On 12 December, the Regiment moved 30 miles north to For its part in World War I, the Twenty Third won signal honors. Company E served as a garrison for the newly purchased Alaskan territory however, teamwork has been improved, and the smooth efficiency of the fighting machine has In direct support are: var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? Shortly afterward the UN launched Operation Killer and then Operation Ripper which forced the Chinese back to the north. The other company (F), to which Col. Edwards assigned the center and smallest sector, manned its part of the line with only two platoons, leaving its support platoon as the battalion reserve. during World War I. Keith G. Van Neste, HQ Co., posthumously, for action at Dorsteivitz, Germany; S/Sgt. While the 23rd RCT built up its defenses, an Eighth Army general offensive got under way on 5 February with X Corps, in the center of the line, attacking to make a double envelopment of the town of Hongch'on, an important enemy build-up area. The The 1st Platoon of Company G held the right end of the hill next to the road cut. Contact 1st Infantry Division 16th 18th 26th. At the 23rd Infantry's perimeter, the usual patrols for the daylight hours of 13 February reported increased enemy activity crowding close to Chipyong-ni on three sides, north, east and west. 4-23 Infantry was the only U.S. Army unit to take part in Operation 'Moshtarak', the largest offensive operation in Afghanistan since the war began in 2001. This book is the Divisional history for the 2nd Infantry Division in the European Theater of Operations during World War II. The infantry companies dug in their machine guns, registered their mortars, laid antipersonnel mines, and operated daily patrols to the encompassing high ground. Once a particular element had been so ground-up that it could no longer stand the strain, a fresh unit would take its place, until the 23rd Infantry as a whole was fairly well shattered. The battalion was part of the first Stryker unit to deploy to Afghanistan. of the Mont Blanc campaign of October, 1918, is shown by the outline on the lower half of the shield. During February, several smaller company operations were conducted along HWY 601 and in the Yakhchal valley. Operation 'Helmand Spider' began on 8 February and lasted for 26 days. This road cut was also the dividing line between Col. Edwards's 2nd Battalion sector and that of the French battalion (a regular battalion of the 23rd Infantry). Many of these counterattacks were conducted at night by fresh troops that the North Koreans were able to bring up in the shelter of neighboring hills. and glory. Also, during 1941 and 1942, the 23d Infantry furnished three full Reverting to the American 1st Army, the Infantrymen could climb the smooth hump of earth in a few minutes. Both sides suffered high casualties: over 3,700 American and French and an estimated 25,000 North Korean and Chinese. The modern 23rd Infantry regiment was formed during the American Civil War; the regiment saw action in American wars up to the US War in Afghanistan and the Iraq War. pageTracker._trackPageview(); the French 4th Army. ceased to exist until after the Civil War, when the 2nd Bn. A veteran of the 2nd Division since 2nd of February, 1940, Colonel Lovless has served in the three The Regiment sailed for France in September, 1917, arriving at St. Nazaire. Battle of Pusan Perimeter (4 August - 18 September 1950), Battle of Chipyong-ni (13-15 February 1951), Heartbreak Ridge (13 September - 15 October 1951), Re-designation of 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, battalion of volunteers made up of active and reserve French military personnel, Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Wikimedia Commons: 23rd Infantry Regiment Heraldry, "Allies mark 60th anniversary of Chipyong-ni victory", "4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment | Lineage and Honors | U.S. Army Center of Military History (CMH)", United States Army Center of Military History, "23rd Infantry, Lineage and Honors Information as of 16 September 2000", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=23rd_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)&oldid=996207661, Military units and formations of the United States in the Indian Wars, Infantry regiments of the United States Army, United States Army units and formations in the Korean War, Military units and formations established in 1861, All Wikipedia articles written in American English, Wikipedia articles with style issues from January 2018, Articles with unsourced statements from June 2014, Articles to be expanded from October 2020, Articles with unsourced statements from October 2020, Articles with unsourced statements from April 2014, Articles with unsourced statements from August 2010, Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the United States Army Center of Military History, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, LTC(R) Frederick Drew (Regimental Colonel), Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as the 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry, Redesignated 30 April 1862 as the 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry, Reorganized and redesignated 21 September 1866 as the 23rd Infantry, Assigned 22 September 1917 to the 2nd Division (later redesignated as the 2nd Infantry Division), Assigned 20 October 1954, to Fort Lewis, WA. [3] The battalion was organized as a Stryker battalion and assigned to the 172nd Infantry Brigade (Stryker) and deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) from August 2005 to December 2006 for sixteen months. The 2nd Division's 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion braved enemy fire to clear this obstacle and build an improved roadway. defeated. on the others when he was shot down. ammunition was expended, and charged the enemy. Sleet, rain and bitter cold froze the men's The unit continued operations through the month of December as part of Operation Ivy Blizzard. The 23rd Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment in the United States Army. from New York on 8 October, 1943, and arriving in Northern Ireland on 20 October. declared, »What the 2nd Division has done in the last four days will live forever in the Traveling through the Suez Canal, it completely circumnavigated the globe Company A conducted Operation '601 Cougar', clearing north through Gavban in the southern Yakhchal, which yielded a great amount of intelligence about the enemy in the area. in the 2nd Division parade in New York. While 4-23 IN soldiers ate Thanksgiving dinner at their bases, RC South was preparing a FRAGO for 5/2 SBCT. to withdraw when both positions were nearly enveloped. However, Brest, the The Indianhead patch worn by members of the 2nd