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Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 306th Infantry and assigned to the 77th Division Organized 26 August 1917 at Camp Upton, New York Demobilized 9 May 1919 at Camp Upton, New York Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 306th Infantry and assigned to the 77th Division (later redesignated as the 77th Infantry Division) Organized in August 1921 with Headquarters at New York, New York Ordered into active military service 25 March 1942 and reorganized at Fort Jackson, South Carolina Inactivated 15 March 1946 in Japan Activated 17 December 1946 in the Organized Reserves with Headquarters at New York, New York (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve) Reorganized 1 May 1959 as a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System to consist of the 1st Battle Group, an element of the 77th Infantry Division Reorganized 26 March 1963 to consist of the 1st and 2d Battalions, elements of the 77th Infantry Division 1st and 2d Battalions inactivated 30 December 1965 and relieved from assignment to the 77th Infantry Division 306th Infantry withdrawn 17 October 1999 from the Combat Arms Regimental System, redesignated as the 306th Regiment, and reorganized to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 87th Division (Training Support); 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions concurrently allotted to the Regular Army 306th Regiment Honors Campaign Participation Credit World War I: Oise-Aisne; Meuse-Argonne; Champagne 1918; Lorraine 1918 World War II: Western Pacific; Leyte (with arrowhead); Ryukyus (with arrowhead) Decorations Philippine Presidential Unit Citation for 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 1st Battalion additionally entitled to: Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for IE SHIMA 3d Battalion additionally entitled to: Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for OKINAWA |
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1813:
U.S. troops under William Henry Harrison take Fort Meigs from British and Canadian troops.
1859: Threatened by the advancing French army, the Austrian army retreats across the River Sesia in Italy. 1864: Union troops secure a crucial pass during the Atlanta campaign. In the spring and summer of 1864, Union General William T. Sherman and Confederate General Joseph Johnston conducted a slow and methodical campaign to seize control of Atlanta. 1915: German and French forces fight the Battle of Artois. 1936: Fascist Italy captures the city of Addis Abba, Ethiopia and annexes the country. 1941: The German submarine U-110 is captured at sea along with its Enigma machine by the Royal Navy. 1945: Herman Goering is captured by the U.S. Seventh Army. 1951: Three hundred and twelve Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy planes hit Sinuiju Airfield in one of the largest air raids of the war. 1955: Ten years after the Nazis were defeated in World War II, West Germany formally joins the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). |