383d Regiment

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383d Regiment Lineage


Constituted 5 September 1918 in the National Army as the 383d Infantry and assigned to the 96th Division

Organized 27 September 1918 at Camp Wadsworth, South Carolina

Demobilized 7 January 1919 at Camp Wadsworth, South Carolina

Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 383d Infantry and assigned to the 96th Division (later redesignated as the 96th Infantry Division)

Organized in February 1922 with Headquarters at Seattle, Washington

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

Inactivated 3 February 1946 at Camp Anza, California

Activated 10 April 1947 in the Organized Reserves with Headquarters at Salt Lake City, Utah

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

Reorganized 1 June 1959 as a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System to consist of the 1st Battle Group, an element of the 96th Infantry Division

1st Battle Group inactivated 15 March 1963 and relieved from assignment to the 96th Infantry Division

383d Infantry withdrawn 1 October 1993 from the Combat Arms Regimental System; concurrently redesignated as the 383d Regiment and reorganized to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 75th Division (Exercise)

Reorganized 13 January - 16 April 1995 to consist of the 2d and 3d Battalions, elements of the 75th Division (Exercise)

Reorganized 1 October 1996 to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 75th Division (Exercise)

Reorganized 17 October 1999 to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 75th Division (Training Support)


383d Regiment Honors


Campaign Participation Credit


World War II: Leyte (with arrowhead); Ryukyus (with arrowhead)


Decorations


Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for OKINAWA

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