My favorite american military unit.

[GliderInfantry]

The 101st Airborne div.
327th Glider infantry regiment. What are yours?

[albatrosdva]

tough call, probably Black Sheep Squadron

[WaffenSS]

101st Airborne Easy Company 2nd Battalion 506th

[Rising Sun*]

Any unit that went into action anywhere.

And those that didn't, because they don't decide where they're going.

[KOYLI]

Merril's Marauders. Short lived unit, which sustained losses out of proportion to it's size.
Jimbert

[imi]

USMC any time

[Moreheaddriller]

Today the 101 but in the civil war the army of tennessee which included Bedford Forrest and his critter company

[Nickdfresh]

The Special Service Force. But of course, they were also Canadian...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil%27s_Brigade

[Chevan]

The 101st Airborne div.

My too.
the 101 was the probably most desperate american unit of war.
The MedalOhHonnor:Airborn devotes to them

[R Leonard]

Fighting Squadron 42, closely followed by Fighting Squadron 11

[Cuts]

The WABC.

[pdf27]

The WABC.
Surely they're a British unit? Or was Capt. Darling trying to swap armies as well?

[George Eller]

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Some of my favorites:

56th Fighter Group (61st, 62nd, and 63rd Fighter Squadrons) - Eighth Air Force - USAAF
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/56th_Fighter_Group
http://www.56fg.net/historic/history.htm
http://www.halesworthairfieldmuseum.org.uk/56thgroup/
http://www.halesworthairfieldmuseum.org.uk/56thgroup/statistics.php
http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/56thfg.php
56th Fighter Group Gallery
http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/gallery.php?Style=table&Group=56
http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/gallery.php?Group=56&Style=item&origStyle=table&Item=2
http://www.halesworthairfieldmuseum.org.uk/images/56thfighter_pagethumb.jpg
CAVE TONITRUM – "Beware the Thunderbolt"
motto of the 56th Fighter Group.

http://www.halesworthairfieldmuseum.org.uk/images/photos/thumbs/61stfs.jpghttp://www.halesworthairfieldmuseum.org.uk/images/photos/thumbs/62ndfs.jpghttp://www.halesworthairfieldmuseum.org.uk/images/photos/thumbs/63rdfs.jpg

http://www.zenoswarbirdvideos.com/Images/56thboys.jpg
http://www.zenoswarbirdvideos.com/Images/56thboys.jpg

http://www.56fg.net/historic/pictures/61late.jpg
http://www.56fg.net/historic/history.htm
A group of 56th FG pilots.

http://www.leisuregalleries.com/62ndfs/62fs2.jpg
http://www.leisuregalleries.com/62ndfs/62ndwebpage.html
62nd Fighter Squadron (56th Fighter Group)

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VF-17 Jolly Rogers - U.S. Navy Fighter Squadron
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VFA-103#History_of_the_Jolly_Rogers
http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Quarters/4650/
http://www.acepilots.com/usn_blackburn.html
http://www.its.caltech.edu/~drmiles/patches/vf17jollyrogers.gif
http://www.leisuregalleries.com/aablackburn.jpg
http://www.leisuregalleries.com/ameraces.html
Lt. Cdr. Tom Blackburn - 11 Victories, C.O. VF-17, Jolly Rogers USN

http://www.daveswarbirds.com/navalwar/men_pics/vf-17.jpg
http://www.daveswarbirds.com/navalwar/men_pics/vf-17.jpg
six pilots from VF-17 "The Jolly Rogers" pose in front of the squadron scoreboard in January 1944.
From the Roger Hedrick Collection of photos.

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VMF-214 - Marine Fighter Squadron
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VMA-214#World_War_II
http://www.acepilots.com/usmc_vmf214.html
http://www.acepilots.com/aces214.html
http://www.freewebs.com/blacksheepone/
http://www.fortunecity.com/lavender/fullmonty/35/vmf214.htm
http://www.mojave.ca.us/museum/images/mcas/mcas-vmf214-patch.JPG
http://www.mojave.ca.us/museum/mcas-squadrons.htm

http://www.generalraydavis.net/images/vmf214.jpg
http://www.generalraydavis.net/patches.html

http://www.bluejacket.com/usmc/images/w2_usmc_vmf214_boyington.jpg
http://www.bluejacket.com/ww2_images.html
Marine pilots of VMF-214 "Black Sheep" re-fly a mission around Major Boyington.

http://www.bluejacket.com/usmc/images/w2_vmf214_squadron-officers.jpg
http://www.bluejacket.com/ww2_images.html
VMF-214 "Black Sheep" officers on F4U Corsair.

http://www.frugalsworld.com/interviews/images/vmf214group.jpg
http://www.frugalsworld.com/modules/zmagazine/article.php?articleid=102

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[horseman19492000]

5th US Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division

[Semper Fi]

Mine Is the First Force Recon Division, Their is a unit or Division I up hold more then any is the Recon division. My Father was in the recon Divisionn and Surved In Nam.

[Laconia]

The Niesi 442nd RCT. These guys were the best! I believe they were the most decorated unit in the entire war. I had the priviledge of meeting some of them a few years ago. It was truly an honor.

[Nickdfresh]

I once read that an American National Guard Division from Arizona was referred too as "Roosevelt's SS/Butchers" by the Germans...Does anyone have any more information on this?

More info: It would have been the 45th Infantry Division or "Thunderbird."

[flamethrowerguy]

I once read that an American National Guard Division from Arizona was referred too as "Roosevelt's SS/Butchers" by the Germans...Does anyone have any more information on this?

More info: It would have been the 45th Infantry Division or "Thunderbird."

Nick, according to my information the 30th US-Infantry-Division, which was involved in the heavy battles of my hometown (Aachen) under General Leland Hobbs in autumn of 1944, was called like that.

[BriteLite]

For me it is the “Big Red One”
US 1st Infantry Division
WW1: Cantigny, Soissons, St. Mihiel, Argonne Forest
WW2: N Africa, Sicily, Normandy, West Wall
Vietnam
Desert Storm
Kosovo
Iraqi Freedom
2933

I wanted to serve in this unit but by the time I enlisted the division had redployed to Ft Riley KS.