5/42 Evzone Regiment

5/42 Evzone Regiment
Men of the 5/42 Evzone Regiment in Odessa c. 1919
Active	1913–1941 1948–1954 1979–present
Country	Greece
Branch	Hellenic Army
Type	Infantry
Size	Regiment (currently battalion-size)
Part of	80th National Guard Higher Command
Garrison/HQ	Lamia (1913–1941) Larissa (1948–1954) Skydra (1980–?) Kalymnos (since 2003)
Engagements	World War I Macedonian front Vardar Offensive Russian Civil War Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War Southern Front Southern Russia Intervention Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922) Greek Summer Offensive Battle of the Gediz Battle of Kütahya–Eskişehir Battle of the Sakarya Battle of Dumlupınar World War II Greco-Italian War Battle of Elaia–Kalamas Italian spring offensive Battle of Greece Greek Civil War Operation Koronis Operation Pyrsos
Decorations	Commander's Cross of the Cross of Valour x2
Commanders
Notable commanders	Nikolaos Plastiras

The 5/42 Evzone Regiment "Delvinaki" (Greek: 5/42 Σύνταγμα Ευζώνων «Δελβινάκι», 5/42 ΣΕ) is an active infantry unit of the Hellenic Army. It was established in 1913 as an elite regiment of Evzones, recruited in Central Greece and headquartered in Lamia. As such the unit served in the Macedonian front of World War I, the Allied intervention in Ukraine, the Greco-Turkish War of 1919–1922, and the Greco-Italian War during World War II. Reformed as the 53rd Brigade (53η Ταξιαρχία) in 1948, it participated in the Greek Civil War, before receiving the designation 5/42 Infantry Regiment (5/42 Σύνταγμα Πεζικού, 5/42 ΣΠ) in 1951. The regiment was disbanded in 1954, but revived as a reserve formation in 1979, under its original name. In November 2000 it received the honorific title "Delvinaki". Since January 2003 it is a battalion-sized formation that forms the garrison of the Dodecanese island of Kalymnos.