Lineage and Honors Information as of 23 August 2018
2d Battalion, 23d Infantry Regiment
(Tomahawk Regiment)
- Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as Company B, 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry
- Organized 8 July 1861 at Fort Trumbull, Connecticut
- Redesignated 30 April 1862 as Company B, 2d Battalion, 14th Infantry
- Reorganized and redesignated 21 September 1866 as Company B, 23d Infantry
- (23d Infantry assigned 22 September 1917 to the 2d Division [later redesignated as the 2d Infantry Division])
- Inactivated 20 June 1957 at Fort Richardson, Alaska, and relieved from assignment to the 2d Infantry Division; concurrently redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Battle Group, 23d Infantry
- (Organic elements constituted 4 March 1958)
- Battle Group assigned 17 March 1958 to the 2d Infantry Division
- Activated 14 June 1958 at Fort Benning, Georgia
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1963 as the 2d Battalion, 23d Infantry
- Inactivated 21 June 1971 at Fort Lewis, Washington, and relieved from assignment to the 2d Infantry Division
- Assigned 21 January 1983 to the 9th Infantry Division and activated at Fort Lewis, Washington
- Inactivated 28 September 1990 at Fort Lewis, Washington, and relieved from assignment to the 9th Infantry Division
- Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 2d Battalion, 23d Infantry Regiment
- Assigned 1 June 2006 to the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 2d Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Lewis, Washington
- Relieved 16 March 2014 from assignment to the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 2d Infantry Division, and assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division
Campaign Participation Credit
- Civil War
- Peninsula
- Manassas
- Antietam
- Fredericksburg
- Chancellorsville
- Gettysburg
- Wilderness
- Spotsylvania
- Cold Harbor
- Petersburg
- Virginia 1862
- Virginia 1863
- Indian Wars
- Little Big Horn
- Arizona 1866
- Idaho 1868
- War with Spain
- Manila
- Philippine Insurrection
- Manila
- Malolos
- Mindanao
- Jolo
- Jolo 1903
- World War I
- Aisne
- Aisne-Marne
- St. Mihiel
- Meuse-Argonne
- Lorraine 1918
- Ile de France 1918
- World War II
- Normandy
- Northern France
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
- Korean War
- UN Defensive
- UN Offensive
- CCF Intervention
- First UN Counteroffensive
- CCF Spring Offensive
- UN Summer-Fall Offensive
- Second Korean Winter
- Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
- Third Korean Winter
- Korea, Summer 1953
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- Iraqi Surge
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
Decorations
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BREST, FRANCE
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered WIRTZFELD, BELGIUM
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered KRINKELTER WALD, BELGIUM
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered ST. VITH
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered TWIN TUNNELS
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered CHIPYONG-NI
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered HONGCHON
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2007-2008
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2009-2010
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2012-2013
- French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I, Streamer embroidered CHATEAU THIERRY
- 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, World War I, Fourragere
- Belgian Fourragere 1940
- Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes
- Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Elsenborn Crest
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered NAKTONG RIVER LINE
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1952
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1953
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1953
- Company A additionally entitled to:
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN NOV 2012-JUN 2013
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History