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3rd Infantry Division
3rd Infantry Division shoulder sleeve insignia
Active	21 November 1917 – Present
Country	United States of America
Allegiance	United States Army
Branch	Regular Army
Type	Division
Role	Heavy
Part of	Forces Command
Garrison/HQ	Fort Stewart
Nickname	Rock Of The Marne
Motto	"Nous Resterons Là" "We Shall Remain"
Colors	Blue and White Brown and Gold
Engagements	World War I World War II * North African campaign * Italian Campaign * Western Front 1944 - 1945 Korean War Iraq Campaign
Commanders
Current commander	Major General Anthony (Tony) Cucolo
Notable commanders	MG Joseph T. Dickman MG John P. Lucas MG Lucian Truscott Lt. Gen John W. O'Daniel
Insignia
3rd ID Distinctive Unit Insignia

The 3rd Infantry Division (nicknamed the Rock of the Marne) is a United States Army infantry division based at Fort Stewart, Georgia. It is a direct subordinate unit of the U.S. Army Forces Command, and boasts a storied history of valorous service in World War I in France and World War II in Italy.

The 3rd Infantry Division was the first conventional U.S. unit to enter Baghdad during the 2003 invasion, and the first division to serve three tours in Iraq. Its current organization includes four brigade combat teams, one aviation brigade, and support elements.

History

The 3rd Infantry Division has one of the most successful combat records of any U.S. Army division. It has paid a high price for this distinction, suffering more than 50,000 wartime casualties. Fifty-one members of the 3rd Infantry Division have been awarded the Medal of Honor.

World War I

Commanders:

1. MG Joseph T. Dickman (28 November 1917)
2. BG J. A. Irons (11 February 1918)
3. MG Joseph T. Dickman (13 February 1918)
4. BG J. A. Irons (27 February 1918)
5. BG Charles Crawford (8 March 1918)
6. BG J. A. Irons (10 March 1918)
7. BG Charles Crawford (19 March 1918)
8. MG Joseph T. Dickman (12 April 1918)
9. BG F. W. Sladen (18 August- 1918)
10. MG Beaumond B. Buck (27 August 1918)
11. BG Preston Brown (18 October 1918)
12. MG Robert L. Howze (19 November 1918).

The 3rd Infantry Division was activated in November 1917 during World War I at Camp Greene, North Carolina. Eighteen months later, it saw combat for the first time in France. At midnight on 14 July 1918, the Division earned lasting distinction. Engaged in the Aisne-Marne Offensive as a member of the American Expeditionary Force to Europe, the Division was protecting Paris with a position on the banks of the Marne River. The 7th Machine Gun Battalion of the 3rd Division rushed to Château-Thierry amid retreating French troops and held the Germans back at the Marne River. While surrounding units retreated, the 3rd Infantry Division, including the 30th and 38th Infantry Regiments, remained rock solid and earned its reputation as the "Rock of the Marne".^{[citation needed]} The rest of the division was absorbed by the French Command until brought back together under the Command of General Joseph T. Dickman and by 15 July 1918 they took the brunt of what was to be the last German offensive of the war. General "Black Jack" Pershing said the Division's performance one of the most brilliant of the United States' military history. During the war two members of the division were awarded the Medal of Honor.

World War II

Commanders:

1. MG Charles F. Thompson (July 1940 – August 1941)
2. BG Charles P. Hall (August 1941 – September 1941)
3. MG John P. Lucas (September 1941 – March 1942)
4. MG Jonathan W. Anderson (March 1942 – March 1943)
5. MG Lucian K. Truscott, Jr. (March 1943 – February 1944)
6. MG John W. O'Daniel (February 1944 – December 1945)
7. MG William R. Schmidt (July 1945 – August 1946)

Combat operations

The 3rd Division is one of the few American divisions that fought the Axis on all European fronts and was among the first U.S. combat units to engage in offensive ground combat operations during World War II. (The others were the 32nd and the 41st in the Pacific on New Guinea, Carlson's Raiders on Makin Island, the 23rd Infantry (Americal) Division and the 1st Marine on Guadalcanal, and with the 3rd in North Africa, the 9th Infantry Division and the 2nd Armored Division.)

