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from battle groups to battalions in 1963 two of the nine authorized infantry battalions were not activated as a cost-saving measure. Initially the plan was to activate and train two new battalions for the 1st Brigade but the timetable was too short. Adding to the problem was the need to heavily levy the 2nd Battalion for fillers for infantry battalions of the 3rd Brigade, which left in December 1965 and of the 2nd Brigade, which departed Schofield in January 1966. To round out the 1st Brigade two battalions assigned to Alaska—the 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry and the 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry—were reassigned to the 1st Brigade on 14 January 1966.

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Security Council Resolution 940. Teams were deployed throughout the country to establish order and humanitarian services. Regular Army forces consisting of units from the 10th Mountain Division occupied Port-au-Prince (3-14) with 3rd Bn (Airborne) 73rd Armor Regiment (82nd Airborne Division) and elements from the U.S. Army Materiel Command provided logistical support in the form of the Joint Logistics Support Command (JLSC) which provided oversight and direct control over all Multinational Force and U.S. deployed logistics units

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in Japan, were used. The 14th Infantry moved to Korea where it replaced the 24th Infantry Regiment, which was being inactivated due to the 24th's division commander, Gen. William B. Kean, request that it be disbanded because it was "untrustworthy and incapable of carrying out missions expected of an infantry regiment."

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14th Infantry was reassigned to the Far East Command and then to the 1st Cavalry Division where it was redesignated as the 3rd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment. Unlike other units that had been cobbled together at the last minute, the 3rd Battalion, 14th Infantry was at full strength and due to its rigorous training in

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As the 25th Division returned to Schofield Barracks from South Vietnam to resume its traditional mission of being the strategic reserve for the Pacific area the 4th Brigade along with the 3rd Battalion 14th Infantry was inactivated on 15 December 1970. The personnel and equipment of the 3rd Battalion

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In responding to the North Korean invasion of South Korea in June 1950 the U.S. Army found itself desperately short of units to halt the Communist advance. Continental U.S. (CONUS) units were stripped of personnel and equipment and sent to Korea on a priority basis. On 21 July 1950 the 3rd Battalion,

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Operation Uphold Democracy (19 September 1994 – 31 March 1995) was an intervention designed to remove the military regime installed by the 1991 Haitian coup d'état that overthrew the elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. The operation was effectively authorized by the 31 July 1994 United Nations

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By February 1966 the 2nd Battalion began receiving large numbers of replacements, most directly out of Advanced Individual Training. This resulted in an accelerated unit training program to ready the battalion for deployment. To enhance developing unit cohesiveness and to create espirit-de-corps the

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The 1st Battalion was reassigned to the 4th Infantry Division on 1 August 1967 as part of the exchange of 3rd Brigades between the 25th and 4th Infantry Divisions. The 1st Battalion participated in a total of 12 Vietnam campaigns, receiving the Navy Presidential Unit Citation for gallantry in action

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were reassigned to other CONUS units. On 1 August 1951 the 14th Infantry less personnel and equipment was assigned to the 25th Infantry Division then fighting in Korea. To man and equip the 14th Infantry the assets of the 34th Infantry Regiment of the 24th Division, then conducting infantry training

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Battle Group activated 1 June 1959 with headquarters at Kansas City, Missouri (Headquarters and Headquarters Company concurrently consolidated with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 406th Infantry, and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Battle Group, 14th

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to the Rangers' perimeter. They successfully linked up with the Rangers and then began to withdraw under fire. During the 12-hour ordeal, twenty-nine soldiers from 2nd Battalion were wounded and two were killed (PFC James H. Martin, Jr., and SGT Cornell L. Houston, Sr.). 2-14 Infantry along with TF

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The 3rd Battalion (descending from Company C) was initially activated under CARS as the 3rd Battle Group, 14th Infantry on 1 June 1959 and assigned to the 102nd Infantry Division, U.S. Army Reserve at Kansas City, Missouri. The 3rd Battle Group was reorganized and redesignated as the 3rd Battalion,

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The 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry was Relieved 17 January 1986 from assignment to the 25th Infantry Division, assigned to the 10th Mountain Division and activated at Fort Benning, Georgia on 19 December 1985, as the first Light Infantry COHORT Battalion in the 10th Mountain Division. On 25 December

