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During the War with Spain, the unit mustered into federal service on 6 May 1896 at Framingham, Massachusetts. The [[6th Massachusetts Regiment (Spanish–American War)]] served with the Expeditionary Force in Puerto Rico. Mustered out on 21 January 1899. (The regiment additionally is entitled battle honors through the 104th Infantry (2nd Massachusetts) for Santiago Campaign [[Battle of El Caney]].)
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The 6th Massachusetts was mustered into federal service on 25 June 1916 at Framingham for [[Mexican Border Campaign]] and stationed at El Paso, Texas. It was mustered out of Federal service between 10–15 November 1916.
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The regiment was mustered again into federal service on 30 March 1917 for [[World War I]]. Soldiers from the 6th Massachusetts were transferred to form the regiments of the 26th "Yankee" Division. The majority of the soldiers helped form the [[104th Infantry Regiment (United States)|104th Infantry Regiment]]. After the deployment of the Yankee Division the remaining soldiers of the 6th Mass. (15 officers and 279 enlisted men) trained at [[Camp Wadsworth]] and formed the 4th Pioneer Infantry Regiment, commanded by Colonel Holton B. Perkins and filled to wartime strength with draftees. The pioneer regiments included such specialists as mechanics, carpenters, farriers and masons. They were supposed to work under the direction of the engineers to build roads, bridges, gun emplacements and camps "within the sound of the guns." They received standard infantry training so that they could defend themselves, but there are very few documented instances of any pioneer troops unslinging their rifles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldwar1.com/dbc/lraab.htm |title=Pvt. Louis Raab, 2nd Pioneer Infantry, III Corps |date=5 July 2002 |publisher=The Great War Society |location=Berkeley, CA, USA |accessdate=5 November 2011}}</ref> Once in France, the regiment was selected to be re-trained to form the [[382nd Infantry Regiment (United States)|382nd Infantry Regiment]]. Before that transition could be executed the Fall Offensives of 1918 pushed the 4th Pioneer Infantry into service as engineer support and labor troops. The regiment was demobilized in February 1919 at Camp A.P. Hill, VA. Served in the following campaigns: [[Battle of Saint-Mihiel|Battle of Saint Mihiel]], [[Meuse Argonne Offensive]], and [[Battle of Lorraine 1918]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Sibley|first=Frank|title=With the Yankee Division in France|url=https://archive.org/details/withyankeedivis00siblgoog|year=1919|publisher=Little Brown|location=Norwood}}</ref>
The regiment additionally is entitled to World War I battle honors through the [[104th Infantry Regiment (United States)|104th Infantry (2nd Massachusetts)]] for Isle de France, Lorraine 1918, and Champagne-Marne.<ref>{{cite book|last=Fifield|first=James|title=A History of the 104th U.S. Infantry AEF 1917–1919|year=1946|location=Springfield}}</ref>
The unit reorganized on 31 August 1921 as the 3rd Infantry Massachusetts National Guard. It was redesignated as the 181st Infantry and assigned to the 26th Division on 30 November 1921 with headquarters at Worcester, Massachusetts.
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The 328th Infantry regiment fought across Europe with the 26th (Yankee) Infantry Division. Technical Sergeant [[Alfred L. Wilson]] was posthumously presented with the Medal of Honor for lifesaving care conducted under fire.<ref>{{cite book|last=McKinney|first=Carolyn|title=The Gentle Giant of the 26th Division|year=1994|publisher=Headline Books|location=Terra Alta, WV}}</ref>
The regiment is entitled to World War II battle honors through the [[104th Infantry Regiment (United States)]] (2nd Massachusetts) and the [[328th Infantry Regiment (United States)|328th Infantry Regiment]] for Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes ([[Battle of the Bulge]]), Central Europe and in the Army of Occupation in Austria.<ref>{{cite book|last=Palladino|first=Ralph|title=History of a Combat Regiment 1639–1945|year=1960|publisher=Army and Navy Press|location=Baton Rouge}}</ref>
In 1947 the 181st Infantry was re-formed with headquarters at Worcester.
===Recent service and the Global War on Terror===
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