26th Infantry Division (Yankee Division)

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:infantry
gptkbp:activatedBy 18 July 1917
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:Presidential_Unit_Citation
gptkbp:branch gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:composedOf units from New England
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crossedRhine March 1945
gptkbp:decommissioned 1 September 1993
gptkbp:demobilized April 1919
gptkbp:disbanded 1993
gptkbp:engagedIn gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:World_War_I
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:enteredCombat 7 October 1944
gptkbp:formed 1917
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:Massachusetts
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 26th Infantry Division (Yankee Division)
gptkbp:liberatedBy gptkb:Gusen_concentration_camp
gptkbp:mobilizedFor 16 January 1941
gptkbp:motto gptkb:YANKEE
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Yankee_Division
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Lorraine_Campaign
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Bulge
gptkb:Central_Europe_Campaign
gptkb:Meuse-Argonne_Offensive
gptkb:Rhineland_Campaign
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Clarence_R._Edwards
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:Paul_W._Kendall
gptkb:Leonard_F._Wing
gptkb:Norman_D._Cota
gptkb:Willard_S._Paul
gptkb:William_M._Morrow
George S. Patton (briefly attached)
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:Third_Army
gptkb:Seventh_Army
gptkb:First_Army
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:aircraft
gptkbp:reorganizedAs gptkb:26th_Infantry_Brigade_Combat_Team
gptkbp:restored 1923
gptkbp:shoulderSleeveInsignia Blue and white monogram 'YD'
gptkbp:size gptkb:division
gptkbp:stationedAt gptkb:Camp_Edwards
gptkb:Camp_McCoy
gptkb:Camp_Atterbury
gptkb:Camp_Campbell
gptkb:Camp_Chaffee
gptkb:Camp_Devens
gptkb:Camp_Kilmer
gptkb:Camp_Shanks
gptkbp:type Infantry
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Yankee_Division_Highway
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6