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The 5th Infantry Division (Mechanized)—nicknamed the "Red Diamond", [1] or the "Red Devils" —was an infantry division of the United States Army that served in World War I, World War II and the Vietnam War, and with NATO and the U.S. Army III Corps. It was deactivated on 24 November 1992 and reflagged as the 2nd Armored Division.
He commanded rifle companies and held staff positions in the 3rd Infantry Division, the 4th Infantry Division and the 82nd Airborne Division. In August 1967, Steele took command of the 5th Infantry Battalion (Mechanized) in Vietnam and later completed his Vietnam tour as Chief Of Staff of the 9th Infantry Division (Forward). From 1972 to 1974 ...
On his second tour in South Vietnam from July 1970 to May 1971 he served as commander of the 1st Brigade, 5th Mechanized Infantry Division and in this role he was responsible for providing logistical support to the ARVN in Operation Lam Son 719. [1]
John Huston Church was born in the town of Glen Iron in Pennsylvania, on June 28, 1892. [1] From 1915 until 1917, he was a student at New York University. [2] After the American entry into World War I, Church volunteered for the United States Army and was commissioned as a second lieutenant.
Following the advent of the armored division, infantry divisions became officially designated by "Infantry Division" (with the 25th Infantry Division being the first constituted by the adjutant general as such). All of the 1917–1941 (non-cavalry) divisions, with the exceptions of the 10th through 20th and 101st Divisions, would be ...
In 1937 the Regular battalions of the Manchesters had been reorganised as divisional machine gun (MG) battalions, equipped with Vickers machine guns and other heavy weapons. The reformed 5th Bn was organised as the MG battalion for 55th (West Lancashire) Division. The division was on a lower establishment, serving in home defence and acting as ...
4th Infantry ("Ivy") Division Major General Raymond O. Barton 8th♦, 12th♦, and 22nd Infantry Regiments 20th, 29th, 42nd, and 44th FA Battalions 4th Engineer Combat Battalion 70th Tank Battalion 802nd and 803rd Tank Destroyer Battalions 377th AAA Automatic Weapons Battalions 5th Infantry ("Red Diamond") Division Major General Stafford L. Irwin
The 15th Infantry was between the 7th and 65th Regiments. 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry was set as the nucleus for Task Force Dog which was commanded by Brigadier General Armistead D. Mead, assistant 3rd Division commander and sent north to conduct a relief in place with 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment at Chinhung-ni; the south end of the 1st ...