| 47th Infantry Regiment | |
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| Active | 1917 – present |
| Country |  United States |
| Branch |  United States Army |
| Type | Infantry basic training |
| Size | Regiment |
| Motto(s) | Ex Virtute Honos (Honor Comes From Virtue) |
| Engagements | World War I World War II Vietnam War |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander | 2d Bn – LTC Steven W. Tipa[1] 3d Bn – LTC Benjamin J. Horner[2] |
| Notable commanders | Alexander Patch[3] Edwin Randle[4][5] George W. Smythe[6][7] |
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The 47th Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment of the United States Army. Constituted in 1917 at Camp Syracuse, New York, the regiment fought in the Great War, and was later inactivated in 1921. Reactivated in 1940, the regiment fought during World War II in North Africa, Sicily, and Western Europe, then was inactivated in 1946. During the Cold War, the regiment saw multiple activations and inactivations, with service both in the Regular Army and the Army Reserve; it fought in Vietnam. Ultimately it was reactivated as a training regiment, and as of 1999, it has been assigned to Fort Moore and consists of two active battalions.[8]
- ^ "Fort Benning | 2nd Battalion 47th Infantry Regiment". U.S. Army Maneuver Center of Excellence. United States Army. 25 April 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
- ^ "Fort Benning | 3rd Battalion 47th Infantry Regiment". U.S. Army Maneuver Center of Excellence. United States Army. 25 April 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
- ^ Bonn, Keith E. (2003). "Most Underrated General of World War II: Alexander Patch" (PDF). Association Newsletter. Retrieved 9 March 2019 – via George C. Marshall Foundation.
- ^ Atkinson, Rick (15 May 2007). An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942–1943, Volume One of the Liberation Trilogy. Henry Holt and Company. p. 112. ISBN 978-0-8050-8724-6.
- ^ Crew, Thomas E. (2007). Combat Loaded: Across the Pacific on the USS Tate. Texas A&M University Press. p. 98. ISBN 978-1-60344-490-3.
- ^ Caddick-Adams, Peter (2015). Snow & Steel: The Battle of the Bulge, 1944-45. Oxford University Press. p. 356. ISBN 978-0-19-933514-5.
- ^ Villahermosa, Gilberto N.; Bernan Assoc (2009). Honor and Fidelity: The 65th Infantry in Korea, 1950-1953. Government Printing Office. p. 235. ISBN 978-0-16-083324-3.
- ^ "3D Battalion 47th Infantry Regiment". Lineage And Honors Information. United States Army Center of Military History. 5 July 2006. Retrieved 9 March 2019.