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Español2ND INFANTRY DIVISION (UNITED STATES)
(Redirected from U.S. 2d Infantry Division)
The '2nd Infantry Division (Heavy)' is a formation of the United States Army. Its current primary mission is the defense of South Korea in the initial stages of an invasion from North Korea until other American units can arrive.
There are approximately 15,000 soldiers in the 2nd Infantry Division.
The 2nd Infantry Division, unlike any other division in the Army, is made up partially of Korean soldiers, called KATUSAs (Korean Augmentation to US Army). This program began in 1950 by agreement with South Korean President Syngman Rhee. Some 27,000 KATUSAs served with the US forces at the end of the Korean War. As of May 2006, approximately 1,100 KATUSA Soldiers serve with 2ID.
★ "Indian Head" Division (so named after the unit patch)
★ "Warrior Division" (official nickname)
★ "Two IQ" (Derogatory nickname other units / soldiers use to make fun of the division)
★ Motto: "Second to None"
★ Division Commander: Major General James A. Coggin
★ Assistant Division Commander (Maneuver): Brigadier General John Johnson
★ Assistant Division Commander (Support): Brigadier General H. T. Landwermeyer, Jr.
★ Division Command Sergeant Major: Command Sergeant Major Brian M. Stall
MG C.A.Doyen
OCT 17 – NOV 17
MG Omar Bundy
NOV 17 – JUL 18
MG James G. Harbord
JUL 18 – AUG 18
MG John A. Lejeune
AUG 18 – DEC 19
COL Harry A. Eaton
DEC 19 – MAR 20
MG James G. Harbord
MAR 20 – JUL 21
MG John L. Hines
JUL 21 – MAR 22
BG Edward M. Lewis
MAR 22 – MAY 23
BG Dennis L. Nolan
MAY 23 – SEP 23
MG Ernest Hinds
SEP 23 – MAY 25
MG Paul B. Malone
MAY 25 – SEP 26
MG William D. Connor
SEP 26 – JAN 28
BG Thomas G. Donaldson
JAN 28 – MAY 28
BG Albert J. Bonley
MAY 28 – DEC 33
MG Halstead Dorey
DEC 33 – OCT 34
BG Charles Howland
OCT 34 – APR 35
MG Frank C. Bolles
APR 35 – OCT 35
BG Alexander T. Overshine
OCT 35- APR 36
MG Charles E. Kilbourne
APR 36 – JUN 36
MG Herbert J. Brees
JUN 36 – OCT 36
MG James K. Parsons
OCT 36 – MAY 38
MG Frank W. Rowell
MAY 38 – MAR 39
MG William K. Krueger
MAR 39 – OCT 40
MG James L. Collings
OCT 40 – MAR 41
BG Edmund L. Daley
MAR 41 – APR 41
BG John Greely
APR 41 – NOV 41
MG C. W. Lee
NOV 41 – MAY 42
MG Walter M. Robertson
MAY 42 – JUN 45
BG William K. Harrison
JUN 45 – SEP 45
MG Edward M. Almond
SEP 45 – MAY 46
MG Paul W. Kendall
MAY 46 - JUL 48
MG Harry J. Collins
JUL 48 – APR 50
MG Lawrence B. Keiser
APR 50 – DEC 50
MG Robert B. McClure
DEC 50 – JAN 51
MG Clark L. Ruffner
JAN 51 – AUG 51
BG Thomas F. Deshazo
AUG 51 – SEP 51
MG Robert N. Young
SEP 51 – MAY 52
MG James C. Fry
MAY 52 – MAY 53
MG William L. Barriger
MAY 53 – MAR 54
MG John F. R. Seitz
MAR 54 – AUG 54
MG Robert L. Howze Jr.
AUG 54 – SEP 54
MG Thomas S. Timberman
SEP 54 – AUG 55
MG Paul L. Freeman Jr.
AUG 55 – AUG 56
MG James F. Collins
AUG 56 – FEB 57
BG John F. Ruggles
FEB 57 – FEB 57
MG Gilman O. Mudgett
FEB 57 – JUN 58
BG Miller O. Perry
JUN 58 – JUL 58
MG Robert H. Wienecke
JUL 58 – FEB 58
BG Miller O. Perry
FEB 60 – FEB 60
BG William L. Hardick
FEB 60 – MAR 60
MG Frederick W. Gibb
MAR 60 – JUN 61
BG William L. Hardick
JUN 61 – JUL 61
BG Charles H. White
JUL 61 – AUG 61
BG Royal Reynolds
AUG 61 – AUG 61
MG Charles H. Chase
AUG 61 – SEP 62
MG Charles Billengslea
SEP 62 – SEP 64
MG John H. Chiles
SEP 64 – JUL 65
MG Hugh M. Exton
JUL 65 – AUG 65
BG Robert R. Williams
AUG 65 – AUG 65
MG John H. Chiles
AUG 65 – JUL 66
MG George B. Pickett Jr.
