32nd Infantry Regiment (United States)
The 32nd Infantry Regiment is a battalion within the United States Army. Of the original regiment, only the 1st Battalion remains as an active duty unit. The 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment is a light infantry battalion assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, garrisoned at Fort Drum, New York. The battalion was previously assigned to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team at Fort Drum, before this unit was reflagged to Fort Johnson, formerly Fort Polk, Louisiana.
Coat of arms
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American troops endure snow and ice during the battle of Attu in May 1943.
Soldiers of the 7th Infantry Division attack a Japanese blockhouse on Kwajalein.
Private Joseph Pantillion Martínez born in Taos, New Mexico, was a United States Army soldier who posthumously received the Medal of Honor — the United States' highest military decoration —- for his actions on the Aleutian Islands during World War II. Private Joseph P. Martínez was the first Hispanic-American and first Coloradan to receive the Medal of Honor during World War II. His posthumous award was the first act for combat heroism on American soil since the Indian Wars.
Private Joe P. Martínez, Medal of Honor recipient
Bronze Statue of Pvt. Joe P. Martinez by Maxine at the Weld County Veterans Memorial
Statue of Martínez in Denver
USS Pvt. Joe P. Martínez