27th Infantry Regiment (United States)

27th Infantry Regiment
27th Infantry Regiment
	Coat of arms
Active	1901–present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army
Type	Infantry
Nickname(s)	"Wolfhounds" (special designation)
Motto(s)	Nec aspera terrent; (No Fear on Earth)
March	Wolfhound March
Mascot(s)	"Kolchak" A pure bred Russian wolfhound
Anniversaries	Organization Day (Victory at the Battle of Bayan) 2 May
Engagements	Philippine–American War; Banana Wars; Russian Civil War Siberian Expedition Battle of Romanovka; ; World War II Battle of Pearl Harbor; Guadalcanal Campaign; New Georgia Campaign; Philippines Campaign (1944–45); Korean War Battle of Pusan Perimeter; Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River; Third Battle of Seoul; Vietnam War Tet Offensive; Operation Golden Pheasant; Operation Just Cause; Gulf War; Iraq War; Afghanistan War
Commanders
Notable; commanders	William H. Gill; Lewis Millett
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia

The 27th Infantry Regiment, nicknamed the "Wolfhounds", is a regiment of the United States Army established in 1901, that served in the Philippine–American War, in the Siberian Intervention after World War I, and as part of the 25th Infantry Division ("Tropic Lightning") during World War II, the Korean War, and later the Vietnam War.

Currently two active battalions of the regiment, the 1st and 2nd, as part of the 25th Infantry Division are stationed at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.

More recently the regiment deployed to Afghanistan for the second time, following two deployments to Iraq. The regimental march is the Wolfhound March.

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