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On 16 June 1989 the 1st Battalion, 48th Infantry was inactivated at Gelnhausen and its personnel were re-designated and continued there as 4th Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment. On June 16, 2017, the 48th Infantry's 2nd Battalion was reactivated in a ceremony at Fort Leonard Wood , Missouri , joining the 15 April 2017 reactivated 48th Infantry ...
Fort Leonard Wood is a U.S. Army training installation located in the Missouri Ozarks. The main gate is located on the southern boundary of the city of St. Robert. The post was created in December 1940 and named in honor of General Leonard Wood (former Chief of Staff) in January 1941. Originally intended to train infantry troops, in 1941 it ...
Chief of Engineers. Alma mater. Virginia Military Institute. Lieutenant General Robert B. Flowers was born in Pennsylvania and resided in several areas of the world as his family moved during his father's military career. Following graduation and commissioning from the Virginia Military Institute in 1969, he completed Airborne and Ranger ...
After World War II the Battalion was inactivated on 25 October 1945 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. It was reactivated on 17 August 1950 at Ft. Jackson, South Carolina again as an organic element of the 8th Infantry Division. The Battalion moved with the 8th Infantry Division to Nuremberg, Germany in October 1956.
In mid-August in Europe, the 6th Armored Division moved down to Lorient, where it was relieved by the 94th Infantry Division in September. Elements of the division participated in the Battle for Brest (7 August - 19 September 1944). The 6th then turned east and cut across France, reaching the Saar in November.
World War II. The 1st Engineer Amphibian Brigade was activated at Camp Edwards, Massachusetts on 15 June 1942. [1] Some 2,269 men were transferred from existing units, the 37th Engineer Combat Regiment providing the nucleus of the boat regiment, and the 87th Engineer Heavy Ponton Battalion that of the shore regiment. [1]
Constituted 25 February 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 249th Engineer Combat Battalion. Activated 5 May 1943 at Camp Bowie, Texas. Inactivated 28 November 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia. Redesignated 23 March 1948 as the 442d Engineer Construction Battalion and allotted to the Organized Reserves.
Constituted 24 December 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 289th Infantry and assigned to the 75th Infantry Division (United States) (Location of headquarters changed 25 May 1954 to College Station, Texas). Inactivated 31 January 1955 at College Station, Texas, and relieved from assignment to the 75th Infantry Division.