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style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;;text-align:center;;width:50%;border-left:#f8f9fa 2px solid;"> Next</th></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style=";text-align:center;;width:50%;border-right:#f8f9fa 2px solid;"> <a href="/wiki/11th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="11th Infantry Regiment (United States)">11th Infantry Regiment</a></td><td style=";text-align:center;;width:50%;border-left:#f8f9fa 2px solid;"> <a href="/wiki/13th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="13th Infantry Regiment (United States)">13th Infantry Regiment</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td> </tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>12th Infantry Regiment</b> is a unit of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a>. The 12th Infantry has fought in seven wars from the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">Civil War</a> to the <a href="/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001-2021)" class="mw-redirect" title="War in Afghanistan (2001-2021)">War in Afghanistan (2001-2021)</a> and has been awarded 19 <a href="/wiki/Presidential_Unit_Citation_(United_States)" title="Presidential Unit Citation (United States)">Presidential Unit Citations</a>, five <a href="/wiki/Valorous_Unit_Award" title="Valorous Unit Award">Valorous Unit Awards</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Joint_Meritorious_Unit_Award" title="Joint Meritorious Unit Award">Joint Meritorious Unit Award</a>, two citations in the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Order_of_the_Day_of_the_Belgian_Army&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Order of the Day of the Belgian Army (page does not exist)">Order of the Day of the Belgian Army</a>, Nine <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Vietnam_Cross_of_Gallantry" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry">Republic of Vietnam Crosses of Gallantry</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Vietnam_Civil_Action_Honor_Medal" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal">Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal</a> Third Class, a <a href="/wiki/Meritorious_Unit_Commendation" title="Meritorious Unit Commendation">Meritorious Unit Commendation</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Belgian_Fourragere" class="mw-redirect" title="Belgian Fourragere">Belgian Fourragere</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=12th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Civil_War">Civil War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=12th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Civil War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Less than a month after the first shots of the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">Civil War</a> were fired at <a href="/wiki/Fort_Sumter" title="Fort Sumter">Fort Sumter</a> in <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina">South Carolina</a>, the 12th Infantry Regiment was constituted 3 May 1861 in the <a href="/wiki/Regular_Army_(United_States)" title="Regular Army (United States)">Regular Army</a> as the 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry. It was organized 20 October 1861 at <a href="/wiki/Fort_Hamilton" title="Fort Hamilton">Fort Hamilton</a> in New York. The battalion saw extensive combat during the Civil War, participating in twelve campaigns with the <a href="/wiki/Army_of_the_Potomac" title="Army of the Potomac">Army of the Potomac</a>. </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Peninsula_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Peninsula Campaign">Peninsula Campaign</a>, the 12th Infantry distinguished itself in its first combat action at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Gaines%27_Mill" title="Battle of Gaines' Mill">Battle of Gaines' Mill</a> in June 1862, while sustaining fifty percent casualties. The regiment also participated in such historic battles as <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Antietam" title="Battle of Antietam">Antietam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Fredericksburg" title="Battle of Fredericksburg">Fredericksburg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chancellorsville" title="Battle of Chancellorsville">Chancellorsville</a>, <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Gettysburg" title="Battle of Gettysburg">Gettysburg</a> and six additional campaigns culminating with the <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Petersburg" title="Siege of Petersburg">Siege of Petersburg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a>, from late summer 1864 through April 1865 and the war's end. </p><p>During the war it suffered a total of 319 fatalities; 8 officers and 118 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, and another 3 officers and 190 enlisted men who died from accident or disease.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Indian_Wars">Indian Wars</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=12th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Indian Wars"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%22Execution_of_a_soldier_of_the_8th_Infantry_at_Prescott,_Arizona,_1877.%22_-_NARA_-_530921.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/%22Execution_of_a_soldier_of_the_8th_Infantry_at_Prescott%2C_Arizona%2C_1877.%22_-_NARA_-_530921.jpg/220px-%22Execution_of_a_soldier_of_the_8th_Infantry_at_Prescott%2C_Arizona%2C_1877.%22_-_NARA_-_530921.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="214" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/%22Execution_of_a_soldier_of_the_8th_Infantry_at_Prescott%2C_Arizona%2C_1877.%22_-_NARA_-_530921.jpg/330px-%22Execution_of_a_soldier_of_the_8th_Infantry_at_Prescott%2C_Arizona%2C_1877.%22_-_NARA_-_530921.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/%22Execution_of_a_soldier_of_the_8th_Infantry_at_Prescott%2C_Arizona%2C_1877.