42nd Infantry Regiment (United States)

Constituted 15 May 1917 in the Regular Army as the 42nd Infantry. Organized 24 June 1917 at Fort Douglas, Utah from personnel of the 20th Infantry. Assigned to the 12th Infantry Division 5 July 1918. The regiment was subsequently assigned to Camp Mills, New York. When the Armistice of November 11, 1918 ended World War I, the regiment was no longer needed for combat in France, and it was relieved from assignment to the 12th Division on 31 January 1919. Colonel James R. Lindsay commanded the regiment beginning in March 1919, and its subordinate units were subsequently posted to other bases and camps.[1] The 42nd Infantry was later assigned to duty in Panama, and it was inactivated at Camp Gillard, Canal Zone, as follows: Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 30 April 1927; 1st Battalion, 14 March 1927; 2nd Battalion, 18 April 1927.

The 42nd Infantry was allotted to the Second Corps Area 28 February 1927. It was affiliated with the University of Puerto Rico on 18 April 1930. It was re-organized at Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico on 1 February 1939, and disbanded 11 November 1944.

• Description

A Gold color metal and enamel device 1+1⁄4 inches (3.2 cm) in height consisting of a shield blazoned: Azure, semé of bees Or, a cross Argent, on a canton of the last two saltires of the field.

• Symbolism

The shield is blue for Infantry. The Regiment was organized at Fort Douglas, Utah, in May 1917, from the 20th Infantry which is shown on the canton. The bees are taken from the arms of Utah. The Regiment is now recruited from Puerto Rico shown by the cross taken from the old banner of the island.

• Background

The distinctive unit insignia was approved on 14 November 1923. It was rescinded/cancelled on 28 January 1959.

• Blazon
• Shield

Azure, semé of bees Or, a cross Argent, on a canton of the last two saltires of the field.

• • Crest- None
  • Motto- None
• Symbolism
  • Shield- The shield is blue for Infantry. The Regiment was organized at Fort Douglas, Utah, in May 1917, from the 20th Infantry which is shown on the canton. The bees are taken from the arms of Utah. The Regiment is now recruited from Puerto Rico shown by the cross taken from the old banner of the island.
  • Crest- None.
• Background- The coat of arms was approved on 4 June 1921. It was rescinded/cancelled on 28 January 1959.

• Distinctive unit insignia

• Rinaldi, Richard A. (2005). The United States Army In World War I: Orders of battle; Ground Units, 1917–1919. Takoma Park, MD: General Data LLC. p. 77. ISBN 978-0-9720-2964-3 – via Google Books.