The Division first saw action as a part of the Western Task Force in the North African invasion, landing at Fedala on 8 November 1942, and captured half of French Morocco. Eight months later, on 10 July 1943, the Division made an assault landing on Sicily, fought its way into Palermo before the armor could get there, and raced on to capture Messina, thus ending the Sicilian campaign. Nine days after the Italian invasion, on 18 September 1943, the 3rd landed at Salerno and in intensive action drove to and across the Volturno River and to Cassino. After a brief rest, the Division was ordered to hit the beaches at Anzio, 22 January 1944, where for four months it maintained its toe-hold against furious German counterattacks. On 29 February 1944, the 3rd fought off an attack by three German Divisions.

In May the Division broke out of the beachhead and drove on to Rome, and then went into training for the invasion of Southern France. On 15 August 1944, another D-Day, the Division landed at St. Tropez, advanced up the Rhone Valley, through the Vosges Mountains, and reached the Rhine at Strasbourg, 26   27 November 1944. After maintaining defensive positions it took part in clearing the Colmar Pocket, 23 January, 18 February 1945, and on 15 March struck against Siegfried Line positions south of Zweibrücken. The Division smashed through the defenses and crossed the Rhine, 26 March 1945 ; then drove on to take Nuremberg in a fierce battle, capturing the city in block-by-block fighting, 17   20 April. The 3rd pushed on to take Augsburg and Munich, 27   30 April, and was in the vicinity of Salzburg when the war in Europe ended. The 3rd Division suffered more combat deaths in World War II than any other U.S. division, and the third highest among modern U.S. Divisions, behind only the 2nd Infantry Division in the Korean War and the 1st Cavalry Division in the Vietnam War.^{[citation needed]}

Korean War

Commanders:

1. MG Robert H. Soule (Aug 1950   Oct 1951)
2. MG Thomas J. Cross (Oct 1951   May 1952)
3. MG Robert L. Dulaney (May 1952   Oct 1952)
4. MG George W. Smythe (Oct 1952   May 1953)
5. MG Eugene W. Ridings (May 1953   Oct 1953)

3rd Infantry troops getting ready to patrol the Imjin River, 1951.

During the Korean War, the Division was known as the "Fire Brigade" for its rapid response to crisis. 3rd Infantry Division had been headquartered at Fort Benning along with its 15th Infantry Regiment. The 7th Infantry Regiment was located at Fort Devens. 3rd Infantry Division initially arrived in Japan where, as the Far East Command Reserve,^[1] it planned post conflict occupation missions in northern Korea.^[2] In Japan their strength was increased by augmentation from South Korean soldiers. They landed at Wonson and received the 65th Infantry Regiment as their third maneuver element before moving north to Hungnam and Majon-dong. At Majon-dong they established a defensive position with the 65th Infantry and began their baptism of fire. 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 7th Infantry were on the left flank. 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 Marine Division and support the withdrawal of 1st Marine Division and Regimental Combat Team 31 from the Chosin Reservoir. 3rd Infantry Division's TF Dog was the rear guard keeping the pressure off of the Marine column. The Division established, along with the 7th Infantry Division a collapsing perimeter around the port of Hungnam until the last of X Corps was off the beach. The port of Hungnam was blown up to deprive the enemy the use of those facilities as the last of the 7th, 15th, and 65th Infantry units boarded ships.

The Division went on to support combat missions of the Eighth Army until 1953 when it was withdrawn. Notably, the Division fought valiantly, besides its extremely essential and able contribution during the Battle of the Chosin Reservoir, at the Chorwon-Kumwha area, Jackson Heights and Arrowhead outposts, and blocked a CCF push in the Kumsong Area in July 1953.

