It was returned to the 41st Division on May 1, 1921. [4], Also known as Pancho Villa Expedition Commanded by Joseph Woodruff, they defended the right flank of American forces when the British attacked Savannah. 1943 Buchanan, David H. Major: 1943 Burch, Earl E. 1943 Cashman, John F. 1943 Cervantez, Jose G. * 1943 Colvin, Ewing C. Captain (Infantry) 14-15 July 1918: near Fossoy, France: 161st Infantry: Cummins, Orville J. There are six companies, Alpha "Gators", Bravo "Bulldogs", Charlie "Roughnecks" (lead the way), Delta "Dragons… Among them were ten companies of the 1st and 2nd Infantry Battalions of the Washington National Guard mustered into federal service 6–13 May 1898 at Tacoma. On 25 August, the 161st and the 27th linked up and fighting on New Georgia ended. The First Washington—now designated the 2nd Infantry Regiment, Washington National Guard—was mustered into federal service on 28 June 1916 at Camp Elmer M. Brown, WA and was dispatched to Calexico, CA for duty. The people didn’t change, only the flag they gathered under. One hundred and sixty seven National Guard regiments were renumbered. The Pennsylvania Militia often fought in conjunction with General Washington and the Continental Army along the Delaware River. Daniella Segura 1,324 views. The 161st turned back counterattacking Japanese tanks and infantry as they secured the village on 18 January. Constituted and organized 9 March 1886 and 7 April 1887 from existing companies in the Washington Territorial Militia as the 1st (west of Cascade Mountains) and 2d (east of Cascade Mountains) Regiments of Infantry, (Active militia Washington Territory redesignated Washington [Territory] National Guard 28 January 1888), 2d Infantry Regiment reorganized and redesignated 23 July 1895 as 1st Infantry Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment reorganized and redesignated in 1897 as 2d Infantry Battalion, Elements of 1st and 2d Infantry Battalions consolidated in part, redesignated 1st Regiment, Washington Volunteer Infantry, and mustered into Federal service 6–13 May 1898 at Tacoma; mustered out 1 November 1899 at San Francisco, California, Remaining companies of 1st and 2d Infantry Battalions reorganized as Independent Battalion, Washington Volunteer Infantry, and mustered into Federal service 2–15 July 1898 at Tacoma; mustered out 28 October 1898 at Vancouver Barracks, Elements reorganized and consolidated with 1st and 2d Infantry Regiments, Washington National Guard. Patch: Unit Details: Strength Regiment Type Ground Unit Existing/Disbanded Existing Year 1900 - Present Description. The 161st was assigned to the 41st Division on 19 September 1917. In the two-hour battle Cannon Company destroyed nine enemy tanks as Company E, while sustaining fifty percent casualties in close combat, turned back the Japanese attack. [1] The 161st was placed in division reserve minus the 1st Battalion, which was attached to the 27th as a reserve. Contact Us. It once consisted of 4 battalions. It was in the 161st that Kinsey … B. Lyon Company, 1912. 161st Infantry Regiment. Sometimes you just get lucky. This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Army Institute of Heraldry website http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/Heraldry/ArmyDUISSICOA/ArmyHeraldryUnit.aspx?u=. The 27th Infantry encountered only light resistance in taking their objective but the 161st ran into stiff resistance as they attacked the village of Binalonan. On 23 July 1942, with the inactivation of the 24th Infantry Division's 299th Infantry Regiment, whose ranks had been depleted through the transfer of many Nisei (second-generation Japanese-Americans) in order to form the 100th Infantry Battalion, the War Department reassigned the 25th Infantry Division's 298th Infantry Regiment to the 24th Infantry Division, and replaced it on 3 August 1942 with the 161st Infantry. The 161st regiment was organized at Elmira, Chemung County August to October, 1862 under Colonel Gabriel T. Harrower. The 113th Infantry Regiment is an Infantry regiment of the New Jersey Army National Guard. The 161st was organised as a standard triangular infantry division with 3 Infantry Regiments, with 9 battalions and 1 Artillery Regiment plus supporting units. against the 161st Infantry, and had likewise sent most of its infantry against that American regiment. The 1st Battalion, 161st along with the other elements of the 81st Armor Brigade was called to federal service in 2003 and arrived in Iraq in April 2004. The regiment then moved on to attack Horseshoe Hill, which had the same type of defenses as Bartley's Ridge. 1st Battalion, 161st Infantry Regiment is part of the Washington National Guard and falls under the 81st Brigade Combat Team. Its 1st Battalion is a combined arms element of the 81st Stryker Brigade Combat Team consisting of two infantry and two armored companies, with its headquarters in Spokane, Washingto. The Pocket, estimated to hold 500 enemy troops, was a dense jungle redoubt positioned between a steep hillside and a high cliff over the Matanikau River. By this date the operation to secure the central plains of Luzon was complete. He served his country well looking for Pancho Villa with Company E during the Pancho Villa Expedition, he went to France to fight the Great War - WWI, and he ran CCC Camps up in Montana for a time too! The 1st Battalion of the 61st Infantry Regiment is one of the Basic Combat Training (BCT) units within the US Army. Yakima Training Center: The 161st Infantry Regiment - Duration: 2:06. ONE PATCH AS PICTURED AND DESCRIBED ABOVE. The Japanese force consisted of some 1,000 troops supported by approximately forty tanks. H. Emory Waite Hunt Sr 28 May 1895 Lone Oak, Meriwether, Georgia, USA - 13 Mar 1961 [4]. In July 1917 the War Department set up a new numbering system for infantry regiments with National Guard regiments to be numbered 101-300. The 25th Division was given the mission of clearing Highway 5 from San Jose north to the village of Digdig. The 161st was assigned to the 41st Division on 19 September 1917. The regiment was cited for valorous conduct at the Battle of Santa Ana. Elements of the Filipino army, who wanted independence and resented the seizure of their islands by the United States, began hostilities against U.S. Army units stationed in the Philippines. 