United States Army 89th Infantry Division (Rolling W)

U. S. ARMY 89TH INFANTRY DIVISION (ROLLING W) -  The 89th Infantry Division, known as the "Rolling W," was an infantry unit of the United States Army that was activated for service in World War I and World War II.  

World War I

• Activated: August 1917
• Overseas: June 1918
• Major Operations: St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne
• Casualties: Total-7,091 (KIA-980; WIA-6,111)
• Inactivated: May 1919

World War II

• Activated:  July 15, 1942
• Overseas:  January 10, 1945
• Campaigns: Rhineland, Central Europe
• Days of combat: 57
• Awards: Distinguished Service Cross-1;[4] Distinguished Service Medal (United States)-1 ; Silver Star-46; Legion of Merit-5; Soldier's Medal-1 ; Bronze Star Medal-135 ; Air Medal-17
• Inactivated:  December 27, 1945

WWII Casualties

• Total battle casualties: 1,029
• Killed in action: 292
• Wounded in action: 692
• Missing in action: 5
• Prisoner of war: 40

The 89th was reactivated as a Reserve unit in 1947 with headquarters in Wichita, Kansas and redesignated as the 89th Division (Training) in 1959.  In 1973 the division colors were cased and the shoulder patch (but not the lineage and honors) was continued in use as the 89th Army Reserve Command (ARCOM).  (ARCOMs were not tactical commands, but were instead regional conglomerations of unrelated units.  Upon mobilization, units within the ARCOMs would be assigned to active duty units with which they were aligned.)  The 89th ARCOM was later redesignated as the 89th Regional Support Command, and in 2003 it became the 89th Regional Readiness Command.  In its 2005 BRAC recommendations, United States Department of Defense recommended realigning the Wichita US Army Reserve Center by disestablishing the 89th Regional Readiness Command. This recommendation was part of a larger recommendation to re-engineer and streamline the command and control structure of the Army Reserves that would create the Northwest Regional Readiness Command at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin.  The 89th currently exists as the 89th Sustainment Brigade in the US Army Reserve.