Leaving Japan on 11 September, the 31st took part in the successful amphibious landing at Inchon on 16 September. [8] The 31st Inf. The task force survivors were then reorganized as a provisional battalion and participated in the 1st Marine Divisions breakout to the coast at Hungnam on 6-10 December. One of the battalions most significant actions in Iraq was providing security at polling centers in the Kadhamiya area during the first Iraqi national elections in January 2005 before returning to Fort Drum in June. 31st Infantry Division shoulder sleeve insignia, Army Battle Casualties and Nonbattle Deaths (Statistical and Accounting Branch, Office of the Adjutant General, 1 June 1953), Historical Section, Army War College 1931, Alabama Department of Archives and History 1959, "Dixie Division Finishes Effective Field Training", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=31st_Infantry_Division_(United_States)&oldid=1116891322. Today, 4th Battalion is assigned to 2d Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, at Fort Drum. [2] On 15 March 1918, Major General Francis H. French became division commander; he was replaced by Major General LeRoy Springs Lyon two months later. In March 2003, B Company, 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in order to conduct base defense and combat operations for (combined joint special operations task force-AP) CJSOTF- Arabian Peninsula. By December 1919, the Kolchak regime collapsed and White Russian forces were in disarray. In addition, a large number of troops lost limbs due to frostbite. Annual reunions are still being held. Focusing on the defense of Luzon in the event of a Japanese invasion, the Philippine Division was the nucleus of a largely Filipino defense force. The 106th Supply Train relocated to Camp de Souge on 29 November. When the Army abandoned battle groups in favor of brigades and battalions in 1963, the 31st Infantry's 1st and 2nd Battalions were reactivated in South Korea, the 3rd Battalion remained in the Army Reserve, and the 5th Battalion replaced the 2nd Battle Group at Fort Rucker. In 1999, 4th Battalion deployed to Bosnia-Herzegovina as a part of Task Force Eagle. See 049. [4] During October, the division was reinforced with 10,000 men from Alabama, Florida, and Georgia, transferred from Camps Gordon, Jackson, and Pike, as it began systematic training on 22 October. The Association publishes a newsletter called "The Octofoil", and is published 4 times a year. The 41st Infantry Division arrived in Australia, 7 April 1942, and underwent intensive training. [citation needed] They established six patrol bases, 17 battle positions, assisted the Iraqi Army in the establishment of many more. They returned home in February 2016. [11], The 31st Infantry (NGUS) Division was effectively reformed with units from Alabama and Mississippi, with its headquarters moving to Mobile on 10 December 1956 and back to Birmingham on 2 May 1959. It was used as school troops for the Infantry School at Fort Benning, Georgia until it was inactivated on 2 March 1944. During the occupation of Morotai, elements of the division, primarily the 167th Infantry Regiment, seized Mapia, 1517 November, and waded ashore on the Asia Islands, 1920 November, only to find the Japanese had already evacuated. Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 31st Infantry Division Artillery, 31st Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized), Headquarters, Special Troops, 31st Infantry Division, Headquarters Company, 31st Infantry Division, 31st Counterintelligence Corps Detachment. Due to the chaos of the Russian Revolution in late 1917 and the disintegration of the Eastern Front in early 1918, Russia descended into civil war and anarchy. After the Inchon and Suwon-Osan operations, the 31st boarded transports at Pusan in October and took part in the landings at Iwon, North Korea, on 3 November in an effort to cut off retreating enemy troops. The 31st Infantry was a part of American Expeditionary Forces Siberia (AEFS) that included the 27th Infantry Regiment and several support units under the command of Major General William S. Graves. In 2018, 4-31 IN deployed again to Afghanistan for 9 months, spreading out across the country as the Theatre Response Force. [11], The division was reorganized postwar in Alabama and Mississippi, with its Alabama part federally recognized at Birmingham on 1 November 1946, followed by the Mississippi part at Greenville on 2 December. Of the task force's original complement of nearly 3300 men, only 385 of those who reached Marine lines at Hagaru-ri from the inlet were unwounded. Moving up the Sayre Highway and driving down the Kibawe-Talomo trail, fighting in knee-deep mud and through torrential