Known today as the 175th Infantry Regiment, the "Dandy Fifth" has won 24 Battle Honors in:

The 175th Infantry Regiment is a component of the 3rd Brigade, 29th Infantry Division (Light).

On December 10, 1776 Marylanders, responding to a call from the Continental Congress, formed the Maryland 5th Infantry, the "Dandy Fifth", as part of the "Maryland Line" and established the Maryland Militia as one of the oldest regiments in the nation.

The 5th Regiment was the largest National Guard regiment called to Federal Service for World War I.

Established: December 3, 1774 at Baltimore, Maryland

Lineage:

• Baltimore Independent Cadets (December 3, 1774)

• Smallwood's Maryland Battalion (circa A.D. 1776)

• The Maryland Line (circa A.D.1776) [Gen. Washington referred to Maryland units that "held the line" against British forces as "the Maryland Line"]

• 5th Regiment of Militia (circa A.D. 1787)

• 5th Maryland Infantry Regiment (circa 1814)

• 5th Maryland Infantry Regiment (Civil War)

• 1st Maryland, C.S.A. [Confederate] (Civil War)

• 5th Maryland Infantry Regiment "the Dandy 5th" (circa A.D. 1867)

• 5th Maryland Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division (circa A.D. 1917)

• 115th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division [consolidated with 1st and 4th Maryland Infantry Regiments] (circa A.D. 1917)

• 5th Maryland Infantry Regiment (circa A.D. 1918)

• 175th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division (circa A.D. 1941)

Campaigns:

Revolutionary War Long Island Trenton Princeton Brandywine Germantown Monmouth Yorktown Cowpens Guilford Court House New York 1776 New York 1777 South Carolina 1780 North Carolina 1781 South Carolina 1781 South Carolina 1782	War of 1812 Bladensburg Maryland 1814	Civil War (Confederate Service) First Manassas Peninsula Valley Gettysburg Cold Harbor Petersburg Appomattox
World War I Meuse-Argonne Alsace 1918	World War II Normandy (with arrowhead) Northern France Rhineland Central Europe

Regimental Honors/Awards:
1st Battalion, 175th Infantry Regiment

• Presidential Distinguished Unit Citation (circa A.D. 1944-45) [European Theater]

• Croix de Guerre w/Silver-Gilt Star (June, 1944) [Hill 108, St. Lo, France]

2nd Battalion, 175th Infantry Regiment

• Croix de Guerre (September, 1944) [Brest, France]

Medal of Honor Recipients:

• Pvt. Henry G. Costin [October 8, 1918]
• 2nd Lt. Patrick Regan [October 8, 1918]
• Staff Sgt. Sherwood H. Hallman [September 13, 1944]

Mission:
Offensive: Close with the enemy by means of fire-and-maneuver and destroy or capture him
Defensive: Repel enemy assault by fire, close combat or counter-attack
Other: Conduct stability operations in an internal defense and internal development environment.