168th Infantry Regiment (United States)

November 2020 December 2012 168th Infantry Regiment 168th Infantry Regiment coat of arms.png 150 Coat of arms 1861 to Present Iowa Iowa Army National Guard Regiment 34th Infantry Division Third Iowa (Special Designation)Special Designation Listing http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/spdes-123-arng.html United States Army Center of Military History 21 April 2010 14 July 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100609010028/http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/spdes-123-arng.html 9 June 2010 dead dmy ON GUARD John W. O'Daniel 100px Distinctive unit insignia U.S. Infantry Regiments 165th Infantry Regiment 169th Infantry Regiment 34th Infantry Division 1942–1945 34th Infantry Division 133rd Infantry Regiment135th Infantry Regiment168th Infantry Regiment The 168th Infantry Regiment ("Third Iowa") is an infantry regiment of the United States Army. The 1st Battalion of the 168th Infantry is part of the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, part of the Iowa Army National Guard. History American Civil War During the Civil War the regiment was organized from independent companies in southwestern Iowa and mustered into federal service on 8 August 1861 as the 4th Regiment, Iowa Volunteer Infantry. It was reorganized on 1 January 1864 as the 4th Iowa Veteran Infantry Regiment, and mustered out of federal service 24 July 1865 at Louisville, Kentucky. Post-Civil War It was reorganized from 1868 to 1876 in Iowa as independent companies of volunteer militia, and these companies were consolidated on 18 February 1876 and 15 January 1877 to form the 3rd and 5th Infantry Regiments, respectively. The Iowa State Militia was redesignated on 3 April 1878 as the Iowa National Guard. The 3rd and 5th Infantry Regiments were consolidated on 30 April 1892, and the consolidated unit was designated the 3rd Infantry Regiment. Spanish-American War On 30 May 1898, during the Spanish–American War, the regiment was mustered into federal service at Des Moines as the 51st Iowa Volunteer Infantry; and mustered out of federal service on 2 November 1899 at San Francisco, California. It was reorganized on 26 March 1900 in the Iowa National Guard as the 51st Infantry Regiment with its headquarters at Des Moines. On 26 November 1902 it was redesignated as the 55th Infantry Regiment, and on 4 July 1915 was redesignated as the 3rd Infantry Regiment. Punitive Expedition and World War I thumb|1918 at Rolampont, Haute-Marne The 3rd Iowa was mustered into federal service on 26 June 1916 at Camp Dodge, Iowa, and mustered out of federal service on 20 February 1917 at Des Moines. After the United States entered World War I it was drafted into federal service again on 5 August 1917, reorganized and redesignated on 16 August 1917 as the 168th Infantry Regiment, and assigned to the 42nd "Rainbow" Division. Commanders Colonel Ernest R. Bennett (5 August 1917–3 September 1918) Colonel Mathew A. Tinley (3 September 1918–17 May 1919) Interwar period The 168th Infantry arrived at the port of New York on 25 April 1919 on the troopship USS Leviathan and was demobilized on 17 May 1919 at Camp Dodge. Per the National Defense Act of 1920, the 168th Infantry was reconstituted in the National Guard in 1921 and allotted to Iowa. It was concurrently relieved from the 42nd Division and assigned to the 34th Division. It was reorganized on 13 July 1921 with the regimental headquarters organized and federally recognized at Des Moines. The entire regiment, or elements thereof, was called up to perform the following state duties: tornado relief work at Neola and Persia, Iowa, 7–8 June 1925; riot control during the “Cow War” at Cedar County/Burlington, Iowa, 21 September–25 November 1931; the 1st and 3rd Battalions performed martial law in Plymouth and Crawford Counties, respectively, during the Farmers' Holiday Association disturbances, 28 April–17 May 1933; the 1st Battalion performed martial law at Newton, Iowa, during the labor troubles at the Maytag washing machine plant, 19 July–6 August 1938. The regimental headquarters was relocated on 27 January 1937 to Council Bluffs. The 168th Infantry conducted annual summer training most years at Camp Dodge from 1921–39. For at least two years, in 1938 and 1940, the regiment also trained some eighteen company-grade Organized Reserve infantry officers of the 88th Division at Camp Dodge and Camp Ripley, Minnesota. The regiment was inducted into federal service at home stations on 10 February 1941 and moved to Camp Claiborne, Louisiana, where it arrived on 3 March 1941. In August-September 1941, it participated in the Louisiana Maneuvers.Clay Steven E. 2010 U.S. Army Order of Battle, 1919-1941, Volume 1. The Arms: Major Commands and Infantry Organizations, 1919-41 Fort Leavenworth, KS Combat Studies Institute Press 229–30, 440 Commanders Colonel Guy S. Brewer (13 July 1921–November 1923) Colonel Glenn C. Haynes (24 November 1923–26 October 