19th Infantry Regiment (United States)

19th Infantry Regiment

Coat of arms
Active 1861 - present
Country  United States
Branch  United States Army
Type Infantry
Role Infantry training
Size Regiment
Part of US Army Training and Doctrine Command
Garrison/HQ Ft. Benning, Georgia
Nickname(s) "The Rock of Chickamauga" (special designation)[1]
Motto(s) The Rock of Chickamauga[2]
Engagements American Civil War
War with Spain
World War II
Korean War
Vietnam War
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia
U.S. Infantry Regiments
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The 19th Infantry Regiment ("Rock of Chickamauga"[1]) is a United States Army infantry regiment which is assigned to the US Army Training and Doctrine Command, with the assignment of conducting Basic and Advanced Infantry Training.

Lineage

1st Battalion

Civil War

Indian Wars

World War I

Garrison period

World War II

Plaque commemorating the landing of American liberation forces in Sawang, Romblon during World War II

Cold War

Garrison duty

2nd Battalion

Civil War

Indian wars

Consolidation

Garrison duty

3d Battalion

Campaign participation credit

  1. Shiloh;
  2. Murfreesborough;
  3. Chickamauga;
  4. Chattanooga;
  5. Atlanta;
  6. Kentucky 1862;
  7. Mississippi 1862;
  8. Tennessee 1863;
  9. Georgia 1864
  1. Utes
  1. Puerto Rico
  1. Cebu 1899;
  2. Panay 1899;
  3. Cebu 1900;
  4. Panay 1900;
  5. Bohol 1901;
  6. Cebu 1901
  1. Central Pacific;
  2. New Guinea (with arrowhead);
  3. Leyte (with arrowhead);
  4. Luzon (with arrowhead);
  5. Southern Philippines (with arrowhead)
  1. UN Defensive;
  2. UN Offensive;
  3. CCF Intervention;
  4. First UN Counteroffensive;
  5. CCF Spring Offensive;
  6. UN Summer-Fall Offensive;
  7. Second Korean Winter;
  8. Korea, Summer 1953

Decorations

References

  1. 1 2 "Special Unit Designations". United States Army Center of Military History. 21 April 2010. Archived from the original on 9 June 2010. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
  2. "19 Infantry Regiment". The Institute of Heraldry, U.S. Army.

External links

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Army Center of Military History document "19th Infantry Lineage and Honors".

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