110th Infantry Regiment (United States)

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]

110th Infantry Regiment
Coat of arms
Active28 November 1873–
Country United States
AllegianceUS
BranchUnited States Army
TypeInfantry
Rolelight infantry
Garrison/HQMount 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)
EngagementsSpanish–American War
Mexican Expedition
World War I
World War II
Korean War
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Frank Tompkins
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia
U.S. Infantry Regiments
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110th Infantry memorial at Washington (PA) cemetery

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.
  • Based in Pembrokeshire, Wales from October 1943 to April 1944, preparing for D-Day; a memorial to those lost in the liberation of Europe was unveiled in 2019.[4][5]
  • 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  • Released from active federal service 15 June 1954 and reverted to state control; federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from Headquarters Company, 110th Infantry (NGUS).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.[6]

Notable members

References

  1. "Special Designation Listing". United States Army Center of Military History. 21 April 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  2. Pennsylvania National Guard Military Museum, 28th Infantry Division Heraldry Archived 20 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 1 July 2013
  3. McGrath, The Brigade, 168.
  4. "Pembrokeshire memorial plan for US D-Day servicemen". BBC News. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  5. "D-Day: Pembrokeshire memorial unveiled for US soldiers". BBC News. 22 October 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  6. Pennsylvania Guardsmen deploy to Jordan Archived 17 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine 7 July 2016
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