49th Infantry Regiment (United States)

49th Infantry Regiment
Active	1917
Country	United States
Branch	Infantry
Role	Infantry
Size	Regiment
Motto	Aquila Electra Juste Omnia Vincet (The chosen eagle conquers by right)
Colors	blue

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The 49th Infantry Regiment was an Regular infantry regiment in the United States Army.

1 History
2 Lineage
3 Campaign streamers
4 Decorations
5 Current units
6 Distinctive unit insignia
7 Coat of arms
8 See also
9 References
10 External links

History

Lineage

Constuted 15 May 1917 in the Regular Army as the 49th Infantry. Organized 1 June 1917 at Syracuse, New York, from personnel of the 23rd Infantry. Inactivated 18 November 1921 at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. disbanded 31 July 1922.

Reconstituted in the regular Army as the 49th Armored Infantry and assigned to the 8th Armored Division 18 July 1941. Activated 1 April 1942 at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Regiment broken up 20 September 1943, and elements reorganized and redesignated as elements of the 8th Armored Division as follows-

49th Armored Infantry (less 1st and 2nd Battalions) as the 49th Armored Infantry Battalion.
1st Battalion as the 58th Armored Infantry Battalion.
2nd Battalion as the 7th Armored Infantry Battalion.

Campaign streamers

World War I

without Inscription

Decorations

none

Current units

not active

Distinctive unit insignia

none

Coat of arms

The field is blue for Infantry. The tower is taken from the stone tower at Fort Snelling, the station of the regiment. The key is from the arms of Le Mans, France and commemorates the service of the regiment in the vicinity of that city in 1918.

References

Historical register and dictionary of the United States Army, from ..., Volume 1 By Francis Bernard Heitman [1]
Encyclopedia of United States Army insignia and uniforms By William K. Emerson (page 51).[2]
[3] lineage

External links

http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lh.html