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2nd Infantry Division (United States)

December 02, 2023

The 2nd Infantry Division (2ID, 2nd ID) ("Indianhead")[1] is a formation of the United States Army. Since the 1960s, its current primary mission is the pre-emptive defense of South Korea in the event of an invasion from North Korea. There are approximately 17,000 soldiers in the 2nd Infantry Division, with 10,000 of them stationed in South Korea, accounting for about 35% of the United States Forces Korea personnel.[3] Denoted the 2nd Infantry Division-ROK/U.S. Combined Division (2ID/RUCD), the division is augmented by rotational Brigade Combat Teams (BCTs) from other U.S. Army divisions.[4][5][6]

2nd Infantry Division
Active1917 - present
Country United States
 South Korea
Branch United States Army
TypeInfantry
RoleHeadquarters
SizeDivision
Part of Eighth Army
Garrison/HQCamp Humphreys, South Korea (HQ)
Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, U.S.
Nickname(s)"Indianhead"[1]
Motto(s)"Second to None"
Colors   Red and blue
March"Warrior March"
EngagementsWorld War I

World War II

Korean War

Korean DMZ Conflict

War on Terrorism

WebsiteFacebook page
Commanders
Current
commander		Major General William D. Taylor[2]
Deputy Commanding Officer – ManeuverColonel Brandon Anderson
Deputy Commanding General – SupportBrigadier General Lori L. Robinson
Deputy Commanding General – ROKABrigadier General Jeong Hyeok Kim, ROK Army
Command Sergeant MajorCommand Sergeant Major Kenneth R. Franco
Notable
commanders		Complete list of commanders
Insignia
Combat service identification badge
Distinctive insignia
Flag
2nd ID and 16th MIB (ROKA) Combined Div HQ Tab

The 2nd Infantry Division is unique in that it is the only U.S. Army division that is made up partially of South Korean soldiers, called KATUSA (Korean Augmentation to the U.S. Army). This program began in 1950 by agreement with the first South Korean president, Syngman Rhee. Some 27,000 KATUSAs served with the U.S. forces at the end of the Korean War. As of May 2006, approximately 1,100 KATUSA soldiers serve with the 2ID. There were also more than 4,748 Dutch soldiers assigned to the division between 1950 and 1954.[7][8]

History edit

World War I edit

 
Preston Brown, wearing the 2nd Division insignia
 
Edward Mann Lewis, with decorations

The 2nd Division was first constituted on 21 September 1917 in the Regular Army.[9][10][11][12] It was organized on 26 October 1917 at Bourmont, Haute Marne, France.[13]

Order of battle edit

 
Order of Battle for the Second Infantry Division in the First World War

Twice during World War I the division was commanded by US Marine Corps generals, Brigadier General Charles A. Doyen and Major General John A. Lejeune (after whom the Marine Corps Camp in North Carolina is named), the only time in U.S. military history when Marine Corps officers commanded an Army division.[13]

The division spent the winter of 1917–18 training with French and Scottish 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. Major General Edward Mann Lewis Commanded the 3rd Brigade as they deployed to reinforce the battered French along the Paris to Metz road. The division first fought at 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 28 July 1918, Marine Corps Major General Lejeune assumed command of the 2nd Division and remained in that capacity until August 1919, when the unit returned to the US. The division went on to win hard-fought victories at Soissons and Blanc Mont. Finally the Indianhead Division participated in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive which ended any German hope for victory. On 11 November 1918 the Armistice was declared, and the 2nd Division entered Germany, where it assumed occupation duties until April 1919. 2nd Division returned to U.S. in July 1919.

The 2nd Division was three times awarded the French Croix de guerre for gallantry under fire at Belleau Wood, Soissons, and Blanc Mont. This entitles current members of the division and of those regiments that were part of the division at that time (including the 5th and 6th Marine Regiments) to wear a special lanyard, or fourragère, in commemoration. The Navy authorized a special uniform change that allows hospital corpsmen assigned to 5th and 6th Marine Regiments to wear a shoulder strap on the left shoulder of their dress uniform so that the fourragère can be worn.

The division lost 1,964 (plus USMC: 4,478) killed in action and 9,782 (plus USMC: 17,752) wounded in action.[citation needed]

Major operations edit

 
Omar Bundy & John A. Lejeune

Interwar years edit

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. The 2nd Division stationed at Camp Bullis and Fort Sam Houston, Texas was the first command reorganized under the new triangular concept of organization theory of warfare, which provided for three separate regiments in each division. Indianhead soldiers pioneered concepts of air mobility and anti-tank warfare, which served the army for the next two decades on battlefields in every corner of the globe.[citation needed]

The 2nd Division participated in maneuvers at Christine, Texas between 3 and 27 January 1940. It then moved to Horton, Texas for maneuvers from 26 April to 28 May 1940, followed by maneuvers at Cravens, Louisiana from 16 to 23 August 1940. It returned to Fort Sam Houston, where it continued training and refitting, until it moved to Brownwood, Texas for the VIII Corps maneuvers from 1 June through 14 June 1941 at Comanche, Texas. The division was then sent to Mansfield, Louisiana from 11 August through 2 October 1941 for the August–September 1941 Louisiana Maneuvers.[citation needed]

The division was transferred to the VIII Corps Louisiana maneuver Area on 27 July 1941, being redesignated as the 2nd Infantry Division in August, and remained there until 22 September 1942, whereupon the formation returned to Fort Sam Houston. They then moved to Camp McCoy at Sparta, Wisconsin on 27 November 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 3 October 1943, where they received Port Call orders. On 8 October the division officially sailed from the New York Port of Embarkation, and started arriving in Belfast, Northern Ireland on 17 October. They then moved over to England, where they trained and staged for forward movement to France.[12]

 
Second Division Memorial, dedicated in 1936, is located in President's Park, Washington, D.C.

World War II edit

 
December 1944 order of battle

Assignments in European Theater of Operations edit

  1. 22 October 1943: Attached to First Army
  2. 24 December 1943: XV Corps, but attached to First Army
  3. 14 April 1944: V Corps, First Army
  4. 1 August 1944: V Corps, First Army, 12th Army Group
  5. 17 August 1944: XIX Corps
  6. 18 August 1944: VIII Corps, Third Army, 12th Army Group
  7. 5 September 1944: VIII Corps, Ninth Army, 12th Army Group
  8. 22 October 1944: VIII Corps, First Army, 12th Army Group
  9. 11 December 1944: V Corps
  10. 20 December 1944: Attached, with the entire First Army, to the British 21st Army Group
  11. 18 January 1945: V Corps, First Army, 12th Army Group
  12. 28 April 1945: VII Corps
  13. 1 May 1945: V Corps
  14. 6 May 1945: Third Army, 12th Army Group

Narrative edit

 
2nd Infantry Division marching up the bluff at the E-1 draw of Omaha Beach (7 June 1944). They are going past the German resistance nest 65 that defended the route to Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer.

After training in Northern 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 (7 June 1944) near Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer. Attacking across the Aure River on 10 June, the division liberated Trévières and proceeded to assault and secure Hill 192, a key enemy strong point on the road to Saint-Lo. After three weeks of fortifying the position and by order of Commanding General Walter M. Robertson, the order was given to take Hill 192. On 11 July under the command of Col. Ralph Wise Zwicker the 38th Infantry Regiment and with the 9th and the 23rd by his side the battle began at 5:45am. Using an artillery concept from World War I (rolling barrage) and with the support of 25,000 rounds of HE/WP that were fired by 8 artillery battalions, the hill was taken. Except for three days during the Battle of the Bulge, this was the heaviest expenditure of ammunition by the 38th Field Artillery Battalion, and it was the only time during the 11 months of combat that 2nd Division artillery used a rolling barrage. The division went on the defensive until 26 July. After exploiting the Saint-Lo breakout, the 2nd Division then advanced across the Vire to take Tinchebray on 15 August 1944. The division then raced toward Brest, the heavily defended port fortress that was a major port for German U-boats. After 39 days of fighting the Battle for Brest was won, and was the first place the Army Air Forces used bunker busting bombs.[citation needed]

The division took a brief rest 19–26 September before moving to defensive positions at St. Vith, Belgium on 29 September 1944. The division entered Germany on 3 October 1944, and was ordered, on 11 December 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 Ridge, where the German drive was halted. In February 1945 the division attacked, recapturing lost ground, and seized Gemund, 4 March. Reaching the Rhine on 9 March, the division advanced south to take Breisig, 10–11 March, and to guard the Remagen bridge, 12–20 March.

 
Two soldiers of 9th Infantry Regiment of 2nd Division in front of a military cinema, provided for soldiers' entertainment (1 March 1945).

The division crossed the Rhine on 21 March and advanced to Hadamar and Limburg an der Lahn, relieving elements of the 9th Armored Division, 28 March. Advancing rapidly in the wake of the 9th Armored, the 2nd Infantry Division crossed the Weser at Veckerhagen, 6–7 April, captured Göttingen 8 April, established a bridgehead across the Saale, 14 April, seizing Merseburg on 15 April. On 18 April the division took Leipzig,[16] mopped up in the area, and outposted the Mulde River; elements which had crossed the river were withdrawn 24 April. Relieved on the Mulde, the 2nd moved 200 miles, 1–3 May, to positions along the German-Czech border near Schönsee and Waldmünchen, where 2 ID relieved the 97th and 99th IDs. The division crossed over to Czechoslovakia on 4 May 1945, and attacked in the general direction of Pilsen, attacking that city on VE Day. The division lost 3,031 killed in action, 12,785 wounded in action, and 457 died of wounds.

