United States Army 47th Infantry Division (Viking)

U. S. ARMY 47TH INFANTRY DIVISION (VIKING) -  The 47th Infantry Division was a formation of the United States Army active from 1946 to 1991.  It was provided by the Army National Guard.  The division was created on June 10, 1946 as a National Guard infantry division from the efforts of Minnesota's Adjutant General Ellard Walsh.

Units of the division were allotted to the Minnesota National Guard, and North Dakota National Guard. The division never saw combat throughout its history, although it was federalized and sent to Camp Rucker, Alabama from 1951 to 1954 during the Korean War. During the Korean War the division was used as a replacement division, and its men and units transferred to Regular Army units. It returned to state control, and its home state, in 1953.

The 47th Infantry Division remained on the rolls longer than any other National Guard division that did not see combat (45 years of service).  The only Army division that did not see combat to have remained on the rolls longer is the Army Reserve's 108th Infantry Division, elements of which have seen action now in Iraq and Afghanistan.