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I can always make it a rule to get there first with the most men. -- Nathan Bedford Forrest |
Constituted 1 April 1982 in the Regular Army as Company C, 160th Aviation Battalion, and activated at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, as an element of the 101st Airborne Division
(160th Aviation Battalion relieved 16 October 1986 from assignment to the 101st Airborne Division) Reorganized and redesignated 16 January 1988 as Company C, 160th Aviation Consolidated 16 May 1990 with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Battalion, 160th Aviation (constituted 16 September 1989 in the Regular Army and activated at Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia), and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Battalion, 160th Aviation (organic elements constituted and activated 16 January 1988-16 September 1989) 3d Battalion 160th Aviation Honors Campaign Participation Credit Armed Forces Expeditions: Grenada; * Panama Southwest Asia: * Defense of Saudi Arabia; * Liberation and Defense of Kuwait Decorations * Valorous Unit Award for IRAQ-KUWAIT * Army Superior Unit Award for 1995 |
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1813:
U.S. troops under William Henry Harrison take Fort Meigs from British and Canadian troops.
1859: Threatened by the advancing French army, the Austrian army retreats across the River Sesia in Italy. 1864: Union troops secure a crucial pass during the Atlanta campaign. In the spring and summer of 1864, Union General William T. Sherman and Confederate General Joseph Johnston conducted a slow and methodical campaign to seize control of Atlanta. 1915: German and French forces fight the Battle of Artois. 1936: Fascist Italy captures the city of Addis Abba, Ethiopia and annexes the country. 1941: The German submarine U-110 is captured at sea along with its Enigma machine by the Royal Navy. 1945: Herman Goering is captured by the U.S. Seventh Army. 1951: Three hundred and twelve Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy planes hit Sinuiju Airfield in one of the largest air raids of the war. 1955: Ten years after the Nazis were defeated in World War II, West Germany formally joins the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). |