Le 187th Infantry Regiment

Bonjour,

Le 187th Infantry Regiment (Rakkasans) est un régiment de la 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) depuis 1956.
Son motto est "Ne Desit Virtus" ("Let Valor Not Fail"). Son surnom "Rakkasans" est un dérivé de la langue japonaise pour dire parachute. Ce surnom lui fut attribué par les populations japonaises qui le 187th était en troupe d'occupation au Japon juste après la WWII.

Aujourd'hui, le 1st Bat./187th Inf. et 3rd Bat./187th Inf. font partie de la 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division.

Symbole des insignes :
* Blason :
- Shield: Azure on a pale nebuly Argent a double handed sword erect Gules.

- Crest: On a wreath Argent and Azure between a Japanese city symbol Gules and a mullet of seven points per fess wavy of the last and of the second, a sea lion Or charged on the shoulder with a heart Purpure and holding in his dexter paw a sword bendwise of the first with hilt and pommel of the fourth the blade notched three times to base of the third.

- Motto: NE DESIT VIRTUS (Let Valor Not Fail).

* Symbole :
1. Blue is for the Infantry.
2. The partition line of the pale heraldically representing clouds and the doubled-handed sword, an ancient infantry weapon, symbolizes the character of the organization as an Airborne Infantry unit.

- Crest: The golden seal lion, adapted from the seal of the President of the Philippines, represents the award of the Philippine Presidential Unit Streamer for the campaign on Manarawat, scene of the first combat jump of the 187th.

1. The heart on the lion's shoulder points out the action on Purple Heart Hill.
2. The winged sword with three notches in the blade signifies the unit's score of three combat jumps, one in the Philippines and two in Korea.
3. The red diamond shape is the insignia of the city of Yokohama, Japan, where the 187th landed as the first American combat troops and began four years of occupation duty.
4. The seven-pointed star, divided in the manner of the Korean Taeguk stands for the unit's seven campaigns in that country.


Les "coat of arms" furent approuvés le 15 Déc. 1952 pour le 187th Airborne Infantry Regiment.
L'unité fut redésignée 187th Infantry Regiment le 7 Fév. 1958

Historique :

12 Nov. 1942 : Le régiment est constitué en tant que 187th Glider Infantry Regiment.
25 Fév. 1943 : Il est assigné à la 11th Airborne Division et activé à Camp Mackall, N.C.
30 Juin 1949 : Réorganisé et redésigné 187th Airborne Infantry Regiment.
1 Aug. 1950 : Réorganisé en tant que 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team et posté au Japon en attendant l'intervention en Corée.
1 Fév. 1951 : Relevé de son assignation à la 11th Airborne Division.
1 Juil. 1956 : Assigné à la 101st Airborne Division.
1 Mars 1957 : 1st Bat. réorganisé comme Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Airborne Battle Group, 187th Infantry, relevé de la 101st Airborne Division et réassigné à la 11th Airborne Division.