United States 29th Infantry Division

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The United States 29th Infantry Division is a National Guard infantry division best known for spearheading the D-Day assault on Omaha Beach during the Allied invasion of Normandy in World War II.

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Label Occurrences
United States 29th Infantry Division canonical 1

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Army National Guard division ⓘ
infantry division ⓘ
alliance Allied Powers in World War II ⓘ
awardedDecoration Belgian Fourragère ⓘ
linked to: Belgian Fourragere

French Croix de Guerre ⓘ
linked to: Croix de Guerre

Presidential Unit Citation ⓘ
branch United States Army ⓘ
campaign Central Europe campaign ⓘ
Normandy campaign ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Normandy

Northern France campaign ⓘ
Rhineland campaign ⓘ
componentUnit 110th Field Artillery Regiment ⓘ
111th Field Artillery Regiment ⓘ
115th Infantry Regiment ⓘ
116th Infantry Regiment ⓘ
175th Infantry Regiment ⓘ
224th Field Artillery Battalion ⓘ
227th Field Artillery Battalion ⓘ
conflict Global War on Terrorism ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
formationDate 1917 ⓘ
garrisonState Maryland ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
higherCommandDuringWWII First United States Army ⓘ
V Corps ⓘ
motto 29, Let's Go! ⓘ
nickname Blue and Gray Division ⓘ
notableCommander Major General Charles H. Gerhardt ⓘ
Major General Leonard T. Gerow ⓘ
notableEngagement Allied invasion of Normandy ⓘ
linked to: Operation Overlord

D-Day ⓘ
Omaha Beach landing ⓘ
linked to: Omaha Beach
notableFor spearheading the D-Day assault on Omaha Beach ⓘ
operation Operation Overlord ⓘ
partOf Army National Guard ⓘ
peacetimeHeadquarters Fort Belvoir, Virginia ⓘ
linked to: Fort Belvoir

Fort Gregg-Adams, Virginia ⓘ
linked to: Fort Gregg-Adams
primaryStateAffiliation District of Columbia ⓘ
Maryland ⓘ
North Carolina ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
West Virginia ⓘ
role light infantry ⓘ
maneuver division ⓘ
size division ⓘ
symbol Blue and gray yin-yang style shoulder sleeve insignia ⓘ
symbolColorMeaning blue represents Union states ⓘ
gray represents Confederate states ⓘ
type combined arms division ⓘ

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Omaha Beach → usedBy → United States 29th Infantry Division ⓘ