U.S. 99th Infantry Division

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/U.S._99th_Infantry_Division

GPTKB entity

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:infantry
gptkbp:activatedBy	15 November 1942
gptkbp:activeDuring	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:awarded	gptkb:Presidential_Unit_Citation
gptkbp:branch	gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Major_General_Walter_E._Lauer
gptkbp:component	gptkb:Headquarters_Company gptkb:324th_Engineer_Combat_Battalion gptkb:324th_Medical_Battalion gptkb:370th_Field_Artillery_Battalion gptkb:371st_Field_Artillery_Battalion gptkb:372nd_Field_Artillery_Battalion gptkb:393rd_Infantry_Regiment gptkb:394th_Infantry_Regiment gptkb:395th_Infantry_Regiment gptkb:799th_Ordnance_Light_Maintenance_Company gptkb:924th_Field_Artillery_Battalion gptkb:99th_Quartermaster_Company gptkb:99th_Reconnaissance_Troop gptkb:99th_Signal_Company gptkb:Headquarters_Band gptkb:Headquarters_Military_Police_Platoon gptkb:Headquarters_Special_Troops
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crosses	gptkb:Rhine_River
gptkbp:decommissioned	29 September 1945
gptkbp:disbanded	1965
gptkbp:enteredCombat	November 1944
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	U.S. 99th Infantry Division
gptkbp:liberatedBy	gptkb:Dachau_subcamps
gptkbp:motto	Let’s Go!
gptkbp:nickname	Checkerboard Division
gptkbp:notableBattle	gptkb:Battle_of_the_Bulge gptkb:Central_Europe_Campaign gptkb:Rhineland_Campaign
gptkbp:notableEvent	Held northern shoulder of Battle of the Bulge
gptkbp:notableMember	gptkb:Senator_Mark_Hatfield gptkb:Senator_James_L._Buckley Author Charles Whiting Author Kurt Vonnegut (briefly attached) Medal of Honor recipient Michael J. Daly Medal of Honor recipient Richard Cowan Medal of Honor recipient Vernon McGarity
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:First_United_States_Army gptkb:VII_Corps gptkb:V_Corps
gptkbp:restored	1950 (Army Reserve)
gptkbp:shoulderSleeveInsignia	Checkerboard pattern
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Ardennes_Counteroffensive
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6