2nd Battalion 47th Infantry Regiment Site

2nd Battalion 47th Infantry Regiment

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
Deployed to France June 1918 and fought in the campaigns of Aisne-Marne, St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne, Champagne and Lorraine
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
Deployed to the European Theater of Operations and participated in all major operations in that theater to include the Invasion of North Africa, the Invasion of Sicily, the Normandy Invasion and across France and was the first American unit to cross into the heart of Germany.
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
Deployed to the Republic of Vietnam January 1967 as part of the 9th Infantry Division where it conducted operation in the Mekong Delta, Long Binh and Cambodia
Withdrawn 16 June 1986 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System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

7 PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATIONS

3 MERITORIOUS UNIT AWARDS

MERITORIOUS UNIT COMMENDATION

CRENCH CROIX de GUERRE WITH PALM

BELGIAN FOURRAGERE 1940