Yankee Divison

The Yankee Division, officially known as the 26th Infantry Division, was formed from National Guard units from New England in 1917. During World War I, the division served with distinction in France, participating in key battles such as the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensives. Re-mobilized for World War II, the Yankee Division landed in France after D-Day and fought through northern France, the Rhineland, and into Germany. The division remained an important National Guard formation during the Cold War, before being inactivated as a division in 1993 and reorganized into smaller units.