507th Infantry
Lineage and Honors Information as of 11 April 1997
507th Infantry Lineage
Constituted 24 June 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 507th Parachute Infantry
Activated 20 July 1942 at Fort Benning, Georgia
Assigned 1 March 1945 to the 17th Airborne Division
Inactivated 16 September 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts
Redesignated 18 June 1948 as the 507th Airborne Infantry
Allotted 25 June 1948 to the Regular Army
Activated 6 July 1948 at Camp Pickett, Virginia
Regiment (less 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions) inactivated 25 May 1949 at Camp Pickett, Virginia (1st and 2d Battalions inactivated 31 March 1949 at Camp Pickett, Virginia; 3d Battalion inactivated 10 April 1949 at Camp Pickett, Virginia)
Relieved 23 October 1985 from assignment to the 17th Airborne Division; concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 507th Infantry, a parent regiment under the United States Army Regimental System, and transferred to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command
507th Infantry Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Normandy (with arrowhead); Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe (with arrowhead)
Decorations
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for COTENTIN PENINSULA
Army Superior Unit Award for 1992-1994
Army Superior Unit Award for 1994-1995
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II for STE. MERE EGLISE
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II for COTENTIN
French Croix de Guerre, World War II, Fourragere