3rd Infantry Division received ten Battle Stars. Eleven more MOH recipients were added to the division's list of heroes during the Korean War. Eight were from the |7th Infantry Regiment: Jerry K. Crump (6 and 7 September 1951), John Essebagger, Jr. (25 April 1951), Charles L. Gilliland (25 April 1951), Clair Goodblood (24 and 25 April 1951), Noah O. Knight (23 and 24 November 1951), Darwin K. Kyle (16 February 1951), Leroy A. Mendonca (4 July 1951), and Hiroshi H. Miyamura, whose award was classified Top Secret until his repatriation (24 April and 25, 1951). Three more recipients were with the 15th Infantry Regiment: Emory L. Bennett (24 June 1951), Ola L. Mize (10 and 11 June 1953) and Charles F. Pendleton (16 and 17 July 1953).

1953 through 1958

Commanders

1. MG Charles D. W. Canham (Nov 1953 – Nov 1954)
2. MG Haydon L. Boatner (Dec 1954 – Oct 1955)
3. MG George E. Lynch (Oct 1955 – Feb 1957)
4. BG Frederick R. Zierath (Mar 1957 – Mar 1957)
5. MG Roy E. Lindquist (Mar 1957 – Aug 1958)

1958 through 2000

Commanders:

1. MG John S. Upham, Jr. (Aug 1958 – Apr 1960)
2. MG Albert Watson II (Apr 1960 – Apr 1961)
3. MG William W. Dick, Jr. (Apr 1961 – Apr 1962)
4. BG Morris O. Edwards (Apr 1962 – Jun 1962)
5. MG Frank T. Mildren (Jun 1962 – Mar 1964)
6. MG Albert O. Connor (Mar 1964 – Feb 1966)
7. BG Jack S. Blocker (Feb 1966 – Apr 1966)
8. MG Robert H. Schellman (Apr 1966 – Aug 1967)
9. BG Lawrence V. Greene (Aug 1967 – Oct 1967)
10. MG George P. Seneff, Jr. (Oct 1967 – Mar 1969)
11. MG George M. Seignious II (Mar 1969 – Feb 1970)
12. MG Robert C. Taber (Feb 1970 – Apr 1971)
13. MG Marshall B. Garth (Apr 1971 – Sep 1972)
14. MG Sam S. Walker (Sep 1972 – Jun 1974)
15. MG Edward C. Meyer (Jun 1974 – Aug 1975)
16. MG Pat W. Crizer (Aug 1975 – Oct 1977)
17. MG R. Dean Tice (Oct 1977 – Oct 1979)
18. MG Robert L (Sam) Wetzel (Oct 1979–1981)
19. MG Fred K. Mahaffey (1981–1983)
20. MG Howard G. Crowell, Jr. (1983–1985)
21. MG George R. Stotser (1985–1987)
22. BG Nicholas S. H. Krawciw (1987–1989)
23. MG Wilson A. Shoffner (1989–1991)
24. BG Richard F. Keller (1991–1993)
25. MG Leonard D. Holder (1993–1995)
26. MG Montgomery C. Meigs (Jul 1995 – Feb 1996)
27. MG Joseph De Francisco (June 1996 – Aug 1996)
28. MG John W. Hendrix (Aug 1996 – Oct 1997)
29. MG James C. Riley (Oct 1997 – Dec 1999)
30. MG Walter L. Sharp (Dec 1999–Dec 2001)

From April 1958 to April 1996, the Marne Division was stationed with the VII Corps in West Germany from near the Czech border westward throughout various towns including Wūrzburg (Div. Hq. & Support Command), Schweinfurt (1st Brigade), Kitzingen (2nd Brigade), and Aschaffenburg (3rd Brigade). In August 1961, a few days after the Berlin Wall was erected, a reinforced company from the 7th Infantry Regiment (a unit of the 3rd Infantry Division) in full battle gear, was ordered to travel along the Autobahn (a major highway) from Aschaffenburg in Bavaria to West Berlin. This was to assert the right of US forces to travel unhindered from West Germany across the western part of East Germany to West Berlin. After the Berlin Wall was built, it was not known if the East German forces would attempt to impede or restrict the movement of US troops when crossing East Germany while trying to reach West Berlin. The unit arrived in West Berlin without incident confirming the right of free passage.

