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This included exchanging the black and red "NYD" (New York Division) shoulder patch for the triangle-shaped patch of the Army's armor divisions. The 27th Armored Division was called the "Empire Division," after New York's nickname, the Empire State. [2] The division headquarters was originally in Buffalo, and was later moved to Syracuse. [3] [4]
The 265th New York State Militia was a small unit of the New York line and could trace its lineage to the War of 1812.The new regiment was given the designation, 14th regiment, which is one of the oldest military organizations in the United States because of its direct lineage through various separate companies, to the militia companies of the Dutch burghers of New Amsterdam.
The New York Army National Guard was formally created in 1906. The Militia Act of 1903 organized the various state militias into the present National Guard system. The New York Army National Guard dispatched elements of the 27th Infantry Division and the 42nd Infantry Division to both world wars.
The 27th Division was organized in November 1917 into a "square division" of the US Army. It had two infantry brigades (each with two infantry regiments), along with an artillery brigade, machine gun battalions, and headquarters and support units During the reorganization, the 23rd New York Infantry Regiment was converted into the 106th Infantry Regiment, under the command of Col. Franklin W ...
Seventh Regiment Armory, Park Avenue, New York City, 1880, architect Charles W. Clinton. The 7th Regiment, New York National Guard, later the 107th Infantry Regiment, marched off to war on 11 September 1917. The 107th Infantry Regiment was a regiment of the New York Army National Guard. The regiment was formed in 1917 and disestablished in 1993.
The 42ID's 1–101st Cavalry led the New York Army National Guard's efforts and provided security at Ground Zero during the rescue and then recovery efforts there. 42ID units from the New Jersey Army National Guard provided security at all the major river crossings into New York City and Newark International Airport in the months following 11 ...
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Reprint. New York: Dell Publishing, 2002. Berry, Henry. Make the Kaiser Dance. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1978. A Brief History and Illustrated Roster of the 108th Infantry, United States Army. Philadelphia: Edward Stern and Co., 1918. Burdick, Henry Hagaman, ed. New York Division National Guard: War Record by the Officers and Men of the Division.