18th Infantry Regiment
Coat of Arms Pocket Patch

Shield
Civil War service is shown by the saltire cross from
the Confederate flag. The crossed arrows represent the
regiment's Indian campaigns. The VIII Corps badge recalls
service in the 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division of that corps
in the War with Spain and the Bolo stands for operations
in the Visayas during the Philippine Insurrection. In World
War I the regiment was awarded two French Croix de Guerre
with Palm and the French Fourrangere for its part in the
Soissons offensive on 18 July 1918 and the operations of
early October 1918 around Exermont and Hill 240 in the
old province of Lorraine. The chief bears the bend of
the arms of Lorraine between the fleurs-de-lis of the
arms of Soissons. The crest is the badge of the 1st
Division of the XIV Corps of the Army of the Cumberland,
with which the regiment served during most of its
operations in the Civil War.

Motto: In Omnia Paratus (In All Things Prepared)

Campaigns

Civil War
Murfreesborough; Chickamaugua; Chattanooga;
Atlanta; Kentucky 1862;Mississippi 1862;
Tennessee 1863; Georgia 1864

War with Spain
Manilla

Philippine Insurrection
Iloilo; Panay 1899; Panay 1900



World War I
Montdidier-Noyon; Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel;
Meuse-Argonne; Lorraine 1917;
Lorraine 1918; Picardy 1918

World War II
Algeria French Morocco (with arrowhead);
Tunisia; Sicily (with arrowhead);
Northern France; Rhineland;
Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe

Vietnam
Counteroffensive, Phase II;
Counteroffensive, Phase III; Tet Counteroffensive;
Counteroffensive, Phase IV;
Counteroffensive, Phase V;
Counteroffensive, Phase VI; Tet 69/Counteroffensive;
Summer-Fall 1969; Winter-Spring 1970;

Decorations

Presidential Unit Citation (Army),
Streamer embroidered BEJA, TUNISIA

Presidential Unit Citation (Army),
Streamer embroidered NORMANDY

Presidential Unit Citation (Army),
Streamer embroidered AACHEN, GERMANY

Valorous Unit Award,
Streamer embroidered BINH LONG PROVINCE

Valorous Unit Award,
Streamer embroidered DI AN

Meritorious Unit Commendation
streamer embroidered Vietnam 1967-68

Army Superior Unit Award,
Streamer embroidered 1994

Army Superior Unit Award,
Streamer embroided BOSNIA

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I,
Streamer embroidered AISNE-MARNE

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I,
Streamer embroidered MEUSE-ARGONNE

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II,
Streamer embroidered KASSERINE

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II,
Streamer embroidered NORMANDY

French Medaille Militaire, Fourragere

Belgian Fourragere 1940

Cited in the Order of the Day of the
Belgian Army for action at MONS

Cited in the Order of the Day of the
Belgian Army for action at EUPEN-MALMEDY

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry Unit
Citation with Palm Streamer

Vietnamese Civil Action Honor Medal Unit
Citation with First Class Streamer