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United States Navy Nurse Corps | Naval Station San Diego |
The United States Navy (USN) is the sea branch of the U.S. Armed Forces. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. As of 31 December 2008, the U.S. Navy had about 331,682 personnel on active duty and 124,000 in the Navy Reserve...
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The VNAF (abbreviation for Viet Nam Air Force, Vietnamese is "Không Quân Việt Nam") started off as a few hand picked men chosen to fly alongside French pilots during the State of Vietnam era. It eventually grew into the world's 6th largest air force...
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| x United States Air Force |
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Elmendorf Air Force Base |
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the aerial warfare branch of the U.S. armed forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on 18 September...
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| x United States Army |
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U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment | Camp Bondsteel |
The United States Army is the branch of the United States Military responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military and is one of seven uniformed services. The modern Army has its...
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The Soviet Navy (Russian: Военно-морской флот СССР, Voenno-morskoj flot SSSR, literally "Naval Fleet of the USSR") was the naval part of the Soviet Armed Forces. Often referred to as the Red Fleet, the Soviet Navy would have been instrumental in any...
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| x German Army |
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The German Army (German: Deutsches Heer, Heer pronounced [ˈheːɐ̯] ( listen)) is the land component of the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany. Traditionally the German military forces have been composed of Army, the Navy, and an Air...
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The German Navy (Deutsche Marine ( listen (help·info)) is the navy of Germany and part of the Bundeswehr (German Armed Forces).
The German Navy traces its roots back to the Imperial Fleet (Reichsflotte) of the revolutionary era of 1848–1852 and more...
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| x Royal Navy |
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The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of HM Armed Forces (and is therefore known as the Senior Service). From the beginning of the 18th century until well into the 20th century, it was the most powerful navy in the world, playing a key...
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| x Spanish Navy |
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The Spanish Navy (in Spanish, Armada Española) is the maritime arm of the Spanish Military, one of the oldest active naval forces in the world. The Armada is responsible for notable achievements in world history such the first world circumnavigation...
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| x Swedish Navy |
The Swedish Navy (Swedish: Marinen) is the naval branch of the Swedish Armed Forces. It is composed of surface and submarine naval units – the Fleet (Flottan) – as well as marine units, the so-called Amphibious Corps (Amfibiekåren).
In Swedish,...
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| x Finnish Navy |
The Finnish Navy (Finnish: Suomen merivoimat, Swedish: Finlands sjöstridskrafter) is one of the branches of the Finnish Defence Forces. The Navy employs 2,300 people and about 4,300 conscripts are trained each year. Finnish Navy vessels are given...
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| x French Navy |
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The French Navy, officially the Marine nationale (National Navy) and often called La Royale is the maritime arm of the French military. It consists of a full range of vessels, from patrol boats to guided missile frigates, and operates one nuclear...
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| x Russian Navy |
The Russian Navy or VMF (Russian: Военно-Морской Флот (ВМФ) России- Voyenno-Morskoy Flot Rossii (VMF) or literally Military Maritime Fleet of Russia) is the naval arm of the Russian Armed Forces. The international designation of Russian naval...
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| x Polish Navy |
The Polish Navy (Marynarka Wojenna Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej - MW RP, or unofficially Polska Marynarka Wojenna - PMW) is the branch of Poland's Armed Forces responsible for naval operations. It has 60 ships (including 5 submarines, 2 frigates, 1...
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| x Imperial Japanese Navy |
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The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) (Kyūjitai: 大日本帝國海軍 Shinjitai: 大日本帝国海軍 Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kaigun (help·info) or 日本海軍 Nippon Kaigun), literally Navy of the Empire of Greater Japan was the navy of the Empire of Japan from 1869 until 1947, when it was...
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| x United States Marine Corps |
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Camp Kinser |
The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is a branch of the United States armed forces responsible for providing force projection from the sea, using the mobility of the United States Navy to rapidly deliver combined-arms task forces. It is one of...
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| x United States Navy Reserve |
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The United States Navy Reserve (USNR), until 2005 known as the United States Naval Reserve, is the Reserve Component (RC) of the United States Navy. Members of the Navy Reserve, called Reservists, are enrolled in the Selected Reserve (SELRES), the...
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| x Japan Self-Defense Forces |
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The "Japan Self-Defense Forces" (自衛隊, Jieitai), or JSDF, occasionally referred to as JSF or SDF, are the military forces in Japan that were established after the end of the post-World War II US occupation of Japan. For most of the post-war period...
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| x Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force |
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The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (海上自衛隊, Kaijō Jieitai), or JMSDF, is the maritime branch of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, tasked with the naval defense of Japan. It was formed following the dissolution of the Imperial Japanese Navy after...
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| x Japan Air Self-Defense Force |
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The Japan Air Self-Defense Force (航空自衛隊, Kōkū Jieitai), or JASDF, is the aviation branch of the Japan Self-Defense Forces responsible for the defense of Japanese airspace and other aerospace operations. The JASDF carries out combat air patrols...
