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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 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.
The 99th Infantry Battalion (Separate) was a battalion of Norwegian-speaking soldiers in the US Army. Created in July 1942 at Camp Ripley , Minnesota, the battalion originally consisted of 1,001 soldiers. [ 1 ]
This is today's 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team. 28th Infantry Division "Keystone" – The badge is a red keystone; the division was formed in Pennsylvania, the "Keystone State" "Bloody Bucket" – So called by German soldiers World War II because the keystone shaped patch was red and resembled a bucket, in German, Der Blutige Eimer.
99th Infantry Division "Checkerboard Division" 100th Division "Century" [6] ... World War II ghost division. see Operation Fortitude.
Soldiers of the I Company, 394th Infantry Regiment near Bad Honningen in March 1945, fighting to expand the bridgehead east of the Ludendorff Bridge on the Rhine. The 394th Infantry Regiment was established on 23 July 1918 as the 394th Infantry and assigned to the 99th Division as a member of the National Army. It was demobilized on 30 November ...
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.
Major General Walter E. Lauer (29 June 1893 – 13 October 1966) [1] was a senior United States Army officer who fought in both World War I and World War II.During World War II he commanded the 99th Infantry Division in the Battle of the Bulge.