69th Infantry Regiment (United States)

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69th Infantry Regiment (Light Tank)
69 INFANTRY REG-COA.jpg
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Active1918-1919
1934-1944
CountryFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
BranchFlag of the United States Army.svg  United States Army
Type Infantry
SizeRegiment
Motto(s)Conjunctis Viribus (With united powers)
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Distinctive unit insignia 69 INFANTRY REG-DUI.jpg

The 69th Infantry Regiment was a United States Regular Army (United States) infantry regiment that never saw combat.

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The regiment was constituted 9 July 1918 in the Regular Army as the 69th Infantry and assigned to the 10th Infantry Division; Organized 10 August 1918 at Camp Funston, Kansas from personnel of the 41st Infantry. Relieved from the 10th Division and demobilized 13 February 1919 at Camp Funston.

The regiment was constituted in the Regular Army as the 69th Infantry Regiment (Light Tanks) on 1 October 1933 and allotted to the Seventh Corps Area. It was organized by October 1934 with Organized Reserve personnel as a "Regular Army Inactive" unit with headquarters at Minneapolis, Minnesota. It typically conducted inactive training period meetings at the University of Minnesota's ROTC armory or the Federal Building in Minneapolis, and conducted summer training at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. It also conducted infantry Citizens Military Training Camps some years at Fort Snelling as an alternate form of summer training. The regiment was disbanded on 11 November 1944. [1]

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References

  1. Clay, Steven E. (2010). U.S. Army Order of Battle, 1919-1941, Volume 1. The Arms: Major Commands and Infantry Organizations, 1919-41. Fort Leavenworth, KS: Combat Studies Institute Press. p. 405.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .