965):37–43.
• MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Offensive. Us Regular army in Globe War 2. Washington: Regime Printing Office, 1973, 1990.
• Military Intelligence Partition, War Department. From the Volturno to the Winter Line (six October-15 Nov 1943). American Forces in Activity. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1945, 1990.
• Military Intelligence Division, War Department. Salerno: American Operations from the Beaches to the Volturno (ix September-half dozen October 1943). Washington: Government Printing Office, 1944, 1990.
• Mohr, Chiliad. William. Third Infantry Partitioning, WWII, The Victory Path Thru France and Federal republic of germany. Kokomo, Ind. O & Yard, 1985.
• Spud, Audie. To Hell and Back. New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1949.
• "Pass in Review." Army Data Digest 20 (October 1965):32–36.
• Pass in Review, The Pictorial History of the 3rd Partitioning, U.s.a. Regular army, Operations, Training, Maneuvers, Camp Ord, California, 1940. Billy Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Co., 1940.
• Personnel Service Division, Aide Full general Section. 3d Infantry Partition. Administrative Service Branch, Adjutant General Department, 1971.
• Rescigno, Richard J., and Wiltamuth, Richard Fifty. "Alert!--That'south the Watchword of the Marne Division Today." Army Digest 25 (August 1970):38–43.
• Road to Rome. n.p., 1945.
• Rosson, William B. "Operational Highlights of the 3d Infantry Division." Armed forces Review 25 (December 1945):42–45.
• Rosson, William B. "3d Infantry Division Crosses the Meurthe." Military Review 26 (February 1947):24–35.
• Scott, Hugh A. The Blue and White Devils. A Personal Memoir and History of the third Infantry Division in Globe State of war II. Nashville, Tenn., Battery Press, 1984.
• Stitt, Edgar A. 100 Days, 100-Hours: "Phantom" Brigade in the Gulf War. Hong Kong: Agree Publications, 1991.
• Minor, Collie. "The Third: Tops in Honors." Saturday Evening Post 218 (11 August 1945):28-29ff.
• Stanton, Shelby, World War Ii Gild of Boxing: An Encyclopedic Reference to U.Southward. Army Ground Forces from Battalion through Division, 1939-1946 (Revised Edition, 2006), Stackpole Books ISBN 0-8117-0157-three
• Taggart, Donald Grand., ed. History of the Third Infantry Division in World State of war II. Washington: Infantry Periodical Press, 1947. Reprint. Nashville, Tenn., Bombardment Press, 1987.
• Taylor, Horace Thou.; Milam, Michael Chiliad.; and Ericksen, Scott R. "3d Infantry Division." Infantry 68 (January–Feb 1978):18–22.
• The Tertiary Segmentation at Chateau Thierry. U.South. Army Chemical Corps Historical Studies, Gas Warfare in World War I, Study No. 14. Washington: U.S. Army Chemical Corps Historical Role, 1959.
• Third Division Citations. Andernach on the Rhine, Frg: Carl Reinartz, 1919.
• "3rd Infantry Division Gyroscoping: Enlistments Open." Recruiting Periodical 10 (May 1957):8–9.
• 3rd Infantry Division in Korea. Social club of the Third Infantry Division, 1987.
• 3rd Infantry Sectionalization, Data Function. 3d Infantry Segmentation, 1917-Forty Twelvemonth Odyssey-1958. Würzburg, Germany: Konrad Triltsch, 1958.
• "Valor: 3d Sectionalisation in Sicily." Infantry Periodical 54 (March 1944):16–18; (June 1944): 44.
• Westover, John Chiliad. Gainsay Support in Korea. Washington: Combat Forces Press, 1955. Reprint. Washington: Authorities Printing Role, 1990.

External links [edit]

• 3rd Infantry Division Domicile Page – official site.
• Society of the 3d Infantry Segmentation
• Photographic Journeying: Anzio to Austria
• Sgt. William Heller'southward World War Two Memoirs-3rd Infantry Division
• GlobalSecurity.org: 3d Infantry Partition

mayonaing1982.blogspot.com

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_Infantry_Division_(United_States)

Share this post