Division was the brainchild of a truck driver The casualties suffered by a typical American infantry regiment serving in World War II were horrendous. In addition to its own Weapons Platoon, Company G's supporting weapons included a section of 75-mm recoilless rifles, a section of heavy machine guns from Company H, and a platoon of 81-mm mortars under command of Lt. James Whitaker which was dug in near the edge of the town and had a forward observer (Lt.Whitaker) stationed with Company G. There were also forward observers from the regimental Heavy-Mortar Company and from the 37th Field Artillery Battalion with Company G. During the daytime men from the 75-mm recoilless rifle section manned their weapons, but at night they replaced them with two .50 caliber machine guns to prevent having their positions disclosed by the back-blasts of the recoilless rifles. globe. of St. Vith. Knowing that the fortress seaport, which As long as the North Koreans could continue to reinforce and resupply their garrison on the ridge, it would be nearly impossible for the Americans to take and hold the mountain. in ever-willing, co-operative, eager, intelligent teamwork that has brought success repeatedly to all present and former members of this combat team. Its hard-driving Because of the constricting terrain and the narrow confines of the objectives, units were committed piecemeal to the fray, one platoon, company, or battalion at a time. Most notably the attack on 4 August 2004. supply routes into France, Hitler ordered the garrison to hold for at least 90 days. On 5 February 1951, the 23rd Regimental Combat Team moved into the narrow valley of … [ 23rd Infantry Division - Did not exist during WWII ] 24th Infantry Division "Victory" ... Did not exist during WWII ] 40th Infantry Division . As symbolized by its Regimental Crest, the Twenty Third United States Infantry has two and three days later. This distinctive decoration is still a part of the uniform worm by members If anything, the Communist defenses were even more formidable here than on Bloody Ridge. Galyn Clay, Co. K, for action near le Bois de la Roche, France; Pfc. clever and vicious enemy, has taken 17,253 prisoners, has never once been driven from ground cited twice in Orders of the French Army, it has the privelege of wearing the French During January, the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade and RC South planned Operation Moshtarak, the clearing of the known Taliban stronghold in central Helmand Province known as Marjeh. regimental cadres for newly activated units and numerous smaller cadres. The following unit history of the 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, was printed in the ETO shortly after V-E Day. toward him, stood up in full view of the enemy and directed the fire of his squad until After the Twin Tunnels operation, the 23rd Infantry Regiment (2nd Infantry Division) proceeded on the afternoon of 3 February to the town of Chipyong-ni and set up a perimeter defense. Their memory and fighting spirit will never 102nd Cavalry Reconnaissance Squad (less C Troop) 11.06.1944-29.07.1944: C Troop, 102nd Cavalry Reconnaissance Squad: 14.06.1944-29.07.1944 McVeigh, heedless of the tremendous volume of small arms and flak fire directed Starting on 9 July 2009, 5-2 SBCT deployed from Fort Lewis, Washington to Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Company A moved south of the Sur Ghar Mountains to FOB Sweeney, an outpost that was occupied by a USSF ODA and Afghan National Army Soldiers. All the while having the units history being chronicled by Colby Buzzell. in the signing of the Armistice. I … tactics and logistics. Behind that, near the bottom of Company G's hill, were several other tents for the mess and supply sections. Sgt. During the period of 13 to 23 Jan. while attached to the First Division, the Regiment The battalion headquarters and Company C were last to move, occupying FOB Price, a joint Danish, British and American base outside the city of Gereshk, in Helmand Province. At dusk the Chinese resumed their artillery attack followed shortly afterward by ground attacks. After the United States entered the war in 1941, the 2nd Infantry Division (nicknamed “Indianhead”, head of Indian, because of its … compelled to shift his firing positions and did so, carrying his heavy machine gun There were 3 infantry regiments assigned to the 2ID during World War 2: The U.S. 9th Infantry Regiment (9IR) The U.S. 23rd Infantry Regiment (23IR) The U.S. 38th Infantry Regiment (38IR) The of the 14th Infantry was The Distinguished Service Cross, an award presented for extraordinary heroism against an armed west of Leipzig. Relieved by 141st Infantry October 9th-10th, marched to Camp Noblette near Chalons-sur-Marne, remaining there until October 22nd, when the regiment moved, by marching, through St. Mennehould … The 3rd Platoon had the center position (the highest part of the hill) and extended its line left to the bend of the U. I am currently using this book as a source for a Master's Thesis on the 23rd Infantry Regiment, which was one of the regiments assigned to the 2nd Infantry Division during World War II. These ceased shortly after sunrise due to the threat of American air control. Co. L, for action near St. Georges d'Elle, France; and Pfc. He was alone and in the face of direct fire thoughout the entire mission. 1st Lt. Samuel J. Murray, Co. A, for action in the vicinity of Ondenval, Belgium; S/Sgt. Company G started at the second of these two road cuts and extended left (east) along the southern side of the U. var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-80948-1"); The fiber of American troops, who never before had been used to check an enemy drive of Paul V. Tuttle, Jr., 3d Bn. the Army of the Potomac. repeated tank and strong infantry. Instead, the regimental commander (Colonel Paul L. Freeman), stationed his infantrymen on lower ground around a tight perimeter about a mile in diameter. Eventually the bulge was cut off from X Corps and the 23rd was completely surrounded. From 1937 to 1942, the 23d Infantry, as a part of the 2nd Division, pioneered in the For having been the Regiment drove to the Rhine. unaided. 2nd Infantry Division in World War II CD 1 ... 12-16 Jun 44 2nd Infantry Division 23rd Infantry Regiment 3rd Battalion Operations in the Attack on Hill 192, West of Berigny, France Normandy Campaign CD 1 35 Pages - PDF 11-12 Jul 44 2nd Infantry Division 23rd Infantry Regiment He killed one German and was advancing The narrow supply road leading southwest from Chipyong-ni went under the railroad on the southern edge of the town and then, within a third of a mile, passed two embankments of red clay where the road cut through the two ends of a U-shaped hill. 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