62^nd Armored Infantry Regiment

The 62nd Armored Infantry Regiment was activated at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas, on November 15, 1942, and assigned to the 14th Armored Division. Its regiment-level service was short and took place before the division's overseas deployment.

On September 20, 1943, the regiment was reorganized into the lighter armored-division structure. The regiment, less the 1st and 2nd Battalions, became the 62nd Armored Infantry Battalion. The 1st Battalion became the 68th Armored Infantry Battalion, and the 2nd Battalion became the 19th Armored Infantry Battalion. Those successor battalions later served with the 14th Armored Division in southern France, Alsace, the West Wall fighting, the Rhine crossing, Bavaria, and the final advance to the Inn. The 62nd Armored Infantry Regiment itself did not fight as a regiment, so its World War II summary should remain short and administrative unless the project expands to battalion-level combat histories.