In November 1990, soldiers of the 3rd Infantry Division were once again called into action. Following Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, more than 6,000 Marne men and women deployed with the 1st Armored Division on Operation Desert Storm as part of the Allied Coalition. Later nearly 1,000 soldiers deployed to southeastern Turkey and northern Iraq to provide comfort to Kurdish refugees. In late Spring of 1991, the Division supplied senior ranking officers and non-commissioned officers, along with a military police company to Task Force Victory (Forward). Stationed in Kuwait the Task Force was to provide division level support to the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment (which shared the same duty station). Those elements of 5th Corps attached to the task force (including those of Division) returned to their home units in early September 1991.

As part of the Army's reduction to a ten-division force, the 24th Infantry Division was inactivated on 15 February 1996, and reflagged to become the 3rd Infantry Division.

In 1996 the division was restationed at Fort Stewart, Fort Benning, and Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia. The division repeatedly demonstrated its deployability since then by maintaining a battalion, and later a brigade task force presence in Kuwait. It has also moved sizable forces to Egypt, Bosnia and Kosovo in partnership training and peacekeeping missions.

In 1996-97, the 3rd Infantry Division Detachment, Rear Tactical Operations Center (RTOC), which is a unit manned by the Georgia Army National Guard was mobilized and served in Operation Joint Endeavor. During this time, the 3rd ID RTOC served under the 1st Infantry Division and later the 1st Armored Division. Respectively serving in Bosnia, at Camps Dallas and Angela, near Tuzla under the 1ID, and then in Croatia at Slavonski Brod, under the 1AD, serving the Assistant Division Commander for Support, then BG George Casey.

Global War on Terror

Commanders

1. MG Buford "Buff" Blount
2. MG William Grant Webster
3. MG Rick Lynch
4. MG Tony Cucolo

Since 11 September 2001 units have been sent to Afghanistan, Pakistan and other Middle Eastern countries to support the designated "War on Terrorism".

OIF 1

Early in 2003 the deployability and fighting capability of the Marne Division was highly visible worldwide when the entire division deployed in weeks to Kuwait. It was called on subsequently to spearhead Coalition forces in Operation Iraqi Freedom, fighting its way to Baghdad in early April, leading to the end of the Saddam Hussein government. The First Brigade captured the Baghdad International Airport and cleared and secured the airport, which also resulted in the Division's first Medal of Honor since the Korean War, awarded to SFC Paul Ray Smith. Second Brigade, Third Infantry division made the much-publicized "Thunder Run" into downtown Baghdad. The Second Brigade was redeployed to Fallujah, Iraq during the summer of 2003. The division returned to the United States in August, 2003.

Beginning in 2004, the 3rd began re-organizing. The division shifted from three maneuver brigades to four "units of action", which are essentially smaller brigade formations, with one infantry, one armor, one cavalry, and one artillery battalion in each. The former Engineer Brigade became the 4th Brigade at Fort Stewart. Each of these units of action engaged in several mock battles at the National Training Center (NTC) and Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC), and preparation for a second deployment to Iraq.

OIF 3

In January 2005, the Third Infantry Division became the first Army Division to serve a second tour in Iraq. The division headquarters took control of the Multi-National Division Baghdad, MND-B, headquartered at Camp Liberty and with responsibility for the greater Baghdad area. First and Third Brigades of the Third Infantry Division were placed under control of the 42nd Infantry Division, and later under the 101st Airborne Division, in MND-North. In preparation of this deployment a Fourth Brigade was organized and became the first cohesive "Brigade Combat Team" sent into a combat zone by the US Army, cohesive in that it fulfilled the Table of Organization requirement of such a unit. The California Army National Guard's 1st Battalion 184th Infantry Regiment served as one of the brigade's two infantry battalions, as well as the detachment from the Hawaii Army National Guard's 29th Brigade Combat Team, the 2/299th Infantry.

