2nd Oregon Volunteer Infantry Regiment
The 2nd Oregon Volunteer Infantry Regiment was a military regiment recruited in the U.S. state of Oregon during the Spanish–American War. As the first foreign war in U.S. history, it was the first time members of the Oregon National Guard had fought on foreign soil. The regiment also served with distinction in the Philippine–American War. At full strength, it was composed of 50 officers and 970 enlisted men. The regiment's last company was mustered out of service in August 1899.
The racetrack in Irving Park in 1907
Edward Lyon and Marcus Robertson in the Philippines
The Spanish–American War Soldier's Monument in Lownsdale Square, Portland
22nd Infantry Regiment (United States)
The 22nd Infantry Regiment is a parent regiment of the United States Army. Currently the 2nd Battalion is active, with the regimental colors residing at Fort Drum, New York. The 1st, 3rd, and 4th Battalions have been inactivated.
A few soldiers from the 22d Infantry Regt. looting shoes on Market Street (between 7th and 8th) in the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
Hemingway and Col. Lanham in Schnee Eifel, Germany, 18 September 1944
Soldiers quickly march to the ramp of the CH-47 Chinook helicopter that will return them to Kandahar Army Air Field on 4 Sept. 2003. The soldiers were searching in Daychopan district, Afghanistan, for Taliban fighters and illegal weapons caches. The soldiers are assigned to Company A, 2d Battalion, 22d Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Kyle Davis.
Soldier of 2d Battalion, 22d Infantry Regiment in Afghanistan 2013
