52^nd Armored Infantry Regiment

The 52nd Armored Infantry Regiment was activated at Fort Riley, Kansas, on July 15, 1942, and assigned to the 9th Armored Division. It moved to Camp Young, California, on June 18, 1943, during the period when the armored force was converting from the early heavy division structure to the lighter organization used in combat.

The regiment did not fight overseas as a regiment. On October 9, 1943, at Camp Young, it was reorganized. The regiment, less the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Battalions, became the 52nd Armored Infantry Battalion; the 3rd Battalion was disbanded, and the 1st and 2nd Battalions became the 60th and 27th Armored Infantry Battalions. These battalion successors served with the 9th Armored Division when it later entered combat in Europe. The division fought in the Ardennes, crossed the Roer, seized the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen, and advanced through central Germany, but those operations belonged to the post-regimental battalion structure. The 52nd Armored Infantry Regiment's own World War II history is therefore a stateside activation, training, and reorganization record.