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31st Infantry in the field near Vladivostok as part of the American Expeditionary Force Siberia. For the next 2 years, the 31st and its sister, the 27th Infantry Regiment, fought off bands of Red revolutionaries and White counterrevolutionaries that were plundering the Siberian countryside and trying to gain control of the Trans-Siberian ...
The 31st Illinois Infantry was organized at Jacksonville, Illinois and mustered into Federal service at Cairo, Illinois, on September 18, 1861.Among the early officers was Major Andrew J. Kuykendall, later a U.S. Representative and Illinois State Senator.
January 31 is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 334 days remain until the end of the year (335 in leap years). Events. Pre-1600. 314 – ...
The 31st Infantry Division ("Dixie") was an infantry division of the United States Army National Guard, active almost continuously from 1917 to 1968.Composed of men from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Michigan, Illinois, and Mississippi at various points in its existence, the division saw service in both World War I and World War II, and was mobilized during the Korean War, although it ...
The 31st became active on 14 November 1864, in Virginia. The 30th was amalgamated into it on 18 May 1864. The commanding officer was Colonel Henry C. Ward. Among the regiments recruits were Bermudians Robert Tappin (who had previously served in the United States Navy from 1863 to 1864), John Wilson and Joseph Thomas.
The 31st Operations Group was reactivated in late October 1991 at Homestead Air Force Base, Florida.The 31st Tactical Fighter Wing received new equipment the previous March in the form of Block 40 F-16C/D Fighting Falcons and in October of that year the wing resumed its original title (one month short of 44 years since the unit had formed) of 31st Fighter Wing, with the 31 OG as its flying ...
The 31st Engineer Combat Battalion remained at Fort Belvoir until 10 June 1944 and then served for four months at Camp Butner, North Carolina.The 31st Engineer Combat Battalion departed New York Port of Embarkation on 22 October 1944 aboard the General William Black for overseas service.
The 31st Massachusetts was initially organized by Colonel Benjamin Butler beginning November 20, 1861 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts as the "Western Bay State Regiment". The regiment moved to Boston on February 19, 1862, where it mustered in for a three-year enlistment on February 20, 1862, under the command of Colonel Oliver P. Gooding.