%22_-_NARA_-_530921.jpg/440px-%22Execution_of_a_soldier_of_the_8th_Infantry_at_Prescott%2C_Arizona%2C_1877.%22_-_NARA_-_530921.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2921" /></a><figcaption>"Execution of a soldier of the 8th Infantry in Prescott, Arizona 1877" is the caption. In fact, it is the execution of Private James Malone of Company K 12th US Infantry in Prescott Arizona 15 March 1878 for his part in a January 1876 murder<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>The battalion was reorganized and redesignated as the 12th Infantry Regiment on 7 December 1866. In April 1869, having been ordered to the <a href="/wiki/Presidio_of_San_Francisco" title="Presidio of San Francisco">Presidio of San Francisco</a>, California, the regiment entrained at <a href="/wiki/Omaha" class="mw-redirect" title="Omaha">Omaha</a>, Nebraska, on the <a href="/wiki/Union_Pacific_Railroad" title="Union Pacific Railroad">Union Pacific Railroad</a> portion the not yet finished <a href="/wiki/First_transcontinental_railroad" title="First transcontinental railroad">transcontinental railroad</a>; rode to <a href="/wiki/Corinne,_Utah" title="Corinne, Utah">Corinne, Utah</a>; detrained and marched to the <a href="/wiki/Central_Pacific_Railroad" title="Central Pacific Railroad">Central Pacific</a> railhead; and re-entrained to complete the journey to <a href="/wiki/Sacramento" class="mw-redirect" title="Sacramento">Sacramento</a>, California.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 1870s, the regiment took part in three campaigns of the Indian Wars; against the <a href="/wiki/Modoc_War" title="Modoc War">Modoc</a> tribe in California during 1872–1873, against the <a href="/wiki/Bannock_War" title="Bannock War">Bannocks</a> in the Northwest in 1878, and against the <a href="/wiki/Sioux" title="Sioux">Sioux</a> at <a href="/wiki/Sioux_Wars#Pine_Ridge_Campaign_(1890–1891)" title="Sioux Wars">Pine Ridge, South Dakota</a> from 1890–91. During these campaigns, six soldiers performed acts deemed worthy of the <a href="/wiki/Medal_of_Honor" title="Medal of Honor">Medal of Honor</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Spanish–American_War_and_Philippine–American_War"><span id="Spanish.E2.80.93American_War_and_Philippine.E2.80.93American_War"></span>Spanish–American War and Philippine–American War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=12th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Spanish–American War and Philippine–American War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War" title="Spanish–American War">Spanish–American War</a>, the 12th Infantry was sent to <a href="/wiki/Cuba" title="Cuba">Cuba</a>, in June 1898, and participated in the storming of the Spanish fortress in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_El_Caney" title="Battle of El Caney">Battle of El Caney</a>, where the 12th had the distinction of capturing the Spanish colors. </p><p>At the conclusion of the War with Spain, the regiment was immediately deployed in February 1899 to the <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Philippine Islands">Philippine Islands</a> to reinforce other Army units fighting elements of the Filipino Army that resisted the United States after they defeated the Spanish at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Manila_(1898)" title="Battle of Manila (1898)">Battle of Manila</a>. There, the regiment participated in three campaigns (Malolos, Tarlac, and Luzon 1899) of what was to be known as the <a href="/wiki/Philippine%E2%80%93American_War" title="Philippine–American War">Philippine–American War</a> and then served as garrison troops, not returning to the United States until 1912. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Garrison_duty">Garrison duty</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=12th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Garrison duty"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Deployed along the Mexican border, the regiment repulsed Villista harassing attacks during the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Nogales_(1915)" title="Battle of Nogales (1915)">Battle of Nogales</a> in 1915. On 17 December 1917 the 12th Infantry was assigned to the <a href="/wiki/U.S._8th_Infantry_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. 8th Infantry Division">8th Division</a> at <a href="/wiki/Camp_Fremont" title="Camp Fremont">Camp Fremont</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, but was not sent overseas in <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>. In August 1918 most of the regiment volunteered for duty in <a href="/wiki/Siberia" title="Siberia">Siberia</a> and the regiment was skeletonized until replacements were received and trained. As part of the 15th Infantry Brigade, the regiment moved to its pre-embarkation staging location at <a href="/wiki/Camp_Mills" title="Camp Mills">Camp Mills</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a>, between 23 October and 31 October 1918, but entrained while quarantined at Camp Fremont for <a href="/wiki/Spanish_influenza" class="mw-redirect" title="Spanish influenza">Spanish influenza</a>. After its arrival, the regiment remained in strict quarantine until after its convoy had sailed, and was not released until 11 November, the day the armistice ended the war. