Lineage and Honors Information as of 26 August 2015
442d Infantry Regiment
- Constituted 22 January 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 442d Infantry
- Activated 1 February 1943 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi
- (1st Battalion reorganized and redesignated 10 August 1944 as the 171st Infantry Battalion, Separate [hereafter separate lineage]; 100th Infantry Battalion, Separate [see ANNEX], concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 100th Battalion, 442d Infantry)
- Regiment (less 2d Battalion) inactivated 15 August 1946 at Honolulu, Hawaii (2d Battalion inactivated 10 February 1946 in Italy)
- Allotted 27 March 1947 to the Organized Reserves
- Activated 31 July 1947 with Headquarters at Fort DeRussy, Hawaii
- (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Reorganized 29 May 1959 as a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System
- Withdrawn 1 June 1998 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System
- Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 442d Infantry Regiment
- ANNEX
- Constituted 4 June 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 100th Infantry Battalion (Separate)
- Activated 12 June 1942 at Oakland, California, with personnel from the Hawaiian Provisional Infantry Battalion
- Reorganized and redesignated 25 November 1943 as the 100th Infantry Battalion, Separate
- Reorganized and redesignated 10 August 1944 as the 100th Battalion, 442d Infantry
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Naples-Foggia
- Anzio
- Rome-Arno
- North Apennines
- Rhineland
- Po Valley
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- Iraqi Governance
- National Resolution
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
Decorations
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BELVEDERE
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BIFFONTAINE AND FORET DOMANIALE DE CHAMP
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BIFFONTAINE
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered FRANCE AND ITALY
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered GOTHIC LINE
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2005-2006
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
RICHARD W. STEWART
Chief of Military History
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