 
World War II unit history

The 2nd Infantry Division returned to the New York Port of Embarkation on 20 July 1945, and arrived at Camp Swift at Bastrop, Texas on 22 July 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 28 March 1946, but the move eastward was canceled, and they received orders to move to Fort Lewis at Tacoma, Washington. They arrived at Fort Lewis on 15 April 1946, which became their home station. From their Fort Lewis base, they conducted Arctic, air transportability, amphibious, and maneuver training.

Campaign participation credit edit

Casualties edit

  • Total battle casualties: 16,795[17]
  • Killed in action: 3,031[17]
  • Wounded in action: 12,785[17]
  • Missing in action: 193[17]
  • Prisoner of war: 786[17]

Awards and decorations edit

Korean War edit

 
2nd Infantry Division soldiers in action during the Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River in late November 1950

With the outbreak of hostilities in Korea on 25 June 1950, the 2nd Infantry Division was quickly alerted for movement to the Far East Command and assignment to the Eighth United States Army. The division arrived in Korea, via Pusan on 23 July, becoming the first unit to reach Korea directly from the United States.[citation needed] Initially employed piecemeal, the entire division was committed as a unit on 24 August 1950, relieving the 24th Infantry Division at the Naktong River Line. The first big test came when the North Korean Korean People's Army (KPA) struck in a human wave attack on the night of 31 August. 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.[citation needed]

Shortly thereafter, the division was the first unit to break out of the Pusan Perimeter starting on 16 September and Eighth Army then began a general offensive northward against crumbling KPA opposition to establish contact with forces of the 7th Infantry Division driving southward from the Inchon beachhead. Major elements of the KPA were destroyed and cut off in this aggressive penetration; the link-up was effected south of Suwon on 26 September. On 23 September the division was assigned to the newly activated US IX Corps. The UN offensive was continued northwards, past Seoul, and across the 38th Parallel into North Korea on 1 October. The momentum of the attack was maintained, and the race to the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, ended on 19 October when elements of the ROK 1st Infantry Division and US 1st Cavalry Division both captured the city. The advance continued, but against unexpectedly stiffening resistance. The Chinese People's Volunteer Army (PVA) entered the war on the side of North Korea, making their first attacks in late October. The division was within 50 miles (80 km) of the Manchurian border when the PVA launched their Second Phase Offensive on 25 November. During the Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River, 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. After this battle, while surrounded and outgunned, the division had to fight its way south through what was to become known as "The Gauntlet" - a PVA roadblock 6 miles (9.7 km) long where the 23rd Infantry Regiment fired off its stock of 3,206 artillery shells within 20 minutes, a massive barrage that prevented PVA troops from following the regiment. A large number of documents, including all records from the US 2nd Infantry Division and the US 24th Infantry Regiment, were lost during the battle, and this made it difficult for historians to either analyze the events in detail or to assess the exact battle damage and losses incurred.[18] However, it was later approximated that the US 2nd Infantry Division had suffered 4,037 casualties, and most of its artillery pieces, 40 percent of its signal equipment, 45 percent of its crew-served weapons, 30 percent of its vehicles were lost during the battle.[19] Thus, the US 2nd Infantry Division was deemed to be crippled,[20] Major General Laurence B. Keiser commander of 2nd Infantry Division was relieved from command by the end of the battle.[21]

The Eighth Army ordered a complete withdrawal to the Imjin River, south of the 38th Parallel. On 1 January 1951, PVA troops attacked the Eighth Army's defensive line at the Imjin River, forcing them back 50 miles (80 km) and allowing the PVA to capture Seoul. The PVA offensive was finally blunted by the 2nd Infantry Division on 20 January at Wonju. Following the establishment of defenses south of Seoul, General Matthew B. Ridgway ordered US I, IX and X Corps to conduct a general counteroffensive against the PVA/KPA, Operation Thunderbolt. Taking up the offensive in a two-prong attack in February 1951, the division repulsed a powerful PVA counter-offensive in the epic battles of Chipyong-ni and Wonju. The UN front was saved and the general offensive continued.[citation needed]

In August 1951, the division was on the offensive once again, ordered to attack a series of ridges that had been designated threats to the Eighth Army's line. These actions would devolve into the battles of Bloody Ridge and Heartbreak Ridge. The division would not receive relief until October, with its infantry regiments having suffered heavy losses. The 23rd Infantry Regiment bore the brunt of the damage, having been severely mauled on Heartbreak Ridge. The 2nd Division was withdrawn after possessing both Bloody and Heartbreak Ridges, and the damage they inflicted upon the PVA/KPA that held the ridges was estimated at 25,000 casualties. Ridge warfare was not embarked upon again as a military strategy for the remainder of the war.[22] In January 1953 the division was transferred from IX Corps to I Corps.

After the Korean Armistice Agreement was signed on 27 July 1953, the 2nd Infantry Division withdrew to positions south of the Korean Demilitarized Zone.[23] Soon after the armistice, 8th United States Army commander, General Maxwell D. Taylor, appointed Brigadier General John F. R. Seitz as commander of the 2nd Infantry Division which remained on duty in Korea.[24][25] Seitz commanded the division during a tense period following the armistice when both vigilance and intensive training of the Republic of Korea Army was required by the U.S. Army until the 2nd Infantry Division was redeployed to the United States in 1954.[24]

Awards and decorations edit

 
An M4 Sherman tank of the 2nd Infantry firing on enemy positions in 1952

Reorganization edit

After the armistice, the division remained in Korea until 1954, when it was reduced to near zero strength, the colors were transferred to Fort Lewis, Washington, Georgia and, in October 1954, the 44th Infantry Division was reflagged as the Second.

In September 1956, the division deployed to Alaska, with the division headquarters at Fort Richardson, as part of an Operation Gyroscope deployment (soldiers and families, no equipment), switching places with the 71st Infantry Division (which was reflagged as the 4th Infantry Division upon its arrival at Fort Lewis).

On 8 November 1957, it was announced that the division was to be inactivated. However, in the spring of 1958, it was announced that the division would be reorganizing at Fort Benning. Division elements were reorganized into two infantry battle groups (the 1-9 IN and the 1-23 IN) that would remain in Alaska as separate units, eventually reorganizing in 1963 as infantry battalions, as the 4-9 IN and the 4-23 IN, assigned to the 171st and 172nd Infantry Brigades, respectively.

In June 1958, the division was reorganized at Fort Benning, Georgia, as a Pentomic Division, having reflagged the 10th Infantry Division upon the latter's return from Germany. The division's three infantry regiments (the 9th, 23rd and 38th) were inactivated, with their elements reorganized into five infantry battle groups (the 2-9 IN, 2-23 IN, 1-87 IN, 2-1 IN and the 1-11 IN). Initially serving as a training division, it was designated as a Strategic Army Corps (STRAC) unit in March 1962.

 
Standard organization chart for a ROAD division

Like with other army units such as the 7th Infantry Division, the division did not see action in the Vietnam War.

In 1963, the division was reorganized as a Reorganization Objective Army Division (ROAD). Three Brigade Headquarters were activated and Infantry units were reorganized into battalions.

Back to South Korea edit

In 1965 at Fort Benning, Georgia, the 2nd Infantry Division's stateside units, the 11th Air Assault Division's personnel and equipment, and the colors and unit designations of the 1st Cavalry Division, returned from South Korea, were used to form a new formation, the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile). The personnel of the existing 1st Cavalry Division in Korea took over the unit designations of the old 2nd Infantry Division. Thus, the 2nd Infantry Division formally returned to South Korea in July 1965. From 1966 onwards North Korean forces were engaging in increasing border incursions and infiltration attempts and the 2nd Infantry Division was called upon to help halt these attacks. On 2 November 1966, soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 23d Infantry Regiment were killed in an ambush by North Korean forces. In 1967 enemy attacks in the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) increased, as a result, 16 U.S. soldiers were killed that year.[citation needed]

In 1968 the 2nd Infantry Division was headquartered at Tonggu Ri and responsible for watching over a portion of the DMZ.[26] In 1968 North Koreans continued to probe across the DMZ, and in 1969, while on patrol, four soldiers of 3d Battalion, 23d Infantry were killed. On 18 August 1976, during a routine tree-trimming operation within the DMZ, two American officers of the Joint Security Force (Joint Security Area) were axed to death in a melee with North Korean border guards called the Axe Murder Incident. On 21 August, following the deaths, the 2nd Infantry Division supported the United Nations Command in "Operation Paul Bunyan" to cut down the "Panmunjeom Tree". This effort was conducted by Task Force Brady (named after the 2nd ID Commander) in support of Task Force Vierra (named after the Joint Security Area Battalion commander).[citation needed]

Given the task of defending likely areas of enemy advance from the north, in 1982 the division occupied 17 camps, 27 sites, and 6 combat guard posts in strategic locations such as the Western (Kaesong-Munsan) Corridor; the Chorwon-Uijongbu Valley and other areas.[27]

Organization 1987–1993 edit

In 1987–1993 parts of the division were organized as follows:[28]

Recent times in Korea edit

 
5,000 Warriors created a human version of the division's distinctive Indianhead patch at Indianhead Stage Field on Camp Casey, Korea on 22 May 2009

On 13 June 2002, a 2ID armored vehicle struck and killed two 14-year-old South Korean schoolgirls on the Yangju highway as the vehicle was returning to base in Uijeongbu after training maneuvers. Sergeants Mark Walker and Fernando Nino, the two soldiers involved, were found not guilty of negligent homicide in a subsequent General Court-martial. The deaths and court-martial were the subject of anti-American sentiment in South Korea; the two girls are annually memorialized near US military bases in South Korea to this day.

The 2nd Infantry Division is in South Korea, with a number of camps near the DMZ.[46] Command headquarters are located at Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek-si, some 40 miles south of Seoul.[47][48]

Iraq War edit

 
Injured 2ID soldier treated for injuries in Ramadi
 
2ID soldiers reconnoitering Baghdad in 2006.
 
