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colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">13th Airborne Division</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;line-height:1.5em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:USA_-_13_ABN_DIV.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/USA_-_13_ABN_DIV.svg/150px-USA_-_13_ABN_DIV.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="230" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/USA_-_13_ABN_DIV.svg/225px-USA_-_13_ABN_DIV.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/USA_-_13_ABN_DIV.svg/300px-USA_-_13_ABN_DIV.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="326" data-file-height="500" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/Shoulder_sleeve_insignia" title="Shoulder sleeve insignia">Shoulder sleeve insignia</a> of the 13th Airborne 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">13th Airborne Division</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Components</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/326th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="326th Infantry Regiment (United States)">326th Glider Infantry Regiment</a><br /><a href="/wiki/515th_Parachute_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="515th Parachute Infantry Regiment (United States)">515th Parachute Infantry Regiment</a><br /><a href="/wiki/517th_Parachute_Infantry_Regiment" title="517th Parachute Infantry Regiment">517th Parachute Infantry Regiment</a><br /><a href="/wiki/458th_Parachute_Field_Artillery_Battalion" title="458th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion">458th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion</a><br /><a href="/wiki/460th_Parachute_Field_Artillery_Battalion_(United_States)" title="460th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion (United States)">460th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p>The <b>13th Airborne Division</b> was an <a href="/wiki/Airborne_forces" title="Airborne forces">airborne forces</a> formation of <a href="/wiki/Division_(military)" title="Division (military)">division</a>-size of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a> that was active during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. The division was commanded for most of its existence by <a href="/wiki/Major_general_(United_States)" title="Major general (United States)">Major General</a> <a href="/wiki/Elbridge_Chapman" title="Elbridge Chapman">Elbridge G. Chapman</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Flanagan_289_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Flanagan_289-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was officially activated in the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> in August 1943 at <a href="/wiki/Fort_Bragg" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Bragg">Fort Bragg</a> in <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a>, remaining active until February 1946, however it never saw combat. </p><p>After activation the division remained in the United States to complete its training. This training was completed by September 1944, but had to be extended by a further four months when the division provided replacements for the <a href="/wiki/82nd_Airborne_Division" title="82nd Airborne Division">82nd</a> and <a href="/wiki/101st_Airborne_Division" title="101st Airborne Division">101st Airborne Divisions</a>. The division also encountered delays in mounting large-scale training exercises due to a lack of transport aircraft in the United States. This shortage was caused by the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions taking priority over the 13th in terms of equipment due to the two divisions serving in combat in Europe.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a consequence of these delays the division was not fully trained and combat-ready until January 1945, and was transferred to France and the <a href="/wiki/European_Theater_of_Operations,_United_States_Army" title="European Theater of Operations, United States Army">European Theater of Operations</a> in February.<sup id="cite_ref-Flanagan_285_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Flanagan_285-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When the division <a href="/wiki/Western_Front_(World_War_II)" title="Western Front (World War II)">arrived in France</a>, it came under the command of the <a href="/wiki/First_Allied_Airborne_Army" title="First Allied Airborne Army">First Allied Airborne Army</a>, which controlled all <a href="/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II" title="Allies of World War II">Allied</a> airborne formations. The division, along with two others, was selected to participate in <a href="/wiki/Operation_Varsity" title="Operation Varsity">Operation Varsity</a>, the airborne operation to support the Anglo-Canadian <a href="/wiki/21st_Army_Group" title="21st Army Group">21st Army Group</a> crossing the <a href="/wiki/Rhine" title="Rhine">River Rhine</a>, but was removed from the operation due to there being insufficient transport aircraft to carry all three divisions into combat.<sup id="cite_ref-Blair_440_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blair_440-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several other operations were planned for the division after the end of Operation Varsity, but these operations were cancelled when their objectives were captured by the <a href="/wiki/Western_Allied_invasion_of_Germany" title="Western Allied invasion of Germany">rapid advance of Allied ground forces</a> and they became superfluous.<sup id="cite_ref-Huston217_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Huston217-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the <a href="/wiki/Victory_in_Europe_Day" title="Victory in Europe Day">end of the conflict in Europe</a>, the 13th Airborne was shipped to the United States to stage there before it was to participate in the planned <a href="/wiki/Operation_Downfall" title="Operation Downfall">invasion of Japan</a>, but the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_War" title="Pacific War">conflict in the Far East</a> ended before it was required and it remained in the United States. The 13th Airborne Division was finally inactivated on 26 February 1946 and its combat personnel were transferred to the command of the 82nd Airborne Division.<sup id="cite_ref-Flanagan_290_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Flanagan_290-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Formation">Formation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=13th_Airborne_Division_(United_States)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Formation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 13th Airborne Division was the fifth airborne division (<a href="/wiki/11th_Airborne_Division" title="11th Airborne Division">11th</a>, 13th, <a href="/wiki/17th_Airborne_Division_(United_States)" title="17th Airborne Division (United States)">17th</a>, <a href="/wiki/82nd_Airborne_Division" title="82nd Airborne Division">82nd</a> and <a href="/wiki/101st_Airborne_Division" title="101st Airborne Division">101st</a>) to be formed in the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, and was officially activated on Friday 13 August 1943 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, under the command of <a href="/wiki/Major_general_(United_States)" title="Major general (United States)">Major General</a> <a href="/wiki/George_Wesley_Griner_Jr." title="George Wesley Griner Jr.">George W. Griner Jr</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Flanagan_289_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Flanagan_289-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Only a few months after the activation of the division, however, Major General Griner was ordered to take command of the <a href="/wiki/98th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="98th Infantry Division (United States)">98th Infantry Division</a>, and was replaced by Major General <a href="/wiki/Elbridge_Chapman" title="Elbridge Chapman">Elbridge Chapman</a>, who would go on to command the division for the rest of the conflict.