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This is recognizable by the 8th Infantry Division Patch on his left shoulder. In the 2002 WW2 Hallmark movie, "Silent Night", the US soldiers wear the 8th Infantry Division Patch. The 2022 real-time strategy video game Warno features the 8th Infantry Division as a playable battlegroup based on its order of battle in 1989 in the Fulda Gap.
Charles William Dyke (born 28 July 1935) is a retired lieutenant general in the United States Army whose assignments included commander of United States Army Japan and IX Corps from 1985 to 1988, and of the 8th Infantry Division (Mechanized) in Europe from 1983 to 1985.
In 1940, the War Department approved the formation of a test platoon of Airborne Infantry under the direction and control of the Army's Infantry Board. A test platoon of volunteers was organized from Fort Benning's 29th Infantry Regiment, and the 2nd Infantry Division was directed to conduct tests to develop reference data and operational procedures for air-transported troops.
1st Infantry Division — 26 January 1945 – 12 February 1945. 4th Infantry Division; 8th Infantry Division — 26 January 1945 – 10 July 1945. 17th Airborne Division — 12 August 1944 – 1 January 1945; 15 February 1945 – 24 March 1945. 29th Infantry Division; 30th Infantry Division — 21 December 1944 – 3 February 1945.
8th Infantry Division, 108th Military Intelligence Battalion, Long-Range Surveillance Detachment. ... 82nd Airborne Division, Advanced Airborne School. Obsolete.
The 8th Infantry Regiment assaulted Utah Beach on June 6, 1944. It was the first of the 4th Infantry Division's infantry regiments to land on Utah Beach. In World War II, the 8th Infantry Regiment was cited twice in the order of the day by the Belgian Army - the first for action in the Belgian Campaign, and later for action in the Ardennes.
The Battalion moved with the 8th Infantry Division to Nuremberg, Germany in October 1956. In December 1957 the Battalion was restationed at Anderson Barracks, Dexheim, Germany. Simultaneously with the relocation of the 8th Infantry Division Headquarters to Bad Kreuznach, Germany. Motto: Id Perficiemus (We shall consummate the task!)
"The Big Red One" of the 1st Infantry Division. 1st Infantry Division "The Big Red One" – from the division's official shoulder patch: Red numeral "1" on an olive drab shield. "The Fighting First" "The Big Dead One" 2nd Infantry Division "Warrior Division" – official nickname "Indian Head" – Official as of 1948.