8th Infantry Division (United States)

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The 8th Infantry Division (United States) was a U.S. Army infantry division that saw significant combat in World War II and served during the Cold War, including a long tenure in West Germany as part of NATO forces.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Army division
infantry division
activatedFor World War I
activationLocation Camp Fremont, California
alliance NATO
branch United States Army
campaign Central Europe campaign
Normandy campaign
linked to: Battle of Normandy

Northern France campaign
Rhineland campaign
coldWarAssignment United States Army Europe
coldWarRole forward-deployed NATO land forces in West Germany
component 121st Engineer Combat Battalion
13th Infantry Regiment
28th Field Artillery Battalion
28th Infantry Regiment
45th Field Artillery Battalion
56th Field Artillery Battalion
8th Infantry Regiment
8th Medical Battalion
8th Reconnaissance Troop
8th Signal Company
conflict Cold War
World War II
country United States of America
crossedRiver Rhine River
linked to: Rhine
garrison Bad Kreuznach, West Germany
linked to: Bad Kreuznach

West Germany
inactivationContext post–Cold War U.S. Army drawdown
insignia gold eight-pointed star on blue background
insigniaType shoulder sleeve insignia
motto These Are My Credentials
nickname Pathfinder Division
notableBattle Battle of the Bulge (Ardennes-Alsace campaign area support)
linked to: Battle of the Bulge

Battle of the Hürtgen Forest
notableFor heavy combat in the Hürtgen Forest in World War II
long-term stationing in West Germany during the Cold War
occupationDuty postwar Germany
primaryFunction ground combat operations
reorganized World War II triangular division structure
role infantry
status inactivated
subordinateTo V Corps (United States)
VII Corps (United States)
linked to: VII Corps
theater European Theater of Operations
type active duty formation
worldWarIIAssignment First United States Army
Ninth United States Army
linked to: U.S. Ninth Army
worldWarIIEntryIntoCombat Normandy, France
linked to: Normandy
worldWarIIEntryIntoCombatDate July 1944
worldWarIStatus did not see combat in World War I

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VIII Corps (United States) subordinateUnit 8th Infantry Division (United States)
Siege of Brest (1944) involvedMilitaryUnit U.S. 8th Infantry Division
linked to: 8th Infantry Division (United States)
13th Infantry Regiment associatedWith 8th Infantry Division
linked to: 8th Infantry Division (United States)