2nd Brigade, 7th Infantry Division (United States)

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2nd Brigade, 7th Infantry Division
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The 2nd Brigade, 7th Infantry Division, originally known as the 13th Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade of the United States Army, and a part of the 7th Infantry Division. The brigade was based at Fort Ord, California for most of its history.

Activated for service in

1992 Los Angeles Riots
. The brigade was finally deactivated in 1993.

History

World War I

The 2nd Brigade, 7th Infantry Division was first constituted and activated in the

SS Leviathan.[4]

During its time in France, the brigade did not participate as a whole in any engagements, though its infantry and reconnaissance elements did engage German forces.

Moselle River, capturing positions and driving German forces out of the region.[4] It was around this time that the division first received its shoulder sleeve insignia, which the 13th Brigade wore as a part of the division.[5]

In early November, the 13th Brigade began readying itself for an attack on the

continental United States.[6]

The 13th Brigade returned to the United States in late 1919, and gradually

Camp George G. Meade, Maryland until 1921.[4] On 22 September of that year, the Headquarters Company, 7th Division was inactivated, and the 13th and 14th Brigades deactivated with it.[1]

Reorganization

On 1 July 1940, the 7th Infantry Division was reactivated at

Joseph W. Stilwell.[4] The Headquarters element, 13th and 14th Brigades did not reactivate, however, and the division was instead centered around three infantry regiments; the 17th Infantry Regiment,[7] the 32nd Infantry Regiment,[7] and the 53rd Infantry Regiment.[4] The 13th Brigade was not activated for the duration of the war and its headquarters formation was not used to form a new unit.[7]

Post-Korean War

In the wake of the

3rd Brigade, 7th Infantry Division. These renamed formations retained all of the lineage and campaign credits of their previous designations.[8] On 2 April 1971, the division and its brigades returned to the United States and inactivated at Fort Lewis, Washington.[1]

Operation Just Cause
.

In October 1974 the 7th and two brigades reactivated at their former garrison, Fort Ord (a National Guard "roundout" brigade, the 41st, would periodically train with the division as its third brigade).

Operation Just Cause in Panama.[9]

In 1991 the

1992 Los Angeles Riots, called Operation Garden Plot.[11] In 1993 the division was slated to move to Fort Lewis, WA and inactivate as part of the post-Cold War drawdown of the US Army, but the 2nd and 3rd Brigades of the 7th inactivated at Ft. Ord in 1993. The 1st Brigade relocated to Ft. Lewis and was later reflagged as the 2nd Brigade of the 2nd Infantry Division while the division headquarters formally inactivated on 16 June 1994 at Fort Lewis.[1]

Honors

Unit decorations

Ribbon Award Year Notes
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
 		1945–1948; 1953–1971 for service in Korea

Campaign streamers

Conflict Streamer Year(s)
World War I
Lorraine
 1918
Operation Just Cause
 Panama 1989–90

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Lineage and Honors Information: 7th Infantry Division". United States Army Center of Military History. 2009. Archived from the original on 28 April 2009. Retrieved 27 April 2009.
  2. ^ a b c McGrath, p. 188.
  3. ISBN 9780972029643
    . Retrieved 3 May 2009.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "7th Infantry Division Homepage: History". 7th Infantry Division. 2003. Archived from the original on 19 April 2009. Retrieved 27 April 2009.
  5. The Institute of Heraldry. 2009. Archived from the original
    on 22 June 2008. Retrieved 27 April 2009.
  6. ^ a b c "7th Infantry Division Homepage: Chronological History". 7th Infantry Division. 2003. Archived from the original on 16 April 2009. Retrieved 27 April 2009.
  7. ^ a b c Almanac, p. 592.
  8. ^ McGrath, p. 189
  9. ^
    GlobalSecurity. 2003. Archived
    from the original on 17 April 2009. Retrieved 27 April 2009.
  10. GlobalSecurity. 2003. Archived
    from the original on 18 April 2009. Retrieved 27 April 2009.
  11. GlobalSecurity. 2003. Archived
    from the original on 18 April 2009. Retrieved 27 April 2009.

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