39th Infantry Regiment
(Paddy's Gang)

Coat of Arms:
Each of the devices in the crest holds significant
meaning for the regiment.
The shield is blue for infantry.

The fleur-de-lis is from the coat of arms of Soissons,
a town in France recaptured by the 39th Regiment in 1918

The two trees represent the Groves of Cresnes,
the site of the regiment's first military success
in France during World War I.

The boar's head on the canton is taken from the crest
of the 30th Infantry Regiment and indicates the 39th
was organized with personnel from the 30th Infantry Regiment.

The crest is a falcon's head, for Mount Faucon in
Meuse-Argonne. The falcon holds, in its bill, an ivy
leaf, from the shoulder sleeve insignia of the 4th
Infantry Division to which the regiment was assigned
during World War I

The motto "D'une Vaillance Admirable" is a quotation
from the French citation which awarded the
Croix De Guerre with Gilt Star to the regiment for
its distinguished service in World War I. The
motto: "With a Military Courage Worthy of Admiration"


1917 Constituted 15 May as the 39th Infantry,
Regular Army Organized 1 June at Camp Syracuse, New York
Assigned to the 4th Division on 19 November

1921 Inactivated 21 September at Camp Lewis, Washington

1927 Relieved 15 August from assignment to the
4th Division and assigned to the 7th Division

1933 Relieved 1 October from assignment to the
7th Division and assigned to the 4th Division

1940 Relieved 1 August from assignment to the
4th Division and assigned to the 9th Division
and activated 9 August at Fort Bragg, North Carolina

1946 Inactivated 30 November in Germany

1947 Activated 15 July at Fort Dix, New Jersey

1957 Relieved 1 December from the
9th Infantry Division and reorganized as the
39th Infantry, a parent regiment under the
Combat Arms Regimental System


Campaigns:

World War I
Aisne-Marne, St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne,
Champagne 1918, Lorraine 1918

World II
Algeria-French Morocco. Tunisia, Sicily, Normandy,
Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe

Vietneam
Counteroffensive, Phase II
Counteroffensive, Phase III
Tet Counteroffensive
Counteroffensive, Phase IV
Counteroffensive, Phase V
Counteroffensive, Phase VI
Tet 69/Counteroffensive
Summer-Fall 1969

Decorations:

Presidential Unit Citation (Army),
Streamer embroidered CONTENTIN PENINSULA
(1st Battalion)

Presidential Unit Citation (Army),
Streamer embroidered CHERENCE LE ROUSSEL
(1st Battalion)

Presidential Unit Citation (Army),
Streamer embroidered LE DESERT
(2d Battalion)

Presidential Unit Citation (Army),
Streamer embroidered DING TUONG PROVINCE
(2d Battalion)

Valorous Unit Award,
Streamer embroidered BEN TRE CITY (2d and 3d Battalions
{less Companies A,D and E})

Valorous Unit Award,
Streamer embroidered Saigon
(3d and 4th Battalions)

French Croix de Guerre with Gold Star,
World War I,
Streamer embroidered AISNE-MARNE

Belgian Fourragere 1940

Cited in the Order of the Day of the
Belgian Army for action on the MEUSE RIVER

Cited in the Order of the Day of the
Belgian Army for action in the ARDENNES