Since the establishment of the United States Army in 1775, three regiments have held the designation 28th Infantry Regiment. The first was a provisional unit that was constituted on 29 January 1813 an
Members of the 28th Infantry Regiment around a statue of Joan of Arc, Tréveray, France. February 1918
28th infantry regiment soldiers march on their way to the frontlines near Avranches, France. 31 July, 1944
Company B, 2nd Battalion, 28th Infantry patrols a rubber plantation near Loc Ninh
A squad of infantryman with 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment are inserted into a landing zone by a Black Hawk helicopter near Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq.
Battle of Cantigny
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The Battle of Cantigny, fought May 28, 1918, was the first major American battle and offensive of World War I. The U.S. 1st Division, the most experienced of the five American divisions then in France
28th Infantry Regiment (United States)
…Division. On 29 June 1917, the men of Company K became the first American combat unit to set foot on European soil at Saint-Nazaire, France. During the Battle of Cantigny, the 28th attacked the Germans and earned the moniker "The Lions of Cantigny." The regiment arrived at the port of New York on 30 August 1919 aboard…
Battle of Cantigny
American Battle Monument Commission's monument of the Battle of Cantigny standing in Cantigny, France.