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362d Regiment Lineage
Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 362d Infantry and assigned to the 91st Division Organized 4 September 1917 at Camp Lewis, Washington Demobilized 3 May 1919 at Fort D.A. Russell, Wyoming Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 362d Infantry and assigned to the 91st Division (later redesignated as the 91st Infantry Division) Organized in November 1921 with Headquarters at Oakland, California Ordered into active military service 15 August 1942 and reorganized at Camp White, Oregon Inactivated 17 November 1945 at Camp Rucker, Alabama Activated 20 January 1947 in the Organized Reserves with Headquarters at Portland, Oregon (Location of Headquarters changed 22 January 1948 to San Francisco, California) (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve) Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1959 as the 362d Regiment, an element of the 91st Division (Training), with Headquarters at San Francisco, California (Location of Headquarters changed 1 July 1959 to San Rafael, California) Reorganized 20 January - 29 February 1968 to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 91st Division (Training) Reorganized 1-15 October 1993 to consist of the 2d Battalion, an element of the 91st Division (Exercise) Reorganized 1 October 1994 to consist of the 2d and 3d Battalions, elements of the 91st Division (Exercise) Reorganized 17 October 1999 to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 91st Division (Training Support); 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions concurrently allotted to the Regular Army 362d Regiment Honors Campaign Participation Credit World War I: Ypres-Lys; Meuse-Argonne; Lorraine 1918 World War II: Rome-Arno; North Apennines; Po Valley Decorations None |
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Confederate General Joseph Johnston officially surrenders his army to General William T. Sherman at Durham Station, North Carolina.
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