<sup id="cite_ref-Flanagan_289_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Flanagan_289-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chapman was one of the early pioneers of the American airborne concept, commanding the experimental 88th Airborne Infantry Battalion in late 1941 when he was a <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_colonel_(United_States)" title="Lieutenant colonel (United States)">lieutenant colonel</a>, before going on to take command of the 13th Airborne Division.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 88th Airborne Infantry Battalion would be renamed as the 88th Airborne Infantry Regiment, and then finally become the <a href="/wiki/88th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="88th Infantry Regiment (United States)">88th Glider Infantry Regiment</a> on 21 September 1942, forming the core of the 13th Airborne Division.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When it was activated, the 13th Airborne Division was initially composed of the <a href="/wiki/515th_Parachute_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="515th Parachute Infantry Regiment (United States)">515th Parachute Infantry Regiment</a>, the <a href="/wiki/88th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="88th Infantry Regiment (United States)">88th Glider Infantry Regiment</a> and the <a href="/wiki/326th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="326th Infantry Regiment (United States)">326th Glider Infantry Regiment</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Flanagan_289_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Flanagan_289-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Shoulder_sleeve_insignia">Shoulder sleeve insignia</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=13th_Airborne_Division_(United_States)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Shoulder sleeve insignia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:13th_Airborne_Division.patch.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/13th_Airborne_Division.patch.jpg" decoding="async" width="179" height="285" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="179" data-file-height="285" /></a><figcaption>Shoulder patch</figcaption></figure> <p>The division's shoulder patch, a winged <a href="/wiki/Unicorn" title="Unicorn">unicorn</a> in orange on an ultramarine blue, the branch of service colors of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Corps" title="United States Army Air Corps">United States Army Air Corps</a>, was approved on 2 June 1943. A gold on black "<a href="/wiki/Airborne_forces" title="Airborne forces">Airborne</a>" <a href="/wiki/Tabs_of_the_United_States_Army#Airborne" title="Tabs of the United States Army">tab</a> was worn above the insignia. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"> <p>The unicorn is associated, by tradition, with qualities of virtue, courage and strength. The horn of the unicorn signifies extreme courage. All of such virtues should be cultivated in all units. It is hoped that these virtues will be conspicuous in the 13th Airborne Division. The unicorn has been winged to represent its travel in the air as "Airborne." The blue background is the color of the Infantry, which is the basic arm of the Division, and also indicates the sky, which is the distinctive medium of travel for the Division.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Actions_during_World_War_II">Actions during World War II</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=13th_Airborne_Division_(United_States)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Actions during World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Training">Training</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=13th_Airborne_Division_(United_States)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Training"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Between August 1943 and February 1945, the 13th Airborne Division remained in the United States and did not serve overseas or participate in any airborne operations, as it began training to become a combat-ready formation. In comparison, the <a href="/wiki/82nd_Airborne_Division" title="82nd Airborne Division">82nd</a> and <a href="/wiki/101st_Airborne_Division" title="101st Airborne Division">101st Airborne Divisions</a> had been assigned as active combat formations to serve overseas in Europe, the <a href="/wiki/11th_Airborne_Division_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="11th Airborne Division (United States)">11th Airborne Division</a> was scheduled to be deployed to the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_War" title="Pacific War">Pacific Theater of Operations</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/17th_Airborne_Division_(United_States)" title="17th Airborne Division (United States)">17th Airborne Division</a> had been assigned as the United States strategic reserve formation.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During this period, the activities of the division primarily involved airborne training, as well as taking part in several training exercises. However, while airborne training for the first four American airborne divisions was conducted during 1943, the 13th encountered considerable difficulties when it came to its turn for training.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the last few months of 1943 the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions had conducted airborne exercises and finished their training, and had then been transferred to Europe; to ensure the divisions could conduct airborne operations, a majority of the transport aircraft available in the United States had been sent with them, and even more were transferred to Europe as replacements after the <a href="/wiki/American_airborne_landings_in_Normandy" title="American airborne landings in Normandy">American airborne landings in Normandy</a> in June 1944.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Consequently, very few transport aircraft were available for use by the 13th, and the original training exercise for the division that had been scheduled for June 1944 had to be postponed until 17 September, and then once again until 24 September.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:13th_Airborne_Division.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/13th_Airborne_Division.jpg/220px-13th_Airborne_Division.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="242" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/13th_Airborne_Division.