U.S. soldiers take cover during a firefight with insurgents in the Al Doura section of Baghdad in March 2007

From November 2003 to November 2004, the 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team deployed from Fort Lewis, Washington in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In the sands of Iraq the 3rd Brigade Stryker Brigade Combat Team proved the value of the Stryker brigade concept in combat and logistics operations.[49]

During the late spring of 2004, many of the soldiers of the 2nd Infantry Division's 2d Brigade Combat Team were given notice that they were about to be ordered to further deployment, with duty in Iraq. Units involved in this call-up included: 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment; 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment (Air Assault); 2d Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment; 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment (Mechanized); 44th Engineer Battalion; 2nd Forward Support Battalion; Company A, 102nd Military Intelligence Battalion; Company B, 122d Signal Battalion, elements of the 2d Battalion, 72nd Armor Regiment, a team from the 509th Personnel Services Battalion, and B Battery, 5th Battalion 5th Air Defense Artillery Regiment (Deployed as a combination of mechanized infantry and light infantry with two platoons of Bradley Fighting Vehicles and 1 platoon of armored HMMWVs). As a result of the short notice, extensive training was conducted by the brigade as they switched from a focus of the foreign defense of South Korea to the offensive operations that were going to be needed in Iraq. Furthermore, time was given for the majority of the soldiers to enjoy ten days of leave. This was vital: many of the soldiers had been in South Korea for a year or more with only two weeks or less time in the United States during their stay of duty. More, they were about to depart on a deployment scheduled to last at least another year. Finally, in August 2004, the brigade deployed to Iraq.

Upon landing in country, the 2d BCT was given strategic command to much of the sparsely populated area south and west of Fallujah. Their mission, however, changed when the major strategic actions began to take place within the city proper. At this time, the brigade combat team was refocused and given control of the eastern half of the volatile city of Ar-Ramadi. Within a few weeks of taking over operational control from the previous units, 2nd Brigade began suffering casualties from violent activity. Many of the units had to move to new camps in support of this new mission. The primary focus of the 2d BCT for much of their deployment was the struggle to gain local support and to minimize casualties.

The brigade was spread out amongst many camps. To the west of the city of Ar-Ramadi sat the camp of Junction City. 2ID units stationed there included: HQ 2d BCT, 2nd ID; 2–17th Field Artillery; 1–9th Infantry; 44th Engineer Battalion; Company A, 102d Military Intelligence Battalion; Company B, 122d Signal Battalion, and Company C (Medical), 2d Forward Support Battalion. To the eastern end of the city sat a much more austere camp, known as the Combat Outpost. This was home to the 1-503d Infantry Regiment. East of them but outside of the city proper itself was the town of Habbiniya and the 1–506th Infantry Regiment. Adjacent to this camp was the logistically important camp of Al-Taqaddum, where the 2d Forward Support Battalion was stationed.

For this mission, the brigade fell under the direct command not of the 2d Infantry Division, but rather under a Marine division. For the first six months while in Ramadi, the BCT fell under the 1st Marine Division. For the second half of the deployment, they were attached to the 2nd Marine Division. While the Marines do not wear unit patches on their uniforms, the units of the 2d BCT involved are authorized to now wear any of the following combat patches: the 2nd Infantry Division patch, the 1st Marine Division unit patch or the 2nd Marine Division unit patch.[citation needed]

 
SGT Karl King and PFC David Valenzuela lay down cover fire behind the cover of a Stryker vehicle while their squad maneuvers down a street in Al Doura, Iraq, on 7 March 2007. The soldiers are from Company C, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd BCT, 2nd Infantry Division.

The 2d Brigade Combat Team was in action in the city of Ramadi for many events, including the Iraqi national elections of January 2005. While the voting was accomplished and little to no violence was seen within the city, few voters participated (estimated to be in the 700 person range for the eastern half of the city, according to 2nd BCT officials).

The 2d BCT also built several new camps within the city. For security reasons, many are left unverified, however ones that can be confirmed include Camps Trotter and Corregidor built to ease the burden on the accommodations at Combat Outpost.

In July 2005, the brigade began to get relieved by units of the Army National Guard, as well as the 3d Infantry Division of the Regular Army. Six months into the deployment, the units of the 2d BCT were given word that they would not be returning to South Korea but, rather, to Fort Carson, Colorado in an effort to restructure the Army and house more soldiers on American soil.

From June 2006 to September 2007, the 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team deployed from Fort Lewis, Washington in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. During the 3rd Stryker Brigade's second deployment to Operation Iraqi Freedom their mission was to assist the Iraqi security forces with counter-insurgency operations in the Ninewa Province. 46 soldiers from the brigade were killed during the deployment.

On 1 June 2006 at Fort Lewis, Washington the 4th Brigade, 2d Infantry Division was formed. From April 2007 to July 2008 the 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team was deployed in as part of the surge to regain control of the situation in Iraq. The brigade assumed responsibility for the area north of Baghdad and the Diyala province. 35 soldiers from the brigade were killed during the deployment.

From October 2006 to January 2008, the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team deployed from Fort Carson, Colorado in support of the Multi-National Division – Baghdad (1st Cavalry Division) and was responsible for assisting the Iraqi forces to become self-reliant, bringing down the violence and insurgency levels and supporting the rebuilding of the Iraqi infrastructure. 43 soldiers from the brigade were killed during the deployment.

SSG Christopher B. Waiters of 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3d Brigade Combat Team was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross on 23 October 2008 for his actions on 5 April 2007 when he was a specialist. Shortly after, SPC Erik Oropeza of the 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team[50] Thus the division will be credited with the 17th and 18th Distinguished Service Cross awardings since 1975.

The 2nd Infantry Division's 4th Brigade Combat Team deployed to Iraq in the fall of 2009.[51]

3rd Brigade deployed to Iraq 4 August 2009 for the brigade's third deployment to Iraq, the most of any Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT).

War in Afghanistan edit

 
Spc. Justin Heimsoth (left) and Sgt. Chris Hagen fill sandbags for a machine gun position during Operation Southern Fist in Afghanistan's Spin Boldak district, 29 Sept. 2012. Both soldiers are infantrymen with the 2nd Infantry Division's 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment.

On 17 February 2009, President Barack Obama ordered 4,000 soldiers from the 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team to Afghanistan, along with 8,000 Marines. Soldiers are being sent there because of the worsening situation in the Afghan War. These soldiers were deployed in the southeast, on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. During deployment, 35 soldiers were killed in combat, two others were killed in accidents, and 239 were wounded.[52] In July 2010, the 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team was inactivated and reflagged as the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team. The brigade's Special Troops Battalion was also inactivated and reflagged and the rest of the subordinate units were reassigned to the reactivated 2nd SBCT.[53]

3rd SBCT deployed in December 2011 and served in Afghanistan for one-year. 16 soldiers from the brigade died during the deployment.[54][55] They were joined by their sister Stryker brigade, the 2nd SBCT, in the spring.[56] 2nd Brigade returned around December 2012 and January 2013 having lost eight soldiers during deployment. The 4th Stryker BCT also deployed to its first deployment to the country in fall 2012 and returned in summer 2013 having lost four soldiers.[57][58]

Rogue "kill team" criminal charges edit

Main article: Maywand District murders

During the summer of 2010, the U.S. military charged five members of the 3rd Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment with the formation of a "kill team", which staged three separate murders of Afghan civilians in Kandahar province. In addition, seven soldiers were also charged with crimes including hashish use, impeding an investigation and attacking a whistleblowing soldier who alerted MPs during an initially unrelated investigation into hashish use by members of the 3rd Platoon. The alleged ringleader was Staff Sergeant Calvin Gibbs.

  • On 15 January 2010, Gul Mudin was killed "by means of throwing a fragmentary grenade at him and shooting him with a rifle," an action carried out by SPC Jeremy Morlock and PFC Andrew Holmes under the direction of Gibbs. Morlock allegedly told Holmes, age 19 and on his first tour of duty, that the killing was carried out for fun.
  • On 22 February, Gibbs and SPC Michael S. Wagnon allegedly shot the second victim, Marach Agha, and placed a Kalashnikov next to the body to justify the killing.
  • On 2 May, Mullah Adadhdad was killed after being shot and attacked with a grenade. SPC Adam C. Winfield and Gibbs were allegedly the perpetrators.

Christopher Winfield, the father of platoon member SPC Adam Winfield, attempted to alert the Army of the kill team's existence after his son explained the situation from Afghanistan via a Facebook chat. In response to the news from his son, Winfield called the Army inspector general's 24-hour hotline, the office of Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), and a sergeant at Joint Base Lewis-McChord who told him to call the Army Criminal Investigation Division. He then contacted the Fort Lewis command center and spoke to a sergeant on duty who agreed that SPC Winfield was in potential danger but that he had to report the crime to his superiors before the Army could take action.[59]

Locations edit

Organization edit

 
2nd Infantry Division organic units 2023 (click to enlarge)
 
2nd Infantry Division with assigned units in South Korea 2023 (click to enlarge)

The 2nd Infantry Division has a unique structure: there are brigades stationed in the Republic of Korea and at Joint Base Lewis–McChord, Washington that wear the "Indianhead" shoulder sleeve insignia (SSI). The 2nd Infantry Division commander, however, exercises command only over the Korea-stationed units, which include the division artillery, the combat aviation brigade, the sustainment brigade, the attached 210th Field Artillery Brigade, and a rotational Stryker Brigade Combat Team from the U.S. The Joint Base Lewis–McChord SSI-bearing units ― two Stryker Brigade Combat Teams ― are under 7th Infantry Division. The division also has an attached mechanized brigade from the Republic of Korea Army under the combined-division concept.[60]

Since the inactivation of the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team (ABCT), 2nd Infantry Division on 2 July 2015, the Brigade Combat Team requirement in Korea has been filled by rotational forces from the United States on nine-month deployments. From 2015 to 2022, these were filled by ABCT's, but in the summer of 2022, the Army announced the Korea Rotational Force would switch from the ABCT to a SBCT.[62] The 2nd SBCT, 2nd Infantry Division was the first Stryker brigade to rotate onto the Korean Peninsula in October 2022. 2nd SBCT, 2nd Infantry Division is currently being replaced by 2nd SBCT, 4th Infantry Division.[63]

  • (former) Rotational ABCT

The 2d ABCT, 1st Cavalry Division conducted the first rotation from June 2015 to March 2016. Other units that have conducted rotations include the 1st ABCT, 1st Cavalry Division (March to November 2016), the 1st ABCT, 1st Infantry Division (October 2016 to July 2017), the 2nd ABCT, 1st Cavalry Division (June 2017 to March 2018), the 1st ABCT, 3rd Infantry Division (March to November 2018), the 3rd ABCT, 1st Armored Division (November 2018 to July 2019), the 3rd ABCT, 1st Cavalry Division (July 2019 to March 2020), the 2nd ABCT, 1st Infantry Division (March 2020 to December 2021), and 1st ABCT, 1st Armored Division (January to October 2022).[64] The rotational ABCT was initially located at Camp Casey, but relocated to Camp Humphreys, South Korea in 2017. Deployment to South Korea is under the operational command of 2d Infantry Division Headquarters.

