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  2. 28th Infantry Division (United States) - Wikipedia

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    During World War II, it was given the nickname the "Bloody Bucket" division by German forces due to the shape and color of its red keystone insignia. [5] Today the 28th Infantry Division goes by the name given to it by General Pershing during World War I: "Iron Division."

  3. List of nicknames of United States Army divisions - Wikipedia

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    "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. "Iron Division" – From a comment by John J. Pershing following the 1918 Battle of Château-Thierry; 29th Infantry Division

  4. 116th Panzer Division - Wikipedia

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    It was moved to Düsseldorf for refitting. On 8 November, the division repulsed an attack from the U.S. 28th Infantry Division in the Hürtgen Forest during the larger Battle of Hürtgen Forest, recapturing the town of Schmidt, [3] thus providing the name to the 28th of the "Bloody Bucket Division".

  5. Pennsylvania National Guard - Wikipedia

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    One month later, during the Battle of the Bulge, the division proved instrumental in stalling the last German offensive of the war. The German High Command nicknamed the division "Bloody Bucket" following the fierce battles of the Hurtgen Forest and the Bulge. The unit suffered more than 25,000 casualties of which 2,000 were killed in action.

  6. List of United States divisions during World War II - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Battle of Hürtgen Forest - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Hürtgen Forest (German: Schlacht im Hürtgenwald) was a series of battles fought from 19 September to 16 December 1944, between American and German forces on the Western Front during World War II, in the Hürtgen Forest, a 140 km 2 (54 sq mi) area about 5 km (3.1 mi) east of the Belgian–German border. [1]

  8. 112th Infantry Regiment (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The lion is in the infantry color and both symbols represent the locale of the regiment's combat in World War II. The shield is white, the old infantry color. Service in the Civil War is shown by the cross patée, the badge of the 5th Corps, 3rd Division, in which the organization served in that war.

  9. F Company, 310th Infantry Regiment (United States) - Wikipedia

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    F Company was an infantry company in the United States Army's 78th "Lightning" Division's second battalion of the 310th Infantry Regiment. The company was called Fox, which was the sixth letter in the phonetic alphabet used during World War II. The Company participated in three major campaigns: Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe ...