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Unit · Korean War · 1861–present

19th Infantry Regiment

The 'Rock of Chickamauga', which fought with the 24th Infantry Division from the first weeks of the Korean War.

History

The 19th Infantry Regiment ("Rock of Chickamauga") is a United States Army infantry regiment which is assigned to the US Army Training and Doctrine Command, with the assignment of conducting Basic and Advanced Infantry Training. Constituted 1861-05-03 in the Regular Army as the 1st Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment Organized 1861-07-09 at Indianapolis, Indiana Reorganized and redesignated 1866-10-01 as the 19th Infantry Regiment Consolidated 1869-03-15 with the 28th Infantry Regiment (see Below) and consolidated unit designated as the 19th Infantry Regiment.

Text adapted from Wikipedia: 19th Infantry Regiment (United States) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Timeline

  1. 1861
    Constituted 1861-05-03 in the Regular Army as the 2d Battalion, 19th Infantry.
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  2. 1863
    Organized 1863-03-31 at Fort Wayne (Detroit).
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  3. 1866
    Reorganized and redesignated 1866-10-01 as the 28th Infantry Regiment.
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  4. December 1869
    One-half of the 37th Infantry consolidated August–December 1869 with the 3d Infantry and consolidated unit designated as the 3d Infantry (remaining half of the 37th Infantry consolidated in June 1869 with the 5th Infantry and consolidated unit designated as the 5th Infantry — hereafter separate lineage).
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  5. 1922
    Assigned 1922-10-17 to the Hawaiian Division, and stationed at Schofield Barracks.
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  6. 1943
    Regiment arrived in Australia on 1943-08-08, Regiment moved to Goodenough Island on 1944-01-26.
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  7. 1944
    Regiment departed Humboldt Bay, New Guinea in stages between 1944-10-07 and 1944-10-12, and Assaulted Leyte Island in the Philippines on 1944-10-20.
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  8. 1944
    Regiment assaulted Mindoro, Philippines on 1944-12-15.
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  9. 1945
    Regiment was relieved from attachment to 8th Army on 1945-02-01 Regiment assaulted Romblon Island on 1945-03-11 and Simara Island on 1945-03-12, and Malabang, Mindanao on 1945-04-17.
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  10. July 1950
    With the 24th Infantry Division, the 19th Infantry is among the first U.S. units committed to the Korean War, fighting along the Kum River and at Taejon.
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  11. 5 November 1950
    Cpl. Mitchell Red Cloud Jr., Company E, 19th Infantry, holds off an attack near Chonghyon; posthumous Medal of Honor.
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