49th Infantry Regiment (United States)

49th Infantry Regiment
Coat of Arms, taken from the cover of the Headquarters Company 49th A.I.B. book
Active	1917–43
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army
Type	Infantry
Size	Regiment
Motto(s)	Aquila Electa Juste Omnia Vincet (The chosen eagle conquers by right)

The 49th Infantry Regiment was a regular infantry regiment in the United States Army.

The regiment was constituted 15 May 1917 in the Regular Army as the 49th Infantry. It was organized 1 June 1917 at Syracuse, New York, from personnel of the 23rd Infantry, inactivated 18 November 1921 at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, and disbanded 31 July 1922.

World War I

The field is blue for Infantry. The tower is taken from the stone tower at Fort Snelling, the station of the regiment. The key is from the arms of Le Mans, France and commemorates the service of the regiment in the vicinity of that city in 1918.