91st Division

In military terms, 91st Division or 91st Infantry Division may refer to:

91st Division (IDF)

The Israel Defense Forces 91st Division, known also as the Galilee Formation (Hebrew: עֻצְבַּת הַגָּלִיל, Utzbat HaGalil), is a regional division in the IDF Northern Command, responsible for the front with Lebanon, from Rosh HaNikra to Mount Hermon.

Its headquarters are located at Biranit, Israel, along with a military police investigations base.

Units

91st Division (United States)

The 91st Infantry Division (variously nicknamed as the "Pine Tree Division" or "Wild West Division") was an infantry division of the United States Army that fought in World War I and World War II. From 1946 until 2008, it was part of the United States Army Reserve. It was briefly inactivated from 2008 until 2010 when it was elevated back to a division size element as the 91st Training Division (Operations).

History

World War I and after

Constituted on 5 August 1917 at Camp Lewis, Washington, near Tacoma, the division soon thereafter departed for England in the summer of 1918. In September 1918, the division's first operation was in the St. Mihiel Offensive in France. Serving under the U.S. Army's V Corps, the division fought in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive and successfully helped to destroy the German First Guard Division and continued to smash through three successive enemy lines.

Twelve days before the end of World War I, the division, as part of the VII Corps of the French Sixth Army, helped drive the Germans east across the Escaut River. The division was awarded separate campaign streamers for its active role in the Lorraine, Meuse-Argonne and Ypres-Lys campaigns.