Empire Division

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Empire Division is the nickname of the U.S. Army's 27th Infantry Division, a World War I and World War II unit composed largely of National Guard soldiers from New York State.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Empire Division canonical 2

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Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf U.S. Army division ⓘ
infantry division ⓘ
military unit nickname ⓘ
nickname ⓘ
allegiance United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
associatedWith U.S. state of New York ⓘ
surface form: New York State motto "Empire State"
basedIn New York ⓘ
surface form: New York State
branch United States Army ⓘ
componentOf United States Armed Forces in World War I ⓘ
surface form: United States Army forces in World War I

United States Army in World War II ⓘ
surface form: United States Army forces in World War II
composedMostlyOf New York Army National Guard soldiers ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
etymology U.S. state of New York ⓘ
surface form: derived from New York’s nickname "Empire State"
garrisonLocation New York ⓘ
hasComponent New York Army National Guard ⓘ
surface form: National Guard units from New York
historicalEra 20th century ⓘ
militaryFormationOf Army National Guard ⓘ
surface form: United States Army National Guard
nickname Empire Division self-linksurface differs ⓘ
notableEngagement Battle of Okinawa ⓘ
Battle of Saipan ⓘ
Battle of the Hindenburg Line ⓘ
partOf Army National Guard ⓘ
raisedFrom New York National Guard ⓘ
refersTo 27th Infantry Division ⓘ
role infantry combat operations ⓘ
serviceBranchType infantry ⓘ
theaterOfOperations European theatre of World War I ⓘ
surface form: European Theater of World War I

Pacific Theater of Operations ⓘ
surface form: Pacific Theater of World War II
type infantry ⓘ

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Empire Division → nickname → Empire Division self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: 27th Infantry Division