87th Infantry Regiment (United States)
| U.S. 87th Infantry Regiment | |
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| Active | 1941- |
| Country | United States of America |
| Branch | Army |
| Role | Light infantry |
| Part of | 10th Mountain Division |
| Garrison/HQ | Fort Drum, NY |
| Motto(s) | Vires Montesque Vincimus (We Conquer Powers and Mountains) |
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World War II *Kiska *Italian Campaign Operation Just Cause (5th Bn) Kuwait Somalia Haiti Bosnia Operation Enduring Freedom Operation Iraqi Freedom |
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The 87th Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment in the United States Army. The regiment's 1st and 2nd Battalions are light infantry units assigned to the 1st and 2nd Brigade Combat Teams respectively of the 10th Mountain Division located at Fort Drum, New York. Around 1991, the 3rd Battalion was active in the U.S. Army Reserve in Colorado.
The 87th Mountain Infantry Battalion was activated on 15 November 1941 at Fort Lewis, Washington, with Lieutenant Colonel Onslow S. Rolfe as the commanding officer. This unit was the first American regiment of mountain troops. It was expanded into a regiment in 1943. On 12 May 1942, the regiment was reorganized as the 87th Mountain Infantry at Fort Lewis. The 87th joined the 10th Mountain Division at Camp Hale, Colorado and trained there during 1942–43.
On 29 July 1943, the regiment sailed to the Aleutian Islands as part of Amphibious Task Force 9. Also included in Task Force Force 9 were the First Special Service Force and the 13th Canadian Infantry Brigade.
The regiment was part of the Italian Campaign from January 1945 to the end of the campaign, and remained as part of the occupying force until August 1945.
The 87th Infantry was again assigned to the 10th Mountain Division on 18 June 1948, where they were reactivated as a training division at Fort Riley, Kansas. In January 1954, 10th Division became a standard infantry division, and was sent to West Germany. On 14 June 1958, the 10th Mountain Division was inactivated with the 87th Infantry transferred to the 8th Infantry Division. The 1/87th was stationed in Baumholder and the 2/87th Infantry was posted in Mainz-Gonseheim They were inactivated on 1 October 1983.
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