116th Infantry Regiment

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The 116th Infantry Regiment is an Infantry regiment in the Virginia Army National Guard.

The regiment was formed as part of the Virginia Militia. Units in the lineage of regiment included the famed Confederate States of America Stonewall Brigade of the Army of Northern Virginia. The regiment was formed under the designation of the 116th during World War I, when previously existing Virginia National Guard units were consolidated in federal service. The regiment fought in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive with the 29th Infantry Division and returned to the United States in 1919, where it was demobilized. The regiment was reformed in 1922 and called back into federal service before the American entry into World War II in March 1941. The regiment fought in the Normandy landings, fighting on Omaha Beach, where it suffered heavy casualties. The regiment continuously served with the 29th Division in its eastward advance until reaching the Elbe at the end of World War II in Europe.

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