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34th Infantry
(Leyte Dragons)

Lineage and Honors Information as of 25 September 1996

34th Infantry Lineage

Constituted 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army as the 34th Infantry

Organized 15 July 1916 at El Paso, Texas

Assigned 6 December 1917 to the 7th Division

Relieved 24 March 1923 from assignment to the 7th Division and assigned to the 8th Division

Relieved 15 August 1927 from assignment to the 8th Division and assigned to the 4th Division

Relieved 1 October 1933 from assignment to the 4th Division and assigned to the 8th Division (later redesignated as the 8th Infantry Division)

Inactivated 5 June 1940 at Fort Benning, Georgia

Activated 1 July 1940 at Camp Jackson, South Carolina

Relieved 12 June 1943 from assignment to the 8th Infantry Division and assigned to the 24th Infantry Division

Relieved 5 June 1958 from assignment to the 24th Infantry Division and reorganized as a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System

Withdrawn 16 December 1987 from the Combat Arms Regimental System, reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System, and transferred to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command

34th Infantry Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

World War I: Lorraine 1918

World War II: New Guinea; Leyte (with arrowhead); Luzon Southern Philippines

Korean War: UN Defensive; UN Summer-Fall Offensive; Korea, Summer 1953

Decorations

Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for KILAY RIDGE

Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for CORREGIDOR

Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for DEFENSE OF KOREA

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation for 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for PYONGTAEK

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for KOREA


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