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The 84th Training Command ("Railsplitters" [1]) is a formation of the United States Army.During World War I it was designated the 84th Division, American Expeditionary Forces; during World War II it was known as the 84th Infantry 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.
"Ragtag Circus" – Ostensibly because of the vehicles the division commandeered from French and German sources, including a concrete mixer and fire truck, to transport troops into Germany during World War II. 84th Infantry Division – "Railsplitters"; This is today's 84th Training Command.
14th Division (Regular Army/National Guard WWI—distinct from National Guard 14th Division) ... 84th Infantry Division ... 39th Armored Division World War II ...
On a break from the Potsdam Conference, President Harry S. Truman strides along inspecting a line of G.I.'s of the 84th Infantry Division at Weinheim (50 miles S of Frankfurt, Germany), July 26, 1945. Stood behind him is the division's commander, Major General Alexander R. Bolling.
Other than the aforementioned Armored, Cavalry, and Infantry, the only official Army division designations are Air Assault (one test division), Airborne, Light (three test divisions in World War II), Motorized (briefly authorized from 1942 to 1943), and Mountain. For lineage purposes, the 101st Airborne Division maintains its designation as an ...
Reconstituted 17 March 1930 in the Regular Army as the 84th Field Artillery and assigned to the 3d Cavalry Division. (1st Battalion activated 1 July 1936 at Fort Riley, Kansas.) Relieved 30 September 1939 from assignment to the 3d Cavalry Division (1st Battalion concurrently inactivated at Fort Riley, Kansas).
During the Second World War, Operation Clipper was an Allied offensive by the British XXX Corps (which included the American 84th Infantry Division) to reduce the Geilenkirchen salient in mid-November 1944.