See also edit

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The 2nd Infantry Division 2ID 2nd ID Indianhead 1 is a formation of the United States Army Since the 1960s its current primary mission is the pre emptive defense of South Korea in the event of an invasion from North Korea There are approximately 17 000 soldiers in the 2nd Infantry Division with 10 000 of them stationed in South Korea accounting for about 35 of the United States Forces Korea personnel 3 Denoted the 2nd Infantry Division ROK U S Combined Division 2ID RUCD the division is augmented by rotational Brigade Combat Teams BCTs from other U S Army divisions 4 5 6 2nd Infantry Division2nd ID Shoulder Sleeve InsigniaActive1917 presentCountry United States South KoreaBranch United States ArmyTypeInfantryRoleHeadquartersSizeDivisionPart ofEighth ArmyGarrison HQCamp Humphreys South Korea HQ Joint Base Lewis McChord Washington U S Nickname s Indianhead 1 Motto s Second to None Colors Red and blueMarch Warrior March EngagementsWorld War I Aisne Belleau Wood Aisne Marne St Mihiel Meuse ArgonneWorld War II Normandy Northern France Rhineland Ardennes Alsace Central EuropeKorean War Battle of Pusan Perimeter Battle of the Ch ongch on River First and Second Battles of Wonju Battle of Chipyong ni Battle of Bloody Ridge Battle of Heartbreak RidgeKorean DMZ ConflictWar on Terrorism Iraq War War in AfghanistanWebsiteFacebook pageCommandersCurrentcommanderMajor General William D Taylor 2 Deputy Commanding Officer ManeuverColonel Brandon AndersonDeputy Commanding General SupportBrigadier General Lori L RobinsonDeputy Commanding General ROKABrigadier General Jeong Hyeok Kim ROK ArmyCommand Sergeant MajorCommand Sergeant Major Kenneth R FrancoNotablecommandersComplete list of commandersInsigniaCombat service identification badgeDistinctive insigniaFlag2nd ID and 16th MIB ROKA Combined Div HQ Tab The 2nd Infantry Division is unique in that it is the only U S Army division that is made up partially of South Korean soldiers called KATUSA Korean Augmentation to the U S Army This program began in 1950 by agreement with the first South Korean president Syngman Rhee Some 27 000 KATUSAs served with the U S forces at the end of the Korean War As of May 2006 approximately 1 100 KATUSA soldiers serve with the 2ID There were also more than 4 748 Dutch soldiers assigned to the division between 1950 and 1954 7 8 Contents 1 History 1 1 World War I 1 1 1 Order of battle 1 1 2 Major operations 1 2 Interwar years 1 3 World War II 1 3 1 Assignments in European Theater of Operations 1 3 2 Narrative 1 3 3 Campaign participation credit 1 3 4 Casualties 1 3 5 Awards and decorations 1 4 Korean War 1 4 1 Awards and decorations 1 5 Reorganization 1 6 Back to South Korea 1 6 1 Organization 1987 1993 1 7 Recent times in Korea 1 8 Iraq War 1 9 War in Afghanistan 1 9 1 Rogue kill team criminal charges 2 Locations 3 Organization 4 See also 5 Sources 6 References 7 External linksHistory editWorld War I edit nbsp Preston Brown wearing the 2nd Division insignia nbsp Edward Mann Lewis with decorationsThe 2nd Division was first constituted on 21 September 1917 in the Regular Army 9 10 11 12 It was organized on 26 October 1917 at Bourmont Haute Marne France 13 Order of battle edit nbsp Order of Battle for the Second Infantry Division in the First World WarHeadquarters 2nd Infantry Division 3rd Infantry Brigade 9th Infantry Regiment 23rd Infantry Regiment 5th Machine Gun Battalion 4th Marine Brigade 5th Marine Regiment 6th Marine Regiment 6th Machine Gun Battalion 2nd Field Artillery Brigade 12th Field Artillery Regiment 75 mm 15th Field Artillery Regiment 75 mm 17th Field Artillery Regiment 155 mm 2nd Trench Mortar Battery 4th Machine Gun Battalion 2nd Engineer Regiment 1st Field Signal Battalion Headquarters Troop 2nd Division 2nd Train Headquarters and Military Police 2nd Ammunition Train 2nd Supply Train 2nd Engineer Train 2nd Sanitary Train 1st 15th 16th and 23rd Ambulance Companies and Field Hospitals 14 15 Twice during World War I the division was commanded by US Marine Corps generals Brigadier General Charles A Doyen and Major General John A Lejeune after whom the Marine Corps Camp in North Carolina is named the only time in U S military history when Marine Corps officers commanded an Army division 13 The division spent the winter of 1917 18 training with French and Scottish 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 Major General Edward Mann Lewis Commanded the 3rd Brigade as they deployed to reinforce the battered French along the Paris to Metz road The division first fought at the Battle of Belleau Wood and contributed to shattering the four year old stalemate on the battlefield during the Chateau Thierry campaign that followed On 28 July 1918 Marine Corps Major General Lejeune assumed command of the 2nd Division and remained in that capacity until August 1919 when the unit returned to the US The division went on to win hard fought victories at Soissons and Blanc Mont Finally the Indianhead Division participated in the Meuse Argonne Offensive which ended any German hope for victory On 11 November 1918 the Armistice was declared and the 2nd Division entered Germany where it assumed occupation duties until April 1919 2nd Division returned to U S in July 1919 The 2nd Division was three times awarded the French Croix de guerre for gallantry under fire at Belleau Wood Soissons and Blanc Mont This entitles current members of the division and of those regiments that were part of the division at that time including the 5th and 6th Marine Regiments to wear a special lanyard or fourragere in commemoration The Navy authorized a special uniform change that allows hospital corpsmen assigned to 5th and 6th Marine Regiments to wear a shoulder strap on the left shoulder of their dress uniform so that the fourragere can be worn The division lost 1 964 plus USMC 4 478 killed in action and 9 782 plus USMC 17 752 wounded in action citation needed Major operations edit nbsp Omar Bundy amp John A LejeuneThird Battle of the Aisne Belleau Wood Chateau Thierry campaign St Mihiel Meuse Argonne Offensive Aisne Marne offensive Source for World War I data and information United States Army Center of Military History 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 edit 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 The 2nd Division stationed at Camp Bullis and Fort Sam Houston Texas was the first command reorganized under the new triangular concept of organization theory of warfare which provided for three separate regiments in each division Indianhead soldiers pioneered concepts of air mobility and anti tank warfare which served the army for the next two decades on battlefields in every corner of the globe citation needed The 2nd Division participated in maneuvers at Christine Texas between 3 and 27 January 1940 It then moved to Horton Texas for maneuvers from 26 April to 28 May 1940 followed by maneuvers at Cravens Louisiana from 16 to 23 August 1940 It returned to Fort Sam Houston where it continued training and refitting until it moved to Brownwood Texas for the VIII Corps maneuvers from 1 June through 14 June 1941 at Comanche Texas The division was then sent to Mansfield Louisiana from 11 August through 2 October 1941 for the August September 1941 Louisiana Maneuvers citation needed The division was transferred to the VIII Corps Louisiana maneuver Area on 27 July 1941 being redesignated as the 2nd Infantry Division in August and remained there until 22 September 1942 whereupon the formation returned to Fort Sam Houston They then moved to Camp McCoy at Sparta Wisconsin on 27 November 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 3 October 1943 where they received Port Call orders On 8 October the division officially sailed from the New York Port of Embarkation and started arriving in Belfast Northern Ireland on 17 October They then moved over to England where they trained and staged for forward movement to France 12 nbsp Second Division Memorial dedicated in 1936 is located in President s Park Washington D C World War II edit nbsp December 1944 order of battleAssignments in European Theater of Operations edit 22 October 1943 Attached to First Army 24 December 1943 XV Corps but attached to First Army 14 April 1944 V Corps First Army 1 August 1944 V Corps First Army 12th Army Group 17 August 1944 XIX Corps 18 August 1944 VIII Corps Third Army 12th Army Group 5 September 1944 VIII Corps Ninth Army 12th Army Group 22 October 1944 VIII Corps First Army 12th Army Group 11 December 1944 V Corps 20 December 1944 Attached with the entire First Army to the British 21st Army Group 18 January 1945 V Corps First Army 12th Army Group 28 April 1945 VII Corps 1 May 1945 V Corps 6 May 1945 Third Army 12th Army GroupNarrative edit nbsp 2nd Infantry Division marching up the bluff at the E 1 draw of Omaha Beach 7 June 1944 They are going past the German resistance nest 65 that defended the route to Saint Laurent sur Mer After training in Northern 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 7 June 1944 near Saint Laurent sur Mer Attacking across the Aure River on 10 June the division liberated Trevieres and proceeded to assault and secure Hill 192 a key enemy strong point on the road to Saint Lo After three weeks of fortifying the position and by order of Commanding General Walter M Robertson the order was given to take Hill 192 On 11 July under the command of Col Ralph Wise Zwicker the 38th Infantry Regiment and with the 9th and the 23rd by his side the battle began at 5 45am Using an artillery concept from World War I rolling barrage and with the support of 25 000 rounds of HE WP that were fired by 8 artillery battalions the hill was taken Except for three days during the Battle of the Bulge this was the heaviest expenditure of ammunition by the 38th Field Artillery Battalion and it was the only time during the 11 months of combat that 2nd Division artillery used a rolling barrage The division went on the defensive until 26 July After exploiting the Saint Lo breakout the 2nd Division then advanced across the Vire to take Tinchebray on 15 August 1944 The division then