In a period of heartbreaking losses, the men struggled through nine kilometers of barbed wire and pot-marked earth.

Gen. John J. Pershing commended the men of the 79th Division, and especially the 313th Infantry Regiment whose forces penetrated deeper into enemy territory than any other outfit.

That same year, the Brigade's 1–314th IN (Mechanized) lost its armored vehicles- primarily M578s, M113s, M59s and M577s all of which were also sent to Israel to replace their war losses.

As part of Operation Bold Shift, the battalion changed their missions to better train Army Reserve and National Guard units.

[3][4] The unit is currently composed of:[5] For further information see The Brigade, A History by John J. McGrath from the Combat Studies Institute Press, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as Headquarters, 158th Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 79th Division Organized 25 August 1917 at Camp Meade, Maryland Demobilized 7 June 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 157th Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 79th Division Organized in November 1921 at Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Redesignated 23 March 1925 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 157th Brigade Redesignated 24 August 1936 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 157th Infantry Brigade Converted and redesignated 12 February 1942 as the 79th Reconnaissance Troop (less 3d Platoon), 79th Division (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 158th Infantry Brigade, concurrently converted and redesignated as the 3d Platoon, 79th Reconnaissance Troop, 79th Division) Troop ordered into active military service 15 June 1942 and reorganized at Camp Pickett, Virginia, as the 79th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, an element of the 79th Division (later redesignated as the 79th Infantry Division) Reorganized and redesignated 2 August 1943 as the 79th Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized Inactivated 11 December 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey Activated 28 January 1947 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the 79th Mechanized Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve) Reorganized and redesignated 15 July 1949 as the 79th Reconnaissance Company Inactivated 20 April 1959 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Converted and redesignated (less 3d Platoon) 5 November 1962 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 157th Infantry Brigade, and relieved from assignment to the 79th Infantry Division (3d Platoon, 79th Reconnaissance Company, concurrently redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 158th Infantry Brigade – hereafter separate lineage) Brigade activated 7 January 1963 at Upper Darby, Pennsylvania Location changed 31 January 1968 to Horsham, Pennsylvania Inactivated 1 September 1995 at Horsham, Pennsylvania Withdrawn 24 October 1997 from the Army Reserve and allotted to the Regular Army; Headquarters concurrently activated at Fort Jackson, South Carolina Inactivated 16 October 1999 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina Activated 1 December 2006 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina This article incorporates public domain material from Lineage & Honors for 157th Infantry Brigade.