Visit the 17th Infantry Regiment Association web site:
http://www.17thinfanty.com
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DESCRIPTION
17th REGIMENT'S MOTTO: "TRUTH and COURAGE"
While the 17th Infantry Regiment was organized on January 11th, 1812, it was consolidated with the 3rd Infantry and lost it's identity two years later until May 4th, 1861, when it was reorganized.
The 17th Infantry Regiment was in the Army of the Potomac during the Civil War in Sykes' Division of the 5th Army Corps, the badge of which was a white cross patee, which is embodied in the coat of arms and shown on the blue field above and to the left of the stone wall.
At Fredericksburg the 17th suffered heavy losses in the assault on the famous stone wall, "For one entire day, (December 14th) the men of the 17th lay flat on their faces eighty yards in front of the famous stone wall, behind which the enemy was posted in large numbers and any movement on their part was sure to draw the fire of rebel sharpshooters.
The five-bastioned fort, shown on the blue shield above and to the right of the stone wall, was the badge of the 5th Army Corps in Cuba in 1898.
The buffalo, shown on the blue shield bellow the stone wall represents the Regiments glorious history in the Korean war. The "Buffalo" nick name was adopted after one of the Regiments Commanding Officers in the Korean war, Col. William W. "Buffalo Bill" Quinn.
The shield is blue, being the color representing the infantry.
The Crest is a sea lion taken from the Spanish Arms of Manila for the fighting around that city in 1899.
The two arrows represent the Indian campaigns in which the 17th Regiment participated.
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The 17th Regiment information and graphics on this page are presented as a courtesy of the 17th Regiment. The purpose of this presentation is to give recognition to the soldiers of the 17th who served in the many campaigns listed below and especially those soldiers who served on the Korean DMZ.
Don M. Lopez
Webmaster
www.imjinscout.com
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BATTLE HONORS
Civil War
Peninsula
Manassas
Antietam
Fredericksburg
Chancellorsville
Gettysburg
Wilderness
Spotsylvania
Cold Harbor
Petersburg
Virginia 1862
Virginia 1863
Indian Wars
Little Big Horn
Pine Ridge
North Dakota 1872
War with Spain
Santiago
Philippine Insurrection
Manila
Malolos
San Isidro
Tarlac
Mindanao
Luzon 1899
Luzon 1900
Mexican Expedition
Mexico 1916-1917
World War II
Aleutian Islands (with arrowhead)
Eastern Mandates (with arrowhead)
Leyte Ryukyus (with arrowhead)
Korean War
UN Defensive
UN Offensive
CCF Intervention
First UN Counteroffensive
CCF Spring Offensive
UN Summer-Fall Offensive
Second Korean Winter
Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
Third Korean Winter
Korea, Summer 1953
Vietnam
Counteroffensive, Phase VII
Consolidation I
Consolidation II
Cease-Fire
Armed Forces Expeditions
Panama (with arrowhead)
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DECORATIONS
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered LEYTE
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered INCHON
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1953
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1953
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1945-1948; 1953-1957
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