raced toward Brest the heavily defended port fortress that was a major port for German U boats After 39 days of fighting the Battle for Brest was won and was the first place the Army Air Forces used bunker busting bombs citation needed The division took a brief rest 19 26 September before moving to defensive positions at St Vith Belgium on 29 September 1944 The division entered Germany on 3 October 1944 and was ordered on 11 December 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 Ridge where the German drive was halted In February 1945 the division attacked recapturing lost ground and seized Gemund 4 March Reaching the Rhine on 9 March the division advanced south to take Breisig 10 11 March and to guard the Remagen bridge 12 20 March nbsp Two soldiers of 9th Infantry Regiment of 2nd Division in front of a military cinema provided for soldiers entertainment 1 March 1945 The division crossed the Rhine on 21 March and advanced to Hadamar and Limburg an der Lahn relieving elements of the 9th Armored Division 28 March Advancing rapidly in the wake of the 9th Armored the 2nd Infantry Division crossed the Weser at Veckerhagen 6 7 April captured Gottingen 8 April established a bridgehead across the Saale 14 April seizing Merseburg on 15 April On 18 April the division took Leipzig 16 mopped up in the area and outposted the Mulde River elements which had crossed the river were withdrawn 24 April Relieved on the Mulde the 2nd moved 200 miles 1 3 May to positions along the German Czech border near Schonsee and Waldmunchen where 2 ID relieved the 97th and 99th IDs The division crossed over to Czechoslovakia on 4 May 1945 and attacked in the general direction of Pilsen attacking that city on VE Day The division lost 3 031 killed in action 12 785 wounded in action and 457 died of wounds nbsp World War II unit historyThe 2nd Infantry Division returned to the New York Port of Embarkation on 20 July 1945 and arrived at Camp Swift at Bastrop Texas on 22 July 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 28 March 1946 but the move eastward was canceled and they received orders to move to Fort Lewis at Tacoma Washington They arrived at Fort Lewis on 15 April 1946 which became their home station From their Fort Lewis base they conducted Arctic air transportability amphibious and maneuver training Campaign participation credit edit Normandy Northern France Rhineland Ardennes Alsace Central Europe Days of combat 303Casualties edit Total battle casualties 16 795 17 Killed in action 3 031 17 Wounded in action 12 785 17 Missing in action 193 17 Prisoner of war 786 17 Awards and decorations edit Medals of Honor 6 Distinguished Service Crosses 34 Distinguished Service Medals 1 Silver Stars 741 Legions of Merit 25 Soldier s Medals 14 Bronze Stars 5 530 Air Medals 89 Distinguished Unit Citations 16Korean War edit nbsp 2nd Infantry Division soldiers in action during the Battle of the Ch ongch on River in late November 1950With the outbreak of hostilities in Korea on 25 June 1950 the 2nd Infantry Division was quickly alerted for movement to the Far East Command and assignment to the Eighth United States Army The division arrived in Korea via Pusan on 23 July becoming the first unit to reach Korea directly from the United States citation needed Initially employed piecemeal the entire division was committed as a unit on 24 August 1950 relieving the 24th Infantry Division at the Naktong River Line The first big test came when the North Korean Korean People s Army KPA struck in a human wave attack on the night of 31 August 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 citation needed Shortly thereafter the division was the first unit to break out of the Pusan Perimeter starting on 16 September and Eighth Army then began a general offensive northward against crumbling KPA opposition to establish contact with forces of the 7th Infantry Division driving southward from the Inchon beachhead Major elements of the KPA were destroyed and cut off in this aggressive penetration the link up was effected south of Suwon on 26 September On 23 September the division was assigned to the newly activated US IX Corps The UN offensive was continued northwards past Seoul and across the 38th Parallel into North Korea on 1 October The momentum of the attack was maintained and the race to the North Korean capital Pyongyang ended on 19 October when elements of the ROK 1st Infantry Division and US 1st Cavalry Division both captured the city The advance continued but against unexpectedly stiffening resistance The Chinese People s Volunteer Army PVA entered the war on the side of North Korea making their first attacks in late October The division was within 50 miles 80 km of the Manchurian border when the PVA launched their Second Phase Offensive on 25 November During the Battle of the Ch ongch on River 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 After this battle while surrounded and outgunned the division had to fight its way south through what was to become known as The Gauntlet a PVA roadblock 6 miles 9 7 km long where the 23rd Infantry Regiment fired off its stock of 3 206 artillery shells within 20 minutes a massive barrage that prevented PVA troops from following the regiment A large number of documents including all records from the US 2nd Infantry Division and the US 24th Infantry Regiment were lost during the battle and this made it difficult for historians to either analyze the events in detail or to assess the exact battle damage and losses incurred 18 However it was later approximated that the US 2nd Infantry Division had suffered 4 037 casualties and most of its artillery pieces 40 percent of its signal equipment 45 percent of its crew served weapons 30 percent of its vehicles were lost during the battle 19 Thus the US 2nd Infantry Division was deemed to be crippled 20 Major General Laurence B Keiser commander of 2nd Infantry Division was relieved from command by the end of the battle 21 The Eighth Army ordered a complete withdrawal to the Imjin River south of the 38th Parallel On 1 January 1951 PVA troops attacked the Eighth Army s defensive line at the Imjin River forcing them back 50 miles 80 km and allowing the PVA to capture Seoul The PVA offensive was finally blunted by the 2nd Infantry Division on 20 January at Wonju Following the establishment of defenses south of Seoul General Matthew B Ridgway ordered US I IX and X Corps to conduct a general counteroffensive against the PVA KPA Operation Thunderbolt Taking up the offensive in a two prong attack in February 1951 the division repulsed a powerful PVA counter offensive in the epic battles of Chipyong ni and Wonju The UN front was saved and the general offensive continued citation needed In August 1951 the division was on the offensive once again ordered to attack a series of ridges that had been designated threats to the Eighth Army s line These actions would devolve into the battles of Bloody Ridge and Heartbreak Ridge The division would not receive relief until October with its infantry regiments having suffered heavy losses The 23rd Infantry Regiment bore the brunt of the damage having been severely mauled on Heartbreak Ridge The 2nd Division was withdrawn after possessing both Bloody and Heartbreak Ridges and the damage they inflicted upon the PVA KPA that held the ridges was estimated at 25 000 casualties Ridge warfare was not embarked upon again as a military strategy for the remainder of the war 22 In January 1953 the division was transferred from IX Corps to I Corps After the Korean Armistice Agreement was signed on 27 July 1953 the 2nd Infantry Division withdrew to positions south of the Korean Demilitarized Zone 23 Soon after the armistice 8th United States Army commander General Maxwell D Taylor appointed Brigadier General John F R Seitz as commander of the 2nd Infantry Division which remained on duty in Korea 24 25 Seitz commanded the division during a tense period following the armistice when both vigilance and intensive training of the Republic of Korea Army was required by the U S Army until the 2nd Infantry Division was redeployed to the United States in 1954 24 Awards and decorations edit nbsp An M4 Sherman tank of the 2nd Infantry firing on enemy positions in 1952Medals of Honor 18 9th Infantry Regiment Loren R Kaufman 4 and 5 September 1950 Edward C Krzyzowski 31 August 1 2 and 3 September 1951 Joseph R Ouellette 31 August 1 2 and 3 September 1950 David M Smith 1 September 1950 Luther H Story 1 September 1950 Travis E Watkins 31 August 1 2 and 3 September 1950 23rd Infantry Regiment Junior D Edwards 2 January 1951 Hubert L Lee 1 February 1951 Herbert K Pililaau 17 September 1951 John A Pittman 26 November 1950 William S Sitman 14 February 1951 38th Infantry Regiment Tony K Burris 8 and 9 October 1951 Frederick F Henry 1 September 1950 Charles R Long 12 February 1951 Ronald E Rosser 12 January 1952 15th Field Artillery Battalion Lee R Hartell 27 August 1951 2nd Reconnaissance Company Charles W Turner 1 September 1950 A Company 72nd Tank Bn MSG Ernest R Kouma 1 September 1950 Reorganization edit After the armistice the division remained in Korea until 1954 when it was reduced to near zero strength the colors were transferred to Fort Lewis Washington Georgia and in October 1954 the 44th Infantry Division was reflagged as the Second In September 1956 the division deployed to Alaska with the division headquarters at Fort Richardson as part of an Operation Gyroscope deployment soldiers and families no equipment switching places with the 71st Infantry Division which was reflagged as the 4th Infantry Division upon its arrival at Fort Lewis On 8 November 1957 it was announced that the division was to be inactivated However in the spring of 1958 it was announced that the division would be reorganizing at Fort Benning Division elements were reorganized into two infantry battle groups the 1 9 IN and the 1 23 IN that would remain in Alaska as separate units eventually reorganizing in 1963 as infantry battalions as the 4 9 IN and the 4 23 IN assigned to the 171st and 172nd Infantry Brigades respectively In June 1958 the division was reorganized at Fort