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Lineage and Honors Information as of 21 October 2010

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124th INFANTRY REGIMENT
(FIRST FLORIDA)

 

Organized 1884-1892 in the Florida State Troops from new and existing companies as the 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, and 5th Battalions of Infantry with Headquarters at Jacksonville, Ocala, Pensacola, Gainesville, and Arcadia, respectively

Battalions consolidated, reorganized, and mustered into Federal service 20-25 May 1898 at Tampa as the 1st Florida Volunteer Infantry; eight companies mustered out 3 December 1898 at Tampa and four companies mustered out 27 January 1899 at Huntsville, Alabama

Expanded and reorganized 17-18 August 1899 in the Florida State Troops as the 1st and 2d Regiments of Infantry

(Florida State Troops redesignated in 1909 as the Florida National Guard)

2d Regiment of Infantry mustered into Federal service in June 1916; mustered out of Federal service in March 1917

1st and 2d Regiments of Infantry drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917 at Jacksonville and Wauchula, respectively

Consolidated, reorganized, and redesignated 1 October 1917 as the 124th Infantry and assigned to the 31st Division

Demobilized 14 January 1919 at Camp Gordon, Georgia

Reconstituted and reorganized 1920-1921 in the Florida National Guard as the 1st Infantry; Headquarters Federally recognized 4 June 1921 at Jacksonville

Redesignated 19 December 1921 as the 154th Infantry and assigned to the 39th Division

Redesignated 1 July 1923 as the 124th Infantry; concurrently relieved from assignment to the 39th Division and assigned to the 31st Division

Inducted into Federal service 25 November 1940 at home stations

Relieved 15 December 1941 from assignment to the 31st Division

Inactivated 2 March 1944 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina

Assigned 5 April 1944 to the 31st Infantry Division and activated in Australia with personnel from the 154th Infantry (constituted and activated in 1942 in the Army of the United States)

Inactivated 16 December 1945 at Camp Stoneman, California

Reorganized, and Federally recognized 15 February 1946 in the Florida National Guard as the 124th Infantry with Headquarters at Jacksonville

Relieved 13 June 1946 from assignment to the 31st Infantry Division

Assigned 5 July 1946 to the 48th Infantry Division

Regiment broken up 1 November 1955 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:

Headquarters and 1st Battalion as the 124th Armored Infantry Battalion and assigned to the 48th Armored Division

3d Battalion as the 154th Armored Infantry Battalion and assigned to the 48th Armored Division

(Remainder of regiment – hereafter separate lineages)

124th and 154th Armored Infantry Battalions consolidated 15 April 1959 to form the 124th Infantry, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System, to consist of the 1st and 2d Armored Rifle Battalions, elements of the 48th Armored Division

Reorganized 15 February 1963 to consist of the 1st and 2d Battalions, elements of the 53d Separate Infantry Brigade

Reorganized 1 March 1964 to consist of the 1st Battalion and the 2d Battalion, an element of the 53d Armored Brigade

Reorganized 20 January 1968 to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 53d Infantry Brigade

Withdrawn 1 May 1989 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System with Headquarters at Miami

Ordered into active Federal service 2 January – 16 January 2003 at home stations; released 11 April – 21 May 2004 from active Federal service and reverted to state control

Reorganized 1 September 2007 to consist of the 1st and 2d Battalions, elements of the 53d Infantry Brigade Combat Team (3d Battalion hereafter separate lineage)

 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

                                                World War I
                                                Streamer without Inscription

                                                World War II
                                                New Guinea (with arrowhead)
                                                Southern Philippines
           
                                                War on Terrorism
                                                Afghanistan:
                                                Consolidation I

Company B (Cocoa), 1st Battalion, additionally entitled to:

                                                Southwest Asia
                                                Defense of Saudi Arabia
                                                Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
                                                Cease-Fire

 

DECORATIONS

Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered AL ANBAR PROVINCE 2003

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO
4 JULY 1945

Headquarters Company (Orlando), 2d Battalion, additionally entitled to:

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered NEW GUINEA

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2002-2003

Company D (Eustis), 2d Battalion, additionally entitled to:

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ
OCT 2006-OCT 2007

 

 

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:

 

 

PETER D. CREAN
COL, LG
Director, Center of Military History


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