![]() ![]() In moving to Camp Sevier, it transferred key personnel to form the cadre for the newly formed 89th Infantry Regiment, which would join the 48th as part of the 20th Division. Some Regimental units acted as Military Police during this time.Īugust 1918: The 48th was relieved of port guard duty, and became a unit of the newly formed 39th Infantry Brigade, an element of the 20th Division in formation at Camp Sevier (shown at right), outside of Greenville, South Carolina. ![]() Throughout October and December companies of the 48th had been posted to various parts of the port for guard duty, such as at the piers taken over by the government from the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, and the Pig Point Ordnance Depot. New York-Hoboken was first, but Newport News would dispatch 288,000 doughboys for the war before its end.ĭecember 1917: Regimental headquarters was posted and moved to Camp Stuart, on the North-East edge of Newport News, Virginia. Its mission was to provide Camp and Guard duties at this second largest U.S. September 1917: The unit was posted to Camp Hill, Virginia, which was just West of Newport News, Virginia. Conditions in the Fair Grounds were crowded, so they moved to a semi-permanent camp about 1.5 miles north west of the Fair Ground in late July, where they conducted training for the new recruits. Slocum north of New York City, Columbus Barracks in Ohio, and men enlisted in Syracuse. By June 30, the regiment’s enlisted strength was at the maximum of 1,916 by addition of recruits from Ft. to go to France as part of the 3rd Infantry Division. 9th Infantry as that Regiment was about to leave from Hoboken, N.J. This was accomplished by transfer of 663 personnel from the U.S. Infantry, were constituted* on the official rolls of the Regular Army.ġ June 1917: They were organized* at Mobilization Camp in the Syracuse, New York, Fair Grounds, with Major John E. A and B respectively of the 48th Infantry Regiment of U.S. ![]() declaration of war on April 6th, the 1st and 2nd Bns of the 48th, then Co. Origins and history of the unit before and after its assignment to the 3 d Armored Division Units » Infantry Unit Pages » 48th Infantry Regiment » 48th Infantry History ![]()
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