United States 29th Infantry Division

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United States Army National Guard division infantry division

The United States 29th Infantry Division is a National Guard infantry division best known for spearheading the D-Day assault on Omaha Beach during the Allied invasion of Normandy in World War II.

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Label	Occurrences
United States 29th Infantry Division canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Army National Guard division ⓘ infantry division ⓘ
alliance	Allies of World War II ⓘ surface form: Allied Powers in World War II
awardedDecoration	Belgian Fourragere ⓘ surface form: Belgian Fourragère Croix de Guerre ⓘ surface form: French Croix de Guerre Presidential Unit Citation (United States) ⓘ surface form: Presidential Unit Citation
branch	United States Army ⓘ
campaign	Central Europe campaign ⓘ Battle of Normandy ⓘ surface form: Normandy campaign North-West Europe campaign ⓘ surface form: Northern France campaign Rhineland campaign ⓘ
componentUnit	110th Field Artillery Regiment ⓘ 111th Field Artillery Regiment ⓘ 115th Infantry Regiment ⓘ 116th Infantry Regiment ⓘ 175th Infantry Regiment ⓘ 224th Field Artillery Battalion ⓘ 227th Field Artillery Battalion ⓘ
conflict	Global War on Terrorism ⓘ World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
formationDate	1917 ⓘ
garrisonState	Maryland ⓘ Virginia ⓘ
higherCommandDuringWWII	First United States Army ⓘ V Corps (United States) ⓘ surface form: V Corps
motto	29, Let's Go! ⓘ
nickname	Blue and Gray Division ⓘ
notableCommander	Major General Charles H. Gerhardt ⓘ Major General Leonard T. Gerow ⓘ
notableEngagement	Operation Overlord ⓘ surface form: Allied invasion of Normandy D-Day ⓘ Omaha Beach ⓘ surface form: Omaha Beach landing
notableFor	spearheading the D-Day assault on Omaha Beach ⓘ
operation	Operation Overlord ⓘ
partOf	Army National Guard ⓘ
peacetimeHeadquarters	Fort Belvoir ⓘ surface form: Fort Belvoir, Virginia Fort Gregg-Adams ⓘ surface form: Fort Gregg-Adams, Virginia
primaryStateAffiliation	District of Columbia ⓘ Maryland ⓘ North Carolina ⓘ Virginia ⓘ West Virginia ⓘ
role	light infantry ⓘ maneuver division ⓘ
size	division ⓘ
symbol	Blue and gray yin-yang style shoulder sleeve insignia ⓘ
symbolColorMeaning	blue represents Union states ⓘ gray represents Confederate states ⓘ
type	combined arms division ⓘ

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