1st Battalion 22nd Infantry
Battles and History
The Battalion organization has
always existed in the US Army, though its size and role has
differed over time.
The term Infantry "Battalion" has evolved to mean an
organization comprised of 3 or 4 Companies of Infantry
and additional supporting units, and is directly subordinate to
Regimental Command.
The 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry has traditionally consisted of
Companies A, B, C and D of the 22nd Infantry Regiment.
From approximately the 1930's through the present time, the
structure of Battalions within the Regiment
has been formally adhered to; however, before that time,
Battalions were formed as needed, without regard to any formal
structure.
For historical purposes, therefore, in order to present the
history of 1st Battalion,
it is necessary to present the history of the Regiment
before the time when Battalion organization was ridgily defined.
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The 22nd Infantry advances under fire, Battle of Chippewa, July 5, 1814.
Regulars, By God ! -----------------Deeds Not Words
The 22nd Infantry Regiment was
part of General Winfield Scott's Brigade in 1814. Because of a
shortage of blue cloth, the Brigade went into battle
against the British at Chippewa, wearing jackets made of the only
cloth available, in a "buff" or gray color. Because of
their gray jackets,
the British commander, Major General Phineas Rials, mistakenly
supposed them to be local militia.
However, as the 22nd and other units of the Brigade advanced
through artillery and musket fire with unwavering military
precision,
General Rials corrected his mistake with the cry "Those are
regulars, by God".
The Regiment embraced the enemy General's description, and "Regulars, by God" became the 22nd's unofficial motto.
The official motto of the
Regiment is "Deeds Not Words", and was
approved in 1923, along with the Regiment's Distinctive Unit
Insignia.
An early use of "Deeds Not Words" can be found in
General Orders No. 64 of the 22nd Infantry Regiment, dated
December 10, 1894.
This order was actually the formal farewell letter to the
Regiment, by the outgoing Regimental Commander, COL Peter T.
Swaine.
See Insignia & Memorabilia on this website, for photos of a letter written by an
officer of the Regiment, dated 1903,
using a stationery heading with the motto "Deeds Not
Words".
A theory of the origin of this motto comes from Bob Babcock, President of the 22nd Infantry Regiment Society:
"In reading the history of the 22nd
Infantry Regiment in the Philippines, I found a reference to
General Orders No. 10, dated June 4th, 1900.
The order read, 'Captain George J. Godfrey, 22nd U.S. Infantry.
Killed in action. Shot through the heart. His military record is
closed.
A brilliant career ended. Deeds, silent symbols more potent than
words proclaimed his soldier worth..'
My speculation is that when official regimental
crests and motto's were established in the 1920's, this order
eulogizing a great infantryman
who had fought in Cuba and the Philippines played a part in the
establishment of our official motto - Deeds Not Words!
And our Regiment has lived up to the motto."
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1st Battalion Colors
Synopsis of 1st Battalion History:
Originally authorized on June 26, 1812, the
22nd Infantry Regiment was one of a number of additional
Regiments of Infantry
consitutued by Congress on that date, in an attempt to quickly
rebuild the depleted United States Army.
Recruitment was done in Pennsylvania. The Regiment fought in
eight battles during the War of 1812.
Its final engagement of the war was the seige and assault of Fort
Erie in August and September 1814.
Inactivation of the Regiment was done after the War of 1812, by
an Act of Congress approved March 3, 1815,
when its assets were incorporated into the 2nd Infantry Regiment.
The 22nd Infantry was technically
re-constituted on 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as Companies A
and I, 2nd Battalion, l3th Infantry.
It organized in May 1865 at Camp Dennison, OH. It reorganized and
was redesignated on 21 September 1866 as Companies A and I, 22nd
Infantry.
Companies A and I, 22nd Infantry consolidated
on 4 May 1869 and the consolidated unit was designated as Company
A, 22nd Infantry.
The Regiment was brought up to strength, as the
remaining Companies were filled and designated.
The 22nd Infantry fought in five major campaigns of the Indian
Wars of the late 19th century.
It was the first American Army unit to set foot on Cuban soil in
the Spanish American War and fought with distinction at the
battle of Santiago.
It served in six campaigns during the years 1899-1905 in the
Philippine Insurrection.
The Regiment was stationed at
the Presidio in California, and served in the relief efforts
during the San Francisco earthquake of 1906.
