United States. Army. Infantry Division, 9th
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United States. Army. Infantry Division, 9th
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Old Reliables
United States. Army. Old Reliables
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Sources of Information
- Wikipedia, August 16, 2016(The 9th Infantry Division ("Old Reliables") was created as the 9th Division during World War I, but never deployed overseas. Later, the division was an important unit of the United States Army in World War II and the Vietnam War. It was also activated as a peacetime readiness unit from 1947 to 1962 at Fort Dix, New Jersey, and Fort Carson, Colorado, and from 1972 to 1991 as an active-duty infantry division at Fort Lewis, Washington. Nicknamed the "Old Reliables", the division was eventually inactivated in December 1991)
- Waller, B.C. Commanders we knew, c1992- :v. 1, t.p. (Ninth Infantry Division, World War II)
- Armies, corps, divisions and separate brigades, 1987:9th Infantry Division (constituted July 8, 1918 in the Regular Army as the 9th Division and organized at Camp Sheridan, Ala.; reorganized and redesignated Aug. 1, 1942 as the 9th Infantry Division)
Wikipedia description:
The 9th Infantry Division (nicknamed "Old Reliables") is an inactive infantry division of the United States Army. It was formed as the 9th Division during World War I, but never deployed overseas. In later years it was an important unit of the U.S. Army during World War II and the Vietnam War. It was also activated as a peacetime readiness unit from 1947 to 1962 at Fort Dix, New Jersey as a Training Division, West Germany, and Fort Carson, Colorado as a Full Combat Status Division, and from 1972 to 1991 as an active-duty infantry division at Fort Lewis, Washington. The division was inactivated in December 1991.
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