US Army Training Center - Yearbook (Fort Sill, OK)

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HISTDRY 0F THE 1B6TH INFANTRY I-IND INFIINTRY TRAINING DETAGHMENT O EEEEEEEEZLO.. ..g.gI:iEE:::E . Qx CREST: ThaT for RegimenTs of The Ohio NaTionaI Guard. WREATH: ArgenT and Azure. MOTTO: FoIIow Me DESCRIPTION: The Three NaTionaI services of The RegimenT are commemorafed in iTs whiTe shield wiTh blue border, The older and IaTer InTanTry colors, wiTh The black MaITese Cross 'Tor The Spanish-American War, The border for The Mexican Border duTy and The Rainbow Tor The World War. The l66Th lnTanTry, Ohio NaTional Guard, was or- ganized in I877, as The FourTeenTh InTanTry, Ohio Na- Tional Guard, Trom exisTing companies in Columbus, WesTerville, WesT JeTTerson, Marysville and Richwood. The RegimenT was musTered inTo Federal Service Tor The Spanish-American War as The FourTh InTanTry, Ohio Vol- unTeers. IT served overseas in PuerTo Rico Trom 3 Au- gusT I898 To 29 OcTober l898. ATTer The war The Regi- menT was disbanded and immediaTely reconsTiTuTed in The NaTionaI Guard oT Ohio as The FourTh RegimenT oT InTanTry. The RegimenT was again musTered inTo The Federal Service in SepTember T916 and served on The Mexican Border in The viciniTy oT El Paso, Texas, unTil Febru- ary l9I7. The RegimenT was again musTered inTo Federal Serv- ice Tor World War l and redesignaTed The l66Th lnTanTry OT The 42nd Division Illainbowl. The RegimenT served overseas wiTh This Division Tor a period oT eighTeen monThs, during which Time iT parTicipaTed in The Tollow- ing engagemenTs, Lunneville SecTor, Lorraine, 2I Febru- ary To 23 March I9I8: BaccaraT SecTor, Lorraine, 3I March To 2l June I9I8: Espearance-Soulain SecTor. Champagne, 4 July To I4 July I9I8: Champagne-Marne Deliensive, I5 July To I8 July I9I8p Aisne-Marne OTTen- sive, 25 July To 5 AugusT I9I8: ST. Mihiel OTTensive, I2 SepTember To I6 SepTember I9I8: Essey 8: Pannes Sec- Tor, Woevre, I7 Seplrember To 30 SepTember l9l8: Meuse-Argonne OTTensive, I2 OcTober To 3I OcTo- ber I9I8: Meuse-Argonne Offensive, 5 November To IO November l9l8. The RegimenT was also a parT oT The Army oT OccupaTion Trom I6 November I9I8 To 6 April I9l9. IT was musTered ouT aT Camp Sherman, ohaoon wrviayisis. ' Upon iTs reorganizaTion Tollowing The World War The I66Th lnTanTry once more became The FourTh InTanTry.

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Ohio NaTional Guard in I92O. On I July l92I if re- ceived iTs warTime designaTion, ThaT oT The l66Th lnTanTry, SevenTy-TourTh Brigade, ThirTy-sevenTh Division. In pasT years The RegimenT has served in several STaTe emergencies. Chief among These calls To service were The I9I3 Tlood, The Ohio PeniTenTiary Tire, relieT adminig- TraTion in The I-locking Valley, indusTrial disorders in The coal mining areas, disorders in The Sfeel areas Trom I92O To I937, and The Ohio Tlood in I937. V The RegimenT was again ordered inTo Federal Serv- ice on I5 OcTober I94O aT Camp Shelby, Mississippi as a parT oT The 37Th InTanTry Division. In February l94I, The RegimenT was Tilled To war sTrengTh by The receipT of SelecTive Service lnducTees. In December I94I The FirsT BaTTalion, I66Th InTanTry was designaTed Task Forces I28O and I29I and assigned To overseas duTy on Island bases oTT The coasT oT SouTh America. On I February I942 The 37Th Division was Triangu- larized and The I66Th InTanTry lless FirsT BaTTalionl was assigned To The SouThern DeTense Command wiTh The Second BaTTalion sTaTioned aT Texas CiTy, Texas as a parT oT The WesTern GulT Sub-secTor and The Third BaTTalion and auxiliary.uniTs sTaTioned aT New Orleans, Louisiana, as GuIT SecTor Reserve Troops. In OcTober I942 The Third BaTTalion and auxiliary uniTs were moved To ForT Bar- rancas, Florida as a parT oT The EasTern GulT Sub-secTor. On The I8Th oT July I943, The I66Th InTanTry lless FirsT BaTTalionl was relieved Trom SouThern DeTense Command and aTTached To Third Army. On 22 July I943 The Second BaTTalion, Third BaTTalion and Auxiliary UniTs were uniTecI in Camp Shelby, Mississippi. On I SepTember I943 ilqe FirsT BaTTalion -was ordered To reTurn Trom overseas lless personnel and equipmenTl and reassigned To The I66Il1 InTanTry, bringing The RegimenT TogeTher again Tor The TirsT Time in over TwenTy monThs. This reunion WGS SIIOVTL lived however, Tor on I2 SepTember I943, orders were received assigning The RegimenT To ReplacemenT and School Command wiTh The Second BaTTalion going To The Tank DesTroyer School aT Camp Flood, Texas and The remainder oT The RegimenT going To The Field Arfillery School, ForT Sill, Oklahoma. On I February I944, The I66Th InTanTry was ordered inacTivaTed. AT The same Time The Third BaTTalion I66Th lnTanTry and Company D, I66Th InTanTry were or- dered reorganized and aTTached To The 3lsT Field ArTil- lery Brigade, ForT Sill, Oklahoma. In OcTober I944 The Third BaTTalion plus Company D, began receiving overseas roTaTional reTurnees and commenced The shipping ouT oT Those men who were qual- iTied lbuT had noT served overseasl Tor overseas duTy. On 7 December I944, Company D, l66Th lnTanTry was ordered inacTivaTed. On The I9Th and 2IsT oT Janu- ary I945 The lasT enlisTed men oT The original I66Th In- TanTry were shipped To ForT Ord, CaIiTornia and ForT Meade, Maryland. This leTT The Third BaTTalion, I66Th ln- TanTry aImos+ enfirely composed oT overseas reTurnees. On I2 February I945 The Third BaTTalion, I66Th In- TanTry was inacTivaTed. This inacTivaTion removed The number I66Th Trom The War DeparTmenT LisT. The sTrengTh oT The UniT was TransTerred To Field ArTiIIery School and organized as The lnTanTry Training DeTach- menT, School Troops, Field ArTillery School under The command oT LieuTenanT Colonel Oliver l'l. Gibson. During The monTh oT June and July I945, oTTicer over- seas reTurnees were assigned To The InTanTry Training De- TachmenT and guaIiTied oTTicers lwho had noT been over- seasl were shipped To ForT Ord, CaliTornia. These oTTi- cers included LieuTenanT Colonel O. I-I. Gibson. On 2I July I945 Major John M. Eubank assumed The com- mand oT The InTanTry Training DeTachmenT, Field ArTilIery School.