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United States Army 106th Infantry Division (Golden Lion)

U. S. ARMY 106TH INFANTRY (GOLDEN LION DIVISION) -  The 106th Infantry Division was a division of the United States Army formed for service during World War II.  Two of its three regiments were overrun and surrounded in the initial days of the Battle of the Bulge, and they were forced to surrender to German forces on December 19, 1944.

United States Army 104th Infantry Division (Timberwolves)

U. S. ARMY 104TH INFANTRY (TIMBERWOLVES DIVISION) -  The 104th Infantry Division was an infantry division of the United States Army.  Today, it is known as the 104th Division (Leader Training) and based at Fort Lewis, Washington, as a training unit of the United States Army Reserve.

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United States Army 103rd Infantry Division (Cactus)

U. S. ARMY 103RD INFANTRY (CACTUS DIVISION) -  The 103rd Infantry Division ("Cactus Division") was a unit of the United States Army which served in the U.S. Seventh Army of the 6th Army Group during World War II.  It was variously assigned to the VI Corps, XV Corps, and XXI Corps.  By war's end it was part of VI Corps' dash across Bavaria into the Alps, reaching Innsbruck, Austria, taking the Brenner Pass, and earning the honor of linking up with the U.S. Fifth Army coming north from Vipiteno Italy, joining the Italian and Western European fronts on May 4, 1945.

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United States Army 102nd Infantry Division (Ozark)

U. S. ARMY 102ND INFANTRY DIVISION (OZARK) -  The 102d Infantry Division ("Ozark") was a unit of the United States Army in World War II.

World War II

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United States Army 100th Infantry Division (Sons of Bitche)

U. S. ARMY 100TH INFANTRY DIVISION (SONS OF BITCHE) -  The 100th Division (formerly the 100th Infantry Division) is an infantry division of the United States Army headquartered at Fort Knox, Kentucky.  It currently serves as a major training command of the United States Army Reserve.  Throughout its long history, the division has taken on numerous roles. Serving as the 100th Infantry Division until the 1950s, the division then briefly became the 100th Airborne Division before becoming the 100th Division (Training).

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United States Army 99th Infantry Division (Checkerboard or Battle Babies)

U. S. ARMY 99TH INFANTRY DIVISION (CHECKERBOARD OR BATTLE BABIES) - The 99th Infantry Division was a unit of the United States Army in World War II.  It played a strategic role in the Battle of the Bulge when its inexperienced troops held fast on the northern shoulder of the German advance, refusing them access to the vital northern road network that led into Belgium.

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United States Army 97th Infantry Division (Trident)

U. S. ARMY 97TH INFANTRY (TRIDENT DIVISION) -  The 97th Infantry Division was a unit of the United States Army in World War I and World War II. Nicknamed the Trident division because of its shoulder patch, a vertical trident in white on a blue background, it was originally trained in amphibious assaults as preparation for deployment in the Pacific Theater, it was pulled to infantry in 1944 when casualties in Europe needed to be replaced.

World War I

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United States Army 96th Infantry Division (Deadeye)

U. S. ARMY 96TH INFANTRY (DEADEYE DIVISION) - The 96th Sustainment Brigade, is a unit of the United States Army that inherited the lineage of the 96th Infantry Division that served in World War II.  Effective September 17, 2008, the unit became the 96th Sustainment Brigade, with its headquarters located at Fort Douglas, Salt Lake City, Utah.

World War II -The 96th Division was put back into the active US Army on 15 August 1942, just eight months after the Attack on Pearl Harbor brought the United States into World War II.

United States Army 95th Infantry Division (Iron Men of Metz)

U. S. ARMY 95TH INFANTRY DIVISION (IRON MEN OF METZ) -  The 95th Infantry Division was an infantry division of the United States Army. Today it exists as the 95th Training Division, a component of the United States Army Reserve headquartered at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.  Activated too late to deploy for World War I, the division remained in the Army's reserve until World War II, when it was sent to Europe.  Renowned for fighting back fierce German counterattacks, the division earned the nickname "Iron Men of Metz" for fighting to liberate and defend the town.

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United States Army 94th Infantry Division (Neuf Cats)

U. S. ARMY 94TH INFANTRY DIVISION (NEUF CATS) - The 94th Division was a unit of the United States Army in World War I, and of the Organized Reserve Corps in 1921 until 1942.  Nicknamed "Neuf Cats" – a play on the Division's ordinal numbers ("94") rendered into French ("neuf-quatre") literally, 'Nine-Four'.  As 'Quatre' was pronounced 'cat', the division decided to adopt this as a nickname and pluralized it.

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