18th Regiment Lineage
Symbolism: Civil War service is shown by the saltire cross from the Confederate flag. The crossed arrows represent the regiment's Indian campaigns. The VIII Corps badge recalls service in the 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division of that corps in the War with Spain and the Bolo stands for operations in the Visayas during the Philippine Insurrection. In World War I the regiment was awarded two French Croix de Guerre with Palm and the French Fourrangere for its part in the Soissons offensive on 18 July 1918 and the operations of early October 1918 around Exermont and Hill 240 in the old province of Lorraine. The chief bears the bend of the arms of Lorraine between the fleurs-de-lis of the arms of Soissons. The crest is the badge of the 1st Division of the XIV Corps of the Army of the Cumberland, with which the regiment served during most of its operations in the Civil War.
Distinctive Insignia: The distinctive insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
Lineage and Honors
18TH INFANTRY
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ANNEX
- Constituted 3 May 1961 in the Regular Army as the 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry
- Organized 12 May 1862 at Camp Thomas, Ohio
- Reorganized and redesignated 21 September 1866 as the 25th Infantry
- Consolidated in April 1869 with the 18th Infantry and consolidated unit designated as the 18th Infantry
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
| Civil War | World War II |
| Murfreesborough | Algeria_French Morrocco (with arrowhead) |
| Chickamaugua | Tunisia |
| Chattanooga | Sicily (with arrowhead) |
| Atlanta | Northern France |
| Kentucky 1862 | Rhineland |
| Mississippi 1862 | Ardennes-Alsace |
| Tennessee 1863 | Central Europe |
| Georgia 1864 | |
| War with Spain | Vietnam |
| Manilla | Defense |
| Counteroffensive | |
| Philippine Insurrection | Counteroffensive Phase II |
| Iloilo | Counteroffensive Phase III |
| Panay 1899 | Tet Counteroffensive |
| Panay 1900 | Counteroffensive Phase IV |
| Counteroffensive Phase V | |
| Counteroffensive Phase VI | |
| World War I | Tet 69 Counteroffensive |
| Montdidier-Noyon | Summer-Fall 1969 |
| Aisne-Marne | Winter_Spring 1970 |
| St. Mihiel | |
| Meuse-Argonne | Southwest Asia |
| Lorraine 1917 | Defense of Saudi Arabia |
| Lorraine 1918 | Liberation and Defense of Kuwait |
| Picardy 1918 | Cease-Fire |
DECORATIONS
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BEJA, TUNISIA
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered NORMANDY
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered AACHEN, GERMANY
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered BINH LONG PROVINCE
- *Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered DI AN
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1994
- French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I, Streamer embroidered AISNE-MARNE
- French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I, Streamer embroidered MEUSE-ARGONNE
- French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered KASSERINE
- French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered NORMANDY
- French Medaille Militaire, Fourragere
- Belgian Fourragere 1940
- Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at MONS
- Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at EUPEN-MALMEDY
| John W. Mountcastle | |
| Brigadier General United States Army | |
| Chief of Military History | |
| * Awarded after Mar 98 | (16Mar 98) |
