The 169th Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment of the United States Army and Connecticut National Guard. The regiment may be traced to English train bands that formed in settlements of Windsor, H
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Landing operations on Rendova Island 30 June 1943
The 43rd Infantry Division was a formation of the United States Army from 1920 to 1963, serving in the Pacific during World War II. It was activated in 1920 as a National Guard Division in Connecticut
169th Infantry Regiment (United States)
…just as the regiment was about to deploy to France. The 169th Infantry Regiment was newly constituted in the National Guard in 1921, assigned to the 43rd Division, and allotted to the state of Connecticut. It was organized on 23 May 1921 by consolidation and redesignation of the 1st and 2nd Infantry Regiments…
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43rd ID soldiers landing on Rendova Island in the Solomon Islands, 30 June 1943.