The 329th Infantry Regiment is a unit of the United States Army. During World War I and World War II. It was part of the 83rd Infantry Division. World War II During World War II, Lt. Sam Magill facilitated the mass surrender of 20,000 German troops on the banks of the Loire River on 17 September 1944. Brigadier General John Mauldin was the regimental surgeon during World War II. He took more than 400 photographs between the time the unit landed in England eight days after D-Day until Germany was liberated in 1945. General George Patton reviewed the 329th and concluded "That’s the finest body of soldiers I have ever seen in the field." The 329th Infantry Regiment was the closest US unit to Berlin at the end of World War II, being ordered to stop some 30 miles short of the city. Lineage Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army (USA) as the 329th Infantry and assigned to the 83rd Division Organized 30 August 1917 at Camp Sherman, Ohio Demobilized 15 February 1919 at Camp Sherman, Ohio Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 329th Infantry and assigned to the 83rd Division (later redesignated as the 83rd Infantry Division) Organized in December 1921 with headquarters at Dayton, Ohio Ordered into active military service 15 August 1942 and reorganized at Camp Atterbury, Indiana Inactivated 6 April 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey Activated 1 October 1946 with headquarters at Indianapolis, Indiana (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve) Relieved 1 March 1952 from assignment to the 83d Infantry Division and assigned to the 70th Infantry Division (United States) Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1959 as the 329th Regiment, an element of the 70th Division (Training), with headquarters at Detroit, Michigan (Location of headquarters changed 7 April 1966 to Fraser, Michigan) Reorganized 31 January 1968 to consist of the 1st and 3d Battalions, elements of the 70th Division (Training) Reorganized 1 September 1971 to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 70th Division (Training) Reorganized 1 October 1994 to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 70th Division (Institutional Training) Reorganized 13 January 1995 to consist of the 1st and 2d Battalions, elements of the 70th Division (Institutional Training) Reorganized 16 October - 16 November 1996 to