28th Infantry Division
28th ID Shoulder Sleeve Insignia
Active	1879; activated October 11, 1917 - Present
Country	USA
Branch	Army National Guard
Type	Division
Role	Infantry
Size	15,000 soldiers
Nickname	"Keystone" "Iron Division" "Bloody Bucket"
Motto	"Roll On"
Colors	Red
Battles/wars	World War I *Champagne World War II * Normandy * Northern France * Ardennes-Alsace * Rhineland * Central Europe Operation Iraqi Freedom
Commanders
Notable commanders	MG John F. Hartranft (1879-89) MG Omar N. Bradley (1942-43) MG Norman D. Cota (1944-45)

The 28th Infantry Division [Mechanized] is a unit of the United States Army and is the oldest division in the armed forces of the United States.^[1] The division was officially established in 1879 and was later redesignated as the 28th Division in 1917, at the outset of the First World War. It continues its service today as part of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard. Image File history File links 28th Infantry Division Patch File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... October 11 is the 284th day of the year (285th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ... The United States National Guard is a component of the United States Army (the Army National Guard) and the United States Air Force (the Air National Guard). ... Combatants Allied Powers: Russian Empire France British Empire Italy United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary German Empire Ottoman Empire Bulgaria Commanders Nikolay II Aleksey Brusilov Georges Clemenceau Joseph Joffre Ferdinand Foch Robert Nivelle Herbert H. Asquith D. Lloyd George Sir Douglas Haig Sir John Jellicoe Victor Emmanuel III Luigi Cadorna... The Battle of Champagne is the name of three battles fought in the Champagne region of northern France during the First World War. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... |image= |caption=Assault landing One of the first waves at Omaha Beach. ... The Northern France Campaign of World War II began on July 25, 1944, with General Bernard Montgomery launching Operation COBRA to break out from the Normandy beachhead, and concluded on September 14 with Belgium and most of France liberated from German rule. ... Combatants United States United Kingdom Germany Commanders Dwight D. Eisenhower Bernard Montgomery Omar N. Bradley George S. Patton, Jr. ... The Rhineland (Rheinland in German) is the general name for the land on both sides of the river Rhine in the west of Germany. ... wtrwretqwt ... For other uses of the term, see Iraq war (disambiguation) The 2003 invasion of Iraq (also called the 2nd or 3rd Persian Gulf War) began on March 20, 2003, when forces belonging primarily to the United States and the United Kingdom invaded Iraq arguably without the explicit backing of the... John Frederick Hartranft (1830–1889) was a general during the American Civil War, and the governor of Pennsylvania from 1873 to 1879. ... Omar Nelson Bradley (February 12, 1893 - April 8, 1981) was one of the main US Army field commanders in North Africa and Europe during World War II. Bradley was born to a poor family near Clark, Missouri, the son of a schoolteacher. ... Norman Daniel Dutch Cota (May 30, 1893, Chelsea, Massachusetts - October 4, 1971) was an American General during World War II. Omaha Beach Brigadier General Cota was assistant Division commander of the US 29th Infantry Division at Omaha Beach during the Battle of Normandy. ... The United States Army is one of the armed forces of the United States and has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ... The Military of the United States, officially known as the United States Armed Forces, is structured into five branches consisting of the: United States Army United States Navy United States Marine Corps United States Air Force United States Coast Guard All branches are part of the United States Uniformed Services. ... 1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... The Pennsylvania Army National Guard, abreviated PAARNG, is part of the United States Army National Guard and is based in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. ...

It is nicknamed the "Keystone Division", as it was formed from units of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard; Pennsylvania is known as the "Keystone State". It was also nicknamed the "Bloody Bucket" division by German forces during the Second World War, after its red insignia. It was also the army division in the film When Trumpets Fade, a movie about the battle at Hurtgen Forest. The 28th is the first National Guard division to field the Stryker infantry fighting vehicle, as part of the Army's modern transformation. Official language(s) English, Pennsylvania Dutch Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Area  Ranked 33rd  - Total 46,055 sq mi (119,283 km²)  - Width 280 miles (455 km)  - Length 160 miles (255 km)  - % water 2. ... The United States National Guard is a component of the United States Army (the Army National Guard) and the United States Air Force (the Air National Guard). ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... When Trumpets Fade is a television film made in 1998 and directed by John Irvin. ... Battle of Hurtgen Forest (German: Schlacht im Hürtgenwald) is name given to series of fierce battles fought between the Americans and the Germans during World War II in the Hürtgen forest (or Huertgen forest), afterwards known to both Americans and Germans simply as the Huertgenwald (Hürtgenwald). ... The Stryker is a family of eight-wheeled all wheel drive (AWD) armored combat vehicles (ACVs) produced by General Dynamics Land Systems, in current use by the US Army. ... Army Transformation describes the future-concept of the US Armys plan of modernization. ...

