#Infantry Division

[deadpresidents]

Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt Jr. -- the eldest son of the 26th President of the United States -- was the only Allied general to land on the beaches of Normandy with the first wave of soldiers during the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944.

Crippled by arthritis, hobbled by old combat wounds from the First World War, and forced to use a cane as he landed on Utah Beach with the U.S. Army's 4th Infantry Division on D-Day, General Roosevelt was the oldest man to take part in the opening stage of the invasion. He had made three requests to personally lead the assault on Utah Beach before finally being given command despite concerns about his health. During the confusion and chaos of the largest seaborne assault in human history, Roosevelt realized that tidal currents had carried nearly two dozen of the initial landing craft to the wrong location and was said to have announced, "We'll start the war from right here!"

For his actions on D-Day, General Roosevelt would be awarded the country's highest military decoration, the Congressional Medal of Honor, on September 21, 1944:

For gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty of 6 June 1944, in France. After two verbal requests to accompany the leading assault elements in the Normandy invasion had been denied, Brig. Gen. Roosevelt's written request for this mission was approved and he landed with the first wave of the forces assaulting the enemy-held beaches. He repeatedly led groups from the beach, over the seawall and established them inland. His valor, courage, and presence in the very front of the attack and his complete unconcern at being under heavy fire inspired the troops to heights of enthusiasm and self-sacrifice. Although the enemy had the beach under constant direct fire, Brig. Gen. Roosevelt moved from one locality to another, rallying men around him, directed and personally led them against the enemy. Under his seasoned, precise, calm, and unfaltering leadership, assault troops reduced beach strong points and rapidly moved inland with minimum casualties. He thus contributed substantially to the successful establishment of the beachhead in France.

However, the Medal of Honor would be awarded to Theodore Roosevelt Jr. posthumously. On July 12, 1944, thirty-six days after landing in Normandy on D-Day, General Roosevelt died in his sleep at the age of 56 after suffering a heart attack. In a letter to his wife, General George S. Patton would write, "Teddy R[oosevelt] died in his sleep last night. He had made three landings with the leading wave -- such is fate...He was one of the bravest men I ever knew." General Patton would join General Omar Bradley and numerous other generals as honorary pallbearers at Roosevelt's funeral. Roosevelt was buried at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial along with thousands of his fellow American soldiers who died in Europe during World War II. He is buried next to his youngest brother, Quentin Roosevelt, who was killed in action in 1918 after being shot down over France during World War I.

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Some of the 14,576 soldiers of the famed 44th Infantry Division wave and cheer as the liner Queen Elizabeth, which brought them home from Europe, ties up at a dock, July 20, 1945. It was the 44th Division that battled its way across France to the Austrian heart of the now-crumbled Nazi empire.

Photo: Anthony Camerano for the AP

[walkingthroughthisworld]

M48A5 from 2ID on the move during a 1984 Team Spirit in Wonju, Korea. Later in the year, 2ID would transition to the M60A3

[deutschland-im-krieg]

Heer (German Army) soldiers from the 9th company under the command of Leutnant Klaus Vogt of the 578th Infantry Regiment of the 305th Infantry Division near the ruins of the Stalingrad Tractor Plant, 15.10.1942

[all-action-all-picture]

Clint Eastwood as Kelly and Telly Savalas as Big Joe behind the scenes on Kelly's Heroes (1970). The location here is over-looking Vizinada, the town in Croatia (then Yugoslavia) which stood in for Clermont, France.

[carbone14]

Mitrailleuse MG 34 du 141st Gebirgsjäger Regiment de la 6e Division de montagne – Guerre de continuation – Péninsule de Kola – Union soviétique – Avril 1942

[freetheshit-outofyou]

@sadrcitysocialclub, I was at Falcon most of my time there in 2006, I did a little time at FOB Kalsu. Here are some Images of FOB Falcon both while it was blowing up and after. 10 October 2006 These photos are through my NVG's about 17k away on MSR Tampa. My Small Kill team was set up for the night when we saw this plum of smoke and called it in because we thought another unit was getting lit up on ASR Bug. Our support tried to call it up it the company but it was dead air, they tried Task Force next, just dead air. They eventually spaced themselves out enough to get a signal through to Kalsu and that's when we found out what was going on. That day was on odd one for Indirect fire because we had way more than normal, 13 had come in by the time we left on Patrol. Eventually, one hit the AHA (Ammo Holding Area) and that was all she wrote. It blew up for about 8 hours. No one was hurt at any point. At the time CNN was reporting that the FOB was being evacuated and numerous causality's were being reported, typical. I would like to add that the heavy Indirect fire also correlated with an influx of new interpreters. Coincidence? Maybe, but I doubt it.

We were in the center building and the blast blew doors off, blew windows out, in once case it blew a door off and onto the next building.

[writer-of-various]

Just boys being boys

[neptunes-blue]

Hello this is my pride and joy gay son I will maybe drop more information on him. Maybe.

Full name: Ezekiel Pierre Stallard

Nickname(s): Zeke, Doc

Date of birth: 19 August 1919, 12:37 PM

Hometown: Columbus, Ohio, United States

Nationality: American

Ethnicity: White French-American

Occupation: US Army Aidman (1942-1946); musician (1932-present)

[delkios]

Still can't get over the fact that after a year (two?) with the Empire, Scorch makes commander while Boss led one of the top commando squads for three years with the Republic and never got promoted passed sergeant.

[the-nomadicone]

A M1A1HC Abrams Main Battle Tank "Clinically Insane", from U.S. Army 2nd Infantry Division, look for enemy forces during a simulated armor battle scenario as part of Foal Eagle 03 joint exercise at Camp Red Cloud Twin Bridges Training Ground, South Korea. March 26, 2003. 8th U.S. Army photo by Staff Sergeant Efren Lopez. Source: U.S. National Archives

[walkingthroughthisworld]

In July of 1945, seven Texans of the 96th Infantry Division’s 763rd Tank Battalion review some of the tactics that they used to help defeat the Japanese on Okinawa as they prepare to invade the Japanese mainland.

[deutschland-im-krieg]

Heer (German army) soldiers change their firing position during a street battle in the Battle for Kharkov, under cover of armoured vehicles. An Sd.Kfz.250/1 armoured personnel carrier from the 57. Infanterie-Division and a StuG III from the Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 197, 23.10.1941

[iceman-kazansky]

Learned something new about Janovec today. It's actually really shocking and sad, ngl. For those who don't recognize the name; John Janovec was played by Tom Hardy in the BoB series.

(And if you still don't know him, this guy below)

Annnddd for all you lovely people who can't read that very clearly (I dont blame you it's a shitty picture,) I wrote it out;

"One night Sgt. Robert Marsh was driving Pvt. John Janovec back from a roadblock by a side road. Janovec was leaning on the unreliable door of a German truck. They hit a log. He lost his balance, fell, and hit his head on the pavement. Marsh rushed him to the regimental aid station in Zell am See, but he died on the way of a fractured skull."

Source: Band of Brothers by Steven E. Ambrose, Chapter 18, "A Soldier's Dream Life," page 283