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On Jan. 16, ‘1951, the famous Dixie Division was in-| ebm ducted, for the second time in a decade and the third time A ¢ . in its 35-year history, into the Army of the United States. Air Section
But the answer to all-important Guardsman question of. uy “When are we going?" was an- mre ‘Watches for swered in December. of course, staggered over a three-
| : |" " vening of December month period. AH k om te evening of Decemiermenh ped 0 AltGC Savie=~ Sih 50 lm than the| OR 21a. battle a oueny Dixie Division troops trainPresident himself, In a nation. work and the realism of combat ing for the last 14 months in|
t in which he told | g ; le Brvaleas people that the|Nighlighted the phase which was the pine hills of South Caro-|
{to come to an end Aug, 18, : . Chinese Communists’ entry Into Overhead” artillery fire, com. lina have had to keep their bined infantry-tank work, the use chins up; they never knew when
the war made necessary a decla-|
ration of national emergency, Mr) “aggressor” troops in mock they were likely to be bombed by|
Truman announced that WO] atties, individual combat pro- the “Confederate: Air Force.” & |
more Guard divisions were being o | The Confederate Air Force, as ficiency tests and battalion pro-/ v plerted. ciency tests were included in the it has been nicknapéd by the Shortly thereafter, the Depart-| nit training agenda. {men of the 31st is really the divi-
ment of Defense revealed that niont fghting was. especially Son's own ATmY aA Viation Bes
the two divisions were the AI rine with an eye to the raining missions, transporting from Minnesota-North Dakota, combat lessions of Korea. Night of VIP's (very important per-| and the 31st. The selections Were problems taught troops of the sons) and aerial reconnaissance made, the Pentagon said, on the 31st the techniques of performing arg among the main functions of superiority of organization, train-|a mission, or defending a position, the Air Section. ing and readiness. The division under cover of darkness. The use, In a typical training mission had been inspected, approved and/of flares added to the lessons a one of the Section's light L-16's recommended for induction by a further note of realism, - would search the woods high-ranking inspector from Individual proficiency toys toads in fhe outer reaches of he) higher headquarters. _ |were condgcted from June 11/{- ‘F SO po: srve . the i Ft. Jackson, 8. C., was named through June 20. With 15,570, 8 P pane
| {would swoop down low and re-| as the training site for the 31st !roops taking the tests, the al" lease a load of “bombs.” |
Division. Troops of the division| YI*iOn & over-all rating was eX-| myn, pomhs were actually sacks did mot arrive in any force until” . 5 ~ lof flour, but they did the job of about Jan. 21. By Jan. 26, all! June, 1951, will be remembered | cjg ring the roads of troops. ; Should the 31st Division ever
\ t5-0f the Unit were at Jack {by planners of the 31st Division's a al Mun Avet upon| taining program for two notable jand “over there” the section will ardval were far from heartening (reasons: (1) Launching of the assume even greater importance ‘lunit training phase of training, as the “eyes of the division” that Lived in Tents and (2) the beginning of man-/guide the division artillery’s 000 ddenl |power levies upon the unit, {shells, that tell the tanks where! ane 105 Hell Wary 50 to yi The division manpower levies 0 BO nig ine that the infantry Seer ATHY camp, waffering a began in mid-June with a call for Moves I ints J cold, damp January climate Tem. 2000 privates to be permanently Soh ’ ined in the 20-40lTansferred to an engineer avia-| Since the North African Inperatures remain mat (tion brigade at Ft. Huachaca, vasion in 1944, when light avia-| degree. range for approximately |Ariz. Before this call, division tion was first used, its main funcfour weeks. Barracks ACCOMMO- | 44 pon gtn had not been varied tion in combat has been pin-point-dations were a rarity, For the... (om heen samt long range artillery fire.
