158th Infantry Regiment (United States)

History

The 158th Infantry Regiment ("Bushmasters") is an infantry regiment of the Arizona Army National Guard. Its lineage extends to the 1st Arizona Volunteer Infantry, organized in 1865, and includes service during the Apache Wars, on the Mexican border, in World War I, throughout the Pacific theater of World War II, in Afghanistan, and during subsequent operations in the Middle East. The sole active element is the 1st Battalion, an Arizona Army National Guard unit for which the 158th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade serves as the Arizona headquarters and which is also aligned with the Hawaii Army National Guard's 29th Infantry Brigade Combat Team.

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Wars and campaigns

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Key dates

1. 1865
   The regiment's first recorded field operation began on 8 September 1865, when soldiers of Companies B and C accompanied California volunteers on a scout into the Tonto Basin in search of Tonto Apache rancherias.
2. 1898
   The Arizona companies assembled at Fort Whipple and departed Prescott on 28 September 1898 to join volunteers from New Mexico, Oklahoma and Indian Territory at Camp Hamilton near Lexington, Kentucky.
3. 1917
   The 1st Arizona Infantry was drafted into federal service 5 August 1917 and re-designated as the 158th Infantry Regiment as part of the 79th Brigade, of the 40th Division.
4. 1941
   After entering federal service and beginning training at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, the 158th Infantry moved to Camp Barkeley, near Abilene, Texas, in 1941.
5. 1943
   The Arawe landing had been conducted on 15 December 1943 by the Director Task Force under Brigadier General Julian W. Cunningham, principally using the 112th Cavalry Regiment.
6. 1944
   During World War II, Arizona governor Sidney P. Osborn proclaimed 28 January 1944 as “Bushmaster Day” in honor of the 158th Infantry Regiment.
7. 2007
   The platoon also guarded Afghan president Hamid Karzai while he addressed a gathering in Andar District on 10 June 2007.
8. 2009
   Headquarters and Headquarters Troop and its listed attached units, including the 1-158 Infantry detachment, received the Meritorious Unit Commendation for service from 21 July 2009 through 21 March 2010.
9. 2019
   Following the battalion's return in 2019, a number of Bushmasters volunteered for orders supporting the Southwest Border Mission.

Dates and events quoted from the same Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Records that place someone with this unit

A unit history doesn't name everyone who served. These records do:

• Morning reports and unit rosters: access (National Personnel Records Center)
• Search Army morning reports, 1912–1946 (National Archives Catalog)
• Unit and organizational records held in St. Louis

More history

• U.S. Army Center of Military History
• HyperWar (official histories)
• Wikipedia: 158th Infantry Regiment (United States)