167^th Infantry Regiment

The 167th Infantry Regiment was an Alabama National Guard regiment inducted at Gadsden on November 25, 1940 and assigned to the 31st Division. After training in the United States, it sailed from Hampton Roads on March 2, 1944 and reached Oro Bay, New Guinea, in April. In July the regiment moved to Toem and served in the Wakde-Sarmi area, where the 31st Division relieved the 6th Infantry Division, guarded the Maffin Bay staging area, and conducted patrols before moving to Morotai.

On September 15, 1944, the 167th assaulted Morotai on the southern half of Red Beach beside the 155th Infantry. The landing met little ground opposition, and the regiment occupied Pitoe Drome by early afternoon while the 124th Infantry secured the Gila Peninsula to the south. The division then expanded the perimeter and took over security and patrol duties around the developing air base. In November the regiment moved to Sansapor, while its 2nd Battalion assaulted Mapia Island, giving the regiment Western Pacific service in addition to its New Guinea and Southern Philippines campaigns.

The 167th landed at Parang, Mindanao, on April 22, 1945, less its 2nd Battalion, which rejoined from Morotai on May 3. As the 124th Infantry drove north on Sayre Highway, the 167th helped protect the supply line from Fort Pikit to Kibawe and then shifted to the Kibawe-Talomo Trail. On May 13 elements reached the Pulangi River; by May 16 the 3rd Battalion was checked by strong delaying resistance north of Sanipon. The advance became a slow fight through rain forest, ridges, mud, and scattered Japanese positions. Through June the regiment pushed southeast along the trail with guerrilla assistance and reached Pinamola in late June. It held the northwestern section of the Kibawe-Talomo route through the end of the war, while the division completed mopping-up operations on Mindanao.