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Interwar_period">Interwar period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=12th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Interwar period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 12th Infantry was stationed at <a href="/wiki/Fort_George_G._Meade" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort George G. Meade">Camp George G. Meade</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a>, as of June 1919 as a separate regiment. The 2nd Battalion was transferred in January 1921 to <a href="/wiki/Fort_Gregg-Adams" title="Fort Gregg-Adams">Camp Lee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a>. The regiment was designated as a training center regiment on 27 July 1921 and assigned to the Third <a href="/wiki/Corps_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Corps Area">Corps Area</a> Training Center. The 2nd Battalion was inactivated on 12 October 1921 at Camp George G. Meade. The 3rd Battalion was transferred in June 1922 to <a href="/wiki/Fort_Washington,_Maryland" title="Fort Washington, Maryland">Fort Washington</a>, Maryland. The regiment was reorganized as a combat regiment on 11 September 1922 upon the inactivation of the Third Corps Area Training Center. The regiment, less the 3rd Battalion, was transferred on 30 September 1922 to Fort Howard, Maryland. The regiment was assigned to the 8th Division on 24 March 1923. The 2nd Battalion was organized 30 March 1926 with <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Reserve" title="United States Army Reserve">Organized Reserve</a> personnel as a Regular Army Inactive (RAI) unit with headquarters at Fort Howard. The regiment temporarily transferred on 7 May 1926 to Camp Anthony Wayne, <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>, and participated in the <a href="/wiki/Sesquicentennial_Exposition" title="Sesquicentennial Exposition">Sesquicentennial Exposition</a> in <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a> until 11 December 1926. It was relieved from the 8th Division on 15 August 1927 and assigned to the 4th Division. It participated in the inaugural parades of President <a href="/wiki/Herbert_Hoover" title="Herbert Hoover">Herbert Hoover</a> on 4 March 1929 and President <a href="/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt" title="Franklin D. Roosevelt">Franklin D. Roosevelt</a> on 4 March 1933. The 3rd Battalion established the first <a href="/wiki/Civilian_Conservation_Corps" title="Civilian Conservation Corps">Civilian Conservation Corps</a> (CCC) camp in the United States near <a href="/wiki/Edinburg,_Virginia" title="Edinburg, Virginia">Edinburg, Virginia</a>, on 17 April 1933. The regiment was relieved from the 4th Division on 1 October 1933 and reassigned to the 8th Division. Assigned Reserve officers conducted summer training with the regiment at Fort Howard. The primary <a href="/wiki/ROTC" class="mw-redirect" title="ROTC">ROTC</a> "feeder" school for new Reserve lieutenants for the regiment was <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_State_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Pennsylvania State College">Pennsylvania State College</a>. The 3rd Battalion was transferred on 27 June 1939 to <a href="/wiki/Fort_Myer" title="Fort Myer">Arlington Cantonment</a>, Virginia. The regiment, less the 3rd Battalion, was transferred on 3 September 1940 to Arlington Cantonment. The entire regiment was transferred on 12 June 1941 to <a href="/wiki/Fort_Dix" title="Fort Dix">Fort Dix</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a>. It was relieved from the 8th Division on 10 October and assigned to the 4th Division, and transferred on 24 October to <a href="/wiki/Fort_Benning" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Benning">Fort Benning</a>, Georgia.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_II">World War II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=12th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 12th Infantry Regiment was reorganized as a motorized infantry regiment on 29 September 1942. Less than a year later, on 1 August 1943, the 12th was reorganized as a standard infantry regiment when the 4th Division was converted from motorized to dismounted infantry. The regiment along with the rest of the <a href="/wiki/4th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="4th Infantry Division (United States)">4th Infantry Division</a> arrived in England on 29 January 1944. On <a href="/wiki/D-Day" class="mw-redirect" title="D-Day">D-Day</a>, 6 June 1944, the 12th Infantry saw its first action of the war when, as part of the 4th Infantry Division, it spearheaded the assault landing on <a href="/wiki/Utah_Beach" title="Utah Beach">Utah Beach</a> under the command of Colonel <a href="/wiki/Red_Reeder" class="mw-redirect" title="Red Reeder">Russell "Red" Reeder</a>. Between 9 and 12 August 1944, the regiment helped defeat the Germans in <a href="/wiki/Operation_L%C3%BCttich" title="Operation Lüttich">Operation Lüttich</a>. The regiment fought in five European campaigns through France, Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany. The 12th Infantry was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Presidential_Unit_Citation_(United_States)" title="Presidential Unit Citation (United States)">Presidential Unit Citation</a> for valor in action at <a href="/wiki/Luxembourg" title="Luxembourg">Luxembourg</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bulge" title="Battle of the Bulge">Battle of the Bulge</a>. The regiment was also awarded the <a href="/wiki/Belgian_Fourragere" class="mw-redirect" title="Belgian Fourragere">Belgian Fourragere</a>. After Germany's surrender, the 12th Infantry, along with the 4th Infantry Division, returned to the United States on 12 July 1945 and was inactivated 27 February 1946 at <a href="/wiki/Camp_Butner" title="Camp Butner">Camp Butner</a>, North Carolina. During this time famed author <a href="/wiki/J._D._Salinger" title="J. D. Salinger">J. D. Salinger</a> served with the unit. