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Lineage and Honors Information as of 5 April 1998
187th Infantry Lineage
Constituted 12 November 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 187th Glider Infantry Assigned 25 February 1943 to the 11th Airborne Division and activated at Camp Mackall, North Carolina.
Allotted 15 November 1948 to the Regular Army Reorganized and redesignated 30 June 1949 as the 187th Airborne Infantry Relieved 1 February 1951 from assignment to the 11th Airborne Division
Assigned 1 July 1956 to the 101st Airborne Division
Relieved 25 April 1957 from assignment to the 101st Airborne Division; concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 187th Infantry, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System
Withdrawn 1 October 1983 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System
187th Infantry Honors:
Campaign Participation Credit:
World War II: New Guinea; Leyte; Luzon (with arrowhead)
Korean War: UN Offensive (with arrowhead); CCF Intervention; First UN Counteroffensive (with arrowhead); CCF Spring Offensive; Korea, Summer-Fall 1952; Korea, Summer 1953