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A Line of Soldiers from Company A of the 8th Infantry in Pine Ridge, South Dakota November 1890 Troops of the 8th Infantry Regiment of the 4th Infantry Division move off the Utah Beachhead on D-Day Members of Co. C, 1st Bn, 8th Inf, 1st Bde, 4th Inf Div, descend the side of Hill 742, located five miles northwest of Dak To. 14–17 November 1967.
The 16th Infantry Brigade (12th and 34th Infantry Regiments), the 1st Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, the 15th Ordnance Company, and the 8th Tank Company (Light) were assigned to the division in June 1923 as Regular Army active units, and formed the force from which the remainder of the division would be reactivated in the event of war.
1st Battalion, 8th Marines (1/8) is an infantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps based out of Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. The battalion consists of approximately 1000 Marines and Sailors and is nicknamed "The Beirut Battalion."
1st BN, 22nd Infantry Regiment (Mech) [3] 1st BN, 44th Air Defense Artillery Regiment (United States) 1st BN, 66th Armor Regiment [3] 3rd BN 66th Armor Regiment [3] 4th BN, 42nd Field Artillery Regiment (155SP) [3] 2nd Brigade [3] 2nd BN, 8th Infantry Regiment (Mech) [3] 1st BN, 67th Armor Regiment [3] 3rd BN, 67th Armor Regiment [3]
The 1st Battalion, 8th Field Artillery Regiment was assigned to the 25th Infantry Division Artillery from 1957 – 1986, and served in Vietnam, earning 12 campaign streamers and four unit awards. From 1986 – 1997, the battalion remained attached to the 25th Infantry Division as a separate battalion.
In 1965, 1st Battalion (ABN), 8th Cavalry Regiment arrived in Vietnam, and participated in numerous campaigns in South Vietnam and Cambodia. The battalion was awarded two Presidential Unit Citations, the Valorous Unit Citation, and four soldiers were awarded with the nation's highest honor, the Medal of Honor.
The 8th briefly returned to federal service in 1898 during the Spanish–American War as the 8th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, mustering in by May 19 and mustering out on November 3. It did not deploy outside the United States. [3] In 1906 the 8th Infantry Regiment was reorganized and redesignated as the 8th Infantry Battalion.
The 8th Marine Regiment was an infantry regiment of the United States Marine Corps. When last active, it was based at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, and fell under the command of the 2nd Marine Division and the II Marine Expeditionary Force. The regiment was decommissioned on January 28, 2021, as a result of ongoing force ...