Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Among units formed within the Mississippi Army National Guard since World War II are the 108th Armored Cavalry Regiment, the 198th Armor Regiment, the 114th Field Artillery Regiment, the 185th Aviation Regiment, and the 204th Air Defense Artillery Regiment. The 198th Armor Regiment was constituted on 28 April 1959, and organized from 1 May-15 ...
The 31st Infantry Division ("Dixie") was an infantry division of the United States Army National Guard, active almost continuously from 1917 to 1968.Composed of men from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Michigan, Illinois, and Mississippi at various points in its existence, the division saw service in both World War I and World War II, and was mobilized during the Korean War, although it ...
During the 1950s, all but the 1st Battalion were deactivated. The 1st Battalion (Combined Arms), 155th Infantry (Mechanized) is now a part of the 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team (155th ABCT), Mississippi Army National Guard. The unit served in Bosnia as "Task Force Rifles" and in Iraq in 2005–06 and again in 2009–10.
The 39th Infantry Division (Delta Division) was an infantry formation of the Army National Guard, originally formed as the 18th Division in 1917. The division consisted of troops from Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
The 30th Infantry Division was a United States Army unit of the National Guard that served in World War I and World War II. It was nicknamed the "Old Hickory" division, in honor of President Andrew Jackson. The Germans nicknamed this division "Roosevelt's SS". [1]
(National Guard units from) Activated Entered Combat Commanding General Campaigns 26th Division ("Yankee Division") (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont) 18 July 1917 10 April 1918 Maj. Gen. Clarence R. Edwards Brig. Gen. Frank E. Bamford: Champagne-Marne Aisne-Marne Saint-Mihiel Meuse–Argonne
Organized in April 1917 in the Mississippi National Guard as the 1st Field Artillery with headquarters at Jackson. Drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917. Reorganized and redesignated 27 September 1917 as the 140th Field Artillery and assigned to the 39th Division. Demobilized 1 May 1919 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi.
The Mississippi National Guard's former seal. During the Vietnam War, service in the National Guard was highly sought after. An enlistment in the Guard prevented a person from being sent to combat. In 1968, the Mississippi National Guard had 10,365 soldiers. At the time only 1% of them were black.