[2] The 141st Infantry arrived at the port of New York on 3 June 1919 on the troopship USS Troy and was demobilized on 3 July 1919 at Camp Travis, near San Antonio, Texas.

Inducted into active federal service at home stations on 25 November 1940 and moved to Camp Bowie, Texas, where it arrived on 27 December 1940.

Constituted 18 February 1823 in the Mexican National Militia as the Texas Regiment (Republic of Texas annexed to the United States 29 December 1845) While remaining in state service, the following units additionally organized for Confederate service: Turner Rifles, Rough and Ready Company and the Houston Artillery mustered into Confederate service during the summer of 1861; concurrently, reorganized and redesignated as the 3d Texas Artillery Battalion, and assigned to the District of Texas, Reorganized and redesignated 24 June 1874 as a Regiment of Reserve Militia Elements reorganized and redesignated 10–12 May 1898 as the 1st Texas Volunteer Infantry and mustered into Federal service at Austin; mustered out of Federal service 18 April 1899 at Galveston (36th Division reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1942 as the 36th Infantry Division) Withdrawn 1 August 1987 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System with headquarters at San Antonio Former Companies B, D, and K, 1st Infantry Regiment, reorganized 1 January 1908 in the Texas National Guard from existing elements as a separate infantry battalion A silver color metal and enamel device 1 3/16 inches (3.02 cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned: per pale argent and gules, a fleur-de-lis Azure and the badge of the 3d Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, during the Spanish–American War, Proper fimbriated of the first on a chief dancetté of the third a mullet of the fifth.

The colors of the shield are white, red and blue and, with the mullet, allude to the flag of the Texas Republic, under which Company A, the oldest unit, was first organized.

The badge on the sinister side of the shield represents the Cuban Occupation service of the 141st Infantry, Texas National Guard.

It was amended to correct the wording in the blazon of the shield on 11 March 1931 and to add the crest of the Texas Army National Guard on 22 January 1969.