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I don't care how they dress so long as they mind their fighting. -- Sir Thomas Picton |
2d Battalion, 25th Aviation(266 total words in this text)(2717 Reads)  Activated 12 August 1963 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii Inactivated 15 October 1985 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii Activated 16 January 1986 at Wheeler Air Force Base, Hawaii Reorganized and redesignated 16 May 1988 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Battalion, 25th Aviation, relieved from assignment to the 25th Infantry Division, and assigned to the 10th Mountain Division (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated) Relieved 15 March 1996 from assignment to the 10th Mountain Division and assigned to the 25th Infantry Division 2d Battalion 25th Aviation Honors Campaign Participation Credit Vietnam: * 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 * Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for TAY NINH PROVINCE * 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. |
