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45th Infantry Division – "Thunderbird" – official nickname; This is today's 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team. 46th Infantry Division (United States)-"Ironfist" 49th Infantry Division (United States)-"49'ers", "Argonauts" 47th Infantry Division – "Viking" – a unit of the Minnesota Army National Guard.
"Ol' Rough and Ready" – Zachary Taylor, U.S. Army general, 12th President of the United States "Old Brains" – Henry Halleck, Union general "Old Dutch" – Edward C. Kalbfus, American admiral [87] "Old Flintlock" – Roger Hanson, Confederate general "Old Forwards" – Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Prussian general at the Battle of Waterloo
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A special designation in the United States Army is a "nickname granted to a military organization" which has been authorized by the Center of Military History and recognized through a certificate signed by the Chief of Military History. Once approved, these designations may only be used by the officially recognized unit, or its recognized ...
[6] Most reference works, including the Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, supply an origin date of 1940–1944, generally attributing it to the United States Army. [citation needed] Rick Atkinson ascribes the origin of SNAFU, FUBAR, and a bevy of other terms to cynical G.I.s ridiculing the Army's penchant for acronyms. [7]
Dogface is a nickname for a United States Army soldier, especially an enlisted infantryman. [1] [2] The term gained widespread use during World War II. [3] [4] History
The 75th Ranger Regiment, also known as the Army Rangers, [3] is the premier light infantry and direct-action raid force of the United States Army Special Operations Command. [4] The 75th Ranger Regiment is also part of Joint Special Operations Command via the Regimental Reconnaissance Company (RRC).
Operation Ivory Coast – On 21 November 1970, a joint United States Air Force/United States Army force commanded by Air Force Brigadier General LeRoy J. Manor and Army Colonel Arthur D. "Bull" Simons landed 56 U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers [153] by helicopter at the Sơn Tây prisoner-of-war camp located only 23 miles (37 km) west of Hanoi ...