88th Infantry Regiment (United States)

88th Infantry Regiment
Coat of arms.
Active	1941
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army
Type	Light infantry
Role	Glider infantry
Motto(s)	"Ride the Storm"
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia.

The 88th Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of the United States Army. It was created as the 88th Airborne Infantry Battalion on 10 October 1941 during World War II as the U.S. Army's first glider infantry unit.

Attached to the U.S. Army Infantry School at Fort Benning, Georgia, the unit was authorized a strength of 27 officers and 500 enlisted men. In May 1942 it was moved to Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and expanded into the 88th Glider Infantry Regiment. All equipment and personnel assigned to the regiment were designed to be carried in the Waco CG-4A glider.

In April 1943 the regiment was assigned to the 1st Airborne Infantry Brigade along with the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment and the 326th Glider Infantry Regiment. Both the 88th and the 326th were organized as two-battalion regiments. The 88th was assigned to the 13th Airborne Division in December 1943 and moved to France in February 1945 but saw no combat. In March 1945 the 88th was combined with the 326th Glider Infantry Regiment to form a three-battalion 326th Glider Infantry Regiment. This was in line with the reorganization previously completed by the 17th, 82nd, and 101st Airborne Divisions.,