16th Indiana Infantry Regiment, Detailed service
Crump's Hill April 2. Wilson's Plantation, near Pleasant Hill, April 7. Bayou de Paul Carroll's Mills April 8. Battle of Sabine Cross Roads April 8. Pleasant Hill April 9. Grand Ecore April 16. Natchitoches April 22. About Cloutiersville April 22–24. Cane River Crossing April 23. Alexandria April 28. Hudnot's Plantation May 1. Alexandria May 1–8. Retreat to Morganza May 13–20. Wilson's Landing May 14. Avoyelle's Prairie May 15. Mansure May 16. Morganza May 28. Ordered to report to General Cameron, and assigned to frontier and patrol duty in District of Lafourche, Department of the Gulf, until June 1865.


16th Indiana Infantry Regiment, Detailed service
Action at Berwick August 27, 1864. Expedition to Natchez Bayou August 30-September 2. Near Gentilly's Plantation September 1. Expedition to Grand Lake, Grand River, Lake Fosse Point, Bayou Pigeon, and Lake Natchez September 7–11. Labadieville September 8. Bayou Corn September 9. Expedition from Terre Bonne to Bayou Grand Caillou November 19–27. Bayou Grand Caillou November 23. Expedition from Morganza to Morgan's Ferry, Archafalaya River, December 13–14. Expedition from Brashear City to Amite River February 10–13, 1865. Expedition to Grand Glaze and Bayou Goula February 14–18 (Companies B, F, & K). Scout to Bayou Goula March 23–24 (Company K). Skirmish Grand Bayou April 4. Expedition to Bayou Goula April 19–25 (Companies B & K). Operations about Brashear City April 21–22. Skirmish Brown's Plantation May 11.


16th Indiana Infantry Regiment, Casualties
The regiment lost a total of 297 men; 3 officers and 82 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 212 enlisted men due to disease.


16th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)
The 16th Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade of the British Army that saw active service during the Second Boer War and the First and Second World Wars.


16th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom), History, Second Boer War
During the Second Boer War, the 16th brigade was active in South Africa as part of the 8th Division from early 1900 until the war ended in 1902. It was under the command of major-general Barrington Campbell, and included the following battalions:


16th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom), History, First World War
The brigade was part of the 6th Infantry Division during the First World War. It served on the Western Front throughout the War.


16th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom), History, Second World War
The brigade was based in Palestine before the Second World War during the Arab revolt, and at the beginning of the war as part of the British 8th Infantry Division. It was later part of the British 6th Infantry Division which was redesignated as the British 70th Infantry Division on 10 October 1941. This brigade was involved in the breakout from Tobruk and after being transferred, along with the rest of the 70th Division, to India and Burma, it was transformed into a Chindit formation. It fought in the Second Chindit Campaign of 1944, commanded by Brigadier Gilmour Anderson. Battles which the brigade took part in included, Battle of Sidi Barrani, Battle of Bardia, Battle of Damascus, Battle of Tobruk (both stages).


16th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom), History, Second World War, Order of battle
According to War Office policy, regiments would be assigned to formations/commands for max of 3 years, and be rotated at the end of their tenure. Units which formed under the brigade during the war included:


16th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom), History, Second World War, Order of battle
During the period 26 February 1942 to 7 February 1943, when the brigade went to Ceylon, the following additional units were under its command:


16th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom), History, Second World War, Order of battle
In September 1943 the brigade was re-organised for Long-range penetration role under Special Force. During this period, the brigade controlled (in addition to their regular units):


16th Infantry Division "Pistoia"
The 16th Infantry Division "Pistoia" (Italian: 16ª Divisione fanteria "Pistoia") was an infantry division of the Royal Italian Army during World War II. The division was named after the city of Pistoia and classified as an auto-transportable division, meaning staff and equipment could be transported on cars and trucks, although not simultaneously. The Pistoia had its recruiting area in the central Emilia-Romagna and its headquarters in Bologna. Its two infantry regiments were based in Bologna (35th) and Modena (36th), with the division's artillery regiment based in Bologna.


16th Infantry Division "Pistoia", History, World War I
The division's lineage begins with the Infantry Brigade "Pistoia" established on 4 November 1859 with the 7th and 8th infantry regiments. The brigade fought on the Italian front in World War I. On 20 October 1926 the brigade assumed the name of XVI Infantry Brigade with the 35th Infantry Regiment "Pistoia", and 36th Infantry Regiment "Pistoia", and 66th Infantry Regiment "Valtellina". The brigade was the infantry component of the 16th Territorial Division of Bologna, which also included the 3rd Artillery Regiment. In 1934 the division changed its name to 16th Infantry Division "Fossalta".


16th Infantry Division "Pistoia", History, World War I
On 1 November 1936 the division ceded the 66th Infantry Regiment to the 8th Infantry Division "Po" and on 2 May 1937 the division raised in Reggio Emilia the 80th Infantry Regiment "Roma" as replacement. In 1939 the XVI Infantry Brigade was dissolved and the 80th Infantry Regiment "Roma" transferred to the 9th Infantry Division "Pasubio". The remaining two infantry regiments came under direct command of the division, which changed its name to 16th Infantry Division "Pistoia".


16th Infantry Division "Pistoia", History, World War II, Invasion of France
In June 1940 the Pistoia division was sent to the French border as reserve of the 1st Army for the Italian invasion of France. Original deployment was in the Varaita Valley. On 20 June 1940, the Pistoia division moved to the Maddalena Pass, with only the division's artillery regiment ending up in occupied French territory by July 1940. On 10 October 1941, the Pistoia division was reformed as auto-transportable division and then sent to Athens, Greece, at the end of July 1942.


16th Infantry Division "Pistoia", History, World War II, North African Campaign
In September 1942, the division was transferred to North Africa and took positions on along the Bardia-Sallum-Naqb al Halfayah defensive line. It failed to hold the position, when British forces attacked on 11 November 1942 after their breakthrough in the Second Battle of El Alamein. After a long retreat, the Pistoia was able to re-establish a defensive line at Mareth on 4 February 1943. On 6 March 1943, the Pistoia attacked the British positions with the goal of disrupting British offensive preparations and trigger a premature counter-offensive, as part of the Battle of Medenine.


16th Infantry Division "Pistoia", History, World War II, North African Campaign
After the failure of these attacks, the Pistoia fell back to the Mareth Line. When the British resumed their offensive on 19 March 1943, the Pistoia held its positions until 25 March 1943, but then retreated to El Hamma under the threat of being outflanked. The Pistoia was targeted again by British forces on 5 April 1943, and again had to retreat by 7 April 1943. By the time it reached Enfidha on 13 April 1943, the division was severely decimated.


16th Infantry Division "Pistoia", History, World War II, North African Campaign
After a few days, despite some successful counter-attacks to the west of the Takrunah (Takrouna) road junction, the Allies had effectively put the Pistoia under siege. The last of its positions surrendered on 13 May 1943. The division was reforming in northern Italy when Italy signed the Armistice of Cassibile and subsequently the division was disbanded by the invading Germans.


16th Infantry Division (Belgium)
The 16th Infantry Division (Dutch: 16de Infanterie Divisie) was an Infantry Division of the Belgian Army that fought in the Battle of Belgium against the German Armed Forces.


16th Infantry Division (Belgium), World War II
The 16th Infantry Division was mobilized in late 1939, becoming part of the General reserve of the Army. Since its forces were mostly raw conscripts, they were sent to Beverlo Camp for refitting. The 16th Infantry Division was partially modernized with WWI Weaponry like other divisions from the Second Reserve.


16th Infantry Division (Belgium), World War II
At the start of hostilities in May 1940, the 16th Infantry Division was stationed west of the front lines, at the Ghent Bridgehead, and behind the main line. On May 13, the 16th Infantry Division had to give up its Cyclist Units. Even more troubling for the 16th Infantry Division is that the Albert Canal had been breached and contact with German Forces was possible at this stage.


16th Infantry Division (Belgium), World War II
On May 16, an unexpected Allied abandonment of the K-W line forced the Belgian Forces to retreat as well. The airfields in the sector were destroyed although some were spared. The 16th Infantry Division would now be an active division.


16th Infantry Division (Belgium), World War II
The 16th Infantry Division will be under the Command of Iste Army Corp along with the 1st Division and the 18th Division. They were sent north, taking positions near Melle. All troops positioned at Melle are informed of German intentions (taking Melle) as the defenses were bolstered.


16th Infantry Division (Belgium), World War II
The attack came the following day, but the German attack seemed to ground to a halt, as they lack the strength to breakthrough. Minor skirmishes continue, but by May 22, the high command orders the front to fall back to Lye. Although they were reinforced by IV Corp with extra artillery support, desertion ran rapid. Even worse for the 16th division, the Germans have discovered that Bruggenhoofd Gent was abandoned and already established a breach in the new defenses.


16th Infantry Division (Belgium), World War II
Pressure is steadily increasing, especially after Allied Forces (including the Belgians) have been encircled in Flanders. The remaining Cyclist Units were dispatched along railway lines to Sint-Pieters possibly to halt the German forces. There was a lack of Infantry to follow up with halts in the German advance.


16th Infantry Division (Belgium), World War II
The 16th Infantry Division needed reorganization. Most of the Division was transferred to VII Corp. The 16th Division is place between Arsele, and will have the remains of some regiments of other divisions. Still, the Germans had the 16th Infantry Division routed. Tielt was taken and a huge breach was made by the Germans. The Germans had already amassed their forces and are planning for another strike. The 16th Infantry Division raced to construct another defense, struggling to maintain a connection between them and other divisions.


16th Infantry Division (Belgium), World War II
By May 28, orders were not called upon as communication became a huge problem. It became clear that the Battle of Belgium was lost as the remaining Belgian Divisions either gave up, or surrendered.


16th Infantry Division (Belgium), Structure 1940
Structure of the division at the eve of the Battle of Belgium.


16th Infantry Division (Ottoman Empire)
The 16th Infantry Division was a formation of the Ottoman Turkish Army during the Balkan Wars and the First World War.


16th Infantry Division (Russian Empire)
The 16th Infantry Division (Russian: 16-я пехотная дивизия, 16-ya Pekhotnaya Diviziya) was an infantry formation of the Russian Imperial Army.


