Lieutenant General Edward Mallory Almond was a senior United States Army officer who fought in World War I, World War II, where he commanded the 92nd Infantry Division, and the Korean War, where he commanded the U.S. X Corps.
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Major General Edward Almond, commander of the 92nd Infantry Division in Italy, inspects his troops during a decoration ceremony, March 1945.
Major General Edward Almond, commander of the 92nd Division, during the Victory parade in Genoa, Italy, May 1945.
Colonel Edward H. Forney, Deputy Chief of Staff of X Corps, receiving the Legion of Merit by Major General Edward Almond, commander of X Corps, for his part in the Hungnam evacuation in December 1950.
92nd Infantry Division (United States)
The 92nd Infantry Division was an African American, later mixed, infantry division of the United States Army that served in World War I, World War II, and the Korean War. The military was racially segregated during the World Wars. The division was organized in October 1917, after the U.S. entry into World War I, at Camp Funston, Kansas, with African American soldiers from all states. In 1918, before leaving for France, the American buffalo was selected as the divisional insignia due to the "Buffalo Soldiers" nickname, given to African American cavalrymen in the 19th century. The divisional nickname, "Buffalo Soldiers Division", was inherited from the 366th Infantry, one of the first units organized in the division.
African American doughboys of the 366th Infantry Regiment, 92nd Division, inspecting their gas masks behind the front line, Ainvelle, Vosges, France, August 1918.
Officers of the 367th Infantry Regiment, 92nd Division, on the Western Front, pictured here in September 1918.
The soldiers of the 92nd Infantry Division enter the city of Montignoso (MS), Italy after having freed it from German troops, 8 April 1945.
Major General Edward Almond, Commanding General of the 92nd Infantry Division, inspects his troops during a decoration ceremony, March 1945.
