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<p>[QUOTE="Bev aka thelmasstuff, post: 9747571, member: 23"]Why did you think this had anything to do with the "Indian" wars?</p><p><br /></p><p>From the internet:</p><p>The <b>44th Infantry Division</b> was a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division_(military)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division_(military)" rel="nofollow">division</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army" rel="nofollow">United States Army</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_National_Guard" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_National_Guard" rel="nofollow">National Guard</a> from October 1920 to November 1945, when it was inactivated after Federal Service during <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" rel="nofollow">World War II</a>. A second 44th Infantry Division existed in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois" rel="nofollow">Illinois</a> Army National Guard from 1946 until October 1954, when that division was disbanded after federal service during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War" rel="nofollow">Korean War</a>.</p><p>Originally named the 44th Division, it was constituted on 19 October 1920 as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_National_Guard" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_National_Guard" rel="nofollow">National Guard</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division_(military)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division_(military)" rel="nofollow">division</a>, as a result of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Defense_Act" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Defense_Act" rel="nofollow">National Defense Act</a> of 1920's major expansion of the National Guard.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/44th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)#cite_note-1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/44th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)#cite_note-1" rel="nofollow">[1]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/44th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)#cite_note-wilson-2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/44th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)#cite_note-wilson-2" rel="nofollow">[2]</a>: 374 As originally conceived, the division was to consist of National Guard units from the States of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware" rel="nofollow">Delaware</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey" rel="nofollow">New Jersey</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_(state)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_(state)" rel="nofollow">New York</a>, and was to form part of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Corps_Area" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Corps_Area" rel="nofollow">Second Corps Area</a>. However, only individual members of the division staff, and not any whole units, ended up being assigned to the state of Delaware. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=57th_Infantry_Brigade_(United_States)&action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=57th_Infantry_Brigade_(United_States)&action=edit&redlink=1" rel="nofollow">57th Infantry Brigade</a> from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey_Army_National_Guard" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey_Army_National_Guard" rel="nofollow">New Jersey National Guard</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/87th_Infantry_Brigade_(United_States)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/87th_Infantry_Brigade_(United_States)" rel="nofollow">87th Infantry Brigade</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Army_National_Guard" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Army_National_Guard" rel="nofollow">New York National Guard</a> were incorporated and growth continued piecemeal as subordinate units were organized until 1940.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/44th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)#cite_note-pictorial-3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/44th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)#cite_note-pictorial-3" rel="nofollow">[3]</a> The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoulder_sleeve_insignia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoulder_sleeve_insignia" rel="nofollow">shoulder sleeve insignia</a> (unit patch) of the 44th Division was approved by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_of_War" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_of_War" rel="nofollow">Secretary of War</a> on 5 October 1921.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/44th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)#cite_note-4" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/44th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)#cite_note-4" rel="nofollow">[4]</a> The division headquarters was organized and federally recognized on 26 March 1924.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/44th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)#cite_note-wilson-2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/44th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)#cite_note-wilson-2" rel="nofollow">[2]</a>: 374 [/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bev aka thelmasstuff, post: 9747571, member: 23"]Why did you think this had anything to do with the "Indian" wars? From the internet: The [B]44th Infantry Division[/B] was a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division_(military)']division[/URL] of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army']United States Army[/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_National_Guard']National Guard[/URL] from October 1920 to November 1945, when it was inactivated after Federal Service during [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II']World War II[/URL]. A second 44th Infantry Division existed in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois']Illinois[/URL] Army National Guard from 1946 until October 1954, when that division was disbanded after federal service during the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War']Korean War[/URL]. Originally named the 44th Division, it was constituted on 19 October 1920 as a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_National_Guard']National Guard[/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division_(military)']division[/URL], as a result of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Defense_Act']National Defense Act[/URL] of 1920's major expansion of the National Guard.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/44th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)#cite_note-1'][1][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/44th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)#cite_note-wilson-2'][2][/URL]: 374 As originally conceived, the division was to consist of National Guard units from the States of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware']Delaware[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey']New Jersey[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_(state)']New York[/URL], and was to form part of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Corps_Area']Second Corps Area[/URL]. However, only individual members of the division staff, and not any whole units, ended up being assigned to the state of Delaware. The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=57th_Infantry_Brigade_(United_States)&action=edit&redlink=1']57th Infantry Brigade[/URL] from the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey_Army_National_Guard']New Jersey National Guard[/URL] and the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/87th_Infantry_Brigade_(United_States)']87th Infantry Brigade[/URL] of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Army_National_Guard']New York National Guard[/URL] were incorporated and growth continued piecemeal as subordinate units were organized until 1940.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/44th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)#cite_note-pictorial-3'][3][/URL] The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoulder_sleeve_insignia']shoulder sleeve insignia[/URL] (unit patch) of the 44th Division was approved by the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_of_War']Secretary of War[/URL] on 5 October 1921.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/44th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)#cite_note-4'][4][/URL] The division headquarters was organized and federally recognized on 26 March 1924.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/44th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)#cite_note-wilson-2'][2][/URL]: 374 [/QUOTE]
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