World War I

• Activated: September 1917 (National Guard division from Pennsylvania).
• Major Operations: Meuse-Argonne, Champagne-Marne, Aisne-Marne, Oise-Aisne, Ypres-Lys (FA).
• Casualties: Total-14,139 (KIA-2,165 ; WIA-11,974).
• Commanders: Maj. Gen. C. M. Clement (17 July 1917), Brig. Gen. W. G. Price, Jr. (18 September 1917), Brig. Gen. F. W. Stilwell (28 October 1917), Maj. Gen. C. M. Clement (4 December 1917), Brig. Gen. F. W. Stilwell (11 December 1917), Maj. Gen. C. H. Muir (15 December 1917), Brig. Gen. F. H. Albright (23 October 1918), Maj. Gen. William H. Hay (25 October 1918).
• Inactivated: Spring 1919.

World War II

• Activated: 17 February 1941.
• Overseas: 8 October 1943.
• Campaigns: Normandy, North France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe.
• Days of combat: 196.
• Awards: MH-1 ; DSC-29 ; DSM-1; SS-435; LM-27; SM-21 ; BSM-2,312 ; AM-100.
• Commanders: Maj. Gen. Edward Martin (February-December 1941), Maj. Gen. J. Garsche Ord (January-May 1942), Maj. Gen. Omar N. Bradley (June 1942-January 1943), Maj. Gen. Lloyd D. Brown (January 1943-July 1944), Maj. Gen. Norman D. Cota (August 1944 to inactivation).
• Returned to U. S.: 2 August 1945.
• Inactivated: 13 December 1945.

Norman Daniel Dutch Cota (May 30, 1893, Chelsea, Massachusetts - October 4, 1971) was an American General during World War II. Omaha Beach Brigadier General Cota was assistant Division commander of the US 29th Infantry Division at Omaha Beach during the Battle of Normandy. ...

Organization

• 109th, 110th, 111th, and 112th Infantry Regiments
• 107th, 108th, 109th and 229th Field Artillery Battalions
• 103rd Engineer Combat Battalion

Combat Chronicle

The 28th Infantry Division after training in Southhampton England, landed in Normandy, France, 22 July 1944, and entered the hedgerow struggle north and west of St. Lo. Inching their way forward against desperate opposition, the men of the 28th took Percy, 1 August, and Gathemo, 10 August. On the 12th, Brigadier General Wharton was killed a few hours after assuming command. The Division began to roll north and east, 20 August, meeting light resistance except at Le Neubourg, 24 August, and Elbeuf on the 25th. After parading through Paris, 29 August, it continued its sustained drive through France and Luxembourg to the German border, assembling near Binsfeld, 11 September: It began hammering at the Siegfried Line, 12 September, destroying pillboxes and other fortifications, moved north to Elsenborn, 1 October, then returned on the 6th for patrols and rotation of troops. The 28th smashed into the Hurtgen Forest, 2 November 1944, and in the savage seesaw battle which followed, Vossenack and Schmidt changed hands several times. On 19 November, the Division moved south to hold a 25-mile sector along the Our River in Luxembourg. The original Siegfried line (Siegfriedstellung) was a line of defensive forts and tank defenses built by Germany as a section of the Hindenburg Line 1916-1917 in northern France during World War I. However, in English, Siegfried line more commonly refers to the similar World War II defensive line, built...

The Von Rundstedt offensive broke loose, 16 December, along the entire Division front. The 28th fought in place using all available personnel and threw off the enemy timetable before withdrawing to Neufchateau, 22 December, for reorganization. The Division moved to a defensive position along the Meuse River from Givet to Verdun, 2 January 1945, then to a patrol of the Vosges Mountains, 17 February. From 1 to 5 February, it participated in the reduction of the Colmar Pocket, headed for the Rhine and crossed the Rhine-Rhone Canal, 6 February. After an attack toward the Ahr River, 6 March, the 28th engaged in training, rehabilitation, and holding defensive positions. Beginning 7 April it performed occupation duties at Julich and Kaiserlautern until it left France. Located near Alsace in Eastern France, the Colmar Pocket was the site of a ten-day battle during the Second World War that saw four divisions of the French Army and an entire Corps from the U.S. Army overwhelm German resistance. ...

