188th Infantry Regiment
Not yet constituted / organized
This timeline begins in 1916. The cited organization had not yet been constituted or organized during this interval; its formation follows.
First division shown11th Airborne Division25 Feb 1943
Separate unit histories0 documented elementsDated lineages and service notes below
Page cutoff8 September 2026Last-documented status is explicitly marked
One regiment, separate assignments
The common row follows the regiment. After its reorganization, battle groups and battalions could hold different assignments at the same time. A deployment or temporary attachment does not by itself change the assigned division. Battalion rows follow headquarters lineages, often descended from lettered companies, rather than assuming that the old regimental battalions continued unchanged.
Approximate wartime windows identify documented affiliations within the labeled years. Their boundaries are coverage limits, not assignment or inactivation orders. Unverified intervals remain visible; common regimental service does not establish the later assignments of each battalion.
Division patches
Representative division patches. Patterns could change over time; an image does not imply that the exact version was worn throughout every period. Divisions without a verified asset remain identified by name.
At a glance
Assignments across time
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- 1st Infantry
- 2d Infantry
- 8th Infantry
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Division timeline
Deployments, operations and credited campaign service appear inside assignment cards. Award years establish credited service, not exact tour dates. Some service notes identify only company-sized elements. This is a sourced selection, not a complete movement log.
Assignment ends are exclusive: the next period starts on that date. *Striped final bars mean last documented, with later status unverified through the page cutoff. Unknown intervals are not treated as inactive.
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1 Jan 1916 – 12 Nov 1942
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12 Nov 1942 – 25 Feb 1943
188th Infantry Regiment
Inactive
The unit or its headquarters lineage was inactive. This status does not imply that every inherited honor or divisional affiliation was erased.
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25 Feb 1943 – 15 Aug 1945
188th Infantry Regiment
11th Airborne Division
Division names are normalized across historical redesignations. This entry follows the cited unit lineage.
Deployments & overseas operations
1944-1945
Leyte and Luzon
188th Infantry Regiment · Deployment / campaign service
Selected campaign service; year labels do not specify exact departure and return dates. The labeled service overlaps an assignment change and is listed only once; consult the following assignment cards as well.
Source
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15 Aug 1945 – page cutoff*
188th Infantry Regiment
Last documented: Assignment not established
The available record does not establish a precise assignment throughout this interval. No division is inferred. The source establishes this last recorded status, not uninterrupted service through 2026. The striped bar extends to the page cutoff to keep the later research gap visible.
Sources and scope
Army Center of Military History lineage certificates, regimental associations and secondary histories document assignments, operations and battalions. Exact lineage dates and approximate historical coverage are distinguished. Where the evidence stops, the page says so. A page cutoff is not a claim that every unit directory was current on that date.
Earlier battalions are covered by common regimental service; separately dated lineages and substantiated later battalions receive their own rows or notes. A unit graphic alone is not evidence of a battalion assignment. Reserve, training and inactive organizations are distinguished from active combat units.
Patch artwork
Unmodified artwork from Wikimedia Commons; individual file pages identify the artist and license. Insignia represent the divisions, not regimental affiliation badges.
- 11th Airborne Division · file and credit · public domain