rains, the 31st forced the enemy to withdraw into the interior and blocked off other Japanese in the Davao area. Typical Organization (1941) 65th Infantry Brigade HHC. There it rebuilt, retrained, and refitted and was soon back in combat, stopping the Chinese at Chechon, South Korea and participating in the counteroffensive to retake central Korea. They conducted over 50 air assaults and three amphibious operations, and fired nearly 400 counter-fire artillery missions against enemy forces and in support of troops in contact. Campaigns: New Guinea, Southern Philippines. In 2015, 431 was deployed to Afghanistan and was spread to 13 different Forward Operating Bases where they advised local police and military forces. The 31st Regiment, Maine Infantry was organized at Augusta and mustered in April 17, 1864. [11], The division headquarters became the headquarters of the 31st Brigade, 30th Armored Division at Tuscaloosa on the next day. The remaining 1,348 officers and men became the core of Alabama troops associated with the Thirty-first Infantry Division. Alerted on 25 June 1944 for movement to Aitape, the 124th RCT left Oro Bay and landed at Aitape, New Guinea, 3-6 July 1944. [7], The division headquarters, the 61st and 62nd Brigades, the 116th Battalion, and 106th Train Headquarters and Military Police were skeletonized early in November. With the end of hostilities on 15 August 1945, the 31st accomplished the surrender of all Japanese forces remaining in Mindanao. [9], During the interwar period, the division did not train together in most years, as separate summer camps were held for the units of each state. In 2003, 300 soldiers deployed on security and training missions to Djibouti and Ethiopia in support of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa. Earl R. Short (who had buried it) after his release from a POW camp, and Col. Niederpreum. Several hundred 31st Infantry survivors managed to make it across the frozen reservoir to the Marines' lines the night of 1 December and the next day, and accompanied the Marines in their fighting withdrawal from the Chosin to Hungnam from 111 December 1950. It bears the distinction of being the first organization created under expansion of the US Army under the National Defense Act of 1916.[3]. 5th Infantry Division (Mechanized) (Army Vietnam) 472.7.3 . The unit was later used to guard allied headquarters and supply lines in liberated territory. Company B, 4th Battalion, deployed in March 2003 to provide base defense and conduct combat operations as a part of Combined Joint Task Force-Arabian Peninsula. Great . LTC Faith was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously for his gallant attempt to lead the command to safety. five of Company C and four of Company H. The remaining events of 1864 must be passed quickly. Also known as Task Force MacLean, the 31st RCT was to spearhead a northward advance in bitterly cold weather along the eastern side of the reservoir in conjunction with the 1st Marine Division moving north on the western side. Many 80th Division Infantry troops found their way to the 39th Evac Hospital. C Company and 4th Battalion Commander joined A Company for combat operations in Afghanistan, fighting in the Shah-I-Kowt Valley region and successfully eliminating it as a safe haven for international terrorism. Over 1,000 Japanese were killed in these actions. Ray, E. D. 3rd Photo Reconnaissance Squadron 914. 31st Division (American Expeditionary Forces) 120.9.3 31st Infantry Regiment 98.3.2, 391.5.5 . Beginning in 1980, the 6th Battalion, reactivated, served as component of the Opposition Force at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, California, as part of the 177th Armored Brigade until the battalion was reflagged as the 1st Battalion, 52nd Infantry Regiment in 1988. With the end of hostilities on 15 August, the 31st and the Philippine Commonwealth military were accomplished the surrender of all Japanese forces remaining in Mindanao. Company C was one of the units identified as having deployed. The unit is rare in that it was formed and has spent most of its life on non-American soil.[2]. 