85th Infantry Division (United States)

85th Division
85th Infantry Division (85th "Custer" Army Reserve Support Command (West))
85th Infantry Division shoulder sleeve insignia
Active1917 – 1919
1921 – 1945
1946 – 2007
2008-present
Country United States
Branch United States Army
TypeInfantry
SizeDivision
Nickname(s)Custer (special designation)[1]
EngagementsWorld War I

Russian Civil War
World War II

Commanders
Notable
commanders
MG Joseph T. Dickman
MG James Parker
MG Chase Wilmot Kennedy
MG Wade Haislip
MG John B. Coulter
MG Angelo M. Juarez
MG Wilbur J. Bunting
MG George M. Woywod
MG William Cockerham
MG George Hillard
MG William Allen
MG Michael Corrigan[2]
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia

The 85th Infantry Division also known as "Custer Division"[1] (named after the cavalry commander George Armstrong Custer) was an infantry division of the United States Army in World War I and World War II. It currently exists as the 85th Support Command.

  1. ^ a b "Special Unit Designations". United States Army Center of Military History. 21 April 2010. Archived from the original on 9 July 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
  2. ^ http://www.history.army.mil/html/books/023/23-2/CMH_Pub_23-2.pdf Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine Order of Battle in the Great War P373