Talk:39th Infantry Regiment (United States)

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[edit] Merge

I am not sure if this merge is right, but it seems that the two regiments are the same. Even if it went defunct for a while, shouldn't there only be one article? Cmcnicoll (talk) 06:59, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

I am of two minds about this. In the apparently "official" history of the 20th century incarnation of the regiment, no mention is made of the early 19th century 39th regiment, which suggests that the Army doesn't consider them the same. I will admit to being somewhat partial to the idea of them being the same, however. This is for wholly personal reasons, as I was a member of the regiment's 2d Battalion when it was at Ft. Lewis in the mid 1970's, and fell in love with the history of the unit. Having the 39th's history go all the way back to the war of 1812 and being an important contribution to that war warms my heart. But is it justifiable? I will try to find out if we can make the merge legitimate. Mike (talk) 17:59, 8 June 2008 (UTC)