Regrettably, Private Eddie Slovik, the only U.S. soldier executed for desertion during World War II, was a member of the 28th Division. // Private Eddie Slovik Edward Donald Slovik (February 18, 1920 – January 31, 1945) was a private in the United States Army during World War II and the first American soldier to be executed for desertion since the American Civil War. ...

28th Infantry Division Insignia

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Assignments in the ETO

• 22 October 1943: V Corps, First Army.
• 14 April 1944: XX Corps, Third Army.
• 24 April 1944: Third Army, but attached to First Army.
• 26 July 1944: XIX Corps.
• 30 July 1944: XIX Corps, First Army.
• 1 August 1944: XIX Corps, First Army, 12th Army Group.
• 28 August 1944: V Corps.
• 19 November 1944: VIII Corps.
• 20 December 1944: VIII Corps, Third Army, 12th Army Group.
• 5 January 1945: VIII Corps, Third Army, 12th Army Group, but attached to Oise Section, Communications Zone, for supply.
• 6 January 1945: VIII Corps, Third Army, 12th Army Group.
• 8 January 1945: Third Army, 12th Army Group.
• 9 January 1945: Fifteenth Army, 12th Army Group.
• 16 January 1945: Fifteenth Army, 12th Army Group, but attached to Seventh Army, 6th Army Group.
• 20 January 1945: French II Corps.
• 28 January 1945: XXI Corps.
• 14 February 1945: Fifteenth Army, 12th Army Group, but attached to Seventh Army, 6th Army Group.
• 19 February 1945: 12th Army Group.
• 21 February 1945: V Corps, First Army, 12th Army Group.
• 16 March 1945: VIII Corps, Third Army, 12th Army Group.
• 22 March 1945: V Corps, First Army, 12th Army Group.
• 28 March 1945: III Corps.
• 7 April 1945: First Army, 12th Army Group.
• 10 April 1945: Fifteenth Army, 12th Army Group.
• 13 April 1945: XXII Corps.
• 26 April 1945: XXIII Corps.

The XX Corps fought from northern France to Austria in World War II. Constituted by redesignating the IV Armored Corps, which had been activated at Camp Young, California on September 5, 1942. ...

Post WWII Service

The 28th Infantry Division has continued to serve the nation as part of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard.

After being deactivated as part of the Army in December 1945, it was reorganised in 1946 and returned to the Pennsylvania National Guard; following the outbreak of the Korean War, it was recalled to active duty and sent to bolster NATO forces in Germany. In 1954, it returned to the National Guard. Combatants United Nations:  Republic of Korea,  Australia,  Belgium,  Luxembourg,  Canada,  Colombia,  Ethiopia,  France,  Greece,  Luxembourg,  Netherlands,  New Zealand,  Philippines,  South Africa,  Thailand,  Turkey,  United Kingdom,  United States Medical staff:  Denmark,  Australia,  Italy,  Norway,  Sweden Communist states:  Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,  Peoples Republic of China,  Soviet Union Commanders...

The Division was not mobilized during the Vietnam War, although in 1965 it was selected as one of three divisions in the Army Selective Reserve Force. Nor was it mobilised in force for Operation Desert Storm in 1991; however, the 121st Transportation Company, one of its constituent units, served in Saudi Arabia and volunteers from the Division were deployed overseas, some in the Middle East. Combatants Republic of Vietnam United States Republic of Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand The Philippines National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam People’s Republic of China Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Strength US 1,000,000 South Korea 300,000 Australia 48,000... Combatants U.S.-led coalition Iraq Commanders George H. W. Bush, Norman Schwarzkopf, Colin Powell Saddam Hussein, Ali Hassan Al-Majid, Hussein Kamel Strength 660,000 ~545,000 Casualties 345 dead, 1,000 wounded 25,000 - 100,000 dead, 100,000 - 300,000 wounded The 1991 Gulf War (also Persian...