6th Battalion, 31st Infantry, arrived in South Vietnam in April 1968 and assisted in the recapture of Saigons suburbs during Phase II of the Tet Offensive in May 1968. The 31st Infantry Regiment ("Polar Bears") of the United States Army was formed on 13 August 1916, and was part of USAFFE's Philippine Division during World War II.The unit is rare in that it was formed and has spent most of its life on non-American soil. Our funding helps to acquire and conserve Army historical art and artifacts, support Army history educational programs, research, and publication of historical materials on the American Soldier, and provide support and counsel to private and governmental organizations committed to the same goals. Following service in China, the 31st returned to Manila and the monotony of garrison duty. 31 st Awards received by members of the Division in WW2. He would receive his next (and last) promotion, to Field Marshal, on June 22, 1942. . COL MacLean and his successor, LTC Don C. Faith, were both killed during the ensuing battle. However, the 31st Infantrys first trials were not to occur in the trenches of France, but in the frozen wasteland of Siberia. Several men of the 31st who did not surrender managed to link up with other American soldiers and Filipino guerrillas and continued the fight. The 155th Regiment fought in World War I while assigned to the 39th Infantry Division. The 6th Battalion was sent to South Vietnam in the spring of 1968, arriving just in time to help recapture Saigon's suburbs during the abortive May Offensive. List of names with reference to this Report, but Report not available. The headquarters company of the 2nd Brigade became the headquarters company of the new 31st Brigade.[11]. also has 86 Distinguished Service Crosses. A period of patrolling and training followed while elements of the . The battalion was then called upon to secure the Abu Ghraib Internment Facility from attacks. For their service in Shanghai, they received the Yangtze Service Medal (Marines). Although adjacent parts of Shanghai were demolished by fierce fighting between Japanese and Chinese troops, the International Settlement remained an island of security. The battalion returned to Fort Lewis for inactivation in October 1970. During this action Sergeant Paine was mortally wounded while fiercely resisting enemy forces counterattacking in an attempt to retain the hilltop. 129th Infantry Regiment (until 31 Jul 43) . The 31st Infantry Division arrived in Oro Bay, New Guinea, 24 April 1944, and engaged in amphibious training prior to entering combat. As a professional researcher and World War II historian, Bill Beigel provides research services to genealogists, historians, authors, and civilians who are looking for information found in WW2 military unit records. Task Force 431 returned to Fort Drum in November 2007. Short had remembered them to be. WW2 Army Unit Records Research. Upon receiving orders to withdraw, the task force began heading south toward Marine lines at Hagaru-ri with over 600 wounded loaded in trucks. The arrival of the Japanese Fourteenth Army at Lingayen Gulf on 22 December and Lamon Bay the following day forced MacArthur to order a a hasty withdrawal to Bataan and Corregidor. We were established in 1983 as a member-based, charitable 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. 31st Infantry Division ROSTER - 16,376 entries, This page was last edited on 18 October 2022, at 21:42. Reconstructed WWII Roster of the 87th Division. The 156th Infantry Regiment of the Louisiana National Guard was separated from the 31st Division on 14 July 1942. After the Japanese struck the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on 7 December 1941, Japanese planes struck American aircraft at Clark and Iba Fields on the morning of 8 December, destroying most of MacArthurs airpower. It was mobilized in 1940 during World War II, and spent several years training in the United States. 33rd Infantry Division. This counterattack was repulsed with heavy loss of enemy personnel. The 31st later participated in some of the heaviest fighting of the war at Triangle Hill and Sniper Ridge in October 1952. Its headquarters was organized and Federally recognized on 15 October of that year, stationed at St. Augustine, Florida, under the command of Major General Albert H. Blanding of Florida. The 31st was reorganized in 1923 with national guardsmen from Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Between 17 and 23 December 1939, the division staff conducted supplementary winter training at Jackson Barracks to prepare for the upcoming Louisiana Maneuvers. The 56th Field Artillery Brigade sailed with the remaining infantry and trains between 14 and 28 October, and landed at Brest between 25 October and 9 November, except for the 124th Infantry, which landed in England on 24 October. For more information on the history of this unit, see: The Civil War Archive section, 31st Regiment Infantry (accessed 5 June 2012). Before redeployment the battalion conducted task force level air assaults and raids in enemy strongholds south of Baghdad. Its mission was to prevent allied war material left on Vladivostok's docks from being looted. It was originally activated as the 10th, a division established in early 1917 consisting of Alabama, Florida, and Georgia national guardsmen. Less than a year