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cold_War">Cold War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=12th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Cold War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 15 July 1947, the 12th Infantry Regiment was reactivated as a training regiment when 4th Infantry Division was given the mission of basic training at <a href="/wiki/Fort_Ord" title="Fort Ord">Fort Ord</a>, California. In July 1951, the 4th Division was returned to line status and rotated to Germany as part of <a href="/wiki/Operation_Gyroscope" title="Operation Gyroscope">Operation Gyroscope</a>. In 1956, the Division returned to the United States and was stationed at [[Fort Lewis (Washington) </p><p>In 1957, the Army decided that in the era of battlefield atomic weapons, tactical infantry regiments were obsolete. To preserve the historic infantry regiments the Army set up the <a href="/wiki/Combat_Arms_Regimental_System" class="mw-redirect" title="Combat Arms Regimental System">Combat Arms Regimental System</a> (CARS) whereby the line companies of a regiment would form new elements of the regiment. The 12th Infantry was selected as one of the historic regiments to be preserved. On 1 August 1957, Company A was redesignated and activated as Headquarters Company, 1st Battle Group, 12th Infantry (with organic companies of the battle group constituted and activated) and assigned to the 4th Infantry Division. Company B formed the 2nd Battle Group, 12th Infantry assigned in Germany to the 8th Infantry Division until 1959 when it was reassigned to the 1st Infantry Division also in Germany. Company C was allocated to the Army Reserves and formed the 3rd Battle Group, 12th Infantry assigned to the <a href="/wiki/U.S._79th_Infantry_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. 79th Infantry Division">79th Infantry Division</a>. </p><p>By the time the <a href="/wiki/Berlin_Wall" title="Berlin Wall">Berlin Wall</a> went up in August 1961, the 2nd Battle Group, 12th Infantry along with the rest of the 1st Infantry Division had been transferred back to <a href="/wiki/Fort_Riley" title="Fort Riley">Fort Riley</a>, Kansas. To reinforce NATO, the 1st Division was directed to begin <a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Long_Trust&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Operation Long Trust (page does not exist)">Operation Long Trust</a> whereby the individual battle groups were rotated on temporary duty to West Germany. In July 1962, the 2nd Battle Group, 12th Infantry was airlifted to West Germany where it undertook several months of tactical training and testing at <a href="/wiki/Wildflecken" title="Wildflecken">Wildflecken</a>, West Germany. It was then ordered to proceed to Berlin overland through East Germany using the <a href="/wiki/Helmstedt" title="Helmstedt">Helmstedt</a>-Berlin <a href="/wiki/Autobahn" title="Autobahn">autobahn</a> to test the Warsaw Pact's willingness to allow NATO forces to continue to use it. Arriving without incident in Berlin to reinforce the U.S. Army's Berlin Brigade, the 2nd Battle Group was quartered at Andrews and <a href="/wiki/McNair_Barracks" title="McNair Barracks">McNair Barracks</a>. Because of the ongoing <a href="/wiki/Cuban_Missile_Crisis" title="Cuban Missile Crisis">Cuban Missile Crisis</a>, the battle group was almost on constant alert in October 1962. </p><p>In 1963, the Army concluded that the battle group was not the answer and reorganized the infantry and airborne divisions into a quasi-regimental structure of three brigades of three infantry battalions each. Consequently, on 1 October 1963, the 2nd Battle Group, 12th Infantry was reorganized and redesignated as the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry and reassigned to the 4th Infantry Division at [Fort Lewis],Washington and eventually joined the 1st and 3rd Battalions of the 12th Infantry at Ft Carson,Colorado. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Vietnam">Vietnam</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=12th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Vietnam"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Three 12th Infantry battalions deployed to South Vietnam with the 4th Division from August through October 1966. The 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, to which the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry was assigned, set up base camp at <a href="/wiki/D%E1%BA%A7u_Ti%E1%BA%BFng_Base_Camp" title="Dầu Tiếng Base Camp">Dầu Tiếng</a> in <a href="/wiki/III_Corps_(South_Vietnam)" title="III Corps (South Vietnam)">III Corps</a> while the rest of the 4th Division was assigned to the <a href="/wiki/Central_Highlands_(Vietnam)" title="Central Highlands (Vietnam)">Central Highlands</a> in <a href="/wiki/II_Corps_(South_Vietnam)" title="II Corps (South Vietnam)">II Corps</a> alongside the 3rd Brigade of the <a href="/wiki/25th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="25th Infantry Division (United States)">25th Division</a> which had arrived in December 1965. On 1 August 1967, the two divisions swapped 3rd Brigades. Subsequently, the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry served with the 25th through 10 of the Battalion's 11 Vietnam campaigns and received the <a href="/wiki/Presidential_Unit_Citation_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Presidential Unit Citation (US)">Presidential Unit Citation</a> for gallantry in action at <a href="/w/index.php?title=Suoi_Tre&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Suoi Tre (page does not exist)">Suoi Tre</a>. As part of the U.S. draw-down, the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry was returned to <a href="/wiki/Fort_Lewis_(Washington)" title="Fort Lewis (Washington)">Fort Lewis</a>, WA, and inactivated on 17 April 1971. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:NARA_photo_111-CCV-605C-CC51629.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/NARA_photo_111-CCV-605C-CC51629.jpg/220px-NARA_photo_111-CCV-605C-CC51629.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="204" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/NARA_photo_111-CCV-605C-CC51629.jpg/330px-NARA_photo_111-CCV-605C-CC51629.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/NARA_photo_111-CCV-605C-CC51629.jpg/440px-NARA_photo_111-CCV-605C-CC51629.