30th Infantry Regiment (United States)
Encyclopedia
The 30th Infantry Regiment is a United States Army
United States Army
The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...

 infantry regiment.

Lineage

  • Constituted 2 February 1901 in the Regular Army as the 30th Infantry
  • Organized 12 February - 19 August 1901 at Fort Logan, Colorado, at the Presidio of San Francisco, California, and in the Philippine Islands
  • Assigned 21 November 1917 to the 3d Division
  • Relieved 12 January 1940 from assignment to the 3d Division
  • Assigned 15 May 1940 to the 3d Division (later redesignated as the 3rd Infantry Division (United States))
  • Relieved 6 April 1951 from assignment to the 3d Infantry Division
  • Assigned 2 December 1954 to the 3d Infantry Division
  • Relieved 1 July 1957 from assignment to the 3d Infantry Division and reorganized as a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System
  • Withdrawn 16 June 1989 from the Combat Arms Regimental System, reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System, and transferred to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command
    United States Army Training and Doctrine Command
    Established 1 July 1973, the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command is an army command of the United States Army headquartered at Fort Eustis, Virginia. It is charged with overseeing training of Army forces, the development of operational doctrine, and the development and procurement of...

  • Withdrawn 26 May 1992 from the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command

Current configuration

  • 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment (United States)
    1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment (United States)
    The 1st Battalion 30th Infantry Regiment is a unit of the United States Army, notable for service in both World War II and most recently during Operation Iraqi Freedom.-History:...

  • 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment (United States)
    2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment (United States)
    The 2nd Battalion 30th Infantry Regiment is a unit of the United States Army, notable for service in World War II, Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.-History:...


Campaign participation credit

  • Philippine Insurrection: Mindoro 1901
  • World War I: Aisne; Champagne-Marne; Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Champagne 1918
  • World War II: Algeria-French Morocco (with arrowhead); Tunisia; Sicily (with arrowhead); Naples-Foggia; Anzio (with arrowhead); Rome-Arno; Southern France (with arrowhead); Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe

Decorations

  • Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for SICILY
  • Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for MOUNT ROTUNDO
  • Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for BESANCON, FRANCE
  • Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for COLMAR
  • Army Superior Unit Award for 1996
  • French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I for CHAMPAGNE-MARNE
  • French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II for COLMAR
  • French Croix de Guerre, World War II, Fourragere
The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK