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Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 312th Infantry and assigned to the 78th Division Organized August-September 1917 at Camp Dix, New Jersey Demobilized 26 May 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 312th Infantry and assigned to the 78th Division Organized in November 1921 with Headquarters at Jersey City, New Jersey Relieved 20 February 1942 from assignment to the 78th Division Withdrawn 2 April 1943 from the Organized Reserves; concurrently consolidated with the 312th Infantry (constituted 5 May 1942 in the Army of the United States and assigned to the 107th Infantry Division) and consolidated unit allotted to the Army of the United States as an inactive unit Disbanded 14 March 1952 Reconstituted 30 March 1959 in the Army Reserve as the 312th Regiment Activated 1 May 1959 as an element of the 78th Division (Training) with Headquarters at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey (Location of Headquarters changed 14 April 1962 to Kearny, New Jersey) Reorganized 31 January 1968 to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 78th Division (Training) Reorganized 1 January 1971 to consist of the 1st and 2d Battalions, elements of the 78th Division (Training) 1st and 2d Battalions inactivated 30 July 1973 and relieved from assignment to the 78th Division (Training) 312th Regiment reorganized 1 October 1993 to consist of the 2d and 3d Battalions, elements of the 78th Division (Exercise) Reorganized 17 October 1999 to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 78th Division (Training Support); 1st Battalion concurrently allotted to the Regular Army 312th Regiment Honors Campaign Participation Credit World War I: St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Lorraine 1918 Decorations None |
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1865:
Confederate General Joseph Johnston officially surrenders his army to General William T. Sherman at Durham Station, North Carolina.
1865: John Wilkes Booth is killed when Union soldiers track him down to a Virginia farm 12 days after he assassinated President Abraham Lincoln. 1865: Joseph E. Johnston surrenders the Army of Tennessee to Sherman. 1937: The ancient Basque town of Guernica in northern Spain is bombed by German planes. 1952: Armistice negotiations are resumed. 1971: The U.S. command in Saigon announces that the U.S. force level in Vietnam is 281,400 men, the lowest since July 1966. 1972: President Nixon, despite the ongoing communist offensive, announces that another 20,000 U.S. troops will be withdrawn from Vietnam in May and June, reducing authorized troop strength to 49,000. |