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U.S. 87th Infantry Division
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/U.S._87th_Infantry_Division
GPTKB entity
Statements (50)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:infantry
gptkbp:activatedBy
15 December 1942
gptkbp:arrived_in_Europe
October 1944
gptkbp:awarded
gptkb:Presidential_Unit_Citation
gptkb:French_Croix_de_Guerre
gptkbp:branch
gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:casualties
5,518
gptkbp:component
gptkb:312th_Engineer_Combat_Battalion
gptkb:312th_Medical_Battalion
gptkb:334th_Field_Artillery_Battalion
gptkb:335th_Field_Artillery_Battalion
gptkb:336th_Field_Artillery_Battalion
gptkb:345th_Infantry_Regiment
gptkb:346th_Infantry_Regiment
gptkb:347th_Infantry_Regiment
gptkb:787th_Ordnance_Light_Maintenance_Company
gptkb:87th_Cavalry_Reconnaissance_Troop
gptkb:87th_Counterintelligence_Corps_Detachment
gptkb:87th_Military_Police_Platoon
gptkb:87th_Quartermaster_Company
gptkb:87th_Signal_Company
gptkb:912th_Field_Artillery_Battalion
gptkb:Headquarters_Company,_87th_Infantry_Division
gptkb:Headquarters_Special_Troops,_87th_Infantry_Division
gptkbp:country
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:decommissioned
21 September 1945
gptkbp:engagedIn
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Bulge
gptkb:Central_Europe_Campaign
gptkb:Rhineland_Campaign
gptkbp:entered_combat
December 1944
gptkbp:final_inactivation
1957
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
U.S. 87th Infantry Division
gptkbp:killed_in_action
1,151
gptkbp:landedAt
gptkb:Le_Havre,_France
gptkbp:liberatedBy
gptkb:Ohrdruf_concentration_camp
gptkbp:motto
Stalwart and Strong
gptkbp:nickname
gptkb:Golden_Acorn_Division
gptkbp:notable_member
gptkb:James_M._Gavin
gptkb:John_W._Vessey_Jr.
gptkb:William_E._DePuy
gptkb:William_J._Ely
gptkbp:notableCommander
gptkb:Major_General_Frank_L._Culin_Jr.
gptkb:Major_General_Eugene_M._Landrum
gptkbp:part_of
gptkb:Third_United_States_Army
gptkbp:prisoners_of_war_taken
40,000
gptkbp:revival
1946
gptkbp:shoulderSleeveInsignia
golden acorn on a blue background
gptkbp:wounded_in_action
4,367
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Ardennes_Counteroffensive
gptkbp:bfsLayer
6