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The division was nicknamed "Old Ironsides" by its first commander, Major General Bruce Magruder, after he saw a picture of the frigate USS Constitution, also nicknamed "Old Ironsides". The large "1" at the top represents the numerical designation of the division and the insignia is used as a basis for most of the other sub-unit insignias.
USS Constitution, also known as Old Ironsides, is a three-masted wooden-hulled heavy frigate of the United States Navy. The ship is the world's oldest commissioned naval warship still afloat. [11] [Note 1] The ship was launched in 1797, one of six original frigates authorized for construction by the Naval Act of 1794 and the third constructed.
1st Armored Division – "Old Ironsides" (official, 1941); Devised by its first commander, Major General Bruce Magruder, after he saw a picture of the USS Constitution, which bears the same nickname [3]
(Regular Army/National Guard unit of 1918–19) 10th Mountain Division ... "Old Ironsides" [6] March 1932 – April 1946. March 1951 – today. 2nd Armored Division
Its headquarters was concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 1st Aviation, a parent regiment in the United States Army Regimental System. 2nd Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment was activated at Katterbach Kaserne, Federal Republic of Germany, under the 1st Armored Division (Old Ironsides) On 16 November 1987, the unit was reorganized and ...
In addition, Magruder received credit for devising the division's nickname, "Old Ironsides". [1] He was promoted to major general on October 1, 1940. [7] When the Army formed additional Armored divisions in 1941, Magruder's 1st provided experienced and trained soldiers as the cadre around which the new 4th Armored Division was created. [28]
Old Ironsides, by hip-hop duo Mars ILL; Old Ironsides, a 1926 film directed by James Cruze and starring Wallace Beery; Old Ironsides (locomotive), the first locomotive built by Matthias W. Baldwin "Old Ironsides" (poem), an 1830 poem written by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. as a tribute to the USS Constitution
1st Armored Division - Old Ironsides [2] 2nd Armored Division - Hell on Wheels [2] 3rd Armored Division - Spearhead [2] 13th Armored Division - It Shall Be Done [2] 40th Armored Brigade - Old Hickory Volunteers [2] 31st Armored Brigade - Dixie Brigade [2] 32nd Armor Regiment - Victory or Death [2] 33rd Armor Regiment - Men of War [2]