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The 99th Infantry Division gained the nickname the "Checkerboard" division, from its unit insignia that was devised in 1923 while it was headquartered in the city of Pittsburgh. The blue and white checkerboard in the insignia is taken from the coat of arms of William Pitt, for whom Pittsburgh is named. The division was also known as the "Battle ...
The village lay at a critical road junction in the northern part of the Losheim Gap. The 25 men were charged by Kriz with plugging a 5 miles (8.0 km) gap in the front line between the 106th Division to the south and the 99th Division to the north. The only reserve was the 394th Infantry Regiment's 3rd Battalion, which was at Bucholz Station.
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The 99th boarded ships bound for England on 10 October 1944 and briefly stayed at Camp Marabout, Dorchester, England. Lt. Col. McClernand Butler, commander of the 395th Infantry in World War II. On 5 March 1941, as the United States began to mobilize for the possibility of war, McClernand Butler became a second lieutenant in the Regular Army.
1111th Engineer Combat Group (51st, 202nd, 291st, and 296th Engineer Combat Battalions) ... 99th Infantry ("Checkerboard") Division Major General Walter E. Lauer
3rd Infantry Division 7th Infantry Regiment (Reinforced) 15th Infantry Regiment (Reinforced) 30th Infantry Regiment (Reinforced) Southern Attack Group (Safi) Maj. Gen. Ernest N. Harmon (6,423 officers and enlisted) 47th Regimental Combat Team of 9th Infantry Division 3rd and elements of 2nd Battalion of 67th Armored Regiment of 2nd Armored Division
The 1st through 25th Infantry Divisions, excepting the 10th Mountain Division, were raised in the Regular Army or the Army of the United States prior to American involvement in World War II. Because of funding cuts, in September 1921, the 4th through 9th Infantry Divisions were mostly inactivated.
The 99th's first combat mission was to attack the small, but strategic, volcanic island of Pantelleria in the Mediterranean Sea, in preparation for the Allied invasion of Sicily in July 1943. On Friday, 2 July 1943, Lieutenant Charles B. Hall of Brazil, Indiana, shot down the first enemy plane for the group.