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In its over four years of combat in Vietnam, the 2nd Battalion received participation credit for 12 of the campaigns of the Vietnam War. The battalion received two awards of the Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm and one award of the Vietnam Civic Action Medal First Class. On 8 December 1970 the

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On the eve of the US entry into World War I, the 14th Infantry Regiment was stationed in Yuma, Arizona, although the 1st Battalion was on detached duty in Alaska. The regiment was subsequently transferred to Vancouver Barracks, Washington. In 1918 the 14th was moved to Butte, Montana, to guard the

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infantry regiments in preparation for the looming civil war. These regiments were designated the 11th through the 19th Infantry and organized as "three-battalion" regiments, each battalion containing eight companies of infantry, in contrast to the original ten regular regiments of infantry, which

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3rd Battalion, 14th Infantry: To provide for a Pacific area strategic reserve for contingencies other than the ongoing Vietnam War, the Army activated the 4th Brigade, 25th Infantry Division at Schofield Barracks on 6 December 1969. The 3rd Battalion, 14th Infantry was activated as one of the 4th

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2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry: The 1st Brigade of the 25th Division to which the 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry was assigned was scheduled to be the last of the three maneuver brigades to deploy to South Vietnam. The brigade was shy two of its three infantry battalions. When the 25th was reorganized

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in March 1871. In 1874, three companies from the regiment (Companies D, F, and G) operated against Indian tribes raiding ranches and mines in the Wyoming territory. On February 9, 1874, a soldier from the regiment, 1st Lt. Levi H. Robinson, was killed during a skirmish with Indians north of Fort

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Following the Civil War, the Army was reorganized by Congress in July 1866, and the 14th was divided into three regiments, each battalion receiving two additional companies and being organized along traditional lines. The 1st Battalion retained the designation of the 14th Infantry, while the 2nd

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Consolidated 26 July 1869 with Company A, 45th Infantry, Veteran Reserve Corps (constituted 21 September 1866), and consolidated unit designated as Company B, 14th Infantry (14th Infantry assigned 27 July 1918 to the 19th Division; relieved 14 February 1919 from assignment to the 19th Division;

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Consolidated 26 July 1869 with Company G, 45th Infantry, Veteran Reserve Corps (constituted 21 September 1866), and consolidated unit designated as Company A, 14th Infantry (14th Infantry assigned 27 July 1918 to the 19th Division; relieved 14 February 1919 from assignment to the 19th Division;

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after engaging a terrorist in hand-to-hand combat. After engaging the enemy combatant in hand-to-hand combat, Staff Sergeant Atkins realized that the terrorist was attempting to detonate an explosive vest. Staff Sergeant Atkins then selflessly slammed the insurgent to the ground and covered the

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As part of the overall post-Vietnam draw-down of the Army only the 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division remained active. The 1st Battalion 14th Infantry was assigned to the 1st Brigade and the 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry was inactivated but remained assigned to the Tropic Lightning at Schofield

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The 3rd Battalion, 14th Infantry was Relieved 2 March 1986 from assignment to the 25th Infantry Division, and assigned to the 10th Mountain Division, and activated at Fort Benning, Georgia. It was later inactivated 15 April 1996 at Fort Drum, New York, and relieved from assignment to the 10th

1026:(PAVN) from cutting South Vietnam in half. In November 1966, elements of the 1st Battalion engaged two PAVN battalions inflicting heavy losses on the enemy. Among the numerous Golden Dragons performing heroically during these engagements, two members of the 1st Battalion - 1st Lt. 817:

on 3 July 1921. When the Panama Canal Division was inactivated in 1932, the regiment was attached to Headquarters, Atlantic Sector on 15 April 1932. On 10 April 1940, the regiment was assigned to the Panama Canal Division's successor, the Panama Mobile Force.

759:, the regiment was taking heavy fire and was unable to effectively engage the enemy. To counteract, volunteers were called for to scale the wall and lay down suppressive fire from the better vantage point while the rest of the regiment followed. Corporal 1014:. The initial brigade to go was the 3rd Brigade composed of the 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry, the 1st Battalion, 35th Infantry, the 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry and the 2nd Battalion, 9th Artillery. The urgency of getting the 3rd Brigade to the 2311:

Redesignated 16 December 1986 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 5th Battalion, 14th Infantry, assigned to the 25th Infantry Division, and activated at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)

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following the Civil War and from there line companies were posted to locations in Arizona, California, Oregon, and Washington. The regiment took part in two Indian campaigns and detachments were in two other campaigns (including the 1866-1868

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14th Infantry on 1 April 1963. On 31 December 1965 the 3rd Battalion was inactivated. It was allotted back to the Regular Army on 6 December 1969 and activated at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii as a component of the 4th Brigade, 25th Division.

