The 88th Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the United States Army. It was created as the 88th Infantry Airbone Battalion on 10 October 1941 as the US Army's first glider

Military glider

Military gliders have been used by the military of various countries for carrying troops and heavy equipment to a combat zone, mainly during the Second World War. These engineless aircraft were towed into the air and most of the way to their target by military transport planes, e.g...

 glider infantry

Glider infantry

Glider infantry was a type of airborne infantry in which soldiers and their equipment were inserted into enemy controlled territory via military glider rather than parachute...

 unit. Attached to the Infantry School at Fort Benning

Fort Benning

Fort Benning is a United States Army post located southeast of the city of Columbus in Muscogee and Chattahoochee counties in Georgia and Russell County, Alabama...

, Georgia, the unit was authorised a strength of 27 officers and 500 enlisted men. In May 1942 it was moved to Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and expanded into the 88th Glider Infantry Regiment.

In April 1943 the Regiment was assigned to the 1st Airborne Infantry Brigade along with the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment and 326th Glider Infantry Regiment.

Assigned to the 13th Airborne Division, the regiment was combined with the 326th Glider Infantry Regiment to form a three battalion 326th Glider Infantry Regiment in March 1945.