JUL 66 – MAY 67
MG Frank C. Izenour
MAY 67 – JUN 68
MG Leland G. Cagwin
JUN 68 – SEP 69
MG Salve H. Matheson
SEP 69 – OCT 70
MG G. H. Woodward
OCT 70 – OCT 71
MG Jeffery C. Smith
OCT 71 – MAY 73
MG Henry E. Emerson
MAY 73 – MAY 75
MG J. R. Thurman
MAY 75 – JUN 76
MG Morris J. Brady
JUN 76 – JAN 78
MG David E. Grange
JAN 78 – JUN 79
MG Robert C. Kingston
JUN 79 – JUN 81
MG James H. Johnson
JUN 81 – NOV 82
BG Lee D. Brown
NOV 82 – DEC 82
BG Harison H. Williams
DEC 82 – DEC 82
MG James H. Johnson
DEC 82 – JUL 83
MG Henry Doctor
JUL 83 – AUG 85
MG Gary E. Luck
AUG 85 – DEC 86
MG Jack B. Farris
DEC 86 – JUN 88
MG Jack D. Woodall
JUN 88 – NOV 89
MG Caryl G. Marsh
NOV 89 – JUN 91
MG James T. Scott
JUN 91 – MAY 93
MG John N. Abrams
MAY 93 – MAR 95
MG Tommy R. Franks
MAR 95 – MAY 97
MG Michael B. Sherfield
MAY 97 – SEP 98
MG Robert F. Dees
SEP 98 - SEP 00
MG Russel L. Honoré
SEP 00 - JUL 02
MG John R. Wood
JUL 02 - SEP 04
MG George A. Higgins
SEP 04 - MAY 06
MG James A. Coggins
MAY 06 - Present
:Camp Red Cloud (Division Command) located in Uijeongbu City
:Camp Casey: located in Dongducheon City, 45 miles North of Seoul; 17 miles south of DMZ
:Camp Castle
:Camp Hovey
:
:Camp Stanley
:Camp Humphreys: located near Pyeongtaek City, South of Seoul.
:Fort Lewis
:Fort Carson
:1st Heavy Brigade Combat Team at Camp Hovey, Korea
::4th Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment
::2nd Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment
::1st Battalion, 72nd Armor Regiment
::1st Battalion, 15th Field Artillery
::1st Brigade Special Troops Battalion
:::4th Chemical Company
::302nd Brigade Support Battalion
:210th Fires Brigade at Camp Casey, Korea (Brigade Commander: COL Brian McKiernan)
::6th Battalion, 37th Field Artillery
::1st Battalion, 38th Field Artillery
::702nd Brigade Support Battalion
::579th Signal Company
:2nd Brigade Combat Team, at Fort Carson, CO
::1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment
::2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment
::3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment
::2nd Battalion, 17th Artillery
::2nd Brigade Support Battalion
:3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, at Fort Lewis, WA
::2nd Battalion, 3d Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard)
::5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment (Sykes' Regulars)
::1st Battalion, 23d Infantry Regiment (Tomahawks)
::1st Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment
::1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery
::296th Brigade Support Battalion
:::334th Signal Company
:::18th Engineer Company
:::209th Military Intelligence Company
:::Charlie Company, 52nd Infantry Regiment (Anti-Tank)
:4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, at Fort Lewis, WA
::4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment
::2nd Battalion, 23d Infantry Regiment
::1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment
::2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment
::38th Engineer Company
::Fox Company, 52nd Infantry Regiment (Anti-tank)
::45th Military Intelligence Company
::472nd Signal Company
:5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, at Fort Lewis, WA
::2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment
::1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment
::4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment
::8th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment
::3rd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Battalion
::402nd Brigade Support Battalion
::562nd Engineer Company
::Alpha Company, 52nd Infantry Regiment (Anti-tank)
::572nd Military Intelligence Company
::21st Signal Company
:5th Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery
:Combat Aviation Brigade
::Aviation Brigade Headquarters
::1st Battalion, 2nd Aviation, at Camp Eagle
::2nd Battalion, 2nd Aviation, at Camp Humphreys
::3rd Battalion, 2nd Aviation, (ex-2nd Battalion, 52nd Aviation) at Camp Humphreys
::4th Battalion, 2nd Aviation (ex-3rd Squadron, 6th Cavalry) at Camp Humphreys
::164th ATS, at Camp Humphreys
::602nd Aviation Support Battalion, at Camp Humphreys
:Eighth Army Support:
:2nd Battalion, 52nd General Support Aviation Brigade, located at Camp Humphreys
:2nd Infantry Division Band, at Camp Red Cloud
:122nd Signal Battalion
:121st General Hospital, at Yongsan Garrison
::127th Field Surgical Team
Constituted September 21, 1917 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 2nd Infantry Division, 2nd ID was organized on October 26, 1917, at Bourmont, Haute Marne, France. At the time of its activation, the Indianhead Division was composed of the 3d Infantry Brigade, which was a normal Organic Brigade which included the 9th Infantry Regiment; 23d Infantry Regiment; and the 4th Marine Brigade, which consisted of the 5th Marine Regiment and the 6th Marine Regiment, a battalion of field artillery, and various supporting units.
★ (Special Note: The Navy furnished the hospital corpsmen for the 4th Marine Brigade, 5th Marine Regiment and 6th Marine Regiment, and made a special uniform change which allows hospital corpsmen of these organizations to wear a shoulder strap on the left shoulder of the "Dress Blues" so that the French Fourragere could be worn. These are the only Navy units to wear the Fourragere.