16th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
The 16th Infantry Division of the German Army was formed in 1934. On 26 August 1939 the division was mobilized for the invasion of Poland (1939). It participated in the Battle of France in August 1940. The division was then split, resulting in two independent units: The 16th Panzer Division and the 16th Motorized Infantry Division. The latter, from 1944 onward, combined with other non 16th elements, was known as the 116th Panzer Division.


16th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), 16th Panzer Division
The 16th Panzer Division served as a reserve in Romania during the Balkans campaign in 1941. It then participated in Operation Barbarossa with Army Group South, also in 1941. A kampfgruppe of 16th Panzer Division, led by Count Strachwitz, reached the outskirts of Stalingrad on 23 August 1942, brushing aside the sole Soviet defences, anti-aircraft guns manned by female factory workers (possibly the 1077th Anti- Aircraft Regiment). The 16th Panzer Division was encircled and ultimately destroyed at Stalingrad during the winter of 1942–43.


16th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), 16th Panzer Division
It was rebuilt for a campaign in the west, fought in Sicily and southern Italy during the Italian Campaign in 1943 and returned to the Russian Front later in the year. Severely mauled near Kiev, it was withdrawn to Poland for rehabilitation in 1944. The 16th Panzer Division returned to the east in 1945, where it surrendered to the Soviets and Americans in Czechoslovakia.


16th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), Motorized Division
The 16th Motorized Infantry Division, nicknamed Windhund ("Greyhound"), participated in the Balkans campaign in 1941 along with the 16th Panzer Division (see above). It took part in Operation Barbarossa with Army Group South later in the year. It advanced on the Caucasus with elements coming to within 20 miles of Astrakhan in 1942 – the most easterly point reached by any German unit during the war.


16th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), Motorized Division
It also participated in the Battle of Stalingrad. The 16th Motorized Infantry Division participated in defensive operations after the Soviets broke up the front of the southern sector.


16th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), Motorized Division
In June 1943, it was upgraded to 16th Panzergrenadier Division. This upgraded formation was depleted in the continuous retreats and was transferred to France for rest and refitting.


16th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), 116th Panzer Division
In March 1944, it was reorganized as the 116th Panzer Division (with the number changed since the 16th Panzer Division was already taken by its sibling), absorbing the 179th Reserve Panzer Division in the process. This new formation fought in the Battle of Normandy and was almost destroyed in the Falaise Gap.


16th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), 116th Panzer Division
It subsequently defended the Siegfried Line at Aachen in an understrength condition. The 116th Panzer Division was withdrawn for refitting and then recommitted, but was unable to hold the city of Aachen. It later participated in the Battle of Hurtgen Forest then in the Battle of the Bulge, again sustaining heavy casualties. It was caught in the Wesel Pocket, but got across the Rhine, ultimately surrendering within the Ruhr Pocket in April, 1945.


16th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), 16th Volksgrenadier Division
In parallel, a 16th Volksgrenadier Division was created in October 1944, which defended the Upper Rhine until March 1945, when it was forced to retreat deeper into Germany.


16th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), War crimes
The 16th Motorized Infantry Division has been implicated in the San Clemente di Caserta massacre, Campania, on 4 October 1943, when 25 civilians were murdered.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States)
The 16th Infantry Regiment ("Semper Paratus") is a regiment in the United States Army and has traditionally been a part of the 1st Infantry Division.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, Formation
The 16th Infantry was constituted as the 11th U.S. Infantry on 4 May 1861 under the command of Colonel Erasmus D. Keyes and organized by Major DeLancey Floyd-Jones. The 11th Infantry was organized by direction of the president 4 May 1861 and confirmed by the act on 29 July 1861. The regiment was organized into three battalions of eight companies each. On 21 September 1866 under the act of 28 July 1866 the Second Battalion became the Twentieth Infantry and the Third Battalion the Twenty-ninth Infantry.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, Formation
The regiment that actually fought during the Civil War was organized by order of the president 4 May 1861 and confirmed by the act of 29 July 1861 as the 16th Infantry Regiment. On 21 September 1866 under the act of 28 July 1866 the Second Battalion became the Twenty-fifth Infantry and the Third Battalion became the Thirty-fourth Infantry. In actuality the present 16th Infantry was not involved in the Civil War, that regiment was consolidated into the 2d Infantry. The following campaign participation honors were actually earned by the 16th Infantry in the Civil War but went to the 2d Infantry with the consolidation; Atlanta, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Georgia 1864, Kentucky 1862, Mississippi 1862, Murfreesboro, Shiloh and Tennessee 1863.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, U.S. Civil War
The 1st Battalion, 11th U.S. Infantry (today's 16th Infantry Regiment) was initially organized at Fort Independence, Massachusetts, in the summer and fall of 1861. That October, the regiment was transferred to Perryville, Maryland, to prepare for Major General George B. McClellan's upcoming spring campaign on the Virginia Peninsula. Assigned to the Army of the Potomac's 2nd Division, V Army Corps in the spring of 1862, the regiment fully participated in most of the key battles of that campaign to include the Siege of Yorktown (1862), Gaines's Mill, and Malvern Hill.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, U.S. Civil War
The regiment participated in the Second Battle of Bull Run in August. This clash was quickly followed in succession by the regiment's involvement at the Battle of Antietam, the Battle of Shepherdstown and the actions Leetown that fall. In December 1862, the regiment fought at the Battle of Fredericksburg and at the Battle of Chancellorsville in May 1863. A month later, the 1st Battalion, 11th U.S. Infantry fought what was arguably its most significant action of the war at Gettysburg under the leadership of Major Floyd-Jones.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, U.S. Civil War
In heavy fighting in the Rose Wood and Plum Run Valley between the Devil's Den and the Wheatfield, the regiment lost about 50 percent of its strength as it fought to contain James Longstreet's breakthrough of the Union Third Army Corps at the Peach Orchard. During the spring and summer of 1864, the regiment participated in General Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign and fought at the battles of the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Jericho Mills, Cold Harbor, and finally in the Siege of Petersburg.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, U.S. Civil War
In November the regiment was sent to New York for a short period, then after short stints at Lafayette Barracks in Baltimore and Camp Parole (Parole Camp) at Annapolis in Maryland, it was returned to the Army of the Potomac to perform duties as part of the Army of the Potomac's Provost Guard in February 1865. By the spring of 1865, only a few of those soldiers sworn in at Fort Independence in 1861 were still present to participate in the regiment's last wartime task—to help disarm General Robert E. Lee's weary Confederates at Appomattox that April.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, U.S. Civil War
On 18 April 1869 Headquarters, Staff, Band and the remaining companies of the 16th Infantry Regiment were consolidated with the 2d Regiment of Infantry and the consolidated unit designated as the 2nd Infantry Regiment. Colonel Samuel W. Crawford, 16th Infantry, took command of the consolidated 2d Infantry because of his seniority.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, U.S. Civil War
Reorganized 14 April 1869, under the act of 3 March 1869, the present 16th Infantry was formed by the consolidation of the Eleventh (11th) and Thirty-fourth (34th) Regiments of Infantry. The 34th Infantry was organized by direction of the president 4 May 1861 as the Third Battalion, 16th Infantry and designated Thirty-fourth Infantry on 21 September 1866 under the act of 28 July 1866.The honors and battle history earned by the 11th Infantry during the Civil War became the 16th Infantry's with the 1869 consolidation and are displaying on its colors.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, U.S. Civil War
Following the Civil War the 16th took part in the reconstruction of the south, including the occupation of the Confederate capital of Richmond, and then served on the frontier, in the Indian Wars.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, Spanish–American War
The 16th participated in the capture of San Juan Hill as part of the First Brigade, First Division of the V Corps, in the brigade commanded by Brigadier General Hamilton S. Hawkins. The 16th later fought in the Philippine–American War. It fought 27 engagements with the greater part of its activities concentrated against the rebels in the Cagayan Valley, defending the Manila & Dagupan Railroad in a series of counterinsurgency actions. The regiment was relieved in March of 1902 and returned to Fort McPherson, Georgia.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, Spanish–American War
It returned to Fort McKinley in the Philippines to serves as part of the Philippine Division under the command of Brigadier General John J. Pershing. It returned to the United States in 1907, where the First Battallion was assigned to Fort Logan H. Roots in North Little Rock, Arkansas and the remainder of the regiment assigned to Fort Crook.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, Pancho Villa Expedition
From July 1910 through July 1912, the 16th Infantry was assigned to a variety of posts in Alaska, then returned for duty at the Presidio of San Francisco. Two years later, the regiment was transferred with the 8th Brigade, commanded by "Black Jack" Pershing, to the Mexican Border to help secure it from Mexican bandits and paramilitary forces commanded by Francisco "Pancho" Villa. On arrival in April 1914, the regiment was posted to Camp Cotton in the city of El Paso. For the next two years, in addition to the normal garrison duties, the troops conducted foot patrols along the dusty Mexican border. In March 1916, Villa raided Columbus, New Mexico, which, in turn, caused President Woodrow Wilson to order Pershing to take an expedition into Mexico to find Villa.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, Pancho Villa Expedition
Assembling a largely cavalry force, Pershing selected two infantry regiments to accompany the Pancho Villa expedition, the 16th and 6th Infantry Regiments. The long march into the interior of Mexico was hot and dusty. After several weeks of movement between Colonia Dublán and El Valle, the 16th Infantry finally settled in the latter place in June. There the soldiers built mud brick huts for quarters and returned to a garrison routine, except for occasional patrols into the nearby mountains and valleys to hunt for rumored Villistas. Though the cavalry had several clashes with Villista and federal forces, the infantry had an uneventful eight months. In February 1917, Wilson recalled Pershing's expedition from Mexico.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, World War I
As part of the new 1st Expeditionary Division, soon to become known as the "Big Red One," the 16th Infantry sailed from Hoboken, New Jersey, and landed at St. Nazaire, France, near the end of June 1917. As such, it was among the first four American regiments to arrive on French soil in World War I. Soon after the regiment's arrival, the 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry was selected to show the flag and parade through Paris on 4 July 1917.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, World War I
The battalion conducted a five-mile march through the streets of the city to Picpus Cemetery where General John J. Pershing and the other Americans in attendance paid homage at the tomb of the Marquis de Lafayette, hero of the American Revolution, and declare, "Lafayette, we are here!" Prior to being committed to battle, the 16th Infantry Regiment, began training in July 1917 in the Gondrecourt area with the French 47th Division, Chasseurs Alpins, nicknamed the "Blue Devils." Throughout the summer and fall the training went apace and soon it was time for exposure to actual combat.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, World War I
On 3 November 1917, while occupying a section of trenches near Bathelémont, the 16th Infantry became the first U.S. regiment to fight and suffer casualties in the trenches during World War I when it repelled a German night raid. In the months that followed, the 16th Infantry would sustain even more casualties in defensive battles at Ansauville, Cantigny, and Coullemelle. The regiment's first major attack was made during the bloody three-day drive near Soissons in late July 1918.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, World War I
Along with the rest of the Big Red One, it relentlessly attacked until a key German rail line was severed forcing a major withdrawal of the enemy's forces. The regiment also participated in the First U.S. Army's huge offensive to reduce the St. Mihiel salient in September. Arguably the regiment's most gallant action was the grueling drive that liberated the little village of Fléville in the Argonne forest region on 4 October 1918.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, World War I
This feat was significant in that the 16th Infantry was the only regiment in the entire First Army to seize its main objective on the first day of the Meuse-Argonne Campaign. To this day that action is celebrated annually during the 16th Infantry Regiment's Organization Day. The 16th Infantry also participated in the 1st Division's final drive of the war when the division attacked to seize the city of Sedan. The verve and vigor of that drive demonstrated the regiment lived up to the division's new motto, "No mission too difficult, no sacrifice too great—Duty First!"