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1506" data-file-height="1399" /></a><figcaption>Men of Company "D", 4th Battalion, 12th Infantry cross a stream during <a href="/wiki/Operation_Toan_Thang_II" title="Operation Toan Thang II">Operation Toan Thang II</a>, 2 October 1968</figcaption></figure> <p>The 4th Battalion, 12th Infantry was activated and assigned to the <a href="/wiki/199th_Light_Infantry_Brigade" class="mw-redirect" title="199th Light Infantry Brigade">199th Light Infantry Brigade</a> in June 1966 and went with the Brigade to Vietnam in December, 1966, where it was based at <a href="/wiki/Long_Binh_Post" title="Long Binh Post">Long Binh</a> near <a href="/wiki/Saigon" class="mw-redirect" title="Saigon">Saigon</a>. In November 1967, the 5th Battalion, 12th Infantry was activated at Fort Lewis, WA and sent to Vietnam to join the 199th Brigade. This made the 12th Infantry unique in that the regiment had more battalions deployed in Vietnam than any other infantry regiment.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October 1970, the 4th and 5th Battalions returned to <a href="/wiki/Fort_Benning" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Benning">Fort Benning</a>, Georgia and were inactivated. The 1st and 3rd Battalions returned in December 1970 with the 4th Division to <a href="/wiki/Fort_Carson" title="Fort Carson">Fort Carson</a>, CO. Three soldiers from the 1st Battalion, one from the 2nd Battalion, two soldiers from the 4th Battalion, and one soldier from the 5th Battalion, were awarded the Medal of Honor. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-Vietnam">Post-Vietnam</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=12th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Post-Vietnam"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The CARS system was replaced by the US Army Regimental System in 1985 when the army contemplated shifting to a unit replacement system. Under the new system four battalions of the 12th Infantry were activated. The 1st and 2nd Battalions were assigned to the 4th Infantry Division at Fort Carson and the 3rd and 4th Battalions were assigned to the 8th Infantry Division in Germany. The concept was for members of the regiment to spend the majority of their army careers rotating between assignments with regimental battalions at Fort Carson and in Germany. </p><p>By the early 1990s, the Army draw-down and its expanding worldwide peace-keeping commitments led to a decision to scrap the unit replacement concept before it was fully implemented. The 3rd and 4th Battalions were transferred to the 1st Armored Division and served in Bosnia before being inactivated in Germany in 1997. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Operation_Sea_Signal">Operation Sea Signal</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=12th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Operation Sea Signal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment "Warriors" of the 4th Infantry Division deployed from 29 August 1994 – 25 February 1995 to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in support of Joint Task Force 160 to provide refugee camp security at Camp Alpha, Camp Bravo, Camp Golf, Camp Mike, Camp Quebec, Camp Romeo, Camp Sierra, and Camp X-Ray. The unit also served as a quick reaction force to quell any refugee uprisings, built refugee housing camp facilities, escorting refugees for medical treatment, repatriation of Haitian refugees, distribution of food and supplies, and main base security. The battalion was housed in a tent city located on the football field of the base high school with the exception of Charlie Company who was housed in tents in the nursery. Awards for participation in Joint Task Force 160 include the Humanitarian Service Medal, and the Joint Meritorious Unit Award. The 1st Battalion was inactivated at Fort Carson in September 1995, after returning from deployment to <a href="/wiki/Guantanamo_Bay_Naval_Base" title="Guantanamo Bay Naval Base">Guantanamo Bay</a> as a part of <a href="/wiki/Operation_Sea_Signal" title="Operation Sea Signal">Operation Sea Signal</a>. The 2d Battalion was then reflagged as the 1st Battalion in 1996 after having soldiers from the inactivated 1st Battalion added to the ranks. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Operation_Iraqi_Freedom">Operation Iraqi Freedom</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=12th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Operation Iraqi Freedom"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment was formerly assigned to the 3d Brigade Combat Team of the <a href="/wiki/U.S._4th_Infantry_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. 4th Infantry Division">U.S. 4th Infantry Division</a> at <a href="/wiki/Fort_Carson" title="Fort Carson">Fort Carson</a> and deployed with the 3rd <a href="/wiki/Brigade_combat_team" title="Brigade combat team">BCT</a> in March 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom I. From May 2003 to February 2004, the battalion and elements of 1-68 Armor and 4th Engineers was attached to 173rd Airborne Infantry Brigade while B/1-12 remained with 1-68 Armor under 3rd Brigade/4th Infantry Division. The battalion redeployed back to Fort Carson in March 2004. As a result of the transformation of the brigade to the modular concept, elements of the battalion were changed to a <a href="/wiki/Cavalry" title="Cavalry">cavalry</a> squadron, the 2nd Squadron, <a href="/wiki/9th_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="9th Cavalry Regiment (United States)">9th Cavalry Regiment</a> in November 2004. 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment was reactivated at <a href="/wiki/Fort_Hood" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Hood">Fort Hood</a> as part of the 4th BCT, 4th Infantry Division and deployed to <a href="/wiki/Baghdad" title="Baghdad">Baghdad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a>, in fall of 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. It was replaced in the fall of 2006 by the 2nd BCT, 2nd Infantry Division from <a href="/wiki/Fort_Carson" title="Fort Carson">Fort Carson</a>. This unit was temporarily assigned to 1st Cavalry Division to which the 2d Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment was attached until February 2007 when the 4th BCT, 1st Infantry Division was assigned tactical control of <a href="/wiki/Baghdad" title="Baghdad">Baghdad</a>. On 6 April 2015 the 1st and 2nd Battalions, 12th Infantry Regiment were re-flagged under the 2nd <a href="/wiki/IBCT" class="mw-redirect" title="IBCT">IBCT</a>, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Operation_Enduring_Freedom">Operation Enduring Freedom</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=12th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Operation Enduring Freedom"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:U.S._Army_Soldier_watches_a_U.S._Air_Force_F-15E_bomb_insurgent_positions_after_a_20-minute_firefight_in_the_Korengal_Valley,_Kunar_Province,_Afghanistan_on_August_13,_2009.