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Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Infantry Division(246 total words in this text)(1949 Reads)  Organized 10 December 1917 at Camp Greene, North Carolina Inactivated 21 September 1921 at Camp Lewis, Washington Activated 1 June 1940 at Fort Benning, Georgia Reorganized and redesignated 1 August 1942 as Headquarters, 4th Motorized Division Reorganized and redesignated 4 August 1943 as Headquarters, 4th Infantry Division Inactivated 12 March 1946 at Camp Butner, North Carolina Activated 15 July 1947 at Fort Ord, California Reorganized and redesignated 13 June 1960 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Infantry Division Headquarters and Headquarters Company 4th Infantry Division Honors Campaign Participation Credit World War I: Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Champagne 1918; Lorraine 1918 World War II: Normandy (with arrowhead); Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe Vietnam: Counteroffensive, Phase II; Counteroffensive, Phase III; Tet Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase IV; Counteroffensive, Phase V; Counteroffensive, Phase VI; Tet 69/Counteroffensive; Summer-Fall 1969; Winter-Spring 1970; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase VII Decorations Belgian Fourragere 1940 Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in BELGIUM Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the ARDENNES Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1966-1969 Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1969- 1970 Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class for VIETNAM 1966-1969 |
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1865:
Confederate General Joseph Johnston officially surrenders his army to General William T. Sherman at Durham Station, North Carolina.
1865: John Wilkes Booth is killed when Union soldiers track him down to a Virginia farm 12 days after he assassinated President Abraham Lincoln. 1865: Joseph E. Johnston surrenders the Army of Tennessee to Sherman. 1937: The ancient Basque town of Guernica in northern Spain is bombed by German planes. 1952: Armistice negotiations are resumed. 1971: The U.S. command in Saigon announces that the U.S. force level in Vietnam is 281,400 men, the lowest since July 1966. 1972: President Nixon, despite the ongoing communist offensive, announces that another 20,000 U.S. troops will be withdrawn from Vietnam in May and June, reducing authorized troop strength to 49,000. |
