26th Infantry Regiment (United States)
The 26th Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment of the United States Army. Its nickname is "Blue Spaders", taken from German soldiers in World War I, seeing the spade-like device on the regiment's distinctive unit insignia, and calling those soldiers “Blauerspadern”. The 26th Infantry Regiment is part of the U.S. Army Regimental System; currently only the 1st Battalion is active and assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division.
General John J. Pershing pinning the Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) on Lieutenant Colonel J. M. Cullison, commander of the 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division, France, September 7, 1918. Pictured with his back towards the camera is Major General Charles P. Summerall, the 1st Division's commander.
Men of 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division, passing through the viaduct of the Vennquerbahn (Rail line 45A) over Monschauer Street (N647) at Bütgenbach. It was part of the railway running from Losheim/Eifel to Trois-Ponts, and had been blown up by retreating German troops.
Soldiers from C Company, 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, conduct a Cordon and Search operation in Al Adhamiya, Baghdad, Iraq, 21 Feb. 2007.
The Battle of Kasserine Pass took place from 18-24 February 1943 at Kasserine Pass, a 2-mile-wide (3.2 km) gap in the Grand Dorsal chain of the Atlas Mountains in west central Tunisia. It was a part of the Tunisian campaign of World War II.
Men of the 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment of the U.S. 1st Infantry Division march through the Kasserine Pass and on to Kasserine and Farriana, Tunisia February 26, 1943.
Tunisia, January 30 – April 10, 1943
Battle of Kasserine Pass
An M3 Lee tank of U.S. 1st Armored Division advancing to support American forces during the battle at Kasserine Pass
