54th Infantry Regiment (United States)
54th Infantry Regiment | |
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Active | 1917–present |
Country | United States |
Branch | United States Army |
Type | Infantry training |
Motto(s) | I will cast my shoe over it |
Engagements | World War II |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Clement A. Trott |
Insignia | |
Distinctive unit insignia |
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The 54th Infantry Regiment (for a time, known as the 54th Armored Infantry Regiment) is a
History
The regiment was constituted on 15 May 1917 in the Regular Army as the 54th Infantry. It was organized on 16 June 1917 at
On 24 March 1923, the regiment was relieved from the 6th Division and assigned to the
- Regiment broken up 20 September 1943 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as elements of the 10th Armored Division as follows:
- - 54th Infantry (less 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions) as the 54th Armored Infantry Battalion
- - 1st Battalion as the 61st Armored Infantry Battalion
- - 2nd Battalion as the 20th Armored Infantry Battalion
- - 3rd Battalion disbanded
- Battalions inactivated 13–23 October 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia.
- Relieved 14 September 1950 from assignment to the 10th Armored Division, concurrently consolidated broken up and its elements redesignated as elements of the 10th Armored Division as follows:
- - 54th Infantry (less 1st, 2d, 3d Battalions) as the 54th Armored Infantry Battalion
- - 1st Battalion as the 561st Armored Infantry Battalion
- - 2nd Battalion as the 520th Armored Infantry Battalion
- - Former 3rd Battalion reconstituted as the 554th Armored Infantry Battalion
- Battalions relieved 1 April 1957 from assignment to the 10th Armored Division.
- 54th, 561st, 554th Armored Infantry Battalions consolidated 1 July 1959 to form the 54th Infantry, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System. Battalions of the regiment then served during the Vietnam War.
- Withdrawn 16 June 1989 from the Combat Arms Regimental System, reorganized under the U.S. Army Regimental System, and transferred to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command with headquarters at Fort Benning, Georgia.
Today, 2nd Battalion, 54th Infantry Regiment is a One Station Unit Training battalion on Sand Hill, Fort Moore, Georgia. It has been the starting place for the training of tens of thousands of United States Army Infantrymen over the past three decades.
The 3rd Battalion, 54th Infantry regiment was reactivated on 2 August 2019 as a One Station Unit Training unit on Sand Hill, Fort Benning, Georgia. The unit was reactivated to enable the success of the army's new 22-week OSUT training regime. [1]
Campaign participation credit
- Meuse-Argonne;
- Alsace 1918
- Rhineland;
- Ardennes-Alsace;
- Central Europe
- Counteroffensive, Phase II;
- Counteroffensive, Phase III;
- Tet Counteroffensive;
- Counteroffensive, Phase IV;
- Counteroffensive, Phase V;
- Counteroffensive, Phase VI;
- Tet 69/Counteroffensive;
- Summer-Fall 1969;
- Winter-Spring 1970;
- Sanctuary Counteroffensive;
- Counteroffensive, Phase VII;
- Consolidation I;
- Consolidation II;
- Cease-Fire
Decorations
- Presidential Unit Citation for BASTOGNE
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1967-1968
- Belgian Order of the Dayof the Belgian Army for action at BASTOGNE.
References
- ^ "3-54 reactivates to enable success of 198th Infantry Brigade's 22-week Infantry OSUT". Fort Benning Public Affairs. US Army. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Army Institute of Heraldry