Twice during "The Great War" the division was commanded by Marine Corps generals, Major General Charles A. Doyen and Major General John A. Lejeune, marking the only times in U.S. Military history when Marine Corps officers commanded an Army division.
The division spent the winter of 1917–1918 training with French Army veterans. Though judged unprepared by French tacticians, the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) was committed to combat in the spring of 1918 in a desperate attempt to halt a German advance toward Paris. The 2nd Infantry Division drew its first blood in the nightmare landscape of the Battle of Belleau Wood, and contributed to shattering the four year old stalemate on the battlefield during the Château-Thierry campaign that followed. On July 28, 1918, MajGen John A. Lejeune assumed command of the 2nd Infantry Division and remained in that capacity until August 1919, when the unit was demobilized. He was the only Marine officer to command an Army division. The division won hard fought victories at Soissons and Mont Blanc, for which it was awarded the French Fourragère in the colors of the Croix de Guerre. Finally the Indianhead Division participated in the Meuse-Argonne offensive which spelled the end of any German hope for victory. On November 11, 1918 the Armistice was declared, and the 2nd Infantry Division marched into Germany where it performed occupation duties until April 1919. 2nd Infantry Division returned to U. S. in July 1919.
#Aisne
#Belleau Wood (4th Marine Brigade; 5th Marine Regiment; 6th Marine Regiment ONLY)
#St. Mihiel
#Meuse-Argonne offensive
#Aisne-Marne
★ Killed in action - 1,964 (including USMC, 4,478)
★ Wounded in action - 9,782 (including USMC, 17,752)
★ Total - 11,746 (including USMC, 22,230)
#BG C. A. Doyen, USMC (October 26, 1917),
#MG Omar Bundy (November 8, 1917),
#MG James G. Harbord (July 15, 1918),
#MG John A. Lejeune, USMC (July 26, 1918).
★ Source for the World War I data and information: US Army Center of Military History 'The following combat chronicles, current as of October 1948, are reproduced from The Army Almanac: A Book of Facts Concerning the Army of the United States, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950, pp. 510–592.'
Upon returning to the United States, the division was stationed at Fort Sam Houston, at San Antonio, Texas as one of three divisions to remain intact and on Active Duty for the entire interwar period. It remained there for the next 23 years, serving as an experimental unit, testing new concepts and innovations for the Army. In 1940 the 2nd Infantry Division was the first command reorganized under the new triangular concept, which provided for three separate regiments in each division. Indianhead soldiers pioneered concepts of airmobility and anti-tank warfare, which served the army for the next two decades on battlefields in every corner of the globe.
2ID started taking part in maneuvers at Christine, Texas between January 3 and January 27, 1940. It then moved to Horton, Texas for maneuvers from April 26 to May 28, 1940, followed by maneuvers at Cravens, Louisiana from August 16 to August 23, 1940. It returned to Fort Sam Houston, where it continued training and refitting, until it moved to Brownswood, Texas for the VIII Corps Maneuvers from June 1 through June 14, 1941 at Comanche, Texas. The division was then sent to Mansfield, Louisiana from August 11 through October 2, 1941 for the August-September 1941 Louisiana Maneuvers.
2ID was transferred to the VIII Corps Louisiana maneuver Area on July 27, 1941, and remained there until September 22, 1942, whereapon the 2ID returned to Fort Sam Houston. They then moved to Camp McCoy at Sparta, Wisconsin on November 27, 1942. Four months of intensive training for winter warfare followed. In September 1943 the division received their staging orders, and moved to the Camp Shanks staging area at Orangeburg, New York on October 3, 1943, where they got their Port Call orders. On October 8 the division officially sailed from the New York Port Of Embarkation, and started arriving in Belfast, Northern Ireland on October 17. They then moved over to England, where they trained and staged for forward movement to France.
# October 22, 1943: Attached to First Army
# December 24, 1943: XV Corps, but attached to First Army
# April 14, 1944: V Corps, First Army
# August 1, 1944: V Corps, First Army, 12th Army Group
# August 17, 1944: XIX Corps
# August 18, 1944: VIII Corps, Third Army, 12th Army Group
# September 5, 1944: VIII Corps, Ninth Army, 12th Army Group
# October 22, 1944: VIII Corps, First Army, 12th Army Group
# December 11, 1944: V Corps
# December 20, 1944: Attached, with the entire First Army, to the British 21st Army Group
# January 18, 1945: V Corps, First Army, 12th Army Group
# April 28, 1945: VII Corps
# May 1, 1945: V Corps
# May 6, 1945: Third Army, 12th Army Group
After training in Ireland and Wales from October 1943 to June 1944, the 2nd Infantry Division crossed the channel to land on Omaha Beach on D plus 1, June 7, 1944, near St. Laurent-sur-Mer. Attacking across the Aure River, the Division liberated Trevieres, June 10, and proceeded to assault and secure Hill 192, the key enemy strongpoint on the road to St. Lô. With the hill taken July 11, 1944, the Division went on the defensive until July 26. Exploiting the St. Lô break-through, the 2nd Division advanced across the Vire to take Tinchebray August 15, 1944. The Division then moved west to join the battle for Brest, the heavily defended fortress surrendering September 18, 1944 after a 39-day contest.
