The 100th Training Division (Leader Development) (formerly the 100th Infantry Division) is a division of the

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headquartered at

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. It currently serves as a major training command of the

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. It has been known as the ''"Century Division"'' owing to its "100th" designation. Throughout its long history, the division has taken on numerous roles. Serving as the 100th Infantry Division until the 1950s, the division then briefly became the 100th Airborne Division before becoming the 100th Division (Training). Since this transformation, the division has primarily taken on numerous training roles for other Army units. It was originally activated in mid-1918, too late to join the fighting in World War I. The division is best known for its exploits during World War II as the 100th Infantry Division. Fighting in the

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, the division advanced through France and Germany through the end of the war, fending off heavy German counterattacks along the way. World War II would be the only war the division would see active combat in before taking on its role as a training unit.

History

World War I

The 100th Division was constituted on 12 July 1918 in the National Army. It was organized in October of that year at

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, Texas. It was assigned the

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commanding the 397th Infantry Regiment, the 398th Infantry Regiment and the 200th Infantry Brigade, commanding the 399th Infantry Regiment and the 400th Infantry Regiment. Each brigade commanded around 8,000 soldiers.McGrath, p. 175. The division then began preparations to deploy to Europe and join the

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in combating the

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. Before the division could deploy, though, World War I ended on 11 November 1918,

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. The 100th Division then began demobilizing as part of the post-war drawdown of the U.S. Army. It would remain on the U.S. Army's rolls until 26 July 1919, when the last units demobilized at

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Interwar period

Only two years later, on 24 June 1921, the division was reconstituted in the Organized Reserve, allotted to the Fifth Corps Area, and assigned to the

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. The states of West Virginia and Kentucky were allotted as the division's home area, with its headquarters organized in Wheeling, West Virginia, on 27 September 1921. On 29 May 1923, the division received its

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. Most of the division's assigned Reserve officers were

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graduates from

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, the

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, or Western Kentucky State Teachers' College. As with most other Reserve divisions, the 100th saw little service in major maneuvers in the interwar period because of shortages of personnel and equipment, only conducting routine training and administering the Citizens' Military Training Camps in its home area. The headquarters location was changed in 1924 to

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and was changed again in 1937 to

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World War II

Mobilization

On 23 February 1942, the 199th and 200th Infantry Brigade headquarters were disbanded, and the division was placed in command of the 397th, 398th, and 399th Infantry Regiments directly; the 400th Infantry Regiment was inactivated by relief of Reserve personnel. The 100th Infantry Division was ordered into active military service on 15 November 1942 at Fort Jackson,

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. The enlisted and officer cadre came from the 76th Infantry Division. The commander of the 100th was

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, one of only eleven generals who commanded their divisions from mobilization until the end of the war. From late 1943 to early 1944, the division trained in the mountains of

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and was subsequently sent to

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, North Carolina, for further training. While at Fort Bragg,

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Walter L. Bull earned the first Expert Infantryman's Badge.

Order of battle

* Headquarters, 100th Infantry Division * 397th Infantry Regiment * 398th Infantry Regiment * 399th Infantry Regiment * Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 100th Infantry Division Artillery ** 373rd Field Artillery Battalion (155 mm) ** 374th Field Artillery Battalion (105 mm) ** 375th Field Artillery Battalion (105 mm) ** 925th Field Artillery Battalion (105 mm) * 325th Engineer Combat Battalion * 325th Medical Battalion * 100th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized) * Headquarters, Special Troops, 100th Infantry Division ** Headquarters Company, 100th Infantry Division ** 800th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company ** 100th Quartermaster Company ** 100th Signal Company ** Military Police Platoon ** Band * 100th Counterintelligence Corps Detachment The division sailed to Europe on 6 October of that year.''Almanac'', p. 568. The division arrived at

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, France, on 20 October. It was made part of

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of the

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European Theater

As soon as the division was prepared for combat, it began moving into the

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on 1 November 1944. The division as a whole began the relief of the 45th Infantry Division at Baccarat on 5 November, and assumed control of the sector on 9 November. The attack jumped off on 12 November, and the division drove against the German Winter Line in the

. The 100th took Bertrichamps and Clairupt, pierced the German line, and seized Raon-l'Étape and Saint-Blaise-

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between 16 and 26 November. Later in November the division moved into the

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region, elements assisted in holding the Saverne Gap bridgehead while the bulk of the division went into reserve. The unit was relieved from assignment to VI Corps and transferred to the US

on 27 November 1944.''Order of Battle'', p. 378. It then moved into the

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region.