OIF 5

The Division redeployed to Fort Stewart and Fort Benning in January 2006. On 17 November 2006, the Army announced that the Third Infantry Division is scheduled to return to Iraq in 2007 and thus become the first Army division to serve three tours in Iraq. The division headquarters became the leadership organization of MND-C (Multi-National Division Central), a new command established south of Baghdad as part of the 2007 troop surge.

Reassignment of 1st Brigade

In the fall of 2008, the 3rd Infantry Division's 1st Brigade was assigned to serve as the on-call federal response force under the control of NORTHCOM, the combatant command assigned responsibility for the continental United States. The brigade remained at its home station of Fort Stewart, Georgia. The brigade will be trained in responding to WMD attacks, crowd control, and dealing with civil unrest.^[3]

The force was renamed Chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or high-yield explosive Consequence Management Response Force. Its acronym, CCMRF, is pronounced "see-smurf",^[4] and the unit is now under the daily control of United States Northern Command's Army North, whose mission is to "protect the United States homeland and support local, state, and federal authorities." ^[5] It should be noted that the unit is a multi-branch force with Soldiers, Airmen, Sailors and Marines from the four branches of the United States Department of Defense.

Redesignation of 4th Brigade

In March 2009, 4th Brigade reorganized from a mechanized or heavy brigade to a light infantry brigade. As part of this reorganization, 4th Battalion, 64th Armor was redesignated as 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry.

OIF 7

The Third Infantry Division assumed command of Multi-National Division (North) in Iraq in October 2009.

Current Structure

Structure 3rd Infantry Division (click to enlarge)

3rd ID Soldiers manning an M1A1 Abrams in Iraq.

Soldiers from the 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team of the 3rd Infantry training at Fort Irwin

3rd Infantry Division

• Division Special Troops Battalion
• 1st Brigade Combat Team "Raider"
  • 1st Brigade Special Troops Battalion "Desert Cat"
  • 5th Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment (RSTA) "Warpaint"
  • 3rd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment "Speed & Power"
  • 2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment "Cottonbalers"
  • 1st Battalion, 41st Field Artillery Regiment "Glory Guns"
  • 3rd Brigade Support Battalion "Ready"
• 2nd Brigade Combat Team "Spartan"
  • 2nd Brigade Special Troops Battalion "Titan"
  • 3rd Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment "Saber"
  • 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment "Desert Rogue"
  • 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment "Battleboar"
  • 1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery Regiment "Battleking"
  • 26th Brigade Support Battalion "Challenger"
• 3rd Brigade Combat Team "Sledgehammer"
  • 3rd Brigade Special Troops Battalion "Buffalo"
  • 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment "Blackhawk"
  • 2nd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment "Panther"
  • 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment "Dragon"
  • 1st Battalion, 10th Field Artillery Regiment "Rock"
  • 203rd Brigade Support Battalion "Eagle"
• 4th Brigade Combat Team "Vanguard"
  • 4th Brigade Special Troops Battalion "Sentinel"
  • 6th Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment "Mustang"
  • 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment "China"^[6]
  • 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment "Baler"
  • 1st Battalion, 76th Field Artillery Regiment "Patriot"
  • 703rd Brigade Support Battalion "Maintain"
• Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division "Falcon"
  • Headquarters and Headquarters Company
  • 1st (Attack) Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment (AH-64D/AH-64DW), "Viper"
  • 2nd (General Support) Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment (UH-60A/UH-60L/CH-47), "Knighthawk"
  • 3rd (Attack) Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment (AH-64D), "Tigershark" (reflagged to 1-10th Aviation, reassigned to the CAB, 10th MTN DIV 10/08 in process of moving to Fort Drum)
  • 4th (Assault) Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment (UH-60L), "Marne Assault"
  • 3rd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment (OH-58D), "Lighthorse" (Became part of 3ID OCT2008, in process of moving to Hunter Army Airfield)
  • 603rd Aviation Support Battalion "Work Horse"