most part division personnel lived That strength had been stabilized] Where once shelling was a in tents. |after the rush of “fillers” was somewhat inaccurate and costly] Extreme weather conditions and completed. The Huachaca levy method of neutralizing the enemy, | a number of contributing factors presaged a sharp decline in-num-ilight-aviation, with a few swift such as shortages of clothing, bers. |calls and deft orders can direct bankers, an tations ou to ol {the artillery where it hurts most. | quick da ng of unit morale, ] | It takes two men to keep one| The Dixie! Division, which a few Hemant Ny) anes wit the, these light planes in the air weeks earlier had looked forward sig pyyigion personnel for the 2nd they receive daily care and to federalization with confidence/ip,,. mast Command duty were TePAir by the enlisted men of the had good reason to be discour-i,.. 40 |section. | . There has been hardly a unit| T4ving up-to the motto “Get Division officers met the Prob-| which has gone untouched by the|/them into the blue—and keep 'em lems presented in every WAY pos- levies, No one denied that the there” the section has an excelsible, but much was to be done jayjes had seriously hampered the lent safety record and was given, before the unit would begin its training program. But in spite ofthe rating of “excellent to very
Leaves for Far East
training in earnest. The prime this handicap, which at times Superior” in the 3d Army inspec: goal was the ironing out of aaimost decimated some units, tion of last spring. rash of major problems concern- training proceeded ‘on schedule. | ——————— ing settlement of the division in| |. July and August while the 3 R 1 the area. health, | Fé6iments and special units under-| ro ers The first problem was health.|yon: nit training and battalion
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With the inclement weather, plus) the development of a smok problem brought on by an almost complete reliance on coal burners for heat, a rise in the hospitalization rate was inevitable. Influenza, colds, and coughs hit every unit, ‘Fillers’ Arrive
Grappling with this, among other problems, division officers were simultaneously processing an avalanche of new men into the 8 units. On, Feb. 13, “fillers”
(tests, the division artillery moved ® to other stations
for further training. The Field Artillery battalions, under the command of Brig. Gen. James A. Lake, left for Camp Gordon, Ga. on July 18 for advanced artillery training. The 104th AAA departed for Camp Stewart, Ga., and advanced training. All artillery units returned to Ft. Jackson at the end of August.
On Sept. 1, 1951, the Dixie DIvision, with a proud record to
Round Out Another Year
Three Gadsden, Ala., broth-| ers, two of them World War IT veterans, are completing
another year with the reactivated 31st Infantry (Dixie) Division. : Lt. Elbert and Sgts. 1-C Jack
—the first to be sent to the unit ~arrived from Ft. Meade, Md. | The men, enlisted and drafted
show for its first nine months
lof federal service, was makin Mrs-Murk Cone; 137 Collier St. plans for division and regiments) FePOrted to active duty when the
from northern states primarily, combat team exercises at Camp
were assigned to the division to fill out its ranks, Thousands of such “fillers” followed the first arrivals. By February the total!
{Mackall, N. C., during the month
of October. Thess field maneuvers wound up the division's training cycle.
and L. B. Couch, sons of Mr. and
{Dixie Division was federalized last January. | It's nothing new for Mr. and| (Mrs. Couch to watch their sons /march off to war. They have seven sons, but the
number of troops with the division | Ang an
Teams Broken Up youngest, Charlie, have answered had risen to some 19,567. | The awvision haa bos hard 1. [ine call to service efther in World Beginning Mar. 5 more than War II or during the recent Ko11,000 “fillers” from the North PY Personnel levies. Officers and | tb and 10,000 guardsmen launched /MeB Who had trained together "®7l Outburst. their basic training program, |POth as National Guardsmen and € Mo. NOW with the former E Program. |. "pederal service were suddenly|Alabama-Mississippi National ahs face of the visicn oa separated. Well . trained and GUArd outfit training here, all changed Sommew 5 u 4| smoothly functioning teams in al)| WSIS outstanding athletes at Dixie spirit was the same, and|,;ity were broken up. A wealth G3dsden’s Emma Sansom High a lé-week basic training cycler combat experience and know-| SChool opened amid a heated, if 00d- now was lost with officers and| natured, renewal of the “War Be-
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DIVISION COMMANDER—Mai. Gen. A, G. Paxton
The General's Message
THE MEMBERS of the 31st Infantry “Dixie” Division are most grateful for the cordial welcome extended to them by the people of the beautiful state of Indiana, particularly by those of the progressive city of Indianapolis. On moving here from another camp and from another region of the United States, we of course, find new terrain, new surroundings and new faces. We, ourselves, are new to you. Your warm hospitality, however, dispels any feeling of strangeness in moving into our new home.
WE ARE AMERICANS united in a common bond. Camp Atterbury is a beautiful camp and the housing of our troops there is excellent. We look forward with much interest to continued favorable training and pleasant contacts with our new friends of the Hoosier State. As information, the 31st Infantry “Dixie” Division served in the Pacific Theater in World War II with distinction When the Korean situation became acute, it was inducted into the federal service on Jan. 16, 1951, and received splendid training at Ft. Jackson, S. C.
