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We would fight not for the political future of a distant city, rather for principles whose destruction would ruin the possibility of peace and security for the peoples of the earth. -- Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain |
411th Regiment Lineage
Constituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 411th Infantry and assigned to the 103d Division (later redesignated as the 103d Infantry Division) Organized in November 1921 with Headquarters at Denver, Colorado Ordered into active military service 15 November 1942 and reorganized at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana Inactivated 20 September 1945 at the New York Port of Embarkation Activated 20 January 1947 in the Organized Reserves with Headquarters at Fargo, North Dakota (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve) (Location of Headquarters changed 31 December 1949 to Minneapolis, Minnesota; changed 5 November 1951 to Fort Snelling, Minnesota) Reorganized 18 May 1959 as a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System to consist of the 1st Battle Group, an element of the 103d Infantry Division 1st Battle Group inactivated 15 March 1963 and relieved from assignment to the 103d Infantry Division 411th Infantry withdrawn 17 October 1999 from the Combat Arms Regimental System, redesignated as the 411th Regiment, and reorganized to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 85th Division (Training Support) 411th Regiment Honors Campaign Participation Credit World War II: Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe Decorations None |
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American troops capture Fort Ticonderoga from the British.
1796: Napoleon Bonaparte wins a brilliant victory against the Austrians at Lodi bridge in Italy. 1857: The Bengal Army in India revolts against the British. 1861: Union troops and civilians riot in St. Louis. 1862: The Battle of Plum Run Bend, Tennessee takes place. 1863: General Thomas J. Jackson dies of pneumonia a week after losing his arm when his own troops accidentally fired on him during the Battle of Chancellorsville. 1865: Union cavalry troops capture Confederate President Jefferson Davis near Irvinville, Georgia. 1917: Allied ships get destroyer escorts to fend off German attacks in the Atlantic. 1940: As Germany invades Holland and Belgium, Winston Churchill becomes prime minister of Great Britain. 1941: Englands House of Commons is destroyed during the worst of the London Blitz as 550 German bombers drop 100,000 incendiary bombs. |