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="275" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Major_general_(United_States)" title="Major general (United States)">Major General</a> <a href="/wiki/Elbridge_Chapman" title="Elbridge Chapman">Eldridge G. Chapman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_general_(United_States)" title="Lieutenant general (United States)">Lieutenant General</a> <a href="/wiki/Lesley_J._McNair" title="Lesley J. McNair">Lesley J. McNair</a>, commander of <a href="/wiki/Army_Ground_Forces" title="Army Ground Forces">Army Ground Forces</a>, inspect troopers of the 13th Airborne Division, 13 May 1944.</figcaption></figure> <p>The divisional training exercise took place around <a href="/wiki/Camp_Mackall" title="Camp Mackall">Camp Mackall</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a>, and suffered from a number of difficulties and problems. Poor weather delayed the beginning of the exercise until the night of 25 September, and it was only then that the aircraft carrying the first three battalions of paratroopers could take off and attempt to drop the airborne troops on three separate drop zones.<sup id="cite_ref-Huston_140_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Huston_140-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A combination of poor visibility, and a lack of sufficient training for the pilots of the transport aircraft, resulted in the paratroopers being dispersed widely when dropped. Only sixty-five percent of the airborne troops and equipment dropped on the first drop zone were ready for action ninety minutes later, and in the second drop zone the airborne troops were so scattered that by 10:00 the next morning the commander of the battalion only had control over twenty percent of his men.<sup id="cite_ref-Huston_140_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Huston_140-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A similar number of paratroopers missed the third drop zone, although the majority were dropped in a relatively small area where they could gather.<sup id="cite_ref-Huston_140_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Huston_140-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Further problems were encountered, as a plane crash killed eight paratroopers and four aircrew, and the glider-borne elements of the division due to land were delayed by poor weather. After the initial night, the exercise continued for a further three days and included a complex supply mission designed to test whether it was possible to supply an isolated battalion of airborne troops.<sup id="cite_ref-Huston_140_15-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Huston_140-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Overall, observers present for the exercise reported that they had been impressed with the performance of the glider-borne elements of the division. However, several noted that the training of the aircraft pilots for night formation flying and navigation was far from satisfactory. A recommendation was made that night glider landings should be considered only when an emergency existed, and that otherwise gliders should take off during the night and land during daylight to avoid the wide dispersal of airborne troops and a decrease in efficiency.<sup id="cite_ref-Huston_140_15-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Huston_140-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After these exercises had ended, the division continued to train, but encountered further delays. These were caused when 1,652 men were removed from the division to provide reinforcements for U.S. Airborne units in the European Theater; this drastically reduced the strength of the division and forced it to extend its training period for a further four months.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After completing its training in January the division was preparing to transfer to the <a href="/wiki/Asiatic-Pacific_Theater" class="mw-redirect" title="Asiatic-Pacific Theater">Pacific Theatre</a> in early 1945. However, the rapid advances made by German forces during the Battle of the Bulge led to the division being transferred to the European Theatre of Operations to reinforce Allied divisions already in combat.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="European_Theater_of_Operations">European Theater of Operations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=13th_Airborne_Division_(United_States)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: European Theater of Operations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The division arrived in the European Theater of Operations in early February, coming under the command of the <a href="/wiki/First_Allied_Airborne_Army" title="First Allied Airborne Army">First Allied Airborne Army</a>, and Major General Chapman was informed that there was a possibility that the division would be required to conduct airborne operations during the closing stages of the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bulge" title="Battle of the Bulge">Battle of the Bulge</a>. However, the campaign in the <a href="/wiki/Ardennes" title="Ardennes">Ardennes</a> ended before the division could be transported there.<sup id="cite_ref-Flanagan_285_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Flanagan_285-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The next chance for the 13th to participate in an airborne operation, and to actually see combat, was in March 1945 when the <a href="/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II" title="Allies of World War II">Allies</a> had penetrated into Germany itself and reached the River Rhine. A few weeks before the division was to participate in a combat jump over the <a href="/wiki/Rhine" title="Rhine">Rhine</a> it was reorganized, after a conference by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_War" title="United States Department of War">War Department</a> had decided that a more efficient composition for an airborne division was two Parachute Infantry Regiments and only a single Glider Infantry Regiment. Subsequently, the <a href="/wiki/517th_Parachute_Infantry_Regiment" title="517th Parachute Infantry Regiment">517th Parachute Infantry Regiment</a>, a veteran unit that had served in <a href="/wiki/Italian_campaign_(World_War_II)" title="Italian campaign (World War II)">Italy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Operation_Dragoon" title="Operation Dragoon">Southern France</a> and the Ardennes, joined the division in early March, and the <a href="/wiki/88th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="88th Infantry Regiment (United States)">88th Glider Infantry Regiment</a> was combined into the <a href="/wiki/326th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="326th Infantry Regiment (United States)">326th Glider Infantry Regiment</a> that remained as the division's sole glider-based element.<sup id="cite_ref-Flanagan_285_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Flanagan_285-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 517th had recently fought during the Ardennes campaign, and had received a <a href="/wiki/Presidential_Unit_Citation_(United_States)" title="Presidential Unit Citation (United States)">Presidential Unit Citation</a> for its actions.