词条 | 340th Infantry Regiment (United States) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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|unit_name= 340th Infantry Regiment | image=340 Inf Rgt DUI.jpg | image_size = 100 |caption=Regimental Distinctive Unit Insignia |dates= 1917–1919 1946–present |country={{Flagu|USA}} |allegiance= |branch= U.S. Army |type= |role= Infantry |size= Regiment |command_structure=First Army |garrison= |garrison_label= |equipment= |equipment_label= |nickname= |patron= |motto=Forward |colors= |colors_label= |march= |mascot= |battles= |anniversaries= Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army |decorations=Army Superior Unit Award |battle_honours=World War I |current_commander= |command_sergeant_major= |ceremonial_chief_label= |colonel_of_the_regiment= |colonel_of_the_regiment_label= |notable_commanders= |identification_symbol= |identification_symbol_label= |identification_symbol_2= |identification_symbol_2_label= }} The 340th Infantry Regiment was a National Army unit first organized for service in World War I as part of the 85th Infantry Division in Europe. Since then it has served as a training Regiment, training Army Reserve and Army National Guard Soldiers for service in support of the Global War on Terror.[1] Service history[2]World War I.[3] The Regiment was constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 340th Infantry and assigned to the 170th Infantry Brigade of the 85th Division. It was organized at Camp Custer, Michigan on during August and September 1917. In July 1943, the Regiment was organized with 3,755 Officers and enlisted men:
The Doughboys of the Regiment deployed to France as part of the American Expeditionary Forces and were billeted in the city of Humbligny. The Regiment didn't participate in any named campaigns during the war; its Infantrymen were used as individual replacements to the fighting Divisions. Pioneering American football player, physician, and local politician Bradbury Robinson commanded Company L during the war.[5][6] After completing its war service in France the Regiment demobilized at Camp Custer on 21 April 1919.[7] Post War ServiceThe Regiment was reconstituted on 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves with Headquarters in the Saginaw, Michigan under TOE 29-7T as part of the 85th Division (later redesignated as the 85th Infantry Division) in the Sixth Corps Area.[8] The 1st Battalion was located in Saginaw, the 2nd Battalion at Flint, Michigan and the 3rd Battalion was at Port Huron, Michigan. The entire regiment relocated on 28 July 1937 to Saginaw. During this period, the Regiment conducted summer encampments in most years with the 2d Infantry Regiment at Camp Custer or some years at Camp Grayling. In 1929 the Regiment conducted summer training with the 126th Infantry Regiment at Camp Grayling. The Regiment conducted infantry CMTC training some years at Camp Custer, Fort Brady, Michigan, as an alternate form of summer training. Primary ROTC feeder schools were the Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science.[9] The Regiment was relieved 31 March 1942 from assignment to the 85th Division under the wartime reorganization from the four-regiment Square Division to the three-regiment Triangular division structure and disbanded on 4 August 1952.[10] Under the 85th Training DivisionOn May 5, 1959 the 340th Infantry was redesignated a subordinate element of the 85th Division (Training Support) as the 340th Regiment (Advanced Individual Training), and reorganized to consist of the Regimental Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Headquarters and Headquarters Companies 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, and Companies A, B, and C organized as Infantry with the below listed companies organized from other units:
The 340th Regiment was reorganized January 31, 1968 to consist of the 1st Battalion (Advanced Individual Training) and the 2nd and 3rd Battalions (Basic Combat Training). The Regimental Headquarters was inactivated. On May 1, 1971, the 1st Battalion (Advanced Individual Training) was redesignated as 1st Battalion (Combat Support Training) with no change to the 2nd and 3rd Battalions. The 3rd Battalion was inactivated on 1 October 1996 and reactivated on 1 October 2002. On 1 April 2007, the 1st and 2nd Battalions were assigned away from the 85th Division; on 15 June 2008 the 3rd Battalion was also reassigned. Current AssignmentThe 2nd Battalion is an Army Reserve unit assigned to the 4th Cavalry Brigade and provides Observer, Controller/ Trainers (OC/T) and Staff to various Mobilization Training Centers responsible for conducting post mobilization training to Reserve Component units preparing them for deployment to Overseas Contingency Operations. The 3rd Battalion is a Regular Army unit assigned to the 181st Infantry Brigade and stationed at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin with a mission to train Infantry units of the Army National Guard. Campaign streamers[11][12][13]
Decorations[14][15][16]
Shoulder sleeve insignia[17]
Distinctive Unit Insignia[18]
Coat of Arms[19]
References1. ^Infantry organization and History 2. ^unit Lineage and Honors at the Center for Military History 3. ^Military Map of the United States in 1918 4. ^Maneuver and Firepower p56 5. ^Reports of the Commander-in-Chief, Staff Sections and Services p14-18 6. ^Maneuver and Firepower p69 7. ^Order of battle for the 77th Infantry Division in World War I 8. ^Maneuver and Firepower p220 9. ^The US Army Order of Battle from 1919-1941 p470 10. ^The US Army Order of Battle from 1919-1941 p418 11. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.history.army.mil/html/reference/campaigns.html#vie_war|title=Listing of the Campaigns of the U.S. Army Displayed on the Army Flag | U.S. Army Center of Military History (CMH)|author=U.S. Army Center of Military History (CMH)|publisher=history.army.mil|accessdate=2015-03-03}} 12. ^War Department General Order #24 Listing Campaigns 13. ^Regimental Lineage and Honors 14. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/orghist.html#tab_2|title=CMH|publisher=history.army.mil|accessdate=2015-03-03}} 15. ^Permanent Order 123-18 16. ^{{cite web |url = http://www.first.army.mil/(S(khcx1x45z035js45pzhbo255))/documents%5Cpdf%5CFirstArmyASUA08-11PO332-07.pdf |title =Permanent Order 332-07|date =27 November 2012|publisher =Department of the Army}} 17. ^First Army insignia page at the Institute of Heraldry 18. ^DUI & COA 19. ^regimental DUI & COA External links 3 : Military units and formations established in 1917|Infantry regiments of the United States Army|Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the United States Army Institute of Heraldry |
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