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54th Infantry Regiment (United States)

54th Infantry Regiment
54 Inf Regt CoA.jpg
Coat of arms
Active 1917 -
Country  United States
Branch  United States Army
Type Infantry training
Motto(s) I will cast my shoe over it
Engagements World War II
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia 54 Inf Rgt DUI.png
U.S. Infantry Regiments
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53rd Infantry Regiment 55th Infantry Regiment

The 54th Infantry Regiment (periodically also known as the 54th Armored Infantry Regiment) is a regiment of the United States Army, first constituted for World War I and existing today as a basic training unit stationed at Fort Benning, Georgia.

The regiment was constituted on 15 May 1917 in the Regular Army as the 54th Infantry. It was organized on 16 June 1917 at Chickamauga Park, Georgia. It was assigned on 16 November 1917 to the 6th Infantry Division. Saw service in Meuse-Argonne and Alsace 1918 campaigns. The regiment was then inactivated on 24 October 1922 at Fort Wayne, Michigan.

Seemingly while still inactive, it was relieved 24 March 1923 from the 6th Division and assigned to the 7th Division. Relieved 1 October 1940 from assignment to the 7th Division. Redesignated 14 June 1942 as the 54th Armored Infantry. It was then assigned on 15 July 1942 to the 10th Armored Division and activated at Fort Benning, Georgia.

Today, 2nd Battalion, 54th Infantry Regiment is a basic training battalion on Sand Hill, Fort Benning, Georgia. It has been the starting place for the training of tens of thousands of United States Army Infantrymen over the past three decades.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Army Institute of Heraldry website http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/Heraldry/ArmyDUISSICOA/ArmyHeraldryUnit.aspx?u=3516.


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