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The division has gone by the name "Iron Division" since WWI, but has also earned the nickname "Bloody Bucket" for its red emblem. After taking the opportunity to reconstitute itself, they pushed further toward Germany, where they fought hard to penetrate the Westwall. It pushed onward to Paris and took part in celebrating the liberation of the city.
In WWII it first saw action in July 1944 in Northern France after initial invasion, and participated in Operation Cobra. The 28th Infantry Division is one of the oldest units of the United States military, with a lineage that can be traced back to the mid 18th century with Benjamin Franklin's Pennsylvania Associators. Sixteen 1st Infantry men were awarded the Medal of Honor during the war. By the end of the war, they had reached Czechoslovakia. The 1st spearheaded towards the Siegfried Line, captured the bridge at Remagen, and encircled the Germans in the Ruhr pocket. After fighting in the Hürtgen Forest, the division was moved to the Ardennes Forest in 1944 to counter the German offensive. The division fought through France to reach the German border and laid siege to the city of Aachen. On D-Day, 1st Infantry troops were part of the first wave on Omaha Beach.
They returned to England and prepared for the invasion of Normandy. General Patton requested the division spearhead the invasion of Sicily, where they saw heavy action upon landing and later in the mountainous terrain of the Italian island. They first saw combat in WWII during Operation Torch, the invasion of North Africa in 1942 and helped liberate Tunisia in 1943. Army's 1st Infantry Division, nicknamed "The Big Red One", is the oldest continuous service division in the regular Army, dating back to 1917.
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