US Army Training Center - Yearbook (Fort Riley, KS)

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J X Rx The History of vt of X the 87th Infantry XJ XZ I NCIMUS MOfVffsQ in CONSTITUTION: Constituted as 87th Infantry Regiment 15 November 1941 HISTORY: -Redesignated 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment 12 May 1942 -Activated at Fort Lewis, Washington Z5 May 1942 flst Battalion was activated at Fort Lewis, Washington 15 November 19411 fThere was an 87th Infantry .Regiment organized at Camp Dodge, Iowa in the 19th Division in October 1918. This regiment was demobilized Z7 January 1919 and was never reconstituted., -Redesignated 87th Infantry Regiment ZZ February 1944 -Redesignated 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment 6 November 1944 and assigned to the 10th Mountain Division E -Inactivated at Camp Carson, Colorado Z1 November 1945 -Redesignated 87th Infantry Regiment 18 June 1948 and assigned to the 10th Infantry Division -Activated at Fort Riley, Kansas 1 July 1948 BATTLE HONORS: qw orld War II1 Aleutian Islands, North Apennines, Po Valley - 11

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The COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE .mg--Z Proudly worn by combat infantrymen since the outbreak of World War ll, the Combat Infantryman Badge is authorized to be awarded to officers or en- listed men, or warrant officers with an infantry MOS, who have, subsequent to 6 December 1941, satisfactorily performed duty while assigned or attached as a member of an infantry unit of regirnental or smaller size during any period such unit was engaged in active ground combat. Awards of this badge cannot be made to general officers or to members of headquarters or headquarters com- panies of units larger in size than regirnents. Battle participation credit alone is not sufficient: the unit must have been in active ground combat with the enemy during the Period. One Combat Infantryman Badge is author ized to be awarded to each in- dividual for each separate wa-r in which the prescribed requirements have been met. The first award of the badge is a polished rnusket on a rectangular blue background seven-sixteenths of an inch in height and three inches in length in front of an oak wreath of oxidized silver. Each silver star, centered at the top of the badge between the points of the oak wreath, indicates an additional award of the badge. '

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Regimental Commander QU. S. Army Photographj ciimf ew .5 Qs, .,' - ,olonel Doty began his military career in 1927 as a graduate of the United States Military Academy. During World War II he served as executive officer during the open- of amphibious training centers at Camp Edwards, Mass. and Camp Carrabelle, Fla. Other duty has been military operations adviser to the Philippine government, assistant military attache in London, service in Hawaii, a War Department observer with the Zlst Army Group in Europe, and a representative of the Ioint Chiefs of Staff on European intelligence. His decorations include the Bronze Star, the Army Commendation Ribbon, Order of the British Empire and the Philippine Legion of Honor. Prior to assuming command of the 87th Infantry Regiment in August of 1952 he served as Assistant,Division Commander, He is a native of the State of California. A