1st Bn - 15th Infantry Regiment

The Fifteenth Infantry Regiment was established in 1798 and first saw combat in the War of 1812. During the Civil War, the Fifteenth Infantry fought 22 major engagements including Chattanooga, Chickamauga, Murfreesborough, and Atlanta. In 1911, the regiment deployed to China as part of an international peacekeeping mission to protect civilians during the Chinese revolution. The Dragon on the Regimental Crest and the Pidgin English Motto “Can Do” symbolize the China service. The Fifteenth Regiment left China in 1938 and became part of the Third Infantry Division in 1940. In November 1942, the Fifteenth Regiment entered World War II with the capture of Casablanca. The Fifteenth Regiment and the Third Infantry Division then invaded Sicily, fought in the Italian Peninsula, and conducted the amphibious assault at Anzio in January 1944. The entire division was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation for reducing the Colmar pocket from December 1944 to January 1945. The division fought for three years during the Korean War until the armistice in 1953. Then, for almost forty years, the Fifteenth Regiment was represented by 1-15th and 2-15th Infantry as they stood as part of the Third Division’s deterrence mission in Europe. In September 1994, Charlie Company deployed to Totskoye, Russia for the first peace keeping operation ever conducted on Russian soil. The Fifteenth Regiment returned to the United States in May 1996. The 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry continues to represent the 3d Brigade of the 3d Infantry Division. On 21 March 2003, the Fifteenth Regiment saw combat again as it attacked into Iraq as part of the Third Infantry Division. The Task Force redeployed to Fort Benning, Georgia in May 2003. In January 2005, Task Force 1-15 IN redeployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom III. TF 1-15 IN occupied two Forward Operating Bases, located over 45 Kilometers apart, and conducted countless Company, Battalion, and Brigade level missions over the next 12 months.