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4th Infantry Division
The 4th Infantry Division was organized at Camp Greene, North Carolina on 10 December 1917 under the command of Major General George H. Cameron.
World War II
4th Infantry Division was reactivated on 1 June 1940 at Fort Benning, Georgia. The Fourth Division arrived in the Great Britain in early 1944 during the buildup and rehearsals for Operation Overlord, the Invasion of Normandy. The 4th landed at Utah Beach, with the 8th Infantry Regiment of the 4th Division being the first surface-borne Allied unit to hit the beaches at on D-Day, 6 June 1944.
The 4th relieved the 82d Airborne Division at Sainte-Mère-Église, cleared the Cotentin peninsula and took part in the capture of Cherbourg on 25 June. After taking part in the fighting near Periers, France on 612 of July, the division broke through the left flank of the German Seventh Army, helping stem the German drive toward Avranches.
By the end of August The 4th had moved on to the liberation of Paris. Then followed movements into Belgium to attack the Siegfried Line. By November the division was fighting in the Battle of the Hurtgen Forest and in December was in Luxembourg facing the German Ardennes Offensive, also known as the Battle of the Bulge. When the Allies were back on the offensive in early 1945, the 4th Infantry Division was very active during this time, crossing the Rhine in late March and was moving through Bavaria when the Germans surrendered in May.
 | Nickname: Ivy
Motto: Steadfast and Loyal
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 4th US Infantry Division in Normandy
4th Infantry Division in Western Europe
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4th Infantry Division Films
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4th Infantry Division
Invasion of Normandy Series
June 1944 - August 1944
$19.99
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4th Infantry Division
Liberation of Western Europe Series
August 1944 - November 1944
$14.99
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WWII Units
8th Infantry Regiment
12th Infantry Regiment
22nd Infantry Regiment
20th Field Artillery Battalion (155 mm)
29th Field Artillery Battalion (105 mm)
42nd Field Artillery Battalion (105 mm)
44th Field Artillery Battalion (105 mm)
4th Reconnaissance Troop
4th Engineer Battalion
4th Medical Battalion
4th Quartermaster Battalion
4th Signal Company
704th Ordnance Company (LM)
World War I Campaigns
Aisne-Marne
St. Mihiel
Meuse-Argonne
Champagne 1918
Lorraine 1918
WWII Campaigns
Normany w/Landings Arrowhead
Northern France
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe
WWII Commanders
MG Terry de la Mesa Allen December 1941 til December 1941
MG Raymond O. Barton 3 July 1942 til 26 December 1944
MG Harold W. Blakeley 18 September 1944 til 20 September 1945
MG Harold R. Bull 20 September 1944 til 29 September 1944
BG James A. Van Fleet 29 September 1944 til 4 October 1944
MG Harold W. Blakeley 27 December 1944 til October 1945
Combat Reels salutes the veterans of the 4th Infantry Division of World War II and their valuable contribution to U.S. military history.
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