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of F Company, showed great leadership when his company was held up by violent machine-gun fire from a sunken road. With an officer, Foster went forward to attack the hostile machine-gun nests. The officer was wounded, but Foster continued on alone in the face of the heavy fire and by effective use of
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which allowed the government to draft US citizens, was passed, and all available
National Guard divisions were inducted into Federal Service within a year. On 16 September 1940, the 118th Infantry Regiment was inducted into federal service. It then moved to Fort Jackson on 21 September 1940. The
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Infantry Division's command and became temporarily independent. They left Fort Jackson and went to
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surrender. He was wounded several times in the arm and was killed later that day while charging a nest. The heroism of these men and the intensity of the actions they fought in are just microcosms of what was happening all along the 118th
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was stopped 800 yards from its final objective by machine-gun fire of particular intensity. Ordering his men to take cover in a sunken road, he advanced alone on the enemy machine-gun post and killed 5 members of the crew with his
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of G Company, was in command of 2 platoons, and was painfully wounded in the shoulder early in the attack, but he continued to lead his men displaying the highest bravery and skill. When his command was held up by heavy
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in April 2012. At the base, the battalion provided security and camp operations missions. The battalion also conducted training exercises with
Kuwaiti military units. The deployment ended in December 2012.
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on 19 August, the regiment was permanently relieved from assignment to the 30th
Infantry Division on 24 August 1942. The 118th arrived in France on 13 December 1944 and was rushed to the city of
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