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, World War I
During the Great War, the 16th Infantry suffered its greatest number of wartime casualties to date, all in a single year of combat. It sustained 1,037 soldiers killed in action or mortally wounded, and 3,389 wounded. In addition to the 7 campaign streamers earned by the regiment and the 2 Croix de Guerre granted by the French government, its soldiers were awarded at least 97 Distinguished Service Crosses. The 16th Infantry, along with the rest of the 1st Division, marched into the Coblenz Bridgehead in late 1918 to perform occupation duty there for the next 9 months. In August 1919, the division received orders to come home and boarded ships at Brest, France, later that month.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, World War I
In September 1919, the regiment returned to the United States and was posted initially to Cafterftermp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky, then to Camp now Fort Dix, New Jersey. In 1922, the regiment was transferred to Fort Jay, Governors Island, New York and became U.S. Army's "show" regiment for New York City. Due to its popularity, Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia later nicknamed the 16th Infantry as "New York's Own" and '' The Sidewalks of New York" became the regimental song. The regiment remained at Fort Jay until February 1941 when it was transferred to Fort Devens, Massachusetts. From there it participated in the famous Carolina Maneuvers for combat training prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor in December 1941.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, World War II
Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941, found the 16th Infantry back at Fort Devens, but not for long. It departed for England in August 1942, where it joined a large contingent of US troops slated for participation in Operation Torch, the invasion of North Africa. In its first amphibious assault under combat conditions, the 16th Infantry landed on a beach near Arzew, French Morocco at 0100 hours, on 8 November 1942. Over the next three days, the regiment battled relatively light resistance from Vichy French forces and helped to capture Oran.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, World War II
It doing so, the 1st Infantry Division(whom the regiment was assigned to during World War II) established a permanent presence for the US Army in North Africa. During the remainder of the North African campaign the 16th Infantry fought in a number of locations to include the Ousseltia Valley, Kasserine Pass, El Guettar, and Mateur in Tunisia. For its actions at Kasserine the regiment was decorated with the Croix de Guerre by the French Government and it received its first Presidential Unit Citation for its actions near Mateur.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, World War II
Next came Sicily. Shortly before 0100 hours on 10 July 1943, the first wave of the 16th Infantry boarded landing craft for the assault on that island. After achieving a relatively bloodless hold on the beachhead in the darkness, the regiment pushed into the hills beyond. There the regiment was soon hit hard with an armored counterattack by German tanks. Despite numerous enemy tanks and reinforcements, the 16th Infantry desperately held on by receiving assistance from the heavy guns of the U.S. Navy and the timely arrival of the regiment's Cannon Company.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, World War II
By 14 July 1943, the regiment had moved through Pietraperzia, Enna, and Villarosa. Fighting against snipers and well-fortified positions, the regiment moved forward by a series of flanking movements and by 29 July had taken the high ground west of the Cerami River. In early August, the regiment reached the town of Troina in eastern Sicily. At Troina the regiment experienced some of the most bitter fighting it would see during the war. After a four-day brawl with the battle-hardened troops of the 15th Panzer Grenadier Division, the men of the 16th Infantry finally captured the town and soon after the Sicily campaign ended.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, World War II
Subsequently, the regiment sailed to Liverpool, England, and from there entrained on 16 October 1943 for Dorchester, to carry out seven months of grueling training in preparation for the Allied invasion of Europe. On 1 June 1944, the men of the 16th Infantry departed their D-Camps in southwestern England and embarked on amphibious assault ships at the port of Weymouth. Units of the 16th Infantry boarded USS Samuel Chase, USS Henrico, and HMS Empire Anvil, preparatory to their third—and most important—amphibious assault mission.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, World War II
Late on the afternoon of 5 June 1944, the troop-laden ships slipped out of Weymouth harbor and headed for the beaches of Normandy. The long-awaited assault on "Fortress Europe" began in the early hours of 6 June 1944 as the 16th Infantry Regiment moved toward Omaha Beach. As landing craft dropped their ramps, men were killed and wounded as they attempted to get out of the boats. Others were hit as they struggled through the surf or tried to run across the sand weighted down with water-logged equipment.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, World War II
Many were shot down, but others made it in close to the base of the bluff where they found the area mined and criss-crossed with concertina wire. Eventually, an assault section of E Company under First Lieutenant John Spalding and Staff Sergeant Philip Streczyk managed to cross a minefield, breach the enemy wire, and struggle their way to the bluff. Colonel George A. Taylor, the regimental commander, noting the small breakthrough stood to his feet and yelled at his troops, "The only men who remain on this beach are the dead and those who are about to die!


