35th Infantry Regiment
Modern Era, United States, Infantry
The 35th Infantry Regiment, the Cacti, was created in 1916 and soon became one of the signature regiments of the 25th Infantry Division. Unlike many older regiments, it came into being in a period when the U.S. Army was already thinking in Pacific and expeditionary terms rather than continental frontier service.
Its twentieth-century combat history is closely linked to the 25th Infantry Division in the Pacific during World War II and later in Korea. Through that divisional service, the regiment earned a place in some of the most important campaigns fought by the Army in the Pacific theater and in the Korean War.
The Cacti remain one of the best-known examples of a regiment born in the modern era of American military history and defined by divisional combat in the Pacific 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 35th Infantry Regiment Battalions page.