1936) Col. George F. Everest (26 October 1936–June 1942) World War II August 2024 On 8 January 1942, the 168th Infantry staged at Fort Dix, New Jersey, with the rest of the 34th Infantry Division, and departed the New York Port of Embarkation on 30 April 1942, arriving in Northern Ireland on 13 May 1942. The regiment further moved to Scotland on 23 August 1942. The 168th Infantry landed at Algiers, French Algeria, during Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of North Africa, on 8 November 1942. Led by Colonel Thomas Drake, it took Sened Station on 1 February 1943Knighton Andrew 2017-12-09 American Infantry Win The Fight for Sened Station, North Africa, In WWII War History Online https://www.warhistoryonline.com/world-war-ii/fight-sened-station-world.html 2026-08-20 warhistoryonline en, but suffered heavy losses in the subsequent Battle of the Kasserine Pass.Whiting Charles First Blood: The Battle of the Kasserine Pass, 1943 1984 Leo Cooper 1984 0-436-57092-0 London 1984 137-142 The unit landed on mainland Italy on 21 September 1943, where it spent the rest of the war fighting the Axis. The 168th Infantry returned to the United States via the Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation, Virginia on 3 November 1945 and was inactivated on the same date at Camp Patrick Henry.Stanton Shelby L. 1984 Order of Battle, U.S. Army, World War II Novato, CA Presidio Press 231 Cold War Reorganized and federally recognized on 23 January 1947 with headquarters at Council Bluffs, it was reorganized on 1 May 1959 as a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System to consist of the 1st Battle Group, an element of the 34th Infantry Division. Reorganized on 1 March 1963 to consist of the 1st Battle Group, and relieved from assignment to the 34th Infantry Division. Reorganized on 1 March 1964 to consist of the 1st and 2nd Battalions. Reorganized on 1 January 1968 to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 47th Infantry Division. It was withdrawn on 1 May 1989 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the U.S. Army Regimental System. Modern Reorganized 10 February 1991 to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 34th Infantry Division. Ordered into active federal service on 5 March 2004 at home stations; released from active federal service 1 September 2005 and reverted to state control. Company D, 1st Battalion, 168th Infantry was ordered into active federal service 4 June 2007 at DenisonU.S. Army Center of Military History 168th Infantry Lineage and Honors The 1st Battalion, 168th Infantry deployed to Afghanistan in 2004 where it provided provincial reconstruction team (PRT) security forces (SECFOR). The battalion was ordered again into active federal service on 31 July 2010 at home stations to deploy to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). The battalion conducted post mobilization training at Camp Shelby, MS from August to October 2010, culminating with a mission rehearsal exercise (MRX) at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, California.December 2011 Upon deployment into Afghanistan, 1st Battalion, 168th Infantry became Task Force 1-168 and assumed responsibility for the Afghan Province of Paktya. Task Force 1-168's mission was to conduct security force assistance through combined action with Afghan Security Forces that resided in Paktya. Task Force 1-168 conducted a transfer of authority with Task Force 1-279 (Oklahoma Army National Guard) on 10 July 2011 and redeployed to the Continental United States (CONUS) in July 2011.December 2011 Campaign participation credit Civil War Vicksburg Chattanooga Atlanta Arkansas 1862 Alabama 1863 North Carolina 1865 South Carolina 1865 Philippine Insurrection Manila Malolos World War I Champagne-Marne Aisne-Marne St. Mihiel Meuse-Argonne Lorraine 1918 Champagne 1918 World War II Algeria-French Morocco (with arrowhead) Tunisia Naples-Foggia Operation Raincoat - First Battle of Monte Cassino Anzio Rome-Arno North Apennines Po Valley War on terrorism Campaigns to be determined Decorations French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered BELVEDERE Presidential Unit Citation (Army), streamer embroidered MT PANTANO ITALY (1st Battalion, 168th Infantry Regiment, 29 November-3 December 1943, WD GO 86, 1944) Presidential Unit Citation (Army), streamer embroidered CERVARO ITALY (2nd Battalion, 168th Infantry Regiment, 6-13 January 1944, WD GO 6, 1945)Infantry Regiments of the U.S. Army James A. Sawicki, wyvern Publications, June 1981, 0-9602404-3-8, Library of Congress Card Catalog number 80-53362 References http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/inf/0168in.pdf 168th Infantry Lineage and Honors The price of our heritage: in memory of the heroic dead of the 168 Infantry (PDF) External links 1st Battalion, 168 Infantry Facebook PageJuly 2010 Category:Infantry regiments of the United States Army National Guard 168 Category:Military units and formations established in 1861