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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 ...
1 Airborne/infantry. 2 Unnumbered. 3 Cavalry. 4 Armored. ... (Alpine)" [World War II] 10th Infantry Division. June 1948 - June 1958 ... 28th Infantry Division
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]
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.
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 Unit withdrawn for action.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
In October, the Army reorganized the Pennsylvania National Guard's 7th Division, designating it as the 28th Division and the regiment was redesignated from the 10th to the 110th. The strength of the infantry regiment under the new table of organization published by the War Department was 3,750 soldiers. [3]
While two of the 28th Division's regiments survived the German onslaught intact, and were able to inflict significant losses on German infantry formations, [2] the 110th Regiment, commanded by Colonel Hurley Fuller from the Claravallis hotel, was directly in the path of the massive advance.
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 ...