The Division took a brief rest September 19–September 26 before moving to defensive positions at St. Vith, Belgium on September 29, 1944. The division entered Germany on October 3, 1944, and the Second was ordered, on December 11, 1944, to attack and seize the Roer River dams. The German Ardennes offensive in mid-December forced the Division to withdraw to defensive positions near Elsenborn, where the German drive was halted. In February 1945 the Division attacked, recapturing lost ground, and seized Gemund, March 4. Reaching the Rhine March 9, the 2ID advanced south to take Breisig, March 10–11, and to guard the Remagen bridge, March 12–March 20.
The Division crossed the Rhine March 21 and advanced to Hadamar and Limburg an der Lahn, relieving elements of the 9th Armored Division, March 28. Advancing rapidly in the wake of the 9th Armored, the 2nd Infantry Division crossed the Weser at Veckerhagen, April 6–April 7, captured Göttingen April 8, established a bridgehead across the Saale, April 14, seizing Merseburg on April 15. On April 18 the Division took Leipzig, mopped up in the area, and outposted the Mulde River; elements which had crossed the river were withdrawn April 24. Relieved on the Mulde, the 2nd moved 200 miles, May 1–May 3, to positions along the German-Czech border near Schonsee and Waldmunchen, where 2 ID relieved the 97th and 99th ID's. The division crossed over to Czechoslovakia on May 4, 1945, and attacked in the general direction of Pilsen, attacking that city on VE Day.
2nd Infantry Division returned to the New York Port Of Embarkation on July 20, 1945, and arrived at Camp Swift at Bastrop, Texas on July 22, 1945. They started a training schedule to prepare them to participate in the scheduled invasion of Japan, but they were still at Camp Swift on VJ Day. They then moved to the Staging Area at Camp Stoneman at Pittsburg, California on March 28, 1946, but the move eastward was cancelled, and they received orders to move to Fort Lewis at Tacoma, Washington. They arrived at Fort Lewis on April 15, 1946, which became their Home Station. From their Fort Lewis base, they conducted Arctic, air transportability, amphibious, and maneuver training.
#Normandy
#Northern France
#Rhineland
#Ardennes-Alsace
#Central Europe
★ Days of combat: 303
#Distinguished Unit Citations: 16
#Medals of Honor: 6
#Distinguished Service Crosses: 34
#Distinguished Service Medals: 1
#Silver Stars: 741
#Legion of Merits: 25
#Soldier Medals: 14
#Bronze Stars: 5,530
#Air Medals: 89
#MG John C. H. Lee (November 6, 1941 – May 8, 1942)
#MG Walter M. Robertson (May 9, 1942 – June 1945)
#BG W. K. Harrison (June – September 1945)
#MG Edward M. Almond (September 1945 – June 1946)
#MG Paul W. Kendall (June 1946 – May 24, 1948)
#MG Harry J. Collins (June 30, 1948 –)
#MG Kid Chris (February 2, 1952 –)
#MG Henry "Gunfighter" Emerson (1970's)
#Killed in action: 3,031
#Wounded in action: 12,785
#Died of wounds: 457
=== Korean War ===
With the outbreak of hostilities in Korea during the summer of 1950, the 2nd Infantry Division was quickly alerted for movement to the Far East Command. The division arrived in Korea, via Pusan on July 23, becoming the first unit to reach Korea directly from the United States. Initially employed piecemeal, the entire division was committed as a unit on August 24, 1950, relieving the 24th Infantry Division at the Naktong River Line. The first big test came when the North Koreans struck in a desperate human wave attack on the night of August 31. In the 16-day battle that followed, the division’s clerks, bandsmen, technical and supply personnel joined in the fight to defend against the attackers.
Shortly thereafter, the 2ID was the first unit to break out of the Pusan Perimeter and they led the Eighth Army drive to the Manchurian Border. Now within fifty miles of the Manchurian border when Chinese forces entered the fight, soldiers of the 2nd Infantry Division were given the mission of protecting the rear and right flank of the Eighth Army as it retired to the South. Fighting around Kunu-ri cost the division nearly one third of its strength, but was ten times more costly to the enemy and the way was kept open. The Chinese winter offensive was finally blunted by the 2nd Infantry Division on January 31 at Wonju. Taking up the offensive in a two-prong attack in February 1951, the Division repulsed a powerful Chinese counter-offensive in the epic battles of Chipyong-ni and Wonju. The United Nations front was saved and the general offensive continued.
Again in April and May 1951, the 2nd Infantry Division was instrumental in smashing the communist's spring offensive. For its part in this action the 2nd Infantry Division was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation. What followed were alternating periods of combat and rest, with the division participating in the Battle of Bloody Ridge and Battle of Heartbreak Ridge. Finally, on April 9, 1954, the Division was moved to a rear area near Chi-po-ri and on August 20, 1954, four years after its last unit arrived in Korea, the 2ID was alerted for re-deployment to the United States.
#Medals of Honor: 17
:9th Infantry Regiment: Loren R. Kaufman (September 4 and September 5, 1950), Edward C. Krzyzowski (August 31,
The '2nd Infantry Division (Heavy)' is a formation of the United States Army. Its current primary mission is the defense of South Korea in the initial stages of an invasion from North Korea until other American units can arrive.
