16th Infantry Regiment (United States)
The 16th Infantry Regiment is a regiment in the United States Army and has traditionally been a part of the 1st Infantry Division.
Officers of the 16th Infantry with French interpreters and instructor, Summer 1917.
At Omaha Beach on D-Day, June 1944
A 1st Infantry Division half-track plows its way through a muddy road in the Hürtgen Forest. 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. 15 Feb 1945.
Men of Company "C", 16th Infantry draw sniper fire while on a search and destroy mission, 4 October 1965
1st Infantry Division (United States)
The 1st Infantry Division (1ID) is a combined arms division of the United States Army, and is the oldest continuously serving division in the Regular Army. It has seen continuous service since its organization in 1917 during World War I. It was officially nicknamed "The Big Red One" after its shoulder patch and is also nicknamed "The Fighting First." The division has also received troop monikers of "The Big Dead One" and "The Bloody First" as puns on the respective officially sanctioned nicknames. It is currently based at Fort Riley, Kansas.
Red Cross nurses serving bread and coffee to doughboys of the 16th Infantry, 1st Division, upon their arrival in Paris, July 4, 1917.
General John J. Pershing, Commander'in-Chief of the AEF, and Major General Charles P. Summerall, commander of the 1st Division, inspecting doughboys of the 16th Infantry, 1st Brigade, 1st Division, in France, September 7, 1918.
First Division monument on the Meuse-Argonne Battlefield, France.
The 1st Infantry Division entering Trier, Germany, November 1918.
