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The 47th Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment of the United States Army since 1917. Having seen combat in multiple conflicts, it is now assigned to the 194th Armor Brigade training new soldiers.
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Present day
The only active unit of the 47th Infantry Regiment is the 2nd Battalion, stationed at Sand Hill, Fort Benning. The Battalion falls under the 194th Armored Brigade, and MCoE TRADOC, the unit used for Basic Combat Training, capable of training 1,200 soldiers per cycle.
On 8 April 2013 an inactivation ceremony was held for the 3d Battalion, 47th Infantry Regiment, resulting in a reduction of 44 soldier and 27 civilian positions.
Depiction in popular media
Forrest Gump is shown to be a member of the regiment, wearing the regiment's distinctive unit insignia on his Class A Dress Green Uniform. In the film he is cast as a member of the 4th Platoon, Company A, 2nd Battalion, 47th Infantry, then a unit of the 9th Infantry Division in Vietnam.
History
Constituted 15 May 1917 in the Regular Army as Company C, 47th Infantry
Organized 1 June 1917 at Syracuse, New York
(47th Infantry assigned 19 November 1917 to the 4th Division)
Inactivated 22 September 1921 at Camp Lewis, Washington
(47th Infantry 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
Inactivated 1 December 1957 at Fort Carson, Colorado, and relieved from assignment to the 9th Infantry Division; concurrently redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Battle Group, 47th Infantry
Withdrawn 10 April 1959 from the Regular Army, allotted to the Army Reserve, and assigned to the 81st Infantry Division (organic elements concurrently constituted)
Battle Group activated 1 May 1959 with Headquarters at Atlanta, Georgia
Inactivated 1 April 1963 at Atlanta, Georgia, and relieved from assignment to the 81st Infantry Division
Redesignated 1 February 1966 as the 3d Battalion, 47th Infantry; concurrently withdrawn from the Army Reserve, allotted to the Regular Army, assigned to the 9th Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Riley, Kansas
Inactivated 1 August 1969 at Fort Riley, Kansas
Activated 21 March 1973 at Fort Lewis, Washington
Relieved 16 February 1991 from assignment to the 9th Infantry Division and assigned to the 199th Infantry Brigade
Inactivated 14 January 1994 at Fort Polk, Louisiana, and relieved from assignment to the 199th Infantry Brigade
Headquarters transferred 2 October 1996 to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and activated at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
Inactivated 1 February 1999 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
Activated 1 March 1999 at Fort Benning, Georgia
Inactivated 15 December 2003 at Fort Benning, Georgia
Battalion redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 3d Battalion, 47th Infantry Regiment
Headquarters activated 27 April 2006 at Fort Benning, Georgia
Honors
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