BLOOD & FIRE
63rd Infantry Division
Data Sheet
Type of Division Army of the United States
Insignia Pear shaped olive drab shoulder patch. Bloodied sword against a field of crimson flame
Nickname "Blood and Fire"
Date of Activation June 15, 1943
Date of Inactivation September 27, 1945
Date of Reactivation March 1952 (U.S.A.R.)
Date of Inactivation December, 1965
Departed for Active Duty (ETO) November 25, 1944
Entered Combat: First Detachments December 22, 1944
Entered Combat: Division February 6, 1945
Battle Credits Ardennes, Rhineland, Central Europe
Distinguished Unit Citations 4
Congressional Medals 2
Days in Combat 119
Battle Casualties 8,019
Prisoners Taken 21,542

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