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329th Regimental Lineage
Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 329th Infantry and assigned to the 83d Division.
Organized 30 August 1917 at Camp Sherman, Ohio. Demobilized 15 February 1919 at Camp Sherman.
Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves and assigned to the 83d Division. Organized during
December 1921 with Headquarters at Dayton, Ohio.
Ordered into active military service, less personnel, and organized 15 August 1942 at Camp Atterbury, Indiana.
Inactivated 6 April 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. Activated 13 October 1946 with Headquarters at
Indianapolis, Indiana. (Organized Reserves redesignated Organized Reserve Corps 25 March 1948.) Withdrawn
from the 83d Infantry Division and assigned to the 70th Infantry Division 1 March 1952. (Organized Reserve
Corps redesignated Army Reserve 9 July 1952.)
Relieved from the 70th Infantry Division, reorganized and redesignated as the 329th Regiment (Basic Combat
Training), 1 May 1959.
CAMPAIGN STREAMERS:
World War I
Streamer without inscription
World War II
Normandy
Northern France
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe
DECORATIONS:
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered GURZENICH (2d Battalion, 329th Infantry cited;
WD GO 90, 1945)
COAT OF ARMS:
SHIELD: Argent, on a pile sable a fleur-de-lis or.
CREST:
That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Army Reserve: On a wreath of the colors argent and sable,
the Lexington Minute Man proper. The statue of the Minute Man, Captain John Parker (H. H. Kitson,
sculptor), stands on the Common in Lexington, Massachusetts.
MOTTO:
Nous Gardons (We guard)
The shield is white for infantry. The black pile is taken from the shoulder sleeve insignia of the 83d Division
and indicates the divisional assignment in World War I. The fleur-de-lis represents service in France.
DISTINCTIVE INSIGNIA:
The insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms. The sample of the insignia was approved 11 July 1927.
Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 329th Infantry and assigned to the 83d Division.
Organized 30 August 1917 at Camp Sherman, Ohio. Demobilized 15 February 1919 at Camp Sherman.
Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves and assigned to the 83d Division. Organized during
December 1921 with Headquarters at Dayton, Ohio.
Ordered into active military service, less personnel, and organized 15 August 1942 at Camp Atterbury, Indiana.
Inactivated 6 April 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. Activated 13 October 1946 with Headquarters at
Indianapolis, Indiana. (Organized Reserves redesignated Organized Reserve Corps 25 March 1948.) Withdrawn
from the 83d Infantry Division and assigned to the 70th Infantry Division 1 March 1952. (Organized Reserve
Corps redesignated Army Reserve 9 July 1952.)
Relieved from the 70th Infantry Division, reorganized and redesignated as the 329th Regiment (Basic Combat
Training), 1 May 1959.
CAMPAIGN STREAMERS:
World War I
Streamer without inscription
World War II
Normandy
Northern France
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe
DECORATIONS:
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered GURZENICH (2d Battalion, 329th Infantry cited;
WD GO 90, 1945)
COAT OF ARMS:
SHIELD: Argent, on a pile sable a fleur-de-lis or.
CREST:
That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Army Reserve: On a wreath of the colors argent and sable,
the Lexington Minute Man proper. The statue of the Minute Man, Captain John Parker (H. H. Kitson,
sculptor), stands on the Common in Lexington, Massachusetts.
MOTTO:
Nous Gardons (We guard)
The shield is white for infantry. The black pile is taken from the shoulder sleeve insignia of the 83d Division
and indicates the divisional assignment in World War I. The fleur-de-lis represents service in France.
DISTINCTIVE INSIGNIA:
The insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms. The sample of the insignia was approved 11 July 1927.
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