The th Infantry Regiment [ 1 ] is an infantry regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division. The subordinate units of the regiment constitute the bulk of the infantry elements assigned to the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team , 82nd Airborne Division. The th Airborne Infantry Regiment deploys anywhere in the world, within 18 hours of notification. The regiment conducts forced entry parachute assaults to seize, retain, and defend airfields or other assets, then increases combat power in order to control land, people, and resources.
The regiment was part of the 82nd Division. Under the command of Colonel Walter M. Whitman , a professional Regular Army officer, the regiment, which was composed of large numbers of wartime volunteers and conscripts , also known as draftees, trained at Camp Gordon , Georgia as part of the th Infantry Brigade of the 82nd Division.
However, only a small cadre of professional Regular Army soldiers were originally assigned to the th. The cadre was intended to train the many hundreds of new conscripts, most of whom recently called up and were very young and had had no prior military service , who would soon be entering the camp. The th, along with the th Infantry Regiment , which also formed part of the th Infantry Brigade, was composed of men from the " Deep South ".
Soon after, the 82nd Division was instructed by the War Department to send its men to other camps in order to help create other units. This left the regiment with only a small training cadre of just under officers and men.
They were replaced by conscripts from all 48 states, giving rise to the 82nd Division's nickname of the "All Americans". After further training in France, the regiment was committed to Toul sector from 18 June - 10 August After a brief rest, the regiment returned to the line to participate in the offensive to reduce the St. Mihiel salient , securing the southern shoulder of the breach. From 26 September - 9 October , the regiment waited to be committed to the MeuseβArgonne offensive.
