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25th Aviation(217 total words in this text)(1913 Reads)  Reorganized and redesignated 12 August 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 25th Aviation Battalion (organic elements constituted 21 June 1963 and activated 12 August 1963) Inactivated 15 October 1985 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii Activated 16 January 1986 at Wheeler Air Force Base, Hawaii Relieved 16 May 1988 from assignment to the 25th Infantry Division; concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 25th Aviation, a parent regiment under the United States Army Regimental System 25th Aviation Honors Campaign Participation Credit Counteroffensive; 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 Valorous Unit Award for HO BO WOODS Valorous Unit Award for TAY NINH - HAU NGHIA Valorous Unit Award for SOMALIA Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1966-1967 Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1968 Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1966-1968 Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1968-1970 Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal for VIETNAM 1966-1970 |
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1862:
Admiral David Farragut captures New Orleans a day after his fleet successfully sailed past two Confederate forts on the Mississippi River.
1864: For the second time in a week, a Confederate force captures a Union wagon train trying to supply the Federal force at Camden, Arkansas. 1898: The United States declares war on Spain. 1915: Australian and New Zealand troops land at Gallipoli in Turkey. 1945: Eight Russian armies completely encircle Berlin, linking up with the U.S. First Army patrol, first on the western bank of the Elbe, then later at Torgau. Germany is, for all intents and purposes, Allied territory. 1952: After a three day fight against Chinese Communist Forces, the Gloucestershire Regiment is annihilated on "Gloucester Hill," in Korea. 1972: Hanois 320th Division drives 5,000 South Vietnamese troops into retreat and traps about 2,500 others in a border outpost northwest of Kontum in the Central Highlands. |
