The 62nd Infantry Regiment was an Regular infantry regiment in the United States Army.

Lineage

Constituted 15 May 1917 in the Regular Army as the 62nd Infantry. Organized 1 June 1917 at the Presidio

Presidio

A presidio is a fortified base established by the Spanish in North America between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries. The fortresses were built to protect against pirates, hostile native Americans and enemy colonists. Other presidios were held by Spain in the sixteenth and seventeenth...

 of San Francisco, Calafornia, from personnel of the 12th infantry. Assigned to the 8th Infantry Division 17 December 1917. 8th Infantry Division demobilizied 5 September 1919 at Ca,p Dix, NJ and relieved from assignment.

• Redesignated as the 62nd Infantry (Philippine Scouts
  Philippine Scouts
  The Philippine Scouts was a military organization of the United States Army from 1901 until the end of World War II. Made up of native Filipinos assigned to the United States Army Philippine Department, these troops were generally enlisted and under the command of American officers, however, a...
  
  ) and reorganized 25 March 1921 in the Philippine islands from personnel of the 4th Philippine Infantry (provisional). Inactivated November 1921 at Fort Mills
  Fort Mills
  Fort Mills was the location of US Major General George F. Moore's headquarters for the Philippine Department's Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays. This was one of the locations at which, under the National Defense Act of 1935, coastal artillery training was conducted.-References:*McGovern,...
  
  , Philippine islands. Disbanded 31 July 1922.

Reconstituted in the Regular Army as the 62nd Armored Infantry Regiment and assigned to the 14th Armored Division. 31 August 1942. Activated 15 November 1942 at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas. Regiment broken up 20 September 1943 and its elements reorganized as elements of the 14th Armored Division and redesignated as follows-

• 62nd Armored Infantry (less 1st and 2nd Battalions) as the 62nd Armored Infantry Battalion.
• 1st Battalion as the 68th Armored Infantry Battalion.
• 2nd Battalion as the 19th Armored Infantry Battalion.

Redisignations

• 19th Armored Infantry Battalion redisignated as 562nd Armored Infantry Battalion 25 February 1953
• 68th Armored Infantry Battalion redisignated as 568th Armored Infantry Battalion 25 February 1953

Coat Of Arms

Blazon

• Shield: Azure, a grizzly bear passant proper
• Crest: On a wreath, argent and azure, a a setting sun

This regiment was organized at the presidio of San Francisco in 1917 which is syombolized by the grizzly bear from the flag and seal of california and the setting sun. The shield is blue for infantry.

See also

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