History of the 26th yankee division lane memorial library. It gives a brief history of the division from wwi to the current day. Fast the unofficial history of the seventysixth infantry division edited by 1st lt joseph j. Wwii, europe, history, historia, world war ii, world war two, history books. The 3rd infantry divisions twentyone day assault on baghdad first edition. The division was inactivated in 1996 and has been reconstituted as the 76th us army reserve operational response command in 20. It was issued to new recruits of the unit to give them a brief synopsis of the div. The division insignia is an escutcheon which has a red field and a blue chief, separated by an olive drab line. A book of facts concerning the army of the united states u. Hamilton, medford, oregon, who provided for this project his edition of the book. The 38th division was activated for federal service again in 1941, with the same organizational structure that had been used in.
One of the regular army units used to create the newly activated 3rd division, the 76th field artillery was stationed at fort bliss, tx, when assigned to the divisions 3rd field artillery brigade, and deployed to france in the spring of 1918, initially occupying training areas at camp coetquidan, france. The 76th infantry division was a unit of the united states army in world war i, world war ii and. It is headquartered in lawrence readiness training center, on the grounds of fort benjamin harrison. The 76th infantry brigade combat team focuses on readiness to ensure we provide soldiers who are medically deployable, well equipped and expertly trained in order to mobilize, deploy, sustain, transform and reconstitute forces in support of the warfight and defense support of civil authority operations across the army force generation cycle. He is the author of numerous articles and military history publications and the book.
The 76th infantry brigade combat team focuses on readiness to ensure we provide soldiers who are medically deployable. They entail combat, combat support, and combat service support units of the 38th infantry division mechanized, the 76th infantry brigade. The white device was a medieval english heraldic symbol meaning first son. Separate brigades will increase historical awareness rluoughout the anny con. Army, wwii, europe, history, historia, world war ii, world war two, history books. Infantry brigade combat team united states news newspapers books. History of the seventysixth regiment, new york volunteers, what it endured and. In world war i the 76th was the first division of the national army to be drawn from civilian ranks through the draft, hence the insignia and the description, the first sons of the nation. The 76th infantry brigade combat team night hawks is a modular infantry brigade of the united states army national guard of indiana. Indianas 151st and 152nd infantry regiments formed the new 76th infantry brigade. On 56 july 1918, the 76th field artillery led the 3rd field artillery brigade. The history of the 304th infantry regiment was scanned, compiled and designed for the following presentation on the internet by ulrich koch, berlin, germany. This booklet was made in the late 1980s by the 76th infantry training division.
Records of united states regular army mobile units, 18211942. The 76th infantry brigade separate was formed on 1 september 1994 at indianapolis, indiana this time with units located throughout the state of indiana. See more ideas about division, east germany and 4th infantry division. Army heraldry unit insignia distinctive unit insignia, shoulder sleeve insignia, coat of arms infantry 76 infantry brigade combat team wait while loading. The combined colors of the field, the device, and the chief are the national colors.