26th Infantry Regiment (United States)

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26th Infantry Regiment
26th Infantry Regiment Coat of Arms
Active	1901–present
Country	United States
Branch	Army
Type	Infantry
Size	Regiment
Part of	101st Airborne Division
Regimental Headquarters	Fort Campbell, Kentucky
Nickname(s)	"Blue Spaders"
Motto(s)	Palmam qui meruit ferat ("Let him bear the palm who has won it")
Facings	Light blue
Engagements	Philippine Insurrection World War I World War II Algeria-French Morocco Tunisia Campaign Operation Husky Operation Overlord Northern France Rhineland Ardennes-Alsace Western Allied invasion of Germany Vietnam War Kosovo Campaign Iraq War Afghan War
Commanders
Notable commanders	Robert Lee Bullard Charles DuVal Roberts Theodore Roosevelt Jr. Barnwell R. Legge John H. Hughes John F. Madden John F. R. Seitz John W. Bowen
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia
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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 who saw the spade-like device on the regiment's distinctive unit insignia and called the 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 (Air Assault).