30th Infantry Division (United States)

30th Infantry Division
Shoulder sleeve insignia
Active	1917–1919 1926–1945 1947–1974
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army
Type	Infantry
Size	Division
Nickname(s)	"Old Hickory"
Engagements	World War I Somme Offensive Ypres-Lys World War II Normandy Northern France Rhineland Ardennes-Alsace Central Europe
Commanders
Notable commanders	William Hood Simpson Leland Hobbs

The 30th Infantry Division was a United States Army unit of the National Guard that served in World War I and World War II. It was nicknamed the "Old Hickory" division, in honor of President Andrew Jackson. The Germans nicknamed this division "Roosevelt's SS".^[1] The 30th Infantry Division, involved in 282 days of intense combat over a period from June 1944 through April 1945, was regarded by a team of historians led by S.L.A. Marshall as the American infantry division that had "performed the most efficient and consistent battle services" in the European Theater of Operations (ETO).^[2] In the present day, the division's lineage continues as 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team, part of the North Carolina National Guard. The unit's most recent combat deployment was in 2019.