Description

THE FOURTH UNITED STATES INFANTRY
Alaska Defense Command • World War II •

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Document Overview
Compiled by the regiment itself as a commemorative unit history and yearbook, this volume traces the Fourth United States Infantry from its 1792 origins through the War of 1812, the Mexican War, the Civil War, and World War I, before focusing on its World War II service defending Alaska and fighting in the Attu campaign, and is offered here as a digital download of a scanned copy of the original.

Campaigns: Tippecanoe, War of 1812 (Detroit/Maguage), Mexican War (Palo Alto, Resaca de la Palma, Monterey), Civil War (Bull Run, Gettysburg), Indian Wars (Creek, Seminole, Big Horn Expedition), Spanish-American War (Santiago, La Loma Church), World War I (Aisne, Chateau-Thierry, Champagne-Marne, Aisne-Marne, St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne), Alaska Defense Command, Attu Campaign.

Commanders: Colonel P. E. LeStourgeon, Colonel Walter Wheeler (May 1938 – July 1940), Colonel Gregory Hoisington (July 1940 – June 1942).

Unit newspaper: unknown

Table of Contents
Regimental History
Regimental Staff
Athletics
The Regimental Companies
Recreation
The First Battalion
Awards
Killed in Action
At Work
The Second Battalion
Alaska
Adak
The Third Battalion
Attu

“Noli Me Tangere” — touch me not — the creed of the Regiment.
— Regimental Creed, The Fourth United States Infantry