307th Infantry Regiment (United States)

The 307th Infantry Regiment was a National Army unit first organized for service in World War I as part of the 77th Division in France.

The 1st Battalion is currently serving at Joint Base McGuire–Dix–Lakehurst, New Jersey, under command of the 174th Infantry Brigade training Army Reserve and Army National Guard soldiers for service in support of Overseas Contingency Operations and specializes in training Infantry Soldiers.

[1] The 2nd Battalion is stationed at Camp Atterbury, Indiana and concentrates on training Field Artillery units under the command of the 157th Infantry Brigade.

During May 1918 it was attached to the British 42nd (East Lancashire) Division in France for battle training.

[3] The commander of Company K, Captain Nelson M. Holderman was awarded the Medal of Honor.

After completing its war service in France, the regiment sailed to New York City aboard the U.S.S.

[4] Ordered into active military service 25 March 1942 and reorganized at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.

[15] After adoption of the ROAD program,[16] the regiment was reorganized on 26 March 1963 to consist of the 1st and 2d Battalions, subordinate elements of the 77th Infantry Division.

The 307th Infantry Regiment, 77th American Division (attached to 42nd Division for instruction), headed by a British regimental band, marching past Major-General Arthur Solly-Flood (GOC 42nd Division) on a road near Famechon, 7 June 1918