27th Infantry Regiment
Modern Era, United States, Infantry
The 27th Infantry Regiment, the Wolfhounds, was created in 1901 during the Army's expansion for service in the Philippines. It quickly built a field reputation in the Pacific and later became one of the regiments most closely associated with the 25th Infantry Division.
Its twentieth-century combat history centers on service with the 25th Infantry Division in World War II and later in Korea, where the division's fighting made the regiment one of the Army's better-known lineages. That divisional association continued into the Cold War and later battalion-era service.
The Wolfhounds remain one of the classic examples of a regiment created in the imperial-era Army that went on to define itself in the Pacific and Asian wars of the twentieth century.
Battalion Page
A dedicated battalion subpage now collects the regiment's known battalion icons and short sketches for the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions. Open the 27th Infantry Regiment Battalions page.