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'''World War II'''

==History==

*Organization

22d Infantry Regiment was stationed at Fort McClellan, Alabama, as a component of the 8th Infantry Brigade, which was the sole active component of the deactivated [[4th Infantry Division]]. 22d Inf Regt moved to Fort Benning on [[February 21]] [[1941]] to train with the division, and then moved to Camp Gordon, Georgia on [[December 27]] [[1941]], where it was reorganized under a [[Motorized]] [[TO&E]] on [[September 9]] [[1942]].

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22d Inf Regt assaulted [[Utah Beach]] on [[June 6]] [[1944]], as part of [[VII]] Corps in the D-Day Invasion, and arrived in the vincinity of Pavenoville, France by the end of D-day. It then participated in the Cherbourg Penninsula operation while attached to [[2d Armored Division]] from [[July 19]] through [[August 2]] [[1944]].

22d Inf Regt then returned to 4th Infantry Division, and headed for Belgium as part of the [[COBRA Operation COBRA]], moved into to Belgium on [[September 6]] [[1944]], and entered Germany on [[September 11]] [[1944]]. The regiment was attached to [[U.S. 83d Infantry Division|83d Infantry Division]] between [[December 3]]-7, 1944, and then returned to 4th Infantry Division in [[Luxembourg]] on [[December 12]] [[1944]]. 22nd IR then moved to Belgium on [[January 28]] [[1945]], and re-entered Germany on [[February 7]] [[1945]], where it remained on mop-up and occupation until [[July 12]] [[1945]], when it [[DEROS]]ed tothe New York POE, and moved to its temporary home at [[Camp Butner]], North Carolina while the regiment trained for movement to Japan. However, the war in the Pacific terminated, and 22d Inf Regt remained at Camp Butner until it was deactivated on [[March 5]] [[1946]].

*WW-II Campaigns