Strength
There are approximately 15,000 soldiers in the 2nd Infantry Division.
The 2nd Infantry Division, unlike any other division in the Army, is made up partially of Korean soldiers, called KATUSAs (Korean Augmentation to US Army). This program began in 1950 by agreement with South Korean President Syngman Rhee. Some 27,000 KATUSAs served with the US forces at the end of the Korean War. As of May 2006, approximately 1,100 KATUSA Soldiers serve with 2ID.
Nicknames
★ "Indian Head" Division (so named after the unit patch)
★ "Warrior Division" (official nickname)
★ "Two IQ" (Derogatory nickname other units / soldiers use to make fun of the division)
★ Motto: "Second to None"
Command and Staff
★ Division Commander: Major General James A. Coggin
★ Assistant Division Commander (Maneuver): Brigadier General John Johnson
★ Assistant Division Commander (Support): Brigadier General H. T. Landwermeyer, Jr.
★ Division Command Sergeant Major: Command Sergeant Major Brian M. Stall
Division Commanders
MG C.A.Doyen
OCT 17 – NOV 17
MG Omar Bundy
NOV 17 – JUL 18
MG James G. Harbord
JUL 18 – AUG 18
MG John A. Lejeune
AUG 18 – DEC 19
COL Harry A. Eaton
DEC 19 – MAR 20
MG James G. Harbord
MAR 20 – JUL 21
MG John L. Hines
JUL 21 – MAR 22
BG Edward M. Lewis
MAR 22 – MAY 23
BG Dennis L. Nolan
MAY 23 – SEP 23
MG Ernest Hinds
SEP 23 – MAY 25
MG Paul B. Malone
MAY 25 – SEP 26
MG William D. Connor
SEP 26 – JAN 28
BG Thomas G. Donaldson
JAN 28 – MAY 28
BG Albert J. Bonley
MAY 28 – DEC 33
MG Halstead Dorey
DEC 33 – OCT 34
BG Charles Howland
OCT 34 – APR 35
MG Frank C. Bolles
APR 35 – OCT 35
BG Alexander T. Overshine
OCT 35- APR 36
MG Charles E. Kilbourne
APR 36 – JUN 36
MG Herbert J. Brees
JUN 36 – OCT 36
MG James K. Parsons
OCT 36 – MAY 38
MG Frank W. Rowell
MAY 38 – MAR 39
MG William K. Krueger
MAR 39 – OCT 40
MG James L. Collings
OCT 40 – MAR 41
BG Edmund L. Daley
MAR 41 – APR 41
BG John Greely
APR 41 – NOV 41
MG C. W. Lee
NOV 41 – MAY 42
MG Walter M. Robertson
MAY 42 – JUN 45
BG William K. Harrison
JUN 45 – SEP 45
MG Edward M. Almond
SEP 45 – MAY 46
MG Paul W. Kendall
MAY 46 - JUL 48
MG Harry J. Collins
JUL 48 – APR 50
MG Lawrence B. Keiser
APR 50 – DEC 50
MG Robert B. McClure
DEC 50 – JAN 51
MG Clark L. Ruffner
JAN 51 – AUG 51
BG Thomas F. Deshazo
AUG 51 – SEP 51
MG Robert N. Young
SEP 51 – MAY 52
MG James C. Fry
MAY 52 – MAY 53
MG William L. Barriger
MAY 53 – MAR 54
MG John F. R. Seitz
MAR 54 – AUG 54
MG Robert L. Howze Jr.
AUG 54 – SEP 54
MG Thomas S. Timberman
SEP 54 – AUG 55
MG Paul L. Freeman Jr.
AUG 55 – AUG 56
MG James F. Collins
AUG 56 – FEB 57
BG John F. Ruggles
FEB 57 – FEB 57
MG Gilman O. Mudgett
FEB 57 – JUN 58
BG Miller O. Perry
JUN 58 – JUL 58
MG Robert H. Wienecke
JUL 58 – FEB 58
BG Miller O. Perry
FEB 60 – FEB 60
BG William L. Hardick
FEB 60 – MAR 60
MG Frederick W. Gibb
MAR 60 – JUN 61
BG William L. Hardick
JUN 61 – JUL 61
BG Charles H. White
JUL 61 – AUG 61
BG Royal Reynolds
AUG 61 – AUG 61
MG Charles H. Chase
AUG 61 – SEP 62
MG Charles Billengslea
SEP 62 – SEP 64
MG John H. Chiles
SEP 64 – JUL 65
MG Hugh M. Exton
JUL 65 – AUG 65
BG Robert R. Williams
AUG 65 – AUG 65
MG John H. Chiles
AUG 65 – JUL 66
MG George B. Pickett Jr.
