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it may derive from the place where the division was raised or trained (36th Infantry Division, "Texas"), or the places of origin of the division's soldiers (29th Infantry Division, "Blue and Gray", for northern and southern states);
French Foreign Legion, a unit of the French Army mainly composed of foreigners wishing to fight for France (1831–present) Polish Legions (disambiguation), eleven units at different times between the 18th and 20th centuries (some of which are listed separately above) Spanish Legion, an elite unit of the Spanish Army (1920–present)
The 745th Tank Battalion was an independent tank battalion that participated in the European Theater of Operations (ETO) with the United States Army in World War II. It was one of five tank battalions (all independent) that landed in Normandy on D-Day (6 June 1944). The battalion participated in combat operations throughout northern Europe ...
III Corps [3] is a corps of the United States Army headquartered at Fort Cavazos, Texas. It is a major formation of the United States Army Forces Command. Activated in World War I in France, III Corps oversaw US Army divisions as they repelled several major German offensives and led them into Germany. The corps was deactivated following the end ...
First United States Army Group — Fictitious formation, created as a part of Operation Quicksilver. 6th Army Group - Served in France and Germany from 15 September 1944 to 15 June 1945. (Consisted of Seventh United States Army and French First Army) 12th Army Group - Served in France and Germany from 1 August 1944 until 12 July 1945 ...
A special law was passed in 2010 awarding members of the unit, and those of the Military Intelligence Service, the Congressional Gold Medal, for which a ceremony was held at the Emancipation Hall of the U.S. Capitol in October 2011, followed by local ceremonies in California, Hawaii, and other states from which unit members had been unable to ...
9th Army (Russian Empire), a World War I field army; 9th Army (Soviet Union), a field army active from 1939–43 and then after the war from 1966-1989; Ninth Army (United Kingdom), a British Army formation during World War II; Ninth United States Army, used in Northwest Europe in 1944 and 1945
The 287th Military Police Company was the only US Army MP unit to use boats for water patrol along the border to East Germany. The Berlin Brigade Aviation Detachment at Tempelhof Central Airport was the last US Army unit worldwide to use the DeHavilland Canada U-6 Beaver , when retired in January 1980.