| 40th Infantry Regiment | |
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| Active | 1917-1944 |
| Country |  United States |
| Branch |  United States Army |
| Type | Infantry |
| Motto(s) | none |
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The 40th Infantry Regiment is an inactive infantry regiment in the United States Army.
Constituted 15 May 1917 in the Regular Army as the 40th Infantry. Organized 20 June 1917 at Fort Snelling, Minnesota from personnel of the 36th Infantry Regiment. Joseph D. Leitch was assigned to command. [1] Regiment assigned to the 14th Infantry Division 5 July 1918. Relieved from the 14th Division February 1919. Inactivated 1 November 1921 at Danville, West Virginia. Allotted to the Second Corps Area 28 February 1927. Affiliated with Cornell University and organized 18 April 1930 at Ithaca, New York. Disbanded 11 November 1944.
A Gold color metal and enamel device 1+1⁄4 inches (3.2 cm) in height consisting of a shield blazoned: Azure, the head of a wolverine erased Or; on a canton Argent a six-bastioned fort Vert charged with a mullet of the third (for the 36th Infantry).
This Regiment was organized in 1917 from the 36th Infantry, shown by the canton. During World War I it was in the 14th Division, shown by the wolverine’s head, the unofficial insignia of that Division.
The distinctive unit insignia was approved on 2 March 1938. It was rescinded on 5 September 1958.
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This article incorporates public domain material from 40th Infantry Regiment. United States Army Institute of Heraldry.