ITS ORIGINAL ELEMENTS from Alabama and Mississippi came into the service with a strength of 10,500 officers and men, the largest group of volunteer soldiers ever to enter the federal service at one time in the history of our country. Later 11,000 additional troops joined the division. These splendid young men came from all sections of the United States, many from the state of
Indiana. The morale and interest in training has been high.
» y ” » » y WHILE THE DIVISION has suffered losses of approximately one-half of its original strength by rotation to Korea, nevertheless, its training has fortunately proceeded intensively, with high standards exacted at all times. Only recently the “Dixie” Division has returned from participation in the Longhorn maneuvers in Texas where it gave a good account of itself. The Division comes to Indiana ready for combat or for any other assignment which may be given it by the Department of the Army.
THE GRACIOUS HOSPITALITY and friendly attitude extended by our Indiana friends is most highly appreciated. By good conduct and good behavior we shall always strive to merit the confidence of our friends as demon-
0 lenlisted men sent to FECOM, | It. Couch, the Dixie Division's tween the States. [Whole staffs were whisked away Special services sports officer, Hundreds of division officers and new leaders had to be un- STaduated from Emma Sansom in| and men were sent to specialized covered almost overnight. 1939 after winning 12 letters in
schools for training In various But the Defense Department
(football, basketball and baseball.
fields: In a rigorous l14-week pe-| riod the division basic training program produced desired results as civilian soldiers were molded! into = hard-core fighting outfit. Aside from the routine of training, the period was highlighted by a “Dixie Day” parade on Apr. 28. Passing in review before division officers, visiting dignitaries—8outh Carolina Gov. James ¥. Byrnes, Mississippi Gov. Fie Wright, and National Guard u Chief Raymond H. Fleming, among others, a U. 8. Senator, 18 Congressmen, and residents of nearby Columbia, 8. C,, the division demonstrated the over-all effectiveness of its training.
Gen. Ridings Takes Over Late in May, Brig. Gen. Wal-
who arrived at Ft. Jackson June 22. A graduate of West Point
and a veteran of fighting in tne Breakfast
had determined that the levies were necessary to support the ro-| tation plan for combat forces in Korea. So, by means of long hours of extra duty, utilization of all possible short cuts, and the combined efforts of officers and non-coms at all echelons, the men of the Dixie Division had dug in and were getting the job done, Following the Mackall, N. C., maneuvers, the division entered into a phase of post-cycle training which carried up until mid-March when the Dixie men flew to Texas to take part in the mammoth Army - Air maneuver, Long Horn.
Exercise) Company F, 167th Infantry Regi-
ment. Jack, mess sergeant of
Lone Star State undergoing the rigorous field work, the
Pacific in World War II, Gen. Ridings came to the 31st Division [n Bed=—That’s
from Ft. Dix, N. J.,, where he had been assistant commander of the oth Infantry Division. While in the Pacific during the war, he had been assistant commander of the famed Americal Division and later served with that unit as part of the Army of Occupation in Tokyo. On June 9, the Dixie Division marked the completion of its basic cycle, both individual and advanced, with a full-scale review before Lt. Gen. John R. Hodge, Third Army commander, and his staff. That the cycle had been successful Gen. Hodge had no doubt, after watching some 20. 000 troops march by in flawless
The division's first command inspection followed shortly thereafter, as the Third ‘Ariny staff inspection team scrutinized all elements of the 31st. The results
of the inspection led Gen. Hodge| hillbilly songwriter as a civilian to say, in a public statement, that and Then SouipAny Sommander, the unit was - “making sp Pvt. Andrew's reaction: “The Integration Stressed Army Just n't what It used to
4. ‘ v the division's training program. Northern ‘Home Sut there was to be rest for the| For the first time in its entire reary Paxton announced|history the 31st Division is now ‘ the division in above the Mason-Dixon
The New Army
Pvt. Lester B. Andrews knew it couldn't last— but it was fun while it did. The Sullivan, Tenn. soldier had breakfast in bed a few months ago (served by a lieutenant, yet); his own field tele-' phone, and a sergeant on hand to clean up his tent and otherwise make himself useful. All this attention was the result of Pvt. Andrew's being judged the “neatest appearing soldier” in a headquarters company, 167th Infantry Regiment, inspection.
for neatness of its men. Pvt. | Andrews was one of the firs to reap the reward. ge Lt. Sidney (Hard Rock) Gunter, Birmingham, Ala, a
this fuil name), are members of
After almost a month in the the uni
Dixie | ter J. Hanna was replaced as Division was again alr-litted—! deputy division commander by|this time to its new station Brig. Gen. Eugene Ware Ridings, Camp Atterbury, Ind. :
{School, he joined the Navy and at served three years.
