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1st Battalion
34th Infantry ________________
Carl White
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1st Battalion 34th Infantry was activated on 1 July
1940 at Camp Jackson, South Carolina. They were initially assigned to the
8th Infantry Division but were relieved on 12 June 1943 from assignment to
the 8th (which had been shipped to Europe for the Normandy invasion) and
assigned to the 24th Infantry Division.
Their history continues on the 24th
Infantry page |
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1 July 1916 |
Constituted in the Regular Army as Company A, 34th
Infantry |
15 July 1916 |
Organized at El Paso, Texas |
6 December 1917 |
34th Infantry assigned to the 7th Division; |
24 March 1923 |
relieved from assignment to the 7th Division and
assigned to the 8th Division; |
15 August 1927 |
relieved from assignment to the 8th Division and
assigned to the 4th Division; |
1 October 1933 |
relieved from assignment to the 4th Division and
assigned to the 8th Division [later redesignated as the 8th Infantry
Division]) |
5 June 1940 |
Inactivated at Fort Benning, Georgia |
1 July 1940 |
Activated at Camp Jackson, South Carolina |
12 June 1943 |
34th Infantry relieved from assignment to the 8th
Infantry Division and assigned to the 24th Infantry Division |
5 June
1958 |
Redesignated as Headquarters
and Headquarters Company, 1st Battle Group, 34th Infantry, and remained
assigned to the 24th Infantry Division (organic elements concurrently
constituted and activated 1 July 1958 in Germany) |
1 February 1963 |
Reorganized and redesignated
as the 1st Battalion, 34th Infantry |
15 April 1970 |
Inactivated at Fort Riley, Kansas, and relieved
from assignment to the 24th Infantry Division |
27 February 1987 |
Headquarters transferred to the United States Army
Training and Doctrine Command and activated at Fort Jackson, South
Carolina |
30 September 1992 |
Inactivated at Fort Jackson, South Carolina |
15 January 1996 |
Activated at Fort Jackson, South Carolina |
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Campaign Participation Credit |
World War I: * Lorraine
1918
World War II: * New
Guinea: * Leyte (with arrowhead); * Luzon; * Southern Philippines
Korean War: * UN
Defensive; * UN Summer-Fall Offensive; * Korea, Summer 1953
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Decorations |
* Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for KILAY RIDGE
* Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for CORREGIDOR
* Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for DEFENSE OF
KOREA
* Philippine Presidential Unit Citation for 17 OCTOBER
1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
* Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for
PYONGTAEK
* Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for
KOREA
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Source: The
Army Almanac: A Book of Facts Concerning the Army of the United States,
U.S. Government Printing Office |
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