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The 34th Infantry Division is a division in the Army National Guard that participated in World War I and World War II. It holds the distinctions of being the first U.S. division deployed to Europe in World War II. The division was deactivated in 1945, and the 47th "Viking" Infantry Division later created in the division's former area. In 1991 the 47th Division was redesignated the 34th. Since 2001 division soldiers have served on homeland security duties in the continental United States, in Afghanistan, and in Iraq. Other smaller deployments have been made to peacekeeping duties in the former Yugoslavia and elsewhere.

The division continues to serve today, with most of the Division part of the Minnesota and Iowa National Guard. It is staffed by roughly 2,800 soldiers from the Iowa Guard, about 350 from the Nebraska Guard, and about 100 from other statesThe division was established as the 34th Division of the National Guard in August 1917, consisting of units from North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, and Minnesota. On 25 August 1917 it was placed under the command of Maj. Gen. A. P. Blacksom, who was succeeded by Brig. Gen. F. G. Mauldin briefly on 18 September 1917 but was back in command by 10 December 1917.

The division takes its name from the shoulder sleeve insignia designed for a 1917 training camp contest by American regionalist artist Marvin Cone, who was then a soldier enlisted in the unit.[2] Cone's design evoked the desert training grounds of Camp Cody, New Mexico, by superimposing a red steer skull over a black Mexican water jug called an "olla."[3] In World War I, the unit was called the "Sandstorm Division." German troops in World War II, however, called the U.S. division's soldiers "Red Devils" and "Red Bulls";[4] the division later officially adopted the latter nickname.

On 8 May 1918 Brig. Gen. F. G. Mauldin (8 May 1918) took command. The 34th Division arrived in France in October 1918 but was too late to see action, as the war ended the following month. Brig. Gen. John A. Johnston (26 October 1918) took command. However, when the division arrived in France, most of its personnel were sent to other organizations. It was returned to the U.S. and inactivated in December 1918.

On 17 January 1921, the 109th Observation Squadron was federally recognised as the first aviation unit in the Minnesota National Guard. On recognition or beforehand the squadron was assigned as a divisional observation unit for the 34th Division, at that time recruiting from Minnesota, Iowa, South Dakota, and North Dakota.[