<sup id="cite_ref-Flanagan_289_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Flanagan_289-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Western_Europe_March_1945.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Western_Europe_March_1945.svg/220px-Western_Europe_March_1945.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="286" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Western_Europe_March_1945.svg/330px-Western_Europe_March_1945.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Western_Europe_March_1945.svg/440px-Western_Europe_March_1945.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="350" data-file-height="455" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II" title="Allies of World War II">Allied</a> disposition in <a href="/wiki/Western_Europe" title="Western Europe">western Europe</a> by March 1945.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Rhine river was a formidable natural obstacle to the Allied advance,<sup id="cite_ref-Armyhistory_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Armyhistory-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but if breached would allow the Allies access to the <a href="/wiki/North_German_Plain" title="North German Plain">North German Plain</a> and ultimately to advance on Berlin and other major cities in Northern Germany. Following the 'Broad Front Approach' laid out by <a href="/wiki/General_of_the_Army_(United_States)" title="General of the Army (United States)">General</a> <a href="/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower" title="Dwight D. Eisenhower">Dwight D. Eisenhower</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Headquarters_Allied_Expeditionary_Force" title="Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force">Supreme Allied Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force</a>, it was decided to attempt to breach the Rhine in several areas.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Field_marshal_(United_Kingdom)" title="Field marshal (United Kingdom)">Field Marshal</a> <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Montgomery" title="Bernard Montgomery">Bernard Montgomery</a>, commanding the Anglo-Canadian <a href="/wiki/21st_Army_Group" title="21st Army Group">21st Army Group</a>, devised a plan to allow the forces under his command to breach the Rhine, which he titled <a href="/wiki/Operation_Plunder" title="Operation Plunder">Operation Plunder</a>, and which was subsequently authorized by Eisenhower. Plunder envisioned the <a href="/wiki/Second_Army_(United_Kingdom)" title="Second Army (United Kingdom)">British Second Army</a>, under <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant-general_(United_Kingdom)" title="Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom)">Lieutenant-General</a> <a href="/wiki/Miles_Dempsey" title="Miles Dempsey">Miles C. Dempsey</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Ninth_United_States_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Ninth United States Army">U.S. Ninth Army</a>, under <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_general_(United_States)" title="Lieutenant general (United States)">Lieutenant General</a> <a href="/wiki/William_Hood_Simpson" title="William Hood Simpson">William Simpson</a>, crossing the Rhine at <a href="/wiki/Rees,_Germany" title="Rees, Germany">Rees</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wesel" title="Wesel">Wesel</a>, and an area south of the <a href="/wiki/Lippe_(district)" title="Lippe (district)">Lippe</a> Canal. To ensure that the operation was a success, Montgomery insisted that an airborne component was inserted into the plans for the operation to support the amphibious assaults that would take place, which was code-named <a href="/wiki/Operation_Varsity" title="Operation Varsity">Operation Varsity</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Three airborne divisions were initially chosen to take part in Varsity, these being the <a href="/wiki/6th_Airborne_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="6th Airborne Division (United Kingdom)">British 6th Airborne Division</a>, the <a href="/wiki/17th_Airborne_Division_(United_States)" title="17th Airborne Division (United States)">U.S. 17th Airborne Division</a>, and finally the 13th, all of which were assigned to <a href="/wiki/XVIII_Airborne_Corps" title="XVIII Airborne Corps">U.S. XVIII Airborne Corps</a>, commanded by Major General <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Ridgway" title="Matthew Ridgway">Matthew Ridgway</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Huston217_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Huston217-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, it was discovered that there were only enough transport aircraft available in Europe to transport two airborne divisions into combat, and as such it was removed from Operation Varsity due to its lack of combat experience.<sup id="cite_ref-Blair_440_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blair_440-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After its removal from Operation Varsity, the division remained in reserve as the Allied armies advanced even further into Germany, moving to <a href="/wiki/Oise" title="Oise">Oise</a>, France, on 3 April for supply and administrative tasks.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The division was scheduled to participate in several other airborne operations; however, these were all cancelled before they could take place.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first of these was Operation Arena, which envisioned landing between six and ten divisions into what was termed a 'strategic airhead' in the <a href="/wiki/Kassel" title="Kassel">Kassel</a> region of Northern Germany; the planners of the operations envisioned that the operation would deny a large swathe of territory to the German defenders and give the Allied armies a staging area for further advances into Germany. The 13th was chosen to participate, along with the 17th, <a href="/wiki/82nd_Airborne_Division" title="82nd Airborne Division">82nd</a> and <a href="/wiki/101st_Airborne_Division" title="101st Airborne Division">101st Airborne Divisions</a> and the British 6th and <a href="/wiki/1st_Airborne_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="1st Airborne Division (United Kingdom)">1st Airborne Divisions</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A preliminary date for 1 May was set for the operation once all of the required airborne and air-landed infantry divisions had been located and supplied, but it was ultimately cancelled on 26 March due to the rapid movement of Allied ground forces negating the need for the operation.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two other airborne operations were planned to include the 13th. Operation Choker II was to be an airborne landing on the east bank of the Rhine near <a href="/wiki/Worms,_Germany" title="Worms, Germany">Worms, Germany</a>; planning for the operation got to an advanced stage, and the division was only hours from taking off from airfields in France when the operation was cancelled due to Allied ground forces overrunning the proposed landing areas. Operation Effective was designed to land the 13th south of <a href="/wiki/Stuttgart" title="Stuttgart">Stuttgart</a>, seize a nearby airfield and create an airhead for further forces to land in near the <a href="/wiki/Black_Forest" title="Black Forest">Black Forest</a>. The operation was scheduled for 22 April, but was cancelled on 18 April due to Allied units encircling the <a href="/wiki/Black_Forest" title="Black Forest">Black Forest</a> region and making it unnecessary.