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, World War II
Let's get moving!" Soon other troops began making their way up the bluffs along Spaulding's route while other gaps were blown through the wire and mines. By vicious fighting, some hand-to-hand, other sections, platoons, and eventually companies made it to the top and began pushing toward Colleville-Sur-Mer. By noon of that bloody day, the 16th Infantry had broken through the beach defenses and established a foothold that allowed follow-on units to land and move through.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, World War II
The evening of D-Day plus 1 found all of the units of the regiment ashore, many of them well inland by that time, but some were combat ineffective due to casualties. A few weeks later, at an awards ceremony on 2 July 1944, Generals Eisenhower, Bradley, and Gerow came to praise the troops of the regiment for their heroic efforts and to present the Distinguished Service Cross to a number of the regiment's officers and men.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, World War II
At the ceremony, Eisenhower told the members of the regiment: After D-Day, the 16th Infantry became the division reserve, and after a brief rest, continued moving inland. In late July, the regiment was still in division reserve when it was ordered to be prepared to assist in a breakout through the German line near St. Lo. After the saturation bombing of the Panzer Lehr Division on 25 July, the Big Red One closely followed the 9th Infantry Division in the breakout attempt.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, World War II
Two days later the 16th Infantry was launched on an attack through a break in the lines near Marigny and drove on the city of Coutance where it established battle positions on 29 July. By this time, the Germans were in headlong retreat and attempting to establish a new line well to the east. Their efforts would fail and the German Seventh Army would be largely destroyed as it attempted to escape via the Falaise Gap.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, World War II
Meanwhile, in an effort to keep up with the retreating Germans, the men of the 16th Infantry piled on trucks, tanks, and anything else they could find to move eastward as quickly as possible. After motoring south past Paris, the regiment caught up with the enemy again near Mons, Belgium, where it helped the 1st Infantry Division destroyed six German divisions in August and early September. From Mons, the regiment pushed on with the Big Red One toward Aachen, Germany, just across the German frontier.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, World War II
For the next three months, the men of the 16th Infantry would experience some of the most grueling fighting of the war in the infamous Hürtgen Forest near Aachen, Stolberg, and Hamich, Germany. After sustaining very heavy casualties from enemy artillery fire and the cold dreary weather, the entire division was sent to a rest camp on 12 December 1944. The stay was short, because Hitler launched Operation Wacht am Rhein four days later and the Battle of the Bulge was on. The division was sent to bolster the northern shoulder of the bulge near Camp Elsenborn.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, World War II
The regiment was ordered to positions near Waywertz. For the next month, the men of the 16th Infantry held defensive positions there, conducted heavy patrolling toward the German positions near Faymonville, and engaged in a number of firefights with troops of the 1st SS Panzer and 3rd Fallshirmjaeger Divisions. All of this was conducted in heavy snows during one of the coldest European winters on record. On 15 January 1945, the Big Red One launched its part of the Allied counteroffensive to reduce the Bulge.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, World War II
Over the next seven weeks, the regiment conducted numerous operations in western Germany culminating in the capture of Bonn on 8 March 1945. From there the Big Red One moved north to the Harz Mountains to eliminate a German force cut off there by the rapid advance of the First and Ninth US Armies. For a week the regiment conducted several attacks against die-hard enemy troops. On 22 April, the Big Red One finished clearing the Harz Mountains and soon received orders to once again head south.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, World War II
This time, the division was reassigned to the Third Army for its drive into Czechoslovakia. On 28 April, the regiment arrived near Selb, Czechoslovakia, and began advancing east. For the next ten days the 16th Infantry pushed into that country arriving near Falkenau by 7 May. At 0800 that day, a net call went out to the entire regiment to cease all forward movement. The war was over.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, World War II
In 443 days of combat, the 16th Infantry had sustained 1,250 officers and men killed in combat. An additional 6,278 were wounded or missing in action. Its men had earned four Medals of Honor, 87 Distinguished Service Crosses, and 1,926 Silver Stars. Additionally, the regiment, or its subordinate units, was awarded five presidential unit citations and two distinguished unit citations from the United States, two Croix de Guerre and the Médaille militaire from the government of France, and the Belgian Fourragerre and two citations from the government of Belgium. Once again the regiment had fought with valor and courage to help win a war against the nation's enemies. It would spend the next ten years trying to win the peace in the country of its vanquished foe.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, Vietnam War, The 2nd Battalion in the Vietnam War
In 1965, the 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment and the 2nd Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment became the first elements of the Division to deploy to South Vietnam. The battalion arrived on the USS General W. H. Gordon on 14 July 1965 as a part of the 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division (United States) and debarked at Vung Tau. The troops were initially sent to Long Binh Post north of Saigon and there the battalion immediately began building a base camp named Camp Ranger.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, Vietnam War, The 2nd Battalion in the Vietnam War
In the many ensuing operations, the elusive enemy had to be found before he could be destroyed and to find him the troops had to remain almost constantly in the field on search missions. "Search and Destroy" operations such as those conducted during Operations Mastiff, Bushmaster, Abilene, Birmingham, El Paso, Attleboro, Cedar Falls and Junction City usually found the battalion operating far from its base camp area throughout the III Corps Tactical Zone.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, Vietnam War, The 2nd Battalion in the Vietnam War
The sites of these missions included many areas that were to become well known to many U.S. infantrymen during the Vietnam years: the impenetrable jungles of Tay Ninh near Cambodia; Ho Bo Woods; the "Iron Triangle"; the Michelin Rubber Plantation; the Trapezoid, and War Zones C and D. In all these places, the 2nd Rangers inflicted heavy losses on enemy manpower and supplies. In March, the 2nd Battalion moved to a new home at Camp Bearcat. Once settled into its new location, the battalion received a warning order for the next operation, Abilene.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, Vietnam War, The 2nd Battalion in the Vietnam War
Abilene was a division-level effort to find and destroy several enemy formations operating due east of Saigon. The major incident during this huge mission took place near the village of Xã Cam My and the Courtenay Plantation. On the afternoon of Easter Sunday, 11 April 1966, C Company became engaged in one of the toughest battles of the war. Encountering the D800 Battalion set up in a well-fortified base camp, the 2nd Rangers fought fiercely, often hand to hand, for hours into the night.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, Vietnam War, The 2nd Battalion in the Vietnam War
Although the company suffered heavy casualties, over 30 KIA, its soldiers held their own until a relief force arrived the following morning. The VC battalion, however, had paid heavy toll for its attempt to overrun C Company. With over 100 killed in action and its base camp destroyed, the remnants of the enemy unit were forced to flee to avoid complete destruction as the rest of the battalion continued the search. Throughout the rest of 1966, the 2/16th Infantry participated a series of pacification operations. The overall mission of these operations was to move into a semi-populated area and conduct extended operations to find and destroy enemy troops and support areas. These consisted of Operations El Paso I, II, and III, Allentown and Fairfax.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, Vietnam War, The 2nd Battalion in the Vietnam War
During the first part of 1967 the 2nd Rangers participated in Operation Lam Son in the Phu Loi area and Operation Junction City, the largest single mission of the war. During most of the rest of 1967, the battalion continued to conduct pacification efforts with Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) 5th Division partner units and conduct patrols, ambushes, and search and destroy missions near Ben Cat. The end of January 1968 saw the beginning of the Tet Offensive, the VC effort to overrun and win the war in South Vietnam.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, Vietnam War, The 2nd Battalion in the Vietnam War
Both battalions of the regiment were intimately involved in the US Army's own counteroffensive operations during this period. Flush on the heels of what was a significant South Vietnamese-U.S. victory, the 2nd Rangers took part in Operations Quyet Thang and Toan Thang. These were pacification operations designed to consolidate gains made during Tet as well as start moving U.S. Army efforts more toward working with ARVN units to provide local security for key hamlets in villages in the hinterlands.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, Vietnam War, The 2nd Battalion in the Vietnam War
In September while conducting pacification efforts near "Claymore Corners," the 2nd Battalion was suddenly redeployed by air to the vicinity of Loc Ninh to help hunt for the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) 7th Division's 141st Regiment. In a classic meeting engagement on 12 September, the battalion battled and pursued the 141st Regiment over the next two days inflicting hundreds of casualties and over fifty known KIA. After the operations around Loc Ninh, the battalion was assigned to the "Accelerated Pacification Campaign" in November and continued on this effort into the new year as part of the Lam Son mission in the Phu Loi area north of Di An.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, Vietnam War, The 2nd Battalion in the Vietnam War
Throughout 1969, the 2nd Rangers performed numerous and varied missions in support of the pacification campaign. In April it joined in Operation Plainsfield Warrior in the "Trapezoid" and in numerous search and destroy missions in June and July around Ben Cat and Lai Khê. Later in July the battalion was assigned the road security mission along a section of the highway to Sông Bé Province. Known as the "Thunder Run," the route was so-named due to the many mortars, rockets, and mines the enemy used to interdict US and ARVN traffic along the road. The battalion remained engaged in that mission until September 1969 when it was transferred permanently to Lai Khe where it joined the 1st Battalion under the 3rd Brigade, an assignment which remained constant for the remainder of the war.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, Vietnam War, The 1st Battalion in the Vietnam War
The 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry arrived at Vung Tau, Vietnam, on 10 October 1965 with the 3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division. The battalion was initially moved to Camp Ben Cat in Phuoc Vinh Province north of Saigon. The division wasted no time getting this newly arrived brigade into the fight in Operation Bushmaster I & II along Highway 13 between Lai Khê and Bến Cát District in Phouc Vinh Province and around the Michelin Rubber Plantation. The Bushmaster operations were followed by Mastiff in February 1966 and the division-level Operation Abilene to find and destroy the Viet Cong 5th Division.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, Vietnam War, The 1st Battalion in the Vietnam War
Abilene was followed in rapid succession by Operations Birmingham and El Paso I, II, and III. On 9 July during El Paso II, the 1st Rangers participated in the Battle of Minh Thanh Road. After the El Paso missions, the battalion next took part in Operation Amarillo in August near Lai Khê, and Operations Tulsa/Shenandoah in October and November. The latter mission was designed to bring the Viet Cong 9th Division to battle in War Zone C, but the enemy declined to take the bait.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, Vietnam War, The 1st Battalion in the Vietnam War
Operation Attleboro once again saw the regiment's two battalions operating on the same mission to find and destroy the 9th Division, this time northwest of Dầu Tiếng District. The last mission for the battalion for 1966 was Operation Healdsburg near Lai Khê in December. In January 1967, the 1st Battalion next joined in Operation Cedar Falls, a major effort conducted by the 1st and 25th Infantry Divisions, the 173rd Airborne Brigade and the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment in Military Region 4, known as the "Iron Triangle" and the Thanh Dien Forest.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, Vietnam War, The 1st Battalion in the Vietnam War
Cedar Falls was followed by the enormous and extended Operation Junction City. The 1st Rangers participated in two major fights during Junction City: Prek Klok and Ap Gu. In the former battle, Platoon Sergeant Matthew Leonard from B Company was mortally wounded while demonstrating indomitable courage and superb leadership. For his actions he was awarded the regiment's tenth Medal of Honor. The battalion next experienced two additional significant firefights during Operation Billings north of Phuoc Vinh in June. These were the battles of Landing Zone (LZ) Rufe and LZ X-Ray.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, Vietnam War, The 1st Battalion in the Vietnam War
During the latter action, the Reconnaissance Platoon of the 1st Battalion withstood an attack by a battalion of the Viet Cong 271st Regiment and prevented the battalion perimeter from being overrun. Billings was followed by Operation Shenandoah II north of Lai Khê in October which once included both Ranger battalions and culminated the major operations of both for 1967. The year 1968 was an eventful one for the 1st Battalion.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, Vietnam War, The 1st Battalion in the Vietnam War
Starting in late January, the battalion, along with almost the entire combat force of U.S. Army, Vietnam (USARV), engaged in the Tet Counteroffensive designed to defeat the massive Tet Offensive of 1968. After Tet, the battalion successively partook in Operations Quyet Thang and Toan Thang. These operations held the battalion's attention most of the year until late 1968, when the 1st Rangers underwent a major change.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, Vietnam War, The 1st Battalion in the Vietnam War
On Friday, 13 September 1968, the "straight leg Infantry" 1st/16th of the 1st Infantry Division at Lai Khê, "swapped" colors and divisions, with the 5th/60th (Mechanized) of the 9th Infantry Division at Đồng Tâm Base Camp, in the Mekong River Delta. The 1st Battalion became a mechanized infantry unit which it has remained ever since. Because of this change, the battalion soon adopted the nickname "Iron Rangers." Throughout 1969, the Iron Rangers were involved the Vietnamization process which was designed to start turning over the planning and conduct of the war to the ARVN.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, Vietnam War, The 1st Battalion in the Vietnam War
Even so, the battalion joined in a number of combat operations such as Bear Trap, Friendship, Kentucky Cougar, Iron Danger and Toan Thang IV. During Kentucky Cougar in August, the Iron Rangers ran into a battalion of the 272nd Regiment near An Lộc in Bình Long Province and in an afternoon of hot fighting, accounted for 29 enemy KIA and an unknown number of wounded. During the year, the battalion accounted for an additional 426 enemy soldiers killed or captured even though the ARVN were supposed to take the lead for operations. The last months in Vietnam saw the battalion working closely with its ARVN counterparts as it concurrently prepared to end its mission and redeploy to Fort Riley.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, Vietnam War, The 1st Battalion in the Vietnam War
The two battalions of the 16th Infantry fought in almost every campaign of the Vietnam War. During the almost five years of combat the regiment lost over 560 men, the regiment's soldiers were awarded 2 Medals of Honor (both posthumous), 10 Distinguished Service Crosses, and hundreds of Silver and Bronze Star Medals. The regiment was awarded 11 campaign streamers, as well as 2 Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry (with Palm) Streamers for 1965-1968 and 1969 and the Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal (First Class) Streamer for 1965–1970. In addition, C Company, 2nd Battalion was awarded the Valorous Unit Award Streamer for its actions at the battle of Courtenay Plantation.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, Interim (1970 to 1990)
In April 1970, the 1st/16th was withdrawn from Vietnam along with the rest of the 1st Infantry Division and the bulk of the division was relocated to Fort Riley, Kansas. The division's 3rd Brigade, which included the 1st/16th, was moved to Germany to replace the forward deployed brigade of the recently deactivated 24th Infantry Division. For the next 20 years the 16th Infantry was prepared for a potential Soviet invasion of Western Europe.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, Persian Gulf War
On 2 August 1990, Iraq invaded the sovereign country of Kuwait. This act precipitated U.S. military involvement in the Persian Gulf. As part of the general mobilization for this conflict that fall, the 2nd and 5th Battalions, 16th Infantry were alerted for deployment on 8 November 1990. The battalions deployed to Saudi Arabia soon after with the rest of the 1st Infantry Division (Mechanized) as part of Operation DESERT SHIELD.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, Persian Gulf War
Operation DESERT STORM commenced on 17 January 1991 with air raids and artillery barrages on Iraqi targets, while the two battalions continued to rehearse their impending missions to penetrate Iraqi defenses and destroy the Republican Guard in zone. Concurrently, the 4th Battalion, 16th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division (Forward), which had deployed from Germany to the port of Dammam, Saudi Arabia, conducted the unloading and staging of coalition combat vehicles, equipment, and supplies for the ground war, and were the target of numerous SCUD missile attacks.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, Persian Gulf War
On the morning of 24 February 1991, the Big Red One spearheaded the armored attack into Iraq, by creating a massive breach in the enemy defenses just inside Iraq. The breach was designed to allow other VII US Corps units to pass through the initial Iraqi Army forces and drive deep into Iraq. In the initial assault the 1st Infantry Division broke through the Iraqi 26th Infantry Division, destroyed it, and took over 2,500 prisoners.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, Persian Gulf War
In the initial stages of the operation, that is just before, during, and after the breach made in the 2nd Brigade's sector, the major problem faced by the Rangers of the 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry was not so much enemy fire (though that was a hindrance) as was the large number of Iraqi soldiers surrendering to the troops of the battalion. By darkness of the 24th, the Rangers had not only conducted a major breach into the Iraqi defensive zone, they had also penetrated 30 kilometers to Phase Line Colorado and captured some 600 enemy troops.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, Persian Gulf War
The following morning, the 2nd Battalion pushed on with the 2nd Brigade and quickly battled through the Iraqi 48th Infantry Division capturing its commander and destroying its command post. By the end of that day, the brigade had cut through and destroyed the Iraqi 25th Division as well and had reached Phase Line Utah where it took up a temporary defensive position.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, Persian Gulf War
After its breaching operations, the Big Red One's 1st Brigade, consisting in part of the 5th Battalion, 16th Infantry (known as Devil Rangers) and the 2nd Battalion 34th Armor, turned east and drove deep into enemy territory toward Phase Line Utah. En route on the 25th, the Devil Rangers also encountered a number of enemy formations, most notably the 110th Infantry Brigade. In a brief skirmish, that brigade's commander was scooped up by soldiers of the battalion.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, Persian Gulf War
Like its brother battalion, the 5th Battalion was rounding up hundreds of enemy prisoners who had no fight left in them by this time. Ahead however, was the much vaunted Republican Guard known to be positioned at a place on the map called Objective NORFOLK. On the night of 26 February 1991, the 1st Brigade next collided with the Republican Guard's Tawalakana Division and the 37th Brigade, 12th Armored Division. The fight developed into a division-level battle and before dawn the Big Red One had destroyed both enemy formations.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, Persian Gulf War
Enemy losses included more than 40 tanks and 40 infantry fighting vehicles. The 1st Infantry Division continued to exploit its success on the 27th by capturing and pursuing the demoralized Iraqi forces for the rest of the day. Following the Battle of Objective NORFOLK, the 5th Battalion raced ahead to assist in cutting the Iraqi lines of retreat from Kuwait City. As it approached the highway moving north out of Kuwait City and into southern Iraq, the Big Red One destroyed scores of enemy vehicles and took thousands more prisoners as the division's units advanced.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, Persian Gulf War
About 2000, 27 February, the division's 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry, seized the main highway leading north out of Kuwait and barred the Iraqis' escape. By the next morning, the rest of the division had taken up positions along the highway completely blocking any further movement north by the Iraqi Army. The cease fire was announced at 0800 on 28 February and the war was essentially over.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, Persian Gulf War
While the Rangers of the 2nd Battalion were ordered to move over the ground just taken and destroy any remaining Iraqi vehicles and equipment that could be located in the rear, the 5th Battalion was ordered to the vicinity of Safwan Airfield in Iraq. There, the Devil Rangers were tasked with securing the site where on 3 March 1991 the negotiations were held between coalition forces and Iraqi leaders to finalize the cease-fire agreements. In this conflict the regiment earned 4 campaign streamers and each of the 2nd and 5th Battalions earned a Valorous Unit Award Streamer embroidered IRAQ-KUWAIT. On 10 May 1991, the division unfurled its colors at Fort Riley, Kansas, signifying its return home.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, Bosnia and Herzegovina
1st Battalion deployed to Bosnia in August 1999 through March 2000 along with supporting elements Fort Riley for peacekeeping operations. They were assigned under the 10th Mountain Division as part of SFOR 6. They were assigned primarily to Camp Dobol but also had elements assigned to Camp McGovern, Camp Demi and Camp Comanche.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, Global War on Terrorism, Iraq War
Within a few months after the initial invasion of Iraq, the 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry made its first deployment in the Global War on Terrorism. In August 2003, the Iron Rangers, equipped as a standard Bradley Fighting Vehicle-equipped battalion, deployed with the 1st Brigade to Ramadi, Anbar Province, in western Iraq. The brigade was initially attached to the 82nd Airborne Division and took over Area of Operations (AO) Topeka on 26 September. Over the next year the Iron Rangers had numerous skirmishes with Sunni insurgents in and around the provincial capital city of Ramadi.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, Global War on Terrorism, Iraq War
Most notably, during 6–10 April 2004 when operating with elements of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Unit, the battalion fought a protracted battle with insurgents in the city. In addition to combat operations, during this tour the Iron Rangers trained elements of the new Iraqi Army as well as assisted with the implementation of numerous civil support projects. The battalion returned to Fort Riley in September 2004.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, Global War on Terrorism, Iraq War
In 2006, as part of the 1st Brigade, the 1st Battalion was given a new mission to train Military Transition Teams ("MiTTs") which would deploy to Iraq to advise and assist the units of the fledgling Iraqi Army. The battalion, however, was still required to maintain its ability to participate in overseas contingency operations. As a result, the battalion was reorganized into three deployable line companies (A, B, and C) and six MiTT training companies (D, I, K, L, M, and N).