In 1996, after the signing of the Dayton Agreement, some units of the divisional artillery were called up to serve as peacekeeping forces in Bosnia; elements of the 28th served in Bosnia as peacekeepers for several years following this. In 2002, the 28th Division took command of the Northern Brigade Task Force (Task Force Eagle), as part of the NATO peacekeeping mission in Bosnia as part of SFOR 12. The leading combat arms units under the 28th while in Bosnia were the 109th Infantry and the 104th Cavalry. The division was the third reserve component division headquarters to take on this role in Bosnia (previously the Army National Guard's 49th and 29th Divisions had commanded Task Force Eagle). General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, i. ... Motto: none Anthem: Intermeco Bosnia and Herzegovina() on the European continent()  —  [] Capital (and largest city)  Sarajevo Official languages Bosnian Croatian Serbian Government Descriptively, a federalized union of two entities, a result of the peace settlement  - High Representative Christian Schwarz-Schilling  - Presidency members NebojÅ¡a Radmanović1 Haris Silajdžić2... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... NATO 2002 Summit in Prague The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation[2] (NATO; French: ; also called the North Atlantic Alliance, the Atlantic Alliance, or the Western Alliance) is a military alliance established by the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty on 4 April 1949. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ... Members of the Dutch, French, German and U.S. military watch as an Italian honour guard hoists the new Stabilisation Force flag during the Stabilisation Force (SFOR) activation ceremony in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on the 20 of December 1996 Pocket badge of the SFOR The Stabilisation Force (SFOR) was...

In 2003, the 28th Division again lead the NATO peacekeeping mission in Kosovo as part of KFOR 5A for a 6 month rotation. The 28th was the first reserve component division headquarters to take on this role in Kosovo. Later in 2005, elements of the 28th Division would again return to Kosovo as part of KFOR 6B, the first year long rotation by U.S. troops to the region. 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Kosovo (Serbian: Косово и Метохија or Kosovo i Metohija, also Космет or Kosmet, Albanian: Kosovë or Kosova) is a province in southern Serbia which has been under United Nations administration since 1999. ... Pocket badge of the KFOR The Kosovo Force (KFOR) is a NATO-led international force responsible for establishing and maintaining security in Kosovo. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Pocket badge of the KFOR The Kosovo Force (KFOR) is a NATO-led international force responsible for establishing and maintaining security in Kosovo. ...

During the "Global War on Terror" following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the US the Keystone Division has provided troops for Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Noble Eagle and - most significantly - several thousand troops for Operation Iraqi Freedom. The 1st Battalion, 103rd Armor and 1st Battalion, 109th Field Artillery deployed to Iraq in November, 2004. The division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team deployed to Iraq for a year-long rotation in July 2005. Elements of the division would again return in 2006 and revolving deployments to Iraq seem likely in the future. The 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT) will likely deploy in 2008.^[2] A sequential look at United Flight 175 crashing into the south tower of the World Trade Center The September 11, 2001 attacks (often referred to as 9/11—pronounced nine eleven or nine one one) consisted of a series of coordinated terrorist[1] suicide attacks upon the United States, predominantly... Combatants United States Canada Australia United Kingdom Netherlands Philippines (in the Philippines theatre only) Northern Alliance GUAM Poland Italy Visegrad Group Hungary Ethiopia Somalia Estonia Latvia Lithuania Slovakia Vilnius group Croatia Albania Macedonia Romania Bulgaria Taliban al-Qaeda Abu Sayyaf Jemaah Islamiyah Islamic Courts Union Commanders General Tommy Franks Brig. ... Operation Noble Eagle is the US military operational designator refers to the militarys efforts in the War on Terrorism that were carried out on US soil. ... For other uses of the term, see Iraq war (disambiguation) The 2003 invasion of Iraq (also called the 2nd or 3rd Persian Gulf War) began on March 20, 2003, when forces belonging primarily to the United States and the United Kingdom invaded Iraq arguably without the explicit backing of the... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... 2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Operation Iraqi Freedom

1-107 AR (C)

Returning to the 28th Infantry Division in September 2001, the 1-107 Armor Battalion (Cavalry) provided many of the first soldiers to wear the Bloody Bucket in combat since World War II. In October 2003, Companies B and C of the 1-107th Armor Battalion (Cavalry)(Ohio Army National Guard) were activated to Fort Bragg, North Carolina, for five months of mobilization training where they were attached to the 1-150th Armor Battalon (WVARNG) and the 1-252 Armor Battalion (NCARNG) respectively, for deployment to Operation Iraqi Freedom II with North Carolina's 30th Brigade Combat Team under 1st Infantry Division. These elements of the 1-107th Armor were in Iraq from February to December 2004, serving in Kirkush, Tuz Khurmatu, Jalawla, and Baghdad.

