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This page is dedicated to Trooper Bill Aleshire who has passed on to Fiddler's Green. Trooper Aleshire was the former Historian for our Chapter. The major source for this modest tribute to the 25th Infantry Regiment is the scholarly military history of one of the four Buffalo Soldier regiments entitled, THE TWENTY-FIFTH INFANTRY , compiled and edited by Captain John H. Nankivell, published by the Twenty-Fifth Infantry, United States Army, 1927. In the 1870's the 25th Infantry Regiment was very much engaged in the defense of Texas against hostile Commanches and Kiowas. An excerpt from Captain Nanivell's text provides a brief glimpse from Army Organization Returns. On July 1, 1898, Companies C, D, E, G and H exhibited valor in the highest traditons of the U.S. Army in charging up the hill in Cuba to seize the Spanish fort known as El Caney. The gallant charge is wonderfully captured in the report of Lieutenant Colonel A.S. Daggett, the Commanding Officer of the 25th Infantry Regiment. Little study is conducted of the U.S. Army during the Philippine Insurrection, however, Buffalo Soldiers once again went in harms way in service to their country. A Denver, Colorado newspaper article succinctly captures the dangers of this service reporting on action occurring on January 31, 1900. A battle on the border with Mexico at Nogales on August 30, 1918 involving the 10th Cavalry and the 35th Infantry resulted in 129 American KIA and 300 Mexican KIA. Following this battle the 25th Infantry was rushed to Nogales to secure the border. In World War II the 25th Infantry Regiment (Colored) was an organic component of the 93rd Infantry Division (Colored) and served in the Pacific Theater of Operations. The regiment departed San Francisco on 24 January 1944 and arrived on Guadalcanal in echelons between 7 February and 5 March 1944. From there the regiment was transferred to Bougainville and attached to the Americal Division to take part in offensive operations against Japanese forces on that island in April and May of the same year. From 26 May to 21 June the regiment was stationed on the Green Islands where it received further training and was employed for the construction of defensive fortifications and installations. From 10 November 1944 to 30 March 1945 the 25th Infantry Regiment was involved in defensive actions around Finschafen New Guinea. The regiment's final transfer during World War II was to Morotai Island where it arrived by 12 April 1945 where it once again participated in offensive operations until the end of the war. Major Walter B. Sanderson, Jr. The distinctive Regimental Coat of Arms of the 25th Infantry Regiment superbly captures the history of the Regiment.   Companies C and E, 25th Infantry and 10th Cavalry at Muster and Inspection, Fort Assiniboine, Montana, 1897  25th Infantry at Patagonia, Arizona 1925  25th Infantry Regiment enroute to the Philippine Islands Aboard the USS Pennsylvania July 1, 1899  Company B, 25th Infantry Regiment Fort Snellings, Minnesota  Company M, 25th Infantry Regiment Camp Stehpen D. Little, Nogales, Arizona 1924  Colonel George Lippitt Andrews Commander of the 25th Infantry Regiment 1871-1892  Colonel Joseph Mower Commander 39th Infantry Regiment 1866-1869 Commander 25th Infantry Regiment 1869-1870  Field and Staff Officers 25th Infantry Regiment Fort Niobrara, Nebraska 1903  Detachments and Service and Headquarters Companies 25th Infantry Regiment Douglas, Arizona 1926  Hunting Parties from Companies B and E Fort Buford, North Dakota 1893  Regimental Medical Detachment 1924  Mortal Wound at Mount Arayat, Philippine Islands  Non-commissioned Officers, Company E Fort Buford, North Dakota 1893 Return to Home Page |
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