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Composition">Composition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=13th_Airborne_Division_(United_States)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Composition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The division was composed of the following units:<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/88th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="88th Infantry Regiment (United States)">88th Glider Infantry Regiment</a> (disbanded 1 March 1945, assets merged into the 326th GIR)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/326th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="326th Infantry Regiment (United States)">326th Glider Infantry Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/515th_Parachute_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="515th Parachute Infantry Regiment (United States)">515th Parachute Infantry Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/517th_Parachute_Infantry_Regiment" title="517th Parachute Infantry Regiment">517th Parachute Infantry Regiment</a>, (assigned 1 March 1945)</li> <li>129th Airborne Engineer Battalion</li> <li>153rd Airborne Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion</li> <li>13th Parachute Maintenance Company (assigned 1 March 45)</li> <li>222nd Airborne Medical Company</li> <li>13th Airborne Division Artillery <ul><li><a href="/wiki/458th_Parachute_Field_Artillery_Battalion" title="458th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion">458th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion</a> (75 mm)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/460th_Parachute_Field_Artillery_Battalion_(United_States)" title="460th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion (United States)">460th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion</a> (75 mm) (assigned 1 March 1945)</li> <li>676th Glider Field Artillery Battalion (75 mm)</li> <li>677th Glider Field Artillery Battalion (75 mm)</li></ul></li> <li>Special Troops (Headquarters activated 1 Mar 45) <ul><li>Headquarters Company, 13th Airborne Division</li> <li>409th Airborne Quartermaster Company</li> <li>513th Airborne Signal Company</li> <li>713th Airborne Ordnance Company</li> <li>Reconnaissance Platoon (assigned 1 March 45)</li> <li>Military Police Platoon</li> <li>Band (assigned 1 March 45)</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=13th_Airborne_Division_(United_States)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During World War II members of the division were awarded the following awards:<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Medal_of_Honor" title="Medal of Honor">Medal of Honor</a>: 1 <ul><li>Private First Class <a href="/wiki/Melvin_E._Biddle" title="Melvin E. Biddle">Melvin E. Biddle</a>, awarded for actions before the 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment joined the 13th Airborne Division</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legion_of_Merit" title="Legion of Merit">Legion of Merit</a>: 6</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bronze_Star_Medal" title="Bronze Star Medal">Bronze Star Medal</a>: 50</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Inactivation">Inactivation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=13th_Airborne_Division_(United_States)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Inactivation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:13th_Airborne_Division_memorial_-_Arlington_National_Cemtery_-_2011.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/13th_Airborne_Division_memorial_-_Arlington_National_Cemtery_-_2011.JPG/220px-13th_Airborne_Division_memorial_-_Arlington_National_Cemtery_-_2011.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/13th_Airborne_Division_memorial_-_Arlington_National_Cemtery_-_2011.JPG/330px-13th_Airborne_Division_memorial_-_Arlington_National_Cemtery_-_2011.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/13th_Airborne_Division_memorial_-_Arlington_National_Cemtery_-_2011.JPG/440px-13th_Airborne_Division_memorial_-_Arlington_National_Cemtery_-_2011.JPG 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="513" /></a><figcaption>13th Airborne Division memorial, <a href="/wiki/Arlington_National_Cemetery" title="Arlington National Cemetery">Arlington National Cemetery</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The conflict with Germany came to an end a few weeks after Operation Effective was cancelled, and shortly afterwards it was announced that the division would be redeployed to the Pacific to participate in the invasion of Japan after a brief stop-over in the United States. The deactivation of the 17th Airborne Division meant that the 13th acquired several combat units from that division to bolster it for its envisioned action in Japan.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The division arrived in New York City on 23 August, but did not leave the United States before the surrender of Japan in September 1945. With the conflict at an end, the division was no longer required by the United States Army, and it was permanently inactivated at <a href="/wiki/Fort_Bragg" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Bragg">Fort Bragg</a>, North Carolina, on 25 February 1946, with its personnel transferred to the command of the 82nd Airborne Division.<sup id="cite_ref-Flanagan_290_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Flanagan_290-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=13th_Airborne_Division_(United_States)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Precursor <a href="/wiki/13th_Division_(United_States)" title="13th Division (United States)">13th Infantry Division</a> unit from <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Footnotes">Footnotes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=13th_Airborne_Division_(United_States)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Footnotes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Chief of Staff of the United States Army">Chief of Staff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vice_Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army">Vice Chief of Staff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Army_four-star_generals" title="List of United States Army four-star generals">4-star generals</a></li> <li>3-star generals <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lieutenant_generals_in_the_United_States_Army_before_1960" title="List of lieutenant generals in the United States Army before 1960">1798–1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Army_lieutenant_generals_from_1990_to_1999" title="List of United States Army lieutenant generals from 1990 to 1999">1990–1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Army_lieutenant_generals_from_2000_to_2009" title="List of United States Army lieutenant generals from 2000 to 2009">2000–2009</a></li> <li><a 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<li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Armed_Services" title="United States Senate Committee on Armed Services">Senate Committee on Armed