뷔르츠부르그417기지지원대대 이시우 2005/09/22 435

뷔르츠부르그 417bsb
98th ASG, 417th Base Support Battalion
Leighton Barracks is centrally located in Germany, approximately 70 miles southeast of Frankfurt near the city of W rzburg. During World War II, the German Air Force built a small air base here. The facility is now called Leighton Barracks after CPT John A. Leighton, Commanding Officer, Company G, 10th Armored Infantry Battalion, 4th Armored Division, who was killed in action July 18, 1944. American troops occupied the airfield on Easter, 1945.
Leighton Barracks now serves as headquarters for the 1st Infantry Division, along with subordinate military intelligence, signal, and maintenance units.
레이턴막사는 지금 하위의 군정보, 신호 유지부대들과 함께 1사단을 위한 주둔지들로서 되어있다.
Major Command………………. : United States Army Europe (USAREUR)

Primary Weapon Systems………. : Individual

Mission……………………. : To support the 1st Infantry Division’s (1st ID) main units during both training and combat. The 1st ID is charged with maintaining the forward edge of freedom in Western Europe.
훈련과 전투기간동안 1사단의 주요부대를 지원하기위함. 1사단은 서유럽의 자유의 전진력을 유지하기 위하여 배치되어 있다.
Population assigned-served…… : 1495 Active duty personnel

Family Members……………… : 2207 Family members

Telephone Access……………. : To call Leighton Barracks from the United States on a civilian line, you must (1st) access the international code, then (2nd) the country code, (3rd) the city prefix, then (4th) the military phone system, and finally (5th) the Defense Switch Number (DSN) you desire. For example, ACS in W rzburg is: 011-49-931-889-7103. Calling utilizing the DSN network, you use Germany’s code 314 and the DSN number: 314-350-7103.

History

Since 1917, the 1st Infantry Division has been living and serving its motto: “No Mission Too Difficult, No Sacrifice Too Great, Duty First.”

The division was the first to go overseas in World War I, the first in combat against the Germans, and the first division to enter Germany. The story began in June 1917 when General John J. “Black Jack” Pershing arrived in France with the First American Expeditionary Force. After a name change to the 1st Division, the “Fighting First” led the way for American troops in World War I. Names like Cantigny, Soissons, St. Mihiel, and the Argonne forest tell stories of the gallantry of the soldiers of the 1st Division, now wearing the famous “Big Red One” patch on their left shoulder.

As the war clouds of World War II rolled closer to the United States, the division, now known as the 1st Infantry Division, assembled and launched a training program to prepare for what lay ahead. Again, it was the 1st Infantry Division that pointed the way — the first to reach England, the first to hit the Germans in North Africa and Sicily, the first on the bloody beaches of Normandy on D-Day, and the first to capture a major German City (Aachen).

The D-Day landings on June 6, 1944 provided the supreme test for the soldiers of the Big Red One. Fighting for every inch of ground, in five days the division had driven inland and cleared a beachhead, making room for the vast armada of supplies and troops to move over the dearly-won beaches. Driving eastward across France against fanatical Nazi troops, the soldiers of the 1st Infantry amassed a total of nearly six months in continuous battle with the enemy.

Fighting street by street, the division captured the ancient German city of Aachen, making a big crack in the morale of the German people, who had been assured by Hitler that sacred German soil would never be invaded. Although there was serious and deadly fighting still ahead, with names like the Hurtgen Forest and the Battle of Bulge, Aachen was the gateway to Germany. When the war ended, the Big Red One had rolled through Germany into Czechoslovakia.

The 1st Infantry Division remained in Germany until 1955, first as occupation troops in a conquered country, then as partners with the new West Germany in NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. In 1955, the Big Red One departed West Germany for Fort Riley, Kansas.

Fort Riley remained the home of the Big Red One until, once again war clouds covered the Nation. This time it was Vietnam. In the summer of 1965, the 1st Infantry Division, continuing tradition, was once again the first division to go to Vietnam. For nearly five years, Big Red One soldiers battled the enemy; at the same time, the division was also carrying out a program to aid the people of South Vietnam, helping them to help themselves.

In April 1970, the colors of the 1st Infantry Division returned to Fort Riley. But not truly home again. The Big Red One became a dual-based division with its 3rd Brigade stationed once again with NATO in West Germany. Another first was credited to the division when it embarked on the first of a long series of REFORGER (Return of Forces to Germany) exercises. These exercises served to demonstrate the United States determination and capability to defend, along with our NATO allies, Western Europe.

On November 8, 1990, the 1st Infantry Division was placed on alert and over the next two months deployed more than 12,000 soldiers and 7,000 pieces of equipment to Saudi Arabia in support of Operation Desert Shield/Storm. The Big Red One led the allied coalition charge into Iraq, breaching the enemy’s defenses. By February 27th, after spear-heading the armored attack into Iraq, the division had broken enemy defenses along the Kuwait border and cutoff the path of retreat for the fleeing Iraq Army.

During the 100 hour ground war, the division raced across southern Iraq into Kuwait, engaging and destroying all or parts of 11 enemy divisions, including elements of the Republican Guard. By the end of the war, the division had fought its way through 260 kilometers of enemy-held territory, and destroyed more than 550 enemy tanks and 480 armored personnel carriers. In addition, the division captured more than 11,000 enemy prisoners war, twice as many as any other unit.

The Big Red One, providing a visible, overwhelming show of force, was host on March 3, 1991, to the historic negotiations between representatives of the allied coalition and the defeated Iraqi Army.

In April 1996, the colors of the 1st Infantry Division moved from Fort Riley, Kansas to the German city of W rzburg. On arrival, the Big Red One began training, as part of NATO, on the plains of Bavaria, ready to meet any challenge the nation or NATO may call upon it to accept.

From November of 1996, the Big Red One has been part of the military aspect of the General Framework Agreement for Peace, supporting the Dayton Peace Accord through the transition from IFOR to SFOR, utilizing National Guard and Reserve soldiers, members of the Navy, Air Force, and Marines along with soldiers from 12 nations in the area known as Multi-National Division North. The 1st Infantry continues to support the mission in the Balkins while also providing units to Macedonia.

Today, soldiers of the Big Red One continue to train in tough, realistic conditions — always prepared to answer their nations call.