28th Infantry Regiment
28th Infantry RegimentActivated 2 Feb 1901
The Lions of Cantigny, The Black Lions, the Wumpus Cats
The Lion is taken from the coat of arms of Picardy, France. The 28th fought the first action in WW1 where an American unit attacked under American command at Cantigny in Picardy.
The 28th Infantry was the first American Infantry Regiment to land in France in WW1 (serving with the 1st Division), and the first Infantry Regiment to attack under American Command. Transferred to the 8th Infantry Division in WW2, the Regiment was returned to the 1st Infantry Division for Vietnam. It is currently a training unit at Ft. Jackson SC.
Here is the official US Army Linneage of the 2nd Battalion, 28th Infantry
13th Infantry RegimentMotto: "First at Vicksburg"
The blue and white bars represent the old and new colors of the infantry. The General's shoulder straps represent the two General officers the unit has produced (Sherman was the first Colonel, and Sheridan an original captain in the Regiment).
Check out WW2 vet John McBurney's web site.
121st Infantry Regiment"The Grey Bonnet Regiment"
(as the independent Volunteer Battalion of Macon, Georgia)
Motto: "Faciendum Est" ( It shall be done)
The insignia is an"old gray bonnet", taken from the official Regimental song of that name. This unit crest was approved 9 August 1928.