jest of the brothers now in serv-
The 31st Division is a stickier |
Behind the Front
The Army's need for a large §
After playing fullback at Auburn] in 1940-41, Elbert joined the Navy and served over three and a half years. Thirty-one months of this hitch was spent in the Pacific Theater as an athletic specialist, After his discharge from the Navy, Lt. Couch graduated from Jacksonville State College and
served as an assistant coach at|
Jacksonville High School in 1947. A year later he signed at Roanoke (Ala.) High Schoo! as physical education director and football, baseball and basketball coach. Sgts. 1-C Jack and L. B. (that's
{hitch in the service. After attending Emma Sansom High
Awarded Sports Jacket Sgt. L. B. Couch, 22, the young-
ice, this week was awarded a leather sport jacket by Maj. Gen.
A. G. Paxton, division command-| |
er, for his work with the Ft. Jackson post football team. L .B. was a defensive stalwart on the Golden-Arrow Dixie grid team which steam-rollered over 10 regular season opponents before losing to Carswell Air Force Base in a post-season Service Bowl tiff in Columbia, 8. C. L. B. graduated from Emma Sansom in 1947 after starring in football; basketball and baseball.
ball gave him the experience needed to make the University of Alabama grid squad at center, He still has one year of eligibility oft,
number of personnel is illustrated
the 31st. When a division is committed in combat only 27 of more than 100 company-sized units are actually assigned the mission of taking and holding terrain from the enemy. The remaining units operate in a supporting role to these fighting elements. :
Greenville ‘Boys’
‘Maj. Gen. A. G. Paxton, commander of the Dixie Division, and Brig. Gen. James A. Lake, Di-
t, is serving his second |
Five years of high school foot-| |
within an infantry division like] |
strated by your cordial expressions of friendship. : A. G. PAXTON,
"You All
Who said: never meet?” That's hogwash in the Dixie
“The {twain shall
Understandably, the poet-
{lar - reference to the social and ‘economic coupling of Western {and Oriental peoples. : | However, a similar and literal assertion bearing on the North-
{South relations in the 31st Divi-!
sion would be as plausible “as multi-sliced Swiss cheese, | The 31st Division today is an ‘almost equal composite of Northerners and Southerners with a generous representation of Westerners combined.
Good Outfit | Though the current cosmopoli-
taken some of the luster from several units once typically southfern as hominy grits and collard
Division. |
orful
! From the day the 31st
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History
Infantry Division was first
‘organized at-Camp Wheeler, Ga: in 1917, civilians and other
unit, sending thousands of men] and many complete units into the| {front lines of the American Ex-| peditionary Forces.
{ Ordered to Camp Blanding, Fla. |
soldier Kipling here made partieu-|!n November 1940, the Dixie Divi-
{sion, under the command of Maj.
|Gen, John C. Persons, Birming-
(ham, Ala., was again composed of troops from Alabama, Missis-| sippi, Florida and Louisiana.
Many Maneuvers
Dixie Division troops participated in the Louisiana Maneuvers lof 1941, 1942 and 1943; the Caro[lina Maneuvers of 1941; four {series of divisional prohlems; am-| |phibious training and a period of|
motintain training. Each tifne the!
division would reach a stage of {combat readiness, it was directed jcadres of its personnel to supple-| iment other units or to form new | |ones. | Enough officers were trained
|groups were calling it the ‘Dixie Division.’ Certainly there * § was no better name for a unit whose regiments and artillery Or Youse All | came from Alabama, Mississippi, |
| puri and Louisiana. {
. World War I the Dixie Sure Enough |, Dus Nor war ne ooxe
Civil War days. Its parent units include militia groups such as the Mobile Rifles, Mobile Cadets, Montgomery True Blues, Tuskegee Grays, and the Conecuh Home Guards. Col. Leslie L. Evans of Canton, Mississippi, is commander of the 155th and Lt. Col. Ernest W, Collins of Tuscaloosa, Ala, is commander of the 167th.