JUL 66 – MAY 67
MG Frank C. Izenour
MAY 67 – JUN 68
MG Leland G. Cagwin
JUN 68 – SEP 69
MG Salve H. Matheson
SEP 69 – OCT 70
MG G. H. Woodward
OCT 70 – OCT 71
MG Jeffery C. Smith
OCT 71 – MAY 73
MG Henry E. Emerson
MAY 73 – MAY 75
MG J. R. Thurman
MAY 75 – JUN 76
MG Morris J. Brady
JUN 76 – JAN 78
MG David E. Grange
JAN 78 – JUN 79
MG Robert C. Kingston
JUN 79 – JUN 81
MG James H. Johnson
JUN 81 – NOV 82
BG Lee D. Brown
NOV 82 – DEC 82
BG Harison H. Williams
DEC 82 – DEC 82
MG James H. Johnson
DEC 82 – JUL 83
MG Henry Doctor
JUL 83 – AUG 85
MG Gary E. Luck
AUG 85 – DEC 86
MG Jack B. Farris
DEC 86 – JUN 88
MG Jack D. Woodall
JUN 88 – NOV 89
MG Caryl G. Marsh
NOV 89 – JUN 91
MG James T. Scott
JUN 91 – MAY 93
MG John N. Abrams
MAY 93 – MAR 95
MG Tommy R. Franks
MAR 95 – MAY 97
MG Michael B. Sherfield
MAY 97 – SEP 98
MG Robert F. Dees
SEP 98 - SEP 00
MG Russel L. Honoré
SEP 00 - JUL 02
MG John R. Wood
JUL 02 - SEP 04
MG George A. Higgins
SEP 04 - MAY 06
MG James A. Coggins
MAY 06 - Present
Locations
:Camp Red Cloud (Division Command) located in Uijeongbu City
:Camp Casey: located in Dongducheon City, 45 miles North of Seoul; 17 miles south of DMZ
:Camp Castle
:Camp Hovey
:
:Camp Stanley
:Camp Humphreys: located near Pyeongtaek City, South of Seoul.
:Fort Lewis
:Fort Carson
Subunits
:1st Heavy Brigade Combat Team at Camp Hovey, Korea
::4th Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment
::2nd Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment
::1st Battalion, 72nd Armor Regiment
::1st Battalion, 15th Field Artillery
::1st Brigade Special Troops Battalion
:::4th Chemical Company
::302nd Brigade Support Battalion
:210th Fires Brigade at Camp Casey, Korea (Brigade Commander: COL Brian McKiernan)
::6th Battalion, 37th Field Artillery
::1st Battalion, 38th Field Artillery
::702nd Brigade Support Battalion
::579th Signal Company
:2nd Brigade Combat Team, at Fort Carson, CO
::1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment
::2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment
::3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment
::2nd Battalion, 17th Artillery
::2nd Brigade Support Battalion
:3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, at Fort Lewis, WA
::2nd Battalion, 3d Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard)
::5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment (Sykes' Regulars)
::1st Battalion, 23d Infantry Regiment (Tomahawks)
::1st Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment
::1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery
::296th Brigade Support Battalion
:::334th Signal Company
:::18th Engineer Company
:::209th Military Intelligence Company
:::Charlie Company, 52nd Infantry Regiment (Anti-Tank)
:4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, at Fort Lewis, WA
::4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment
::2nd Battalion, 23d Infantry Regiment
::1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment
::2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment
::38th Engineer Company
::Fox Company, 52nd Infantry Regiment (Anti-tank)
::45th Military Intelligence Company
::472nd Signal Company
:5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, at Fort Lewis, WA
::2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment
::1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment
::4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment
::8th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment
::3rd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Battalion
::402nd Brigade Support Battalion
::562nd Engineer Company
::Alpha Company, 52nd Infantry Regiment (Anti-tank)
::572nd Military Intelligence Company
::21st Signal Company
:5th Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery
:Combat Aviation Brigade
::Aviation Brigade Headquarters
::1st Battalion, 2nd Aviation, at Camp Eagle
::2nd Battalion, 2nd Aviation, at Camp Humphreys
::3rd Battalion, 2nd Aviation, (ex-2nd Battalion, 52nd Aviation) at Camp Humphreys
::4th Battalion, 2nd Aviation (ex-3rd Squadron, 6th Cavalry) at Camp Humphreys
::164th ATS, at Camp Humphreys
::602nd Aviation Support Battalion, at Camp Humphreys
:Eighth Army Support:
:2nd Battalion, 52nd General Support Aviation Brigade, located at Camp Humphreys
:2nd Infantry Division Band, at Camp Red Cloud
:122nd Signal Battalion
:121st General Hospital, at Yongsan Garrison
::127th Field Surgical Team
2nd ID Distinctive Unit Insignia
History
World War I
Constituted September 21, 1917 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 2nd Infantry Division, 2nd ID was organized on October 26, 1917, at Bourmont, Haute Marne, France. At the time of its activation, the Indianhead Division was composed of the 3d Infantry Brigade, which was a normal Organic Brigade which included the 9th Infantry Regiment; 23d Infantry Regiment; and the 4th Marine Brigade, which consisted of the 5th Marine Regiment and the 6th Marine Regiment, a battalion of field artillery, and various supporting units.
★ (Special Note: The Navy furnished the hospital corpsmen for the 4th Marine Brigade, 5th Marine Regiment and 6th Marine Regiment, and made a special uniform change which allows hospital corpsmen of these organizations to wear a shoulder strap on the left shoulder of the "Dress Blues" so that the French Fourragere could be worn. These are the only Navy units to wear the Fourragere.
Twice during "The Great War" the division was commanded by Marine Corps generals, Major General Charles A. Doyen and Major General John A. Lejeune, marking the only times in U.S. Military history when Marine Corps officers commanded an Army division.
