66th Infantry Regiment (United States)

66th Infantry Regiment
Active 1943
Country  United States
Branch  United States Army
Type Infantry
Size Regiment
Motto None
U.S. Infantry Regiments
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65th Infantry Regiment 67th Infantry Regiment

The 66th Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment in the United States Army.

History

(Note; for a brief period 66th Armor was designated as 66th Infantry)

Lineage

Constituted 10 July 1943 in the Regular Army as the 66th Infantry and assigned to the 71st Infantry Division. Activated 15 July 1943 at Camp Carson, Colorado. Inactivated 5–9 April 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. Relieved from the 71st Division and allotted to the Regular Army 25 February 1953; Concurrently broken up and elements redesignated as elements of the 13th Armored Division as follows

Campaign streamers

World War II

References

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