161st Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry; Active: October 27, 1862–November 12, 1865: Disbanded: November 12, 1865: Country United States: Allegiance: Union: Branch: Infantry: Size: Regiment: Engagements: American Civil War. For their extreme gallantry both Company E and Cannon Company were each awarded a Presidential Unit Citation. The 1st Battalion of the 161st assaulted Norton's Knob, west of Highway 5 on 15 March 1945. The 161st Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment of the United States Army and the Washington Army National Guard.wikipedia. The 161st, probing west of the Bairoko River and on to Bairoko Harbor, found the Japanese had fled before them. The heavy undergrowth masked the well-camouflaged Japanese positions, both on the ground and high in the trees, and made dislodging them a slow, grim task. 1st Battalion, 161st Infantry Regiment is part of the Washington National Guard and falls under the 81st Brigade Combat Team. 19th Special Forces and 161st Infantry Regiment Joint Training - Duration: 2:15. Seizing the high ground northwest of the town on 22 January, the regiment found itself in a fierce fight with a determined foe. The Japanese forces were well dug in and determined to hold San Manual. The 161st next occupied the recently abandoned village of San Isidro on 6 February. Cleo E. Brundage. The Japanese put up only minimal resistance and Highway 5 to Digdig was secure by 5 March 1945. The 161st was placed in division reserve minus the 1st Battalion, which was attached to the 27th as a reserve. The I Corps was directed to turn north into the mountains of northern Luzon to attack the main Japanese stronghold. They were ordered home and mustered out September 2, 1864. While in reserve manning defensive positions around the airstrip, named Henderson Airfield, the 161st was also handed the assignment of eliminating a concentration of Japanese troops in what became known as the Matanikau River Pocket. On 25 January the 2nd Battalion resumed its advance into the town led by Cannon Company which destroyed some twenty dug-in enemy tanks and four artillery pieces and some 150 enemy soldiers while the 2nd Battalion inflicted additional heavy casualties on the retreating Japanese forces as the 161st completed the liberation of San Manuel by 28 January. Units of the regiment served with the 26th Infantry Division during World War II and the Cold War. The Battle of Belete Pass was to prove to be one of the toughest fights the 25th Division faced in WW II, with all three regimental combat teams seeing heavy combat. But with the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki the war ended, and soldiers of the 25th could land on Japanese soil without taking casualties. For its service the regiment was awarded the World War I campaign streamer without inscription. History of the 3-161st Infantry Battalion     Social Media . The 161st, along with the rest of the 25th Infantry Division, was alerted for shipment to Guadalcanal to reinforce the American forces already there and to provide sufficient combat strength to allow the US XIV Corps to launch offensive operations to destroy the Japanese forces on the island. There the 161 faced stiff opposition from the Mahdi Army, led by Shiite Cleric Al Sadr. At the same time the 3rd Battalion of the 161st attacked Highley Ridge north of Norton Ridge. A heavily defended Japanese position dug into caves on Crump's Hill stopped the battalion's advance. 161st, 223d, and 224th Armored Infantry Battalions, consolidated, reorganized, and redesignated 1 July 1959 as the 160th Infantry, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System, to consist of the 1st, 2d, 3d, and 4th Rifle Battalions, elements of the 40th Armored Division The 197th Field Artillery Brigade is a field artillery brigade of the New Hampshire Army National Guard. Angelo Viale. Three days later, on 9 May, the 161st linked up with the 27th Infantry at Balete Pass, opening the pass for the advance to the town of Santa Fe. [5] The 1st Battalion completed its tour of duty and returned home in April 2005. 161st Lands New Georgia. The 61st "Roadrunners" are located in Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Plans called for the division to take part in the invasion of Japan and exercises for the assault landings were undertaken. 1st Battalion, 161st Infantry Regiment . In the fall the division became proficient in conducting amphibious landings in preparation for its participation in the liberation of the Philippine Islands. 11 talking about this. Facebook. Reinforced by the 2nd Battalion, the 3rd Battalion then eliminated the last Japanese resistance. They were part of the force that occupied Fort Pulaski that opened the American Civil War, and served in and around Savannah and Charleston South Carolina before joining General Johnston's forces in Columbia, South Carolina. Here the division was brought back to full strength and in February 1944 it sailed to New Caledonia for intensive training. Email * When the 41st Infantry Division was ordered into federal service on 16 September 1940, it was still configured as a square division with two brigades each of two infantry regiments, of which one was the 161st Infantry. Among them were ten companies of the 1st and 2nd Infantry Battalions of the Washington National Guard mustered into federal service 6–13 May 1898 at Tacoma. The 161st Regiment, Ohio Infantry (National Guard) was organized at Camp Chase, Ohio, and mustered in May 9, 1864. Sent overseas to France, the 161st was not committed to combat. Between 5 June and 2 July 1941 the 41st participated in the IX Corps maneuvers at Hunter Liggett Military Reservation, California. 30th Infantry Division 59th Inf Bde 118th 121st 60th Inf Bde … Men of the 161st Infantry Regiment Darcy’s Great Grandfather, Lloyd Yerkes Turnell Sr., was a military man, good and true. After clearing Crump's Hill the 161st Infantry assaulted the Kembu Plateau west of Balete Pass in support of the overall drive to seize the pass. Detachment 1. 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