110th Infantry Regiment (United States)
110th Infantry Regiment | |
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Coat of arms | |
Active | 1873 |
Country | United States |
Allegiance | US |
Branch | United States Army |
Type | Infantry |
Role | light infantry |
Garrison/HQ | Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania |
Nickname(s) | Fighting Tenth (special designation)[1] |
Motto(s) | "Cuiusque Devotio est Vis Regimenti" (The Devotion of Each Is The Strength Of The Regiment) |
Engagements | Civil War Spanish–American War Mexican Expedition World War I World War II Korean War |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Frank Tompkins |
Insignia | |
Distinctive unit insignia |
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The 110th Infantry Regiment is a regiment of the United States Army. Its legacy unit, 1st Battalion, 110th Infantry, is a subordinate command of 2nd Brigade, 28th Infantry Division.[2]
The regiment served with the 55th Infantry Brigade, 28th Infantry Division from September 1917 – May 1919, and from 1921–24.[3]
- Organized and federally recognized 8 June 1921 in the Pennsylvania National Guard at Washington, Pennsylvania as Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 110th Infantry, an element of the 28th Division (later redesignated as the 28th Infantry Division).
- Inducted into federal service 17 February 1941 at Washington.
- Inactivated 25 October 1945 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi.
- Reorganized and federally recognized 12 December 1946 at Washington as Headquarters Company, 110th Infantry.
- Ordered into active federal service 5 September 1950 at Washington.
- Headquarters Company, 110th Infantry [NGUS], organized and federally recognized 16 July 1953 at Washington.
- Released from active federal service 15 June 1954 and reverted to state control; federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from Headquarters Company, 110th Infantry (NGUS).
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 June 1959 as Headquarters Company, 1st Battle Group, 110th Infantry.
Current reorganization as of March 2014
- Home Station: Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania
- Company A – Indiana, Pennsylvania
- Company B – Waynesburg, Pennsylvania
- Company C – Connellsville, Pennsylvania
- Company D – Greensburg, Pennsylvania
In June 2016, 1st Battalion-110th Infantry Regiment deployed to Jordan, UAE, and Kuwait to train their forces.[4]
References
^ "Special Designation Listing". United States Army Center of Military History. 21 April 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2014..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ Pennsylvania National Guard Military Museum, 28th Infantry Division Heraldry Archived 20 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine., accessed 1 July 2013
^ McGrath, The Brigade, 168.
^ Pennsylvania Guardsmen deploy to Jordan 7 July 2016