Artillery Commander Brig. Gen, James Albert Lake
lof Greenville, Miss. is commander
of the 31st Division Artillery, composed of the 114th, 117th, 932d,
jand 933d Field Artillery Bat-
talions and the 104th Anti-Aire craft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. The 114th is a Mississippi unit, Organized in 1926, it saw service with the division during World War II at Maffin Bay, Wake
ta NRL Hie Sue a has time and again to send units or Island and Moratai Island in the
New Guineas, and at Mindanao in the Philippines? Alabama’s 117 Field Artillery Battalion is a veteran of World
greens, it has by no means q,uring this three-year period to War I and II service with the
lessened the efficiency of the fighting units,
Rather than adverse, the in-
[completely staff five combat divi-| {sions and enough enlisted men to | staff’ five full strength infantry termingling has become a definite divisions.—Over
1600 enlisted
division. Like the 114th, it saw service in New Guineas and Philippines during World War II, Organized in 1941 as an inde-
advantage for those soldiers men were sent to Officers Candi- pendent battalion, the 932d Field
boundaries at the Masonest of the Mis-
whose. home [roughly separat {Dixon Line and sissippi.
The Dixie Division, originally it was sent green “fillers” as re- Central European campaigns dur= ~ training was cycle would start all over again.
'a National Guard division from Alabama and Mississippi, recalled to federal service in
|commissions. | Each time the division was stripped of its trained personnel
placements, and the
|Finally, in December of 1943, the
were date School and received their Artillery from Mississippi, was jawarded battle honors for the Naples-Foggia,
Rome-Arno, Ar-dennes-Alsace, Rhineland and ing World War II. The 932d Field Artillery was first organized in World
|January, 1951, answering its coun- division was alerted for overseas War I as part of the Dixie Ditry’s call for the third time in it8imovement. The following month vision. It entered federal service
35-year history. : | From Maine to Florida and from Maryland to California, {about 10,000 recruits were planed {and railed to Ft. Jackson, 8. C, {shortly after to fill the under{manned ranks of the 31st. Flew to Texas Through the months there(after the combined aggregation {whipped through basic and advanced training, held regimental {combat team exercises at Camp | Mackall, N. C., and actually flew
{into its first major maneuver, Sansapor, | Exercise Long Horn at Ft. HoodsA sia, and Mapia Islands.
| Tex. | During this time, unobstructed {interchange of practices, cus|toms, habits and traditions have |endowed the soldiers with a richer |geographical and historical | knowledge of their own country. | Admittedly, there are intermit{tent squabbles “between the “Yankee” and “Rebel” factions. Most of these incidents are jampacked with wholesome humor. At Ft. Jackson one time, a band of northerners, bedded down together in the same tent, found themselves with a 12th tentmate from Washington, immediately dubbed him “Abe Lincoln” and swore a solemn oath to protect him from the fate of the martyred Civil War president. At last reports, “Lincoln” was alive and hearty. “Yankee Doodle”
Englanders gathered one night in the area of the 731st Ordnance Company, formed in a column of
to the strains of “Yankee Doodle.”
mess, mail and fatigue calls. One of the favorite stories in the Dixie Division is about the New York City draftee who became annoyed with a languid | Army baseball game and hol{lered: “Play ball, y'all.” Then he looked around sheep|ishly and corrected himself: “I. mean youse guys.”
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Subtle retribution was in order |
South Pacific.
{ments (the 124th replacing the 154th) and the 144th, 116th,
‘Battalions, guished itself in the New Guinea, Netherlands East Indies and {Philippine Islands campaigns. { Divisional units engaged in bat{tles. at Aitape, Wadke-Sarmi, Mindanao, Moratai,
Supporting Units
Supporting: units with the di(vision in the Pacific were the {106th Engineer Combat Battalion, the 106th Medical Battalion, the 731st Ordnance Company, and others, all of which are '¢till part of the division. ; 3 Disbanded in December of 1945, following its return from overseas, the Dixie Division was reorganized as an Alabama-Missis-sippi National Guard unit in 1948. It remained a Guard unit until January of 1950, when, for the
D. C. Theyithird time in its 35-year history,
{the division was ordered back {Into federal service, under the lcommand of Maj. Gen. A. G. Paxton, Greenville, Miss. Although the division history {did not begin until World War I, {two of the three regiments now
histories, dating as far back as 11798, when the 155th Infantry Regiment, seventh oldest in the
|sissippi) Militia. . Sabine Campaign o
was mobilized for the Burr Insurrection.
War. In 1846, it took part in It e Mexican War, and then, {the first Mississippi Volunteers, it
{participated in the War Between!
{the States. When first called on for service in World War I, it (was stationed on the Mexican (border, and soon after, was re-
|the first units of the division left| (Hampton Roads, Virginia, for the!
