Lineage and Honors United States Army 52nd Infanty

52d Infantry
(Ready Rifles)

Lineage and Honors Information as of 16 September 2000

52d Infantry Lineage

Constituted 15 May 1917 in the Regular Army as the 52d Infantry

Organized 16 June 1917 at Chickamauga Park, Georgia

Assigned 16 November 1917 to the 6th Division

Inactivated 1 September 1921 at Camp Grant, Illinois

Relieved 15 August 1927 from assignment to the 6th Division and assigned to the 9th Division

Relieved 1 October 1933 from assignment to the 9th Division and assigned to the 6th Division

Relieved 1 October 1940 from assignment to the 6th Division

Redesignated 15 July 1942 as the 52d Armored Infantry, assigned to the 9th Armored Division, and activated at Fort Riley, Kansas

Regiment broken up 9 October 1943 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as elements of the 9th Armored Division as follows:

52d Armored Infantry (less 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions) as the 52d Armored Infantry Battalion
1st Battalion as the 60th Armored Infantry Battalion
2d Battalion as the 27th Armored Infantry Battalion
3d Battalion disbanded

Battalions inactivated 13 October 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia

Relieved 14 September 1950 from assignment to the 9th Armored Division; concurrently consolidated to form the 52d Infantry and assigned to the 71st Infantry Division

Relieved 25 February 1953 from assignment to the 71st Infantry Division; regiment concurrently broken up and its elements redesignated as elements of the 9th Armored Division as follows:

52d Infantry (less 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions) as the 52d Armored Infantry Battalion
1st Battalion as the 560th Armored Infantry Battalion
2d Battalion as the 527th Armored Infantry Battalion
Former 3d Battalion reconstituted as the 528th Armored Infantry Battalion

After 25 February 1953 the above units underwent changes as follows:

52d Armored Infantry Battalion relieved 23 July 1956 from assignment to the 9th Armored Division; activated 15 August 1956 in Italy; inactivated 24 June 1958 in Italy

560th, 527th, and 528th Armored Infantry Battalions relieved 1 March 1957 from assignment to the 9th Armored Division

52d, 560th, 527th, and 528th Armored Infantry Battalions consolidated 1 July 1959 to form the 52d Infantry, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System

Withdrawn 16 January 1988 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System

52d Infantry Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

World War I: Meuse-Argonne; Alsace 1918

World War II: Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe

Vietnam: Counteroffensive, Phase II; Counteroffensive, Phase III; Tet Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase IV; Counteroffensive, Phase V; Counteroffensive, Phase VI; Tet 69/Counteroffensive; Summer-Fall 1969; Winter-Spring 1970; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase VII; Consolidation I; Consolidation II; Cease-Fire

Decorations

Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for BASTOGNE

Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for REMAGEN BRIDGEHEAD

Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for SAIGON - TET OFFENSIVE

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1967

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1968

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1968-1969

Army Superior Unit Award for 1988

Army Superior Unit Award for 1991

Belgian Croix de Guerre 1940 with Palm for BASTOGNE; cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Bastogne

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