1-107 FA

In December 2003 The 1-107th FA was activated to Ft. Dix and trained 11 days to be MP's. In January of 2004 the soldiers of the 107th where deployed to Iraq for Operation Iraqi Freedom. The different batteries where dipersed throughout Iraq serving as MPs. The members of the 107th returned home in Feb. of 2005.

2-103 AR

In January, 2004, B and C Companies of the 2 Battalion, 103rd Armor Regiment were activated and, with attachments from several other PAARNG units, reconfigured as military police companies and trained at Ft. Dix for deployment to Iraq. They were designated as companies of the 89th MP Brigade and left for Iraq in March of 2004 with days of each other. Once in Iraq, they were assigned to some of the most sensitive missions of OIF II. Three platoons of Bravo Company (1st, 3rd and Headquarters) were attached to the Iraq Survey Group, while 2nd and 4th platoons served in Iraqi Police Support, later as area patrols for Camp Fallujah and eventually as transportation escorts for high-ranking Iraqi government officials. Charlie Company was assigned to the HVD facility at Camp Cropper, with an entire platoon assigned solely to former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. The units both redeployed in March of 2005. Iraq Survey Group insignia The Iraq Survey Group (ISG) was a fact-finding mission sent by the multinational force in Iraq after the 2003 Invasion of Iraq to find weapons of mass destruction (WMD) programs developed by Iraq under the regime of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. ... Camp Cropper is a high-value detention site (HVD) near Baghdad International Airport in Iraq, operated by the United States Army. ... Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti (Arabic: [1]; April 28, 1937[2] – December 30, 2006[3]), was the President of Iraq from July 16, 1979, until April 9, 2003. ...

1-103 AR

In June 2004, the 1st Battalion, 103rd Armor Regt. was activated at Fort Bliss, Texas and deployed to Iraq in November in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. This marked the first deployment of a 28th ID combat battalion to a war zone since World War II. The battalion, now designated as a Task Force (Task Force DRAGOON), was stationed at Forward Operating Base Summerall, near Bayji. Attached initially to the 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, and then the 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, the 800 man TF 1-103rd Armor, commanded by LTC Philip J. Logan engaged in combat operations for 12 months before redeploying to the United States in November, 2005. Ten soldiers from TF Dragoon were Killed in Action during combat operations in Salah Ad Din Province, a heavily Sunni Muslim area in the north part of the "Sunni Triangle".

Iraqi and U.S. Soldiers from the 28th Infantry Division (attached to I Marine Expeditionary Force) search for terrorists and weapons caches in the Jazeera area of Ramadi, June 2, 2006.

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• June 2004-December 2004
  • Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1-103rd Armor
    • A Company, 1-111 IN
    • A Company, 1-112 IN
    • B Company, 1-103 AR
    • C Company, 103 EN

• December 2004-March 2005
  • HHC 1-103 AR (TF HQ)
    • A/1-111 IN (MTZ)
    • B/1-103 AR (MTZ)
    • C/1-7 FA (Mech)
    • C/103 EN (Mech)
    • 1/A/1-7 FA (Paladin)

• March 2005-November 2005
  • HHC 1-103 AR (TF HQ)
    • A/1-111 IN (MTZ)
    • B 1-103 AR (MTZ)
    • B/2-7 IN (Mech)
    • 173 IN DET (LRS)
    • C/103 EN (MTZ)
    • 1/A/1-41 FA (Paladin)

In January 2005, approximately 4,000 soldiers from 23 states were mobilized to Camp Shelby, MS for a 6 month train-up in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. These soldiers consist of approximately 10 battalions under the command of Col. John Gronski, commander of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team of the 28th Infantry Division. The soldiers participated in combat-oriented training as well as acquiring much needed equipment for the Operation Iraqi Freedom mission.

In May 2005, 2nd Brigade soldiers trained at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, CA to prepare for their upcoming mission in Iraq due to start in July 2005.

In late June and early July 2005 2nd Brigade soldiers began deploying to the Al-Anbar Province and are under the command of the 2nd Marine Division.

