Searching for photos of past commanders of 1/187th Infantry Regiment

Dear Mr. Hatfield,

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We searched the National Archives catalog and located the series Organizational History Files, 1959-1973 in the Records of the U.S. Army, Pacific (Record Group 550) that includes a file unit titled Unit Histories, 187th Infantry Regiment. We also located the series Unit Histories, 1943-1967 in the Records of the U.S. Army Operational, Tactical, and Support Organizations (Record Group 338) that includes a file unit titled 187th Airborne Infantry Regiment: History. These histories may list the regimental commanders. For access to these records, please contact the National Archives at College Park - Textual Reference (RDT2) via email at archives2reference@nara.gov.

Photographs of various U.S. Army, Navy, and Marine Corps activities dating from 1940 to 2007 are in the custody of the National Archives at College Park - Still Picture (RDSS). Please contact RDSS via email at stillpix@nara.gov and their web site is https://www.archives.gov/dc-metro/college-park/photographs-dc.html.

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We also searched the U.S. Army Center of Military History and located the lineage and honors of the 1/187th Infantry Regiment.

We hope this information is helpful. Best of luck with your research!