![]() ![]() The size and complexity of the division and its weaponry signaled the end of Sea Girt, NJ as an annual training destination, and most subsequent annual training was held at Pine Camp, later Camp (Fort) Drum, New York. ![]() In the reorganization of the 1940s the unit retained many of the 44 th’s unit designations, including the 113 th and 114 th Infantry.Īt its height, the 50 th Armored Division had mechanized infantry, armor, field artillery, antiaircraft, TOW missile, medical-surgical, maintenance, intelligence, military police, engineer, scout, helicopter, and supply & service units. The 50 th Armored Division replaced the 44 th Infantry division in the New Jersey National Guard and adopted the nickname "Jersey Blues," a term first used during the French and Indian War, in honor of the state’s military heritage. On 13 October 1945 the US War Department established a postwar 27-division Army National Guard structure with 25 infantry divisions and 2 armored divisions. The 50 th Armored Division was the major New Jersey National Guard unit in the post-World War II era. ![]()
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