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/U.S._Army_Soldier_watches_a_U.S._Air_Force_F-15E_bomb_insurgent_positions_after_a_20-minute_firefight_in_the_Korengal_Valley%2C_Kunar_Province%2C_Afghanistan_on_August_13%2C_2009.jpg/220px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/U.S._Army_Soldier_watches_a_U.S._Air_Force_F-15E_bomb_insurgent_positions_after_a_20-minute_firefight_in_the_Korengal_Valley%2C_Kunar_Province%2C_Afghanistan_on_August_13%2C_2009.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/U.S._Army_Soldier_watches_a_U.S._Air_Force_F-15E_bomb_insurgent_positions_after_a_20-minute_firefight_in_the_Korengal_Valley%2C_Kunar_Province%2C_Afghanistan_on_August_13%2C_2009.jpg/440px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2100" data-file-height="1427" /></a><figcaption>A U.S. Army Soldier assigned to Company B, 12th Infantry Regiment watches as Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles bomb insurgent positions after a 20-minute gun battle in the <a href="/wiki/Korengal_Valley" class="mw-redirect" title="Korengal Valley">Korengal Valley</a> on 13 August 2009.</figcaption></figure> <p>In December 2001, Companies B and C of the 1st Battalion deployed to Kuwait in support of Intrinsic Action 01-02 and later in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Elements of other units from within the 3d BCT, <a href="/wiki/4th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="4th Infantry Division (United States)">4th Infantry Division</a> made up the remainder of Task Force 1-12. The task force redeployed to Fort Carson in May 2002. </p><p>In May 2009, 1st and 2nd Battalions, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4BCT, <a href="/wiki/4th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="4th Infantry Division (United States)">4th Infantry Division</a>, deployed to <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a> in support of <a href="/wiki/Operation_Enduring_Freedom" title="Operation Enduring Freedom">Operation Enduring Freedom</a> X. 1st Battalion was based in the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Arghandab_River_Valley&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Arghandab River Valley (page does not exist)">Arghandab River Valley</a>, west of <a href="/wiki/Kandahar_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Kandahar City">Kandahar City</a>, for the latter eight months of the deployment. Task Force 1-12's area of responsibility was referred to as the "Heart of Darkness"<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Unsupported_attributions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch"><span title="The material near this tag may use weasel words or too-vague attribution. (June 2014)">by whom?</span></a></i>]</sup> due to its significance as the birthplace of the <a href="/wiki/Taliban" title="Taliban">Taliban</a>, and also due to the inherent complexity of their mission. Much of their fighting was conducted in notoriously dense grape fields, which provided excellent concealment for insurgent forces. The 2nd Battalion was based in the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Pech_River_Valley&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pech River Valley (page does not exist)">Pech River Valley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kunar_Province" title="Kunar Province">Kunar Province</a>, home to the <a href="/wiki/Korengal" title="Korengal">Korengal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Waygal" class="mw-redirect" title="Waygal">Waygal</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Shuriak&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shuriak (page does not exist)">Shuriak</a>, and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wata_Pour&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wata Pour (page does not exist)">Wata Pour</a> Valleys. During its time in the Pech Valley, the 2nd Battalion saw heavy fighting throughout their area of responsibility at the foothills of the <a href="/wiki/Hindu_Kush" title="Hindu Kush">Hindu Kush</a> mountains. In June 2010, Task Force 1-12 and Lethal Warrior (2-12), 4th BCT, 4 ID redeployed to Fort Carson, Colorado, after 12 months in Afghanistan. </p><p>In March 2012, 1st and 2nd Battalions, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4BCT, 4 ID, again deployed to <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a> in support of <a href="/wiki/Operation_Enduring_Freedom" title="Operation Enduring Freedom">Operation Enduring Freedom</a>. This time, both battalions were based out of <a href="/wiki/Train_Advise_Assist_Command_%E2%80%93_East" title="Train Advise Assist Command – East">Regional Command East</a>. Both battalions returned by December 2012, after nine months in Afghanistan. </p><p>It was deployed to Afghanistan in February 2014 to assist in efforts to withdraw troops and equipment. The elements of the unit began to return to Ft Carson in September with the last unit arriving in December 2014. