52d Infantry Regiment
(Ready Rifles)
Lineage and Honors Information as of 10 May 2007
52d Infantry Regiment 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Withdrawn 16 January 1988 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System
Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 52d Infantry Regiment
52d Infantry Regiment 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
War on Terrorism: Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for LUXEMBOURG
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for ST. VITH
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
Army Superior Unit Award for 2000
Belgian Croix de Guerre 1940 with Palm for BASTOGNE; cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Bastogne