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The
378th Infantry Regiment
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History
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Constituted 5 September 1918 in the National Army as
the 378th Infantry and assigned to the 95th
Division. (Was to be organized in France from
personnel of 2d Pioneer Infantry but never
accomplished.) Disbanded 22 December 1918.
Reconstituted 24 June '1921 in the Organized
Reserves and assigned to the 95th Division.
Organized during January 1922 with Headquarters at
McAlester, Oklahoma. |
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Ordered into active military service, less
personnel, and organized 15 July 1942 at Camp Swift,
Texas. Inactivated 12 October 1945 at Camp Shelby,
Mississippi. Activated 14 March 1947 with
Headquarters at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (Organized
Reserves redesignated Organized Reserve Corps 25
March 1948; redesignated Army Reserve 9 July 1952.)
Relieved from the 95th Infantry Division 1 April
1959 and redesignated as the 378th Regiment (Basic
Combat Training).
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Campaign Streamers |
| World
War II |
| Northern
France |
| Rhineland |
| Ardennes-Alsace |
| Central
Europe |
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Decorations |
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Presidential
Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered MOSELLE
RIVER (2d Battalion, 378th Infantry cited; WD GO 21,
1945) 
See
the
citation...
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II,
Streamer embroidered METZ (2d Battalion, 378th
Infantry cited: DA GO 43, 1950)
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Coat of Arms |
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Shield:
Azure, five wigwams, two, one, and two, or.
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Crest:
The shield is blue for infantry. The five
wigwams represent the five civilized tribes, namely,
the Choctaws, Cherokees, Creeks, Chickasaws, and
Seminoles, in whose domain the regiment was first
organized in 1922. The motto, in the Choctaw Indian
tongue, means "Stand firm."
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Motto:
Hikia
Kallo (Stand firm)
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Distinctive Insignia
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The insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of
arms. The sample of the insignia was approved 5 June
1933.
My
specials tanks to Theresa Bunn.
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Others
informations
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See
the casualty list of Company "I", 378th
Infantry Regiment...
See
the casualty list of Company "L", 378th
Infantry Regiment...
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Rhineland