after the 31sts formation, the United States entered World War I in April 1917. The courageous actions of Sergeant Paine were an inspiration to his comrades and enabled the battalion to complete its mission. He was with the leading element of the Second Battalion moving north to link up with friendly units when the column was attacked by enemy who were entrenched and concentrated on high ground along the route of advance. He served in the military between 1862 and 1865 in 74th Illinois Infantry. at Pork Chop Hill was the Kagnew Battalion. The second organization to be called the 31st Infantry was consolidated with its sister regiment the 22nd Infantry (also formed out of the 13th) in an 1869 reorganization. Fifty percent of the 31st Infantry and the rest of the defenders were sick and malnourished by the time the Japanese renewed their offensive in early April. While in Shanghai, the officers of the 31st collected $1,600 in silver dollars and had a Chinese silversmith craft a silver punch bowl and sixty-five matching cups to commemorate the regiments service in Shanghai. The 31st Infantry was a part of American Expeditionary Forces Siberia (AEFS) that included the 27th Infantry Regiment and several support units under the command of Major General William S. Graves. In France, it was reduced to a cadre and most of its troops used to provide replacements for units already in France. Our funding helps to acquire and conserve Army historical art and artifacts, support Army history educational programs, research, and publication of historical materials on the American Soldier, and provide support and counsel to private and governmental organizations committed to the same goals. 69th Ohio Infantry Regiment - Partial Roster from Warren . Illinois National Guard. In August 1938, the division was reunited for the Fourth Corps Area concentration of the Third Army Maneuver in the De Soto National Forest, during which it operated as part of the provisional IV Corps. While he was able to pinpoint the area, others had to continue the excavation until it was located in December 1945. And so the trophy and symbol of the 31st Regiment was returned to them.[4]. On 4 March 1933, the divisional headquarters was relocated to Bartow, Florida. Meanwhile, the remainder of the division relieved the 6th Infantry Division in the Sarmi-Wakde island area, 18 July 1944, built bridges, roads, and docks, patrolled the area, and engaged small units of the enemy, trying not to provoke a large scale counterattack by the enemy. Lacy, Joseph US Army Rangers 384. Over 1,000 Japanese were destroyed in these actions. Lacy, Eugene L. US Army 557. The 31st Infantry Division arrived in Oro Bay, New Guinea, 24 April 1944, and engaged in amphibious training prior to entering combat. Alerted on 25 June 1944 for movement to Aitape, the 124th RCT left Oro Bay and landed at Aitape, New Guinea, 3-6 July 1944. The 31st moved from Fort William McKinley to Manila, and there set sail for Vladivostok, Siberia, arriving on 21 August. It returned to the United States in December and was demobilized in January 1919. 6/31 Infantry remained in Vietnam with the divisions 3d Brigade and earned a well-deserved reputation for combat prowess. The 56th Field Artillery Brigade left to train at Camp Jackson on 24 July, while the 2nd Battalion, 122nd Infantry relocated to Camp Greene on 20 August. Lada, Mable Strube 813th MAES (Medical Air Evacuation Squadron) 893. A/4-31 and HHC/4-31 deployed to Camp Phoenix in Kabul, Afghanistan to conduct security operations for CJTF-Phoenix which was training the Afghan National Army (ANA). This facebook page is dedicated to the men that served as members of the Dixie. The 31st Infantry covered the withdrawal of American and Philippine forces to the Bataan Peninsula. In mid-August the division began to stage for a landing on Morotai, leaving Aitape and Maffin Bay, 11 September 1944. [10] In August 1924, the division, except for the 124th Infantry, conducted squad and platoon level training at Camp McClellan, its designated mobilization training center, due to its troops being relatively inexperienced. Over the next several months, the 31st Infantry clashed with Red forces at Novitskaya, Romanovka, Novo Nezhino, and other locations in the Suchan Valley. The 31st Infantry was assigned to cover the withdrawal of units onto the peninsula. Near the Hwacheon Reservoir, two members of the regiment earned the Medal of Honor in some of the war's most determined offensive combat. The battalion was on deployment in Afghanistan as Operation Allies Refuge began in 2021. Reinforcing the 4th Marine Regiment and a predominantly British International Force, the 31st Infantry deployed hastily by sea to protect Shanghai's International