The 76th Infantry Division was a unit of the United States Army in World War I, World War II and the Cold War. The division was inactivated in 1996 and has been reconstituted as the 76th US Army Reserve Operational Response Command in 2013.

The “Nighthawk Brigade,” as the 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team is known, is one of three brigades under the 38th Infantry Division, Indiana Army National Guard. The brigade’s headquarters is located in the city of Lawrence, Ind. near Indianapolis.

The “Nighthawk Brigade,” as the 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team is known, is one of three brigades under the 38th Infantry Division, Indiana Army National Guard. The brigade’s headquarters is located in the city of Lawrence, Ind. near Indianapolis.

The 76th Infantry Division arrived in England, 20 December 1944, where it received additional training. It landed at Le Havre, France, 12 January 1945, and proceeded to the Limesy concentration area. The Division moved to Beine east of Reims and then to Champlon, Belgium, 23 January, to prepare for combat.

The 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team ("Night Hawks" [2]) is a modular infantry brigade of the United States Army National Guard of Indiana. It is headquartered in Lawrence Readiness Training Center, on the grounds of Fort Benjamin Harrison .

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In World War I the 76th was the first division of the National Army to be drawn from civilian ranks through the draft, hence the insignia and the description, "the first sons of the nation." The combined colors of the field, the device, and the chief are the national colors.

Since the end of World War I, the 76th had been no more than a ghost division, its obscurity in the War Department records none the less complete despite its longevity in the minds of those men who had served in its ranks. Now, in May 1942, the Axis powers were consolidating widespread conquests and pressing forward with undiminished strength.

The 385th Infantry Regiment was part of the 76th Infantry Division of the US Army during World War II and fought in Germany, including the Siegfried Line. The 385th's 2nd Battalion crossed the Nims River at Niederweis taking the town while the 1st Battalion attacked south between Nims and the Prum toward Irrel.

Constituted 5 August 1917 as the 76th Division. Organized 25 August 1917 at Camp Devens, Massachusetts. Inactivated 14 January 1919 at Camp Devens, Massachusetts. Activated in December 1921 with headquarters at Hartford, Connecticut. Ordered into active military service 15 June 1942 and reorganized at Fort George G, Meade, Maryland.