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Camp Dodge. Coordinates: 41°42′11″N 93°43′07″W. Human Statue of Liberty, created by Mole and Thomas using 18,000 officers and enlisted men at Camp Dodge near Des Moines, Iowa, 1918, during World War I. Camp Dodge is a military installation in the city of Johnston, Iowa. Centrally located near the capital of Iowa, it currently serves ...
Birth of a Battalion. Originally the 1st Battalion 194th Field Artillery was formed on 26 February 1943 from two other units - the 2nd Battalion 125th Field Artillery Regiment and the 1st Battalion 185th Field Artillery Regiment. Both of these units were part of the 34th Infantry Division, which were half from Minnesota and half from Iowa.
The 168th Infantry arrived at the port of New York on 25 April 1919 on the troopship USS Leviathan and was demobilized on 17 May 1919 at Camp Dodge. Per the National Defense Act of 1920, the 168th Infantry was reconstituted in the National Guard in 1921 and allotted to Iowa. It was concurrently relieved from the 42nd Division and assigned to ...
Garrison/HQ. Johnston, Iowa. The Iowa Army National Guard is a state agency of the State of Iowa, with significant funding from the Federal Government of the United States; and a reserve component of the United States Army. It has dual Federal and State missions. It is empowered to function under control of the Governor, as a State asset in ...
126th Cavalry Regiment. The 113th Cavalry Regiment is a cavalry regiment of the Iowa National Guard, with history tracing back to the 19th century Indian Wars. It was heavily involved in fighting during World War II against German forces in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany from June 1944 to May 1945. [1]
Distinctive unit insignia. The 34th Infantry Division is an infantry division of the United States Army, part of the National Guard, that participated in World War I, World War II and multiple current conflicts. It was the first American division deployed to Europe in World War II, where it fought with great distinction in the Italian Campaign.
A community send-off ceremony is planned for 8a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 7 at Building S-60 on the Camp Dodge Joint Maneuver Training Center, 7105 N.W. 70th Ave. in Johnston. It will be open to the public.
The 133rd Infantry arrived at the port of New York on 24 January 1919 on the USS General G. W. Goethals, and was demobilized 18 February 1919 at Camp Grant, Illinois.It was reconstituted in the National Guard in 1921, assigned to the 34th Division, and allotted to the state of Iowa.