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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]
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
2nd Infantry Brigade: 1st Division: May 24, 1917 26th Infantry Regiment 28th Infantry Regiment 3rd Machine Gun Battalion Brig. Gen. Robert Lee Bullard Brig. Gen. Beaumont B. Buck Brig. Gen. Frank E. Bamford Brig. Gen. George C. Barnhardt Brig. Gen. Francis Marshall: 3rd Infantry Brigade: 2nd Division: October 6, 1917 9th Infantry Regiment 23rd ...
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.
In 1919–1921, the 119th and 120th Infantry Regiments were consolidated into the 1st Infantry Regiment, North Carolina National Guard, with headquarters federally organized 2 May 1921 at Raleigh. On 8 November 1921, the 1st Infantry Regiment was redesignated the 120th Infantry Regiment and assigned to the 30th Division. The 30th Division was ...
The 2nd Battalion, 120th Infantry Regiment was most famous for its actions in the Battle of Mortain (German: Operation Lüttich), repelling a German advance and preserving an American breakout from 7–13 August 1944 as part of the 30th Infantry Division. The 2-120th's actions sustained the American initiative as Allied forces pushed through ...
The British 30th Division was a New Army division that was originally made up of battalions raised by public subscription or private patronage. The division was taken over by the British War Office in August 1915 and moved to France in December.
The division consisted of the 117th, the 118th, the 119th, and the 120th Infantry Regiments, along with the 113th, 114th, 115th Machine Gun Battalions, and the 105th Engineer Regiment. Soldiers from North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee comprised the division when it shipped off to France for combat on the Western Front.