Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te 47th Infantry Regiment he roopu hoia o te United States Army. I whakatuhia i te tau 1917 i Camp Syracuse, New York, i whawhai te reimana i te Pakanga Nui, ana ka whakakorehia i te tau 1921. I whakahoutia i te tau 1940, i whawhai te reimana i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao i Awherika ki te Raki, Sicily, me
I Ūropi ki te Uru, kātahi ka whakakorehia i te 1946. I te wa o te Pakanga Makariri, he maha nga whakahohenga me nga whakahohenga o te roopu, me te mahi i roto i te Ope Taua me te Army Reserve; i whawhai i Vietnam. I te mutunga ka whakahoutia ano hei ope whakangungu, mai i te tau 1999, kua tohaina ki Fort Benning, e rua hoki nga roopu mahi.