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382d Regiment

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Constituted 5 September 1918 in the National Army as the 382d Infantry and assigned to the 96th Division

Demobilized 30 November 1918

Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 382d Infantry and assigned to the 96th Division (later redesignated as the 96th Infantry Division)

Organized in December 1921 with Headquarters at Medford, Oregon

Ordered into active military service 15 August 1942 and reorganized at Camp Adair, Oregon

Inactivated 3 February 1946 at Camp Anza, California

Activated 10 January 1947 in the Organized Reserves with Headquarters at Boise, Idaho

(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)

Inactivated 1 March 1952 at Boise, Idaho, and relieved from assignment to the 96th Infantry Division

Redesignated 17 October 1999 as the 382d Regiment and reorganized to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 75th Division (Training Support)


382d Regiment Honors


Campaign Participation Credit


World War II: Leyte (with arrowhead); Ryukyus


Decorations


Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for OKINAWA

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation for 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
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