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34th Infantry Divsion
The 34th Infantry Division is an infantry division of the United States Army, part of the National Guard. Established on 18 July 1917 from National Guard units of Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota, the division trained at Camp Cody, New Mexico, during World War I. It arrived in France in October 1918, too late to see combat, and was disbanded on 18 February 1919. The division's shoulder sleeve insignia, designed at Camp Cody by American regionalist artist Marvin Cone, superimposed a red steer skull over a black Mexican water jug called an "olla," evoking the desert training grounds. Originally known as the "Sandstorm Division," the unit later adopted the nickname "Red Bulls."