In December 1944, the division went on the offensive in the vicinity of

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, France. The division occupied the nearby areas of Wingen and

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after fierce fighting on 6–10 December. The division then advanced to Reyersviller, which fell after fighting on 11–13 December. On 14 December, regiments from the 100th started their assault on a minor fortification Freundenburg and Fort Schiesseck, a major defensive work in the region. Fort Freundenburg was captured on 17 December by the 100th division's 398th Infantry Regiment. Fort Schiesseck capitulated after three more days of heavy assault by the 100th on 20 December. The division was ordered to halt its attack and to hold defensive positions south of

as part of the Seventh Army during the

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. Thanks to a stout defense, the men of the 100th later became known as the "Sons of Bitche". The German counterattacks of 1 and 8–10 January 1945 were repulsed, after heavy fighting at Bitche. After further attacks stalled and the Germans began to withdraw, the sector was generally quiet and the division prepared to resume its offensive east. On 15 March 1945, the attack jumped off and on 16 March, Bitche fell to the 100th Infantry Division. The unit was then relieved from assignment to XV Corps, and transferred to XXI Corps on 22 March 1945. Taking Neustadt and

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, the division reached the

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on 24 March. On 25 March 1945, the unit was returned from XXI Corps back to VI Corps. On 31 March 1945, the 100th Infantry Division crossed the Rhine and moved south in the wake of the 10th Armored Division and then east across the Neckar River, establishing and enlarging a bridgehead from 4 to 11 April.

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fell after nine days of house-to-house combat on 12 April and the division resumed its rapid pursuit of the enemy, reaching

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by 21 April. The 100th was mopping up along the Neckar, southeast of Stuttgart on 23 April, when it was removed from VI Corps and assigned directly to the Seventh United States Army as an Echelon Above Corps Asset. The division was then assigned primarily to patrolling the sector east of

.''Almanac'', p. 569. Shifting to

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on 30 April, the Division engaged in occupational duties as the war in Europe came to an end on

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. The division had spent 163 days in combat.''Order of Battle'', p. 375. The division took 13,351 enemy prisoners of war on its own. Members of the division won three Medals of Honor, seven Distinguished Service Crosses, five Legions of Merit, 492 Silver Star Medals, 23

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s, 5,156

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s, and 90

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s. The division itself was awarded three

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for participation in the campaign. 100th Infantry Division returned to the United States via the Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation on 10 January 1946, and was released from active duty at

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that day. The division then began the process of

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, before inactivating on 26 January.

Casualties

*Total battle casualties: 5,038 *Killed in action: 883 *Wounded in action: 3,539 *Missing in action: 483 *Prisoner of war: 491

Post War

Cold War

In fall of 1946, the division was reactivated in the U.S. Army Reserve as the 100th Airborne Division in

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. This distinction as one of the few

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divisions within the U.S. Army was brief; in 1952 the division was once again redesignated the 100th Infantry Division. It would change names again in 1955, this time to 100th Division (Replacement Training). It would once again be reorganized in 1959 to its present designation as 100th Division (Institutional Training). Its mission became to teach basic, advanced, and common training skills to soldiers from the Army's active, reserve, and

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components. In 1961, some 1,500 soldiers from the 100th were activated and sent to

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, in order to provide support during the Berlin Crisis. During their time on active duty, the 100th successfully trained some 32,000 soldiers after thoroughly rebuilding and fixing the old Army base. The unit was returned to reserve status again in August 1962. In 1968, the division received its

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, which alluded to its history in World War II and as a Kentucky-based unit. With the

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plan in 1968, the division ceased to be centered on regiments and instead was reorganized with brigades. However, with the 199th Infantry Brigade active as a separate brigade, the division's new brigades were activated from units that had been under its command in World War II.McGrath, p. 224. The division's headquarters element (which had since been replaced by a

