47th Infantry Regiment

47th Infantry Regiment

    2nd of the 47th Infantry
    3rd of the 47th Infantry
    4th of the 47th Infantry

Unit History

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47th Infantry Regiment

Coat of Arms

Shield: Consists of the shoulder insignia of the 4th Infantry (Ivy) Div., which the 47th served with in WW I. The four star-shaped objects at the ends of the green cross are ivy leaves and the principle field is white or silver. The upper-left canton displays a yellow or gold imperial Chinese five-toed dragon as seen from the front on a field of blue in honor of the 9th Infantry Regiment which had adopted that symbol after its service in China during the Boxer Rebellion of 1900 and out of which the 47th was formed on June 1st, 1917 at Syracuse, NY.

Crest: Consists of a blue water wheel encircling a gold fleur-de-lis above a wreath of the principle tinctures of the shield (white and green) and is to commemorate the battles of Sergy on the Ourcq River and Bazoches on the Vesle fought by the 47th in France during WW I.

Motto: Ex Virtute Honos (Honor comes from virtue)

47th Infantry Regiment Linage

Constituted 15 May 1917 in the Regular Army as the 47th Infantry

Organized 1 June 1917 at Syracuse, New York

Assigned 19 November 1917 to the 4th Division

Inactivated 22 September 1921 at Camp Lewis, Washington

Relieved 15 August 1927 from assignment to the 4th Division and assigned to the 7th Division

Relieved 1 October 1933 from assignment to the 7th Division

Assigned 1 August 1940 to the 9th Division (later redesignated as the 9th Infantry Division)

Activated 10 August 1940 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Inactivated 31 December 1946 in Germany

Activated 15 July 1947 at Fort Dix, New Jersey

Relieved 1 December 1957 from assignment to the 9th Infantry Division and reorganized as a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System

Withdrawn 16 June 1986 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System

Transferred 15 April 1996 to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War I
Aisne-Marne
St. Mihiel
Meuse-Argonne
Champagne 1918
Lorraine 1918

World War II
Algeria-French Morocco (with arrowhead)
Tunisia
Sicily
Normandy
Northern France
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe

Vietnam
Counteroffensive, Phase II
Counteroffensive, Phase III
Tet Counteroffensive
Counteroffensive, Phase IV
Counteroffensive, Phase V
Counteroffensive, Phase VI
Tet 69/Counteroffensive
Summer-Fall 1969
Winter-Spring 1970
Sanctuary Counteroffensive
Counteroffensive, Phase VII

DECORATIONS

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered CHERBOURG

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered HAGUE PENINSULA

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered ROETGEN, GERMANY

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered NOTHBERG, GERMANY

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered FREUZENBERG CASTLE

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered REMAGEN, GERMANY

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered OBERKIRCHEN, GERMANY

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered MEKONG DELTA

Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered LONG BINH - BIEN HOA

Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered SAIGON

Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered FISH HOOK