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of South Vietnam led to the Army and Air Force undertaking Operation Blue Light, a massive airlift of the entire 3rd Brigade from Hawaii to Pleiku. The airlift began on 28 December 1965 and was successfully concluded on 17 January 1966.

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where it was assigned to and redesignated as a battalion in one of the 3rd Infantry Division's regiments. The 3rd Division was initially sent to Japan then to Korea. The remaining personnel and equipment of the 14th Infantry at

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Inactivated 1 February 1957 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, and relieved from assignment to the 25th Infantry Division; concurrently, redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 5th Battle Group, 14th Infantry

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and the 14th Infantry. The 14th Infantry's service in Korea earned the regiment five campaign streamers and a Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for gallantry at Munsan-Ni. Three soldiers were awarded the

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support facility. Company E received campaign participation credit for the last four campaigns of the Vietnam War. In 1986 it was assigned to the 25th Division as Headquarters Company, 5th Battalion. (See below.)

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on 2 April 1945. On 13 April 1945 the Golden Dragons cut the main Berlin to Munich autobahn. On 14–16 April 1945 the 14th participated in its heaviest combat as the 71st Division seized the town of

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Company E served in South Vietnam from 30 June 1971 to 20 November 1972 as a separate rifle security company assigned to the U.S. Army Support Command with the mission of guarding the

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on 18 June 1943 and was assigned to the 71st Light Division on 10 July 1943. The 14th, along with the rest of the 71st Division underwent unit combat training at Camp Carson then at

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Consolidated 26 July 1869 with Company D, 45th Infantry, Veteran Reserve Corps (constituted 21 September 1866), and consolidated unit designated as Company E, 14th Infantry

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Consolidated 26 July 1869 with Company C, 45th Infantry, Veteran Reserve Corps (constituted 21 September 1866), and consolidated unit designated as Company C, 14th Infantry

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Withdrawn 6 December 1969 from the Army Reserve, allotted to the Regular Army, assigned to the 25th Infantry Division, and activated at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii

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Withdrawn 11 May 1959 from the Regular Army, allotted to the Army Reserve, and assigned to the 102d Infantry Division (organic elements concurrently constituted)

1256:(which includes 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment) returned to Iraq for a third time in late 2006, this time to the area southwest of Baghdad known as the “ 1022:

Commanded by LTC Gilbert Procter Jr., the 1/14th spent most of 1966 operating along the Cambodian border as part of the 3rd Brigade's mission of preventing the

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Consolidated 26 July 1869 with the 45th Infantry, Veteran Reserve Corps (constituted 21 September 1866), and consolidated unit designated as the 14th Infantry

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Relieved 17 January 1986 from assignment to the 25th Infantry Division, assigned to the 10th Mountain Division, and activated at Fort Benning, Georgia

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which had conducted a daylight raid on an enemy stronghold. 2-14 Infantry fought a moving battle for three hours from the gates of the Soccer Stadium

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Relieved 2 March 1986 from assignment to the 25th Infantry Division, assigned to the 10th Mountain Division, and activated at Fort Benning, Georgia

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UH-1D helicopters airlift members of the 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment from the Filhol Rubber Plantation area to a new staging area, during

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Redesignated 17 May 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Battle Group, 14th Infantry (organic elements concurrently constituted)

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The 14th Infantry then participated along with its sister regiment the 5th Infantry in the elimination of bypassed German forces north of

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2nd Battalion took the informal nickname of Battle Dragons. A "Battle Dragon Chant" was also written and used in battalion formations.