Services</a> (<a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Armed_Services_Subcommittee_on_Airland" title="United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Airland">Senate Subcommittee on Air and Land Forces</a>)</li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="9" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/80px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/120px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/160px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Components<br />and<br />commands</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Regular_Army_(United_States)" title="Regular Army (United States)">Regular Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Reserve" title="United States Army Reserve">Army Reserve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_National_Guard" title="Army National Guard">Army National Guard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army#Regular_combat_maneuver_organizations" title="United States Army">Active Units</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reorganization_plan_of_United_States_Army" title="Reorganization plan of United States Army">Reorganization plan of United States Army</a><br /></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Commands</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Forces_Command" title="United States Army Forces Command">Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Futures_Command" title="United States Army Futures Command">Futures</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Materiel_Command" title="United States Army Materiel Command">Materiel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Training_and_Doctrine_Command" title="United States Army Training and Doctrine Command">Training and Doctrine</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Service <br />components</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Central" title="United States Army Central">Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Europe_and_Africa" title="United States Army Europe and Africa">Europe</a>–<a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Africa" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Army Africa">Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Pacific" title="United States Army Pacific">Pacific</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_North" title="United States Army North">North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_South" title="United States Army South">South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Special_Operations_Command" title="United States Army Special Operations Command">Special Operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_Surface_Deployment_and_Distribution_Command" title="Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command">Surface Deployment and Distribution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Space_and_Missile_Defense_Command" title="United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command">Space and Missile Defense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Cyber_Command" title="United States Army Cyber Command">Cyber Command</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Direct reporting<br />units</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Second_United_States_Army" title="Second United States Army">Second Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Medical_Command" title="United States Army Medical Command">Medical</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Intelligence_and_Security_Command" title="United States Army Intelligence and Security Command">Intelligence and Security</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Criminal_Investigation_Division" title="United States Army Criminal Investigation Division">Criminal Investigation Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Corps_of_Engineers" title="United States Army Corps of Engineers">Corps of Engineers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Military_District_of_Washington" title="United States Army Military District of Washington">Military District of Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Test_and_Evaluation_Command" title="United States Army Test and Evaluation Command">Test and Evaluation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Military_Academy" title="United States Military Academy">Military Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Reserve_Command" title="United States Army Reserve Command">Reserve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Army_Acquisition_Support_Center" title="U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center">Acquisition Support Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Installation_Management_Command" title="United States Army Installation Management Command">Installation Management</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_War_College" title="United States Army War College">War College</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_field_armies_of_the_United_States_Army" title="List of field armies of the United States Army">Field armies</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Army_(United_States)" title="First Army (United States)">First</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Central" title="United States Army Central">Third</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_North" title="United States Army North">Fifth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sixth_Army_(United_States)" title="Sixth Army (United States)">Sixth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Europe_and_Africa" title="United States Army Europe and Africa">Seventh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eighth_Army_(United_States)" title="Eighth Army (United States)">Eighth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ninth_Army_(United_States)" title="Ninth Army (United States)">Ninth</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Branches</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Acquisition_Corps" title="United States Army Acquisition Corps">Acquisition Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Adjutant_General%27s_Corps" title="United States Army Adjutant General's Corps">Adjutant General's Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Defense_Artillery_Branch" title="Air Defense Artillery Branch">Air Defense Artillery Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armor_Branch" title="Armor Branch">Armor Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Aviation_Branch" title="United States Army Aviation Branch">Aviation Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_military_bands" title="United States military bands">Army Band</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaplain_Corps_(United_States_Army)" title="Chaplain Corps (United States Army)">Chaplain Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chemical_Corps" title="Chemical Corps">Chemical Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Civil_Affairs_and_Psychological_Operations_Command" title="United States Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command">Civil Affairs Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Corps_of_Engineers" title="United States Army Corps of Engineers">Corps of Engineers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyber_Branch_(United_States_Army)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyber