Actually the 34th ID was the first to arrive in the U.K., not the 1st ID. The Big Red One was still in Fort Devens, Mass. when the Red Bulls were walking down the gangplank in Ireland.

The 82nd Airborne was definitely my favorite division in the Med. (I'm the son of a paratrooper), but if we're talking straight leg infantry it would be the 36th ID for no other reason than me being from Texas. I would also give an honorable mention to the aforementioned 34th for the fact that they endured more time in combat than any other American unit in the entire ETO.

I don't really know just a whole lot about armored divisions in that theater or one or more of them might have made my list as well.