Lineage and Honors Information as of 27 May 2011
339th REGIMENT
(POLAR BEAR)
Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 339th Infantry and assigned to the 85th Division
Organized 31 August 1917 at Camp Custer, Michigan
Demobilized 18-22 July 1919 at Camp Custer, Michigan
Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 339th Infantry and assigned to the 85th Division (later redesignated as the 85th Infantry Division)
Organized in November 1921 with Headquarters at Detroit, Michigan
Ordered into active military service 15 May 1942 and reorganized at Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Disbanded 25 August 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia
Reconstituted 6 November 1946 in the Organized Reserves as the 339th Infantry and assigned to the 85th Infantry Division
Activated 31 January 1947 with Headquarters at Milwaukee, Wisconsin
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Relieved 1 March 1952 from assignment to the 85th Infantry Division and assigned to the 84th Infantry Division
Reorganized and redesignated 18 May 1959 as the 339th Regiment, an element of the 84th Division (Training), with Headquarters at Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Reorganized 31 January 1968 to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 84th Division (Training)
Reorganized 16 April 1995 to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 84th Division (Institutional Training)
Reorganized 16 September 1995 to consist of the 1st and 2d Battalions, elements of the 84th Division (Institutional Training)
Reorganized 16 November 1996 to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 84th Division (Institutional Training)
Elements ordered into active military service since 2003 in support of the War on Terrorism
Reorganized 1 October 2004 to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 100th Division (Institutional Training)
Reorganized 16 April 2006 to consist of the 1st and 3d Battalions, elements of the 100th Division (Institutional Training)
(3d Battalion relieved 1 October 2007 from assignment to the 100th Division [Institutional Training] and assigned to the 98th Division [Institutional Training])
Reorganized 16 October 2007 to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 100th Division (Institutional Training), the 2d Battalion, an element of the 70th Training Division, and the 3d Battalion, an element of the 98th Division (Institutional Training) (redesignated
16 September 2008 as the 98th Training Division)
(3d Battalion relieved 1 October 2008 from assignment to the 98th Training Division and assigned to the 95th Division [Institutional Training])
Reorganized 18 October 2008 to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 100th Division (Institutional Training), the 2d Battalion, an element of the 70th Training Division, the 3d Battalion, an element of the 95th Division (Institutional Training), and the 4th Battalion; 4th Battalion concurrently allotted to the Regular Army
Reorganized 1 April 2009 to consist of the 2d Battalion, an element of the 70th Training Division, the 3d Battalion, an element of the 95th Division (Institutional Training) (redesignated 16 September 2009 as the 95th Training Division), and the 4th Battalion
(2d Battalion relieved 1 October 2010 from assignment to the 70th Training Division and assigned to the 86th Training Division)
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War I
Russia 1918
Russia 1919
World War II
Rome-Arno
North Apennines
Po Valley
DECORATIONS
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered CENTRAL ITALY
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Chief of Military History