60th Infantry Regiment (United States)
| 60th Infantry Regiment | |
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Coat of arms
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| Active | 1917–21 1940–46 1947–present |
| Country |
 United States
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| Branch |
 United States Army
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| Type | Basic training |
| Part of | 193rd Infantry Brigade |
| Garrison/HQ | Fort Jackson |
| Nickname(s) | "Go Devils" |
| Motto(s) | "To the Utmost Extent of Our Power" |
| Engagements |
World War I World War II Vietnam War |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander |
2nd Bn LTC Jeremy Peifer; 3rd Bn LTC Adam Lewis |
| U.S. Infantry Regiments | |
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The U.S. 60th Infantry Regiment is a regimental unit in the United States Army. Its 2nd and 3rd Battalion conduct Basic Combat Training.
Participating in three wars on three continents, the 60th has played a conspicuous role in the achievements of 5th Division in World War I and 9th Infantry Division in World War II and Vietnam. The regimental crest reflects this. The cannon in the embattled canton refers to the 7th Infantry Regiment that provided the cadre who activated the regiment; it is a principal charge in the 7th's arms. The silver pale wavy makes reference to the Regiment's crossing of the Meuse in World War I; and the red diamond on that pale wavy to the Fifth Infantry Division, to which the 60th was assigned in the First World War.
The 60th Infantry was organized in June 1917, two months after the American entry into World War I, from cadre furnished by the 7th Infantry Regiment. In November it was assigned to the 5th Division and underwent its baptism of fire on the Western Front the following year. The regiment participated in the campaigns of St. Mihiel, Alsace and Lorraine and finally in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. During this battle, First Lieutenant Samuel Woodfill, later called by General John "Blackjack" Pershing, Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C) of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) on the Western Front, "the outstanding doughboy of the war", was awarded the Medal of Honor for his single-handed destruction of a German company (with all available weapons from a machine gun to pick ax) as his battalion made an epic crossing of the Meuse River under ferocious enemy fire to help break the back of German resistance.
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