93rd Infantry Brigade (United States)

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The 93rd Infantry Brigade was a formation of the United States Army. It was part of the New York Army National Guard from 1926 to 1940. [1] It controlled several separate infantry regiments of the New York National Guard in the interwar period between the First and Second World Wars.

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The brigade was constituted in April 1926 and made part of the New York National Guard. Its headquarters was organized in New York City and federally recognized on 2 April 1928, and assigned to the First Army on 1 October 1933. It conducted annual summer training most years at Camp Smith, Peekskill New York, from 1927 to 1939. On 1 September 1940, the headquarters was reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 71st Field Artillery Brigade. [1]

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Part of the NY ARNG, the inactive HQ II Corps Artillery carries the traditions of the 71st FA Brigade.

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  1. 1 2 Steven E. Clay, U.S. Army Order of Battle 1919-1941, p. 328, Fort Leavenworth: Combat Studies Institute Press, 2010

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