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Army’s first, true “combined arms” force. But, apart from its size, it structure itself was unique. At its inception it had more than 18,000 men.

The First Infantry Division, by contrast, was far larger. Command and control was established in an almost medieval fashion, with flags and trumpets ringing out to tell those troops where to go. These were groups of about 1,000 men each, armed mostly with rifles and supplemented with cavalry troops on horseback. Prior to the creation of the First Infantry Division in June, 1917, the U.S. “It's a 20th century military concept, and one that has survived into the 21st century, and it reflects the industrial revolution of the 20th century.” “A division is a thoroughly modern concept,” Herbert told Polygon. One of 11 vehicles in the First Division Museum’s tank garden at Cantigny Park in Wheaton, Ill. The M48 Patton main battle tank, from the First Infantry Division’s Cold War era. Army, to discuss the history of The Big Red One. Herbert, executive director at the museum and himself a retired colonel in the U.S.

Cantigny is also home to the First Division Museum. McCormick, a retired Colonel in the First Division and the architect of the Chicago Tribune’s media empire. Notably, it’s the estate of the late Robert R. To find out more, Polygon reached out to Cantigny Park in Wheaton, Ill., a unique facility nestled in Chicago’s sleepy western suburbs. It’s a blessing, in that we get to touch the lives of millions of players who haven’t been exposed to this before.” “Somebody asked me before if that’s a blessing or a curse. “It’s a huge responsibility,” said Tolga Kart, the senior development director on the game’s single-player campaign. The seriousness necessary to tell part of the First Division’s history was on display when I spoke with Sledgehammer at this year’s E3 in Los Angeles. Its troops have served continuously since World War I, and are actively serving in theaters around the world today. It is both the precursor to and the model for every infantry division that our nation has put in the field since the turn of the last century.

That means the First Division is our nation’s oldest infantry division.

But this isn’t just another opportunity to tell old war stories starring “the greatest generation.” There is an added layer of responsibility here, embedded deep within the game’s narrative.Ĭall of Duty: WWII is told from the perspective of a young enlisted man in the United States Army’s First Infantry Division, an active duty unit that turns 100 this year. The game is a return to a setting that made the franchise famous and one that it hasn’t visited in nearly a decade. Sledgehammer Games’ Call of Duty: WWII is out today and reviews and impressions are already starting to drift in.