36th Infantry Regiment Military Insignia

This 36th Infantry Regiment Military Insignia measures 3.5" and is new.

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The 1st Battalion, 36th Infantry Regiment was originally constituted on 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army as the 36th Infantry. It organized on 27 July 1917 in Brownsville, TX, from personnel of the 4th, 26th and 28th Infantry Regiments. It was assigned to the 12th Division on 5 July 1918; and relieved from the 12th Division on 31 January 1919. It inactivated on 13 October 1921 at Fort Jay, NY.

The unit was reassigned to the 9th Division on 24 March 1923; and relieved from the 9th Division on 1 August 1940. It was reassigned to the 36th Infantry (Armored), assigned to the 3rd Armored Division and activated on 15 April 1941 at Camp Beauregard, LA. The unit was redesignated on 1 January 1942 as the 36th Armored Infantry. It inactivated on 10 November 1945 in Germany.

The Regiment was broken up on 7 July 1947 and its elements redesignated as elements of the 3rd Armored Division as follows: Headquarters and Headquarters, Reserve Command, 3rd Armored Division; 1st Battalion as the 36th Armored Infantry Battalion; 2nd Battalion as the 37th Armored Infantry Battalion; and 3rd Battalion as the 3rd Armored Infantry Battalion. The battalions activated on 15 July 1947 at Fort Knox, KY.

The 36th, 37th, and 13th Armored Infantry Battalions were relieved from the 3rd Armored Division 1 October 1957 and consolidated to form the 36th Infantry, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System; concurrently, former Headquarters, Reserve Command, 3rd Armored Division was expanded and redesignated as Headquarters, 36th Infantry and as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Combat Command C, 3rd Armored Division.