Settlement. In January 1946, General MacArthur restored his former guard of honor to active service at Seoul, Korea, assigning the 31st to the 7th Infantry Division. Unbeknownst to MacLean, CCF forces arrived undetected and attacked the task force in overwhelming numbers on the night of 27 November. In a fierce counterattack, the Japanese closed in on his machinegun emplacement, hurling hand grenades, 1 of which exploded under the . HARR, Harry R. [posthumously] Rank and organization: Corporal, U.S. Army, Company D, 124th Infantry, 31st Infantry Division. Most of its personnel were transferred to the 2nd Depot Division as replacements, except for a record cadre numbering 10 officers and 102 men. [9], Elements of the 31st were called up for state duty several times during the interwar period. When hostilities broke out between Japanese and Chinese forces in Shanghai in early 1932, the 31st Infantry was sent to reinforce the 4th Marine Regiment in the International Settlement of Shanghai. 5 during the Korean War and 2 during the Vietnam War. TF 431 killed or wounded 51 insurgents and captured 148, while aiding the Iraqi Army in the capture of over 1,500 additional insurgents. The division returned to the United States and was inactivated at Camp Stoneman on 21 December. has 7 Medal of Honor recipients. source: 23rd Anniversary Organization Day, 13 August 1939, http://www.31stinfantry.org/history/past-commanders/ Archived 21 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Last edited on 24 December 2022, at 14:53, Learn how and when to remove this template message, attacked by insurgents in a pre-dawn raid, http://www.31stinfantry.org/history/past-commanders/, United States Army Center of Military History, "The 31st Infantry Regiment The Campaign for the National Museum of the United States Army", Drum's 31st Infantry celebrates a century, "Some veterans angered by events in Afghanistan", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=31st_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)&oldid=1129290830, Presidential Unit Citation (Army) Luzon 19411942, Presidential Unit Citation (Army) Bataan, Presidential Unit Citation (Army) Defense of the Philippines, Presidential Unit Citation (Army) Quang Tin Province (Vietnam) (4th Battalion), Presidential Unit Citation (Navy) - Hwechon Reservoir, Valorous Unit Award Que Son-Hiep Duc (4th Battalion), Valorous Unit Award Saigon (6th Battalion), Valorous Unit Award Parrot's Beak (6th Battalion). The most significant event for the battalion was during the first ever Iraqi national elections, when TF 431 provided polling centers in the Kadhamiya area with security and other force protection measures. For training, the division was directed to concentrate at Camp Wheeler on 3 August; the Alabama, Florida, and Georgia National Guards were drafted into federal service two days later. including the 87th unit history books that were published shortly after . In mid-August the Division began to stage for the Morotai operation, leaving Aitape and Maffin Bay, 11 September 1944. May 2003, C/4-31 and the battalion's Mortar Platoon deployed to the Horn of Africa to conduct operations in Djibouti and Ethiopia in support of Operation Enduring Freedom for CJTF Horn of Africa. WORLD WAR I. May 45 General Orders 36 Lists of Silver Star and Bronze Star Medal Citations . Despite starvation, disease, no supplies, obsolete weapons, and often inoperative ammunition, the peninsula's defenders fought the Japanese to a standstill for 4 months, upsetting Japan's timetable for Asia's conquest. However, with the threat of war looming in the Pacific, General Douglas MacArthur, who was the military adviser to the Philippine government, began instituting a program for national defense and augmentation of the Philippine armed forces. 1/32 Infantry, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Don C. Faith, was also attacked, but held its ground thanks to air support by Marine F4U Corsairs. [19] In 2002 it started transitioning to a chemical brigade, initially designated the 122nd. The 4th Battalion was formed at Fort Devens, Massachusetts in 1965 and the 6th Battalion was formed at Fort Lewis, Washington in 1967. While actively hunting insurgents, the soldiers of TF 431 set about improving the community, aiding in the improvement of schools, roads, irrigation canals, community centers, and emplacing solar power street lights. On 22 April 1945, the Division landed on Mindanao to take part in the liberation of the Philippines. In his advance, he neutralized two enemy automatic weapons, permitting friendly troops to advance without casualties. by George H. Tracy, Captain 15th Infantry, U.S.A. and A. C. M. 1st Division, 14th Army Corps. Remaining in