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The 34th Infantry Division is an infantry division of the United States Army, part of the National Guard, that participated in World War I, World War II and multiple current conflicts. It was the first American division deployed to Europe in World War II, where it fought with great distinction in the Italian Campaign .
With the rest of the division, the 34th then took up occupation duty in Germany during negotiations of the Treaty of Versailles. The regiment returned to the United States in June 1919. The 34th Infantry Regiment was transferred on 25 June 1919 to Camp Funston, Kansas, and to Camp George G. Meade, Maryland on 16 January 1921.
The 34th Division was an infantry division of the British Army that was raised in 1914, during the First World War. The division was raised from volunteers for Lord Kitchener 's New Armies , originally made up of infantry battalions raised by public subscription or private patronage.
Soldiers received basic training there before leaving for the war in France. The different National Guard units together formed the 34th Infantry Division and were nicknamed the "Sandstorm Division," a name based on the camp's desert climate. Camp Cody was also built because of the threat of Mexican intervention in the first World War.
38th Division ("Cyclone Division") (Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia) 25 August 1917 No Combat (Depot Division) Maj. Gen. William H. Sage Brig. Gen. William V. Judson Augustine McIntyre Jr. Brig. Gen. Frank M. Caldwell Maj. Gen. Robert Lee Howze - 39th Division ("Delta Division") (Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi) 18 July 1917 No Combat (Depot ...
The 133rd Infantry arrived at the port of New York on 24 January 1919 on the USS General G. W. Goethals, and was demobilized 18 February 1919 at Camp Grant, Illinois.It was reconstituted in the National Guard in 1921, assigned to the 34th Division, and allotted to the state of Iowa.
Not far from the 19th Division Memorial is the 34th Division memorial. This is in the form of the figure of Victory, on a stone plinth, originally holding up a laurel wreath. This memorial was unveiled on 23 May 1923, by Major-General Sir Cecil Nicholson, who had commanded the division from 25 July 1916 until the end of the war (he had taken ...
34th Division or 34th Infantry Division may refer to: Infantry divisions. 34th Division (German Empire) 34th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)