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, Global War on Terrorism, Iraq War
Between 2006 and 2008, the three deployable companies were sent on GWOT missions overseas: Company A was deployed to the Horn of Africa and B and C Companies each served in Iraq. Concurrently, the MiTT training companies conducted one of the Army's most important training missions back at Fort Riley. This mission was carried on by the battalion until 2009 when the responsibility was handed over to the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) at Fort Polk, Louisiana.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, Global War on Terrorism, Iraq War
In January 2006, the 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry was reactivated at Fort Riley as a part of the newly organized 4th Brigade Combat Team (BCT), 1st Infantry Division. The 2nd Rangers were hastily reformed as a light infantry battalion under the Army's new modular concept. Just over a year later, in February 2007, the battalion deployed to eastern Baghdad as part of President's George W. Bush's Surge in Iraq.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, Global War on Terrorism, Iraq War
Some historians and veterans of the conflict noted that the 2nd Battalion had been undermanned when given the orders to deploy. In fact, most soldiers in 2nd Battalion—including the Command Sergeant Major at the time—had never seen combat before.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, Global War on Terrorism, Iraq War
The 2nd Battalion was assigned the mission of providing security in the southern area of the Tisa Nissan Qada (district) in southeastern Baghdad- a notoriously violent area which had been relatively lawless even under the reign of Saddam Hussein. The Rangers succeeded in significantly reducing the insurgent threat by focusing on heavy local patrolling using small teams and unconventional tactics. By the time the battalion departed in 2008, its areas of the Tisa Nissan Qada had become one of the most secure areas in Baghdad.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, Global War on Terrorism, Iraq War
On 1 September 2009, the 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry returned to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, 2009–2011. This time the battalion operated in the vicinity of Bayji in north central Iraq. At Bayji, the battalion was assigned an advise and assist role with elements of the Iraqi 4th Infantry Division as well as with the local Iraqi Police forces which supported the local governments in its area of operations. After a more calm, though still dangerous tour this time around, the battalion returned to Fort Riley in late April and early May 2010, with the exception of A Company, which remained until that August.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, Global War on Terrorism, War in Afghanistan
After performing the MiTT training mission for three years, the 1st Battalion began the process of reorganizing and training as one of the Army's new Combined Arms Battalions (CAB) in 2009. In January 2011, however, the 1st Battalion was deployed once again, this time on a unique mission to Afghanistan. For this deployment, the battalion was attached to the Combined Joint Special Operations Command-Afghanistan (CJSOCC- A) and assigned to support a new effort known as the Village Stability Operations (VSO) program.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, Global War on Terrorism, War in Afghanistan
This program required that the battalion be broken down into squads and sometimes fire teams and distributed to selected villages throughout Regional Commands East, South, West, and North. The squads and teams worked with Special Forces Teams and other special operations forces to help the villagers raise detachments of Afghan Local Police (ALP) who would then provide security to the villages. Those assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company were sent out to different NATO members Provincial Reconstruction Teams in order to assist with information sharing and liaison between the countries. The 16th Infantry established this with Germany, Norway, and Hungary. Members of the 16th were even utilized by 1st Special Forces Group and Afghan Commandoes as Forward Logistical Elements supporting CENTOM level missions. The Iron Rangers returned to Fort Riley from Afghanistan in December 2011.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, Global War on Terrorism, War in Afghanistan
Even as the 1st Battalion was returning home, the 2nd Battalion was deploying on its third overseas tour of the GWOT. As with its brother battalion, the 2nd Rangers were sent to Afghanistan for this tour, this time to the eastern sections of Ghazni Province. In April 2012, the Rangers assumed responsibility for two districts and two Afghan National Army (ANA) kandaks (battalions). The battalion conducted daily combat patrols side by side with their Afghan partner units to influence and secure the local population throughout the districts.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, Global War on Terrorism, War in Afghanistan
In August 2012, the 2nd Battalion underwent its first of several expansions to its AO when it assumed responsibility for a third district and a third ANA Kandak as the Surge forces in the country were being withdrawn. The new district brought new challenges, as the Rangers began patrolling the vital Highway 1 route between Kabul and Kandahar to ensure it remained open for commercial and military traffic. With reduced forces and additional ANA partners, the Rangers began to place the Afghans in the lead militarily.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, Global War on Terrorism, War in Afghanistan
ANA units readily assumed responsibility for their own districts, demonstrating the sound tactical knowledge and hard-fought experience they had gained through years of fighting and US Army mentorship. With Afghans in the lead for all aspects of the fight, and local Afghans actively resisting the Taliban and other insurgent forces, the stage appeared set for the ISAF mission to soon come to a close within Afghanistan as the battalion ended its own tour. The 2nd Battalion arrived home in February 2013.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), Notable members, Medals of Honor
The following soldiers were awarded the Medal of Honor for actions while serving in the 16th Infantry Regiment.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), Notable members, Medals of Honor
In addition, Air Force SSGT William H. Pitsenbarger of the Air Force's 38th Air Rescue and Recovery Squadron was posthumously awarded a Medal of Honor for actions in support of C Company, 2/16 Infantry in the Battle of Xa Cam My on April 11-12, 1966, part of Operation Abilene. This was the same action for which SGT James W. Robinson Jr. was also awarded the Medal of Honor. This action is the subject of the 2019 feature film The Last Full Measure.