2nd Brigade — OIF Composition

Headquarters Company, 2nd Brigade, 28th Infantry Division (Pennsylvania National Guard)

1 — 104th Cavalry Regiment (Pennsylvania National Guard)

1 — 109th Infantry Regiment (Pennsylvania National Guard)

1 — 110th Infantry Regiment (Pennsylvania National Guard)

2 — 222nd Field Artillery Regiment (Utah National Guard)

1 — 172nd Armor Regiment (Vermont National Guard)

1 — 167th Cavalry Regiment (Nebraska National Guard)

228th Forward Support Battalion (Pennsylvania National Guard)

A Company — 138th Signal Battalion (Indiana National Guard)

231st Military Intelligence (Kentucky National Guard)

876th Engineers (Pennsylvania National Guard)

135th Engineer Company (Illinois National Guard)

28th Infantry Division — Military Police Company (Pennsylvania Army National Guard)

D Company 1 — 149th Infantry Regiment (Kentucky National Guard)

2 — 69 Armor (3rd Infantry Division, Ft. Benning, GA)

Unit Composition

As an Infantry Division (Mechanised), the 28th is comprised of two infantry brigade combat teams, one Stryker brigade combat team, one combat aviation brigade, plus supporting elements. Infantry of the Royal Irish Rifles during the Battle of the Somme in World War I. Infantry are soldiers who fight primarily on foot with small arms in organized military units, though they may be transported to the battlefield by horses, ships, automobiles, skis, or other means. ... The Brigade Combat Team (BCT) is the basic deployable unit of maneuver in the US Army. ... The Stryker is a family of eight-wheeled all wheel drive (AWD) armored combat vehicles (ACVs) produced by General Dynamics Land Systems, in current use by the US Army. ...

• 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT) - Independence Brigade
  • 1st Battalion, 111th Infantry Regiment
  • 1st Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment
  • 2nd Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment
  • 2nd Squadron, 104th Cavalry Regiment (Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition)
  • 1st Battalion, 108th Field Artillery Regiment
  • D Company (Anti-Tank), 112th Infantry Regiment
  • 556th Military Intelligence Company
  • 656th Signal Company
  • 856th Engineer Company
  • 328th Forward Support Battalion
• 28th Combat Aviation Brigade
  • 1st Battalion, 104th Aviation
  • 2nd Battalion, 104th Aviation
  • 1st Battalion, 150th ASSLT (NJ NG)
  • 628th DSAB
• Supporting Elements
  • 28th Military Police Company
  • 1st Battalion, 213th Air Defense Artillery
  • 104th Infantry Detachment (Long Range Surveillance)
  • 28th Infantry Division Band

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Heraldry

• Nickname: Keystone Division
• Slogan: Fire and Movement
• Shoulder patch: A red keystone (aka "Bloody Bucket")

28th Infantry Division shrine

The 28^th Division Shrine at the Pennsylvania Military Museum.

A shrine dedicated to the 28th Infantry Division is located on the grounds of the Pennsylvania Military Museum in Boalsburg, Pennsylvania. This site was formerly the estate of Colonel Theodore Davis Boal. In 1916 Boal formed the Boal Troop, the 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry, State College, a horse-mounted machine gun unit which was accepted as a provisional unit of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard. In April 1917, the Boal Troop was reconfigured as an infantry unit, Company A of the 107th Machine Gun Battalion, and deployed to France for service in World War I. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2304x1728, 1827 KB) You may select the license of your choice. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2304x1728, 1827 KB) You may select the license of your choice. ... Boalsburg is a census-designated place located in Centre County, Pennsylvania. ... State College redirects here. ...

In 1919, soldiers of the Boal Troop returning from the war erected a monument on the Boal Estate dedicated to their fallen comrades. In the 1920s, other units of the 28th began erecting their own memorials, and began to refer to the area as a "shrine". In 1931, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania purchased the site, and in 1969 the Pennsylvania Military Museum was opened. By 1971, memorials to most of the units of the 28th that served in World War I had been erected, and in 1997 a World War II memorial was dedicated at this site. Official language(s) English, Pennsylvania Dutch Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Area  Ranked 33rd  - Total 46,055 sq mi (119,283 km²)  - Width 280 miles (455 km)  - Length 160 miles (255 km)  - % water 2. ...

Members of the 28th Infantry Division have gathered for a memorial service at the shrine every third Sunday in May since 1919. U.S. Route 322, on which the shrine is located, is named the Pennsylvania 28th Division Highway. U.S. Highway 322 is a spur of U.S. Highway 22. ...

References

• The Army Almanac: A Book of Facts Concerning the Army of the United States U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950 reproduced at CMH.
• 2nd Brigade Website

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See also

• Fort Indiantown Gap

Fort Indiantown Gap, also referred to as the Gap, is located along Interstate 81 in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, 23 miles (37 km) northeast of Harrisburg. ...

External links

• 28th Division (Mechanized) official website
• GlobalSecurity.org 28th Infantry Division
• The Paris photo
• Roll On: The Story of the 28th Infantry Division