Benning Georgia as a Pentomic Division having reflagged the 10th Infantry Division upon the latter s return from Germany The division s three infantry regiments the 9th 23rd and 38th were inactivated with their elements reorganized into five infantry battle groups the 2 9 IN 2 23 IN 1 87 IN 2 1 IN and the 1 11 IN Initially serving as a training division it was designated as a Strategic Army Corps STRAC unit in March 1962 nbsp Standard organization chart for a ROAD divisionLike with other army units such as the 7th Infantry Division the division did not see action in the Vietnam War In 1963 the division was reorganized as a Reorganization Objective Army Division ROAD Three Brigade Headquarters were activated and Infantry units were reorganized into battalions Back to South Korea edit In 1965 at Fort Benning Georgia the 2nd Infantry Division s stateside units the 11th Air Assault Division s personnel and equipment and the colors and unit designations of the 1st Cavalry Division returned from South Korea were used to form a new formation the 1st Cavalry Division Airmobile The personnel of the existing 1st Cavalry Division in Korea took over the unit designations of the old 2nd Infantry Division Thus the 2nd Infantry Division formally returned to South Korea in July 1965 From 1966 onwards North Korean forces were engaging in increasing border incursions and infiltration attempts and the 2nd Infantry Division was called upon to help halt these attacks On 2 November 1966 soldiers of the 1st Battalion 23d Infantry Regiment were killed in an ambush by North Korean forces In 1967 enemy attacks in the Korean Demilitarized Zone DMZ increased as a result 16 U S soldiers were killed that year citation needed In 1968 the 2nd Infantry Division was headquartered at Tonggu Ri and responsible for watching over a portion of the DMZ 26 In 1968 North Koreans continued to probe across the DMZ and in 1969 while on patrol four soldiers of 3d Battalion 23d Infantry were killed On 18 August 1976 during a routine tree trimming operation within the DMZ two American officers of the Joint Security Force Joint Security Area were axed to death in a melee with North Korean border guards called the Axe Murder Incident On 21 August following the deaths the 2nd Infantry Division supported the United Nations Command in Operation Paul Bunyan to cut down the Panmunjeom Tree This effort was conducted by Task Force Brady named after the 2nd ID Commander in support of Task Force Vierra named after the Joint Security Area Battalion commander citation needed Given the task of defending likely areas of enemy advance from the north in 1982 the division occupied 17 camps 27 sites and 6 combat guard posts in strategic locations such as the Western Kaesong Munsan Corridor the Chorwon Uijongbu Valley and other areas 27 Organization 1987 1993 edit In 1987 1993 parts of the division were organized as follows 28 Aviation Brigade Camp Stanley 29 30 Headquarters amp Headquarters Company 5th Squadron 17th Cavalry Reconnaissance Camp Garry Owen M60A3 Patton main battle tanks amp OH 58C Kiowa helicopters 29 1st Battalion 2nd Aviation Attack Camp Stanley AH 1F Cobra amp OH 58C Kiowa helicopters 29 2nd Battalion 2nd Aviation General Support Camp Stanley UH 60A Black Hawk UH 1H Iroquois amp OH 58C Kiowa helicopters 31 29 Division Artillery Camp Stanley 32 33 34 Headquarters amp Headquarters Battery 1st Battalion 4th Field Artillery Camp Pelham 18 M198 155mm towed howitzers up gunning to 24 M198 32 33 34 35 8th Battalion 8th Field Artillery Camp Stanley 18 M198 155mm towed howitzers switching to 24 M109A3 155mm self propelled howitzers 32 33 34 35 1st Battalion 15th Field Artillery Camp Stanley 18 M109A3 155mm self propelled howitzers up gunning to 24 M109A3 32 33 34 35 6th Battalion 37th Field Artillery Camp Essayons 12 M110A2 203mm self propelled howitzers amp 9 M270 MLRS 32 33 34 36 Battery F 26th Field Artillery Camp Stanley Target Acquisition 32 33 34 37 Battery B 6th Battalion 32nd Field Artillery Camp Mercer attached Eighth Army unit with 2x MGM 52 Lance with W70 3 nuclear warheads 32 Battery C 94th Field Artillery Camp Stanley 9 M270 MLRS Division Support Command Camp Casey Headquarters amp Headquarters Company 2nd Medical Battalion 2nd Supply amp Transportation Battalion Camp Casey 296th Support Battalion Forward Camp Edwards activated 16 October 1989 first of the new support battalions Forward which were raised to replace the units of the Division Support Command 38 702nd Maintenance Battalion Camp Casey Company C 2nd Aviation Aviation Intermediate Maintenance Camp Stanley 29 5th Battalion 5th Air Defense Artillery Camp Pelham MIM 72 Chaparral M163 Vulcan amp FIM 92 Stinger 39 2nd Engineer Battalion Camp Castle 40 122nd Signal Battalion Camp Casey 41 42 102nd Military Intelligence Battalion Camp Hovey 43 2nd Military Police Company Camp Casey 4th Chemical Company Camp Casey 44 2nd Infantry Division Band Camp Casey 45 44th Engineer Battalion Camp HowzeRecent times in Korea edit nbsp 5 000 Warriors created a human version of the division s distinctive Indianhead patch at Indianhead Stage Field on Camp Casey Korea on 22 May 2009On 13 June 2002 a 2ID armored vehicle struck and killed two 14 year old South Korean schoolgirls on the Yangju highway as the vehicle was returning to base in Uijeongbu after training maneuvers Sergeants Mark Walker and Fernando Nino the two soldiers involved were found not guilty of negligent homicide in a subsequent General Court martial The deaths and court martial were the subject of anti American sentiment in South Korea the two girls are annually memorialized near US military bases in South Korea to this day The 2nd Infantry Division is in South Korea with a number of camps near the DMZ 46 Command headquarters are located at Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek si some 40 miles south of Seoul 47 48 Iraq War edit This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources 2nd Infantry Division United States news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2011 Learn how and when to remove this template message nbsp Injured 2ID soldier treated for injuries in Ramadi nbsp 2ID soldiers reconnoitering Baghdad in 2006 nbsp U S soldiers take cover during a firefight with insurgents in the Al Doura section of Baghdad in March 2007 From November 2003 to November 2004 the 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team deployed from Fort Lewis Washington in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom In the sands of Iraq the 3rd Brigade Stryker Brigade Combat Team proved the value of the Stryker brigade concept in combat and logistics operations 49 During the late spring of 2004 many of the soldiers of the 2nd Infantry Division s 2d Brigade Combat Team were given notice that they were about to be ordered to further deployment with duty in Iraq Units involved in this call up included 1st Battalion 503rd Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion 506th Infantry Regiment Air Assault 2d Battalion 17th Field Artillery Regiment 1st Battalion 9th Infantry Regiment Mechanized 44th Engineer Battalion 2nd Forward Support Battalion Company A 102nd Military Intelligence Battalion Company B 122d Signal Battalion elements of the 2d Battalion 72nd Armor Regiment a team from the 509th Personnel Services Battalion and B Battery 5th Battalion 5th Air Defense Artillery Regiment Deployed as a combination of mechanized infantry and light infantry with two platoons of Bradley Fighting Vehicles and 1 platoon of armored HMMWVs As a result of the short notice extensive training was conducted by the brigade as they switched from a focus of the foreign defense of South Korea to the offensive operations that were going to be needed in Iraq Furthermore time was given for the majority of the soldiers to enjoy ten days of leave This was vital many of the soldiers had been in South Korea for a year or more with only two weeks or less time in the United States during their stay of duty More they were about to depart on a deployment scheduled to last at least another year Finally in August 2004 the brigade deployed to Iraq Upon landing in country the 2d BCT was given strategic command to much of the sparsely populated area south and west of Fallujah Their mission however changed when the major strategic actions began to take place within the city proper At this time the brigade combat team was refocused and given control of the eastern half of the volatile city of Ar Ramadi Within a few weeks of taking over operational control from the previous units 2nd Brigade began suffering casualties from violent activity Many of the units had to move to new camps in support of this new mission The primary focus of the 2d BCT for much of their deployment was the struggle to gain local support and to minimize casualties The brigade was spread out amongst many camps To the west of the city of Ar Ramadi sat the camp of Junction City 2ID units stationed there included HQ 2d BCT 2nd ID 2 17th Field Artillery 1 9th Infantry 44th Engineer Battalion Company A 102d Military Intelligence Battalion Company B 122d Signal Battalion and Company C Medical 2d Forward Support Battalion To the eastern end of the city sat a much more austere camp known as the Combat Outpost This was home to the 1 503d Infantry Regiment East of them but outside of the city proper itself was the town of Habbiniya and the 1 506th Infantry Regiment Adjacent to this camp was the logistically important camp of Al Taqaddum where the 2d Forward Support Battalion was stationed For this mission the brigade fell under the direct command not of the 2d Infantry Division but rather under a Marine division For the first six months while in Ramadi the BCT fell under the 1st Marine Division For the second half of the deployment they were attached to the 2nd Marine Division While the Marines do not wear unit patches on their uniforms the units of the 2d BCT involved are authorized to now wear any of the following combat patches the 2nd Infantry Division patch the 1st Marine Division unit patch or the 2nd Marine Division unit patch citation needed nbsp SGT Karl