95th Training Division

The 95th Infantry Division, created in 1918 as an infantry division of the United States Army, exists today as the 95th Training Division, a United States Army Reserve component headquartered at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. One of three training divisions of the 108th Training Command, it provides Initial Entry Training to new Army Reserve recruits.

The 95th was activated too late to deploy for World War I, but remained in the Army's reserve until World War II, when it was sent to Europe. The division became known for repelling fierce German counterattacks and in 1944 was nicknamed the "Iron Men of Metz" for liberating and defending the town. In April 1945, the 95th discovered a German prison and civilian labor camp in the town of Werl.

After World War II, the division spent a brief period in reserve before being activated as one of the Army's training divisions. Since then, the division's structure has changed several times to adapt to new training roles—for example, by activating regimental and brigade commands or by having subordinate units assigned to or removed from its command.

The 95th Infantry Division was recognized as a liberating unit by the United States Army Center of Military History and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995.