Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Camp Dodge. Coordinates: 41°42′11″N 93°43′07″W. Human Statue of Liberty, created by Mole and Thomas using 18,000 officers and enlisted men at Camp Dodge near Des Moines, Iowa, 1918, during World War I. Camp Dodge is a military installation in the city of Johnston, Iowa. Centrally located near the capital of Iowa, it currently serves ...
Garrison/HQ. Johnston, Iowa. The Iowa Army National Guard is a state agency of the State of Iowa, with significant funding from the Federal Government of the United States; and a reserve component of the United States Army. It has dual Federal and State missions. It is empowered to function under control of the Governor, as a State asset in ...
The 168th Infantry arrived at the port of New York on 25 April 1919 on the troopship USS Leviathan and was demobilized on 17 May 1919 at Camp Dodge. Per the National Defense Act of 1920, the 168th Infantry was reconstituted in the National Guard in 1921 and allotted to Iowa. It was concurrently relieved from the 42nd Division and assigned to ...
The Iowa National Guard consists of the: Iowa Army National Guard and the; Iowa Air National Guard; The Iowa National Guard headquarters is at Camp Dodge in Johnston, several miles north of the state capital Des Moines. The facility serves double duty as a continuity of government facility for the state of Iowa, as well as hosting the central ...
113th Cavalry (II) On 4 May 1992, the 113th Cavalry was constituted and allotted to the Iowa National Guard. On 1 September, it was organized from the Iowa elements of the 194th Cavalry Regiment, namely Troop C at Le Mars and Troop D at Waterloo. The battle participation credits earned by National Guard units in Le Mars (Company K, 133rd ...
Distinctive unit insignia. The 34th Infantry Division is an infantry division of the United States Army, part of the National Guard, that participated in World War I, World War II and multiple current conflicts. It was the first American division deployed to Europe in World War II, where it fought with great distinction in the Italian Campaign.
The 133rd Infantry arrived at the port of New York on 24 January 1919 on the USS General G. W. Goethals, and was demobilized 18 February 1919 at Camp Grant, Illinois.It was reconstituted in the National Guard in 1921, assigned to the 34th Division, and allotted to the state of Iowa.
A community send-off ceremony is planned for 8a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 7 at Building S-60 on the Camp Dodge Joint Maneuver Training Center, 7105 N.W. 70th Ave. in Johnston. It will be open to the public.