![]() ![]() In September, the Regiment was assigned first to the British Third and shortly thereafter to the British Fourth Army. Its members were among the first American troops to enter Belgium, although they did not enter fighting as in this war, being used to replace other troops which occupied the stabilized defense line in the sector of the British Second Army. The 120th Infantry first landed in France in June 1918, twenty-six years and a day before the Great Invasion of Normandy. In September 1917, the Regiment was first assigned to the Division with which it has served in two great wars – the 30th (Old Hickory) Infantry Division which was comprised also of units from South Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee. The other companies were all organized during the nineteenth century, but they were not formed into a regiment until 1916 when, as the North Carolina Infantry, they served on the Mexican Border. A recent opponent paid a like compliment when he called men of the Regiment, President Roosevelt’s Storm Troopers. ![]() Today, on the Regimental colors, the acute observer will note a stalk of goldenrod, the North Carolina state Hower, near a swarm of hornets and their nest. ![]() During the historic Battle of King’s Mountain, this group so consistently and effectively dismayed the forces of Lord Cornwallis, that the British General was heard to refer to the resistance offered by this unit as ‘a veritable hornets’ nest’. Another of the oldest of the group was Fox Co, originally called the Mecklenburg County Minute Men. Some historians believe Love Co to be the oldest company in the United States Army. The towns which produced the various companies are as follows:ġ/120 Battalion Headquarters Company – OxfordĢ/120 Battalion Headquarters Company – Albemarleģ/120 Battalion Headquarters Company – AsheboroĪs early as the Revolutionary days, some of these companies were making military history. From the clay-red soil of North Carolina, throughout the broad area extending from its woods covered mountains to its sloping beaches sprang its different units. The 120th Infantry Regiment has a distinguished past and a colorful tradition. Original Document 1947, Infantry Press Publication. Document Source: Bangor Public Library, World War Regimental Histories, 1947, History of the 120th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division, by the Officers of the Regiment. ![]()
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