Lineage and Honors Information as of 3 October 2011
133d INFANTRY REGIMENT
(FIRST IOWA)
Organized in the Iowa volunteer militia during 1861 as follows:
2d Regiment organized 20 April-6 May 1861 in southeastern Iowa as the 2d Regiment, Iowa Volunteer Infantry
3d Regiment organized 18 May-1 June 1861 in northeastern Iowa as the 3d Regiment, Iowa Volunteer Infantry
2d and 3d Regiments, Iowa Volunteer Infantry, mustered into Federal service 27-28 May and 8-10 June 1861, respectively, at Keokuk
2d and 3d Regiments consolidated 4 November 1864 and consolidated unit designated as the 2d Regiment, Iowa Volunteer Infantry
Mustered out of Federal service 12 July 1865 at Louisville, Kentucky
Reorganized 1876-1878 in Iowa as independent companies of volunteer militia
(Iowa State Militia redesignated 3 April 1878 as the Iowa National Guard)
Companies in central Iowa consolidated 11 September 1879 to form the 8th Infantry Regiment
Redesignated 1 October 1881 as the 1st Infantry Regiment
Mustered into Federal service 2 June 1898 at Des Moines as the 49th Iowa Volunteer Infantry; mustered out of Federal service 13 May 1899 at Savannah, Georgia
Reorganized 30 November 1902 in the Iowa National Guard as the 53d Infantry Regiment
Redesignated 3 July 1915 as the 1st Infantry Regiment
Mustered into Federal service 26 June 1916 at Camp Dodge, Iowa; mustered out of Federal service 15 January 1917 at Des Moines
Called into Federal service 25 March 1917; drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917
Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1917 as the 133d Infantry and assigned to the 34th Division
Demobilized 18 February 1919 at Camp Grant, Illinois
Former 1st Infantry consolidated with the 4th Infantry Regiment (organized 1918-1919 in the Iowa State Guard); consolidated unit reorganized and Federally recognized 1 April 1921 in the Iowa National Guard as the 134th Infantry with Headquarters at Des Moines
Redesignated 11 July 1921 as the 133d Infantry and assigned to the 34th Division (later redesignated as the 34th Infantry Division)
(Location of Headquarters changed 22 September 1927 to Sioux City; on 19 July 1940 to Waterloo)
Inducted into Federal service 10 February 1941 at home stations
Inactivated 3 November 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia
Reorganized and Federally recognized 25 November 1946 in the Iowa National Guard as the 133d Infantry with Headquarters at Cedar Falls
Reorganized 1 May 1959 as a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System to consist of the 1st and 2d Battle Groups, elements of the 34th Infantry Division
Reorganized 1 March 1963 to consist of the 1st Battle Group and the 2d Battalion
Reorganized 1 March 1964 to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions
Reorganized 1 January 1968 to consist of the 1st and 2d Battalions, elements of the 47th Infantry Division
(2d Battalion ordered into active Federal service 13 May 1968 at home stations; released from active Federal service 13 December 1969 and reverted to state control)
Withdrawn 1 May 1989 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System
Reorganized 10 February 1991 to consist of the 1st and 2d Battalions, elements of the 34th Infantry Division
Reorganized 1 September 1997 to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 34th Infantry Division
Ordered into active Federal service 15 August 2003 at home stations; released from active Federal service 9 May 2004 and reverted to state control
Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 133d Infantry Regiment
Ordered into active Federal service 5 October 2005 at home stations; released from active Federal service 29 September 2007 and reverted to state control
Ordered into active Federal service 2 August 2010 at home stations
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
Civil War
Henry and Donelson
Mississippi River
Shiloh
Vicksburg
Atlanta
Missouri 1861
Tennessee 1862
Mississippi 1862
Mississippi 1863
Georgia 1864
World War I
Streamer without inscription
World War II
Tunisia
Naples–Foggia
Anzio
Rome–Arno
North Apennines
Po Valley
War on Terrorism
Iraq:
National Resolution
Iraqi Surge
DECORATIONS
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2006-2007
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered BELVEDERE
Company A (Dubuque), 1st Battalion, additionally entitled to:
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered NORTHERN ITALY
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History