History
Constituted in the National Army 5 August 1917 as the
349th Infantry Regiment, assigned to the 88th Division.
Organized 30 August 1917 at Camp Dodge, Iowa. Demobilized
12 June 1919 at Camp Dodge. (88th Division demobilized
10 June 1919, relieving components from assignment; reorganized
in 1921 in the Organized Reserves.) Reconstituted, allotted
to the Organized Reserves, assigned to the 88th Division,
VII Corps Area, 24 June 1921, and organized in October
1921. Ordered into active military service, less personnel,
and organized 15 July 1942 at Camp Gruber, Oklahoma, as
an element of the 88th Infantry Division. Inactivated
22 September-7 October 1947 in the vicinity of Livorno,
Italy. (Organized Reserves redesignated Organized Reserve
Corps in March 1948; redesignated Army Reserve in 1952.)
Campaign
Credits
World War I
Alsace
World War II
Rome-Arno
North-Apennines
Po Valley
Decorations
French Croix de Guerre with Palm embroidered CENTRAL
ITALY (Department of the Army General Order 50-43)
Motto
“Liberty and Rights.”
Distinctive Insignia
The shield is blue for Infantry; the gold bend is taken
from the arms of Alsace in France. In World War I the
349th Infantry served as a unit of the 88th Division,
whose members wore the blue quatrefoil. The fleur-de-lis
indicates that the regiment had its baptism of fire
in France. The chief is made white to avoid having a
blue quatrefoil on a blue field. The motto is a contraction
of the Iowa state motto, "Our liberties we prize
and our rights we maintain." |