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), Unit decorations
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered MATEUR, TUNISIAPresidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered SICILYPresidential Unit Citation (Army) Streamer embroidered NORMANDYPresidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered HURTGEN FORESTPresidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered HAMICH, GERMANYFrench Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I, Streamer embroidered AISNE-MARNEFrench Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I, Streamer embroidered MEUSE-ARGONNEFrench Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered KASSERINEFrench Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered NORMANDYFrench Médaille militaire, Streamer embroidered FRANCEFrench Médaille militaire, FourragèreBelgian Fourragère 1940Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at MonsCited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Eupen-MalmedyRepublic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965–1968Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965–1970


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), Unit decorations
Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered AL ANBAR PROVINCEArmy Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2006-2009


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), Unit decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ Sep 2006-Aug 2007Valorous Unit Award (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN APR-DEC 2011


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), Unit decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ Oct 2006-Jun 2007


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), Unit decorations
Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ-KUWAIT 1991Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered BAGHDAD 2007-2008Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2009-2010Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2012-2013


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), Unit decorations
Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered GELA, SICILY 11 – 13 July 1943


16th Infantry Regiment (United States), Unit decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered NORMANDY 6 June – 11 August 1944


16th International Emmy Awards
The 16th International Emmy Awards took place on November 23, 1988, in New York City, United States.


16th International Emmy Awards, Ceremony
Five television programmes from Britain, Australia and the Netherlands won International Emmy Awards in New York.


16th International Emmy Awards, Ceremony
Producers from 30 countries submitted  a record 197 programmes to compete for the awards, given by International Council of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.


16th International Emmy Awards, Ceremony
Goar Mestre was given the Founders Award in recognition of this lifetime of work in Latin America broadcasting. The council gave a posthumous award to Italian Vittorio Boni, who was the director of international relations for RAI. Boni dies in Nov. 1987, at the age of 56, was given the Directorate Awards for his contributions in international broadcasting.


16th Iowa Infantry Regiment
The 16th Iowa Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.


16th Iowa Infantry Regiment, Service
The 16th Iowa Infantry was organized at Davenport, Iowa, and mustered in for three years of Federal service by companies between December 10, 1861, and March 12, 1862.


16th Iowa Infantry Regiment, Iowa Brigade
After the Battle of Shiloh, the Thirteenth Iowa was assigned to the Third Brigade of the Sixth Division. The Brigade was composed of the Eleventh, Thirteenth, Fifteenth and Sixteenth regiments of Iowa Infantry, and was under command of Colonel Crocker. This organization remained intact until the close of the war. Except when upon detached duty, the operations of each of the regiments were identified very largely with those of the brigade, and, therefore, the history of each of these four Iowa regiments is almost inseparably interwoven with that of the brigade.


16th Iowa Infantry Regiment, Total strength and casualties
The 16th Iowa mustered a total of 1,441 men over the span of its existence. Seven officers and 94 enlisted men were killed in action or died of their wounds, while three officers and 219 enlisted men died of disease, for a total of 323 fatalities.


16th Irish Film & Television Awards
The 16th Irish Film & Television Academy Awards took place on 18 October 2020. Because no ceremony was held in 2019, this ceremony honoured films and television drama released in both 2018 and 2019. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, no physical ceremony took place; instead, there was a "virtual ceremony" hosted by Deirdre O’Kane.


16th Irish Film & Television Awards
The nominations for the IFTAs were announced by the Irish Film and Television Academy on 14 July 2020. People presenting awards included President Michael D. Higgins, Martin Scorsese, Daisy Ridley and Liam Neeson. It aired on Virgin Media One.


16th Irish Film & Television Awards
Below are the winners and nominees. Winners are at the top of each list, in bold type.


16th Irish Film & Television Awards, Film, Best film (2020)
Films released in 2019. (Arracht went on general release in 2020, but it premiered at a festival in 2019.)


16th Japan Film Professional Awards
The 16th Japan Film Professional Awards (第16回日本映画プロフェッショナル大賞) is the 16th edition of the Japan Film Professional Awards. It awarded the best of 2006 in film. The ceremony did not take place in this year.


16th Japan Record Awards
The 16th Annual Japan Record Awards took place at the Imperial Garden Theater in Chiyoda, Tokyo, on December 31, 1974, starting at 7:00PM JST. The primary ceremonies were televised in Japan on TBS.


16th Jutra Awards
The 16th Prix Jutra ceremony was held on March 23, 2014 at the Monument-National theatre in Montreal, Quebec, to honour achievements in the Cinema of Quebec in 2013. Nominations were announced in January.


16th Kansas Cavalry Regiment
The 16th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War and American Indian Wars.


16th Kansas Cavalry Regiment, Service
The 16th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was organized at Leavenworth, Kansas from November 1863 through May 1864. It mustered in for three years under the command of Colonel Werter R. Davis. The regiment was attached to District of Kansas, Department of Missouri, to April 1865. District of the Plains, Department of Missouri, to December 1865. The 16th Kansas Cavalry mustered out of service on December 6, 1865.


16th Kansas Cavalry Regiment, Detailed service
Duty in the District of North Kansas at Fort Leavenworth until September 1864. Company D at Fort Scott, 1st Brigade, District South Kansas. Companies A and L at Paola, 2nd Brigade, District South Kansas. Company B at Shawnee Mission and Company C at Olathe, 2nd Brigade, District of South Kansas. Companies F and G at Lawrence August 1864. Action at Ridgley, Missouri, June 11, 1864 (Company E). Scout from Leavenworth to Weston, Missouri, June 13–16, and from Kansas into Missouri June 16–29. Camden Point July 13 (Company F). Near Lexington October 17 (Company H). Second Battle of Lexington October 19.


16th Kansas Cavalry Regiment, Detailed service
Operations against Price's Raid. Battle of Little Blue River October 21. Pursuit of Price October 21–28. Independence and State Line October 22. Big Blue and Westport October 23. Mine Creek, Little Osage River and Marias Des Cygnes October 25. Battle of Charlot October 25. Mound City and Fort Lincoln October 25 (Companies A and D). Second Battle of Newtonia October 28. Operations on Upper Arkansas January 28-February 9, 1865. Protecting country against Indians until June. Powder River Expedition, march from Fort Laramie, Dakota Territory to the Powder River then to Fort Connor, July 11 - September 20. Actions with Indians September 1–10 on Powder River. Mustered out December 6, 1865.


16th Kansas Cavalry Regiment, Casualties
The regiment lost a total of 110 men during service; 1 officer and 10 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 1 officer and 98 enlisted men died of disease.


16th Kansas Militia Infantry Regiment
The 16th Kansas Militia Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.


16th Kansas Militia Infantry Regiment, Service
The 16th Kansas Militia Infantry was called into service on October 9, 1864. It was disbanded on October 29, 1864.


16th Kansas Militia Infantry Regiment, Detailed service
The unit was called into service to defend Kansas against Maj. Gen. Sterling Price's raid. The regiment saw action at Byram's Ford, Big Blue, October 22. Westport October 23.


16th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment (Union)
The 16th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.


16th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment (Union), Service
The 16th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment was organized at Paducah, Kentucky and mustered in for three years. It mustered in under the command of Major George F. Barnes.


16th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment (Union), Service
The regiment was attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, Department of the Ohio, to May 1864. 1st Cavalry Brigade, District of Kentucky, 5th Division, XXIII Corps, Department of the Ohio, to October 1864.


16th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment (Union), Service
The 16th Kentucky Cavalry ceased when it was consolidated into the 12th Kentucky Cavalry on October 15, 1864.


16th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment (Union), Detailed service
Duty at Paducah, Kentucky, until April 1864. Fort Anderson, Paducah, March 25–26, 1864. Ordered to Louisville, Kentucky, April 12. Operations against Morgan May 31-June 30. Cynthiana June 12. At Nicholasville, Kentucky, June to August. Cleveland, Tennessee, August 17. Gillem's Expedition from eastern Tennessee toward southwestern Virginia September 20-October 17. Leesburg September 28. Near Rheatown, Duvall's Ford, Watauga River, September 30.


16th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment (Union), Casualties
The regiment lost a total of 58 men during service; 3 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 1 officer and 54 enlisted men died of disease.


16th Kentucky Infantry Regiment
The 16th Kentucky Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.


16th Kentucky Infantry Regiment, Service
The 16th Kentucky Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Kenton in Kentucky and mustered in for a three-year enlistment on January 27, 1862.


16th Kentucky Infantry Regiment, Service
The regiment was attached to 18th Brigade, Army of the Ohio, to March 1862. Unattached, Army of the Ohio, to November 1862. District of West Kentucky, Department of the Ohio, to June 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, XXIII Corps, Army of the Ohio, to August 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, XXIII Corps, to April 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, XXIII Corps, to March 1865. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, XXIII Corps, Department of North Carolina, to July 1865.


16th Kentucky Infantry Regiment, Service
The 16th Kentucky Infantry mustered out of service on July 15, 1865.


16th Kentucky Infantry Regiment, Casualties
The regiment lost a total of 188 men during service; 2 officers and 50 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 5 officers and 131 enlisted men died of disease.


16th Krajina Motorized Brigade
The 16th Krajina Motorized Brigade (Serbian: 16. Крајишка моторизована бригада, Lat. 16. Krajiška motorizovana brigada) was a Banja Luka based unit of the First Krajina Corps of the Army of Republika Srpska.


