The 187th Infantry Regiment is a regiment attached to the 101st Airborne Division stationed our of Fort Campbell, Kentucky. The 187th Infantry Regiment was initially inducted into the Army as the 187th Glider Infantry Regiment during World War II. The regiment was constituted on the 12 of November 1942 and then became active on the 25th of February 1943. Initially, the 187th was assigned at Fort Mackall, North Carolina for their initially infantry training and afterwards were moved to Fort Polk, Louisiana for their glider training. From Fort Polk, the 187th then moved to stage themselves at Camp Stoneman, California where they would depart to New Guinea.

The 187th arrived in New Guinea on the 29th of May 1943 to become part of the New …show more content…
Also a notable entry in this essay is that during the early 1950's the 187th was part of Operation Swarmer which was the largest peacetime Airborne maneuver in history. This peacetime wouldn't last long though. With a growing crisis in the Korean Peninsula, the 187th Airborne Infantry Regiment was being thrown back into the mix as an airborne regimental combat …show more content…
The 3rd Battalion of the 187th were the first into Korea, landing in Kimpo Air Field on the 23rd of September. The next day they were placed under control of the first Marine Division to relieve the 2nd Battalion of the 7th Marine Regiment. Less than one month later on the 20th of October, they conducted successful combat drops near the towns of Sukchon and Sunchon, North Korea becoming part of the Battle of Yongju. The purpose of the drops were to capture key North Korean government officials and to free POW's before they were taken from Pyung yang to the Manchurian border. Though neither objective was completed on this particular drop, they were followed on other battles at Suan, Wonju, Kaesong, Munsan-ni, and Inje. The 187th led the second and the last parachute drops in Korea on the 23rd of March 1951 under Operation Tomahawk. The 187th was then re-deployed to Japan on the 26th of June 1951, but wasn't quite finished in the Korean peninsula as they were recalled on the 24th of May 1952 to help quell a prison rebellion at the Geoje POW Camp, sent back to Japan, and then again sent to Korea on the 22nd of June 1953. The 187th then returned to the United States on June of 1955 where, the year after, they were to become part of the reactivated 101st at Fort Campbell. Also worth noting is that the 1950's and 60's was a turbulent time for the 187th's 3rd