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Reorganized and redesignated 1 December 1988 as the 163d Cavalry, a parent regiment under the U.S. Army Regimental System, with headquarters at Butte, to consist of the 1st and 2nd Battalions and Troop E, elements of the 163d Armored Cavalry Regiment, and the 163rd Infantry (163rd Infantry - henceforth separate lineage).
The 163rd Infantry Regiment of the Montana Guard formed part of the 41st Infantry Division, which fought through the Pacific during World War II. The Regiment was inducted into the Regular Army in September 1940, and were sent to Camp Murray at Fort Lewis, Washington. They participated in large-scale military exercises in California in 1941.
The regiment was attached to Carroll's Brigade, Whipple's Division, Defenses of Washington, to November 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, III Corps, Army of the Potomac, to January 1863. The 163rd New York Infantry ceased to exist on January 20, 1863, when it was consolidated with the 73rd New York Volunteer Infantry.
The lineage of Company A, 184th Infantry Regiment was used to form HHC, 1st Battle Group, 184th Infantry, while the lineage of Company B, 184th Infantry Regiment was used to form HHC, 2d Battle Group, 184th Infantry. On 1 March 1963, both battle groups became battalions once more, under the new Reorganization Objective Army Division (ROAD ...
After a 45-minute pre-landing naval bombardment, [16] the 41st Infantry Division of the United States Army landed on Biak on 27 May 1944, initially with the 162nd Infantry Regiment, and soon followed by the remainder of the division, including the 163rd and 186th Infantry Regiments.
The 163rd Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Chase in Columbus, Ohio, and mustered in May 12, 1864, for 100 days service under the command of Colonel Hiram Miller.. The regiment left Ohio for Washington, D.C., May 13 and was assigned to 1st Brigade, Haskins' Division, XXII Corps, to June 1864.
Early on 17 May, after a fifty-minute bombardment, three battalions from the 163rd Infantry Regiment were landed at a beachhead on the mainland around Arara, to the east of the Tor River. Overhead a force of Allied fighters and medium bombers stood ready to provide close air support, but Japanese resistance was light, consisting of only rifle fire.
The 163rd Infantry Regiment was sent to New Guinea in early 1942 to help prevent the Japanese from invading Australia. One of the regiment's major combat actions was the Battle of Buna-Gona. In addition to deaths and wounds from combat, diseases such as malaria, dengue fever, scrub typhus, and blackwater fever were a major concern. Virtually ...