The 88th Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the United States Army. It was created as the 88th Airborne Infantry Battalion on 10 October 1941 as the US Army's first glider infantry unit. Attached to the Infantry School at Fort Benning, Georgia, the unit was authorized 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.