29th Infantry Division (United States)
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The 29th Infantry Division (United States) is a famed National Guard infantry division best known for its pivotal role in the D-Day landings at Omaha Beach during World War II.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 29th Infantry Division (United States) canonical | 4 |
| 29th Infantry Division Blue and Gray | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3808961 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 29th Infantry Division (United States) Context triple: [XIX Corps (United States), notableUnitUnderCommand, 29th Infantry Division (United States)]
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27th Infantry Division (United States)
The 27th Infantry Division (United States) was a New York National Guard division that served with distinction in both World War I and World War II, particularly in Pacific campaigns.
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28th Infantry Division
The 28th Infantry Division is a historic U.S. Army National Guard formation, known as the "Keystone Division," that has served in major conflicts including both World Wars and beyond.
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C.
23rd Infantry Division
The 23rd Infantry Division, commonly known as the Americal Division, was a U.S. Army infantry division that served notably in World War II and the Vietnam War.
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U.S. 30th Infantry Division
The U.S. 30th Infantry Division was a highly regarded American Army unit in World War II, noted for its key defensive and offensive roles in the European Theater, including during the Normandy campaign and subsequent operations in France and Germany.
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26th Infantry Division
The 26th Infantry Division, known as the "Yankee Division," was a U.S. Army National Guard formation from New England that saw extensive combat in both World War I and World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 29th Infantry Division (United States) Target entity description: The 29th Infantry Division (United States) is a famed National Guard infantry division best known for its pivotal role in the D-Day landings at Omaha Beach during World War II.
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A.
27th Infantry Division (United States)
The 27th Infantry Division (United States) was a New York National Guard division that served with distinction in both World War I and World War II, particularly in Pacific campaigns.
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B.
28th Infantry Division
The 28th Infantry Division is a historic U.S. Army National Guard formation, known as the "Keystone Division," that has served in major conflicts including both World Wars and beyond.
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C.
23rd Infantry Division
The 23rd Infantry Division, commonly known as the Americal Division, was a U.S. Army infantry division that served notably in World War II and the Vietnam War.
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D.
U.S. 30th Infantry Division
The U.S. 30th Infantry Division was a highly regarded American Army unit in World War II, noted for its key defensive and offensive roles in the European Theater, including during the Normandy campaign and subsequent operations in France and Germany.
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E.
26th Infantry Division
The 26th Infantry Division, known as the "Yankee Division," was a U.S. Army National Guard formation from New England that saw extensive combat in both World War I and World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
National Guard division
ⓘ
infantry division ⓘ |
| abbreviation | 29th ID ⓘ |
| allegiance |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| branch | United States Army ⓘ |
| commandLanguage | English ⓘ |
| component | Army National Guard ⓘ |
| conflict |
Operation Iraqi Freedom
ⓘ
War in Afghanistan ⓘ
linked to:
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| decoratedWith |
Presidential Unit Citation (for Omaha Beach)
ⓘ
linked to:
Presidential Unit Citation (United States)
|
| demobilized | after World War I ⓘ |
| era |
20th century
ⓘ
21st century ⓘ |
| formationDate | 1917 ⓘ |
| garrison |
Fort Belvoir, Virginia
ⓘ
linked to:
Fort Belvoir
|
| hasSubunit |
115th Infantry Regiment (United States)
ⓘ
linked to:
115th Infantry Regiment
116th Infantry Regiment (United States) ⓘ
linked to:
116th Infantry Regiment
175th Infantry Regiment (United States) ⓘ
linked to:
175th Infantry Regiment
|
| higherCommand | United States Army ⓘ |
| landingDate | 1944-06-06 ⓘ |
| landingSector |
Omaha Beach Dog Green sector
ⓘ
linked to:
Omaha Beach
|
| motto | 29, Let's Go ⓘ |
| nickname |
Blue and Gray
ⓘ
linked to:
Blue and Gray Division
|
| notableEngagement |
D-Day
ⓘ
Normandy landings ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of Normandy
Omaha Beach ⓘ |
| notableFor |
heavy casualties on Omaha Beach
ⓘ
pivotal role in D-Day landings ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Brest (1944)
ⓘ
linked to:
Siege of Brest (1944)
Battle of Saint-Lô ⓘ Central Europe campaign ⓘ Rhineland campaign ⓘ |
| partOf |
United States Army National Guard
ⓘ
linked to:
Army National Guard
|
| reactivated | for World War II ⓘ |
| reorganized | post–World War II ⓘ |
| roleOnDDay | assault division at Omaha Beach ⓘ |
| shoulderSleeveInsignia | blue and gray yin-yang style circle ⓘ |
| size | division ⓘ |
| stateAffiliation |
Maryland Army National Guard
ⓘ
linked to:
Maryland National Guard
North Carolina Army National Guard ⓘ
linked to:
North Carolina National Guard
Virginia Army National Guard ⓘ
linked to:
Virginia National Guard
|
| symbolism | union of Northern and Southern states ⓘ |
| type | infantry ⓘ |
| worldWarIIArmy | First United States Army ⓘ |
| worldWarIITheater | European Theater of Operations ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: 29th Infantry Division (United States) Description of subject: The 29th Infantry Division (United States) is a famed National Guard infantry division best known for its pivotal role in the D-Day landings at Omaha Beach during World War II.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Major General Charles H. Gerhardt
linked to: 29th Infantry Division (United States)