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Battalion inactivated 15 August 1995 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, and relieved from assignment to the 25th Infantry Division

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in June 1876, four companies from the regiment (Companies B, C, F, and I) participated in a punitive expedition. They departed

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A 2-14 Soldier providing medical supplies to Iraqi citizen, during Operation "Outreach," a humanitarian aid mission near

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On 3 October 1993, 2-14 Infantry was part of the quick reaction force which helped rescue members of Special Operations

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The threat of an Indian war in the Dakotas caused the regiment to be moved back to the frontier in April 1870, first to

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Activated 1 October 1948 at Camp Carson, Colorado (14th Infantry assigned 1 August 1951 to the 25th Infantry Division)

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Inactivated 1 February 1957 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, and relieved from assignment to the 25th Infantry Division

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assigned 10 July 1943 to the 71st Light Division ; relieved 1 May 1946 from assignment to the 71st Infantry Division)

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Relieved 1 February 1957 from assignment to the 25th Infantry Division and reorganized as a parent regiment under the

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The 14th Infantry Regiment was stationed at Camp Custer, Michigan, in 1919. On 22 October 1920, it was transferred to

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in 1866 in Arizona. After three years of service in deserts of the Southwest, the regiment was sent to the South for

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2nd Battalion left South Vietnam and returned to Schofield Barracks. The battalion was inactivated on 5 June 1972.

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under fire and entered Austria on 2 May 1945. The 71st Division linked up with advancing Soviet Army units east of

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Inactivated 30 December 1965 at Kansas City, Missouri, and relieved from assignment to the 102d Infantry Division

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Relieved 15 December 1970 from assignment to the 4th Infantry Division and assigned to the 25th Infantry Division

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During the early years of the 20th century, the 14th Infantry Regiment was deployed to China to help put down the

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Valorous Unit Award, 2006-07 Surge Deployment, in Euphrates River Valley (Permanent Orders 284-003, 10 OCT 2008)

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Relieved 1 August 1967 from assignment to the 25th Infantry Division and assigned to the 4th Infantry Division

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Inactivated 15 April 1996 at Fort Drum, New York, and relieved from assignment to the 10th Mountain Division

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Anaconda copper mines. Although a Regular Army unit, the regiment did not see active service during the war.

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On 25 January 1945, the Golden Dragons sailed from New York with the rest of the 71st Division, arriving in

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In recognition of the regiment's heroic performance of duty during twelve of the bloodiest campaigns of the

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Redesignated 21 June 1963 as the 2d Battalion, 14th Infantry, and assigned to the 25th Infantry Division

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Assigned 10 July 1943 to the 71st Light Division (later redesignated as the 71st Infantry Division)

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Only the 2nd Battalion of the 14th Infantry Regiment is currently active, assigned to 2nd Brigade,

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Company A additionally entitled to: Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered QUANG NGAI PROVINCE

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Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1970

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Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1969

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on 28 April. The 2nd Battalion left the ship on 30 April and was moved by truck and aircraft to

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In early April, the 1st Brigade was alerted for movement to South Vietnam. On 16 April 1966 the

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at the end of the war. This is where the regiment takes its motto "The Right of the Line".

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Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1970

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Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1968

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Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969-1970

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Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1969

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Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967

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on 7 February 1945. The 14th then moved some 350 miles (560 km) across France. At

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Reorganized and redesignated 30 April 1862 as Company E, 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry

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Reorganized and redesignated 30 April 1862 as Company F, 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry

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Reorganized and redesignated 30 April 1862 as Company B, 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry

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Reorganized and redesignated 30 April 1862 as Company A, 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry

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Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as Company E, 2d Battalion, 14th Infantry

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Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as Company F, 2d Battalion, 14th Infantry

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Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as Company B, 2d Battalion, 14th Infantry

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Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as Company A, 2d Battalion, 14th Infantry

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Campaign participation credit during this time includes Arizona 1866; Wyoming 1874;

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insurgent with his own body to shield the men under him from the impending blast.

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In November, 2001, 2-14 Infantry deployed to Kosovo as part of Task Force Falcon,

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1988, the 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment was moved to Fort Drum, New York.

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and attacked a Cheyenne village on November 25, 1876, in what became known as the

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Military units and formations of the United States in the Philippine–American War

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sailed from Pearl Harbor with the entire 1st Brigade aboard. The ship arrived at

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Reorganized and redesignated 26 August 1963 as the 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry

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Reorganized and redesignated 30 April 1862 as the 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry

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Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1963 as the 3d Battalion, 14th Infantry

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Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as the 2d Battalion, 14th Infantry

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