18th Infantry Regiment Association

18th Regiment Lineage

Motto: In Omnia Paratus (In All Things Prepared)

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

(VANGUARDS)

  • Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as the 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry
  • Organized 22 July 1861 at Camp Thomas, Ohio
  • Reorganized and redesignated 21 September 1866 as the 18th Infantry
  • Consolidated in April 1869 with the 25th Infantry (see ANNEX) and consolidated unit designated as the 18th Infantry
  • Assigned 8 June 1917 to the 1st Expeditionary Division (later redesignated as the 1st Infantry Division)
  • Relieved 15 February 1957 from assignment to the 1st Infantry Division and reorganized as a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System
  • Withdrawn 16 June 1989 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System

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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
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
 
John W. Mountcastle
Brigadier General United States Army
Chief of Military History
* Awarded after Mar 98 (16Mar 98)


page updated 9/19/2013