16th Krajina Motorized Brigade, History
The 16th Krajina Brigade was the successor of the Krajina Strike Proletarian Brigade (Serbian: Крајишка ударна пролетерска бригада, Lat. Krajiška udarna proleterska brigada), established in 1942 by Yugoslav Partisans in the village of Lamovita near Prijedor, Bosnia. After the second world war the brigade was re-established in Travnik and later moved to Banja Luka as the 16th Regiment. In 1985 the 16th Krajina Regiment was renamed 16th Krajina Brigade. With the Breakup of Yugoslavia,  the brigade entered into service with the Army of Republika Srpska.


16th Krajina Motorized Brigade, Yugoslav Wars, War in Slavonia
The decision to mobilize the 16th Krajina Brigade was made after the Yugoslav government decided to intervene after the declaration of independence by Croatia. As such, between 13 June 13 and 15 August, 1991 the brigade conducted mobilization activities and preparatory exercises were in the villages of Mašići, Han Šibić, and Berek.


16th Krajina Motorized Brigade, Yugoslav Wars, War in Slavonia
As ordered, on 16 September 1991 the first elements of the brigade crossed the Sava River into the Socialist Republic of Croatia near Gradiška joining the 329th JNA Armored Brigade (later the 1st Armored Brigade). In their first action, the soldiers of the 16th Krajina Brigade liberated the villages of Donja Varoš, Gornja Varoš, Nova Varoš and break into the Brotherhood and Unity Highway. The next day, with the first few wounded, the first soldier of the 16th Brigade, Bojan Majstorovic, was killed.


16th Krajina Motorized Brigade, Yugoslav Wars, War in Slavonia
After a few days, the rest of the brigade crossed the Sava River and in a rush liberated settlements in the direction of Kosovac-Gornji Bogicevci, Nova Varos-Donji Bogicevci, and then the villages of Gornji Rajici, Rozdanik, Jazavica, Voćarica, Paklenica, and part of Stari Grabovac.


16th Krajina Motorized Brigade, Yugoslav Wars, War in Slavonia
Under the command of then commander Milan Čeleketić, the 16th Brigade liberated 65 km2 of the territory of Western Slavonia, which was mostly inhabited by the Serbian population.


16th Krajina Motorized Brigade, Yugoslav Wars, War in Bosnia
In the spring of 1992, a portion of the brigade returned to Banja Luka, and several troops were deployed to Mount Vlašić. By the end of May 1992, a new mobilization was carried out near Mount Manjača  were 1,500 new troops were added to the brigade. In 1992, a smaller element of the brigade was deployed to the Republic of Serbian Krajina, with a larger portion deploying to Posavina to take part in Operation Corridor. In mid-June 1992, the 16th Brigade systematically liberated villages from Doboj to Modriča (Johovac, Galići, Gornja Foča, Karamatići, Lušići, Vukovac (partially) and Živkovo Polje (partially).


16th Krajina Motorized Brigade, Yugoslav Wars, War in Bosnia
In the afternoon of June 26, 1992, combatants of the 16th Brigade liberated the village of Miloševac, and a little later Captain Dmitry Zaric's 2nd Company broke through the last enemy strongholds and merged with the units of the East Bosnian Corps. In this way, a corridor (also known as the Path of Life) between Krajina and Serbia was established.


16th Krajina Motorized Brigade, Yugoslav Wars, War in Bosnia
Subsequently, the 16th Brigade participated in the liberation of the Serbian territories in Posavina from 3 to 17 July 1992, liberate 13 villages (122 km2 of territory) and breaking out to the Sava River, achieving their mission as directed by VRS headquarters. After breaking out to the Sava River, the 16th Brigade was tasked to defend the Lower Svilaj-Obodni Canal, and portions of the brigade engaged in combat operations near Ostra Luka, at the Gradačac front in order to ensure that the corridor with Serbia was not compromised.


16th Krajina Motorized Brigade, Yugoslav Wars, War in Bosnia
During this time, Lieutenant Colonel Milan Čeleketić  was replaced by Colonel Novica Simić as brigade commander. Shortly thereafter, VRS command promoted Colonel Simić to general, appointing him commander of the Eastern Bosnia Corps of the Army of Republika Srpska. The new commander of the 16th Brigade become Lieutenant Colonel Vukadin Makagić.


16th Krajina Motorized Brigade, Yugoslav Wars, War in Bosnia
From mid-August to early November 1992, units of the 16th Brigade, under the command of Colonel Slavko Lisica, participated in the liberation of Brod. At midnight on October 6, units of the 16th Brigade entered Brod again reaching the Sava River.


16th Krajina Motorized Brigade, Yugoslav Wars, War in Bosnia
After the liberation of Brod, most of the brigade returned to frontline positions on the Donji Svilaj-Brusnica route, and about a month later the 16th Brigade was tasked to the Orasko front. In late December, the 16th Brigade received Lieutenant Colonel Vlado Topić as commander, and proceeded to the Brčko front in defense of the corridor along with the East Bosnian Corps of the Republika Srpska Army, headed by their former commander Major General Novica Simić.


16th Krajina Motorized Brigade, Yugoslav Wars, War in Bosnia
From the beginning of 1993 until the summer of the same year, the 16th Brigade liberated 13 populated areas and expanded the corridor between Republika Srpska and Serbia by 33 km2 (as part of Operation Cooperation). Following this action, the brigade took a short break before being moved to the Doboj-Teslić front. This brigade participated in Operation Drina in early 1994.


16th Krajina Motorized Brigade, Yugoslav Wars, War in Bosnia
Following the fall of a number of Krajina municipalities during Operation Maestral in September 1995, as part of Operation Vaganj, the Brigade, along with the 43rd Prijedor, 6th Sanska, 5th Kozarska, 65th Protection Regiment and other units returned 5th Corps to the river Una. Prior to entering Bosanska Krupa, the brigade was relocated to the Manjača region, where it was tasked, in cooperation with other units (Srpska Garda, 2nd Krajina Brigade and the Special Police Brigade of the RS MUP), to suppress the 5th ARBiH Corps from Mrkonjić Grad and liberate Kljuc. In just three days (October 3-6), the 16th Krajina arrived near Kljuc, when the General Staff decided to return the brigade to the Doboj front.


16th Krajina Motorized Brigade, Yugoslav Wars, War in Bosnia
This unit's combat tour lasted 1,727 days between 1992 and 1995, where the brigade lost 437 soldiers, approximately 2,000 wounded and 11 reported missing.


16th Krajina Motorized Brigade, Decorations
The brigade was awarded the Order of Nemanjić, the highest military recognition of Republika Srpska, for its merits in the 1992-95 war.


16th Krajina Motorized Brigade, Gallery
Croatia - Western Slavonia - September 1991 - January 1992


16th LG Cup
The 16th LG Cup began on 13 June 2011 and concluded on 15 February 2012. Jiang Weijie won the title, defeating Lee Chang-ho in the final. 32 players from four countries competed in the final knockout tournament:


16th Lambda Literary Awards
The 16th Lambda Literary Awards were held in 2004 to honour works of LGBT literature published in 2003.


16th Land of Tarnow Infantry Regiment
16th Infantry Regiment of the Land of Tarnow (Polish language: 16 Pulk Piechoty Ziemi Tarnowskiej, 16 pp) was an infantry regiment of the Polish Army. It existed from late 1918 until September 1939. Garrisoned in Tarnów, the unit belonged to the 6th Infantry Division from Krakow.


16th Land of Tarnow Infantry Regiment
The history of the regiment dates back to the final weeks of World War I, when ethnic Polish soldiers, serving in the Austrian 57th Infantry Regiment, abandoned their positions on the Italian Front, and returned to Tarnow. In November 1918, Polish 57th Infantry Regiment was formed. In February 1919, its name was changed into the 16th Infantry Regiment of the Land of Tarnow.


16th Land of Tarnow Infantry Regiment, Symbols
The flag of the regiment was funded by the residents of the counties of Tarnow, Dabrowa Tarnowska and Brzesko. It was presented to the unit by President Ignacy Moscicki in Tarnow, on May 29, 1927.


16th Land of Tarnow Infantry Regiment, Symbols
The badge, approved in August 1930, was in the shape of the cross, with the coat of arms of Tarnow in the middle, and the number 16, together with the names of the Polish-Soviet War battles: DAWIDOW KRASNE MUROWA.


16th Landwehr Division (German Empire)
The 16th Landwehr Division (16. Landwehr-Division) was a unit of the Imperial German Army in World War I.


16th Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica
The 16th Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica since the current 1949 Constitution met from 1 May 2014 till 30 April 2018 in the Cuesta de Moras' Building in San José.


16th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico
The 16th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico will meet from January 2, 2009, to January 1, 2013. All members of the House of Representatives and the Senate were elected in the General Elections of 2008. The House and the Senate both have a majority of members from the New Progressive Party.


16th Light Cavalry
The 16th Light Cavalry is a regiment of the Armoured Corps, a primary combat arm of the Indian Army. Prior to India gaining independence from the British in 1947, it was a regular cavalry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was formed in 1776 and is the oldest armoured regiment raised in India. The 16th Light Cavalry saw service in a number of conflicts ranging from the Second Anglo-Mysore War in 1781 to World War II. It has a number of battle honours including "Punjab 1965" earned during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.


16th Light Cavalry, History, Formation
The Regiment was raised prior to 1776 as the 3rd Regiment of Native Cavalry in the service of the Nawab of Arcot, Muhammad Ali Khan Wallajah. In 1780, while under service with the British East India Company, it formed part of the force that defeated Hyder Ali during the Second Anglo-Mysore War and was awarded battle honours for the Battle of Sholinghur, Battle of Mysore, Battle of Carnatic and the Battle of Seringapatam for service during the Anglo-Mysore Wars. After the Anglo-Mysore Wars the Regiment was next in action during the Third Anglo-Burmese War and were awarded the Battle Honour of Burma 1885-87.


16th Light Cavalry, History, Early 20th Century
During World War I (1914–1918) the regiment remained in India for the defence of the North West Frontier but they did send drafts to other Indian cavalry regiments serving in France and the Middle East. In 1919 the regiment was involved in the brief Third Afghan War, for which they were awarded the battle honour of Afghanistan 1919. In 1923, the regiment was selected for ‘Indianisation’, wherein British officers were finally replaced by Indian officers and this became the first Indian cavalry regiment to be officered by Indians.


