9th Infantry Division:
The Varsity and The Old Reliables.

When the U.S. entered WW II, the 9th Division was assigned
to the Regular Army with Headquarters at Fort Bragg, North
Carolina. After receiving amphibious training with the
Atlantic Fleet, the 9th Division embarked for overseas service
in the North Africa Theater of Operations in September of 1942.

The shoulder patch of the 9th Division was approved by the
Adjutant General's Office on November 18th, 1925. The 9th was
in training in WW I when the Armistice was signed and did not
serve overseas. The double quatrefoil (the quatrefoil is a
device with four foils or lobes and doubled means the
two together) is a heraldric symbol for cadency (the position
of a younger member of the same family) for the ninth son
indicating that this is the youngest of the first nine
Divisions and also the Division number. The colors red and blue
represent the distinguishing colors of an Infantry Division
Headquarters flag, and the white center is the color for
numbers of these flags.


Worn from:
13 March 1925 - Current.

During the Vietnam War, the division's insignia inspired such
nicknames as "Flower Power" and "The Psychedelic Cookie."
In Vietnam, the Third Brigade was part of the Riverine Force,
a special multi-branch organization conducting operations
in the Mekong River Delta area.

Campaigns:
World War II
(Algeria-French Morocco, Tunisia, Sicily, Normandy,
Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe),

Vietnam
(Counteroffensive Phases II/III/IV/V/VI,
Tet and Tet/69 Counteroffensives, Summer-Fall 1969),

Armed Forces Expeditions
(Panama).

Decorations:
Belgian Fourragere 1940,

cited in the Order of the Day of the
Belgian Army for action at the Meuse River,

cited in the Order of the Day of the
Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes,

Republic of Vietnam Crosses of Gallantry with Palm
(streamers embroidered Vietnam 1966 - 1968, and Vietnam 1969),

Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal First Class
(streamer embroidered Vietnam 1966 - 1969).