49th Infantry Regiment (United States)

The 49th Infantry Regiment was a regular infantry regiment in the United States Army.

49th Infantry Regiment
Coat of Arms, taken from the cover of the Headquarters Company 49th A.I.B. book
Active1917–1943
Country United States
Branch United States Army
TypeInfantry
SizeRegiment
Motto(s)Aquila Electa Juste Omnia Vincet (The chosen eagle conquers by right)
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History

World War I

The regiment was constituted 15 May 1917 in the regular Army as the 49th Infantry. It was organized 1 June 1917 at Syracuse, New York, from personnel of the 23rd Infantry. Moved to France July 1918; attached to the 83rd Division 12 August 1918. The 83rd Division had been reorganized as the 2nd Depot Division; the 49th Infantry apparently provided replacement personnel for front-line units. Returned to the US January 1919; inactivated 18 November 1921 at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, and disbanded 31 July 1922.[1]

World War II

Reconstituted in the regular Army as the 49th Armored Infantry and assigned to the 8th Armored Division 18 July 1941. Activated 1 April 1942 at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Regiment was broken up 20 September 1943, and elements reorganized and redesignated as elements of the 8th Armored Division as follows-

  • 49th Armored Infantry (less 1st and 2nd Battalions) as the 49th Armored Infantry Battalion.
  • 1st Battalion as the 58th Armored Infantry Battalion.
  • 2nd Battalion as the 7th Armored Infantry Battalion.

Campaign streamers

World War I

  • without Inscription

Coat of arms

The field is blue for Infantry. The tower is taken from the stone tower at Fort Snelling, the station of the regiment. The key is from the arms of Le Mans, France and commemorates the service of the regiment in the vicinity of that city in 1918.

References
  1. Rinaldi, Richard A. (2004). The U. S. Army in World War I: Orders of Battle. General Data LLC. p. 78. ISBN 0-9720296-4-8.
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