17th Infantry Regiment (United States)

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17th Infantry Regiment
17th Infantry Regiment coat of arms
Active	3 May 1861-
Country	United States of America
Branch	Regular Army
Type	Regiment
Motto	Truth and Courage
Engagements	Civil War Spanish-American War World War II Korean War Vietnam War Panama
Insignia
Distinctive Unit Insignia

The 17th Infantry Regiment is a United States Army infantry regiment.

1 Lineage
2 Campaign Participation Credit
3 Decorations
4 External Link

[edit] Lineage

Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry
Organized 6 July 1861 at Fort Preble, Maine
Reorganized and redesignated 13 December 1866 as the 17th Infantry
Consolidated 1 June 1869 with the 44th Infantry, Veteran Reserve Corps (constituted 21 September 1866), and consolidated unit designated as the 17th Infantry
Assigned 5 July 1918 to the 11th Division
(2d and 3d Battalions inactivated 1 October 1921 at Fort McIntosh, Texas; activated 24 June 1922 at Fort Crook, Nebraska)
Relieved 24 March 1923 from assignment to the 11th Division and assigned to the 7th Division
Relieved 15 August 1927 from assignment to the 7th Division and assigned to the 6th Division
(2d Battalion inactivated 31 October 1929 at Fort Des Moines, Iowa)
Relieved 1 October 1933 from assignment to the 6th Division and assigned to the 7th Division (later redesignated as the 7th Infantry Division)
(2d Battalion activated 1 July 1940 at Camp Ord, California)
Relieved 1 July 1957 from assignment to the 7th Infantry Division and reorganized as a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System
Withdrawn 16 November 1986 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System
Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 17th Infantry Regiment

[edit] Campaign Participation Credit

Civil War: Peninsula; Manassas; Antietam; Fredericksburg; Chancellorsville; Gettysburg; Wilderness; Spotsylvania; Cold Harbor; Petersburg; Virginia 1862; Virginia 1863
Indian Wars: Little Big Horn; Pine Ridge; North Dakota 1872
War with Spain: Santiago
Philippine Insurrection: Manila; Malolos; San Isidro; Tarlac; Mindanao; Luzon 1899; Luzon 1900
Mexican Expedition: Mexico 1916-1917
World War II: Aleutian Islands (with arrowhead); Eastern Mandates (with arrowhead); Leyte; Ryukyus (with arrowhead)
Korean War: UN Defensive; UN Offensive; CCF Intervention; First UN Counteroffensive; CCF Spring Offensive; UN Summer-Fall Offensive; Second Korean Winter; Korea, Summer-Fall 1952; Third Korean Winter; Korea, Summer 1953
Vietnam: Counteroffensive, Phase VII; Consolidation I; Consolidation II; Cease-Fire
Armed Forces Expeditions: Panama (with arrowhead)
War on Terrorism: Campaigns to be determined