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The 30th Infantry Division was a United States Army unit of the National Guard that served in World War I and World War II. It was nicknamed the "Old Hickory" division, in honor of President Andrew Jackson. The Germans nicknamed this division "Roosevelt's SS". [1]
The 30th Infantry Regiment arrived at the port of New York on 20 August 1919 on the troopship USAT America and was transferred on 26 August 1919 to Camp Pike, Arkansas.It was again transferred on 21 September 1921 to Camp Lewis (later Fort Lewis), Washington, with the rest of the 3rd Division.
The 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team (30th ABCT [2] or "Old Hickory") [1] is a modular heavy brigade of the United States Army National Guard. 30th ABCT relieved 3rd ABCT/4ID in Kuwait, 1 November 2019. [3] They returned to the U.S. in September 2020 and were replaced by the 2nd ABCT/1AD.
The 30th Division participated in the Second Battle of the Somme and the Second Battle of the Lys. The 30th Division was demobilized on 17 April 1919 at Camp Jackson, South Carolina. In 1919–1921, the 119th and 120th Infantry Regiments were consolidated into the 1st Infantry Regiment, North Carolina National Guard, with headquarters federally ...
The 3rd Regiment of Infantry was called into Federal service on 25 July 1917 after the United States' entry into World War I.Drafted into service on 5 August, it became the 120th Infantry Regiment of the 30th Division on 12 September, while the 2nd Regiment of Infantry became the 119th Infantry. [2]
Major General Edward Mann Lewis, KCB, KCMG, (December 10, 1863 – July 27, 1949) was a highly decorated United States Army officer who served his nation for 46 years. During the First World War, he led the 30th Infantry Division when they broke the Hindenburg Line. Upon arrival in France in 1917, he was placed in command of all U.S. forces in ...
In 1968 the headquarters of the Mississippi Army National Guard's 108th Armored Cavalry Regiment was reorganized as 1st Brigade, 30th Armored Division. (The brigade was subsequently designated the 155th Separate Armored Brigade .) [ 3 ] In addition, in 1968 units from the Florida Army National Guard and Alabama Army National Guard also became ...
40th Cavalry Regiment - 40th Armor Regiment was an armored regiment of the United States Army from 1941 until 1997. It was redesignated and reactivated in 2005 as the 40th Cavalry Regiment serving in the 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division. [2]