197th Inf Bde

197th Infantry Brigade Metal Decal The history of the 197th dates back to 1921, when the brigade was created in the Reserves as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 197th Infantry Brigade, assigned to the 99th Division, and organized at Pittsburgh, Penn.It was first ordered into active military service in November 1942 and was reorganized at Camp van Dorn, MS, as the 99th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized. During this time, the unit participated in the Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe campaigns during World War II.After World War II, the brigade was inactivated in September 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, MA.The most recent form of the 197th was created in August 1962 at Fort Benning, and went on to serve as a training unit preparing Soldiers to fight in Vietnam. During the Gulf War, the 197th Brigade was attached as the 3rd Brigade to the 24th Infantry Division out of Fort Stewart, Ga. It took up a defensive positions along the Kuwaiti border and waited for Iraq fo