327th Infantry Regiment
(Bastogne Bulldogs)
Lineage and Honors Information as of 13 November 2009
327th Infantry Regiment Lineage
Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 327th Infantry and assigned to the 82d Division
Organized 17 September 1917 at Camp Gordon, Georgia
Demobilized 26 May 1919 at Camp Upton, New York
Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 327th Infantry and assigned to the 82d Division (later redesignated as the 82d Airborne Division)
Organized in December 1921 with Headquarters at Greenville, South Carolina
Ordered into active military service 25 March 1942 and reorganized at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana
Reorganized and redesignated 15 August 1942 as the 327th Glider Infantry; concurrently relieved from assignment to the 82d Division and assigned to the 101st Airborne Division
(3d Battalion consolidated 6 April 1945 with the 1st Battalion, 401st Glider Infantry [see ANNEX], and consolidated unit designated as the 3d Battalion, 327th Glider Infantry)
Inactivated 30 November 1945 in France
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps)
Redesignated 18 June 1948 as the 516th Airborne Infantry
Withdrawn 25 June 1948 from the Organized Reserve Corps and allotted to the Regular Army
(1st Battalion inactivated 1 April 1949 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky)
Regiment (less 1st Battalion) inactivated 22 April 1949 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
Regiment activated 25 August 1950 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
Inactivated 1 December 1953 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
Relieved 27 April 1954 from assignment to the 101st Airborne Division
Activated 15 May 1954 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1956 as the 327th Airborne Infantry and assigned to the 101st Airborne Division
Relieved 25 April 1957 from assignment to the 101st Airborne Division; concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 327th Infantry, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System
Withdrawn 21 January 1983 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System
Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 327th Infantry Regiment
ANNEX
Constituted 23 July 1918 in the National Army as the 1st Battalion, 401st Infantry, an element of the 101st Division
Demobilized 30 November 1918
Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 1st Battalion, 401st Infantry, an element of the 101st Division
Organized in November 1921 with Headquarters at Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Disbanded 15 August 1942; concurrently reconstituted in the Army of the United States as the 1st Battalion, 401st Glider Infantry, an element of the 101st Airborne Division, and activated at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana
Disbanded 1 March 1945 in France
Reconstituted 6 April 1945 in the Army of the United States as the 1st Battalion, 401st Glider Infantry; concurrently consolidated with the 3d Battalion, 327th Glider Infantry, and consolidated unit designated as the 3d Battalion, 327th Glider Infantry, an element of the 101st Airborne Division
327th Infantry Regiment Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War I: St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Lorraine 1918
World War II: Normandy (with arrowhead); Rhineland (with arrowhead); Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe
Vietnam: Defense; Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase II; Counteroffensive, Phase III; Tet Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase IV; Counteroffensive, Phase V; Counteroffensive, Phase VI; Tet 69/Counteroffensive; Summer-Fall 1969; Winter-Spring 1970; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase VII; Consolidation I; Consolidation II; Cease-Fire
Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
War on Terrorism: Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for BASTOGNE
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for DAK TO, VIETNAM 1966
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for TRUNG LUONG
Valorous Unit Award for TUY HOA
Valorous Unit Award for IRAQ 1991
Valorous Unit Award for IRAQ 2003
Valorous Unit Award for AN NAJAF, IRAQ
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1965-1966
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for IRAQ 2003-2004
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for IRAQ 2005-2006
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for IRAQ 2007-2008
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II for NORMANDY
Netherlands Orange Lanyard
Belgian Croix de Guerre 1940 with Palm for BASTOGNE; cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Bastogne
Belgian Fourragere 1940
Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in France and Belgium