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The 32nd Division March song, written by Theodore Steinmetz, is still played by marching bands to this day. [73] Wisconsin Highway 32 (WIS 32), as well as a portion of former U.S. Route 12 in Michigan (now Red Arrow Highway), are named in honor of the 32nd Infantry Division, and all WIS 32 markers carry the Red Arrow insignia. [83]
The shield is blue for Infantry. The pale, dividing the shield into thirds, alludes to three of the major offensive engagements in which the organization as an element of the 32nd Division participated in World War I. The red arrow is the design of the shoulder sleeve insignia of the 32d Division.
The red arrow was the shoulder sleeve insignia of the 32d Division and the rainbow that of the 42d Division, during World War I. The motto "LES TERRIBLES" is the nom-de-guerre conferred upon the 127th Infantry during World War I. Crest; The crest is that of the Wisconsin Army National Guard. Background; The coat of arms was approved on 17 June ...
32nd Division ("Les Terribles"; "Red Arrow Division") (Michigan and Wisconsin) 26 August 1917 15 July 1918 Maj. Gen. James Parker Maj. Gen. William G. Haan Maj. Gen. William Lassiter: Oise-Aisne Aisne-Marne Meuse–Argonne: 33rd Division ("Prairie Division") (Illinois) 25 August 1917 17 July 1918 Maj. Gen. George Bell Jr. Somme Offensive Meuse ...
During WWI 107th engineers were part of the 32nd 'Red Arrow' Division, which was formed from the units of the Michigan and Wisconsin National Guard. The unit was later re-designated Company D, 34th Michigan Volunteer Infantry and deployed to Santiago as part of the Spanish–American War. In 1906 the unit was converted to Company A, Michigan ...
Formed in 1967 from the inactivated 32nd Infantry Division, the Red Arrow Brigade consisted of three battalions of light infantry as well as support and engineer units. The 32nd's shoulder patch, a line shot through with a red arrow, originated in the division's tenacity in piercing German lines during World War I that
The division's shoulder patch, a line shot through with a red arrow, signifies its tenacity during World War I. [11] It was the only American unit in General Charles Mangins famous 10th French Army, it fought in the Oise-Aisne offensive. [12] Operations of the 32nd Division in World War I in crossing the Hindenburg Line.
After World War I he was instrumental in organizing the 32nd Division Association and served as its founding president. On December 20, 1920, he was commissioned a brigadier general and assigned to command the 64th Infantry Brigade. In 1924 he was promoted to major general as commander of the 32nd Infantry Division (the Red Arrow Division ...