50th Infantry Regiment (United States)

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50th Infantry Regiment
50th Infantry Regiment Coat of Arms.png
Coat of arms
ActiveMay 1917–present
CountryFlag of the United States.svg  United States
BranchFlag of the United States Army.svg  United States Army
Type Infantry One Station Unit Training (OSUT)
Garrison/HQFort Benning, Georgia
Motto(s)Play the Game
Engagements World War II
Vietnam War
Commanders
Current
commander
LTC Julian Kemper
(May 2022–present)
CSMCSM Rick Bell
(Sept 2021-present)
Insignia
Distinctive Unit Insignia 50 Inf Rgt DUI.jpg
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The 50th Infantry Regiment is a United States Army infantry regiment.

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Lineage

Campaign participation credit

Vietnam War Memorial

"In remembrance of those killed while serving with the 1st Battalion, 50th United States Infantry Regiment during the War in Vietnam. 1967-1970. May God have mercy on their souls and grant them peace."[ citation needed ]

Decorations

Motto

The unit's motto "Play the Game" was taken from "Vitai Lampada" ("They Pass On The Torch of Life"), a poem written in 1892 by Sir Henry Newbolt (1862–1938).

Distinctive unit insignia

A Silver color metal and enamel device 1+18 inches (2.9 cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned: Argent, on a pale wavy Azure a dolphin hauriant embowed of the field, on a canton of the second the totem pole of the 23d Infantry Tenné. Attached below the shield a Silver scroll inscribed "PLAY THE GAME" in Blue letters.

The Regiment was organized in 1917 at Syracuse, New York, by drafts of personnel from the 23d Infantry. The shield is white and blue for Infantry. The device of Syracuse is a dolphin. The parentage of the Regiment is indicated in the canton. The 23rd took over Alaska in 1867 and this is commemorated by the crest of that Regiment which is an eagle, the new owner America, upon a plate which is upon the head of a bear, the old owner Russia, the story being that the old owner gave a feast to the new owner when the country changed hands. The 50th's overseas service in World War I was in the Army of Occupation in the Rhine country indicated by the pale with wavy edges. It had been under orders for Silesia at the time of the Armistice.

The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 50th Armored Infantry Regiment on 14 October 1942. It was redesignated for the 50th Armored Infantry Battalion on 10 November 1943. The insignia was redesignated for the 50th Infantry Regiment on 25 November 1958.

Coat of arms

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References

    PD-icon.svg This article incorporates public domain material from 50th Infantry Regiment. United States Army Institute of Heraldry.