Branch (United States Army)">Cyber Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Dental_Command" title="United States Army Dental Command">Dental Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Field_Artillery_Branch_(United_States)" title="Field Artillery Branch (United States)">Field Artillery Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finance_Corps" title="Finance Corps">Finance Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Infantry_Branch_(United_States)" title="Infantry Branch (United States)">Infantry Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_Inspector_General_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Office of the Inspector General of the United States Army">Inspector General's Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Judge_Advocate_General%27s_Corps" title="United States Army Judge Advocate General's Corps">Judge Advocate General's Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Logistics_Branch" title="United States Army Logistics Branch">Logistics Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Medical_Corps" title="United States Army Medical Corps">Medical Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_Medical_Department_(United_States)" title="Army Medical Department (United States)">Medical Service Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_Medical_Department_(United_States)" title="Army Medical Department (United States)">Medical Specialist Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_Intelligence_Corps_(United_States_Army)" title="Military Intelligence Corps (United States Army)">Military Intelligence Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_Police_Corps_(United_States)" title="Military Police Corps (United States)">Military Police Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Nurse_Corps" title="United States Army Nurse Corps">Nurse Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Ordnance_Corps" title="United States Army Ordnance Corps">Ordnance Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Psychological_operations_(United_States)" title="Psychological operations (United States)">Psychological operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Quartermaster_Corps" title="United States Army Quartermaster Corps">Quartermaster Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Signal_Corps_(United_States_Army)" class="mw-redirect" title="Signal Corps (United States Army)">Signal Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Special_Forces" title="United States Army Special Forces">Special Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transportation_Corps" title="Transportation Corps">Transportation Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Veterinary_Corps" title="United States Army Veterinary Corps">Veterinary Corps</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Installations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_former_United_States_Army_installations" title="List of former United States Army installations">United States and overseas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Army_installations_in_Germany" title="List of United States Army installations in Germany">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Installations_of_the_United_States_Army_in_Japan" title="Category:Installations of the United States Army in Japan">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Army_installations_in_Kuwait" title="List of United States Army installations in Kuwait">Kuwait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Army_installations_in_South_Korea" title="List of United States Army installations in South Korea">South Korea</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Training</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Basic_Training" title="United States Army Basic Training">Basic Training</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basic_Officer_Leaders_Course" title="Basic Officer Leaders Course">BOLC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_Reserve_Officers%27_Training_Corps" title="Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps">ROTC</a> (<a href="/wiki/Early_Commissioning_Program" title="Early Commissioning Program">ECP</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Officer_Candidate_School_(United_States_Army)" title="Officer Candidate School (United States Army)">OCS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warrant_Officer_Basic_Course" title="Warrant Officer Basic Course">WOBC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warrant_Officer_Candidate_School" title="Warrant Officer Candidate School">WOCS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Military_Academy" title="United States Military Academy">Military Academy (West Point)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Army_careers" title="List of United States Army careers">MOS</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Uniforms and<br />insignia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Army" title="Awards and decorations of the United States Department of the Army">Awards and decorations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Badges of the United States Army">Badges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_branch_insignia" title="United States Army branch insignia">Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_officer_rank_insignia" title="United States Army officer rank insignia">Officer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warrant_officer_(United_States)" title="Warrant officer (United States)">Warrant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_enlisted_rank_insignia" title="United States Army enlisted rank insignia">Enlisted</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_enlisted_rank_insignia_of_World_War_I" title="United States Army enlisted rank insignia of World War I">World War I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_enlisted_rank_insignia_of_World_War_II" title="United States Army enlisted rank insignia of World War II">World War II</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Uniforms of the United States Army">Uniforms</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_United_States_Army" title="List of equipment of the United States Army">Equipment</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_individual_weapons_of_the_U.S._Armed_Forces" title="List of individual weapons of the U.S. Armed Forces">Individual weapons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_crew-served_weapons_of_the_U.S._Armed_Forces" title="List of crew-served weapons of the U.S. Armed Forces">Crew-served weapons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_land_vehicles_of_the_U.S._Armed_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="List of land vehicles of the U.S. Armed Forces">Vehicles</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_premier_ensembles" title="List of United States military premier ensembles">Premier<br />ensembles</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Field_Band" title="United States Army Field Band">Army Field Band</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Band" title="United States Army Band">Army Band</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Guard_Fife_and_Drum_Corps" title="Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps">Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Point_Band" title="West