Spearhead: 1st Infantry Division: "Big Red One."

ISBN-10: 0739426478
ISBN-13: 9780739426470
Series: Spearhead
Category: American History-World War II-"Big Red One."
Pages: 104
Language: English
Published: 2002
Author: Ian Westwell

Description

The oldest continuously serving division in the U.S. Army, the 1st Infantry Division, called the "Big Red One" because of the red numeral "1" on the uniform shoulder patch, was the first regular army division organized in June 1917 to fight in France with the Allied armies. Since then, 1st Infantry Division's battle honors are Tunisia, Sicily, Normandy, the Bulge, Germany. Postwar, the division served in Europe, Vietnam, Desert Shield, Desert Storm and Bosnia.