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United States Army 84th Infantry Division (Railsplitters)
U. S. ARMY 84TH INFANTRY (RAILSPLITTERS DIVISION) - The 84th Training Command ("Railsplitters") is a formation of the United States Army. During World War I and World War II, it was known as the 84th Infantry Division. From 1946 to 1952, the division was a part of the United States Army Reserve as the 84th Airborne Division. In 1959, the division was reorganized and redesignated once more to the 84th Division. The division was headquartered in Milwaukee in command of over 4,100 soldiers divided into eight brigades—including an ROTC brigade—spread throughout seven states.
World War I
The 84th Division trained at Camp Zachary Taylor during World War I. Troops from Indiana and Kentucky made up this division. For World War I, personnel were first enlisted from the states of Illinois, Wisconsin, and Kentucky and were formed into an infantry division in 1917, whereupon they chose the formation's distinctive patch and nickname. Organized at Camp Taylor, Kentucky, in Sept., 1917. The division was composed of National Army drafts from Indiana and Kentucky, and remained in training at Camp Taylor until Aug., 1918. It was deployed to France in October 1918 to serve as a training formation for replacements which would be sent to the Western Front. At the war's end, the formation was recalled home and, without having seen combat actions, inactivated in January 1919.
World War II
Troops of the 84th Infantry Division liberated two satellite camps of the Neuengamme Concentration Camp: Ahlem (a.k.a. Hannover-Ahlem), on April 10, 1945, and Salzwedel, on April 14, 1945. As such, the 84th is officially recognized as a "Liberating Unit" by both the U.S. Army's Center of Military History and the Holocaust Memorial Museum.
- Campaigns: Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe
- Days of combat: 170
- Distinguished Unit Citations: 7.
- Awards: Distinguished Service Cross (United States)-12 ; Distinguished Service Medal (United States)-1 ; Silver Star-555; LM-4; SM-27 ; BSM-2,962 ; AM-59
WWII Casualties
- Total battle casualties: 7,260[5]
- Killed in action: 1,284[5]
- Wounded in action: 5,098[5]
- Missing in action: 129[5]
- Prisoner of war: 749[5]
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