Division Combat Casualties

• World War I

1. 3,177 Killed in Action
2. 12,940 Wounded in Action

• World War II

1. 4,922 Killed in Action
2. 18,766 Wounded in Action
3. 636 Died of Wounds

• Korean War

1. 2,160 Killed in Action
2. 7,939 Wounded in Action

• Operation Iraqi Freedom

SGT Lamie, SFC Ezell, PFC Wilson,

Division lineage

• Constituted 12 November 1917 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 3rd Division
• Organized 21 November 1917 at Camp Greene, North Carolina
• Redesignated 1 August 1942 as Headquarters, 3rd Infantry Division
• Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1960 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Infantry Division

Division honors

Campaign participation credit

• World War I:

1. Aisne
2. Champagne-Marne
3. Aisne-Marne
4. St. Mihiel
5. Meuse-Argonne
6. Champagne 1918

• World War II:

1. Algeria-French
2. Morocco (with arrowhead)
3. Tunisia
4. Sicily (with arrowhead)
5. Naples-Foggia
6. Anzio (with arrowhead)
7. Rome-Arno
8. Southern France (with arrowhead)
9. Rhineland
10. Ardennes-Alsace
11. Central Europe

• Korean War:

1. CCF Intervention
2. First UN Counteroffensive
3. CCF Spring Offensive
4. UN Summer-Fall Offensive
5. Second Korean Winter
6. Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
7. Third Korean Winter
8. Korea, Summer 1953

Decorations

1. Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for COLMAR
2. French Croix de guerre with Palm, World War II for COLMAR
3. French Croix de guerre, World War II, Fourragère
4. Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for UIJONGBU CORRIDOR
5. Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for IRON TRIANGLE
6. Chryssoun Aristion Andrias (Bravery Gold Medal of Greece) for KOREA
7. Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for OIF I

Division artillery lineage

• Constituted 12 November 1917 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade, and assigned to the 3rd Division
• Organized 26 November 1917 at Camp Stanley, Texas
• Disbanded 16 October 1939 at Fort Lewis, Washington
• Reconstituted 1 October 1940 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3rd Division Artillery, and activated at Fort Lewis, Washington
• Redesignated 1 July 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3rd Infantry Division Artillery

Division artillery honors

Campaign participation credit

• World War I:

1. Champagne-Marne;
2. Aisne-Marne;
3. St. Mihiel;
4. Meuse-Argonne;
5. Champagne 1918

• World War II:

1. Tunisia;
2. Sicily (with arrowhead);
3. Naples-Foggia;
4. Anzio (with arrowhead);
5. Rome-Arno;
6. Southern France (with arrowhead);
7. Rhineland;
8. Ardennes-Alsace;
9. Central Europe

• Korean War:

1. CCF Intervention;
2. First UN Counteroffensive;
3. CCF Spring Offensive;
4. UN Summer-Fall Offensive;
5. Second Korean Winter;
6. Korea, Summer-Fall 1952;
7. Third Korean Winter;
8. Korea, Summer 1953

Decorations

• Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for COLMAR
• French Croix de guerre with Palm for COLMAR
• French Croix de guerre, World War II, Fourragère
• Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for UIJONGBU CORRIDOR
• Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for IRON TRIANGLE
• Chryssoun Aristion Andrias (Bravery Gold Medal of Greece) for KOREA

1. Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for OIF I

Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division Lineage

• Constituted 16 March 1985 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, and activated in Germany

Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division Honors

Campaign participation credit

Operation Desert Shield Operation Desert Storm Operation Iraqi Freedom I Operation Iraqi Freedom III Operation Iraqi Freedom V

Decorations

• None

3rd Infantry Division Band lineage

• Constituted 20 August 1943 in the Regular Army as the Band, 3rd Infantry Division
• Redesignated 1 December 1943 as the 3rd Infantry Division Band and activated in North Africa
• Consolidated 20 March 1963 with Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 3rd Infantry Division Trains, and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters, Headquarters and Band, 3rd Infantry Division Support Command.
• Reorganized and redesignated 15 March 1968 as Headquarters, Headquarters Company and Band, 3rd Infantry Division Support Command.
• Band element withdrawn 21 May 1972 from Headquarters, Headquarters Company and Band, 3rd Infantry Division Support Command, and absorbed by the 3rd Adjutant General Company
• Band element withdrawn 1 October 1984 from the 3rd Adjutant General Company and redesignated as the 3rd Infantry Division Band.

3rd Infantry Division Band honors

Campaign participation credit

• World War II - EAME:

1. Tunisia
2. Sicily (with arrowhead)
3. Naples-Foggia
4. Anzio (with arrowhead)
5. Rome-Arno
6. Southern France (with arrowhead)
7. Rhineland
8. Ardennes-Alsace
9. Central Europe

• Korean War:

1. CCF Intervention
2. First UN Counteroffensive
3. CCF Spring Offensive
4. UN Summer-Fall Offensive
5. Second Korean Winter
6. Korea, SummerFall 1952
7. Third Korean Winter
8. Korea, Summer 1953

• Global War on Terror:

1. Global War on Terrorism
2. Iraq Campaign

Decorations

1. Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for COLMAR
2. Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for KOREA 1951-1952
3. French Croix de guerre with Palm, World War II for COLMAR
4. French Croix de guerre, World War II, Fourragère
5. Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for UIJONGBU CORRIDOR
6. Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for IRON TRIANGLE
7. Chryssoun Aristeion Andreias (Bravery Gold Medal of Greece) for KOREA

Notable members of the 3rd Infantry Division

• General Harold Keith Johnson
• General Frederick C. Weyand
• General John A. Wickham, Jr.
• Lieutenant General Edward H. Brooks
• Lieutenant General John R. Guthrie
• Lieutenant General Pat W. Crizer
• Major General Lucian Truscott
• Major General Keith L. Ware
• Major General John S. Guthrie
• Brigadier General Harley F. Mooney Jr.
• Audie Murphy
• Staff Sergeant Rudolph Davila
• Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Richard Kisling
• Sergeant Shawn Gibson
• Sergeant First Class Paul Smith
• Private First Class Jose F. Valdez
• Private First Class James Arness
• Sergeant First Class Agustin Ramos Calero
• Private First Class Emory L. Bennett
• Sergeant Sylvester Antolak
• Specialist Colin Dixon
• Specialist Gerren Henry
• Staff Sergeant Bobby R. Sharp

See also

• Dogface
• Thunder Run: The Armored Strike to Capture Baghdad
• Heavy Metal: a Tank Company's Battle to Baghdad
• Over There - A drama series centering on the 3rd Infantry Division.
• Eyes of Orion: Five Tank Lieutenants in the Persian Gulf War
• 256th Infantry Brigade

References

SGT Yang, Katy

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External links

• 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division in Iraq
• 3rd Infantry Division Home Page - official site.
• Society of the 3d Infantry Division
• Photographic Journey: Anzio to Austria
• Sgt. William Heller's World War II Memoirs-3rd Infantry Division
• GlobalSecurity.org: 3d Infantry Division
• Blue and White Devils: The Story of the 3d Infantry Division (WWII unit history booklet)
• Virtualwall.org - Medal of Honor Citation for MG Keith L. Ware
• 3rd Infantry Division WW2 Reenactors