Welcome to the 7th Infantry Regiment Association!
The Seventh Infantry Regiment Association was established in 1987. The Association presently has more than 600 members, comprised of veterans of World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Cold War, the Persian Gulf, and members of the Active Army.
The Seventh Infantry Regiment was constituted 11 January 1812, making it one of the five oldest regiments in the United States Army. It ranks first on the Army's Order of Merit List in terms of date constituted, number of campaigns in which it participated, and awards and decorations received.
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The Association can use YOUR help. Even though both 2nd Battalion and 3rd Battalion have returned from Iraq, the Association is still conducting Operation Direct Support with an association member linked to and supporting each company. Through the company point of contact we support the soldiers with letters, books, phone cards, etc, etc. We need Company and Platoon level "Point of Contacts." We will provide you with all sorts of tips and lessons learned from our previous experiences. Please contact Rick Rhoades, 540-477-3247, or email if you would like to help. |
| 26 Jun 2009 |
This is from Monika Stoy of the
Society of the 3rd ID:
Dear 3rd Infantry Division team mates, I am contacting you because your outposts may have members who participated in Operation Dragoon, the invasion of Southern France, in August 1944. 
We all watched the Normandy 65th Anniversary activities on the news this June. As always the ceremonies were first class and our veterans were well treated and feted. This brings me to the sad point that so very few Americans know of the landings in Southern France in which the 7th Army, with the 1st AATF and the 1st Special Service Force, played major roles. In an effort to gain some national recognition in the media for the veterans of Operation Dragoon, I am working with the Army Historical Foundation to host a media event on 5 August at Fort Myer , Virginia with as many veterans who landed in Southern France in August 1944 in attendance as we can find. With hard work and a little luck we hope to arrange for a prominent government official or well-known personality to join us for the event and generate national press attention for our great veterans. If you or someone you know participated in the landings in Southern France, fought their way up the Rhone Valley or secured the flank of that movement on the border of Italy , and are able to get to Northern Virginia on 5 August, we’d love to hear from you! Let’s make their 65th Anniversary of the second and Forgotten D-Day as memorable as the Normandy celebration. At this time I already have received a commitment from LTG (ret.) Grange as a 1st AATF veteran to participate on 5 May. From the 3ID side I have MG (ret) Lloyd B. Ramsey, who landed at Cavalaire as a Battalion Commander in the 7th Infantry Regiment.
I can be reached at telephone number (703) 912 4218, this email address,
monikastoy@yahoo.com
or at snail mail: Monika Stoy, 6531 Milva Lane, Springfield, VA 22150.
As time is short, email or phone are the preferred method of communications.
Thanks, I look forward to hearing from you and your WWII veteran members, soon!
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| 8 Jun 2009 |
American Courage, American Carnage, the 2nd volume on the history of the 7th Infantry Regiment by our Historian John C. McManus is now available. American Courage, American Carnage is an inside look at the drama, tragedy, fatigue and pathos of war, from America's early nineteenth century struggles as a fledgling republic to its emergence as a superpower in the twentieth. Based on nearly a decade of archival research, battlefield visits, interviews, and intensive study, and illustrated with copious maps and photographs, this book is a moving, authoritative, tale of Americans in combat. |
| 1 Jun 2009 |
The long awaited photos from the 2009 Reunion are now posted online!
Head on over to the
Reunion
page for the link to the 2009 Reunion Photos.
And coming soon, a short video taken by one of the members of the Abrams tank firing it's Main Gun! |
| 20 May 2009 |
In Honor of Memorial Day:   |
| 20 May 2009 |
The 2009 Reunion is now over and I know that I had a wonderful time.
I'm still working on organizing the photos and everything. But as a
preview, here is the group photo that was taken in the DTOC on Friday.
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| 16 May 2009 |
The 2009 reunion is currently ongoing and so far
I have to say it's been a great success. In just a few
minutes I'm heading down to the Regimental Banquet.
I'll be posting more on the Reunion once I get back home.
For the moment, I want to announce that effective 1 Jul 2009
the cost of new Life Memberships will increase. So, if you've
been thinking about becoming a Life Membership, now is the time
to apply before the new rates go into effect.
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| 2 Apr 2009 |
I have received 2 photos from the 3-7 IN Change of Command.
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| 24 Mar 2009 |
On 11 March 2009, 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment
conducted a Change of Command. LTC Tim Newsome
relinquished command to LTC Richard Cleveland.
I would like to welcome LTC Cleveland to the
Cottonbalers, the Army's Premiere Infantry Regiment.
Hopefully I'll have some photos of the Change of Command
soon.
In addition, since the Change of Command, 3rd Battalion has begun their conversion from a Combined Arms Battalion to a Light Infantry Battalion. |
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