29th Infantry Division

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The 29th Infantry Division is a U.S. Army 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 (3)

Label Occurrences
29th Infantry Division canonical 14
29th ID 1
U.S. 29th Infantry Division 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf U.S. Army National Guard division ⓘ
infantry division ⓘ
abbreviation 29th ID ⓘ
alliedCountry France ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
awardedDecoration 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 ⓘ
linked to: Rhineland campaign
casualtiesOnDDay over 2,000 killed, wounded, or missing ⓘ
component Army National Guard ⓘ
conflict Global War on Terrorism ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
formationDate 1917 ⓘ
garrison Fort Belvoir, Virginia ⓘ
linked to: Fort Belvoir
headquartersLocation Fort Belvoir, Virginia ⓘ
linked to: Fort Belvoir
higherCommand First United States Army ⓘ
V Corps ⓘ
insignia blue and gray yin-yang style shoulder sleeve insignia ⓘ
landingSector Omaha Beach, Dog Green sector ⓘ
linked to: Omaha Beach
modernRole multicomponent, deployable headquarters ⓘ
motto 29, Let's Go ⓘ
nickname Blue and Gray Division ⓘ
notableCommander Major General Charles H. Gerhardt ⓘ
Major General Leonard T. Gerow ⓘ
notableEngagement D-Day ⓘ
Normandy landings ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Normandy

Omaha Beach ⓘ
participatedInOperation Operation Enduring Freedom ⓘ
Operation Iraqi Freedom ⓘ
Operation Neptune ⓘ
Operation Overlord ⓘ
reorganized post–World War II National Guard division ⓘ
role infantry ⓘ
size division ⓘ
stateAffiliation Maryland Army National Guard ⓘ
Virginia Army National Guard ⓘ
subordinateUnit 115th Infantry Regiment ⓘ
116th Infantry Regiment ⓘ
175th Infantry Regiment ⓘ
29th Infantry Division Artillery ⓘ
symbolizes union of Union and Confederate states ⓘ
theater European Theater of Operations ⓘ
type combined arms division ⓘ

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Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

U.S. XIX Corps → subordinateUnit → 29th Infantry Division ⓘ
XIX Corps → notableUnitUnderCommand → 29th Infantry Division ⓘ
Siege of Brest (1944) → involvedMilitaryUnit → U.S. 29th Infantry Division ⓘ
linked to: 29th Infantry Division
Blue and Gray Division → refersTo → 29th Infantry Division ⓘ
110th Field Artillery Regiment → associatedFormation → 29th Infantry Division ⓘ
Charles H. Gerhardt → militaryUnitCommanded → 29th Infantry Division ⓘ
111th Field Artillery Regiment → associatedWith → 29th Infantry Division ⓘ
227th Field Artillery Battalion → parentUnit → 29th Infantry Division ⓘ
224th Field Artillery Battalion → partOf → 29th Infantry Division ⓘ
224th Field Artillery Battalion → associatedWith → 29th Infantry Division ⓘ
115th Infantry Regiment → partOf → 29th Infantry Division ⓘ
116th Infantry Regiment → partOf → 29th Infantry Division ⓘ
116th Infantry Regiment → higherFormationOnDDay → 29th Infantry Division ⓘ
29th Infantry Division → abbreviation → 29th ID ⓘ
linked to: 29th Infantry Division