Blue Ridge Division

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The Blue Ridge Division is the nickname of the U.S. Army’s 80th Infantry Division, a World War I and World War II unit named for the Blue Ridge Mountains region from which many of its soldiers were drawn.

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Blue Ridge Division canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Army division
infantry division
military unit
branch United States Army
conflict World War I
World War II
country United States of America
crossedRiver Moselle River
Rhine River
linked to: Rhine

Saar River
decorations French Croix de Guerre
linked to: Croix de Guerre

Presidential Unit Citation
enteredCombatInWorldWarII 1944
formationDate 1917
garrisonDuringWorldWarII Camp Forrest
Camp Phillips
hasOfficialDesignation 80th Infantry Division
higherCommand First United States Army
Third United States Army
landedInEurope France
United Kingdom
liberatedCity Kaiserslautern
Luxembourg City
Reims
Troyes
Weimar
motto Only Moves Forward
namedAfter Blue Ridge Mountains
nickname Blue Ridge Division
partOf American Expeditionary Forces
raisedFromRegion Blue Ridge Mountains region
Delaware
District of Columbia
Maryland
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
reorganizedAs 80th Division (Training)
size division
theater European Theater of Operations
type infantry
worldWarIEngagement Meuse-Argonne Offensive
Somme Offensive (1918)
St. Mihiel Offensive
worldWarIIEngagement Ardennes-Alsace Campaign
Central Europe Campaign
Normandy Campaign
linked to: Battle of Normandy

Northern France Campaign
Rhineland Campaign
linked to: Rhineland campaign

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80th Infantry Division nickname Blue Ridge Division
Blue Ridge Division nickname Blue Ridge Division
317th Infantry Regiment nicknameOfParentUnit Blue Ridge Division
317th Infantry Regiment parentUnitNickname Blue Ridge Division