16th Light Cavalry, History, World War II
During World War II the regiment was employed in the defence of India having converted from horses to armour at Quetta in 1941.


16th Light Cavalry, History, World War II
In 1945 they were selected to undertake operations in Burma. Within three weeks the Regiment covered a distance of 3,500 miles from Quetta to the banks of Irrawaddy River and was personally complimented by General Slim, the Fourteenth Army commander.


16th Light Cavalry, History, World War II
In Burma the regiment were 14th Army troops and were also attached to the 255th Indian Tank Brigade, the brigade formation was;


16th Light Cavalry, Post Independence
During the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, the Regiment was part of the 1 Armoured Brigade and took part in the Battle of Phillora and Battle of Gadgor. In a major tank battle fought at Gadgor on 8 September, and a subsequent engagement at Alhar Railway Station, they destroyed 16 Patton Tanks of the enemy, against a loss of 6 tanks of their own. 2 officers, 1 JCO and 14 Other Ranks of the unit were killed in these actions and many wounded. The Regiment won the Theatre Honour 'PUNJAB 1965'. The gallantry awards won by its officers and men comprised 1 Vir Chakra, 1 Sena Medal, 8 Mention-in-Dispatches and 3 Commendation Cards from the Chief of Army Staff.


16th Light Cavalry, Post Independence
In the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, the Regiment with its Centurion tanks fought the war under the 16th Independent Armoured Brigade in Shakargarh Sector.


16th Light Cavalry, Post Independence
Seven Vijayanta tanks from 16 Cavalry fought in Amritsar during Operation Blue Star. At least three entered the Golden Temple compound to provide illumination and machine gun fire, but eventually deployed their main guns against the fortified Akal Takht building.


16th Light Cavalry, Post Independence
During a terrorist attack in Samba on 26 September 2003, three terrorist attacked the Officers mess of the Regiment. The three terrorists were killed, but the unit lost one officer and three men. Lt Col Bikramjeet Singh was conferred with Shaurya Chakra posthumously.


16th Light Cavalry, Affiliations
The Regiment was affiliated with the Madras Regiment in 2003 and with INS Talwar, the lead ship of the modern Talwar (modified Krivak) class frigates in  2005.


16th Light Cavalry, Composition
During its more than 200 years of existence, the Regiment has seen many changes of organisations and designations. Manned originally by men from the Madras Presidency, its composition was changed in 1903 to Rajputs, Jats and Deccani Muslims. Since Independence, the Regiment has retained its original South Indian composition.


16th Light Cavalry, Battle honours
The battle and theatre honours of the 16th Light Cavalry are:


16th Lok Sabha
Members of the 16th Lok Sabha were elected during the 2014 Indian general election. The elections were conducted in 9 phases from 7 April 2014 to 12 May 2014 by the Election Commission of India. The results of the election were declared on 16 May 2014.


16th Lok Sabha
The Bharatiya Janata Party (of the NDA) achieved an absolute majority with 282 seats out of 543, 166 seats more than in the previous 15th Lok Sabha. Its PM candidate Narendra Modi took office on 26 May 2014 as the 14th prime minister of India. The first session was convened from 4 to 11 June 2014.


16th Lok Sabha
There was no leader of the opposition in the 16th Lok Sabha as the Indian Parliament rules state that a party in the Lok Sabha must have at least 10% (55) of the total seats (545) to be considered the opposition party. The Indian National Congress (of the UPA) could only manage 44 seats, while the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party from Tamil Nadu came a close third with 37 seats. Mallikarjun Kharge was declared the leader of the Indian National Congress in the Lok Sabha.


16th Lok Sabha
Five sitting members from Rajya Sabha, the Upper House of Indian Parliament, were elected to 16th Lok Sabha after the 2014 Indian general election.


16th Lok Sabha
The pro-tem Speaker Kamal Nath was administered oath on 4 June 2014 & presided over the election of the Speaker of the Lok Sabha. Sumitra Mahajan was elected as its Speaker on 6 June 2014 and would remain in office until the day before the first sitting of the 17th Lok Sabha. M Thambidurai was elected as Deputy Speaker on 13 August 2014.


16th Lok Sabha, Members, Party-wise Distribution of Seats
Following 36 political parties were represented in 16th Lok Sabha:


16th Lok Sabha, Members, Criminal background
Case-wise distribution of the 542 members of the 16th Lok Sabha.


16th Lok Sabha, Members, Criminal background
About one-third of all winners had at least one pending criminal case against them, with some having serious criminal cases.


16th Lok Sabha, Members, Criminal background
Compared to the 15th Lok Sabha, there was an increase of members with criminal cases. In 2009, 158 (30%) of the 521 members analyzed had criminal cases, of which 77 (15%) had serious criminal cases.


16th Lok Sabha, Members, Financial background
Asset-wise distribution of the 543 members in the 16th Lok Sabha.


16th Lok Sabha, Members, Financial background
As of May 2014, out of the 542 members analysed, 443 (82%) are having assets of ₹1 crore (US$140,000) or more. In the 15th Lok Sabha, out of 521 members analysed, 300 (58%) members had assets of ₹1 crore (US$140,000) or more.


16th Lok Sabha, Members, Financial background
The average assets per member are ₹14.7 crore (US$2.1 million) (in 2009, this figure was ₹5.35 crore (US$750,000)).


16th Lok Sabha, Members, Age
Age-wise distribution of the 542 members in the 16th Lok Sabha as of 16 May 2018


16th London Turkish Film Festival
The 16th London Turkish Film Festival is a film festival held in London, England which ran from November 4 to 18, 2010. During the course of the festival seventeen feature films and two programmes of shorts were presented at the Apollo Theatre and the Rio Cinema.


16th London Turkish Film Festival
The festival began with an opening gala at the Empire, Leicester Square, attended by Turkish Ambassador to London Ünal Çeviköz, Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism official Abdurrahman Çelik, actor Şener Şen, film and theater star Genco Erkal and director Çağan Irmak, at which the Golden Wings awards for Lifetime Achievement and Digiturk Digital Distribution were presented and Sleeping Princess (Turkish: Prensesin Uykusu) directed by Çağan Irmak received its world premiere.


16th London Turkish Film Festival, Programmes, Golden Wings Digiturk Digital Distribution Competition
Five Turkish films made in the preceding year were selected to compete in the festival’s feature film competition.


16th Lumières Awards
The 16th Lumières Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Lumières, was held on 14 January 2011. The ceremony was presided by François Berléand. Of Gods and Men won the award for Best Film.


16th Lux Style Awards
The 16th Lux Style Awards ceremony, presented by Lux to honor the best in fashion, music, films and Pakistani television of 2016, took place on April 19, 2017 at Expo Center, Karachi, Sindh. During the ceremony, LUX presented the Lux Style Awards (commonly referred as LSA) in four segments including Film, Fashion, Television, and Music. Actor in Law remained most awards winning film with 4 awards while Udaari remained most awards winning TV series by winning 3 awards.


16th Lux Style Awards, Winners and nominees
Nominees for 16th Lux Style Awards were announced on 15 March 2017.


16th Lux Style Awards, Ceremony information
In early April 2017, it was announced that Hassan Sheheryar Yasin was the show's director instead of Frieha Altaf. Altaf had previously been the director for Lux Style Awards since its inception in 2002 except for the 3rd Lux Style Awards event. On 9 April 2017, in a press conference the show's director Hassan Sheheryar Yasin announced that Atif Aslam would host the ceremony. Aslam expressed that it felt good to host Lux Style Awards. Osman Khalid Butt was chosen as the scriptwriter for the award ceremony.


16th Lux Style Awards, Ceremony information
In his acceptance speech for the Best TV Actor award, Ahsan Khan paid tribute to Mashal Khan, who was lynched by a charged mob over blasphemy allegations a few days earlier. During the ceremony, the Turkish actor Halit Ergenç was presented the International Icon award. It was the first time an international celebrity was honoured at the LSAs.


16th Lux Style Awards, Ceremony information
M. Nadeem J. was the TV director for LSA in 2017 and has been since 2005. He was also the producer of the show in 2017 and 2018.


16th MMC – Plovdiv-city
The 16th Multi-member Constituency – Plovdiv-City is a constituency whose borders are the same as Plovdiv Municipality in Bulgaria.


16th MMC – Plovdiv-city, Background
In the 2009 Bulgarian parliamentary election the 16th Multi-member Constituency – Plovdiv-City elected 10 members to the Bulgarian National Assembly: 9 of which were through proportionality vote and 1 was through first-past-the-post voting.


16th Maine Infantry Regiment
The 16th Maine Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was particularly noted for its service during the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg.


16th Maine Infantry Regiment, Organization and Assignments
The 16th Maine  was organized at Augusta, Maine, and mustered into Federal service for a three-year enlistment on August 14, 1862. It departed for Washington, D.C. in 1862. Likely assigned to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. Assigned to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to May, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, to March, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 5th Army Corps, to June, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, to August, 1864 or later. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps by February 7, 1865 to April 9, 1865, or perhaps to June, 1865.


16th Maine Infantry Regiment, 1862
To repel the invasion of Maryland by the Confederates, the Army of the Potomac moved northward from Washington with its front extending from near the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to the Potomac River. On September 12th, the First Corps bivouacked on the south side of the Monocacy near the crossing of the National Road (now called the Old National Road, old US 40). At the Battle of South Mountain on September 14th, Joseph Hooker's I Corps attacked the Confederates holding Turner's Pass while preventing a potential flanking maneuver to its north.


16th Maine Infantry Regiment, 1862
The 16th Maine was detached as railroad guard during the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862, according to the Antietam Union order of battle. At Pleasant Valley / Sharpsburg until October 30.


16th Maine Infantry Regiment, 1862
Movement to Warrenton, thence to Falmouth, Virginia, October 30 to November 19. Fought at the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia, from December 12 to 15.


16th Maine Infantry Regiment, 1863
The regiment was part of the infamous "Mud March" January 20–24, 1863. At Falmouth and Belle Plain until April 27. Participated in the Chancellorsville Campaign April 27 to May 6. Operations at Pollock's Mill Creek April 29-May 2. Fitzhugh's Crossing April 29–30. Battle of Chancellorsville May 2–5. Gettysburg Campaign June 11-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg July 1–3. Picket duty along the Rapidan until October --. Bristoe Campaign October 9–22. Advance to line of the Rappahanock November 7–8. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2.