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4 Nov 1895 |
Organized in the Illinois National Guard as 9th Battalion, Infantry
, at Chicago
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28 Jun 1898 |
Expanded and redesignated as 9th Regiment of Infantry, Illinois
Volunteers
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22 Jul 1898 |
Mustered into Federal service at Springfield as 8th Illinois
Volunteer Infantry
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3 Apr 1899 |
Mustered out of Federal service at Chicago
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18 Apr 1899 |
Reorganized as 9th Infantry Battalion
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6 May 1899 |
Redesignated as 8th Infantry Battalion
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1902 |
Expanded, reorganized, and redesignated as 8th Infantry
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30 Jun 1916 |
Mustered into Federal service for service on the Mexican border
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27 Oct 1916 |
Mustered out.
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5 Aug 1917 |
Drafted into Federal service.
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1 Dec 1917 |
Reorganized and redesignated as 370th Infantry, an element of
the 93rd Division
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11 Mar 1919 |
Demobilized at Camp Grant, Illinois.
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1919-1921 |
Reorganized as 8th Infantry
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22 Aug 1921 |
Headquarters Federally recognized at Chicago
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6 Oct 1940 |
Converted, reorganized, and redesignated as 184th Field Artillery.
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6 Jan 1941 |
Inducted into Federal service at Chicago
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6 Jan 1943 |
Regiment broken up and element disbanded or reorganized and
redesignated as follows: Headquarters and Headquarters
Battery and Band disbanded; 1st Battalion as 930th Field
Artillery Battalion; 2nd Battalion as 931st field Artillery
Battalion
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28 Feb 1944 |
930th Field Artillery Battalion converted, reorganized, and
redesignate as 1699th Engineer Combat Battalion
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25 Sep 1945 |
1699th Engineer Combat Battalion Inactivated in Germany
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20 Mar 1944 |
931st Field Artillery Battalion converted, reorganized, and
redesignated as 1698th Engineer Combat Battalion.
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25 Sep 1945 |
1698th Engineer Combat Battalion inactivated in Germany
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25 Aug 1945 |
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery and Band, 184th Field
Artillery reconstituted.
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1947 |
Elements of former 184th Field Artillery converted,
consolidated, expanded, and redesignated as 178th Infantry and
as 184th Field Artillery Battalion, 1698th Engineer Combat
Company, and 154th Army Band
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31 Mar 1947 |
178th Infantry reorganized and Federally recognized at Chicago
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1 Mar 1959 |
Reorganized as a parent regiment under the Combat Arms
Regimental system, to consist of 1st Battle Group, 178th
Infantry
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1 Apr 1963 |
178th Infantry and 184th Artillery consolidated and
consolidated unit designated as 178th Infantry, a parent
regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System, to consist
of 1st and 2nd battalions
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1 Feb 1968 |
Reorganized to consist of the 1st Battalion, concurrently, 1st
battalion assigned to the 47th Infantry Division
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