From 1910 to 1917 the 22nd Infantry saw duty along the Mexican
border. From 1917-1919 the Regiment was assigned to Fort Jay
in New York, and guarded the Port of New York during the World
War.
The 22nd Infantry was assigned on 24 March 1923
to the 4th Division [later redesignated as the 4th Infantry
Division].
The 1st Battalion was inactivated on 30 June 1927 at Fort
McPherson, GA.
The unit reactivated on 1 June 1940 at Fort
McClellan, AL, as part of the 4th Infantry Division.
During World War II the 22nd Infantry landed on
D-Day at Utah beach, and fought through five campaigns into
Germany itself.
It was inactivated on 1 March l946 at Camp Butner, NC.
It reactivated 15 July l947 at Fort Ord, CA. As
part of the 4th Infantry Division the 22nd served in Germany from
1951-1956.
It reorganized and was redesignated on 1 April 1957 as
Headquarters and Headquarters Company,
1st Battle Group, 22nd Infantry and remained assigned to the 4th
Infantry Division (with its organic elements being concurrently
constituted and activated).
It was reorganized and redesignated on 1 October l963 as the 1st
Battalion, 22nd Infantry.
The Regulars of the 1/22nd
arrived in Vietnam in 1966, fighting in thirteen campaigns of
that war.
Three Battalions of the 22nd originally went to VN with the 4th
Division, but the 2nd & 3rd Battalions were soon transferred
to the 25th Division.
The 1st Battalion remained with
the 4th Division until the Division left VN, and then came under
command of IFFV (1st Field Force).
It earned the distinction of being the longest serving unit of
the 22nd in Vietnam, 1966-1972.
During the Tet Offensive, the 1st Battalion of the 22nd earned
the Valorous Unit Award, during the fighting in the Provincial
Capital of Kontum.
Throughout its tenure in VN, the 1st Battalion performed its
missions as a true "straight-leg" Light Infantry
Battalion.
In late 1970, after the Battalion was pulled out of the jungle of
the Central Highlands of II Corps, the Republic of Vietnam
awarded the 1st Battalion,
for the second time during its service in Vietnam, the RVN Cross
of Gallantry Unit Citation, many years before the US Dept of
Defense took it upon itself
to give this award as a blanket award to anyone who served in VN.
1st Battalion left Vietnam in 1972 and was
stationed at Ft Carson. CO, as part of the 4th Infantry Division
(Mechanized).
It inactivated on August 1984 at Fort Carson, CO and was relieved
from its assignment to the 4th Infantry Division (Mechanized).
It reactivated in May 1986 at Fort Drum, NY and
was assigned to the 10th Mountain Division (Light).
1st Battalion served in the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew in
Florida, saw duty in Somalia
and was instrumental in returning President Aristede to power in
Haiti in the 1990's.
Relieved in February 1996 from this assignment
to the 10th Mountain Division (Light),
the 1st Battalion was reassigned to the 4th Infantry Division
(Mechanized) at Fort Hood, TX.
1-22 Infantry became part of the Army's Test
Division, and was known as Force XXI, experimenting with advanced
technology
and tactics, evaluating and adpapting them to change the Army
into a twenty-first century military organization.
The 1st Battalion became the Army's first
all-digital Battalion, and took that technology with it to Iraq
during Operation Iraqi Freedom, 2003-2004. The 1st Battalion
returned to Iraq for its second tour of duty there
from 2005-2006. In March of 2008 1st Battalion served its third
tour in Iraq, returning to Fort Hood in March of 2009.
In the summer of 2009 1st Battalion 22nd
Infantry moved to their new duty station at Fort Carson,
Colorado, with 4th Infantry Division (Mechanized)
in preparation for their deployment to Afghanistan.
From August 2010 to June 2011 the Battalion
served in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, adding another combat
theater to their
long history of overseas deployments. The Battalion returned to
Fort Carson, where they serve and continue to train,
maintaining a state of readiness should the nation require their
service anywhere in the world.
