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Texas Military Forces Museum

143rd U.S. Infantry Regiment ("Third Texas") 1917

MOTTO: "Arms secure peace" "secure", as in "making something safe and secure".

FORMATION: The 143d U. S. Infantry was officially formed at Camp Bowie, Texas, on October 15, 1917, from Texas troops drawn largely from the 3d and 5th Texas National Guard Infantry Regiments. The Third Texas had been mobilized prior to the beginning of the war, serving along the Mexican border with troops from Harlingen to Roma and later near Corpus Christi. The troops of the 143rd arrived in France in the early summer of 1918, training near Bar-sur-Aube.

MEUSE-ARGONNE: As part of the 72d Infantry Brigade, the 143rd entered the reserve of the French Armies of the Center on September 26, 1918, and later went into the line on October 3d, relieving a regiment of the U. S. 2d Division. They came under fire on October 10th, 1917, and fought through several days of bitter battle to gain the northern bank of the Aisne River by October 12. The regiment was relieved from front line duty on October 28, and all the regiments of the 36th Division were put in the reserve of the First American Army until the Armistice.

William W. Logston