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| x Japan Ground Self-Defense Force |
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The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (陸上自衛隊, Rikujō Jieitai), or JGSDF, is the military ground force (army) of Japan. The largest of the three services of the JSDF, the Ground Self-Defense Force operates under the command of the chief of the ground...
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| x Mexican Navy |
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The Mexican Navy (Armada de México or SEMAR) is a branch of the Mexican military responsible for conducting naval operations. Its stated mission is "to use the naval force of the federation for the exterior defense, and to help with internal order"....
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| x Sturmabteilung |
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The Sturmabteilung (help·info), abbreviated SA (German for "Storm detachment" or "Assault detachment" or "Assault section", usually translated as "stormtroop(er)s"), functioned as a paramilitary organization of the Nazi Party. It played a key role...
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Wehrmacht (listen) (help·info) (German: "defence force") was the name of the unified armed forces of Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the Heer (army), the Kriegsmarine (navy) and the Luftwaffe (air force).
The Waffen-SS, the combat arm of...
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| x Texas Air National Guard |
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The Texas Air National Guard is composed of Airmen and officers assigned to three flying wings and three geographically separated units (GSUs) throughout Texas.
From 2001 through 2007, elements of every Air National Guard unit in Texas were...
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| x Imperial Japanese Army |
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The Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) (Kyūjitai: 大日本帝國陸軍, Shinjitai: 大日本帝国陸軍, Romaji: Dai-Nippon Teikoku Rikugun), or literally Army of the Empire of Greater Japan was the official ground based armed force of Imperial Japan from 1867 to 1945. It was...
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| x Finnish Air Force |
The Finnish Air Force (FAF or FiAF) (Finnish: ilmavoimat, Swedish: luftkrafter) is one of the branches of the Finnish Defence Forces. Its peacetime tasks are airspace surveillance, identification flights, and production of readiness formations for...
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| x U.S. 1st Infantry Division |
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The 1st Infantry Division of the United States Army —nicknamed “The Big Red One” after its shoulder patch; and also nicknamed "The Fighting First"—is the oldest division in the United States Army, and has seen continuous service since its...
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| x Red Army |
The Red Army (Russian: Рабоче-Крестьянская Красная Армия, Raboche-Krest'yanskaya Krasnaya Armiya; RKKA (Workers’–Peasants’ Red Army) was the Soviet government’s revolutionary militia beginning in the Russian Civil War of 1918-1922. It grew into the...
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| x Polish Air Force |
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The Polish Air Force (Siły Powietrzne Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, Siły Powietrzne RP - Air Forces of the Polish Republic) is the air force branch of the Polish Armed Forces. Until 1 July 2004 it was officially known as Wojska Lotnicze i Obrony...
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| x U.S. 101st Airborne Division |
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The 101st Airborne Division — the "Screaming Eagles"— is a U.S. Army modular infantry division trained for air assault operations. During World War II, it was renowned for action during the Normandy Landings and in the Battle of the Bulge. During...
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| x U.S. 82nd Airborne Division |
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The 82 Airborne Division of the United States Army is an elite modular airborne infantry division and was constituted in the National Army as the 82 Division on March 5, 1917, and was organized on March 25, 1917, at Camp Gordon, Georgia. Since...
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| x U.S. 3d Infantry Division |
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The 3rd Infantry Division (nicknamed the Rock of the Marne) is a United States Army infantry division based at Fort Stewart, Georgia. It is a direct subordinate unit of the U.S. Army Forces Command, and boasts a storied history of valorous service...
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| x U.S. 1st Armored Division |
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The 1st Armored Division —nicknamed “Old Ironsides”— is a standing armored division of the United States Army with base of operations in Wiesbaden, Germany. It was the first armored division of the U.S. Army to see battle in World War II. The entire...
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| x U.S. 2nd Infantry Division |
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The 2nd Infantry Division is a formation of the United States Army. Its current primary mission is the defense of South Korea in the initial stages of an invasion from North Korea until other American units can arrive. There are approximately 17,000...
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| x U.S. 4th Armored Division |
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The 4th Armored Division of the United States Army was an armored division that compiled a distinguished career in the European theater of World War II. Unlike many other WW2 US Armored Divisions, the 4th never adopted an official divisional...
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| x Americal Division |
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The 23rd Infantry Division, more commonly known as the Americal Division of the United States Army was formed in May 1942 on the island of New Caledonia. In the immediate emergency following Pearl Harbor, the United States had hurriedly sent three...
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| x U.S. 2nd Armored Division |
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The 2nd Armored Division was an Armored division of the United States Army.
The division played an important role during World War II in the invasions of North Africa and Sicily and the liberation of France, Belgium, and Holland and the invasion of...
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| x U.S. 4th Infantry Division |
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The 4th Infantry Division is a modular division of the United States Army based at Fort Carson, Colorado, with four brigade combat teams. It is a very technically advanced combat division in the U.S. Army.
