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On 10 March 1963, the 1st and 2nd Battle Groups, 119th Infantry, were reorganized as the 4th, 5th, and 6th Battalions, 119th Infantry, elements of the 30th Infantry Division. On 1 January 1968, the regiment was reorganized to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 30th Infantry Division.
The 30th Infantry Division, involved in 282 days of intense combat over a period from June 1944 through April 1945, was regarded by a team of historians led by S.L.A. Marshall as the American infantry division that had "performed the most efficient and consistent battle services" in the European Theater of Operations (ETO). [2]
Armor: 746th Tank Battalion 30th Infantry Division Major General Leland S. Hobbs Infantry: 117th, 119th, 120th Infantry Regiments Artillery–105 mm: 7th, 32nd, 33rd Field Artillery Battalions Artillery–155 mm: 5th Field Artillery Battalion Armor: 743rd Tank Battalion, 823rd Tank Destroyer Battalion 2nd Armored Division Major General Edward H ...
The regiment took over the place of the 3d Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment as part of the reorganization to modular units of actions for the 3d Infantry Division. The 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment participated in the "Surge" ordered by President George Bush in early 2007 to reinforce Coalition forces in and around Baghdad, Iraq due to ...
119th Infantry Division. Operation Wedlock "phantom" unit. ... 30th Armored Division "Volunteers" 1954 – Dec 1973. Tennessee National Guard. 39th Armored Division
The 2nd Battalion, 120th Infantry Regiment was most famous for its actions in the Battle of Mortain (German: Operation Lüttich), repelling a German advance and preserving an American breakout from 7–13 August 1944 as part of the 30th Infantry Division. The 2-120th's actions sustained the American initiative as Allied forces pushed through ...
In early 2005, as the brigade returned from Iraq, 30th Infantry Brigade transformed into the 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team as part of the Army's new Brigade Unit of Action concept. With the transformation, the brigade disbanded the 119th Infantry Regiment whose lineage in the North Carolina National Guard can be traced back to before the ...
William Kelly Harrison Jr. (September 7, 1895 – May 25, 1987) was a highly decorated officer in the United States Army with the rank of Lieutenant General.A graduate of the United States Military Academy, he rose through the ranks to brigadier general during World War II and distinguished himself in combat several times, while serving as the assistant division commander of the 30th Infantry ...