23rd Infantry Regiment (United States)

23rd Infantry Regiment
23rd Infantry Regiment
	23rd Infantry Regiment's coat of arms
Active	1861–present
Country	United States
Branch	Army
Type	Infantry
Garrison/HQ	Fort Carson, Colorado; Fort Lewis, Washington;
Nickname(s)	"Tomahawks"
Motto(s)	We Serve
Engagements	American Civil War; Indian Wars; Philippine–American War; World War I; World War II; Korean War; Vietnam War; Iraq War; US War in Afghanistan;
Decorations	Presidential Unit Citation (7); Croix de Guerre with Palm (3); Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation (3); Meritorious Unit Citation; Valorous Unit Citation; Cited in order of the day of Belgian Army; French Fourragere; Belgian Fourragere
Commanders
Current; commander	LTC(R) Frederick Drew (Regimental Colonel); LTC John A. Meyer (1st BN); LTC Jonathan D. Bate (2nd BN); LTC Ryan A. McLaughlin (4th BN)
Notable; commanders	Jefferson C. Davis; Granville O. Haller; Henry M. Black; Samuel Ovenshine; George Whitefield Davis; Paul L. Freeman, Jr.; Pete Dawkins; Bernard W. Rogers; Paul B. Malone;
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia

The 23rd Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment in the United States Army. A unit with the same name was formed on 26 June 1812 and saw action in 14 battles during the War of 1812.

In 1815 it was consolidated with the 6th, 16th, 22nd, and 32nd Regiments of Infantry into what is at present the 2nd Infantry Regiment.^[1]

The modern 23rd Infantry regiment was formed during the American Civil War; the regiment saw action in American wars up to the US War in Afghanistan and the Iraq War. It included a battalion of volunteers made up of active and reserve French military personnel who had been sent to the Korean Peninsula as part of the United Nations force fighting in the Korean War.

^ Lt. Thompson, J.K The Twenty Third Regiment of Infantry Archived 14 March 2021 at the Wayback Machine in The Army of the United States, Historical Sketches of Staff and Line With Portraits of Generals-In-Chief. BG Theo F Rodenbough and Maj William S Haskin Ed. by 1896 p. 692

[Thompson-1] Lt. Thompson, J.K The Twenty Third Regiment of Infantry Archived 14 March 2021 at the Wayback Machine in The Army of the United States, Historical Sketches of Staff and Line With Portraits of Generals-In-Chief. BG Theo F Rodenbough and Maj William S Haskin Ed. by 1896 p. 692

[1]

2nd Infantry Division (1942–1945)
Parent unit	2nd Infantry Division
Components	9th Infantry Regiment 23rd Infantry Regiment 38th Infantry Regiment 12th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm) 15th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm) 37th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm) 38th Field Artillery Battalion (155mm) 741st Tank Battalion (June 1944–May 1945)