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He was then commissioned second lieutenant of Co. F in the 21st Wisconsin Infantry Regiment. After the war he became a U.S. congressman. Pliny Norcross was a corporal in Co. K and later became captain of Co. K in the 13th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment. After the war he became a Wisconsin state legislator and the 20th mayor of Janesville, Wisconsin.
The Wisconsin troops were again activated in 1917 as the United States declared war on Germany. After a period of intensive training, the Wisconsin Guardsmen were redesignated as the 128th Infantry, assigned to the 32nd Division and sent to France.
(Michigan and Wisconsin) 26 August 1917 15 July 1918 Maj. Gen. James Parker Maj. Gen. William G. Haan Maj. Gen. William Lassiter: Oise-Aisne Aisne-Marne Meuse–Argonne: 33rd Division ("Prairie Division") (Illinois) 25 August 1917 17 July 1918 Maj. Gen. George Bell Jr. Somme Offensive Meuse–Argonne: 34th Division ("Red Bull Division")
The United States 32nd Infantry Division was formed from Army National Guard units from Wisconsin and Michigan and fought primarily during World War I and World War II.With roots as the Iron Brigade in the American Civil War, the division's ancestral units came to be referred to as the Iron Jaw Division.
The regiment conducted annual summer training most years at Camp Douglas, Wisconsin, 1921–27, and Camp Williams, Wisconsin, 1928–39. The regiment conducted joint summer training at Camp Douglas with the 101st Division 's 401st Infantry in 1928, and at Camp Williams with the 404th Infantry in 1936.
The 86th Infantry Division, also known as the Blackhawk Division, was a unit of the United States Army in World War I and World War II.Currently called the 86th Training Division, based at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, members of the division now work with Active Army, Reserve, and National Guard units to provide them with a Decisive Action Training Environment on a yearly basis.
Wisconsin Guard troops fought in the Civil War, the Spanish–American War, both the First and Second World Wars, and the Korean War. Guard members have been activated on numerous other occasions, including for the Berlin Crisis , the Persian Gulf War , peacekeeping operations in the Balkans , and current operations in Afghanistan and Iraq .
The move expanded the 84th Division's area of command to include the rest of Wisconsin and Illinois, as well as all of Missouri and Iowa. Soon after, in June 1994, units from the 84th participated in peacekeeping operations as part of the multinational observer force in the Sinai , Egypt, and remained there until July 1995.