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U.S. 99th Infantry Division
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/U.S._99th_Infantry_Division
GPTKB entity
Statements (50)
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
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