] ri sr ppseitvarded battle [ “Composed of fhe 154th, 155th, Naples-Foggia, Rome-Arno, {167th, and 124th Infantry Regi- Southern France, Rhineland, and
Central European campaigns. It
with the division in 1940, but was transferred in 1942. The unit was stars for the
was reassigned to the division
. 117th, and 149th Field Artillery following the war. the division ~distin-| Paci
Pacific Honors The 104th Anti-Aircraft AW
| Battalion is. also -a veteran of | Pacific battle service.
It won honors in the New Guinea, East Indies, and Papua campaigns. To date the Dixie Division has completed several training cycles at Ft. Jackson, 8. C. It has engaged in regimental combat team and division exercises at Camp Mackall, N. C, Now the division has just completed Exercise Long Horn, in Ft. Hood, Texas—a joint Army-Air Forge maneuver. The Dixie Division reported to Camp | Atterbury, Ind., from Exercise Long Horn, for a permanent change of stations.
Gl Travel Office Gives
Real Service
| Hundreds of 31st Infantry | (Dixie) Division men have
A more daring group of New in the division have much older been furnished with tickets
and reservations to home and vacation spots since the Dixie
threes, and marched jauntily United States Army, was organ-/P!Vision Leave Travel Office through the lines of Rebel tents ized as the Adams County (Mis- °Pened months ago. | The rail {handled thousands of reserva--[tions for the Dixie troops who On the following weeks the! In” 1806, the 155th made the have managed to get passes and Southerners sounded “Dixie” at Sabine Campaign, and in 1807 it/leaves since ‘joining the former {Alabama - Mississippi National
It fought in the War| Guard outfit. of 1812 and the Creek Indian | —
travel clerks have
Harold L. Bohnett and James {H. McFarlane handled the arrangements for rail travel. As many as 300 to 350 inquiries a day have confronted the four soldiers in the office, and they estimate that they have answered
the questions of more than 8000
organized and served overseas MeN since they opened their office with the 39th Division. under the direction of the 31st Col. Jefferson Davis, later Con- Division Transportation officer, federate President, gave the 155th UP Wards of $5000 has been its motto, “Stand Fast.” In 1846, handled in a single day. when other troops were beginning| For those desiring air travel to ‘fall back in the battle of Ffc. Ermel C. Wilkinson made Buena Vista in the Mexican War, the arrangements, He also has soldiers from the Magnolia state accommodated hundreds of Dixie obeyed the order of their com-| troops since the office opened.
Mander, Col; Davis, to “stand| Bus transportation is taken ’ ssissippians. |care of by Pfc. Justin V. Ripple, In Civil War +4He has arranged for single bus
.|+ From Alabama c tickets or charter busses if Infantry Regiment, Its earth enough men request bus travel to 1836 was followed by participa. "3 same general locale. tion in the Civil War. as the 4th| _L Ckets anll reservations are Alabama Infantry. Also stationed|USUallY available within “several on the Mexican Border in 1917, 02Y8 After a request is made by it was ordered to join the 424 the soldier. (Rainbow) Division in New York.!
The regiment's overseas service Gol i with the Rainbow Division was in| den Gridders
the Sth Infantry Brigade, com Twenty Dixie Division soldiers, manded by Douglas Mac Arthur, | MM! former high school and cole The 167th was awarded battle|\8® 8Tid stars, played for tha honors for its World War I serv.|T2Ck Golden Arrow-Dixie foots ies in the Champagne-Marne. ball team which cwept over 10 Meuse-Argonne St. Mihiel, ang|re8ular Season opponents befory Lorraine campaigns. ; {losing to Carswell Air Force in The 200th Infantry Regiment {the Service Bowl tilt at Columscommanded by Col. George Wha 5 0 Haas of Mobile, Ala, is the Eh youngest of the 31st Division's Hoosiers, Too three regiments. Although it was| It is estimated that more than Organized at Mobile in 1946, the/600 “Hoosiers” are now assigned h can trace its history to pre-to the Dixie Division.
Battle Credits of the 31st
French and Indian War of 1763’ War of 1812 Mexican War of 1846 Battle of Buena Vista. Civil War Principle engagements—Spottsylvania, Wilderness, Gettysburg, Manassas, Sharpsburg, Petersburg, Fredericksburg, Kentucky, Tennessee, V icksburg, Seven Pines, Shenandoah, Appomatox, Spanish-American War of 13898 Mexican Border Campaign Service at Nogales, Arizona. ok > +» World War 1 L e Lorraine Sector, Champaigne-Marne, AisneMarne, St. Michiel, Meuse-Argonne, hr b : World War II New Guinea, Morotai, Southern Phillipines. Korean War of 1950 Federal Service,
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