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The 54th Infantry Regiment (for a time, known as the 54th Armored Infantry Regiment) is a United States Army Regimental System parent regiment of the United States Army. It is represented in the active Army by the 2nd and 3rd Battalions, which conduct Infantry One Station Unit Training (OSUT) at Fort Moore (formerly Fort Benning), Georgia.
In early April 1968, the 198th Infantry Brigade moved into the Quế Sơn Valley to replace the 3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division.On arriving the Brigade was tasked with assisting the 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment and the 39th Engineer Battalion in reopening Route 533 between Tam Kỳ and Tiên Phước Camp, 20 kilometers to the southwest.
During the years of 1967–1971 as part of the Vietnam War the 198th was part of the United States Army's 23rd "Americal" Infantry Division. In 1968, elements of the 198th Infantry Brigade, under the leadership of Lieutenant Colonel Robert B. Nelson, participated in the Battle of Kham Duc.
3rd Battalion, 503rd Airborne Infantry Regiment and 3rd Battalion, 506th Airborne Infantry Regiment clear and search operation: Bình Thuận, Bình Tuy and Lâm Đồng Provinces: Mar 6 – 7: Operation Ayr [1] [5] 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment search and destroy operation: near Bình Ba, Phước Tuy Province: Mar 7 – Apr 8 ...
2nd Battalion (Inactive) 3rd Battalion, 103rd Armor, as of 2011, is part of 55th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division. [11] 104th Cavalry Regiment (United States)(Pennsylvania Army National Guard) 106th Armor. Troop E: In 1952 Companies A and C of the 106th Tank Battalion were headquartered at Camp Lincoln in Illinois.
The regiment was the first U.S. Army unit to engage in offensive action during World War II as part of the Battle of Guadalcanal. Between 24 and 27 October, elements of the regiment withstood repeated assaults from Japanese battalions and inflicted some two thousand enemy casualties; the 164th also supported and participated in Marine attacks.
The 198th Pennsylvania Infantry was organized at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on September 9, 1864 and mustered in under the command of Colonel Horatio G. Sickel. The regiment was attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Corps, Army of the Potomac. The 198th Pennsylvania Infantry mustered out of service on June 4, 1865.
Later in his service, he rose to the rank of colonel and became the commander of 198th Infantry Brigade in 1969 during the Vietnam War. While commanding the 198th, he ordered that his personal helicopter be used for medical resupply and evacuation missions. On a mission in 1970, he landed when one of his units was pinned down by intense enemy fire.