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) was redesignated the 1st Brigade, 100th Division responsible for basic armor school training. The 928th Field Artillery Battalion became the 2nd Brigade, 100th Division responsible for armored cavalry unit training. The 325th Engineer Battalion became the 3rd Brigade, 100th Division responsible for combat support training, and the 800th Ordnance Battalion became the 4th Brigade, 100th Division, responsible for combat service support training.McGrath, p. 225. In 1978, the 100th became the first Army Reserve formation to be equipped with its own squadrons of

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s. With the arrival of the

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s, the division's mission profile changed from individual combat training to armor and armor reconnaissance training. By 1986, it was the largest reserve unit within the state of

, commanding fifty-eight percent of instate reservists.

Gulf War and beyond

At the outbreak of

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in 1991, the 100th was assigned to armor training at

, Kentucky for deploying armor units. Armor training was a responsibility that the division continued after the war. In 1995 the division was reorganized to include Army Reserve schools, taking over the responsibilities for new programs. In 1996 the 100th Division's 1st Brigade worked with Readiness Group Knox to pioneer the national training experiment to reserve combat units at crew and platoon levels. Later that year, the division added three additional divisional brigades; the 5th Brigade, 100th Division in

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for health services training, the 6th Brigade, 100th Division in Louisville, Kentucky for professional development training, and the 7th Brigade, 100th Division at Fort Knox, formed from the 100th Training Command and responsible for training exercises. The 5th Brigade moved to Millington, Tennessee in 1997, and the 7th Brigade inactivated in 2000. The 8th Brigade, 100th Division was also activated as a unit overseeing ROTC training. During 1997, the division was tasked with partial responsibility for Operation Future Challenge at Fort Knox, a six-week

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Basic Camp during each summer. By 2000, the 100th has assumed full responsibility for running the camp. Later that same year, the 100th began inactivating many of its

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tanks as part of a reduction in military expenditures. After the

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, the 100th Division began taking on the job of preparing

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units from

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and Kentucky as they began to prepare for deployment in support of the

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. By 2006, the division had moved its headquarters from

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to Fort Knox, easing distance strains in administration and training. In line with Army Reserve transformations, the 100th Division restructured, eliminating all but four of its brigades. The division shifted its focus from initial entry training to providing

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and

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training for four army career fields across the United States. The 100th Division (Operational Support) teaches soldiers subjects from

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, signal corps, civil affairs/psychological operations and health services. On 1 October 2018 the 100th Training Division was redesignated as the 100th Training Division (Leader Development). The 100th Training Division (Leader Development) establishes and implements the Army Reserve Leader Development Strategy to provide a continuum of career education, training, and experience for leaders in the Army Reserve. During this reorganization, the 83rd USARRTC and the 97th (CGSOC) Brigade were placed under the 100th Training Division.

Subordinate units

As of 2018 the following units are subordinated to the 100th Training Division (Leader Development): * Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 100th Training Division, Ft Knox, KY * 83rd United States Army Reserve Readiness Training Command, Ft. Knox, KY ** Readiness Training Academy, Ft. Knox, KY ** NCO Academy – Parks, Parks Reserve Forces Training Area, Dublin, CA ** NCO Academy – McCoy, Fort McCoy, WI ** NCO Academy – ASA Dix, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, NJ * 97th Brigade (Command and General Staff Officer Course), Fort Sheridan, IL ** 11th Battalion, 95th Regiment (CGSOC), Kansas City, MO ** 10th Battalion, 80th Regiment (CGSOC), Owings Mills, MD ** 11th Battalion, 108th Regiment (CGSOC), Concord, NC

Honors

Unit decorations

During the Second World War many units within the division were awarded Distinguished Unit Citations, as well as Meritorious Unit Citations.

Campaign streamers

Legacy

The division's legacy in World War II has been honored several times. The

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, New York was renamed the "100th Infantry Division Parkway" in 2005 in honor of 2,300 soldiers from New York that served with the division during the war. Three soldiers earned the

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serving with the division in World War II. They were Edward A. Silk, Mike Colalillo, and Charles F. Carey Jr.

References

Sources

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External links

The Story of the Century: The Story of the 100th Infantry DivisionThe 100th Infantry Division Association

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