The division has two nicknames; the first, ...
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| x U.S. 1st Cavalry Division |
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Fort Hood |
The 1st Cavalry Division ("First Team") is one of the most famous and most decorated combat divisions of the United States Army.
Presently, it is a rapidly deployable heavy armored division of the United States Army with base of operations in Fort...
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| x U.S. 7th Infantry Division |
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The 7th Infantry Division was an infantry division of the United States Army. The division was based at Fort Ord, California for most of its history.
Activated for service in World War I, the division saw brief service in the conflict, but never...
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| x U.S. 49th Armored Division |
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The 49th Armored Division —nicknamed the Lone Star— was one of two armored divisions of the United States Army National Guard, redesignated from the 36th Infantry Division (the "T-Patchers") after World War II, and organized and federally recognized...
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| x 10th Mountain Division |
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The 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) is a light infantry division of the United States Army based at Fort Drum, New York. It is a subordinate unit of the XVIII Airborne Corps and the only division-sized element of the US Army to specialize in...
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| x U.S. 5th Armored Division |
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The 5th Armored Division was a unit of the United States Army that consisted of armored fighting vehicles and mechanized infantry which was in active service during World War II.
The 5th Armored "Victory" Division was activated on October 10, 1941,...
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| x U.S. 6th Armored Division |
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The 6th Armored Division was an armored division of the United States Army during World War II. It was formed with a cadre from the 2nd Armored Division. 6th AD was formed under the 1942 Table of Organization and Equipment.
The division was...
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| x U.S. 7th Armored Division |
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The 7th Armored Division was an armored division of the United States Army in World War II.
The division was activated on 1 March 1942, reorganized on 20 September 1943 and arrived in the United Kingdom in June 1944.
The Division landed on Omaha and...
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| x U.S. 8th Armored Division |
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The 8th Armored Division was an armored division of the United States Army that served in the European Theater of World War II.
The devastating successes of the German armored units in Poland and France underscored America's need for an effective...
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| x U.S. 9th Armored Division |
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The 9th Armored Division (the "Phantom Division") was an armoured division of the United States Army in World War II. In honor of their World War II service, the 9th was officially nicknamed the "Phantom Division."
The division was activated on 15...
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| x U.S. 10th Armored Division |
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The 10th Armored Division (nicknamed Tiger Division) was an armored division of the United States Army in World War II.
The division, which served under General George S. Patton's Third Army, was activated on 15 July 1942, at Fort Benning, Georgia....
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| x U.S. 11th Armored Division |
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The US 11th Armored Division (11-AD) was a division of the United States Army in World War II. It was activated on August 15 1942 at Camp Polk, Louisiana and moved on June 24 1943 for the Third Army #3 Louisiana Maneuvers. Transferred then to Camp...
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| x U.S. 12th Armored Division |
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The 12th Armored Division was an armored division of the United States Army in World War II.
The division was activated on 15 September 1942.
The 12th Armored Division landed at Liverpool, England, 2 October 1944. It arrived at Le Havre, France, 11...
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| x U.S. 13th Armored Division |
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The 13th Armored Division was an armored division of the United States Army in World War II.
The division was activated on 15 October 1942 at Camp Beale, California, East of Marysville.
The 13th Armored, known as the Black Cats, landed at Le Havre,...
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| x U.S. 14th Armored Division |
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The 14th Armored Division was an armored division of the United States Army in World War II. It remains on the permanent rolls of the Regular Army as an inactive division, and is eligible for reactivation should the need ever arise. The division is...
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| x U.S. 16th Armored Division |
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The 16th Armored Division was an armored division of the United States Army in World War II.
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The division was activated on July 15, 1943 at Camp Chaffee in Arkansas. They performed all of their training at Camp Chaffee until they received their...
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| x U.S. 20th Armored Division |
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The 20th Armored Division was an armored division of the United States Army in World War II. It was activated on 15 March 1943 at Camp Campbell in Kentucky. The Division has no real nickname although it did associate itself with the nickname ...
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| x U.S. 24th Infantry Division |
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The 24th Infantry Division was an infantry division of the United States Army. Before its most recent deactivation in 2006, it was based at Fort Riley, Kansas.
Formed during World War II from the disbanding Hawaiian Division, the division saw action...
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| x U.S. 13th Airborne Division |
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The 13th Airborne Division was an airborne formation in the United States Army during World War II, and was commanded by Major General Eldridge Chapman. It was officially activated in August 1943 at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, but was not...
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| x U.S. 17th Airborne Division |
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The 17th Airborne Division was an airborne formation in the United States Army during World War II, and was commanded by Major General William M. Miley. It was officially activated as an airborne division in April 1943 but was not immediately...
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| x U.S. 5th Infantry Division |
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The 5th Infantry Division (Mechanized) —nicknamed the Red Diamond, the Red Devils, or die Roten Teufel— was an infantry division of the United States Army that served in World War I, World War II and the Vietnam War, and with NATO and the U.S. Army...
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