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    87th Chemical Company

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    Constituted 23 December 1966 in the Regular Army as the 87th Chemical Detachment and activated at Fort Hood, Texas

    Inactivated 16 January 1967 at Fort Hood, Texas

    Activated 10 May 1967 at Fort Hood, Texas

    Inactivated 1 October 1971 in Vietnam

    Activated 21 June 1978 in Germany

    Reorganized and redesignated 17 March 1988 as the 87th Chemical Company

    Inactivated 15 May 1992 in Germany

    Activated 15 January 1994 at Fort Polk, Louisiana

    87th Chemical Company Honors

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    Vietnam: 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; Consolidation I

    Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait; Cease-Fire

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    Valorous Unit Award for IRAQ

    Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1969-1970

    Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1971
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    This Day in History
    1863: General Joseph Hooker and the Army of the Potomac abandon a key hill on the Chancellorsville battlefield.

    1926: U.S. Marines land in Nicaragua.

    1942: On this, the first day of the first modern naval engagement in history, called the Battle of the Coral Sea, a Japanese invasion force succeeds in occupying Tulagi of the Solomon Islands in an expansion of Japans defensive perimeter.

    1965: The lead element of the 173rd Airborne Brigade ("Sky Soldiers"), stationed in Okinawa, departs for South Vietnam. It was the first U.S. Army ground combat unit committed to the war.

    1968: After three days of battle, the U.S. Marines retake Dai Do complex in Vietnam, only to find the North Vietnamese have evacuated the area.

    1982: A British submarine sinks Argentinas only cruiser during the Falkland Islands War.


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