Brigadier General Robert W. McBride, Canadian Army
Notable commanders
Maj. Gen. Joseph M. Swing Lt. Gen. Ridgely Gaither Maj. Gen. Wayne C. Smith
Insignia
Division's distinctive unit insignia
The division's WWII airborne background trimming (Type 2)
Current division trimming; a combination of the WWII and U.S. Army Alaska trimmings
Military unit
11th Airborne Division[3] (1942–45)
Parent unit
11th Airborne Division
Components
187th Glider Infantry Regiment 188th Glider Infantry Regiment 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment 541st Parachute Infantry Regiment Assigned July 1945, disbanded with personnel to 187th, 188th, 511th Division Artillery Headquarters Battery, Division Artillery 457th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion (75mm)
472nd Glider Field Artillery Battalion (75mm) 674th Glider Field Artillery Battalion (75mm) (converted to a Parachute Field Artillery Battalion July 1945) 675th Glider Field Artillery Battalion (105mm) 152nd Airborne Anti-Aircraft Battalion (M2 Machine Gun and 57mm Anti-Tank gun) Division Troops 127th Airborne Engineer Battalion 408th Airborne Quartermaster Company 11th Parachute Maintenance Company 711th Airborne Ordnance Company 221st Airborne Medical Company 511th Airborne Signal Company
The 11th Airborne Division ("Arctic Angels"[1]) is a United States Army airborne formation based in Alaska.
First activated on 25 February 1943, during World War II, it was held in reserve in the United States until June 1944 when it was transferred to the Pacific Theater where it saw combat in the Philippines. On 30 August 1945 the division was sent to southern Japan as part of the occupation force where it remained for four years. One parachute infantry regiment was detached for service in the Korean War, but on 30 June 1958 the division was inactivated.
In the summer of 2022 the U.S. Army Alaska headquarters was redesignated as the 11th Airborne Division, and the two Brigade Combat Teams in Alaska, the 1st Brigade Combat Team and 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, were transferred to the 11th Airborne Division and redesignated as the 1st and 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team of the 11th Airborne Division.[4]
^ abBabb, Carla (6 June 2022). "Army Resurrects WWII-Era Airborne Division in Alaska". VOA. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
^"Special Unit Designations". United States Army Center of Military History. 21 April 2010. Archived from the original on 9 June 2010. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
^http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/cbtchron/abdcomp.html Archived 13 May 2017 at the Wayback Machine Component Elements of Airborne Divisions in World War II
^"Army Creating Second Paratrooper Division as Service Forges New Identity for Arctic Troops". Military.com. 5 May 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
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