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BATTLES AND HISTORY OF 1ST BATTALION:
WAR OF 1812
Chronology of the 22nd Infantry in the War of 1812
Uniforms of the 22nd Infantry - 1812-1813
The Battle of Chippewa - July 5, 1814
The Battle of Lundy's Lane - July 25, 1814
INDIAN WARS 1866-1898
Early Frontier Service of the 22nd Infantry 1866-1873
Letter From A Frontier Fort - Killed In Action 1869
The 22nd Infantry Regiment 1874-1878
The 22nd Infantry Regiment 1879-1890
The 22nd Infantry Regiment 1890-1898
The 22nd Infantry at Spring Creek, October 1876
An Account by a 22nd Regt Soldier Part One
An Account by a 22nd Regt Soldier Part Two
Charles W. Temple - Sixteen Years on the Plains
Captain J.B. Irvine Company A 1866-1891
2nd Lieutenant Augustine F. Hewit 1879-1882
The 22nd Infantry Regiment at Fort Keogh 1888-1896
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR 1898
The 22nd Infantry Regiment in the Spanish-American War Part One
The 22nd Infantry Regiment in the Spanish-American War Part Two
Regimental History 1898 Part One
Regimental History 1898 Part Two
Map of the El Caney and Santiago Campaigns 1898
A 22nd Infantry Lieutenant's Memories of the War in Cuba 1898
Pvt William Frank Harper - Company C 22nd Infantry 1897-1900
Model 1895 Forage Cap - Company L 22nd Infantry
Cpl Elmore Nelson ...... Brothers-In-Arms of Company H
Charles W. Temple - Company E 22nd Infantry Soldiers Memorial Print
PHILIPPINE INSURRECTION 1899-1905
The Philippine Insurrection - Introduction
Arrival in the Philippines and the Pasig Expedition 1899
The Malolos Campaign Part One 1899
The Malolos Campaign Part Two - After Action Reports 1899
San Isidro - The First Northern Expedition 1899
After Action Reports 1899 Part 1
The Second Northern Expedition - Ballance's Battalion 1899
The Second Northern Expedition - Baldwin's Battalion 1899
After Action Reports 1899 Part 2
Operations of 1900 and 1901
After Action Reports 1900
Service At Home 1902-1903
The 22nd Infantry and the Moros - Introduction
The Ramaien Expedition 1904
The Taraca Expedition 1904
Operations of 1904-1905
The 3rd Sulu Expedition 1905
The Datu Ali Expedition 1905
Gunboats on Lake Lanao 1904-1905
Pvt Ira W. Cox Company D - Died A Hero Under The Stars and Stripes - 1899
Charles W. Temple - Letter from the Philippines 1899
Service Honest and Faithful .... PVT William E. Tracy - 1898-1901
SGT Grover C. Hart - Going after the Datu Ali - 1905
SGT Grover C. Hart - Captured Moro Weapons - 1905
Grover C. Hart - Service from the Philippines through World War I
Frank B. Jones - 22 Years Service with the 22nd Infantry
Memorial cannon for 22nd Commander found in the Philippines
PRE-WORLD WAR I 1906-1917
The 22nd Infantry in the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire 1906
San Francisco Earthquake 1906 - Part One
San Francisco Earthquake 1906 - Part Two
SGT Grover C. Hart - The Presidio 1906 - 1907
SGT Lewis S. Clark - 1902 Dress Uniform
SGT Lewis S. Clark - Company M 1905 - 1908
Service At Home 1906-1908
The 22nd Infantry Regiment in Alaska 1908-1910
22nd Infantry Mexican Border Service 1911-1915
22nd Infantry - El Paso, Texas 1912
Mexican Border - Camp Harry Jones, Arizona 1915-1917
WORLD WAR I 1917-1918
The 22nd Infantry during the World War
Company E Memorial Poster - 1917
BETWEEN WORLD WARS 1919-1940
Service in Garrison - The 22nd Infantry 1918-1922
The 22nd Infantry At Fort McPherson 1922-1940
CMTC - The 22nd Infantry at Camp McClellan 1924
CMTC - The 22nd Infantry at Camp McClellan 1926
CMTC - The 22nd Infantry at Camp McClellan 1927
WORLD WAR II 1940-1946
22nd Infantry Regiment - Prelude to War 1922-1944
Twins of Company E .... 1943
22nd Infantry Regiment History World War II
June 6, 1944 .... D-Day
June 7, 1944 .... D-Day Plus 1
June, 1944 .... Crisbecq
