Thousands of soldiers with the 29th Infantry Division were among the first wave of troops who stormed the beaches of Normandy in the U.S.-led invasion of France in 1944. When the doors to the landing ...

The U.S. Army National Guard's 29th Infantry Division is keeping its patch that honors service in the Confederate Army. "We applaud the decision of the Naming Commission to recommend the 29th Infantry ...

A commission tasked with reviewing the names of military bases and symbols that can be perceived as commemorating the Confederate States of America is recommending that the 29th Infantry Division — a ...

More than 150 years after the end of the Civil War, the military is going through a reckoning of sorts, ridding itself of memorials to the Confederacy. At least one National Guard unit patch will ...

When Frank Armiger, the national leader of an advocacy group for the historic military unit known as the 29th Infantry Division, first learned that a national commission was considering retiring the ...

Members of the 29th Infantry Division affix the Global War on Terrorism campaign streamer to the division’s colors during a ceremony, May 5, 2018, at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. (Sgt. Marc Heaton/Army ...

Steve Melnikoff wore the patch during the D-Day invasion of Europe 78 years ago as he crouched in a tank landing ship off Omaha Beach, German artillery shells screaming over his head. He wore it the ...