The 37th Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment in the United States Army.

Lineage

Constuted 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army as the 37th Infantry. Organized 12 July 1916 at Fort Sam Houston

Fort Sam Houston

Fort Sam Houston is a U.S. Army post in San Antonio, Texas.Known colloquially as "Fort Sam," it is named for the first President of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston....

, Texas from personnel of the 3rd, 9th, and 30th Infantry Regiments. Inactivated 20 October 1921 at Fort Wayne, Michigan. Assigned to the 9th Infantry 24 March 1923; Relieved from the 9th Division 1 August 1940.

Activated 1 August 1941 at Unalaska, Alaska (Headquarters and Headquarters Company only, other elements previously activated in the United States). Inactivated 5 February 1945 at Fort Benning

Fort Benning

Fort Benning is a United States Army post located southeast of the city of Columbus in Muscogee and Chattahoochee counties in Georgia and Russell County, Alabama...

, Georga.

Activated 1 August 1946 at Fort Benning, Inactivated 25 January 1949 at Fort Sill

Fort Sill

Fort Sill is a United States Army post near Lawton, Oklahoma, about 85 miles southwest of Oklahoma City.Today, Fort Sill remains the only active Army installation of all the forts on the South Plains built during the Indian Wars...

, Oklahoma.

Distinctive Unit Insignia

• Description

A Silver color metal and enamel device 1 1/4 inches (3.18 cm) in height consisting of a shield blazoned: Azure a fess wavy, in chief a mullet both Argent. Attached below the shield a Silver scroll inscribed “FOR FREEDOM” in Blue letters.

• Symbolism

This Regiment was organized at Fort Sam Houston in 1916 and served along the Rio Grande during its first years. The shield is blue for Infantry, with a wavy fess to denote the Rio Grande and the lone star of Texas.

• Background

The distinctive unit insignia was approved on 8 January 1941.

Blazon

• Shield

Azure a fess wavy, in chief a mullet both Argent.

• Crest

None Motto FOR FREEDOM.

• Symbolism
• Shield

This Regiment was organized at Fort Sam Houston in 1916 and served along the Rio Grande during its first years. The shield is blue for Infantry, with a wavy fess to denote the Rio Grande and the lone star of Texas.

• Crest

None.

• Background

The coat of arms was approved on 19 January 1921. It was amended to add the motto on 8 January 1941.