The division spent the winter of 1917–1918 training with French Army veterans. Though judged unprepared by French tacticians, the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) was committed to combat in the spring of 1918 in a desperate attempt to halt a German advance toward Paris. The 2nd Infantry Division drew its first blood in the nightmare landscape of the Battle of Belleau Wood, and contributed to shattering the four year old stalemate on the battlefield during the Château-Thierry campaign that followed. On July 28, 1918, MajGen John A. Lejeune assumed command of the 2nd Infantry Division and remained in that capacity until August 1919, when the unit was demobilized. He was the only Marine officer to command an Army division. The division won hard fought victories at Soissons and Mont Blanc, for which it was awarded the French Fourragère in the colors of the Croix de Guerre. Finally the Indianhead Division participated in the Meuse-Argonne offensive which spelled the end of any German hope for victory. On November 11, 1918 the Armistice was declared, and the 2nd Infantry Division marched into Germany where it performed occupation duties until April 1919. 2nd Infantry Division returned to U. S. in July 1919.
Major operations
#Aisne
#Belleau Wood (4th Marine Brigade; 5th Marine Regiment; 6th Marine Regiment ONLY)
#St. Mihiel
#Meuse-Argonne offensive
#Aisne-Marne
Casualties
★ Killed in action - 1,964 (including USMC, 4,478)
★ Wounded in action - 9,782 (including USMC, 17,752)
★ Total - 11,746 (including USMC, 22,230)
Commanders
#BG C. A. Doyen, USMC (October 26, 1917),
#MG Omar Bundy (November 8, 1917),
#MG James G. Harbord (July 15, 1918),
#MG John A. Lejeune, USMC (July 26, 1918).
★ Source for the World War I data and information: US Army Center of Military History 'The following combat chronicles, current as of October 1948, are reproduced from The Army Almanac: A Book of Facts Concerning the Army of the United States, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950, pp. 510–592.'
Interwar years
Upon returning to the United States, the division was stationed at Fort Sam Houston, at San Antonio, Texas as one of three divisions to remain intact and on Active Duty for the entire interwar period. It remained there for the next 23 years, serving as an experimental unit, testing new concepts and innovations for the Army. In 1940 the 2nd Infantry Division was the first command reorganized under the new triangular concept, which provided for three separate regiments in each division. Indianhead soldiers pioneered concepts of airmobility and anti-tank warfare, which served the army for the next two decades on battlefields in every corner of the globe.
2ID started taking part in maneuvers at Christine, Texas between January 3 and January 27, 1940. It then moved to Horton, Texas for maneuvers from April 26 to May 28, 1940, followed by maneuvers at Cravens, Louisiana from August 16 to August 23, 1940. It returned to Fort Sam Houston, where it continued training and refitting, until it moved to Brownswood, Texas for the VIII Corps Maneuvers from June 1 through June 14, 1941 at Comanche, Texas. The division was then sent to Mansfield, Louisiana from August 11 through October 2, 1941 for the August-September 1941 Louisiana Maneuvers.
2ID was transferred to the VIII Corps Louisiana maneuver Area on July 27, 1941, and remained there until September 22, 1942, whereapon the 2ID returned to Fort Sam Houston. They then moved to Camp McCoy at Sparta, Wisconsin on November 27, 1942. Four months of intensive training for winter warfare followed. In September 1943 the division received their staging orders, and moved to the Camp Shanks staging area at Orangeburg, New York on October 3, 1943, where they got their Port Call orders. On October 8 the division officially sailed from the New York Port Of Embarkation, and started arriving in Belfast, Northern Ireland on October 17. They then moved over to England, where they trained and staged for forward movement to France.
World War II
Assignments in the European Theater of Operations
# October 22, 1943: Attached to First Army
# December 24, 1943: XV Corps, but attached to First Army
# April 14, 1944: V Corps, First Army
# August 1, 1944: V Corps, First Army, 12th Army Group
# August 17, 1944: XIX Corps
# August 18, 1944: VIII Corps, Third Army, 12th Army Group
# September 5, 1944: VIII Corps, Ninth Army, 12th Army Group
# October 22, 1944: VIII Corps, First Army, 12th Army Group
# December 11, 1944: V Corps
# December 20, 1944: Attached, with the entire First Army, to the British 21st Army Group
# January 18, 1945: V Corps, First Army, 12th Army Group
# April 28, 1945: VII Corps
# May 1, 1945: V Corps
# May 6, 1945: Third Army, 12th Army Group
Narrative
After training in Ireland and Wales from October 1943 to June 1944, the 2nd Infantry Division crossed the channel to land on Omaha Beach on D plus 1, June 7, 1944, near St. Laurent-sur-Mer. Attacking across the Aure River, the Division liberated Trevieres, June 10, and proceeded to assault and secure Hill 192, the key enemy strongpoint on the road to St. Lô. With the hill taken July 11, 1944, the Division went on the defensive until July 26. Exploiting the St. Lô break-through, the 2nd Division advanced across the Vire to take Tinchebray August 15, 1944. The Division then moved west to join the battle for Brest, the heavily defended fortress surrendering September 18, 1944 after a 39-day contest.
