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If we do go to war, psychological operations are going to be absolutely a critical, critical part of any campaign that we must get involved in. -- General H. Norman Schwarzkopf |
18th Personnel Services Battalion(180 total words in this text)(3020 Reads)  Activated 20 October 1942 at Camp Sutton, North Carolina Battalion broken up 15 February 1944 with its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows: Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 18th Replacement Battalion (Companies A, B, and C, as the 403d, 404th, and 405th Replacement Companies, respectively - hereafter separate lineages) Inactivated 23 December 1945 in Italy Redesignated 21 September 1975 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 18th Personnel and Administration Battalion, allotted to the Regular Army, and activated at Fort Bragg, North Carolina Inactivated 17 September 1990 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina Redesignated 16 October 1994 as the 18th Personnel Services Battalion and activated at Fort Bragg, North Carolina 18th Personnel Services Battalion Honors Campaign Participation Credit World War II: Rome-Arno; North Apennines; Po Valley Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia Decorations Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for MEDITERRANEAN THEATER Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for SOUTHWEST ASIA |
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Charleston, South Carolina falls to British forces.
1864: Close-range firing and hand-to-hand combat at Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia, result in one of the most brutal battles of the Civil War. 1864: Union General Benjamin Butler attacks Drewrys Bluff on the James River. 1865: The last land battle of the Civil war occurs at Palmito Ranch, Texas. It is a Confederate victory. 1885: In the Battle of Batoche, French Canadians rebel against the Canadian government. 1940: The Nazi conquest of France begins with the crossing Muese River. 1941: Adolf Hitler sends two bombers to Iraq to support Rashid Ali al-Gailani in his revolt against Britain, which is trying to enforce a previously agreed upon Anglo-Iraqi alliance. 1942: The Soviet Army launches its first major offensive of the war, taking Kharkov in the eastern Ukraine. 1943: Axis forces in North Africa surrender. 1949: The Berlin Blockade lifted. |