King and PFC David Valenzuela lay down cover fire behind the cover of a Stryker vehicle while their squad maneuvers down a street in Al Doura Iraq on 7 March 2007 The soldiers are from Company C 5th Battalion 20th Infantry Regiment 3rd BCT 2nd Infantry Division The 2d Brigade Combat Team was in action in the city of Ramadi for many events including the Iraqi national elections of January 2005 While the voting was accomplished and little to no violence was seen within the city few voters participated estimated to be in the 700 person range for the eastern half of the city according to 2nd BCT officials The 2d BCT also built several new camps within the city For security reasons many are left unverified however ones that can be confirmed include Camps Trotter and Corregidor built to ease the burden on the accommodations at Combat Outpost In July 2005 the brigade began to get relieved by units of the Army National Guard as well as the 3d Infantry Division of the Regular Army Six months into the deployment the units of the 2d BCT were given word that they would not be returning to South Korea but rather to Fort Carson Colorado in an effort to restructure the Army and house more soldiers on American soil From June 2006 to September 2007 the 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team deployed from Fort Lewis Washington in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom During the 3rd Stryker Brigade s second deployment to Operation Iraqi Freedom their mission was to assist the Iraqi security forces with counter insurgency operations in the Ninewa Province 46 soldiers from the brigade were killed during the deployment On 1 June 2006 at Fort Lewis Washington the 4th Brigade 2d Infantry Division was formed From April 2007 to July 2008 the 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team was deployed in as part of the surge to regain control of the situation in Iraq The brigade assumed responsibility for the area north of Baghdad and the Diyala province 35 soldiers from the brigade were killed during the deployment From October 2006 to January 2008 the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team deployed from Fort Carson Colorado in support of the Multi National Division Baghdad 1st Cavalry Division and was responsible for assisting the Iraqi forces to become self reliant bringing down the violence and insurgency levels and supporting the rebuilding of the Iraqi infrastructure 43 soldiers from the brigade were killed during the deployment SSG Christopher B Waiters of 5th Battalion 20th Infantry Regiment 3d Brigade Combat Team was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross on 23 October 2008 for his actions on 5 April 2007 when he was a specialist Shortly after SPC Erik Oropeza of the 4th Battalion 9th Infantry Regiment 4th Brigade Combat Team 50 Thus the division will be credited with the 17th and 18th Distinguished Service Cross awardings since 1975 The 2nd Infantry Division s 4th Brigade Combat Team deployed to Iraq in the fall of 2009 51 3rd Brigade deployed to Iraq 4 August 2009 for the brigade s third deployment to Iraq the most of any Stryker Brigade Combat Team SBCT War in Afghanistan edit nbsp Spc Justin Heimsoth left and Sgt Chris Hagen fill sandbags for a machine gun position during Operation Southern Fist in Afghanistan s Spin Boldak district 29 Sept 2012 Both soldiers are infantrymen with the 2nd Infantry Division s 5th Battalion 20th Infantry Regiment On 17 February 2009 President Barack Obama ordered 4 000 soldiers from the 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team to Afghanistan along with 8 000 Marines Soldiers are being sent there because of the worsening situation in the Afghan War These soldiers were deployed in the southeast on the Afghanistan Pakistan border During deployment 35 soldiers were killed in combat two others were killed in accidents and 239 were wounded 52 In July 2010 the 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team was inactivated and reflagged as the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team The brigade s Special Troops Battalion was also inactivated and reflagged and the rest of the subordinate units were reassigned to the reactivated 2nd SBCT 53 3rd SBCT deployed in December 2011 and served in Afghanistan for one year 16 soldiers from the brigade died during the deployment 54 55 They were joined by their sister Stryker brigade the 2nd SBCT in the spring 56 2nd Brigade returned around December 2012 and January 2013 having lost eight soldiers during deployment The 4th Stryker BCT also deployed to its first deployment to the country in fall 2012 and returned in summer 2013 having lost four soldiers 57 58 Rogue kill team criminal charges edit Main article Maywand District murders During the summer of 2010 the U S military charged five members of the 3rd Platoon Bravo Company 2nd Battalion 1st Infantry Regiment with the formation of a kill team which staged three separate murders of Afghan civilians in Kandahar province In addition seven soldiers were also charged with crimes including hashish use impeding an investigation and attacking a whistleblowing soldier who alerted MPs during an initially unrelated investigation into hashish use by members of the 3rd Platoon The alleged ringleader was Staff Sergeant Calvin Gibbs On 15 January 2010 Gul Mudin was killed by means of throwing a fragmentary grenade at him and shooting him with a rifle an action carried out by SPC Jeremy Morlock and PFC Andrew Holmes under the direction of Gibbs Morlock allegedly told Holmes age 19 and on his first tour of duty that the killing was carried out for fun On 22 February Gibbs and SPC Michael S Wagnon allegedly shot the second victim Marach Agha and placed a Kalashnikov next to the body to justify the killing On 2 May Mullah Adadhdad was killed after being shot and attacked with a grenade SPC Adam C Winfield and Gibbs were allegedly the perpetrators Christopher Winfield the father of platoon member SPC Adam Winfield attempted to alert the Army of the kill team s existence after his son explained the situation from Afghanistan via a Facebook chat In response to the news from his son Winfield called the Army inspector general s 24 hour hotline the office of Sen Bill Nelson D Fla and a sergeant at Joint Base Lewis McChord who told him to call the Army Criminal Investigation Division He then contacted the Fort Lewis command center and spoke to a sergeant on duty who agreed that SPC Winfield was in potential danger but that he had to report the crime to his superiors before the Army could take action 59 Locations editCamp Humphreys Division Command near Pyeongtaek si City South of Seoul Camp Casey Dongducheon City 45 miles north of Seoul 17 miles south of DMZ Camp Hovey adjacent to Camp Casey Camp Castle former near Camp Casey Camp Mobile adjacent to Camp Casey Camp Stanley former East of Uijeongbu Camp Carroll Daegu Fort Lewis Tacoma Washington K 16 South Korea near USAG Yongsan Camp Red Cloud former UijeongbuOrganization edit nbsp 2nd Infantry Division organic units 2023 click to enlarge nbsp 2nd Infantry Division with assigned units in South Korea 2023 click to enlarge The 2nd Infantry Division has a unique structure there are brigades stationed in the Republic of Korea and at Joint Base Lewis McChord Washington that wear the Indianhead shoulder sleeve insignia SSI The 2nd Infantry Division commander however exercises command only over the Korea stationed units which include the division artillery the combat aviation brigade the sustainment brigade the attached 210th Field Artillery Brigade and a rotational Stryker Brigade Combat Team from the U S The Joint Base Lewis McChord SSI bearing units two Stryker Brigade Combat Teams are under 7th Infantry Division The division also has an attached mechanized brigade from the Republic of Korea Army under the combined division concept 60 nbsp 2nd Infantry Division Division Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team 1st SBCT Ghost Brigade at Fort Lewis Washington assigned to 7th Infantry Division nbsp Headquarters and Headquarters Company HHC 1st SBCT nbsp 1st Squadron 14th Cavalry Regiment Reconnaissance Surveillance and Target Acquisition RSTA nbsp 2nd Battalion 3rd Infantry Regiment Stryker nbsp 5th Battalion 20th Infantry Regiment Stryker nbsp 1st Battalion 23rd Infantry Regiment Stryker nbsp 1st Battalion 37th Field Artillery Regiment 1 37th FAR nbsp 23rd Brigade Engineer Battalion 23rd BEB nbsp 296th Brigade Support Battalion 296th BSB 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team 2nd SBCT Lancer Brigade at Fort Lewis Washington assigned to 7th Infantry Division nbsp Headquarters and Headquarters Company HHC 2nd SBCT nbsp 8th Squadron 1st Cavalry Regiment Reconnaissance Surveillance and Target Acquisition RSTA nbsp 2nd Battalion 1st Infantry Regiment Stryker nbsp 1st Battalion 17th Infantry Regiment Stryker nbsp 4th Battalion 23rd Infantry Regiment Stryker nbsp 2nd Battalion 17th Field Artillery Regiment nbsp 14th Brigade Engineer Battalion 14th BEB nbsp 2nd Brigade Support Battalion 2nd BSB 2nd Division Artillery 2nd DIVARTY at Camp Humphreys nbsp Headquarters and Headquarters Battery HHB 2nd DIVARTY 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade 2nd CAB Talon Brigade at Camp Humphreys 61 nbsp Headquarters and Headquarters Company HHC 2nd CAB Warrior Knights nbsp 5th Squadron Attack Reconnaissance 17th Cavalry Regiment Out Front AH 64E Apache RQ 7 Shadow nbsp 2nd Battalion Assault 2nd Aviation Regiment Wild Card UH 60 Black Hawk nbsp 3rd Battalion General Support 2nd Aviation Regiment Nightmare UH 60 Black Hawk CH 47F Chinook UH 60A nbsp 4th Battalion Attack 2nd Aviation Regiment Death Dealer AH 64E Apache nbsp Company E 2nd Aviation Regiment Phantom MQ 1C Gray Eagle nbsp 602nd Aviation Support Battalion 602nd ASB Warhorse 210th Field Artillery Brigade 210th FAB at Camp Casey under operational command of 2nd Infantry Division nbsp Headquarters and Headquarters Battery HHB 210th FAB nbsp 6th Battalion 37th Field Artillery Regiment M270A1 MLRS nbsp 1st Battalion 38th Field Artillery Regiment M270A1 MLRS nbsp