Vietnam, the 6th Battalion conducted an Air Assault as part of the 3rd Brigade into the Parrot's Beak, Cambodia in May 1970, making the famed "Seminole Raid" to seize and destroy a huge enemy base area bordering the Plain of Reeds. Organized in 1917 during World War I from the national guardsmen of Alabama, Florida, and Georgia, the division deployed to France in September 1918, arriving weeks before the Armistice of 11 November that ended the war. From Maryland to Kuwait, Qatar and Uzbekistan the 31st protected American forces and facilities from terrorist attack. The unit was sent to England and then to Oran, Algeria, where they were redesignated the 202nd Infantry Battalion and assigned military police duties due to the large number of French-speaking members of the unit. In 1971, the 2d Battalion was inactivated in Korea. In April 1953, the 31st took part in the first battle of Pork Chop Hill and played a key role in securing the position after the regiments Company E was overrun by Chinese forces on the night of 16 April. Task Force 431 deployed again to Iraq for 15 months, beginning 16 August 2006. The 31st Infantry was reconstituted on 19 January 1946 from the personnel of the 184th Infantry Regiment, California National Guard, and attached to the 7th Infantry Division in Korea during the Allied occupation. Immediately following GADSDEN, 4th Battalion took part in Operation JUNCTION CITY, its last operation in Tay Ninh, to clear VC activity in the province. They returned home in July 2019. Because the lineage of the previous regiments called the 31st were passed down to their successor units, the current 31st Infantry Regiment does not share their history or honors. Roughly half of the 1600 members of the 31st Infantry who surrendered at Bataan perished while prisoners of the Japanese. By the end of that same year, the 10th Division became the . 2nd Infantry Division Campaigns during World War II. [6] Due to a personnel shortage caused by heavy casualties suffered in the MeuseArgonne Offensive, the 31st Division was ordered skeletonized on 17 October, and two days later the division headquarters, both infantry brigades, the 116th Machine Gun Battalion, 106th Supply Train, and 106th Train Headquarters and Military Police moved to Le Mans, with some units relocating through the Loches area, while the remaining units were detached from the division when they arrived at Brest. In 1948, the occupation of Korea ended and the regiment moved to the Japanese island of Hokkaido, occupying the land of its former tormentor. Believing it to be 2/31 Infantry, MacLean ran out to try and prevent its destruction. As a result of the rapid retreat, many units were forced to abandon crucial supplies and heavy weapons. When MG King announced he would surrender the Bataan Defense Force on 9 April 1942, the 31st Infantry buried its colors and the cherished Shanghai Bowl to keep them out of enemy hands. When the Vietnam War came, two more battalions of the 31st Infantry were formed. The division was helped by the Filipino troops under the Philippine Commonwealth Army and Philippine Constabulary units and the local organized Christian and Islamic guerrillas fight the Japanese. In 1946, the 31st was reactivated with Alabama and Mississippi units. After-Action Report and G-3 Journal, 31st Infantry Division, NARA. The division staff, which included men from all four states, conducted joint summer training at Camp McClellan between 1924 and 1926 and 1929 and 1931, Camp Beauregard in 1927, Camp Foster in 1928, and Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, in addition to participation in multiple corps area and army command post exercises, including the September 1936 Third Army command post exercise at San Antonio. The division was ordered reduced to a record cadre on 29 October, although the 56th Field Artillery Brigade was detached to Camp Cotquidan for training. Task Force 431 suffered 28 soldiers killed in action. The 31st Infantry was far from finished. During the interwar period, the division was organized in accordance with a square organization similar to its World War I structure, although a separate headquarters for Special Troops (Military Police, Signals, Ordnance, and Armor) was created and medical and quartermaster regiments added. . Encountering road blocks along the route, the task force, including many of the wounded, tried to clear Chinese positions, suffering additional heavy casualties. You can literally trace the steps of your WWII veteran! When hostilities broke out in Korea on 25 June 1950, many of the 7th Divisions experienced personnel were reassigned as replacements for divisions already deployed in the Pusan perimeter. 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