90th Infantry Division

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The 90th Infantry Division was a U.S. Army infantry formation that saw heavy combat in the European Theater during World War II, particularly in the Normandy campaign and subsequent operations across France and Germany.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Army division
infantry division
activeDuring 1942
1945
allegiance United States Army
awarded Presidential Unit Citation (United States)
branch United States Army
campaign Central Europe
Normandy
northern France
surface form: Northern France

Rhineland
component 343rd Field Artillery Battalion
344th Field Artillery Battalion
345th Field Artillery Battalion
357th Infantry Regiment
358th Infantry Regiment
359th Infantry Regiment
915th Field Artillery Battalion
conflict World War II
country United States of America
formedIn United States of America
surface form: United States
higherCommand First United States Army
Third United States Army
nickname West South Central division
surface form: Texas–Oklahoma Division

Tough 'Ombres
notableBattle Battle of Normandy
Battle of the Falaise Pocket
Central Europe campaign
Lorraine campaign
Battle of Normandy
surface form: Normandy campaign

Operation Cobra
Rhineland campaign
Rhineland campaign
surface form: Siegfried Line campaign
notableCommander Major General Eugene M. Landrum
James A. Van Fleet
surface form: Major General James A. Van Fleet

Major General Raymond S. McLain
notableFor heavy combat in Normandy
operations across France
operations in Germany
operatedIn France
Germany
participatedIn advance into Germany
invasion of Normandy
liberation of France
role infantry combat operations
shoulderSleeveInsignia red letter T superimposed on red letter O on olive drab background
size division
theater European Theater of Operations, United States Army
surface form: European Theater of Operations
type infantry

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Patton's Third Army component 90th Infantry Division