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lineage">Lineage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=12th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Lineage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lineage of the 12th Infantry Regiment: </p> <ul><li>Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as the 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry</li> <li>Organized 20 October 1861 at <a href="/wiki/Fort_Hamilton" title="Fort Hamilton">Fort Hamilton</a>, New York</li> <li>Reorganized and redesignated 7 December 1866 as the 12th Infantry</li> <li>Abandoned (closed) <a href="/wiki/Fort_Abraham_Lincoln" title="Fort Abraham Lincoln">Fort Abraham Lincoln</a>, North Dakota; assigned to <a href="/wiki/Fort_Yates" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Yates">Fort Yates</a>, North Dakota, July 1891, Company F</li> <li>Abandoned (closed) <a href="/wiki/Fort_Bennett" title="Fort Bennett">Fort Bennett</a>, South Dakota; assigned to <a href="/wiki/Fort_Yates" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Yates">Fort Yates</a>, North Dakota, October 1891, Company A</li> <li>Assigned 17 December 1917 to the <a href="/wiki/U.S._8th_Infantry_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. 8th Infantry Division">8th Division</a></li> <li>Relieved 15 August 1927 from assignment to the 8th Division and assigned to the <a href="/wiki/U.S._4th_Infantry_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. 4th Infantry Division">4th Division</a></li> <li>Relieved 1 October 1933 from assignment to the 4th Division and assigned to the 8th Division</li> <li>Relieved 10 October 1941 from assignment to the 8th Division and assigned to the 4th Division (later redesignated as the 4th Infantry Division)</li> <li>Inactivated 27 February 1946 at <a href="/wiki/Camp_Butner" title="Camp Butner">Camp Butner</a>, North Carolina</li> <li>Activated 15 July 1947 at <a href="/wiki/Fort_Ord" title="Fort Ord">Fort Ord</a>, California</li> <li>Relieved 1 April 1957 from assignment to the 4th Infantry Division and reorganized as a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System (CARS)</li> <li>Withdrawn 16 June 1989 from the CARS and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System</li> <li>Reflagged 16 April 2015 from 4th IBCT to 2nd IBCT, "War Horse" Brigade - 4th IBCT "Warriors" colors were cased and inactivated as part of the U.S. Army's downsizing efforts. <a href="/wiki/4th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="4th Infantry Division (United States)">4th Infantry Division</a> at <a href="/wiki/Fort_Carson" title="Fort Carson">Fort Carson</a>, Colorado</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honors">Honors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=12th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Campaign_participation_credit">Campaign participation credit</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=12th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Campaign participation credit"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Civil War:</li></ul> <ol><li>Peninsula Manassas</li> <li>Antietam</li> <li>Fredericksburg</li> <li>Chancellorsville</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Gettysburg" title="Battle of Gettysburg">Gettysburg</a></li> <li>Wilderness</li> <li>Spotsylvania</li> <li>Cold Harbor</li> <li>Petersburg</li> <li>Virginia 1862</li> <li>Virginia 1863</li></ol> <ul><li>Indian Wars:</li></ul> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Modoc_War" title="Modoc War">Modocs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bannock_War" title="Bannock War">Bannocks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sioux_Wars#Pine_Ridge_Campaign_(1890–1891)" title="Sioux Wars">Pine Ridge</a></li></ol> <ul><li>Spanish–American War:</li></ul> <ol><li>Santiago</li></ol> <ul><li>Philippine–American War:</li></ul> <ol><li>Malolos</li> <li>Tarlac</li> <li>Luzon 1899</li></ol> <ul><li>World War II:</li></ul> <ol><li>Normandy (with arrowhead)</li> <li>Northern France</li> <li>Rhineland</li> <li>Ardennes-Alsace</li> <li>Central Europe</li></ol> <ul><li>Vietnam:</li></ul> <ol><li>Counteroffensive, Phase II</li> <li>Counteroffensive, Phase III</li> <li>Tet Counteroffensive</li> <li>Counteroffensive, Phase IV</li> <li>Counteroffensive, Phase V</li> <li>Counteroffensive, Phase VI</li> <li>Tet 69/Counteroffensive</li> <li>Summer-Fall 1969</li> <li>Winter-Spring 1970</li> <li>Sanctuary Counteroffensive</li> <li>Counteroffensive, Phase VII</li></ol> <ul><li>War on Terrorism:</li></ul> <ol><li>Iraq - National Resolution - Operation Iraqi Freedom</li> <li>Iraq - Iraqi Surge - Operation Iraqi Freedom</li> <li>Afghanistan - Consolidation II - Operation Enduring Freedom</li> <li>Afghanistan - Consolidation III - Operation Freedom's Sentinel</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Decorations">Decorations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=12th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Decorations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Presidential_Unit_Citation_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Presidential Unit Citation (US)">Presidential Unit Citation</a> (Army) for LUXEMBOURG (12th Infantry)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidential_Unit_Citation_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Presidential Unit Citation (US)">Presidential Unit Citation</a> (Army) for SUOI TRE, VIETNAM (2nd Battalion)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidential_Unit_Citation_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Presidential Unit Citation (US)">Presidential Unit Citation</a> (Army) for PLEIKU PROVINCE, VIETNAM (3rd Battalion)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidential_Unit_Citation_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Presidential Unit Citation (US)">Presidential Unit Citation</a> (Army) for DAK TO DISTRICT, VIETNAM (3rd Battalion)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valorous_Unit_Award" title="Valorous Unit Award">Valorous Unit Award</a> for PLEIKU PROVINCE, VIETNAM (1st Battalion)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valorous_Unit_Award" title="Valorous Unit Award">Valorous Unit Award</a> for CENTRAL HIGHLANDS, VIETNAM (1st