June, 1944 .... The drive to Cherbourg
June, 1944 .... Cherbourg
Journal of Staff Sergeant Alex Scarbrough .... D-Day 1944
22nd Infantry After Action report July 1944
John Dowdy - 1st Battalion Commander 1944
Operations of the 22nd Inf Regiment in the Hurtgen Forest Nov-Dec 1944
Battle in the Hurtgen Forest 1944 - Stanley Jozwiak
22nd Infantry monument to a German Soldier
"Outfit" magazine - 1945
Curtis Phillips D Company 1944-1946
Pete Petropoulos D Company 1941-1946
COLD WAR FORT ORD 1947-1951
COLD WAR GERMANY 1951-1956
The 22nd Infantry in Germany 1951-1953
COLD WAR FT. LEWIS 1956-1966
1st Battle Group 22nd Infantry
VIETNAM 1966-1972
The Naming of Camp Radcliff - 1966
The Naming of Camp Enari - 1967
The USNS General Nelson M. Walker - 1966
Clarence the Boa Constrictor of Company C 1966-67
Operation Paul Revere IV 1966
History---B 1/22 1966-1967
Command Structure B 1/22 1966-1967
Squad Leader's Notebook --- Company A 1/22 1966-67
Operation Sam Houston 1967 - Part 1
Operation Sam Houston 1967 - Part 2
Operation Sam Houston 1967 - Part 3
Company A 1967 - Bible With A Bullet Hole
Operation Francis Marion 1967
2nd BDE 4th Div S-3 Radio Logs Feb 15-17, 1967
2nd BDE 4th Div S-3 Radio Logs Mar 13-15, 1967
Chris Keuker - Japanese POW to 1/22 Company Commander
The Battle of Kontum 1968
Operation Mac Arthur & Operation Binh Tay-Mac Arthur 1968
The Battle of Chu Moor Mountain April 22 - 30, 1968
C Company Medic Receives Bronze Star 44 Years Later
Escape and Evasion - Sgt Buddy Wright - D 1/22 1968
Memories of a 4/42 Artillery Forward Observer with C 1/22 Infantry 1968
SGT Frank Spink - B Company Veteran receives Silver Star
SGT Matthew Carter - Silver Star Awarded 44 Years Later
Memories of an Alpha Company Regular 1968-1969
RVN Poetry -- Bill Hodder B Co 1968-1969
Operation Wayne Grey 1969
D Company -- 10 Days at Hill 474
1st Battalion Historical Summary - 1969
B Company 2nd Platoon 1969-1970
A Company -- Jim Flint
Cambodia - LZ Valkyrie May 1970
Battle of the Rock June 1970
The Grunt -- Chaplain Devine - 1970
Gary Rabideau - Mortarman Company C 1970-71
1st Battalion Historical Summaries 1971
B Company - June 1971
Kuhn's Story B Company 1971-1972
List of Firebases
---Newspaper Articles on 1st Battalion in Vietnam:
News Articles - 1966-1967
News Articles - 1967
FT. CARSON 1972-1984
1/22 Infantry 1972-1984 Overview
Red Devil NCO Academy - 1979
Terry Kotschwar - Memories of a Cold War Warrior 1976-1979
Regulars Fort Carson 1976-1978
1/22 Infantry Opens Ft Irwin 1978
FT. DRUM 1985-1995 (10th Mountain Division)
Activation of 1-22 Infantry at Fort Drum 1985
Hurricane Andrew August 1992
Somalia 1992-1993 ---- TF 1-22 Infantry on the Horn of Africa
Haiti-----Timeline of Events-----1990-1995
Operation Uphold Democracy-----Haiti 1994-1995
FORCE XXI FT. HOOD 1996-2001
Force XXI Overview 1997
EXFOR Exercises March 1997
1st Battalion tests the ATTV
1-22 at the National Training Center August 2000
FT. HOOD 2002
Fort Hood, Texas
Hands At Work
One Last Kiss
Guarding Taliban prisoners in Cuba April 2002
Guarding Taliban prisoners in Cuba October 2002
OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM 2003-2004
Packing the essentials for deployment - February 24, 2003
4th Division Purple Heart Award Ceremony in Iraq
Operation Ivy Serpent
1-22 Mortar Platoon
Mortar Platoon Fire Mission
Battalion Commander's Update 20 June 2003
Battalion Commander's Update 3 July 2003
Battalion Commander's Update 26 July 2003
Battalion Commander's Update 24 August 2003
Battalion Commander's Update 25 December 2003
Battalion Chaplain baptizes soldiers
1st Battalion soldier on the cover of TIME magazine
The capture of Saddam Hussein
Book on capture of Saddam Hussein by 1st BN Commander
Family letters
News reports January 2003
News reports February 2003