The Division took a brief rest September 19–September 26 before moving to defensive positions at St. Vith, Belgium on September 29, 1944. The division entered Germany on October 3, 1944, and the Second was ordered, on December 11, 1944, to attack and seize the Roer River dams. The German Ardennes offensive in mid-December forced the Division to withdraw to defensive positions near Elsenborn, where the German drive was halted. In February 1945 the Division attacked, recapturing lost ground, and seized Gemund, March 4. Reaching the Rhine March 9, the 2ID advanced south to take Breisig, March 10–11, and to guard the Remagen bridge, March 12–March 20.
The Division crossed the Rhine March 21 and advanced to Hadamar and Limburg an der Lahn, relieving elements of the 9th Armored Division, March 28. Advancing rapidly in the wake of the 9th Armored, the 2nd Infantry Division crossed the Weser at Veckerhagen, April 6–April 7, captured Göttingen April 8, established a bridgehead across the Saale, April 14, seizing Merseburg on April 15. On April 18 the Division took Leipzig, mopped up in the area, and outposted the Mulde River; elements which had crossed the river were withdrawn April 24. Relieved on the Mulde, the 2nd moved 200 miles, May 1–May 3, to positions along the German-Czech border near Schonsee and Waldmunchen, where 2 ID relieved the 97th and 99th ID's. The division crossed over to Czechoslovakia on May 4, 1945, and attacked in the general direction of Pilsen, attacking that city on VE Day.
2nd Infantry Division returned to the New York Port Of Embarkation on July 20, 1945, and arrived at Camp Swift at Bastrop, Texas on July 22, 1945. They started a training schedule to prepare them to participate in the scheduled invasion of Japan, but they were still at Camp Swift on VJ Day. They then moved to the Staging Area at Camp Stoneman at Pittsburg, California on March 28, 1946, but the move eastward was cancelled, and they received orders to move to Fort Lewis at Tacoma, Washington. They arrived at Fort Lewis on April 15, 1946, which became their Home Station. From their Fort Lewis base, they conducted Arctic, air transportability, amphibious, and maneuver training.
World War II Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
#Normandy
#Northern France
#Rhineland
#Ardennes-Alsace
#Central Europe
★ Days of combat: 303
Awards and Decorations
#Distinguished Unit Citations: 16
#Medals of Honor: 6
#Distinguished Service Crosses: 34
#Distinguished Service Medals: 1
#Silver Stars: 741
#Legion of Merits: 25
#Soldier Medals: 14
#Bronze Stars: 5,530
#Air Medals: 89
Commanders
#MG John C. H. Lee (November 6, 1941 – May 8, 1942)
#MG Walter M. Robertson (May 9, 1942 – June 1945)
#BG W. K. Harrison (June – September 1945)
#MG Edward M. Almond (September 1945 – June 1946)
#MG Paul W. Kendall (June 1946 – May 24, 1948)
#MG Harry J. Collins (June 30, 1948 –)
#MG Kid Chris (February 2, 1952 –)
#MG Henry "Gunfighter" Emerson (1970's)
Casualties
#Killed in action: 3,031
#Wounded in action: 12,785
#Died of wounds: 457
=== Korean War ===
An M4 Sherman tank of the 2nd Infantry firing on enemy positions in 1952
With the outbreak of hostilities in Korea during the summer of 1950, the 2nd Infantry Division was quickly alerted for movement to the Far East Command. The division arrived in Korea, via Pusan on July 23, becoming the first unit to reach Korea directly from the United States. Initially employed piecemeal, the entire division was committed as a unit on August 24, 1950, relieving the 24th Infantry Division at the Naktong River Line. The first big test came when the North Koreans struck in a desperate human wave attack on the night of August 31. In the 16-day battle that followed, the division’s clerks, bandsmen, technical and supply personnel joined in the fight to defend against the attackers.
Shortly thereafter, the 2ID was the first unit to break out of the Pusan Perimeter and they led the Eighth Army drive to the Manchurian Border. Now within fifty miles of the Manchurian border when Chinese forces entered the fight, soldiers of the 2nd Infantry Division were given the mission of protecting the rear and right flank of the Eighth Army as it retired to the South. Fighting around Kunu-ri cost the division nearly one third of its strength, but was ten times more costly to the enemy and the way was kept open. The Chinese winter offensive was finally blunted by the 2nd Infantry Division on January 31 at Wonju. Taking up the offensive in a two-prong attack in February 1951, the Division repulsed a powerful Chinese counter-offensive in the epic battles of Chipyong-ni and Wonju. The United Nations front was saved and the general offensive continued.
Again in April and May 1951, the 2nd Infantry Division was instrumental in smashing the communist's spring offensive. For its part in this action the 2nd Infantry Division was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation. What followed were alternating periods of combat and rest, with the division participating in the Battle of Bloody Ridge and Battle of Heartbreak Ridge. Finally, on April 9, 1954, the Division was moved to a rear area near Chi-po-ri and on August 20, 1954, four years after its last unit arrived in Korea, the 2ID was alerted for re-deployment to the United States.
Korean War Honors
Awards and Decorations
#Medals of Honor: 17
:9th Infantry Regiment: Loren R. Kaufman (September 4 and September 5, 1950), Edward C. Krzyzowski (August 31,
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