Battalion)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valorous_Unit_Award" title="Valorous Unit Award">Valorous Unit Award</a> for SAIGON – LONG BINH, VIETNAM (4th Battalion)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valorous_Unit_Award" title="Valorous Unit Award">Valorous Unit Award</a> for FISH HOOK, VIETNAM (5th Battalion)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valorous_Unit_Award" title="Valorous Unit Award">Valorous Unit Award</a> for IRAQ 2003-2004 (1st Battalion)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valorous_Unit_Award" title="Valorous Unit Award">Valorous Unit Award</a> for IRAQ KUNAR PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN 2009 (2nd Battalion)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meritorious_Unit_Commendation" title="Meritorious Unit Commendation">Meritorious Unit Commendation</a> for IRAQ 2003 (1st Battalion)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meritorious_Unit_Commendation" title="Meritorious Unit Commendation">Meritorious Unit Commendation</a> for IRAQ 2005-2006 (1st Battalion)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meritorious_Unit_Commendation" title="Meritorious Unit Commendation">Meritorious Unit Commendation</a> for IRAQ 2006-2008 (2nd Battalion)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meritorious_Unit_Commendation" title="Meritorious Unit Commendation">Meritorious Unit Commendation</a> for AFGHANISTAN 2009-2010 (1st & 2nd Battalion)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meritorious_Unit_Commendation" title="Meritorious Unit Commendation">Meritorious Unit Commendation</a> for AFGHANISTAN 2012 (1st & 2nd Battalion)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meritorious_Unit_Commendation" title="Meritorious Unit Commendation">Meritorious Unit Commendation</a> for AFGHANISTAN 2014 (1st & 2nd Battalion)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meritorious_Unit_Commendation" title="Meritorious Unit Commendation">Meritorious Unit Commendation</a> for AFGHANISTAN 2016 (1st Battalion)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meritorious_Unit_Commendation" title="Meritorious Unit Commendation">Meritorious Unit Commendation</a> for AFGHANISTAN 2018 (1st & 2nd Battalion)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joint_Meritorious_Unit_Award" title="Joint Meritorious Unit Award">Joint Meritorious Unit Award</a> for Operation Sea Signal (JTF-160) in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belgian_Fourragere" class="mw-redirect" title="Belgian Fourragere">Belgian Fourragere</a> 1940</li> <li>Cited in the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Order_of_the_Day_of_the_Belgian_Army&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Order of the Day of the Belgian Army (page does not exist)">Order of the Day of the Belgian Army</a> for action in BELGIUM (12th Infantry)</li> <li>Cited in the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Order_of_the_Day_of_the_Belgian_Army&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Order of the Day of the Belgian Army (page does not exist)">Order of the Day of the Belgian Army</a> for action in the ARDENNES (12th Infantry)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Vietnam_Cross_of_Gallantry" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry">Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry</a> with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Vietnam_Cross_of_Gallantry" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry">Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry</a> with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Vietnam_Cross_of_Gallantry" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry">Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry</a> with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1970</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Vietnam_Civil_Action_Honor_Medal" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal">Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal</a>, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1970</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidential_Unit_Citation_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Presidential Unit Citation (US)">Presidential Unit Citation</a> (Army) FOR Iraq 2003-2004 (Not confirmed by DOA, Lineage and Honors as of 2/3/2019)</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=12th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Several photographers and journalists were embedded with the 1st Battalion 12th Infantry Regiment during their 2009–2010 tour to <a href="/wiki/Kandahar" title="Kandahar">Kandahar</a>. A series of articles published by <a href="/wiki/David_Philipps" title="David Philipps">David Philipps</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Colorado_Springs_Gazette" class="mw-redirect" title="Colorado Springs Gazette">Colorado Springs Gazette</a> chronicles the 2nd Battalion of the 12th Infantry Regiment.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The series inspired the book <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lethal_Warriors_(book)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lethal Warriors (book) (page does not exist)">Lethal Warriors - When the New Band of Brothers Came Home</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which follows the lives of Lethal Warriors members after returning to the United States. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=12th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Regular_Army_Civil_War_units" title="List of United States Regular Army Civil War units">List of United States Regular Army Civil War units</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicolae_Dunca" title="Nicolae Dunca">Nicolae Dunca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Rathbone" title="Henry Rathbone">Henry Rathbone</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=12th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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