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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 division was also known as the "Battle ...
Major General Anderson remained at Camp Maxey to command Tenth Corps Headquarters. In November 1943, the 99th Infantry Division, nicknamed the "Checkerboard Division", arrived at Camp Maxey under the command of Major General Walter E. Lauer. The 99th Infantry Division trained at Camp Maxey until September 1944 and was sent into action in the ...
98th Infantry Division – "Iroquois"; 99th Infantry Division – "Checkerboard"; “Battle Babies” This is today's 99th Regional Support Command. 100th Infantry Division – "Century"; 102nd Infantry Division – "Ozark"; 103rd Infantry Division – "Cactus"; 104th Infantry Division – "Timberwolf"; 106th Infantry Division – "Golden Lion"
The 3rd Infantry Division with the following-attached units: 254 Infantry Regiment, 99th Chemical Battalion, 168th Chemical Smoke Generator Company, 441st Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, 601st Tank Destroyer Battalion (SP), 756th Tank Battalion, IPW Team 183, and the 2831st Engineer (C) Battalion fighting incessantly, from ...
99th Infantry Division "Checkerboard Division" 100th Division "Century" [6] 101st Airborne Division "Screaming Eagles" [6] 102nd Infantry Division "Ozark" [6]
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.
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Additionally, Waff was reappointed to the US Army Command and General Staff College Board of Visitors for a second three-year term, has continued to serve on the Army Reserve Advisory Group for the US Merchant Marine Academy at King's Point, New York, and is the senior mentor for the Professor of Military Science at the University of Memphis.