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