136th Infantry Regiment (United States)

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136th Infantry Regiment
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Coat of arms
Active1861-1919
1942-1946
1946-present
CountryFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Branch Minnesota Army National Guard
TypeInfantry
SizeRegiment
Motto(s)Rex Montis (King of the Hill)
Insignia
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U.S. Infantry Regiments
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135th Infantry Regiment 137th Infantry Regiment

The 136th Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment in the Army National Guard.

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Lineage

Organized 22 July 1861 at Fort Snelling as 2nd Regiment Minnesota Volunteer Infantry.

(Active or Volunteer element of Minnesota enrolled Militia, redesignated Minnesota National Guard by act of legislature 1 March 1871)

Distinctive unit insignia

A Silver color and enamel device 1 18 inches (2.9 cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned: Azure, a bear cat rampant Argent between in fess a five-pointed mullet and a gopher sejant Or; on a chief of the second a saltire couped of the field. Attached below the shield a Silver scroll inscribed "REX MONTIS" in Blue letters.

The consolidation of the former 217th Coast Artillery Regiment with the 136th Infantry Regiment is depicted in the design: The bear cat is from the coat of arms of the 136th Infantry Regiment, World War II; the star and gopher are from the coats of arms of the former 205th and 206th Infantry Regiments, predecessors of the 217th Coast Artillery Regiment. The chief, bearing a saltire, is incorporated in this coat of arms to symbolize the Civil War service of the original 136th Infantry Regiment. The shield is blue for Infantry.

The distinctive unit insignia was approved on 14 November 1951.

Coat of arms

Campaign streamers

Civil War

World War I

World War II

Decorations

following units entitled to the DUC streamer embroidered LUZON

following units entitled to the MUC streamer embroidered ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER

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