The 1st Armored Division, nicknamed "Old Ironsides", is a combined arms division of the United States Army. The division is part of III Armored Corps and operates out of Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas.
The M5 Stuart tank was used by "Iron Soldiers" during World War II.
WWII 1st Armored Division Flag
Exhibit at the 1st Armored Division and Fort Bliss museum depicts the type of bivouac site used in North Africa in WWII. Soldiers slept in cloth tents and carried chests of equipment and stoves.
Sticker Handed out to Division Staff prior to Mountain Eagle 1995
The 1st Cavalry Regiment is a United States Army regiment that has its antecedents in the early 19th century in the formation of the United States Regiment of Dragoons. To this day, the unit's special
1st Armored Division (United States)
…largely an expanded and reorganized version of the 7th Cavalry Brigade, was activated at Fort Knox under the command of Major General Bruce Magruder. The 1st Cavalry Regiment was re-designated as the 1st Armored Regiment and the 13th Cavalry Regiment was re-designated as the 13th Armored Regiment under the 1st Armored Brigade…
1964 painting of the 1st Regiment of Dragoons in 1836 by H. Charles McBarron Jr.
1st Cavalry at Brandy Station, February 1864
1866 picture of model showing correct uniform of a Company "A" 1st US Cavalry SGT wearing Hardee hat
An M48 tank of "A" Troop, 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry, is stuck in mud and water during an operation 15 km northeast of Hill 29, 2 August 1968