| 395th Infantry Regiment | |
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| Active | 1918 1921-1945 1999-present |
| Country |  United States |
| Branch |  United States Army |
| Type | Infantry |
| Size | Regiment |
| Nickname(s) | Butler's Battlin' Blue Bastards (3rd Battalion) |
| Motto(s) | "Vigilans Et Celer" (Vigilant and Swift) |
| Engagements | World War II |
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| Distinctive unit insignia | &sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:395_infantry_regiment_unit_insignia.gif) |
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The 395th Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of the United States Army, part of the 99th Infantry Division during World War II. It was organized with the rest of the 99th on 16 November 1942 at Camp Van Dorn, Mississippi.[1] During the Battle of the Bulge, the regiment—at times virtually surrounded by Germans—was one of the few units that did not yield ground to the attacking Germans.[2]: 33 On at least six occasions they called in artillery strikes on or directly in front of their own positions. Their success in defending Höfen resulted in the 395th Infantry being repeatedly assigned to other divisions for difficult assignments during the remainder of the war, earning them the sobriquet, Butler's Blue Battlin' Bastards. The unit was inactivated after World War II, then became a reserve unit, and was redesignated as the 395th Regiment in 1999.
- ^ "Camp Van Dorn museum". Archived from the original on 26 February 2009. Retrieved 23 March 2009.
- ^ Zaloga, Steven (15 January 2003), Battle of the Bulge 1944 (1): St Vith and the Northern Shoulder (Campaign), Howard Gerrard (Illustrator), Osprey Publishing, ISBN 978-1-84176-560-0