4th Infantry Division (United States)

History

The 4th Infantry Division is a division of the United States Army based at Fort Carson, Colorado. It is composed of a division headquarters battalion, three Stryker brigade combat teams, a combat aviation brigade, a division sustainment brigade, and a division artillery.

The 4th Infantry Division's official nickname, "Ivy", is a play on words of the Roman numeral IV or 4. Ivy leaves symbolize tenacity and fidelity which is the basis of the division's motto: "Steadfast and Loyal". The second nickname, "Iron Horse", has been adopted to underscore the speed and power of the division and its soldiers.

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Wars and campaigns

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Key dates

1. 1917
   On 10 December 1917, Major General George H. Cameron assumed command.
2. 1921
   As a part of the War Department's decision to maintain only three fully-active stateside infantry divisions, the 4th Division was inactivated on 21 September 1921, less the 8th Infantry Brigade and several other divisional elements.
3. 1943
   The division, now under the command of Major General Raymond O. Barton, then moved on 12 April 1943 to Fort Dix, New Jersey, where it reorganized as a standard infantry division and was redesignated the 4th Infantry Division on 4 August of that year.
4. 1945
   Speeding southeast across Bavaria, the division had reached Miesbach on the Isar on 2 May 1945, when it was relieved and placed on occupation duty.
5. 1956
   The division was reduced to zero strength, the colors were transferred to Fort Lewis, Washington, and the division was reestablished by reflagging the 71st Infantry Division (which itself had just returned from Alaska) on 15 September 1956.
6. 1970
   In 1970, the division returned to the United States, (reflagged from the 5th Infantry Division) and resumed training and Cold War missions stationed at Fort Carson, Colorado through 1995.
7. 2003
   Alerted on 19 January 2003, the 4th Infantry Division was scheduled to take part in the Iraq War in the spring of 2003 by spearheading an advance from Turkey into northern Iraq.
8. 2005
   235 4ID/Multi-National Division – Baghdad soldiers lost their lives in 2005–2006
9. 2015
   Soldiers assigned to the 4th Infantry Division completed a nine-month deployment to Iraq in 2015, in support of Operation Inherent Resolve.

Dates and events quoted from the same Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Records that place someone with this unit

A unit history doesn't name everyone who served. These records do:

• Morning reports and unit rosters: access (National Personnel Records Center)
• Search Army morning reports, 1912–1946 (National Archives Catalog)
• Unit and organizational records held in St. Louis

More history

• U.S. Army Center of Military History
• Wikipedia: 4th Infantry Division (United States)