United States Army 94th Infantry Division (Neuf Cats)

U. S. ARMY 94TH INFANTRY DIVISION (NEUF CATS) - The 94th Division was a unit of the United States Army in World War I, and of the Organized Reserve Corps in 1921 until 1942.  Nicknamed "Neuf Cats" – a play on the Division's ordinal numbers ("94") rendered into French ("neuf-quatre") literally, 'Nine-Four'.  As 'Quatre' was pronounced 'cat', the division decided to adopt this as a nickname and pluralized it.

The 94th Infantry Division was a unit of the United States Army in World War II, and of the United States Army Reserve from 1956 until 1963.  It continued in the Army Reserve as the 94th Command Headquarters (Divisional) from 1963 until the Army's realignment of reserve component combat arms into the Army National Guard in 1967.

World War I

The 94th started as a provisional division in 1918.  It was originally going to be formed as the 94th (Puerto-Rico) Division, based out of Puerto Rico and composed of Spanish-speaking troops.  However, the US Army lacked enough Spanish-speaking instructors to train the necessary support and technical services units, so it was agreed to create it as a "paper" division like the 93rd.  The infantry regiments were assigned numbers 373 through 376, which would have been associated with the National Army's 94th Division.  Only the 373rd–375th Infantry Regiments were formed. 

World War II

• Activated:  September 15, 1942
• Overseas:  August 6, 1944
• Campaigns: Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe
• Days of combat: 209

Awards:

• 1 Presidential Unit Citation (formerly called a Distinguished Unit Citation)
• 1 Medal of Honor
• 54 Distinguished Service Crosses
• 2 Distinguished Service Medals
• 510 Silver Stars
• 10 Legions of Merit
• 12 Soldier's Medals
• 2792 Bronze Star Medals
• 66 Air Medals

WWII Casualties

• Total battle casualties: 6,533
• Killed in action: 1,009
• Wounded in action: 4,789
• Missing in action: 116
• Prisoner of war: 619