The 69th Infantry Regiment is a military unit from New York City, part of the New York Army National Guard. It is known as the "Fighting Sixty-Ninth", a name said to have been given to it by Robert E. Lee during the Civil War. As the citation from poet Joyce Kilmer illustrates, this unit is also the original owner of "Fighting Irish" nickname, which the University of Notre Dame inherited via chaplains who served with the unit during the Civil War.[citation needed] Between 1917 and 1992 it was also designated as the 165th Infantry Regiment.
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| - The 69th Infantry Regiment is a military unit from New York City, part of the New York Army National Guard. It is known as the "Fighting Sixty-Ninth", a name said to have been given to it by Robert E. Lee during the Civil War. As the citation from poet Joyce Kilmer illustrates, this unit is also the original owner of "Fighting Irish" nickname, which the University of Notre Dame inherited via chaplains who served with the unit during the Civil War.[citation needed] Between 1917 and 1992 it was also designated as the 165th Infantry Regiment.
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| - War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
- World War I
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- American Civil War
- Operation Iraqi Freedom
- American Revolutionary War
- Antietam, MA 1862
- Appomattox, VA 1865
- Baghdad, Iraq 2005
- Champage, France 1918
- Chancellorsville, VA 1863
- Château-Thierry, France 1918
- Fredericksburg, VA 1862
- Gettysburg, PA 1863
- Hindu Kush, Afghanistan 2009
- Makin Island, Kiribati 1943
- Manassass, VA 1861
- Meuse-Argonne, France 1918
- Monmouth, NJ 1778
- New York, NY 2001
- Okinawa, Japan 1945
- Operation Noble Eagle
- Petersburg, VA 1864
- Quebec, Canada 1775
- Radwiniyah, Iraq 2004
- Rouge Boquet Chausailles, France 1917
- Saipan, Marian Islands 1944
- Saratoga, NY 1777
- St. Mihiel, France 1918
- Taji, Iraq 2004
- Trenton, NJ 1776
- White Plains, NY 1776
- Yorktown, VA 1781
- Yorktown, VA 1862
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- Gentle When Stroked; Fierce when Provoked
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| - The 69th Infantry Regiment is a military unit from New York City, part of the New York Army National Guard. It is known as the "Fighting Sixty-Ninth", a name said to have been given to it by Robert E. Lee during the Civil War. As the citation from poet Joyce Kilmer illustrates, this unit is also the original owner of "Fighting Irish" nickname, which the University of Notre Dame inherited via chaplains who served with the unit during the Civil War.[citation needed] Between 1917 and 1992 it was also designated as the 165th Infantry Regiment. The regiment currently consists of a single light infantry battalion (1st Battalion, 69th Infantry Regiment) and is part of the 27th Brigade Combat Team of the 42nd Infantry Division. Its history dates back to 1849, when it was created as the 9th Regiment New York State Militia, and A Company, 1/69 can trace roots back to the American Revolution. The regiment has seen combat in five wars: the Civil War, World War I, World War II, Iraq War and the Afghanistan War. It has also participated in 23 campaigns, so many that the staffs of its regimental colors are authorized to be one foot longer than normal to accommodate them all. It is an Irish heritage unit, with many of its traditions and symbols deriving from a time when the regiment was made entirely of Irish-Americans. The regiment's Civil War era battle cry was "Faugh a Ballagh," which is Irish Gaelic meaning "Clear the Way." This is reminiscent of the cry of the Irish Brigade of the French Army in the Battle of Fontenoy. A World War I era battle cry is "Garryowen in Glory!" Its motto is "Gentle when stroked - Fierce when provoked" in reference to the Irish Wolfhounds on its crest and dress cap badges of 1861. Though by 2001 the regiment was "no more Irish than the Notre Dame football team", it retained many of the traditions arising form its Irish heritage. New York City's St. Patrick's Day Parade up Fifth Avenue has always been led by the regiment and its Irish Wolfhounds. In some ceremonies, the regiment's officers and senior non-commissioned officers carry shillelaghs as a badge of rank. Additionally, it is traditional to wear a small sprig of boxwood on one’s headgear in combat, as was first done in the Civil War. The Irish Brigade was noted for its ability to tackle tough missions. As one war correspondent said during the Civil War, "When anything absurd, forlorn, or desperate was to be attempted, the Irish Brigade was called upon." The regiment's unit insignia depicts both the 1861 regimental dress cap device braced by two Irish Wolfhounds and the red shamrock of the First Division of the Second Corps of the Army of the Potomac in the Civil War. These are separated by a rainbow depicting the unit's service as a founding regiment of the 42nd Rainbow Division in World War I. The green background on the insignia is rare; most infantry units have an infantry blue background. The regiment has this because its Civil War regimental colors (flags) were green with the Golden Harp of Ireland. Like all New York National Guard units, the coat of arms is surmounted by Henry Hudson's ship "The Half-Moon".
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