- In 1851, a group of immigrants formed a militia Regiment to protect their new homes and their families. And they did...First on their own soil -- Then in France -- Then in the Pacific. And now -- at their nation's darkest hour -- they defend their homes and families again. On their own soil -- in their own city -- in New York. The home, for 150 years, of the fighting 69th.
Gentle When Stroked, Fierce When Provoked."
On October 12, 2001 the Fighting 69th celebrated 150 years of service to the nation and the State of New York. Perhaps the most famous infantry regiment in the U.S., their history, from the 69th New York State Militia to the present day 69th Infantry (Mechanized) tells many stories...
Stories of immigrants, struggling against prejudice in their adopted land. The way they assimilated into that land's society and the way they changed that society in the process...
Stories of the sons and grandsons of immigrants who fought with unquestioned patriotism in the war to end war, and in the war after that one...
Stories told against the background of a nation growing in industrial, economic and political power...
Stories of volunteers and of draftees, of heroes and ordinary soldiers, of priests, poets, and politicians, of laborers, lawyers, leaders and loafers.
These web pages will attempt to tell some of those stories and to honor those who have served in its ranks and who still serve to this day.
FEDERAL SERVICE
Civil War
Spanish - American War
Mexican Border Campaign
World War I
World War II
BATTLE HONORS
Civil War
Bull Run
Peninsula
Antietam
Fredricksburg
Chancellorsville
Gettysburg
Virginia 1863
Wilderness
Spotsylvania
Cold Harbor
Petersburg
Appomattox
Virginia 1862
Maryland 1863
World War I
Lorraine
Champagne
Champagne-Marne
Aisne-Marne
St. Mihiel
Meuse
World War II
Central Pacific (Makin)with Arrowhead
Western Pacific(Saipan)
Ryukyus (Okinawa)
Top of the Mornin' to Ye All and Happy St. Patrick's Day!
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