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The 28th Infantry again distinguished itself in combat during World War II as part of the 8th Infantry Division. After landing on Utah Beach on 4 July 1944, its first action was an attack to the south to establish a critical bridgehead over the Ay River so that armored divisions could launch a breakout and then attack into Brittany and Northern ...
Regiment relieved from combat, ineffective as a fighting force but not broken. [15] 28th Infantry Division: Battle of Hürtgen Forest: September 19, 1944: 16,266 6,184 [15] 38.01 Germany: 28th Infantry Division destroyed as a fighting force. Unit withdrawn for action. Later replentished. [15] 2nd Infantry Division: Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River
The 28th Infantry Division ("Keystone") [1] is a unit of the United States Army National Guard, and is the oldest division-sized unit in the Army. [2] Some of the units of the division can trace their lineage to Benjamin Franklin's battalion, The Pennsylvania Associators (1747–1777). [3]
The 1st through 25th Infantry Divisions, excepting the 10th Mountain Division, were raised in the Regular Army or the Army of the United States prior to American involvement in World War II. Because of funding cuts, in September 1921, the 4th through 9th Infantry Divisions were mostly inactivated.
In 1917, Company H merged with Company H, 3rd Infantry Regiment, and the new unit was designated Company H, 110th Infantry Regiment. From August, 1917 to June, 1920 the 110th Infantry was mobilized for service in France during World War I. [4] Company H, 110th Infantry was inducted into federal service for World War II in February 1942.
Infantry: 13th, 28th, 121st Infantry Regiments Artillery–105 mm: 43rd, 45th, 56th Field Artillery Battalions Artillery–155 mm: 28th Field Artillery Battalion Armor: 709th Tank Battalion, 644th Tank Destroyer Battalion 79th Infantry "Cross of Lorraine" Division Major General Ira T. Wyche Infantry: 317th, 318th, 319th Infantry Regiments
The 28th Infantry Regiment (Colonel Hanson Edward Ely, commanding) plus two companies of the 18th Infantry Regiment, three machine-gun companies and a company of engineers (3,564 men), captured Cantigny from units of the German Eighteenth Army. The village was situated on high ground surrounded by woods, making it an ideal observation post for ...
The battalion is notable in that it was the only battalion, of any kind, in the history of the United States Army to have entered combat as both an officially designated amphibious and airborne unit (though the Glider Infantry Regiments of the 11th Airborne Division conducted amphibious assaults in World War II). [citation needed]