Point Band">West Point Band</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">History and<br /> traditions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Army" title="History of the United States Army">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Continental_Army" title="Continental Army">Continental Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_army" title="Union army">Union army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Army#World_War_I" title="History of the United States Army">National Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_of_the_United_States" title="Army of the United States">Army of the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Center_of_Military_History" title="United States Army Center of Military History">Center of Military History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Institute_of_Heraldry" title="United States Army Institute of Heraldry">Institute of Heraldry</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/America%27s_Army" title="America's Army">America's Army</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Art_Program" title="United States Army Art Program">Army Art Program</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Flag of the United States Army">Flag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_the_United_States_Army" title="National Museum of the United States Army">National Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Military_Academy#West_Point_Museum" title="United States Military Academy">West Point Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Rangers" title="United States Army Rangers">Rangers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Army_Regimental_System" title="U.S. Army Regimental System">U.S. Army Regimental System</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soldier%27s_Creed" title="Soldier's Creed">Soldier's Creed</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Army_Goes_Rolling_Along" title="The Army Goes Rolling Along">The Army Goes Rolling Along</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_nicknames_of_United_States_Army_divisions" title="List of nicknames of United States Army divisions">Division nicknames</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conscription_in_the_United_States" title="Conscription in the United States">Draft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Service_number_(United_States_Army)" title="Service number (United States Army)">Service numbers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seventh_Army_Symphony_Orchestra" title="Seventh Army Symphony Orchestra">Seventh Army Symphony Orchestra</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Historical</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Soldier" title="Buffalo Soldier">Buffalo Soldiers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_Air_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="Army Air Forces">Army Air Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_Service_Forces" title="Army Service Forces">Army Service Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Army_Corps" title="Women's Army Corps">Women's Army Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rough_Riders" title="Rough Riders">Rough Riders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Cavalry" title="United States Cavalry">U.S. Cavalry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Colored_Troops" title="United States Colored Troops">United States Colored Troops</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Hospital_Corps" title="United States Army Hospital Corps">United States Army Hospital Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Sanitary_Commission" 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Armored Division (United States)">12th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/13th_Armored_Division_(United_States)" title="13th Armored Division (United States)">13th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/14th_Armored_Division_(United_States)" title="14th Armored Division (United States)">14th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/16th_Armored_Division_(United_States)" title="16th Armored Division (United States)">16th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/19th_Armored_Division_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="19th Armored Division (United States)">19th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/20th_Armored_Division_(United_States)" title="20th Armored Division (United States)">20th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/22nd_Armored_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="22nd Armored Division">22nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/25th_Armored_Division_(United_States)" title="25th Armored Division (United States)">25th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/27th_Armored_Division_(United_States)" title="27th Armored Division (United States)">27th</a></li> 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Division (United States)">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Cavalry_Division_(United_States)" title="3rd Cavalry Division (United States)">3rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/15th_Cavalry_Division_(United_States)" title="15th Cavalry Division (United States)">15th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/21st_Cavalry_Division_(United_States)" title="21st Cavalry Division (United States)">21st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/22nd_Cavalry_Division_(United_States)" title="22nd Cavalry Division (United States)">22nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/23rd_Cavalry_Division_(United_States)" title="23rd Cavalry Division (United States)">23rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/24th_Cavalry_Division_(United_States)" title="24th Cavalry Division (United States)">24th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/61st_Cavalry_Division_(United_States)" title="61st Cavalry Division (United States)">61st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/62nd_Cavalry_Division_(United_States)" title="62nd Cavalry Division (United States)">62nd</a></li> <li><a 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title="3rd Infantry Division (United States)">3rd</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/4th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="4th Infantry Division (United States)">4th</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="5th Infantry Division (United States)">5th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="6th Infantry Division (United States)">6th</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/7th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="7th Infantry Division (United States)">7th</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="8th Infantry Division (United States)">8th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/9th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="9th Infantry Division (United States)">9th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="11th Infantry Division (United States)">11th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12th_Division_(United_States)" title="12th Division (United States)">12th</a></li> 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