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The 55th Heavy Brigade Combat Team "STRIKE BRIGADE" is a brigade of the United States Army, maintained by the Pennsylvania Army National Guard. It is a subordinate formation of the U.S. Army National Guard’s 28th Infantry Division.〔David Singleton, Scranton Times-Tribune, ( 55th Brigade Commander Reflects on What it Means to Protect and Defend ), 14 May 2009〕 Its headquarters is in Scranton, PA.〔WNEP TV Web Staff, (Scranton Colonel Reacts to End of Iraq War ), 15 December 2011〕 The headquarters was located in the Watres Armory from 1900-2012 until it was relocated to a newly built Armed Forces Reserve Center near the borough of Throop. During the move, the Brigade Commander COL Konzman discovered there was a time capsule in a cornerstone of the facility and had it removed. The documents contained in the capsule were protected and are now kept at the new facility. Pennsylvania's 7th Division moved to Camp Hancock, Georgia, in April 1917, and was there when the entire division was federalized on 5 August 1917. From May to 11 October 1917, the division was reorganized into the two-brigade, four regiment scheme, and thus became the 28th Division. It thus comprised the 55th Infantry Brigade (109th and 110th Infantry Regiments) and the 56th Infantry Brigade (111th and 112th Infantry Regiments).〔McGrath, The Brigade, p.168〕 The brigade was inactivated in 1941-42, and reactivated after the Second World War. A news article dated 24 April 2014 stated the 55th BCT is under consideration for inactivation by late 2016.() ==History== The history of the 55th HBCT headquarters began in July 1898 with the organization of Company K, 11th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment in Scranton. In August, 1899 the company was re-designated as Company K, 13th Pennsylvania Infantry.〔Pennsylvania. Adjutant General, (Annual Report ), 1900, page 352〕 In September, 1916 Company K was activated for service on the Mexico-United States border during the Pancho Villa Expedition.〔Frederick Lyman Hitchcock, (History, 13th Regiment, National Guard of Pennsylvania and 109th Infantry and 108th Machine Gun Battalion, U.S.A.E.F., and 109th Pennsylvania National Guard, 1877-1923 ), 1924, page 38〕 Company K was activated again for federal service in August, 1917. In October, 1917 Company K, 13th Pennsylvania was combined with Company K, 1st Pennsylvania Infantry, and the new unit was re-designated as Company K, 109th Infantry. The 109th Infantry Regiment fought in France during World War I as part of the 28th Infantry Division, and was demobilized in May, 1919.〔Pennsylvania State College Alumni Association, (Penn State in the World War ), 1921, page 21〕 In July, 1920 the unit was reorganized as Company K, 13th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, and a 1921 reorganization resulted in Company K being renamed Company B, 109th Infantry Regiment.〔Center of Military History, (Lineage and Honors, 109th Infantry Regiment ), accessed 1 July 2013〕 In February, 1941 the 109th Infantry was activated for service in World War II. The regiment fought in the European Theater as part of the 28th Infantry Division, and was demobilized in October, 1945.〔William Engle, Pittsburgh Press, (28th Division Ready to Open ‘Big Battles’ ), 27 August 1941〕〔William Engel, Pittsburgh Press, (‘Iron Division’ Wants Service Overseas ), 11 December 1942〕〔United Press International, Pittsburgh Press, (Keystone Division Fighting in France ), 24 September 1944〕〔United Press International, Miami News, (2 Ships Land 809 Returnees ), 5 August 1945〕〔Associated Press, Reading Eagle, (Reading Unit Recognized ), 17 January 1947〕 The 109th Infantry was activated with the 28th Infantry Division during the Korean War, and served in West Germany from 1950 until returning home in 1954.〔Associated press, Reading Eagle, (Relatives, Friends of Scranton Men to Visit Camp Atterbury ), 10 November 1950〕 In June, 1959 Company B was reorganized and designated Company B, 1st Battle Group, 109th Infantry.〔Associated Press, Gettysburg Times, (Gen. Biddle Names Unit Commanders ), 30 May 1959〕 Company B was re-designated Headquarters, 3rd Brigade, 28th Infantry Division in April, 1963. In February 1968 3rd Brigade was renamed the 55th Brigade.〔Associated Press, Washington Observer-Reporter, (28th Infantry Division Now Three State Force ), 19 February 1968〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「55th Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division (United States)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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