291st Infantry Regiment - World War II History (LoneSentry.com)

• 291st Infantry: WWII Lineage and Assignments

Constituted 24 December 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 291st Infantry and assigned to the 75th Infantry Division. Activated 15 April 1943 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Inactivated 18 November 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia. Constituted 24 December 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 291st Infantry and assigned to the 75th Infantry Division. Activated 15 April 1943 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Inactivated 26 November 1945 at the New York Port of Embarkation.

• 291st Infantry: WWII Honors

Campaigns: Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe. 2nd Battalion of the 291st cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes.

• 291st Infantry: Miscellaneous

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• 291st Infantry: See Also:

The 75th: The Story of the 75th Infantry Division

References:
1. Unit Lineage and Honors, U.S. Army Center of Military History.
2. Miscellaneous other sources.