Battery F Target Acquisition 333rd Field Artillery Regiment nbsp 70th Brigade Support Battalion 70th BSB nbsp 579th Signal Company Joint Security Area Detachment 2nd Division Sustainment Brigade at Camp Humphreys nbsp Headquarters and Headquarters Company HHC nbsp Division Sustainment Troops Battalion DSTB nbsp 194th Division Sustainment Support Battalion 194th DSSB nbsp 11th Engineer Battalion nbsp 23rd Chemical Battalion Rotational SBCT Rotational brigade under operational command of 2d Infantry Division Since the inactivation of the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team ABCT 2nd Infantry Division on 2 July 2015 the Brigade Combat Team requirement in Korea has been filled by rotational forces from the United States on nine month deployments From 2015 to 2022 these were filled by ABCT s but in the summer of 2022 the Army announced the Korea Rotational Force would switch from the ABCT to a SBCT 62 The 2nd SBCT 2nd Infantry Division was the first Stryker brigade to rotate onto the Korean Peninsula in October 2022 2nd SBCT 2nd Infantry Division is currently being replaced by 2nd SBCT 4th Infantry Division 63 former Rotational ABCTThe 2d ABCT 1st Cavalry Division conducted the first rotation from June 2015 to March 2016 Other units that have conducted rotations include the 1st ABCT 1st Cavalry Division March to November 2016 the 1st ABCT 1st Infantry Division October 2016 to July 2017 the 2nd ABCT 1st Cavalry Division June 2017 to March 2018 the 1st ABCT 3rd Infantry Division March to November 2018 the 3rd ABCT 1st Armored Division November 2018 to July 2019 the 3rd ABCT 1st Cavalry Division July 2019 to March 2020 the 2nd ABCT 1st Infantry Division March 2020 to December 2021 and 1st ABCT 1st Armored Division January to October 2022 64 The rotational ABCT was initially located at Camp Casey but relocated to Camp Humphreys South Korea in 2017 Deployment to South Korea is under the operational command of 2d Infantry Division Headquarters See also editAwards and decorations of the United States Armed Forces List of commanders of 2nd Infantry Division United States Rhino tankSources edit Maps Locating Army Active Reserve and National Guard and Marine Field Artillery Units Field Artillery US Field Artillery Association PB 6 87 6 TEST 32 36 December 1987 ISSN 0191 975X Eighth Army in Korea Continuing a Tradition Soldier Support Journal US Army Soldier Support Center 9 3 12 16 May June 1982 ISSN 0274 9513 Article contributed by the Public Affairs Office Headquarters US Forces Korea References edit a b Special Unit Designations United States Army Center of Military History 21 April 2010 Archived from the original on 12 May 2009 Retrieved 23 June 2010 Commanding General 2ID RUCD Retrieved 16 May 2023 Tan Michelle Army bans alcohol for 2nd ID in South Korea Army Times Retrieved 5 April 2013 Rotational units join 2ID RUCD ensure continued Fight Tonight readiness Access date 2016 10 28 Sgt Raquel Villlalona 2ID RUCD Public Affairs 5 Nov 2018 2ID Regimental Walk A New Chapter David Choi 3 Jun 2022 US South Korea combined division celebrates its seventh anniversary Korea oorlog Historische missies Ministerie van Defensie www defensie nl 13 January 2016 Nederlands aandeel Korea oorlog Historische missies Ministerie van Defensie www defensie nl 13 January 2016 Lineage and Honors Information 2nd Infantry Division United States Army Center of Military History Archived from the original on 17 September 2020 Retrieved 3 November 2009 In World War I there was only one type of division in the US Army the infantry division and all divisions were called simply Division Rinaldi Richard A 2004 The U S Army in World War I Orders of Battle General Data LLC pp 29 30 ISBN 0 9720296 4 8 a b Stanton Shelby 2006 World War II Order of Battle An Encyclopedic Reference to U S Army Ground Forces from Battalion through Division 1939 1946 Stackpole Books p 77 ISBN 0 8117 0157 3 a b 2nd Infantry Division Homepage History 2nd Infantry Division Archived from the original on 7 July 2012 Retrieved 4 November 2009 McClellan Major Edwin N 1920 The United States Marine Corps in the World War Washington D C U S Marine Corps History Division Retrieved 23 February 2017 McGrath John J 2004 The Brigade A History Its Organization and Employment in the US Army Combat Studies Institute Press p 165 ISBN 978 1 4404 4915 4 Stadtgeschichtliches Museum Leipzig Foto by Robert Capa American soldiers crossing Zeppelin Bridge Leipzig Germany April 18 1945 a b c d e Army Battle Casualties and Nonbattle Deaths Statistical and Accounting Branch Office of the Adjutant General 1 June 1953 Appleman Roy 1989 Disaster in Korea The Chinese Confront MacArthur Vol 11 College Station TX Texas A and M University Military History Series pp xv 142 285 ISBN 978 1 60344 128 5 Appleman 1989 p 289 Appleman 1989 p 285 Appleman 1989 pp 290 291 Alexander Bevin 1986 Korea The First War We Lost Hippocrene Vooks ISBN 978 0 87052 135 5 Second Indianhead Division Association web site History page Archived 25 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 9 August 2016 a b Thompson Assembly 1979 p 137 Wilson John B Armies Corps Divisions and Separate Brigades Washington D C Department of the Army 1999 ISBN 978 0 160499 94 4 p 665 Stanton Shelby Vietnam Order of Battle A Complete Illustrated Reference to the U S Army and Allied Ground Forces in Vietnam 1961 1973 Stackpole Books 2006 p 340 341 where a divisional order of battle in Korea can be found PAO 1982 p 16 USFAA 1987 p 33 a b c d e Colonel Johnnie L Sheperd 1993 Bring your Career to Korea US Army Aviation Digest July August 1993 Retrieved 28 June 2020 Headquarters and Headquarters Company Combat Aviation Brigade 2d Infantry Division Lineage and Honors U S Army Center of Military History 2nd Battalion 2nd Aviation Lineage US Army Center of Military History Retrieved 28 June 2020 a b c d e f g Field Artillery February 1987 US Army Field Artillery School 1987 Retrieved 28 June 2020 a b c d e f Field Artillery December 1989 US Army Field Artillery School 1988 Retrieved 28 June 2020 a b c d e f Field Artillery February 1990 US Army Field Artillery School 1990 Retrieved 28 June 2020 a b c McKenney Janice E Field Artillery Army Lineage Series Part 1 PDF US Army Center of Military History Retrieved 28 June 2020 McKenney Janice E Field Artillery Army Lineage Series Part 2 PDF US Army Center of Military History Retrieved 28 June 2020 Battery F 26th Field Artillery Lineage US Army Center of Military History Retrieved 28 June 2020 296th Support Battalion Lineage US Army Center of Military History Retrieved 28 June 2020 5th Battalion 5th Air Defense Artillery Lineage US Army Center of Military History Retrieved 28 June 2020 2nd Engineer Battalion Lineage US Army Center of Military History Retrieved 28 June 2020 Raines Rebecca Robbins Signal Corps PDF US Army Center of Military History Retrieved 28 June 2020 122nd Signal Battalion Lineage US Army Center of Military History Retrieved 28 June 2020 102nd Military Intelligence Battalion Lineage US Army Center of Military History Retrieved 28 June 2020 4th Chemical Company Lineage US Army Center of Military History Retrieved 28 June 2020 2nd Infantry Division Band Lineage US Army Center of Military History Retrieved 28 June 2020 Organization 2nd Infantry Division 2ID Korea Retrieved 16 August 2023 MSC Organization 2nd Infantry Division ROK US Combined Division EIGHTH ARMY Retrieved 15 August 2023 The Division s headquarters is located at USAG Humphreys 2nd ID dedicates new headquarters south of Seoul at Camp Humphreys Stars and Stripes 20 November 2018 The ceremony took place at the entrance of the new Freeman Hall which retains the name of the previous headquarters on Camp Red Cloud in Uijeongbu US Army 2D Infantry Division ROK US Combined Division Our History 2id korea army mil Archived from the original on 16 August 2016 Retrieved 20 March 2018 Cox Matthew 7 February 2009 Spc earns DSC for heroism during ambush News Article Army Times Army Times Publishing Company Retrieved 14 February 2009 Two days after arriving to the unit on 10 Dec he was told he would receive the DSC DoD Announces Iraq Unit Rotations Press release Department of Defense 2 March 2009 Archived from the original on 10 March 2009 Retrieved 3 March 2009 Whitlock Craig 18 September 2010 Army monitored Stryker brigade hit hard in Afghanistan for signs of stress The Washington Post 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team 2nd Infantry Division www globalsecurity org Ashton Adam 27 August 2011 Lewis 3rd Stryker Brigade to deploy again Army Times Associated Press Ground leveling Flickr Photo Sharing Flickr 10 February 2012 Retrieved 19 July 2014 Lewis based Stryker BCT headed to Afghanistan Army Times 16 February 2012 Archived from the original on 20 July 2012 Retrieved 31 October 2012 4th Stryker brigade deploying to Afghanistan The Seattle Times Associated Press 19 April 2012 via komonnews com Stryker prep Flickr Photo Sharing Flickr 5 June 2012 Retrieved 19 July 2014 Whitlock Craig 18 September 2010 Members of U S platoon in Afghanistan accused of killing civilians for sport The Washington Post South Korean troops form combined division with U S Army Armytimes com 15 January 2015 Retrieved 13 October 2015 Army Leaders Defend Aviation Cuts Association of the United States Army Army announces Korea Rotational Force Transition www army mil Retrieved 19 May 2023 Army announces upcoming unit deployments www army mil Retrieved 19 May 2023 Raider Soldiers return from Korea www army mil External links edit nbsp Media related to 2nd Infantry Division United States at Wikimedia Commons 2 ID official website From D 1 to 105 The Story of the 2nd Infantry Division World War II unit history booklet text PDF 3rd Brigade 2nd Infantry Division homepage 2nd US Infantry Division World War II in Normandy Combat Film DVD 2nd Infantry Division in Europe World War II Combat Film DVD August October 1944 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2nd Infantry Division United States amp oldid 1187415749, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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