2-54th Infantry Battalion
The 2nd Battalion, 54th Infantry was established on 15 May 1917 in the Regular Army and organized on 16 June 1917 at Chickamauga Park, Georgia. It was reassigned from the 6th Division on 16 November 1917. During WWI the battalion saw service from the Vosges mountains to the Argonne forest and back to the south of France; earning the famous Mailed Foot crest. The 54th Infantry was inactivated on 24 October 1922 at Fort Wayne, Michigan.
The regiment was called back to service in 1942 as the 54th Armored Infantry an element of the 10th Armored Division at Fort Benning. the regiment participated in many campaigns in Europe and was a key element in the relief of Bastogne; earning both a Presidential Unit Citation and the Belgian Croix de Guerre with Palm. The unit was inactivated on 23 October 1945 at camp Patrick Henry, Virginia.
Since World War II, battalions of the regiment have been stationed stateside and overseas in Germany. Elements of the regiment participated in many campaigns in Vietnam and earned a Meritorious Unit Citation. On 28 August 1987, the 2d Battalion was transferred the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and organized at Fort Benning, Georgia. Today, the 2nd Battalion is the only remaining battalion of the 54th Regiment and the proud custodian of its Regimental Color.
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