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On 23 October 2020 the Task Force was converted to 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment.[3] On 24 March 2023 the 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment was inactivated.[4]\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-02-22T11:22:58-05:00","sort_order":"best-selling","template_suffix":"","disjunctive":false,"rules":[{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"28INF-001"}],"published_scope":"global"},{"id":476893151471,"handle":"28th-inf","title":"28th Infantry Regiment","updated_at":"2025-09-14T15:43:34-04:00","body_html":"\u003ch3 data-start=\"85\" data-end=\"120\"\u003eEarly History and World War I\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"121\" data-end=\"834\"\u003eThe 28th Infantry Regiment was constituted on 2 February 1901 and organized in the Philippines during the U.S. campaign to secure control of the islands. In 1917, the regiment was assigned to the newly formed \u003cstrong data-start=\"330\" data-end=\"355\"\u003e1st Infantry Division\u003c\/strong\u003e, America’s first permanent division-sized unit. The 28th gained lasting fame during \u003cstrong data-start=\"440\" data-end=\"455\"\u003eWorld War I\u003c\/strong\u003e at the \u003cstrong data-start=\"463\" data-end=\"485\"\u003eBattle of Cantigny\u003c\/strong\u003e (May 28–31, 1918), where it spearheaded the first American-led offensive of the war. The regiment seized the heavily fortified French village and repelled repeated German counterattacks, a victory that boosted Allied morale and demonstrated U.S. combat strength. For this achievement, the regiment earned the nickname \u003cstrong data-start=\"804\" data-end=\"832\"\u003e“The Lions of Cantigny.”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"836\" data-end=\"839\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"841\" data-end=\"859\"\u003eWorld War II\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"860\" data-end=\"1595\"\u003eWhen the U.S. entered World War II, the 28th Infantry Regiment again fought with the \u003cstrong data-start=\"945\" data-end=\"990\"\u003e1st Infantry Division (“The Big Red One”)\u003c\/strong\u003e. It landed in \u003cstrong data-start=\"1005\" data-end=\"1021\"\u003eNorth Africa\u003c\/strong\u003e during Operation Torch in 1942, battling German and Vichy French forces. 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In the months that followed, it played a key role in the \u003cstrong data-start=\"1409\" data-end=\"1430\"\u003eNormandy breakout\u003c\/strong\u003e, the liberation of France, the \u003cstrong data-start=\"1462\" data-end=\"1480\"\u003eHürtgen Forest\u003c\/strong\u003e, and the \u003cstrong data-start=\"1490\" data-end=\"1513\"\u003eBattle of the Bulge\u003c\/strong\u003e, earning a reputation as one of the toughest regiments in the European Theater.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"1597\" data-end=\"1600\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"1602\" data-end=\"1637\"\u003eCold War, Vietnam, and Beyond\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1638\" data-end=\"2318\"\u003eAfter World War II, the regiment remained active in Germany as part of the U.S. Army’s occupation and later NATO defense forces. 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Its history—from the jungles of the Philippines to the hedgerows of Normandy and the rice paddies of Vietnam—marks it as one of the Army’s most storied and battle-tested regiments.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-09-14T15:39:39-04:00","sort_order":"best-selling","template_suffix":"","disjunctive":false,"rules":[{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"28INF"}],"published_scope":"global"},{"id":407416570095,"handle":"breaking-starch","title":"Breaking Starch","updated_at":"2025-09-20T07:05:50-04:00","body_html":"Our newest additions.","published_at":"2023-02-01T09:55:24-05:00","sort_order":"best-selling","template_suffix":"","disjunctive":false,"rules":[{"column":"variant_price","relation":"greater_than","condition":".25"},{"column":"title","relation":"not_contains","condition":"Phantom"},{"column":"title","relation":"not_contains","condition":"Hechinger"},{"column":"title","relation":"not_contains","condition":"penguin"}],"published_scope":"global"},{"id":466947735791,"handle":"loddy-doddy-everybody","title":"Loddy-doddy-everybody","updated_at":"2025-09-20T07:05:50-04:00","body_html":"","published_at":"2025-04-13T16:57:59-04:00","sort_order":"best-selling","template_suffix":"","disjunctive":true,"rules":[{"column":"variant_price","relation":"greater_than","condition":".01"}],"published_scope":"global"},{"id":399380185327,"handle":"best-sellinng","title":"Our Best Selling Airborne Shirts","updated_at":"2025-09-20T07:05:50-04:00","body_html":"","published_at":"2022-07-21T18:28:17-04:00","sort_order":"best-selling","template_suffix":"","disjunctive":false,"rules":[{"column":"variant_price","relation":"greater_than","condition":"0"},{"column":"variant_inventory","relation":"greater_than","condition":"0"},{"column":"type","relation":"equals","condition":"T-Shirt"}],"published_scope":"global"},{"id":431055503599,"handle":"t-shirts","title":"T-Shirts","updated_at":"2025-09-20T07:05:50-04:00","body_html":"","published_at":"2024-05-15T07:47:40-04:00","sort_order":"alpha-asc","template_suffix":"","disjunctive":false,"rules":[{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"T-shirts"}],"published_scope":"global"},{"id":476892725487,"handle":"u-s-army-non-airborne-units","title":"U.S. Army Non-Airborne Units","updated_at":"2025-09-14T18:38:42-04:00","body_html":"","published_at":"2025-09-14T15:33:54-04:00","sort_order":"best-selling","template_suffix":"","disjunctive":false,"rules":[{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"LEG"}],"published_scope":"global"}]
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