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69th New York Infantry

69th Infantry Regiment
69th INF REG COA.gif
69th Infantry Regiment coat of arms
Active 1849–present
Country  United States
Branch  United States Army
Type Infantry
Role Light infantry
Size One battalion
Garrison/HQ New York City & Long Island
Nickname(s) Fighting Sixty-Ninth (special designation)
Motto(s) Gentle When Stroked; Fierce when Provoked
Battle cries: "Faugh a Ballagh" ("Clear The Way!") (Civil War) "Garryowen in Glory!" (WW1)
Colors Green
March

Garryowen

Mascot(s) Irish Wolfhound
Anniversaries 17 March (St Patrick's Day)
Engagements

Afghanistan Campaign
Hindu Kush 2009
RC East 2012
RC South 2012
Iraqi Campaign
Baghdad 2005
Radwiniyah 2004
Taji 2004
World War II
Okinawa, Japan 1945
Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands 1944
Makin Island, Kiribati 1943
World War I
Meuse-Argonne, France 1918
St. Mihiel, France 1918
Château-Thierry, France 1918
Champage, France 1918
Rouge Boquet Chausailles, France 1917
American Civil War
Appomattox, VA 1865
Petersburg, VA 1864
Gettysburg, PA 1863
Chancellorsville, VA 1863
Fredericksburg, VA 1862
Antietam, MD 1862
Yorktown, VA 1862

Manassass, VA 1861
Commanders
Current
commander
Don Makay
Notable
commanders
Michael Corcoran
Thomas Francis Meagher
"Wild Bill" Donovan
Martin H. Foery
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia 69TH INFANTRY.png
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Coordinates: 40°44′29″N 73°59′2″W / 40.74139°N 73.98389°W / 40.74139; -73.98389

Garryowen

Afghanistan Campaign
Hindu Kush 2009
RC East 2012
RC South 2012
Iraqi Campaign
Baghdad 2005
Radwiniyah 2004
Taji 2004
World War II
Okinawa, Japan 1945
Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands 1944
Makin Island, Kiribati 1943
World War I
Meuse-Argonne, France 1918
St. Mihiel, France 1918
Château-Thierry, France 1918
Champage, France 1918
Rouge Boquet Chausailles, France 1917
American Civil War
Appomattox, VA 1865
Petersburg, VA 1864
Gettysburg, PA 1863
Chancellorsville, VA 1863
Fredericksburg, VA 1862
Antietam, MD 1862
Yorktown, VA 1862

The 69th Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment of the United States Army. It is from New York City, part of the New York Army National Guard. It is known as the "Fighting Sixty-Ninth", a name said to have been given by Robert E. Lee during the Civil War. An Irish heritage unit, as the citation from poet Joyce Kilmer illustrates, this unit is also nicknamed the "Fighting Irish", immortalized in Joyce Kilmer's poem When the 69th Comes Home. Between 1917 and 1992 it was also designated as the 165th Infantry Regiment. It is headquartered at the 69th Regiment Armory in Manhattan.


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